Pollution throughout the territory

After hearing the cause of death of the two people, Xia Ren paused, excused himself to let the old doctor leave first, and then tried to use ice slavery on the two corpses.

But the enslaved corpses were like two stiff puppets. They didn't even have any consciousness of their own, let alone provide any information to Xia Ren.

"How is this going?"

This was the first time he encountered this situation.

Lily stood on tiptoes, stretched out her little hand and poked the two frost-covered corpses, and said in a childish voice:

"empty."

empty?

Xia Ren wrinkled. He remembered Lily saying this when she was in Dongpu City and Esela City.

The official who jumped from the building in Ethiopia was later confirmed to be a subordinate of the Youth League.

The one in Dongpu City was patient No. 3 infected with atypical entomophobia.

The flower in the other person's dream lost its core, and the effect in reality was that her consciousness was completely zombie and she became a vegetative state.

The core of the flower may represent what people often call "soul".

The doctor also mentioned to himself the soul, which is the cornerstone of maintaining a living form.

Could it be that the souls of these two corpses also disappeared?

…

…

"Do you have any idea?"

Qin Yun asked after leaving the hospital.

Xia Ren shook his head: "Not yet, but similar cases have occurred many times in Maryland, and most of the victims have one thing in common, that is, there are varying degrees of burns on the bodies, but the crime scenes are not burning. Traces. It should be a different sect, or a pervert like Liu Huai who is committing crimes."

"Where do we go next?"

Qin Yun asked again.

Where to go next…

Xia Ren thought for a while.

A lot of things have happened recently.

On the one hand, the wishing mirror appeared beside him more than once, which was full of provocation. According to the information already obtained, before the wishing mirror escaped, it had been kept in Zhao Mingyue's home, and it was different from other items that had been kept by him. , the wishing mirror showed unusual activity.

The wish-answering mirror is not like a hanging rope or rootless water. It is similar to a dead object. It can be clearly communicated through language. In other words, as long as it is caught, Xia Ren may be able to ask many questions about his past. Information, including Zhao Mingyue's.

Xia Ren wanted to know Zhao Mingyue too much.

Is the Zhao Mingyue he met in the afternoon after he recovered from the hospital real? Why was she the one who led him to that room? What is her identity and her relationship with him? Why are their two names on the real estate certificate?

Also, where is she now?

That green river, where is it?

It can be said that only by finding Zhao Mingyue can Xia Ren fully understand what happened to him and everything can be revealed.

At the same time, the wishing mirror is also one of the seven escaped objects that need to be captured in the system mission. If you find the other object, you can obtain an ancient dream fragment and gain controllable distortion.

After experiencing the dangerous journey to the foundation headquarters, Xia Ren deeply realized the importance of his own strength in this absurd world. For him, ancient dreams are the way to improve his strength with the lowest risk and the highest return. There is no way to improve his strength. one.

Taking all kinds of considerations into account, the Wish Mirror is a goal that Xia Ren cannot give up.

But on the other hand, judging from the various performances of the housing agency, this B-level investigator with a goatee seems to be a little unusual. He seems to know a lot about himself. From when he was quietly in Dongpu City, You can see some clues about the note stuck at the bottom of the cup to guide you to the place where your parents died.

If you find a real estate agent, it can also answer some of Xia Ren's current doubts.

The question now is where he should focus.

Without hesitation for long, Xia Ren made a decision.

Find a real estate agent first and ask the questions clearly.

There were three reasons for his decision.

First, compared to the elusive nature of the Wish Mirror God, the real estate agent is an investigator of the Foundation and has no signs of betraying the Foundation so far, so it is obviously easier to find.

Second, the housing agency is investigating the recent serial murders. Xia Ren has seen the corpses and believes that it is most likely the work of an unknown alien sect. Even if the housing agency is not found in the end, if he can follow the clues to find out the aliens behind the murders, If you join the sect, you have a chance to obtain the secret book held by the different sect.

