I, Lord of Prayer

Chapter 35 Fragmented Happiness

Zhou Chen stood rooted to the spot, almost thinking he had misheard. ♔🏆 69kjù.kr 🔥⛵Google Search Reading

A corrupted being begs me to kill it?

It is important to understand that after corruption, the thing inside that body is no longer human, but is replaced by a ferocious monster with past memories and personality, becoming cruel, twisted, evil, and full of malice, just like the creatures of the abyss.

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't it be that it irrationally pounces on you to eat you, then you fight each other to the death, and finally you manage to turn the tables and kill it?

Or is this a trap, where it will shake its head as a signal and shout "Rat, get him!" once I walk in?

Zhou Chen frowned, not daring to make any rash moves. He stood still, gripping the knife tightly in his hand, choosing to observe the situation quietly.

"I...I killed her...Waaaaah...I didn't mean to, I couldn't control myself...I really couldn't control myself...I killed her..."

Li Guangjun held the rotting head and wept bitterly, his cries heart-wrenching, his self-blame and regret crystal clear and deeply moving.

Accompanied by its wailing, as if its power had gone out of control, strands of rotten and hideous deep red flesh spread out from beneath it, wriggling and crawling in all directions, instantly forming a purplish-red carpet of flesh and blood on the bed.

All the worms, flies, and cockroaches that came into contact with it were devoured by the wriggling, mutated flesh, which then swelled up into abscesses, while the rats remained completely unaffected.

Zhou Chen's eyes twitched violently. If he guessed correctly, this should be a breeding ground for mutations that could cause organisms to become deformed. It probably wouldn't be long before rats burst out of their abscesses.

  

The mutation of worms, flies, and cockroaches into rats is practically a tap dance on the coffin lid of biological researchers.

This is the pollution and distortion spread by the corrupt!

It starts as a bed, then slowly spreads to a room, then a house, and then to a floor. If left unchecked, it can eventually transform the entire building into a rotten and damp breeding ground for blood and flesh, becoming a den for rats.

"I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to..." Li Guangjun repeated, tears falling onto the head that was so rotten that its face was no longer recognizable.

"...What happened?" Zhou Chen asked tentatively in a soft voice.

"I don't know, I really don't know... I couldn't control myself... I killed her... Why, why, why did it turn out like this..."

Anyone could hear the grief and despair in Li Guangjun's voice as he repeatedly pleaded, "Kill me...please kill me...please..."

"Kill it."

Jiang Che's calm voice rang in her ears: "Corruption is irreversible. It will become a threat sooner or later. Take advantage of its current desire for death and act as soon as possible."

Zhou Chen remained silent for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."

He pushed open the door and entered the room, the kitchen knife in his hand flashing coldly through the air, disappearing in a flash from the human-faced rat's throat. ♔🎄 ➅➈ѕ𝕙ᑌχ.𝓒𝓞Μ ✎☠

Dark, foul-smelling blood flowed out.

Seeing that Li Guangjun showed no sign of resistance, Zhou Chen immediately plunged a knife into his heart, followed by two more stabs into his lungs.

Killing a Corruptor is no easy task, but fortunately there are differences between them. Some weaker Corruptors are still biological in terms of physical structure, and may even be weaker than humans. As long as you find their vital points and weaknesses, you can kill them easily.

Li Guangjun quickly felt the pain of suffocation, letting out a hoarse sound. As his life force rapidly slipped away, his tear-stained face was filled with relief, his lips moving silently as if to say:

"Thanks……"

At that moment, two dazzling stars appeared in the wishing bottle. The wish in this one person's heart was comparable to the small wishes of hundreds of people.

It so desperately longed for death and liberation...

Zhou Chen lowered his eyes, and suddenly, Li Guangjun's pupils shone with a dreamlike crimson light. In a daze, he saw the other's past life.

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Just as the intelligence described, Li Guangjun was an ordinary person from childhood to adulthood. He thought his life would be mundane and boring until he died, but on that day, his life was completely changed.

Are you short of money?

While waiting for the Double Color Ball lottery draw at the lottery shop, a slickly dressed man approached him and said, "Since we're destined to meet, I'll give you this lottery ticket. It'll probably win you around 300,000, enough to buy a brand-new low-end hovercar. If you want to contact me, you can call the number on this ticket."

