Madam, I like you.

　Mo Yankong recognized its identity, stood up and asked, "Mickey, did they ask you to come out and negotiate with me?"

　The skeleton placed his hands on his hips, blinked, and said, "I'm also troubled, but I'm the only one who understands you somewhat. We are both individuals and a collective. Although we can merge in this space, due to the differences in our parasitic containers, we have also developed existential differences similar to those between individual humans."

　Its voice gradually changed from rough and hoarse to the childish voice in Mo Yankong's impression, which showed that this subconscious space was still under Mo Yankong's control.

　"You've figured it out, as expected of you. That's right, this space is actually your own dream, and everything is under your control. These blood vessels are our channels of communication. We can exchange ideas with our kind through them. The influence of reality will be suppressed to a minimum here. This means that the parasitic beasts that are chasing me in reality can also communicate smoothly here."

　"In a pure space of consciousness, there are no external factors. But precisely because of this, conversations here cannot affect reality. Standing here is me, yet not me. Once we return to reality, we will inevitably be affected by various external factors."

　Mo Yankong nodded to show his understanding. The Mickey in front of him could be regarded as a backup of the real Mickey's consciousness, possessing all the memory and cognition of the real Mickey.

　"So now my stance is leaning towards the Parasyte Collective, which you consider to be God. Please don't project this onto my real self. Without your protection, my situation would still be quite dire."

　"We should have had a talk long ago. Let me hear the opinion of the God who created you."

　Mickey's ribs fanned and he extended a bony finger. "It's simple. Stop the war."

　Mo Yankong was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily, not disguising the sarcasm in his tone: "Don't you think it's a little late to talk about this now?"

　Mickey scratched his head, looking somewhat puzzled by Mo Yankong's attitude. "Only after coming here did I realize that this was all just an experiment. We share the same roots as the creatures on Earth. Continuing to kill is meaningless."

　"What about the order to devour this race completely?"

　"It's simply a desire to survive, or perhaps even to eat. It's the food chain relationship we understood before we came into contact with living things. After we came into contact with humans, especially special beings like me and Tamiya Yoshiko, we gradually found our own path. It doesn't matter if we don't eat humans. When we collectively reached this conclusion, we parasites will embark on a completely different path."

　Mo Yankong put one hand on his waist and spoke with a strange smile: "You mean I force you parasitic beasts to face the human race?"

　"I can hear the voices of all my kind here. It's undeniable that you've cornered the parasites. Once a battle breaks out between humans and parasites, this path will be completely blocked."

　"Survival of the fittest is natural selection. Those who are not of our kind must have different hearts. Humanity as a whole is not as innocent and lovely as you imagine. I don't need to tell you how valuable you parasites are. Even if you find another path, the greed of human nature will not let you go. It's the same as if you issued an order to devour this race."

　As Mo Yankong thought, countless real-life scenes appeared in his dream space, most of which were related to war. He analyzed human history to explore the essence of desire. Human history has seen countless wars. However, from ancient times to the present, no war has had a more just cause than the extermination of parasitic beasts.

　"It's only a matter of time. Unless you can prove that you possess the power to rival humanity as a whole, and that this power can become the foundation of your 'nation,' then you, the parasitic beasts, will have the right to survive. Of course, you can also live like rats for the rest of your lives."

　Mickey calmly replied, "Our evolution has stagnated for billions of years, which is why we've transitioned from a collective pursuit to aspiring to be like humans, who have achieved such astonishing progress in just a few million years. From a biological perspective, human evolution surpassed us the moment we entered the feudal era."

　"You don't deny that you are an inferior creature. Well, I've already given you the choice."

　"What's the meaning."

　"Isn't Tamiya Yoshiko here?"

　"No, it's not her time to sleep now. She has the same habit of sleeping at night as humans."

　"I gave her the key."

　"Key? What key?"

　Author's message:

　I overestimated my body.

　Today, the author is also dizzy.

　I feel a little better now, at least my hands and feet aren't weak anymore. But the headache gets worse in the morning and evening, especially when I'm sleeping. The pain is so severe that I can't sleep and wake up several times.

　I went to bed at 7 o'clock yesterday, woke up several times until 12 o'clock, and finally fell asleep until 8 o'clock.

