Mythical Scroll Artist: Starting with the God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming

Chapter 28 Pollution?

Sure enough, as they got closer, that twisted and uneasy feeling intensified.

It wasn't some eerie aura, but rather an unusual dimensional fluctuation.

In the direction of the massive waste treatment plant, the dimensional mirage is more stable, and some mirage illusions have even become persistent.

Along the way, corpses mutilated by monsters and insects appeared one after another, their faces still bearing the traces of terror and despair before their deaths.

White Impermanence waved his soul-summoning banner, and with the help of Black Impermanence, guided and helped the souls of those who had died tragically to find peace.

Perhaps due to fulfilling their duties, the level of the Black and White Impermanence's spirit paintings is also gradually increasing.

Just as Wu Xian's acquisition of wealth increases the experience level of the God of Wealth's Painting Spirit, the Black and White Impermanence's guidance and salvation of the dead also increases the experience level of the Painting Spirit.

"Such a powerful fluctuation of mental energy!"

I vaguely sensed a familiar fluctuation of spiritual energy emanating from the waste treatment plant.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be that poisonous underworld woman from before.

This made Wu Xian hesitate about whether to go and find out what was going on. It would be troublesome if that woman set her sights on him, since the Black and White Impermanence were that woman's favorite kind of characters.

Unless we put away the Black and White Impermanence and send in the God of Wealth to investigate.

"Forget it, it's better not to go."

As the saying goes: curiosity is tantamount to courting death, while a lack of curiosity will prevent death.

Moreover, with that underworld woman there, she can definitely keep the situation at the garbage disposal plant under control.

So, they started sneaking around the garbage disposal plant to get some free meals.

The key point is that this soup is already delicious for him, and he can occasionally encounter one or two elite monsters that look like food for the eyes. It's just that the strange dimensional mirages around him are a bit annoying.

For example, right now, he is standing at the feet of a giant monster.

The monster was over ten meters tall, with a hunched back, leaning on a skeletal cane. Its tattered clothes dripped a thick, blackish-gray liquid like melting ice cream.

A drop of viscous liquid the size of a washbasin landed beside Wu Xian, causing a large number of maggots to explode.

Even though he knew it was a mirage, it still disgusted Wu Xian to no end.

Wu Xian's good mentality allowed him to hone his considerable courage while "fishing" in the eerie abyss.

Ordinary people would not be able to withstand such horrific sights.

A mournful scream came from not far away.

A woman hiding in a corner completely lost consciousness, and an astonishingly eerie aura erupted from her body, transforming her into a ragged, barely clothed female monster.

"Such a powerful aura!" Wu Xian was startled. "It's at least a second-tier elite-level monster!"

But then the female ghost seemed to have caught a whiff of something and attacked Wu Xian like a madwoman, her hideous and terrifying face revealing an extreme lust.

"No, this is probably another commander-level monster!"

Feeling the fierce and terrifying aura of the female ghost, Wu Xian was secretly alarmed.

The rooster crowed, causing the female ghost to momentarily lose her senses. The Black and White Impermanence beside her then took action, using the Soul-Summoning Banner to suppress her and the Soul-Binding Chains to tightly bind her.

Even so, they still couldn't completely suppress the ferocious female ghost.

The female ghost struggled frantically, causing the Soul-Binding Chains to emit bursts of eerie light beyond their capacity. She dragged the Soul-Binding Chains and approached Wu Xian with bared teeth and claws.

"Hey, Miss Ghost, have I ever offended you or something?"

Wu Xian was puzzled, but then the God of Wealth appeared beside her and gave her a few lightning spells to clear her head.

Boom boom boom...

With each strike of lightning, coupled with the "soul-devouring" effect of the Soul-Binding Chains, the female ghost quickly withered away.

It's worth mentioning that after the God of Wealth appeared, the female ghost immediately turned her attention to him, as if she wanted to devour him completely.

"Coming for the money?" Wu Xian's expression was strange. "A penniless wretch!"

Try to get the God of Wealth to spare a wisp of his wealth and give it to the female ghost.