The other person said something incomprehensible, and before he could ask any questions, shoved the lottery ticket and slip of paper into his hand and hurriedly left.

"How strange," Li Guangjun muttered, glancing at the lottery ticket and slip of paper. Finding nothing unusual, he put them in his pocket and played on his phone while waiting for the draw.

Five minutes later, he stared blankly at the lottery ticket the stranger had given him.

—It actually worked!

As an adult, he couldn't possibly be unaware of the nature of the lottery. All winning numbers are essentially predetermined; ordinary people hoping to get rich overnight are just endless harvesters of韭菜 (a metaphor for easily exploited people), and winning is simply a pipe dream. But… how did that person know this particular lottery ticket could win?

Li Guangjun immediately thought of those Ascended Beings with extraordinary abilities. Could the other party be an Ascended Being?

After redeeming the lottery ticket, he returned home and was excited for several days, but also hesitated for several more. Finally, almost against his will, he dialed that number. He felt this was an opportunity, a chance for him to turn his life around and achieve a complete reversal of fortune.

"Ah, I remember now, you work at that lottery station. How was it? Did you enjoy spending the 300,000?" The frivolous man on the other end of the phone greeted him with a laugh.

"Very good, I bought new clothes, paid off my loan, and sent a lot of money to my parents... Thank you, thank you so much." Li Guangjun smiled sheepishly, expressing his heartfelt gratitude.

"So, what do you want from me?"

"Are you an Ascended One?" Li Guangjun asked cautiously.

"Yes." The man made no attempt to hide anything.

"Then... then why did you notice me back then?" Li Guangjun's tone was full of confusion. He was very self-aware, knowing that he was just an ordinary person who had accomplished nothing.

"It was just a casual thing. I saw you looked pitiful, so I wanted to help you," the man replied truthfully.

"But you left me your contact information..." Li Guangjun stammered when he got nervous, "What...what exactly do you want to do?"

"Well... to tell you the truth, I'm planning to train a proxy. You barely meet some of my requirements, but I already have a better candidate, so..."

"Wait, please wait a moment!" Li Guangjun, not wanting to miss this opportunity, hurriedly said, "I'm sure there's still something else I can do for you!"

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, then the man suddenly laughed: "You said it yourself, Li Guangjun, are you sure you want to do things for me?"

Li Guangjun suddenly became timid and asked in a low voice, "Will it be dangerous?"

"Of course not."

The man smiled and said, "Not only will there be no danger, but there will also be many benefits. Everything you desire can be fulfilled here. Of course, all of this comes at a price; you need to obey my orders and work for me."

Tempted by such enticing conditions, Li Guangjun agreed to do things for the man.

On the second day, something amazing happened.

The short-tempered department head approached him with a friendly smile and offered him a promotion and a raise. As a result, Li Guangjun was promoted to team leader, and a week later he was promoted to deputy department head. Not long after, he was promoted again to department head.

Then good luck continued. First, he completed a million-dollar order and was appreciated and promoted by his boss, becoming his secretary. During this time, he met a female colleague at work and got along well with her, chatting until late at night every day.

A heart that had remained undisturbed for over thirty years was stirred with ripples at this moment.

It feels like being in love.

Her name is Zhou Yi, a very cute young girl, twenty-three years old, more than ten years older than him, so she calls him "uncle".

"Uncle, you need to shave your beard."

"Uncle, what are we having for lunch today?"

"Uncle, why are you smoking again? Smoking is bad for your health."

"Uncle, you, you, you really quit smoking?"

"Uncle, I have so much work to do today. My shoulders are so sore. Could you massage them for me?"

"Uncle, let's have hot pot tonight..."

She was childlike in spirit but not pretentious. Kind and positive, she was like a ray of warm sunshine that shone into his gloomy heart, allowing him to taste unforgettable love and sweetness for the first time in his heart, which had been dull and tasteless for more than thirty years.

Li Guangjun was determined to change himself. He started going to bed early and getting up early, eating a balanced diet, exercising, reading every day to broaden his knowledge, and talking to himself in front of the mirror for half an hour to improve his social anxiety.

