Natural enemies

"Andre turned into a human, but the injuries he suffered were not what a human body can bear, so he died."

Gu Yi stared at the necklace in front of him, and played with the broken pendant on it with his fingers: "The depression on the top was originally inlaid with pieces cut and ground by the blood of God."

Tang Ji listened carefully, and began to accuse: "Didn't you say you have nothing to hide from me?"

"Now we're talking about the blood of God..." Gu Yi pressed his forehead dumbfounded, "Why do you—"

"It's the blood of God." Tang Ji snorted, "You never told me that Andre still has fragments of the blood of God in his hand!"

"Didn't I say it?" Gu Yi could only pretend to be stupid, otherwise he would have to turn over the old score, "I thought I said it. Sigh, there are so many things, it is inevitable that some people can't remember it—speaking of it , you must have it too, for example, in Haitian—”

"Let's get down to business." Tang Ji immediately interrupted him, "You said before that swallowing the blood of God can restore a man, but Andre probably didn't swallow it?"

It's obvious.Not to mention that Andre didn't want to return to a human being. Even if he wanted to, he wouldn't swallow it when he was so seriously injured. Wouldn't that be courting death?

Gu Yi nodded: "The pendant is on his chest. I think the fragments of God's blood should have melted into his blood, entered his blood vessels from his wound, and turned him back into a human being."

Tang Ji thought for a while, then nodded, "That's good. Back then you left the blood of God to him because you wanted him to be a man again, and now he's not wasting anything."

Gu Yi looked at him helplessly: "I mean, the usage of God's blood should be more than just swallowing it."

Tang Ji didn't care about this: "It's all put into the body anyway, whether it's swallowed or dissolved in the blood, it's all the same. However, God gave such a drop of blood at the beginning, saying it was for Cain alone, and now it is re-introduced. Cut and ground like this, is the piece in your hand enough?"

After he said this, Gu Yi was a little uncertain: "It should be enough... After all, the blood of the ancestor and the descendant are different... Besides, Andre's pendant is still incomplete, so he only needs to use it to calculate it. One-fifth of the blood of God will restore the human body. I have at least half of the blood in my hand, which should be enough. But it is a bit strange, the blood of God is pink when it is complete, and the outside is transparent after cutting. Yes, the center is crimson. I used to think that the outer substance was just used to wrap the blood of God, just like the ring that was inlaid with it at that time, because it was soaked by it, it could hide the blood. It will also be useful..."

Tang Ji took a look at the deep ruby ​​that had been cut into a teardrop shape, and shrugged: "Maybe it's serum."

"What?" Gu Yi was amused, "What kind of nonsense is this?"

"What nonsense?" Tang Ji said solemnly, "Put fresh blood into a test tube, without adding anticoagulant, the blood will coagulate and form a jelly. The clot shrinks, and transparent serum will precipitate around it. The blood of God should be the same Well, the whole gem was bright red at first, but after a long time, the blood cells shrank inside, and the serum precipitated and surrounded the outside, and it looked like pink. After all, coagulated blood is easier to preserve, so God didn’t add it to it. Anticoagulant."

Gu Yi smiled and slapped him: "Nonsense." The sense of loss in his heart because of Andre's death disappeared, "But according to the amount used, maybe this gem can not only restore a blood race to an adult ..."

"You mean Xiao An?" Tang Ji immediately understood what he meant.

"Yes." Gu Yi sighed, "That child's growth and development is much slower than ordinary humans, and he can only speak now. Although his ability is indeed mutated, who knows if this mutation will bring side effects? What's more, he is the only successful experiment in the breeding program, and I don't want him to be studied as a guinea pig in the future."

Tang Ji thought for a while: "If he himself is willing to give up his identity as a blood clan, then—" He hesitated for a long time touching the blood of God, and finally muttered, "You must first ensure that you can return to adulthood..."

These words were not very open and aboveboard, Tang Ji turned his face to look away as he said that, but he held the gemstone tightly in his hand.

Gu Yi raised his hand and touched his face: "Well, I must promise to transform myself back first. Well, I actually have another idea."

"What?" Tang Ji held his hand and pressed it to his face, "Don't tell me who you plan to share this half gem with..."

"No." Gu Yi smiled, feeling a little guilty, "I thought, if the blood of God is a drop of coagulated blood, then could the soul stone be the same?"

