It’s a strange invasion, is it okay for me to fight back?

Chapter 651 Too scary
Fear is an important survival mechanism that has developed during human evolution.

Some people are afraid of spiders, some are afraid of venomous snakes, some are afraid of the dark or thunder. Everyone's fears will be different, but there is one thing that can always precisely trigger people's fears: beings that are neither human nor non-human.

Experts call this psychological reaction the uncanny valley effect.

Feng Ling stared thoughtfully at the computer screen, which was playing a video recorded by a dashcam. The video showed the driver in a state of extreme panic, swaying and becoming very unstable as the car lurched towards pedestrians on the road. Then, a sudden stop knocked down a young couple!
Two bodies were thrown sideways by the impact, then slumped to their feet, standing upright and craning their necks to look at the driver inside the car.

Not only that, even pedestrians who weren't hit by the car turned their heads to look at the driver.

As they watched, the expressions of these people began to change simultaneously—the corners of their mouths gradually widened, their eyes slowly widened, and the direction of their facial muscles was exactly the same, all in unison making expressions of terror.

What would it feel like to see a dozen faces making the same expression in front of you?
Feng Ling raised her arm and stretched it out in front of Ye Zheng, saying, "Look."

“I’m watching it.” Ye Zheng frowned. “According to the information provided by Baniga, the monster has the ability to mimic the behavior and expressions of living beings. This seems to be their survival instinct. The humans in the video have been parasitized by the monster, and they are mimicking the driver’s frightened expression.”

Feng Ling moved her arm. "I'm showing you my goosebumps."

"You think I don't have any?" Ye Zheng rolled his eyes at her, raising his arm in return. "My goosebumps are bigger than yours."

Feng Ling reluctantly lowered her arm.

"This monster is too strange. No wonder it has caused nationwide panic. When we get there, let Li Qing see how the monster parasitizes us, so we don't get infected too. Oh, and we should wake Li Qing up beforehand." Ye Zheng pondered, his eyes subconsciously searching for the weasel.

The weasel stood in front of them, its black bean-like eyes fixed intently on their arms.

Ye Zheng remained silent, inwardly grumbling: He shouldn't be sleeping when he should be.

Feng Ling swiped her fingers across the screen to study other information about the monster.

"The data shows that after these monsters parasitize living organisms, root-like structures grow on the organism's skin. The military suspects that the monsters use these roots to parasitize, but some soldiers who came into contact with the roots were unharmed. Therefore, there is currently no definitive answer regarding the parasitic mechanism..."

Feng Ling thought for a moment and asked Qing You, "What cards have parasitic abilities? Can you find out?"

The weasel shook its head and held up its phone: [Insufficient information, unable to retrieve.]

"Never mind, we'll find out what's going on when we get there anyway." Feng Ling waved her hand, summoning the Mother Nest's creations. "Let's go, let's set off!"

The cat spider and the big insect reluctantly climbed onto the kite.

The third little one let out a strange cry, urging them to crawl faster.

The Flower Crown Fairy is the most convenient; a tiny sheep can be easily carried by slipping into Wind Feather's waist pouch.

The kite slowly rose into the sky once again.

Feng Ling sat on the kite and saw that the rain clouds in the distance had dispersed, the sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue, and tall buildings stood on the vast land, showing no sign that the world had been ravaged beyond recognition by disaster.

My heart felt like it was being pulled by something, pounding rapidly, before calming down after a while.

Feng Ling knew that the Abyss Labyrinth was calling her again.

She gently stroked the kite's scales, silently urging it to speed up.

……

We flew for another three days.

For the first two days, you could still see humans who hadn't evacuated. But after the third day, there were no more white dots in Feng Ling's third-person perspective; only scattered red dots remained.

Continuing to fly forward, the red dots became increasingly dense, gradually merging into a large patch. "Tsk, the contamination area isn't large, but the density of the contaminants is high," Feng Ling remarked. "This is the first time I've encountered something like this."

Holding his tablet, Ye Zheng glanced at the distant city, then looked down at the intelligence reports and said, "It should be related to the parasitic ability. The urban area is relatively densely populated, so after being parasitized, the number of pollutants will naturally increase exponentially."

"I think I see the safety barrier." Feng Ling patted the kite. "Fly lower."

The kite's flat head tilted slightly downwards, its long tail swayed, and its flight altitude gradually decreased.

The city streetscape became clearer in the field of vision.

Many streets bear the marks of artillery bombardment, indicating that the local military had attempted to create a containment zone to prevent the pollution from spreading further.

However, it was obvious that the bombing plan was not carried out correctly; the black scorch marks left by the shells were scattered here and there and failed to form a large scale.

Ye Zheng looked at the documents and said, "The details of the retreat are not mentioned here. It only mentions that some soldiers in the army came into contact with the roots and some of them were parasitized. I guess this is why the army panicked, morale collapsed, and they were unable to coordinate their operations, so they had to retreat."

Feng Ling found it amazing, "This thing can actually scare soldiers? Soldiers should be braver than ordinary people, why don't we go down and try it out?"

Ye Zheng thought for a moment, "It wouldn't hurt to go down and take a look."

Then she turned to remind the weasel, "Don't fall asleep. We'll observe those contaminated creatures up close and find their weaknesses later."

The weasel nodded: "Squeak."

Feng Ling searched in the third-person perspective, "Hmm... let's find a place where the red dots aren't so dense first."

She chose an open spot to land the kite. Since she didn't yet understand the parasitic mechanism, she let the kite carry the cat spider and the big insect back into the sky, taking only the third child and the little lamb with her.

Ahead lay an industrial park, with twenty or thirty people standing sparsely, motionless in the grass or on the concrete road, like pillars.

After the third brother flew nearby, those who had been stationary finally stirred a little, either tilting their heads or stiffly moving their eyeballs.

A raven landed on one of the people's shoulders, pecked at the roots growing on their necks, and, apparently finding them unpalatable, stopped pecking and flew into the air, screeching loudly.

"I want to become stronger! Stronger!"

"I want to be rich! Rich! Rich!"

It only knows a few sentences in human language.

As they were shouting, the person below suddenly opened their mouth wide, their eyes staring intently at the human-faced crow.

Feng Ling noticed that the person's face was undergoing a subtle change, and it seemed to be becoming more like a bird.

"How disgusting! Is it imitating Little Third Brother?" Feng Ling pulled a tentacle from its shoulder and swung it forward without any hesitation!
The person was instantly cut in half at the waist, cut in two.

The corpse lay on the ground, bleeding very little, with dozens of tentacles slowly wriggling at the cut.

Just as Feng Ling was about to step forward to check, a dozen or so other people who had been standing still nearby suddenly reacted and turned to look at her!
Feng Ling paused, scanning her surroundings warily.

The men spoke in unison, shouting, "Why did you kill us?"

The corpses, cut in half at the waist, turned their faces at this moment, with the same expression and the same tone, and once again questioned Feng Ling in unison:
"Why kill us? Why? Why? Why?"

Feng Ling was so startled that she took a step back. "...Damn, that's terrifying."