Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Poison

The larva continues to generate "constructors" that make shells and tissues.Although the complete shell has been manufactured, the organizational structure under the shell still needs to be manufactured non-stop. The larvae continue to monitor the progress of this "construction project," fed by wandering spherical "readers" that monitor data.Once the larva completes the checklist, it means the "reader" has done its job.A chemical signal is released inside the host, and the "reader" enters a phase transition.After fine-tuning, the jagged jaws of the bulbous "reader" fell off and the sphere closed tightly.

Inside the sphere, death began to slowly brew. The sphere began to expand, filling with the new compound. The "herdsman" stuffed these inflated spheres into the gaps of the organizational structure, not letting go of any corner. Where the serrated jaw had been, a cap-shaped hard shell appeared.The deadly compound inside the sphere desperately devoured the shell, but the hatchlings began releasing another compound that reacted with the shell, refilling what had been eaten away.This is an ingenious balance, as long as the larvae are alive, they will continue to produce this compound, and the poisonous ball will always be covered by a hard shell, keeping the airtight space inside the ball.

However, if the larva dies, the hard shell is completely swallowed, and the nasty catalyst within the sphere spreads throughout the framework, eroding the framework, the stem cells modified by the "reader", and the new cells it breeds.These cells then turn black, die, and disintegrate, which then go on to contaminate surrounding cells.This chain reaction will gradually spread to all soft tissues-framework, muscles, skin, organs... nothing will be left behind. To prevent this from happening, the host must ensure that the larvae survive. But the host knows nothing about it.