At the junction of Jiangjin and Nanmi, a six-wheeled truck was overturned on the side of the road.
The driver at the front of the car hit his head on the steering wheel due to the sudden impact, and he passed out like this—but apart from a slight concussion, there should be no sequelae or obvious trauma.
The fully enclosed container car that was supposed to hold things has been torn in two from the bottom of the detached car at a distance of a few meters.
That's right, tear off.
It was as if a monster like Godzilla had torn apart the entire carriage directly from the outside with appalling power.
Surprisingly, the compartment was empty, as if nothing had been loaded before.
But in fact, a few minutes ago, there was "goods" in it.
About three kilometers away from the incident site, in the deserted agricultural land due to winter, a crater with a diameter of more than 300 meters appeared.
At the bottom of the pit, something similar to the residue of crushed coke can be found-this is the only thing left of that "goods" in this world.
Standing by the pit, Xu Shenxing, who was still smoking white smoke from his clenched right hand, was talking on the phone with Qin Xingyan.
"Yes, that's right, it has been resolved. Although Jasmine pointed in the right direction, it took a little longer because the other party is not in Jiangjin territory."
"Huh?"
After hearing her name, Jasmine, who was sitting on a leafless and seemingly bare peach tree eating sweet potatoes, looked up at Xu Shenxing in confusion, but after realizing that the latter did not call her, she continued to bring He gnawed on the sweet potato with a happy expression.
[It should be near Nan Mi's place, right? Sorry senior, if I had thought of it sooner... Also, although it is my unkind request, can you tell me what the enemy looks like?]
Qin Xingyan seemed to be quite sorry for not thinking of this earlier.
"Enemy? Ah... You're talking about that kind of thing... I always feel that it's not worth talking about."
[what?]
Qin Xingyan sounded a little surprised by Xu Shenxing's statement.
It is true that Xu Shenxing possesses invincible power. In Qin Xingyan's knowledge, there has never been an enemy who can be called an enemy of Xu Shenxing.
But no matter what kind of enemy he was, the former Xu Shenxing would never express his contempt and disdain so blatantly.
"To put it simply, the appearance is like a lump of flesh that has long lost its human form."
Xu Shenxing recalled the disgusting scene he saw when he tore open the car just now, and couldn't help frowning.
"Before smashing it, I simply sensed it with the cloud scale, and I probably understood what it was."
[Well, I'm listening.]
Although she couldn't see Qin Xingyan's appearance, she was probably sitting upright and waiting for Xu Shenxing's conclusion.
"That thing probably took away a body that didn't belong to me, but because the soul and body don't have a good compatibility, the body can't understand the state of being alive. Well, it probably means being in a 'dying' state for a long time. Above the corpse and below the vegetative state."
[The living dead? ... No, it should be in a state that is not even as good as that.]
"That's right, that thing should also be very aware of its own condition, so it disrupted the body's normal metabolic mechanism in a certain way, forcing the body to 'grow' to replace the 'death' and start to rot every moment That part."
[…]
"But this abnormal growth has obviously been out of control for a long time, so in the end, the internal organs, bones, muscles and even lymphatic tissues began to gradually lose their human appearance due to the disordered growth, and finally the guy turned into a ball It can barely be regarded as a "living" piece of meat. Although it may be able to linger on and live forever under the premise of sufficient nutrients, it is nothing more than that. Without the essence of being a human being, it is even regarded as a Meat lumps with simple cell proliferation are also acceptable."
[Twisted eternal life...]
"That's right, even the ability to move is completely lost, and the brain has become a strange organization. Maybe even the ability to think has problems, and you can't even be called an enemy."
[I see.]
"Although a powerful soul itself has a certain degree of thinking ability, just like the saying 'a sound soul resides in a sound body and a sound mind', the soul is actually affected by the body."
[yes?]
"Well, to use an easy-to-understand example, for example, there is a type of online novel called 'Transfiguration Text'. The general content is that the male protagonist reincarnates or travels into the female body for some reason. Although There are also some protagonists who will still go their own way, but the vast majority of protagonists will gradually move closer to women. This is a typical situation of 'the body affects the soul'. The guy's body has become like this, and the soul is probably distorted It's pretty serious."
[Senior, do you still have money to read novels? ! Is it possible to watch a pirated version?]
"Is this the point! I still have the little money to support the original version!"
Xu Shenxing complained with embarrassment.
"From the fact that I ran away after seeing me, the instinct of the body probably still remains. But that's all... That kind of broken soul, maintaining that twisted body to perform instinctive activities is already the limit."
[Broken soul?]
"Yes, a soul so weak that it is quite pitiful. If the soul of an ordinary person is a bonfire, the soul residing in that lump of flesh is like a firework stick played by a child, so weak that it will go out if you are not careful. .”
[… strangeness?]
After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, Qin Xingyan murmured to herself.
"What's wrong?" Xu Shenxing asked curiously.
[Although I believe the senior's words 100%, but this conflicts with the information.]
"conflict?"
[Because Bailuguan first learned of the existence of this monster, it was because it killed a considerable number of people, took away their souls, performed a certain ritual, and wanted to replace a body for itself... But if the soul of this monster If it is as weak as a candle in the wind as you said, can it really do this kind of thing?]
"Is there such an inside story..."
Xu Shenxing couldn't help being a little surprised.
It seems that I seem to think too simple.
However, what he dealt with in Jiang Jin before were basically monsters, and most of the monsters were quite straightforward because of their contempt for humans.
The basic idea is: Labor and capital want to be the king of the mountain in this land, and anyone who dares to stand in my way will be killed! →Yeah, this idea is a bit tricky, but you can’t be cowardly, just do it! →I'm going, I can't do it, I slipped away→I can't even slip away, I'm so scared→I'm going to save my life, you always say what you say...
[senior!]
"What's wrong?"
[I just caught the ghoul controlled by that guy... I have a very bad news.]
"what's the situation?"
[That guy seems to have implanted his own soul fragments into the body of the ghoul to control the ghoul, and at the same time use the ghoul as a "base station" to form a soul network within a certain distance. And judging from the fact that the ghoul is still active, that guy hasn't died yet!]
"That is to say, do you have to wipe out all those ghosts?" Xu Shenxing's expression couldn't help but twitched, and he muttered regretfully: "If I knew it, I would have left the whole body for that guy to cut the causal line... "
[No, this kind of soul network is not 4G after all. It takes quite a long time to upload your own soul, and the capacity of ghoul soul fragments is limited. If the other party starts uploading when you are attacked by senior, it will be absolutely too late.]
"That is to say..."
[That monster who pursues immortality probably found his favorite carrier before you attacked his body, senior.]
"Tsk."
Xu Shenxing clicked his tongue unhappily.
An ominous premonition filled his heart.
"Jasmine, stop eating, let's go."
"Where are you going?" the little guy asked, tilting his head.
"Jiang Jin."