Fear of food

Chapter 153 The Light of Jinghai City
Menglong and Aliang weren't talking nonsense.

Everything was as they said; the private morgue contained A Liang's clone.

Morgues are indeed a low point in human nature.

As soon as Chen Qi entered, he felt the loss of humanity, but it didn't come from him, because he no longer possessed humanity; he only shared a portion of humanity with the two nightmares within his body.

What he sensed was that the humanity that Menglong had absorbed was flowing into the morgue.

However, although the two nightmares were telling the truth, their motives were not as simple as they claimed.

The purpose of telling the truth was simply to gain Chen Qi's trust more easily.

Chen Qi entered the morgue without hesitation because he considered that, given the Nightmare Clan's talent for bewitching people, why was the argument between the two Nightmas so deliberate?

When he can sense that it's obviously deliberate, then that deliberation is most likely something they're putting on on!

They're acting.

On the surface, the intention was to prevent Chen Qi from entering the morgue, but such a deliberate performance lacked persuasiveness.

The two demons probably knew that Chen Qi would question them, which is why they chose to enter the morgue.

However, given Chen Qi's wariness of them, he would definitely think things through, so the final decision would probably be to give up on entering the morgue.

Chen Qi did think that way at first, but then he wondered if the two demons had also thought of this.

When the game between the two sides has entered a stage of constant alternation, where it's a contest of who has the "higher level," there's really no point in trying to figure out the other side's thoughts any further.

No one knows which level the other person is on; Chen Qi is only facing a multiple-choice question with a 50% chance of being right.

At this point, his thoughts became simple and pure; he only needed to consider: Do I need to go into the morgue?

The answer is yes!
He needs to restore his mother's humanity, and he needs to restore the humanity of Sun Xuechao and others.

He had to take this step; he had to enter the morgue!

Then there's nothing to hesitate about; if there's any risk, he'll take it.

He admitted that there was an element of gambling involved.

But he won't die anyway, he can always start over.

"Forget everything else, let's go for it!"

When Chen Qi saw the Nightmare Eater clone in the corpse storage cabinet, he knew he had made the right decision to act recklessly.

Menglong told the whole truth, but there was one thing he deliberately omitted.

That is, once Chen Qi opens the private body storage cabinet, he can do whatever he wants with A Liang's clone inside!
The loss of humanity has all been transferred to this clone.

But now, this clone is under Chen Qi's control.

"If I devour this clone, will I be able to regain this part of my humanity?"

Nightmare Eater A Liang sneered, "You're welcome to try."

Menglong said urgently, "No, how can you feed him my humanity!"

Chen Qi chose to ignore their words. It was already tiring enough to deal with one Nightmare Clan member, let alone two at the same time.

He didn't know which of the two men's words were true and which were false, so he simply ignored them and didn't want their words to influence his judgment.

He'll just do what he thinks is right!
Chen Qi was no longer in a hurry. He waited leisurely in the morgue, waiting for Menglong's humanity to rapidly dissipate and flow into the morgue cabinet.

Ah Liang's clone seemed to be asleep, motionless, but the human aura belonging to Chen Qi within it grew stronger and stronger, which Chen Qi could clearly sense.

Menglong seemed genuinely anxious, constantly explaining the pros and cons to Chen Qi in an attempt to dissuade him from taking action.

Chen Qi ignored him completely... He believed that Menglong must be very anxious, after all, his humanity was the foundation of Menglong's existence within him, and Menglong's most important trump card.

As long as Menglong integrates Chen Qi's humanity, Chen Qi will never be able to get rid of him.

But once humanity is completely lost, with Chen Qi's current strength, he can easily kick Meng Long aside.

There are only two possible outcomes for Chen Qi swallowing A Liang's clone.

First, the humanity within the clone was absorbed by Chen Qi, allowing Chen Qi to regain control of some of his own humanity and reclaim more initiative.

Second, human nature is absorbed by the Nightmare Eater A Liang, and it then becomes a game between Chen Qi and A Liang.

Regardless of the outcome, Menglong is out of the picture; he's essentially been eliminated early.

Regardless of who wins, Menglong is the loser.

Menglong was still making a last-ditch effort: "You transferred all my humanity to his clone, and then devoured his clone, which is equivalent to him merging with the clone. At that time, he will have 100% of your humanity. How can you resist then?"

