Chapter 131 Spore Memory (15) (1st update + 2nd update + 20.4w nutrient solution) [VIP]

Several comments floated across the screen.

【Oh no. 】

【I have been warned.】

[Are there any other creatures of the K-type that will warn humans? ]

【However, it is very polite. 】

【A polite creature of the C-type. 】

【Accept courtesy to the creature. 】

【? Accepting everything will only hurt you. 】

[Why didn't they just kill the investigators when they found out they were being investigated? I thought they would be killed right away.]

[He was killed directly. The one who was killed directly was someone else. ]

【Others: I really would thank you. 】

Bai Jinshu also had a subtle expression.

This is the first time I have seen this kind of warning.

It's not discrimination, he repeated, it's not discrimination.

But... can ordinary creatures of the K-type have such a high IQ?

Of course, there are many highly intelligent creatures of the K-type, and even more that can communicate with humans. However, if these creatures want to stop them, they will never choose such a complicated method.

As far as She Mochu knows, if those highly intelligent creatures want to stop a human, a normal earth human who is not as cheating as him, there are too many ways to choose. They can create other crises to prevent them from continuing to investigate. From the perspective of the creatures of the K-series, this behavior is simply a waste of time and effort, and they have nothing to do.

For example, let's say you want to stop a pair of ants from walking in a certain direction.

You might choose to block the road heading in that direction, or you might choose to catch them and throw them to another road, or just run them over.

But you would not try to attack other ants in the ant nest that are out foraging for food, trying to make them change their route in response to their companions' distress signals.

Because it's too troublesome.

And it is not necessary.

As a human being, he can directly manipulate these ants, and the ants have no power to resist his actions.

Why do humans choose such a complicated method instead of taking the long way?

Transferring this analogy to the relationship between humans and C-type creatures, there is absolutely no need for C-type creatures to consider what humans do.

In Shemochu's memory, all the creatures of the K-type with higher intelligence generally have a top-down attitude towards humans. They either ignore humans and don't care at all about what humans will do. They will only occasionally pay attention to a few lucky ones when they are in the mood.

For them, it doesn't matter whether their existence will be discovered or not.

This was the first time he had seen someone warn them in such a blatant way and stop them from pursuing the case further.

Moreover, according to this method of prevention, it is obvious that the party issuing the warning has no mercy on humans. Leaving aside the murals at the archaeological site, if this thing had mercy on humans, it would not have first manipulated the villagers of the reclusive tribe to commit suicide in large numbers, and then drove the biology doctoral student in the university town crazy.

At least hundreds of people died on both sides.

Wasber's senior was preventing them from investigating further, and this thing was also preventing them from exploring further, but the positions of the two parties were absolutely completely different.

Miskatonic University is a fixed organization in the K-series world that absolutely stands on the side of the investigators. Bai Jinshu believes that Senior Wasber, who is under Miskatonic University, gave them this warning. No matter what information he learned, his starting point must be to protect them.

And what is the purpose of this thing that prevents further investigation by creating madness?

"Tell Guan Hongyan that there is no rush for the Second Yunnan Hospital," Bai Jinshu raised his head and looked in the direction of Yun Guang, "Has Hua Sibo contacted the group investigating the biological doctor? Where are they now?"

This unknown entity is trying to stop them from investigating.

It just might not know one thing.

That is, the more you do, the more clues you will reveal.

He already knew that mushroom poisoning was a key clue. Among the three groups of people who had accidents, apart from the archaeologists who seemed to have no external intervention and were just driven crazy by excessive inspiration, the other two groups of people who suddenly committed suicide or stabbed others must have had more distinct marks.

The sudden suicides in the village started a few days ago after Chang Lan and the others left, and the madman who started killing indiscriminately in the university town started more than ten minutes ago. He was sent to the hospital, and he suddenly went crazy when Chang Lan was testing the nurse's attitude in a teasing way.

The other side must have become anxious after realizing that they were about to catch the mushroom, so they led the other side to do this.

There should be many clues in this incident.

And it's instant, very fresh clues.

"Are you from the Grand Duchy of Shouling?" Yun Guang flipped through his phone. "Let me ask."

The other party must be very busy. After a while, Yun Guang replied, "No."

