Chapter 73 Variation(2/2)
In addition to the two very strange fleshy bulges, their facial features are also significantly different from other zombies.
The eyes are big, and the white eyelids melt from the middle like cream, revealing two dark black lenses. Maybe it is swelling, or some other reason, the eyeballs seem to be much larger than before. The hard bone orbits bind this abnormal change, and the lens is squeezed from the inside out, desperately looking for more space.
It feels like an egg cooked until half-cooked. It is gently pinched, and the strength is not very strong, just enough to pinch the egg flat, but it does not break through the limit of its toughness.
Su Hao used the tip of the knife to cut the zombie's upper lip.
This part of the muscles are very tight, not at all the softness that human lips should have. The knife passes along the slightly sunken lip line in the middle, and the skin immediately cracks to both sides of the incision, revealing two folded organs hidden directly above the teeth and extending from the gums. They are very small and just enough to be covered by the upper lip.
Dong Guoping, who was standing next to him, immediately widened his eyes and approached forward unconsciously.
He had dissected both zombies, but did not find the secret hidden under his mouth.
Dong Guoping watched Su Hao pick up a ball of soft meat with the tip of the knife, slowly fiddled with it, and carefully pulled the folded part apart. The ball of meat gradually turned into a strange organ that was more than 20 centimeters long, very soft and tough.
It is tender, pink, crystal clear and translucent. The front end is forked from the middle, much like a reduced version of crab claws.
"This...what is this?"
Dong Guoping asked tremblingly. His tone was obviously a bit out of tune, hoarse and fear and shock.
Su Hao stared at this alien creature that obviously did not belong to any organ in humans, his eyes getting colder and colder.
"It's the mouthpart."
"Orthro...mouth?"
Dong Guoping subconsciously repeated the word, his eyes filled with confusion.
"Look here———"
Su Hao shook his knife and pointed at one of the raised flesh pillars on the zombie's head: "Including the mouthparts in the mouth, these things are not normal organs that humans should have. I don't know if you have had a deeper study of biology. But you must know that when abnormal changes occur in a certain organism, it means that the cells that make up it have evolved, or mutations have caused some irreparable defects."
As he said that, Su Hao cut the flesh column with the tip of a knife: "Look carefully here——The bones inside are very soft, indicating that the degree of cell activation is extremely high. There are not many blood vessels here, but the nerve tissue is dense and developed. If the zombie is still alive, then these two things will continue to grow and reach an astonishing length."
Although it was not stated clearly, the meaning mentioned in Su Hao's words was obvious enough. Dong Guoping had almost guessed the secret, but he still found it unbelievable.
“This is the tentacle.”
Su Hao's cold voice broke the last fantasy he tried to maintain: "The eyes also undergo abnormal changes. It will squeeze the eye sockets, or create new compound eyes outside the eye sockets. Plus the mouthparts with mutated lips... it is no longer a zombie, but another brand new mutant creature."
The expression on Dong Guoping's face instantly became very exciting.
"The new creature... is not a zombie... not a zombie? Then, what exactly is that?"
Su Hao's eyes left the lifeless head in front of him, turned to the zombie nailed to the next wall, with dark red all over his body.
Chapter completed!