Fear of food

Chapter 116 Blitzkrieg on Jinghai City

"I really am Cookie, I was the one who called the police!"

"Oh right, call the mirror over here and let him look at me, then we'll know..."

After Chen Qi explained repeatedly, Peanut finally summoned the mirror and confirmed Chen Qi's identity by looking into the mirror in a dream.

Only then did the people around put down their guns.

"What exactly happened?" Peanut asked in a deep voice.

"We can talk about other things later. First, arrange a plane to take me back to Jinghai City!"

Seeing that Peanut was still standing there motionless, Chen Qi had to explain a few more words: "I only have one day. Tomorrow night this body will be controlled by the Nightmare again. I need to make good use of this day to do more things."

"In Jinghai City, Huang Jihai has brought out a group of Domain-level Parasites, which is the most vulnerable time for them, while I am now... terrifyingly strong!"

"I plan to launch a surprise attack on Jinghai City while the Nightmare Clan is completely unprepared!"

Although Chen Qi has lost his ability as a different type of food user, he is now stronger than before.

Jinghai City, however, is at its weakest and most vulnerable. They can take advantage of this opportunity to do many things.

However, he only has one day. By this time tomorrow, the Nightmare Eater will definitely activate the hidden door again and swap bodies with him!

Neither he nor the Nightmare Eater want to stay in the dream world now.

After all, you can't do anything in a dream, and you also have to face pollution and the threat of the Nightmare Clan.

Of course, all of this is on the premise that the Nightmare Eater is still alive by this time tomorrow. After all, given the situation in the dream just now, Chen Qi really couldn't think of how the Nightmare Eater could escape.

However, Chen Qi guessed that even if the Nightmare Clan captured the Nightmare Eater, they wouldn't kill him, because they still wanted to exchange him for someone else.

Peanut didn't ask any more questions and immediately contacted his superiors to arrange a flight.

After everything was arranged, they sought out Chen Qi to learn more about the situation.

Chen Qi also learned from Peanut what had happened in the past day.

After Chen Qi was trapped in the dream, Peanut and the others tried various methods, but none of them could rescue him. Later, the mirror entered the dream again and found that he had left the previous area.

So they had no choice but to leave the contaminated area temporarily and apply to their superiors for more Dream Thieves to enter the dream world together to rescue Chen Qi.

However, Chen Qi's emergency call last night gave them an unexpected surprise; they thought Chen Qi had successfully escaped from the dream.

But when they finally tracked down the phone, they found it had been abandoned long ago. They then had to use various methods to finally locate "Chen Qi".

At first, Nightmare did intend to impersonate Chen Qimeng to get away with it, but Peanut insisted that Nightmare prove himself through the dream in the mirror, ultimately forcing Nightmare to reveal his identity.

Thanks to Peanut's caution, the Nightmare Eater was prevented from exploiting Chen Qi's identity to cause even greater losses.

After that, Peanut led his men to track down the Nightmare Eater. They finally managed to trap the Nightmare Eater, but unexpectedly, Chen Qi took over the body shortly afterward.

"Well, I'm glad I got back in time." Chen Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

Any later, and many more would likely have died or been wounded. Chen Qi was quite confident in the fighting capabilities of his current body. He wasn't sure if over a hundred guns could kill him. But he knew that even if he died, he would at least have taken down several others.

After learning about Chen Qi's situation, Peanut and the others also expressed their concern for him.

However, there really isn't a good solution at the moment; even if they wanted to help Chen Qi, they didn't know where to start.
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After Peanut made several calls urging him, he quickly arranged a private plane for Chen Qi to fly to Jinghai City.

Chen Qi, Peanut, and Mirror boarded a plane back to Jinghai City overnight.

While on the plane, the three discussed their next course of action.

The first question to consider is: on this trip back to Jinghai City, where should we start?
“Jinghai Medical College is definitely the first choice, but… are you confident?” Peanut asked, frowning.

Jinghai Medical College is suspected to be the source of pollution in Jinghai City. If the source of pollution can be successfully threatened, it may force Jinghai City to enter the second stage of pollution ahead of schedule.

Chen Qi shook his head: "Right now I only possess the basic ability of a parasite to mutate my body. I cannot use other means such as domains. When facing the real illusions of A-level and S-level contaminated zones, it may not be very effective."

