These weird things are all mine

As for why it is said that someone else killed the performer... the scientists' "retrospection" has revealed the facts at that time. The strength of the white Ganoderma lucidum that ate the performer is at least between sequence 150 and 120, which is an existence that needs to be killed by a team of higher-level awakeners.

Although it is not absolute that the higher the sequence, the stronger the strength, this ranking has already explained a situation.

This kind of dormant "high-risk weirdness" has already entered the category of "dangerous weirdness" even if only a small part of the power is used.

On the contrary, the "egg" now attached to Luo Ling is a little weaker.

At most, it is equivalent to a stronger upper-level awakener.

One artist is enough.

Seeing that Luo Ling didn't say anything and just looked at him silently, the artist shook his head and said softly,

"You are at an age like a flower... I cannot bear to see a budding flower wither and die before it blooms. Even if you don't want to commit suicide, I will try my best to keep your body intact so that this beauty can remain at this moment."

He took a step forward, but before he could move much, an ice cone suddenly popped up and stopped him in his tracks.

The artist turned his head and saw a tall woman in a beret holding an ice stick at him with a cold expression.

"A withered flower that tarnishes art, a vulgar fool drowned in the smell of money," the artist sneered when he saw Cen Xiangyun appear, "Very good, I really want to kill the person sent by the "Company"."

Chapter 5: The Sorrow of a Young Girl, Beautiful Withering (k)

"...artist."

When Cen Xiangyun saw this elegant dwarf man, she immediately recognized his identity.

Among the eighteen members of the "Evil Pioneer" who are wanted within the company, the artist's bounty ranks ninth. Killing him will give you one chance to open the secret treasure, and capturing him alive will give you two chances.

Among the items in the secret collection, the least valuable are the holy relics of the "dangerous and strange" level. It is said that there are also some treasures related to "taboos", so the rewards are quite rich.

Even the "companies" that have always been stingy have become generous in the face of these "human evils."

The eighteen members of the Evil Pioneers all have very obvious characteristics. Due to their identities as awakened people on the weird side and their long-term contact with the weird, and even combination with them, their appearance has more or less some flaws.

Unless, like a performer, her flaws can be used to conceal her identity through "personality disguise", but unfortunately she is now dead and cannot die any more.

The dwarf artist is undoubtedly the most recognizable one, especially because he always wears a neat tuxedo and the most iconic monocle.

"Protect my sister, please."

Luo Ling turned her head to look at Cen Xiangyun and spoke softly.

"...Um."

Cen Xiangyun couldn't help but look at Luo Ling, but found that the other party seemed unusually calm in such an emergency.

Come to think of it, she didn't seem very panicked on the phone.

Isn't he a newbie...

But neither the internal records of the "company" nor the local awakening organization in Jiangcheng County seemed to have any information about this girl.

Cen Xiangyun raised her staff and froze the unconscious Su Wan. After that, she explained,

"This is my second ability, 'Freeze'. It's not ordinary ice, it just forces you to sleep and protect yourself."

This is a very strong protective ability, which is very useful whether it is used to protect yourself or your teammates, and can also be used to avoid fatal damage.

Cen Xiangyun explained a little more because she was worried that Luo Ling might misunderstand her, and soon she pointed her staff at the artist again.

After temporarily ensuring her sister's safety, Luo Ling stood up, with a few faint white silk strands wrapped around her fingertips.

The artist looked at the white silk on Luo Ling's fingertips with pity and said slowly,

"I advise you not to use its power. You will become ugly after you die."

"I know."

Luo Ling said softly.

She had witnessed it with her own eyes.

Li Tianming, performer...

Without exception, they all died at the hands of Puppet Rumor's power, and their deaths were really... ugly.

"But I'm different." Luo Ling said seriously.

"It's all the same." The artist sighed, "What a pity to leave such an unpolished jade here. I wanted to try to make it into a "work of art" and even thought of a name for it. It's called—"

Before he finished speaking, countless insects and zombies slowly emerged from the ground and crawled towards Luo Ling and Cen Xiangyun.

