Fear of food

Chapter 85: Away from the Morgue!
This is where the difference between humans and dogs becomes apparent. The golden retriever controlled by the pancake instantly understood Chen Qi's meaning and frantically stuffed wild food into Dr. Zhao's mouth.

Because its claws were too big to handle, Dabing even thought of using its mouth and tongue...

Compared to before, feeding him is much easier now because Dr. Zhao has regained some control over his body. When wild food is put into Dr. Zhao's mouth, he can at least occasionally swallow a bite on his own.

Even if they only eat one bite out of every ten bites, that's enough.

Suddenly, a loud banging on the door came from behind Chen Qi and the others.

The food protection team is here!
The food protection team proved to be fair and impartial, treating even those who ate wild food as parasites equally.

Fortunately, Dr. Zhao's security door is quite sturdy, so there's no need to worry about anyone breaking in for the time being.

Dr. Zhao's mouth was torn apart, and wild food kept leaking from his cheeks. However, he managed to eat some of it, and soon he began to vomit violently again.

This time, more black substance was expelled than before!

The effect was also very obvious. Originally, Dr. Zhao's tentacles were fighting each other, and it could be seen that one side had an overwhelming advantage in numbers, with about 90% of the tentacles bullying the remaining 10%.

As he continued to expel the black substance, the ratio changed to 70% to 30%.

This can be roughly interpreted as Dr. Zhao regaining 30% control of his body from the Nightmare Eater!

However, this seemed to have reached its limit. Even after consuming more wild food, Dr. Zhao did not vomit any more black substance, and his control over his body remained at only 30%.

Based on the previous discussion about the Nightmare Eater, it's not hard to deduce that Dr. Zhao's condition has reached a critical stage, and he has entered the late stage of parasitism. Even if he eats more wild food, he will not be able to regain any more sanity.

He mumbled indistinctly, "Stop feeding them!"

The feeding of the pancakes stopped immediately. Before Chen Qi and the others could ask, Dr. Zhao took the initiative to explain: "A girl has been kidnapped by the Nightmare Clan..."

Before he could finish speaking, a tentacle with a huge tongue was forcibly shoved into Dr. Zhao's mouth, preventing him from making a sound.

Fortunately, before Chen Qi and the others could step forward to help, another mouth growing from an antenna continued, "At Jingquan Elementary School, you must save her!"

Tear!

Another tentacle forcibly ripped the mouth off its body.

Given Dr. Zhao's internal struggle, Chen Qi and the others were at a loss for how to help, even if they wanted to.

Seeing this, Chen Qi could only shout, "Get to the point! I know I need to save her, but then what? Is my mother over there? What exactly happened to me at Jinghai Medical College?!"

"Your mother is with her; her abilities are very important, she can..."

At this moment, the giant golden retriever's ability to generate food suddenly stopped working, and the giant golden retriever shrank instantly. The giant retriever could only control the golden retriever to retreat to the rear.

Without the golden retriever to restrain him, Dr. Zhao rolled over and rushed towards the balcony!

"Damn it, finish what you're saying before you leave!" Gan Shui angrily threw the sledgehammer in his hand at Dr. Zhao's back.

Zhui Feng rushed over to grab a syringe and pricked repeatedly, but this did not stop Dr. Zhao. With a loud crash, Dr. Zhao smashed the balcony window and was about to jump off.

But at the last moment, Dr. Zhao used the 30% of tentacles he controlled to cling tightly to the windowsill, and shouted from a large mouth with fangs: "She can find and identify people like us!"

After saying that, his tentacles clinging to the windowsill were all torn off. He was ultimately powerless to resist the Nightmare Devouring within him and fell downstairs.

Chen Qi rushed to the windowsill and looked down, watching helplessly as Dr. Zhao continued to fall. He had a bellyful of questions in his mind, but he didn't have time to ask them.

However, a strange feeling lingered in my heart...

He thought that Dr. Zhao would be like a dying person in a TV drama giving their last words, only to die halfway through, before they could say the most important thing.

But unexpectedly, Dr. Zhao managed to explain the key information clearly despite the twists and turns.

Just then, Dr. Zhao's voice suddenly came from the side: "Get away from the morgue!"

Chen Qi was startled and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw that one of Dr. Zhao's tentacles had been torn off and was lying on the balcony floor. The sound was coming from a mouth that was attached to it.

After saying this, the tentacle, along with its mouth, turned into a pool of viscous liquid.

At the same time, a muffled thud came from below, and Dr. Zhao fell heavily to the ground, turning into a puddle of mud.

But then this pool of mud rose up again, rushing into the shadows where Chen Qi and the others couldn't see it.

"Should we give chase?" Chasing Wind was eager to try.

"This is the 14th floor, and there are food guards blocking the door. By the time you go down, he'll be long gone." Coffee rolled her eyes at him.

Big Pancake shook his head regretfully: "I didn't dare to use my full strength just now, afraid of killing him, but I didn't expect him to get away!"

Chen Qi frowned, completely ignoring what his teammates were saying, his mind filled with the phrase "stay away from the morgue."

