Living in Hunter x Hunter

Chapter 224 Origin

The blood is dripping onto the map.

This map includes not only Cape Radboud but also the surrounding area.

As Alvin's ability was activated, blood began to flow across the map.

Seeing this, Lucci knew that Alvin's ability had worked.

Alvin's ability is called "Positioning Charm" (a technique often used in American TV series featuring witches).

The location of a target can be determined by examining blood.

Of course, it is necessary to obtain the target's items or aura in advance, and using blood means that Alvin has activated his abilities to the maximum extent.

Blood began to splatter across the map, turning the entire map of Cape Rad into red, signifying that Cape Rad was teeming with bloodsuckers.

It's not that all humans were infected, but rather that animals were the most frequently infected.

Lucci's complexion was now extremely poor.

Because the blood has already begun to flow beyond the city map of Cape Radboud.

Besides the direction of the Basen rainforest, there are many other bloodstains pointing in different directions, indicating that many bloodsuckers have already left Cape Rad.

Humans are still within a controllable range, but the situation for animals is not necessarily so.

Lucci even considered that if the bloodsucking worms parasitized birds, they would be even harder to find.

Lucci has decided that he will have to use the power of the Holy Grail when the time comes.

Despite his grim expression, it didn't mean Lucci had no other options.

"Next, you will lead the Sky Arena forces to other areas of Cape Rad and eliminate these targets as much as possible."

The regular army of the Sky Arena has not yet arrived, at least not Lucci's massive secretariat.

These regular troops may not all possess great strength, but they do have unique abilities.

There are several types of exploration abilities.

The outbreak of the bloodsucking worms hasn't been long enough to be tracked, as long as we're fast enough.

"Understood, Lord Lucci." Alvin replied, then returned to the airship to wait for the other airships from the Sky Arena to arrive.

The airship was able to arrive so quickly because it used Nen abilities to accelerate.

Lucci first returned to the Basen Rainforest and used the power of the Holy Grail to seal off the entire Basen Rainforest. Then he notified the Patch tribe.

There was no proactive effort to address the bloodsucking worm problem in the Basen rainforest.

In Lucci's view, these bloodsucking worms wouldn't cause much trouble in the Basen rainforest.

His immediate priority is to return to Cape Lad and resolve the bloodsucking problem in the city.

Lucci was somewhat relieved that these bloodsucking worms did not have the growth potential of chimeric ants.

Otherwise, in just a few days, the bloodsucking worms that infest humans might develop their Nen abilities.

But Lucci is now considering something: what's wrong with these bloodsucking worms?

The fact that they were able to be brought back from inside the bodies of Yang De's teammates also indicates that they are very small in size.

Even the chimera ants, a subhuman race, are at the bottom of the Dark Continent, so what about these bloodsucking worms?

Judging from their behavior, they are not even as good as chimeric ants.

Could it have been brought back from an ancient city guarded by gold and silver ingots?

Lucci couldn't understand these things.

In the Basen rainforest, Beyond's teammate named "Morgan" casually killed a giant python and then injected its eggs into it.

"It's a pity that this host's ability isn't reconnaissance; otherwise, they should have been able to locate the Patch tribe," Morgan said with some regret.

Inside Morgan's body lives a different kind of "blood-sucking worm".

He not only acquired Morgan's memory and wisdom, but also Morgan's telepathic abilities.

Its abilities are somewhat similar to those of the octopus in the Chimera Ant arc.

He had his reasons for coming to the Basen rainforest.

That is, Morgan saw the record of the "divine tree" in his memory.

Unfortunately, Morgan did not participate in the Basen Challenge and did not possess the contract, otherwise Lucci could have found the instigator in no time.

Lucci's guess was correct; the worm on Morgan's body did indeed come from the ruins of that deserted ancient city (secondary interpretation).

Gold and silver ingots are a type of parasitic plant weapon, but they were once the most prominent "weapons" in this city.

And "blood-sucking worms" are also a kind of "weapon".

Or rather, "blood-sucking worms" are not entirely insects; in some ways, they are like plants.

Morgan's body had been completely altered; his organs had disappeared and mutated into various different "organs."

If you look closely, you can see that it is somewhat similar to a plant.

The "blood-sucking worm" inside Morgan's body was also quite different; it was pink.

The eggs it produces are only "second generation" or "third generation" eggs. To reach its level, they need a certain amount of nutrition and growth time.

Morgan came to the Basen Rainforest with only one goal.

That is the sacred tree.

Unlike plant weapons that can only reside in "human bodies" (such as gold and silver ingots), this one can reside in plants, but of course, not plants that are too strong.

In fact, "blood-sucking worms" do not necessarily need to suck blood.

It's just that blood has enough nutritional value for "bloodsuckers".

However, the plants on the Dark Continent are all enormous, and the time required for them to colonize is too long. The plants may wither and die before the colonizer has even successfully colonized them.

The plants in that abandoned city ruins are all "special" and not all of them are capable of successfully inhabiting the area.

Besides, it initially only had a vague consciousness and lacked sufficient intelligence.

Even if it had the consciousness to seek refuge in that deserted city ruins, it lacked sufficient awareness.

Ultimately, they could only survive by living alongside certain plants, and during their adventure in this deserted ruin, when Bynd and his companions acquired a particular plant, they also brought it with them.

They were then given a place to stay.

Initially, it was actually smaller than a mosquito.

And that divine tree, after it gained wisdom, became his first choice.

The divine tree possesses special abilities that perfectly suit his ability to reside within it, allowing it to become even more powerful.

Furthermore, the abilities of the divine tree that it has learned about can also make its followers stronger.

They did not choose those powerful humans from their memories.

Since he gained access to the brain, he would naturally consider that powerful people are not so easy to inhabit, even if he managed to enter the other person's body.

There might be a Nen ability to counterattack and kill him.

Ironically, it is the special plants that do not know how to resist that are the best places for them to live.

To deal with the Patch tribe, he is now scavenging infected creatures one by one in the Basen Rainforest.

To increase the number of one's relatives.