"I don't have the contact information of their reception team," Yun Guang frowned slightly, "These four people should be very busy now and won't have time to contact them. I'll ask Xiao Hua to ask their reception team."

As expected, Wasber had the contact information for this reception group.

The two of them might have been quarantined together in the quarantine point in Yunling a few days ago to observe whether they were alienated. Their relationship was surprisingly good. He just sent a message to ask, and the other party told him the current situation.

"The lunatic who suddenly went crazy and started hacking people was a student of the biology PhD they had been tracking down," Wasber raised his head and relayed what was said on the other side. "The biology PhD who committed suicide in their group was the doctoral supervisor. He was in charge of two students. These two students knew about the research project he was handling. The senior brother had delayed graduation for several years and had been reluctant to mention anything about the PhD to them. He finally agreed a few days ago, but on the day he said he had to go back to sort out the information and send it to them, he ran into the iron fence next to the dormitory building with his computer."

"You know what happened next. He was fine, but his eyes got stuck in the spikes on the railings and he became blind. He's still in the hospital."

This collision was inexplicable. Later, when they checked the surveillance, they found that the man seemed to be possessed. He was walking and suddenly stopped, and stood there for a long time. After a few minutes, he came to his senses as if waking from a dream, turned his eyes, and rushed towards the railing like a possessed person.

Due to the angle of the surveillance camera, I couldn't see the expression on his face.

But judging from his actions, his collision was clearly purposeful and he did not slip or go too far.

"When they checked the surveillance footage, they asked me about the accident in our group," Hua Sibo touched his chin. "I didn't know what happened at the time. I just said that the situation was a bit similar to the sudden lane change of our vehicle, and then I didn't know what happened next."

Bai Jinshu nodded slightly.

It seems that the other side has put this sudden act of seeking death in the same category as the cause of their group's bizarre car accident.

"The one who went crazy today was the one who suddenly rushed into the cafeteria and came out with a kitchen knife to chop people," Wasber continued in the internal voice chat on his phone. "That was the second student of this biology PhD. This student didn't have a delayed graduation, but his graduation became a problem after his advisor died. He's been under a lot of pressure recently, and he didn't look kindly at us who went to investigate the cause of his advisor's death."

I totally understand.

Wasber nodded sympathetically.

"They have always wanted to contact this second student, but they have never been able to. Then after the senior brother was sent to the hospital, I don't know what he got from the other party when he went to visit the patient, but after he came back, his face towards their group of investigators became even worse." Wasber continued.

"Their group heard about what happened here and got important clues and inside information. Some people may choose to commit suicide directly due to force majeure, so we dare not push them too hard. We only dare to meet their cold faces once a day, and have to follow them to protect them and prevent them from committing suicide suddenly, and then try to investigate information from other channels."

As a result, during lunch today, this student who seemed to be fine all the time got his meal and suddenly went crazy while eating. He ran towards the cafeteria stall. The aunt who was serving food in the cafeteria stopped him and said that there was a kitchen at the back and he couldn't go in. As a result, he punched the aunt directly.

After beating up the cafeteria staff, the others would certainly not let it go, and soon many people from the front and back kitchens surrounded him, wanting to find his counselor and ask the school for an explanation.

The students in the university all love to watch the fun. Besides, the uncles and aunties who serve meals have all left, and they cannot get meals by standing in the line, so everyone gathered around to watch the fun.

Several people from the Grand Duchy of Shouling also gathered over.

Who knew that at this moment, the student suddenly took out a kitchen knife from the back kitchen and started chopping at the people surrounding him without blinking.

The crowd scattered, and the student, holding a knife, started slashing at anyone he saw and ran towards the cafeteria entrance.

He had a kitchen knife in his hand, and he was a madman who would chop anyone he saw. No one dared to snatch it with empty hands. The security guard came over quickly with an explosion-proof fork, but this man ran to wherever there were many people and would chop anyone he saw. No one dared to stop him.

The exploration team members could use miracles from the mall, but time was tight and they might not be able to find a suitable one. There was also the problem of how to explain their use in public.

Again, this is a world of K-series. Any unreasonable things that happen in the world of K-series and are noticed by anyone who gets to the bottom of it will become the final push that pushes him into the other side of the world.

So in the end they didn't do anything.

