Pollution throughout the territory

[Used this time: Hundred-sided dice

Trigger: Naiya's Favor

Destiny Points: 20

1D100=19

The result of this judgment: Success! 】

The dice of destiny fell on the ground, emitting slight fluctuations.

At the same time, Xia Ren's headbutt also collided with the priest.

"Crack!"

There was a dull cracking sound between the two of them.

The priest opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

The extremely hard head had a two-finger-wide gap split in the middle. Covered by dense blood vessels, in the center of the white brain, there was a weird gemstone half the size of a fist, emitting a striking blue light.

Its appearance is somewhat similar to a cluster of quartz ore, but it is completely different. Triangular and hexagonal protrusions are scattered on its surface. Xia Ren recalled that the palms of the ordinary people who were sacrificed in those two sentences had Burn marks of the same character.

Before the dice was thrown, Xia Ren knew very well that he had lost.

After all, the priest's size still had the advantage. His skull was thicker and harder than mine. If there was no accident, even if his own brain was broken, he would never be able to break it open.

The effect of the fate dice was beyond his expectation. No matter what the actual situation was, as long as the result of the dice was successful, even the most incredible thing would happen!

Xia Ren's eyes reflected the gemstone, its blue color was exactly the same as the light emanating from the priest's pupils.

"This is something beyond, this is the source of the priest's power!"

His eyes were blazing, and he reached for the gem, trying to take it out of the priest's mind.

As long as I have this thing, the fungus on my body can be eliminated, and my strength will truly return to its peak!

"...No!"

The priest's eyes suddenly widened, and his eyes became clear again. He didn't know where the power came from, and he slapped Xia Ren away from him with a palm.

After rolling a few times among the gravel, Xia Ren lay face up on the ground, spitting out blood from his mouth.

The priest was seriously injured. He launched a final attack and was temporarily unable to move.

The scene calmed down temporarily, but everyone knew that the battle was still going on.

Whoever recovers first wins.

"Damn, it's just...a little bit."

In the collapsed building, Xia Ren tried his best to turn his head and stared at the priest.

The wind howled through my ears, and unfamiliar footsteps approached quickly.

"who is it?"

Both of them were surprised and confused.

Those who can go deep here must not be ordinary people.

If it was the foundation's logistics department, it would have been here long ago, and it couldn't have taken so long.

If it were other pagans or infected people passing by, they would never act unreasonably. If they were to stab each of them on a whim, they would die from suffocation.

Xia Ren's vision was blurred. He blinked hard and finally roughly saw the figure of the intruder.

…

…

A woman wearing a trench coat, boots, and carrying a suitcase entered the venue and couldn't help but be shocked when she saw the streets that looked like they were bombarded by artillery fire.

What a fierce battle it must be to cause such destructive power.

But, where are the two sides of the battle? And what about the local logistics department? Why don't they show up?

The surroundings were a bit too quiet.

Suddenly, she saw a blue light shining in the darkness.

The bell in the woman's sleeve trembled, giving an early warning. She looked at her watch. The hands on it had lost their function and were spinning aimlessly, with no intention of stopping.

"There is still danger here!"

Out of caution, she did not choose to go directly, but approached cautiously.

I didn't know what I stepped on under my feet, it was soft and slippery.

She lowered her head and saw the appearance of the thing clearly. She was so frightened that she immediately backed away. At the same time, she slipped an iron drill from her sleeve and held it in her hand.

It was actually a piece of physical tissue that looked like a tentacle!

The latter has not lost its vitality yet and is twitching slightly.

Continuing to look to the side, she found a dying monster lying in the ruins.

The back of the monster's head had the same tentacles as the one he stepped on just now. The flesh and blood on the monster's forehead was split open, and its face was hideous and terrifying.

His body was covered with a layer of black sticky substance that was full of filth, like black oil floating on the surface of a sewage pool.

"It's a bit like the ghouls recorded in the database..."

Either way, there's no way this monster is human.

The woman mustered up her courage, held the iron drill tightly with both hands, pointed the tip downward, and was about to pierce it into the monster's head.

"...Stop, I'm a good person."

The monster suddenly uttered human words, startling the woman, and her movements were a little sluggish.

Can you still speak human language?

The other party's clothes were so recognizable that Xia Ren squeezed his chest hard and spoke out to stop the other party at the critical moment, thus avoiding the tragedy of death in the hands of his own people: "Hui, Huichuan..."

The person who came was none other than Riko Aikawa, a C-level investigator who had interacted with Xia Ren.

Hearing this monster call out his last name, doesn't it mean he knows himself?

While Aikawa Riko was horrified, a possibility suddenly popped into her head.

"Are you Xia Ren???"

"it's me."

After receiving the affirmative answer, Aikawa Riko was still shocked.

