abnabooks Chapter 2737 Treating the Symptoms
Chapter 2737 Treating the Symptoms
Chapter 2737 Treating the Symptoms
"Shine a strong light on him and check if there are any foreign objects in his eyes."
No sooner had He Lingchuan finished speaking than Hu Min cursed fiercely, "The Soul Tent deserves to die!"
Then there were two loud bangs.
"how?"
"Fan Qi'an was shining a light on him, about to shine it into his eyes. But suddenly this thing spewed a mouthful of black gas into Fan Qi'an's face!" Hu Min said urgently. "Fan Qi'an is now frozen in place."
"Tie up Fan Qi'an too, and time it right," He Lingchuan instructed. "Keep an eye on the changes in Fan Qi'an and Huo Sangyan."
“Huo Sangyan hasn’t changed, nor have the other defecting soldiers.” Hu Min held his breath and looked into their eyes. “There’s nothing in their eyes, and no strange light.”
"Then it's not a Bewitching Worm." Bewitching Worms are afraid of strong light and don't have the ability to quickly split and parasitize.
After listening to other intelligence reports, Wen Daolun turned around and reported again: "Several hundred soldiers have already defected and injured others, and the number is rapidly increasing. They were injured because their comrades sprayed air into their faces."
"It's not as simple as supernatural powers." He added his own analysis, "Supernatural powers wouldn't allow these soldiers to maintain their ability to fight calmly, and besides, our elemental power is strong, making us highly resistant to this kind of spell!"
When soul-capturing supernatural powers encounter elemental energy, their effectiveness is greatly reduced, let alone the elemental energy of a coiled dragon.
“That’s either a parasite or some other medium for creating a clone.” He Lingchuan had an idea in the blink of an eye, and turned to give the order, “Bai Like, you have a sharp tongue, go to Langyagou and help Hu Min out.”
"Okay." That was the response from the person who was called upon.
Soon, the sound of flapping wings came from above Langya Gully, and a celestial bird landed.
This is the White-Robed Guest, whose true form is the Lushan Bird.
It is about the size of a wild goose, and its appearance is somewhat like a crane. A tuft of white feathers stands up on its head, like it is wearing a white hat.
This is the origin of its Taoist name.
The Lushan bird feeds exclusively on various poisonous insects and worms, making it a veritable nemesis of poisonous creatures.
Its prey reside deep within the bodies of living beings, so it also possesses the ability to see through objects, scanning the victim's internal organs and skull from all angles to pinpoint the prey's location.
The white-hatted creature tilted its head and sized up Fan Qi'an from bottom to top. It opened one eye and closed the other, and with the tuft of white fur on its head that looked like it had been dyed, it had a particularly arrogant expression.
Hu Min raised his hand to deflect two arrows aimed at it, and couldn't help but urge, "Immortal, can you hurry up? The enemy is all rushing towards us."
This is a battlefield where accidents happen frequently, not a quiet lakeside stream.
The surrounding Bega army was all heading this way, along with a group of Panlong soldiers who had clearly defected.
"Shut up." Bai Like found him annoying. "They're surrounding me because they're afraid of me and don't want me to find out anything."
Fan Qi'an suddenly opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of black gas at it.
Hu Min stayed far away, but Bai Like stood still, letting it spray all over his face.
"Oh, I see, you were hiding here." As if nothing had happened, it stomped Fan Qi'an to the ground, making him lie on his back. Before Fan Qi'an could struggle, Bai Like shoved his long beak into his nostril.
This movement was extremely fast and light, clearly the work of a skilled worker.
Hu Min felt a chill run down his spine as he watched. If someone else had done it, who knows how much damage it would have caused. The nasal cavity is directly connected to the brain, and the White-Robed Swordsman's long beak was like a thin sickle, a full foot and a half long.
In less than a breath and a half, the White-Robed Guest retracted his neck, a small black worm dangling from the tip of his beak, its body covered in thorns, resembling a tiny sea cucumber.
Fan Qi'an's nose also started bleeding, but his eyes immediately changed from fierce to blank, and then back to clear.
"Let him go, he's healed." Bai Like killed the insect before reporting to He Lingchuan, "This kind of insect is called 'Wenyang'. The larvae float in the air and enter the brain after being inhaled by a creature, taking control of the body. Yuan power can't stop them."
Yuanli (vital energy) can resist the invasion of supernatural powers, but it cannot prevent insects from entering the body.
Hu Min asked from the side, "Can you peck all the little bugs out of these people's brains?"
"They multiply too quickly, I can't handle it." What a joke, it's just a little bird, even if it worked itself to death it couldn't stop the widespread spread of these insects.
"How do we prevent it?" He Lingchuan asked directly. "The fact that it failed to conquer the human world means that it has limitations."
“It can only invade when the host is injured, exhausted, or emotionally agitated, and its control over them is not very stable and is easily interrupted. Also, the larvae do not live long, only about half an hour,” Bai Like replied. “The best way is to find the mother worm and kill her, then the larvae on these soldiers will also die.”
Zhong Shengguang interjected, "Can you find the mother insect on the battlefield?"
"No." Although Bai Like possessed X-ray vision, the sheer number of people on this battlefield was simply too overwhelming! "Searching for the Mother Insect here is like searching for a drop in the ocean."
He Lingchuan knew that his speed in picking the insects couldn't keep up with the rate at which the mandarin duck insects reproduced. Given the inability to find the mother insect, what methods could be used to stop their spread?
His mind raced, and he suddenly asked Zhong Shengguang:
"Could you release the Three Corpse Worms?"
Panlong has been using the Three Corpse Worms for both warfare and city defense for many years, but in the past, it was General Hong who released the Three Corpse Worms when conquering cities and seizing territory.
Zhong Shengguang could also communicate with the large pot, so logically he should have that ability too.
The Panbei War has been going on for so long, and Beijia had already obtained information about the Three Corpse Worms from countries like Baling and had countermeasures, so Panlong could not use the Three Corpse Worms as a surprise weapon on the battlefield.
"Yes." Zhong Shengguang, drawing on his own experience, asked, "You want to use the Three Corpse Worms to deal with them?"
"Give it a try."
Zhong Shengguang reached out and pressed his collar. Others didn't understand his meaning, but He Lingchuan knew that he was communicating with the Great Square Pot.
About twenty breaths later, a sudden gust of cold wind blew out from the depths of Chen En Cliff, and anyone who was blown by it would shiver.
While others couldn't see it, in the eyes of Zhong Shengguang and He Lingchuan, countless Three Corpse Worms drifted away in the wind, scattering in all directions.
The Bega army had long since learned the method of immunity to the Three Corpse Worms from Baling, through taking medicine or wearing calming talismans. But the Panlong warriors didn't need it.
Under the control of the Great Pot, the Three Corpse Worms will not harm the Panlong Warriors.
However, the Three Corpse Worms will now burrow into the seven orifices of "their own people".
Just as the Mandarin Duck Worm is about to corrupt a victim, the Three Corpse Worm follows closely behind, vying with the Mandarin Duck Worm for the host's will.
The Three Corpse Worms affect the human brain, which precisely cuts off the pathway for the Wen Yuan Worms to take effect, rendering their control ineffective.
The Panlong warriors, who should have been harmed, only felt a headache and throbbing temples, but their will was no longer swayed by the enemy, and they were able to continue fighting.
If the larvae of the mandarin duck cannot attach to a human body, they cannot grow and cannot infect other victims.