Chapter 3232

Yongwang Town, outside the three-story building of the mayor, Su Xiao held the handle of the saw-blade knife on his back with one hand. Although separated by a door, he felt that the mayor of the town inside had a problem.

Just after knocking on the door, the other party opened a crack, revealing that turbid, brownish-yellow, and bloodshot eye. This made people doubt his mental state. Now the other party's tone was too calm, and the contrast between the mental state and the tone was too great.

Since entering the Painting World, Su Xiao hadn't seen a beastified individual. Although the Nightmare King encountered before had undergone spiritual beastification, the other party's strength was strong enough, and it was a four-stage beastification. For the Nightmare King, four-stage beastification was not enough to cause his sanity to lose control.

The mayor of Yongwang Town encountered at this time had a very high probability of being a beastified individual. Even if he hadn't reached the point of losing his sanity, it was only a matter of time.

Su Xiao made a gesture to Baha on the side. Baha flew up silently, not only to prevent the enemy from escaping but also to prevent other enemies. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang merged into the environment, and while retreating, all kinds of halos were opened.

Su Xiao hooked the end of the knife handle with his little finger and twisted it. A click came from the cruel saw blade. He held the handle and slowly drew out a saw-blade long knife. This knife was similar in specification to Zhan Long Shan, but the blade was more savage, and the whole body was black.

"How should I address you?"

While Su Xiao spoke, he took a step back, his arm holding the knife arched, making a forward-stabbing posture. Although he made an attack move, at the position where he had just stood, a translucent blood-aura outline remained. This was to mislead the person behind the door, making the other party mistakenly believe that Su Xiao was standing still.

"You · Fu · Quiller, this is my name."

Mayor Quiller's name was a bit strange. Although this was a transliteration, it was also two short syllables in front.

"Mayor Quiller, nice to meet you. If there is any rudeness, please bear with me."

Su Xiao's aura converged. He had to ensure that he would make the other party lose combat ability in one strike.

"Hmm, this is of course, but our conversation now, it can't be called rude..."

Boom!

The saw-blade knife pierced through the five-centimeter-thick solid wood door panel. After stabbing this knife, Su Xiao pressed one hand on the spine of the knife and pressed the knife down.

With a slash, the saw-blade knife cut down more than ten centimeters. At this moment, with a crisp click, a monster hand with sharp claws pierced through the wooden door. This monster hand claw was several times larger than a normal person's palm, covered with dense black hair, and these black hairs were still swaying with the airflow.

The momentum of this hand claw stabbing in was very fierce, but the follow-up was weak, and the size of this hand claw had a tendency to atrophy.

Blood flowed out from the vertical knife mark on the door. Su Xiao drew out the saw-blade long knife, cut open the door lock with one knife, and then pried open the door with the knife.

With a creak, the door opened. A monster that roughly maintained a human shape, with black hair growing on its head, neck, and arms, was lying half on the ground. Its head had quite a few wolf characteristics. The feeling was that it was transforming from a human to a half-werewolf, or rather, transforming into a beast.

The beast in everyone's heart is slightly different. Some are cruel, some are cold, and some are violent.

Mayor Quiller was transforming into a cruel-type beast. Judging from his appearance, it should be three-stage beastification. At this stage of beastification, most civilians lose their sanity, and only a few people with firm will can ensure a trace of sanity remains.

"Is this, my internal organs? What a... tempting smell."

The half-beastified Mayor Quiller grabbed his own intestines and other internal organs with one hand and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing and tearing them. This scene was enough to scare ordinary people out of their wits.

"Really appetizing."

Baha muttered and landed on Su Xiao's shoulder. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, a dozen meters away, sneezed. Although it was already used to fighting, sometimes when the battle ended, it still couldn't help but sneeze because of the bloody smell.

Su Xiao stood a few meters in front of the door, ready to cut off Mayor Quiller's head with one knife at any time. He didn't do it immediately, not because he was shocked by the scene in front of him, or because he couldn't bear it, but because he was looking for possible clues.

