After deciding with Xu Ling to go to Park Street, Tang Jing called Lao Zhao.
This was also what Lao Zhao requested. It was a necessary preparation before the battle. Lao Zhao was able to obtain a lot of information through various channels opened up by "money", which could be regarded as providing Tang Jing with pre-war resources and intelligence support during the battle.
"I finally received your call. It looks like it's time to take action, right?" Old Zhao on the other end of the phone did not seem very excited, and there was a hint of worry in his tone.
"Yes. Is there anything I should pay attention to?" Tang Jing responded calmly.
Tang Jing was not sure whether he could complete the task with Xu Ling and eliminate the "distortion" without the help of his master.
But someone has to do it.
The news I got from Lao Zhao not long ago was that once people entered that supermarket, they never came out.
But it didn't look like death, the atmosphere inside was unusually "peaceful". The call to the police came because someone said that his friend's temperament had changed drastically and he was suspected of being kidnapped.
On the other end of the phone, Lao Zhao said anxiously:
"Unfortunately, I am currently recruiting talented people who seem to have awakened some kind of supernatural power. In fact, not long ago, I did form a team. Unlike the perceivers you can sense in the black fog, these people are considered field teams and have combat capabilities different from humans."
Tang Jing didn't understand why Lao Zhao said this. Since they already had such a team, they shouldn't need him.
"But after they entered that supermarket... they... how should I put it, they were like a different person. In short, they no longer obeyed my orders." Lao Zhao had a headache.
"Are they being controlled? Like hypnosis?"
"Not really. Their logic is very coherent and their sense of independence is very strong... I can't really put it into words. Anyway, they are a bit rogue. They suddenly told me, 'Why should I work for you? I don't care about the money you pay me...'"
"Ah, this..."
Lao Zhao was absolutely generous, and the price he offered was absolutely satisfactory. At least it was much higher than the industry standard.
Tang Jing felt something was wrong:
"How about...try to add more money?"
"Well, you are very much like me. Indeed, if one million can't solve a problem, I will use ten million to solve it. But this time is different... This time, they want all my property. These people have changed a lot. Moreover, this change seems to be spreading."
Old Zhao sighed and said:
"I had no choice. I don't know if it would be appropriate to arrange for you and your girlfriend to go, but it is a crisis event. Unlike the various mutations in the past, this time, the infected seem to be able to cause some extremely... negative effects on humans."
Xu Ling was able to capture this call with her powerful five senses. For some reason, she suddenly felt that the ability of the infected person in the supermarket was somewhat... familiar.
Lao Zhao finally gave his advice:
"Anyway, you have to be careful. Right now... that place might be in danger. It's not the danger from the infected people in the supermarket, but from outside the supermarket. I will notify you to leave before the real danger comes."
Tang Jing understood. It must be that some official organizations of Orlo had noticed the anomaly in the supermarket.
These people may use whatever means necessary to... eliminate the infected.
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Alma Supermarket is a relatively famous supermarket in Alro and is very large in size.
Under the cover of night, Tang Jing and Xu Ling relied on their extraordinary physical strength and used non-standard but very effective parkour postures to rush to the outskirts of the scene.
As soon as he arrived at the scene, Tang Jing felt the strange atmosphere.
People from the Arlo Police Department have arrived, and seven police cars are blocking the elevator entrance outside the supermarket entrance.
In addition, there are nearly twenty security personnel.
Most of them are white, with only a few black people.
This is normal, as people only enter the supermarket but do not leave. In addition, someone called the police at the beginning, saying that his friend was suspected of being kidnapped.
In addition, the authorities obviously realized the advent of distortion earlier than ordinary people. Unlike the scientists on TV, those who are really capable must have already started to formulate response strategies.
Use distortion to defeat distortion, and use distortion to feel distortion. Just like Lao Zhao, he started recruiting talented people early on. Use these people with special abilities to deal with the infected.
But this time... Tang Jing saw something wrong.
Even Xu Ling, who only had a few years of memory, sensed a very obvious... sense of disharmony.
