I changed the world

When the host's spirit is weakened to the limit and completely alienated into a "monster", the first stage of parasitism is completed. At that time, the host has completely completed the transformation from physical to psychological, and basically cannot be saved. .

After that, through parasitic metamorphosis, the host will eventually develop into various forms to adapt to further survival needs. At the same time, the insect will look for opportunities to reproduce in large numbers.

With their asexual reproduction characteristics, although the speed is not exaggerated, it is very harmful.

What needs to be especially vigilant is that some monsters live alone and are wild void creatures, which are not too difficult to deal with.In many cases, creatures like the dragonfly become the "tool" of many high-level void creatures because of their unique accompanying characteristics.

Because although the monster is dangerous and troublesome to ordinary people, in essence, it is not a high-level demon. Especially when it is in a "non-parasitic" state, if it is discovered, it does not have many means of self-protection. .

To a certain extent, its habits are more similar to insects, so even ordinary people's life essence and wisdom are much higher than those of insects.The corrosion and influence of parasitism on intelligent creatures is not because they can really understand the thinking of intelligent creatures, but is more like the influence of biological instinct.

Therefore, for some higher-level creatures, it is far easier to use the characteristics of monsters to transform them into their own dependents than to influence those creatures with higher intelligence.

For example, this one right now is obviously like this!

Zhang Jing could even sense the "line" vaguely connected to the depths of the void.

However, this also proves Zhang Jing and Zhang Taihe's previous speculation from another angle, that is, the existence hidden in the void has not reached the level of "evil god", because the existence that truly reaches that level is completely There is no need to exploit this "vector"-like parasite.

Because they themselves already have the ability to forcibly distort the human mind!

However, this does not mean that the void creature that is invading Beacon Castle can be underestimated.To a certain extent, its essence may be higher than the current Zhang Jing. From the perspective of a practitioner, there is a high probability that it has reached a stage similar to the "saint" level.

Chapter 583 This is the essence of this universe

"This is a monster." Zhang Jing said after thinking for a moment.

"蜮?" Wang Hanjun was a noble son. He received strict education since his childhood and had a deep foundation in Chinese studies. For this word, he immediately thought of some classics he had read.

"But what the ancients called 'fox confusion'?" he asked hurriedly.

Zhang Jing glanced at him in surprise. He didn't expect that the soldier knew this, so he closed his head and said: "Huo" and "Xiao" are related in ancient times, and Hulu is also called "Huxiao". It is described in the "Nei Jing": Confusion is a disease, the symptoms are like typhoid fever, silently wanting to sleep, unable to close eyes, restless when lying down..."

The "Nei Jing" mentioned by Zhang Jing is an extremely ancient classic of traditional Chinese medicine in the world. The date of its writing is unknown. The descriptions in it are quite mysterious, but it is considered to be one of the origins of traditional Chinese medicine in later generations.

"However, some of the records in the book are not very accurate, and there are quite a lot of misinformation. The so-called myth refers to this thing, but it does not only refer to this thing, but a kind of creature." Zhang Jing said slowly, and then seemed to have something to say. Pointed: "In words that you can easily understand, it is a kind of demon that lives in subspace."

Wang Hanjun nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, then looked at Zhang Jing and asked hurriedly: "You mean, there are demons in subspace?"

"Isn't this an obvious thing?" Zhang Jing shook his head slightly and said, "If it weren't for the demons in the subspace, why would you be like this?"

Wang Hanjun looked solemn when he heard this. The words of the immortal in front of him could be said to reveal the truth of this incident.Although he had doubts about this before, after all, it had not been investigated yet, and the sudden situation in Fengsui Fort was not without other possibilities.

As a major of the Earth Defense Force, Wang Hanjun naturally knows how much expectations the entire human world has placed on subspace navigation.

However, what this result will bring now will definitely be a huge trouble for all human countries!

"We, the soldiers, don't really have much experience with this..." Wang Hanjun looked calm and his words were quite humble. He bowed his hands and said, "I beg the immortal to be merciful. Can you enlighten me a little more?"

Zhang Jing hesitated for a while after hearing this, and finally sighed: "That's fine, it's a secret, so I'll make an exception and tell you."

With that said, Zhang Jing chose the knowledge about the dragonfly that Wang Hanjun could understand and told him.

After some narration, Wang Hanjun suddenly said: "In this way, this insect is just like the worker ants in the ant nest, not the real master behind it."

"This statement is not completely accurate, but it can be understood this way for the time being." Zhang Jing nodded.

"Then what's the purpose of the guy behind it?" Wang Hanjun said with a solemn expression after learning.