The first chapter of his "Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Scripture", the Immortal Sand Resurrection Barrier, only has 10% progress left to fully unlock. Reading a secret scripture should be enough to meet the requirements.

In other words, even if the search for a housing agency fails in the end, Xia Ren will not gain everything.

As for the third reason, it's actually not that complicated. It's simply because Xia Ren's intuition told him that the housing agency might be more important than the wish-answering mirror.

Now that the decision has been made, the remaining question is how to find a housing agent.

Originally, Xia Ren's level was higher than that of the other party. He could use the black mobile phone to use the foundation to directly locate the housing agent. However, after the actual operation, Xia Ren was surprised to find that the housing agent, who had always been relatively low-key, actually got a B-level rating. With the title of Legend, he was unable to locate the opponent and had to use the clumsiest way to find him.

"Since he is investigating the heretics, as long as he and I do the same thing, we might meet."

Of course, this is based on the fact that the housing agent did not deliberately avoid him. If he didn't want to see him, it would be equally difficult for Xia Ren to find him.

"Nothing is simple..."

Xia Ren sighed.

They were standing on the street in front of the hospital. Most of the people coming and going around them were blond and blue-eyed, with obvious Xizhou characteristics. Black hair only accounted for less than 30% of them.

The Supreme Alliance Government has been established for more than a thousand years. The last independent country on Blue Star disappeared more than 500 years ago, completely completing the great unification.

Even after so many years of integration, it is still difficult to change the living habits developed by people in each state since ancient times, so after all, there are still a small number of people who choose to settle in other states.

"Should we find a place to stay first?"

Qin Yun suggested.

Xia Ren nodded, and bent down to hold Lily in his arms, letting her sit on his arms.

Xia Ren likes to hold Lily, especially when he feels anxious, the touch of Lily can always make him relax involuntarily.

They were about to leave when Xia Ren suddenly noticed a trace of pollution.

This pollution smell is not strong, because it is too weak to even be detected. Even Xia Ren can only feel it intermittently, much like... a patient infected with atypical insect phobia.

"Are there also cases in Soli City?"

He stood still and began to search the street with his eyes.

This is the entrance to the hospital, so the other party may be here to see a doctor, maybe a patient with obvious symptoms.

Soon, Xia Ren targeted a woman in her thirties who had already walked to the outpatient clinic.

The woman is thin, her walking movements are a little stiff, and her body movements are very uncoordinated. She looks a bit like a patient suffering from the sequelae of a stroke. However, she looks very young and should not have suffered a stroke at this age.

However, patients with overt symptoms of atypical neutrophobia will have partial brain loss, which usually affects neurological function. This woman's symptoms are likely to be affected by this kind of impact.

"What happened to that man?"

Qin Yun followed Xia Ren's gaze and didn't feel anything strange.

Xia Ren briefly explained his guess to Qin Yun, and then walked towards the woman.

The other party was standing in front of the outpatient clinic building, suddenly raised his head and stopped, as if in a daze.

Xia Ren walked up behind her and patted her shoulder.

"Hello."

The woman didn't seem to hear and didn't respond at all.

Xia Ren was about to walk around her. When he passed by the side of her body, he suddenly noticed from the corner of his eye that a small burn mark was exposed under the woman's neck.

"This is……"

Xia Ren subconsciously felt something was wrong.

Just when he became vigilant, the pollution aura on the woman's body suddenly increased sharply. If the pollution she exuded before was a small flame that was swaying in the cold wind and could be extinguished at any time, then at this time, this small flame was like It set the gas station on fire!

At the same time, women's bodies also rapidly changed.

Her finger joints seemed to be inflated and became swollen, like tree roots exposed on the ground. They were nodular. The nails peeled off and fell to the ground, but not a drop of blood came out.

The originally thin body suddenly swelled, straining her clothes. The woman opened her mouth wide, eyes widened, looking up at the sky in a strange posture, and the gasp of a beast before its death came from her throat.

