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Chapter 49

——At the end of the long and winding corridor, there is a bottomless darkness.

Blending with the night outside the window, in the boundless darkness, a huge silhouette of a beast slowly emerged.

The noise of the surrounding environment disappeared in an instant, only the footsteps of the monster were slowly approaching.

Its shadow fell on the nearby wall, twisting and deforming under the dim light, and it seemed particularly huge for a while.

"Here it is."

Yan Jingxing felt the tension in his heart, but the corners of his mouth were unconsciously raised, showing an excited expression.

"Sure enough, it only appeared for hunting. After the hosts of the Hairless One were defeated by our side first, it couldn't wait any longer."

The monster they were chasing before now came to him on his own initiative, proving that his guess and strategy were correct.

"...It seems that this beast is not afraid of us."

Xie Yuzhi said softly.

"The reason why it avoided us just now was because it had a cunning personality, or simply wanted to tease us."

"Sounds really irritating." Ji Chunzao muttered to the side, brooding over the fact that he was played by a dog.

……

Yan Jingxing was fully prepared and ready for battle.

As a soldier, he was naturally at the forefront.

When the monster came out of the darkness and the whole picture appeared in front of the young people, everyone's breathing stopped slightly at the same time,
Dr. Sun still had a vivid memory of the dog that appeared ten years ago, and described it as "a dog with black fur and a body the size of a calf, with two mouths."

This sounds quite scary, but after actually seeing its appearance, Yan Jingxing felt that his description was too conservative.

"The appearance is completely different from the description. Could it be that it has grown again after ten years?"

Underneath the fluffy jet-black fur is the outline of bulging muscles, and blood-red lines can even be seen protruding from the uncovered areas.

It was a beast with a height of more than one meter, a body length of nearly three meters, and a weight of more than two hundred kilograms. It had a thick skull, a strong jaw, and pupils the size of copper bells.

It is not correct to say that it is a wolf or a dog, because there is no such a strong and huge canine creature on the earth today. It is like a fierce beast that traveled from ancient times. An adult male lion hunting on the grassland.

——and, it has more than two mouths at all!
"...It actually has two heads, what kind of creature is this?"

A head grew out of the black dog's neck, like a deformed sarcoma, but with eyes, nose and mouth clearly growing, this head and the black dog's head grinned at them together.

Just when Yan Jingxing and the others were shocked, the two-headed black dog suddenly stopped moving forward.

Although this monster is not afraid of them, it obviously senses that these human children are not ordinary people, otherwise it would not deliberately lead them to consume energy.

While showing a threatening expression, the two-headed black dog kept a distance of seven to eight meters from the boy, wandering back and forth in the middle of the corridor, with a pair of animal pupils staring at him fiercely.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yan Jingxing immediately asked the girl behind him for information.

"Chunzao, can you 'see' something about this monster? Anything."

Because Xie Yuzhi and Ji Chunzao didn't have the ability to fight head-on, they had already retreated to the corridor to prevent patients or medical staff from approaching here, and they were nervously watching the situation where one person and one dog were confronting each other.

"Okay, I'm sorting out..."

Yan Jingxing didn't turn around, only heard the girl's answer from behind, her voice trembled slightly due to nervousness, but it was probably because he was standing in front of her, the emotion in her words was not afraid.

"It's called 'Head Splitter,' and it's a parasitic creature."

"Parasite?" Yan Jingxing was stunned for a moment, then looked at the vicious-looking two-headed black dog not far away, "It?"

With this appearance and shape, she can definitely be called the top five and the three thickest. Who is going to parasitize her?
"No, this dog is in a parasitized state."

Ji Chunzao said.After hearing this sentence, Xie Yuzhi beside her seemed to understand.

"Split head...is this name, is it a parasite similar to sparganum? It's similar to the hairless one?"

"Well. According to the knowledge in my brain, the split-headed one is the natural enemy of the hairless one, and both are parasites. The difference between them is that the hairless one will constantly replace the host and survive by devouring the brain ; while the head splitter is relatively a more 'gentle' parasitic life, once it selects a host, it will not replace the target until the host dies."

