My Endless Life.

Chapter 343 Pollution
However, before taking control, Li Qi asked for safety reasons:

"Suppose I control you in some way, will the Ancient Monument be able to tell?"

"better not!"

Sun Xiaoqing said quickly: "The Ancient Relics Association got a rare item some time ago, called the [Spiritual Connection Device]. After using it, it will establish a spiritual connection with all members who have signed the agreement. If other rare items control the members who are spiritually connected, they will be detected on the spot by the device!"

After she finished speaking, she saw Li Qi frowning as if he was suspicious, and quickly added:
"I'm telling the truth! Not only ancient monuments have things to prevent mind control, but secret departments established by other countries also have similar items. So if your item is related to the mind, try not to use it on members of these departments. It will be very dangerous!"

The appearance of strange objects is not something that happens every one or two years.

This can be seen from the name of China's secret department.

Bureau 057 means the department established in July 05, which means that the strange object existed six years ago.

Over the years, countries have had a certain understanding of strange objects. There are many types of strange objects with different abilities, and there are many strange objects that can hypnotize people.

Because of this, every country’s departments have strange objects that can detect mental states to determine whether their members are being controlled by the strange objects.

Li Qi suddenly realized what was going on. Liu Cheng beside him also thought of something and asked Sun Xiaoqing:

"So, Zhao Chenghu is from Bureau 057?"

"It should be. Even their team may bring rare items with them. I was unable to contact Meng An before because I was worried that they would find out."

Sun Xiaoqing explained.

She has been in Suhe City for a long time. If she hadn't met the people from Bureau 057, she would probably have had contact with Li Qi long before this.

But precisely because of the presence of official people, people like Sun Xiaoqing who are not willing to see the light of day dare not appear directly in front of Zhao Chenghu.

After Zhao Chenghu left, she wanted to talk to Li Qi but found that Li Qi stayed at home every day and she couldn't find a chance to talk to him.

until today.

After talking for a while, Li Qi suddenly asked curiously:
"What happened in the casino after we left that day? I saw the official reaction, and it seemed a bit big."

"It's more than a little big." Sun Xiaoqing couldn't help but flash a trace of fear when she heard it. She said: "There is 'pollution' in the Australian city."

"Ok?"

Li Qi looked at Sun Xiaoqing in confusion and motioned for her to explain the pollution.

Sun Xiaoqing exhaled:

“The word ‘pollution’ is also a term that has been defined in recent days.

"We all thought before that this was a special infectious disease, or that someone had used a very expensive item, and those special 'diseases' were the effects of the item's cost..."

Liu Cheng said appropriately: "So it's not an infectious disease, nor is it the price of a rare item?"

"No." Sun Xiaoqing said, "It is a special phenomenon that occurs after the Dark Day arrives. The specific cause of the pollution is not yet known, but what is certain is that once the conditions for the spread of pollution are met, the speed of the spread of pollution will increase rapidly.

"The pollution currently occurring in the Australian market is called 'running water' by officials from various countries."

Hearing Sun Xiaoqing say this, Li Qi frowned.

Just from the name, he had no idea what "flowing water" was.

But it doesn't matter if he doesn't know. Sun Xiaoqing quickly gave an answer:
"Flowing water is currently classified as Class C pollution in China's public archives. Its main form is a pair of water footprints on the ground. When someone steps on the water footprints, transparent water will begin to flow out of their body.

“After investigation, it can be confirmed that this water is not sweat, nor does it belong to any part of the human body. It is just ‘water’, but the infected person will think it is sweat, which will cause symptoms such as dehydration, physical fatigue, and difficulty concentrating.

"When the infection reaches the middle stage, the infected person will become extremely emaciated, but they themselves will not feel much. Until the final stage, their blood will be discharged with the water until it stops flowing out."

When Sun Xiaoqing got to this point, perhaps because she felt dry in the mouth, she took a sip of the Coke on the table to moisten her throat. When she felt better, she continued:
"The reason for the appearance of the footprints is still unknown. We can conclude that the water footprints are left by patients with water retention, but the cause is unknown. It is possible that in the early stages of infection, the water footprints are left unintentionally when walking by, or it is possible that in the late stages of infection, a pair of water footprints are left.

“Anyway, because of this thing, many people have died in the casino I stayed in before, and some gamblers even died in the running water.

"What's more troublesome is that most gamblers come from all over the world. Once they have money flowing everywhere, it will be a trouble for the whole world."

"That's why Zhao Chenghu came to find Meng An." Liu Cheng turned and looked at Li Qi.

Li Qi nodded slightly: "That's why he left immediately after observing that we had no symptoms. They still have to track down other gamblers who have been to that casino."

Strange things, pollution.

The special abilities of this world finally revealed the tip of the iceberg in front of Li Qi.

But leaving aside the strange objects, the pollution that Sun Xiaoqing mentioned made Li Qi quite wary.

Because from Sun Xiaoqing's description, we can understand that there seems to be no way to stop the pollution from the source. The authorities can only find people who are contaminated, isolate them, and summarize the pollution in them to avoid more patients.

