Fear of food

Without Spring Rain Street as an entrance, it would indeed be more troublesome for Chen Qi to enter the Nightmare Clan world, but it's not impossible.

There are dozens of similar weak points around the world, such as Spring Rain Street.

However, once you use the process of elimination, there aren't many that meet the criteria.

To serve as an entrance to the Nightmare Clan's world, two conditions must be met.

First, it is a weak point; second, it has accumulated erotic energy, forming a small, shallow erotic pollution zone.

It can only be erotic energy. If it is a weak point formed by the long-term erosion of appetite or sleep, Chen Qi cannot create a vacuum of desire within himself and thus cannot enter the Nightmare Clan world.

Therefore, if we exclude the weak points caused by the erosion of appetite and sleep, there are only about a dozen left.

Theoretically speaking, as long as more people come and have parties or something, Spring Rain Street can recover quickly.

But Chen Qi, being a law-abiding citizen, would not do that; he could only look for a suitable entry point abroad.

Chen Qi didn't know the real-world locations of every dozen or so other vulnerable points of desire in the world.

There is only one known Chunyu Street in China.

Some people overseas know the approximate location.

However, if it's just a general location, finding it can actually take a lot of time.

For example, in a small country, find a street.

Find a small island in the ocean.

In a bustling city, you find a basement...

These are all very energy-consuming tasks.

Therefore, Chen Qi would definitely prioritize going to those weak points whose specific locations could be determined.

This further reduces the number of choices.

“I remember my third brother’s family had two.”

"Americans also have a Lori Island."

After careful consideration, Chen Qi decided to go to Lori Island.

The main reason is that he has already been to his third brother's house several times, and his impression of that place is indeed extremely bad. If he can avoid going there, he should try to avoid it.

The Indian family is a prime example of pollution, with all three types of pollution thriving there and each having its own weaknesses.

This simply doesn't exist anywhere else; the Indian guy's actions are truly unique, like a scorpion defecating.

However, compared to the dirty and chaotic environment of India, Lori Island is a better place to pinpoint the location of weak points.

Chen Qi immediately contacted the authorities and asked them to arrange a direct flight for him to Lori Island in the United States.

The Americans are also very easy to talk to, after all, Chen Qigang helped them eliminate the third-order contamination zone, and now they are very cooperative.

Chen Qi was worried about the situation in the Nightmare Clan world, and since time was of the essence, he immediately set off and rushed to his destination as quickly as possible.

After that, we went through the familiar process with Marilyn Monroe and entered the Nightmare Clan world again.

I took a look around, and as expected, I didn't see a single Nightmare Clan member!
The more than two thousand Nightmare Clan members that were released earlier have all fled; not a single one remains.

However, Chen Qi did not discover any passage leading to the human world.

"They retreated in advance because they were afraid I would come looking for them."

Chen Qi understood that the Nightmare Clan had been watching his actions while he was cleaning up pollution all over the world.

The Nightmare Clan also tried to control Chen Qi and influence his itinerary by constantly creating new Tier 3 contaminated zones.

This kept him constantly traveling abroad, leaving him no time to return home.

It was during this time that the Nightmare Clan not only found a way to enter the Nightmare Clan World, but also sent all of the more than two thousand Nightmare Clan members that Chen Qi had released back to the human world.

It also destroyed the entrance to Chunyu Street.

No new Tier 3 contaminated zones appeared afterward because the Nightmare Clan had already achieved their goals.

So after learning that Chen Qi had returned to China, they withdrew from the Nightmare Clan world, leaving Chen Qi with a blank Nightmare Clan world.

To say that this had a significant impact on Chen Qi was not really true.

Chen Qi was glad that he hadn't released all the captured Nightmare Clan members. The loss of more than two thousand Nightmare Clan members was insignificant to him.

He currently has tens of thousands of Nightmare Clan members imprisoned in his safe house, which could easily make up for these losses and allow the Nightmare Clan world to resume operation.

But no matter how many Nightmare Clan members he lets in, they will release them whenever they get the chance.

For Chen Qi, the current Nightmare Clan world is like a leaky bucket; no matter how much you fill it, it will never be full.

The fact that the Nightmare Clan has found a way to connect their world with the human world suggests that they may have found someone similar to Feng Bin and Chen Qi—a powerful individual with immense potential.

Chen Qi didn't know who that person was, where he was, or which weak point they had entered the Nightmare Clan's world through.

If he knows nothing, he has no way to protect himself.

