Chapter 176: Brain-Parasitic Tapeworm

Yesterday, she had been moved by the fleeting beauty of life, moved by the fact that human existence held some meaning for her, but the next day she felt something else, something even more disgusting and disappointing.

The cause of the matter was very simple: an A-level alien organism infiltration event occurred in Dongguan City. This alien organism was called the "Brain-Parasitic Tapeworm." These worms seemed to have arrived on Earth a few days ago through a sky rift, parasitizing the brains of intelligent beings and gradually controlling the host's mind.

They possessed a kind of sensing ability, able to detect other parasites; as these parasites grew in number, they would gradually control the entire population of hosts, causing their behavior to become increasingly wild and insane, acting solely on biological instincts, making the hosts' actions gradually deviate from human moral standards and commit all sorts of inhumane acts.

For instance, the cause of this incident was incredibly absurd: one night, someone reported a gathering involving group promiscuity in a certain residential compound. When the police arrived at the scene, they found blood everywhere, severed limbs, bodies, fluids, and various naked people throughout the entire building.

Even after the police had kicked the doors open, they paid no heed, mating randomly like madmen, and then, in extreme frenzy, grabbing whatever sharp object was nearby to stab people around them or themselves.

The police reported this incident to the local Alien Research Institute. Researchers detected a semi-transparent nematode in the brains of the corpses, temporarily naming it the "Brain-Parasitic Tapeworm," and unanimously agreed that it was not an Earth species.

Normally, Yang Yi would not have been needed for this, but by the time it was discovered, this "Brain-Parasitic Tapeworm" had already parasitized an unknown number of people, and unless one opened a person's brain to search, human machines could not detect it at all.

Before fully maturing, this parasite would lie dormant in the brain; the person themselves could not discover they had been parasitized. Because the potential harm of this incident was too great and highly concealed, it was classified as A-level.

This incident caused panic among the local people, and the Alien Research Institute found it extremely thorny, so they specially requested Yang Yi to come and resolve it.

After accepting the invitation, Yang Yi departed immediately. After understanding the circumstances, she ordered the city sealed.

Early morning, 2:53.

Dongguan City, Xicheng District.

Inside the Jinxiu Sunshine Community, lights were blazing. Several drones hovered overhead with their lights on, illuminating the entire compound as bright as day.

The residents, their faces filled with panic, walked out of the apartment buildings. Under the command of armed special police, they formed lines one by one, counted by specialized personnel, and verified one by one against ID photos on the system.

Their checks were extremely strict, cross-referencing one by one according to household registration. If even one person was missing, the whereabouts of that person must be investigated. If they were not in the city, a phone call had to be made on the spot for confirmation; all absent personnel had to report to the local government's specialized department the next day for registration.

It was the early morning hours when the crowd was most tired and sleepy. The residents could not rest, and due to such a high-pressure situation, people gradually became impatient, with complaints constantly rising, but under the dark muzzles of guns, they could only force them down.

But dissatisfaction had already begun to spread.

Suddenly, a convoy of vehicles drove to the community entrance. Someone shouted: "She's here!"

The special police guards at the entrance immediately opened the community gate, and the convoy drove straight in.

Before the cars had even stopped, a district leader who had been waiting nearby dashed forward, quickly opened the car door, bent slightly, and waited for the person inside to emerge.

Some residents recognized this district leader; it was Li Xianwei, the Party Secretary of Xicheng District, Dongguan City, a familiar face often seen on local news.

Seeing him so eager, could the person in the car be the Mayor?

However, the rear car door opened by itself. The Municipal Party Secretary and the Mayor got out with extreme speed, walked a few quick steps to the first car, and waited there.

The community residents, at this moment, forgot their anxiety and dissatisfaction. One by one, they stretched their necks, like ducks with their necks lifted, curiously watching who was in the first car.

First, a leg wearing cropped pants extended out, stepping onto the ground in summer-style sneakers. Then, a slender arm held the car door, and a slender girl figure stepped out of the car.

She wore a summer-style short-sleeved white shirt, with a simple ponytail tied at the back of her head, her expression calm.

