Port of Ajaccio, Corsica.

The ferry shook slightly, leaving a shallow ripple on the pier in the port of Ajaccio. The cacophony of the hull faded as the anchor chains tightened, and the hatch slowly opened, a slight creaking intertwined with the cries of seagulls. The passengers on the ship walked down in a sparse manner, and only a few of them seemed a little lonely.

One of the young men stood out. His blonde hair shimmered in the sun, a perfect match for his golden eyes. He was dressed in a brown suit, neat and neat, which contrasted with the Panama hat on his head. As he stepped out of the cabin, his golden eyes began to wander around the harbor, trying to survey the strange place.

"Have the clouds reached this place?"

Xia Xiu's nose moved slightly, and every breath he took at the moment carried a subtle feeling of wetness, as if the air was filled with tiny water droplets, gently brushing the lobes of his lungs.

"At present, there is no Mimu or pollution around, it seems that this is just a celestial anomaly, and this large-scale celestial anomaly is most likely related to Dagon, Haihei, or the so-called [Son of God]. Now the main thing is that we can't be sure if these clouds are really harmless to the surrounding population, [Adam], do you have any clues from the local authority? ”

Xia Xiu inquired in his mind about [Adam], he and the doctor set up the Authority, not for them to eat, their job was to assist him in completing the trivial preliminary search and investigation work to a certain extent.

[The investigation is still ongoing, and the local authority has dispatched an elite investigation team, who have found an ancient structure in the high mountains of South Corsica that is suspected to be the remains of the Mekhan——]

[In the meantime, Authority personnel have been conducting a local societal investigation to ensure that the clouds in Corsica are lurking for high-risk mimateriaviruses, and each [executive] is equipped with a D3 psychotropic agent as an amnestic agent.]

The current head of the Regional Authority (Ombudsman) is in the small town of Senica, forty kilometers from your area, and she is leading several local Authority teams to conduct high-risk screenings in Ajaccio, and I can send them over to meet you now if necessary. In the meantime, I've synced the Corsica Authority's internal survey records and itinerary backups to your watch for easy access. ]

"Turn on Operator Sharing, and I'll go over by myself." Xia Xiu replied to [Adam] in his mind.

[Okay, so address sharing is turned on.] ]

A map of the all-seeing territory of Corsica appeared on Xia Xiu's retina, and his location on the map was marked as a green triangle, and forty kilometers away, there were many small blue dots and one small green dot.

The small blue dot naturally represents the [Executive] of the Authority, while the small green dot is a member of the Heavenly Lineage and the [Ombudsman].

After Xia Xiu determined his position, he raised his foot and stepped forward, and a twisted Möbius ring appeared from under his feet, and then the space distorted, and he disappeared in place.

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The small town of Ajaccio Saenica.

[START LOG.]

[Special containment structures have been erected around the Corsica Dispersion Zone, with a claimed cover-up of "gaseous contaminant leaks", as containment chamber researchers currently do not know how to effectively contain the special clouds. Due to the anomaly's amorphous nature and highly uncertain anomalous nature, [Executives] dispatched to the periphery of Corsica must possess a cognitive impedance coefficient of [Good+] or higher. A large stand-alone [Reality Altered Reality Anchor] and engineering team are to be placed in the temporary containment area to ensure that the Boundary Force Field Generator located on the outside of the object is activated at all times. ]

[Horizon Visibility: Dense fog (indicates extremely poor visibility and very limited field of view, usually less than 100 meters or 100 yards). ]

[The anomaly has caused serious social impacts on Corsica, and there is a suspected presence of deep diver hybrids in Ajaccio Senica, please investigate the high-risk phenomenon in the area as soon as possible-]

[Adam's] voice echoed in the minds of the A6 Executive Team, and Ioni, the leader of the three-person [Executive] team, was walking through Senica with a special illuminated lantern in her hand, her hands wearing gloves.

