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Chapter 179 Daily Deaths Exceed 1,000

"Something's wrong, Ah Xing."

Wang Xinran looked at Shen Xing, who had already changed out of his hospital gown, and said.

"Hmm? What is it?"

At this moment, the effects of the anesthetic had completely worn off, and Shen Xing felt an unprecedented sense of "abundance" in his body.

This is the sensation brought about by a powerful core constructed from a large amount of abnormal flesh and blood in the waist and abdomen, and by a large amount of blood stored in the new spleen.

As for the "extra" parts cut off from his body, Shen Xing also used his internal splitting ability to devour them, so nothing was wasted.

This surgery brought about more than just physical changes; Shen Xing also discovered another different aspect.

My body can accommodate blood of different types flowing within it without any adverse reactions.

This is a discovery that isn't too surprising; it means that different people's blood can now replenish "energy" for their own bodies.

In theory, as long as there is enough blood in the body to replenish it, one can at least survive no matter what kind of injury one suffers—except for a crushed brain.

"Cheng Ren has found Xiao Yuan and the others. Lu Wenyin fired a shot." Wang Xinran seemed to be constantly observing the situation. She reported as if it were a live broadcast, "Number 2 dragged Cheng Ren out of the car. Number 2 has been captured now."

[02—The Doll] Has it been arrested?

"What's the situation with Shen Yuan? Is Number 2 dead?" Shen Xing asked two questions he was particularly concerned about.

"Shen Yuan is fine, the car is still moving, Cheng Ren is..." Wang Xinran paused, as if she didn't know how to describe what she had seen for a moment.

"Number 2 is frozen."

"Frozen?"

"Its body was covered with a crystalline shell, making it seem unable to move."

Crystals... the crystal fragments that Wang Xinran mentioned before?

What exactly is Cheng Ren's unusual ability?

Putting aside the fact that the other party threatened Shen Yuan, just considering that he took away his [02 - Doll], Shen Xing had to find a way to stop him.

Cheng Ren is now a completely uncertain factor for Shen Xing. As for this uncertain factor, it is best to extinguish it before it causes some irreversible consequences.

"Where is Cheng Ren now?" Shen Xing asked.

Just then, Shen Xing's phone rang.

Shen Xing picked up his phone; it was an unknown number calling. He looked towards the nurse, but Wang Xinran manipulated the nurse to shake her head.

It wasn't Wang Xinran who hit him.

Shen Xing pressed the answer button and held the phone to his ear.

On the other end of the phone, there was a jarring, chaotic noise, as if there was a poor signal connection.

The piercing noise made Shen Xing frown slightly, and he had to move his phone further away.

But soon, Shen Xing heard a slightly familiar voice amidst the noise.

"You can't... disturb... Ah Ren... you can't..."

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That was the "unusual" voice that came to the ward earlier.

"Feed?"

Shen Xing spoke into the receiver, saying, "Could you tell me why?"

Shen Xing tried to communicate, but the other party seemed not to hear Shen Xing's voice at all, and just kept repeating "don't bother them".

No, to be precise, it's like a broken record, constantly repeating the same sentence.

Rather than a sudden call, this was more like an automatic notification... and it came just as Shen Xing was about to set off to find Cheng Ren.

Perhaps to confirm his guess, Shen Xing looked at Wang Xinran and said, "Let's go to Wu Xiaoting's house later."

At that moment, the noisy, indistinct, and repetitive voice on the phone disappeared.

Is it really because I said I was going to find Cheng Ren?

This "warning" doesn't seem to stem from one's own inner thoughts, but rather from one's own words and actions.

Is it warning itself?

Or did it leave some kind of backup plan to monitor me when it came to the ward?

The other party is the head that was previously hanging in Wu Xiaoting's house; it must have some connection with "Meng Zhong."

"Is Shen Yuan safe?" Shen Xing asked Wang Xinran.

"Safe." The nurse nodded.

"Let's go, let's go see Wu Xiaoting at her house." Shen Xing set off and walked towards the door of the ward.

That strange thing must be related to the Dream Bell. Although the male head in Wu Xiaoting's house has disappeared, we should at least go and take a look, and try to find some clues.

Shen Xing felt slightly annoyed.

His original plan for today was not to go to Wu Xiaoting's house, but to continue spending time in the preservation room.

But now, a series of unexpected events have disrupted Shen Xing's original plans, forcing him to make adjustments.

He originally envisioned that after changing his identity, he would be able to use the resources to do what he wanted without any disturbance... but reality was not as smooth as he had imagined.

Shen Xing got into a taxi, and the driver was naturally still under Wang Xinran's control.

On the way to Wu Xiaoting's house, Shen Xing asked, "Has Lu Lingyun replied to you yet?"

"Not yet... He called now," Wang Xinran said. "I'll relay it to you."

"What's out of control is a large city. The Ninth Detachment inside has been completely cut off from the outside world, but normal trade and personnel movement are normal, in fact, completely unchanged. The only difference is..."

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"If they went in with memories of the 'anomaly,' all those memories will disappear, and when they return, their descriptions of the scene there will be normal."

"However, images, photographs, and even written materials become invalid once they are taken out, becoming ordinary substitutes..."

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"For ordinary people, everything there is normal."

"For the Ninth Detachment, the situation there had completely spiraled out of control, turning it into an isolated city."

Will everyone inside lose their memory of the "abnormality"?

"What about casualties?" Shen Xing asked疑惑地, "What's the casualty situation in that Mother Nest city? Is the death toll unusually high?"

"Let me ask."

The driver was silent for a moment, then spoke again.

"The death toll is abnormal, with an average of one thousand deaths per day, and this number is still rising."

An average of one thousand per day...

In a first-tier city with a population of over ten million, the normal daily death toll is only two or three hundred. A daily death toll of one thousand... this is definitely an abnormal number.

Currently, the Ninth Detachment only knows these death statistics, but has no idea why those people died.

The daily death toll exceeds one thousand... What about the missing?

The number of missing persons is likely to increase.

What exactly does it want to do?

Anomalies coexisting with humanity?

This death toll doesn't suggest a desire for coexistence.

With so many people dying and going missing every day, how come there hasn't been a large-scale exodus of city residents?

Or perhaps, deep down, they already consider that to be normal?

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