"..."The Girl's Sorrow"

"Be careful, his ability is to turn dead things into living things to be controlled by him!"

Cen Xiangyun gave a reminder, then raised his staff. Countless ice cones appeared out of thin air and attacked the swarm of insects and the tide of zombies.

At the same time, her expression was a little heavy.

The other party knows her ability...

Cen Xiangyun's ability is "ice", which can turn steam into ice and be controlled by her.

The first ability, which is also used to silently eliminate the fake weird "Uncle Huang" in the shopping mall, is "Ice Condensation".

Designate a target and convert all the water in the target's body into ice.

...only one target can be specified.

Therefore, the artist did not take out his "artwork", but instead used the sand and gravel on the scene to create living puppets, intending to overwhelm Luo Ling and Cen Xiangyun with numbers.

Cen Xiangyun was unable to use "Ice Condensation" to deal with the large number of living puppets, and when she pointed her staff at the artist who had been smiling, a strong sense of crisis emerged from the bottom of her heart, warning her not to try to use "Ice Condensation" on the artist.

Her intuition told her that if she used it, the one who would be "frozen" would most likely not be the artist, but herself... Beings of this level must have many countermeasures against her abilities.

At the same time, the living puppets that were temporarily suppressed by the ice cones did not give up moving forward. The living puppets that were knocked down by the ice cones scattered into sand and gravel, but soon crawled up from the ground again, as if they were endless... no, they were endless.

The artist has plenty of "life". He chose to fight in this way, not because he had no other choice when dealing with Cen Xiangyun, but because it was easy.

Stand still, create puppets, and then watch your opponents fighting in a hectic manner with a smile.

This is no longer the elegance of a gentleman.

But the next moment, the smile on the artist's lips softened a little, and his squinting eyes slightly opened.

"Ok?"

He suddenly felt that there seemed to be a slight change in the will of the living puppets.

The artist's ability is to create living puppets out of dead objects. Dead objects are not limited to anything. Sand, water, mineral water bottles on the ground, garbage bags in the sky, and even corpses can all become living puppets.

However, this kind of living puppet only has the simplest consciousness, namely "insect consciousness". It can understand the simple commands of its creator, the artist, but cannot be directly controlled.

Now, this situation seems to have changed a little.

Several corpses that crawled out from the artist's feet paused, and did not attack Luo Ling and Cen Xiangyun immediately. Instead, after a while of slow movement, they turned around and rushed towards the artist.

"...very good."

The artist stretched out his cane and pointed it, and several living puppets instantly collapsed.

He put away the amusement in his expression and focused his attention on the person who should have been the most inconspicuous in this battle.

Luo Ling.

At this time, Luo Ling looked calm. He raised his finger slightly, and a few spores spread out by the power of the "egg" continued to entangle the living puppet created by the artist.

The white mycelium penetrated into these puppets, madly devouring their flesh and blood, turning these living puppets into "meat animals" that could be controlled by her.

Then, launch a spectacular betrayal against their creators.

Like Cen Xiangyun, the artist can certainly see Luo Ling’s identity as a weird awakener, and also knows that she has been chosen to become this unknown and weird "egg".

This strange power parasitized Luo Ling's body, and used her hands to devour the accumulated strength needed for revival.

You know, this is a "high-risk and weird" power...

Even if it is just an early "egg", it is enough to rival the higher-level awakeners, not to mention that it can devour flesh and blood to continue growing. Few people can resist the temptation of this ever-increasing power.

The artist admitted that he was not capable of doing so, so after learning about this strange property from scientists' retrospection, he took sufficient precautions.

But what is the girl in front of me doing...

Her clear and calm eyes and quick and decisive actions were as if she had used this ability countless times, while at the same time avoiding the most tempting ability bestowed upon her by the "egg".

She refused to consume the power of these flesh and blood.

