Versatile Mage: One evolution point per second

Chapter 89 Mutated demon?

Ye Qiu, Lingling and Tang Yue quickly rushed to the place where the bodies were stored in the village.

Along the way, Ye Qiu's mood became increasingly heavy.

Although he had not seen the infected villagers with his own eyes, he could already sense the seriousness of the situation from Tang Yue's description.

Almost everyone in this village has shown signs of abnormality.

However, these people did not think that it was a parasitic demon, but rather that there was a disease like plague.

after all……

Although this world is a magical world and most of the technology is magical, epidemics and the like still exist.

"The body is stored in the village's ancestral hall, temporarily guarded by several village elders," Tang Yue explained as she led the way. "To avoid panic, we haven't made the news public yet, but many in the village have already noticed something unusual."

Ye Qiu nodded and looked around.

The village is not big, and the houses are arranged in an orderly manner, but the streets seem unusually deserted at this moment. Occasionally, a few villagers can be seen walking hurriedly with uneasy looks on their faces.

Obviously, most of these villagers have already noticed that something is wrong.

only……

Soon, the three of them arrived at an ancestral hall.

The door of the ancestral hall was closed, and two elderly men were standing at the door, obviously in charge of guarding it.

Moreover, these two old men actually have this magical power. Although it is not strong, it is at the level of a mid-level magician.

Apparently!

These two old men are the guardians of this village.

For a village, it is a rare thing to have a magician, let alone two mid-level magicians.

The two old men obviously knew Tang Yue. After seeing Tang Yue, they nodded slightly and then opened the door of the ancestral hall.

Ye Qiu followed closely behind and walked straight in.

As soon as he walked in, Ye Qiu couldn't help but frown slightly.

The light in the ancestral hall was dim, and the air was filled with a faint stench of decay.

Several bodies were covered with white cloths and neatly laid out on the ground. Ye Qiu walked forward, lifted the white cloth from one of the bodies, and examined it carefully.

This person was basically sucked dry and hollowed out. The inside of the body was sunken and all the water was drained out.

Obviously, it is a situation where one is parasitized and directly absorbed by the parasitic demon.

The corpse's skin was an unnatural gray-black, especially around the neck and arms, which were covered in fine black lines that resembled some strange runes. Ye Qiu reached out and gently touched those lines, feeling a chill, as if they were not dead, but alive.

"Something's wrong." Ye Qiu said in a low voice, frowning.

"These lines..." Ye Qiu muttered to himself, frowning.

He recalled some descriptions he had read in ancient books. It was rare for a parasitic demon to be so unscrupulous.

Because, for parasitic demons, these ordinary people who have been parasitized are essentially their demon soldiers, and are helpers used by the parasitic demons to search for resources.

Secondly...

It was those black lines that seemed to have signs of life, like a parasite...

They are basically some mutated varieties or products of laboratories.

Naturally, such a monster cannot be born.

Ye Qiu still remembers that there was a book that explained it.

That is the punishment for humans who violate taboos! However, these taboos are currently covered up, and even if they appear, they are mostly outside, not in human gathering areas.

But now?

This thing actually appeared in a village, which is a big problem.

Lingling, wearing special glasses, carefully examined the corpse, her eyes moving back and forth over the black lines, trying to capture more details.

"These lines contain weak energy fluctuations, but they are very unstable." Lingling said.

"They seem to be spreading, yet also dissipating. It feels like..."

"Like what?" Tang Yue asked.

Lingling pondered for a moment and explained in extremely vague words.

"It's like some kind of incomplete parasite."

"It seems they want to complete the parasitism, but are hindered by something."

Ye Qiu nodded, feeling the same way. These black lines were like some kind of ritual that had been forcibly interrupted, their power bound and unable to be fully released.

It even feels like this thing is a separate individual.

Ye Qiu nodded and said solemnly, "These lines aren't left by ordinary parasitic demons. Ordinary parasitic demons are usually spread through blood or contact, forming a symbiotic relationship within the host body. But these lines... are more like some kind of man-made curse, or the product of an experiment."

"An experimental product?" Tang Yue's face changed. "Are you saying this might be an experiment of the Black Church?"

"We can't rule out this possibility." Ye Qiu stood up, his eyes solemn. "Other forces are also conducting demon experiments, aren't they?"

Lingling also frowned. Even she, a master hunter, had to admit that this possibility was very high.

Since humans are weak, they naturally have to conduct experiments on demons to find out their weaknesses and even create products that can counter demons.

Ye Qiu shook his head: "It's still uncertain, but we must find the true form of the parasitic demon as soon as possible, otherwise the entire village will be in danger."

"I originally wanted to take a look at these corpses to see how this demon spread the disease."

"But, we found no traces, only these black lines. Did you perform an autopsy?"

Tang Yue shook her head and sighed helplessly, "I don't dare to take action. These are one of the few clues, and the local monster hunting team doesn't know anyone familiar with them."

Just then, a sudden commotion erupted outside the ancestral hall. Tang Yue quickly walked to the door, only to see several villagers running towards her in a panic, their faces filled with fear.

"Oh no! Something happened at the entrance of the village... at the entrance of the village!" a villager said breathlessly.

"What's going on?" Tang Yue asked immediately.

"Several villagers suddenly went crazy and bit everyone they saw. Their strength was terrifying! We couldn't stop them at all!" The villagers' voices trembled, and they were obviously very scared.

Ye Qiu and Lingling looked at each other and immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

"Let's go and take a look!" Ye Qiu said decisively.

The three of them quickly rushed to the village entrance and saw from afar several villagers gathered together, trying to subdue a mad man.

The man's eyes were bloodshot and he let out a low roar. He was so strong that several adult men couldn't hold him down.

Ye Qiu's eyes focused, and he immediately released mental magic and began to comfort the other party.

However, as soon as his mental magic touched the other party, he felt a strong resistance.

The next moment, Ye Qiu's expression changed slightly and he immediately shouted.

"They are already demon soldiers, retreat!"

(End of this chapter)