These weird things are all mine

Li Shaoheng took a deep breath and made a decision immediately.

If you can't find a scientist within half an hour, give up completely.

He asked Cen Xiangyun to take An Yu and Elsa back to the hospital first, and then go to the county center for support.

Just when Li Shaoheng had arranged all these and was about to set out to look for the scientist, he saw a hunchbacked old man sitting on a chair in the waiting hall not far away, leisurely reading a newspaper.

No matter where you look at it, such an old man is not very noticeable.

But this one is different.

The moment he saw the other person, Li Shaoheng stopped moving forward.

He walked over and sat down opposite the old man, staring at him silently and nervously.

"It seems that this old man still has some face."

The old man took the newspaper slightly and said cheerfully.

"philosopher."

Li Shaoheng said in a low voice.

That’s right, this inconspicuous old man is one of the three founders of the “Pioneer of Evil”, an existence that holds “power”, and is ranked second in the “Company’s” S-level bounty, a “philosopher”.

"This little place without a 'past' has already cost us two pioneers, isn't that enough?" the philosopher said calmly, "For my sake, spare her life."

The tone and voice were calm, but they carried a threat.

The philosopher here is just an incarnation, but just being an incarnation makes Li Shaoheng extremely cautious.

Philosophers have carried out massacres in several cities of the size of Jiangcheng County. There were also company employees stationed in those cities at the time, but they were unable to stop the massacre.

Although the incarnation cannot be as powerful as the original body, it can at least kill tens of thousands of people.

The members of the "Evil Pioneers" have no ethics in the general sense. As long as they can achieve their goals, it is normal for them to do anything.

Li Shaoheng had a hunch that if he insisted on continuing to hunt down the scientist, the philosopher would probably go on a killing spree in Jiangcheng County.

With the strength of a philosopher, he is probably the only person in Jiangcheng County who can stop this incarnation.

It's really...shameless.

Li Shaoheng was helpless about this shamelessness.

He could only sit here in silence, confronting this incarnation.

"Yes, there are not many young people who know the current situation."

The philosopher gave a sound of approval and continued reading the newspaper in his hand.

This is a copy of the Victoria Daily newspaper, dated November 1838, 11.

"It seems that the philosopher's essence is in "Victoria"..."

Li Shaoheng's eyes flickered slightly. This might be an extremely important piece of information.

But it's not that important.

The company has long known that the evil pioneers are making some kind of plan in "Victoria", but they just don't have much idea what they are going to do.

In this context, it is not surprising that philosophers would appear in Vittoraya.

Just as Li Shaoheng was concentrating his thoughts, he saw the philosopher's body tremble slightly.

"Ah..."

The philosopher looked helpless and put down the newspaper.

"Really... I made a special move."

Li Shaoheng reached for the flying blade at his waist and looked at the philosopher with vigilance.

"The scientist is dead, and we have lost another great pioneer." The philosopher sighed, turned his head and looked out the window at the seemingly peaceful mountains and fields, as if looking at the county town of Jiangcheng, "What a terrible place..."

"died?"

Li Shaoheng was stunned for a moment.

In Jiangcheng County, who else could kill the scientist except him?

No matter how weak the scientist is, it is still easy for him to escape. This is the most difficult "Order" awakener.

"However, there are still many things in Jiangcheng County that will give you a headache."

The philosopher smiled, like a kind and ordinary old man.

He closed the newspaper and his figure slowly disappeared.

"Don't worry, young man, we will have the chance to meet again in the future."

A moment later, Li Shaoheng stood on the empty seat with a slightly gloomy expression.

Soon, a phone call came in, and it was Cen Xiangyun's voice.

"Uncle Shaoheng, the body of the scientist was found. She..."

On the other end of the phone, Cen Xiangyun covered her mouth slightly, feeling an urge to vomit, but she forced herself to hold it back.

"Her body was completely dismembered and...ugh..."

She could hardly describe the scene before her. Any words seemed pale in the face of such a tragic scene.

Countless white hyphae burst out from the ground and pierced the scientist's body densely. Every piece of shattered flesh was pierced by hyphae.

These broken pieces of flesh entangled with white hyphae were combined in a strange way, maintaining the original appearance discovered by scientists, except that the heart was pierced by spear-like sharp cone hyphae.

The remaining horror on her face was as if she had seen the most terrifying thing in the world and experienced the most cruel horror in the world.

...This is a more cruel way of killing than being cut into pieces.

The scientist's body was found a minute ago at the most eye-catching intersection in the central urban area of ​​Jiangcheng County, and it seemed that he appeared here through "backtracking".

However, "retrospection" is clearly her power...

After listening to Cen Xiangyun's report, Li Shaoheng did not speak and his expression became more solemn.

Who on earth could have done this cruel and ruthless act of venting anger?

However...Li Shaoheng could no longer devote too much of his attention to these things.

Anyway, the scientist is dead, so the result is good.

However, as the philosopher said, the current crisis in Jiangcheng County is what gives him the most headache.

