This is the first time I have seen blood in a real sense since I traveled to this world.
Blood dripped from the corner of Xie Zhi's mouth, but the first thing that came to Xie Zhi's mind was thoughts that had nothing to do with the current crisis.
The taste of blood is salty.
Whether it's your own or someone else's.
The severe pain quickly brought Xie Zhi's thoughts back from his distracting thoughts, and Xie Zhi's eyes refocused.
The enemy did not leave.
Not only did the enemy not leave, but they directly injured both of my palms in three rounds of attacks.
Xie Zhi felt the severe pain coming from his left and right hands. At the same time, he also noticed that the cold touch on his back disappeared quickly.
"Due to the injuries to the left and right hands, has the transformation cost of the crazy scissors form increased..."
"At this rate of consumption, I can't even hold on for another twenty seconds..."
Who is the enemy?
Where does the enemy's attack come from...
Why is his attack method a sharp "water needle"?
What does "water needle" mean?
And...how should I avoid his attack...
In the blink of an eye, Xie Zhi's mind turned again and again.
He thought about many questions, but none of them had an answer.
Only at this moment did he realize his lack of common sense regarding the huge moon world.
A stupid young man who knows nothing, but because of his special status as a time traveler and his own special physique, he has been involved in big crises time and time again that far exceed his ability to solve them.
On average, I have to face more than two deaths a day, and each crisis is more challenging than the last...
If this were a game, the default difficulty would be too high...
Xie Zhi sighed, but then he returned to a state of high mental tension.
No, I can't relax, the battle is not over yet, I haven't even seen the shadow of the enemy...
It’s so cool, Xie Zhi! Too bad!
You are really going out of your way to discredit your body, which is a crazy scissor ranked over 300!
Xie Zhi couldn't help but laugh at himself, feeling a sense of powerlessness deep in his heart.
This feeling of powerlessness appeared very strange, as if it suddenly melted deep in my heart, making me feel inferior and depressed, and even developed a feeling of world-weariness.
Xie Zhi couldn't help but recall what Sima Xi said when he was treating himself in the Third Hospital.
"People infected with different emotional viruses will have corresponding complications depending on the type of emotional virus..."
"If the emotional virus itself is depressive and world-weary, then patients infected with the emotional virus will also fall into an atmosphere of depression and world-weariness..."
Xie Zhi's heart skipped a beat.
Are you infected by the emotional virus?
at what time……
Xie Zhi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly woke up.
It's the "water needle" that disappeared into his body!
Xie Zhi looked at his left and right hands. His right hand was dripping with blood, but maybe because the crazy scissors were mainly attached to his right hand, it didn't make much difference.
But when Xie Zhi looked at his left hand, he discovered that the blood flowing from the wound where the "water needle" disappeared had turned black!
In the middle of the wound on his left hand, the black wound continued to fester. In just a few seconds, it had festered from a wound the size of a cotton swab to as thick as a finger!
"That water needle is poisonous!"
Xie Zhi was shocked. He was at a loss at this moment. Seeing the wound on his left hand getting bigger and bigger, Xie Zhi only felt that death was getting closer and closer to him, and he was helpless and could only wait for everything to happen. occur!
"No, this is not my character!"
"Why would I sit still and wait for death?!"
"Xie Zhi, wake up quickly! You have been affected by the emotional virus!"
Xie Zhi suddenly realized his embarrassment. This embarrassment was not his true thoughts deep in his heart, but was controlled by this emotional virus of world-weariness and depression!
But even if he realized this, in just a few seconds, Xie Zhi was completely unable to escape the control of the virus, and could only watch the black ulcer at the wound expand more and more.
what should I do……
Xie Zhi felt that his thoughts were getting further and further away from him.
"Don't hesitate! Dig it up!"
Suddenly, Zhang Hongmian's voice came from Xie Zhi's heart again!
The sound seemed to be conveyed from the distant past to the present, traveling through time and space, and reaching Xie Zhi's ears and heart!
Xie Zhi's eyes became clear again.
"Red cotton, is it you!"
But there was no reply from Zhang Hongmian, as if the previous words were not addressed to Xie Zhi.
"Red cotton! Can you hear me?"
Xie Zhi shouted deep in his heart again, but Zhang Hongmian didn't notice it and just continued to hear her voice.
"Don't hesitate! Dig it out!!!"
Zhang Hongmian once again heard her voice through the spiritual link.
Xie Zhi suddenly realized that this voice might not be addressed to him, but to Zhang Hongmian himself.
Could it be that……
On the other side of the memory, Zhang Hongmian also encountered the same situation as himself?
And now, she is also fighting against the emotional virus full of world-weariness and depression?
"Don't hesitate!! Dig it out!!!"
Zhang Hongmian's voice came for the third time. This time the voice was louder than the previous two times. It was as if Zhang Hongmian was leaning against Xie Zhi's ear, and then he mustered up all his strength to shout these words.
Xie Zhi's eyes were completely clear at this moment!
He raised his right hand high, and the five scissor blades came together to form a sharp drill!
