As time passed, the sun got hotter and hotter. However, Chen Jiayi was still exposed to the sun, as if she had been petrified.
When Wang Shishi called out to her, her body suddenly moved, as if she had come back to life.
She stared blankly for a moment before quickly turning around. It was a face covered in moss. The five senses on the face were already blurred. Only a pair of bright and pitch-black eyes could be seen, looking at everyone in surprise.
Everyone instinctively took a step back, fear written all over their faces. Among them were her companions, Deng Chao and Zhong Chuqiang.
Chen Jiayi's bright eyes dimmed, and a sense of inferiority and worry flashed through her heart.
Luo Yuan saw Chen Jiayi's expression and was slightly relieved. Her reaction was normal, which meant that she had not lost her mind. This was very different from a mutated human.
"How do you feel now?"
"My whole body feels warm and comfortable. I'm just a little thirsty!" Chen Jiayi quickly answered.
She did not dare lie in front of Luo Yuan, so she answered honestly. However, she was a little nervous. She had seen what happened to Chen Xianfeng, and she wondered if it would be her turn now. She had been abandoned once, and she did not want to be abandoned again.
It seemed like she could photosynthesize. Luo Yuan thought to himself, and then he turned to Wang Shishi and said, "Go get a glass of water."
Wang Shishi answered and quickly went to get the water.
He turned around and faced Chen Jiayi again. At her age, she still didn't know how to hide her emotions. Everything was written on her face. Seeing that she was worried and afraid, he said gently, "Don't be afraid. I just want to understand your situation."
Seeing that Chen Jiayi's expression had calmed down, Luo Yuan continued to ask, "Can you take these things back?"
"Is it the moss on my body?" She was stunned for a moment, and asked without any hesitation. Seeing that Luo Yuan nodded, she closed her eyes, and soon all the moss was gone, revealing her light green skin.
Her body had become a little thin. Apparently, the parasite had consumed some of her fat, but the most eye-catching thing was her skin. Her skin had become extremely smooth, and it was slightly reflective under the sun.
Coupled with the strange color, she exuded a mysterious charm that made Luo Yuan stare at her a few more times.
A trace of surprise flashed in his heart. This was the first time he had seen such a phenomenon. After being parasitized by a living creature, he did not die, and even formed a symbiotic phenomenon. Perhaps only plants could be so gentle.
Now, he had to see if it was contagious. He didn't want to walk around with green skin. Luo Yuan tried to use the Detection Technique, but the result was still quite rigid. The information was exactly the same as that of a normal woman. He could only use indirect methods.
"Alright, you can release the moss now," Luo Yuan said.
Chen Jiayi nodded obediently. Not long after, her body was covered in moss again. She seemed to like this state very much, and her eyes were a little bright.
"Get me some moss!" Luo Yuan said.
Chen Jiayi did not refuse. She endured the pain and forcefully pulled out a clump of the moss. It seemed to have been stimulated, and a large patch of moss quickly shrank back into her body. It was only after a long time that it reappeared.
Luo Yuan remained cautious and did not take it. He asked her to put it on the ground and used his identification technique.
[Green Parasitic Moss]
"Rarity: Light Blue;"
"Weight: 3g"
"Status: Parasitic"
"Additional Abilities: None"
"Remarks: This is a rare parasitic organism. It can live alone, but it can also form a perfect symbiotic relationship with certain species with special blood types. It can also slightly increase the host's main attributes. After being parasitized, the green parasitic moss will lose the ability to parasitize again until the host dies."
When he saw that the moss had no parasitic ability, he looked at Chen Jiayi less vigilantly.
Seeing that Luo Yuan was about to touch the moss, she quickly stopped him. "Don't touch it."
"It's okay!" Luo Yuan waved his hand. He picked up the moss and gently rubbed it. The moss was still quite active, and it immediately curled up into a ball when it was stimulated.
"Don't worry, I have the ability to identify the characteristics of living creatures. After being parasitized, this thing will not have the ability to parasitize again. It won't affect her personality much either. Other than the strange color of her skin, it's a good thing."
