Lu Ning nodded slightly.
"What about the others? Director Wang, where are your deputy captain and captain?"
The man's expression was extremely grim as he spoke, "The moment the Fallen Incense Burner was created, they went to the treasury and retrieved a mid-level dangerous soul weapon, intending to seal it. While a high-level dangerous soul weapon without a user is indeed dangerous, a mid-level Awakened could still hope to seal it if they disregarded their own lives. But..."
"That corrupted incense burner is alive."
Wang Yan and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment.
Qi Wu was somewhat incredulous, saying, "...You mean, that soul weapon is alive?! How is that possible? How can a soul weapon be alive? It's clearly an object!"
Lu Ning remained calm and asked, "Is it the influence of mental instincts?"
He was thinking of the mental instinct speculation that he had overheard Ning Wang and Fei Li talking about in the ward.
"I don't know why, but that Horcrux is alive. Perhaps high-risk Horcruxes are special?" The man shook his head, and fear gradually appeared on his face.
He slowly said, "That fallen incense burner may have sensed its dangerous situation, so it actually corrupted a mid-level soul artifact from headquarters, the [Illusory Star Realm], and used the Illusory Star Realm to divide space. Director Wang and the others were also scattered, as were we."
Lu Ning nodded slightly: "So you got separated from the others, and were surrounded by the infected, and have been like this ever since?"
The man gave a bitter laugh: "It's not that we got separated from everyone. There were seven other people who were originally with me and Xiaoyan, but they're all dead."
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