"So good..."
Lu Xin squatted down, touched the head of the skinless puppy, then picked up a stone from the side and threw it out, pointing. "Go."
The skinless puppy looked at Lu Xin in silence for a while, then silently ran out to pick up stones.
Lu Xin pushed down the legs of the motorcycle, took out a small notebook from the bag, looked at the half-charred, dead tree in front of him, and the scattered corpses with ropes around their necks under the tree, and began to silently record and analyze:
Pollution Source: Big banyan tree in the wilderness
Pollution method: making people get lost, similar to a ghost hitting a wall, and attracting people to the tree to commit suicide
Reason for occurrence:...
He looked up at the tree.
The tree is just an ordinary tree. Lu Xin can determine this by switching to "Mom's vision".
When switching to "Mom's vision", he will lose the ability to directly see Mental Monster, but he can understand what ordinary people see in their eyes.
For example, when the big tree changed just now, when I looked over it, a mouth appeared on every leaf of the tree.
But with Mom's vision, the tree is still the same tree, but there are some strange distortions in the air around the tree, as if the tree is constantly emitting radiation power.
Lu Xin can use Mom's vision to understand what state these mental bodies are in, whether they are hostile to themselves, etc.
In this way, Lu Xin also tried to analyze how this Pollution Source appeared.
A tree cannot become Pollution Source for no reason.
So, was it the first person who hung on this tree that affected the tree, causing it to become a Pollution Source parasite, which eventually turned into this weird look, and began to affect those passing by around it, or was it something else?
There may be many reasons, but some more in-depth research and analysis are needed.
Lu Xin himself is not a professional in this area. He just thought about it for a while and recorded it.
After all, these records were sent back to the Special Purity Department, but they were all money...
Special Purity Department will remunerate himself based on the importance of the information in the cases and records he provides.
"Ah, uncle, uncle..."
"What's... what's going on?"
Just when Lu Xin was writing down everything he encountered after meeting the ghost and hitting the wall to finding the tree, the uncle and nephew who just wanted to put his head in the noose woke up under the half-burned banyan tree.
They were confused for a while, then a little panicked, and got up screaming.
The first thing is to pull up your pants.
Their belts were on the tree, and their underwear was on their heads, so...
Lu Xin only glanced at them silently, then lowered his head, unable to bear to look any further.
As expected, the uncle and nephew were used to running in the wilderness. Compared with ordinary people, their reactions were fast.
After they pulled up their pants and came to their senses, they saw the half-burnt tree next to them, as well as corpses with varying degrees of decay hanging from branches scattered on the ground.
He even saw his own belt tied to the tree trunk.
Reminiscing about the last scene in their memory, they suddenly reacted and turned extremely pale.
"We..."
The uncle's lips moved and his voice was dry. "Are we... bewitched by ghosts?"
Lu Xin on the side smiled and put away his little notebook and said, "As I said just now, there are no ghosts in the world..."
Their voices attracted the attention of the uncle and nephew, who looked at him in panic.
The Adam's apple rolled up and down nervously. "It was... you saved us?"
"..."
It was obvious that he had tied his belt to the tree, but he was suddenly rescued and the tree was half burnt again.
The man who was following him was riding a motorcycle and staying not far away. Of course, he was the one who saved him.
"Little brother, what happened just now..."
The uncle and the young man looked at each other, slowly got up, tried their best to put on a smile on their faces, and walked towards Lu Xin.
"It's a pollution."
Lu Xin also looked at them and said with a gentle smile, "This tree is a kind of Pollution Source. You and I just now were actually polluted by it, so we kept spinning around. When we panic or get tired to a certain extent, we will be subconsciously led here by it, and then involuntarily become neighbors with those people hanging on the tree..."
As he spoke, he also glanced at the people scattered on the ground on the branches nearby.
The explanation was as clear as possible, but the uncle and the young man still felt a little uncomfortable looking at the smile on his face.
But at this moment, Lu Xin smiled and extended his hand to them, saying, "Let me introduce you seriously."
"I'm from Qinggang. Do you know Qinggang?"
"... We in Qinggang are pretty good."
"When I was in Qinggang, I dealt with this kind of thing. At first, I was just a little skeptical. I wanted to discuss it with you in detail, but I didn't make it clear. But I want to thank you. Without your help, I couldn't clean it up so quickly."
"..."
"This..."
Looking at Lu Xin's friendly hand, the uncle felt panicked, but he still had the courage to shake his hand.
After all, he was so enthusiastic, so it seemed rude not to shake his hand.
Then he swallowed and said with a guilty conscience, "We... what did we help?"
Lu Xin said seriously, "You helped me find the location of Pollution Source through contamination."
"..."
Uncle felt a little strange, as if something was wrong?
"Okay, it's okay now."
Lu Xin retracted his palm, stepped out of the car, and said, "Can I ask you another favor?"
"Ah..."
When the uncle heard the word help, he felt a little panicked. "What... what's the matter?"
Lu Xin looked at the bodies scattered under the big tree with ropes around their necks, and said, "Take care of them."
