The system is four years ahead of schedule, but Weird is still a cub.

"…Why is this happening?" Shen Ge originally thought that after escaping the infinite loop, there would be only two possible outcomes:

One way is to follow the situation of entering the dream world for the second time, go all the way to the spire, and re-enter the rotten flesh room full of eyes to try to escape.

The other is to trigger a certain "restart mechanism" again, thus entering another form of infinite loop.

But now it seems that the situation is not that simple. Shen Ge feels that the person behind the scenes discovered that he was gradually mastering the abilities and operating rules of the dream world, and wanted to create an accident and take his life if he completely believed in the "plot".

For example, just now when he made a sharp turn and hit a tree, if Shen Ge hadn't reacted quickly, he might have even flown off the cliff and the car would have been destroyed and he would have died.

But why would the other party do this?
Shen Ge was a little confused. The person behind the scenes was so powerful that he could control the operation of the entire world. This was obviously beyond what Shen Ge could deal with. It was like the battle between the two eighth-level monsters on Sakura Island. It was no longer a world-destroying battle that ordinary people could control.

According to the information given in the [Log], after the two level 8 monsters destroyed Sakura Island, the disaster quickly spread across the globe, accelerating the extinction of mankind.

Of course, this is just Shen Ge’s guess. After all, if the person behind the scenes who controls the dream world really exists, his power of “materialization” and “hypnosis” is a bit hard to explain.

Being able to control the dream world and giving him such extraordinary power makes people feel that it is a waste of effort.

If there is no so-called "person behind the scenes", then the "interference" after coming out of Rongshan Mental Hospital becomes somewhat intriguing.

For now, Shen Ge’s “death” in the dream world seems to be only a “punishment” of losing a piece of memory, which can be said to have no essential harm to him.

Shen Ge sat in the car and took a breath, consuming his strange energy to "hypnotize" himself for healing. The car was scrapped, and he could only walk to Rong City.

Thunder exploded in the sky from time to time, and lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the woods on both sides of the mountain path, which looked particularly terrifying. The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Shen Ge pulled down the hood of his raincoat, took out a flashlight, turned it on, and continued to walk down the mountain along the mountain road.

After walking for a few hours, Shen Ge came out of the mountain and came to the seemingly long-abandoned Quanshan Village at the foot of the mountain again. Then he searched around. The situation here was not much different from what he saw in the last dream journey. There was no sign of any monsters, but there were many unknown insects crawling around.

Last time, Shen Ge found a glass bottle and caught a bug and took it away. However, when he left the dream world, although the bug was taken out, it was already dead, and its research value was greatly reduced.

This time Shen Ge was well prepared, and he even had something like a body bag or a collection container, so he thought about catching more insects to take back for research.

With the idea of ​​catching one of each species of insect and bringing it back, Shen Ge became an insect catcher in Quanshan Village. However, as he was catching insects, he suddenly thought of a question...

Starting from Sakura Island to the "future", Shen Ge began to bring various research materials and strange samples back to the real world from the future and the strange space. This also made the real world's strange research develop rapidly, so that Rong City has far surpassed the strange departments of various countries in the world and has embarked on the equipment of eight sets of basic strange energy equipment.

But based on the events that have occurred in the past few months, the monsters are also "evolving" rapidly, and even two new types of monsters appeared in one strange plane incident.

After bringing back Yoona and the monster samples from South Korea, Li Xiang established a special monster research department in Rong City, and also let the Rong City branch embark on the path of monster research.

Shen Ge couldn't help but recall the system prompt when he first entered the Rong City branch -

[The host breaks into the strange headquarters alone. There are a large number of high-level strange domains here. The collision of different strange spaces has caused space distortion. ]

Is there a possibility that the Rong City branch is currently developing towards this "prophecy", and the root cause is what Shen Ge brought back from the "future" and the strange space?
For example, according to the normal plot line, whether it is the weird alienation or the evolution of monsters, it is actually much slower, but because they have access to the research data of the "future", they can avoid some wrong attempts and find shortcuts and the correct evolution plan!

Shen Ge also discovered a key problem, that is, the two new types of monsters that appeared on the ghost plane, the "white wax" and the "weakened ghost power, shielded detection" monsters, did not appear in the "future" of Sakura Island, and were not even mentioned in the research report.

