Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 128 Blood Skeleton
"What exactly is wrong?"

Chen Jian asked.

Xie Liu shook his head and replied:
"I couldn't see it. The room where women give birth was closed. I just judged that she was giving birth based on the sounds inside."

"The process should be smooth, but I always feel that the people inside don't seem that happy."

"They sound a little regretful?"

"I heard someone say that the baby was sick."

“But the specific situation is still unclear.”

"I see. You?"

Chen Jian turned to Ji Xing, who said after a moment's silence:

"The blood smells a bit wrong, a bit rancid."

"Can you smell it?"

Chen Jian asked in surprise.

Ji Xing nodded and replied:
"My sense of smell is sharper than that of other holy blood people - that's not the point."

"The point is, I know what blood is like."

"Different blood tastes different. Heavy bleeding is different from oozing blood. Red blood is different from black blood. The blood of holy blood people is even more different from that of ordinary people."

"But the smell of blood I smelled outside that room was unlike any smell of blood I had ever smelled before."

"It smells like a rotting wound. It's like the smell of a wound several days after it was injured."

“It’s very strange.”

"Shen Yue, is this normal?"

Chen Jian turned to Shen Yue, who thought for a moment and replied:

"To be honest, it's normal."

"Under poor hygiene conditions, it is normal for blood, especially during childbirth, to have a rancid smell."

"However, Xie Liu said that the people inside reacted incorrectly. Isn't this the crux of the problem?"

"Birth is something worth celebrating in any world. No matter how disgusted you are before actually giving birth, you will feel happy after a new life is born."

"This is human instinct, and it cannot be fought by reason."

"If there is no joy in the birth of a new life, then it may really be like what Xie Liu heard, that the newborn is sick."

"Moreover, it is a disease that can be seen with the naked eye."

"But there's nothing we can do - we don't run an orphanage."

Chen Jian rolled his eyes at Shen Yue, then said:

"It has nothing to do with the orphanage. We are worried that she will give birth to a monster, just like the offspring of those converts."

"Oh, I just had a preconceived notion."

Shen Yue smiled awkwardly and argued:
"This is a basic quality for doctors. No matter what the baby is, we will not treat it as a monster."

"Otherwise, wouldn't all those newborns with deformities like cleft lip, conjoined twins, or congenital anencephaly be treated as monsters?"

".You are so politically correct. Forget it, I don't want to bother with you."

Chen Jian paused for a moment, then said:
"He Shuo flew the drone to monitor the building in real time."

"If there is an unexpected situation, we will have time to respond."

"clear."

Hearing this, He Shuo walked to the window and quickly launched the drone.

The images taken by the drone from low altitude were quickly transferred to the smart eyepieces of several people.

Chen Jian saw someone open the door and pour a basin of dirty water stained with blood outside the house. Through the door, the drone just happened to capture the woman in labor lying on the bed in the small room.

The other person was holding a baby in her arms and breastfeeding. From the appearance, there was nothing abnormal about the baby.

But what was a little strange was that the baby's activity level seemed a little too high.

His little arms kept waving in the air, and even though he was feeding, there was no sign of him calming down.

There was a small red spot on my mother's chest, probably from the dirty blood that had not been dealt with in time.

Chen Jian zoomed out the screen and then said:

“There seems to be no problem at the moment.”

"has a problem."

Lei Jie interrupted:
"Where's the child's father? This room is full of women!"

After he finished speaking, Chen Jian was stunned.

Then he realized that this didn't seem to be a small problem.

It is indeed a bit strange that the father is not present when such an important event as "birth" occurs.

Although it can be explained by various "ethical stories", Chen Jian feels that things are definitely not that simple.

"Let's take a look first."

Chen Jian said in a deep voice:

"We will be on alert according to the scheduled rotation order. I am destined to not be able to sleep tonight."

"clear."

Everyone answered in turn. After arranging the sentry posts and finishing the first shift, Chen Jian didn't even take off his exoskeleton. He just sat on the edge of the bed and fell asleep.

When he woke up again, it was already daybreak.

This night, nothing happened.