Just this moment! Xie Zhi's blue right hand fiercely dug into the ulcerated and blackened palm of his left hand!
"ah!!!!!"
The severe pain made Xie Zhi scream in pain.
This time, Xie Zhi directly cut off a large piece of flesh from the palm of his hand, and dug out all the festered and blackened parts!
At the same time, Zhang Hongmian's shouts also came from Xie Zhi's spiritual connection.
The sound was a short and sharp shout. From Zhang Hongmian's cry, Xie Zhi felt the same pain as himself.
Sure enough, Zhang Hongmian encountered the same situation as herself on the other side!
And the solution she finally chose was to dig out her virus-infected wound directly!
"Huh-huh-"
Xie Zhi heard Zhang Hongmian's heavy breathing, which was accompanied by uncontrollable trembling.
"Can you...can you hear me?"
This is Zhang Hongmian’s voice.
"I can hear it!"
For a moment, Xie Zhi was overjoyed!
The spiritual link has been re-established!
"What happened to you there!?"
"You...speak from your heart, don't shout..."
Zhang Hongmian's voice was weak, as if she had lost most of her energy just now.
Ah, sorry! I forgot!
Xie Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that he could just speak directly in his heart, and Hong Mian could hear it.
What's the situation over there?
Xie Zhi couldn't help but ask.
"I encountered a sudden attack. The attacker was in the dark and sprayed me with seven or eight water cannons. One of them hit my left leg and penetrated from my calf to my knee."
Zhang Hongmian spoke very quickly, as if he wanted to explain the current situation clearly in the shortest possible time.
It hits your thigh...
Xie Zhi was stunned, how did you solve it?
"Don't worry... Although this emotional virus called 'Depression Fountain' is irreversible to a certain extent, the good news is that it spreads very slowly. As long as the lesions are removed before the Depressive Fountain spreads throughout the body, you can survive."
On the other side of the memory, Zhang Hongmian seemed to be dragging her own body. She paused and continued,
"I cut off the leg."
Zhang Hongmian's voice was calm and calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
"You cut off your legs?!"
Xie Zhi couldn't help shouting, but then realized that he had shouted unconsciously again.
"There's no time to talk so much..."
On the other side of the memory, the sound of Zhang Hongmian dragging his body came again.
"Brother, listen to me."
"The illusion in front of us was created based on the memory backup before my death."
"What we are experiencing now are the me in the real world, the memories before death."
"I have always been concerned about why I would die in such a hot spring even though I have experienced hundreds of battles and even became the youngest leader of the A58 fact-finding team."
"Another thing I care about is why when I wake up, my body keeps shrinking for a short period of time as I move, and finally turns into a baby, or even back into an embryo."
"Now I understand, this is because there are emotional monsters carrying the 'Depression Spring' virus in this weird hot spring we are in."
"This monster attacks with water and sprays out high-pressure water needles in a certain way, and the Depression Spring virus is hidden in this water needle."
"The me in the real world may have died at the hands of this emotional monster."
Zhang Hongmian sighed and continued,
"The Depression Spring virus is difficult to prevent and treat. The diluted Depression Spring will make people intoxicated and gradually change their physical properties. As long as they leave the water, they will continue to rejuvenate until they die."
"But if it is just a diluted version of the Depression Spring virus, then everything can still be saved. This is why I immediately looked for a 'dry body bandage' in the hot springs. The dry body bandage forms a neutralizing reaction with the Depression Spring, which can actually contain it to a certain extent. Toxicity on both sides.”
"A contaminated site with two different emotional viruses is already a relatively rare mixed contaminated site. I never calculated that while there are Dry Body Bandages and Depression Fountains in the contaminated site, there is also a third type. A weirdo who was infected by an emotional virus, and the third type of emotional weirdo ended up killing me.”
"This third type of emotional virus is called 'Shadowless Man'."
Dry Body Bandage, Depression Fountain, Shadowless Man...
In Xie Zhi's mind, new knowledge constantly impacted his thoughts.
But Xie Zhi knew that now was not the time to sort out this new knowledge.
Because, the "Shadowless Man" Zhang Hongmian mentioned was still staring at him.
As long as he shows a slight flaw, the fourth water needle carrying the Depression Spring Virus will pierce his throat.
"What should I do to deal with the Shadowless Man?"
Xie Zhi asked Zhang Hongmian in his heart.
"That's too late……"
Zhang Hongmian's voice became softer and softer, and in the end, it was unnoticeable.
"Hongmian? Zhang Hongmian?!"
Xie Zhi shouted anxiously in his heart, but in front of his eyes, the memory illusion gradually began to distort.
This distortion was slow at first, but in an instant it became extremely fast. In just an instant, it encompassed the entire world!
From colorful to pitch black!
And before the surroundings turned dark, the last scene Xie Zhi saw was from directly in front of him, the phantom human figure that was so blurry that only the edge of its outline could be seen, spitting out a new water needle toward him!
"Red Cotton! I saw him! We can deal with him!"
Xie Zhi shouted subconsciously.
But the cry was only half-sent, and the mental illusion was like a television that was suddenly turned off, and the bright screen turned completely black in an instant.
