“So pitiful.” Lily sighed.

It was unclear whether she was sighing for the [Hundred Eyes] before it became a pollutant, or for the person hanging on the wall.

“Do you feel sorry for her?” Shen Wang looked at Lily strangely.

“This is Lily’s ability.” At this moment, Zhou Xiangzhe came over, “Lily’s talent is [Empathy]. She can empathize with a person or pollutant with her whole body and soul. When she reaches a certain level, she can control the other person for one minute through empathy.”

“This is why every time Lily goes on a mission, she needs to empathize with the pollutant in advance.”

Shen Wang raised his eyebrows, “What an interesting talent.”

“You wouldn’t expect it but this is an A-level ability.” Lily smiled at Shen Wang, “Because the minute you get can be critical to save your life.”

“The disadvantage is that I’ll become more polluted when I empathize.”

Lily sighed, “Right now my pollution level has reached 53%. If it gets higher, I’ll start to have mental abnormalities. Too bad, I can’t change my ability.”

After saying that, she immersed herself in her emotions again, staring at the paintings on the wall with lingering and tangled eyes, as if she was looking at something out of reach.

Shen Wang was very impressed by her actions, and then chose to follow Zhou Xiangzhe to continue walking forward.

Right after taking two steps, a piercing scream sounded. Zhou Xiangzhe walked forward quickly and saw the staff member who was testing the pollution degree in the front rolling on the ground.

He screamed, and blood flowed down from his palms which were covering his eyes. Zhou Xiangzhe quickly knelt on one knee to help him up. The man carefully opened his hand, but saw that he was left with only bloody eye sockets, and the eyes were hanging in his palms and rolling.

“Where are my eyes?” He was still shouting, “Captain Zhou! Where are my eyes?!”

“Why can’t I see!”

“Save me! It hurts! Give me back my eyes!”

After shouting, the people present were horrified to find that the man’s cheeks and neck were cracking at a speed visible to the naked eye. The cracks opened up, revealing eyes.

All the eyes were staring at the front, and everyone present swallowed their saliva in fear.

Zhou Xiangzhe frowned at the eyes, “Where is the medical staff?”

“Yes, we’re here!” The medical staff following behind hurried over.

“Remove these eyes.” Zhou Xiangzhe said, “He has been distorted.”

“Yes!”

The three medical staff quickly pinned the man down. Regardless of whether the current environment was suitable for cutting surgery, they gave him anesthesia and began to dig out the extra eyes on his body.

The distorted person struggled to resist while his hands and feet danced in the air, “Don’t dig out my eyes! Those are my eyes!”

“Give me my eyes back!”

Zhou Xiangzhe pinned the man down to make it easier for the medical staff to dig out all the extra eyes on his body, and then let the medical staff send him out.

After the accident was over, the only things left were the eyes that were still gurgling in the middle of the bloodstain. Zhou Xiangzhe took out a bottle of liquid from his pocket and poured it on the eyes. The strong smell of alcohol made Shen Wang realize that it was probably wine, and then Zhou Xiangzhe took out a lighter from his pocket and ignited the alcohol and the eyes.

Shen Wang: …

Why does Zhou Xiangzhe bring alcohol and lighters when he goes out on a mission? He doesn’t even have cigarettes, does he?

The burning eyes made slight creaking sounds, like some kind of small creature screaming. At this moment, a bang sounded suddenly, everyone looked up at the ceiling, and the water sensors started spraying a large amount of water from the ceilings.

Zhou Xiangzhe subconsciously pulled Shen Wang behind him and stepped back, but he stepped on empty air.

In just one second, everyone in the gallery disappeared, leaving only the ignited alcohol and the burning eyeballs in the middle. The faces in the paintings showed a strange smile, and the piles of eyeballs on them were all grinning hideously.

Only the water sensor was left dedicated to extinguishing the flames and issuing a broken AI warning sound.

“Warning! This is a gallery, fireworks are prohibited!”

“Warning! Paintings can only be appreciated, not touched!”

“Warning! There is an arsonist! Start Immediate Intervention!”

…

When Shen Wang opened his eyes again, he found that he was still in the gallery, but the walls around him were old and dusty, exuding a rotten smell. The glass frames were all smashed, and the glass shards hung on them.

“You’re awake.”

Shen Wang heard a voice behind him.

He turned around and saw Zhou Xiangzhe standing not far behind him. He was leaning against the wall quietly, right in the middle of two frames. He lowered his head slightly, and his white hair hung on his shoulders.

“Zhou Xiangzhe?” Shen Wang walked in front of him.

He noticed that when he walked over, Zhou Xiangzhe’s head shifted slightly in his direction, but compared to his eyes, his ears shifted faster towards him.

Shen Wang realized something. He stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Zhou Xiangzhe. Zhou Xiangzhe’s golden eyes reflected his shaking hand, but his pupils were immovable.

“You can’t see?” Shen Wang was a little surprised.

“I’m surprised that you can still see.” Zhou Xiangzhe stretched out his hand and pressed on his temple, “This seems to be a place surrounded by [Hundred Eyes]’s ability.”

Shen Wang spread his hands. He wasn’t surprised. After all, he had never been polluted, so it was normal that nothing happened.

“Maybe it’s because of my ability.” Shen Wang tried to recall in his mind the name of the ability given to him by the Center.

What was it?

“Because of [Fear Intimidation], the pollutant’s ability didn’t work on you?” Zhou Xiangzhe remembered the ability’s name earlier than Shen Wang.