He and Xu Ling were squatting on a huge vertical sign of a restaurant not far away.
"It's evil." Xu Ling looked at the huge supermarket.
Tang Jing was very surprised. How did she know the word "evil"
By now, most people refer to those affected by the Distortion as Mutants.
But Tang Jing actually noticed that... Lao Zhao actually separated the mutants and the infected.
In Lao Zhao's words, ordinary people who have gained powerful powers are called mutants.
He gained powerful strength and underwent physical changes similar to Xu Ling, and was called an infected person by Lao Zhao.
Tang Jing couldn't help but admire Lao Zhao. This man had obtained various information with "money" and had already grasped some of the truth in this distortion.
There are two kinds of mutations. One is a pure gift, and the other is like Xu Ling's... transformation from human to non-human.
People within the black fog call this transformation evil fall.
Bai Wu didn't actually elaborate on this information, Tang Jing understood it all by himself. But because of the God's descent, Tang Jing seemed to have directly inherited some of the knowledge in the settings in this regard.
"Is it the same as us?" Tang Jing did not forget that the identity given to him by his master was evil.
"Different... different from you." Xu Ling thought about it and exposed the lie.
Tang Jing was stunned.
Xu Ling said:
"I am willing to be deceived by such a lie, which shows that Tang Jing is a very gentle person... and I am very happy... that you have not become a monster like me."
"You're not a monster."
"Um."
Xu Ling was very calm.
Tang Jing now understands a little bit what his master said. Just treat him sincerely, but don't think of calculating.
Because Evil Fall... might not be as stupid as he appears. The reason why Xu Ling was able to tolerate the lie was because the way Master was at the beginning... was indeed out of kindness, allowing Xu Ling to break free from the imprisonment of his heart.
Maybe this girl turned into a monster, but the master made her soul still a human soul.
Tang Jing perked up and began to observe his surroundings:
"It's exactly as Lao Zhao said... It's very strange, and this strangeness seems to be spreading..."
When the twenty or so police officers from Orlo first arrived here, they were all on high alert, waiting for instructions from their superiors on the next course of action.
Loudspeakers, explosion-proof suits, guns and other suppression props are fully prepared.
But now the painting style of these people is a bit weird and a bit outrageous.
A middle-aged black male police officer took off his clothes, revealing... certain parts of himself.
They also take selfies with their mobile phones and make all kinds of remarks that would be censored as "***" in various community forums that are usually polite.
He laughed:
"Fuck you, you bunch of bastards who claim to be elites. Come on! Let's see how strong I am!"
On the other side, a younger man in a suit, who looked like a negotiator, was calling his wife to file for divorce:
"No, no, no, you did very well. You did the right thing. You have served me very well over the years. I have no opinion about you except that you act like a fool and have some wives' meeting with a bunch of fools every day. But who told me to like younger girls with long legs? And you also know that your shelf life is a bit short. Hahahahahaha..."
He usually treats his wife with respect and is considered a model husband by everyone. But he finally took off his mask. In this phone call, he proudly told his current wife about his current mistresses, and carefully analyzed each one's sexual preferences, techniques, and... number of times.
Tang Jing couldn't imagine... How would the wife react when she found out that her husband, who usually respected women and was loyal to them, showed this kind of face.
He now understood a little... why someone would call the police, suspecting that their friend had been kidnapped.
Although Tang Jing didn't know what this white man looked like in his daily life, looking at his gentle appearance, he felt that the persona he pretended to be would definitely not be like this.
Extremely chauvinistic and full of contempt for women.
Even more outrageous, the sheriff next to him took the loud speaker and shouted into the room:
"Oh, why don't you bastards just die? Do you know that I should be sleeping with my wife at this time? It's because of you bastards and my useless boss who is occupying the position and refusing to leave that I have to come to this damn place at this time!"
The future is gone...
This sheriff, who usually talks a lot about human rights and claims to be serving the safety of the citizens of Arro, now said a lot of words that disrespect the human rights of these people.
Although Tang Jing knew that these arrogant people were often just trying to save face, he must not test their human nature.
But now, he does feel a little sympathy for these people.