"After the police arrived, they shot the student dead on the spot," Wasber continued. "Since their group of investigators were the last to see the student and communicate with him, and they had been pestering the student for the past few days in an attempt to get information about the research investigation from him, they are cooperating with the police investigation and cannot reply to messages now."

"What about Yunling?" Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows.

It was so obvious that he went crazy after losing sanity, but Yunling didn't save him?

"It's not easy for our agency to intervene," Hua Sibo said with difficulty. "Seniors, you have seen the previous cases. The reason we intervened in those cases is that we are a special investigation team that specializes in investigating suicide cases. So when there is a suicide case, the police in southern Yunnan will directly hand the case over to the special investigation team."

"But this time..."

Bai Jinshu understood the implication of his words.

They are all homicides, but the previous ones were all suicides. As a special task force set up to investigate these matters, it is understandable that they intervene in the investigation.

But this time, this biology PhD student directly stabbed people with a knife, and the death and injuries probably totaled more than 20 people. The news had already spread among the local community very early on. If they hadn't tried to suppress the news, it would have probably become a hot topic by now. This is a major vicious case, and an explanation must be given to all the people.

This student has been very busy recently in order to graduate. Their group of investigators are the ones who meet him the most, so they definitely need to cooperate with the police investigation.

How can Yunling rescue the person?

Besides, the man had been shot dead on the spot. Even if his madness was related to the K system, a dead man couldn't say anything. His body had not been distorted, so the police could check it if they wanted.

Yun Guang lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Then... can Yun Ling get their investigation records?"

"That's fine," Wasber nodded. "We have a cooperative relationship with the police, so it's easy to get these."

"Go to the morgue and take a look at this man's body." Bai Jinshu whispered.

"Mo Chu?" Yun Guang looked at him in surprise, "You are still..."

Isn't he still poisoned?

"Okay," Bai Jinshu replied briefly, "I'm different from you. I can detoxify myself."

"Your self-detoxification is... too fast," Yun Guang paused, "Then let's go, do you need to bring Hongyan and Changfeng with you?"

"Let them watch over the three archaeologists," Bai Jinshu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "I'll come back to check on these three members. Don't let them die in the hospital."

However, all the way from the archaeological site to the Second Hospital of Southern Yunnan City, these people did not seek death, perhaps indicating that their conditions were not as serious as those who decided to commit suicide.

Although Hua Sibo said that he didn't want to get involved in anything related to these things, he had more contact with Yunling about the affairs and had some understanding of the current situation.

An archaeologist in Group One went crazy, the biology doctoral supervisor in Group Two was blocked in his investigation, there was a mysterious suicide in the secluded village in Group Three, and in their group, they ran into Lu Zhiyu who committed suicide, her ex-boyfriend Qin Sheng, and a traffic policeman who died in the dormitory.

In addition, the loss rate of investigators was also alarming. One member of three teams went crazy, one died, two members of Yunling were alienated, and one member of Yunling in one team was alienated. In total, five people had been killed in just a few days.

Today, the last remaining student of the biology doctorate in Group 2 also died, and his body is now in the morgue.

The police station does not have a morgue, only hospitals and funeral homes have them, but there are some areas designated specifically for police use.

The student's body was in the basement of the hospital building. When Bai Jin and his men went there, the reception team of the Grand Duchy of Shouling was already waiting there. Hua Siber sent them to the door, but under Yun Guang's persuasion, he did not follow them in. So it was Sister Song, the receptionist of the Grand Duchy of Shouling, who introduced the current situation to them.

Sister Song wore a very professional black suit. She looked more like an urban white-collar worker than a member of Yunling.

Without the members of Group 2 who were also members of the investigation team to introduce them, Sister Song's attitude towards them was more businesslike.

"Actually... there's nothing to see on his body. Investigators from our agency have already come to check it out," Sister Song said as they walked. "If you have to say something is wrong, it's better to say that his senior brother is more wrong."

"Senior brother?" Yun Guang thought for a moment, "The blind student?"

"Yes," Sister Song nodded. "The biology doctor we investigated, he and the deceased were the only students who knew about the project their supervisor was working on. When this incident happened today, we went to ask him to find out the situation. We didn't expect to get an answer, but he actually answered."

"What did he say?"

