Weird collapse, chasing husband crematorium

"Otto Apokalis. Although we don't know where this stigmata came from, he was a living person. He died in order for Kallen to reach the Tree of Imaginary Numbers."

"Really... I want to ask, did you see his body with your own eyes?"

"..."

Beichen's sudden question made Li Mo stunned and he began to think about the meaning behind this sentence.

In the triple-death state, Li Mo's mind was very active, and he soon realized that he subconsciously thought it was the original plot.

Indeed, in the original novel, Apokalys arrived at the Tree of Imaginary Numbers and created a space-time where Kallen survived.

But... in that world, no one saw Otto die. Even Kiana just said that Otto ran away. As for where he ran to, it was of course the rental house where Kiana and she had lived for several years.

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rent...house...

Why do I think so?

Shouldn't Otto enter a new timeline after arriving at the Tree of Imaginary Numbers?

Li Mo felt an unprecedented sense of familiarity. Strange memories kept emerging in his mind, but there were only vague outlines that he could not see clearly.

But this is an extremely ridiculous thing for him who can retrieve his memory at any time.

Li Mo spoke calmly and quickly, "What do you mean? I need to know the answer, right now."

Li Mo's reaction surprised Ling on his back, because she felt her heart beating for the first time in a long time. Although it was only once, it was indeed a beating and she was not mistaken.

Beichen lowered his head, looking at his faintly rotting skin, his lips moving. "I don't know much. My memory is fragmented and unclear. If you find Irene, she can tell you the complete answer. After all, she has never changed, just like you."

"Tell me all you know now."

"I'm not sure what I say is correct, but there's one thing I can remind you of: when you came here and woke up, who were you thinking of? Were you really yourself at that time? Don't forget, a pseudo-person can be born at any point in time. The notebook certainly doesn't lie, but the truth is often the biggest lie."

"The notebook won't lie. I can tell for myself whether there's a trap or not."

"I hope so. This is all I can remind you. And then... you'll have to go on alone. Go find Mei at the Fire Moth. She'll give you all the information related to ghosts in this era."

Beichen took out a black and red pass from his sleeve, on which was carved a lifelike moth.

Li Mo guessed that this should be an ID card, so he took it decisively, turned around and prepared to leave the house with Ling on his back.

Seeing this, Ling immediately reminded him: "Brother, don't you want to say something to Sister Beichen? Sister Beichen has done a lot for you to survive..."

Beichen shook his head. "No need, Ling. Li Mo has more important things to do. You can't hold out for much longer in this state. You must go to the Fire Moth immediately. Something has happened there, and we can't delay for too long."

"Besides, whether he was before or now, he is just a flower that is similar but different... The one I love is dead."

Beichen's voice was particularly low in the silent night, each word like a stone soaked in sorrow, heavy and powerless. His deep purple eyes flickered with a dim light, just like the years that had passed.

The person is gone, but the thoughts remain.

His fingers trembled slightly, as if he wanted to touch something, but stopped in mid-air.

She remembered that person's smile and eyes, but all that warmth and beauty had long been buried in the golden stream under the setting sun.

The person she loved was a piece of writing emerging from a pool of scarlet blood, a piece of paper twisted from shriveled human skin.

Li Mo carried Ling on his back as he walked towards the Fire Moth. The attentive Ling noticed that Li Mo's pace was not as brisk as before the conversation.

"Brother, why don't we go back and say goodbye to Sister Beichen properly? You're actually reluctant to leave, aren't you?" Ling clenched her hands, snuggled on Li Mo's back, and made a hoarse voice.

After hearing this, Li Mo simply replied: "No need."

"But once you miss it, you may never have the chance to meet again."

"No, as long as I keep moving forward, everything will be possible. The answer I want doesn't allow me to retreat. I have no way to save her. The most urgent thing is to deal with the supernatural events at the Fire Moth."

The first moment he saw Beichen after entering the door, Li Mo subconsciously thought that Beichen was a ghost. If Beichen had not always been like this in his memory, Li Mo would probably have drawn his sword and attacked immediately.

I don’t know what method Beichen relies on to suppress the strange rules, but it is obvious that she can no longer hold on. From the uncoordinated movements of her body, it can be seen that she is trying her best to restrain her limbs, but the impulse of the rules is like a dragon about to break free from its chains. Once it is released, the consequences will be unimaginable.

