Chapter 2: Strange Levels: Calamity

【Strange Talk】

It is something that came into this world with the first Fallen Faller shortly after the Fall Phenomenon occurred.

Its essence is a combination of [Data Stream], [Information Fragment], [Idea] and [Gloomy Virus].

【Gloomyvirus】

It comes from the unknown lower world, which has the power to distort everything, and can distort the existence of living beings, wills, concepts, etc., real or imaginary, into some kind of "established rules" and put them into this world, forming [strange stories].

According to the "Spread Rules", "Scope of Influence" and "Degree of Harm" of [Strange Talk], the Federation divides it into five levels:

Mortal, strange, strange, strange, strange, disaster.

For example, the strange talk that Xia Mu just solved belongs to the lowest level of [mortal level], and this kind of strange talk is generally "low harm", "small spread", and "difficult to hurt people", so you can leave it alone if you don't have to.

Unless it's like Boss Qin, who happens to appear in his bedroom and stares at them every night with big bloody eyes, no one will spend money to find someone to clean up.

Correspondingly, the usual [mortal-level strange talk], any [D-class faller], or the [wanderer] and [returner] cultivated in the late stage of the Federation, can be easily handled.

This is also the main source of Xia Mu's economy, after all, there are too many [mortal-level strange talks], especially in the "lower city", there will always be unlucky bosses who run into it.

As for the strange talk that appears in front of his eyes now, Natsuki can't judge its level for the time being, because the other party's various information is still unclear, and he doesn't know the other party's "communication rules" and "strength or weakness".

But he can at least see that judging from the destructive power that the other party has just shown and the way he plays, he is properly [different level] up.

And [Alien] ......

That's not something you can handle, the wind is tight, and it's!

Without the slightest hesitation, Natsuki turned around and ran, with his D-level strength, if nothing else, he would definitely be able to run faster than others.

For what he can't do, he basically won't get bored, he has changed a lot in the seven or eight years of hard work in this lower city, and he is no longer the hot-blooded young man he once was.

Evacuate the people, delay and talk about this kind of thing, or leave it to those "regular troops"!

As soon as he slipped away, Natsuki disappeared, and then he went into a dark alley, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

This is his shortcut back to the office, since he can't eat supper today, he will simply go home and sleep.

However, everything didn't seem to be as simple as he imagined, and after taking two steps, he found that a data stream appeared at the exit of the dark alley in front of him, quickly forming a black fog barrier that was so thick that it could not be dissolved.

"It's ...... Dark Barrier? That weird talk can unleash the 'rule field'?! ”

Xia Mu couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this, and immediately understood the seriousness of this incident!

【Rule Field】

It is the ability to "transform" a certain area, forcibly distort the rules in it, and transform it into a form that conforms to its own rules.

This is something that can only be done by strange talks above the [Trick Level], that is to say, this Strange Talk is at least [Trick Level]!

In the next second, Xia Mu saw that the buildings around him began to change, and the inky black data stream began to erode all the building data and change its shape.

He knew that this was just the beginning, and that soon the erosion would spread to the "creatures" in the area, and no one would be able to escape.

"Huh?!"

Suddenly, Natsuki's pupils contracted suddenly, and his heart tightened, and he felt like his whole body was starting to become weak.

He looked down at his hands, and above the tips of his ten fingers, the pitch-black data stream had quietly climbed up.

Compared to the inanimate structures around it, the [Gloovirus virus] erodes living organisms much more slowly, because the data of living organisms is far more complex than that of inanimate objects.

But that's just a slowdown, and as long as you can't get out of the field, it's only a matter of time before it's completely eroded.

"Uh......h Uh-uh-uh...... Ahh ”

Poof!

Natsuki fell to the ground all at once, his whole body curled up together.

The process of erosion is very painful and unbearable for most people, it is a forcible distortion that transforms people from "one thing" into "another completely different thing".

During the whole process, you can even feel that everything that belongs to you is being transformed little by little, and the pain will make you lose the concept of "time", and every minute and every second becomes extremely long.

"Mental and physical pain"

It's easy to breed despair.

Once the organism gives up resistance completely, the rate of erosion becomes very rapid, almost in a matter of seconds.

"No, it can't be eroded like this, the money I just earned hasn't been spent yet!"

For a moment, Natsuki, who had fallen to the ground, seemed to get used to it a little, gritted his teeth again, and got up from the ground with force.

He raised his hand tremblingly, grasped the pendant hanging from his chest, it was his only hope at the moment, and he did not hesitate to enter his mind and his own data......

The next moment.

Wow –

The white jade-like pendant shone brightly, and the soft white light covered his entire person, while also dispelling the darkness around him, isolating the eroded stream of dark data.

"Huh?"

In the white light, Xia Mu was suddenly stunned, and then moved his body, revealing a surprised expression.

He found that the pain in his body disappeared completely, and the virus that had originally eroded him dissipated in an instant.

What's going on?

He looked at the pendant in his hand and didn't understand what was happening at all, because he didn't have much hope at all.

Although the ability of this pendant is [Purification], he knows exactly how many catties and taels it has.

Judging from all the circumstances in the past, it would be difficult for this thing to purify a slightly more powerful mortal-level monster, let alone a treacherous big guy.

But looking at the white light around him, he knew that he was not dreaming, and he couldn't help but have some doubts, this pendant was a medicine today?

At this time......

Poof!

Natsuki suddenly heard the sound of someone falling to the ground behind him.

He turned his head to see a man behind him, and from the face wrapped in darkness, he could vaguely tell that this was the supper stall owner he had seen.

"Save ...... Help me......"

Boom!

After an intermittent cry for help, the man collapsed completely.

Immediately after, the black data stream quickly enveloped his whole body, and in the blink of an eye, it completely eroded.

In the next second, the man's body changed, the originally thick figure began to become slender, the flat chest gradually became taller, the crisp short hair was lengthened to the waist, the buttocks were swollen, and the face changed from hard to soft......

He became a woman!

With the change of gender and body shape, men's clothes have also changed, from the original vest that was convenient for work, to a long black dress in ancient European style.

"Big ...... Person...... Are you ...... Where? ”

Man...... No, the woman slowly got up from the ground, making a staccato sound from her mouth.

At the same time, a prompt suddenly came from Natsuki's star ring, and before he could check it, a transparent panel automatically appeared in front of him, and the red exclamation mark flashed wildly, representing the meaning of warning:

[Alert! Alert! 】

[There was a major strange incident in the No. 36 Night Market in the Lower District of Chongxing City, the fifth district. 】

[Strange Tale Level: Disaster Level]

[Strange Tale Codename: The Witch of Doom]

[Since the S-class is still on the way, we hereby issue a "Recruitment Notice", please go to support and evacuate the crowd immediately regardless of the level of the fallen and returnees nearby!] 】

[Anyone who participates in the support will receive a "Lower Level Wandering Permission" and a bounty of 100,000 Alliance Coins!] 】

Seeing this "recruitment notice", Xia Mu's eyes widened and he was stunned in place.

What?

This is a strange story...... Is it a disaster?!