Xie Xuan still felt that something was wrong with her, but the system completely broke down after she was on the verge of losing control once.
Now the system panel has also disappeared. It's as if it has found a place to hide under the absolute crushing of her devouring ability, trying to minimize its presence.
However, Xie Xuan probably guessed what her system was. It should be Bai Ze, or something similar.
It's like the last safety pin implanted in the heart or brain of an artificial being in a science fiction movie, preventing them from doing anything harmful to humanity.
And what's in her brain is probably to format her and restart her when she is about to die.
Xie Xuan guessed that this process was probably just like Bai Ze intervening in the containment team members whose mission was about to fail in the field. The only difference was that for Xie Xuan, Bai Ze was already in her body, so the consequence of the intervention would not be death.
But it won't be without consequences.
Xie Xuan couldn't devour herself and couldn't feel how much vitality she had left, but she could feel that her body was as fragile as a porcelain doll that would shatter if dropped.
As for whether she would turn into a mass of something like her shadow, whose species was unclear to define, or die directly after being shattered, Xie Xuan didn't know.
But it shouldn't be too late, and she has to complete the task of saving the world before that time comes.
Xie Xuan's thoughts drifted aimlessly. She could feel her shadow finding their RV, and Chongming was driving back here.
The moon in the sky was still moving very slowly, and Xie Xuan felt that her body, which was so heavy that she could not move, seemed to have become a little lighter.
Other sounds were heard in the forest. Xie Xuan lowered her head and saw a beam of light shining towards her.
Chongming and the others are back.
Because of this sudden incident, their progress was completely behind that of other teams. When Xie Xuan got into the car, Xiao Yao was reporting the situation to Ji Lan.
Xie Xuan looked at this familiar scene and suddenly felt a little dazed.
Song Zhixian got into the car before her. Ding Qiaoyun was sitting on the bed receiving treatment. She looked sick. Although she was unconscious, the mental infection and infection would not stop.
When Ding Qiaoyun was in a coma, she probably had nightmares about being eaten by red nematodes.
The bright lights inside the car made the shadow under Xie Xuan's feet abnormally dark, as deep as a black hole that could swallow everything.
Ding Qiaoyun had just heard Song Zhixian's general description of the situation, but she didn't see Xie Xuan's shadow appear, so she had no idea what was going on.
"What about the casualties?" Ji Lan asked.
Xiao Yao paused, and Xie Xuan turned his head. "Yang Jiayue died, Ding Qiaoyun was seriously infected, and the others were mildly infected."
Ji Lan was stunned when she heard Xie Xuan's voice. Xie Xuan didn't know what Xiao Yao had just said to Ji Lan, but Ji Lan immediately said, "My condolences."
The tone was also calm. Outside the wall, separations in life were uncommon, but separations in death were very common.
Xie Xuan said: "After sunrise tomorrow, Team 18 will continue to advance according to the original plan."
"I understand." Ji Lan said, "Everyone has worked hard today. Go to bed early. Good night."
Xie Xuan also said "good night", but tonight would probably be a sleepless night for them.
After the call was disconnected, silence returned to the carriage.
Yang Jiayue died, and Ding Qiaoyun suffered severe sequelae of the infection and was unable to move in bed. Xie Xuan turned around and asked, "Where is the protective shield device? Let me set it up."
"Let me do it." Xiao Yao said, "You may not know how to do it if you have never done it before."
As he said this, he was about to walk past Xie Xuan.
The passage in the RV was very narrow, and two people would have to squeeze through. Xie Xuan turned sideways, her shadow still curled up on the ground.
But when Xiao Yao was about to step down, the shadow avoided Xiao Yao's footprints as if it were alive.
Ding Qiaoyun looked at the black shadow on the ground and felt that Xie Xuan looked more like an infected person after coming out of this area.
Everyone saw the unusual changes in Xie Xuan's shadow, and of course Xie Xuan herself saw it too.
She was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled and said, "She doesn't like people stepping on her, it's okay."
Ding Qiaoyun broke out in a cold sweat without exaggeration, not knowing whether it was due to the sequelae of the infection or because of Xie Xuan's obviously abnormal condition.
Song Zhixian coughed and suddenly said to Xie Xuan, "Xie Xuan, can you come over here for a moment?"
Xie Xuan walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"
But Song Zhixian did not answer, but just took off his protective suit.
"The protective shield hasn't been opened yet. You'd better wait a while before taking off your protective suit," said Xie Xuan.
Song Zhixian shook his head without saying anything, but just pulled up the black T-shirt he was wearing underneath.
Seeing this, Chongming walked over and said, "Hey, stop being a hooligan."
Song Zhixian looked sickly, but the lines of his abdominal muscles could still be seen on his stomach. His skin was very white, also sickly pale, comparable to Xie Xuan's.
His slender hands pulled the hem of his clothes upwards. Xie Xuan was about to look away as if to avoid him, but she saw a deep red color appearing on the white.
Song Zhixian lifted his clothes below his collarbone, revealing his entire chest.
The skin at the location of his heart had completely ulcerated, presenting a large area of corrupted crimson, and the beating heart underneath was also covered with crimson mycelium.
It was as if a giant spider had taken up residence where Song Zhixian's heart should have been, and the spider had spun a huge, crimson web in Song Zhixian's chest.
Xie Xuan could even clearly see how Song Zhixian's heart was beating. It was beating in a similar way to a normal person's heart, contracting and expanding, but this rotten heart was beating very slowly, like an oil lamp that was about to burn out.
Xie Xuan looked at the heart calmly and heard Song Zhixian say, "This is the fate of those with special abilities."
There were no non-superpowered people in the carriage. Everyone was looking at Song Zhixian's body, which was even more terrifying than the walking dead in zombie movies.
Song Zhixian put down his clothes and coughed again.
His heart is affecting his lungs, and by the time his lungs are fully infected, it may be the time of his death.
"Xie Xuan, the more powerful the mutant, the closer they are to the infected. This is inevitable." Song Zhixian said, "But even though I have become a horrible appearance, I still feel that I am a human being."
Song Zhixian looked at Xie Xuan, "What about you?"
Xie Xuan raised her head to meet Song Zhixian's gaze and answered irrelevantly: "Will you die?"
This is nonsense. Everyone will die, including Xie Xuan herself.
Xie Xuan also thought of the omission in her question, so she corrected her question: "Will you die before me?"
Song Zhixian looked calm and shook his head, saying, "No."
Xie Xuan looked away and answered Song Zhixian's question, "Probably."
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