The little incident last night finally died down, as if all the speculations were just overreactions of the team. In the early morning, Susong Town showed an ordinary appearance that was no different from other human settlements. Smoke rose from the kitchen, and the air was filled with the aroma of food. Those who got up early had already left their homes, walked to the lake, and boarded the wooden boats, intending to catch as many fish as possible before the temperature dropped to an unbearable level as food for the winter.

Led by Zeng Yi, the team came to the center of Susong Town, set up a small flag in accordance with the merchants' rules, and picked out some items from their carry-ons and placed them on the ground.

In fact, they did not have much goods to sell. At most, they could only spare some ammunition as a hastily used "proof" of the caravan.

Fortunately, good quality 7.62mm bullets are hard currency no matter where they are, and it didn’t take long for residents to come forward and trade.

Chen Jian exchanged a dozen bullets for enough food for the team to consume for a day, and then exchanged one of Ji Xing's grenade for a working battery.

With a good beginning, subsequent transactions will be much simpler.

More and more residents began to gather around them, asking if they had more goods to sell.

Chen Jian explained to them that there wasn't much cargo on this trip and he would bring more when he returned.

But it was obvious that the people here would not let a caravan go so easily since they had finally arrived.

Before long, all the bullets Chen Jian took out were sold out. Everyone looked at the weapons hanging on them with unsatisfied eyes, as if they wanted to exchange them for something, but they knew that they could not afford the right price.

Then the crowd slowly dispersed.

Except for a few idle children watching them from afar, the area around this small stall became completely quiet.

Chen Jian loaded all the items he had exchanged into the car, and then sighed:
"Trading activities here are quite frequent. Judging from these people's desire to trade, their lives are indeed not difficult."

"They have surplus food and surplus fuel, but what they lack most are actually productivity tools."

"Perhaps later, when the trade route is open, we can transport the things they want."

"Although the profits won't be very high, the communication and exchanges brought about by the trade route itself are also valuable."

"We want to spread our ideas widely, and using trade routes is a good choice."

"Yes."

Zeng Yi nodded and continued:
"In fact, the Holy Blood Temple and the Mechanicus also do this."

"But they pay more attention to the larger cities. They basically don't come to these small towns."

"This is our opportunity."

Chen Jian continued:

"We take the places they don't want, and we take the people they don't take."

"The less they come to a place, the less it is influenced by religious ideas."

"Just like Huangshi City worships ancestors, Susong Town worships wind turbines - although it is absurd, it is easy to correct."

"really."

Lei Jie said with deep conviction:
"If we have a chance in the future to restore one or two wind turbines, we can directly bring them under our command, which would be great."

"That requires your ability. Do you think the wind is strong?"

"Captain."

Before Chen Jian could finish his words, Zeng Yi suddenly interrupted him.

Then, he pointed to a place not far away and said:
"somebody is coming."

"It's the woman who gave birth yesterday!"

Chen Jian looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, he saw the woman walking towards him holding her newborn baby.

The child was very quiet and seemed to have fallen asleep.

But the woman's face was filled with sadness.

She walked up to the team members, hesitated for a moment, suddenly knelt down, and then raised the child in her arms high.

In Chen Jian's astonished eyes, she said:
"Please take him away at any price!"

"Please let him live, let him live!"

The woman was already crying, and from the street behind her, a man with a weapon suddenly rushed over.

The team instantly entered a state of alert. When the weapon rack on Chen Jian's back unfolded, everyone who was rushing over subconsciously stopped.

The pure sense of oppression that came from the killing frightened them and made them lose the courage to act rashly.

Chen Jian looked down at the woman and said:
"We don't want babies."

"If you're having any trouble, we might be able to provide some help."

"I have no problem, I just want him to live"

The woman cried:
"Look at him, he's healthy! He should be alive!"

As she spoke, the woman lifted the cotton cloth wrapped around the baby.

"You see, he has all his limbs intact, he is very strong, he..."

"and many more!"

Chen Jian interrupted the woman.

His eyes became somewhat serious, and so did several other members of the team.

Yes, this baby is strong.

But he was by no means healthy.

Because there was a horrible scarlet mark on his chest.

It is the mark left by the bleeding after the herpes has burst.

Chen Jian took a deep breath and tightened his grip on the weapon.

Xie Liu on the side squatted down to take a closer look, then said:
"Classic skull-like herpes."

"It's a bloody skull!"

(End of this chapter)