A total of fifteen were killed.
But according to the report of the police officers of the precinct, they had killed twenty-six of them before he came here.
This is only the second wave of attacks...
He was shocked.
This area has the densest population. These creatures that have completely lost their human intelligence will obviously not target this branch office right away. In other words, the number of monsters killed so far is only a small part. There are still a large number of monsters wreaking havoc in other streets, using the distorted behavior to
Power climb high jump, looking for humans hiding in houses to devour.
In the evening I had explained the seriousness of the matter to Panditch, and he assured me that the matter would be resolved satisfactorily.
But perfection... is this it?
What happened? Why did all these members of the Holy Fruit Society, who were supposed to continue hiding, suddenly turn into monsters?
Joe Cole felt he was completely caught off guard.
Anthony has turned into a monster...but Anthony's fruit addiction has become very serious.
In other words, he is a critically ill patient.
Judging from his performance in the last few dozen hours - he had almost lost interest in ordinary food - even if he didn't turn into a monster, he would starve to death or die of insanity.
But not everyone is as seriously ill as Anthony. There are many mild cases, and they will have to wait at least a while before these terrible changes begin.
"Someone is planning everything behind the scenes!"
This is very obvious. There is obviously another evil organization behind the Holy Fruit Society. The establishment of the Holy Fruit Society itself and this wave of outbreaks were all planned by the other party.
If I had listened to her advice and sealed off the city and thoroughly investigated and arrested the people from the Holy Fruit Society...
A vague regret flashed through my mind.
But he was quickly dumped - because Joe Cole himself really had no say in the matter.
Even if he had stood on the same side as Asun Hitzfeld from the beginning and supported all her decisions, they could do nothing as long as Pondich and Feka Jones did not nod their heads.
"Guard this place," he ordered the officers, "check if anyone is injured. I'll drive to other places to check."
"As you command, sir!"
The police officers saluted him with burning eyes.
Joe Cole ignored them.
There were too many things to do now, so he planned to make a round of inspection first, clear out the "lizard people" - the nickname he gave to those disgusting creatures - in this residential area, and then run to the Southern Temple to seek help from the temple.
But the moment he pushed open the door to the hall, his nerves suddenly tensed up.
He saw a man in black standing among a group of refugees, waving his arms and giving a speech to them.
"They are our guardians... their duty is to protect us..."
"But they failed to fulfill their duties and obligations... Not only that... they also left us in this cold hall."
"Aren't they going to distribute weapons and ammunition to us?"
"Do they want us to continue to be unarmed and face those terrible monsters with our flesh and blood?"
"We can't remain silent like this any longer!"
"We are human beings!"
"A citizen of Nanxinze!"
"We have the right to enjoy everything we deserve!"
"us--"
"boom!"
A gunshot rang out and the man in black fell down softly.
"So much nonsense."
Taking back the gun, Joe Cole curled his lips.
"Every time something goes wrong there's this psychopath... Throw him out! Quick!"
He passed by the terrified crowd, went out through the back door, and left in a car with some of his trusted associates.
He didn't notice that the people he was protecting looked at him with strange eyes.
They didn't even notice that wisps of black air were emanating from their shadows.
Gradually, gradually...
Floating into the night sky.
Chapter 82: Tracing the Origin
A shadow looms over the city of Nanxinze.
It was not an imaginary shadow, but a real shadow... a winding, circling shadow that was large enough to encompass the entire city, twisting there.
"Is that the Black Snake?"
In the small building in the backyard of the church, Xia Yibing stood at the window, with the stone carvings of Xie Yang arranged behind her.
She looked up at the night sky, staring at the occasional moonlight that shone through the clouds.
With these lights as the background, one can clearly see that countless black air is converging towards the shadow throughout the city, merging into its body to help it take shape.
too big.
It's really too big.
The posture of its winding body is so exaggerated. If it stretches its body, this giant snake may be able to exceed the entire Xinze territory.
"How did the Eclipse Church do it?"
She couldn't figure it out.
Greed, what a terrible force.
This involves metaphysics. If those evildoers can control the power of greed and gather it to form a new evil god, then what about other negative emotions of human beings? Can they also be played with and exploited in this way?
Fortunately, this newborn evil god is obviously still very immature.
