There are many reef caves on the seaside. Most of these caves are formed by seawater erosion over the years and are very hidden. A large number of fish may gather in them. If you go deep during low tide, you may be submerged by the subsequent high tide, which is a certain danger.
"Thank you, this is for you."
Lu Tan stuffed two small dried fish into the hands of the reluctant kid from Qishui Town, sent him away, and then looked at the reef cave.
The cave is not very deep, but the sun has already risen and the entrance of the cave looks quite dark.
Drizzt took out his revolver, and Lu Tiao took out his flashlight, preparing to illuminate the inside.
"Wait a moment."
Drizzt immediately stopped Lu Trip.
"I'm on guard outside. You go and check the situation first."
He had just lost his sanity because of Ayu's incident, and now he obviously wanted to see the corpse of an inhuman thing. If it was not dealt with properly, he might have another wave of confusion, so Drizzt decided to let Lu Tan go first.
Test the waters. If Lu Tiao doesn't respond, then he will follow up.
In the Quiet Place, this method of exploration is very practical when the team is investigating. After all, when seeing those monsters or encountering extremely weird scenes, instead of everyone losing their minds together, it is better to take turns.
Moreover, when the rationality is reduced to a certain level, people will also experience various temporary madness phenomena, such as fainting, hysteria, confusion, confused cognition, depression, etc. Drizzt almost wanted to attack him just now
Shooting someone to kill yourself is very dangerous.
If only one person encounters such a situation, at least other fellow travelers can help suppress it.
If everyone goes crazy together, the group might be wiped out immediately.
"no problem."
Lu Tan didn't know what Drizzt was thinking, so he only walked into the cave with a flashlight.
Soon, Lu Tiao saw the corpse.
Ding——
Lu Tan felt that his heartbeat was a little accelerated.
The body of the corpse was like that of an ordinary human being, except that the limbs were more slender, and there seemed to be some kind of mucous membrane-like structure between the fingers. He had almost no clothes on his body. The corpse had swelled slightly due to decay, and it was estimated that the internal decay process had already begun.
The head of the corpse is the most eye-catching thing.
The head has no human appearance at all. Instead, it has big fish eyes, thick lips, and gills on both sides of the head. The connection between the fish head and the human body is slightly stiff, as if it has been forcibly sewn together.
Together in general.
If Lu Jian was a person with firm religious beliefs, he might blurt out blasphemous comments at this time, but as an ordinary modern person who has watched many horror and monster movies, Lu Jian only slightly hesitated.
Lean down and shine a flashlight on its head.
The fish's eyes were very cloudy, and the scales on its head had fallen off. In the dark cave, only the light of the flashlight illuminated this hideous and terrifying corpse.
Lu Tiao got closer, trying to find more clues from the corpse.
He checked the few clothes left on the body. The fabric of the clothes had a delicate feel and was different from ordinary coarse cloth. It looked more like something that could only be worn by well-made upper-class people. The body of the body had traces of cutting by rocks, but there were no traces of rock cutting on the body.
Not a fatal injury.
"How did this person die?"
Lu Tiao shined his flashlight downwards, his eyes focused on the corpse's hands.
He noticed two things.
First of all, apart from the scratches caused by the rocks, this hand has almost no traces of other labor. Obviously, as a fisherman, his hands will inevitably have calluses worn out by years of fishing, but this man does not.
, indicating that he does not usually perform routine labor.
Secondly, between this man's fingers, there are translucent structures like fish fins, like the webs of a frog. This is obviously a structure that only creatures living in the water have.
Combined with the fact that it appeared on the beach and the mission information obtained by Lu Tiao, this means...
"The walking fish, is this the kind of creature you're talking about?"
Lu Tan murmured to himself as he prepared to look down.
At this time, a clear chuckle came from behind Lu Tiao.
"whee."
The clear female voice made Lu Tiao turn around immediately. The flashlight illuminated him, but he didn't see anyone.
After scanning the cave and finding nothing more, Lu Tiao continued to look at the corpse, but when his eyes returned to the corpse again, he noticed that the corpse in front of him seemed to be twitching.
Looking up with the flashlight, Lu Jian saw that the fish head seemed to have moved, but also seemed not to move.
He looked there and saw some strange light reflection in the fish's eyes.
This is moving proof!
Lu Tiao took a step back and saw the half-fish, half-human guy seemed to stand up.
No, that's not the case, its belly began to swell.
Realizing what was going to happen, Lu Tiao hurriedly turned back and ran away.
Bang——
Explosions erupted from the corpses, and rotten, festering, dirty and bloody things splashed in the cave, making the sea water turbid.
When an organism dies, the microorganisms inside the corpse begin to putrefy and release a large amount of gases. These gases cannot escape and accumulate in the organism, causing the corpse to swell. When a critical value is reached, or the corpse is exposed to the outside world,
The disturbance is very likely to break the balance and explode directly.
In the real world, when huge creatures such as whales and elephants die, they will even explode in a very large range, which is quite dangerous.
The corpse just now probably exploded due to Lu Jian's inspection, creating the illusion of movement.
"What's wrong?"
Drizzt heard a loud noise coming from the cave and hurriedly shouted to ask.
"The body exploded."
Lu Tan replied simply, the air was full of stench, he used the flashlight to shine back to the place where the body originally lay, and only the remains were so hideous that they needed to be mosaic for people to see.
"But...these internal organs are similar to those of humans, and the lungs...were found."
Lu Tan barely found something that looked like lungs from the pile of bloody things.
Then, he discovered that the organs were full of sludge.
This sludge smells different from the smell of decay, more like some kind of metal.
"These creatures should be mutations of humans, but it's not clear whether the sludge is the cause of the mutation or the result of the mutation."
Unfortunately, Lu Jian couldn't take some samples because he didn't have a suitable container on hand.
After checking again, Lu Tiao left the cave.
After exchanging information with Drizzt and searching the beach, it was already evening when the two returned to the town.
Walking into the door of the hotel, Lu Jian saw that the servant who looked as pale as a dead man the night before was waiting here.
"My master would like to invite you two to come to the mansion for a chat tonight."
There was a smile on his face, like a memorial paper figurine.
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