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Chapitre 30

Liming was numb, as if his entire being was collapsing from the inside out. This wasn't a human voice, nor the voice of a wild beast. It was a cry Liming had never heard before, nor imagined, a cry that was both sobbing and wailing, drawn out and growing louder with each passing moment. Liming couldn't bear it any longer and plugged his ears. But the sound only echoed within his body, forcing him to groan and remove his hands. The fetus twisted and turned, slowly emerging with its upper body, then with a "whoosh," the entire fetus flowed out. Mariko's abdomen suddenly narrowed, and the remaining blood and amniotic fluid overflowed like a burst dam, bathing the fetus writhing between Mariko's legs. The blood surged powerfully, cascading like a waterfall from the edge of the dissection table onto "Eve1." The fetus triumphantly triumphed, shaking the entire room. One by one, the operating lights on the dissection table exploded, shards flying onto Mariko. Riki instinctively bent over. The fetus used its own hands to tear apart and discard the placenta wrapped around its body, then ripped off the umbilical cord, rolled over, and lay face down.

Liming stared at what was happening before his eyes, unable to believe his own. This newborn creature could already roll over on its own and even tried to walk on its hands and feet. Moreover, its body was growing slowly but steadily; it had only been a few seconds since it emerged from Mariko's body, yet it was already much larger than Mariko's uterus. It raised its head, opened its eyes, and its gaze pierced through Liming's eyes. Liming's heart seemed to freeze for a moment, and a terrifying pressure pressed down on him.

It grinned like a dog, its mouth a bright red mess, as if smeared with blood, revealing a tongue that looked like a slug.

"thump"!

Its whole body throbbed violently, and the blood vessels inside its body pulsated incessantly, causing its skin to tremble.

With a "whoosh," its body swelled up.

It began to grow larger and larger, like a doll inflated with air. To be precise, its entire growth process accelerated at an unimaginable speed, from fetus to infancy, from infancy to child, growing rapidly. Its black hair grew longer and longer, its limp body gradually formed a stable skeleton, and even muscles appeared. It lay there, its pulse pounding violently, changing its form. It shook its head like a lion, twisting its waist, its hair dancing wildly in the air. It continued to roar, and as its limbs changed shape, its voice changed as well, gradually transforming from a cry and scream into a groaning, panting sound, rising higher and higher, endlessly. It removed its hands from the stage, raised its upper body, and propped itself up on one leg. Its neck tilted back, convulsing violently. Its body was transforming into that of an adult: its breasts were growing larger; its waist was slender, highlighting its alluring curves; its head was gradually forming a near-perfect shape; its lips were dazzlingly red, and the inside was even more vibrant, its mouth barely visible between its lips and teeth, as if it were on fire. "Thump!"

With a powerful thumping sound, it roared, violently impacting the entire room. The floorboards creaked, the reagent rack made a sound like an explosion, and then collapsed. Just then, silence fell suddenly.

It was as quiet as if one were about to give birth and experiencing tinnitus. Liming had not stopped trembling; Jizhu stared wide-eyed, speechless, like a fool; Anqi was held tightly by Liming, desperately closing his eyes and clenching his teeth.

With a "splat", the blood remaining on the dissection table splattered up. It stepped off the dissection table, placed one foot on the floor, and then gently put its left foot down.

It stood up.

Li Ming stared intently at its entire body.

It resembles a human in shape, almost exactly the same, but it is definitely not human. Full breasts, a slender waist, flowing long hair—it possesses all the characteristics a human woman should have, and every part exudes a strong feminine charm. All these female parts are so perfect; it cannot be anything other than a woman. But when you look at this being as a whole, you realize that everything is too perfect, far surpassing any human woman; it possesses a figure that no human could ever have.

It wasn't human, Li Ming thought. It was unlike any life form that had ever existed on Earth. It was born to be a woman, to represent women, to showcase women, to enjoy the ultimate pleasure of being a woman. You could say it was a woman among women. Facing it, a feeling akin to fear welled up from the depths of Li Ming's heart. It was too perfect, and at the same time, too bizarre. Li Ming felt sexual pleasure, a penetrating sexual pleasure, and at the same time, felt like she was about to vomit.