The Eclipse Church must have expended countless efforts to feed and control it, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why it appears so rarely.
If she could really manipulate it unscrupulously, if she were on the enemy camp, she would definitely be the first to raid Wayne Port and destroy Sarah's capital first.
Also, it was fortunate that Hitzfeld exposed this vicious plan in advance.
It was because of her revelation that Harry Library had to take action in advance. It was also because of her revelation that the terrifying demonic shadow over the city was just a rolling dark cloud at first glance, and not the true incarnation of the evil god.
This is all because too little greed was collected.
The black air is the embodiment of greed. Although the black air that is gathering into the evil god at this moment seems to be a lot, it is mostly the desires that have been guided and aroused by the newspaper war in the past month and a half.
The enemy saw that the situation was not good, so they squeezed out all the energy in one go to prevent the plan from failing.
Unless something unexpected happens, this convergence will not last.
As long as it cannot last long, the black clouds and black smoke in the sky cannot take shape completely, and the evil god disaster may be strangled or blocked outside by the power of the stone carvings.
But looking at it this way, the reason why Hitzfeld and I were treated specially by the Undead City is because we both had "greed" for each other.
The library wants to gain something from this greed, so it overdrafts those conveniences to us.
Well……
Thinking of this, Xia Yibing couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
She had a "lust" for Hitzfeld, she admitted.
But this kind of choice requires both parties to have "greed" for each other.
Look at it this way.
Could it be that Hitzfeld——
"sand……"
There was a slight movement in the darkness.
Xia Yibing stood still, seemingly completely absorbed by the wonder of the night sky.
The next moment, three dark figures quietly entered the room, two of them approached the stone slab, and one moved towards the window where she was standing.
After all, the main goal is to destroy the stone slab.
Killing is just a byproduct.
As his fingers were about to touch the surface of the stone carving, the dark shadow revealed suppressed ecstasy.
The next moment, this ecstasy froze on his face - he found a taut filament on the stone slab, and his outstretched finger just happened to touch it.
This thin thread is... hair?
Could it be——
"Bang bang bang!"
Fire burst out, and three gunshots were almost connected into one.
Two dark shadows close to the stone slab were unable to dodge. One was shot in the head, and the other was shot through the shoulder blade. They rolled to the side, covering their wounds.
Even the black shadow that was about to approach Xia Yibing jumped back a step, drew out a black dagger, and looked at her with fear in his eyes.
"The mouse in the darkness finally came out..."
With her face still facing the night sky, Xia Yibing murmured.
"I already know that your target is the stone slab. Do you think I will be careless?"
"It just so happens that there is a big fool downstairs who is dreaming."
"In case he gets lonely, I'll take you to see him now."
……
On the other side of the city, a heavily armed convoy was approaching the Southern Cathedral at high speed.
"Captain Fila!"
At a crossroads, the caravan stopped and received a group of Flintstone Knights who had come from there.
The leading knight's armor was painted white, with an eagle crudely painted on his chest. The hammer in his hand and his armor were stained with blood, and it was obvious that he had just been through a fierce battle.
As soon as they jumped up, they were greeted with cheers, as if the team finally had a backbone.
"Captain Fila! What's the situation?!"
"Captain Fila! Where should we go to rescue next?"
"Those monsters aren't a threat."
When asked, Jack Fela took off his helmet and shook his head vigorously.
"Their skin is not hard. Even the weakest Garp pistol can penetrate it within 5 meters. Just leave it to the police and the army to deal with..."
"The problem is not them." His expression became serious, "but the people behind them."
"What did Captain Fila discover?"
"Someone is inciting the emotions of the people," Fira said. "They are hiding in the crowd, wearing plain clothes, and can't be easily distinguished... After being incited, people are more likely to disobey orders and riot. In addition, black air that is difficult to detect with the naked eye will float out from the shadows and merge into the dark clouds in the sky."
"Eclipse Church!"
A knight cried out in surprise.
“Only they can do this!”
“Is this a conspiracy?”
"What do they want to do?"
"No matter what they want to do, as long as the Holy Slate is still there, the situation in Nanxinze will not get out of control." Fira raised his hand to stop the discussion, "So we must go all out to defend the temple next."
"...I hope the captain and the district chief are all right."
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