"You'll soon become a puppet. Why not leave me with some humanity, and we can join forces to fight him!"

"I don't need much, thirty percent, no, twenty percent! Twenty percent is enough!"

"Nonsense." Chen Qi remained unmoved, found a morgue cabinet to use as a stool, sat down, crossed his legs, and started playing on his phone.

He continued to wait. Here, humanity was lost very quickly. Before long, with Menglong's unwilling and desperate roar, he finally squeezed out the last bit of humanity from Menglong's body.

Chen Qi immediately sensed that the connection between him and Menglong had become much weaker.

The situation has now become that A Liang has grasped all of Chen Qi's humanity.

However, half of it was fused with A Liang's main body, while the other half was in the clone in the morgue's morgue storage cabinet.

Menglong was kicked out of the "board of directors" but his soul merged with Chen Qi's, with an overall fusion rate of about one-quarter.

But with Chen Qi's current abilities, he can easily separate it.

Chen Qi didn't do that, simply because he needed the power of the Nightmare Clan. His status as a parasite made him even stronger, and he still had many things to do. It wasn't time to "break up" yet.

Moreover, even if his humanity is completely drained, as long as Menglong is inside Chen Qi, he can still play a role in restraining A Liang.

Chen Qi walked to his personal corpse storage cabinet, silently gazing at the clone inside that looked exactly like him. In the end, he did not choose to swallow it directly, but instead picked up the lid and closed it again.

Menglong was right about one thing: if Chen Qi swallowed this clone and then it was fused with Nightmare Eater A Liang, Chen Qi's situation would indeed become much worse.

If Chen Qi were to let the Nightmare Eater Ah Liang grasp 100% of his humanity, he wouldn't be sure if he could still maintain control over his body.

Therefore, he chose a safer method: to seal away this clone.

The key to the loss of humanity lies in the morgue, a "humanity vacuum." Once you leave the morgue, this effect will naturally disappear.

The purpose of a mortuary cabinet is to store human nature.

Chen Qi could hold onto this clone, which incorporated half of his humanity, and devour it when a better opportunity arose in the future.

This means his lack of humanity is even more severe, but the advantage is that he is safe and secure.

Chen Qi carried the morgue cabinet and walked out of the morgue.

Then, he summoned the safe house, stored the corpse cabinet directly inside, and had Monroe arrange for two second-generation Nightmare Clan employees to guard it.

In this way, as long as Chen Qi does not cooperate, no one can forcibly drag the morgue cabinet out of his safe house.

Chen Qi essentially suppressed half of his humanity as a safety net, ensuring that he would never truly lose himself.

"All done!" Outside the safe house, corpses lay strewn everywhere, but they weren't real bodies; they were all human beings that Chen Qi had rescued from the morgue.

Chen Qi had already asked his Nightmare Clan employees how to liberate these people's humanity.

it's actually really easy.

Human nature is an intangible and intangible concept; it is invisible.

Therefore, it can only materialize in illusions, dreams, and semi-real worlds such as the interlayered world and the morgue.

Once you leave these places and return to the real world, you will naturally return to your original position.

What Chen Qi needs to do is simply bring these human qualities out of the interstitial world.

He simply used a safe house to collect all of this humanity!
Safe houses are also illusory dream worlds that can be used to contain human nature.

Once these people entered the safe house, some of their humanity began to dissipate, including the humanity of Chen Qi's mother and Coffee's son...

It appears to dissipate, but in reality it is returning to its original form.

Because the real bodies of these people are inside the safe house.

But this process was abruptly interrupted as soon as it began.

Chen Qi's gaze sharpened and landed on the bus in the center of the amusement park.

This source of pollution has isolated the inside from the outside and prevented the return of humanity.

Chen Qi remained silent for a few moments, not paying much attention.

He will eventually rescue his mother and the others from the car. Even if he regains his humanity at that point, his mother and the others will still be imprisoned and suffering for nothing.

Moreover, the people inside the car are still in a parasitic state. After their humanity returns, they will have to go through another struggle with the Nightmare Clan for control of their bodies, which is unnecessary.

It would be better to wait until we rescue them before attempting to integrate them into our humane community.

Chen Qi exited the interdimensional world and returned to reality, throwing away all humanity from everyone except the hostages inside the car.