“It’s good this way. At least you’re fine now.” Zhou Xiangzhe sighed, “At first, I wanted you to be with Lily, but I didn’t expect it to be…”

When the incident first happened, Zhou Xiangzhe subconsciously grabbed Shen Wang.

He couldn’t accept anything happening to Shen Wang again.

Shen Wang took advantage of the fact that Zhou Xiangzhe couldn’t see him and silently raised his head to the ceiling and made an unrefined expression.

It was really bad.

Although his initial goal was to pick up possible leaks, he never thought of acting near Zhou Xiangzhe. Zhou Xiangzhe is an S-level mutant, and the probability of being discovered if he acted next to him was too high.

But fortunately, he can’t see him now, so he was not in such danger for the time being.

Thinking of this, Shen Wang was happy again. He hummed a song and reached out to grab Zhou Xiangzhe’s wrist.

Zhou Xiangzhe didn’t seem to immediately realize what happened. His arm muscles became rigid and his eyelids trembled, but he seemed a little at a loss because he couldn’t see.

“I’ll show you the way. Let’s go forward.” Shen Wang’s voice was more lively than expected.

Zhou Xiangzhe thought silently: He seems very happy to be with me?

Is it an illusion? But he was humming a song. Shen Wang only hums when he is happy, so he is not in a bad mood now.

Zhou Xiangzhe calmed his pounding heart, and then asked in his usual cold voice: “Did you see anyone else around?”

“No.” Shen Wang pulled him forward, “This place is very similar to the gallery we stayed in before, but it’s more dilapidated, with dust everywhere, and the glass frames are all broken. It looks like a gallery that has been destroyed for a long time.”

“Besides that?”

“Besides that…ah.” Shen Wang stood firm and drew a long tone.

He stared at the wall in front of him.

There were several bloody handprints and words written in blood on the wall. The blood was still fresh and one could smell it.

[Welcome to the ‘Palace of Art’! ]

The moment he saw this line of words, the wall in front of Shen Wang suddenly turned into a white light. Afterwards, Shen Wang saw a long corridor that felt very familiar to him.

Porcelain white walls, bright corridors, doctors in white coats, and nurses shuttling among patients.

Zhou Xiangzhe suddenly heard a noisy sound. He frowned slightly and pressed his ear with one hand. The other hand was held by Shen Wang so he could not retract it, and could only listen reluctantly.

“What happened?”

Shen Wang replied: “It became a hospital.”

A hospital?

Zhou Xiangzhe began to think about the intention of the gallery for suddenly becoming a hospital.

They didn’t know enough about the A-level pollutant [Hundred Eyes]. This pollutant was only recently observed, and the dispatch team that observed it died in the gallery. They only had information about the gallery itself and never thought about the possibility of suddenly being transported from the gallery to other places, or even to become blind.

Shen Wang did not think about this, he just reported the surrounding situation to Zhou Xiangzhe.

“Parasitic pollutants and low-level pollutants in large numbers.”

“Pollutants are moving according to certain rules, they act in a stereotyped manner in the form of doctors, nurses, patients, and patients’ families, without the ability to think.”

“There are paintings hanging on the walls of the hospital corridor, but the paintings are not portraits but messy black lines without any shape.”

“The space between the paintings are inlaid with eye carvings similar to handicrafts, which are out of place in the hospital.”

“There is a ward door shaking at the end of the corridor in front, which is the only point in the scene that does not follow stereotyped behavior.”

Zhou Xiangzhe was a little surprised by Shen Wang’s observation ability. These are all the most important points to pay attention to during a mission. It can even be said that as a member of a dispatch team on his first mission, he is extremely excellent.

“Okay.” Zhou Xiangzhe breathed a sigh of relief for some reason, “Let’s go and have a look.”

Shen Wang walked and looked at the paintings and eyes on the wall. He found that no matter where he went, the eyes on the wall seemed to be looking at them, which was quite interesting.

The further they went, the fewer patients and medical staff, but the more they went ahead, stranger the noise they could hear. It was the sound of a young girl screaming.

Her voice was full of despair and anger. She cried and cursed. Every sound was like a needle piercing into the brain.

If it were an ordinary person here, that person would probably kneel down and cry.

This is an extremely strong mental pollution, even more terrifying than the woman who committed suicide in Qianzhen Community and became a C class pollutant. As a Class A parasitic pollutant, she is really too powerful.

“Be careful.” Zhou Xiangzhe told Shen Wang, “This kind of mental pollution is hard to prevent. Tell me immediately if there is anything wrong.”

“Yeah.” Shen Wang responded, “Don’t worry, I will definitely ask you for help if there is any problem, and I will never endure it alone.”

“I cherish my life the most.”

Zhou Xiangzhe’s eyelashes trembled, but Shen Wang didn’t see it because he was behind him.

Cherish your life…the most?

Zhou Xiangzhe lowered his head and stopped talking.

They walked through the long corridor with a cold sheen, passed all the unknown patients and medical staff, and finally reached the end of the corridor. The girl’s crying became clearer and clearer.

Shen Wang saw the girl in the last ward.

The girl sat on the bed crying. Her long hair had been cut off in an uneven way. The white cloth covering her eyes was wet with tears. There was a stack of white drawing paper on the small table by the side of the bed. The girl held a pen and kept drawing messy lines on the paper.

“My eyes!” The girl cried.

“Where are my eyes? I want eyes!”

The girl kept drawing blindly, “I want a lot of eyes!”

“I don’t want to be unable to see!”

“Give me back my eyes!!”

She drew randomly, but the lines kept changing. Shen Wang finally saw all the lines drawn by the girl condense together.

It formed a huge black eye.