This is further confirmed by the fact that he did not seek ways to prolong his life in his final moments, but instead waited at home for himself to return and tell him the necessary information.

As for whether she would meet Beichen in a strange form again, or whether she would have a way to deal with herself after losing control, it was meaningless.

As long as he has enough vitality, Li Mo can kill all the ghosts he can reach.

"Paranormal events? Ghosts? Brother, are you saying that the Fire Moths have been invaded by ghosts? How is that possible? Isn't the Fire Moths a very powerful organization?" Ling was a little surprised. In her opinion, most of the Fire Moths were talented people with strict military discipline. How could they be easily entangled in paranormal events, even to the point where they had to seek help from external individuals?

That's the Fire Moth, the largest military organization sponsored by any country on this planet.

"That's exactly what's happening. When it comes to paranormal events, numbers are never an advantage. On the contrary, the dead are likely to become a byproduct of murder."

"The Fire Moths are not a small organization. Even if a problem arises internally, they will not seek help from outside and can handle it internally. Now there is only one possibility that can bring the disciplined Fire Moths to a dead end, and that is the appearance of a ghost."

"And... there will definitely be a lot of them, so be prepared."

After saying that, Li Mo's speed became faster, moving in the shadows the whole time and avoiding the neon lights.

His left hand involuntarily clenched the red cherry blossoms. The situation of the Fire Moth... might be far more difficult than he imagined.

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In the dim Fire Moth base, the flickering firelight illuminates the scarlet graffiti and scratches on the walls.

Tonight, a strange atmosphere enveloped this once solid fortress. There was no one at the sentry post, and no one was guarding the gate.

Deep in the base, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly rang out in the silent corridor, and several figures ran quickly towards the deeper part.

But the fireworks that suddenly appeared outside the window at an inopportune time, the layers of red and purple fireworks were short-lived and disappeared in a flash, without lasting too long in the night sky or leaving any more information.

"She's dead." Mei slowed down her pace and murmured softly.

Before they could reach the agreed-upon location, heavy, rhythmic footsteps could be heard not far behind them. Ghostly figures emerged from the dark corners like cursed undead spirits, and the walls, floor, and ceiling shimmered with an eerie green light.

"Doctor, I'll stay here to cover your retreat."

"No need, let's go together."

Mei rejected the idea of the "Poison Pupa" members voluntarily sacrificing themselves without hesitation, and dragged her weak body towards the "Poison Pupa" base of the Fire Moth.

Although the members of "Poison Pupa" were puzzled, Beichen told them when he left that they must obey Mei's orders unconditionally until the next "King" appeared.

"Tsk! This haunting thing." Mei smacked her lips and complained for the first time.

The ghosts behind me were getting closer and closer, and their movements were sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and it seemed that I was always a little faster than them.

If they move 100 meters, the ghost will move 150 meters; if they move 50 meters, the ghost will move 75 meters.

But right now, there was no time or opportunity to verify this. All he could do was flee the Fire Moth headquarters as quickly as possible, hoping that his previous guess was just a guess and not reality...

The Fire Moth had fallen in just ten minutes.

There were no signs, no indications.

The few pieces of information that can be confirmed are the surveillance videos that showed a headless female corpse swaggering towards the wall.

The sentry and the soldiers on night watch noticed this and immediately opened fire after confirming that the headless female corpse had no head, but the bullet passed through the body and the headless female corpse continued to move forward unhindered.

The soldiers reported the matter to higher authorities, but before they could explain the situation clearly, the headless female corpse had already come to a place about ten meters away from them.

Then... just as the headless female corpse took the first step within ten meters, the heads of all the soldiers on and below the wall quickly rotted and their bodies fell straight to the ground.

There was no chance of resistance.

The wall is useless.

The headless female corpse seemed to disappear, passed through the first wall, and came to the surface of the fire-chasing moth.

Fortunately, the killing range has not changed and is still ten meters.

But the problem was that the speed of the headless female corpse was particularly strange. After locking onto a senior official who was escaping in a vehicle, its speed increased dozens of times. The soldiers and civilian officials on the surface didn't even have time to react before their heads rotted and they died.

What’s even worse is that there are other ghosts, more than one.

The problem is that the appearance of the other ghosts is not certain, and this is only known from the different deaths of the members.