All the living puppets controlled by her chose to self-destruct after getting close to the artist! There was not a single bit of power left that could be devoured by the puppet rumors!

"Very good, very good..." the artist repeated in a low voice, with a smile on his face again, "This kind of "artwork" is wonderful enough.

"I have to be a little more serious, too."

At the beginning, his target was the "egg" in Luo Ling's body, and turning Luo Ling himself into a "work of art" was just his hobby.

It was not until now that the artist began to look at Luo Ling in the right light.

The surging living puppets gradually retreated until only a layer of messy sand and gravel was left on the ground. Only then did Cen Xiangyun finally put down his staff and took a deep breath.

Continuously releasing abilities is still somewhat exhausting for her, but...

Not big.

Even the artist couldn't help but sigh when he saw Cen Xiangyun at this moment.

"Very good, such abundant "inspiration", such exquisite control, even "philosophers" at your stage are only slightly better than you... Very good, I am also a little interested in you, I will try to take you away next time we meet."

The reason why Li Shaoheng was so confident in Cen Xiangyun was because he was very confident that the artist would not be able to do anything to Cen Xiangyun for a while. Even if Luo Ling could not play any role, she could stop the artist alone.

Not to mention now, the artist even said he would take it away next time.

"I have to finish this battle first. We don't have much time to waste here..."

If we delay any further, the "company"'s main force will probably arrive.

The artist knew very well that this was because the local awakening organization did not realize the horror of this strange creature, but "Chi Suo" must have known it, and the company's reinforcements would arrive in Jiangcheng County soon.

By then, it will be difficult for them to do anything.

Under the slightly nervous eyes of Luo Ling and Cen Xiangyun, the artist slowly took out a gun from his arms.

This is a rather small gun. From the appearance, it should be a classical flintlock pistol. The exquisite gold inlay craftsmanship and ingenious carving patterns all exude the aura of a work of art, but at the same time... it is also very dangerous.

This is the artist's sacrificial vessel, "art".

"The so-called 'extreme' art," the artist said slowly, then casually broke off his fingers and loaded them into the gun as if they were bullets, "is the moment when life blooms. The ultimate death brings the ultimate beauty. The last moment before everything withers is the most worth cherishing."

He looked up at Luo Ling, seemingly without even aiming, and just casually raised the pistol.

"This is the 'Withered Flower', young lady, please come and feel... 'Death'."

The next moment, gunfire rang out.

Luo Ling kept staring at the pistol and didn't avoid it because the pistol was not aimed at her at all and she didn't know how to dodge it.

She tried to use Puppet Rumor to control the artist, but unfortunately, the artist was prepared for this. His body was covered with a layer of absolutely dead matter, and the spores couldn't even attach to it.

Even the fingers that had just been broken were covered with a special layer of flesh and blood.

At the moment of firing, Cen Xiangyun created an ice wall out of thin air, trying to stop the bullet.

But there were no bullets.

There was a burst of muzzle flame, but no bullet was fired.

Only a black budding flower appeared out of nowhere and slowly blossomed.

No... not just one.

The black petals floating in the sky are all red spider lilies.

As soon as Luo Ling's spores touched these red spider lilies, they instantly became silent, and all contact was completely severed.

The lush green trees next to it were only slightly contaminated by the scent and quickly withered and died. Countless leaves rustled down and were buried in the soil, rotting.

The moment Cen Xiangyun saw the red spider lily appear, two "ice freezes" directly acted on Luo Ling and her.

When she saw this flower appear, Cen Xiangyun realized that this was an absolutely fatal threat!

According to the company's records, "Withered Flower" belongs to the weirdness called "Purgatory", ranking 41st in the weirdness sequence... "High-risk weirdness".

In other words, this gun is a sacrificial weapon made from "high-risk and weird" holy remains!

Although just like having power and using power are two different things, having high-risk weird abilities and using high-risk weird abilities are also two different things, but now... the one holding the pistol is an artist, who is considered a leader even among the awakened ones on the weird side, and his power can be imagined.