No matter how powerful the combat strength brought about by the physical mutation is, it is only on the physical level. When facing the illusion on the mental level, it feels like punching cotton.

“However…” Chen Qi changed the subject, “I can also give it a try, but it will be a lower priority. This is a rare opportunity, and we must make sure we gain something from it.”

In Chen Qi's mind, saving his mother was far more important than getting Jinghai City's pollution to enter the second stage ahead of schedule.

So his priority was finding a "delivery room".

"Then let's set our first target location at Xiangyuan Food Processing Plant," Peanut suggested, seemingly having guessed Chen Qi's thoughts.

Xiangyuan Food Processing Plant is the place where Yan Xue appeared after she was revived from the delivery room.

Perhaps the entrance to the delivery room can be found there.

Based on the information the mirror had previously gathered, Xiangyuan Food Processing Plant was estimated to be a Class C or Class B contaminated area, which Chen Qi was confident would pose little challenge for him.

So the three of them developed a series of plans around Xiangyuan Food Processing Plant and refined the details.

If there is still extra time after exploring Xiangyuan Food Processing Plant, Chen Qi will then visit Jinghai Medical College.

Not long after, the plane successfully landed at Jinghai City Airport.

Including the time to get to the airport, it only took less than two hours to successfully arrive in Jinghai City.

As soon as Chen Qi and his group exited the airport, they saw Baozi already waiting for them in his car outside.

The three got into the car and headed straight for Xiangyuan Food Processing Factory.

Xu An'an and the others were not invited to this operation because Chen Qi was the only main force.

Even Peanut and the others were only responsible for providing support from the outside.

Whether it's a Class C or Class B contaminated zone, both have the effect of distorting perception. If others go in, they might become a burden. It is the wisest choice for Chen Qi to act alone.

On the way, Baozi said while driving, "I have cut off all contact between Xiangyuan Food Processing Plant and the outside world. Also, here is some information you can take a look at."

As she spoke, she threw a stack of documents onto Chen Qi's lap.

Chen Qi opened it and took a look. It contained information such as the history, personnel structure, and internal layout of Xiangyuan Food Processing Factory.

Xiangyuan Food Processing Plant is a leading food processing plant in Jinghai City, with a large factory area, complete facilities, and a large number of employees.

Nearly half of the employees live in employee dormitories.

It is unknown how many of these people are parasites.

"You've cut off all the signals in the factory area. Won't the employees living in the dormitories notice something's wrong?" Mirror asked.

"They can't use their phones because there's no signal. They'll either go to sleep early or leave the dorms and go outside. Either way, it's beneficial for our operation," Baozi replied.

Chen Qi stared at the factory layout map for a long time. In his opinion, the most likely places to be sources of pollution in the factory area were the employee dormitories and the production workshops.

The former is a place to sleep, and the latter is a place to work.

If there is an entrance to the delivery room, it will likely be in one of these two locations.

The delivery truck sped along, and soon came to a stop at the factory gate. "We've arrived."

"be careful!"

"Call us anytime if you have any problems."

Peanut and the others gave them a few words of advice.

Chen Qi got out of the car alone. In front of him was an impressive factory gate and the gold-plated lettering next to the gate: Xiangyuan Food Factory.

The guardhouse was still lit up, and several people were gathered around a small table inside, with faint sounds coming from inside.

"Two!"

"fry!"

"I'm sorry."

Nobody was paying attention to what was happening outside.

Chen Qi leaped lightly over the gate without making a sound, and the security guards and workers in the guardhouse were completely unaware.

He headed straight for the factory, but after running a few steps, he suddenly stopped, a look of surprise on his face.

He detected wild food.

"My food detection ability is still working?"

Chen Qi had tried before, but his body did not have the ability to devour the Nightmare Clan, so he assumed that all the abilities of the alien eaters had disappeared together.

But after returning to Jinghai City, he discovered that this was not the case; his food detection ability was still intact!
Food detection capabilities can help him quickly locate advanced sources of contamination, and if a "birthing room" exists, it must be near the source of contamination.

"It seems that after switching bodies, I only lost the ability to devour the Nightmare Clan."

This discovery was a pleasant surprise.

Chen Qi ran over to pick up the wild food he had detected, wanting to see if his current body could still eat wild food.

However, when he arrived at the location of the wild food, he was stunned. It was just a bare concrete area with nothing there!

His food detection ability clearly told him there was a wild food item here, but he just couldn't see it.