And now, there is a headless female corpse following behind him, and there are a large number of ghosts wandering outside the passage, searching for traces of living people.

Seeing this, the Poison Pupa member said with a look of certain death, "I can stay here and buy some time. A ghost needs to satisfy the killing rules before it can kill. If I stand still, perhaps I can delay its progress."

"That's unnecessary," Mei retorted. "I'm not trying to spare your life, but you can't delay even for a second. That ghost kills indiscriminately. Anyone who gets close will die. No matter how many people are within range or how strong they are, unless you can survive even without a head, you'll die."

"If we don't try, we'll all die."

"Then we'll split up and bet on it being too busy to split up. I saw the footage, and it only follows a target in a straight line until it dies. The next area has a secret passage with branches. The last four of us will split up. If we can still survive... we'll meet at the Poison Chrysalis base."

Mei glanced at the seven people around him, arranged for three to follow him, and the other four to disperse.

This way, the probability of her being targeted is only one in five.

The other two people were there to prevent other ghosts from suddenly appearing, and to immediately lock onto themselves if there were no other living people.

Even if the headless female corpse is still following me, it doesn't matter. I just need to use the method of elimination. If the headless female corpse locks on me, then I can only wait for death. There is no other way.

The members of "Poison Pupa" have strong execution ability and separated in the next area.

Mei continued forward with the other two members, and gradually, the footsteps behind them disappeared.

"It's not us three that are targeted." Mei breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at the soles of her feet, which were already covered with blisters.

The incident happened suddenly. She was wearing high heels and discussing with the staff in the conference room. The moment she learned that the Fire Moth was invaded by ghosts, she wanted to contact Beichen.

It was always like this in the past. Whenever there was a problem, Beichen would rush over to eliminate it immediately.

After preparing to call Beichen, Mei put it down again.

Beichen only said one word: "Run."

Although Mei knew a lot about dealing with ghosts, his instantaneous judgment and decision-making were still insufficient compared to Beichen, who was more foresighted.

Without any hesitation, Mei took off her high heels and called on several "Poison Pupa" members who were secretly protecting her to escape from the meeting room.

"Doc, I'll carry you."

The stronger of the two female members of the Poison Chrysalis said.

Mei didn't refuse, she really couldn't run anymore.

The three of them set off again, and soon arrived at the underground "Poison Pupa" base.

There is no one inside. Most of the members of "Poison Pupa" are hiding themselves in various places around the world, living in various circles of society under false identities.

But the base is definitely not empty. At least there are special people here to check the equipment and contact other members.

"Something's happened. There might be something fishy going on in the base."

One member said seriously, and the nerves that had been relaxed became tense again.

Ghosts are immortal, and even destroying their limbs is difficult, let alone killing them. You have to damage them to a moderate degree. After the damage, there's basically no chance of survival.

Ghosts kill not by relying on their limbs, but by transcending the laws of reality. Destroying them will likely trigger their killing patterns, resulting in a sudden death.

Chapter 61 Paper Ghost and Mei

"We can no longer think about collecting intelligence. Time waits for no one. After collecting intelligence, we should immediately leave through the secret passage. Before leaving, we can leave some messages here to inform the survivors behind." Mei made a quick decision.

"Don't worry about that ghost in the base?"

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't. I can only pray that its killing patterns are harsh, or... it's gone. You guys gather information. I told you when the code arrived. Now I'll observe the surrounding area and see if I can find the ghost hiding in the base."

"This is too dangerous, Doctor, we..."

"Follow orders."

Mei made a judgment, and the other two went into the data room, took out the hard drive they carried with them, inserted it into the computer, and started the transfer after verifying their identities.

This information is very important. If we can't get it away, it will be useless even if she is still alive.

Because there is no more energy and research to collapse.

Dealing with just one of the two, Honkai and Oni, would exhaust most of humanity's resources.

If Beichen had not been constantly moving around and killing the ghosts that appeared, humanity would have already been destroyed by the coordination of Honkai and the ghosts.

"It's really despairing." Mehengi murmured as he looked at the base where no trace was left.

She knew very well what kind of people the "Poison Pupa" were. Even if she died, she would not abandon her responsibilities.

However, the information in the core base was not taken away, but the base was deserted, leaving no trace of resistance or information.