"Although the head splitter has this name, it will not really harm the host's brain, but will produce a new 'brain' in the host body, sharing the nutrients provided by the internal circulation with the original brain; this parasitism is reflected in the appearance , that is, the organisms lodged by the head splitters will slowly grow a second head."

The tone of Ji Chunzao's speech was like reciting the words in an illustrated book of alien creatures.

"...The living body lodged by the head splitter will become far superior to the same kind in the group, regardless of its physique, intelligence, or even the length of its life cycle, and even possess special senses and reaction abilities..."

Compared with the "hairless one", the "head splitter" in the knowledge mastered by the alien priest is obviously more important, which shows that the latter has a higher existence value in the eyes of the alien.

The reason is easy to imagine. Compared with hairless people who only destroy violently and rely on constant replacement of hosts to obtain food, split-headed people are not pure pests. They choose the path of coexistence with their hosts.

It can even promote the strengthening of the living body. Compared with the "insignificant" cost of providing nutrients for a brain that does not belong to him at certain times, the living body being boarded is undoubtedly developing towards a higher level ——

As long as you don't mind growing a second head on your body.

According to the explorer's diary, the civilization developed by the aliens is based on highly developed biotechnology, and it is not surprising that they would be interested in such a strange life as the "head splitter".

"...I am afraid that a split-headed person who came to this planet one day chose a black dog on Earth as a host, and developed to this level ten years later."

Xie Yuzhi said in a low voice.

"The hairless person, which also uses the brain of the organism as a source of nutrients, is the most delicious and valuable prey for the split-headed creature. This is easy to understand... So, I am afraid it will not give up this group of patients easily."

Miss Xie finally couldn't hold back her inner worries, and raised her voice to remind:
"You have to be careful, Jing Xing. As long as you don't get hurt, run away immediately if you encounter danger!"

Yan Jingxing didn't turn around, but waved to the two girls hiding behind as a response.

The smile that appeared on the corner of the boy's mouth has not disappeared since just now.

……

Ok, so what to do next?
Yan Jingxing carefully observed every move of this "split-headed dog", and he found that the pace of the monster's pacing and circling in the same place had changed: the threatening elements in the tentative moves became more and more threatening, grinning. The impatience and cruelty displayed in the film are becoming more and more obvious.

It seemed that the split-headed dog would soon be unable to hold back and made its first tentative attack on him.

But compared to the monster opposite, Yan Jingxing was really surprised by himself.

He did not activate the warrior instinct, and his inner emotions were not suppressed by absolute rationality, so Yan Jingxing could clearly feel the emotions surging in his heart at this moment:
There is fear, there is tension, but what really occupies most of it is a kind of joy full of tension——

He is looking forward to the fight.

At this moment, Yan Jingxing deeply realized that he was indeed different.

A series of adventures brought him not only the superpower itself, but also imperceptibly stimulated the natural adventurous and aggressive factors in him, enough to drive him to overcome the fear of facing monsters just like now.

Including what happened yesterday, if it was Yan Jingxing before, it would be impossible for him to agree to fight with an adult.

He used to be a good student, he listened to his teachers and parents, tried to be a well-behaved child, and never thought about who he would fight with; but now he has become used to fighting, and thinks that this feeling is not annoying, but annoying. feel……

passionate.

Yan Jingxing moved his body, licked his dry lips, and took out a few small knives, ready to activate his abilities at any time.

What Xie Yuzhi said to him last night was even more finalizing——

"Don't be afraid to use your own weapons. If you really can't, Chunzao and I will watch you."

Miss Xie has spoken to such an extent, what else do I have to be afraid of?
"call."

There was a sound of wind.

Yan Jingxing's pupils shrank slightly, and at the same time he restrained his thinking and activated his warrior instinct, his eyes became as deep as a deep mountain and ancient well;
At the same time, the split-headed dog has jumped into the air, and its jumping ability is far superior to that of ordinary beasts. Yan Jingxing, who is in a normal state, didn't notice the movement of jumping up just now. He didn't react until he heard the sound. In other words In other words, it has surpassed the dynamic vision and reaction power of ordinary people.

