Listening to Hans' description, Meng Lei felt a chill for no reason.

A living human being, watching his flesh and blood slowly melt away by mycelium, but could do nothing.

Eventually it becomes a medium for parasites and becomes a complete "vegetative"!

Such a transformation process must be extremely painful and terrifying.

Before crossing, some of Blue Star's literature and film and television works had appeared similar to this kind of fungal biological conception that feeds on the human body.

Therefore, even if he hadn't personally seen the growth of the thalamus in the human body, Meng Lei could probably make up the scene.

It's really chilling.

The point is, even if the flower buds of the thalamus are not attacked, they will silently release spores after they have grown to the final stage.

Under normal circumstances, during the voyage of the submarine, the crew rarely go to the ballast tank to hang out.

As long as the stability does not fail, the thalamic fungus will cover the entire ballast tank, and it is likely that it will not be discovered. The people on the submarine don't even know when they will be recruited.

This is the scariest part of the thalamus!

While thinking, Hans didn't seem to notice the change in Meng Lei's face, and continued to say to himself:

"These thalamic spores have a wide range of transmission routes, and it is difficult to effectively defend and disinfect them.

They can go anywhere they want to go with the current, or they can quietly spread through the air to gathering places when the submarine docks.

When I was young, I heard the legend of the city of the thalamus.

At that time, a ship carrying a large number of thalamic spores did not dispose of the colony core of the ballast tank in time after docking.

Caused the thalamic spores to spread widely through submarines and the ventilation system in the city, infecting the residents of the entire city!

By the time people noticed the anomaly, it was too late.

With no cure for this fungal infection, the entire city was eventually assimilated.

The thalamic mycelium, on the other hand, relied on the power reserve of the energy zone, and it proliferated wildly in the city.

In the end, the whole city was turned into a gorgeous and strange sea of ​​flesh and blood!

An investigation team sent by the Alliance had penetrated into its interior and captured the terrifying and beautiful picture in the central area.

Then he left in a hurry, not daring to stop at all.

And the legend of the city of thalamus is not an exception. There have been many similar incidents in history, and each time will cause a huge sensation! "

Hans stopped to take a breath.

Meng Lei also suppressed the shock in his heart and took a deep breath on the spot.

The city of the thalamus!

A city completely parasitized by fungi makes the scalp tingle just thinking about it!

"The city is full of vegetative people?

In such a place, the concentration of spores in the air is probably unimaginable. It is estimated that it has already become a forbidden place. It is really terrible! "

Meng Lei couldn't help but sigh that he had a deeper understanding of this terrifying fungal creature.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered what Simon had just said, and another question suddenly appeared in his mind.

"By the way, Simon told me not to get close just now, saying that it was to avoid being pulled into the water. What's the situation?"

Meng Lei looked at Hans suspiciously, and said puzzledly:

"Can these thalamic fungi be able to hold the submarine from the outside?"

Hearing this, Hans' eyes flashed with panic, he nodded with great certainty, and said:

"Yes, what I said just now is only the initial stage of the thalamus.

After a long and painful struggle, the parasitized creature was eventually assimilated to death, and the submarine slowly sank in the gradual erosion and decay of the internal circuit.

Organs fail, reactors shut down, power goes out.

Everything seems to be over.

But in fact, the growth of the thalamus has just begun! "

Hearing this, Meng Lei couldn't help but widened his eyes and exclaimed:

"Can this thing continue to grow?!

Is it possible that its shape will change again? ! "

Hans shook his head:

"What kind of organism the thalamic fungus in the growing stage belongs to, the alliance has not been able to make a conclusion yet.

When the electricity and flesh as nutrients disappear, the thalamic tissue will quickly cover the remaining shells of parasites, such as submarine wrecks and human bodies.

Next, it falls into a dormant period for a period of time.

During this period, its shell tissue can hunt some organic matter and plankton floating in the water to provide the most basic survival needs.

But the inside of the cocoon shell it formed began to undergo earth-shaking changes!