Chen Qi frowned, lost in thought.

"It seems that I can only detect the source of pollution, but have lost the ability to convert the pollution into wild food."

"So there's a source of pollution here, but I can't see the source; I can only see the transformed wild food..."

As far as Chen Qi knew, even among the Nightmare Clan, only a small number of people possessed the ability to detect the source of contamination.

It's normal that he, as a fake parasite, can't see the source of the pollution.

Chen Qi had no choice but to abandon the attempt and sprinted towards the factory at full speed.

His physical abilities are now terrifyingly strong; he runs fast and his stamina seems inexhaustible. He quickly entered the factory area.

Outside the factory, he could hear the sounds of machines operating inside the workshop.

Like most factories, Xiangyuan Food Processing Plant operates on a two-shift system, with machines running 24 hours a day without stopping.

Even late at night, there are still plenty of workers working the night shift.

Chen Qi went directly inside and quickly moved around, using his food detection ability to find the source of the pollution.

Many workers noticed Chen Qi and cast curious glances at him, but everyone was busy with their own tasks and no one asked any questions.

After Chen Qi finished running a lap, someone finally stopped him. It was a middle-aged man in work clothes who said somewhat impatiently:
"Who are you? What are you doing wandering around here?"

Chen Qi ignored him and, after exploring the first workshop, headed straight for the next one.

After exploring several workshops, Chen Qi finally stopped. He had found the source of advanced pollution in the workshops!
Chen Qi quickly approached, only to find that it was still empty; he had failed to convert the high-level pollutant into high-level wild food.

Chen Qi didn't care; he hadn't come here to find high-end wild food.

He quickly scanned his surroundings, but just then, a man in dirty work clothes appeared in front of him and asked in a deep voice:

"What are you looking for?"

Chen Qi merely glanced at him, then suddenly flicked his wrist, his arm extending rapidly to wrap around and restrain the man.

The man roared, his mouth suddenly opening wide, his entire oral cavity and cheeks rapidly elongating, and triangular snake heads emerging from that narrow mouth.

The snakes opened their mouths, revealing sharp fangs, and bit at Chen Qi's arm that was wrapped around the man.

But the next moment, countless sharp thorns instantly sprouted from Chen Qi's vine-like arms. Those thorns pierced the heads of snakes and the man's skin, plundering the blood from his body.

Chen Qi slightly withdrew his hand, then pulled the man in front of him and said, "I'm looking for the delivery room. Do you know where it is?"

The man grew weaker, but a mocking smile appeared on his face: "I don't know where it is, but I know you'll never find it."

Chen Qi didn't waste any words with him. The vines that were wrapped around the man tightened instantly, and with a bang, they strangled the man's body, sending him to the delivery room.

He continued searching the surrounding area, but found nothing.

Soon, Chen Qi had explored the entire factory area without finding anything, so he headed back to the dormitory area.

A contaminated area often contains more than one high-level pollution source, and the level of contamination is often determined by the highest-level pollution source.

For example, at the initial Jingyi Affiliated Hospital, Chen Qi discovered two high-end foods: Jianbing Guozi (Chinese crepe) and cream cake. Xiangyuan Food Factory is no exception, and it is very likely that it also hides other high-end sources of pollution.

As soon as Chen Qi stood downstairs at the dormitory building, he detected the presence of a high-level pollution source. The pollution source here seemed to be of a higher level than that in the factory area, and the population was also relatively more dense.

Following his senses, Chen Qi arrived at the bathroom area on the second floor of the dormitory.

As soon as he stepped inside, three parasites appeared behind him.

The more advanced the source of pollution, the greater the number and strength of the parasites protecting it.

Without even turning his head, Chen Qi's body exploded instantly, transforming into a large net that captured the three people behind him.

His scattered flesh and blood tissue rapidly wriggled and tightened, binding the three people tightly. Sharp teeth and claws continuously grew from the tentacle-like flesh and blood tissue, piercing into the three people's bodies.

Chen Qi's head re-formed on this web of flesh and blood, looking down at the three of them.

"Where is the delivery room?" Chen Qi asked without wasting words. "I know someone was resurrected here. Where did she come from?"

"Haha!" one of the parasites couldn't help but laugh. "Right here, right in front of you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a door suddenly appeared in the bathroom.

"But can you even get in?"

(End of this chapter)