Chapter 40 Crossroad Infection, Breaking the Cocoon
In the dream world, the total consciousness is like a sword hanging from the sky, hanging high on the dome.
The white stream of light spurted out from the end of the sword hilt, intertwined into a thick curtain, covering the surrounding areas, and continued to expand along the invisible boundary of the dream, and finally turned into a sphere, with a pyramid-like arena floating in the center.
Complex and delicate lines emerge on the surface of this white ball, turning into a magic seal that cuts off dreams and separates Lu Zhengkang's dream from the dream of the insect swarm.
A strong sense of security surged into Lu Zhengkang's heart, and all consciousness stopped fighting, and he stood in awe, quietly appreciating the beauty of this moment.
This kind of isolation and warmth of peace and comfort is what Lu Zhengkang has always lacked, and it is what he has been praying for deep in his heart. This feeling originated very early, when he was still a human being. People are just simple
Lonely, people don't live peacefully. People are fighting against themselves and looking for a sense of security that disappears as soon as they enter the world.
After the dream world was cut off, Lu Zhengkang felt like he had returned to his mother's womb, a state of being alive but not really living.
People do not come into the world voluntarily, but are often forced. When they are born, their thin and delicate bodies are tortured by the cold wind and strong light, and they begin to suffer a lifetime of pain.
Often after thinking about pain, pain comes unexpectedly.
Lu Zhengkang withdrew his consciousness, and the dream arena turned into bubbles and disappeared, leaving only a curled-up baby in this round, cocoon-like dream.
All conscious activities fall into silence.
Wait for time to flow and give birth to life.
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The silk thread wrapping Lu Zhengkang became harder and harder, and finally became as tough and fine as steel wire.
Weaver hatchlings run around on their cocoons, always full of energy.
Natty and Paya now spend more time indoors, and for them, they now have two eggs to care for.
Natty did not reject such simple and boring work. Days like this reminded him of the time after he picked up Lu Zhengkang's insect eggs. He did not expect that such an experience would be repeated again.
Every minute and every second, his heart was filled with joy and sorrow. He was happy about the birth of a new life, but worried about the unknown future of his loved ones turning into cocoons.
Paya chatted with him, and they speculated on the time when the new life would break out of the shell, and the time when Lu Zhengkang would break out of the cocoon. They all hoped that they could break the shell that nourishes life but restricts freedom at the same time.
The long river of time flows slowly on the peaceful crossroads. With the help of the flow of all things, it grows and declines, bit by bit, carving the unique traces of time into the marrow of the world.
At some point, a huge will suddenly broke out, and a plague swept through this lonely area. Those insects with weak minds, the resurrected bodies of the dead, were activated by infection, with orange-red pustules all over their bodies, filled with crazy thoughts.
The unstable power of their minds makes them swell. The terrible pustules not only appear on animals, but the plague also infects single-celled organisms and some fungi. The orange-red hot slurry spreads along the blood vessel-like veins, swelling into
Bubbles blocked the road. There was a layer of orange light mist floating in the air, swirling in the wind, like a ghost, which was extremely strange and scary.
It's obvious that Crossroads is completely infected!
The seal is on the verge of breaking, and the radiation that binds freedom is about to break the shell.
It is no longer safe here. Nati and Paya live in seclusion at the deepest part of the crossroad. They are not aware of the changes in the outside world. Their food, the crawlers, have remained the same and have not been infected. Therefore, the two Nati bugs are just an abnormal light on the crossroad.
I was surprised, but didn't think too deeply about it.
The cabin seems to have been separated from the outside world for an era, but it is still peaceful and beautiful here.
But misfortune befell the owner of the house.
This misfortune was not an encounter with violence, nor was it a sudden death.
The egg, Nati and Paya's child, seemed to be affected by the infection, and the little life inside became weaker and weaker.
Dots of orange-red spots climb up the egg shell.
Natty and Paya were heartbroken. They both had an instinctive intuition that the egg could not be saved.
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Lu Zhengkang's cocoon moved slightly.
The insect eggs also moved a bit.
It does seem like they are going to break out of their shells at the same time.
Nati and Paya never thought they would encounter such a disaster. When double happiness comes, they are destined to have one life that cannot open their eyes to see the world.
The long wait did not bring abundant rewards, but instead brought cruel tragedy to the eyes in blood, breaking people's hearts bit by bit.
Nati burst into tears, and Paya stopped telling him to be quiet.
The insect egg cracked open a little, and the little life inside wanted to come out. He or she, although still a baby, already knew that it was time to leave its shell and go outside.
Natty walked to the crib on her knees and looked at her child with pitiful eyes.
From the broken egg shell, a little orange-red light shines through, and a thin finger stretches out the break. Under the transparent and tender carapace, orange-red blood flows in the blood vessels.
The baby's fingers tried hard to open the crack wider, but they tried many times clumsily and sluggishly, with little success.
Paya couldn't help but burst into tears. She went up and tried to help her child break the egg shell, but she was stopped by Nati.
"No, let him do it by himself, it's every bug..." he choked.
"Let go! This child is dying. Before he leaves us, we have to let him see this world, the world he strives to come to, at least!" Paya was angry because of her powerlessness and pushed Nati hard.
, pushed him staggering and fell to the ground.
Paya was about to go up and take out the child. Natty, who fell to the ground, looked at the cocoons hanging from the ceiling, beating like a heart.
Paya's fingers trembled and pressed against the egg shell. Just as she was about to exert force, she heard Natty shouting: "Paya! Little guy, look at his cocoon!"
She turned to look, and saw the thick pure white cocoon on the ceiling beating violently, and then a slender bone nail pierced the silk thread. The steel-hard silk thread was like smoke under the blade of this beautifully patterned bone nail sword.
The bone nails circled around, the cocoon burst, and an ordinary blue repair bug fell to the ground. He wore a weird rectangular mask, and looked like he had a totem pole erected in front of his face. His body was wet and wet.
The water stains glowing white continue to decrease and then evaporate.
He held an unusually beautiful and majestic bone nail in his hand. At this time, he inserted it back into the buckle on his back. There was only a bone nail left there.
It was Lu Zhengkang.
He immediately noticed the strange atmosphere in the room.
I also sensed the huge will that enveloped the crossroads.
I even saw the dying insect egg.
He stepped forward and took the insect eggs from Paya's hand. A layer of soft and beautiful white light gathered on his hand and penetrated into the eggs. After being nourished, the little life inside became active.
But Lu Zhengkang gently rubbed the egg shell, and the white light turned into a seal, dragging the life inside into a deep sleep.
"Little guy, you succeeded? How is he?"
Lu Zhengkang turned to Nati and Paya and smiled: "I succeeded. This child can still be saved, but not now."
