Chapter 731 - 87: The Eerie City
Staring at the moon, Su Changxing felt a ripple in his spirit, he was affected, feeling his thoughts noticeably slow, though only slightly.
If he hadn’t paid close attention, he wouldn’t have noticed at all.
But he had such strong spiritual power and was still affected, what about others, those ordinary people with much weaker spiritual power?
Wouldn’t they be like idiots now?
As Su Changxing thought of this, he noticed the strangeness in the surrounding streets, these people seemed to be doing their own things, walking back and forth on the streets.
But they rarely discussed with each other, resulting in a quiet street, a lively silence, accompanied by a strong sense of disconnection.
"Massacre is ultimately too exaggerated, and completely unnecessary, at most killing the plague patients and destroying the corpses."
"Although this is not a democratic society, such things as massacres would definitely be opposed by most people, no one is a fool, the principle of lip and teeth is understood by everyone."
Su Changxing stepped forward and patted the shoulder of the man in the coat in front of him, wanting to see his reaction.
No response, the man seemed not to feel anyone patting him at all.
Only after Su Changxing patted him on the shoulder two more times did he have some reaction, turning his head to look at Su Changxing, with a face full of confusion saying:
"Is there something you need? I am very busy now, need to attend a dance party, if there’s nothing urgent, please do not disturb me."
After saying that, he turned his head and continued to walk forward, really seeming very hurried, but his walking speed was not fast.
Very strange, indeed very strange.
This person glanced at him, yet his gaze was unfocused, as if he didn’t see anyone, with a hint of bewilderment.
A normal person would certainly not be like this, either patient or impatient, but not so contradictory.
Su Changxing stepped forward again and heavily patted him on the shoulder twice, "Sir, I have something I want to ask you."
"Is there something you need? I am very busy now, need to attend a dance party, if there’s nothing urgent, please do not disturb me."
He repeated, exactly the same as before in expression and movement.
Sure enough, he turned into an idiot.
These people, although they are also extraordinary, do not have strong spiritual power, so are easily influenced.
Under the influence of that moon, their thinking has become extremely slow, just like idiots, not realizing even if Su Changxing called out twice.
"Can you tell me what kind of dance party it is? I am very interested." Su Changxing walked in front of him to continue asking, wanting to see his reaction.
This time the man’s reaction was different from before: "It’s Miss Yue’Er’s dance party, just not far ahead, I have always admired her, hope to have a chance to meet her this time."
Su Changxing changed the topic, saying: "Do you know West City has been massacred? Everyone in West City is now dead."
The man didn’t answer this time, but silently walked forward with Su Changxing, after seven or eight minutes, he suddenly stopped, with a look of confusion on his face, turned to look at Su Changxing: "What massacre, what strange things are you saying?"
"Who are you? Why are you following me? Are we familiar? If there’s something, just say it, I don’t like to beat around the bush."
Su Changxing stared at him, smiling imperceptibly: "Sorry, to bother you."
After Su Changxing finished speaking, over ten seconds passed, before he took back his gaze and continued walking to the mansion’s front door, pressing the doorbell, waiting, really seeming to be going to the dance party.
Su Changxing showed a serious expression, that thing’s influence on spirit was stronger than expected, not knowing if it is reversible.
Best to find Kasmin as soon as possible, otherwise staying here longer would certainly also affect him.
Su Changxing sped up further, becoming limping, the sound of rusty gears in his body colliding becoming more pronounced.
He resembled a broken robot.
Since these people have all turned into idiots, he naturally didn’t need to worry that much, also giving him a sense of playing a game, the entire city turning into NPCs, moreover with extremely terrible AI, stiff NPCs.
Checkpoints were also set between streets, with guards armed with firearms stationed here to check identities of passing people.
Su Changxing walked openly from the side of the checkpoint, through the middle of these guards, no one bothering him, as if unable to see him.
The closer to Eric’s mansion, the more rigid the behavior of the people on the road appeared.
As a genius scientist, he seemed to have invented something horrific, turning the whole city’s people into idiots.
But can such a thing really be invented?
Things went smoother than imagined.
Su Changxing had not yet reached Eric’s mansion, when he heard very intermittent gunshots ahead, with gunfire every seven or eight seconds.
