I, Lord of Prayer

(This chapter has been revised. 🐚🐠 ☞🐧)

The blocked chapter hasn't been unblocked yet, and the next review won't be for another two days, so I'm reposting it to avoid any issues.

the next morning.

In the office of the Civil Service Department, two employees were making coffee and chatting.

"I heard that someone awakened last night, the unlucky guy whose soul was eaten by the Corruptor on his first mission."

"Oh, that person... he's not dead yet? And he's even awakened?" a female employee exclaimed in surprise. "Didn't they say that since half his soul was eaten, he wouldn't live much longer? How could he awaken?"

"Who knows? There are so many strange things happening these days, one more won't make a difference." The male employee shrugged. "Have you forgotten the guy who ate ghost peppers and woke up in the bathroom because of the spiciness?"

And then there's that young man who got so angry at his teammates while playing video games that he suffered a brain hemorrhage, and later woke up in the ambulance…

"Too……"

After making their coffee, the two returned to their workstations and found that other colleagues were also discussing the same topic.

Anything related to the supernatural realm, just like gossip and scandals, is a favorite topic of conversation for office workers when they're slacking off.

"I heard that person awakened naturally after waking up from sleep. How come such good things never happen to me... I've been waiting for over twenty years. When will I be able to awaken superpowers too?" The young clerk leaned back in her office chair and sighed, fantasizing about what it would be like to have extraordinary abilities.

"What? I heard that he strained too hard while constipated and ruptured his hemorrhoids, waking up in pain on the toilet?" an employee eating a steamed bun next to him said casually.

"How could there be such an outrageous way of awakening... Okay, there are even more outrageous ones. Where did you hear this rumor from?"

"At the medical department, there's a little nurse. -Man~*'¨¯¨'*·Dance~ ➅❾𝓢нᵘ᙭.𝓒𝐎𝓶 ~Dance*'¨¯¨'*·~Man-"

"Huh? Why did I hear that he went to nightclubs to have fun, and only realized his mistake because he was too ashamed?" A glib-tongued employee at the workstation behind him chimed in.

"Ashamed? Why should I be ashamed?"

  

"It must be early masturbation..."

"Oh, but my friend in the field department said..."

Rumors flew everywhere, with the truth and falsehoods mixed together, becoming increasingly outrageous. No one knew the real reason for Zhou Chen's awakening; all they knew was that an unlucky guy might have awakened into a sublimator in all sorts of absurd ways.

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"Disgrace! This is blatant disgrace!"

In the office, Zhou Chen slammed his fist on the table in anger: "Spreading rumors will land you in jail! These people have gone too far. They're trying to smear me, ruin my reputation, and destroy my dignity. I'm going to report them! I'm going to report them!"

Jiang Che rubbed his temples, his head aching from the noise. "Alright, these fake news can be used to confuse the public. Just make up some excuse for Eternal Flame and say you got away with it. I've already arranged all the other details."

Then, she took a stack of documents from the drawer, placed them on the table, and pushed them out.

"This is the report on the Li Guangjun incident, as well as records about the source of pollution."

Zhou Chen's expression gradually fell silent as he picked up the document and began to peruse it. 🎈🐧 ☺💛

"Is the source of contamination from a prohibited substance?"

He was taken aback when he saw one of the smaller lines of text.

He initially thought it was the curse of the abyss or the spiritual pollution secretly planted by the higher corruptors that led to Li Guangjun's corruption, but he never expected that it was actually the taboo object at work.

—C-071 Corruption Gu, which appears as a fossil of a milky white fleshy worm, 4cm long and 3cm wide. It is not a living organism, is difficult to destroy, and constantly spreads corruption and pollution, essentially a small, mobile source of pollution.

Every thirty days, the Corruption Gu will secrete a lifeless egg. Being parasitized by the egg is like having a time bomb installed on your body. As long as you manipulate the mother worm to detonate the egg, the parasitized person will quickly degenerate into a corrupted being.

—The Corruption Gu first appeared in the year 106 of the Gregorian calendar. Nine pioneers of the forbidden zone discovered the dormant Corruption Gu in Forbidden Zone ███. After bringing it back to a human city, they accidentally activated it, triggering a massive catastrophe that ultimately led to the corruption of 76 people, the deaths of 105, and injuries to 256 others.

—Follow-up: C-071 Corruption Gu has gone missing, and is suspected to have been contained by the Abyss Church·Eternal Flame.

—The containment method and side effects are unknown.

—Last date of appearance: May 16, 233 AD, traces of C-071 were found in ██, Western Europe. Investigation results (not authorized to view).

—Latest revision: On October 8, 234 AD, C-071 appeared in Jinzhu City, infecting one adult male and directly causing the death of one adult female.

— Revised by: ██.

——修订时间：新曆234年10月10日6点33分。

"The Corrupting Gu..."

Zhou Chen suddenly looked up at Jiang Che: "How about I burn myself first?"

He was afraid that he might have been unintentionally parasitized by insect eggs.

Previously, he had accidentally burned the lust worms parasitizing Fina Blanche's body to death, and had also briefly suppressed the blood-sucking urges of the C-220 Bloodlust Chainsaw, indicating that Azure Flame has a certain resistance to extraordinary abilities and forbidden objects, and should also be able to burn the worm eggs produced by the Corruption Gu.

Jiang Che calmly took a sip of the coffee on the table: "Do you think the medical department's examination is just for show? There's nothing wrong with you. If there were, the communication device would have sounded an alarm immediately."

The source mass exchanger is not just for silent communication; it is also a miniature medical examination device that combines science and alchemy. It can meticulously detect Zhou Chen's physical condition, and any signs of dehydration will be uploaded and recorded in the background, not to mention being parasitized by insect eggs.

Since Jiang Che said there was no problem, Zhou Chen didn't bring it up again. He flipped through the documents and continued looking at the report.

This report, combining fragments of memory contained within the dissipated essence after Li Guangjun's death, completely reconstructs the course of events:

Zhou Yi did not die immediately after the attack. During her near-death experience, she kept calling out to Li Guangjun, hoping to wake him up, but all she got in return was the merciless tearing apart of the corrupt.

I don't know how heartless these guys who wrote the report are, they described every single detail, it's shocking to read.

Until her last second, Zhou Yi didn't give up calling out. With her last ounce of strength, she stroked Li Guangjun's deformed face, her eyes blurred with tears. In her final moments, her lips parted, and she whispered a plea: "Uncle... please... don't become a monster..."

"We...we promised...we'd get married next year..."

"We promised...to go to the beach...to watch the sunrise..."

"Please..."

These were her last words.

Perhaps this is why Li Guangjun was able to regain his senses later.

But that was not a fortunate thing; rather, it was an unspeakable pain and torment.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw that he had become a monster, and his beloved girlfriend was dead in his arms. The despair and helplessness he felt were enough to make one feel breathless and choked up just by imagining it.

Zhou Chen lowered his eyes and took a deep breath, but it seemed that he could not expel all the turbid air from his chest. An indescribable sadness lingered in his heart.

When something beautiful is cruelly destroyed, what remains is a complete tragedy.

Tragedy makes people sad, upset, frustrated, and even more...

anger!

"You feel really upset and angry, right?"

Jiang Che calmly said, "This is the Abyss Church, which takes pleasure in human suffering and despair, building its own enjoyment on destroyed happiness."

And this was just the smallest of all the things they had ever done.

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