"It first pierces the body of the organism with its tentacles and releases an anesthetic substance, making it unconscious."

"Then its tentacles begin to wrap around the heart and use the tentacles to replace the heart to maintain the blood supply to the organism. This is the same as its initial parasitic step."

"But then, instead of eating the diseased heart, it releases a fluid that gradually restores the diseased heart to health."

"After the heart has completely recovered, it [places] the heart back. When the tentacles are withdrawn, the heart of the experimental animal seems to have never been damaged and is running perfectly."

"Then the experimental animal recovered."

"When we rescued the experimental animal, [Heart Beast] seemed very happy and would lie on its head and pet it. But when we took the experimental animal away, it showed emotions such as sadness and anger."

"In short, this is a very magical creature!"

"It has an IQ and the ability to think, but we haven't found any organs similar to brain tissue in its body, as if it were a heart-shaped muscle with eyes."

"We can't help but suspect that this creature's way of thinking and memory storage is carried out on another level, which is not the physical level."

"So, this is probably a high-dimensional creature."

"In other words, creatures between high and low dimensions."

"Its parasitism currently seems to be a symbiosis that benefits both parties."

"On the one hand, symbiosis may be because it does not have much self-preservation ability, but on the other hand, it is acquiring [knowledge]."

"Knowledge?" Zhang Ye looked confused: "Acquire knowledge from the heart? What kind of knowledge do you acquire?"

"Genetic level."

"By devouring the heart of the first host, it should be able to obtain certain genetic knowledge, allowing it to have a certain understanding of the host's species and biological structure."

"Then why not parasitize and devour the brain?" Zhang Ye asked: "Just like in horror movies?"

"It has its own brain, but it may not be in physical form. Such a brain is more advanced than the biological brain in our dimension. What does it want our brain to do?" He Qingting asked rhetorically.

Zhang Ye thought it made sense, but then asked: "Then why does it need to absorb this knowledge?"

"This is unknown. We currently don't know much about the mind beast. Many of them are conclusions, speculations and guesses in the experimental stage, which are not entirely correct."

"But one thing can be confirmed." He Qingting looked serious.

"What?" Zhang Ye quickly perked up his ears.

"There is more than one beast of the heart!"

Zhang Ye's pupils shrank.

Although he had already guessed and prepared for this, more than one of these nearly unknown, strange, and suspected creatures from higher dimensions would really make people feel creepy.

Especially since this thing can still eat the heart and parasitize the living body.

It’s not just the human body, but other living things too!

In this way, even if there is no harm, it will still make people instinctively fearful.

Just like people see flying cockroaches...

"After being parasitized by the mind beast, from the outside, there is no change in the quality. At most, the vital signs are weakened and then strengthened. Even through X-rays, no abnormalities can be seen."

"It can be said that as long as you look directly at the heart beast without resorting to any means, the heart beast will be the same as an ordinary heart. There will be no difference at all. You won't be able to detect it at all."

"And by coincidence, one soldier's heart was damaged while fighting against the anomaly and required immediate surgery. It was precisely because of this that we got the second Heart Beast."

Zhang Ye: "That soldier..."

"He is equipped with a prosthetic heart and is beating vigorously, don't worry." He Qingting said.

"In short, we are not sure how many people have been parasitized by the mind beast, let alone what will happen after the mind beast is parasitized. Many things are unknown."

"Every living thing has two sides, a good side and a bad side."

"The scary thing is that we're only seeing the good side of it now."

"After all, eating the diseased heart and replacing the heart function is a good thing for the original patient, so we have not found any obvious negative effects yet."

"I don't even know if this is what they are doing deliberately."

"The beast of the heart must be included in the focus."

"We are currently working on test strips that can detect the parasites of the mind beast, and I believe the results will be available soon."

"The reason why I informed you of this matter in advance is, on the one hand, because you are the discoverer of the inner beast and have the right to know, and on the other hand,..."

"You have to be prepared."

"Preparation? What preparation?" Zhang Ye asked.

"We have no way of knowing how many people are being parasitized by the mind beast, nor do we know what actual negative effects the mind beast will represent, but we are certain."

"All people who are parasitized by the inner beast will be isolated from human society once they are discovered by the outside world."

"If the heart beast is really a high-dimensional creature or a creature between dimensions, then its parasitic method may be any method, it is pervasive and cannot be prevented."

"So...anyone around you may be a parasite of the mind beast."

"Can you understand?"

Can you understand?

Of course Zhang Ye can understand!

People who are not from my race must have different minds. Perhaps researchers like He Qingting can treat it calmly and rationally.

But what about everyone else? What about the masses outside?

Once they know that someone is a parasite of the beast, even if the beast does not pose any actual threat, I am afraid they will be afraid of it and alienate, exclude, or even expel the parasite of the beast.

So, this is a very serious problem.

What is at stake is the entire community of shared future for mankind!

If one day, because of this, people always remain suspicious, keep distance from those around them, and have no trust at all, what a terrible thing it will be...

Zhang Ye couldn't imagine it.

So He Qingting told him this now just to make him mentally prepared.

His brothers, friends, and even relatives may be parasites of the mind beast.

How should he face them at that time?

How will people treat them?

In the dark forest, there are not only black woods, but also black grass...

Don't let this black grass spread under the hunter's feet, otherwise, the hunter will no longer have a foothold!

…

On the other side, He Qingting looked serious and said to a scientific researcher: "Report it and find out all the people who have had heart disease cases!"

"Yes!" The man did it immediately.

He Qingting rubbed her temples.

The threat of the inner beast does not come from itself, and He Qingting knows this very well.

It's hard to fathom the human heart, let alone a [heart] that has been replaced by a [beast]!

He Qingting couldn't imagine what kind of social turmoil it would cause if this kind of thing were made public.

Moreover, it is not known whether the inner beast can control the host or pose a threat to the host.

So now we must block the news in all directions and find out all the parasitic beasts!

As for what to do after finding it...

That is also a headache...

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Chapter completed!