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Chapter 589: Compulsory Begging

"It's a finger bone. It can lower your body temperature and weaken your presence. Combined with your scarecrow, the success rate of backstabs will increase significantly."

Jianglong played with the jade-white finger bones in his hand and threw them to Song Ji. Song Ji took it in a hurry. As soon as he touched it, he felt a slight chill rushing into his body. Soon, a light frost appeared on the surface of his skin.

"Ahem"

Song Ji felt that he was about to catch a cold. If he continued to hold the finger bone, he would soon be frozen into a big lump of ice. Seeing this, Jiang Long patted his shoulder. A warm current rolled in, dispelling the coldness in Song Ji's body.

"I forgot to tell you that you have to sacrifice a wicked soul to this thing within seven days, otherwise it will turn you into a water ghost."

Song Ji sniffed the snot that was about to cross the river: "Brother, it's better to tell me about this kind of thing in advance."

Fortunately, it is not easy to find pure and kind souls here, but it is very easy to find evil souls, as they are everywhere, especially since the three of them are at the base of that gang.

Song Ji didn't have any psychological burden. Killing was a process he had to go through, especially after he found dozens of women who had been tortured beyond recognition and scattered bones piled up in the basement of the base. He acted quickly, accurately and ruthlessly.

After killing the man, he used his finger bone to touch the corpse's forehead. Sure enough, the chill that froze the soul gradually dissipated, and Song Ji felt that his body surface temperature also dropped a little, which seemed to be related to the surrounding environment. If you look at it through a thermal imager, you will find that his thermal image is perfectly integrated with the surrounding environment.

Not to mention that Song Ji found that his presence had weakened a little. Even if he circled in front of the remaining gang members a few times, it would be difficult for them to lock onto him in the first place.

"Good stuff. Although it can't be used in direct combat, it can be used for hiding and saving lives."

Song Ji commented, then looked around, seeing only ruins. Not long ago, he issued a mocking declaration and performed physical mocking actions. After a series of actions, he followed the clues and found the gang base called Tiexing Second Factory.

Through friendly communication and close contact between Jianglong and a group of gang members, the vitality of Tiexing Factory No. 2 was quickly disintegrated, and the source of the anomaly was found - a finger bone.

At that time, the leader of Iron Star Factory No. 2 had been completely controlled by Finger Bones and turned into a slippery, wet water ghost. However, due to his own problems, the water ghost form was not perfect and he could only stay in the water.

If they come to the shore, they will gradually dry up and wither due to lack of water. And in the water, due to the imperfect shape, they will not be able to breathe underwater for a long time.

When Song Ji and the other two arrived, this unlucky half-finished water ghost was transforming his base and constantly repeating the actions of taking in water, out of water, in water, and out of water.

And then... nothing happened. Jianglong slapped the water ghost with one palm, and the water ghost turned into a dried fish. He obtained the trophy: a finger bone carrying the curse of the drowned person.

"You see, in fact, this kind of anomaly that merges with humans often has various drawbacks and defects. The anomaly is originally a bug caused by the conflict between reality and virtuality. Because of the bug, this kind of shit mountain data is difficult to be countered by the world. This also leads to the anomaly not disappearing and the evil spirits not dying."

Jiang Long explained to Song Ji in detail: "The data redundancy and overflow caused by the BUG anomaly will affect the people in the area and cause pollution. To them, people are just another kind of data."

"And they will devour data and continuously replenish themselves. This is the essence of abnormalities harming people and evil spirits killing people."

"But there will be special circumstances. When the fusion of data goes wrong, it will enter a dead loop. Just like this finger bone, an irreversible data change occurred during the fusion process with the host body. If I hadn't taken action, it would have been trapped in this water ghost body forever. This situation will only occur when it merges with a human." He looked at Song Ji: "So, the anomaly is a crisis and a challenge. If you understand the logical operation of it, you can use it to your advantage."

"And when necessary, humans can also be used as containers to seal and contain anomalies. However, people who merge with anomalies will become new anomalies. Whether it is a blessing or a curse depends entirely on personal opportunity."

Song Ji touched his chin and said, "That is to say, humans can be used as containers to contain abnormal objects, thereby gaining abnormal abilities. The nature of evil spirits is also abnormal, so can it be the same?"

"That's right," Jiang Long said with a teachable smile, "Catching ghosts, killing ghosts, controlling ghosts, becoming a ghost controller, and coexisting with evil ghosts is a way to transcend the ordinary, but the risk is a little greater. You will be controlled by evil ghosts at any time. Instead of becoming a ghost controller, you will become a ghost slave. After all, evil ghosts are not like abnormal objects. They often have independent self-awareness."

He looked into the distance: "But with a huge population base, the number of ghost riders will grow rapidly over a period of time, and then due to death, birth and other situations, the number will remain at a dynamic equilibrium level, until an uncontrollable ghost king appears and causes large-scale casualties, causing the population to drop rapidly, or a legendary ghost rider appears and controls hundreds of ghosts, allowing humans to recuperate and the population to grow."

"Ghost King, Ghost Rider?"

Song Ji lowered his head in thought. The world had become what it was now. Since he couldn't change it, he could only try to adapt to it. Being a ghost rider was an extraordinary path with equal risks and rewards. The combat power bonus brought by the evil ghosts was enough to make one reach the sky in one step. It was suitable for a novice cultivator like Song Ji who was extremely insecure. Especially after he discovered that cultivation and ghost riding could go hand in hand without interfering with each other, his heart was even more excited.

"Don't think about it," Jiang Long clapped his hands, "Now is the time to collect the spoils. I've given you the largest abnormal item, and I'll just accept the rest with reluctance!"

What is left?
Song Ji soon found out that a common and very important general equivalent is commonly known as - money!

The taciturn Erlong piled up the collected nerve systems, while Jianglong touched them one by one. As his big hands with bronze light passed by, green smoke came out of the nerve systems.

As a must-have for every cyborg, the nervous system not only allows people to access the Internet and perform intensive web surfing, but also has the most basic function, which is to exist as a property account bound to the individual.

"It's almost three hundred thousand, not a loss at all." Jianglong finished counting and nodded with satisfaction.

Song Ji then realized that he was forcibly breaking down the defenses of his nervous system and transferring property, that is - transferring money!
Song Ji felt like he was robbing money, and opened his mouth: "Brother, you also know this?"

Jiang Long patted his chest and said, "I know more about things on the Internet than you do. You don't even know what Big Brother did before he became a monk. With the current level of virtual technology, firewalls, data barriers, and network hackers are nothing. I beat them like a grandson."

Erlong coughed suddenly, and Jianglong sat up straight immediately, looking solemn and dignified: "Buddha, please have mercy on me. I am an ascetic monk with empty pockets and no money. Fortunately, several donors have generously donated money to help me, which allows me to beg for money. Amitabha, how kind, how kind." After saying this, he was beaming with joy and making faces.

"Oh, cheap brother, you are good at begging for alms. It's really a waste of your talent to be a monk."

Song Ji was thinking about it, when suddenly the system sent a message - you have received the funds transferred by the user: Jianglong, the amount of funds is one hundred thousand yuan.

"Brother, you are truly a born Buddhist, a true Buddhist. Your alms-collecting skills are amazing, and your compassion is truly admirable. I really admire you. I wonder where we should go to get alms next?"

Make money, don’t be shabby!
(End of this chapter)