Fear of food

Chen Qi's body swelled up, transforming into a gluttonous beast. With a single breath, all the delicacies transformed from the Nightmare Clan entered his mouth.

It swallowed nearly a hundred Nightmare Clan members in one gulp!
This is not Chen Qi's limit; he can eat even more!

Although Chen Qi's ability to eat aliens was powerful, its biggest weakness was that he could only deal with one Nightmare Clan member at a time.

With so many Nightmare Clan members, he could only eat them one by one; he simply couldn't keep up.

Now, after the third qualitative leap in his abilities, Chen Qi has unlocked the ability to eat in groups, allowing him to consume a whole group at once.

His feeding ability has now been upgraded from a single-target skill to a group skill, or rather, an area-of-effect skill.

Within the area covered by the domain, all Nightmare Clan members without a physical body to protect them will be turned into food.

Then eat directly within the designated area!

He can eat as much as there is!
In the blink of an eye, more than half of the Nightmare Clan in Chang Le City perished in Chen Qi's mouth.

They died a complete death, with no chance of resurrection.

Seeing this, the other surviving Nightmare parasites knew that even if they fought to the death, it would be pointless.

So they scattered and fled in different directions.

But the amusement park arrived the next moment, covering the surrounding area, with all kinds of amusement facilities coming into play.

The amusement park staff and claw machines are responsible for catching people and sending these parasites to different rides.

The bus continued to speed recklessly, as if it were in an empty field, knocking the Nightmare Clan members out of their hosts one by one.

After Chen Qi's Dream Thief ability underwent its third qualitative change, he was able to use some amusement park rides in reality without summoning a safe house.

That's why Chen Qi was able to summon a bus to crash into reality without using a safe house.

It can also directly manipulate the claw of the claw machine in reality.

However, it is clear that these amusement facilities can only be fully utilized inside a safe house.

When each amusement park ride is pushed to its limit, it actually has the effect of stripping the Nightmare Clan from the parasite's body.

One by one, the Nightmare Clan members were separated. Without human bodies to rely on, they were as fragile as newborn babies.

Before they could struggle to return to their bodies, they were transformed into various delicacies by Chen Qi's food transformation ability.

Once transformed into food, they completely lose the ability to struggle and can only wait to be eaten by Chen Qi.

The Nightmare Clan can no longer exert any pressure on Chen Qi through sheer numbers.

Amid the chaos, Chen Qi noticed two Nightmare Clan members carrying the source of the contamination, attempting to escape in the confusion.

With just a thought, several metal claws descended, capturing the two Nightmare Clan members and delivering the source of the contamination to Chen Qi.

At this moment, the source of pollution has shed all its disguise and is simply a highly concentrated mass of energy.

However, after falling into Chen Qi's hands, it was forcibly transformed into a delicacy by the food transformation ability... a king crab!

Normally, this would take some time to eat, but for Chen Qi now, it's no longer a challenge.

He eats within limits; let alone a king crab, even a whole banquet would only take him a bite.

However, Chen Qi did not rush to eliminate the source of pollution, but instead temporarily put it away.

After wiping out the surrounding Nightmare Clan, Chen Qi entered the interlayered world and found the resurrection point and morgue in Chang Le City.

The resurrection point in Chang Le City is a large tree, and Chen Qi had resurrected from this tree once before.

Following the same procedure as before, Chen Qi directly injected energy into the tree, accelerating the resurrection process of the parasites waiting to be resurrected, and completing the resurrection process in an instant.

Then extract all the Nightmare Clan members from their bodies and turn them into delicious food.

After doing all this, Chen Qi entered the morgue in Chang Le City.

This is his first time here.

The morgue in Changle City is similar to those in Jinghai City and Kangning City, filled with cabinets for storing corpses.

Chen Qi released the humanity within the cabinet while carefully observing it.

As if knowing what Chen Qi was looking for, Shi Yan A Liang sighed, "It seems I'm going to follow in Meng Long's footsteps."

Chen Qi did not respond to him.

In fact, the moment he stepped into the morgue, he realized the loss of humanity within him!

Menglong once said that the Nightmare Clan made the same arrangements as the Nightmare Eater Clan.

Therefore, in the morgue of Changle City, there is also a body storage cabinet made specifically for Chen Qiliang's body.

Moreover, one of Menglong's clones was also lying inside.

So when Chen Qi stepped into the morgue, this low-lying place of humanity, the 50% of humanity he shared with Nightmare Eater A Liang began to rapidly dissipate.

