Who says a sickly daughter can’t break through the weirdness?

This shows that the thing has intelligence far beyond that of ordinary monsters!

It even learned to judge whether it could win based on the situation and power gap, and adopt corresponding strategies.

Although the logic is simple, it is enough to prove that strange beasts, like entities, have the possibility of "evolving" towards intelligence.

If a level three strange beast has the intelligence of a three to five year old child, will there be a level four strange beast with the intelligence of an ordinary adult in the future, or even a level five strange beast that far exceeds the intelligence level of humans?

No, now is not the time to think about this...

Shen Qiyin adjusted her power armor. The Ender Ghost was more difficult to deal with than she had imagined. The thickness of this armor was close to 15mm, but it still couldn't withstand the opponent's claw attack.

My own physical strength is also a problem. Driving a mecha is also a physical job. If I don’t increase my physical strength, I won’t even be able to drive a power armor in the future...

She carried the mimic chainsaw sword that Mona had transformed into on her back, walked up to the stunned Chen Guanglin, took off her helmet, and extended the mechanical arm of her power armor towards him:

"Looks like I arrived just in time, right?"

Chen Guanglin looked up and down at this humanoid mecha, which was a whole circle larger than himself. The shoulder armor was wide enough for two adults to lie side by side, and the buzzing sound made by the knee hydraulic pump when it was operating made his eardrums swell.

A broad chest, thick steel plates, sturdy arms and thighs, and a chainsaw sword on the back that is more intimidating than a chainsaw... It is known to be the best among the big guys!

Such a majestic and huge power armor is driven by a little girl with a delicate face. It is no exaggeration to say that Shen Qinyin's little head is not even as big as the palm of the power armor. She shrinks into the cockpit like a kitten crawling into a giant cookie jar.

"You saved my life..."

Chen Guanglin reached out and grasped the mechanical hand, then stood up with a thankful yet complicated expression on his face.

No one knew better than him how hopeless the situation was today, and that was why he never dreamed that he could survive.

"Let's talk about gratitude later," Shen Qiyin put on her helmet again and turned to face Chen Xiao behind Chen Guanglin. Her cold voice came through the helmet, "We all still have problems to solve, right?"

"..."

Chen Guanglin's heart sank, and the look he gave Chen Xiao was filled with fear, tension, and worry that was difficult to conceal.

Shen Qiyin took out the chainsaw sword from behind, held it in her hand, and slowly approached Chen Xiao. Tang Miao and Kana in the distance also understood what she meant and pointed their guns at Chen Xiao.

"Xiao Shen, wait a minute!"

Chen Guanglin took a step forward and stood in front of Shen Qinyin. His face turned pale and cold sweat kept pouring out of his forehead.

"I can't wait, Brother Chen, you are a sensible person, don't be fooled by illusions."

Shen Qiyin's voice was quite calm, and carried an undeniable coldness: "You should also know what this guy in front of you is, right?"

"..."

Chen Guanglin clenched his fists and looked at Chen Xiao with gritted teeth.

Of course, he had already noticed that something was wrong. Everyone in the survivor base was dead, and even Zhou Cheng, the only qualified person, had gone to hell. In this desperate situation, there was absolutely no possibility for his daughter to survive.

Furthermore, when he had just held his daughter in his arms, her body had been much colder than that of an ordinary person. That was definitely not the temperature of a living person...

He just didn't dare to think about it and didn't want to face the extremely terrible reality.

However, just when his heart was about to sink to the bottom, Shen Qiyin's comforting voice came again: "Don't worry, your daughter is not dead, she is just possessed by an entity."

"Possessed?!"

Chen Guanglin's heart, which had just sank, rose to his throat again: "Are you saying that Xiaoxiao was possessed by the entity...?"

"I've heard of entities possessing and controlling other beings, but this is the first time I've encountered one. Generally speaking, it's very unlikely that a person possessed by an entity will survive. After all, their consciousness will be gradually contaminated and taken over by the entity..."

If you want your daughter to live, let me take a gamble. It's better than doing nothing."

"Okay! I believe you. As long as you can save Xiaoxiao, my life will be yours!"

"Hmm... forget it. I probably won't need it."

As Shen Qiyin spoke, she moved closer to where Chen Xiao was.

Although she was holding a chainsaw sword, she had no intention of taking action.

This entity is more of an idealistic existence and is completely immune to physical damage. If Shen Qiyin chops it with a sword, she doesn't know whether the entity will be hurt, but Chen Xiao will definitely be dead.

Seeing Shen Qinyin approaching him, Chen Xiao, who had a dull expression on his face, suddenly opened his mouth and revealed a hideous and exaggerated evil smile, as if he was provoking Shen Qinyin.

Almost at the same time, a buzzing sound so strong that it could distort vision suddenly exploded in everyone's ears!