If the pollution really cannot be isolated by conventional means, then Li Qi is also likely to have been contaminated.

Thinking of this, Li Qi immediately asked Sun Xiaoqing:
“What are the current pollutions?”

Sun Xiaoqing thought for a moment and replied:
"There are three types of pollution that have been publicly announced. They are Class B pollution [Insomnia] that appeared after the first Dark Day, Class B pollution [Dreamer] that appeared after the second Dark Day, and Class C pollution [Running Water] that appeared after the third Dark Day."

Judging from the time of occurrence of the three pollution events, the occurrence of pollution is closely related to the dark days.

Li Qi also discovered that the place where the pollution appeared seemed to be related to the place where the dark day covered.

In other words, every dark day brings a kind of pollution?
No, maybe there are not only three types of pollution that Sun Xiaoqing mentioned, but there are only three types of pollution that can be announced! But now it is October and November, but except for those three dark days, there has been no dark day since then.

The enthusiasm for this on the Internet gradually died down... Li Qi was a little skeptical. Could it be that the cause of the doomsday was pollution?
Can these few types of controllable pollution really cause the end of the world?

Li Qi later heard Sun Xiaoqing talk about the classification of pollution.

The level of pollution is determined by three indicators: transmission speed, transmission medium and mortality rate.

Based on a comprehensive assessment of the three indicators, the system is divided into five levels from high to low, with S being the highest and D being the lowest.

Generally, those with fast transmission speed, easy-to-access transmission medium, and extremely high mortality rate are S-level.

Level D pollution means that the transmission speed is slow, the transmission medium is quite difficult to contact, and it basically does not cause death.

But so far, there has been no D-level pollution, and of course no S-level or A-level pollution.

The two Class B contaminants, Insomnia and Dreamers, are classified as Class B because of their rapid transmission speed, easy access to transmission media, and high mortality rate.

Because running water spreads slowly and the transmission medium is not easy to contact, although the mortality rate is very high, the final rating is Class C pollution.

Anyway, it can be seen from the ratings that humans are able to deal with pollution.

Therefore, unless there is an exceptional level of pollution, Li Qi really does not think that pollution alone can turn the world into the end of the world.

Unless there are a few more dark days...

Just as Li Qi was thinking this, he suddenly felt it getting dark outside, with only the lights in the shop still on.

He turned his head and looked out the window speechlessly.

As expected, what you think will come true. Just when you were thinking about the appearance of the dark day, it became completely dark outside.

After more than a month, the dark day appeared again in the sky of China.

……

This time, the dark day lasted two hours longer than the previous one.

It lasted for four full hours before the sun reappeared in the sky!

The disappearance of the sun for four hours began to make people around the world realize that this event was probably not simple. It was no longer something that could be summarized with a few words "astronomical phenomenon"!
The mood of panic inevitably spread among ordinary people. Even though countries are trying their best to explain that this is just normal and there is no need to panic, there are still many people who choose to hoard food and necessities.

The end of the world has not yet come, but the world is already in chaos.

This chaos reached its peak after the second four-hour darkness.

Even within the relatively peaceful country of China, there were obvious unrests in various places.

Even the city of Suhe could not avoid it. Liu Cheng had to work overtime every day due to work reasons, and even the work of preparing a safe house for Li Qi had to be temporarily put on hold.

But it doesn’t matter, Li Qi now has a new tool.

"Huh...Huh...this kind of...physical work...do you have the heart to let a girl do it!"

Sun Xiaoqing, who was carrying a large box, complained to Li Qi breathlessly after unloading.

Li Qi was assembling a doll in the safe house's studio while saying to Sun Xiaoqing:

"Then can you bear to see a child like me do this kind of thing?"

"I mean, can't you find someone?"

Sun Xiaoqing rolled her eyes.

Li Qi said without looking back: "If the turmoil had not happened before, I could do this, but now... if others knew that there was a safe house with sufficient supplies, what would they do?"

Human nature has never been able to withstand the test.

Now that talk of the end of the world is rampant, many people are thinking about storing food and preparing safe houses.

But the result of everyone thinking this way was that all the food on the market was bought up in a short time, and everything in the supermarket was sold out.

Nowadays, many people want to buy things but cannot.

If people knew that Li Qi had a lot of supplies here, and that there was only Li Qi, a child, and Sun Xiaoqing, a girl, here, the consequences would be almost self-evident.

"Okay, you are the master here, so you have the final say."

Sun Xiaoqing used all her strength to move the box to Li Qi's side, and then asked curiously:

"By the way, what's in here? Why is it so heavy?"

"Battery."

As Li Qi spoke, he installed the last part of the doll, then turned around, opened the box, took out the cylindrical battery, and stuffed it into the doll that had not yet been covered with bionic skin.

Then, under Sun Xiaoqing's shocked gaze, the puppet that was almost identical to Li Qi's figure sat up from the platform.

(End of this chapter)