Once they left the area of ​​Chen Qi's safe house, the humanity that existed in the form of corpses vanished.

Meeting the expectant gazes of his teammates, Chen Qi nodded slightly and pointed to the trunk: "Let's go see the results."

Zhui Feng was taken aback, then remembered something and rushed over to open the trunk of their car.

In the trunk, Sun Xuechao was bound hand and foot.

Previously, Chen Qi devoured the Nightmare Clan members inside Sun Xuechao and cleansed his body of pollution, but this also turned Sun Xuechao into a mentally unstable person.

So they tied Sun Xuechao up and temporarily stuffed him into the trunk.

Looking at Sun Xuechao again at this moment, the difference is obvious. His originally indifferent eyes now show a lot more emotion.

Humanity has returned!

Chen Qi waved his hand, unlocking the handcuffs and ropes on Sun Xuechao, and smiled slightly at him:
"Brother Sun, it's been a long time."

Sun Xuechao looked dazed, as if he had just returned from another world. He remained in a daze for a long time before he came to his senses and realized what had happened.

He did have some memory of this period, but he lost control of his body. However, he remembered everything that happened.

His lips moved, but he didn't know what to say. He wanted to thank him, but it felt too formal.

Although they didn't communicate much with Chen Qi, the few times they spent together, they went through thick and thin together and even faced life and death.

This kind of relationship makes any politeness seem somewhat affected.

In the end, he simply smiled in relief and said, "You did it. My judgment wasn't wrong; I didn't misjudge you."

He sacrificed his own soul, betting everything on Chen Qi, and in the end, he won.

Then he remembered something: "My family..."

Xu An'an stepped forward and said, "They have been escorted away from Jinghai City by officials, and they are all safe and sound."

During the time Chen Qi was trapped in Chang Le City, Xu An'an had already arranged these things.

Next, Chen Qi examined Sun Xuechao and confirmed that he had fully recovered.

The pollution within his body was completely removed, and the Nightmare Clan that had parasitized him was unable to leave any backup plans. He lost the formidable strength of the former second-generation Nightmare Clan, but he did not become an ordinary person as a result.

He is still a pagan.

The surrounding Zhui Feng and others were overjoyed. Sun Xuechao's recovery also meant that their families had recovered as well.

They couldn't wait to take out their phones and make calls to inquire about their family members' situations.

Only Coffee and Chen Qi still looked worried, because their families were still trapped inside the bus.

After Zhui Feng and the others hung up the phone, they couldn't help but excitedly surround Chen Qi, as it was clear that everything coming from the other end of the line was good news.

Chen Qi interrupted them with a smile, but his smile was somewhat feigned. He wasn't unhappy, but his happiness was only so-so.

It's like... the emotions were weakened?
Chen Qi understood that this was likely related to the further loss of his humanity.

It weakens all his human emotions.

"Don't rush to celebrate, there are more important and potentially more worthy of celebration coming up."

Zhui Feng and the others all knew what Chen Qi was talking about, and their faces lit up with anticipation: "Let's try it!"

"Okay, then you guys wait for me here. I can move faster by myself."

After releasing all the humanity within the morgue, Chen Qi had no more worries.

Next, we will try to remove the source of pollution from the polluted area of ​​Jinghai City!
Chen Qi took flight and flew directly towards the outskirts of Jinghai City.

His gaze sometimes fell downwards, and sometimes looked ahead into the distance.

The area inside and outside the contaminated zone is clearly distinct and easy to see.

Within the contaminated area, it appeared gloomy and dark, a mixture of crimson and black.

Outside the polluted area, however, lies a bright world, full of vitality and life.

Before long, Chen Qi approached the edge of the contaminated area.

He paused briefly at the border, but ultimately stepped across.

He flew several kilometers forward in one breath, then looked back at the polluted area behind him and observed it silently.

The changes came faster and more obviously than he had imagined. Visibly, the rotting flesh and blood that filled the entire city in the contaminated area withered and died as quickly as trees in the autumn wind.

A few minutes later, the disgusting, rotten flesh and blood completely disappeared, leaving only patches of dried, snake-skin-like marks.

Immediately afterwards, those who had been binge eating came to their senses, stopped eating, and looked around blankly.

Then, the city's gloomy tone gradually faded, and the bright sunshine dispelled the haze.

Jinghai City has been brought into the light!

(End of this chapter)