The buzzing sound was like a steel needle that pierced directly into Chen Guanglin's brain through his ears, causing him to feel a pain in his brain and cover his head with his hands, grimacing.

The glass jar emitting white flames that he wore around his waist seemed to have been hit violently, and shattered into pieces with a "crack"!

Even the light emitted by the White Flame Type I began to distort at this moment, and it seemed as if it was about to go out.

Shen Qiyin grabbed Chen Guanglin's shoulders and threw him backwards like a chicken. At the moment of being attacked by the entity, the eagle-shaped pattern on the front of the power armor suddenly burst out with a brilliant light!

The moment this light burst out, it was like sunlight piercing into the darkness, piercing and dispelling the cognitive pollution brought by the entity. The anti-magic ability brought by the flawed dusk stone was much stronger than that of the ordinary White Flame Type I, not to mention that it was also integrated into the power armor.

This makes Shen Qiyin extremely resistant to the cognitive pollution of entities.

However, despite this, the cognitive pollution caused by this thing still caused the pattern on her armor to fade from bright silver to black at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Judging from the intensity of cognitive pollution, this thing is at least a C-level entity!

According to official ratings, Class C entities already possess the ability to threaten the entire county-level administrative area. If left unchecked, the entire county will be completely destroyed.

The minimum requirement for official investigators to investigate such entities is two mid-level investigators, but the number of mid-level investigators is extremely scarce. When Lin Qiutang was still in the official department of Yunlan City, they didn't even have a single mid-level investigator.

Shen Qiyin made a simple estimate and found that the strength displayed by this entity was probably no less than that of the Girl in the Rain. If she wanted to deal with it, she must not hold back.

Especially when the other party still has "hostages" in their hands, if you still want to hold back, you are playing with your own and other people's lives!

Therefore, just before the pattern on the chest of the power armor was about to turn completely black, Shen Qinyin decisively removed the armor and drilled out from the back!

In her hand she held high a bronze mirror for suppressing evil that was worth 500 lust stones. The moment the bronze mirror reflected Chen Xiao's pale face, the Taotie beast head behind him suddenly widened its eyes, opened its bloody mouth, and revealed a ferocious face with green face and fangs!

The next second, a dazzling golden light burst out from the mirror! When the light shone on Chen Xiao's cheek, it was like a red-hot pair of tongs piercing into ice water. White smoke continued to sizzle out of her face!

"Uhhhhhh-"

Chen Xiao hugged his head and let out a sharp scream that was not at all like a human's. The sharp scream sounded like the wailing of a ghost.

The eyeballs of the Taotie beast's head suddenly turned, and blood slowly flowed down its fangs!

“Aa ...

Suddenly, Chen Xiao, as if unable to bear the intense pain brought by the bronze mirror, rushed towards Shen Qinyin like a madman!

The latter's pupils trembled, a thought flashed through his mind, and the invisible power of thought quickly wrapped around the other person's body, lifting him up high!

Chen Xiao was waving his limbs wildly in the air, kicking his legs wildly in the air as if he was going to be thrown out by her.

The light emitted by the evil-suppressing bronze mirror became more and more dazzling. The golden light seemed to carry a temperature of thousands of degrees, burning shocking bloody holes on Chen Xiao's face and body!

Black oil kept dripping down from these holes like candles under high temperature, and the turned-over flesh looked like squid tentacles curled up after being roasted by fire. Visible black gas kept coming out of the holes, just like the evil spirits forced out by priests during exorcisms in those horror movies!

"dad......"

“It hurts, it hurts so much…!”

“It hurts aa ...

At this moment, Chen Xiao, who was possessed by the entity, seemed to regain her clarity for a moment. She looked at Chen Guanglin tenderly for help, and tears as big as beans kept rolling down her eyes.

“Xiaoxiao!!”

Chen Guanglin felt heartbroken when he saw this scene. He even wanted to rush forward to interrupt Shen Qinyin and let her be free, which was better than suffering such torture.

Shen Qiyin tightly grasped the evil-suppressing bronze mirror in her hand and warned the other party word by word in a deep voice: "Don't look! Those are just tricks!"

Hearing this, Chen Guanglin was stunned and his whole body began to tremble violently. He wanted to take a step forward, but the next second, as if he had made up his mind, he pinched his thigh tightly and refused to move forward!

He knew that he was gambling now, gambling that Shen Qinyin had a way to save his daughter!

Therefore, he must trust the other party completely and put his own life and his daughter's life in the other party's hands!

On the other side, the entity possessing Chen Xiao saw that his plan had failed, and he opened his mouth in anger and roared miserably at Shen Qinyin.

In the face of the entity's provocation, Shen Qiyin said nothing, holding the bronze mirror, and approached the other party step by step.