All tissues and organs that have previously evolved into a complete form will dissolve and remodel to form a new core.

Next, under the new core, more accessory organs will be slowly generated.

This process requires enormous energy to support.

However, since an important source of energy has been lost at this time, many thalamic tissues that have not accumulated enough nutrients in the initial stage will be completely silent in the pupation stage.

And those tissues and organs with sufficient energy will evolve to a whole new stage! "

Meng Lei could hear that Hans's voice began to tremble gradually.

It seems that there is a strong heart season for that so-called new stage.

"When the thalamus grows to this stage, its core tissue becomes a huge, bizarre organ full of sulci.

Just like the human brain, ravines grow.

Under the action of buoyancy and frenulum, it is suspended in the middle of the pupal shell, which is covered with a large number of hyphal structures that act as neurons.

The overall structure is almost no different from the human brain!

This gives it a thinking ability that is not inferior to the top predators, and even smarter than the average creeper and Swift Dragon!

This is already a completely new form of independent life, detached from any living thing we know.

The thalamic brain builds tentacles for defense or attack depending on the environment and the body structure of the parasitized victim.

Even if it is a mechanical body, it will generate corresponding organs.

Take the most common submarine as an example. When the submarine sinks, the original electromagnetic gun and machine gun turret will be controlled by the huge neural hyphae of the thalamus to generate a gun of flesh and blood composed entirely of fungal muscle fibers!

This kind of flesh-and-blood gun is usually tucked into a huge sack. When preying, it will be instantly launched by the high pressure generated by the instantaneous contraction of the sac belt, and directly pierce the hard shell of the submarine. Penetration is even greater!

At the front end of its overall structure, it also has a sharp barb composed of thick and tough hyphae.

According to the difference in energy accumulation in the early stage, the overall length of this flesh-and-blood gun, the currently known maximum ejection distance, is even as long as more than 300 meters! "

Hearing this, Meng Lei was shocked and shouted in disbelief:

"So long?! It's farther than the maximum range of electromagnetic cannonballs. What kind of monster is this?!"

The fusion of flesh and blood transcends human technology.

This is a completely unknown evolutionary route, which is incredible.

Hans did not directly answer Meng Lei's question, and he himself is not a professional researcher.

This question is undoubtedly a bit out of line for him.

However, Hans still tried his best to use his own knowledge to tell Meng Lei about other evolutionary aspects of the thalamus.

"The gun of flesh is just one of the organs that the thalamic fungus has evolved according to the characteristics of the parasite.

In addition, it has an extremely important universal organ, which is also one of its most terrifying means of attack.

That is, lymphoid tissue! "

After a pause, Hans took a deep breath and added:

"The lymphoid tissue of the thalamus accumulates and produces a large number of attack cells during the process of proliferation and growth.

This cell structure is similar to human cells, but it is countless times larger!

There are mainly two types.

One is the terminal cell containing the acid of the primary defense system, which is red as a whole, and will spray the acid to cause damage to the enemy in an area.

The other is a white blood cell with stinging needles inside, and the whole body is dark green under the light.

When a prey is approaching, the thalamic core perceives the vibration from the sound wave, and then determines the distance to the prey by itself.

Once the opponent is within the attack range of the Flesh Spear, a precise and hard flesh thorn will be launched immediately to capture the target firmly!

Next, the muscle fibers that are strong enough to withstand dozens of tons of pulling force will continuously pull the prey toward the thalamus body.

At the same time, the sharp barbs at the end of the gun of flesh and blood will release pheromones simultaneously to sense the existence of surrounding organisms.

When the prey is close enough to the thalamus itself, under the command of the core organ, a large number of cells and tissues will be released like soldiers, following the guidance of pheromones, and rushing towards the biological target with a clear purpose!

At that time, the terminal cells will spray strong acid, which corrodes the shell of the prey.

Whether it is a man-made steel alloy or the hard skull of Moloke, it will gradually melt under the corrosion of acid.

