Chapter 394

394 There are no weak anomalous objects, only...

Not... what are you doing?

Looking at the Scorpion Director, who had suddenly gone from arrogant to humble and actively shown him goodwill, Li Ang felt a slight jolt in his heart, and his whole body felt awkward.

Could it be that he had been visited by the Nightmare again?

But he had just touched the 【Dream-Eating Alien Armor】, and this thing was clearly real; even if the King of Nightmares descended in person, it would be impossible to simulate the intelligence of the 【Dream-Eating Alien Armor】, right?

"Don't overthink it."

Looking up at the night sky of the capital, and after glancing at the nightmare creatures "frozen" by the pale doll, the thin, tall man raised the thin sword that was still dripping with blood, cleanly and neatly chopped off the doll's head, killed hundreds of elite nightmares that had broken through the blockade again, and then put his hands behind his back, lifting his head slightly with a magnificent air:

"That is a personal grudge between Olivia and me, and it won't implicate you cleaners. Personally, I still quite admire your courage... If I'm not mistaken, the King of Nightmares should be appearing soon. You should stay as close to me as possible, lest I be too late to save you."

"..."

If you had insulted me a little less before, I might have believed you now...

Although he felt the other party's sudden change was very awkward, his own director had indeed said that before the King of Nightmares appeared, staying by this guy's side was safe, so Li Ang didn't say much, but responded and cautiously moved closer.

"Come, stand next to me."

Waving to Li Ang, who was half a step behind him looking up at the sky, and signaling him to stand by his side, the thin, tall man, while piecing together the doll's head, instructed in a friendly manner:

"Remember, the Black Abyss of Fallen Souls overlaps with reality. Although it will strengthen the power of nightmare creatures, nightmare creatures that descend into reality will have real flesh and blood, unlike before where they only existed in consciousness, making them easier to kill than in the Nightmare Realm.

But conversely, the way the Nightmare Realm exists is different from reality, so we must also try to guard against being dragged in ourselves.

After all, the Nightmare Realm is the other party's home field. Being too attached to one's own flesh and soul won't make you a match for nightmare creatures, but if you let go of your perception of yourself and align with the rules of the Nightmare Realm, it's easy to confuse your own existence... Hmm?"

When he said this, seemingly having discovered something not quite right, the thin, tall man's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he reached out to twist the tentacles of the mother worm on his chest.

"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"

The sharp insect chirping sounded again, and following the mother worm's chirping, the sub-worms that were spreading throughout the capital also began to chirp along, responding with three rounds of clear insect chirping.

But strangely, although the number was still constantly multiplying, the chirping response of the 【Dream-Eating Alien Armor】's sub-worms was shrinking extremely rapidly. If the first wave of insect chirping was as loud as the tide on the sea, then the second wave of insect chirping was only at the level of the waves on the shore.

As for the final third wave of insect chirping...

"Hiss..."

Looking at the last Dream-Eating Alien Armor remaining on Li Ang's shoulder, which was responding weakly to the mother worm and still showing signs of movement, the Scorpion Director's expression immediately became visibly serious.

"Don't move."

After calling out to Li Ang, who was confused, the Scorpion Branch Director picked up the beetle on Li Ang's shoulder and flipped it over, revealing its three pairs of thin legs kicking weakly. A wooden thorn as thin as a hair was firmly embedded in the beetle's abdomen, piercing straight in from the forehead position of the human-face pattern.

Wiped out...

Looking at the beetle in his hand whose movements were becoming smaller and smaller, with black water oozing from its abdomen, clearly not far from death, the thin, tall man took a deep breath and said with an ugly expression:

"Anomalous Genesis... Aquarius is indeed still alive!"

Aquarius?

Hearing the thin, tall man's words, Li Ang couldn't help but have his expression shift slightly, then he extended his finger and lightly tapped the wooden thorn stuck in the insect's abdomen.

【Name: Insect-Removing Wooden Thorn Sub-body (Prayer, Insect Removal, Chain)】

【Appearance: A tiny wooden thorn with a slightly reddish tip. Because it is too thin, it is difficult to tell what kind of wood it comes from, but it is probably some kind of cheap, fast-growing timber】

【Ability: Kill beetles, clear insect pests, chain insect killing】

【Cost: Too small to be ignored】

【File: Former Aquarius Director of the Cleaning Bureau. In order to deal with the "Dream-Eating Alien Armor" that was rapidly fissioning and multiplying, using the King of Nightmares' strong desire to erase the "Dream-Eating Alien Armor" as material, and stained with a drop of True God's heart blood, a killing-type anomalous object was temporarily created, with no tentative number.】

【After using this anomalous object to kill an insect, it can trace the source along the connection between identical sub-bodies and kill the same sub-bodies in a large area simultaneously. This effect is only effective against "Dream-Eating Alien Armor"】

【Evaluation: A highly targeted anomalous object with miraculous effects when targeting crustacean insects. And because the wood is thin and tough, it is also very good for picking teeth】

【Infection Value: 0.1】

"..."

The 【Dream-Eating Alien Armor】, which had an infection value of up to 60 points and had multiplied nearly 100 million times, causing the Cleaning Bureau to be in a mess, was actually all stabbed to death by a toothpick?

After reading the intelligence of the 【Insect-Removing Wooden Thorn Sub-body】, Li Ang couldn't help but subconsciously reach for his cufflinks, wanting to exchange this thing through the 【Unjust Snake Contract】 so that the 【Dream-Eating Alien Armor】 could function normally.

But thinking of the 【Unjust Snake Contract】 that hadn't been exposed yet, and the "cheap" materials of the 【Insect-Removing Wooden Thorn】, Li Ang let go of his hand and turned to the Scorpion Director and said:

"Mr. Edward, can you still save this last sub-body?"

"I can save it."

Looking at the beetle in his hand that was breathing more than it was taking in, the thin, tall man couldn't help but frown and say:

"But what's the use of saving it? It takes a certain amount of time for the 【Dream-Eating Alien Armor】 to fission to a sufficient number, and Aquarius has already prepared a targeted anomalous object in advance.

No matter how many of these 【Dream-Eating Alien Armor】 fission, as long as he finds any sub-body of the 【Dream-Eating Alien Armor】, all other sub-bodies will be killed simultaneously. This thing is no longer of any use."

"Let's save it anyway."

Li Ang insisted:

"You have already given an order to the mother body of the 【Dream-Eating Alien Armor】 once, and you can't use it a second time in this lifetime. And to urge the mother worm to give birth to controllable sub-worms, it requires 60 points of Leon Value. It's better to keep a few just in case."

"That's true..."

The Scorpion Director nodded upon hearing this, retrieved dozens of beetles that weren't completely dead from the sleeping passersby nearby, pricked his finger to squeeze a drop of blood for each, and then put the revived beetles in a bottle and threw them to Li Ang.

"You take them! In case you get hypnotized by a nightmare again, you can let them eat your dream and forcibly drive the nightmare out.

However, to prevent them from getting out of control, the lifespan of this batch of adult insects I cultivated is deliberately set to be very short, totaling only about a week. After a week, they will die on their own. Don't forget that."

"Thank you, I'll remember."

Carefully putting away the bottle containing the 【Dream-Eating Alien Armor】, and also putting away the 【Insect-Removing Wooden Thorn (Sub-body)】, Li Ang looked at the blood-colored sky above that was leaking more and more, and then said with a little worry:

"Mr. Edward, about how long until the King of Nightmares appears?"