"Can't we use a plane to go see it? I feel it's too dangerous to just go over there like that."
Jennifer was somewhat worried.
She had never directly encountered people infected with Cybervirus, but from Yin Zhu's previous accounts, Jennifer had already imagined how troublesome those infected with Cybervirus could be.
“I had previously read some hidden information about Cybernetics.”
Hirano San suddenly spoke, as if she saw through Jennifer's worries—or perhaps it wasn't just an illusion.
In short, she continued, "Cybernetically infected individuals distinguish their own kind through a special type of brainwave. They only hate physically intact and mentally normal humans and do not envy other infected individuals, so they are not aggressive towards their own kind."
"In other words..." the worm instantly understood, "because there are so many infected people in the inner city, these brainwaves form a large magnetic field, making it difficult for them to distinguish between their own kind and ordinary people. This is what Xiong Da meant by 'reduced aggression'."
Hirano San bowed slightly to him and praised, "Your reaction and judgment are outstanding."
"So, as long as we hide our identities, we won't be discovered?"
"So, if we stay here long enough, we'll be assimilated?"
The former was Jennifer's question, while the latter was Yin Zhu's. Compared to the obvious answer, Yin Zhu was clearly more concerned about her own safety.
"That's one way to put it."
Hirano Sanmao pondered for a moment, then affirmed both of their questions.
How long will this take?
Yin Zhu summoned his Benevolent Spirit Official and glanced at the date on it.
"If you stay in that magnetic field for a week, your mind will be completely synchronized with the magnetic field."
Hirano San gave a very accurate answer: "If you leave there halfway and return to... for example, to a place far away from the magnetic field, you can gradually alleviate the effects of the magnetic field."
"The speed of relief?"
"The mitigation rate is three times that of pollution, so..."
Hirano San didn't say what came next, but everyone present understood that "maintaining sanity by staying away from the magnetic field zone" was an extremely time-consuming operation, not to mention that the Chosen Ones didn't have that much time.
Before that, there is one more question.
The worm looked hesitant, and its gaze toward Hirano Sane became less friendly: "Where did you get such confidential information?"
He spent all his time secretly navigating the local area network in Viña City, but he had never obtained such precise information.
For a moment, the worms even began to doubt whether the other party was really a normal human being, or an artificial being created by the gods and deliberately placed in the outer city to ambush them.
"These are not on the internet, but in an ancient book."
Hirano Sane is just lying through her teeth.
To be honest, if Yin Zhu were to do this, the viewers in the live stream wouldn't be moved at all. After all, Yin Zhu has lied to the natives at least 80 or 100 times, and her professions range from Chinese teacher to health care worker to all sorts of other random jobs. Not a single word of hers is true.
But Hirano San is different.
One reason is that she has always had a very good reputation and credibility in the live broadcast room, and the other is that she obtained information that even the indigenous people did not know, even though she did not explore it.
Both of these factors make her current abnormality seem highly suspicious.
...
"Could the chosen one of this cherry blossom country have been replaced by something unspeakable?"
"I don't think so..."
"The think tank, quickly tell the Chosen One, there's something wrong with this Hirano Sane, ahhhhh!"
"I'm starting to get scared. I feel like Hirano Sane will become weird when she's alone with a lone Chosen One, then she'll kill the Chosen One and then impersonate that Chosen One to act with the others."
"What you're talking about happened in the US livestream. If it weren't for that white guy's quick thinking, he would have been crushed by Temixiu long ago. The inner city there is twice as dangerous as Yinzhu's place, right?"
"What Temeshu? That's called Shoggoth, a monster from the Cthulhu Mythos."
"Tekeli—Li!"
"Let me give you some background information. Shoggoths are a species born into the service industry, often summoned by various races in the Cthulhu Mythos to work for them. However, once they develop intelligence, they begin to imitate and rebel against their masters. (To be continued)"
"(To be continued) Their bodies mimic various shapes and organs, and they attack by squeezing. One variant is called the Shoggoth Lord, which is highly similar to humans and can maintain a human form, except that they are all obese and bald."
"Who cares what it's called? Foreign names are so hard to remember, I think they all sound pretty much the same."
"I don't think the Shoggoths are very strong. They're just a bit ugly. When they're not disguised as humans, they're a big, dark blob, kind of like black sesame paste, but with a shiny black hue, like black sesame paste with glitter added."
"That's making me a little hungry... wait, you're telling me that stuff tastes like black sesame paste?"
"It's only because you're in a live stream that you can say such sarcastic things. According to the original novel, as soon as you encounter these monsters for the first time, you'll start losing sanity. And you call that black sesame paste?"
"However, judging from its appearance alone, this black sesame paste is mixed quite evenly, and the consistency is just right. I always end up with a lot of lumps when I make it at home."
"You know what, me too."
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One characteristic of Dragon Kingdom's live streams is that once the topic of food comes up, the live stream easily goes off-topic.
So the conversation shifted from the Cthulhu Mythos monsters encountered in the United States to "how to make the best black sesame paste".
In the instance, none of Yin Zhu and the others questioned Hirano Shan's words, especially after Yin Zhu made her statement:
“Shanshan is definitely innocent. If she were guilty, we would have been arrested long ago after the plan was completed. Besides, we have a common goal, so she has no reason to betray us; it would conflict with her interests.”
Yin Zhu wasn't trying to persuade the indigenous people, but rather Jennifer and the people of Blue Star.
Jennifer naturally understood the implication in Yin Zhu's words. As fellow chosen ones, her shared interests weren't with the natives, but with Yin Zhu and Hirano San. Moreover, this chosen one from the Sakura Kingdom had indeed provided crucial intelligence, even if the source of that intelligence was highly questionable.
“We have an old saying in our area, ‘It doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it’s a good cat.’ Shanshan had no motive to harm us, and her reasoning was very reasonable. We shouldn’t doubt her.”
Yin Zhu emphasized it again to solidify the trust among the team members.
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