"Huh?" Tang Ji's eyes immediately moved to the half of the soul stone next to him, "Whose blood do you think the soul stone could be?"

"The ancestor of the McAvey clan, the three-generation blood clan." Gu Yi picked up the remnant of the soul stone and twirled it with his fingertips. My own blood has also turned into a gemstone, which I will leave to my offspring. You know that McAvey is madness inherited from the blood, and the soul stone can trigger the madness deep in the hearts of both the user and the controlled ..."

Tang Ji scratched his head: "It sounds very similar." He suddenly looked at Gu Yi vigilantly, "If it is really a drop of blood, what do you mean?" Whether the soul stone is a drop of blood has nothing to do with their current predicament. It doesn't seem to matter, why did Gu Yi mention it on purpose?

Gu Yi was silent for a while: "I think, if it's really a drop of blood, then maybe we can find Louis through bloodline induction."

"Blood sense?" Tang Ji thought for a few seconds, and his face suddenly changed, "What do you want to do? Speaking of blood sense, you and Louis still have blood sense, can't you still find him?"

Gu Yi turned the soul stone around his fingertips again: "That may be because my ability is not enough. Moreover, there are still differences between the parent and the offspring. But if they are of the same bloodline, maybe—— "

"Maybe something!" Tang Ji interrupted him, "Don't tell me, you plan to melt this half of the soul stone into your body, and then turn yourself into a third-generation McAvey!"

"It won't become the third generation." Gu Yi coughed lightly, "This is different from the first embrace. You also know that the first ancestor gave me a drop of blood, but I didn't become the second generation. Transformation must be First expel all the original blood in the body, and then infuse enough new blood, otherwise there will be rejection—"

Tang Ji raised his eyebrows: "I don't care whether it's rejection or not. A drop of Cain's blood in your body is enough trouble, and you don't know if half of God's blood is enough to restore your body." ——Don’t forget, if what Andre cut off is really serum, maybe most of the factors that can make you transform are in it, and the remaining half is mostly blood cells, fibrin, etc., in case Is it not effective enough? Then you put another drop of the blood of the three generations of blood into your body, do you think your body is stewed in the Northeast?"

He said a long list in one breath, seeing that Gu Yi opened his mouth to speak, he immediately waved his hand: "I haven't finished yet!"

He snatched the half of the soul stone from Gu Yi's hand: "Just now you said that this may be the blood of the third generation of McAvey. Even if we don't consider whether this blood enters your body, it will be the same Hidden blood conflicts—even if it can’t conflict—but McAvey is a famous lunatic, and the soul stone has been proven to trigger the evil in people’s hearts. You are not afraid of it entering the body. Are you going crazy too?"

This, even Gu Yi himself did not dare to fully guarantee: "This, isn't there still the blood of God..." As long as he returns to a human being, McAvey's blood will be eliminated, and naturally there will be no effect .

"No!" Tang Ji's face was livid, and he seemed to want to throw the half of the soul stone out of the window, "And you can't be sure, you will be able to find Louis if you use this! The union has sent a demon hunter to investigate those soul stones. Zhang Liang is also investigating the refugees transformed by the First Embrace, and there will be clues soon!"

After he finished speaking, he stuffed the soul stone into his pocket, as if he didn't intend to give it to Gu Yi.

"I—" Gu Yi stretched out his hand, but then retracted helplessly, "I didn't intend to use it now..." Louis must have run away immediately when he got the soul stone, and he still doesn't know how far away he is.Even if you can really use the blood sense, it is useless if you are too far away.For example, when he was being chased back then, because the distance was too far, Louis could not sense him, so he believed the news of his death.It is the same now, Louis should have left New York, and may even have left the United States, even if the ancestor Cain came to sense him in person, he should not be found.

"You can't use it anytime!" Tang Ji had a straight face, obviously not planning to return the soul stone to him.

"Okay." Gu Yi shook his head helplessly, and picked up the blood of God, "Then you take it, but don't drop it."

"No." Tang Ji couldn't help but put his hand into his pocket and touched the stone, "Will Louis come back to find this half of the stone again?"

"Don't think about it." Gu Yi mercilessly denied his speculation, "Louis will not take any more risks, he should be impatient to implement his plan now."

So the topic came back again: "When will there be clues..."