　Chapter 79 Japan: Becoming Human

　Mo Yankong leaned sideways, pointing his index fingers at Mickey, and smiled. "Needless to say? Of course, it's the key to opening the door to your new world of parasitic beasts. In nature, the weak will evolve many self-preservation methods to protect themselves. Just like those bright colors in nature usually indicate venom. Mickey, don't you think you lack similar methods?"

　"What do you want to say?"

　"The answer is simple. Poison. I gave a poison powerful enough to destroy human civilization to Tamiya Yoshiko. Speaking of which, I haven't named it yet. Zombie virus? Or maybe T-virus?"

　This is the true unknown content of the deal between Mo Yankong and Tamiya Yoshiko. Tamiya Yoshiko is willing to sacrifice all the parasitic beasts in Japan to become Mo Yankong's food, and the price is to exchange for capital sufficient to negotiate with the human race as a whole - the evolved version of the zombie virus in "Highschool of the Dead".

　That was something Mo Yankong extracted from his body himself. A virus sample was originally stored in his body when he devoured the zombies.

　Isn't it fun? Parasyte's version of Become Human.

　-

　In the unfinished building, more than a dozen parasitic beasts stood in different places, overlooking Tamiya Yoshiko on the ground. Each parasitic beast was alert. Under the sunlight, a woman in a professional suit was pregnant, and her due date was probably not far away.

　"Tamiya Yoshiko, I thought you had already withdrawn. Why did you call us together only now?"

　"Incomprehensible."

　"Goto and Hirokawa Tsuyoshi have taken control of the entire organization. Twelve parasites who agree with your opinion have been eliminated. We have never agreed with your conservative approach, nor have we ever

　Trust the human being, Hirokawa Tsuyoshi."

　"Your return will do no good. It will only cause us to fall into a state of division as we are preparing to wage war against humans." A parasitic beast judged this, and a tentacle split out of its head, ready to attack Tamiya Yoshiko.

　"Haha."

　Laughter, the woman's unrestrained and crisp smile, has a naturalness that the parasitic beast does not have. This may be because the laughter comes from the bottom of the heart, just like humans, who seem to have too much emotion.

　"Hahaha--"

　"What are you laughing at, Tamiya Ryoko?"

　"Excuse me, but do you really think you can defeat all of humanity and become the ruler of the Earth?"

　"Of course it's impossible. Although we parasites are confident that we are superior to humans, humans have reproduced for millions of years and far outnumber us. That's why we are launching this war. It's a signal to our fellow humans around the world."

　Tamiya Yoshiko glanced at it sideways, "Wow - it was indeed the right thing to hand you over to Hirokawa Tsuyoshi. Only this human could instill such thoughts in you."

　"Tamiya Yoshiko, answer our questions and the reason for calling us together."

　"The answer is simple. For the future of parasites, I have a more reliable method to prolong our existence than Hirokawa Tsuyoshi's risky approach. No, it should be called a weapon to protect us parasites."

　"arms?"

　"That's right, as for human weapons, humans have invented countless weapons throughout history. Among them, gunpowder is probably the one that kills the most people, and it is still used in modern warfare. But the weapons I have are thousands of times more efficient than gunpowder in killing people. Even nuclear bombs cannot compare with it in terms of killing efficiency." Yoshiko Tamiya opened the suitcase in her hand and threw a glass test tube of medicine to one of the parasitic beasts.

　"Try it."

　The parasitic beast looked at the glass test tube in his hand with confusion, and pressed it on his arm to inject it. After a while, the parasitic beast's face changed drastically, and he could no longer maintain the state of his human brain. His head turned into a mass of rotten flesh, and he muttered to himself in disbelief: "My body... is collapsing. Is this a virus?"

　The parasitic beast hurriedly broke away and jumped into the body of another parasitic beast to save its life, but the muscles of its original body quickly rotted away.

　An enhanced version of the zombie virus from the world of Highschool of the Dead. Even ordinary parasitic beasts are not immune to this super virus.

