After Being Parasitized by a Monster 84

Chapter 84: Why are you bullying me at a time like this?

If it were just parasitism, with a human body, she could not have survived after a dip in the seawater.

The fact that she was still alive in itself revealed some undeniable problems.

As one of the personnel who was a secret herself and knew the biggest secret of the Defense Center, Qu Ying could certainly think of these.

After her eyes had briefly lost focus, she heard Cheng Ming call her name, and as if she had suddenly understood some terrible truth, Qu Ying’s breathing also became chaotic.

The force of her hand on her shoulder and neck was not very stable. It suddenly hurt so much that Cheng Ming wanted to struggle, and then it was as gentle as a caress.

But her reaction was not as expected. Her gaze was still alert and indifferent. She stared at her and asked:

“How do I prove that you are you?”

Cheng Ming was stunned.

This question was very strange and illogical, but she understood it.

If another monster had parasitized her, indeed, it could also obtain her memories and understand every detail of their relationship. If its intelligence was high enough, then disguising itself would not be difficult.

Her appearance was not credible, and her memories could also be faked. How could she prove that she was Cheng Ming?

How could she prove that she was the friend and sister she was familiar with, understood, cared about, and had a relationship with for more than ten years?

All the verification methods were useless here.

There was already another uninvited guest in her body who was human-like but not human.

Taking a light breath, Cheng Ming wanted to say something, but the words disappeared on the tip of her tongue. She curled her lips, wanting to smile at her, but before she could really raise them, sadness first appeared in the corner of her eyes, her dejected eyelids, and her red sclera.

Besides Xiao Ming, there was really no one else who could prove that she was Cheng Ming.

The smoke and dust were quietly spreading. They looked at each other in the dark. The situation was unclear, their identities and positions were unclear, and their past, present, and future were all unclear.

She and she were also a clear control group. Qu Ying had a clear goal and strong execution. From beginning to end, she had stood on the side of the Security Department without any doubt, and had been on the front line of the war between humans and monsters.

But her self-awareness was unclear. She had once relied on Cheng Ran to anchor her human identity, and now she was entangled and tied down by Xiao Ming. She was getting further and further away from the appearance and life that a normal person should have.

And what was growing in her uterus now? Would she give birth to more monsters?

A few short seconds seemed to have been magnified a hundred times.

“We don’t need to prove anything to you.”

At a stalemate, suddenly, smack, she slapped away the hand that was holding her shoulder.

In the fragmented light and shadow, the mycelia opened up, like seaweed floating in the deep ocean. “She” raised her head, and in the blink of an eye, a faint, dark fluorescence flickered in the depths of her pupils, like a sinister, lurking monster in a dark abyss facing a competitor who was trying to snatch its food. Her attitude was extremely impolite.

Xiao Ming’s consciousness had replaced Cheng Ming’s, and it had broken the precarious peace at once.

Qu Ying had been staring at her and understood what had happened. This protective reaction made her feel absurd in her hesitation, and even a little inexplicably angry.

She remembered the strangeness she had found in Cheng Ming’s apartment. The parasite and the host, who were supposed to be incompatible, were now seemingly intimate, as if they were a team, and she was the villain who had come to break them up.

Her face was gloomy, and she suddenly let out a cold laugh. Her upper body pressed closer, and she instantly attacked and caught those arrogant derivatives. Her five fingers passed through the layers of thick mycelia and clasped the back of “her” head, and with a push, she suppressed her:

“Professor Cheng Ran really shouldn’t have left you behind.”

It was as if they were natural enemies in the same ecological niche. As soon as they met, it was like a meteorite hitting the earth, and there was no good end.

However, sensing the danger, Xiao Ming still did not back down in the slightest. Its tone was flat, but its content and gaze were really provocative:

“Wrong, no one can separate us. You, or Cheng Ran, can’t.”

Anger surged up to her throat, and Qu Ying increased the strength of her hand, her eyes dark. “Do you still remember who you are? Do you want to be like it?”

