Starting with dissecting ghost stories

Chapter 171 Backlash (3K)

Number 3?

Shen Xing thought for a moment and then nodded.

In this way, when Wang Xinran manipulates others to talk to her in the future, even if they are outside, she can directly call her "Number 3," at least she will have a nickname.

Now, this little "laboratory," with the three of us anomalies gathered together, is starting to take shape as a small group. Both [02—Puppet] and Wang Xinran can be of help to my research.

Neither of these two is necessarily controllable.

However, Wang Xinran's help is not needed for the next research, because the characteristics of [04-Dream Bell] seem to have a certain restraining effect on [03-Honeycomb].

Shen Xing then instructed the employee controlled by Wang Xinran to open the suitcase brought from the original school clinic and carefully pick out and collect the abnormal flesh and blood that had been hatched inside, one by one, with tweezers.

Picking out the flesh and blood from the painting was initially quite interesting, but later it became nothing more than a physically demanding task devoid of any surprises, so it was best to leave it to an assistant.

There are enough paintings displayed in the school clinic to resonate with all the artwork at once.

However, after each resonance, [01-Wall]'s desire to "eat" becomes even stronger. Shen Xing has experienced this before, and next time he will have to consider feeding [01-Wall] to prevent it from doing anything excessive.

Wang Xinran was picking through the flesh and blood, while Shen Xing brought the doll to Wen Yan's corpse.

Wen Yan's head was shattered, and his body was mangled beyond recognition, his head and body separated.

"Try eating the smaller pieces first," Shen Xing instructed the puppet, while simultaneously pondering as he looked at Wen Yan's corpse.

If we remove the abnormal factors and follow the logic of the normal world...

Wen Yan and Wu Xiaoting had already had their heads separated from their bodies. Logically speaking, they were already dead at the moment of separation.

All that sustains their lives is the wooden house clock, also known as [04—Dream Clock].

Shen Xing always felt that [04—Meng Zhong] was fundamentally different from other anomalies... but he couldn't figure out exactly what the difference was for the time being.

Perhaps only when the puppets bring back some new information will I be able to analyze something more useful.

Under Shen Xing's gaze, [02—Puppet] tore a piece of flesh from Wen Yan's corpse and stuffed it directly into its mouth. Black mycelium spread from its mouth, licking the bloodstains from its fingers and the corners of its mouth clean.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Xing noticed that the doll seemed to be completely dormant, remaining still in place without making any movement.

Shen Xing waited a few minutes for the puppet's reaction, until he felt that the puppet really had no ability to act on its own, before he raised his hand and snapped his fingers a few times.

The familiar snap of fingers finally made the doll tremble slightly.

Seeing that the doll had reacted, Shen Xing tentatively asked, "How is it? Do you feel anything?"

To better observe the changes in the puppet, Shen Xing's eye was now covered by black mycelium, while the other eye remained normal.

The eye covered by the mycelium can be seen as the [02 - Doll] that looks like Shen Yuan when she was a child. It is trembling nervously. Its face is expressionless, but its body is shaking like a leaf.

Suddenly, the doll arched its back and began to vomit violently.

Its face split open, and a large amount of mycelium gushed out as if it were escaping. Along with the mycelium, a pool of crimson flesh and blood, resembling rotten mud, was also ejected.

This is the flesh and blood of Wen Yan that it just ate.

This was the first time Shen Xing had ever seen a doll react so violently after consuming flesh and blood.

What's going on?

Could it be because Wen Yan experienced too many dreams, resulting in his flesh and blood containing too much information? [02—]

[Doll] Completely indigestible?

Shen Xing waited patiently until [02—the Doll] stopped its morbid vomiting. Only then did he look at the doll, who had taken a few steps back from the pool of blood and flesh, and asked, "What happened? What did you see?"

At this moment, Shen Xing noticed that the doll's face seemed to be filled with "fear".

It was different from the threats he had faced before; it felt like he was truly experiencing the terror of despair.

The doll took a while to recover before looking up at Shen Xing, the fear on its face still lingering.

"What did you see?" Shen Xing asked again.

"I...don't know." The doll's body trembled slightly, as if just recalling the feeling from just now made it start to tremble.

"I didn't see Wen Yan's memories." The doll's somewhat hesitant voice echoed in Shen Xing's mind. "I felt it, a familiar feeling."

"A familiar feeling?" Shen Xing's interest was slightly piqued. "What familiar feeling?"

"I don't know..." The doll shook its head.

It seems unable to use its thought process and language system to describe what that feeling actually is.

This is rather intriguing.

【04—Dream Bell】 not only has a restraining effect on 【03—Honeycomb】, but also has an inexplicable negative effect on 【02—Puppet】?

