As the crack opened, the white mycelium around the bulge suddenly turned grayish white as if it was infected.

The crack grew larger and larger until a head emerged from it.

It was a grayish-white moth. Its long antennae trembled, and it raised its head and looked at Xie Xuan with a pair of black eyes.

【Spirit value decreased by 10.】

Xie Xuan suddenly woke up and quickly closed the window. Almost the next second after she closed the window, countless newly hatched moths fluttered on the window.

Amid the crackling sound of the collision, Xie Xuan broke out in a cold sweat.

Why a moth? Did Bai Ze fail?

Obviously, this situation was not only happening here with Xie Xuan. Wen Xu and Zhuo Guangyu also saw moths constantly hitting the window trying to get in.

"It would be quite convenient if Xiao Yao were here for this mission," Wen Xu couldn't help but say, "Fire-type abilities should naturally counter insects."

But the key issue is not this. If Xie Xuan saw it correctly, moths were bred in the white mycelium, which means that Bai Ze's infection field has failed.

Zhuo Guangyu felt a little heavy-hearted, but Xie Xuan thought of another point, "Since we both saw the moth, does that mean we are not separated into separate spaces?"

In other words, they are still in the same building, but they cannot reach other floors through the security passage.

Zhuo Guangyu said, "Let me try to see if it works by directly breaking through the ground."

He placed the grenade directly in the middle of the corridor. After a loud bang, a hole was blown out on the ground. The smell of burnt mushrooms spread. Beneath the charred surface, mycelium was surging to repair the hole.

Zhuo Guangyu took full action and tore a hole in the pit big enough for people to get in.

Xie Xuan, who felt the vibration, had already walked into the corridor. When she raised her head, she saw a person in protective clothing falling from the ceiling.

"Captain Zhuo?"

Zhuo Guangyu landed lightly, stood up and said, "Xie Xuan? Looks like we're lucky."

Xie Xuan nodded, "The only one left is Captain Wen."

"What?" Wen Xu's voice came to Xie Xuan's ears, "Xie Xuan, you also saw Zhuo Guangyu?"

Also? Xie Xuan had a bad feeling. She looked at the familiar figure in front of her, "Yes, there was also a Captain Zhuo falling from the ceiling of the corridor over there?"

Wen Xu's voice sank slightly, "Yes. But..."

But it is possible that neither of the two people they met was real, because if one of the two Zhuo Guangyu they met was real, the most convenient way would be to explain it in Bai Ze’s communication channel.

Xie Xuan could tell whether the sound came directly from her ear or from outside the helmet. The fact was that after Zhuo Guangyu carried out the demolition operation, he never said a word on the public channel again.

They lost contact with Zhuo Guangyu, and what was worse was that a fake Zhuo Guangyu appeared in front of them.

Is this "Zhuo Guangyu" an infected person or their hallucination?

But no matter whether it was the former or the latter, Xie Xuan had already raised his gun and pointed it at the impostor's head.

However, when she was about to shoot, an idea suddenly flashed through Xie Xuan's mind. She turned the direction of the gun and shot the impostor in the thigh.

The fake cried out in pain and fell to the ground, blood dripping from the wound onto the ground.

He was bleeding? Before Xie Xuan could figure out what was going on, she heard the sound of something falling to the ground behind her.

Xie Xuan turned around and saw another "Zhuo Guangyu" looking at her. He said with the same tone and expression as the fake one: "Xie Xuan? Looks like we're lucky."

Before Xie Xuan could react, another person fell from the ceiling behind the second "Zhuo Guangyu". He also turned around, "Xie Xuan? Looks like we're lucky."

Although Xie Xuan already understood that the basic logic of mental infection in this field is constant repetition, it does not mean that these sudden appearances of "Zhuo Guangyu" who are neither hallucinations nor infected objects will not affect Xie Xuan's mental state at all.

"There are a lot of Captain Zhuo here." Xie Xuan and Wen Xu said.

"It's the same here," Wen Xu said. "These people are probably humans who have been infected by the spirit but haven't been fully infected yet."

Xie Xuan took a deep breath. There were more and more "Zhuo Guangyu" in the corridor.

"What should we do now?" Xie Xuan asked.

Wen Xu actually didn't know that they had entered the field for quite some time, but they couldn't even find a way to meet up.

Even Bai Ze's attempt to infect the field had already failed once.

Wen Xu had entered the B-level field before and suffered heavy losses at that time, but at least it was not like this time, where he was almost wiped out before he could even figure out the situation.

She now had to prepare for the worst. If the spore concentration rose to eighty and the infected person could not be found, she would have no choice but to let Bai Ze intervene for her.

Until then, she must stay alive.

"If they attack you, just kill them." Wen Xu said calmly.

Xie Xuan was stunned for a moment, "But... they haven't been fully infected yet, so they're still technically human."

"Xie Xuan, it won't even take a second for the domain to completely infect them. The reason they're still human is to contain us."

Wen Xu took a deep breath. "If this area matures, the Ecological Bureau's protective shield alone won't be able to completely prevent the spores from overflowing. Xie Xuan, it's not too late to consider what you said after we successfully get out of here."

If they can still successfully get out of here.

Xie Xuan was silent for a moment, "I understand."

In the short half minute they were talking, the "Zhuo Guangyu" who kept jumping down from the ceiling had already crowded the entire corridor.

They kept repeating, "Xie Xuan? It seems we are lucky." This sentence lingered in Xie Xuan's ears like some kind of magic spell.

Xie Xuan felt her head starting to hurt again. The constant repetition and cycle were infecting her spirit invisibly.

Xie Xuan turned off the radio on her helmet. She needed to find the location of the parasite as soon as possible.

But Zhuo Guangyu personally proved that simply blasting the floor was not the exit, she had to find other passages.

The number of "Zhuo Guangyu" in the corridor continued to increase, and it had reached the point where Xie Xuan had difficulty even walking.

There were thousands of people in the nursing home when the infection occurred, some of whom may have been here.

These counterfeits had no intention of attacking Xie Xuan for the time being, and she did not rush to attack again.

Because all the counterfeits were trying hard to squeeze towards Xie Xuan, even if Xie Xuan was standing still, she was pushed around.

She was squeezed by so many people and suddenly noticed a problem that she had always ignored.