Section 100: Citywide Alert! One Hundred Demon Hunting Squads!
“We must find the lair where the demonic beasts and evil spirits are hiding…”
Lin Qiye furrowed his brows, murmuring to himself.
After all,
the Mind-Stealing Spore Demons in Jiang City would spread throughout the entire city!
They would kill ten million people!
They would cause the entire city to fall within just one month!
This catastrophe had been classified as an extremely terrifying White Disaster!
The disaster level was only second to the Red Disaster!
Although Lin Qiye possessed the Fate Lamp Gem that illuminated destiny, allowing him to foresee dangers in advance, and could use the Genesis Simulation to accurately calculate the timing of disasters,
and escape Jiang City just in time,
running away would not solve the root problem!
The reason was very simple.
His primary mission in this world was to save the destined Empress.
At this stage, the destined Empress was barely a year old and had no ability to protect herself.
If Lin Qiye fled without her, letting her perish horrifically in this White Disaster,
then this world’s journey would be almost meaningless in terms of high evaluation.
Not to mention achieving an S rating;
even an A rating might be out of reach.
If he couldn’t achieve an SSS rating on a single journey, it would lose all significance for Lin Qiye,
because he wouldn’t be able to take any top-tier treasures with him.
He might as well just end it all!
With that thought, Lin Qiye’s gaze grew solemn as he quickly pondered in his mind.
“We must find it! We cannot keep running and hiding… There is no perfect plan in this world, nor any insurmountable difficulty. If we apply our hearts and minds, we can break through!”
His eyes sparkled.
According to his intuition,
fatal disasters would occur roughly every three months from now on.
Hiding was futile; the only option was to break the cycle!
“But how to find it?”
“Where exactly are the Mind-Stealing Spore Demons hiding?”
Lin Qiye racked his brain.
Finally, silently, he opened the Genesis Simulation…
“It actually consumes 500,000 journey points? Do I know nothing about this simulation? Or are there more than one evil spirits or demonic beasts involved?”
Having long mastered the Genesis Simulation, Lin Qiye immediately sensed the problem.
Such a huge consumption of journey points
must mean there was an entirely unknown factor lurking behind.
“The consumption is too extravagant. I must first investigate thoroughly, or else my journey points will be completely insufficient.”
Lin Qiye was extremely cautious.
“The danger level of this world’s journey is not comparable to the previous three lives. Even more terrifying dangers will come later. It’s best to conserve resources.”
His intuition warned him not to squander journey points recklessly!
Even with 2.21 million journey points, he had to use them sparingly. After all, the difficulty of this world was frighteningly high; saving points for emergencies was the wise approach.
At this stage,
the Mind-Stealing Spore Demons would not appear for another three months.
Lin Qiye had ample time to understand, speculate, search, and study which evil spirits might be hiding behind Jiang City.
After gaining a thorough understanding, he could use simulation again, potentially saving hundreds of thousands of journey points!
Holding onto this cautious thought,
Lin Qiye abandoned the idea of spending 500,000 journey points on simulation,
and instead devoted all his mental energy to contemplation.
Suddenly!
A spark of insight lit up Lin Qiye’s eyes.
“Could the Azure-Winged Wolf King have come from the sewers? Jiang City is home to ten million residents, and its main sewer system is large enough for trains to pass through. It’s entirely possible the Azure-Winged Wolf King entered the city through the sewers!”
“Or perhaps some demonic beast has dug a tunnel underground. This tunnel not only allowed the Azure-Winged Wolf King into the city center but also became the root of the Mind-Stealing Spore Demons’ invasion!”
Lin Qiye raised his brow.
He immediately began searching for all news related to Jiang City’s sewers, filtering for keywords like “accident,” “demonic beast,” “mutation,” “bizarre,” and “casualties.”
A series of news articles appeared before his eyes.
“Two children threw firecrackers into the sewers, causing a methane explosion that killed both instantly.”
Reading the first news, Lin Qiye smiled faintly and quickly moved on.
“Shocking! A deformed rat with nine tails entwined and nine heads emerged from the western sewage. It had nine brains!”
Lin Qiye’s curiosity was piqued. He clicked in to glance through the report.
The video was very clear.
On screen, a one-meter-long hairless rat with red skin lay on the ground.
Its nine heads were tangled together, with pus oozing from the joints; the nine tails writhed like octopus tentacles. It was completely hairless and blood-red, with bulging blue veins pulsing beneath the surface. Its eighteen crimson eyes sent chills down one’s spine.
Fortunately,
this creature did not have the ability to spread plague.
Its power was very low,
and it was incinerated to ashes by a single fireball from an awakened being with flame abilities.
“A mutated rat attempting to dig tunnels? Practically impossible…”
Lin Qiye’s gaze swiftly shifted to the next news.
“A feral cat group in the sewers has become half-demonic, resulting in a gruesome incident where they dug out and ate human eyeballs. The Jiang City City Guard has organized forces to exterminate them!”
“Demonic feral cats? That has nothing to do with the Azure-Winged Wolf King or the Mind-Stealing Spore Demons…”
Lin Qiye shook his head.
“Today, members of the White-Headed Church infiltrated Jiang City and released corrupted crocodiles into the sewers. The blue-robed priest and the corrupted crocodiles have been slain!”
“White-Headed Church? That organization… doesn’t seem to be the mastermind behind the Mind-Stealing Spore Demons either.”
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