　This was deliberately created by Mo Yankong. If it were just an ordinary zombie virus, Tamiya Yoshiko could use it to wantonly slaughter humans. But if it was a super virus that could even infect parasitic beasts, anyone who wanted to use it would have to consider the possibility of mutual destruction.

　Judging from the rational thinking of parasites, they would not use this thing unless they were forced into a desperate situation.

　Mo Yankong is a passer-by in this world. In order to obtain the parasitic cells of all parasitic beasts in Japan, he gave humans a choice and a way out for parasitic beasts because he is not human.

　The most important thing is that this is a way out for the parasitic beasts and also a warning to the God of Parasitic Beasts. As early as when Mo Yankong swallowed the first parasitic beast, the collective consciousness of the parasitic beasts noticed Mo Yankong and wanted to eliminate foreign objects that did not belong to this world.

　-

　The situation in Higashifukuyama City is becoming increasingly serious. Authorities have imposed a city lockdown, citing a severe epidemic. Citizens are not allowed to leave the city even during the day, and armed troops are patrolling the streets in large numbers.

　In fact, this is also a last resort. There are too many deaths in Dongfushan City every day. At least hundreds of deaths a day. No matter how hard the authorities try to cover it up, it will be of no avail.

　Using infectious diseases as the only reason makes it easier to act, and it can be considered as giving the public a reason.

　"Rumble--"

　Vehicles transporting soldiers stopped one after another, and Hirai jumped out of the vehicles. After more than a week of trekking through mountains and rivers, he finally arrived in this strange city. He was surrounded by a bustling military camp, which was quite large. There were at least hundreds of soldiers busy in the camp, repairing equipment, setting up camp, or cooking.

　An officer came over and asked expressionlessly, "Are you a new recruit?"

　Hirai saluted solemnly. "Yes, I am Kiyoshi Hirai of the 301st Squad, 78th General Division, Greater Kanto Ground Self-Defense Force, reporting to you."

　"Go over there to get vaccinated first, then just follow your captain."

　Despite his doubts, Hirai obediently followed the team to get vaccinated. As far as Hirai knew, at least one-third of Japan's Self-Defense Forces were deployed here. Why exactly? Was it really just a simple infectious disease?

　Hirai followed the team members to get vaccinated. In the tent, which was about the size of a truck compartment, there was only one soldier guarding the vaccine. It was Hirai's turn to get the vaccine.

　"It's so cold!"

　Hirai looked at the soldier holding his right hand in surprise. Even through the rubber gloves, he could feel that the soldier's body temperature was no different from that of stone. Without giving him time to think, the needle was inserted into his body.

　For some reason, Hirai could feel that there seemed to be something wrong with the vaccine injected into his body. He shook his head and felt amused at his own suspicion.

　Chapter 80 Prologue

　Dongfushan City lay silent for over two weeks, a deathly silence. Water and electricity remained normal, and soldiers delivered essential supplies door-to-door daily. However, the city was filled with the sound of numerous gunshots, and some Dongfushan residents used their phones to film through their windows the parasitic beasts slaughtering the human army.

　The topic of parasitic beasts has exploded on the Internet.

　Some thought it was a special effects movie, while others thought it was a bad joke. Regardless, the scenes were too real, and the government did not take any measures to suppress public opinion.

　Everything is about to come to an end.

　Television stations all over Japan broadcast the young man's speech, even Tokyo TV was not spared.

　Television, large screens decorated on the exterior walls of high-rise buildings, mobile phones, car TVs, subway TVs...

　The still comfortable Japanese society was puzzled by the sudden emergency broadcast of the speech.

　"Who is that?"

　"Why are all the channels full of his speeches? Wow, this treatment is much better than the Prime Minister's."

　"Who is the current Prime Minister?"

　"He's so young, is he some famous politician or something? He looks pretty handsome."

　"What, what? Is there some big news? Even Tokyo TV is broadcasting this speech. That's Tokyo TV. Is this the end of the world?"

　"That Tokyo TV station!? Damn it! If it's true, it could be the end of the world."

　-

　Mo Yankong, dressed in a suit and tie, stood at the podium in the solemnly decorated main hall of the parliament and made a stern announcement: "Fellow citizens of Japan, I'm sure you've already heard about the recent unusual increase in murders. Furthermore, these murders are all extremely brutal, with each body bearing large wounds resembling those caused by animal bites."