Walking over and taking a look, he saw Kasmin’s figure surrounded by a large number of guards at a checkpoint, with a blank expression on her face. It seemed she had been hit in the chest and abdomen with two shots, lying on the ground.
Two guards pinned her down, while another was tying her up with a rope.
But the whole process was like a film in slow motion, the guard tying her up moved very slowly, from when Su Changxing saw them to when he approached, they hadn’t completed the binding.
"Caught~ this~ assa~ssin, hurry~ to report~ to the captain, we’ve caught~ an assassin here, but~ she’s seriously~ injured, needs~ treatment."
The guard seemed to be shouting coherently, but each word was dragged out long, and he seemed unaware of it.
Not only had thought slowed, but even actions and speech turned sluggish.
It was like a domain, similar to his Dusk Domain, where everything within slowed down.
Yet there were major differences, time still flowed normally, no different from outside, only those impacted here became slow.
Bullets fired would still shoot out at the original speed.
Su Changxing looked again towards that silvery moon and couldn’t help but marvel: "What have they made here, a continuous large-scale domain?"
From the Rune Warrior one could see that as a genius scientist, Eric had long since encountered mysterious domains.
He fused the power of runes and machines to create Rune Warriors.
What would it be like if one took another step forward at this level?
Su Changxing’s heart was filled with dread, caution was more necessary, since Eric could create such things, who knows what other tricks he might have.
He walked over, these guards still didn’t notice his presence, stretching out the sounds and shouted slowly, yet they had plenty of communication amongst themselves.
Kasmin was doing the same, struggling, face contorted extremely, shouting something, her force was immense, two guards nearly couldn’t hold her down.
When slowed down, all this appeared extremely comical, like a slapstick mime, dramatizing daily life with exaggerated gestures.
Su Changxing walked over, deftly shoved the two guards aside, bent down to sling Kasmin over his shoulder, carried the Ivory Walking Stick, and sprinted back along the main street.
On his shoulder, Cassimine was still struggling, seemed to remain in the suppressed and bound state by the guards.
Everything here felt too eerie, he sensed that if he didn’t get away quickly, something bad might happen, maybe he’d be trapped here too.
Sure enough, after he ran some distance, dizziness and nausea seized him, speed seemed to slow, and others’ movements appeared to become more normal.
Of course.
It wasn’t that they became normal, but Su Changxing was also kind of being assimilated, slowly, piece by piece assimilated.
A faint golden glow spread across his skin, his speed abruptly increased again, leaving clear footprints behind on the street.
Midway through running, he noticed in the not far off flowerbed crouching a Rune Warrior, eyes glowing red, slowly rising and looking his way.
The Rune Warrior in the flowerbed surely wasn’t activated for no reason.
Someone noticed him, someone noticed his special existence.
This Rune Warrior was larger and more robust than previously seen, arms laden with revolving rifles, capable of rapid fire, covered by more white armor through its entire body.
"Run~ that thing~ saw you." Cassimine’s voice came from beside his ear, now aware of Su Changxing’s presence.
Her voice sounded much more coherent than before, not because she had become coherent, but because Su Changxing slowed down too.
The domain cast from that moon was entirely different from those he encountered before, akin to evenly spreading around the surrounding space, unsure of how to escape it.
Even if he expanded his own domain, it couldn’t interfere or affect it.
That Rune Warrior raised his arm, the gun muzzle aimed at him began to rotate, bullets spewed forth amid fire sparks, moving quickly, trajectory blurred.
He couldn’t see clearly.
Unable to see clearly meant unable to dodge, Su Changxing had no choice but to endure, with the Scythe shielded in front, skin glowing gold intertwined with crimson patterns.
The Scythe deflected three bullets, his shoulder got hit, but the bullet didn’t fully penetrate, stuck within the muscle.
After one round of attack, the Rune Warrior stomped towards him with large strides, figure hazy, blade in air swung even more indistinct.
He was affected by that moon.
Thoughts, vision, perception all slowed, yet still based on experience, preemptively judged and dodged the slashes, backhand drew a firearm and squeezed the trigger at the Rune Warrior’s chest.
Instantly, the golden dusk floated in the space, Rune Warrior’s body bound by pitch-black chains.
Even under such circumstances, he hit Rune Warrior’s chest with precise shots, but blocked by chest armor, blasted a big hole without injuring the vital parts.