Fear of food

Because entering the Nightmare Clan's world through its weak points requires the use of a male-specific "sage mode".

However, the person standing in front of Chen Qi now is a female ability user, which makes Chen Qi suspect that someone else opened the passage.

Regardless of anything else, the woman in front of him is undoubtedly the ability user that the Nightmare Clan is currently focusing on cultivating.

They were willing to destroy multiple contaminated areas just to enhance her abilities.

He is also the only known person Chen Qi knows who, like him, upgrades their abilities by absorbing sources of pollution.

The fact that the foreign woman in front of him had only absorbed a third-level pollution source meant that her current ability level was completely consistent with Chen Qi's.

Both of them absorbed two more third-order pollution sources after completing the third qualitative change in their capabilities.

Both of them are only one fourth-tier pollution source away from their fourth qualitative leap in ability.

The difference is that Chen Qi possesses the abilities of both the Pica and the Dream Thief systems, while the foreign woman in front of him should only possess the abilities of the Hedonist.

"The hedonist" is the title for a person with the ability of love nightmares. The "hedonism" here does not refer to indulgence, but rather manipulation.

But actually, it's pretty much the same; no one who indulges in lust can resist it.

This name wasn't chosen internally by the "Quiet Sea Foraging Group," because there has never been any erotic pollution in China, so there isn't a formal name for those with the ability to experience nightmares.

Later, they simply translated the name given by the foreigner.

Judging from their strength on paper, Chen Qishuang's system seems to have a clear advantage over a single system.

However, we must also consider the advantages of the Western woman; she is a parasite and possesses various abilities of the Nightmare Clan.

For all ability users, being parasitized by the Nightmare Clan is a bonus to their strength.

The Nightmare Clan's various abilities, especially their domains, are extremely useful.

Chen Qi eliminated the two Nightmare Clan members within him, relinquishing his status as a parasite, which to some extent weakened his own strength.

Therefore, dual-system human ability users do not have an absolute advantage against single-system Nightmare Clan parasites.

The foreign woman was stopped by Chen Qi. She turned around and looked at Chen Qi, then opened her mouth and said a string of words in a language that was hard to identify.

"What are you babbling about?" Chen Qi shrugged. "Dismantle Ainis? Eagle Brother Come to the West? Don't you know any of that?"

Since communication is impossible, the only option left is to start fighting.

Without warning, a bus appeared out of nowhere, accelerating to full speed and hurtling towards the foreign woman.

boom!
The front of the car slammed into the large woman, passing right through her body.

Normally, at this point, the Nightmare Clan should have been forced out of her body, but this time it wasn't.

The big-breasted woman burst like a bubble, and then her figure appeared less than two meters away.

Chen Qi acted decisively and without hesitation launched a remote devouring attack.

He didn't expect to swallow his opponent whole with his ability to devour them; instead, he viewed it as a means of control.

Using her devouring ability to distract the opponent, a metal grappling hook silently appeared in the sky and reached out to grab the giant horse.

But the next moment, within a radius of about a hundred meters around the giant ocean horse, one replica after another appeared...

Each one looks exactly like a Western woman.

The metal grappling hook struck, but grasped nothing; just like before, the large woman vanished without a trace.

Suddenly, hundreds of blonde, blue-eyed foreign women appeared before Chen Qi, and he couldn't tell which were real and which were fake.

He immediately started a mass devouring attack, swallowing everything whole, regardless of whether it was real or fake!

But the feedback he received left him slightly taken aback... they were all true!
Or rather, each one has a real, tangible feel to it.

This is not a simple illusion; each clone contains a trace of the Nightmare Clan's aura and the energy of desire.

These clones seemed unable to resist Chen Qi's devouring, instantly turning into streams of air that were all swallowed by Chen Qi. In the blink of an eye, all the hundreds of clones disappeared.

They were all fake; not a single one was real!

"Is this guy a love nightmare or a nightmare?"

This method is more like the method of a nightmare.

Chen Qi's expression suddenly changed, as he felt a surge of evil fire rising within him that he couldn't suppress.

This is not a simple arousal of desire; that instinctive impulse comes from within him, not from external influences!
"Those clones I just swallowed!"

Feeling intensely hot, Chen Qi thought of the hundreds of clones he had just swallowed. The energy within those clones was problematic, capable of arousing his desires.

This further proves the woman's promiscuous nature.

Chen Qi desperately suppressed the boiling desire within him, when the foreign woman who had disappeared suddenly reappeared.

Although she appeared, her clothes were gone.

This undoubtedly added fuel to the fire of desire burning within Chen Qi.