"He said..." Sister Song frowned, "When he suddenly heard that his junior fellow apprentice, whom he had known for several years, suddenly went out on the street with a kitchen knife and chopped people, the first emotion he showed was not seriousness or excitement, but a kind of understanding as if it was not unexpected."

"This only means that he knows more." Yun Guang responded quickly.

"No, you may not know it very well," Sister Song added, "After this person learned that he was blind a few days ago, he has been acting very unacceptable and even showed signs of Bonner syndrome."

This syndrome is not well known and often occurs in people who have vision problems due to aging, learning, or damage to the optic nerve.*

They are blind, but they still insist that they can see the world, and vivid and complex hallucinations will appear before their eyes. The principle of this disease is that after the patient's optic nerve is damaged, the brain uses stored images to fill in the blank spots as an overcompensation. *

"So he thinks he is not blind?" Yun Guang guessed.

Sister Song: “No.”

Bai Jin said: "He wished he was blind."

Two voices sounded at the same time.

"How do you know... Yes, he wishes he were blind." Sister Song turned her head in surprise and confirmed what Bai Jinshu said.

It's easy to guess.

If this person really saw some kind of C-type creature, then in order to avoid seeing these things again, he chose an almost instinctive method in his lack of rationality - blinding himself.

In the world of K, this kind of thing will only happen more often, not less.

Bai Jinshu had a premonition after hearing that this man tried to kill him but ended up only blinding himself.

In Yunling's world, the recovery of sanity is subject to certain specific conditions. If a person loses too much sanity and there is no professional intervention, it is entirely possible that he will remain in this state.

"When he woke up and learned that he was blind, he didn't react," Sister Song said, "but... he walked to the doctor's office without anyone's help the next day, which scared the director. Then he told the director that he could still see."

After a complex series of examinations confirmed that he had indeed lost his ability to see, the student was diagnosed with Bonnet syndrome.

After that, this biology doctoral student fell into a state of continuous madness and collapse. He could hardly communicate with anyone and was in a very manic state all day long.

He did not seem to be crazy. He was the only patient on that floor who could walk in the ward and corridor without anyone's help, but he spent most of his time lying in bed alone, and a small part of the time he was extremely aggressive towards anyone who approached him.

"After he became blind, his other senses seemed to become more acute, and he became more neurotic," Sister Song said. "He could often hear people walking in the corridor outside the ward even from his bed at the back. In order to let him rest well, his bed was moved from the window to the middle of the ward, and later it was changed to a single bed. But he still said it was very noisy and he was crazy. He was even caught once trying to pierce his eardrum with an ear pick."

"But this time when we went to tell him the news, after a moment of realization, he started going crazy again towards the people who came to visit him."

It seems that this senior brother knows much more than his junior brother.

Bai Jinshu and Yun Guang entered the morgue and took a look at the body of their junior fellow apprentice. Sure enough, there was no clue on it. While they were investigating inside, Sister Song received news that the four investigators she was in charge of had finally completed the police investigation and were released from the police station.

Sister Song hurried to find the four members of the [Grand Duchy of Shouling]. She should have said something to Hua Siber. When Bai Jinshu and the others went out, Hua Siber took the initiative to ask whether they were going to find the blind senior brother next.

"But at this point..." He checked the time, "The hospital may not be open for visiting."

Bai Jinshu looked up at his watch and was startled. It was already three or four in the morning.

It was already evening when they called 120 and came out of the mountain. By the time they arrived at the hospital for intravenous drips and received information that someone was indiscriminately hacking people in the cafeteria, it was already around seven or eight in the evening. After further investigation and going back and forth, they unknowingly entered the late night.

Wasber, who had been waiting for them at the door, yawned loudly and looked like he was almost too sleepy.

At this point in time, if I want to go find that senior brother, I can only go tomorrow.

And if the key clue really lies with this person, then they dare to look for it tomorrow morning, and the thing behind the scenes that is preventing them from investigating will make him "commit suicide" tonight.

"No need," Bai Jinshu and Yun Guang looked at each other and understood what the other meant. "This senior brother doesn't have any special clues. Let's go ask the people in the [Grand Duchy of Shouling] tomorrow to see if we can get the direction of this doctoral project."

