global pollution

As the night fell, the climate of Xizhou was different from that of Dongzhou. The winter here had gone as early as two months ago, the young grass had sprouted, and some green had appeared on the branches of the roadside.

However, at night, the monsoon from the northern Wuji Ice Field blows among the tall buildings in the city, and people walking on the streets can still feel a little bit of coolness remaining.

In the ward of the hospital, Lu Yi was sitting on a bench, staring at the ceiling in a daze. Lily's spirit was a little sluggish for some reason. She curled up in the corner by herself, clutching the curtains with both hands, and fell asleep with her mouth open.

Qin Yun didn't notice Lily's change. She stayed by the bed and never took her eyes off Xia Ren.

There is a vase on the cabinet next to it, and a few white lilies are blooming. The faint fragrance of the flowers can somewhat relieve anxiety.

Xia Ren put his hands on both sides of his body, his eyes were closed, his expression was serene, he didn't even breathe, as if he was just asleep.

Before Qin Yun's eyes, he appeared to be full of energy in the morning, with his voice and appearance still present.

Since the morning, Xia Ren has been in a coma for nearly ten hours, which is very rare. The last time he was in a coma was when he was taken away by his own mask.

Especially this time the situation was rather weird. Qin Yun didn't know the reason for his coma, so he couldn't help being very worried.

The doctors of the Superman Association in Soli City have all gone to support the hardest-hit area of ​​​​atypical insectophobia. The doctors who stayed here couldn't find out anything unusual about Xia Ren's body, so they could only continue to observe.

While Qin Yun was waiting anxiously, Xia Ren's eyelids suddenly trembled twice.

"you're awake!"

Qin Yun's tired spirit instantly cheered up, and he took his hand excitedly.

"Ah, boss!"

Lu Yi noticed the movement here, and leaned over excitedly.

Lily still closed her eyes tightly and hugged the corner of the curtain, as if she didn't hear.

"Um……"

Xia Ren opened his eyes, waited for a few seconds, sorted out what happened before and after, and then sat up from the bed with the support of Qin Yun and Lu Yi.

"Get me a glass of water."

He felt that the skin on his lips was dry and cracked, and his mouth was astringent and bitter.

While Qin Yun went to pour water, he briefly checked his physical condition.

First, it feels bad.

There is a dull pain in the head, and I can clearly feel the beating of the blood vessels on the forehead, and the mental state is also very sluggish, as if I have not slept for several days and nights all night.

Xia Ren clenched his fists and found that he couldn't exert enough strength. Whenever he tried to exert force, his body felt sore and swollen, protesting his atrocities.

Instinct told him that what he needs most now is to rest.

Xia Ren was a little surprised. He was very aware of his body. This long-lost feeling was... sickness.

"I'm still sick?"

He felt incredible.

Calling up the system menu in his mind, as expected, the pollution value has reached 35100. This value has already affected his sanity, and there is even a probability that unknown distortions will occur, reaching the edge of danger.

Qin Yun brought a glass of warm water, after being in a coma for so long, Xia Ren rinsed his mouth twice first, and then took another two sips, the bitterness in his mouth faded a lot.

Then he exchanged a bottle of secondary anti-pollution liquid and drank it, and the pollution value was finally cleared to zero.

His mental state has improved a bit, but the overall situation is still poor. It seems that the root cause is not the pollution value.

Qin Yun took out a wet towel, wiped his face, and asked, "What's going on? Why did you suddenly become unconscious?"

Xia Ren rubbed his head: "The specifics... I'm not too clear."

Just after he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered the scene when he saw Zhao Mingyue before he woke up, and the sticky, disgusting slime mold attached to the back of his hand at that time.

His left hand trembled subconsciously, and Xia Ren quickly looked at the back of his hand. Fortunately, there was nothing there.

However, there is definitely something wrong with my current state, and the problem comes from the aberrant body I came into contact with this morning.

Since the left hand is fine, the only problem is...

The tentacles stretched out. Since the ward was relatively small and there were Qin Yun and the others, Xia Ren only stretched out the upper half that was stained with blue powder.

Even so, it has already occupied nearly half of the room.

After stretching out his tentacles, Xia Ren felt more discomfort. He finally found the reason for his coma.

On the parts of the tentacles that have been in contact with the deformed body, an indescribable scar appeared on the originally smooth and tender skin, as if suffering from a serious skin disease, and the surface tissue of the tentacles was severely eroded.

The densely packed small bumps formed into pieces, and the shape was extremely similar to the slime mold on the back of his hand by the Styx River.

At the top of each small pimple, it has begun to fester, some of which are just translucent dots, just like acne on a human face, while some serious ones have rotted into tiny holes, and there are continuous pimples. Milky pus dripped from the cavity in a sickening shape.

Some suckers are surrounded by leprosy, and the gap between the suckers and tentacles has been filled with swollen tissue.

Xia Renzheng was surprised by the change of the tentacles, and Zhao Mingyue's reminder suddenly came back to his ears: Don't you want the other hand too?

"Oops, these concentrated waters are also contagious!"

Xia Ren immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, but currently there are limited ways to control the pollution, and it is impossible to wipe it with ordinary toilet paper or cloth.

He didn't dare to be careless, and directly exchanged for a bottle of third-level anti-pollution liquid.

"How did the tentacles become like this?"

Qin Yun was also very surprised.

Xia Ren looked at the small bottle of green liquid, and told Qin Yun, "Thank you for your hard work, bring me another basin of water."

"it is good!"

Qin Yun didn't dare to delay, and immediately walked out of the ward.

Xia Ren poured the anti-pollution liquid into the basin, and then washed the infected part of the tentacles with mixed water.

Fortunately, it worked. Although the skin spots did not disappear, at least they no longer bleed out pus.

"Even the third-level anti-pollution liquid can't cure it. What is the origin of those blue powders?"

Xia Ren recalled some details in the morning, and couldn't help feeling a little scared.

The blue powder came from that aberrant body, and at that time, that aberrant body was transforming into a fungus-like form, that is to say, the blue powder was likely to be the spores she was about to spread!

If Lily hadn't devoured her at that time, at the entrance of the hospital, in such a densely populated place, once the spores with such strong corrosive and contagious abilities spread out, it would be a disaster!