"Away from the morgue?"

"But I've already been to the morgue..."

"Why stay away? What would happen if you went?"

These questions were destined to remain unanswered, and all he could think about would be some unverifiable guesses. Chen Qi could only force himself to stop thinking about them and focus on the present.

Xu An'an, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up: "That girl must be saved!"

Seeing everyone's attention focused on her, Xu An'an explained, "Otherwise, we would all be in great danger." Everyone nodded: That's more like what you'd say!
Coffee agreed, saying, "We definitely have to save her. It's obvious that the little girl is also a pica sufferer. Dr. Zhao was very vague about her abilities, saying that 'she can find and identify people like us.'"

“I don’t know how she finds and identifies them, but ‘we people’ clearly includes us pica eaters, as well as parasites like Dr. Zhao himself.”

"Think about it, if someone can find both aliens and parasites, they can play a huge role regardless of which side they're on!"

"If her abilities are used by the Nightmare Eater, it will be a huge threat to all of us, and we might even have nowhere to go in Jinghai City!"

Coffee explained the stakes involved, then looked at Chen Qi: "Biscuit, what do you think? When should we make our move?"

Chen Qi was slightly taken aback, then nodded: "Tonight then."

Regardless of whether he can save lives or not, he will inevitably have to go to Jingquan Elementary School.

Whether it's for the mother, to cooperate in rescuing the two officials, or to rescue the little girl, we have to go to Jingquan Elementary School.

If this operation succeeds, it seems to be a "triple win".

"What kind of magic does Jingquan Elementary School possess? Why do all the coincidences point to it?"

Chen Qi frowned, feeling that something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

He shook his head, took out his phone, and dialed Chili's number.

Chili's crisp voice came from the other end: "So, have you made up your mind?"

Chen Qi didn't waste any words and went straight to the point: "We can help, but we need to add one more condition to what we agreed on before."

"what?"

"We need weapons, firearms!"

This is exactly what Chen Qi wants. Without derivative food, their combat power is still too weak.

They can only fight the parasites hand-to-hand with cold weapons like knives, spears, and clubs, which has limited lethality and is very risky.

Especially the two female players, Coffee and Xu An'an, lack even basic self-defense skills, let alone offense.

Chili was silent for a moment before saying, "We can provide weapons temporarily when you're working with us, but I can't make the decision to give you weapons directly..."

Chen Qi interrupted him forcefully: "Then go ask someone who can make the decision."

Chili added, “Ordinary firearms can only deal with the lowest level of parasites, and are not very useful against domain-level parasites, unless they are heavy weapons or bombs, but neither of those can be given to you... unless you are willing to join the organization.”

Chen Qi understood the implication: "So you can give us regular firearms?"

They mainly need weapons for self-defense; ordinary firearms are sufficient, and they're not going to use them for sieges.

Moreover, even heavy weapons, while capable of killing ordinary domain-level parasites, cannot prevent them from resurrecting.

Chili offered, "I can provide you with pistols and ammunition first, but you'll need time to apply for other weapons from my superiors."

Chen Qi was not satisfied with this and handed the phone directly to Coffee to talk.

Coffee immediately launched into a bombshell: "There are six of us. We need two tanks and four armed helicopters, which is just enough for each of us."

Chili paused for more than ten seconds before saying, "This isn't a sincere offer."

Coffee smiled and said, "That wasn't a sincere offer either."

After some haggling, the two negotiated a deal that, in addition to pistols, they would also receive rifles and grenades from the authorities. Furthermore, when operating alongside government personnel, they would be allowed to use heavy weapons under their guidance and supervision.

Coffee wasn't actually satisfied with the offer. If she had more time to let the chili peppers dry for a couple of days, she could have gotten a better deal.

However, they were pressed for time and had to take action tonight!
Coffee said directly to Chili on the other end of the phone, "Let's do it tonight. Where should we meet?"

Chili was taken aback: "Tonight? So soon?"

"Yes, is there a problem? I don't like procrastination."

"That's possible, but for temporary missions, I might not be able to gather enough manpower."

Coffee smiled and said, "We actually have someone we need to save on our trip to Jingquan Elementary School..."

Coffee then revealed what happened to the little girl.

She believed that Chili, as an official, must understand just how important that little girl's abilities were!

To be realistic, rescuing that little girl was a much higher priority than rescuing her two teammates!
Chili was silent for a long time after hearing this before saying in a serious tone, "I understand. It seems that not even a day can be wasted!"

"I'll try to call some more help. You guys set off immediately. I'll send you my location, and we'll meet there."

Coffee reminded him, "I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush things. We need to do things systematically. I'll send you the girl's photo later. We know she's a student at Jingquan Elementary School, and her Chinese teacher should be named Zhang Qin. Confirm the girl's identity first."

When it comes to tracing people, the authorities are definitely the most efficient.

Chili calmed down and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

"Okay, see you later. Remember to bring the equipment you promised us."

(To avoid any negative connotations, "Jingquan Primary School" will be replaced with "Jingquan School" in the following text.)
(End of this chapter)