The white blood cells with paralyzing toxins will fire the stinging needles in the body according to the change of temperature.

Normally, in the underwater environment, the abnormal point with the largest temperature is usually the human target.

Once injected into the body, the stings, which contain paralyzing venom, can quickly cause multiple organ failure, resulting in suffocation and convulsions.

If you don't get medical treatment as soon as possible, you will die in a short time!

And as long as the dose is large enough, these paralyzing toxins can even bring down the huge Molok and Hammerhead Demon Queen!

Due to the large number of thalamic cells,

Under normal circumstances, even the huge prey will fall down in front of countless small but terrifying hunters! "

When Hans said this, he took a deep look at Meng Lei and said solemnly:

"Captain, that's why Simon won't let you approach.

Once our Sea Locust is captured by the flesh and blood gun of the thalamus, there is no way to escape.

The final outcome is to drown in the endless army of cells.

Like the E-class submarine ahead, it became the next parasitic object of the thalamus. "

After the words fell, Meng Lei silently sat back on the leather seat in the driver's seat.

A thick puff of smoke spewed out and turned into an indescribable form in the air, like the stagnant qi in Meng Lei's chest, slowly rising.

After listening to Hans's remarks, Meng Lei suddenly had a strange delusion.

The cell bodies generated by the lymphatic system of the thalamus seem to be similar to the white blood cells of the human body, and will instinctively attack or launch defense.

In addition, the thalamus, a fungal organism, can proliferate and grow unrestrictedly as long as it has enough energy.

And according to changes in the environment, and evolved a variety of different biological organs.

So if you give it enough energy, will it eventually grow into a huge organism that can cover the world?

Taking the size of the thalamic cells described by Hans and the proportion of human cells, it is not impossible!

Meng Lei suddenly felt a burst of horror, and involuntarily took a deep breath.

The idea was so terrifying that it startled him.

"Painted skin parasite, unknown distortion factor, and now there is another thalamic fungus!

In this dark and boundless deep sea, how many messy things exist, no matter which one, they are not planning to leave a way for human beings to survive! "

Meng Lei sighed silently in his heart, and suddenly thought of another question.

"Since the thalamus is so terrifying, it is even bigger than the threat of painted skin parasites!

Once the drainage system of the gathering place is infected, the entire gathering place is completely destroyed, and there is no chance for rescue.

Why doesn't the league carry out some countermeasures?

Even, I haven't even heard of the existence of such a thing before? "

Hearing this, Hans shook his head and said solemnly:

"the reason is simple,

This terrifying fungal creature is not a frequent visitor to the shallow waters.

Under normal circumstances, they do not appear in the waters above 6,000 meters depth at all.

Most of the time, they are only frequently seen in the leveling area. "

Speaking of which, Hans sighed and said helplessly:

"I'm also unlucky. I was 'fortunate' to see a thalamus shipwreck a few years ago, and I almost got cold.

And my sighting record that time is also the only sighting proof in the waters of the Eastern Hemisphere of the Union for several years.

Therefore, the alliance does not have to worry about the flooding of the thalamus at all! "

Hearing this, Meng Lei nodded thoughtfully, touched the stubble on his chin with his left hand, and pondered:

"According to what you said, the thalamus we encountered this time~lightnovelpub.net~ should have been affected by the tide of space, and was drawn up from the sea area of ​​the flat zone by mysterious forces..."

Hans finally showed a positive expression and said seriously:

"It should be like this, otherwise, we are really unlucky!"

While the two were talking, time passed quickly.

The cries of the reconnaissance team in the earphones became clearer and clearer, and in the endless darkness in front of the Sea Locust, a dazzling light gradually began to light up.

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It was the hazy shimmer emitted by the probe light at the front end of the underwater propeller, and it kept approaching the Sea Locust quickly.

At the same time, Simon's voice in the earphone also sounded again:

"Captain, immediately notify Gina to prepare for treatment. We will be there soon. Someone in the team is injured and needs emergency treatment!"

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