They traveled through time at the same time, but the villainous scientist

Chapter 431 The Cursed World

The first thing to change was the sky.

The gloomy night sky, which had just returned to normal, seemed to have been splashed with blood-red dye by an invisible hand.

A strange, enormous, dark red moon broke free from behind the clouds and hung directly above Tokyo.

Its light was not cold and aloof, but a warm, ominous, blood-red glow that bathed the skyscrapers of the entire city in a chilling crimson hue.

Immediately afterwards, madness began to unfold in every corner of the city.

A gigantic, pale white balloon with a blank, numb man's face was slowly drifting past between the distant high-rise buildings.

Below it, a long rope hangs down, and at the end of the rope is a person struggling helplessly and screaming in mid-air.

The man was tightly strangled by the noose, his legs thrashing wildly, but he couldn't break free even a fraction.

This is just the beginning.

From the direction of the coastline came a dense, chilling "clicking" sound.

It looked as if millions of crabs had landed at once. But through the ultra-long-range observation of the Zero Point sniper scope, it was clear that they were not crabs at all, but a "swarm of fish" composed of fish with two legs.

Their bodies are covered in slimy scales, they emit a strong stench, and they have needle-like sharp teeth in their mouths. They run swiftly on the asphalt road with their two disproportionately human-like legs, chasing after panicked vehicles and crowds.

On the other side of the city, in a residential area, strange spiral patterns began to appear on walls, utility poles, and even the bodies of pedestrians.

People were horrified to find their bodies twisting and spiraling uncontrollably, eventually turning into bizarre, nauseating spiral-shaped chunks of flesh.

"Damn it! The Supreme God isn't giving us any way out at all!"

Inside the hotel suite, Li Xiaoyi watched the rapidly refreshing videos and news of various tragic scenes on Chu Xuan's laptop and finally couldn't help but curse.

"really!"

Ba Wang nodded in deep agreement; just watching these videos made his scalp tingle.

Zheng Zha's expression was also extremely solemn. The situation before him was no longer simply a matter of one or two powerful ghosts.

Instead, the whole world has become a huge, chaotic, and malicious slaughterhouse.

"No, there might still be a way out..."

Amidst this oppressive atmosphere, Zhang Qi's calm voice rang out.

As he spoke, he turned the computer in his hand around.

The video footage is shaky and somewhat blurry, suggesting it was captured by surveillance cameras.

The location appears to be on a commercial street, with terrified screams filling the background.

In the center of the image, a bizarre creature covered in translucent material, wriggling like a jellyfish, is chasing a girl.

Just as the monster's tentacles were about to touch the girl, a figure rushed out from the alley next to them.

The man seemed to be holding something in his hand, and a blazing flame erupted from his hand like a fire dragon, instantly engulfing the jellyfish-like monster.

The monster let out a silent howl amidst the flames, its body rapidly charring and shrinking. Meanwhile, the person who unleashed the flames seized the opportunity to pull the girl up and vanish quickly from the other side of the screen.

"Is this... someone who exorcises demons?"

Zheng Zha looked at the agile figure in the video, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

The person on the screen possessed physical abilities far exceeding those of ordinary people, coupled with the ability to conjure flames out of thin air; this was the only explanation.

“That’s right. When extraordinary and terrifying events begin to appear on a large scale on the stage of ‘ordinary life,’ the forces that were originally hidden beneath ‘ordinary life’ to oppose them will inevitably emerge. This is a force we can borrow…”

……

The following day, on a street in Shinjuku Ward.

The piercing sirens mingled with the roars of some inhuman creature. Several police cars lay askew across the road, their bodies covered in huge claw marks.

Several police officers lay dead in pools of blood, their faces still frozen with the horror of their deaths.

In the center of a chaotic battlefield, a young man in a black uniform with spiky hair is panting as he confronts a monster, holding a short knife.

The monster was about three meters tall, with an ape-like outline, but its entire body was covered with rough, bark-like gray skin.

Its face has no facial features, only a huge mouth that opens and closes constantly, dripping with sticky saliva.

"Damn it...it's actually a near-level one curse spirit..."

The young man gritted his teeth, his arm covered in blood, clearly having gone through a fierce battle.

His name is Hisahito Akutagami, and he belongs to a special organization unknown to most people.

His mission is to exorcise these monsters born from the negative emotions of humanity...

However, since the appearance of the blood moon yesterday, the number and strength of the cursed spirits that have appeared have far exceeded previous records.

This was beyond the capabilities of a level two sorcerer like him...

The monster seemed to have lost its patience. It roared and its thick limbs suddenly exerted force, charging straight towards Yujin Akuta like an out-of-control truck!

Too fast! There's no way to dodge it!

Yuujin Akutagami's pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively held the short sword horizontally in front of his chest, preparing to meet the fatal impact.

At this critical moment, a figure appeared between him and the monster as if by teleportation.

"drink!"

A deep shout, simple yet full of explosive power.

The person who came was Zheng Zha, who had come to investigate the situation.

He didn't use any fancy moves, just a simple and direct punch.

As he threw that punch, all the muscles in his body bulged in a way that exceeded the limits of human capabilities, and beneath his skin, the veins bulged as if countless small snakes were wriggling.