Spiritual beastification in the Sand World is a very common situation. Su Xiao came this time not to clear out beastified individuals, but to find out the strange noises in Yongwang Town, thereby completing the faction mission.

Su Xiao suspected that the reason Mayor Quiller underwent spiritual beastification was because of the appearance of those strange noises. If so, then this mayor was a good person. Being able to undergo spiritual beastification to the third stage while still maintaining a certain degree of sanity and not falling into chaos or violence meant his will was still firm. The reason for spiritual beastification might be because he had always been worried about the safety of the town, and from being affected by the strange noises, he quietly underwent spiritual beastification.

After a while, Mayor Quiller's body suddenly trembled, and the turbid pupil in his right eye showed signs of contraction. Under the stimulation of intense pain, he was most likely to have two situations: temporarily sober, or completely beastified.

"Not... me, the reason... is not me, it is... here," Mayor Quiller pointed to his head with the claw tip of his index finger, and then his expression began to become fierce.

Pfft!

A half-human, half-wolf head was cut off, and Mayor Quiller's headless corpse fell to the ground.

【Hint: You have killed Mayor Quiller.】

【Hint: You can choose to hide this news, or make it public.】

【If you choose to hide this news, the residents of Yongwang Town will be afraid of you and try to have as little contact with you as possible.】

【If you choose to make this news public, your Sun Church reputation will increase by 264 points.】

Killing Mayor Quiller did not obtain World Source or drop a treasure chest.

Su Xiao had two choices: hide or make public the fact that Mayor Quiller had undergone spiritual beastification. Making this news public seemed to be able to obtain Sun Church reputation immediately, but in fact, there would be endless trouble later.

After this news is made public, the residents of the town will start to panic. At that time, beastified individuals may appear, and there will be endless trouble. The appearance of more beastified individuals will bring greater fear, thereby causing at least more than half of the town's residents to start spiritual beastification.

It is interesting to say that in the Sand World, no one dares to exploit or oppress the civilians here. After all, no one wants to be taking a nap, and a large group of beastified civilians gather outside the door. That is a scene that only appears in the Beastification Zone.

The 264 faction reputation points right now, compared to the 5400 points of the faction mission reward, are just small gains and not worth the risk.

"Woof."

"Very good."

Su Xiao didn't make any noise when fighting. Plus, the town's population was small, and the mayor's house was located at the back of the town, so Mayor Quiller's death didn't attract the attention of others.

Baha flew into the room. After detecting the entire three-story building, a total of three incomplete corpses were found. These were Mayor Quiller's wife and a young man and woman, presumably Mayor Quiller's son and daughter-in-law.

Half an hour later, in an empty civilian house next to Mayor Quiller's house, Su Xiao took off his head bucket and took out a cigarette to light it. The mission time was 2 days. According to the information provided by the commission, the strange noises in the town would only appear at night. Listening to the source of these strange noises tonight is the key to solving this matter.

Su Xiao lay on the recliner, preparing to take a nap. Since entering the endless desert, he hadn't had time to rest. He had been seriously injured before, and after healing his injuries, he didn't rest and came directly to handle the faction mission.

Su Xiao released his perception, and a faint fluctuation came from afar. It was the mark on Morey. Very good, the mark hadn't been discovered. In 3 to 4 days, he would start harvesting leeks.

When Su Xiao opened his eyes, the dim sunset shone in from the window. He had sat here for an afternoon. Let alone strange noises, even rodents didn't come near here. The surroundings were exceptionally quiet.

Looking at the time, it was already 6 o'clock in the evening. Su Xiao continued to wait.

The sky outside the window gradually darkened. Until late at night, Su Xiao didn't hear the so-called strange noises.

Baha had already tried to inquire and investigate with the town residents. Almost all the town residents had heard the strange noises at night, but when inquiring about the details, their expressions gradually became confused and irritable. Looking at that posture, if he continued to ask, these town residents would undergo spiritual beastification on the spot.

If one or two people were like this, it could be explained by acting or coincidence, but all the town residents were like this, which was enough to explain the problem.