It flowed into one of these morgue cabinets...

Chen Qi made a special trip to Chang Le City in order to extract the humanity from A Liang's body.

This was the only way he could think of to detach himself from his humanity.

This is also his only chance to get rid of the Nightmare Eater, A Liang!
Chen Qi quickly identified a body storage cabinet.

This mortuary cabinet looks ordinary, but it has the most secure lock and is made of different materials than other mortuary cabinets.

When Chen Qi forcibly opened the corpse storage cabinet, he indeed saw a phantom that looked exactly like him lying inside.

Chen Qi waited quietly in the morgue.

During this process, Nightmare Eater A Liang made his final struggle.

He knew this was his last chance. Once Chen Qi regained his humanity, both he and Menglong would be worthless.

"Once all the humanity within me is drained, you will become a monster devoid of humanity. At that point, will you still be able to control yourself?"

Ah Liang knew that saying anything else was useless, so he directly pinpointed Chen Qi's weakness.

This is indeed what Chen Qi is worried about.

When Ah Liang's humanity is drained, Chen Qi will temporarily fall into a state of "utter inhumanity".

Although he could soon choose to liberate his humanity and reclaim his complete humanity.

But how can he guarantee that he, who is devoid of humanity, still possesses a yearning for humanity?

He might overturn the decisions he makes now after losing his humanity.

"Thank you for reminding me, I really should get insurance."

So Chen Qi spoke with the employees in the safe house, including Monroe, and left some precautions.

Although some risks remain, they are unavoidable.

He only has this one way to completely get rid of the Nightmare Clan's parasitism.

As time passed, Chen Qi's humanity gradually faded, and he grew increasingly indifferent, the world seeming devoid of warmth in his eyes. Finally, the last trace of humanity within the Nightmare Eater A Liang flowed into Meng Long's clone.

At this point, the humanity within the two first-generation Nightmare Clan members, Nightmare Ah Liang and Nightmare Meng Long, was extracted and transferred into their respective clones.

However, their clones were all controlled by Chen Qi and could not merge with their main bodies.

Menglong and Aliang's alter egos equally divided Chen Qi's humanity.

Having completely lost his humanity, Chen Qi's eyes were indifferent, revealing only pure bestiality.

The first thing he did was to forcibly extract the Nightmare Eater A Liang from his body and swallow it whole!
This is not fusion, nor is it sending him to resurrection; it is completely devouring and digesting him!

Having spent several months inside Chen Qi's body, and having both been enemies and allies with him, this once-powerful member of the Nightmare Clan has now passed away.

Chen Qi, devoid of humanity and emotion, swallowed it whole.

Chen Qi probably never imagined that the first thing he would do after losing his humanity would be to eat A Liang.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. If a person loses their humanity and only has animal instincts, and territoriality is the instinct of a wild beast, how can they tolerate having another consciousness within them?
This also shows that Chen Qi's previous worries were completely unnecessary. With A Liang's death, his clone also dissipated, and the humanity remaining in the clone, no longer restrained, returned directly to Chen Qi's body.

Chen Qi's previous contingency plans were completely useless.

In the blink of an eye, his humanity returned, and it truly belonged to him, no longer needing to be shared with the Nightmare Clan!
Chen Qi instantly regained half of his humanity!
After releasing all the humanity in the morgue, he walked out of the morgue and released Menglong, whom he had previously imprisoned.

Upon Menglong's appearance, he knew his time was drawing near, and with a tone of deep regret, he sighed:
"If I had known this would happen, I should have killed you back then!"

In the early days, Chen Qi was powerless against them; both the Nightmare Eaters and the Nightmare Clan could easily kill him.

It was precisely because they coveted Chen Qi's potential that they gradually reached this point.

If Chen Qi dies early, it's uncertain which side will ultimately win the internal conflict between the Nightmare Eater Clan and the Nightmare Clan, but at least the winner won't be humans.

Ultimately, this world will surely be ruled by the Nightmare Clan.

However, what's done is done, and even if the Nightmare Clan regrets it, it's too late to change anything.

Chen Qi didn't hold back either, swallowing Menglong whole in one gulp.

Menglong's clone also dissipated, and the other half of his humanity returned to Chen Qi's body.

Chen Qi is finally a complete person!

Not only did it completely eliminate the Nightmare Clan that was parasitizing its body, it also regained its complete humanity.