Blood continued to drip from the gaping mouth of the Taotie beast, the bronze mirror made a resounding sound like a bell, and wisps of black smoke continued to emerge from Chen Xiao's body, which were then evaporated by the light!

Gradually, the entity seemed to know that it could not compete with Shen Qinyin. It suddenly pushed Chen Xiao's body towards Shen Qinyin, and turned itself into a phantom, breaking free from the constraints of the bronze mirror, and disappeared without a trace in just a blink of an eye.

As the entity left, the Taotie beast head behind the evil-suppressing bronze mirror quickly closed its eyes and mouth. Many cracks had appeared on the surface of the bronze mirror. Although it could be used again, the subsequent effects and time would definitely not be as good as this time.

After the entity left, Chen Xiao, who had been shown to have many bloody holes in his flesh by the bronze mirror, actually completely recovered his original appearance. Those so-called holes were just a trick created by the entity from the beginning.

Shen Qiyin was certain of this because she knew very well that exorcism items would only threaten entities, strange beasts, and species like the Black Tide, and would not cause any harm to humans at all.

Only those exorcism tools that are filled with evil might pose some threat to the user and the people around them.

"Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao!"

Chen Guanglin took three or two steps forward and picked up Chen Xiao's light body. The other person's face was extremely pale and weak, as if he would float away in the next second.

He put his trembling fingers close to the other person's nostrils to feel the other person's breath.

Fortunately, God is kind to Chen Xiao. Although his breath is weak, it is still there.

"Hurry, let her eat this."

Shen Qiyin floated in front of the two people and handed them two capsules.

“This is a mental recovery capsule, the same as the sanity capsule consumed by the investigation team. It can suppress and restore polluted sanity.

The previous 'exorcism ritual' drove away the entity and restored people's sanity, but I'm not sure if it will be effective on the possessed person, so it's best to let her take two pills..."

Chen Guanglin took the capsule without any doubt and decisively fed it to Chen Xiao. Then he took out the water bottle and gave him a few sips.

As time passed, Chen Xiao's symptoms did not seem to worsen, and his breathing and heartbeat gradually returned to normal.

After confirming that Chen Xiao was safe and sound, Chen Guanglin heaved a long sigh, his expression as if he had survived a disaster.

"You saved my father and me," Chen Guanglin looked at Shen Qiyin with a complicated expression. "You saved me, so I owe you one life. You saved my daughter, so I owe you two lives. Now I owe you three lives."

"Then I'll just owe you money for now. I don't think you can give me anything in return now."

Shen Qiyin looked at the completely destroyed auto repair shop and sighed regretfully, "I don't want your life, I want supplies, but this place is already destroyed. Even if I want to ask you for a discount in exchange for supplies, there's no way to do it."

"Yeah, but luckily I kept a trick up my sleeve."

"Ok?"

"Haven't you always been curious about the food source for us survivors?"

Chen Guanglin took out a can of black soil from his bag, which he had just risked his life to collect, and placed it in front of Shen Qiyin:

"Here, you see, this is our biggest secret."

"Black soil?"

Shen Qiyin picked up the jar and shook it gently. The black soil inside seemed to come alive and squirmed slightly a few times. One could even vaguely see something like flesh and blood tissue inside!

Although this is the first contact, even a fool would know after seeing this scene that this is definitely not a creature that should exist on Earth!

Chapter 136: Signs of a Fire in the Backyard

"Is your food source related to this thing?"

Shen Qiyin looked at the stuff in the jar that looked like mud and wriggling meat paste, and felt a little nauseous from the bottom of her heart.

"We call it 'Black Soil,'" Chen Guanglin explained. "We don't know whether it's a physical entity or a strange beast. After all, it's not afraid of sunlight and can exist normally even during the day."

"Regardless of what this thing is...how do you use it?"

"Heh, what else can you do with it? Just treat it like normal soil and plant your seeds.

Its greatness lies in the fact that it requires no soil loosening, no fertilization, and no maintenance; any seeds planted will mature and bear fruit within three days to a week."

"real or fake?"

Shen Qiyin couldn't help but smack her lips, revealing an incredible look, "No wonder you can still eat fresh fruits, it turns out they are really grown from the ground? Well, although calling this thing 'ground' is not accurate..."

"After talking about the advantages, let's talk about the disadvantages."

Chen Guanglin's tone suddenly changed, his expression becoming serious. "Remember one thing, this thing must be replenished with enough water, otherwise it will dry out, go crazy, and eventually die."

"I can probably understand dryness and death, but what about madness?"

"Have you ever seen the earth that eats people?"

"never seen it."

"Then I hope you won't see that scene. Once this thing runs out of water, it will eat everything that steps on the land, including people. That's why we use tempered glass to block and isolate it, and there are people taking turns to add water every night.