The thin smile on her lips made her expression even colder, and she looked at this resurrected old friend with a sharp and scrutinizing gaze.

It was clear that this was directed at Cheng Ming, past Xiao Ming.

And the one who was suffering was also Cheng Ming.

In the midst of the tense atmosphere, an even heavier shadow pressed down. Her “hair” was pulled, and Cheng Ming was momentarily pushed offline and could not react, but she could clearly feel the stinging pain on her scalp and saw the cold, uncurved eyes of the person in front of her.

Knowing that the other’s emotions were unstable and her attitude was difficult to determine, Xiao Ming still had to add fuel to the fire. She wished that Qu Ying could really pull this Fish-Fungus out and beat it up.

“Sister Yingying—” her chest heaved, and Cheng Ming finally suppressed the other consciousness that was causing trouble. Facing Qu Ying’s anger, she said with difficulty, “That’s not what I mean. I, and it, can’t be separated…”

She had thought that Qu Ying didn’t understand their current real situation and was trying to explain it more clearly.

Qu Ying saw her sad and expectant expression. The sadness was because she didn’t understand, and the expectation was that she would understand. She lowered her head, and her eyes were as sharp as a newly sharpened blade. She suddenly shouted, “Shut up!”

A fierce look rose in her eyes, and it burst out abnormally suddenly. “Since you’ve chosen to be with it, you still have the face to come back. Are you here to die?”

Cheng Ming was caught off guard. She only saw a flash of light on the ring on the other’s neck, sharp and dazzling. A thunderous explosion, and she was thrown back by a huge force. Large warehouses often had mechanical ventilation systems, and a metal cover several centimeters thick fell down. She hit a pipe on the wall, and the mycelia supported her for a moment, and the scales also grew in time, helping her to absorb most of the impact.

And in this instant, red and white searchlights were projected in from the empty window, and an explosive bullet flew through the wall, tore through the steel plate, and landed just a hair’s breadth away from where she had been.

Bang! The stacked goods exploded, and the fragments and shock waves rippled out. She retreated behind a cover, and her body’s instinct had helped her to narrowly avoid the danger.

The reconnaissance team had arrived.

Almost as deadly as the ammunition, another bright blue laser beam was fired. At first glance, the light was clear and gentle, but when it passed through the obstacles, after a few light sounds, both glass and metal were burned with holes.

Even the toughest biological armor would probably be vulnerable to this kind of attack.

There was no radiation here, and it was a perfect application for high-tech weapons.

No wonder those highly intelligent monsters would take a slow and steady path even if they infiltrated. They did not attack in groups, unless one day the ocean completely devoured the land, and the nuclear pollution spread throughout the entire planet.

The population that could build a defense center might not have developed a solution to the pollution for the time being, but they definitely had the ability to die with other creatures.

This was a great irony. They were powerless to save themselves, but they had thousands of ways to destroy themselves.

Affected by the inertia, Cheng Ming slid out uncontrollably and fell at the mouth of the pipe. She turned her head, and in the dimness, a dangerous warning sign was shining conspicuously.

Below was an energy transport pipe, which would be transported to various experimental research areas. It stored nuclear energy, and there were water storage and cooling pipes running in parallel on the periphery. The specific explanation was complex, and the key point to be emphasized was that there was radiation, people could not get close, and technological objects were prone to malfunction. It was a natural isolation area, which was a perfect match for her.

The escape exit was right next to her.

But Cheng Ming couldn’t care about her bruised joints, and she couldn’t care about the lost mycelia. She looked at Qu Ying, and at her terrible, cold look, as if she were treating a stranger—no, as if she were treating an enemy. For a moment, she was at a loss, as if she had lost her soul.

She did not accept it.

They were enemies, they were on opposite sides, and their beliefs were irreconcilable. It was destined from the beginning, from the birth of both sides and the choice of responsibility. Perhaps they could have been called close friends, or relatives, but it was just a fragile, false, and superficial relationship that had been wrongly formed before the truth was known.

