Chapter 255 Has Become Weaker?
Everyone knows that everything is a long river that flows forward forever. Everything is changing every minute and every second. It is because of change that infinite vitality can be generated.

But what no one expected was that this time, the changes occurred in the dark creatures.

The conference room is now full of participants, and each person has a document in front of him or her. It's not that scientific researchers cannot be present, but that the participants are more experienced in dealing with dark creatures and have the ability to protect themselves.

Every scientific researcher is a pillar of the country and the most precious national treasure. If it is not necessary, these national treasures must not be put in danger.

"According to Professor Li of Paranormal Studies, he came across a picture of a disease while searching for information, and subsequently developed a dry cough. He did not take it seriously at first, and the accompanying security personnel brought a special medicine for Professor Li to take. However, due to the time limit of the drug's effectiveness, it was not reported."

Xia Ling stood on the podium and described the situation bit by bit: "Later, I sent a message through Eve, and Professor Li recalled the details of the incident. He has now been admitted to the intensive care unit and is being isolated at the physical and extraordinary levels by colleagues in the bureau."

She pressed the remote control in her hand, and a sad picture was projected onto the large screen, but it was blurred.

"It has now been confirmed that sad pictures have the ability to spread through the Internet, but it has also been confirmed that blurred pictures are not contagious."

The participants below were a little confused. In the past, they only needed to identify the dark creatures and then repeat the process of 'who to fight, where to fight, start fighting, and call it a day'. Now, facing the dark creatures roaming the Internet, some of them drew their swords and looked around, feeling confused and at a loss.

"This incident of the zombified picture did not cause any waves in the spirit world and the Jiuzhou Great Array. Does it prove that the way the dark creatures descend has changed, and they have the ability to bypass the spirit world and the Jiuzhou Great Array and directly intervene in reality?" said a participant.

"As the first incident, it cannot be used as a reference, but the possibility of similar advents cannot be ruled out," Xia Ling said, "At the same time, due to the particularity of the transmission method and the commonality of the Internet, it is enough to affect the world. For the time being, it is classified as Class A and named 'Plague'."

She waved her hand and said, "Now please share the information, Mr. Li."

Gu Qingyuan nodded: "First of all, the information I have learned is for reference only. Please verify and explore the specific situation."

After stacking the armor, he continued, "In my memory, there is a legend that there is a scroll in this world that is sealed with seven seals. When the first four seals are uncovered, four horsemen will appear. Their names are War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death. They are collectively called the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."

"They will bring endless disasters, and when all seven seals of the scroll are opened, it will trigger a world-class disaster, which is the end of the world."

"The origin of the allusion is unknown. I also made some guesses based on the name of the Silent Killing Ground. According to the way the funeral pictures were spread and the way they were transmitted like a plague, perhaps it was the birth of another knight in the allusion."

Seeing Gu Qingyuan finished speaking, Xia Ling nodded: "Mr. Li's intelligence can be used as a reference, whether it is true or not. What we have to do now is to find a way to contain him, capture him, and kill him."

"I know that you all have your own magical powers. Now I need you to pay attention to every abnormality and investigate your respective areas based on the symptoms that appear. Be careful not to make a big fuss. We are now under a powder keg. Once the news spreads, it will be enough to shatter everyone."

"Now deploy the action plan..."

Xia Ling frowned only after everyone left. Now the information was unclear, the population carrying the source of the disease was unknown, and everything was in a fog. There was not much time left for the response bureau.

'The Silent Killing Ground has no reaction to this invasion of dark creatures, and there are also foreign countries...' She thought, although the purpose and source of the Silent Killing Ground are unknown, it will issue elimination missions against the dark creatures to avoid serious consequences, such as the previous wars and famine incidents. At this point, the positions of the Killing Ground and the Response Bureau are somewhat overlapping, but this time, the Silent Killing Ground did not issue any corresponding missions.

The participants present also had some vague speculation about this. If the dark creatures invaded in the future and bypassed the killing field and the spirit world to invade the real world secretly, the world would soon fall into turmoil.

Gu Qingyuan walked out of the venue and looked at the participants of the bureau who were coming and going in a hurry with serious expressions. The next second, their figures disappeared without a trace.

When I appeared again, I had arrived in a small city. Passers-by were rushing around. In order to survive and make a living, they had to work hard to adapt to the fast-paced life.

Gu Qingyuan was walking on the road, and pedestrians passed by him without noticing his presence.

"cough."

A dark-skinned man wiped the sweat from his forehead. He had just got off work and was holding a plastic bag in his hand. Taking advantage of his free time, he sat on the roadside to eat a few bites. Looking at the busy traffic and the surging crowds on the opposite side, he was the only one who was isolated from the world, as if they were two different worlds and two different destinies.

In the plastic bag were dry and hard steamed buns and pickled vegetables. This was his lunch. Since he was doing physical work, he had to eat enough. However, he could save dinner and wouldn't feel hungry when he fell asleep.

The man swallowed the two steamed buns with the hot water from the big kettle at hand. He swept the crumbs in the bag, tilted his head back and put the steamed buns into his mouth. He put on his safety helmet and prepared to find a place to take a nap with the kettle in hand.

As soon as he stood up, he felt a little dizzy. In the dog days of summer, a chill rushed from his coccyx to the back of his head. The man's body swayed, and he thought it was because he had been sitting for too long and stood up too quickly. He didn't pay much attention to it, brushed the dust off his butt, and walked forward.

Gu Qingyuan stared at the man without moving. A dim green light floated out from the man's body and stopped in front of him.

As the green dot flew out, the man's short breaths returned, and he felt his body lighten. He muttered, "This damn weather, I'm not going to get a heat stroke!" and left in a hurry.

Gu Qingyuan pinched the green dot and looked at it carefully. This was the source of the plague and also the culprit of memetic infection. As his eyes stayed on it, the green dot was gradually deconstructed.

He embedded his two fingers into the green dots and exerted a little force. The spiritual light burst out and disappeared. He opened his palms, and magic power surged. Countless dim green dots swarmed in and condensed in Gu Qingyuan's hands, turning into a ball of emerald green light.

He turned his palm over, and the ball of light disappeared. He looked up at the sky. Above the dome, countless green lines fell and gradually sprinkled onto the passers-by who had been robbed of their green dots. It was as if in a place where no one was observing, there was an invisible ghost wandering around, spreading disease.

“It’s getting weaker…”

Gu Qingyuan lowered his head and spoke slowly.

(End of this chapter)