As soon as the Nightmare Clan confirms Chen Qi's whereabouts and knows that he is not in the Nightmare Clan world, they can immediately arrange for that person to enter the Nightmare Clan world.

With the passage open, all contaminated areas can now receive energy from the Nightmare Clan's world.

To put it bluntly, the Nightmare Clan is now waging guerrilla warfare against Chen Qi.

Chen Qi couldn't stay in the Nightmare Clan world forever. Even if he did, the Nightmare Clan world was so big that if someone sneaked in, he wouldn't be able to detect them as long as they were far enough away.

"What should I do?"

Chen Qi cannot allow the Nightmare Clan to use this tactic to trap and kill him.

Currently, it seems there are only two extreme approaches.

First, we should temporarily set aside the Nightmare Clan world and focus on eliminating the Nightmare Clan from the human world.

Once he has wiped out all the Nightmare Clan members in the human world, the problem will be solved.

But this would take a lot of time to clean up pollution all over the world; for him alone, it could take years!

Moreover, it's easier said than done.

The Nightmare Clan aren't stupid. They won't just stand there and wait to be killed. They'll hide and run away.

Who can guarantee that no new variables will emerge in a year or two?
Secondly, we need to find the person who can enter the Nightmare Clan's world and eliminate him!
Only in this way can the situation be stabilized again, allowing Chen Qi to continue eliminating the Nightmare Clan without distraction.

"Right now, I'm in the open while they're in the shadows, which puts me in a very passive position."

How can we reverse this situation?

If Chen Qi were to eliminate the Nightmare Clan, he would expose his whereabouts.

But he couldn't just ignore the Nightmare Clan all over the world, could he? Wouldn't that be playing right into the Nightmare Clan's hands?

In other words, even if Chen Qi hides away, what if the Nightmare Clan creates another Tier 3 contaminated zone later? Would Chen Qi just ignore it?

For a moment, Chen Qi couldn't think of any good solutions, so he could only take it one step at a time.

For now, I'll just hide myself first.

Few people knew that he had come to Lori Island. At Chen Qi's instruction, his whereabouts were currently top secret.

Upon arriving in America, Chen Qi went straight to Lori Island, without showing up anywhere else or confronting any Nightmare Clan members.

As long as the Americans don't leak it out, the Nightmare Clan shouldn't know he's here.

From the Nightmare Clan's perspective, Chen Qi should have just returned to the country not long ago... So, Chen Qi temporarily settled down on Lori Island, spending a lot of time each day patrolling the Nightmare Clan's world, hoping to encounter the ability user who could enter the Nightmare Clan's world.

For many days in a row, there was no result.

"It seems the Nightmare Clan is being very cautious this time."

Judging from this, they won't easily enter the Nightmare Clan's world unless they're certain of Chen Qi's whereabouts.

Chen Qi had no choice but to take the initiative and deliberately expose his whereabouts to lower the Nightmare Clan's guard.

In the following days, he traveled to two countries and wiped out three contaminated areas in one fell swoop.

Then, without stopping, they quietly returned to Lori Island and re-entered the Nightmare Clan world, waiting for their prey to come to them.

To his surprise, no matter how many times he wandered around the Nightmare Clan world, and even sent his employees to help him monitor it, he still found nothing.

"They're still not taking the bait?"

Chen Qi had no other choice; he couldn't just stay here and waste his time.

Every second he wastes here is spent developing and improving in various polluted areas, while the energy of desire within the country continues to accumulate.

He can't afford to drag this out. If he drags it out, problems will arise domestically, and the Nightmare Clan will accumulate even more power.

It is foreseeable that once the Nightmare Clan accumulates enough energy, they will definitely launch an attack, and may even create a fourth-order contaminated zone.

Chen Qi could only continue his path of exorcising nightmares, while also asking those in China to keep an eye out for another powerful ability user with potential like Feng Bin.

If he had another person who could enter the Nightmare Clan's world to help him, things would be much easier for him, and he would be much more agile in his actions.

However, a strange thing happened in the next few days.

A polluted area in a small country suddenly disappeared...

The pollution subsided, and local residents returned to normal life.

This is consistent with the situation after the source of pollution has been removed, but Chen Qi had never been there.

The local government also took no action.

Who eliminated the source of pollution?
Is there anyone else with this ability?
Chen Qi has cleaned up all the third-order contaminated areas in the world, and no new third-order contaminated areas have appeared for the time being.

In other words, it is now almost entirely a second-order pollution zone.

That disappeared contaminated area was also a second-order area before.

