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"The number of people infected with Star Stone Disease has reached 52636. Please do not approach anyone infected with Star Stone Disease."

"Starstone disease is highly contagious. Infected individuals have obvious physical signs and exhibit abnormal behavior. Please avoid them immediately upon seeing an infected person and inform the nearest 'cleaner' so that we can handle the situation."

In Canglong City, whether in the inner city or the slums, every household had their doors and windows tightly shut.

Aside from the infected, there are hardly any normal people still wandering the streets.

Has the source of infection been identified?

On a tall building, the "tyrant" asked the people around him.

"It has been confirmed that the source of the infection is the project's research leader. He used his special position to concentrate a bottle of Star Stone virus and then infected a small area of ​​the city."

"Starstone Disease... Why would Starstone cause illness?" the Tyrant murmured. "Could Starstone Technology really be a scam? Or even Starstone itself?"

The scene was silent, with the occasional frantic shouts of the infected echoing from the streets.

The "tyrant" was silent because he seemed to be thinking about something, while his subordinates were silent simply because they dared not disturb his thoughts.

"Hey, isn't it strange? Star Stones were discovered to accelerate cultivation speed just when human cultivation was progressing slowly and was under great threat from ferocious beast tides."

"Then star stones were used as cultivation resources for a thousand years. During this time, no one wanted to develop star stones for other uses. It seemed that star stones were meant to be used as cultivation resources by martial artists and people with superpowers. If this trajectory had continued, wouldn't it have led to a cultivation civilization?"

"How did Star Stone Technology suddenly emerge? Star Stone Technology has made humanity's dependence on Star Stones even more advanced. Even ordinary people who don't know martial arts or have superpowers will have long-term contact with Star Stones."

"It seems as if there is a hand in the dark, arranging and planning all of this, making humanity increasingly dependent on polluted starstones."

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The attendant beside him looked at the "tyrant" with a puzzled expression, seemingly wondering what his ruler was talking about. He moved his lips slightly but ultimately did not ask, because he dared not.

The attendants didn't know what the "tyrant" was talking about or what his words meant, but Gu Ran, who was "immersed in watching the movie" nearby, understood what he meant.

"I was just saying it offhand, you don't need to take it to heart." The "tyrant" smiled gently. "Prepare to begin the complete eradication of the infected."

The large number of infected people has brought great harm to the main city of Canglong City, and the disease Star Stone Disease has become known to many people for the first time.

Everywhere on the streets, infected people who have gone mad and lost their minds can be seen. Some of them have severely deformed bodies, no different from monsters. Others, although they still have intact bodies like normal people, have bloodshot eyes and blood seeping from their pores, staining their bodies red, like blood-soaked people.

They frantically searched for other people, and all sorts of extreme emotions spread and grew in their hearts.

It's just a spark away from igniting, and it will immediately "explode" and launch a frenzied attack on the target.

This "fire" could be a physical collision, a fleeting glance, or even just one-sided dislike, which could then escalate into a fight.

Since most residents of Canglong City had already entered their homes and closed their doors and windows, these infected people were temporarily confused as to why there were so few pedestrians on the streets.

Then they saw each other.

Therefore, based on the above reasons, a battle broke out among the infected.

The infected individuals did not form a sense of collective identity. Even when they had lost their rationality, their thinking ability was largely lost, making it impossible for them to form a collective consciousness of "we are all infected."

Therefore, the battle between infected individuals is also completely all-out, and even if their bodies are completely deformed and lack various parts, they will not give up the fight.

The scene was extremely bloody at one point.

And on every high-rise building, countless eyes are observing these infected people.

The vast majority of them were "cleaners" participating in this operation to eliminate the infected. They were just waiting for the battle on the ground to come to an end so they could go down and clean up the mess, completely "eliminating" these infected.

Despite repeated announcements urging everyone to stay home and avoid going out, an unexpected incident still occurred, and there were still people on the streets.

A pretty girl was frantically searching for cover on the street to avoid the almost monstrous infected. Although she was scared, she didn't stop moving after finding a place to hide. Instead, she kept moving in a certain direction.

However, she was clearly just an ordinary girl, with no spiritual energy fluctuations, meaning she had no power whatsoever.

Soon, infected people noticed her.

"Hmph, why do you think you're so beautiful! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"

A woman whose face was covered in blood roared and charged at the girl.

The pretty girl was startled and immediately got up and ran away.

The woman tripped over a stone block because she didn't notice it, and her head hit the floor hard, leaving a large, bloody gash.

But the woman acted as if she wasn't injured at all, quickly got up from the ground, and continued chasing after the girl.

"I'll kill you! I'll kill you! Why are you all better looking than me?!"