The long hair on her head grew crazily, becoming several times thicker in a short period of time, like a tangled black snake, with a fragile texture like foam on the surface.

But in just one second, the woman was transformed from a human into an indescribably terrifying monster.

Her whole body exuded filth and ominousness, because it happened so suddenly that the people around her had just begun to notice the situation here, and they had not had time to feel any fear.

"She must not be allowed to continue!"

Xia Ren reacted, stretched out his tentacles, and was about to completely wrap the opponent.

But just when his tentacles were about to touch each other, the change in the woman's body finally reached the final stage.

She gathered her hands over her shoulders, and her ten fingers extended into irregular shapes, somewhat like the branches of a plant.

At the end of the finger, there were tumors covered with cracks, as if they might explode at any time.

In the woman's wide-open mouth, white things grew out on all the teeth on the gums. These new growths had a disturbing shape, and there was a hint of crimson on top of them, like the color of blood after it has been diluted. .

The things growing out of the teeth look like small corals. The main body is constantly bifurcated and the surface is rough. It doesn't look like a plant or an animal, but rather a strange-shaped stone. What is incredible is that as they grow, the originally strong teeth become like rotten apples, drained of nutrients and shrinking inexplicably.

What's even more absurd is the woman's hair. All the hair tips are stretching upwards. The diameter of each of her hairs has expanded to the thickness of an adult's finger. The tops of the hair tips are split, holding up pieces like small umbrellas. organization.

Xia Ren couldn't help but his heart beat faster.

The tissue growing on a woman's body reminded him of a creature that was different from plants and animals - fungus!

Xia Ren's tentacles hesitated for a moment. His instinct was resisting. He must not just devour the other person, otherwise he would face terrible consequences!

When he paused, the woman's clothes were torn, and the pores on her skin swelled to the point where they were clearly visible to the naked eye. All the hairs swelled and twisted, gathering together to form a layer of dry trees on the surface of the woman's body. Disgusting skin-like tissue.

At this time, the woman has no human characteristics at all. She is completely... a monster!

"ah--"

The surrounding crowd finally reacted, and hysterical screams broke the harmonious atmosphere, but no one had escaped yet. Everyone who saw this scene was watching this scene helplessly. Although they screamed loudly, their trembling eyes Their legs and the great fear from their hearts are impacting their reason, preventing them from taking correct actions.

The look of madness is already gathering in the trembling eyeballs of some people!

No ordinary human being can bear the impact of witnessing the distortion of his kind in person!

The incident was urgent, and among the people present, only Xia Ren and the others could stay awake.

Xia Ren gritted his teeth, even if he would bear a serious price, he couldn't care so much at this time!

This must not be allowed to continue any longer!

The tentacles moved again, first touching the mass of tissue on the woman's head that was originally hair.

But before he could take any further action, a green gelatinous substance squirmed and enveloped the woman from below.

It's Lily!

Xia Ren immediately retracted his tentacles, but the white suckers on the inner side of the tentacles were already stained with a layer of blue, pollen-like powder.

"Gurgling."

Lily changed back to her human form, stood in the original position of a woman, and licked her lips with unfinished content.

"Hiccup~"

She then patted her belly and burped.

Xia Ren was stunned for a moment, and then his thoughts returned to normal.

The source of pollution has disappeared, but people around have witnessed the scene just now. Before the riot has spread on a large scale, the situation must be controlled as soon as possible.

Red blood beads flowed from Xia Ren's fingertips. He shook his arm, and the blood beads split into dozens of parts in the air, and each part fell accurately on the heads of the people present.

The power of rootless water.

"Original control."

The screams stopped suddenly, and for an instant you could hear a pin drop in front of the outpatient clinic building.

Only about four seconds passed between when Xia Ren went over to say hello and the woman suddenly became deformed, and when Lily swallowed the woman and Xia Ren took over body control of everyone around her.

"What's wrong?"