There were more than 20 members of the Security Bureau. Some were cursing their old friends, while others were asking their parents why they didn't die earlier.
Some people were half-dressed and asked, "Hey, am I healthy?" Some people advised people in the supermarket to commit suicide. Three people played poker together. Or someone started shooting randomly.
Of course, there were better and less outrageous ones. A young police officer looked around in panic, thinking that people shouldn't be like this. At the same time... he took out his mobile phone to play games.
He knew he should persuade his colleagues, but he couldn't suppress his inner desire to take out his game console and play some games.
Compared with others, he was the one who was least affected. He worked diligently on weekdays, served tea and water and ran errands for the veteran police officers, and did his best to handle various cases.
The character is consistent inside and out. It's just that young people like to play games, and after this point is magnified, he started playing the national super battle.
Tang Jing thought about it and felt that this was probably the most normal person among this group of abnormal people.
"What on earth is going on? These police officers... why and how... it seems like they have completely let themselves go."
"It's an ability, an ability that can infinitely magnify a person's inner desires. Once eroded by this ability, one's true colors will be revealed, and one will do things that one would not even dare to do in dreams."
Xu Ling didn't know why, but she felt very familiar with this ability.
"In short, it's just... doing whatever you want? Well... but that's not a good thing."
Tang Jing could imagine that most human desires need to be suppressed.
Complete indulgence means degeneration.
If this power is allowed to continue to erode the city, one can imagine how much evil will happen in the city.
Fortunately, at the moment... this ability only affects those with dark hearts but not too outrageous.
Streaking fetish, extreme machismo, pseudo human rights defender, in Tang Jing's opinion, the impact brought about by the current evil and depravity is only to make these two-faced people socially dead.
The evil has not spread. It is not too late to stop this crisis.
Tang Jing plans to go there and eradicate the source.
Xu Ling was a little panicked:
"Ah, I...you..."
"What's wrong?"
Tang Jing was puzzled as he saw Xu Ling hesitate to speak. Xu Ling lowered his head and said softly:
"Why don't I go alone... I don't want to see you, Tang Jing... in such a depraved state."
Tang Jing was stunned.
Xu Ling lowered her head even more. She was actually very scared.
I was afraid that what Tang Jing said to me was all lies. I was afraid that after Tang Jing walked into this area, he would suddenly turn around and call me a monster and a burden...
It doesn't matter if I get cheated. I hate loneliness now. It doesn't matter if I get used by others, as long as I don't let myself be abandoned. As long as I don't expose the lies, it's fine.
Tang Jing smiled:
"You went this time, but what about next time? And the next time? I can't always rely on you. And I'm very powerful, have you forgotten? Otherwise, you wouldn't be here."
"But... but you will change, and you will be affected by this ability. Aren't you afraid of... your true self?"
There are very few people who are honest, sharp, and face their true selves. Most people hate their true selves. Vanity, hypocrisy, inferiority, arrogance, greed, more or less, all of these things are part of human nature.
In Xu Ling's eyes, Tang Jing is not perfect now, but very cute.
She didn't want Tang Jing to be like those scums in disguise. She believed in Tang Jing, but she was also afraid of her fate.
Tang Jing suddenly realized. He was silent for a while, and soon realized that if he continued to remain silent, the spread would become larger and larger.
"Humans are inherently ugly. Perhaps my heart is not beautiful either, so I have to restrain myself. Few people are born good. Just like when we were little, we didn't know what was good or bad when we were naughty. But as we continue to restrain ourselves, we gradually become good people."
"Look at these people. They may not be so bad in their daily lives. Maybe everyone respects them. In order to gain everyone's respect, they will constantly suppress their true thoughts and be hypocritical. But in this process, maybe they will really learn to respect women and respect human rights."
Tang Jing spoke this very frankly. Xu Ling raised her head and suddenly felt that Tang Jing at this moment was a bit like the Tang Jing when they first met.
Tang Jing began to move towards the supermarket:
"Come on, come with me and see what kind of person I am. I also want to know..."
"Is there something evil in me?"