New Gods of North America

After the half-night of "pandemonium," the surroundings finally returned to peace.

By this time, the vicinity of the detective agency had become a complete mess, looking like the monster cave after Tang Sanzang and his disciples had just finished accumulating "merit."

Some of the guys were roughly "relatively normal," except that dense, tiny tentacles had sprouted all over their bodies, like a bunch of "big and small earthworms" finally emerging from their cocoons.

Some of the guys were considered "somewhat humanoid"; the better ones included a "tree man" whose flesh had partially "become wood," and "succulents" had started growing on his head.

And some of the guys were no longer recognizable as having once been vertebrates.

A relatively extreme example was a blob of "foam" that kept overflowing and expanding while it could still move, spewing out dense, corrosive foam from its entire body; after it stopped moving, it solidified into a sponge-like shell.

You'd have to dig for extraordinary materials with a shovel, and you could still occasionally dig out some live "small leeches" from inside.

Although Wayne had seen many strange guys before, such as "Gray Wolf," "Slender Man," and "Mushroom Man," this was indeed the first time he had encountered so many "demons and monsters" all together.

Although Wayne had anticipated that Cohen Pharmaceuticals might gradually bring out their hidden strength, how come they were keeping all these strange and weird things at the bottom of their box…

According to Lina, these guys should all be "out of control."

Some of the guys became very ferocious after losing control, but others just wanted to escape the scene as soon as possible or become dull and sluggish.

Compared to the improvement in combat power, the negative impact they had on people's mental state was even more serious.

Anyway, the members who had never seen this scene before all seemed a little shaken.

There should have been ten "people" who came to attack this time, after all, that's how many pieces of extraordinary material could be found.

"Counting heads" has become unreliable; some corpses appear slightly "normal" as the extraordinary power evaporates and dissipates, beginning to disintegrate or rot rapidly, still within the scope of forensic medicine.

However, there are also those whose bones and flesh have almost turned into "soup," or become so-called "unsolved mysteries of nature," which should fall under the jurisdiction of the "Environmental Protection Bureau" that has not yet been established in the Federation.

The scene is still filled with a very pungent "smell,"

Part of it comes from the perception of smell and skin touch; the remains of that "foam" and that "earthworm man" smell particularly disgusting, at least equivalent to walking next to a freshly stirred septic tank.

The other part comes from the "agitation" of the spiritual power within the body; Wayne can't quite describe it, feeling a bit like he's experiencing "bungee jumping" or a "roller coaster."

The outer member nicknamed "Airflow" was continuously "blowing wind" nearby.

Wayne walked to a guy who, by the standards of corpses, still looked completely normal.

He watched Lina, who was covering her nose with a handkerchief, rummage through his body.

These guys weren't "demons and monsters" as soon as they arrived tonight; although Wayne joined the battle a little later, he still witnessed a complete "transformation" process—

One guy was shot a few times and fell to the ground, then started to glow in the eyes when he got up, and then fought for a while before gradually becoming "somewhat humanoid."

Combining this with the pile of empty medicine bottles found at the scene, it feels like something specifically caused them to lose control.

After all, it's Cohen's "medicine."

For those who have played Resident Evil, this association isn't too difficult.

The only enemy who didn't "transform" was the guy the two were checking now.

He probably didn't want to transform either; Wayne happened to have a good view of him from the roof and then blew his head off with a standard shot, probably delaying him from taking his medicine.

"Looks like it should be this."

Lina quickly pulled out a bottle of the same type from the corpse's body; the potion inside looked like watered-down whiskey mixed with coffee grounds.

Wayne observed it for a while with his simplified vision, the lines that make up this potion…

Seem a bit familiar?

……

Tonight's attack didn't cause much damage to the detective agency.

The strategy they chose this time was "concentrate forces, attack one point," so after the detective agency promptly blocked them, they didn't encounter the situation of being "attacked from both sides" or "multiple points blooming."

With more people on guard duty, they could observe all directions in a timely manner, relying on the pre-arranged traps and familiarity with the environment to wait for the enemy at their leisure, trying their best to suppress them outside the courtyard wall.

The owl's airdrop skill also underwent its first practical test, quietly throwing a stick of high explosive with an extended fuse behind the enemy, and the effect was quite good.

Although there were also situations of "dropping it a little too early, causing the enemy to dodge in time" and "being impolite and directly hitting someone on the head," the error was negligible and it could be considered to have entered the "formal equipment" stage.

It's just that this stupid owl, wouldn't touch the "big bombs" that Wayne "charged" and kneaded himself, flapping so hard that it lost its feathers.

Forcing Wayne to run behind the courtyard wall to be a grenadier himself.

But the gains the detective agency obtained, don't seem to be very good…

On the "dining hall"'s long table, a pile of extraordinary materials were placed there, some of which seemed to carry a "vitality" that could make people feel uncomfortable.

Wayne repeatedly looked around at everyone there and asked, "You don't want these extraordinary materials…?"

Lina took the lead and shook her head violently:

"These things look like they've been contaminated; those guys were all in a state of losing control before they died, and they might leave behind strange mental imprints or negative effects. Even if they're made into extraordinary items, it feels like there might be side effects…"

The other agents' attitudes were basically the same.

Some members seemed to have some ideas at first, but after hearing what Teacher Lina said, they also chose to remain silent.

Compared to the church or strange hidden organizations, wild extraordinary individuals mainly rely on their own "thinking" or "trying" to explore the extraordinary realm.

Therefore, Wayne, this extraordinary individual who came from halfway, has more knowledge reserves in this area than many bounty hunter-turned-agents in the detective agency.

Due to this situation, the detective agency also teaches some basic extraordinary common sense during classes.

Or they let everyone share some of their own experiences and then analyze them together.

Most of the extraordinary common sense was "moved" over by Ines from the Hunter Association, and some were her own personal analysis, with orderly thinking and self-consistent logic, which sounded more reasonable and convincing.

In addition, there are various strange knowledge points that Lina would say.

Although it's often a bit disjointed, as long as you've seen or heard of her being able to summon "wise sages," you won't doubt her authority in this area.

Um…

Wayne saw that everyone didn't want it, and felt like he was "the only one in the village who eats mustard."

Clearly these extraordinary materials still look like they can be absorbed…

At most, "temporarily undigested."