Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

2006年8月24日 4:42:00

A young girl appeared in front of Jiang Ming. She had conspicuous white hair and was dressed in black, but it was difficult to hide the arrogance and dignity that emanated from her bones.

"Lord Kallen, I haven't seen you for a long time. I have been waiting for you here for a long time."

Jiang Ming leaned forward slightly to greet her, and the expression of the girl named Karen also became cold.

"Contact me on the phone. You should be the one meeting here at this time."

"Haha, it's me. I know you still have a lot of questions, but don't worry, I will explain everything later. Do you want to have a midnight snack first? Let's talk while we eat."

Jiang Ming made a request with a smile and pointed to the Houmu Happy Restaurant not far away.

"..."

......

Although it is already early morning, scattered figures can still be seen on the streets of Canghai City.

The white-haired girl next to Jiang Ming had her arms piled high with hamburgers. She ate with such happiness on her face that passers-by couldn't help but smile.

"The hamburgers at Homo's Happy Restaurant are really delicious, but... they are still far inferior to the rice balls in Yaemura."

"It would be great if Lady Kallen feels delicious."

Jiang Ming walked slowly, and although his pace was slow, he always followed closely behind Karin. Karin, who noticed this, also understood that he was definitely not an ordinary person.

"Well, according to what you just said, you are the investigator specially assigned by destiny this time, right?"

"Yes, Master Kallen, the Bishop specially sent me to bring you two back."

"..."

"I'm sorry, I might..."

"Don't worry, Lady Kallen. I have found A-872."

"?!"

Jiang Ming interrupted Karen before she could finish her words, and what he said shocked her even more.

"What do you mean?"

"Literally, I have found A-872."

Jiang Ming repeated what he had just said.

"Gudu."

Karin swallowed nervously. Jiang Ming couldn't help but smile when he saw her like this and comforted her.

"Haha, please rest assured, Miss Karen, I will not hurt you. I don't like that bishop very much. I just want you to witness something."

"witness?"

"Yes, witness it."

Jiang Ming nodded, walked in front of Karin, turned around and said to her.

"But before that, I have a small request."

Hearing this, Karin frowned as expected. Jiang Ming spoke while carefully observing her reaction.

"I hope that no matter what happens tomorrow morning, you won't show up. At least, please don't do anything to her tomorrow night... I have something I want you to confirm with your own eyes."

"Deli...A-872 would appear here?"

Karen originally wanted to talk about Theresa, but she was still wary of Jiang Ming, thinking that everything he was saying now was taught to him by the bishop, but Jiang Ming didn't care about that and spoke with a solemn oath.

"Yes, I can make her appear tomorrow, and in the sunshine."

"?!"

"..."

"What if I say no?"

To her, Theresa was too dangerous, and she was the one who brought her here, so she should bear the sin herself. Although she didn't know how Jiang Ming did it, if Theresa was allowed to appear in front of humans during the day, it would probably cause a major crisis.

"Then the number of victims of the continuous blood-sucking incidents may continue to increase. Miss Karen, you have no choice."

Jiang Ming's tone began to become heavy, even a little threatening.

"Ms. Karen, you don't want to increase the number of victims, do you?"

"You!...I see."

Karin sighed and could only agree to Jiang Ming. Jiang Ming wanted to know more about A-872, so Karin handed the file about A-872 to Jiang Ming.

File: 1996, Subject A-872.

[All the previous test subjects that had added the fusion-type Honkai beast "Vishnu" cells were dissolved. I judged that "Vishnu" cells were too powerful and needed to be balanced by adding other elements.

So, I tried to add the energy of the bond of erosion into the experimental subject A-872. The result was surprising. Not only did the experimental subject A-872 not dissolve, it also showed wonderful properties.

She can inject bacterial Honkai beasts into the body of the person being sucked through blood. Within 48 hours, the person infected with bacterial Honkai beasts will also be transformed into a half-human, half-Honkai beast.

Unfortunately, the infected will lose most of their senses, their memories will become fuzzy, and they will develop the same blood-sucking urge as Subject A-872, but in return, they will be able to share life with Subject A-872.

The infected's blood-sucking behavior can produce positive feedback on A-872's power, and conversely, as long as A-872 is not under fatal threat, these infected people will gain nearly eternal life.

It suddenly occurred to me that these bacteria-based Honkai beasts might also have an effect on dead people?

If, if that's the case...】

The record ends here.

After reading it, Jiang Ming looked at Karen seriously.

"Lady Kallen, please rest assured. I swear I will never hurt you and Theresa. On the contrary, I will help you."

"Why do you want me to believe you?"

"Hmm...how about this?"

Jiang Ming raised his hand, and a dark red sword appeared in Jiang Ming's hand. It was the Key of Corrosion - Jizo Soul.

"This is......!"

"Erosion Key. Miss Karen, you should have read the file many times. You should understand its meaning, right?"

"...Okay, I believe you."

Kallen breathed a sigh of relief. Since Jiang Ming was able to steal the Key of Corrosion from the bishop, it had already proved his ability. And since he had such powerful abilities, it would probably be easy for him to capture Theresa and her.

"Okay, see you tomorrow, Ms. Karen. Oh, by the way, if you don't want to cause a panic, please don't show up to stop me."

After saying that, Jiang Ming left.

"..."

......

Yuexia was lying on the bed hugging Houmu tightly. She had already fallen asleep. Her relaxed brows and expression made it easy to tell that it was a good dream.

I don’t know how long I slept. At Jiang Ming’s gentle call again and again, Yuexia opened her ruby-like eyes and blinked with some confusion. Compared with before, her scarlet eyes were less vigilant and more relaxed, staring at the boy in front of her intently.

"Human brother?"

"Well, good morning, my princess."

Jiang Ming gave a gentle smile.

"Get up, wash up, and have breakfast. After breakfast, I'll take you somewhere."

"Where...?"

"Houm Houm Amusement Park."

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