Chapter 1400 – The Finished Product of Blood Oil
The pool of blood oil gradually faded its crimson hue, transforming into pure black petroleum. It then flowed out along the river channel, while more scarlet blood oil poured in from the blood lake, converting into blood energy and merging into the girl’s body.
This reminded me of the generators in my previous life; after a period of operation, the engine oil needed changing, except this was a magical ritual before my eyes.
The most primitive blood oil was the energy source these Alien Parasites required. The fuel oil they sold was merely recycled waste, yet it was surprisingly profitable.
No wonder I couldn’t find the crucial distillation and cracking components in the factory area. There was no such process. The purification from crude oil to fuel oil was completed through this ritual. I had also seen Alien Parasites absorbing the magic of the
blood oil earlier.
At this moment, the girl’s energy grew stronger and stronger, beginning to overflow and surge towards the sky, projecting into the void. It was an attempt to establish contact with their distant location.
“They’re saying this girl’s aptitude is quite good, and she might be able to activate something called the Inner Eye. If she can, perhaps she can establish a link with the Home Planet,” Older Brother Jayad continued to say.
What is this Inner Eye? Is it another stage of the Five Eyes mutation? And what changes would come with obtaining the Inner Eye?
I was contemplating whether to rescue the girl, but intervening now would surely expose me, leading to a siege by so many Alien Parasites. Moreover, she seemed to be temporarily out of danger, merely performing a ritual, so I didn’t act immediately.
Unexpectedly, just as the blood energy surged to its critical point, a sudden anomaly occurred. The girl screamed, her skin cracking, and blood oil gushed out from her entire body.
“Bad! Protect her quickly!” One Alien Parasite, overcome with emotion, couldn’t help but exclaim. All the Alien Parasites concentrated the blood energy onto the girl, and some even used healing spells.
What happened? Was the ritual too intense for the girl’s body to withstand? But I felt that with this energy intensity, for someone who had been eroded by blood oil and whose physical strength had greatly increased after mutation, it shouldn’t be enough to cause her to burst with blood!
At this moment, I suddenly felt that familiar yet chilling aura again. It was the Vascular Disease that had been suppressed by the blood energy. Countless blood vessels protruded from under the girl’s skin, spraying blood outwards. This time, the blood that gushed out was bright red.
The next second, with a “pop!” her body exploded, torn into countless pieces by the blood vessels and scattering into the blood pool.
Her vascular tissue detached from her body, still writhing and twitching ferociously, its ends continuously spraying blood mist, looking extremely terrifying.
“Damn it! Another one has fallen ill!” An Alien Parasite dressed in a particularly fine white robe angrily slammed the ground. He appeared to be one of their leaders.
Several Alien Parasites raised their hands together, releasing several purple beams of light from their palms. The Vascular Monster, still twitching on the altar, was instantly torn into pieces.
This Vascular Monster looked horrifying, but its actual Combat Power was quite weak; it was instantly killed by the light beams. Next, they unleashed blood-colored flames, burning away all remaining vessels and blood, leaving nothing behind.
Although the white jade altar was at the center of the battle just now, no matter what spells were cast upon it, not a single trace remained. It was incredibly sturdy.
The subsequent excited arguments and conversations between the Alien Parasites were all in their special communication method, only occasionally speaking through the host’s mouth. Thus, Older Brother Jayad kindly translated.
“Damn it! It was just a little bit more, and this time we really had a chance. Why is it another patient?”
“What is this Vascular Disease? Where did it come from? This is the fifth Vascular Disease patient this month!”
“I don’t know. I work in a hospital, and the doctors don’t understand what causes this disease either. They only know that there are many infected people now, but they aren’t taking it seriously and haven’t even compiled the medical records.”
“Some say it’s mutation, others say it’s Divine Punishment. But I think they’re all making excuses. This should be some organization causing trouble behind the scenes, spreading Corrosive!”
“We were doing well setting up our factory in Cando City, and suddenly someone chose this place to spread Corrosive. They should be damned! Isn’t there any way to identify who are patients with Vascular Disease?”
“There’s no way. Hospitals can’t tell. They can only use X-rays to check if their blood vessels have hyperplasia or displacement. We can’t confirm it before the onset of the disease.”
“Damn it! Vascular Disease can’t be detected, and we don’t know who is spreading it. Why haven’t we received any response from the Home Planet despite all our attempts to contact them?!”
It seemed they were very agitated. Even without hearing their voices, just looking at them beating their chests and stamping their feet, one could imagine the frustration caused by the failure of this ritual.
Wasting a bottle of precious Potion, losing a highly potential candidate girl, and being unable to diagnose Vascular Disease—this was indeed a huge blow to them.
However, I hadn’t expected that from the perspective of these Alien Parasites, I was the one who appeared suddenly, bringing disease and spreading plague, causing their rituals to fail repeatedly, making me the villain.
But perhaps they weren’t wrong. When I transmigrated, the New Energy Company already existed, and perhaps these Alien Parasites had been operating here for many years.
Older Brother Jayad was still translating. The white-robed person who looked like a leader said, “After so many years, Pierce is the only one who has successfully activated the Inner Eye. Why don’t we just use him as a ritual Sacrifice?”
Upon hearing Pierce mentioned, my spirits immediately lifted. I focused intently on Older Brother Jayad’s translation. Finally, it was getting to the part I wanted to understand, and they said Pierce had already activated the Inner Eye.
“Absolutely not! Pierce is the only one who can produce the blood oil Catalyst. Without him, where would we get our energy?” another person retorted.
I see. I roughly understood their relationship. Pierce was the creator of the blood oil, and the blood oil happened to be able to supplement the energy for the Alien Parasites. Thus, the two sides hit it off, and the Alien Parasites sponsored the laboratory in Pierce’s tomb.
After the Alien Parasites absorbed the abnormal energy from the blood oil, the blood oil looked similar to normal petroleum and functioned the same way. Therefore, they established the New Energy Company and sold the used blood oil as petroleum to make money.
Simultaneously, they lured a lot of Commoners, corrupting them to serve as cheap labor and sources of blood oil. Those who were severely mutated were locked up as Sacrifices for the rituals.