The words the woman was muttering began to become indistinct.

Because of this slight delay, the pretty girl ran a little further away, but her running attracted the attention of the other infected people.

Many other infected people also jumped out and chased after the pretty girl.

They might not have had any particular reason for chasing that pretty girl; they might just have thought it would be fun to kill so many people chasing her.

The infected individuals suffer physical deformities, and their psychological state also undergoes changes.

As more and more infected people joined the chase, the woman who had initially been the one chasing them stopped pursuing them, her attention drawn to other things, and her hatred diverted.

However, there were still many other infected people chasing after her, and soon the pretty girl would be caught.

If they are caught, they will undoubtedly be brutally killed by these infected, and may not even be left with a complete corpse.

"Little sister, I'm leaving now."

The pretty girl was indeed an ordinary person; she soon became breathless and her speed began to decrease.

Finally, she closed her eyes in despair.

"boom!"

A sudden loud noise made the beautiful girl, who had closed her eyes in despair, open them.

The infected who had been chasing her were swept away as if by a giant, invisible broom, and all crashed into the wall to the side.

"Alright, you can go now."

A gentle voice came from the pretty girl's ear.

Her eyes immediately filled with surprise, sparkling with a beautiful brilliance like jewels.

"Your Excellency, thank you!"

The pretty girl named the person who saved her without even pausing for a moment.

"No need, hurry up and leave here, it will be even more dangerous later." The voice continued.

"Your Excellency... my sister has a high fever, and I need to go to the pharmacy to buy her medicine. If she doesn't have the medicine, she might die!"

The pretty girl pleaded, "Your Excellency, please take me to the nearest pharmacy! You must have a way, right?!"

There is a legend in Canglong City that the ruler who protects Canglong City is like a god. Occasionally, the god-like ruler will turn his gaze to ordinary people in distress, listen to their requests, and help them fulfill their wishes.

The pretty girl had heard of this legend, and she could never forget the ruler's gentle and mellow voice, so she recognized him immediately upon hearing it and was overjoyed.

She received the attention of a god-like ruler.

"Please tell me the specific location coordinates. If you don't know how to express it in a standard way, you can also tell me the famous landmarks in the vicinity, the location of the pharmacy you want to go to, and the location of your home."

The pretty girl immediately told her the location of the pharmacy she knew and the location of her home.

Immediately, the beautiful girl saw a spatial portal open in front of her, and then the portal enveloped her.

Once the pretty girl regained her footing and took in her surroundings again, she was pleasantly surprised to find herself at the pharmacy she wanted to go to.

The pharmacy was not open for business. The pretty girl hesitated for a moment, then found the medicine she wanted to buy and put enough money into the pharmacy's cash register drawer.

When she finished doing this, she found that another spatial portal had appeared in front of her.

Having learned from her previous experience, she went inside without hesitation.

When she emerged from the portal again, stood still, and took in her surroundings, she found herself back home.

"Thank you... Your Excellency!"

Looking at the medicine in her hand and her younger sister lying in bed, groggily calling out "sister," the pretty girl murmured through her tears.

Gu Ran watched this scene and fell into deep thought.

"Telekinesis, spatial abilities, I estimate his martial arts skills are also quite strong. He knows everything I know, or rather, I know everything he knows?"

The ability of telekinesis to blend into the surrounding environment allows one to clearly perceive the area, while the telekinetic power, like an "invisible hand," can attack the target enemy seemingly silently. Combined with the ability to utilize spatial abilities, the "Tyrant" truly fulfilled the beautiful girl's wish as easily as a god.

However, the "tyrant" did not act like a "tyrant" at all; instead, he resembled a benevolent God who fulfilled the wishes of believers.

So why did he leave behind the reputation of a "tyrant" in later generations?

And he and I are so similar, or rather, I and he are so similar...

In an instant, many thoughts and guesses flashed through Gu Ran's mind, but because they lacked relevant substantive evidence, he could not be certain.

Although only this one scenario was "simulated" for him to see, Gu Ran believed that with the other party's mental strength, he would definitely be able to help innocent people who had not taken refuge in other parts of this infected area, and he would do so.

This is his inference about the other person based on his own perspective.

The operation to clear out the culprits began quickly.

Although these infected individuals had gone berserk, lost their reason, were filled with aggressive desires, and their strength had increased several times over, and they were not afraid of being injured, they were still no match for an organized and planned extermination operation—especially when there was a god-like figure in the extermination operation, and all the infected individuals were slowly eliminated.

When the last out-of-control infected person was eliminated and the leader announced the successful conclusion of the operation, all the "cleaner" teams cheered happily.

Meanwhile, ordinary residents who had been secretly observing the battlefield cheered.