Now it seems that the key clues for Group 2 can only be found in this only surviving senior brother.

If they show any sign of pushing the investigation to this person, then this person will definitely not live to see them.

At this time, the best thing to do is...

Leave this line alone for now.

Now the key clue belonging to their group lies on the mushroom poisoning, and the key clue to the second group lies on the blind senior brother. They are both just one step away from getting the answer. Now they just need to divert attention to the other two groups and let the existence that has been preventing them from investigating mistakenly believe that their attention has been diverted.

Once they have investigated the key clues in the other two directions and all four lines have reached the final step, they can suddenly catch the other side off guard and come up with the answer in one go.

Before that, all they needed to do was pretend that their plans had been disrupted by all kinds of messy situations and they could only run around in four investigation directions.

"Tomorrow morning..." Bai Jinshu half closed his eyes, "Let's go to the Second Yunnan Hospital to see Yue Shan first."

Let’s first go and see what the clues at this archaeological site are all about.

As for that secluded village, it’s quite a journey to get there from Diannan City, so let’s consider it last.

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I don't know if Bai Jinshu and Yun Guang's caution worked, but when I met Hua Sibo the next morning, I didn't hear him say anything like the biology doctor's student committed suicide the night before.

After they specifically explained it to Huasber, the [Grand Duchy of Shouling] who was in charge of this group also understood their subtext. As expected, they did not continue to follow the clues of that senior brother, but changed direction and began to investigate the project that the biology doctor was in charge of before his death.

In the Second Yunnan Hospital, the corridor on the 25th floor could barely be considered deserted and quiet the last time I came, but this time it was unexpectedly much more lively.

A strange shout echoed in the corridor, as if it was another language that I couldn't quite understand.

When Guan Hongyan saw him coming, it was like seeing a savior.

"She Mochu, you're finally here!" She was holding a bun in her hand and seemed to be eating breakfast.

Yue Shan and his three team members, as well as Lu Changfeng and the others were all there.

When they saw him coming, they all cast their light of hope upon him.

Bai Jinshu twitched his lips and took a small step back: "What?"

What kind of look is that?

Before he could express this, Yue Shan came over with a custard bun in his mouth and said expectantly, "Guan Hongyan said that those crazy people would speak another language when they saw Brother She?"

"Hmm?" Bai Jinshu turned to look at Guan Hongyan, "Indeed, I will."

Why did Guan Hongyan tell Yue Shan this?

“Is it the same situation for these people?” Yue Shan chewed the bun.

"Which people?" Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Those people who came back from the archaeological site..." Guan Hongyan pointed to the room behind her where all kinds of strange shouts were coming from. "They have been speaking this language since they were rescued."

"This is..." Bai Jinshu listened carefully for a few times and found that he couldn't understand it either.

He said that those who fell into temporary or permanent insanity were able to speak his language because their sanity was withheld and there was a gap, so the inhuman characteristics in Shemochu's body could take advantage of the gap and forcibly change these people's language system.

Guan Hongyan means that these people have also met people like She Mochu, and after their language systems have been changed, they cannot change back?

"Do you suspect they encountered some C-type creatures in the archaeological site?" He looked in the direction of Guan Hongyan and Lu Changfeng.

Guan Hongyan had suffered a loss at the hands of She Mochu's language and had her sanity cut off by her teammates. Perhaps it was because of this experience that she was wary of this kind of language.

"It could be," Guan Hongyan was very alert. "What they said didn't sound like any language currently known in the world. At least it didn't sound like one to me. Originally, Yue Shan and the others were planning to buy language miracles from the mall and try them out one by one, but I stopped them."

"We didn't dare to listen any more," Lu Changfeng added, "We were just waiting for you, Brother Chu, to come over."

"Okay, I got it." Bai Jinshu took off his coat and looked inside through the observation window.

No wonder Guan Hongyan kept calling him over yesterday.

It seems that she was really too deeply influenced by She Mochu's words last time. She had mastered the principle of not thinking too much or exploring too much in the world of Ke, and had skillfully mastered the principle of calling She Mochu when there is something.

However, Bai Jinshu had never heard of the language they spoke.

"You want to know what they're talking about," he confirmed.

Yue Shan nodded.