"Actually—" Gu Yi hesitated, "There is another way... maybe I can go to the maze—"

"Go to the labyrinth?" Tang Ji's two eyebrows almost raised to the top of his head, "Go to the labyrinth, ask your first ancestor, where did you seal all the thirteen third-generation blood clans?"

"Why not?" Gu Yi asked back, "This method is the fastest."

Tang Ji's eyebrows were about to fly to the back of his head this time: "How did you get there? That gate of the realm has been blown up! I guess the gates of the realm you knew before should end up similarly."

"Some world gates cannot be bombed..."

"The boundary gate of the Thirteen Clans?" Tang Ji almost jumped up, "You mean, you want to sneak into the important place of the Thirteen Clans, and then enter through any door, and enter the blood fog jointly guarded by the Thirteen Clans The courtyard, and then enter the maze through the gate to find your ancestor? Ah, maybe you have a drop of his blood on you, so you knock on the door, and he will open the door by himself."

"Tang Ji!" Gu Yi frowned, "Please show some respect to the ancestor? After all, I am still a blood clan. Without him, I would have died long ago."

Tang Ji took a breath: "Okay, I don't have any opinion on Cain, I mean, your method is not reliable at all! But you told me that without the dead hand, it is impossible for you to go through the maze again!"

"That's——I actually exaggerated a little before..." Gu Yi tried to justify himself, "I still remember a little about the road to the maze. Moreover, after all, I have the blood of the ancestor in my body, and the ancestor can feel—"

Tang Ji interrupted him unceremoniously: "Are you lying to the second idiot? Your ancestor is already asleep, so he won't respond even if you smash on the door, right? Besides, if this method works, the gates of the world were still closed before. Why didn't you use it when you were here? You didn't think of it until now that the gates of the world were blown up?"

Gu Yi had nothing to say.Tang Ji snorted and raised his legs: "You want to lie to me again, right? Who said it, and you will never hide it from me again? Some people seem to be mean..."

Gu Yi pressed his temple: "Now we're talking about business, don't talk about it, okay?"

Tang Ji put away the look of turning over old scores, and pulled his hand down and held it in his hand: "I know you are anxious, and I am also anxious, but there are some methods that you know are impossible to succeed, so don't try them. "

Gu Yi's shoulders slumped, and he smiled wryly: "You don't know what kind of abilities the three generations of blood races have... Besides, I have passed through the gate of the Fanzhuo clan before, and I may succeed..."

"If you can succeed, you would have done it a long time ago." Tang Ji mercilessly exposed his lie, "In fact, it is possible to enter the gate or even enter the maze, but you know you can't find Cain."

Gu Yi stopped talking.Tang Ji was right. When he left the maze, he knew that the ancestor had no power. In other words, the blood mist maze was his last power.Otherwise, he wouldn't just send him a drop of blood—at that time, Cain didn't even have the strength to perform a first embrace...

"Trust us, we will find a way." Tang Ji stretched out his arms and put his arms around his beloved, shaking gently as if he was holding some baby, "Now you are no longer alone to deal with Louis, we have many people……"

As if to verify his words, the phone rang in time, and Zhang Liang yelled loudly on the opposite side: "Brother Tang, Brother Angkor and Chen, they have news! They all found out that the transformed new vampire, Some are going in the direction of the Alps!"

The Alps, a world-famous scenic spot and tourist attraction, cover northern Italy, southeastern France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, southern Germany and Slovenia. It is a holy place for ice and snow sports and a paradise for explorers.

"Hey, look there, how spectacular!" On the snow-covered hillside, a team of dozens of people slowly climbed up, and a girl raised her head and looked ahead, and then exclaimed.

"Ah, really—" her teammate also let out a small exclamation, "it's even more spectacular than the Aletsch Glacier..."

"Global temperatures are rising." A man beside them said mildly, "The Aletsch Glacier has also been affected, and it melted by about 2005 meters between 2006 and 100 alone. Higher glaciers are less affected, and the terrain here is different, so it's more interesting to watch."

"My God, Mr. Louis, you know so much!" The girl looked at the well-informed photographer with shining eyes.After all, he is not only well-informed, but also handsome, elegant in speech, and extremely aristocratic.

The photographer smiled modestly: "I only came here once to shoot. It was also accidental that I came here because I was not fully prepared, so I didn't go too far. With you this time, I can go deeper Some, maybe better pictures."