The rotting "Eve1" on the floor continued to laugh.

"Parasite Eve"

Chapter Twenty-Three

Anqi opened his eyes. He seemed to notice the surrounding silence and began cautiously peeking out from under Liming's arm. Suddenly, he shuddered, even feeling Liming's arm. Perhaps startled by its appearance. Anqi froze, unable to move for a long time. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he abruptly sat up.

"Mariko!"

Anqi muttered to himself

As Riming shouted, Anzai slipped out from under Riming's arm. He ran towards the dissection table, calling out Mariko's name.

"Don't go over there!" Li Ming shouted.

The creature stared at Anqi, but Billy Min's voice came a step faster than it could.

In an instant, Anqi's body suddenly disappeared, and at the same time, a loud sound came from behind Liming.

What is it?

Before Li Ming could turn his head, he felt something fall off his head with a "plop." Li Ming cried out and bent his head down.

A dull thud came from behind Li Ming, who nervously turned his gaze to what was behind him.

It was Anqi. Anqi was curled up in a ball, lying on the floor. Blood was flowing from near his temple, and white powder was dripping onto his body. Liming quickly looked up and saw many cracks on the wall near the ceiling, crisscrossing like a spider web. It took him several seconds to realize that Anqi had been hit there.

Anqi groaned softly, as if he could no longer stand. Liming stared in disbelief, frozen in place.

Section 75

Liming felt something moving at the edge of his field of vision. He looked up and saw Yoshizumi running towards the alarm installed on the wall like a rabbit.

The other party was watching his every move closely, and the moment Yoshizumi reached for the alarm, it opened its mouth wide and roared urgently.

Yoshizumi shouted loudly, his arms bending limply. Then, Yoshizumi's body spun 360 degrees and landed headfirst on the floor with a hard thud.

It smiled crookedly, glancing sideways at Yoshizumi, whose body gradually floated up.

It began to manipulate Yoshizumi's body with a smile. It made Yoshizumi's body spin in the air, playing with his hands and feet like a puppet. Yoshizumi's painful screams came intermittently. It was as if it was checking its abilities one by one, seeing just how powerful it really was. Its eyes slowly glowed, and it began to slam Yoshizumi's body against the four walls, Yoshizumi's clothes gradually becoming stained red with blood. When it saw that Yoshizumi was exhausted, it simply hung Yoshizumi's body upside down in the air, and then slammed it down in one breath. Just as Yoshizumi's head was about to hit the floor, it stopped him again, and then lifted him up again.

This was repeated several times, almost like fiddling with a toy.

"Stop!" Li Ming shouted.

It slowly shifted its gaze over.

Liming froze, completely controlled. He couldn't look away, his feet were rooted to the ground, and his mouth began to dry. A thud came from somewhere; Yoshizumi had fallen, but Liming couldn't turn his head to look at him. It smiled contentedly.

Taking advantage of its inattention, Anqi rushed to the dissection table, hugged Mariko tightly, and cried out loudly, shaking Mariko's body trembling. Mariko's eyes were wide open, and she didn't respond to Anqi's calls at all. Anqi fell into a semi-frenzied state, continuing to call Mariko's name incessantly. Looking at Anqi like this, it gave him a cold look.

"No!" Li Ming shouted.

But it was too late. It glared at Anqi, shaking its head slightly. Anqi's feet were raised in the air; it wanted to throw Anqi against the wall again.

Anqi struggled desperately, clinging tightly to Mariko's body. Anqi's lower body was completely suspended in the air, his entire body laid flat, but he continued to call Mariko's name while holding his daughter tightly. He frowned.

Anqi was forcibly pulled off Mariko. His body whizzed past Riming's face and slammed against the wall with a thud. This time, however, he didn't land on the floor; instead, he was spread-eagled, face-first, firmly pressed against the wall. At that moment, the force was exerting itself on Anqi. Suddenly, Riming also felt a force; before he could even cry out, he was slammed against the wall. It was an astonishing force; Riming couldn't even move a finger, his face was twisted to one side, only half his face was visible, and his eyes were open but unable to blink. "Stop!"