Only then did anyone in the outpatient building come out to ask about the situation.

"It's okay, you heard wrong."

Qin Yun stepped forward and said.

Although the man still had some doubts in his heart, he still involuntarily chose to believe Qin Yun.

Some people on the street also noticed the situation here. It was a bit difficult for Xia Ren to control so many people at once. Beads of sweat had appeared on his forehead and various discomforts were felt in his body.

Seeing this, Qin Yun supported his body distressedly and asked worriedly: "Are you okay?"

"fine."

Xia Ren wiped the sweat from his head and felt a little dizzy.

"Maybe it's the influence of rootless water."

Lu Yi also came over, took out a bottle of water from his bag, and handed it to Xia Ren with concern: "Here, boss."

The bottle filled with water was exactly what Xia Ren had prostituted from Sine Grant. He took the water and took two sips, but his physical discomfort did not diminish in any way, and the sweat continued to flow.

"Would you like something to eat?"

Lu Yi rummaged through his backpack again.

Xia Ren shook his head and said no.

He looked around.

All those present must undergo memory erasure, otherwise the memories remaining in their minds will continue to erode their sanity until they go crazy.

Within a few minutes, the foundation's logistics department arrived and took over the situation.

Xia Ren withdrew all the Rootless Water, but still felt so uncomfortable.

He recalled the light blue powder stained on the tentacles before he withdrew them.

"Could it be those powders that are responsible for..."

Just as he was thinking about it, Xia Ren's mind suddenly became dizzy, and his vision darkened.

At the last moment when he was unconscious, he saw in the far corner a person who looked like a real estate agent, watching him secretly.

There was a small sound in my ears, like the sound of a slime mold growing on wet grass.

However, this small sound, for some reason, brought Xia Ren great uneasiness.

In the darkness, he began to panic, trying to figure out the source of the sound, but no matter how hard he tried, his body refused to obey. Xia Ren could already feel that the slime mold was spreading along his body.

Suddenly, the soft green light was like the rising sun at dawn, gradually dispelling the boundless darkness and bringing warm light.

Xia Ren realized that he had regained control of his body without knowing when. He lowered his head and looked at the source of the green light.

It was a vast river, with emerald green light flowing slowly until it disappeared at the end of the field of vision and flowed into the unknowable darkness.

Even at such a long distance, Xia Ren could still feel a strong shock - just like the first time he saw it.

But what was different from last time was that as Xia Ren gradually fell towards the river, an indescribable sense of intimacy arose uncontrollably in his heart.

Bathed in the emerald light, the panic he had just felt had disappeared. Instead, his whole body was wrapped in comfortable warmth. All his cells seemed to be jumping for joy, like a wanderer who had been away from home for several years and finally returned to his hometown after a long absence. long-time hometown.

Xia Ren guessed that this was probably the effect of the rootless water. The last time he came here, he had not yet merged with the rootless water.

"Styx induction...?"

He still clearly remembered the power of Rootless Water.

In other words, the name of this river may be called Styx.

"The River Styx...it sounds like it has an inseparable relationship with the Styx Water. Is it called this by chance?"

While thinking, Xia Ren's body finally fell to the river.

After falling from such a high place, he didn't feel any pain just like last time.

The first thing he did when he landed was that Xia Ren had no time to check his body and was not in the mood to care about the Styx River in front of him. He first raised his head and looked at the other side of the river.

"Where?"

He opened his eyes wide, trying to find that familiar figure.

but none.

On the other side of the river, the vast area illuminated by green light was empty, with only dense, seemingly endless green bugs walking beneath the surface and converging into the Styx.

"Why not!"

Xia Ren couldn't help but feel impatient.

He desperately wants to see each other.

There were too many questions and too many things that she needed to answer for herself.

From that first afternoon, the figure of the other party has been engraved deep in his heart, always accompanying him. Even if there is no systematic task, Xia Ren's desire to see the other party becomes more urgent every day.