"I wonder, Major Wang, have you ever heard of the 'Ophiocordyceps fungus'?" Zhang Jing thought for a moment and said.

"Uh... I'm sorry for my ignorance, but I really don't know." Wang Hanjun glanced at his subordinates who were listening with their ears pricked up, and saw that everyone looked confused, so he said.

"This is a parasitic fungus, also called brainwashing fungus, which is produced in the tropics. Their host is a local ant. This fungus lives in the body of the ant, and they derive nutrients by eating the body of the ant."

Seeing that the soldiers were listening carefully, Zhang Jing continued: "The spores of this fungus first attach to the ant's exoskeleton, and then multiply rapidly. In just three weeks, they will account for half of the ant's weight. In Throughout this process, the host behaves as normal, while its companions are completely unaware of it."

Zhang Jing glanced at the soldiers with uneasy eyes, and continued in a calm tone: "Until one day, the ant completely lost itself, and the fungus began to control its will to let them leave its nest. The fungus would choose noon At this time, it directs the host to an environment where the temperature and humidity are suitable for fungal growth."

"Then, manipulate the ants to find a green leaf here, 25 centimeters above the ground..."

Zhang Jing stretched out his hand and knocked on the table beside him, emphasizing: "Always at this height."

"After arriving on the green leaves, the ants bite the leaves with their jaws and let themselves hang on the green leaves until they die."

"During this period, the fungus begins to multiply inside the ant's body. Mycelium grows from the head and body of the parasitic ant, and then slowly matures, ruptures, and releases spores..."

"At such a height, after the spores fall from the green leaves, they can just scatter on the ants, thereby infecting other ants and starting a new round of parasitic life, thus forming a complete parasitic cycle that starts over and over again." said At this point, Zhang Jing stopped talking and looked quietly at the soldiers who were shuddering and looking ugly.

"You mean...it treats this place as..." Wang Hanjun said with gritted teeth, and then considered his words.

"The hunting ground...a hunting ground with abundant water and grass." Zhang Jing said straightforwardly, but his indifferent words sounded cold and cruel to the ears of the soldiers present.

In Zhang Jing's view, the Suifenhe is just like the ant infected with spores outside, carrying the deadly fungus back to its own planetary system. If human civilization does not have effective countermeasures, then the future awaits human civilization. , it will inevitably be a disaster.

"How dare it do this..." A lieutenant couldn't help shouting in anger.

"Why don't you dare..." Zhang Jing glanced at him indifferently: "This is the nature of this universe, the jungle eats the strong... For these monsters, the weak races are just food and breeding grounds."

The soldiers fell into silence again. The words of the immortal in front of them mercilessly unveiled some people's beautiful fantasies and tender feelings for this cold universe. At this time, everyone had already thought that if it was true as the immortal said, In other words, is the so-called great voyage of space... too early?

At this time, the dragonfly held in Zhang Jing's hand had completely stopped moving, as if it was dead. The blazing white plasma in Zhang Jing's hand exploded, and in a short breath, it burned into Little bits of fly ash are scattered in the air.

"Well..." At this moment, Zhang Xi, who was lying on the conference table next to him, groaned and opened his eyes.

"Boyu, how do you feel?" Wang Hanjun on the side saw this and hurriedly went up to ask.

"My head is a little dizzy...it's okay...where am I..." Zhang Xi was obviously still a little confused, as if she couldn't figure out what was going on.

"It was this immortal who rescued you just now..." Wang Hanjun motioned to the soldiers to help Zhang Xi up and briefly introduced what had just happened in his ear.

"Zhang Chengxi, thank you for your great kindness to the immortal!" After hearing this, Zhang Xi felt it and found that the seemingly ubiquitous whispers that had been bothering him before had disappeared. He hurriedly stood up and opened his mouth to the side. Thank you.

Chapter 584: Don’t fall into the name of Zhang family in Luling

Zhang Jing didn't shy away from him, accepted the gift, and then suddenly asked: "Is your name Zhang Chengxi?"

"Yes, I am Zhang Xi, whose pseudonym is Boyu."

"Are they from the Zhang family in Danding Mountain in Luling?" Zhang Jing asked again.

Hearing the abrupt question from the immortal in front of him, Zhang Cheng Xi, who had vaguely guessed something, replied respectfully: "My ancestral home is from the Zhang family in Luling, but I moved to Chizhou since my great-grandfather."

"It is very good to be brave and resourceful and not fall into the name of Luling Zhang family."