It seems that "white wax" is a new kind of weirdo that has evolved in the real world.

However, this speculation began to waver after Shen Ge entered the dream world this time, because in the process of "infinite loop", a human-headed spider appeared, and a reaction similar to "white wax" appeared on its body.

Is this a coincidence?

But if you say it is a coincidence, it is too much of a coincidence that as soon as a new species of "white wax monster" appeared in reality, the "same type of monster" immediately appeared in the dream world.

Shen Ge was a little hesitant for a moment, especially when he learned about the existence of the Monster Association and that they had previously had some cooperation with the Special Initiatives Department.

But now that we have come this far, a few bugs won’t make a difference.

After catching several bottles of insects, Shen Ge continued walking towards Rong City. This area was later called East Ring Lake Park. It was only a few dozen minutes' drive from the downtown area of ​​Rong City, which was not far.

The closer they got to Rong City, the heavier the rain became. The drizzle gradually turned into a downpour, and Shen Ge's speed of progress was greatly affected.

In the distance, the city center with tall buildings and round spires reaching into the sky looked particularly eerie against the backdrop of heavy rain and lightning.

Spires, high-rise buildings... Shen Ge originally thought that only Rong City had launched a shelter plan, but he didn't expect that Ping An Hotel accidentally opened the door to the dream world and saw a similar shelter "high-rise building".

It is obvious that the strange situation in the "future" is not optimistic. Almost all important cities have passed the shelter plan, allowing those guys above to continue their life of superiority.

The "Shelter Plan" was just used to deal with viral monsters like zombies, but the weird alienation could not be completely blocked outside the high walls, and instead it built a grave for itself.

Shen Ge walked on the streets of the city, where parasites with bloody petals and scorpion tails were wandering everywhere, and the breath of life on his body soon attracted the attention of the monsters.

Fortunately, Shen Ge already had experience in dealing with this situation, and he followed the previous route with ease and came to the outside of the high wall of the spire.

Shen Ge walked around and found a room with open windows on the fifth floor of the spire, then went to a nearby high-rise building, materialized a catapult and a grappling hook, and successfully entered the building.

Entering the spire building again, the first thing that caught the eye was still the blood-red passage that looked like an apartment corridor. The corridor was faintly filled with blood-colored mist, and doors of rooms were neatly arranged on both sides. The position where Shen Ge was standing happened to be the "entrance" of this floor.

On the left wall, there is still a warning sign reminding people to wear "strange energy protective clothing" to prevent disease when entering or leaving the area below the tenth floor. This means that there seems to be no changes inside the spire.

This immediately made Shen Ge even more puzzled. Ever since he left Rongshan Mental Hospital, the power of "interference" had been very strong, but after he entered Rong City, the influence gradually disappeared, as if everything was back on track.

"What's going on? Could it be that the power simply doesn't want me to leave Rongshan Mental Hospital, or die there? But this is all a dream world, what's the difference?" Shen Ge was confused.

Shen Ge walked forward along the corridor and saw the can with the production date of "20320331" again, which once again confirmed his guess that there was no "interference" phenomenon here.

Shen Ge still remembers the last time he came here very clearly. He remembers exactly where the weird things are lurking and where the disaster areas are.

Soon, Shen Ge found the red laboratory. Under the dark red light, the room was filled with experimental equipment and instruments. It seemed that this place was not like an operating room or a laboratory, but more like a torture chamber for torture, with a sense of weirdness and horror everywhere.

The next second, Shen Ge raised his hand and "materialized" a flame, burning the strange energy he released to ignite the cabinet in the corner.

The creatures locked in the cabinet were parasitic creatures that had already undergone mutation. Last time, these parasitic creatures ate each other and rapidly mutated, causing him considerable trouble.

This time, Shen Ge took the initiative and had a BBQ before these parasitic monsters could break through the containers, killing them directly in the cabinet.

The fire quickly ignited most of the room, and also triggered the fire protection system in the house, and water began to spray from the ceiling to put out the fire.

However, what Shen Ge "materialized" and burned was his own paranormal energy. The cabinet was the area where he concentrated his firepower. Before the fire extinguisher could take effect, the parasitic monster inside was burned to death by the parasitic fire.