Because Xia Ren looked too terrifying at this time, and he was not sure whether his companions who were deformed to this extent could still maintain their sanity, Aikawa Riko did not put down her guard immediately, but still held the iron drill tightly and said: "I have just recovered from the poisoning. , I planned to take a rest for a while, but I happened to see the help message you posted on the platform. I heard someone from the Superman Association said that you saved my life, so I went directly to Sori City, but your companion said that you were there again When I came here, I followed.

What happened here, how did you become like this? "

Although this woman's dress is a bit unconventional and a bit middle-of-the-road, she is a kind and kind person. Even though she doesn't know anything, she still chooses to come and help me.

But the situation is urgent. If you wait a little longer, the priest's injury will heal.

Xia Ren didn't waste any time and said directly: "I will tell you after we pass by. Do you see the person lying over there? I can't move now. Please help me get what's in his head."

Aichuan Lizi took a deep look at Xia Ren, gritted his teeth, and chose to believe: "Okay."

She followed Xia Ren's gaze and turned to see the priest lying on the other side.

With a body over three meters tall, a strong body, and a brown-black fungus blanket covering her body, she has a strong visual impact.

Aikawa Riko slowly walked over. The closer she got, the more she could feel the terrifying aura exuding from the other party. She couldn't help but feel a strong fear in her heart. Her instinct warned her to flee as soon as possible.

No wonder it could destroy the surrounding buildings like this. The strength of this aberration was difficult to judge based on her C-level investigator's knowledge.

Aikawa Riko resisted the urge to escape and came to the priest.

The other party's injuries were equally serious. Just by looking at him, the hairs on Aikawa Riko's body stood up.

In the center of the skull, in the crack of the white bones, a dangerous blue light shines in the darkness.

The blue light she saw before turned out to be emitted from the giant's head.

Aichuan Lizi plucked up the courage, turned sideways, and reached for the blue gem as Xia Ren asked.

Just as his hand was about to touch the gem, the giant's dull eyes suddenly moved.

Aichuan Lizi suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his body froze in place, unable to move.

For a moment, it was as if a ghost was wailing in his ears, and blood oozed from all the surrounding buildings. In the shadows, countless indescribable monsters were watching him.

The priest looked at Riko Aikawa with eyes that were not scary, but full of pleading and weakness.

"don't want……"

The bell in his sleeve made a crisp sound, echoing in the empty and messy streets.

Aikawa Riko woke up, regained her sanity, and her heart was beating wildly.

She saw the priest's eyes, and for a moment she couldn't help but doubt Xia Ren's purpose.

But in the end, she began to grit her teeth, forcibly stabilized her mind, quickly reached into the priest's skull, and took out the gem.

I don’t know what kind of material this gem is made of. It obviously doesn’t feel like it is radiating heat, but it is very hot when I hold it in my hand. Even as soon as I hold it in my hand, my fingers feel a little weak and I almost can’t hold it.

Aichuan Lizi didn't dare to delay and ran all the way to Xia Ren, her hat even running away.

"I got it for you!"

There was some joy in Aikawa Riko's tone.

She was about to hand over the gem when she saw the tentacles on Xia Ren's head and the slime mold covering her body. She hesitated and asked:

"Have you really not become a bad person?"

Her worries are not unreasonable. Too many D-class companions have become enemies who have to be killed after being contaminated.

He was only one step away from the gem, and before it reached his hands, Xia Ren already felt that the fungus in his body was no longer so active, as if he was afraid of something.

The priest's threat had not been eliminated yet. He was impatient and nodded: "I'm really not, I'm an A-level investigator, and I have the title of legend. I won't lie!"

"Okay, I believe you."

Aikawa Riko handed the gem to his hand covered with slime mold. As soon as it touched it, the slime mold shrank sharply, leaving only a thin layer of yellow powder.

In less than a second, all the slime mold on Xia Ren's body disappeared, revealing the smooth skin that was being repaired.

Aikawa Riko showed a relieved smile.

But then, she saw Xia Ren's shocked eyes looking at her.

"What's wrong?"

Aikawa Riko wanted to ask, but couldn't.

She never had a chance to speak again.

Blood gushed out from his chest.

Fungi shaped like plant roots penetrated her chest and then eroded a large hole.

The smile on her face was still there, but the accident happened so suddenly that she had no time to feel any pain, and she completely lost consciousness.

Xia Ren stared at this scene blankly, his mind going blank.

"How did it become like this?"

He questioned himself crazily in his mind.

Aichuan Lizi's lifeless body fell on Xia Ren's chest, hot blood flowing down the two of them, and the remaining warmth of her body was still warm.

Probably because of the blue gem, the fungi deliberately avoided Xia Ren and did not want to come into contact with him. Countless roots spread like a flood, rushing past them.

After waiting for a long time, the fungi were finally released completely. They no longer had any worries and were completely free!

They cheered, gathered together, and grew wildly.

Like a weird and twisted towering tree, it keeps getting higher and higher!

The shadows rose, blocking the moonlight, and the hundred-foot tall strain stood under the night sky, becoming the most eye-catching presence in the center of the city.

