A Guide to Surviving the Mysterious Dungeon and the Twelve Talismans

"What the hell? Does the boss have parasites in his head?"

At this moment, everyone was in an uproar.

"Disperse, everyone. Remember, don't cause any more trouble, or you'll end up like Zhao Wen." Zhou An looked around and coldly addressed the crowd.

Sun Ye didn't say anything. After standing up, he clasped his hands in a fist salute to Zhou An, and then left with his men.

Zhao Wen's men also left the place one after another.

"Collect the body and go back." Zhou An turned and walked towards the camp.

"It seems that the parasitic insects have spread far and wide."

"In that case, I should first look up information about the parasitic insects," Zhou An thought to himself.

Back at the camp, the parasitic insect in Zhou An's hand had become somewhat listless.

Obviously, once separated from its host, it will die of lack of sustenance in a short time.

Zhou An casually crushed the parasitic insect to death, and then reported the matter of the parasitic insect to Yan Ling.

The Word Spirit simply nodded without saying anything.

"Captain Yan, what exactly is this parasitic worm?"

"They can perfectly parasitize the human brain and replace the other person. These insects are terrifying."

"Don't we have any effective means to distinguish them?" Zhou An asked Yan Ling.

"The parasitic insects appeared a hundred years ago, and we don't have many ways to identify them now."

"However, the parasitic insects are a minor problem. The biggest problem is the mist demons. Once the mist encroaches on our city, that will be the most desperate situation."

"As for the information on the parasitic insects, you can check the database yourself," the Word Spirit said.

"The parasitic insects are just a minor problem?" Zhou An was slightly taken aback.

This world, barring any unforeseen circumstances, has already been destroyed.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have become the tenth forbidden area in this bizarre world.

The main quest is about the Parasite Calamity, so it's clear that the destruction of this world wasn't due to the Mist Demons, but rather the Parasite Insects.

It seems that people in this world know about parasitic worms, but only consider them a minor problem.

So that's why they were ultimately devoured by the parasitic insects? Leading to the destruction of the world?

Zhou An immediately went to the database and found information about the parasitic insect.

Parasitic insects appeared a hundred years ago.

No, it shouldn't be said that it appeared a hundred years ago, but rather that it was only discovered a hundred years ago.

The parasitic insect is not strong; it doesn't even qualify as level 1.

However, it can perfectly parasitize the human body, taking its place and even digesting the other's memories.

They can also evolve by consuming human flesh and blood.

Parasitic insects cannot reproduce; they can only split. Each split-off insect can be considered an individual.

It will then gradually split into groups.

However, when their numbers reach a certain level, they become easily discovered and eventually wiped out by the Tianheng Division.

For over a century, parasitic insects have not caused any major incidents.

Furthermore, the highest recorded instance of it parasitizing a level 7 enhanced human was a single individual.

If the level is higher, the parasitic insects will be unable to parasitize.

The parasitic insect itself is not strong, but once it parasitizes, it can be considered almost invincible among its peers.

Because both its strength and recovery ability are extremely powerful.

However, without high-end combat power, the parasitic insects will ultimately not be able to cause any real trouble.

Most importantly, parasites cannot parasitize modified humans.

Once a cyborg has undergone the modification, mechanical parts will be implanted all over their body, and a Tian Shu chip will be transplanted into their brain.

The Tian Shu chip is the core of human modification and can also prevent the invasion of parasitic insects.

Therefore, it is usually modified humans who deal with parasitic insects.

Because they're considered natural enemies.

Zhou An memorized all this information.

"Spirit parasites...can they only parasitize up to level 7? This needs further verification." Zhou An didn't believe it.

Because nobody knows whether the parasitic worms have already infested the higher-ups, but have just not been discovered.

Chapter 163 The Secrets of the World

Zhou An left the database.

He also gained some understanding of parasitic insects.

The higher-ups in this world don't take parasitic insects seriously at all.

Their main tasks were maintaining order within the city's supernatural forces and dealing with the Mist Demon.

The Tianheng Division has three branches.

First, the headquarters of the Tianheng Division in the inner city.

There is one level-nine director and two level-eight deputy directors stationed in the inner city.

Second is the Tianheng Division of the outer city.

Director Yan Chang'an, with a strength level of eight, is stationed in the outer city.

Third is the Mist Demon Division of the Tianheng Division.

Although it is only a Mist Demon tribe, its combat strength is even stronger than that of the outer city.

There is one level-nine minister and one level-eight deputy minister in charge.

He has more than 100,000 subordinates, all of whom are people who are always fighting on the front lines against the Fog Demons.

They report directly to the director and do not take orders from anyone.

At the same time, the various benefits and treatments are ten times that of the Tianheng Division in the outer city and three times that of the Tianheng Division in the inner city.

Of course, with such high welfare benefits, the casualty rate remained high.

Personnel are often drawn from the outer city or the inner city.

They recruit new employees almost every month, but the requirements are much more lenient than those in the outer city.

Regardless of potential level, as long as you're at level 2, you're eligible.

Once inside, they were immediately incorporated into the team and engaged in battle with the Mist Demons.

It was incredibly tragic.

"This time, we're recruiting 10,000 more people. Could it be that the Fog Demons outside the city are making a move?" Zhou An muttered to himself.

Unfortunately, his position was still too low, and he had too few channels to obtain information.

"Forget it, improving my strength is the priority. I'll go back to sleep and improve my strength." Zhou An went straight back to his office.

After explaining things to Li San and the others, he went straight to sleep and began cultivating.

Zhou An didn't know how long he had slept when he was suddenly awakened by a feeling of palpitations.

He looked around; the office was already pitch black.

There wasn't a single light shining from the outside office area.

The clock on the wall shows that it is now two in the morning.

"So alert? You have a pretty keen sense of things." A voice suddenly rang out from inside the office.

Zhou An's gaze sharpened, and he suddenly looked towards the doorway.

A faint figure slowly emerged.

"Who are you?" Zhou An asked coldly.

"Who I am is not important; what matters is who you are," the person opposite said slowly.

"Who am I? Who am I?" Zhou An looked at the other person coldly.

"Liu Tianhai," the man said softly.

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Zhou An's eyes.

Liu Tianhai was the person in charge of the Public Security Bureau who came after I first encountered the parasitic insect and then called the police.

The other party also promised to help him apply for Tianheng Company.

Later, Zhou An joined Tianheng Division based on his potential.

Captain Liu didn't contact him either. Zhou An knew he hadn't been recommended, so he didn't bother Captain Liu anymore.

But now the other party has suddenly brought up Liu Tianhai, what's going on?

“It seems I was right.” Wen Zhuo noticed the surprise in Zhou An’s eyes.

"You still haven't answered me. Who are you? And why are you talking about Captain Liu?" Zhou An asked in a deep voice.

"Captain Liu died yesterday. Before he died, he sent me your information."

"You were one of his downlines. He originally thought you were just a small team member, but I never expected you to be an S-level potential candidate."

"You've even been directly promoted to the position of group leader. You're quite good. Our Holy Church needs talents like you."

"From now on, you will replace Captain Liu and take over his position. At the same time, you will be promoted to a Holy Church Deacon."

"This is your steward's token." Wen Zhuo tossed it over, and a token flew over.

Zhou An accepted the token without changing his expression.

[Holy Church Deacon's Decree]: The deacon's decree of the Holy Spirit Church. Holding this token allows one to command all disciples within the Holy Spirit Church's jurisdiction. Activating this ability reveals the location and identity of all Holy Spirit Church disciples below one's own rank. It contains 10 cubic meters of space.