There are thorns everywhere in Qianzhen Community, including the home and rooftop of the woman who jumps from the building. They’re arrogantly occupying all the pollutants and the entire pollution source.

So, the woman finally stopped jumping from the building… She chose to fight the thorns that were stealing her territory.

And then she was beaten.

After all, she was only a D-level pollutant, while the thorns were parasitic pollutants of the A-level pollutant Blood Thorn.

Zhou Xiangzhe wanted to clean them up, but these guys seemed to know that Zhou Xiangzhe was not easy to mess with. As soon as they saw him, they turned around and ran even faster than rabbits.

In the end, they could only return to the security room where Jiang Mengchi was waiting. At least there were two chairs inside.

Sitting on the chair, Shen Wang yawned.

“Are you sleepy?” Zhou Xiangzhe, who was standing next to him, heard Shen Wang’s yawn. “Go to sleep for a while. I’ll stay here.”

Shen Wang looked at Zhou Xiangzhe in the dim room. His white hair was conspicuous dring the night. And unlike him, who was a little sleepy, Zhou Xiangzhe didn’t show any signs of fatigue at all. He looked as radiant as when he first came in.

What kind of energetic monster is this?

“Aren’t you tired?” Shen Wang asked him. “By the way, have you not eaten all day today? Did you bring any food when you came in?”

“Not tired.” Zhou Xiangzhe shook his head gently. “Not hungry either.”

Shen Wang didn’t bring anything to eat. He had been ill countless times since he was a child. Every time he was extremely hungry, the food he ate couldn’t relieve his condition. He gradually became a little anorexic. What’s more, there was nothing delicious during the apocalypse. The Pollution Control Center would provide each of its members compressed dry food.

That stuff was even more unpalatable.

“You don’t like the compressed dry food provided by the Pollution Control Center either?” Shen Wang talked to him, “I tried it once when I just signed up, and I felt like I was eating solid vomit.”

“I will eat it if I have no other choice.” Zhou Xiangzhe thought for a while and replied, “But I basically won’t eat that biscuit.”

Biscuits are the only thing in the compressed dry food that could be considered a snack. They are crispy and fall apart when bitten, but Zhou Xiangzhe is a little bit of a clean freak and can’t accept things that fall apart.

“Your habit is very similar to my friend’s.” Shen Wang said casually, “It was many years ago, when we were still children, and the high wall had just been built. Someone from above came to the orphanage to express condolences and sent a box of biscuits. My friend really couldn’t accept things that fell apart, so he gave me all the biscuits he was given.”

“When we go on a mission in the future and we have to eat, you too can give me the biscuits you don’t like, and I’ll help you eat them.”

Zhou Xiangzhe slightly raised the corners of his mouth into a little arc, which was not clearly visible in the dim night. He quickly calmed down and pretended that nothing had happened.

With a bang, the woman outside jumped off the building again, but this time she was dragged down from the rooftop.

The blood-colored thorns greedily pierced into her body to absorb her blood, gnawing at her body frantically. She was powerless and could only make miserable cries.

This was a scene of a pollutant preying on another pollutant. Of course, in Zhou Xiangzhe’s view, it was more like a dog-eat-dog situation.

“The blood thorns are preying on pollutants.” Zhou Xiangzhe seemed to be talking to himself but also seemed to be talking to Shen Wang, “But in the past data, the blood thorns did not have this habit. It has always relied on mental pollution to lure humans, let one or two of them parasitize, and then finally pollute more people through parasitism.”

Shen Wang also looked at the thorns that were waving their fangs and claws in the dark, “The main body can’t be found. Are they out of control because they can’t find their master?”

“Impossible.” Zhou Xiangzhe denied, “As parasitic pollutants, they act entirely on the consciousness of the main body, and there will be no deviation.”

Act entirely on the consciousness of the main body?

Shen Wang thought subtly: Could it be that occupying the entire Qianzhen community and eating arrogantly… was his idea?

Although he did complain that there were not enough low-level pollutants to eat after Zhou Xiangzhe appeared, is it really caused by him?