Cheng Ming’s thoughts were in a mess. Reason told her that she should evacuate immediately, but her emotions kept her in place.

Her goal had been achieved, but she was trapped in a quagmire. She didn’t know how it had led to such an irreversible result. There were many questions she wanted to ask, and many explanations she had not yet given.

“Cheng Ming, let’s go!” After repeated calls without a response, Xiao Ming was both anxious and angry, and finally took over the body again, and mobilized all its strength to escape without looking back.

It was like a reenactment of the disaster on July 8th, ’74. It was more skilled than Cheng Ming in controlling most of this body’s abilities.

Qu Ying did not stop her.

The burning ammunition formed a fire belt in the center, which gradually weakened. Through the orange and blue light, she stared with a blank expression. But two seconds later, another person was by her side—

The new interceptor who had just arrived was still wearing the same sneakers, and a tank top and sports shorts. It was a very suitable attire for summer, with a vibrant energy that was out of place with the evolution department. Her colleague, Xia Qiao.

“Oh my, how did you let her run away?” Standing at the same level as Qu Ying, she shook her head, and the ponytail at the back of her head also swayed left and right.

“I say—” she said, turning her face and meeting her gaze, and she suddenly froze. “Uh, why are you looking at me like that?”

She belatedly reacted to something and immediately jumped back a step. “Hey, Officer Qu, I’m not parasitized!”

Qu Ying withdrew her gaze and calmly turned her head. “Stay away from me, your hair is sweeping on me.”

…A lie.

Only she knew that in the second she had discovered that the movement here had been received by the Security Department, and that other people had also been sent, a hint of killing intent had flashed through her heart.

Looking at the remaining ruins in front of her, Xia Qiao went forward to check more details, while Qu Ying stood in place as if it had nothing to do with her, waiting for the main force to arrive.

Now that it had come to this, even an extreme method like killing a witness would be of no use. Cheng Ming was already exposed to the Security Department’s view.

She lowered her head, took out a cigarette case, and lit a cigarette.

As if it were a side effect of overexertion, her movements were not very nimble. She didn’t put it in her mouth, but just held it between her fingertips. The burning tobacco fell into the night wind with a slight shaking, and the pale gold cigarette paper was crumpled.

…

Evolution Department, Main Base No. 6.

Due to the apoptosis of the mycelia, 221’s overly thick “hair” had become sparse, and all the abnormal fluctuations had returned to normal values.

The cold light was dazzling. Cheng Ran stood in front of the spotless control panel, looking at the body that no longer had a conscious reaction after losing the control of the spores, and she slowly took off her gloves.

Her expression was so indifferent that it was not at all like she was facing her “daughter” with whom she had had a relationship for seven years, nor was it like a rare experimental subject that she had spent a great deal of effort to cultivate.

Her tone was also very light. The communication was dialed to an unknown encrypted channel, and she said, “I didn’t catch her. She didn’t choose this body.”

“Alright,” the female voice on the other end was gentle and elegant, with a sigh. “This child is really.”

It was as if she were a mother who was dutifully worrying about her junior, and after a leisurely sigh with a tone that was not a reprimand but was better than a reprimand, she said with regret, “This body is useless. Tidy it up and send her out.”

…

It was three in the morning when she returned to her room. Cheng Ming locked herself in the bathroom, and the sound of the water was a trickle. The surface of the glass was misty.

She had dealt with the stains and blood, and she had not said a word to Xiao Ming from beginning to end.

Until its words became more and more excessive, “How could you think she would understand you? You were a monster just like me from the beginning.”

Negative emotions were like a banyan tree that had taken root and had grown into a forest. Cheng Ming slowly breathed and suppressed it, and tried to interrupt it, “Can you shut up?”

It was always forcing her to make a choice, forcing her to lose many people for her own safety, and forcing her to constantly abandon her social connections and only get close to it.

So cunning and sinister.