In fact, many of them knew that Luo Yuan had this ability, but they had not confirmed it. Now that he had said so, everyone was relieved.
Among everyone, the most excited was Chen Jiayi. Previously, she had been on tenterhooks, like a criminal who had stepped into the courtroom. Now that she had finally heard the judge declare that she was not guilty, the huge rock hanging over her heart had also been lifted. She covered her mouth and cried tears of joy!
… …
After she had calmed down, Luo Yuan carried out a few tests on Chen Jiayi's Strength, Dexterity and other related tests. Finally, to test her self-healing ability, he made a small cut on her forearm.
He found that after being parasitized, her Strength and Dexterity were almost the same as Huang Jiahui's. However, considering that she was only 12 years old, the improvement was obvious.
What surprised Luo Yuan the most was her self-healing ability and the defensive ability of her skin. When he cut open her skin, he could clearly feel the resistance of the knife. He found that under her skin, there was a dense network of light green filaments. The gaps between the filaments were almost invisible to the naked eye, and they were closely connected to the bottom of her skin.
Even he was not as good as such a defensive ability.
What was even more surprising was that after the wound was cut open, she did not bleed much. As soon as the knife left her skin, countless filaments began to wriggle and stick together. After half a minute, when he wiped the blood off her arm, he found that her wound had disappeared, leaving only a shallow wound.
Her self-healing ability was almost as good as Lin Xiaoji's. Luo Yuan subconsciously glanced at Lin Xiaoji, who was watching from the side, and found that his face had darkened.
However, Luo Yuan also knew that this kind of self-healing was just an illusion. In essence, it was just a forced closure of the wound, which could not be compared to real self-healing.
No matter what, the parasitic effect was extremely powerful. Most importantly, the parasitic moss was only light blue level, which meant that it had a great potential for improvement. For ordinary people, once parasitized, they would be comparable to ordinary evolved humans.
Of course, they would have to endure the green skin and the strange looks from others.
However, when Luo Yuan suggested that they try parasitizing, he thought that not many people would accept it. In fact, even Huang Jiahui and Cao Lin were tempted, not to mention the few soldiers who had been through cruel battlefields.
He had seriously underestimated the desire of ordinary people for power. In this cruel post-apocalyptic world, the pressure and mental pressure of ordinary people was unimaginable. In such a cruel environment, no one cared about the color of their skin. As long as they were strong enough, even if they turned into a monster, as long as they did not lose their rationality, there would still be many people like them.
Unfortunately, parasitizing was not that easy. Even if some people cut their own wounds and stuffed the moss into their wounds, it would not work. Very soon, the moss would escape in disgust.
From the identification technique, it seemed that it required a rare blood type.
...
The storm the day before did not affect the temperature. When noon came, the temperature was still above 50 degrees Celsius. The verdant forest, which had been moistened by water for a whole night, had evaporated due to the high temperature. The air above the forest was extremely distorted, making people feel like they were in an illusion.
However, Chen Jiayi was willing to endure such high temperatures. She sat directly under the scorching sun and did not move at all. She had been sitting since 9 am until now. Other than drinking water a few times when she was thirsty, she did not even eat lunch.
Perhaps it was the side effect of the moss, but she had the illusion that she was a plant. She could easily sit there for a few hours, unless someone woke her up.
Under such high temperature, the firewood had dried up before noon. All the firewood had been moved into the cave and piled up into a small hill. Luo Yuan took out a lighter and lit the fluffy hay that was used to start the fire.
The fire soon burned fiercely, and the flames rushed to the top of the cave. Even the entrance had flames coming out of it.
The moss that was touched by the fire was instantly burned to death.
The moss at the edge of the cave sensed the danger and quickly compressed into a thin layer. It stuck close to the ground and wriggled towards the cool corner like water, as if trying to escape from the heat.
However, their movement speed was obviously too slow. After a while, their surface dried up and turned yellow. They had completely lost their vitality.
During this entire process, Chen Jiayi remained motionless and showed no reaction.
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