Azur Lane: The Tragic Admiral’s Azur Life

Chapter 943 White Cocoon ⑥ Parasitism and Contact

After making arrangements and preparing the corresponding equipment, Yang Sikang did not even take a small boat, but hung himself directly on Neptune's ship and approached the target directly.

As they approached, as soon as they entered the dangerous distance, the equipment on Yang Sikang's body immediately sounded the alarm, but no dangerous situation occurred.

The three of them waited at this edge for five minutes. After confirming that there was no danger, they slowed down and continued to approach the target. Yang Sikang now had more energy to observe the situation here.

The surrounding sea surface within this range is completely the same as the mirror-like sea. Shadows of reefs and other things can be seen under the sea, but in fact there are no such debris.

The water here is very clear. You can only see something special when you look down. If you look forward from the side, it is completely normal, just completely calm.

As we approached, a subtle feeling of slight discomfort gradually grew stronger, as if we were being stared at by something malicious in the dark, but without any actual influence or interference.

It took Yang Sikang and the two design ships ten minutes to cover this not-so-long distance. However, when Yang Sikang's eyes fell on the "pillar" that was not even within his focus for the first time, he widened his eyes and was stunned.

Even though it had completely dried up, carbonized and lost its activity, and even though it had been completely disfigured by the high-intensity squeezing, from the vaguely discernible details and those characteristic points that he could never mistake, it could be seen that the top of the pillar, at least three to five meters away, was almost entirely... eggs.

The remains of dead, completely inactive eggs were crammed together, compressed into blocks like wood chips put into a mold and pressed by a hydraulic press, and then piled here to form the shape of a column.

Those white filaments were not just fixing the cocoon here as he had initially thought. Those filaments had obviously penetrated into the gaps between the eggs, pierced the outer shells of the eggs on the top and penetrated deep into the interior. The gray-black layer on the ground was actually the hyphae that these eggs had originally hatched to erode land and ships!

"The parasite is parasitized in turn, draining away the energy it needs to survive?"

It was a little strange, but Yang Sikang thought of Crab Slave first.

Crab mites are parasites that live on crabs. They are disgusting, troublesome and have a great impact. However, there are other parasites on crab mites, just like they parasitize crabs.

What he saw now seemed to be such a scene, but the characters were different...

"Commander, these things seem to be alive!"

Neptune shouted, and the two project ships reached out at the same time to pull Yang Sikang back from this "land".

Yang Sikang looked at the ground and saw more than a dozen hyphae emerging from the gray-black debris, and were spreading towards him.

However, as he looked at the hyphae, the white hyphae became visibly slow and still, then slowly faded from white to gray-black, and finally lost their activity and became part of the ground.

At the same time, something seemed to be flowing in the white silk on the cocoon. After circulating on the outer shell of the cocoon, it flowed to the bottom and connected to the abdomen of the human-shaped being inside through the tube.

"Wow~ It's like a fetus absorbing nutrients from its mother, but this absorption is too fierce..."

As Neptune spoke, he tentatively poked the areas on the ground that had just turned gray and black with the trident, but there was no response, and the sound made by the trident was like poking a metal plate.

"This thing is so hard!"

Neptune poked her twice more with a little more force, and the harsh sound of metal friction rang in her ears. Neptune wanted to try poking her a few more times, but the monarch raised his hand and grabbed her trident.

"Consider the commander before you act. He's not wearing noise-canceling headphones right now."

"Well, that's true."

Neptune nodded and put the trident back, but then she pointed the trident at the white cocoon again.

"Then this thing is alive, so it's okay to give it a try, right?"

Without waiting for Yang Sikang to stop him, Neptune enthusiastically extended the trident.

At the moment when the trident was about to poke the white cocoon, the white filaments that were originally tightly wrapped around the surface of the cocoon suddenly showed the characteristics of living things without any warning, and in the blink of an eye they instantly covered nearly one-third of the area on the top of the trident.

Neptune's eyes widened at this moment, and she became serious and held the trident with both hands. At the same time, her ship suit was fully unfolded, and the energy of the mind cube expanded and gathered towards the top of the trident.

Using the method he had learned from others to use a part of the ship's equipment as a medium to fire his own artillery fire, Neptune launched his own attack from the top of the trident in an attempt to break free from this huge force.

However, there was only a sound like a small firecracker exploding when covered in an iron bowl. The white filaments swelled up instantly, but returned to normal in the blink of an eye.

Visible blue energy flowed along these filaments toward the cocoon itself, and at the same time the filaments detached from the trident and returned to the surface of the cocoon.

These things are not damaged at all!

"Is this true?! This is a serious shot from me!!"

Neptune exclaimed and wanted to do it again. The monarch next to him couldn't stand it anymore, so he pulled out his cane and hit Neptune directly on the head!

"I told you the commander is still here!"

Yang Sikang, who was hurriedly pulled behind the monarch without even having time to speak, smiled helplessly, patted the monarch's hand to signal her to let him go, and then breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Although that was a reckless move just now, it was a normal reaction after all. However, it's easy to get into trouble if you use artillery fire too recklessly to test it, Neptune. Be careful."

"Uh, yes, I understand, Commander."

Neptune squatted on the ground, covering his head, and nodded quickly.

Yang Sikang smiled and looked at the cocoon in front of him with a serious expression.

"It's already incredible that this thing can absorb energy from these eggs. I didn't expect it to be able to absorb artillery fire at zero range."

Yang Sikang walked forward and stopped about one meter away.

In front of him was a 'window' through which he could see inside, and the woman still had her eyes closed, but her expression was very gentle, as if she was sleeping normally, with a slight smile on the corner of her mouth. Perhaps she was having a good dream?

Yang Sikang felt a little impulse, he obeyed his instinct, slowly raised his hand and reached towards the window in front of him.

The filaments seemed to be attracted by something, and as he stretched out his hand, they began to separate from the cocoon, but only a very small part.

They did not extend towards Yang Sikang, but all faced in its direction, swaying gently in the same rhythm, as if saying hello.

Yang Sikang's heart was pounding. He had no idea how risky his actions were. He was just acting purely on his intuition.

Finally, his slightly trembling fingers touched the window, which was the cocoon itself.

As the jade-like touch was fed back to his brain, Yang Sikang felt a surge of energy that instantly swept through every part of his body.