Chen Qi lost control, his breathing became heavy, and his gaze roamed over the large foreign woman.

The foreign woman beckoned to Chen Qi with her finger, a teasing and provocative smile playing on her lips.

"Go to hell!"

Chen Qi gritted his teeth and waved his hand, releasing a series of weapons: flying swords, throwing knives, and throwing axes...

They were all his Nightmare Clan employees who had been forged into weapon forms.

These employees, shaped like vessels, flew in a long line towards the ocean ponies.

Marilyn Monroe also appeared beside Chen Qi, slightly calming his restless desires.

Clang!

A series of Nightmare Clan weapons pierced through the large woman again, but then her figure vanished with a "poof," remaining just an illusion.

Chen Qi's safe house descended, instantly covering half the city, but he couldn't find the foreign woman anywhere.

Clearly, the opponent never intended to fight Chen Qi head-on from the beginning and had already started to escape. The series of clones they left behind were just a backup plan to delay Chen Qi.

Chen Qi wanted to chase after him, but was troubled by the desires within him and had to give up.

Instead of blocking, it's better to guide. After releasing all his desires, Chen Qi gradually calmed down.

This time it was too rushed. We rushed here before we had time to accurately locate all the contaminated areas, which led to positioning errors and missed the best opportunity.

In the end, they couldn't stop that big foreign woman; she escaped.

But not all was lost.

At least knowing some basic information about the other party, including what they look like, might help him uncover their true identity.

Moreover, I have gained a certain understanding of her strength and abilities.

Why does her ability possess characteristics of both love nightmares and nightmares?

This is what puzzled Chen Qi the most.

The other party can arouse desire and ignite passion; this is undoubtedly the power of a love nightmare.

However, it can also use the ability to create phantom clones, exhibiting very distinct Nightmare characteristics.

"Could it be that she, like me, possesses the ability of a dual system?" Chen Qi had never thought of this before, mainly for two reasons.

Firstly, the formation process of his own dual-system ability is very complex and troublesome, with a certain element of coincidence, making it difficult to replicate.

Secondly, if the ocean horse has dual-system capabilities, then the number of pollution sources it consumes should also be doubled, but in reality, it is not.

The number of polluted areas that suddenly disappear in this world is quantifiable, suggesting that she only upgraded the system's capabilities.

Lying in Chen Qi's arms, Monroe leaned forward and tilted her head back, saying, "Is it possible that the Nightmare Clan parasitizing her body is incompatible with her abilities?"

Chen Qi was taken aback, having overlooked this possibility.

"In other words, she may be a hedonist, but a nightmare is living inside her."

"Or perhaps she is a dream thief, but a nightmare is parasitizing her body."

"In this way, we can master the ability to use both systems."

This may also be a deliberate arrangement by the Nightmare Clan to maximize her combat power.
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After returning to China, Chen Qi contacted the authorities immediately.

He directly generated the image from the dream, accurately replicating the appearance of the foreign woman and the gibberish she had spoken earlier.

Finally, it was determined that she was speaking a little-known language, and combined with her accent, her hometown was quickly identified.

It's only a matter of time before her identity is confirmed through facial recognition.

Chen Qi left everything else to the authorities and didn't need to worry about it.

He returned to the Nightmare Clan world and began marking the locations of those contaminated areas one by one.

This time he had ample time to measure the distance and pinpoint the location precisely.

Chen Qi mobilized all the Nightmare Clan employees to help, and after several days, they finally pinpointed and marked the corresponding locations of all the contaminated areas in the Nightmare Clan world.

Now he can travel through the Nightmare Clan world to reach all parts of the world at the fastest speed.

If any abnormal phenomena occur in any contaminated area again, he can arrive at the scene immediately.

However, considering that the foreign woman's ability level is the same as his, and they are only one fourth-level pollution source away from completing the fourth qualitative change, if there is any abnormal change next time, it is very likely that a fourth-level pollution zone will appear!
A few days later, there was progress on the domestic side, and the identity of the foreign woman had been found.

Her name is Mel, and her hometown was recently turned into a polluted area.

Chen Qi has been flying all over the world lately, constantly eliminating contaminated areas, but the Nightmare Clan has not been idle either, and is also constantly opening up new contaminated areas.

It was precisely because of this that the exceptionally talented Mel was discovered by the Nightmare Clan.

Mel's hometown was corrupted by lust, so Mel is a hedonist. The reason she can use the Nightmare ability is because she is parasitized by a Nightmare.

Given Mel's potential, the one who parasitizes her will definitely be a first-generation Nightmare Clan member.

Upon learning the news, Chen Qi immediately rushed to Mei's hometown.

