Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1106 Choosing Sides

As Xia Shou turned a few more pages, his eyes widened, and he finally understood what An Gang Hei Yue was thinking.

Xia Shou turned to the others and asked, "Does anyone among you have Abyss Syndrome?"

"Abyss Syndrome? Oh, of course not. Getting that kind of terminal illness would be the end of me. Although I'm a Level 3 superhuman, I'm still very healthy." The snake-man smiled contemptuously.

Some of the others shrugged in relief, while others frowned slightly, their expressions becoming somewhat strange, but none of them admitted it.

Xia Shou understood them. Ordinary people wouldn't admit to having Abyss Syndrome. Among superhumans, Abyss Syndrome is almost synonymous with madness. Even if they aren't mad now, they will be in the future.

Therefore, people suffering from Abyss Syndrome will almost never admit to having it in order to maintain their social relationships, unless they are like those in the Control Bureau who can view this peculiar disease rationally and objectively.

Xia Shou didn't press him, but instead revealed the details: "Has any of you seen a demon? It should be a very handsome young man with two sharp horns on his head and golden eyes."

The people present fell silent, all staring at Xia Shou, seemingly guessing that Xia Shou still had important things to say.

"The food you usually eat at An Gang's house contains the blood of an abnormal being. The effect is that a gap has been opened in your subconscious barrier, allowing something to directly contact your consciousness through this gap."

"Damn it! I've had this feeling for a while!" The man who could control his magical power flicked his bangs and muttered a curse under his breath.

His words were tantamount to admitting the suspicion that Xia Shouqian had the abyss disease, and the guard of the others immediately collapsed.

"That bastard!" The biker gang member glared angrily, cursing through gritted teeth.

After a brief silence, the snake-man asked, "What will be the consequences?"

As a long-time sufferer of Abyss Syndrome, Xia Shou pondered for a moment and honestly said, "Based on my understanding of Abyss Syndrome and this type of influence, you will basically be unable to escape the other person's influence in the rest of your life."

Once you enter the Origin Sea, you cannot escape, so recovery is impossible. The Origin Sea does not allow you to float, and you should know this common knowledge.

Since that's the case, I'll assume your question is about wanting to no longer be affected by that illusion in the Root Sea.

I have some understanding of this topic. For example, the current situation is that your dreams are connected with other people's dreams, but the power you have in your dreams is different from the power you have in reality.

Even in the Sea of ​​Origin, you have no choice in which to fight. You are more likely to follow the desires of your subconscious. All you can do is go with the flow, be corrupted by your own irrational desires, or be corrupted by other chaotic desires in the Sea of ​​Origin.

I can relate to this deeply… Yes, I'm also a sufferer of the "abyss syndrome."

At this point, Xia Shou thought of the decadent and wild things he dreamed about with Su Weiyu and Su Yue while he was sleeping, which made him even more certain that in the Root Sea, the rational self could not fight against deep desires.

"Let's not talk about driving ourselves crazy, that's something we can't help. The only thing Deep Ones can do is drive themselves crazy and not be driven crazy by others. But it's clear that your power at the level of consciousness is no match for that anomaly."

To completely resolve this issue, the approach is actually quite simple: the first method is to completely eliminate the source of the anomaly.

You are like a clear spring being constantly filled with sewage. The sewage that has already entered the spring cannot be completely eliminated, but if the source of pollution is addressed, there may be a possibility of self-purification. Even if it cannot be purified, at least the process of deterioration has been stopped.

The second method is that your purification ability is already superior to that of the other party. Those influences are like a ton of sewage thrown into the ocean; not only will they have no effect, but they will also be diluted to nothing.

There's no need to discuss this situation further; you all know yourselves perfectly well.

Oh, and there's a third possibility: you're inherently polluted, and your goal is to become even more polluted. In this case, you're actually going along with the flow, and instead of disliking it, you're quite happy about it.

"It sounds like the first path is the only way forward," the woman with the electric powers said in a deep voice.

Xia Shou nodded and stood up from the floor: "That's right. Of course, you can also hope that there are other, more powerful forces to help you fight against this external influence of desire, but that would just be fighting poison with poison."

Upon hearing this, the Tiger King sighed: "Although it seems like there is a path to take, there is actually no way to take it. We have no idea where the source is."

Xia Shou held up the booklet in his hand: "No, there is a goal. I know where the source of your influence is. You are lucky. An Gang Hei Yue has developed the symptom of writing a diary because of the influence of strong desires."

He wrote everything down. If he hadn't written it down, how would I have known about the hallucination you were seeing?
Actually, I was just guessing about your hallucination. The image in that hallucination is something An Ganghei Yue once saw, so I guessed what you saw might be similar to his.

"Where?" someone asked.

"Are you going to the back mountain of An Gang's house?" Xia Shou asked.

"Of course! My rampage spirit will not allow anyone to shake it!" the biker gang member said excitedly.

"I think I'd better not go. Judging from the strength of that monster, the source of the anomaly is probably even stronger. Someone like me would just be courting death if I went. Rather than gambling with a 90% chance of losing, I'd rather cut my losses and leave. I'll live as long as I can," the hypnotist said with a smile.

"Ah, that's what I think too. Rather than risking my life, I'd rather sell these spoils and enjoy the rest of my relatively normal life."

As for when he'll go mad? Heh, that's up to fate. The Divine Man chuckled and shrugged.

Tiger King glanced at the two who had spoken, his voice icy as he said, "You two have a really good plan. You want us to risk our lives while you wait for the outcome in a safe place?"
If we win, you'll benefit just as much; and if we die, you can still enjoy a period of normal life—it's a win-win situation!

The hypnotist waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, I didn't think that way. I just don't want to die. If no one wants to go, I won't have any objections. Why don't we just retreat? We've already gotten An Gang's things. We got them by trading our rationality." The hypnotist smiled slightly.

"Hehe, don't get your hopes up too high. You know perfectly well that some people are impossible to leave."

You only have two choices.

First, work with others to eliminate the source of the anomaly!

Second, step over my dead body, or I will not allow anyone to escape!

(End of this chapter)