“Shen Wang?” Zhou Xiangzhe looked at Shen Wang who was grinning a little, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, I just feel that there are so many parasitic pollutants, and I can’t even find the main body.” Shen Wang was silent for a second, and then sighed in a strange tone, “It’s terrible!”

Zhou Xiangzhe deeply agreed, “An enemy hidden in the dark is indeed terrible.”

“But don’t worry too much, the Pollution Control Center will never let a Class A pollutant hide inside the high walls, it will be dealt with soon.”

Shen Wang:…

Thank you so much.

Zhou Xiangzhe looked at the thorns outside through the window and then moved the ring on his finger. Shen Wang looked at his hand through the moonlight and unexpectedly found that he also had a silver bracelet of the same style on his own wrist, which was vaguely hidden under the cuffs of the combat uniform.

This should be a pollution suppressor, but…

Shen Wang asked directly, “Do all pollution suppressors look like this?”

“No, this is a special model I customized.” Zhou Xiangzhe denied it without hesitation, “The suppressor’s appearance is irrelevant, as long as it can be worn. It’s more often made into the shape of handcuffs and chains.”

Normal people would not consider the appearance of a pollution suppressor, only Zhou Xiangzhe not only considered it but also customized it.

The cold man Zhou Xiangzhe is actually a delicate boy, what kind of absurd nightmare is this?

But after getting along like this, Shen Wang unexpectedly discovered that Zhou Xiangzhe’s face is cold, his voice is cold, and he is serious, but he has a good personality and almost no reprimanding tone. He will answer Shen Wang’s questions seriously, even if it is just a simple question like the style of the pollution suppressor.

It is too different from the news.

“If you like it, I can give you one.” Zhou Xiangzhe said.

Shen Wang shook his head, “Why do I need this thing?”

Whether he is a human or a pollutant, Shen Wang really doesn’t need an inhibitor. In the three years of wandering, he has determined that he cannot be polluted. It’s only that he eats pollutants to steal their polluting ability.

This physique is pretty strange and abnormal. If he were placed in the Academy of Sciences, he would probably be sliced ​​and studied.

Everytime Shen Wang causes something to happen, he’s glad that his peculiarity was not discovered when he was treated at the hospital, fortunately he stayed there safely without being noticed. 

“Ah…”

Shen Wang suddenly thought of something.

If the thorns are now acting according to his ideas, then… that is to say… is it possible… to eat the space that isolates Qianzhen community?

This space is the effect of an ability, so it should be edible, right?

Right after thinking about it, Shen Wang heard a strange sound. Zhou Xiangzhe suddenly stood up. He stopped Shen Wang behind him and looked out the door with a serious expression.

“They are changing their movement pattern!” Zhou Xiangzhe said, “Keep quiet!”

Shen Wang didn’t say anything, but he saw that the expanding parasitic thorns were moving around in unison. They were crawling and shaking the small flowers on the branches, like a group of lively children trying to show off.

‘Received the mission! ‘

‘Master asked us to chew the bad air! ‘

‘Go, go, go! Master told us to chew! ‘

“What kind of action pattern is this?” Zhou Xiangzhe looked at these thorns strangely. They even gave up the pollutants that they had chewed halfway and rushed out with all their strength.

Shen Wang was silent for a while, “Maybe the main body gave them a new order.”

“It should be.” Zhou Xiangzhe watched these thorns seriously as they ran to the gate of the community to test the surrounding space barrier.

“But, did I overlook a something?”

Zhou Xiangzhe whispered, “Why is Blood Thorn in a isolated Class C pollution source? Wasn’t it still in Central City a few days ago?”

“How did it get in?”

Shen Wang glanced at Zhou Xiangzhe, “Maybe it was tricked in by the car radio.”

Zhou Xiangzhe was even more confused, “Pollutants can also drive cars?”

Shen Wang: …

What a specific focus.

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Ming Guang stood at the gate of Qianzhen Community, he was now panicking.

