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Chapter 285 The Sword Bearer [I]

At the same time.

The outskirts of Xingfu Garden community.

The cold raindrops were like a dense bead curtain, falling from the thick and impenetrable dark clouds in the sky. The withered yellow leaves fell helplessly to the ground under the ravages of the wind and rain.

The sky and the earth seemed to be shrouded in a strange chill, and when the chill blew on people's bodies, they felt as if they were frozen to the bone.

Even on some car windows, a thin mist gradually rose, making the scene inside the car hazy.

Downstairs of Building 18, the area has been cordoned off from the outside, creating a tense and serious atmosphere.

Not long after, a black car slowly stopped by the roadside.

——Crack!
The car door opened and a middle-aged man in his fifties walked out.

He was wearing a white suit, his hair was combed back, and he had a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose. He exuded a unique temperament.

But what was quite strange was that although he didn't look very old, there were already some scars of varying sizes on his neck.

These scars are completely different from the dark brown and black patches of common age spots, and are a frightening purple-red color.

This appearance is somewhat similar to livor mortis. You know, livor mortis is when a person dies and blood circulation stops. The person's own blood is affected by gravity and deposits in the blood vessels in the lower part of the body.

Then the scars appear through the skin.

It usually begins to appear 2 to 4 hours after a person dies. It is initially small and cloud-like, then gradually merges and expands, and the color deepens over time.

Therefore, sometimes forensic doctors will use livor mortis to determine the time of death of a corpse.

However, at this moment, such scars appeared on a living person.

But the man didn't seem to feel the slightest bit uncomfortable about this.

He was holding a yellow cane in his hand. If you looked closely, you would find that the cane was covered with tiny lines. The lines looked like human skin, with a hint of weirdness.

Seeing the man getting out of the car, a man who had been waiting on the side, fully armed and wearing a helmet with khaki lenses, hurried forward.

He opened the black umbrella in his hand and said respectfully: "Master Zhou Ze, you are here!"

Zhou Ze nodded slightly and looked towards Building 18 of Xingfu Garden Community on the side.

The surface of the building looked particularly dark and lifeless, as if it was shrouded by a huge shadow, or as if it was surrounded by a fog, making it difficult to see its appearance clearly.

Zhou Ze frowned slightly and asked, "What's the situation?"

Hearing this, the man shook his head helplessly and said in a rather low voice: "The situation is not good. The neutrino index concentration here is still rising. Although the range is currently limited to this building, the concentration is already three times that of the previous nightmare codenamed 'Cat Lady'!"

As he said this, he picked up an object that looked like a mobile phone. The only difference was that it had a long, antenna-like component on it.

This is actually an instrument developed specifically for nightmares and used to detect the intensity of nightmares.

It can conduct corresponding statistics and analysis based on the special fluctuations emitted by nightmares.

Although the test results may not be completely accurate sometimes, they still have certain reference value.

Similar to this are the helmets they wear and the lenses on them. These equipment can block the interference of nightmare forces to a certain extent, allowing people to see some of the conditions where the nightmare occurs.

“It’s so high?”

After hearing this, Zhou Ze frowned tightly.

The nightmare codenamed 'Cat Lady' was a nightmare incident that happened in the neighboring city of Taiyuan.

The nightmare manifested itself as an old lady in white clothes with a haggard face.

At night, she would randomly appear on the streets of the city, stopping people and asking if they had seen her cat.

No matter how the passerby answers, the final outcome will be that he will be eaten by her while he is sleeping in the middle of the night.

He also read the details of this nightmare incident.

In the end, the person in charge of Dayuan City paid the price of an arm to completely resolve the issue.

Thinking of this, he asked again.

"Has anyone come out from inside?"

“No, from the beginning till now, we have tried various methods, but we just can’t get in, it’s like we’ve hit a wall.

So far, there has been no movement inside. I’m afraid those people inside…” As he spoke, his tone became heavier.

There are two units in a building, and there are ten households on each floor. Even if there is only one person in each household, there must be at least three or four hundred people, and these are all human lives.

"You just wait outside and don't let anyone get close to here. I'll go in and take a look! If I'm still not out after half an hour, disperse everyone within a five-kilometer radius and report to headquarters immediately!"

Zhou Ze ordered with a serious face.

"You mean to say that this... this nightmare will continue to spread?"

The man paused for a moment, then asked with horror on his face.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out!"

Zhou Ze shook his head, and then he walked towards Building 18 of Xingfu Garden Community.

Soon, when he walked within 18 meters of Building , it seemed as if an invisible force appeared out of thin air.

It abruptly blocked his steps, causing his movements to gradually become slower.

Seeing this, Zhou Ze's expression remained indifferent.

He calmly raised the cane in his hand and tapped the ground lightly.

The next moment, the ink-thick fog slowly separated into two sides.

A crack appeared in front of him.

At the same time, the color of the corpse spots on Zhou Ze's neck became more and more purple-red, and the size of the corpse spots also suddenly increased.

This is the price he has to pay for using this crutch, Dream Eye. Every time he uses it, his corpse spots will expand a little.

Once the corpse spots cover his entire head, death will be the only thing waiting for him, and he will then completely become a real corpse.

"If this mission can be successfully completed, the accumulated points should be enough to apply for headquarters to help try to control the second Dream Eye!"

Zhou Ze subconsciously touched the place on his neck where the corpse spots grew. A complex look flashed in his eyes. Then, he resolutely raised his leg and walked into the fog.

After he passed by, the fog behind him gathered again in an instant.

The road behind him was quickly and tightly wrapped again.

Zhou Ze then disappeared from everyone's sight.

Seeing this scene, the expression of the man who spoke first became more solemn. He took out his mobile phone without hesitation and pressed the timer button.

Since Lord Zhou Ze has given the instructions, we must naturally follow them strictly.

……

On the rooftop, on the dim terrace.

The cold wind mixed with icy raindrops hit the ground of the rooftop wantonly, making crackling sounds. The sound echoed in the empty environment, adding a bit of chill.

Suddenly, a figure jumped out from the wall of the outer building on one side and landed on the rooftop.

It was Hu Qi.

After he appeared, he just stood there quietly.

As if waiting for something.

Not even a few seconds had passed.

Just a few meters in front of him, the old and worn-out iron door made a loud bang.

Immediately afterwards, he was hit hard by a powerful and brutal force.

The iron gate flew out and hit the railing beside it, making a loud bang.

next moment.

A figure walked out of the dark corridor.

It was the butcher in a black raincoat, holding tightly in his right hand the huge hammer that was still dripping with blood.

Its pair of red eyes paused when they fell on Hu Qi, who was half a head taller than it.

(End of this chapter)