　"We believe the situation is becoming increasingly serious, and we previously held back on informing the public because we were concerned it might cause social panic."

　"There are murderous monsters lurking throughout Japanese society. No, throughout the world. They can transform into human form and hide among the crowd."

　"They are insects that have only retained their instinct to eat, and all their intelligence is used to figure out how to kill humans and eat them."

　"In the five months since they appeared, hundreds of thousands of Japanese residents have been massacred. We have been helpless against them until recently, when we found a way to identify them."

　"I call them parasites. They are creatures even lower than demons. They are parasitic because they gain their bodies by consuming human heads. So, no matter how similar the person they possess is to their former self, they are no longer the same person, but merely man-eating monsters. Please come down and show us, my fellow citizens, the spectacle of them battling the army."

　This is a video of a parasitic beast killing soldiers. A six-member team was patrolling the main road of Dongfushan City in an off-road vehicle. Suddenly, a parasitic beast jumped out of the street and its head split into three tentacles with sharp blades. It dismembered the six soldiers in just a few strokes, and the soldiers didn't even have time to scream.

　"As you all have seen, they are such brutal creatures. Even with weapons, they are no match for us. They have no emotions and are nothing more than weapons to exterminate humanity."

　"Now is the time to test our human fortitude. This is a crisis for all of humanity. We will never lose to a monster like this."

　"I, the head of the Anti-Parasitic Beast Countermeasures Headquarters, hereby order all Self-Defense Forces stationed in Higashifukuyama City to take action and wipe out these monsters from this world!" Following the order, a shrill air raid alarm sounded in Higashifukuyama City, and the entire city entered a state of emergency combat readiness.

　One-third of Japan's Self-Defense Forces arrived, divided into two groups. One group remained stationed to prevent any parasitic creatures from escaping the city, while the other attacked the center from the periphery, using equipment developed by Parasyte Headquarters to detect parasitic creatures' brainwaves. If a parasitic creature was detected, it was immediately killed, and the parasitic tissue above the head was removed and stored in a special storage device.

　-

　"After enduring for so long, he finally took action? I really kept me waiting for so long." In the meeting room of the Higashifukuyama Municipal Government, Hirokawa Tsuyoshi, the candidate mayor of Higashifukuyama, nodded calmly after watching Mo Yankong's speech on the wall-mounted TV. There were more than a dozen parasitic beasts standing around him.

　All the staff of the city government were replaced by parasitic beasts, and it became the parasitic beasts' nest.

　Hirokawa Tsuyoshi stood up and asked the Parasyte next to him, "We're almost ready to take action here. Uehara, have you obtained the broadcasting permission?"

　Parasyte nodded expressionlessly: "Yes, your speech will be broadcast on most TV stations."

　Another Parasyte asked, "But, Hirokawa Tsuyoshi, why did they agree to let us use public television for our speech?"

　Hirokawa Tsuyoshi glanced at the parasitic beast that had similarly raised the question and slowly replied, "Don't you understand? Indeed, I understand humans better than you do. Although our philosophies may differ, our goals are the same. We all hope this city will become another Sarajevo. That man isn't necessarily entirely on humanity's side; their very humanity is questionable. After all, we've encountered quite a few corpses that were still alive despite being dead. Prepare yourselves. After my speech, the war will almost begin."

　"I see."

　A tall parasitic beast's head split in two, its fangs bared. "Hmph, whatever happens, even if we use the army, they can't stop us. Anyway, let's kill that man first."

　Hirokawa Tsuyoshi straightened his suit and tie and walked out of the meeting room to the city government's meeting hall. There were already camera crews tremblingly preparing everything. Next to them, a brain

　The parasitic beast, whose bag has transformed into a tentacle-like blade, is waiting.

　"Thanks for your hard work."

　Hirokawa Tsuyoshi stepped onto the podium, his usually calm face now unable to contain his excitement.

　Television stations across Japan once again received emergency interruption notices.

　"Again?"

　"Just now, what is a parasite? Please explain it to me clearly."

　"Yes, yes, this is not a comic book world, how could such a creature exist!"