Author: Book Eater

I returned to the first floor of the house, opened the iron door leading to the basement, and found five survivors captured by the demon warlocks inside.

The five people were three men and two women. Just as the Siren had judged, they were all ordinary people with no special powers. Although no one was restrained, because the iron door was locked from the outside,

They couldn't escape. In addition, they all looked safe. Although they had some injuries, they were not so much injuries from torture, but from struggling to survive in the city that had turned into a land of terror before being captured.

The wounds left by time.

But I know that they are not as well as they appear.

From the previously discovered videos, I already knew that those demon warlocks felt that the number of survivors was getting smaller and smaller, so in order to prevent themselves from having less fun, they performed cruel tricks on them that could be "reused". Specifically,

, whenever those demonic sorcerers tortured them to the point of near death and mental breakdown, they would cure all their injuries, delete their memories of that day, and then throw them back into the basement, and repeat yesterday's actions the next day.

Behavior.

Demon sorcerers are very good at transforming flesh and blood and manipulating the mind. Even a less advanced demon sorcerer can do this level of things. If this kind of power is used in the right way, it might be possible to make huge achievements in the fields of physical and psychological treatment.

Contribution, but it turns out that demon warlocks are the best at these. It is really ironic.

It's just that those demon warlocks are often not sure of their own strength, and will "play bad" on people from time to time. So far, there are only five people left.

And these five people seemed to lack sufficient understanding of their real situation. However, they seemed to have seen other powers and terrifying behaviors of demon warlocks. At this moment, they saw me walking in from the outside inexplicably. Although they all

They looked toward the exit, but they seemed unsure of my identity and suspected that I was an accomplice of the demon sorcerer. No one dared to make the first move and ran away. They just looked at me with fear and trembling.

I told them that the demon sorcerers had been defeated, and produced a work certificate with suggestive effect to convince them of my identity.

"Are you from the state security department?" one of the survivors asked cautiously, "Has the state finally sent troops here? Is it safe outside?"

"Unfortunately, there are no troops, just me and another colleague. And the outside is still the same as you know." I said.

"There are no troops? How were they defeated?" The survivors were disappointed and doubtful.

Some people even said in despair: "Is there really a country? Is mankind going to perish? Otherwise, why has no one come to deal with the situation outside?"

It is not incomprehensible to have this view. Even if they move in the city, they have to take great risks of death, let alone go to the outskirts of the city, and they have no way of knowing that the mirage market is in a situation of isolation from the inside and outside. They see

All we saw were destroyed cities. No official rescue arrived no matter how long we waited, and electronic devices that could not receive network signals were unable to receive network signals. If I were them, I would probably wonder if the end of the world has happened, and even the country has lost control of the world.

Too busy to take care of myself.

"Only the mirage market encounters this situation. I will explain the details to you later. Anyway, let's get out of here first." I said.

They looked at each other and said, "Although we don't want to stay in such a ghost place, there are monsters outside."

"I will escort you. Moreover, even if it is safe to stay here, you will have to collect food and water sooner or later." I couldn't ignore them. However, even though I said this, they were still hesitant and couldn't believe that I had

ability to protect them.

Seeing this, I wanted to take out the "Quick Talk" amulet and order them to follow me.

But thinking about what those demon warlocks did to them, and thinking about Xiao Jing's hugely contrasting attitude after I used the "Quick Talk" amulet, I suppressed my impulse for the time being and decided to try another method.

I took down the iron door behind me, and then under their dumbfounded eyes, I tore the iron door into pieces like tearing paper.

"So you can trust me?" I asked.

"Believe, believe." They nodded hurriedly, not knowing whether it was because of belief or fear.

I took them out of the house, and then found the two people hiding quietly outside - Qiao Licao holding the secret amulet given to her by the blue bird in her left hand, and holding Xiao Jing's hand in her right hand. It seemed that she was using this

This method extends the effectiveness of the secret talisman to Xiao Jing.

"I'm sorry, I failed." I said to Qiao Licao, and explained the specific situation.

"Really, I couldn't catch the demon warlock alive..." She sighed, looked at the tracking tool whose durability had returned to zero, and then said, "No way, it doesn't always go so smoothly. Let's first

Let’s go back to the Security Bureau, it’s more convenient to rest there.”

"Okay." I also plan to find a place to settle these five survivors first. Moreover, they have personally experienced the horrific changes in the mirage market, and have had close contact with the demon warlocks. I also have some things I want to ask them.

After a while, we returned to the abandoned site of the Security Bureau. Although the gray fog blocked the sky and the position of the sun could not be seen clearly, judging from the light, it should be afternoon. However, logically speaking, it should have already arrived by this time.

It's dark, but the sky is still bright. Time seems to have stopped in a strange way in the mirage market.

On the road, there were many demons trying to attack us from all directions. Sometimes they came out of the shops on the street to attack, sometimes they jumped from the rooftop to attack, sometimes they ambush around the corner to attack... But the team was escorted by me.

No danger was encountered.

The survivors looked at the scene of me killing demons. They were shocked and seemed to suspect that they were not awake yet.

I told them before that I defeated the demon warlock. After all, they didn't witness it with their own eyes. They only saw me "showing off my strength" with the iron gate. They were mostly afraid of me. But now, they have more respect for me.

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It's impossible for me not to like being looked at with respect. In the past, I always said that I wanted to be a hero. I wanted to be a hero, use powerful power to save and protect others, and be respected by them. Isn't this exactly what I yearn for?

However, while I was happy, I also thought of another thing, something that was enough to cool down the heat in my heart.

They will "forget" me eventually.