To ensure safety, Shen Ge waited until the fire was out and opened the cabinet to check. The parasitic creatures were all burned to charcoal, emitting a strange stench.

Strangely, Shen Ge actually felt that these smells were somewhat "fragrant", just like when the meat was accidentally burnt while grilling, but it had a unique aroma.

"Gulu."

Shen Ge swallowed unconsciously, and suddenly he felt a strange hunger in his stomach. He seemed to be able to hear his stomach growling faintly.

Shen Ge immediately realized that there was something wrong with this strange feeling of hunger. He had never had an appetite for anything strange. Even when he was eating with Cheng Shengnan in the restaurant where the strange incident happened, and the steak that was served gave off a strange smell, his first reaction was that he felt a little "disgusted".

Although he once joked to Cheng Shengnan that according to research reports, the weird meat can not only regenerate but is also not much different from normal animal meat, and the weird department has even verified that the weird meat is edible, he is still somewhat reluctant to actually eat the weird meat.

Therefore, when Shen Ge felt "hunger" when looking at the charred parasitic corpse, the first thing he thought of was that his spirit was affected again.

But in fact, since entering Rong City, the "interference force" that affects consciousness that appeared near Rongshan Mental Hospital has disappeared without a trace.

Shen Ge collapsed the cabinet door with a bang, burying the strange parasitic corpse underneath. He was afraid that if he continued to watch, he would really pick it up and eat it.

Shen Ge stood up and prepared to walk towards the door not far away. Behind the door, there was a high-level monster guarding the stairwell.

"Gulu."

"Gulu."

What was strange was that Shen Ge felt his hunger getting worse and worse, as if even the ugly weirdo in the stairwell was delicious food.

Even...it whets his appetite more than those roasted parasitic monsters!
Something is wrong!
Something is very wrong!

Shen Ge felt that something was wrong with his body and mind. He even had the illusion that he was becoming a "freak".

Because in the eyes of the weirdos and outsiders, the temptation of cannibalism is far greater than the option of "enjoying a small cake" like eating humans.

"and many more!"

Shen Ge suddenly realized that perhaps the weirdo outside the door was more attractive to him than those burnt parasitic monsters, and it might be because of the weird power!

The grade of the monster outside the door is close to level 4, far exceeding those level 1 monsters in the cabinet. The intensity of its weird energy is higher, so the appetite it arouses is stronger!
"Gulu."

"Gulu."

Shen Ge's stomach growled with hunger again. He tried to stop himself from approaching the door, suppressing the urge to eat that was eating away at his consciousness. But he couldn't do it. It was as if his body had lost control and was acting on instinct.

With a creaky sound, the door slowly opened. The rotten door made a harsh sound, which completely attracted the attention of the monster outside the house.

In the dark red stairwell, the monster's entire body took up most of the space like an open flesh-eating plant, and each petal was covered with sharp teeth.

The back of its body extended tentacles that looked like rotting flesh and blood, sticking to the ceiling and walls around it, as if they had merged into the walls. In the center of its flesh and blood body, there was a woman's body with only the upper half left, and most of it had rotted away. The woman gave people the feeling that she was half "swallowed" by the flesh and blood petals.

Half of the face has lost its original appearance, leaving only skinless muscle tissue and "melted" flesh and blood. The other half of the face can still be seen as a human face, with a weird smile on it.

However, in Shen Ge's eyes, all this

It’s all delicious food!
"Gulu."

"Gulu."

Shen Ge looked like a person who had been hungry for several days and nights, his stomach growling with hunger, and in front of him was a sumptuous barbecue buffet.

But Shen Ge knew clearly that if he "succumbed" to the consciousness in his mind at this moment, he would definitely become a monster and lose his nature.

Although he is now in a dream world, even death will not have much impact on him in reality, but no one is sure whether this "monsterization" will cause the same signs in reality.

Although Shen Ge has already become "semi-monster" due to the "fusion" of the system that is the original strange cell, this degree of monsterization is at least still within the controllable range. Once it reaches the step of "cannibalism", perhaps there will be no turning back?

and many more?

The system's "devouring" has long since led to cannibalism, so does the "hunger" at this moment have any relationship with the system's devouring power?

Gulu.

Gulu.

A faint blood-red hue appeared in Shen Ge's pupils. (End of this chapter)