CHAPTER 61: CHAPTER 61: THE MALEVOLENT INFANT

"This mysterious creature is immune to any physical damage... To be precise, no matter what kind of damage it suffers, it will recover quickly." Yang Lian said, "When dealing with this creature, one must be careful not to meet its gaze for more than two seconds, otherwise the ’mysterious infant’ in its abdomen will transfer to the abdomen of the person who made eye contact in an incomprehensible manner, and then tear open the abdominal cavity of that person from the inside."

"So what about the creature’s main body? Does it have any other means of attack besides the gaze?"

"No, the creature’s means of attack is very singular, and aside from its ability to regenerate infinitely, the main body’s actual physical strength is very low, far less than that of a normal adult human." Yang Lian said.

"According to this analysis, it seems like the mysterious infant in the womb is actually the main body of this creature... The outside ’mother body’ is more like a container. Moreover, this creature determines its vengeful connections based on blood relations. The pregnant girl herself has no blood relation with that scumbag, whereas the mysterious infant is genuinely the scumbag’s biological child." Sun Hang said.

"Your analysis is entirely correct, the mysterious infant is indeed the main body of Form B-634." Yang Lian nodded, "But unlike the main body, the mysterious infant is not physical by nature and is immune to all physical attacks... Back then, the Investigation Bureau opened the mother body’s abdominal cavity, and inside was nothing but rotten flesh."

"By this reckoning, this creature should be classified under ’Xin Type·Spirit Body’..." Sun Hang muttered.

"In fact, these are two mutually symbiotic mysterious creatures, with the mysterious infant having its own designation as ’Xin-225’, but when it appears with the mother body, it is collectively referred to as ’Form B-634’." Yang Lian said.

"So how was this creature eliminated back then?" Going in circles, the question returned to the original point.

"Another pregnant woman." Yang Lian said.

"Huh?"

"After another pregnant woman made eye contact with Form B-634, Xin-225 transferred into her womb, and since there was already a fetus in that woman’s womb, the mysterious infant directly occupied that fetus’s body. In this situation, Xin-225, originally a Spiritual Body Type Mysterious Creature, became tangible, and before it tore out of the woman’s abdominal cavity to return to the mother body, it could be killed using physical means, thereby eliminating both Form B-634 and Xin-225, this symbiotic pair of mysterious creatures." Yang Lian explained.

"So to eliminate this thing, we need to sacrifice a pregnant woman? No, not just one pregnant woman... this should be considered as one body, two lives." Sun Hang raised an eyebrow, "So, are there any pregnant women among the death row inmates held in Tianfu City now?"

"According to the laws of Tianfu City, pregnant women are not sentenced to death. Moreover, even in exceptional cases, such as becoming pregnant unexpectedly during detention, the fetus in her womb is innocent." Yang Lian said solemnly, "Using this method to lure and kill Form B-634, the pregnant woman still has a chance of survival, but the fetus would undoubtedly die."

"So how was Form B-634 eliminated back then?"

"It was an accidental incident." Yang Lian said, "The pregnant woman was a police officer, and she didn’t even know she was pregnant at the time."

"Can a fertilized egg also be possessed by the mysterious infant?"

Yang Lian nodded again, "After possessing, the mysterious infant rapidly extracts nutrients from the mother body, maturing the embryo in a very short time to the gestational age when the mysterious infant originally died, and then it tears out of the body."

"Hiss... so it seems the condition to let the mysterious infant become physical is that there must be an embryo available for it to possess... uh, does it have to be a human one?"

"It must be human."

"Then could we perhaps find a female death row inmate, borrow some material from the sperm bank and egg bank, perform artificial insemination on a fertilized egg, and implant it into the death row inmate’s body... An undeveloped fertilized egg shouldn’t have a right to life, right?" Sun Hang said.

"Your method... is quite... unorthodox." Ye Xuan glanced at Sun Hang with some surprise.

But just as she picked up her phone, another team member suddenly exclaimed, "It’s moving!"

Form B-634 climbed up from the ground, it stopped crying, and instead selected a direction, crawling rapidly on all fours.

"Damn!" Ye Xuan frowned, "It must have sensed a target with whom it shares a blood relation, and this target should be inside this office building!"

Form B-634 had already crossed the rooftop edge railing, but instead of falling directly to the ground, it clung closely to the glass facade of the office building like Spider-Man, crawling down at an incredible speed.

"We must take action immediately... otherwise that unlucky person will be disemboweled by the mysterious infant." Wang Xiyi said, "Should I do it? In my beast state, having my abdominal cavity torn open is not a fatal injury to me."

"But you can’t kill it." Ye Xuan shook her head, "Your means of attack cannot effectively harm it... and besides, this is a busy district. If you apply too much force, it might cause harm to innocents."

"I’ll control my strength." Wang Xiyi said, "Even if I can’t kill it, at least I can hold it off."

"It’s useless. Without Form B-634 locking onto a target, conventional physical means might temporarily restrict its actions. But once it locks onto a target, it enters an ’unstoppable’ state, and even if confined in a sealed container, it can pass through the outer wall of the container to continue approaching its target." Ye Xuan shook her head continuously.

"Basically, to kill this thing, there must be a pregnant woman used as bait." A member of the special action team said.

Wang Xiyi looked down at her own abdomen, then instinctively glanced at Sun Hang.

"You’re... not thinking of using yourself as bait, are you?" Ye Xuan noticed Wang Xiyi’s eyes and asked.

"In theory, ’Night Slayer’ is indeed a better choice than a death row inmate, given the physical strength involved... Moreover, the identity of a Mysterious Creature Hunter could avoid public condemnation... but the problem now is that we are out of time." Yang Lian said.

Form B-634 had now climbed to the 29th floor of the office building. It stopped, looking through the glass at the people inside.

The office workers naturally noticed the mysterious creature clinging outside the curtain wall, and the entire 29th floor instantly erupted into chaos—although the glass curtain wall’s sound insulation was excellent, the screams and cries for help from inside still faintly reached Sun Hang and the others’ ears.

The helicopter had descended to the 29th-floor level, and Sun Hang and the others were less than twenty meters away from Form B-634.

"Attention everyone!" Ye Xuan pressed the loudspeaker button on the helicopter. "Do not panic! Do not run! Close your eyes immediately, squat down with your head covered in place! As long as you don’t make eye contact with the creature, there is no danger!"

As soon as the words fell, Form B-634 turned its head, its eyes hidden in the messy hair gazing directly at the helicopter.

All but Sun Hang on the helicopter immediately turned their heads, ensuring their gaze wouldn’t meet that of Form B-634’s.

Form B-634 didn’t waste any more time on the helicopter. It turned its head back, and in the next moment, its entire body seemed to blend into some liquid, eerily passing through the glass curtain wall.

"If you keep your eyes closed and don’t make eye contact with it, what will happen?" Sun Hang asked.

"Its gaze will directly penetrate the target’s eyelids... just as it passed through the glass curtain wall."

"Why don’t we just leave this guy to me." Sun Hang walked to the cabin door, holding the overhead safety ring with one hand, and said to everyone inside the cabin.

Taotie can devour memories, let alone a mere spirit body.

Once this mysterious infant enters Sun Hang’s body, what happens next is beyond its control.

This is a meal delivered right to the door, might as well eat it—Sun Hang was quite confident in his ’digestive abilities’.