People without advanced awareness are doomed to unconsciously discard information related to secret events in the corners of their minds. Even if they have witnessed such a horrific disaster in the mirage market and encountered such a terrifying monster, they will wait until they return to the normal world.

After that, it is destined to "forget" all these things that seem to have happened in a different world, and return to the normal track of life in body and mind.

I know very well that they have not really forgotten. If someone mentions those things to them again afterwards, they will think of things that they never think about at ordinary times, just like they recalled their classmates in elementary school and junior high school. But

In a normal world, who would mention those things to them?

In the future, let alone being grateful to me, even my face will never come up in their minds again.

Do I really need to bother so much and care about these "ungrateful" people?

Even I occasionally have this inappropriate thought in my mind. Then I suppress it with all my strength. However, even if I am an ordinary person, I am destined to spend my life with the fate of an ordinary person.

Everyone thinks so, it is even more self-evident what other warlocks think, and the attitude of the Tianhe City Security Bureau towards ordinary people is also easier to empathize with.

Not to mention the Tianhe City Security Bureau, even the legal camp does not have much affection for ordinary people and does not care much about the lives of ordinary people. The legal camp attaches great importance to secular society, more because they realize that secular society and secrets

The world is actually inseparable, so in order to maintain the order of the hidden world, they will also defend the order of secular society. Although Lieque showed a mentality of caring about ordinary people's lives during the Liucheng collective coma incident, in the eyes of the legal camp

Come on, Lieque's mentality is undoubtedly "naive".

I hope that I can be like Li Que, no matter how much time passes, I will never become a person who can flaunt himself to others as mature and smart, but abandons compassion like a worn-out shoe. Even if it seems naive and stupid to others.

Yes, but the hero I yearn for has something more important than so-called maturity and intelligence.

After resting for a while in the abandoned site of the Security Bureau, I explained to the survivors why the outside world did not rescue Mirage City, and asked about what happened during the Mirage City disaster. What they told was the same as what I had imagined at the beginning: One afternoon,

A strange fog suddenly appeared in the city, and countless monsters came with the fog, massacring people who were still active outdoors. Even many people hiding indoors were caught and eaten by monsters, and the streets and alleys were filled with

With the indelible smell of blood, screams and cries spread throughout the city, then gradually became fainter until there was complete silence.

"I remember that the fog spread very quickly from the east. Could it be that there was some kind of experimental accident in some non-public government laboratory there?" Some people seemed to have watched too many science fiction horror movies, so

speculated.

"We were all hiding well at home and in the company, but we didn't expect those strange people to suddenly appear. They have weird powers and can even withstand attacks from monsters, but they don't do any good things.

And they took us all away." Someone said to me, "Who are those people? They seem to enjoy torturing other people. Sometimes they will take a few people away from us, and then you can hear screams from outside the door.

and voices begging for mercy. Some people were not able to come back, and some people couldn't tell what they went through after they came back. I seem to have been dragged by them, but I don't have that impression at all."

I did not tell them the truth, but simply explained that those people were demon warlocks and what a demon warlock was, and then asked: "Did you hear the conversation between them? Did they say anything strange?"

"Something strange..." someone recalled, "By the way, they seemed to have mentioned a person repeatedly, and it seemed that he was called...a fanatical believer?"

"Yes, that's what it's called." Another person confirmed, "It seems that the person called the fanatic believer betrayed them."

Betrayal? Fanatics should be the superiors of those demonic sorcerers. Why do those demonic sorcerers regard fanatics as traitors?

I calmed down and thought about it. Speaking of which, it is strange that those demonic sorcerers did not leave the fog. If the fog was caused by fanatic believers and those demonic sorcerers, then the latter should have a way to leave here, unless there is something serious to do.

Do it here. But judging from the video, those demon warlocks are only focused on torturing the survivors to kill time. In addition, judging from what the survivors just said, "They can even cope with the attacks of those monsters," the demons can also

attack them.

Is it possible that they don't leave the fog because they can't leave? The fog spread by the fanatic believers not only traps other people, but also traps all their own people?

Moreover, this may not be an accident, but intentional?

So what role does biting blood play in this?

I asked the survivors about biting blood, but they all said they had never heard of the name.

"We've fallen into a dead end again." Qiao Licao said distressedly, "I don't know which direction to investigate next. The tracking tools are no longer usable and we can no longer track other demon warlocks. And even if we can still track them,

I guess I won’t be able to catch anyone alive, and I won’t be able to get any information out of it…”

I also felt deeply helpless and at the same time repeatedly recalled all the clues I had obtained before.

Suddenly, I noticed a key point.

"By the way, you said before that the fog spread from the east, right?" I asked one of the survivors.

He nodded, "Yes."

"Is there any problem with this?" Qiao Licao was curious at first, then suddenly realized, "Wait a minute, when the previous members of the investigation team mentioned the huge spiritual fluctuations covering the city, they said that it came from the southwest! I

At first I thought the huge spiritual fluctuations represented the source of the fog, but are they two different things?"

"No, it should be the same thing. But the observer's position is different, so the angle of observation is also different." I calmed down and felt that I had caught a very key clue. "Can you give me the map?"

She gave me the map. I unfolded the map, then asked the survivor where he observed the fog spreading, and then asked the remaining four people. However, not everyone had observed the fog when it occurred.

Three of the next four people shook their heads and said they didn't know, and one person said it.

Based on the location and observation direction of them and the members of the investigation team at that time, I drew three extended sectors on the map, and using the cross-positioning method, I finally came up with an area that appeared to be a very small area on the map.

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Looking at this area, I felt like I was approaching the source of everything in one breath.

"The source of the fog is right here." I said.
Chapter completed!