It didn't take long for Lingling to arrive.
Bobby quickly rose to his feet and said when he saw a little girl, "Little girl, don't come in here, it's going to scare you!"
Ling Ling still went inside. Her eyes with an intelligent flicker that did not match her age stared at the bloody scene.
She moved closer and used her fingers to stir the viscous blood in the basin. Then, she lifted Norco's face slightly and examined it carefully.
Bobby was dumbfounded. He stared at Ling Ling in astonishment. It took him some time to collect his thoughts.
"Don't tell the police or the Magic Association yet. We won't be able to find the information we're looking for if they are here," Ling Ling said.
"I've isolated the place with the Space Element, so the smell won't spread," Mo Fan said.
"What's this?" Ling Ling asked in confusion, pointing at some strange objects around the basin.
"I don't know, it looks like dandruff or something," Mo Fan said.
Ling Ling carefully collected the dandruff around the basin into a vacuum bag, so she could bring it back for further research.
"Ask a skilled surgeon to dissect him," Ling Ling said.
"Dissect … dissect him?" Bobby immediately objected.
That was his brother. How could he dissect him? He had to bury him properly!
"If you think giving him a proper burial is more meaningful than finding out the real cause of his death and finding the culprit, you should ask the Magic Association to come over now. Those useless people will only tell you. We'll cremate him as a safety precaution," Ling Ling said righteously.
Bobby did not expect a little girl to say something like that. He stared at Ling Ling with a blank face.
"If you want to know what killed your brother and brother, just like the rest of us, just do as she says," Mo Fan patted Bobby on the shoulder and said in a serious tone.
Bobby wasn't an emotional person. He nodded and had no choice but to let Lin Ling deal with his younger brother.
…
Ling Ling was dissecting the body with the senior surgeon she had hired. Mofan and Bobby were sitting in the yard, each holding a bottle of iced dark beer. From time to time, they would take a sip from each other. It didn't look like they had been in a fight during the day.
"How did your brother deal with it? Did he burn it?" Mofan asked.
"Yes, it was burned on the same day. An old herbalist from the Association of Mages said it might be a contagious disease, so it had to be burned immediately. Even if I tried to stop them, they would still carry it out, "Bobby said.
"When did your brother, Nuo Ke, become … become …"
"Has he lost his mind?"
"Yes, when did you notice that he was losing his mind?" Mofan asked.
"About a week ago, Norco got really grumpy. I thought it was because he knew about his brother," Bobby said.
"Before that, were there any other abnormal symptoms?"
"I don't think so … It's normal, as long as my appetite is really good," Bobby said.
"His appetite has become especially good?"
Mofan vaguely recalled the families of the victims that he had visited. They seemed to have mentioned something similar, too.
"My Rubi used to be a picky eater, but he was fine recently. He loved to eat everything. I thought his body would become stronger, and his weakness would disappear. Who would have thought he would die all of a sudden …"
Mofan remembered the mother of one of the victims saying the same thing!
"Xue Xue, go visit the families we visited and ask the victims about their appetites before they died," Mofan said to Mu Ningxue.
Mu Ningxue nodded and immediately got to work.
…
Mu Ningxue, who had the Wind Element, was quick at visiting the families. She soon returned to the yard.
Mofan immediately knew the answer when he saw Mu Ningxue's expression.
"Everyone's appetite increased significantly, at least twice as much as usual, without any exception," Mu Ningxue said sternly.
"The police and Hunters wouldn't ask about such details, nor would they think it's a problem, but it might be related to this." Mofan checked Ling Ling's database and searched for information about the appetite of the victims.
Even though not all the death records of the victims of the Drowning Curse had such a description of food intake, there were some unintentional records of food intake in between the lines!
"Appetite? What does it have to do with the curse?" Bobby asked in confusion.
"An increase in appetite isn't necessarily a good thing, especially since none of the victims changed their body size because of the increase in appetite," Mofan said.
Ling Ling came out of the house while they were discussing the topic of appetite.
Her eyes flickered when she saw the three sitting in the yard.
"I've found something," Ling Ling said.
"Same here."
Mofan told Ling Ling how the victims' appetites had increased significantly when they were still alive.
