Fear of food

Chapter 101 This world is doomed

Chasing Wind continued, "Our parasite family members are resurrected within half a month of their death, but Coffee has been waiting and waiting for almost a month, and she still hasn't seen her son resurrected."

"The longer she waited, the more anxious she became. In fact, she already had a bad feeling, but since it hadn't been confirmed, she kept holding on to the last glimmer of hope."

"This incident left a deep shadow in Coffee's heart, to the point that she has been very resistant to using her own derivative foods ever since."

"And what happened tonight was undoubtedly the last straw that broke her back. She learned that she had killed her own child with her own hands and wiped out his hope of resurrection... I can't imagine how desperate she was at that moment."

At this point, Zhuifeng's eyes reddened, and he could no longer continue.

Swill and Big Pancake also had red eyes, empathizing with coffee while also thinking of their family members who were killed by coffee.

Especially for Swill, who hadn't yet accepted the fact that his wife had been parasitized, he was now being told that his wife had no hope of being resurrected.

Chen Qi had no experience as a parent and could not imagine the pain and despair that coffee had gone through.

But he had parents, and all he could think about was that if his mother accidentally killed him, she would be in so much pain that she couldn't go on living.

Moreover, the reason why these stubborn guys in their "Jinghai Foraging Group" are unwilling to leave Jinghai City and choose to stay and fight despite the danger is precisely to save their families!

This is tantamount to telling Coffee that all her efforts and persistence are meaningless.

Xu An'an remained calm at this moment and said, "The coffee should be able to be revived, right?"

Chen Qi thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "It should be possible. She was already in a parasitic state when she committed suicide, so she naturally has the ability to revive the parasite."

Zhui Feng was taken aback: "But aren't the parasites she killed unable to be resurrected?"

"That can only be achieved through the effects of derivative foods, and when coffee shoots itself, the effects of derivative foods should have ended."

Chen Qi countered, "Think about it, during the period when the effects of her derivative food are in effect, she is in a state of absolute rationality and devoid of emotion. Would she really commit suicide?"

Zhui Feng exclaimed in surprise, "That's right! How could someone without feelings commit suicide! So, does that mean coffee can really be resurrected?"

Chen Qi nodded: "Actually, I'm thinking that even if a parasite is killed by Coffee's ultimate move, it may still have hope of being resurrected."

Swill and Big Pancake's eyes lit up instantly: "Tell me in detail!"

Chen Qi looked at Zhui Feng: "You just said that Coffee stabbed her child to death with a pen in the car?"

“That’s right.” Zhui Feng nodded. “Coffee said she was poked twice, once into her eye socket and once into her skull. She broke down immediately after regaining her emotions.”

Chen Qidao: "Do you remember what the dean of students did before Coffee committed suicide?"

Xu An'an said, "He took out a fountain pen."

"Exactly, is it possible that this is a psychological suggestion being given to Coffee, putting pressure on her?"

“Now that you mention it, it’s quite possible. Although it seems reasonable for a dean of students to use a pen as a weapon, and he did kill Chili and Gummy with a pen before, it was indeed suspicious that he suddenly took out a pen out of nowhere,” Zhui Feng pondered.

Swill gritted his teeth: "That bastard definitely did it on purpose. When he killed Chili and Gummy before, he stabbed them in the eye socket and then into the skull... He was deliberately trying to awaken Coffee's memory!"

Chen Qi nodded slightly: "Then the question is, if the head of the teaching department did this on purpose, how did he know that Coffee killed his own child with a pen? He even knew exactly which part of the body the pen was inserted into."

"Besides Coffee and Chasing the Wind, does anyone else know about this?"

At this moment, everyone understood Chen Qi's meaning: "You mean to say that the child of coffee has actually been resurrected?"

"Uncertain, but very likely."

If Coffee's child has been resurrected, then everything makes sense; surely no one knows better than him what happened in the Cayenne back then.

It is highly likely that the Nightmare Clan learned these details from the resurrected child, which led them to make a series of arrangements targeting Coffee.

Once again, everyone realized the value of Sun Xuechao's words: the Nightmare Clan's greatest skill is bewitching people's hearts.

"Alas, it's a pity that Coffee couldn't calm down and think things through back then. Otherwise, with her intelligence, she would definitely have discovered the flaws in this." Zhui Feng sighed.

At that moment, hope rekindled in the eyes of the swill and the flatbread.

If Chen Qi's speculation is correct, then their family members also have a chance to be resurrected!
Chen Qi coughed and said, "The coffee issue still needs time to be confirmed. Let's get back to the main topic... Swill, do you remember when you were contaminated?"

He had previously vomited black substances after eating wild food, indicating that he had also been contaminated.

Gan Shui shook his head: "I don't remember, but it must have been after I was taken away from the playground that I lost consciousness. When I came to, I had already eaten wild food."

"What about you, Bread? Where did you go after you disappeared from the playground?" Chen Qi asked.