Those words were like a curse, beating Xia Ren all the time, making him unable to stop.

"The world is going to end..."

However, no means no.

As his eyes continued to look deeper, Xia Ren could only see the despairing darkness.

"It's obviously still here last time..."

What is the problem?

A huge sense of loss came over him. Xia Ren originally thought that this sudden change could dispel the fog that had been surrounding him, but now it seems that he has found nothing.

Just as he was sighing, a faint voice came from the side.

"It's really embarrassing."

Xia Ren's heart was shocked, and he suddenly turned his head and looked to the side.

Not far away from him, that familiar figure was staying there quietly.

This time the distance was closer, and Xia Ren was finally able to see the woman's details clearly.

Wearing a long white dress, she sat on the ground with her hands on her knees.

She was barefoot, and her long skirt spread out like a lotus, covering her ankles, but revealing the white and smooth insteps, which were constantly covered with all kinds of weird bugs that had never been seen on the Blue Star. They glowed green and shuttled through the soil under her feet.

The woman's silky long hair slid down her back and hung to the ground. She should have buried her head in her arms, but at this time she tilted her head slightly, revealing the side of her face and looking at Xia Ren.

Xia Ren will never forget that face that appeared in his dream once.

His voice trembled: "You are, Zhao Mingyue."

The woman raised her lips and smiled: "I still have some conscience. If you forget my name, that would be too much."

Zhao Mingyue's brows never relaxed, and there seemed to be an uncontrollable sadness in his eyes. Even when he smiled, it felt forced.

"who are you?"

Xia Ren then asked: "What is the relationship between you and me?"

Zhao Mingyue still maintained the same posture as before, with her face turned sideways and her head buried in her arms, as if she was very tired.

"Did you do something?"

Xia Ren unexpectedly recalled the color of stars half a month ago, the cutoff spring in the eye, and the terrifying natural changes.

Zhao Mingyue suppressed her smile and instead of answering Xia Ren's question, she said, "It's really surprising that you can survive until now."

Xia Ren was stunned, a little stunned for a moment.

In his expectation, when he finally met the other party, he shouldn't have such a cold attitude.

But then, Xia Ren noticed that Zhao Mingyue didn't seem to be looking at his face.

What is she looking at?

Following Zhao Mingyue's gaze, Xia Ren lowered his head and looked at his left hand.

Then, he was horrified to find that the back of his left hand had been covered by a layer of blue slime mold at some point!

These slime molds are extremely active. Their shape is like the rolling foam on the broth. They have no specific shape at all. Their surfaces are covered with a layer of turbid liquid like grease, which looks extremely slippery.

The slime molds are not satisfied with the small area on the back of the hand. They are constantly undulating and squirming, expanding to other places around them. Although the progress is slow, it is enough to arouse panic deep in people's hearts.

Moreover, these slime molds had penetrated his skin. Xia Ren saw that there were blue lines all over his skin, which were densely packed and trembling like blood vessels.

It's cannibalizing itself!

When he realized this, Xia Ren's first reaction was to stretch out his other hand, trying to peel off these horrible slime molds from his body.

"Don't you want your other hand too?"

Zhao Mingyue said.

Xia Ren immediately stopped moving.

Could it be that these slime molds are highly contagious?

He immediately recalled what happened before he passed out, especially the... light blue powder stained on his tentacles.

"These fungi are not from Earth."

Zhao Mingyue lazily raised his head and looked at the flowing river in front of him.

"Only something from beyond can inhibit the growth of fungi. But fortunately, they are not complete."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Ren felt that his consciousness was being squeezed out of this space.

He knew that he was about to return to reality.

"Wait a minute, I have more questions!"

"Who are you! Where is this place? What should I do right?"

However, he ran out of time.

The body is floating up, and Xia Ren's real body is waking up.

Styx quickly moved away from his sight, and at the last moment, he heard Zhao Mingyue's vague voice.

"Only your death...will usher in...new life..."