“Why don’t you admit it? No one in the world knows you better than I do,” Xiao Ming was relentless. “Besides me, no one can accept you.”

Besides me, there is no one else.

Actually, it had felt that her mental state was not good, and had wanted to say some warm words. It had wanted to comfort her.

If it were human, it could have given her a hug face to face, a warm and tight hug, and could have used its whole body to stop her from struggling, so that she could only quietly feel “her” temperature, “her” heartbeat, and “her” breathing.

But it was not. They were the closest, and also the most distant. It could only directly control her limbs and force her to be quiet. And so, the result was the opposite of what it had wanted to achieve, and Cheng Ming’s emotions were like a volcanic eruption, and she lost control even further.

“What are you saying? Do you want me to thank you for your great kindness?” she raised her eyes and stared fiercely at the mirror. “If I’ve become like this, does it have anything to do with you?”

Xiao Ming did not make a sound.

Thump. It had snatched control of her body and had pressed her against the mirror. It had turned her face and had forced her to look up and face herself. The mycelia had brushed away to reveal a complete field of vision. It did not make a sound, but all the meaning was hidden in this action.

—Look at yourself, look at me.

Cheng Ming was caught off guard and was lying on the sink. Her hands were on the cold tiles, and she couldn’t move. She was panting and sneering, “What? Are you angry? Are you going to teach me a lesson?”

Xiao Ming did not speak, and the mycelia grew and gradually wrapped around her whole body.

In order to check her wounds, she had already simply washed them. Her shirt was loosely open, and her white bra was barely covering her. The mycelia had drilled in from these various gaps, and when they had passed some delicate parts, they were particularly rough and forceful. She groaned in pain, “Xiao Ming! Ah, wuwu…”

She had never expected things to turn out like this, and the sounds that came out of her mouth were intermittent and out of tune.

Like a particularly childish, malicious, and effective response, it was answering with its actions—since you think I’m a monster, then I’ll show you an even more monstrous side.

The aroused passion had another form of release.

Cheng Ming’s eyes were red with anger, but when her gaze really met the person in the mirror, she only saw “the other’s” eyes, which were filled with a watery color, and her posture was so soft that it was moving.

She really wanted to kill it, but her body was enjoying the pleasure it was giving her, and was trembling shamelessly, like a small sail in a stormy sea with nothing to rely on.

She was so tormented by it that even her anger seemed to be harmless and a bluff.

“Why are you bullying me at a time like this…” her fierce resistance lowered, and her voice became choked.

It was clearly another her, and it should have been the her who understood her the most in this world.

Uncontrolled tears rolled down her face and shattered on a piece of her clothes. She was trembling under the touch of every strand of mycelia, and she was panting in small gasps, suppressed and trembling. It had originally been angry, and it shouldn’t have had those too-emotional human thoughts, but at this moment, it felt that her reaction was really too cute.

It couldn’t help but want more and more. The mycelia were tightly wrapped around her, occupying every one of her fingertips, every inch of her skin, and every area that could feel the stimulation.

Xiao Ming’s feeling was actually a bit new. She was really suitable for being played with at this moment. She was angry, so she had no strength to resist. She was crying, so she had no mind to struggle. Her trembling and sobbing, it was unclear if it was a psychological emotion or a physiological reaction, and it could all be understood as joy.

Her breakdown was also interrupted by it. She had no choice but to let go of everything and accept its invasion.

But if it were to say this out loud, it would definitely be beaten to death. It was focused on tasting her taste with her taste buds, and on appreciating her moving appearance with her five senses, and it was secretly savoring the pleasure.

When it had finally taken back control, Cheng Ming was already exhausted.

After a night of running around and mental torment, she was very tired, and she didn’t know when she had fallen asleep.

And so Xiao Ming had taken over the jurisdiction of her body again. It had not done anything more. It had wrapped a towel and had wiped her clean, had changed her clothes and had gone back to her room to lie on the bed, and had ended this chaotic and long night. Then it had pulled over the quilt and had gently covered her.