Winter has not yet completely passed, and the cold wind blowing from the sea into the forest seems to penetrate into people's skin and reach their bone marrow.
Huggins' "acquaintances" took down the camping equipment from the boat, set up a tent, raised a bonfire, put on a big pot, poured in fresh water, and then put the vegetables and dried meat that had been prepared.
Cut into cubes and pour in, cook until cooked, then add raw cheese and continue cooking.
Todd watched the color of the soup change to milky white, smelled the sweet and greasy fragrance in his nose, and swallowed. When he actually swallowed the soup into his mouth, he regretted it. It was so rich and sour.
He couldn't praise the taste. He put down the wooden bowl deliberately, but when he saw the others devouring it, he realized that the food had been carefully prepared.
Pursing his mouth and gritting his teeth, he followed the example of others and poured all the soup in the bowl into his stomach in one breath. He ignored the protests from his tongue and stomach, and showed a natural and unpretentious intoxication on his face.
He praised loudly without hesitation.
When the "acquaintances" saw this, their faces showed rare joy and satisfaction, their voices became louder, and they responded to his praise one after another.
Todd found a clean big stone, sat on it, and rubbed his belly.
A bowl of soup can't ward off hunger, but Todd really doesn't have the courage to try a second bowl.
Huggins glanced at him with the corner of his eye, walked up to Todd with the bowl in hand, covered the movements of his hands with his own body, and stuffed half a piece of pancake and a short sausage into Todd's arms.
inside.
"This is this?" Todd asked in surprise as he looked at the food.
Huggins turned around, faced the others, and whispered: "Eat, you will have strength only when you are full."
Todd was greatly moved, nodding gratefully while taking small bites of the food in his arms.
Huggins looked back, then turned back with a smile and said softly: "Todd, you are a very strange person."
Todd stopped chewing, looked at Huggins in front of him, and asked strangely: "What?"
"Your actions, words and talents clearly show that you are well-educated, but your body, especially your teeth, prove that you have been living an embarrassing life."
Todd stretched out his finger, put it in his mouth, and touched his teeth. He had no idea why the other person mentioned teeth.
“If you are born into a noble family, most of the food you eat since childhood will be soft and rotten, and your molars will have obvious bulges; if you grow up in a poor family, the food you eat will be hard and difficult to chew, which will damage the tooth sockets.
The bumps on it have been smoothed away."
After hearing what Huggins said, Todd's eyes widened. He had not thought of this detail.
"But your pickiness about food proves that there are contradictions in my inference." Huggins sighed and said with a somewhat self-deprecating tone: "To be honest, I can't understand you.
.”
Todd lowered the food in his hand, smiled coquettishly, and changed the topic: "I don't understand something."
Huggins raised his chin slightly, indicating that the other party could ask questions.
"What's going on with that alien gathering underground in the monastery?"
"You have read history in the monastery, and you should know some of the grudges between the church and alien species."
Todd nodded, indicating that he probably knew something.
"The Church's Inquisition hunts down every alien species discovered with bounty and hunting. This alien gathering organized by Master Miles was established in a monastery. No one would have thought that in a sanctuary close to God,
There will be criminals wanted by the church. For more than ten years, it is precisely because of places like the monastery as a cover that we people have been able to survive."
"As you can see, everyone in the gathering has their own special ability. Master Miles has the ability to heal, mine is "Weakness", Edgar is "Speed", and Jerry is
"Rage", these abilities are relatively common, at least I have seen alien species similar to ours, but there is one exception..." Huggins looked at Todd.
Todd asked tentatively: "Is it the girl named Black Sheep?"
"That's right, Karin Foreman, the girl from the downtown circus." Huggins cast his gaze into the bonfire and said quietly: "Master Mairis once said that her body can pass through the objects she touches.
, perform teleportation, this ability called ‘attachment’ is extremely rare.”
Recalling the scene of the circus girl performing acrobatics in the air, Todd secretly agreed.
If "Perspective", "Weakness", and "Speed" are superpowers caused by bacteria, and "Frenzy" is a superpower caused by parasites, then what about the principle of "Attachment" superpower? Regardless of the principles of bacteria and parasites,
No explanation seems to make sense.
Todd put aside this confusion for the time being and asked Huggins: "After more than ten years of development, why doesn't the assembly attract more members so that it can have more strength?"
The man put down the bowl, frowned and said: "Add members? Do you know how difficult it is for aliens to trust each other? Let me give you an example. Aliens usually do not introduce each other.
and the ability to question each other.”
Todd looked a little surprised: "But I remember you told me..."
Huggins nodded: "Yes, I told you my ability personally, but before that, I also knew about your ability."
Todd recalled the scene at that time, and it was indeed true. His behavior after regaining his sight was tantamount to confessing his "clairvoyance" ability to the other party. However, regarding the "Sutherland" archaea, the other party should be
Nothing.
With some confusion, he asked the man: "Since they are all aliens, why do they keep their abilities secret?"
"For us, the ability of alien species may be the last resort to escape or fight back in times of crisis. If you let others know your ability at will, it will be nothing more than leaking your means of escape to the other party." The man stretched out his branch.
, stirred the fire, seemed to remember something, and continued: "Moreover, the aliens are not as united as you think, and fights and hunting occur from time to time."
"There will also be fights between different species?"
Huggins nodded slightly: "Some alien species, because of the expulsion from the village and the curse of the family, have to live a solitary life. Over time, these people will be dominated by anger and hatred; there are also some alien species who are committed to the church or the nobility.
, seeking peace of mind by hunting and capturing their own kind. In addition to these two types of people, there is also a type of alien species, which is the most terrifying..."
Listening to Huggins' introduction, Todd swallowed and asked in a low voice: "Is there another category?"
"I just heard that some alien species can acquire abilities by devouring other alien species. This group of people will target those alien species with excellent abilities, and use force, poison or threats to transform themselves into cannibals.
Get infinite power..."
Todd shuddered when he heard this: "Can such a monster really exist by eating other alien species to gain strength?"
Huggins shrugged: "I don't know, I just heard it mentioned by others, maybe it's alarmism."
Todd lowered his head, his face turned pale, and after thinking for a while, he came to a terrible conclusion.
This kind of cannibal who exists to obtain supernatural powers may really exist. Because the source of supernatural powers are bacteria and parasites, if you eat the organs and body fluids of foreign species, you can indeed achieve the purpose of transferring supernatural powers.
Seeing Todd dripping with cold sweat, Huggins burst out laughing: "Seeing that you're scared, I just said it casually, don't think about it, go to bed early!"
Todd gave Huggins a roll of his eyes.
nonsense!
Who can sleep after hearing you talk about this?!
Todd suddenly asked: "Have you ever heard of poker?"