"A heavily polluted person?"
Sitting in the carriage, Qin Ran wore an unmistakably startled expression.
He seemed to have many questions, but his limited experience and understanding made it impossible for him to express them precisely.
After slowly exhaling, he said in a low voice, "Those two are monsters."
"In front of them, I could only be suppressed. But that's not the most terrifying part. The most terrifying thing is..."
"I have no idea why I was suppressed. I don't even know what I was fighting..."
"You're telling me someone like that is merely a person who was once heavily polluted?"
"..."
The old man with his hat brim pulled extremely low merely chuckled softly without offering much explanation.
The Technological Church priest in a white coat sitting beside him, however, looked somewhat astonished. He stared strangely at Qin Ran and said, "Didn't the Archbishop say that, with the help of the Museum of Calamities, your ability could reach the complete Third Stage?"
"You couldn't stop them either?"
"..."
"The Third Stage was only relative..."
Qin Ran was both annoyed and shaken. He said in a low voice, "I can only use the artifacts and waste in the Museum of Calamities to rapidly increase my pollution and mental level. But after I strengthened my mental level, I suddenly hated myself. What use was limitless growth then? I was facing a monster completely immune to the artifacts. What use was giving him more pollution?"
As he spoke, knocking sounded outside the door again.
Qin Ran yanked the door open and immediately fired. Another Qin Ran outside collapsed.
Wiping the blood off himself, Qin Ran said furiously,
"The only result was that several more versions of me appeared. Now I have to clean them up one by one. What a pain."
"..."