Not only Chen Qi, but everyone else was also very curious about Xu An'an's experience. "I was captured by that invisible monster and locked in a classroom. That classroom was like a maze, and I couldn't find my way out no matter what I did. Later, I vaguely heard dogs barking..."

According to Xu An'an, after hearing the dog barking, she tried calling the dog's name, and to her surprise, the dog actually came over.

The dog seemed unaffected by the cognitive distortion and led her directly out of the maze-like classroom.

Then she took the dog and hid in a corner behind the teaching building, where she found that her weapon had returned to normal, but it would become useless again as soon as she entered a certain range.

So she hid in that corner until a fight broke out on the playground, at which point she revealed herself.

Big Pancake was in a much better mood now and was full of energy to joke around again, praising, "Bread, if you were in a cultivation novel, you would definitely be the protagonist of the survival-oriented path!"

Everyone else nodded in agreement; it seemed that Xu An'an had indeed always managed to avoid danger and survive to the end.

Zhui Feng said, "So it seems that only the biscuits and bread among us were not contaminated."

Peanut, who had been listening in silence, interrupted everyone and said, "The best way to determine whether something has been contaminated is to test it with strange food."

"Whether you have been contaminated or not can be found out by testing, and if you haven't been contaminated, you don't need to worry about being parasitized."

Chen Qi then asked, "I heard from Chili about the so-called golden rescue period, which is that if the parasite is interrupted within seven days of the person being parasitized, the contamination can be cleared. Is that true or false?"

Baozi nodded and said, "That's true, but seven days isn't absolute. It varies from person to person and from situation to situation. Some people may live longer than seven days, while others may die in two or three days."

Chen Qi felt much calmer. Zhui Feng and the others had only been contaminated and parasitized for less than a day, so they were definitely still within the so-called golden rescue period.

From this perspective, it doesn't seem like a big problem.

So next, Chen Qi and his group, including the fried skewers, conducted separate tests.

The test results were unexpected, and even Peanut couldn't help but show surprise: "None of you were contaminated!"

Chasing Wind and Big Pancake could also be said to have cleared away the pollution by interrupting the parasitism and killing the Nightmare that was parasitizing them.

The fried skewers were only decontaminated early yesterday morning, and then they were contaminated again shortly afterward.

In other words, he was only contaminated, but not parasitized, and the result was that the contamination in his body was cleared away!
"It seems to be thanks to wild food," Chen Qi said with a smile.

This is absolutely fantastic news for them. At least it can be proven that people who eat pica can vomit up all the contaminated substances if they eat wild food in the first few days after being exposed to contamination.

But for people like Sun Xuechao and Dr. Zhao, wild food can only help them regain consciousness temporarily.

Peanut had obviously learned something about Chen Qi's special characteristics from Momo, and he didn't seem too surprised by Chen Qi's unusual behavior.

After ruling out the possibility that everyone was contaminated or parasitized, the atmosphere inside the room immediately eased up.

However, after Chen Qi and the others had finished their conversation, the atmosphere became rather quiet.

In the silence, the only sound was the incessant tapping of Peanut's fingers on the table, tap-tap, tap-tap-tap...

Peanut seemed to be choosing his words, thinking, preparing to say something.

Chen Qi and the others also adopted an attentive listening attitude, curious to hear what confidential information they could get from this official.

After a long while, the knocking stopped abruptly, and Peanut finally spoke: "This world is doomed."

Peanut's words were astonishing, and Chen Qi and the others stared wide-eyed, unable to believe that these were the words of an official.

Just how bad has the situation outside gotten?
"Corning City fell yesterday." Peanut's tone was calm, but it made Chen Qi and the others feel a suffocating heaviness.

Chen Qi took a deep breath and asked, "I heard from Chili that the main force of the government is currently concentrated in Kangning City, so how could it have fallen?"

Peanut continued tapping on the table, as if organizing his thoughts. After a moment, he sighed softly and said, "These were all confidential before, but it doesn't matter now that I'm saying them."

"Kangning City, as the first pilot city, carries the hopes of the entire organization. If we can successfully clean up the pollution in Kangning City, it will prove that we have found the right method."

"If we continue to use the same method, we are confident that we can gradually eliminate pollution in other cities."

"Yesterday, the main force launched a general offensive against the source of pollution in Corning City and engaged in fierce battles with the local parasites. With ample firepower support and a numerical advantage, we quickly gained an overwhelming advantage."

"However, just as they were trying to destroy the source of pollution, it spurred an escalation of pollution in Corning City, which then entered the second phase."

"Of the more than four hundred warriors with superpowers, less than ten escaped back; the rest are all asleep in Corning City."

"Although the Nightmare Clan also plagues Kangning City, they are different from the Nightmare-Eating Clan in Jinghai City. The Nightmare Clan in Kangning City are nightmares!"

(End of this chapter)