Liming tried to shout but couldn't make a sound; his tongue was paralyzed by the pressure. He watched helplessly as it appeared. It slowly walked towards them, glancing at the floor and smiling at the wet "Eve1." The greasy mass responded with a nauseating sound. It smiled sweetly and turned to face them.

"Don't come any closer."

"I screamed inwardly," Li Ming cried out. The pressure on his entire body was increasing, his internal organs were being torn apart, burning as if they were about to burst into flames; his skull creaked; his throat was ruptured, and he could no longer breathe; his whole body felt like it was about to spew sparks. For the enemy to kill Li Ming and his companions would be incredibly easy. It was toying with them, like a higher being mocking a lower one, like a child catching an ant and breaking off its head and legs, then slowly watching its torso struggle in agony; it was torturing Li Ming and his companions.

It is truly unforgivable that I was completely helpless in the face of it.

It is truly unforgivable that I could only beg for my life in its presence.

Li Ming's consciousness gradually blurred, and he felt as if he were being crushed under the pressure. His vision began to cloud, and everything in front of him turned red. Blood began to seep from his eyes, and he heard something inside his body rupture with a dull thud, followed by a surge of heat that spread rapidly throughout his body.

“Dad…” Li Ming was startled.

He heard a groan that defied description. In his mind, he translated it into Japanese; it was calling him "Papa." A chill ran down his spine as he stared at it, standing opposite a field of vision stained red. A terrifying smile played on its face.

Li Ming shouted at the top of his lungs. How could it be? He had actually seen it with his own eyes.

Li Ming's blood vessels began to rupture, making a "crackling" sound.

Li Ming felt he was going insane. Its smile was etched into his pupils; he tried to close his eyes but couldn't. He screamed, trying to drive everything away, but to no avail. The only word to describe its smile was "horrible." He couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't live with that smile any longer.

"Kill me already," Li Ming pleaded. "Tear me to pieces right now."

At this moment, its face turned to one side.

"Parasite Eve"

Chapter Twenty-Four

Li Ming's body fell to the floor.

Immediately afterwards, Anqi's body also fell to the ground. He groaned, blood flowing from his mouth.

The force that had been holding the body down had disappeared.

What's going on? Li Ming was completely baffled. Why did it stop?

Li Ming opened his blurry eyes, looked up, and then saw it.

It was in great pain, its face contorted in agony, constantly tearing at its own face, the flesh peeling off with a "snap, snap" sound.

Section 76

Li Ming stared in disbelief. Its body was beginning to change, its entire body undulating and convulsing rapidly. Its waist was no longer slender, its chest became hard and thick. Its shoulders broadened, and its arms thickened. The bones of its face began to deform. It was shouting loudly, and its voice was also rapidly changing.

What... what exactly is going on?

A "man" is about to emerge from this female life form.

Something bulged out from between its legs, starting as small as a fingertip, then gradually thickening and rising menacingly, its pulse throbbing. The soft curves around its waist disappeared, replaced by taut muscles; its abdominal muscles slowly bulged, its shoulder muscles bulged, its neck thickened, and its face became sharply defined, as if a touch would cut it; its hair grew long like a lion's, and a full beard covered its entire face. Its back arched upwards like a small mountain. It crouched on the floor, its hands on the ground, every muscle displaying power, a surge of pent-up anger erupting from its body. It trembled all over, pounding the floor violently, as if trying to release all its heat. Then it roared.

A deafening roar surged directly towards Li Ming's ruptured internal organs. Li Ming's body felt like it was about to fall apart. The entire room was plunged into darkness; the lights went out, and the sound of metal objects collapsing came from somewhere.

Blood welled up in his throat, and Liming vomited it out. Liming's skin cracked rapidly, lymph fluid seeped out, and his head felt like it was on fire, burning unbearably hot.

Something deep within Li Ming's pupils snapped with a snap, and from then on, Li Ming could only distinguish red and black dots. His vision was like a sandstorm, with countless dots swirling wildly in the air. He heard the life form groan, but didn't know what was happening. The sound of concrete colliding echoed intermittently, and fragments from the wall clattered and fell onto Li Ming. What on earth happened to that thing?

Shouts came from somewhere; it was Yoshizumi. Something seemed to have hit the wall. Rimei was completely broken; he couldn't even move a finger.

