Not long after, Lingling arrived here.
Bobby saw a little girl walking in, and stood up hurriedly and said: "Little girl, don't walk in, it will scare you!"
Lingling walked in anyway, staring directly at the bloody scene with a pair of eyes that glowed with wisdom that did not match her age.
She came closer and stirred the basin of sticky blood with her fingers. Then she slightly raised the dead Noko's face and took a closer look.
Bobby was dumbfounded and looked at Lingling in astonishment. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
"Don't notify the police and people from the Magic Association yet. Once they come, we won't be able to find the information we want." Lingling explained.
"I used space magic to isolate this place, so the smell won't spread out," Mo Fan said.
"What is this?" Lingling pointed at some strange debris on the edge of the iron basin and asked doubtfully.
"I don't know, it looks a bit like dandruff." Mo Fan said.
Lingling carefully put the skin scraps clinging to the iron basin into a vacuum bag so that she could take them back for some research.
"Call a skilled master to come over and dissect his body." Lingling said.
"Anatomy...anatomy??" Bobby on the side immediately objected.
This is his biological brother. He cannot be dissected and must be buried properly.
"If you think it is more meaningful to give him a good funeral and a dignified burial than to find out the real cause of death and find the real murderer, then you should call the people from the Magic Association over now. Those mediocre people can only Let me tell you, we cremated him just in case." Lingling said righteously.
Bobby probably didn't expect a little girl to say such words, and looked at Lingling blankly.
"If you want to know the thing that killed your brother and your brother as much as we do, then just follow what she said." Mo Fan patted Bobby and said earnestly.
Bobby was not the kind of emotional person. He nodded and had no choice but to leave his brother to Lingling.
…
Lingling and the hired master were dissecting inside, while Mo Fan and Bobby sat in the yard, each holding a bottle of cold dark beer, taking a sip from each other from time to time. It didn't look like they had had a fight during the day.
"How did your elder brother deal with the fire?" Mo Fan asked.
"Well, we burned it on the same day. An old pharmacist from the Magic Association said that it might be an epidemic and contagious, so it must be burned immediately. Even if I stopped it, they just carried it out." Bobby said.
"When did your brother Noko become...become..."
"Somewhat unconscious?"
"Yes, when did you realize that he had lost his mind?" Mo Fan asked.
"About a week ago, Noko's temper became very bad. I thought he became like that because he knew about his brother." Bobby said.
"Before this, were there any unusual symptoms?"
"Not really...it's normal, if your appetite becomes particularly good." Bobby said.
“Your appetite has become particularly good??”
Mo Fan vaguely remembered the family members of the deceased he had visited before, and it seemed that some of them had mentioned similar issues.
"My Ruby used to be a very picky eater. Recently, he has become very good and loves to eat everything. I thought that his body would become stronger and his weak body would disappear. Who knew that he would suddenly die like this? …”
Mo Fan remembered what the mother of one of the deceased said!
"Xue Xue, go visit the houses we visited before and ask the deceased about their appetite before death." Mo Fan said to Mu Ningxue.
Mu Ningxue nodded and took action immediately.
…
Mu Ningxue of the wind element was quick to visit, and she returned to the courtyard not long after.
From the expression on Mu Ningxue's face, Mo Fan knew the answer.
"Everyone's appetite has greatly increased, one to two times the usual amount, without any exception." Mu Ningxue said seriously.
"Most of the police and hunters won't ask about such details, and they won't think there is any problem, but it may have something to do with this matter." Mo Fan opened Lingling's database computer and only focused on death. I did another search on the issue of appetite.
Although not all death records of the cursed deceased contain this description of food intake, there are indeed other unintentional records of food intake found between the lines!
"Eating capacity, what does this thing have to do with the curse?" Bobby asked in confusion.
"An increase in appetite is not necessarily a good thing, especially since none of the deceased have changed their body shape due to an increase in appetite." Mo Fan said.
While talking about appetite, Lingling had already walked out of the room.
She looked at the three people sitting in the yard, with some luster in her eyes.
"There are some discoveries." Lingling said.
"So are we."
At the moment, Mo Fan explained to Lingling the deceased's increased appetite.
