book of old days

Chapter 238 Worms
Sean was startled, and the meatball almost fell to the ground with a shake of his hand. He quickly put the meatball on the table, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen worms came out of it, wriggling and crawling around. .

Xiao En's scalp felt numb when he saw it. Since he was a child, he was most afraid of insects, whether it was spiders, cockroaches or such fleshy worms. Things that are not dangerous will be avoided.

Not to mention that there are so many worms gushing out in such a sudden, Sean felt disgusted seeing it. He resisted the urge to run away, picked up the glass beside him, and dunked the meatballs and those worms. in.

Observing through the glass, I finally feel a little more secure.

The meatball turned out to be something like an egg sheath, and the biological structure inside could be clearly seen along the cross-section cut with a knife. The bud-like meat sacs were neatly arranged, showing a translucent Texture, there is a worm lying in each of them, probably because of being stimulated, many worms in the flesh sacs crawled out, only a few of them were still lying in dormancy.

These worms looked a bit like extremely small earthworms, each one was about an inch long, thick as a matchstick, fleshy red, pink and tender. At this time, they were wriggling desperately, as if they wanted to get out of the cup.

Fortunately, the top of the desk is solid hardwood, and there is nowhere for these worms to escape.

Xiao En observed for a while, and suddenly felt that something was not right. For a group of newborn worms, these worms are too vigorous, right?He had already followed the cup to find a way out.

And why would it be a worm?Ulysses fed this thing to people, and it can also make people instantly change from a sick and sick child to a radiant "healthy person". What is the reason for this?
Could it be some kind of biological weapon?But this is too sci-fi, but considering all the weird phenomena encountered in this world, it is not impossible.

Sean already had some guesses at this time. Could it be that Ulysses' plan is to use this biochemical weapon to create super soldiers and then rule the world?Or use them to control the host...

Sean's thoughts continued to diverge for a while, but unfortunately he did not fully inherit the memory of John Smith, otherwise he would probably know more inside information.

Judging from the conversation between Ulysses and him, John Smith seems to have been deeply involved in this incident, and it is even possible that he has gained Ulysses' trust and played an important role in this plan. Role.

Sean sighed, this matter is really a bit troublesome, and he doesn't know how to deal with Ulysses and the others in the future, and whether he should agree or reject the 'thing' that Ulysses said.

After thinking about it, it is definitely useless to rely on random guesses on this matter, and I am not an expert in this field, so it seems that I must seek professional help.

Biology is considered a relatively unpopular subject at Jianbao University, but it's not that no one studies it. Fortunately, Sean knows quite a few people.

After thinking about it, I did think of someone.

He found an empty glass bottle from his pocket, and carefully poured all the worms and egg cases into it. As soon as the worms found that the cup was removed, they scurry violently, scaring Sean into panic again.

He was afraid that these little bugs would be dangerous, such as getting into people's bodies, so he had to use tweezers to pinch them one by one, and finally cleaned them up, and wiped them with spirits on the table five or six times , is finally finished.

But looking at the place where those worms just crawled, I still feel a little scared in my heart.

Forget it, the big deal is to turn around and give the table away.

He turned around, picked up his coat and went out. Half an hour later, he came to Butcher Street.

As the name reveals, this street is famous for gathering a large number of butcher shops in Sword Castle, but of course he didn't come here to buy meat, but to find people.

Sean looked at the ancient building in front of him, and checked the address on the notebook.

Martin Warnes lives here. He is a professor of biology at the University of Sword Castle. He especially likes to study various insects. Because he has dealt with insects all year round, he always has a strange smell on his body, which makes everyone avoid him. Not as good as.

Fortunately, as a traveler from an equal society, Sean has always maintained the most basic respect for such professionals, so the relationship with Martin is not bad.

It can't be said that they are good friends, but they can talk to each other anyway.

Dang clang clang, Sean knocked hard on the heavy wooden door. The house Martin lives in is a rather old but very solid old house. The doors and windows are closed during the day, and the curtains are drawn, so there is no mistake. .

After a few seconds, a gap opened slightly on the door and window, and a pair of yellow eyes with thick-bottomed glasses looked out from inside.

Martin looked a little unhappy, but fortunately he still recognized Sean.