At this moment, the village of Seneca was bathed in a thick fog and a hazy scene. The town, usually busy and pleasant, seems quiet and mysterious at the moment, as if wrapped in a soft veil. A thick fog descends like a white curtain, enveloping the town's buildings, trees, and streets. The distant scene becomes blurred and loses its clarity, leaving only a blurred outline. Even the familiar street corners and buildings become strange and mysterious at the moment.

The thick fog gives the town a quiet atmosphere, as if time has slowed down here. The normally bustling street markets are deserted, and the window panes of the shops are covered with mist droplets

The streets of the town fade away in the fog, as if leading to an unknown world. The silhouette of the tree looms, and only the trunk and branches of the tree are close to it. Some lonely lampposts loomed in the fog, emitting a faint glow that barely illuminated the way forward.

Ioni's lantern illuminates the world within a five-meter radius, and her two teammates follow her closely.

"Corsica is located near the coast of the Chaos Sea, this is the marginal management zone of the Veil, and there are often thaumaturgists who go out to sea to wander around, leaving behind many extraordinary deeds, if we want to investigate them one by one, we can only rely on Nina's [thaumaturgical entry]. My [Blue Lantern] can distort to meet the preconditions of a thaumaturgical entry, just enough to meet the required ocean conditions in your [Sideline System], but it may be painful for you, as your ability allows you to hide from predators rather than seek them out. ”

Ioni looked back apologetically to the petite girl in a black uniform, who looked weak and weak.

"No... It doesn't matter, as long as it helps Ms. Teresa and her colleagues at the Authority, the fear can be overcome, and I have a Type D1 psychotropic potion that can be used to suppress fear. ”

Nina subconsciously tugged at her towering collar to hide the scales around her neck, which were covered with various nerve hair cells, nested in small holes or pipes, and distributed along the sides and head of the scales.

The lateral line system is a sensory organ system that is unique to fish and some amphibians. It is used to detect small disturbances and fluctuations in water currents and help animals perceive changes in their surroundings. Its abilities are significantly increased when the thaumaturgical entry is fixed, but there are restrictions that can only be used in the Ocean, and Ioni's [Blue Lantern] can be forced to fill a precondition.

"It must be around here, and I can feel the strange smell: every breath is filled with wet, living air, every breath seems to swallow a tangible mass of fear, it's no longer just fog - it's a sea of creatures, made up of countless nameless creatures, each particle as if it were a malicious eye, staring at you, ready to attack at your most casual moment."

"This feeling is similar to the feeling that Haiji gave me, except that they are more crazy and evil than Haiji..." Nina stroked the scales around her neck and muttered palely, the sensation coming from the scales reminded her of the bad memories of rotting flesh and blood mixed together.

She was rescued by Teresa, the Angel of Heaven, from the Sea Heir slave ship, and as one of the few people who survived the assimilation of Sea Heir Mimu, she took Teresa and the current Authority very seriously, and it was the Authority that gave her the suppression and gave her the mission of [the Executive], and the Authority has many colleagues who have had the same tragic experience as her, such as the captain in front of her, Ioni.

Ioni is [Runaway], her hands are infected by a special demon Mimusu, the hands under the gloves are not human hands, but claws covered with black scales, Ioni is a gray smuggled from the Far East, she was originally a bounty hunter near Corsica, and when she heard about the establishment of the Heavenly Collapse Authority, she chose to join the Authority without saying a word.

All of Ioni's files were handled by Ms. Teresa, and without going through the tedious steps, Ioni was registered as the [Executive] of the Authority. Nina admires Ioni very much, because in addition to work, the other party eats and lives normally with other [executives], takes the initiative to learn combat skills that she has not yet mastered, and abides by the rules and regulations of the Authority more strictly than others, and spends all her leisure time in the open database provided by [Adam].

After she had been in the Authority for a while, the internalized knowledge aside, and the improvement in combat skills and performance on the comprehensive fitness test alone was enough to be breathtaking, and I heard that Lady Teresa had applied for the pedigree certification of the Heavenly Genealogy.

