latent syndrome.

Chapter 165 164. The Creeping City
Polluted St. George's district.

Ash has been completely shocked by the scene in front of him. If it is necessary to use this evil power in order to win, then the price of this victory is too high.

"Which two nouns do you think combined together make people intuitively associate pain?"

Hugo asked one of his most frequently asked questions. Often, primary mental illnesses without organic lesions come from the contradiction between cognition and behavior in addition to genetic factors.

This problem can often find the crux of Hugo.

"Why do you ask this..."

Yaxiu was a little nervous, flipping through the operation manual written by the warlock. This kind of situation is too weird and bizarre. You have to make sure everything is under control, and don't play it off and put yourself in it.

"I think that can explain this phenomenon to a certain extent."

"Just say two words."

"I have a patient named Alex."

"When the words birthday and classmate are put together, it's like Pavlov's dog salivating."

"His brain also produces transmitters of anxiety."

Hugo looked at the red-green flesh pipe network centered on this residential building, maintaining an irregular shape and extending towards the surroundings. Those squirming and intricate pipes were entangled in the ugliest posture.

As the black mist at the edge spreads faster and faster, the stockbroker at the core suffers more and more. It has become an out-and-out monster, unable to make a human voice, but sticking to the Contraction of surface sensory organs, bagpipe-like cavity whistling.

It itself is growing as the black mist spreads. It draws red and green lines from everything, all modern communication equipment, and the human brain. The pipe network on the ground merged with the strange insects and transformed into other things.

The whole city has become rusty, the skin of the buildings has cracked and peeled off, revealing the steel inside, the sky has also turned dark red, and there are no celestial bodies, only billowing dark red clouds churning, as if absorbing blood Swollen sponge.

"Well... if I have to say, jeans and zippers."

Ash really didn't know what to say.

Hugo: "..."

"In the concept of the demon hunter, there is such a world called the deep world. It is not a place, not even a space, but an abstract concept."

"The present world is considered to be a projection of the materialization of that concept."

"I've always had reservations before, and it seems that this may be true."

"The so-called manifested substances, taboo substances, are what the demon hunters call fragments of the deep world."

"Connect with the deep world through fragments, and use this method of changing the root cause to have a huge impact on the present world."

Hugo looked at the person who had transformed into a strange insect, and continued to add: "It is connected to something in the deep world, and it may be a god or demon in the general sense."

Yaxiu also knew a little bit of spells, and he quickly understood that it was just that the demon hunters called it the deep world. In fact, there are many other names, such as the secluded world, the divine world, and so on.

"A demon..."

"But I don't understand how this has anything to do with your so-called two words."

After reading through the guide, Yaxiu had an idea in his mind. Now the two of them are trapped in this place. This space is independent of reality, and they can only enter but cannot exit.

If you want to leave, there is only one way, and that is to eradicate the core that has turned into strange insects, and clean up the human nutrients that provide power to a certain amount, until this field collapses.

It's not a problem for the two of them, both are infected with domains. If there is no domain, it will be very difficult to get close to the core.

"I think . . . I've found a feature of it."

"Just like a strong-willed Infected can tear apart the real world to form a domain."

"The mighty power of those beings...then it will be able to open up the universe."

"I discovered the quality of that thing hidden behind this forbidden thing."

"Regarding pain, the two most intuitive words are flesh and metal."

"If it is said that manifesting substances can expose people's true spiritual outlook."

"The domain is the same. Behind this strange space, there is a very vicious and terrifying life in the dark. It is not right to say that it is life. In short, it is an incomprehensible thing."

"It's just a guess. No one has seen it, and no one has recorded it. It's really puzzling."

Hugo thought it was a worthwhile trip, but he didn't spend his mind on illusory things, and only focused on the things in front of him.

"This situation can't be delved into, otherwise it will be like that warlock who has gone crazy."

Yaxiu stared at the mouthparts of the monster, rubbing it in a completely cold-blooded and hollow way, and there were bloody and fuzzy faces rolling on its body surface, as if they were the faces of humans connected by the pipe network.

A strong feeling was conveyed to Ashius' mind, it's not fear, it's just that this weird thing is too scary.

For a moment, Yaxiu was in a trance.

step by step...

On the surface of the strange worm, the people that Yaxiu had killed appeared one after another. Their faces were extremely distorted, begging, or staring at Yaxiu furiously.

Among them even his relatives.

As if bewitched, an invisible magic force was pulling him towards those faces.

"Wake up."

Hugo found out that something was wrong with him and stopped him.

Only then did Ashura regain his senses.

"This thing is too evil, get out of here quickly."

Axiu thinks that he can't stay here any longer. From now on, he must abide by every regulation in the operation guide. After the operation is over, he must destroy this place quickly and leave.

"Come on, I'm just going to see something else."

Hugo believes that this can create a new topic and make him reach the top of the psychiatric field.

Two 10 minutes later.

The two left the building. As for the SCT members who helped carry the nutrients before, they had already been connected by the pipe network and turned into monsters.

These neighborhoods have completely changed their appearance. Although there are still many high-rise buildings, they are extremely gloomy under the light of the blood-red sky. All the cars on the road have only rusted bodies, as if they have experienced hundreds of years.

"Indeed, as you say, most people turn into harmless worms."

Hugo looked at the gray and white worms, which were huge and the size of a dining table, and wondered why this was the case.

They squirm through the pipe network, crawling around aimlessly, moving at a very slow speed, and the folds on the body surface used to shrink and crawl can make the acid water in the stomach disgusting, especially in this gigantic environment. in the case of.

Ah Xiu let out a breath. Although he was mentally prepared, he was still a little nauseous when he saw this kind of thing.

"It turned out to be something like this."

"The mental outlook is a conceptual thing, and there must be a reference standard."

"But the reference standard is the universal value, the symbolic world."

"It should be something more common. It can't be this kind of negative, ominous, ugly creature."

Yaxiu couldn't figure it out.

Hugo thought for a while.

"Since it is already a universal value, when it is defined as a strict standard, it lacks all emotional factors."

"So you can't look at it with emotional factors. Beauty and ugliness are very vague concepts."

"A worm..."

"Maybe it's because of the post-information age."

Hugo pinched his chin and thought.

"Post-information age?"

Yaxiu was speechless, how did he get involved with this?

"I'm just guessing wildly."

"Worms don't turn into worms because their spirit manifests."

"It's that they don't have a mental outlook."

"Due to the global expansion of the Internet, people can receive countless information in a short period of time. Even if they have strong thinking skills, they will be in a blind state when each party has strong fans and self-consistent logic."

"When you see conspiracy theories, you will be cynical, and when you see inspirational stories, you will change your face in a short time."

"When he's incited, he's a thug."

"When he is converted, he is a saint."

"It is something that has no frame and can change at any time."

"It's like a larva, you don't know what it will be like next, it's hard to fathom."

Hugo judged so.

"Damn, you might be right."

Yaxiu thinks this is the truth, and the truth is similar to the air on the top of the mountain, which is too much for the weak.

The two observed some creatures around them again.

There was a buzzing from the metal instrument in Yaxiu's hand. This instrument was made by the warlock who wrote the operation manual, and it can tell if someone has invaded.

"Here's a guest, Mr. Professor."

(End of this chapter)