But the second-order pollution zone is not weak either; who can quietly eliminate it?

It's not a big deal, after all, there are too many polluted areas in the world now, so whether there are one less or one more won't make much of a difference.

But something strange was amiss, and Chen Qi vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

Subsequent events confirmed Chen Qi's idea.

Just two days later, another second-order contamination zone disappeared!
Then came the third one...

The problem is that these disappeared contaminated areas are not in the same country.

They are even quite far apart.

Chen Qi immediately put aside what he was doing and rushed to one of the disappeared contaminated areas to investigate.

The result was fruitless; all they saw was that all the pollution had disappeared without a trace.

He also asked local residents, who all of them suddenly escaped the effects of the pollution at the same moment.

However, not a single Nightmare Clan member escaped the net in the area, and not even a single corpse was found.

There were no obvious signs of a battle.

This is a little strange.

If Chen Qi were to eliminate the local pollution, he would definitely clash with the local Nightmare Clan and kill some of them.

Moreover, with the sudden disappearance of the contaminated area, so many Nightmare Clan members were caught off guard, which will inevitably lead to some chaos.

For example, some Nightmare Clan members separated from the main force and failed to retreat in time.

Some even target local residents who have been freed from pollution, leading to various conflicts.

Some lurked in the crowd, acting as informants.

But none of these situations occurred.

This suggests that no major battle with heavy casualties broke out, and the Nightmare Clan appears to have made a planned and peaceful withdrawal.

"Could it be that the Nightmare Clan abandoned this contaminated area and voluntarily moved away with the source of the pollution?"

It's not impossible, after all, the conditions in this polluted area are indeed quite poor, the population is not large, and the surrounding area is empty and desolate, with little room for development.

Moreover, the other two contaminated areas also fit this characteristic.

Next, Chen Qi went to the other two disappeared contaminated areas and found that the situation was basically the same. The local Nightmare Clan had all withdrawn in a planned manner, leaving no clues or traces.

"What are the Nightmare Clan trying to do?"

Chen Qi didn't quite understand. Even if the conditions in these three contaminated areas weren't very good, was there any need to voluntarily withdraw?

Even if we leave them here as targets to draw his fire, it will buy the Nightmare Clan a little more time.

Moreover, it's not something that can be achieved in a short time to develop a polluted area to the second stage; it can't be simply abandoned just like that.

Chen Qi had no clue, so he shared his findings with the domestic official think tank and also discussed them with his teammates in the "Jinghai Foraging Group".

He also received some guesses, but none of them were certain.

For example, Coffee speculated that the Nightmare Clan might be concentrating their energy to create an unprecedentedly powerful contaminated zone in one fell swoop!
After all, all the polluted areas are now desperately accumulating energy in an attempt to reach a higher level of pollution.

If third-order pollution can't stop Chen Qi, they'll definitely try fourth-order pollution, and if that doesn't work, they'll try fifth-order...

The absence of fourth-order pollution zones is likely due to insufficient accumulated energy, but perhaps the process of energy accumulation can be shortened through the relocation and merging of these pollution zones.

But what happened next was once again beyond Chen Qi's expectations.

Early that morning, he received a distress message from China, saying that a friendly ally had suddenly escalated to the third stage of pollution!

The Nightmare Clan hasn't seen any Tier 3 corruption for some time now.

It's not that they lack the energy to upgrade, but rather that they're holding back, knowing that if they upgrade, Chen Qi will immediately eliminate them.

But now that a third-order contamination zone has suddenly appeared, Chen Qi has to think about the intentions behind it.

"Were you deliberately trying to lure me there?"

"Is the Nightmare Clan planning something, so they sent me away?"

Regardless, saving lives is the priority, and Chen Qi cannot abandon the operation based on his own speculation.

He immediately prepared to set off to eliminate the third-order contamination zone.

However, before he could even board the plane, new news arrived: the newly upgraded Tier 3 contamination zone had disappeared again!
Like the three previously disappeared second-order contamination zones, it simply vanished.

It disappeared right after the upgrade, why?
Based on previous speculation, this doesn't make sense. You can't just upgrade a third-level contamination zone specifically for relocation, can you?
Shortly after the news broke, domestic think tanks and coffee shops almost simultaneously contacted Chen Qifa, offering a new conjecture.

"Is it possible that the Nightmare Clan is training a power user?"

"A powerful individual, just like you, Chen Qi, who needs to absorb the source of pollution to achieve a qualitative leap in their abilities!" (End of Chapter)