Zhang Jing's words of praise made several officers around him, including Wang Hanjun, couldn't help but look at him a few more times. Although it was inconvenient to say anything at this time, they were making up some guesses in their minds...

After all, it is impossible for a Zhaoguo person not to know the name of Master Zhang Tian...

Even Zhang Xi was a little surprised. After all, he had already played in the fifth server. In his previous life, apart from worshiping ancestors during festivals, the surname Zhang did not bring him much feeling... …

Now it seems that this lineage of Heavenly Master is not as simple as I thought in the past...

After this incident, he became really curious about his surname...

After saying a few polite words, Zhang Chengxi saw that the immortal in front of him had no intention of discussing in depth. Zhang Chengxi also knew that the situation was urgent. He suppressed his curiosity and turned to ask Wang Hanjun why he called him.

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"This is... Vivian!" Zhang Chengxi looked at the head placed on the table with a solemn expression. He recognized it at a glance. He had participated in the inquiry before, and he thought it was the head in this incident. The “woman” who is the culprit.

At this time, when Vivian's head was placed on the table, he was a little afraid to accept this reality.

"Vivian?" Wang Hanjun was not involved in the investigation of Suifenhe-related incidents. Therefore, although Zhang Xi had briefly described the entire incident to him before, he was not deeply impressed by it.

Zhang Chengxi then recounted the entire Suifenhe incident again, including all the information he had seen from the diary and some of his own speculations.

Zhang Jing was also listening. Some of the information here was also the first time he heard it. After all, the information he had obtained before had been relayed by the setter, and some details were lost.

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"So, this is the initiator of the Suifenhe accident?" Wang Hanjun subconsciously thought of Zhang Jing's "hunting ground" just now, and his expression was ugly.He gritted his teeth and said, "This guy wants to swallow the entire Fengsui Castle..."

After saying that, he looked at Zhang Jing again and said happily: "Thanks to the immortal for getting rid of this monster!"

But Zhang Jing slowly shook his head: "It's just a puppet. The real initiator is the person behind it."

Zhang Jing clearly knew that all parasitism and corrosion, including the erosion of lower-level races, had only one purpose, which was to turn the area of ​​​​Fengsui Castle into its lair and use it as a springboard to erode human civilization.

"Immortal, we are all soldiers, and it is our duty to be stationed here. We have the great trust of our race and country, and life and death have long been ignored. However, what is going on here is really unreasonable, so please leave me alone, Immortal." If you are stupid, please teach me without hesitation."

Zhang Jing glanced at the soldiers with expectant faces and uttered four words: "Stand and wait for changes."

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承和37年西历2016年3月31日05:51太阳系边疆古柏行星碎片带烽燧堡第206快速反应部队军营食堂

The cafeteria is the largest room in the 206th Rapid Reaction Force barracks, with an area of ​​nearly a thousand square meters. At this time, the trivial items in the cafeteria have been simply sorted out and placed in other rooms. The entire cafeteria has been occupied by the soldiers. Empty quickly.

In addition, against the wall on the east side of the canteen, some soldiers were using field engineering machinery to quickly build two huge square altars several meters long and wide. The square altars were almost completed at this time, and other soldiers were cutting green cloth aside.

Not long after, the two square altars were built. They were generally made of welded metal. They were completely made of battlefield standards and looked extremely solid.

"Chang Immortal, do you think this is okay?"

Wang Hanjun accompanied Zhang Jing to watch the construction progress. When he saw that the square altar was set up, he turned around and asked respectfully: "If you think there is anything wrong, just tell me and it will be adjusted immediately."

Zhang Jing observed it and pointed out two details. Wang Hanjun hurriedly ordered people to make modifications. After that, Zhang Jing nodded: "Let the altar be like this, and spread the cloth."

At this time, the green cloth on the side had also been cut. These cloths were reserve materials stored in the barracks. They were originally tablecloths, but now they were temporarily spliced ​​and re-cut to decorate the altar.

Wang Hanjun looked at it, feeling somewhat unconvinced.

Originally, according to the requirements of the Immortal Chief, it was best to use yellow cloth, but it was really impossible to find it, so I could only use green instead. Fortunately, the Immortal Chief's Taoism is profound, so it doesn't matter if there are some differences in color. However, Wang Hanjun still felt somewhat uneasy.After all, when we were stocking up on strategic supplies, we did not take into account the need to deal with Taoist religious rituals. Therefore, there were many missing items in the material reserves, such as incense candles, Dharma paper, incense burners, flags, streamers, etc. Now it seems that this is too simple...

Although the Immortal said that he could make do with the simplicity, he still felt a little sorry for Tianzun...