Gene Lock, Second Stage, Unleashed! Internal energy mixed with the power of blood and qi converged on his fist to form a force field that was almost invisible to the naked eye.

boom--! ! !
Zheng Zha's fist collided squarely with the monster's enormous body.

Instead of the expected sound of bones shattering, there was an extremely muffled and deafening roar.

The massive body of the near-level one curse spirit seemed to have crashed into an invisible wall made of pure power the moment it came into contact with Zheng Zha's fist.

Its forward momentum came to an abrupt halt, and then an even more violent force erupted from the point of contact, instantly piercing through its entire body.

A huge hole appeared in the center of the monster's body, from which countless gray-black particles escaped.

Before it could even utter a mournful cry, its massive body disintegrated in mid-air, turning into dust and vanishing without a trace.

One punch, instant kill.

Yuji Akuta froze, staring blankly at the figure before him. His eyes, which had been somewhat unfocused due to exhaustion and pain, were now filled with disbelief.

A near-level one cursed spirit... just like that... killed with a single punch?

This man did this without using any magical power, relying solely on pure physical strength? How is that possible?

Zheng Zha slowly withdrew his fist. He turned around, looked at the young sorcerer who was still in shock, and gave him a fairly friendly smile. He introduced himself in somewhat broken Japanese:

"Hello, my name is Zheng Zha, and I am a martial artist from the East. My companions and I came here for tourism, but we got trapped."

"Eastern martial artists? You... are your companions also martial artists as powerful as you?"

Hisahito Akutagami finally came to his senses. He looked at Zheng Zha, his eyes filled with shock and even more excitement.

Zheng Zha was taken aback, then nodded firmly.

Upon seeing Zheng Zha's confirmation, Akuta Yujin's breathing became rapid. He rushed forward and bowed deeply to Zheng Zha.
"Mr. Zheng Zha! Please help us! Japan needs your help right now!"

"Um... I need to go and discuss this with my companions first..."

Zheng Zha scratched his head and replied.

Hearing this, Yuujin Akutagami breathed a sigh of relief, then took out his phone, said something, and then followed Zheng Zha back to the hotel.

Inside the hotel suite, when Yujin Akutagami saw Zhang Qi, Chu Xuan, Zero Point, and the others, he clearly sensed that these people possessed a unique aura, which further confirmed his judgment.

He gathered his thoughts and solemnly introduced himself to everyone.

"My name is Yuji Akutagami. I belong to the Special Disaster Countermeasures Bureau under the Ministry of Defense and I am a sorcerer."

"Curse spirit?"

Zhang Qi keenly grasped this key word and asked a question.

“Yes.” Hisahito Akutagami nodded and began to explain the unknown side of this world.
"Bitterness, regret, shame... all kinds of negative emotions that humans experience in daily life will settle and accumulate, eventually turning into a curse that seeps into our lives."

Curses are a source of calamity spreading throughout the world; they harm and devour humanity, and in the worst cases, cause mass death.

This curse can only be dispelled by another curse.

He pointed at himself:

"We who fight using the power of curses are sorcerers. We have always been trying to maintain a balance between the 'ordinary' and the 'extraordinary'."

But for some reason, starting today, this balance has been completely broken.

Countless powerful cursed spirits appeared out of thin air, and 'windows' all over the world were reporting disasters that were beyond their control...

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

The world has become this wretched state, and it seems that it has something to do with these "outsiders."

The power of a curse...

Zhang Qi seemed to be deep in thought. Kayako, Mimiko, and Sadako—their very existence was indeed a curse born from human resentment.

But the Tomie they encountered was a monster with a pure flesh-based fighting style.

In other words, is the "curse" of this world not limited to spiritual entities, but can also affect matter and even create entirely new physical life forms?

After a brief exchange, Zheng Zha, on behalf of the team, agreed to Hisahito Akutagami's request to temporarily assist the "Special Disaster Countermeasures Bureau" in dealing with the current crisis.

The temporary command center of the countermeasures bureau was set up in a heavily guarded government building in the city center.

When Zheng Zha and his group followed Hisahito Akutagami into the hall, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.

There weren't many people in the hall, but each one exuded a fierce aura and had sharp eyes.

Some of them wore the same black uniform as Hisahito Akutagami, while others wore traditional hunting robes or monk robes, clearly indicating that they were all sorcerers from different systems.

"Yujin, who are these people?"

A voice came from the side.

A man with an unusually large build walked over.

He was over two meters tall, with bulging muscles all over his body, even more exaggerated than when Zheng Zha unlocked his gene lock.

A hideous scar ran from his left eye across the bridge of his nose and down to the corner of his mouth, making him look extremely violent.

He simply stood there, radiating a powerful, suffocating sense of oppression.

"Senior Dongtang!"

Yuji Akuta quickly bowed and then introduced himself.

"These are powerful martial artists from China, and they are willing to assist us!"

The burly man named Dongtang scanned the Zhongzhou team members with his one intact eye, finally settling on Zheng Zha.
"A martial artist? Interesting, but we'll have to test him to find out how strong he is..."

(End of this chapter)