There are many ways of contamination. Some assimilating Pollution Source turn other individuals into branches and extensions of themselves, just like the Corner Cafe that Lu Xin first came into contact with.
When the main body Pollution Source dies, other severely contaminated individuals will disperse and flee, and may develop into new Pollution Source.
In this case, eliminating Pollution Source will instead cause spread.
Lu Xin I don't know if this tree has similar properties, but it's better to be careful.
If these people hanging on the trees are also in this situation, then leaving them here will most likely continue to affect the people around them and cause other pollution effects. Of course, I don't know if it is a ghost breaking the wall or something else.
So under the instructions of Lu Xin, the two uncles and nephews sealed their mouths with handkerchiefs and carried out all the corpses one by one.
They piled them into a pile, broke off some dry leaves from the unburnt half of the tree, and picked up a lot of grass from the surroundings, and piled them next to the corpses. At the same time, they did not forget to clear a fire prevention area around them.
There are two ways to completely eliminate the possibility of continued contamination of these corpses.
One is the most convenient, take special bullets and give them one shot.
But that would be such a waste.
The other simplest method is to burn it all with fire.
The fire started quickly, and it seemed strangely warm in this dark wilderness.
Lu Xin and the uncle and nephew were squatting not far from the fire, quietly watching the fire burn.
"Little brother, would you like one?"
The uncle took out a tobacco bag, a stack of paper strips cut into long square strips, pinched a handful of shredded tobacco and put it in the paper strips. With a deft rub of his thumb and forefinger, he rolled a small trumpet, then dipped some saliva on it, and handed it to Lu Xin attentively.
Lu Xin glanced at the area stained by his saliva, remained silent for a moment, and said, "I have it."
As he spoke, he took out his silver flat cigarette case, took out a cigarette with a gold filter tip, and held it in his mouth.
I lit it again with my own ZIPPO lighter and smoked it slowly.
"This cigarette case is so beautiful... the lighter is also very beautiful..."
The young man next to him looked at it, his eyes widened, and his young face, which was already somewhat weathered, was full of envy.
"It's okay!"
Lu Xin replied calmly and gestured to him, "Are you coming to root too?"
The young man's eyes lit up. "Okay..."
Lu Xin looked at him as he readily took the cigarette case and lit one. He was silent for a moment and said nothing.
The three of them smoked cigarettes and squatted in front of the fire to watch. The uncle couldn't help but asked in a low voice:
"What exactly is this pollution?"
Lu Xin took back his cigarette case and lighter, carefully put them back into the bag, and explained softly:
"In fact, it is a new type of disease after Crimson Moon incident. It is contagious, but it only spreads mental diseases."
"Infected people, from their appearance... Ordinary people won't find anything abnormal about them from their appearance, but it can be clearly seen that their mental state is not right... Well, you can interpret them as mental patients who are in pain!"
Although he signed a confidentiality agreement, now that he was in the wilderness, Lu Xin felt that he could still speak.
Besides, he felt that it would be beneficial to talk to these people.
The wilderness is not like High Wall City. Someone is always paying attention to this and protecting ordinary people.
Just like this Pollution Source, although the pollution effect is not particularly strong, it has still killed many people.
Judging from the earliest corpses, it was unknown how long it had existed.
Lu Xin is not sure. If this pollution has always been here and no one cares about it, then as it pollutes more and more people and its pollution ability becomes stronger and stronger, theoretically, will it one day hang people all over the world on trees?
"Mental patients..."
The uncle listened and suddenly reacted. "Ah, aren't those the lunatics who appeared before?"
Lu Xin was startled for a moment, then nodded. "Yes."
In fact, he has never seen many crazy people since he was a child. I saw one last time I was out of town, but before I could see it clearly, it was hit and killed by Gecko.
After a brief explanation, Lu Xin will say no more.
... The main reason is that the content of my own training is not much, and if I say anything else, it will be exposed.
Moreover, the intensity of the fire in the fire at this time was already small. Naturally, the corpses inside could not be burned to ashes by such a fire, but they were already dry and scorched, and all the moisture had been dried out. Such an inactive corpse will basically have no possibility of contaminating others. Although mental power can be parasitic, it must have a certain degree of activity. If it is burned like this, it will not be able to become a parasite.
Lu Xin crushed the half-smoked cigarette, held it in his hand, and said with a smile, "You should be able to go out now, I'm leaving."
Watch him get up and walk towards the motorcycle, planning to go separate ways.
"Leaving now?"
The young man was obviously reluctant to give up.
The uncle seemed to be thinking more, and suddenly he stood up. "Little brother, wait..."
Lu Xin turned to look at him curiously.
The uncle hesitated for a while, then said cruelly, "Brother, if you are specifically responsible for cleaning this, then we..."
"Can we ask you to help see a patient?"
"..."
"Patient?"
Lu Xin was slightly startled and curious. "What kind of patient?"
The middle-aged man seemed to be hesitating, and the young man next to him seemed to have guessed what he was going to say, and was a little nervous. However, facing Lu Xin's curious eyes, the middle-aged man was still cruel and boldly spoke out, "I don't know if you have heard of it..."
"... Change your head?"