Liming's body floated in the air. When he realized it, he had already crashed into something. Then, various parts of his body were repeatedly struck—sometimes his waist, sometimes his shoulders, sometimes his head, sometimes his chest. He was being bounced around like this. Gradually, Liming lost the feeling of pain. Although he could still imagine himself being roughly thrown against the surrounding walls, he couldn't care less.

Now, only one thing was on his mind: why had that life form suddenly turned into a man? Mitochondria are supposed to be female, so why had it suddenly become male? What did this mean? Was it further evolution? Or… “…”

Li Ming had thought of this.

Could it be?

But there was no other explanation. Even Li Ming himself couldn't fully grasp the reasoning behind it, but this intuition, like a spark of wisdom, ignited within him.

As if to verify Li Ming's idea, the life form suddenly let out a painful roar.

A deafening roar followed; something exploded. Liming landed on the floor. The alarm went off.

The living being cried out at a volume louder than the alarm, and its voice changed. Just as Li Ming had predicted, it changed back into a woman's voice.

Between the ringing of the bell, the sound of flesh constantly wriggling could be heard. The living organism was undergoing intense metabolism, and the sound of its pulse thumping could be heard intermittently.

The woman's voice spread outwards, as if trying to drown out the man's roar. To resist the woman's fierce momentum, the man's voice, like a jet from a throttle valve, fought its way through the encirclement of the woman's voice. For the sake of physical dominance, female and male battled fiercely within one living being. Just as certain female characteristics began to emerge, the male would begin to take his place on top of her.

Li Ming's intuition was correct. Although he couldn't see, he could imagine the living organisms turning into a gooey mass of flesh, intertwined together. A strange emotion suddenly surged into Li Ming's heart, like a phone line occasionally crossing over; a broken, dry voice echoed in his mind. It was a mitochondria. Li Ming suddenly understood. It was the mitochondria parasitizing "Eve 1," the one that had melted and become damp on the floor, on the verge of necrosis. "She" was stunned by her "daughter's" sudden change, frozen in place for a long time, unable to react to what had happened.

The mitochondria desperately sent signals to the host cell, struggling to divide again, eager to clean up the mess left by their daughter's mutation. But the host cell was utterly destroyed and beyond repair. The host cell could no longer respond to the mitochondrial stimuli. The mitochondria's heart-wrenching cries reverberated throughout Liming's body.

"It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this," the mitochondria kept repeating, descending into a state of near-madness.

Countless sparks were flashing in Li Ming's mind, things that had been stuck in some corner of his heart, things he couldn't pull out no matter what, were now shining brightly in his mind.

As expected. The mitochondria parasitizing "Eve1" overlooked an important matter because "she" herself was female and therefore could not have considered this. Sperm is indeed essential for creating a new life form, but the mitochondria in "Eve1" merely used male genetic material as a tool for reproduction. "She" did not realize that in her "daughter's" body, not only did her own mitochondria exist, but male mitochondria had also infiltrated.

The mitochondria parasitizing "Eve1" screamed in agony before dying, their cries echoing throughout the room before fading away with a long, drawn-out echo.

Li Ming experienced the death of mitochondria through his body: the outer and inner membranes ruptured one after another, and DNA flowed out from the inside of the mitochondria; reactive oxygen species, filling the entire cytoplasm, tore the DNA to shreds; the electrical potential generated by the mitochondria also began to diffuse and disappear; the stimulated receptors began to fragment, becoming ordinary peptides without any practical significance, losing their activity; consciousness ceased, the cells ruptured, and everything reverted to ordinary lipids, amino acids, and sugars. "She" was no longer a living being, but merely a pile of decaying organic matter.

A furious roar, like an earthquake, pierced the sky as the child of "Eve1" emitted a mixed male and female voice, screaming with heart-wrenching despair.

The ceiling began to collapse. The living organisms began to unleash a powerful force, and rock-like objects pounded against Li Ming's body.

Li Ming thought he had to get out of here quickly, but he couldn't move. The bell kept ringing.

A commotion arose from somewhere, the footsteps growing closer. Short screams and gasps of surprise echoed from somewhere else. Liming felt light on his face. It was the rescue team arriving.

The rescue team has arrived!