Chapter 484: Chapter 343: Vomit Contagion (Part 3)
Besides making people eat rocks, the worm’s skills are quite lacking; it got KO’d as soon as it appeared.
I said, if inducing vomiting works, why didn’t her team try it at the beginning?
She said because until the first worm matured, they didn’t think there were living things in their stomachs.
They thought it might be pica due to malnutrition or a reaction to poisoning.
No wonder her warning mentioned she was also poisoned since her team drank the worm egg water at the same time, everyone showed symptoms almost simultaneously, leaving no time to analyze the reaction properly.
Except for Anna Jin, everyone suddenly fell ill, including the team doctor. She panicked at the time, and by the time it was discovered that the worms were to blame, she also started showing symptoms, and in that environment, all she could think about was dying.
After I rescued her, she only ate a little biscuit, and she wondered how she survived before meeting me.
Then she thought of the worm. It turned out she was right, and she bet on it correctly. The worm might be the reason she could survive without eating or drinking, but she wouldn’t let it stay in her stomach.
I looked at the smashed worm carcass, compressed it repeatedly, feeling somewhat familiar.
I asked Anna Jin what color the stones the worm ate were, and upon hearing her answer, my heart stirred.
The color she mentioned matched the color of Wuyong’s bath water, and it was the same color as the worm’s, matching the color of Wuyong’s Insect Coat, all purple.
But the ones on Wuyong were obviously juveniles, their heads hadn’t developed yet, looking like leeches.
"Strange, isn’t this cave a tourist spot? Why is there something so dangerous here?" I muttered to myself.
"Who would drink untested water? Tourists wouldn’t try it." Anna Jin chimed in.
"Have you studied the text inside the cave?" I asked.
"I don’t recognize it, but I traced it in my notebook." Anna Jin, now having some strength and willing to chat, asked me, "Who is your leader?"
"We’re reinforcements from Huaxia. Since our people got lost in the Death Zone, we’re here on a rescue mission. Of course, Kangaroo Country also sent a guide to find the previously missing people."
"You haven’t seen the Ancient City, have you?"
"Hmm? We saw it, we just came out. We’re heading back now; I just turned back to get something, or we wouldn’t have met."
Anna Jin was clearly surprised, "You came back from the Ancient City?"
I nodded, "Yes."
Her expression changed, looking at me, then at Miss Tang, her body instinctively wanting to move backward.
"Don’t be afraid, the evil forces in the Ancient City are gone, taken by someone. Now there’s nothing there, and the city has sunk underground." Finishing, I feared my words lacked conviction, so I winked at Miss Tang.
"Yes, the Ancient City has disappeared, the core was taken away, those evil spirits are dead," Miss Tang kindly backed me up.
"What do you think the core is?" Anna Jin asked confusingly.
"A ball of light."
"A kind of energy."
Miss Tang and I answered simultaneously.
"No, no, it’s not like that. Did you see—" Anna Jin stopped halfway, shaking her head, "Never mind, it’s nothing."
"What’s wrong? Do you know any insider information? Don’t be afraid, it’s really all over." I tried to soothe her emotions.
"Yes, it’s all over; I’m fine, nothing’s wrong."
Anna Jin didn’t look fine at all; I sensed things were serious, but she dared not speak.
What could be so intimidating in this situation that she wouldn’t dare reveal the truth?
Is she afraid of being accused of leaking secrets by her superiors, or is she scared of someone’s retaliation?
She doesn’t want to speak now; probing further is pointless. I’ll have to wait until we’re elsewhere, or when we meet Mike, she might be willing to reveal something.
After all, to her, Mike is considered ’one of us.’ At dawn, I helped them into the cave, staying near the entrance, not walking too far.
In fact, as Anna said, as long as you don’t touch that spring water inside, there’s no danger.
But to be safe, I left them near the exit, making it easier to escape.
At dawn, Mike came with Little Red to pick us up, their pairing genuinely surprised me.
Mike has always been wary of Little Red; to dare come out with it alone, does it mean he trusts it now?
Actually, since Little Red and I fought the giant worm together, Mike never mentioned any suspicion about Little Red’s identity again.
Maybe he believed that someone willing to risk their life to save them shouldn’t be doubted.