In just ten seconds, the fungi grew from scratch into such huge and terrifying shapes.

No human language can describe its appearance. It is so indescribable, incomprehensible, and impossible to look at directly!

If you have to describe it, it is like a dead tree. The bark is covered with spots and cracks, and there are countless huge and bloated tumors, as if it will burst in the next second.

All the branches of the tree were hollowed out, leaving only the bark, and the evil cavity was filled with black and viscous liquid.

Chaos, distortion, madness, all kinds of elements are mixed together, giving birth to grotesque and ugly creatures.

This is just a part of it, like a tree or a coral. But if you have enough sense to look carefully, you will find that it looks like nothing and is nothing. There are no creatures with similar characteristics on the Blue Star. It shouldn't even appear in this time and space.

Elsewhere in the city, ignorant people were attracted by the silence, looking up at the strains.

Once you take one look, you will never be able to look away.

The streets were filled with people. Soon, the light in their eyes became chaotic, their expressions quickly became ferocious, and they murmured and repeated sounds of hellish abomination that no human being could utter, and they fell into complete madness.

Xia Ren held Huichuan Lizi's body and looked at the strain, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

He thought of the Mother Tree of Mercy, even though the size of this strain was only about one-fifth of the mother tree, not to mention the branches and leaves of the mother tree that could cover the entire sky.

The densely packed roots bypassed Xia Ren, leaving a clean area of ​​only two square meters.

Aikawa Riko opened her eyes, with a smile still frozen on her face. She didn't realize what happened until she died.

The worst case scenario still happened.

Xia Ren lowered his head and looked at the blue gem in his hand, and there was a hint of understanding in his mind.

During the battle, his lack of rationality caused him to misjudge the most critical information: the fungus that the priest's power comes from. So why did he have to embed a blue gem that can inhibit the growth of fungi in his head?

No wonder he felt that the priest's power was much weaker than expected.

But Xia Ren realized it too late.

The harsh rumbling sound attracted Xia Ren's attention.

He saw a missile dragging a bright tail flame through the silent night sky under the pale moonlight.

Then the missile changed its direction and shot directly towards the strain at a speed of nearly ten kilometers per second.

From the top of the huge strain, blue smoke spews out. The smoke is composed of countless spores and floats into the distance with the wind.

It is foreseeable that if there is no effective intervention, with the infection ability of neurofungus, it will only take a few hours for infected people to appear in several cities around Dallas.

In the blink of an eye, the missile was less than five kilometers away from the strain.

With his keen vision and reaction speed, Xia Ren saw that there were fan-shaped yellow and black marks printed on the missile's warhead.

No wonder there was so much noise before, but no support arrived.

It turned out that they all escaped in advance.

Everything is a foregone conclusion and no one can change it.

At the last moment, Xia Ren was extremely calm.

Just holding Aikawa Riko's body, he still felt a little guilty in his heart.

Sorry to bring you into this.

He was waiting for death to come, but after two seconds, nothing happened.

All sounds disappeared, and the surroundings were eerily silent.

Xia Ren raised his head and saw a strange scene.

The missile hovered in mid-air, and the tail flame seemed to have solidified, no longer flashing. The wind stopped, and the strain continued to release spores, and those spores, like the missile, no longer moved.

It's like a painting, except everything in the painting looks so real.

"Is this Dr. Laban Thulebelly?"

In Xia Ren's impression, the only person who can cause such a spectacular scene is the Doctor.

"it's me."

a voice suddenly said.

Xia Ren turned around and looked for the source of the sound, but then he was surprised to find that the familiar scenes around him had disappeared at some point, and he was in a white space with no end in sight.

In front of him, there was a simple mahogany table. A tall, slender man with short hair and dark skin, wearing a black suit, sat behind the table, looking at him with clear black and white eyes, showing a hearty smile.

The two were less than two meters apart.

"Welcome here again, human."

Humanity?

Xia Ren heard a lot of information from the other party's name.

First, I have been to this white space before. Second, we should know each other, but I can't remember that memory, so it is very likely that my former self deliberately erased this memory.

But what is the purpose of erasing this memory?

"Who are you? Why am I here?"

Xia Ren asked warily.

You still have to figure out the identity of the other person first and the reason why you are here.

"Sit down first."

The other party gestured to him, and then a chair appeared out of thin air.

In a dream again?

No matter what, if you have arrived at someone else's territory, it is better to see what the other person's intentions are first.

Xia Ren frowned slightly, pulled up a chair and sat down.

"This is not a dream."

The man answered his question with a smile.

Xia Ren's eyes were slightly bright, could the other party directly see his inner thoughts?

"Since we last met, a lot of time passed, so I would like to introduce myself again."

A lot of time apart?

Xia Ren analyzed the information contained in the other party's words word by word in his mind. If it took a long time, it seemed that it was at least a year or two.

There was something magical about the man's smile that made it impossible for people to be distracted from thinking about other things when talking to him.

"My name is Nyarlathotep."