Most of them [executives] have completed thaumaturgy [entries] through their own characteristics, and the [entries] they have fixed carry a strong risk of aberration, and if they can be entered into the genealogy of the kingdom of heaven and can obtain the protection of Eden, then they will not be afraid of the fury of EVE particles and the risk of ARad field distortion emitted by the [Aetheric Ocean].

"I'm sorry Nina, for reminding you of bad memories, no matter how quickly we have to find out the diver hybrids here, if they are allowed to expand [the forbidden triple oath], the whole of Corsica will become a sacrifice and breeding ground for the Father of the Deep Divers in an instant." Ioni said with a serious face.

"I know, it's near the front, in the most remote corner of the fishing village." Nina pointed to the most remote corner of the seashore along the [lateral line system].

"Sister Nina, do you want to take a break, just let me go with the captain." George, who had horns on his head and a freckled face, said to Nina with concern.

"No, I have other water entries as an aid, and I can't be without me in the team." Nina shook her head and rejected George's offer.

"Then let's go, as long as we finish the hunt quickly, all problems will be solved in an instant." Ioni ordered decisively.

"Okay."

"Understood."

The three-man team began to make their way quickly towards the cabins along the coast, and soon they reached their destination.

A cloud-shrouded area, the blurred outline gradually revealed the figure of a small wooden house.

Each piece of dark brown wood seemed to have been eroded by time and unknown forces, and it was covered with strange lines that loomed in the thick fog, as if life was wriggling on it. Although it doesn't look too unusual on the surface, there seems to be a dark secret hidden behind every window, as if there are invisible eyes watching everything around every corner.

The fog obscures the details of the hut and makes it impossible to discern its true form, while the smoke from its crooked chimneys intertwines with the surrounding fog to create an unnatural landscape.

Wooden walls, pointed roofs, and aging window frames. The building is obviously ordinary, but it gives people an ominous and oppressive atmosphere, as if this house does not belong to this time and space, but is summoned from some forbidden dimension.

There was a suffocating sensation like the deep sea coming from the scales around Nina's neck, and there was an indescribable smell in the air, sweet and smelly, as if the smell of ancient carrion mixed with fresh blood. With every breath you breathe, you can feel this foul smell enter your lungs, but there is a strange numbness that makes it impossible to stop breathing. Whispers continued, vague and concrete, like ancient spells, or ghosts trapped in the clouds telling of their fate.

There seemed to be countless pairs of eyes hidden in the fog, and every step felt like countless eyes were projected from all directions. Each drop of water seems to be silently watching, as if it wants to suck your life. The ground trembled slightly under his feet, and every step was on the edge of the unknown and terror, not knowing what would be dragged into the abyss in the next moment.

Nina's eyes stared at the wooden house in the fog, fear and confusion in her eyes like two burning flames. Her pupils constricted, revealing the confusion of not being able to comprehend and accept the scene in front of her. Cold sweat slid down her forehead, moistening her pale cheeks, and the corners of her mouth trembled slightly, as if she was resisting the nightmare in front of her.

"Nina, Nina, Nina!!"

Suddenly, a shrill shout broke the dead silence, piercing and urgent, and Ioni was anxiously calling out to Nina, who was suddenly stunned and frightened.

Nina's body shuddered violently, and the voice pulled back from the illusion in the depths of her mind. Her eyes widened, and she quickly glanced around, as if to confirm that she was back in the real world.

Knock Knock Knock –

The sound of her heartbeat buzzed in her ears, and her palms were covered with cold sweat. She swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked at the door again, her eyes filled with fear and unease.

"It's inside... It's inside..." The after-effects of horrific delirium made Nina's mind a little unturned.

Seeing this, Ioni immediately severed the link between [Ghost Lantern] and Nina, the gloves she wore in both hands began to bulge slightly, and the claws covered by the gloves began to enter the battlefield to become active, while George on the side drew two special blasters from the [Heavenly Arsenal] through the open authority of [Adam].

The two stared at the wooden door that began to turn.

Squeak –

The rotting wooden door of the wooden house was opened, and a figure emerged from the shadows.

(End of chapter)