"It's a good thing we met you." The girl was elated, "otherwise we wouldn't have seen such a spectacular view if we didn't know the road. This event is really great!"

The photographer smiled: "Don't just be happy. After all, this is not a developed tourist area. You should do what you can. If anyone is in poor health or dare not enter, you should stop here. Turn back from here. The tourist area below is only a day's journey away, and it is too late to go back now."

There are 32 people in this team, all are students from various universities, and because they have the same interest in mountaineering expeditions, they convened this event online.They met the photographer Louis on the Aletsch Glacier and followed him after hearing about the glacier.

Along the way, in just a few days, Louis conquered almost all the six female members of the mountaineering team, which inevitably aroused the jealousy of the boys. Now that they heard what Louis said, no one would admit to their bodies The quality or courage of this photographer is not as good as that of this gentle-looking photographer, and they all shouted at once, expressing that they want to go deeper.

"Mr. Louis, compared to us, I think you look a little unwell—" a boy said maliciously, "Your face is a little pale, is it because of lack of oxygen? If so, I think You shouldn't be climbing any further."

The girls immediately looked at Louis with some concern: "Really, Mr. Louis? If you feel uncomfortable, why don't we go back to rest for two days, and then go to the glacier." Although everyone was wearing a hat, The snow goggles and scarf almost completely covered his face, but judging from the exposed skin, Louis' complexion was indeed a little pale, especially his lips seemed a little purple, which really looked like he lacked oxygen.

Louis smiled: "My heart is really not very good. However, it does not prevent me from climbing mountains. And photography is my life's work. I want to take pictures of those lesser-known beauties and share them with everyone, so that everyone can see more The beauty of this world, and let's protect it together."

"Mr. Louis, you are so - so admirable..." The girls looked adoring and admiring, but the boys winked at each other and curled their lips behind Louis's back.

The group continued to climb, and after a few hours it was getting dark and they had to stop to set up a bivouac.Finding a slightly concave ground on the leeward slope, Louis was dragged by the girls to take pictures, leaving only the boys to set up the tent.

"Photography is my life's work——" a boy imitated Louie's voice winkingly, "I want everyone to share the beauty of this world..."

"No, no." Another boy pinched his nose, "It should be——I want to take pictures of those beautiful scenery and share them with everyone... Shit, I think he really wants to monopolize it."

The boys roared with laughter, knowing he meant something.These boys are all about 20 years old, all of them are full of vigor, and some of them are sunny and handsome, but compared with Louis, they seem to be less mature and elegant, just like a stream compared to a lake.They had to admit it, but of course they were all unhappy.

It's not easy to get the girls' attention away from Louie now, but it's okay to taunt him behind his back.Anyway, after the event is over, this photographer who doesn't know where he came from should go back to his country, and we don't need to meet again.

So the boys had a good rant and set up camp.The girls also brought Louis back, and a group of people lit solid fuel in the middle of the camp and began to cook vegetable soup, served with freeze-dried rice and compressed dry food.Although these things are not very delicious, but in this environment, it seems to have a different taste.

After all, young people, even after climbing the mountain for a day, are full at this time, and still have the energy to talk and laugh.George, the boy who imitated Louis at the beginning, suddenly asked amidst laughter, "Where is Mr. Louis?"

"I don't know—" Another boy curled his lips and added in a low voice, "I was with Jessica just now, I see..."

Jessica is the most beautiful and passionate among the six girls. George is also quite interested in her. Now that she and Louis have slipped away, George feels sour. Finally couldn't bear it anymore, found an excuse to back out from the fire, and searched along the tent.

But to his surprise, there was no one in the tent.George was standing next to the last tent in a daze when he suddenly heard a low gasp from the darkness not far away.

It was already out of the light of the fire, but George remembered that there should be a few pine trees, and the rest was snow. Could it be that they are not afraid of the cold?

Thinking in his heart, he walked over involuntarily, and found two hugging shadows under the pine tree. Jessica was pressed against the tree trunk...

George cursed secretly in his heart, and was about to back away, when he suddenly noticed something wrong with Jessica's posture, they didn't look like they were kissing, but rather—Jessica's head was raised high, while Louis buried his head On her neck, it seems to be biting...

George took a step back subconsciously, and his feet landed in the snow nest, making a very slight sound.But Louis heard it and turned his head slowly.With the faint light, George saw his lips parted slightly, as if two fangs were protruding, with a little bright red on them...