Surprisingly, the previously ferocious and crazed female ghost actually calmed down, greedily sniffing out that wisp of wealth. In the end, she "peacefully met her end" while greedily consuming it, all her eerie fluctuations disappearing, transforming into a contented vengeful spirit, which Wu Xian then took into his possession.

Put away the God of Wealth and continue hunting in the vicinity of the garbage treatment plant.

He quickly upgraded the Black and White Impermanence to two-star spirit levels, resulting in a significant increase in combat power.

Even the Chicken King leveled up to two and a half stars while slaughtering the insect monsters along the way.

"It's strange, why are there only the Mysterious Abyss and the dimensional mirage of the Zerg world, and the Mechanical Wasteland?"

I've been researching mechanical scrolls lately, and if I could get some materials on the mirage monsters in the mechanical category, it would probably be helpful for my future research.

Unfortunately, this dimensional mirage seems to be nothing more than a carnival between two different dimensions: the eerie abyss and the insectoid world.

What? Mechanical Wasteland Dimension is on leave?
It's one thing that the Mechanical Engineering Scroll isn't doing so well, but is your [Mechanical Wasteland] dimension also so disappointing?
While venting, I suddenly recalled the scene of the army three layers deep in the high-level dungeon when I came out of the mechanical dungeon.

"Could it be related to the military's actions at the time?"

Although the principle behind the formation of dimensional mirages is unclear, the higher-ups in Yaoyang City likely knew about their arrival in advance, but only dealt with the problems in the mechanical wasteland.

Just as I was pondering this, three familiar figures were rapidly charging towards the waste treatment plant.

After spotting Wu Xian, they began to approach this direction.

Wu Xian silently turned his head, preparing to slip away.

"Brothers ahead, please stop!" Du Yifan shouted righteously. "With disaster looming, we Spirit Masters should unite to protect our homeland!"

"..."

Wu Xian hesitated and stopped.

Although he was very unhappy with the higher-ups in Yaoyang City, these three young military officers were at least genuinely helping the people in the shantytown.

"It's you?"

At this moment, Du Yifan and his two companions looked somewhat disheveled, but their eyes still shone with unwavering fighting spirit and conviction.

"Brother Du, do you know this young man?" The two people beside him were surprised. "Wow, at such a young age, he has a three-scroll painting in his hands, that's quite something!"

“Two statues~ two statues,” Wu Xian explained with a smile, “These two painting spirits are a scroll painting.”

"That's pretty awesome too."

The two understood, their eyes filled with admiration and approval.

Du Yifan briefly explained to the two how he met Wu Xian.

"Stop joking~ What kind of garbage collector has two scrolls?" the slightly chubby young man said irritably. "Although they don't look like very valuable scrolls, they're not something an ordinary person can afford."

"Exactly, if that's the case, then why bother dedicating our youth? We might as well just go pick up trash," another short, thin young man joked.

"..." Du Yifan was both amused and exasperated, but he didn't have time to argue with the two of them right now. "The dimensional fluctuations here are so severe, it's a bit too rash of you to come here so suddenly, little brother."

Wu Xian chuckled good-naturedly and then inquired, "Strange, why are the dimensional fluctuations here so severe?"

"Because of the severe pollution," the slightly chubby young man replied without hesitation. "The higher-ups probably anticipated this, which is why they sealed off the shantytown immediately to prevent the disaster from spreading."

"Pollution?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled. "What kind of pollution?"

“This is a bit complicated to explain,” the slightly chubby young man said, scratching his head. “Well, mainly because we don’t really understand the specifics, but in short, dimensional fluctuations and chaos are more likely to occur in the shantytown area.”

Du Yifan and the other person clearly didn't understand the reason behind it either.

Wu Xian frowned, looking completely bewildered.

Pollution? Environmental pollution?

Can environmental pollution cause dimensional fluctuations and chaos?

　It is especially important to read new books during the initial reading period, so I earnestly request all my lucky readers to try to read them as much as possible.

　　Read this book every day, and the God of Wealth will bless you!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)