Ling Ling pondered for a moment before telling them what she had discovered, "Norke's body was extremely weak, like someone who hadn't eaten for more than ten days. He looked the same as usual when he was still alive, but it was just an illusion that his body was swollen due to the excessive amount of water inside his body."
"How … how is that possible?" Bobby screamed.
Norke had clearly eaten a lot of food. Why was his body like an empty shell filled with water? It didn't make any sense at all!
"This is getting more and more troublesome," Mofan smiled wryly.
There was no way to explain it, it was really hard to explain.
He had eaten a lot, yet his body was starving … no matter how fast a person's digestion was, it didn't make sense!
"I think we've found a clue," Ling Ling said.
As she spoke, Lingling ran into the house and took away the basin full of blood.
Mu Ningxue and Mofan were confused. What was she going to do with the basin of blood?
Ling Ling found a filter and asked Mofan to hold it for her.
Mofan did as she asked. Ling Ling poured the basin of blood onto the filter.
The viscous blood flowed down through the gaps of the filter. Bobby had a complicated feeling when he saw it. Wasn't the little girl a little too tough? Even he, a Magician, was scared to death when he saw the bloody scene, yet the little girl was perfectly fine.
The blood continued to pour down. Mofan was about to ask a question when he suddenly noticed something wriggling on the filter.
It looked like a blood clot, but it was a little soft. It felt like it could easily squeeze through the filter with just a little bit of force.
"What's that?" Mofan asked, pointing at the wriggling blood clot.
"Don't touch it, it's very fragile. It'll die as soon as it leaves the liquid," Ling Ling said.
Mofan immediately withdrew his finger. Mu Ningxue and Bobby came closer to take a look. They had no idea what it was.
"Go and get some water," Ling Ling said.
She took some water and poured it on the wriggling blood clot, washing the blood off its body.
Strangely, as the viscous blood washed away, the wriggling blood clot disappeared into the filter, as if it had melted.
"Why isn't it falling anymore?" Mofan asked in astonishment.
"It's still there, take a closer look," Ling Ling said.
Mofan lowered his head and took a closer look. He finally discovered a transparent maggot where the filter used to be!
The creature's body was as soft as a jellyfish, but more transparent than a jellyfish. It was almost invisible to the naked eye. Its shape was similar to a maggot, around the size of a thumb.
"I've never seen anything like it before," Mu Ningxue said.
Mu Ningxue had read a lot of books, but it was her first time seeing a creature like it. Most importantly, why would it appear in the blood? Did every person who died from the Drowning Curse have this transparent maggot in their blood?
"It's normal that you haven't seen it before. It's still in its larval form. Once it reaches the ocean, it will grow into its true form with enough water as nutrients," Ling Ling said.
"What do you mean by its true form?"
"It's hard to say. The scariest thing about the Jellyfish Evil Maggot is that it's like an embryo when it's still in its larval form. Basically, it can grow into anything it latches onto," Ling Ling said.
"Are you saying that it can grow into anything? For example, if it stumbles into a Scarlet Demon, it will grow into a Scarlet Demon, or if it catches a sea monster, it will turn into a sea monster? "Mofan blurted out in astonishment.
"Something like that! It's my first time seeing a live Jellyfish Evil Maggot, too. I can spend some time studying it tonight!" Ling Ling said. Her round eyes flickered with excitement.
"Then what's the Drowning Curse all about?" Mu Ningxue asked.
"Didn't I tell you? These Jellyfish Evil Maggots can grow into anything, including humans," Ling Ling said.
Mofan and Mu Ningxue were stunned. Wasn't Ling Ling's conclusion a little too creepy?
Bobby blurted out angrily, "What … what are you talking about? My brother and brother are transformed from these strange maggots! Impossible, that's impossible! "
"It's only a speculation. I'll have to do some research on it first," Ling Ling said.
"Isn't that a little too exaggerated? Don't tell me the people who were cursed by the Drowning Curse are all these maggots? How can a transparent water maggot transform into a human, talk, and move like a human?" Mofan felt that Ling Ling's thoughts were too far-fetched.
As a matter of fact, Mofan was struggling to accept it, too!
"Speaking of which, I heard that a giant skeleton appeared at the beach not long ago?" Ling Ling asked.
"Mmm, it did happen," Mofan said.
"Let's hope it's not them. Otherwise, this city is going to be in great trouble," Ling Ling said in a deep voice.
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