"Then let me make it clear that if they do fall into temporary madness, they will talk to me in the language I use. However, if there is something in this conversation that you cannot accept, I will hide the part that will cause the sanction to appear and choose to express it in a more tactful way."

Yue Shan continued to nod.

It seemed that this person had fallen completely in love with She Mochu because he had managed to defy his charm countless times last time without any problems. Bai Jinshu reminded him as usual not to listen to what they were saying and not to think too much about what he was saying, then he pushed the door and walked in.

Guan Hongyan left the door very experiencedly, as if she was trying to avoid She Mochu's words.

After a while, as expected, the shouting in the unknown language from inside the door suddenly became quieter, and then the voice they had heard all night came from the crack of the door, but this time it was not shouting, but an extremely strange language.

Like a snake, slimy and dangerous language.

Yue Shan's eyes widened in shock and he pointed at the door: "It actually works."

He has not been to many K-worlds, but he has a wide range of knowledge, and this is the first time he has seen such a situation.

"She Mochu... No, Brother She, who is he?" Yue Shan was shocked.

"I don't know." Guan Hongyan answered very bluntly.

"Ah? Why?" Yue Shan asked curiously.

"She Mochu used a miracle to hide his identity, so I didn't know." Guan Hongyan explained to Yue Shan.

This kind of miracle is almost open to the exploration team members. Even in special spaces, there are team members who use these miracles to conceal their identities to enter the investigation, just to prevent the other party from knowing which organization they belong to.

Therefore, once this reason is put forward, the exploration team members generally know that the other party does not want them to know their true identity and will not ask further questions.

"Ah?" Unfortunately, Yue Shan didn't seem to be an ordinary team member. "If you can't say it, then don't say it. Your excuse is too bad. Aren't you his teammate? You don't know either?"

Guan Hongyan: "...Can you chat?"

You're just bringing up things that are irrelevant.

When She Mochu first appeared, he said that he was using a pseudonym, and she never knew who he was.

As a result, even now that she has joined the organization that She Mochu belongs to, she still hasn't figured out this person's identity. Yun Guang only has a guess that he used the miracle in the foundation: [Customized Mask].

But this is just Yun Guang’s guess.

Maybe they are using other miracles that charge by the hour. In this world, She Mochu never mentioned that he has a similar miracle.

There are some explosive speculations in the barrage.

Since the two groups were together, the two live broadcast channels were also combined on one screen, and there were unprecedentedly many comments:

[She Mochu used a miracle to conceal his identity? ]

[Hmm...vertical pupils, can deduct San, and can speak a language that is not human. It's so obvious, everyone.]

【I suddenly had an incredible guess. 】

【I also. 】

[If this is true, She Mochu's identity would be exposed. ]

【Second.】

【??? What is your identity? Tell me now. Forget about this investigation riddler. Why do you have such a riddler in the barrage?】

[That is... is it possible that Shemochu is a creature of the C-type in human skin? ]

【ah? ? ? 】

[Hiss... Now that you mention it, it seems very likely. Generally speaking, no matter what happens, an investigator will not activate friendly fire and let his companions look at him for too long and lose sanity, right?]

[Also, there is that language. Although I didn't listen carefully, it should be the language of the K-type creatures. It's not surprising that Shemochu knows this language, but it's strange that he can make others speak it. ]

[If Guan Hongyan hadn't said that he used a miracle to conceal his identity, I wouldn't have thought of this, but looking at it this way, who says that a miracle to conceal one's identity can only turn one person into another person...]

[Damn, that makes sense.]

[So, Crimson creatures also have obsessions? Shocked...]

[I can’t even imagine what the space he entered would be like when he didn’t have enough points at the beginning…]

【Wherever I go, there is a crazy person and a cigarette】

[As expected, in the world of K-series, people with an empty brain have the best luck. 】

[Looking at it this way… the people who can investigate the project with him and not go crazy are really lucky. ]

[…Do the Foundation and 0106 know what they have invited in? ]

[No matter what, you guys at 0106 are really cool even if you even collect creatures that counter the enemy! ]

[Fuck, Thai is so cool! ]

The author has something to say:

Our 0106 is really hot!

By the way, I counted today and found that I have already owed more than 100 chapters for this book. Can I finish it before the end of the book? (shudder)

* is a reference