Although he has lost the ability bonus as a parasite, he is now powerful enough to crush the top combat force of the Nightmare Clan with the dual abilities of the Alien Eater and Dream Thief.

"The matter in Chang Le City has been settled, and everything should be over now."

Chen Qi took out the king crab that had transformed from the source of pollution in Chang Le City, opened his mouth, and swallowed the entire king crab in one gulp.

In an instant, the dream of Chang Le City collapsed, and millions of lives were awakened.

Because the pollution level is not as severe as in Kangning City, the pollution in Changle City is receding faster.

Upon receiving the news, officials who had been waiting outside immediately entered Changle City to maintain order, resettle disaster victims, and carry out post-disaster reconstruction work.

Chen Qi stood still and carefully felt the changes after swallowing the king crab, but found that there were no obvious changes.

Aside from being full of energy and replenishing his energy reserves, there was nothing else; his abilities were not further upgraded.

"It seems that three qualitative leaps in ability have reached the limit."

"At least that's the limit at this stage."

Even directly swallowing the source of pollution can no longer enhance Chen Qi's strength, which means that his abilities have reached their peak and there is no room for further improvement.

Currently, no pollution source more advanced than the source of pollution itself can be found.

Perhaps we will have to wait until the Nightmare Clan's pollution continues to escalate in the future before a higher level of pollution source emerges, at which point Chen Qi's abilities may be able to continue to improve.

However, Chen Qi would rather that day never come.

"Next, I should fulfill my promise to Momo and go to Wentang City."

Chen Qi himself also attached great importance to the trip to Wentang City.

Because this could be related to the origin of the pollution!
Although Chen Qi's strength is now enough to easily crush the Nightmare Clan, he can liberate a contaminated area in less than a day.

However, it would still be difficult for him alone to completely eliminate the Nightmare Clan's corruption.

There are more than twenty polluted areas in China alone. Even if Chen Qi could only manage one per day, it would still take him almost a month.

Moreover, it's not enough to just clean up the polluted areas in China; Chen Qi also has to clean up the polluted areas abroad.

Otherwise, if the Nightmare Clan is allowed to grow and expand abroad, they will eventually return to fight back.

How long would it take Chen Qi to cleanse the entire world of pollution by himself?
The Nightmare Clan is growing rapidly; in just a few months, they have already reached their current size and strength.

If they were given more time to develop, Chen Qi might not be able to maintain his current overwhelming dominance.

Moreover, even if Chen Qi really manages to clean up global pollution, who can guarantee that they won't come back?
Therefore, understanding the origins of the Nightmare Clan and addressing the problem at its root is the best solution.
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Before heading to Wentang City, Chen Qi had another remote call with Momo, from which he learned more details.

Momo's older brother is named Mo Nan. He is a college student in Wentang City and is a sunny and cheerful young man who loves sports.

Three days before the food phobia outbreak in Jinghai City, Mo Nan had a conversation with her sister Momo, in which she vaguely mentioned the strange changes in the food.

Momo didn't pay attention at the time, thinking that her brother was joking.

Three days later, when the food phobia broke out in Jinghai City, Momo also saw the food mutations described by Mo Nan. She immediately contacted Mo Nan, but was unable to reach her.

Afterwards, Momo tried to find Mo Nan through various means, and even asked someone to look for her at the school.

However, nothing has been found yet.

"So your brother just disappeared from school, and you even reported it to the police, but there has been no response?"

After a moment's thought, Chen Qi realized that Mo Nan's disappearance must be related to the Nightmare Clan.

In the early stages of the pollution outbreak, social order remained stable, and nothing seemed amiss on the surface.

Mo Nan's disappearance at this time should have attracted the attention of the school teachers and her roommates.

Furthermore, after Momo reported the incident to the police, the police should also intervene and investigate.

But Momo received no response, not even a word of comfort...

This is enough to show that someone "made arrangements" in this matter. Since the authorities did not participate, it can only be that the Nightmare Clan used their abilities.

The fact that the Nightmare Clan is so concerned about him demonstrates Mo Nan's importance; he must be of great value to the Nightmare Clan.

"With limited information, we can't deduce anything further."

"We should go there in person and see for ourselves. If that doesn't work, we can grab a few high-ranking members of the Nightmare Clan in Wentang City and ask them about the situation. Then we'll understand everything."

Without delay, Chen Qi set off again for Wentang City.

He knew that evacuations had already begun in all the contaminated areas across the country, and he had to hurry. (End of Chapter)