Pollution throughout the territory

I just finished coding today’s 10,000-word update, and it’s already eight o’clock in the evening.

Counting the days, there are still more than twenty days left to complete the side mission - the pursuer's request.

"Time flies so slowly."

After dinner, Qin Yun was still busy in the kitchen, while Xia Ren sat on the sofa, holding Lily in his arms and playing with her green curly hair.

This was one of the few ways he could relax himself.

Xia Ren was lucky enough to pet other people's cats, and I have to say that the feeling of petting Lily was definitely much more comfortable than petting a cat.

The more he looked at Lily, the cuter she became, and the cuter she became, the more he wanted to see her, until there were footsteps outside the door.

Liu Xiuxiu finally came back.

Thinking of the scene at the end of the morning's dream, Xia Ren pricked up his ears and listened intently to the movement outside the door.

Xiuxiu's footsteps paused in front of his door, and then there was the sound of a bunch of keys. He was about to open the door, but somehow, his movements seemed to pause, and he stood in front of the door without moving for a long time.

The door finally opened, and Xia Ren heard Liu Xiuxiu's quick steps and rushed into the house.

After a long time, about ten minutes, the footsteps appeared again, this time more urgent, and approaching towards him.

"boom!"

Liu Xiuxiu pushed open the door without changing her shoes. She glanced around the living room and came to Xia Ren in a few steps. Her cheeks were bulging, her expression seemed to have been greatly wronged, and tears were shining in her eyes. Asked: "What's going on!"

With a cry.

"Ah?"

Lily, who had not yet fully recovered her energy, looked at him and expressed her doubts vaguely.

Xia Ren touched Lily's head, but without getting up, he asked knowingly: "What's going on?"

"this!"

Xiuxiu raised the necklace in her hand. The circular pendant below was engraved with a pattern of a five-pointed star. One eye in the middle was open, exactly the same as Zhu Youqian's necklace.

"How could I..."

He paused, took the necklace as far away as possible, and at the same time suppressed the feeling of nausea, and said: "How can I be disgusted with the old seal! What have you done to my body!"

"Dirty~"

Lily held Xia Ren's chest with both hands, trying to stay away from the necklace.

Xia Ren finally stood up with Lily in his arms, took two steps back, and pinched his nose with one hand: "Don't speak so ambiguously, I'm not interested in your body at all. We won't be able to treat anyone else in this room soon. Please take the necklace." Come on, let me explain to you."

Liu Xiuxiu looked at him arrogantly, gritted her teeth, walked out again on her short legs, put the necklace back into the black box, and quickly came back.

Qin Yun also came to the living room and didn't understand what happened.

Xia Ren said unhurriedly: "Don't be anxious yet. Do you still remember where we came out when we woke up from our dreams in the morning?"

Liu Xiuxiu calmed down a little, and her eyes unconsciously turned to Lily, who was in his arms and looked harmless, and she suddenly recalled it.

"Is it Lily?"

"It's Lily~"

The little guy showed a cute smile, as if asking for credit.

"Um."

Xia Ren nodded: "So you can probably figure it out, right?"

After being in the Shoggoth's body for so long, and being infused with so much of the opponent's energy, not to mention a human being, even a follower, could turn into Mandela when he came out. You must know that Shoggoth may be the ancestor of all native life on earth. All plants, animals, and even insects and bacteria today are derived from it. This ability is not something that ordinary investigators can resist, no matter how high it is. Pollution resistance is also useless.

"how come……"

Even if it's easy to figure out, whether you can accept it is another matter.

Liu Xiuxiu looked at her hands with despair on her face.

Himself, was polluted.

According to the rules of the Foundation, the contaminated investigators have only two options, one is to kill themselves, the other is to be executed by the Foundation.

Of course, there is an option outside the rules, which is... to defect, and then face an endless pursuit to the death.

Xia Ren could guess the internal rules of such a large global organization dedicated to eliminating pollution without having any contact with it, not to mention that Xiuxiu's expression now was the same as when he learned of the illness two years ago, and she felt as if she was sick. Ashes.

"Maybe it's not that bad. Why don't you let me check your body first?"

Xia Ren's eyes moved to his flat chest.

"whatever."

Liu Xiuxiu lowered her head, her mind was in chaos, and she had no energy to worry about it anymore.

The tentacles stretched out from the back of the head and probed towards Liu Xiuxiu.

[Target pollution value 0/100, distortion value 4/100, pollution resistance 20, sanity not distorted, slightly distorted. 】

Xia Ren couldn't help but be a little surprised when he learned the result.

Is there any situation where distortion can occur directly without contamination? Is it controllable distortion? This is not the same as the effect of ancient dreams.

More importantly, this guy's pollution resistance actually has a full twenty points. He had to save up for so long to only get eleven points. Could it be that he was born with it?

Speaking of which, I have not deliberately investigated other people's attributes, and I will try it out if I have the opportunity in the future.

While Xia Ren was still thinking about these things in his head, Liu Xiuxiu saw his hesitant expression and thought that he was seriously polluted, so she became even more desperate.

"How about it?"

Without giving up the last possibility, he forced a smile and asked.

"Um……"

Xia Ren thought about his words and said, "It's not serious. Congratulations."

If he wanted to help correct this distortion, he could just exchange it for a bottle of level three anti-pollution fluid from the system.

But Xia Ren is not willing to do this. The exchange price for the third-level anti-pollution liquid is two thousand achievement points, and his total achievement points are only more than three thousand three hundred points. He spent more than half of it in one go. If he is willing, Liu Xiuxiu doesn't have the value to let him do this.

The friendliness shown by the other party was all fake. He knew this when he broke into his home for the first time that night. There was no need to pay so much for someone who could stab him in the back at any time. Moreover, just like him It's the same thing, but the distortion value is only 4/100, which is really not serious. He himself has a distortion value of 15/100. Can't he still eat and drink, and nothing will happen? Having a thick and long tentacle growing from the back of the head is very convenient in many cases.

Moreover, this distortion cannot be seen from the outside. At least Xia Ren cannot see it unless he is stripped naked for inspection. The mission assigned to him by the Foundation is to stay by his side and observe. It can be expected that for a long time, He has no chance to return to the headquarters or his companions, so there is no possibility of being exposed. As long as he doesn't tell anyone, no one will know.

However, these are all methods that I can come up with from the perspective of an outsider. Liu Xiuxiu has grown up in the environment of the foundation since she was a child. She has always received the influence of eliminating pollution, just like ordinary people are taught to learn to be clean since childhood. Then suddenly one day I found that I had a mess on my body, and it was the kind that I couldn't get rid of. I think anyone who put it on me would feel despair, and to add to this despair, if someone saw it, If you have something flying on your body, you will be hunted by the whole world. It is not just despair, it is an irreversible abyss.

Hearing this, Liu Xiuxiu looked hopeful and said, "It's not serious, so there's still a way?"

"Ahem."

Xia Ren cleared his throat and said, "Congratulations, I mean congratulations on you for skipping the stage of infected body and being directly promoted to become a mutant."

Liu Xiuxiu's expectant expression froze, and the life in her body disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He gave up thinking.