"Professor Sean?"

"It's me, can I go in, I have something urgent to ask you for help."

The door was opened with a gap, which was regarded as an invitation. Sean got in sideways, and as soon as he entered, the other party closed the door again and made a silent gesture.

Sean looked at the young man with messy hair in front of him, and he was looking at him impatiently.

"Professor Sean, I'm very busy and don't want to be disturbed, so if your matter is not as urgent as you said, I will be very angry."

There are several extremes used in one sentence, but the words are said so, but the tone is really not deterrent.

Sean couldn't help but smiled. Rather than being impatient, Martin seemed to be more nervous, probably because he seldom interacted with people. Sean was very familiar with the character of this type of engineering man. Smiling thoughtfully, he walked into the living room on his own.

This weird mansion is as weird as the Martin in front of me. The hall is full of glass boxes, which use exquisite techniques and delicate thoughts to create various artificial environments similar to the wild, where you can see all kinds of insects living Inside, praying mantises, spiders, some kind of locust, and the largest glass box was filled with sand, and hundreds of ants were scurrying about building nests.

Sean stayed away from those glass boxes vigilantly, to avoid being crawled by some unlucky worm, he took out the glass bottle containing worms and meatballs from his pocket.

"I want you to look at these little things for me."

Even through the bottle, Sean could feel the movement of those worms hitting the bottle, which made him faintly sick again.

He couldn't wait to pass the bottle to Martin. When he saw the worms in it, Martin was a little annoyed, "What do you mean you brought me a bunch of worms? I study insects, which are different things from worms."

He said, but still took it.

"Drink water?" He took out two cups from a glass cabinet. The cabinet seemed to be specially used for cups, but the shape was almost exactly the same as those insect boxes. Sean waved his hand decisively.

"No need—although there are some differences, there are still similarities. Help me find out what this is."

Martin took a look at the bottle angrily, and quickly made a judgment, "This should be a thread worm."

"Thread worms? Are you sure this thing is common?"

"Of course it's very common. If the drinking water is not clean, sometimes it will appear in the human body. A parasite lives in the human intestinal tract. Sometimes it will get into the human brain and eat the brain, and finally turn the person into a lunatic. Or a fool, a dangerous creature—wait a minute, let me see."

Martin suddenly seemed to have discovered something. He moved closer and took out a magnifying glass to observe carefully.

"It does look like nematode worms, but something is wrong, they seem to be overactive."

"Isn't it normal?"

"Of course, nematodes are parasites, which means that they must live in a specific environment, with requirements for temperature, humidity, and pH. Usually, they spread in the form of eggs, and hatch after entering the organism, relying on sucking the host's blood. The bodily fluids survive, the adults die quickly once exposed to the air, but these seem to be alive, where did you get the samples?"

He pointed to the meatball again, "What's that? You still feed them? Worms don't have meat-eating teeth."

"It's not food, it's eggs, and these worms came out of that thing."

"What!" Martin looked with an unbelievable expression. He studied the meatball carefully, and the expression on his face gradually became excited. It was a kind of expression like a child seeing a new toy.

"Interesting, really interesting. It seems that this is not an ordinary thread worm, maybe it is a new mutated species. This kind of egg case is usually produced by insects. Where did you find it?"

"I'm afraid it's inconvenient to disclose this." Sean said, and asked tentatively: "The person who gave me this thing told me that these bugs have a magical ability that can make people who eat them stronger and even cure diseases. regain health……"

Martin laughed out loud when he heard this, "Hahaha, your joke is not funny at all. I know you people who engage in literature are more fanciful, but recovering health? Treating diseases? Please Sean, you are not so good Crazy?
Parasites are parasitic organisms that depend on the host to survive. They only destroy the health of the host, absorb the blood and body fluids of the host, and eventually cause the host to get sick or even die. "

Sean wasn't angry at Martin's mocking of Sean, this kind of thing is indeed somewhat unbelievable.

"In short, I want you to help me research these things to see what they are and what characteristics they have."

Martin readily agreed this time, "No problem, leave it to me, but it may take a while, I need to do a few experiments, come back in two days." Martin said, looking a little eager to try.

(End of this chapter)