Thanks for the invitation. I am a parasite in Terra.

"I've said it before, I have absolute control over this narrow world, even if it's just adjusting the speed of time."

"Your self-feelings and consciousness are actually not important to me. What I need is just a mechanical consciousness that can repeatedly and faithfully execute the actions I need."

"Grind away the unnecessary things in your consciousness, and then carve what I need into your subconscious mind, which serves as a carrier."

"Wait... Could it be that..."

Lei Ke's eyes suddenly widened, and he suddenly understood something.

"From now on, all your body can do is to repeatedly absorb nutrients from the soil, bloom, and bear fruit."

“Beyond that, nothing can be done.”

"As for the time—"

Lei Ke suddenly felt that the monster in front of him was like the evil ghost in the story.

"Consciousness has a shelf life. I don't know how long it will last, but—"

"I wonder if two thousand years or so will allow you to be a plant in peace?"

Scarlet flesh and blood condensed on Zuo Jian's head, and a devilish smile slowly appeared on it. Then he closed the door without even giving Leko any time to react.

Snap...

...

In reality, the nun opened her eyes.

He raised his hand and looked at the seeds in his hand.

At this moment, it seemed as if a lifelike face was carved on it.

Zuo Jian counted silently, and then at the twentieth second, he placed the seed in front of him and looked at his dull face.

"It seems to be quite worn out."

"I don't know if you can hold on until the second result."

"But fortunately, you just seem to remember everything I need you to do."

He smiled as he watched the mouth on the seed move, slowly spitting out distorted syllables.

"Absorb....the land....bloom....bear fruit..."

As for Quintus, then—his judgment would have to wait a little longer.

"Left room?"

Suddenly, Laurentina's sleepy voice came from behind.

"What's wrong?"

Turning around, Zuo Jian saw the shark looking at him with strange eyes.

"Why are you...smiling so coldly..."

(Someone asked for a group number—here it comes.)

(941683389, you can join the group to explore Monster Hunter, play card games with us, or even discuss Arknights in the group!)

(The question about the group number is: No)

Chapter 3, Saint

"Sorry, did I wake you?"

He walked forward and touched Laurentina's fluffy hair.

"Um...no, it's just..."

Her eyes were a little dazed, and with the former's caress, she slowly fell asleep again.

Zuo Jian lowered his head and looked at the girl's even breathing in his arms.

"Good night, Laurentina."

He whispered, then picked her up and gently placed her on the bed.

Then, he raised his hand and reached into his left eye socket, placing the azure pupil in the corner of the room.

"That's about it. Now, it's time to go out and solve the second problem."

After Zuo Jian finished speaking, he pushed open the shabby door and walked out quietly.

At the same time, his face began to move and change.

The girlish softness and delicacy gradually disappear, replaced by masculine firmness and toughness.

The muscles of the body become more bulging and the limbs are no longer slender.

As for the face, the left eye socket was still empty, but Zuo Jian closed his left eye, and at the same time, a shocking long scar was simulated around it.

At this moment, he has turned into an ordinary middle-aged man who looks unremarkable, but after encountering some misfortune, he was left with a hideous wound on his face and lost an eye.

In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, he adjusted his face to make it thinner, and a face like a refugee from famine was created.

"almost."

......

...

..

"I told you to go home quietly, lie down on your bed and have a good sleep. The next day, you won't be hungry."

Under the boundless night sky, Terra's twin moons are now casting their faint light, illuminating the thin voice of the person walking alone in the fields.

“Pah…”

“Pah…”

"As expected, the residents in the Yanfeng City area basically relied on fishing for their livelihood before the sea changed the nearby marine ecology."

"It's not that they don't want to farm, but the surrounding land environment is completely unsuitable for vegetation growth."

The middle-aged man's face whispered slowly, and at the same time, his body began to roll and wriggle continuously.

A large number of holes began to appear in various parts of the body.

And in the hole, countless slender, worm-like red creatures kept falling out.

on the ground.

The moment they land and come into contact with the soil, they seem to awaken some kind of instinct and begin to quickly look for cracks or drill through the cracks to enter the soil.

This was Zuo Jian’s second regret. He was just a painter, not a geographer or agriculturist.

In order to change the extreme environment here, all he could do was use simple and stupid methods.

In addition to the alkaline substances similar to those in his memory, he also had to swallow all the substances that even he himself judged to be difficult to absorb.

Therefore...the biological mimicry that can perfectly execute this condition is...the earthworm.

At this moment, with every step he took, more blood earthworms took away some of the nutrients in this body, and then dived into the soil to complete the complex project arranged by Zuo Jian.

until.....

Plop.....

"?"

He was stunned, looking at his now broken legs.

At this moment, the flesh and blood at the connection had long been lost, and at the broken part, more red worms were wriggling and rolling into the ground.

"I forgot that using the flesh and blood of my legs to mimic those bugs would result in missing parts."

Zuo Jian sighed.

Then, after making sure that there were no villagers passing by, he removed his two arms and used them to fill in the missing parts of his legs.

Then, with the armless torso, it continued to move forward, spreading its own flesh and blood creatures.

He just kept walking and walking...

......

Until the body fell down again, this time, there was almost no flesh and blood from other parts of the body to fill the feet for movement.

At this moment, Zuo Jian looked even more embarrassed than before.

The arms disappeared, the legs seemed to be severely shrunk, and the bones were directly exposed in the chest.

Only half of the lips were left on the head, and the single blue eye was now connected by several tiny tentacles.

He looked at the surface of his body, which was covered by a large number of swollen scarlet earthworms. These were the first batch of mimics that entered the soil. After devouring that part of the body, they began to gradually return to their bodies...

"...It seems that I look more like a monster now."

His current appearance reminded him of all the heavy-taste movies he had watched before.

I used to feel deeply uncomfortable because of those extremely shocking bloody images.

If I had known from the beginning that my reincarnation would become like this, I probably would not have agreed no matter what I said.

“How disgusting…”

As if mocking himself, Zuo Jian shook the half of his head that was left.

"But... it's disgusting though."

More and more mimic earthworms are returning.

Zuo Jian was able to stand up again at this moment.

The broken body slowly stood up and looked at the vast land in front of him.

And...the red seed in his hand.

“But I don’t have any complaints.”

He whispered it quietly, as if speaking to himself.

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"Wooden frame! Wooden frame, get up, don't sleep, go to church, church, the monks come back, give out food!"

"Wooden frame, wake up——"

Anita's morning was broken by the shoving and noise of children.

She opened her eyes and found that the bench had found its way next to her without her noticing.

"Bench, why are you here? Oh, by the way, there's some porridge here. It was too late yesterday and I forgot to look for you. The painters got it. I'll heat it up for you--"

As she was speaking, she was about to find something to start a fire, but was forcefully dragged out of the shabby house by the bench, grabbing her skirt.

"Wait...bench...I'll heat up your food for you right away..."

"No, church, more food! Woodframe! Let's go!"

"Okay, okay, but I have to talk to the painter first, okay?"

"Where's the painter?"

Anita turned around and realized that she and the bench were the only two people in the room.

........

...

"Where did you go?!"

"Zuojian, where are you?"

Laurentina had never been so panicked before. In the blink of an eye, the familiar voice in her ear no longer responded to her.

For a moment, she felt as if she was abandoned and dragged into the quagmire of loneliness once again.

"Za Ma.....Where are you?"

Just when she felt the helplessness enveloping her like a tidal wave, for a moment, as if guided by something, she turned her head and looked in the direction of the church.

"Found it, in the church?"

While the hunter lady was running, another couple arrived at the church earlier.