991 The Crappy Job! (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

Protect the maggot so it could grow up safely!

Mo Fan felt the urge to hit his head on an iron pot and kill himself!

-What the heck? Is that really possible?-

Mu Ningxue's attractive eyes were wide, too.

This job that Lingling gave them… wasn't it a bit too ridiculous?

”Not only can't we kill it, but we still have to babysit it like some nannies? Are you being serious!?” Bobby almost dropped his jaw.

”I already mentioned that we need to wait for it to mature and reach its final form to retrieve the immune cells we need for the vaccine. This maggot that we have is the only one with a tracker, and is the only sample we have. It's very unlikely that we can catch another one anytime soon, since we never know who's going to be the Drowning Curse's next victim, nor can we tell who currently has the maggot in their bodies. The victims die very quickly, and there's no way we can wait around 24/7 at the beach. Even if we did, these transparent creatures will vanish as soon as they come into contact with water. We won't have an opportunity like this!” Lingling said seriously.

”Err… can you give us some time to digest the information? It's too much to take in for the time being,” Mo Fan said.

The three exchanged glances with one another. They would rather be told to kill some demon creatures, take out some monsters, or track some creature down, but to protect a transparent creature that was going to vanish as soon as it went into the ocean until it grew up? That was simply too much!

Who knew where this little thing would go in the ocean, what kind of sea monsters it would stumble into? Besides, with how weak and fragile the creature was, it might even die if an undercurrent shoved it onto a reef when the group was not paying attention. Some creatures might even swallow it with a tiny sip!

”May I ask... how fast does this thing grow? If it needs a few months, or even a few years to reach its final form, doesn't that mean we have to keep protecting it?” Bobby asked.

”Not really, the creature has actually lived for quite a long time in the host. They grow pretty quickly after moving into the ocean. According to my estimation, if the process is smooth enough, it will reach its final form in less than a month. Mo Fan, Mu Ningxue, you two might need to request a leave from the national team. I need both of you to focus on this for half a month. You do know how tricky it can be, and you do understand that if we succeed, not only will we secure the reward pool and make our names known to the World Hunter Union, we can also save the countless people that might die to the Drowning Curse. I've checked the records, and the frequency of the Drowning Curse occurring to people keeps increasing. It's important to take out these maggots that are able to live in human bodies. There's no way we can kill them after they have already found a host. A vaccine is our only hope!” Lingling told the three seriously.

Mo Fan knew how serious the matter was. He nodded and said, ”We'll try our best to take care of it.”

”Count me in, I'm very familiar with the ocean. I won't allow more people to die to these creatures that already killed my two brothers. I'm surely going to… ugh, anyway, I'll be watching it!” Bobby said.

Bobby was struggling to make the decision too. He had a massive urge to simply stomp the little thing to death right away, but somehow, he ended up as the bodyguard of his brother's murderer!

However, the rational side in him agreed with everything that the smart little girl had said. Killing the little maggot was utterly meaningless. It was more important to find a solution to the Drowning Curse!

Bobby believed that if his brother Norke knew they had managed to find the breakthrough because of his death, he would be relieved in Heaven!

”It has swum more than a kilometer into the ocean. It's still within the safe zone, so there won't be any demon creatures around. However, once it leaves the safe zone, we'll have to be on our guard at all times,” Lingling said.

”I'll go prepare a speedboat. Wait for me at the beach,” Bobby said.