His goal this time is to understand Mel's humanity!
Once a person is parasitized by the Nightmare Clan, their humanity will gradually be lost, and this humanity will eventually end up in the morgue of the contaminated area.

Moreover, this human nature cannot be changed!
For example, if Chen Qi's mother was parasitized in Jinghai City, then her humanity could only be stored in the morgue of the contaminated area of ​​Jinghai City and could not be transferred to other contaminated areas.

Currently, the only thing capable of transferring humanity is Chen Qi's safe house. His safe house can function similarly to a morgue, where humanity will not dissipate even if stored there.

Therefore, to find the humanity of a parasite, one must go to the city where he was initially parasitized.

If Mel was parasitized in her hometown, then her humanity must still be there.

Mei's hometown was a newly emerged contaminated area, still in its first stage. Chen Qi encountered no obstacles along the way and easily entered the morgue.

"It is indeed here."

After finding the naked foreign woman in the morgue, Chen Qi did not choose to release her humanity, but instead took her into the safe house.

Releasing humanity now won't do much good except cause some trouble for the Nightmare Clan parasitizing Mel, but keeping it around might be very useful in a critical moment!

After doing all this, Chen Qi was caught in a dilemma and hesitation.

He dared not travel around the world anymore, nor could he continue to eradicate polluted areas.

He had a premonition that the Nightmare Clan might be planning something big.

Previously, Mel was clearly on the same level as him in terms of ability, but he had no intention of fighting and only wanted to escape.

What does this mean?
This shows that Mel was not confident of winning and was unwilling to take risks.

This also shows that Mel will soon be confident of defeating him.

Where does this confidence come from?

The only thing Chen Qi could think of was the fourth qualitative leap in ability.

Therefore, he felt that a fourth-order contamination zone could appear in the world at any time.

Once he receives the message, he must rush to that fourth-level contaminated zone immediately!

He arrived too late; the fourth-order pollution source had already been absorbed by Mel, and Chen Qi was now facing a formidable enemy whose abilities had undergone a qualitative change four times.

Therefore, he had to guard the entrance to the Nightmare Clan's world, ready to act at any time.

But if he really does nothing and just stays there guarding, can he outlast the Nightmare Clan?

Perhaps the Nightmare Clan is exploiting this mentality of his to buy time.

Every second he paused, the Nightmare Clan accumulated energy in preparation for attacking the fourth-order contaminated zone.

Moreover, the Nightmare Clan can afford to wait; as long as Chen Qi doesn't show himself, they will quietly develop their forces.

To put it bluntly, if they continue to stall for time, the Nightmare Clan still has room for improvement, but Chen Qi does not.

His strength has reached a bottleneck. If he cannot continue to weaken the enemy, he can only watch helplessly as the enemy grows stronger.

After much deliberation and consultation with domestic think tanks, Chen Qi decided to continue taking action.

If he dares to stay there and not move, the Nightmare Clan will dare to bury themselves in accumulating energy. In time, not to mention a fourth-order contaminated zone, they might even create a fifth-order or sixth-order contaminated zone.

At that time, there will be no need for Mel. The high-level parasites that have upgraded along with the contaminated zone will be enough to deal with Chen Qi.

Chen Qi must take action to continue eradicating the contaminated areas, maintain pressure on the Nightmare Clan, and force them to reveal their trump cards as soon as possible.

Of course, even when taking action, one must follow a method and have a plan.

First, we need to find other places in the world similar to Lori Island where there is a vulnerability to the corruption of lust. For Chen Qi, these places are the gateways to the Nightmare Clan world.

Chen Qi's subsequent actions must also revolve around these places, and they cannot be too far apart.

This way, once a situation is discovered, they can quickly rush to the nearest weak point and enter the Nightmare Clan's world as fast as possible.

Currently, the highest level of contamination in the world is only Tier 2. All Tier 3 contamination zones have either been destroyed by Chen Qi or swallowed up by the Nightmare Clan themselves.

Even if a fourth-order contamination zone is created later, it must first be upgraded from second-order to third-order, and then from third-order to fourth-order.

These two upgrades of the contaminated zone alone will take a lot of time, and Mel also needs time to absorb the fourth-order contamination source, so Chen Qi still has a considerable amount of reaction time.

Following the plan, Chen Qi began to take action, starting with clearing the polluted area around Loli Island.

Then they would rush to the next weak point, confirm that the weak point was a gateway to the Nightmare Clan's world, and then continue to eliminate the Nightmare Clan using the new weak point as the center.

After clearing out several contaminated areas in succession, the Nightmare Clan finally made a move! (End of Chapter)