Pollution throughout the territory - #304 - Chapter 300 Strange Flower

“Insects…insects…”

Zhao Rou frowned and whispered in a low voice, her tone full of fear.

Those whispering sounds came from nowhere, as if they were hidden in the air, invisible.

Xia Ren’s tentacles have been stretched out, ready to respond to the situation at any time.

But,

Nothing happened.

Except for the faint sound of bugs crawling in the soil, there was no pollution around, and no suspicious creatures appeared.

So where did the sound in my ears come from?

Zhao Rou’s symptoms were getting worse. There was a strong fear on her face, her eyes were closed tightly, and her teeth began to clench. If she continued like this, it wouldn’t be long before she would have the crazy dancing of her limbs like in the video.

Xia Ren can’t sit back and watch the danger happen, but the question now is, where is the enemy?

The squirming sound of insects continued, and Xia Ren could hear that some insects were crawling by his ears, and some were even passing through his body.

This is a terrible thing that no one can endure.

If I didn’t have any auditory hallucinations, or if these bugs revealed their true form, there should be traces of them in the entire ward at this moment.

“What the hell is going on?”

He even took out a crowbar and relied on his hearing to swing it towards the place where the insects were crawling, but it still had no effect at all.

Neither the crowbar nor the tentacles can touch the bugs that seem to come from another dimension. They cling and squirm in the air, making a terrifying sound.

It’s like something ran into your ears. You know it’s there, but you can’t touch them or take them out. You can only passively endure the torture they bring you.

Xia Ren himself belongs to the category of infected bodies. His own distortion value is 17/100. Logically speaking, there should be no source of pollution that can hide under his nose.

But these bugs not only hid, but also made arrogant noises, but Xia Ren couldn’t do anything about them.

“No, don’t come in…”

Zhao Rou clenched the sheets with both hands and her body began to twist uncontrollably.

“No, I have to find a solution as soon as possible!”

Xia Ren was also anxious. He had never experienced such a strange situation before. Even in the dreams of Xu Qiang and Huang Qiuyuan, he at least knew that everything around him was controlled by someone, but he had no idea what was happening in front of him. known.

I don’t know where the bugs come from, where they are, or how they affect the world they live in.

A faint smell of pollution quietly filled the ward. Xia Ren took out the remaining anti-pollution liquid from the morning and dripped it on Zhao Rou. However, this kind of special anti-pollution liquid had no effect on the current situation.

Lily stood there, looking at Xia Ren’s aimless busyness. She tilted her head, a little curious: “Dad, what are you doing?”

“Bug, can’t you hear me?”

After Xia Ren answered this casually, he suddenly realized something, stopped what he was doing, and looked at Lily.

Although she had the appearance of a little girl, no one knew better than him what Lily’s true identity was.

It was a terrifying creature that lived in the caves of the Crazy Mountains. Wherever she crawled, no matter how filthy it was, it could be purified spotlessly. Even the ancient ones with glorious histories were no match for her. They could only Accept the fate of death helplessly.

This is the terrifying creature that has survived for billions of years – the Shoggoth!

From her words, we might be able to find some clues.

“insect?”

Lily’s eyes were confused: “But they are in another place. Dad, you can’t touch them.”

Sure enough she knew!

“What is the other place?”

Xia Ren asked excitedly.

This question is a bit complicated, and Lily doesn’t seem to know how to explain it.

She pouted, thought for a long time, and finally found a direction that could be described, and said:

“This is where you entered, Dad, early yesterday morning.”

“The place I entered early yesterday morning?”

Xia Ren thought about it for a while and determined that she should be talking about Gu Mengzhong.

But isn’t that a dream?

“Could it be…”

Xia Ren suddenly had a terrible idea.

“Is it true that ancient dreams are not nihilistic? They are a complete world just like reality?”

If you think about it this way, many problems accumulated in the past can be explained.