Shen Xing initially thought that the relationship between [04-Mengzhong] and [03-Honeycomb] was somewhat like the "restraint" of water extinguishing fire, but now it seems that it is not as simple as he thought.

Or is it that [02 - Doll] and [03 - Beehive] are simply countered by [04 - Dream Bell]?

What a coincidence!

Shen Xing was thinking about what other anomalies around him he could use for experiments.

He certainly wouldn't use himself to test this restraint relationship, and the only abnormality around him, besides the puppet and Wang Xinran, was [01—the wall].

Let's see if [01 - Wall] will react to [04 - Dream Bell] and its "derivatives"?

If even [01 - Wall] produces strange reactions... then the situation of [04 - Dream Bell] might be far beyond Shen Xing's imagination.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Xing turned to look at his male assistant and said, "Number 3."

"What's wrong?" the male assistant asked, looking at Shen Xing.

"Tomorrow, bring some of Wen Yan's flesh and blood, mixed into the painting, to school... Tomorrow is Friday, right? Can we use some excuse to let the students leave school early?"

The danger of [04—Dream Bell] has been raised to a new level for Shen Xing. When conducting the experiment, it is best to ensure that there are no irrelevant personnel around the administration building.

"Okay." The assistant nodded.

"After I resurrect your father and brother tomorrow morning, if their condition is stable, I will go to the hospital for a check-up. What are your plans for them?" Shen Xing asked.

"Send them home," the male assistant replied without hesitation.

This seemed to be the answer Wang Xinran had already thought of.

"Lu Lingyun will find out." Shen Xing frowned.

"No one will report this to him." The male assistant shook his head, then looked at Shen Xing again and said, "There's one more thing."

"What is it?"

"Chen Liming has also lost control," the male assistant said, looking at Shen Xing. "Should we stop Shen Yuan and the others?"

"What are they investigating?"

"Chawen Rock."

Have you found out where Wen Yan is?

Wen Yan had interrogated Wu Xiaoting, and he had a significant connection with her, even sending her messages in the "last moments of her life"... These are all things the police could find out.

If it were just Shen Yuan and Wu Xiaoting, they wouldn't be able to cause any big trouble; at most, it would just be playing house.

But with Lu Wenying added, things seem different; someone who really knows how to investigate has infiltrated the group.

The key is Wu Xiaoting; she can eliminate the white worms and make them run wild.

"Keep following her and find an opportunity to get Wu Xiaoting into a mental hospital."

If we want to study [04—Dream Bell], the existing Wu Xiaoting is a good vessel... We can definitely find a way to control her, so that she doesn't keep ruining our plans.

"Have you been inside Wu Xiaoting's house?" Shen Xing asked, seemingly remembering something.

Before the white worm in Shen Yuan's mind disappeared, Wang Xinran had seen the anomaly in Wu Xiaoting's room through Shen Yuan's perspective.

Shen Xing still doesn't know whose head the other man is.

Perhaps we could try to get that head over as well, along with Wu Xiaoting's.

"We've arrived." The male assistant nodded, but quickly shook his head again. "The head is gone. Wu Xiaoting's head has turned back into a clock, and the other man's head is gone."

That's all?

Shen Xing pondered.

Someone is constantly sending anomalies into the city, but the clock in Wu Xiaoting's room may not be one of them, because Wu Xiaoting's dream has been going on for four or five years.

The anomaly, which seems to have persisted for four or five years, has only been encountered three times by Shen Xing so far.

Myself, Wu Xiaoting, and that online friend—the materialist Tangka.

What exactly happened before?

Why do some anomalies persist while the vast majority of people seem oblivious to them?

Shen Xing was thinking.

He is not lacking in patience; the process of pursuing the hidden truth is itself enough to trigger his dopamine levels.

After Wang Xinran finished removing the flesh and blood from the painting, the male assistant she controlled took his leave, while Shen Xing and the puppet remained in the preservation room.

Shen Xing planned to take a short rest in the preservation room and continue to observe the stability of the corpse parasitized by Split-1.

The second split entity has almost completely devoured the flesh and blood that Shen Xing fed to him. After a short while, Shen Xing will have to dissect the second split entity to see if a "core" has condensed inside.

If the "core" is successfully condensed and the corpse parasitized by Splinter 1 stops rotting, then we can begin to empty the internal organs of Wang Xinran's father and brother's corpses to prepare for what's to come.

Shen Xing had no intention of sleeping tonight. He seemed to be making up for all the time he had "wasted" before, so he immersed himself in this dark "laboratory".

Shen Xing didn't feel too tired until the sun rose.

Before him, two corpses, one large and one small, had their internal organs completely removed, and abnormal flesh and blood were prepared on the side. The second split entity, which had regrown its core, was also active in the bottle.

Everything was ready; all that remained was to implant the split body and the abnormal flesh into the two corpses.

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