northernbook Chapter 651 Scaly Ticks
Chapter 651 Scaly Ticks
Is Shao Wei's belly getting bigger?
Hear this.
The archaeological team members then suddenly remembered...
right!
It seems like it all started when they all ran out of the sulfur cave.
Shao Wei never spoke to them or sat down to eat dry rations with them.
Think of this.
The archaeological team members all turned to look in Shao Wei's direction!
You wouldn't know if you didn't look.
Everyone was genuinely startled upon seeing it!
Shao Wei's belly was bulging high, as if a long white radish had grown inside him, pushing his clothes up high.
"Old Shao!"
Zhang Yunfeng turned pale upon seeing this scene.
He hurriedly dropped the dry food in his hand and rushed towards Shao Wei with both hands and feet. Just as Zhang Yunfeng was about to open Shao Wei's clothes, Qin An suddenly shouted to stop him.
"Professor Zhang! Don't move!"
Hear this.
Zhang Yunfeng suddenly calmed down from his worry and realized that there might be something dirty on Shao Wei's stomach, so he withdrew both hands.
At the same time, he took two steps back.
Qin An strode forward and squatted down next to Shao Wei. The rest of the archaeological team also gathered around. Qin An first unzipped Shao Wei's down jacket.
This tumor is huge!
The down jacket was pushed up high... very taut.
Even Qin An had to exert some force to pull it open. Underneath the down jacket was a sweater and thermal underwear, as the temperature in the Changbai Mountains was extremely low.
As a middle-aged or elderly person, Shao Wei naturally wore a lot of clothes!
Qin An didn't bother to open the thermal underwear and sweater again. Instead, he had Jiang Liuli hand him the fishbone knife, and then used it to cut open the sweater and thermal underwear.
"Shh-"
They lost the cover of their clothes.
The tumor was instantly exposed to everyone's view.
But... this isn't a tumor at all!
This thing is all black.
There were also some black scales the size of black sesame seeds on it. Qin An looked down at the flesh on Shao Wei's belly and found that these things did not grow from Shao Wei's belly.
Instead, it meshed with Shao Wei's stomach!
After a while.
Qin An discovered that this thing was a poisonous insect!
Its mouthparts were biting into Shao Wei's belly... and its mouth was still moving incessantly, as if it were sucking blood from Shao Wei's stomach.
"This guy......"
Qin An felt that this thing looked very familiar.
Its appearance and habits are somewhat similar to ticks?
Think of this.
Qin An decisively used his reconnaissance eye on him.
Category: Scaly ticks
[Combat power: 200]
Weakness: Fire
[Introduction: The scaly tick is a new species created by Pingyi, the rain master under Chiyou, through the modification of ticks... He hybridized the original ticks with various venomous insects. The resulting scaly ticks not only have strong venom but also suck the blood of animals. By sucking blood... the scaly tick's body can often swell to 100 times its own size.]
Can this thing expand to 100 times its own size?
Qin An was alarmed as he read the description of the scaled ticks!
No wonder this thing was able to attach itself to Shao Wei's stomach so silently... I guess it was originally about the size of a mosquito.
However, it is now expanding due to its blood-sucking.
It looks like a lump of flesh has grown on Shao Wei's stomach!
"How is it... Brother Qin An! Can you figure out what this dirty thing is?" Zhang Yunfeng was a little anxious because the tumor on Shao Wei's stomach was still growing.
Moreover, Shao Wei's face turned deathly pale.
His forehead was covered in black mist!
He's practically a dead man now!
Hearing Zhang Yunfeng's question.
Qin An nodded and said, "This thing is a tick."
Ticks?
The members of the archaeological team were unaware of the ticks.
But they're familiar with ticks!
Zhang Yunfeng was about to ask if anyone had alcohol or Vaseline on them when Qin An interrupted, saying:
"This thing isn't an ordinary tick! It's a hybrid of ticks and various venomous insects! Alcohol or petroleum jelly probably won't work on it."
Zhang Yunfeng grew anxious. "Then what should we do?"
Qin An looked at the words "afraid of fire" in the description of the scaled ticks and said, "You all step back a bit, these things are very afraid of fire."
Hear this.
Everyone quickly retreated to the back.
Then Qin An gripped the fishbone knife in reverse and dripped a drop of Qilin blood onto the blade. Instantly, deep blue flames rose from the fishbone knife.
Qin An gripped the fishbone knife and slowly approached the scaled tick's body.
"Chi chi chi——"
Until then.
Qin An then realized why the description of the scaly tick emphasized its fear of fire: the flame was only close to the scaly tick's body and had not yet penetrated it!
The blood inside the scaly tick begins to boil.
"Shuashuashua——"
The intense heat of the flames caused the scaled tick's legs to thrash, but it was still unwilling to give up Shao Wei, this large piece of meat, and its mouthparts remained firmly gripping Shao Wei's flesh.
Until Qin An inserted the fishbone knife into the body of the scaled tick.
"Boom boom boom——"
The flames burned directly inside the scaly tick's body before it truly felt the pain. The scaly tick suddenly released its mouthparts, trying to jump away from the flames.
But it sucked way too much blood!
Its size has swelled to 50 times its original size.
With such a heavy weight, the scaly tick couldn't even crawl, let alone jump.
See this.
Qin An directly picked up the fishbone knife.
Make sure the scale-like ticks are completely removed from Shao Wei's stomach, then increase the flames on the fishbone knife.
"Chi chi chi——"
The high-temperature flames first completely dried out the moisture inside the tick, and then charred it.
Seeing that the scaly tick was completely dead.
Qin An simply swung the fishbone knife and sent it flying!
Then Qin An suddenly pressed the still-warm fishbone knife against Shao Wei's stomach!
"Chi chi chi——"
A wisp of white smoke rose from the wound on Shao Wei's abdomen.
The intense pain woke Shao Wei, who was still unconscious!
"what--"
Shao Wei let out a scream.
Seeing this, Gu Yang immediately took off Shao Wei's shoes, then yanked off his socks and stuffed them into Shao Wei's mouth.
"Uuuuuu——"
Shao Wei's wails turned into choked sobs.
Saw this scene.
The members of the archaeological team all looked up at Gu Yang in shock!
"Heaven and earth bear witness! I did not seek personal revenge! I did this entirely because I was afraid that Professor Shao would bite off his own tongue due to the pain."
Hearing Gu Yang's explanation.
The members of the archaeological team all gave each other a knowing look.