Chapter 3 Who is he?
The crystal lantern, which was pregnant with indescribable horror, was easily approached and contained?
David, who had personally experienced the horror of the lantern, felt as if he had been struck by lightning at this moment and was as stunned as a clay sculpture!
The emotion of extreme surprise even pushed all his fear and despair back into the depths of his soul.
His pupils dilated, he turned his head and looked along his arm.
——I saw a slightly pale young man with black hair and black eyes, pursed his thin lips, and gently raised the lantern.
who is he?
D-class personnel?
Endless doubts lingered in David's mind, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.
Because the moment this mysterious man touched the lantern, the horror and terror that stirred his soul suddenly disappeared.
In other words, he was saved.
The joy and happiness of the remaining life after the disaster made David so excited that he could not express it in words.
Little did he know that he was not the only one who felt this way?
Not far away, Ji Zijun's eyes widened, his face full of unresolved panic and residual fear, which looked very wonderful.
In her eyes, Arthur stood at the intersection with a lantern in hand, facing the dark alley, as if he wanted to light up the way forward.
Because his back was to everyone, no one could see his expression clearly.
At his feet, corpses of D-class personnel lay scattered on their backs, like withered yellow iris. The distortion and fear solidified on the corpses were the marks of terror that refused to leave.
The light of a large candle illuminated half of his clothes, and the halo blended seamlessly with the street lamp, without distinction or boundaries.
I wonder if the abominable monster hiding in the darkness is because the candlelight cannot reach it? Or is it because it is frightened by Arthurs, the lord of the lantern?
Never appeared again.
This makes Arthur look like the leader of a cult, mysterious, terrifying, bloody, and idiosyncratic.
"Are we saved?"
Ji Zijun murmured softly, not knowing whether he should hate the disaster caused by Arthurs? Or be glad that the disaster has been contained?
This scene was also transmitted to the eyes of the Foundation's senior executives through countless satellites, drones, street surveillance, and even special containers.
It made countless people breathe a sigh of relief.
[Dr. Condesai is right. Arthur is the main subject in the space-time lantern incident, and the lantern is just his vassal, or weapon! Damn it, this bastard is hinting at the weaponization of my contained objects again...]
[Another humanoid containment object. Fortunately, he can communicate, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. ]
[Inform the Intelligence Division to collect information about China as soon as possible, and Arthur must be appeased.]
[Attention of all departments, the monitoring signal of the Absolute Exclusion Protective Equipment has not disappeared. D-class personnel 555427 is suspected to have been converted into a containment object, please contain it as soon as possible. 】
"Da da da……"
There was a sound of rapid footsteps, and a mobile task force disguised as local guards rushed in.
They quickly took control of the scene, pointing their dark guns at everyone on the scene.
At this time, Ji Zijun also received an order from the headquarters and quickly suppressed all the emotions in his heart. He carefully tiptoed through the corpses on the ground and walked to Ning Xiuyuan.
"Mr. Arthur, thank you very much for your cooperation. The site still needs to be cleaned up. If you don't mind, can you move to the foundation to discuss the search for China plan in detail?"
Ning Xiuyuan glanced at the scattered objects on the ground, wondering if they were corpses lying on the ground or a crowd of corpses? He nodded lightly.
No one knew that under the paralyzed expression on his face, the uncertainty in his heart became more and more intense.
——Could this be a prank?
Ji Zijun was overjoyed when he saw this, and quickly asked Ning Xiuyuan to go aside. At this time, there was a black business car waiting quietly there.
Ning Xiuyuan walked towards the business car.
From beginning to end, he didn't notice David's completely transparent body not far away.
In other words, when he got off the car, he had a glimpse of David who was not completely transparent, but when the car door opened, David disappeared. He thought that his glimpse was an illusion of reflection in the car window glass.
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Sitting in the car, Ning Xiuyuan turned to look out the window with a calm expression. The crystal lantern from a foreign time and space was gently held in his hand and placed on his knee.
The weak candlelight is swaying, misty, and burning...
It emits a light that does not belong to this world.
Just like Ning Xiuyuan's chaotic thoughts at this time, full of confusion, confusion, and fear of the unknown!
When Ji Zijun came to him and said that his lantern was destroying the world, his first reaction deep in his heart was:
——Is this girl really crazy?
No wonder they talk about hell, R'lyeh, and the Mirror Fog City.
However, when a high-end business car stopped in front of him, Ning Xiuyuan hesitated again. How could a lunatic drive such a good car?
Finally he decided to go over and take a look.
His experience has long been beyond the reach of common sense, so it is not impossible for something beyond common sense to happen again.
However, when he arrived at his destination, the sight in front of him made him look confused.
What did he see?
Around the lantern, the crowd is like light, spread across the earth.
Each body is twisted and the expression is horrifying, just like the most bizarre performance art, or a prank variety show.
Especially the horrifying look on his face, which is frightening and makes people feel terrified inside.
It's fine if there are only one or two people, but this is the case wherever you go.
If this is performance art, where did the organizer find so many Oscar winners to participate?
If not, what is happening here?
Are they dead or alive?
Was all this really caused by the crystal lantern he dropped?
Endless confusion breeds, brews, and ferments in Ning Xiuyuan's heart.
The bizarre experience of traveling across three worlds left him confused and uncertain, but he also secretly became wary.
Now he can only talk less and watch more, listen more, understand the situation, and wait for opportunities to act.
The bright neon light shines through the car window, dazzling Ning Xiuyuan's expression, just like his colorful and weird heart at this time.
After an unknown amount of time, the commercial vehicle drove into a group of buildings surrounded by the green sea, with "NERC" printed on the doors.
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The moment the vehicle drove in, in a standard secure humanoid containment unit on the sixth underground floor of the building complex, a man wearing a black robe and a medieval beak mask suddenly raised his face.
In the eye sockets covered by the crystal flakes of the bird's beak mask, a pair of sickly eyes suddenly became bloodshot and crazy.
"Plague? A plague that does not belong to this world! Damn it, he will destroy this world! I have to do something, yes, I have to kill him and then cure him!"
As soon as the sound fell, he plunged the lancet in his hand into the heart of the cow corpse in front of him, and the closed cow's eyes suddenly opened, revealing empty eyes.
[Containment code: Epidemic Doctor.]
[Characteristics: The Epidemic Doctor is a humanoid entity, resembling a medieval bird-beaked doctor. The mask and costume are parts of the Epidemic Doctor's body. X-ray scans show that the beak mask grows from the skull, similar to an insect exoskeleton.
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[Containment Level: Euclid.]
[Containment description: The plague doctor will become hostile to all humans infected with the "plague", and will try to kill them and then cure them. The healing process involves using the equipment in the medical bag that he carries with him to transform the victim's corpse into an active zombie.
It is unclear what the "plague" perceived by the epidemic doctor is. In most cases, the epidemic doctor is willing to cooperate with the foundation.】
Chapter completed!