In the past six months, he seemed to have become a different person. He went from being reserved and timid to being open-minded and talkative. His relationship with Zhou Yi heated up rapidly and they entered a period of passionate love, spending all their time together and not wanting to be apart.

He loved Zhou Yi, loved everything about her, loved going with her to feel the evening breeze by the river, to stroll on the bridge, to eat at Lao Chuandu Hot Pot, and to watch the sunset together on the suspended train...

Li Guangjun felt that this was the happiest and most joyful time of his life, and he hoped that this period could last forever.

But things didn't go as he wished.

Over the course of a year, Li Guangjun helped the man with many things and received numerous rewards in return. He also learned that the man was backed by a mysterious and powerful organization.

But he no longer wanted to touch upon it or take it any further; he just wanted to live a peaceful life with Zhou Yi.

Until one night not long ago, the mysterious man contacted him and asked him to kill someone.

"Murder? You must be joking..." Li Guangjun shook his head, thinking the other person was teasing him.

"I'm not joking." The man's voice turned serious and deep. "Li Guangjun, don't forget who gave you everything you have. You said you would work for me, and you have no right to refuse."

"But that doesn't include murder!" Li Guangjun said. "You said there was no danger in working for you."

"You won't be in any danger if you go to kill him, will you go or not?"

"No...no...murder is such a cruel thing..." Li Guangjun was ultimately just an ordinary person; he simply couldn't bring himself to do such a cruel thing. He pleaded in a low voice, "Please, I really can't do this...please let me do something else, I promise I'll complete the mission!"

"..."

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, which was finally broken by a cold laugh before the call ended.

Zhou Chen knew very well what that cold laugh meant.

—You failed the test.

Then, take all the secrets with you to hell!

In fact, Li Guangjun wasn't stupid. After vaguely sensing that something was wrong, his first choice was to call the police. But as soon as he entered half of the number, he felt a piercing pain from the bottom of his heart.

The mad ramblings raged through his mind like a storm, and an uncontrollable, violent killing intent rose within him, causing the string of reason to snap in an instant.

An evil monster devoured humanity and was born from this body.

The first target was Zhou Yi, who lived under the same roof.

"Uncle? Uncle, what's wrong? Uncle..."

Driven to madness, Li Guangjun could not hear anything. His beloved girlfriend had now become a delicious...food in his eyes.

It pounced, followed by the sound of flesh being torn apart.

Zhou Chen closed his eyes, unable to bear watching any longer.

Only after a long while did Li Guangjun stop moving in a daze, staring in disbelief at the hellish scene before him, and finally collapsed in despair:

"What have I done... what have I done..."

All happiness and a bright future shattered at this moment.

·

Zhou Chen opened his eyes, waking up from the illusion. It seemed like only a few seconds had passed.

Li Guangjun was already dead on the bed.

The writhing carpet of flesh and blood quickly decayed into a grayish-white color and lost its vitality. The rats created from the flesh and blood bed all died, but maggots, flies, and cockroaches continued to fly and crawl all over the house.

"Jiang Che, I just saw..."

"It's entanglement of source matter."

Before Zhou Chen could continue, Jiang Che explained: "The camera is a special alchemical artifact that captured the dissipated source matter. After processing and conversion, it allowed us to see the images."

For you, it was a brief entanglement between your source matter and the source matter that collapsed after Li Guangjun's death that caused you to passively read his life record.

You could interpret this as your inspiration being at its peak.

And thanks to those pollutants, you've developed a corrupting influence, but it's nothing serious; it will heal itself in a few hours.

"That's good..." Zhou Chen didn't want to be caught and quarantined by the Stars Society halfway through the journey.

He stood there, looking at the bodies of Li Guangjun and Zhou Yi, and remained silent for a long time, his heart heavy with indescribable sorrow.

"It's time to go," Jiang Che reminded him.

The corruption fluctuations here have reached a level that will be detected by the Star Society's detection system, so Zhou Chen must leave as soon as possible.

Just then, a synthesized electrical sound rang out from the corner of the room.

"Congratulations, Zhou Chen, you have passed the test. From now on, you are one of us."

"I hope you won't betray the organization. After all, traitors don't end up well, as you've seen."

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