Lingling thought for a moment and then revealed the result of her discovery: "Noko's body is extremely weak, like a person who hasn't eaten much for more than ten days. The reason why he looked no different from usual before he was alive is that he is completely It’s an illusion of swelling caused by excess water inside the body.”
"This... how is this possible??" Bobby screamed strangely.
Noko had obviously eaten so much, but how could his body be like an empty shell filled with water? This was completely contrary to common sense!
"It's really getting more and more headache." Mo Fan smiled bitterly.
There's no way to explain it. It's really hard to explain.
If you eat too much, your body will be in a state of extreme hunger... No matter how fast a person digests, there is no reason for this!
"I think we already have a clue." Lingling said.
After saying that, Lingling ran into the house and took away the blood-filled basin.
This made both Mu Ningxue and Mo Fan very confused, what to do with that basin of blood?
Lingling found a filter and asked Mo Fan to help hold it.
Mo Fan did as she said, holding the filter, and then Lingling poured the basin of blood towards the filter.
Thick blood flowed down the gaps in the filter. Bobby who was watching on the side had an indescribably complicated mood. This little girl was too tough. Even a mage like him was frightened when he saw this bloody scene. Damn it, why does this little girl look like nothing is wrong?
The blood kept pouring down, and when Mo Fan was about to ask questions, he suddenly noticed something moving on the filter.
This thing looks like a blood clot, but it is a little soft. It seems that with a little force, it can be squeezed through the filter.
"What is this?" Mo Fan pointed at the squirming blood clot and asked.
"Don't touch it. This thing is very fragile. As soon as it leaves the liquid, it will die quickly." Lingling explained.
Mo Fan immediately retracted his finger, and Mu Ningxue and Bobby also came over to look at it, wondering what it was.
"Go get some more water." Lingling said.
Taking the water, Lingling poured it on the squirming blood clot to clean the blood on it.
Strangely, as the thick blood washed away, the squirming blood clots seemed to have melted and disappeared on the filter.
"Why didn't it fall?" Mo Fan asked in surprise.
"It's still there, take a closer look." Lingling said.
Mo Fan lowered his head and looked carefully, and finally found a completely transparent little maggot in the original position of the filter!
The body of this thing is as soft as a jellyfish, but it is more transparent than the jellyfish, almost invisible to the naked eye, and its shape is similar to a maggot, probably a little bigger than a thumb.
"I have never seen anything like this." Mu Ningxue said.
Mu Ningxue is also a well-read type. This is the first time I have seen such a creature. The most important thing is, why does it appear in the blood? Is it possible that all people who died under the curse actually have this kind of transparency in their blood? Maggots? ?
"It's normal that you haven't seen it before. It is now in a larval form. Only when it reaches the ocean and uses enough water as nutrients will it quickly grow into its true form." Lingling said.
"What is it really like?"
"It's hard to say. The really scary thing about jellyfish maggots is that in their young egg form, they are equivalent to an embryo that can be molded at will. Basically, they can slowly grow into whatever they wrap themselves around," Lingling said.
"You mean, this guy can grow into any creature? For example, if he bumps into a red demon, he will grow into a red demon, or if he catches a sea monster, he will become a sea monster?" Mo Fan said in surprise.
"Almost, this is the first time I've seen live jellyfish maggots. I can do some research at night!" Lingling said, her round eyes unable to hide the excitement.
"What happened to the drowning curse?" Mu Ningxue asked.
"Didn't I say that these jellyfish maggots can grow into any living thing, including humans," Lingling said.
Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue were both stunned. Lingling's conclusion was a bit creepy, right? ?
When Bobby heard this, he became furious and said: "You... what are you talking nonsense about? Could it be that my brother and my brother were transformed by these strange maggots! Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"This is just speculation. I have to do some verification and research first." Lingling said.
"It's a bit exaggerated. It's impossible that the prototypes of those who are cursed are all these evil maggots, right? A transparent water bug like this can transform into a human being, and can also talk and act like a human being?" Mo Fan felt inspired. The spiritual thinking is also too divergent.
To be honest, Mo Fan was not able to accept it!
"Speaking of which, not long after I arrived here, I heard that a giant skeleton appeared on the beach?" Lingling asked.
"Well, that's the case." Mo Fan responded.
"I hope it's not these things, otherwise something big will happen to this city." Lingling said in a calm voice.
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