After discovering that Xu Yue was a pollutant, he did not alarm him. This was not only because he was afraid of a Class A pollutant, but also because this isolation space was done by Xu Yue. He put Zhou Xiangzhe in, and only he could let Zhou Xiangzhe out. He thought that if Xu Yue had been hiding his identity in S District, he would not refuse the request of the Pollution Control Center.

Alarm him/alarm the snake

But Ming Guang didn’t expect that he would die so casually, and the ward was even burned by fire.

Then would Zhou Xiangzhe not be able to get out?! How are they going to break the isolation space made by an A-level mutant?

“We must find a way to deal with this space!” Ming Guang frowned.

“Zhou Xiangzhe must come out safely.”

Everyone present knew the stakes. No one wanted to lose Zhou Xiangzhe. They were even more worried that Zhou Xiangzhe would be polluted. S-level pollutants were no joke.

They calculated carefully, and then the staff responsible for data observation suddenly opened their eyes wide.

“Report! The pollution level is increasing very fast!”

“It’s increasing too fast!”

Ming Guang hurried over to look at the data together. Sure enough, the pollution level was soaring at an incredible speed.

“60%, 70%, 90%, 102%!”

After the pollution level reached 100%, another data also began to alarm. The instrument showed that a large-scale pollutant was rioting in Qianzhen Community.

“What is this?”

Ming Guang left the instrument and looked at the gate of Qianzhen Community with wide eyes. At this moment, he heard the sound of something cracking, followed by the sound of glass being thrown on the ground and crushed by feet, with a crisp and slow astringency.

After this sound ended, countless blood-colored thorns suddenly burst out in Qianzhen Community, the thorns were baring their teeth and claws, and the bright petals instantly floated into the air.

“A-level pollutant Blood Thorn!”

“Alert!” Mingguang shouted: “Everyone be on guard!”

But surprisingly, when everyone had their guns ready for a desperate battle, the expanding thorns actually shrank back, like a small animal looking out the wind, sticking its head out, seeing people and being scared back.

Ming Guang: …

Fuck, what an comparison.

At this moment, two people appeared at the entrance of the community.

“Human data detected! Two!”

“Medical team ready!”

Ming Guang slightly widened his eyes, he watched the two familiar people walk out, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Zhou Xiangzhe! You still remember to come out!”

Zhou Xiangzhe walked over and patted his shoulder, “Don’t be angry, people who are easily angry will look old.”

“How can I not be angry with a captain like you!” Ming Guang was about to explode, “What if you can’t come out! Did you know that Xu Yue is a pollutant!”

“He is a pollutant?” Zhou Xiangzhe thought for a while, “Now that I think about it, the smell on his body was a bit strange.”

“You knew that there was something strange?!” Ming Guang was furious, “You dare to go in even after knowing!”

Listening to their quarrel, Shen Wang turned his head and looked at Qianzhen Community.

The staff was dealing with the isolation of the pollution source, but because there were no space mutants, they could only make an ordinary isolation layer. Through the isolation layer, Shen Wang saw the thorns entrenched in it. After tearing the space, the thorns went back to eat the pollutants with satisfaction.

‘Mission completed! ‘

‘The master asked us to stay here and gnaw! ‘

‘Stay, stay! Nibble more! ‘

Shen Wang slightly raised the corner of his mouth.

The A-level pollutant Blood Thorn stayed in the isolated C-level pollution source. In this way, it won’t be hunted down by the whole Central City, right?

…Probably.

Zhou Xiangzhe and Ming Guang were also looking at the thorns. After looking for a while, Ming Guang asked: “How did you get out? What’s the matter with these thorns?”

“The A-level pollutant Blood Thorn occupied this pollution source.” Zhou Xiangzhe answered him: “Send someone to find out the original stronghold of the Blood Thorn.”

“Maybe something happened to its original base. I suspect it is moving to find a new base. Otherwise, it’s difficult to explain its abnormal behavior.”

Ming Guang instantly understood and nodded seriously, “I’ll immediately send someone to find out.”

Shen Wang, who listened to the whole process next to him:…

No? He didn’t do anything at all! He stayed all the time in the pollution source. Why are you conspiracy-theorizing even more!