And this hesitation in the blink of an eye is enough for this monster to cross nearly half of the distance in the air; the remaining three or four meters will be quickly pulled together in the remaining time of no more than half a breath.

If he was really an ordinary person, what he felt during the whole process was that he was thrown to the ground without seeing anything clearly, and there was no time to make any resistance.

However, Yan Jingxing had already opened his "eyes".

The flow of time slowed down in an instant, like a world in slow motion, reflected on the surface of his pupils.

The slightly rotating lens receives the picture information, projects the information carried by the light onto the retinal nerve at the bottom of the eyeball, and then transmits the integrated information to the brain;

The high-speed brain analyzes the status quo and thinks strategies with amazing sensitivity, and transmits instructions through the spinal cord, the medium that reads information and outputs signals, and the spinal cord transmits movement signals through the spinal nerves that connect muscle, skin, internal organs and other receptors to the spine. Radiating to the whole body——

Everything was moving at an astonishingly terrifying speed, accumulating strength in his body.

Almost at the moment when the split-headed dog that jumped into the air began to fall under the action of gravity, Yan Jingxing adjusted the posture of exerting force. Different muscle groups followed the direction of exerting force, and the outline was continuously gathered from the shoulders to the arms. In the end, the strength of the whole body was concentrated on the point where the fingertips flew out with super high efficiency.

The knife pierced the air.

At this distance, he has no chance of missing the throw.

"Oh……?"

Even if the conflict has already occurred at this moment, the two sides in the confrontation are still engaged in a constant game.

For example, now, the split-headed dog's reaction has exceeded Yan Jingxing's expectations: even in the state of "being in mid-air", it can still avoid the flying knife by fine-tuning its posture.

but……

"It's useless."

The second and third throwing knives had crossed an arc and were thrown towards the split-headed dog's eyes and the other head.

Whether it is the speed of the flying knife or the bite speed of the split-headed dog, they are already extremely fast, and ordinary people cannot react at all; but in the eyes of Yan Jingxing, who thinks at high speed, their trajectories are all in the "decelerating" time flow legible.

"As long as it's impossible to reach the same level of reflexes as me, it's impossible to see through my actions."

Yan Jingxing was full of confidence in this.

The only thing he cares about is whether the fist he swung with his own strength can cause effective damage to the enemy, so he specially found a weapon suitable for him, such as "throwing knife".

"Crack, crack!"

The split-headed dog fell to the ground in some embarrassment, and slid a certain distance on the floor. There were already bleeding wounds on the other head and leg.

The wound is not deep and needs to be repaired!

Yan Jingxing quickly took out the remaining two throwing knives, and one of them flew towards the monster's vital point again, while he held the other one backwards in his hand, and at the same time threw himself on it.

It can be said that "a man of high art is bold", and now he has no fear, he slightly lowered his head to avoid the claws of the split-headed dog, bullied into the inner circle, bowed his waist and lowered his back, accumulating strength like a spring, Can jump in place at any time.

Next, it's my turn to attack!

However, the split-headed dog's reaction after being injured caught people off guard: it turned its head and rushed towards the window next to it.

"boom!"

The black dog jumped onto the window sill and rushed out through the glass window. The crystal fragments shimmered, like a rainbow bridge sprinkled across the dark night sky after the rain.

In fact, the wound Yan Jingxing left for it was not deep, but it still chose to run away without hesitation.

Yan Jingxing, who was in the state of activating instinct, also did not have any hesitation or confusion. After recovering the throwing knife, he immediately followed the split-headed dog and jumped onto the window sill. He grabbed his collar and covered his face with his hands, and jumped out of the window facing the debris.

"..."

It wasn't until the figures of a person and a beast disappeared into the vast night that the shattered glass shards fell on the ground with a "crash" and echoed crisply.

Only Ji Chunzao and Xie Yuzhi in the corner were left looking at each other.

"Chase!"

The two of them finally came to their senses at this time, and chased in the direction of Yan Jingxing and the split-headed dog along the corridor.

(End of this chapter)