Zhang Chengxi had just been given a cup of tea by the immortal. At this time, he had completely recovered from his weak state. Even the wounds on his body did not seem to be serious, which surprised others.

At this time, he was helping the soldiers who were setting up the altar. After all, as a descendant of Zhang Tianshi, he was considered the second most professional person here. Although he had not had much contact with these things since he was young, he still occasionally listened to the elders in the family talking about it. When it comes to performing some rituals and the like, compared to those soldiers, they are at least half-assed.

Zhang Jing watched quietly from the side, occasionally giving guidance and making some corrections in certain details.

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That's right, Zhang Jing is planning to build an altar here.

At this time, the monster in the void seemed to have temporarily entered a state of silence because of Zhang Jing's reaction just now, as if it was re-observing this world that was still unfamiliar to it.

Zhang Jing was also happy about this, and he planned to take advantage of this time to remove the parasites from these soldiers.

It would be too cumbersome to deal with each one as Zhang Xi did, so Zhang Jing planned to use a secret ritual. Of course, the appearance was still packaged in the form of a Taoist altar that is more familiar in the world.

Chapter 585: Immortal Chief, the villain wants to convert to Taoism!

Although in theory, with Zhang Jing's current cultivation level, there is no need to mobilize so many people to organize a secret ritual, the problem here is that this is also the first time Zhang Jing has organized such a large-scale secret ritual, so , he also regarded it as a rare opportunity.At the same time, I am also practicing some of my conjectures and observations.

Therefore, he simply proposed to let the soldiers work together to build a simple altar.

To a certain extent, the sense of ritual is a necessary step in performing a religious ceremony. To a certain extent, the role of the sense of ritual does not lie in the ritual itself, but in allowing participants to gradually immerse themselves physically and mentally, thereby pre-adjusting their mental state.

According to Zhang Jing's observation, the process of these soldiers establishing the altar did actually undergo some adjustments to the body's energy. This is like a hint, constantly telling you that something is about to happen, and Let your body gradually prepare mentally and physically for what is about to happen before it happens.

The spliced ​​tablecloth was quickly spread on the altar, and then, under Zhang Jing's guidance, flags and other utensils that were simply modified from other fabrics were placed around the altar.Some bowls with specific directional meanings, such as rice and water, are also arranged in specific locations.

Several metal bowls were filled with fuel to create oil lamps.There was even an engineer who was said to have worked as a mason in his hometown. He directly found a meteorite and polished a three-legged incense burner with simple tools. It looked similar.

Zhang Jing could tell that everyone from the commander of these soldiers, Major Wang Hanjun, down to the private at the bottom, was extremely serious about the arrangement of this religious ceremony.Although, from a religious perspective, the equipment here is very simple, at this moment, under the huge external pressure, and under the psychological suggestion of life and death, all the soldiers performed this ritual proposed by the "immortal" , it is quite important to see.

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"Hello, Immortal Chang!" A soldier with a green face bowed his head to the ground in front of Zhang Jing with an uneasy look on his face. It was obvious that he was not very old.

Zhang Jing returned the greeting calmly and asked him what happened.

"I was ignorant before... I started to believe in Shengqi Cult in my hometown. I also went to church several times with my friends to worship. I only went there for fun... I wonder... can I still convert to Taoism?"

Zhang Jing understood the person's intention as soon as he heard it. It has to be said that with the development of the times, especially with the general liberalization of religious policies after Dazhao integrated with international standards, in many big cities in the country, Westerners can now be seen style church.

Although the Shengqi religions themselves have complicated sectarian distinctions, Chinese people generally don't know it. Most of the ignorant people refer to them as "Shengqi Church".Among them, many people do it to appear "different" and think it is "cool".There are also people who, unable to withstand the temptation of preaching or distributing items, are invited to attend church lectures and thus become believers.

Generally speaking, although the proportion of people who believe in Shengqi religions in Jokhang is very low, in terms of absolute numbers, there are not many, especially in recent years, because some Western cultural products The various religions invested manpower and material resources in the promotion and enlightenment of the Holy Spirit to increase their missionary work in the East. Therefore, overall, the number of believers is in a stage of rapid increase.

According to Zhang Jing's observation, most of the soldiers in the 206 Quick Reaction Force in front of him are of typical oriental race. In terms of religious beliefs, they are mainly unfaithful or believe in Taoism, but there are also many who believe in Buddhist Buddhism or even some individual beliefs. Holy enlightenment.

"The road is not far away from others, and people are far away from them." Zhang Jingyu said calmly: "Xuanmen is vast and will never reject the heart of kindness."