Chapter 96 Rat Kingdom

Now that his body and spirit have reached this high level, it is very rare to see numerical improvements like this.

If it were normal, he might have to keep practicing and studying... it would take several months or half a year to achieve the progress.

Even if you follow the wrong path in practicing, strengthening and exploring, your efforts for several months will be in vain, and you won’t be able to improve at all.

This bath is worth it, even if you are covered in iron from poisoning, it doesn't matter.

If he hadn't already reached his limit, he would still want to continue soaking.

However, he also warned himself in his heart that he should know how to measure everything and know that there is enough room for advancement and retreat.

Just be grateful and lucky when you get something cheap, and don't breed excessive greed. Only in this way can you always stay rational.

This [Ksitigarbha Essence] is indeed an indescribable thing, but Li Heng also understands that its usefulness ends here for him.

If he continues, he will only make himself irreversibly dependent. Even a superhuman mind like his may not be confident that he can get rid of the dependence.

It is no exaggeration to say that this substance is more than ten times more effective in stimulating human nerves than the most powerful banned drug in the world!

The initial contact with it will cause people to feel severe stimulation and bring unparalleled pain. Once they get used to it, the instant satisfaction it brings is unmatched by any biological behavior.

The reason why those "Iron-armored Bronze Corpse Immortals" of the White Lotus Sect were not addicted is that after bathing in [Ksitigarbha Essence], they were actually immersed in the effect of the drug, and when the effect of the drug wore off, they

When their bodies collapse.

Therefore, the corpse of the Iron-armored Bronze Corpse Immortal will have a similar effect, greatly stimulating the devouring desire of these rats.

Because the dead corpse is just like the scene just now. After drinking [Ksitigarbha Essence], the dead rat corpse will become the food of the rat queen, and will be dissolved and transformed into milk to feed the offspring.

All of this points to the fact that the human body is too weak.

This is probably another practical reason why the White Lotus Church puts all the corpses of the "great immortals" in iron coffins and hangs them in mid-air without touching the ground - for fear of being eaten by rats.

"Another detail in the story was also confirmed."

He stretched out his arms and spread his hands, then clapped his hands together suddenly, and suddenly the applause exploded like thunder, causing a violent movement in the closed underground cavity, and even directly drowned out the noisy rat barking!

There are so many of them, and they grow on the bottom of the rat nest, where many rats are constantly gnawing on the fungi and mushrooms.

Zhizhizhizhi——

Manic squeaks came from both sides, and countless pairs of small scarlet eyes stared at him in the dim environment, as if they were being aimed at by the red dots of countless sniper rifles.

Therefore, the "Iron Armored Bronze Corpse Immortal" can naturally drive back the rats and suppress the rat infestation, but this also has limitations.

"Perhaps some natural and invisible laws stipulate that the mortal cannot touch the supernatural."

Even a Gundam engine can't take a classic car flying. It will definitely fall apart before it can fly.

Anyone who has been soaked in [Ksitigarbha Essence] will make these rats afraid to avoid it, just like they dare not climb up this semi-circular stone slope to directly ingest the essence pool.

Looking at the [Ksitigarbha Essence] pool in front of me, it is clear that there is such a "treasure of heaven and earth" that can be called a super compound, but the price is too harsh for humans.

But he didn't dare to use it many times for a long time, as there was no guarantee that it wouldn't capsize in the gutter.

And when he came to the depths of the rat's nest and close to the cliff, he solved the question he had always had - what do these things eat?

He saw a lot of familiar things in the cracks between the rock layers - a large number of fungi agglomerated, forming a shape similar to straw mushrooms, overlapping and growing in this mixed matrix made of rat droppings and powdered rock layers.

And the steady stream of heat pouring out from the ground becomes the energy source for its growth.

This thing is so magical and effective, but it is not very friendly to humans. The benefits gained from using it are far outweighed by the cost. If it were not for being an outlier like myself, I am afraid that no one would be able to make perfect use of it.

It was a ladder, hanging on the cliff in front, which had been occupied by rats. Now that the rats dispersed, they briefly reappeared.

They died immediately before the "addiction" kicked in and they soaked for the second time. In other words, the cause of their death was the "withdrawal reaction" after the drug's effect wore off.

At the same time, Li Heng also saw an incredible scene. There was a type of rat that was relatively large and had significantly thicker hind limbs. It was crawling backwards and forwards in the rat nest, rolling the feces on the ground into the fungus jungle.

His thoughts were a little wandering. He thought of the many cases and records he had seen when studying biomedical science. In fact, in many laboratories around the world, some substances with strange and unparalleled effects have been synthesized more or less.

Scientists all think they have found a "magic drug" to conquer cancer, improve intelligence, extend life expectancy...etc.

For a moment, the rats below were frightened and shaken, squeaking and squawking like an ebbing tide, and they surged and dispersed, creating a spectacular scene.

And just after the mice dispersed from under the rock slope, Li Heng saw something.

In the story told by the old man, it was mentioned that when the rat infestation occurred, the man in black would avoid the rats wherever he went. In fact, his principle is the same now.

He didn't feel cruel or evil at all... he just felt strange about this special biological mechanism.

This couldn't help but remind him of what the immortal seeker wrote in the underground temple - "There are true spiritual laws in the world, but there is no legal person."

The covering layer formed by the accumulation of large amounts of mouse droppings!

However, until Li Heng had almost walked dozens of steps, no rat dared to move forward. Instead, the rats dispersed wherever he passed.

This is of course not because he has some domineering aura that can naturally frighten these rats, nor is it because he has cultivated some kind of protective divine light to avoid humans and animals retreating within ten steps.

After a long silence, Li Heng finally uttered these words.

“Life…incredible”

The front is already the end of this underground cavity. Going forward is basically just the most primitive crack in the ground. Why did the people in the past hang a ladder here?

Li Heng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he walked down the path, walking along the semicircular stone slope until he came to the area originally occupied by the rats.

He took a deep breath and felt that the power flowing in his body became more and more pure. The energy from [Ksitigarbha Essence] could be perfectly integrated into his own circulation, without any intention of rejection.

That means they must be alive.

However, even so, he could not escape this fate in the end.

As soon as he stepped here, he felt soft under his feet, as if there was a thick blanket.

It’s not that those drugs and substances are ineffective, it’s that they must adapt to the complex and fragile organism of the human body.

Just staring at the milky white pool that had returned to calm again, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

Only the living Iron-armored Bronze Corpse Immortal can deter the rats. Once they die and become corpses, the situation will be reversed in an instant, and all the rats will swarm forward and try their best to eat.

This is feces.

However, as soon as it is clinically tested, the results are all over the place. Most of the reactions of those substances after entering the human body are unsatisfactory, and may even directly lead to human body failure.

This is a "super banned drug" that will kill humans instantly as soon as the effect of the drug wears off!

Only a freak like Li Heng, whose body has been strengthened to a perverted level, can withstand the toxicity without causing withdrawal reactions due to dependence.

And based on these traces, it is inferred that the distribution range of these feces is regular.

"They...are guiding the growth of fungi?!"

Li Heng was very surprised when he saw this behavior. What does it mean?

This means that this group of mice is "farming"!

They deliberately move and accumulate their feces, soaking and decaying the rock formations to form a matrix layer on which fungi can grow. The fungi then absorb geothermal heat and grow into swarms, turning them into food for the rats.

This is very similar to the behavior of humans fertilizing the land with fertilizers, then plowing and planting seeds, allowing the crops to absorb solar energy to grow, and finally picking them!

A group of rats develop "agriculture" underground.
Chapter completed!