“No wonder I can bring the things in the ancient dream into reality. No wonder my body in the ancient dream feels so real, but my body in reality is not affected…”

However, even if he knew this, it still didn’t help. It only deepened Xia Ren’s powerlessness.

How can I influence the bugs in my dreams?

“Unless…I enter a dream myself.”

Suddenly a light flashed through his mind, and he thought of something.

Turning his attention to the system store, Xia Ren looked at Mingzhu and its introduction.

[Underworld Candle (200 achievement points or ancient dream fragments*1): Use it to enter dreams or read ancient dream fragments. 】

Xia Ren had only paid attention to things like ancient dream fragments before, but had ignored the other functions of the Ming Zhu. It turned out that it was not only a tool for entering ancient dreams, but could also be used to enter other people’s dreams!

After hesitating for a moment, Xia Ren gritted his teeth and spent two hundred achievement points to exchange for a dark candle!

Suddenly, a green candle appeared in his hand, feeling a little slippery.

The sounds of insects that could be heard in the room were getting more and more dense, and Zhao Rou’s condition was quickly getting worse. Xia Ren knew that he had no time to waste anymore.

He placed the Mingzhu on the cabinet beside Zhao Rou’s bed and took a deep breath.

【Burn the underworld candle! 】

“Bah!”

A small green flame burst out.

The light it emits is not dazzling, you can even see the wick directly inside, but the penetrability of this green light is very strong, reflecting the entire ward into a scary and miserable green.

Xia Ren sat on the chair, staring at the flames, and his thinking quickly became sluggish.

Lily felt curious and looked along.

Then, her eyes became dull.

…

…

As if after an extremely long time, Xia Ren’s thinking gradually started to work.

He slowly opened his eyelids and felt that his body was extremely tired. The ends of his limbs were sore and weak. Even simple movements like making a fist were very difficult to do.

“So tired…”

He took a few seconds to slowly remember why he was here.

“I entered Zhao Rou’s dream to help her find the bug.”

“Where are the bugs?”

He raised his head and the first thing he saw were countless pairs of eyes.

A huge amorphous gelatinous substance surrounded him, like a hill, tightly wrapping him in it. Rainbow-colored ooze continued to seep out from the surface of this behemoth, exuding a strong stench.

Xia Ren’s heartbeat accelerated a little, but fortunately this was not the first time he had seen this thing.

“Lily?”

He called out tentatively, and sure enough he got a response.

The eyeballs that kept disappearing and reappearing blinked together, and then the hill-like body quickly shrank and deformed. In the blink of an eye, Lily’s cute appearance appeared in front of Xia Ren.

“dad!”

The little guy ran over and hugged his thigh.

Xia Ren rubbed her fluffy curly hair and then focused on the surrounding environment.

The world he was in at this time was an extremely desolate world. The dark clouds in the sky were always shrouded, and the bleak cold wind was blowing his collar. In the distance, a huge skyscraper tilted into the earth, surrounded by decaying buildings. scene.

Among the ruins, grotesque white bones could be vaguely seen. They were not any creatures Xia Ren had ever seen.

That is not a creature that can evolve on the Blue Star’s native land.

This is not the first time Xia Ren has seen this kind of scene. He also came to this place last time when he slaughtered half of the city and escaped from Huang Qiuyuan’s dream.

But every time I see it, there is always a lingering haze and sadness deep in my heart.

It’s like…he is part of this place.

It was, is, and will be in the future.

Xia Ren shook his head, temporarily putting aside his unnecessary emotions, and shouted at the top of his voice in a familiar manner: “Zhao Rou————”

With a soft sound, the ferocious and twisted plant broke through the ground, growing wildly upwards, and soon reached a height of two meters. Fluorescent liquid transported nutrients along the twisting stems, and a huge tree sprouted from the top of the plant. Disgusting tumors.

Then the tumor split open and sticky juice flowed out. Strange black flowers struggled to bloom from the center of the split tumor!

“This is her dream.”

Xia Ren took Lily and walked towards the flower.