After getting out of the car, she did not look at the group of leaders beside her, but immediately glanced toward the crowd.

The crowd immediately became noisy.

"It's Yang Yi!"

"The God of Humanity!"

"I am a follower of the Yiyishen Sect! The Gate of Yi shall endure forever!"

"What is she doing here? Why make such a huge scene?"

"Haven't you heard yet? An alien organism has appeared here, spreading like an infectious disease..."

"She must be here to resolve 'that matter'..."

"Report to Captain Yang! All personnel in the community have been assembled!" A middle-aged police officer with two bars and three flowers on his shoulder stepped forward and saluted Yang Yi.

What official rank this "Captain Yang" actually held, no one understood to this day. Regardless of rank size, from the head of state down to district heads, everyone who met Yang Yi respectfully addressed her as "Captain Yang," as if these three words inherently carried some supreme respect and power.

Yang Yi said with a look of guilt: "You have all worked so hard. Busy for two days and two nights straight, without even a moment to rest..." She smiled and asked the Municipal Party Secretary and the Mayor beside her, "Shall we pay overtime?"

"Of course we will!" The Municipal Party Secretary's eyes were bloodshot from staying up, but the smile on his face was grateful and sincere. "You are the one who is truly busy! We can still take a moment to nap, but since you arrived in our Dongguan City two days ago, you have been working non-stop, without a moment's rest!"

"Ah, I am an Awakened; my body can withstand it," Yang Yi said casually, and walked directly toward the crowd.

Before her, heads were jostling; people in front excitedly pushed forward, while those behind crowded and squeezed forward. In an instant, the newly formed lines immediately fell into chaos.

Yang Yi's figure slowly rose into the air. With both hands pressing down, the crowd present seemed to receive some command and gradually quieted down.

Yang Yi did not say a word; she simply slowly closed her eyes, sensing the unique throbbing of the "Brain-Parasitic Tapeworm" within the crowd, and then directly used her "Annihilation" ability to dissolve it into nothingness.

Suddenly, a few people in the crowd felt dizzy; some even wanted to vomit, while others felt the world spinning. Yang Yi pulled these few people out of the crowd and concentrated them into a separate isolation zone.

A few minutes later, she descended from the air and came before these few terrified-looking people.

"Don't worry," she said with a comforting smile, "the parasites in your brains are already dead. The follow-up is just a few days of isolation and observation; once everything is fine, you can go home."

She seemed to remember something and asked the Mayor beside her: "Shouldn't we do some publicity work so these people aren't discriminated against when they return home?"

"Yes, yes, Captain Yang's thinking is truly thorough. We will definitely pay attention to publicity in this area in the future!" The Mayor quickly wrote it down.

"Daddy—Daddy—" a milk-sweet voice shouted.

Yang Yi turned her head and saw a young woman holding a chubby baby in her arms, reaching out toward a man inside the isolation zone and shouting "Daddy." The woman also looked pale and anxious, constantly gazing at the isolation zone.

Yang Yi stepped forward, took the chubby baby, and kissed the little one's tender, fleshy face. "Little cutie, don't worry; your daddy will come back to see you in a few days!"

The words of the "God of Humanity" seemed to possess a kind of magic. After hearing these words, the woman immediately felt relieved. Instead, she felt extremely fortunate that Yang Yi was holding her own child, her face flushing with excitement as she constantly taught her daughter to call Yang Yi "Auntie."

Just like that, screening community by community, working non-stop for five days and five nights, they finally screened everyone in the entire Dongguan City and identified 1,843 infected individuals of varying severity.

Five days later, as Yang Yi was about to leave Dongguan City, Lin Mu, an A-level Awakened from the Guangdong Province Awakening Bureau who had been assisting her, blocked her path.

"Captain Yang, the 'Brain-Parasitic Tapeworm' here might be severe, but there is another place with even more severe parasites; haven't you noticed?" As soon as they stepped out of the main gate of the Dongguan City Alien Research Institute, Lin Mu suddenly said.