Judging from the news coming from the front, the strange killing of these hyphae not only brought casualties, but also seemed to allow ordinary people to see the weirdness through some means.

Now there are crazy people everywhere, similar to the patients in Qingshan Mental Hospital, who are gathering together and spreading the legend of the killer mushrooms everywhere.

If the situation continues to deteriorate, Jiangcheng County will be destroyed in this disaster even without the intervention of the "Evil Herald".

Li Shaoheng took a deep breath and prepared to rush to the scene.

Just then, a childish voice sounded behind him.

"and many more."

"Ok?"

Li Shaoheng was stunned for a moment. He was completely unaware of the other party's presence.

Looking back, alarm bells rang instantly.

A petite girl with long white hair stood less than three meters away from him as if floating. Her sickly complexion and "inhuman" aura immediately made him think of something weird.

She raised her head slightly, her delicate face seemed not to be of this human nature, but only a coldness that chilled her to the bone.

...is weird like a human!

Instinctively, Li Shaoheng subconsciously picked up the flying blade, but the girl only glanced at him and then looked away.

"Leave the rest to me. This is...my responsibility."

The girl was Luo Ling who had returned from the world of nothingness. She had already sensed the strong aura of "the same kind" in Jiangcheng County, which exuded a sense of despair and sadness.

The moment she and Li Shaoheng looked at each other, she had taken away all of Li Shaoheng's memories of the incident, and also learned about the current situation in Jiangcheng County.

In addition, Li Shaoheng's abilities were also temporarily borrowed.

The next moment, Li Shaoheng saw this elf-like girl who looked like she had walked out of a storybook slowly take a step forward, and her figure disappeared with the wind.

"This is... "Shrinkage"!"

Li Shaoheng could no longer hide his shocked expression. This was an ability he had used for more than ten years, and there was no way he could have mistaken it.

But it appeared before his eyes in this way.

After a slight shock, Li Shaoheng realized it.

It seems that this strange girl has the ability to borrow the power of others...

Li Shaoheng thought of the scientist who was killed. He was also moved to the center of the county town by "backtracking" and his abilities were also borrowed by someone.

Could it be that this girl also did it?

But, this girl...is she a friend or an enemy?

In this world today, there is no such thing as the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The Evil Herald and the Weird Apostle are mortal enemies, but both are extremely evil to mankind.

Even though the weird girl may have killed the scientist, her current actions seem to be intended to save Jiangcheng County, but... her position is still uncertain.

Li Shaoheng let out a long breath, and just when he was about to follow Luo Ling's footsteps, another phone call came in.

He picked it up and saw that it was a call from Ji Shinian, the leader of the local awakening organization.

Li Shaoheng and Ji Shinian are old acquaintances. Because of Ji Shinian's extremely special talent, the company once sent him out to connect with him on some business matters, so they could be considered to have gotten to know each other.

This time things were getting more and more troublesome. The mission that exceeded original expectations was only a B-level mission at first, and it was also because of Ji Shinian's face that Li Shaoheng, a P8 specialist, was sent out.

"Old Ji, what's the matter?"

"Cough cough..."

"...What did you spy on with your ability?" Hearing the strong cough, Li Shaoheng frowned slightly.

"No... it's a sequelae from before." Ji Shinian's voice sounded quite weak. "Have you ever seen a little girl in white?"

"you know?"

Li Shaoheng's expression became a little more serious.

"The 'White Witch' in the chat group is her." Ji Shinian said calmly, "Also, my eyes are already blind. This is the 'price' I paid."

"what!"

After hearing the last sentence, Li Shaoheng almost dropped the phone.

Ji Shinian's abilities all need to be activated through his eyes. If he is blind, it means that his abilities are useless.

Although Ji Shinian is only a mid-level awakener, this is because the "other shore" path, like the "order" path, is quite difficult to advance.

Even within the "Sky Speakers", the higher-level awakeners only have four major omens.

Ji Shinian is a sixth-level awakener, and is considered the strongest awakener on the "other shore" path besides the "Sky Speaker".

"What on earth did you 'see'..."

Li Shaoheng couldn't help but ask.

"If you tell me directly, I will die."

Ji Shinian’s words were brief and to the point; even though he didn’t say anything, one could already tell how important what he saw was.

In addition, this is not what Ji Shinian wants to see, but the result of too deep "cause and effect" entanglement.

Perhaps, from the moment he accidentally saw the "White Witch" when he was spying on the death of the Skeleton Doctor, everything was unavoidable and the gears of fate had already started turning at that moment.

"Anyway...stop the White Witch if you can."

After saying this, Ji Shinian started coughing violently again. From the other end of the phone came the hurried voices of medical staff, followed by a long "beep".

Stop the "White Witch"?

Stop what? Stop her from saving Jiangcheng County?

but why?

Li Shaoheng was full of doubts and wanted to ask Ji Shinian if he could say more, but when he thought of his dying appearance, he gave up.