Bell! The doorbell rings

The boss, who was fiddling with the dead fish specimens, looked up at the young man who entered the door,

There was a hint of surprise in the dim pupils, as if there was some surprise that Yi Chen was able to return 'intact', but a smile crossed the corner of his mouth.

"You seem to have found something on the lakeside."

"A little bit of trouble, but it's been resolved."

"Hmmm......"

The boss continued to bury his head in the specimen and didn't ask much.

Click~ Return to the guest room, close the door and lock it.

Take out a glass in the bathroom,

Pour the water of the lake preserved between the roots into it,

In the process of squeezing out the lake water from the roots, Yi Chen recalled the chilling lakeside experience.

"The sheriff ......"

Although it is easy to complete the counter-kill,

But Yi Chen's eyes caught an uncomfortable picture that made people's fur tingle.

When grabbing the sheriff's collar,

Its chest exposes the scales of the fish, which are densely covered with sustenance and oozing slippery mucus...... Even Yi Chen's fingers were stuck with some mucus

For such a picture, there is an instinctive sense of repulsion.

"Is the skin scaly, is it a sign of disease?"

Then

Small grapes are drilled out of the neckline, and they take the initiative to popularize science.

The "diversity" of the symptoms is beyond imagination, and this form of disease in the form of fish scales is relatively common in the sea, rivers, and such large lakes as well.

Do not worry

The plants in your body will form a protective layer, and contact at the skin level will not infect you.

But if you accidentally cut it, you will be at risk...... Remember to use an axe next time. ”

"Understood."

The affairs of the sheriff aside,

Pick up a glass filled with lake water and place it in front of a kerosene lamp.

【Visual Enhancement】

Like the eyes of a high-definition imager scanning the water quality,

The multiplied high-definition pictures reveal terrible pictures that are invisible to ordinary people.

"It's ...... Some kind of parasite? ”

Swarms of parasites are floating in the water in such large numbers.

And

As soon as the lake water was poured into the cup, the parasites were already laying eggs in large numbers on the walls of the cup.

The transparent egg body can refract a faint green light, which may be where the name of the green lake comes from.

Maybe that's why the boss said not to have "interaction behavior" with the town?

However, the plants that grow in and around the town are normal and show no signs of disease.

Even the roots, which are used directly to store the lake's water, have not been affected in any way...... In other words, these parasites are ineffective against "plants", which I have to take advantage of. ”

While Yi Chen was analyzing in a whisper,

Little Grape jumped directly off his shoulder,

Holding the glass with a weak and soft black arm,

Grunt grunt ~ a mouthful

This scene startled Yi Chen. "What are you doing?!"

The little grape gently shook his arm, which had only three fingers, to show that there was no need to worry.

"There are always limitations to what can be seen with the naked eye,

Eating it directly and feeling it in the flesh will be more intuitive and detailed.

Don't worry~ I'm a sick body, and this thing can't infect me. ”

"Did you get any useful information?"

"Hmm~ These little things that depend on water sources are obviously controlled by some kind of [consciousness subject]...... The moment I swallowed it, I still wanted to send a signal, but unfortunately my body was not so easy to penetrate.

Why don't we try to find out the subject?

You might be able to get quite a good 'big grape'. ”

"There's no hurry, this matter has to be done slowly."

"Yes...... With your current ability, and my immature me, even if you can find the [main body], you may not be able to kill it smoothly, and this matter needs to be planned carefully.

I'm tired~ I'm going to rest. ”

End of chat,

The little grape directly buried most of its body into Yi Chen's shoulder, revealing only a small piece of black fur.

Soon after,

The bonfire in the center of town has also come to an end.

Yi Chen leaned against the window, observing the tourists and residents on the street returning to their respective residences one after another, and no bad incidents occurred...... At least not on the surface.

Thoughts swirl and intertwine in the brain.

"According to the innkeeper, [three days] is very difficult to achieve.

In other words, the longer the tourists stay, the stronger the desire to 'encroach' on Green Lake Town.

When the time comes,

Those who participate in the assessment will inevitably break out into large-scale conflicts with the pathogenic forces between the towns.

There can be no rush.

There are still many potential dangers in this town, and the only thing that needs to be done today is to get some rest. ”

After confirming the airtightness of the house, fall asleep on the pillow and go straight to sleep.

……

Green Lake Town - Center Street

As the bonfire ends, the whole street falls silent,

But in some dark corners, there are still subtle movements.

In the depths of a certain alley,

The three-person team that had tried to invite Yi Chen to join was carrying out 'decommunication' here.

During the party, they accepted the invitation of an 'unmasked man' to go deep into the alley and were ambushed.

Current.

The blonde Edmund had a murderous face and bloodshot eyes.

In one hand, he holds a short sword and a pistol with the Mariano family's 'flying feather decoration' in the other.

Swish!

The thin sword was drawn, and there was still a little pus residue hanging on the surface of the sword.

Lying in front of him was a man with scaly skin, the pathogen hidden in his brain pierced by a dagger...... The whole process was not even pulled on the trigger of the pistol, and it was solved smoothly with a sword in one hand.

equally

Two of his companions also killed one of the Sickened Beings each.

The woman on the side was wiping the silver dagger with the rag she was carrying, and said softly:

"It seems that the small town is the key to the assessment, and if we want to pass the organizational assessment, we should need to find out the root cause of the disease, or make a sufficient amount of 'disease' contribution.

Judging from the party,

The mayor of the town wearing a golden ghost mask, as well as the security bureau, are very suspicious. ”

Blonde Edmund tidying up,

"No hurry...... There are still more than two days to go.

Since I participated in the party today, I will experience the free lake tour tomorrow and find out before taking the final action.

I can't wait to get my hands on the skins of the tissues. ”

……

Except for this squad.

The rest of the personnel who participated in the assessment also discovered anomalies one after another, killing them in different areas, and even capturing and torturing the sick townspeople alive.

A lot of news of death spread throughout the town,

The townsfolk who stayed at home became impetuous and irritable one by one, and even scratched the scales of fish hidden under their clothes with their fingers, and even simulated slashing at furniture.

Equally.

There was also a change in the [Green Shade Hotel] where Yi Chen lived.

An arm covered with fish scales sticks out from the hidden compartment under the door,

Perhaps due to the mutation brought about by the disease, the length and flexibility of the arm are slowly surpassing the scope of human beings.

Sticking out close to two meters in length,

Then twist through the non-rational joints, and fold upward......

Click!

The padlocks on the doors fell one after another,

The incision is smooth and mucus-bearing,

What's even more terrifying is that

Each of the sliced padlocks was held on to the ground without any noise.

Crunch~

Doors that haven't been opened in months are slowly being pushed open.

A dark shadow crawled out from the top,

Long, messy hair that has not been trimmed for a long time hangs from the ceiling to the floor, gently dragging it like a broom, making a slight rustling sound......