The night deepened. Su Xiao looked at the time. It was already 10:53 PM. Logically speaking, at this time, the strange noises should appear.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang yawned. It had been listening to the movements around it, but unfortunately, it was about to fall asleep like a dog, and it didn't hear anything.

Determining that there were no sounds or abnormalities around, Su Xiao began to think from another perspective. Mayor Quiller's last words before were: "Not... me, the reason... is not me, it is... here."

At that time, Mayor Quiller pointed to his head. Was this trying to express the beast in his heart? Or the beast in his brain?

The other party's sentence "Not me, the reason is not me" meant to express that the strange noises in the town were not caused by him. The second half of the sentence "It is here" was expressing the source of the strange noises.

Even if Mayor Quiller was beastified, he was not much different from ordinary townspeople. They couldn't explain the specific source of the strange noises and could only express their feelings generally.

Night, brain, indescribable and unknown sound.

Connecting these together, Su Xiao thought of what it was: a dream! Night and brain were related to dreaming, and the indescribable and unknown strange noises were actually the sounds that Mayor Quiller and the town residents heard in their dreams when they slept at night.

Why were they all so confused about the source of the strange noises? That was natural. Very few people would remember what they dreamed about. Suppose someone asked, what did you dream about last night? Most people couldn't answer, unless it was the kind of dream that left a particularly deep impression.

Even if they remembered, it was vague, only remembering one or two key factors, for example, the strange noises in the dream that would make people gradually undergo spiritual beastification.

Su Xiao took out a metal tube as thick as an arm. After pulling it open, mechanical bees flew out, circling around the civilian house to guard.

After doing all this, Su Xiao took a deep breath. By adjusting his breathing frequency, he gradually changed his blood oxygen content, allowing himself to fall asleep faster. Soon, he fell asleep.

Ding ling ling!

The alarm clock rang. Su Xiao opened his eyes and looked at the time. He had slept for more than an hour. This sleep was unexpectedly comfortable, but he didn't dream at all.

This was a very serious matter. If he couldn't solve the strange noises in this town and make the reason public, he couldn't complete the faction mission. As Su Xiao's first faction mission, once it failed, he would immediately lose his identity as a member of the Sun Church.

At that time, he could only go with Sin Abyss, Wood, and others to seize scroll fragments from the Sun Monarch. Not only was the number of scroll fragments he could get limited, but the risk was also high. The gap was too large compared to getting benefits in the Sun Church. Moreover, this time was an opportunity to upgrade the 【Oath Emblem · White Dragon】 to a high quality.

The loss of failing the faction mission was great. Su Xiao began to think about why he couldn't hear the strange noises after falling asleep. Was his train of thought wrong? Or was the place where he slept wrong, so he couldn't enter a dream?

Thinking of this, Su Xiao took Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baha out of the civilian house and entered Mayor Quiller's house next door. After searching for a while, he found Mayor Quiller's bedroom and the bed where the other party rested.

This bed was very old, and the originally white sheets and quilts were yellowed. When touched, the fabric had already hardened and was rough.

Su Xiao lifted the sheets and looked under the bed. Under the bed, there were pale skulls the size of fists. These skulls turned their gazes one after another, looking at Su Xiao with the black holes of their eye sockets.

Seeing this scene, Su Xiao's mood improved a bit. Not only did he not feel that these little skulls were creepy, but he felt that these little guys were exceptionally pleasing to the eye. Each little thing grew exceptionally unique.

Su Xiao's mood was good because his deduction was correct. He lay on the bed, put the cruel saw blade beside him, pressed one hand on it, and closed his eyes.

A very hazy feeling appeared, as if he wasn't falling asleep, but penetrating some kind of barrier and going to another place.

【Hint: You are about to enter Nightmare · Yongwang Town.】

【Current sanity value: 538/545 points.】

【Entering Nightmare · Yongwang Town requires consuming 30 sanity points.】

【Hint: Exploring in this area will continuously reduce your sanity value at a rate of 10 points per minute.】