You Are the Cleanest Girl

"It's rotten..."

When Xiao Xiao heard these words in that seemingly real yet illusory mental radiation, his heart inexplicably trembled.

He saw endless, Pain Substance erupt into the sky, turning the entire street red.

Large swaths of decay slid off the girl, corroding the floor beneath her feet, then the people on the street, the heavily made-up Madam, the security guards and thugs who always stared at her with strange eyes, all the customers around her, and even the entire neighborhood where she lived. Everything began to show signs of decay.

Everything began to become twisted, terrifying, rotten, and frightening.

Xiao Xiao finally understood what those monsters he had seen after arriving in this Rotten Kingdom were. All those bizarre and illogical twisted creatures were just the world as seen through the girl's eyes, the most terrifying things in this world.

Indifferent passersby, greedy clients, obese and bloated monsters...

... This is how she has always seen other people in this world.

As the decay spread, these people finally peeled off their normal human skin, revealing their true appearance.

No wonder the Pain Hound had no effect on her...

... because she lived with the most painful memories every moment.

"Call..."

It felt like waking up from a distant nightmare.

Xiao Xiao had just experienced a long but tragic life, until he suddenly woke up and found that less than a second had passed.

He was still sprinting toward the girl, searching for the right moment to fire.

The ability to Mind Burst allowed him to survive the most difficult second, preventing him from being completely corrupted by her. He also managed to maintain a sufficient distance, and perhaps if he fired at her now, there would be hope that the bullet would penetrate her head before she was completely corrupted.

This might be the only chance.

Because Xiao Xiao wasn't sure if this massive and terrifying mental radiation would completely corrupt him in the next second.

But...

Everything around him almost stopped, Xiao Xiao could clearly feel the cold touch of the gunshot.

And the girl's appearance can be clearly seen in the field of vision.

With his own eyes and the three Eye of the Seer, Xiao Xiao could see almost every detail of her expression and reaction. He could see the girl's numb and empty eyes, as well as the stiff and eerie smile she was trying to force onto her face. Anyone who suddenly saw such an eerie smile in this rotten world would tremble with fear.

However, Xiao Xiao had witnessed a segment of life and knew what that smile represented.

Something deep and penetrating captivated my heart.

Xiao Xiao maintained his previous speed and rushed straight towards the girl, but then he didn't fire.

Instead, he suddenly reached out and hugged the girl.

"Don't be afraid."

He spoke softly, gently stroking her hair. "This is just a nightmare, you'll wake up..."

Xiao Xiao wasn't a gambler, but he decided to take a gamble during this critical time.

He might have indeed missed his only chance to kill the girl, but he was certain of one thing:

How can I shoot a girl who has never been loved?

So he decided to give her a hug.

After all, he was an observer; he had seen her past life, so he was certain of one thing.

When she smiles, that's precisely when she's most afraid...

"Buzz..."

When Xiao Xiao rushed over and hugged the girl, the intense and terrifying mental radiation around them suddenly dissipated.

The rotting substance that was just a hair's breadth away from completely corrupting Xiao Xiao's mind strangely stopped at this moment. He could even clearly feel that the rotting substance was rapidly fading away. He could feel the girl in his arms stiffening.

"Ah..."

The girl's face was expressionless, her mouth was slightly open, but her voice was distorted and monotonous.

It seemed like she struggled for a long time before slowly uttering a few syllables that could barely be identified:

"I... am dirty."

"..."

Is this a habit she developed before her transformation, or from her entire life?

Xiao Xiao slowly closed his eyes, feeling an immense sadness completely engulf him.

So, she's just a girl who's constantly living in fear and nightmares, right?

Because he saw her, he fired a shot and showed hostility towards her, so she would subconsciously influence him. It was her distorted perception of the world that caused the emergence of the Rotten Kingdom. When he shot her and even commanded the Pain Hound to attack her, in her eyes, he became something rotten and bizarre, just like this world...

But when he hugged her, he didn't seem so bad in her eyes.

The decay then stops, and may even begin to slow down.

In fact, her first reaction was to timidly say that she was dirty and afraid of getting her clothes dirty.

An indescribable sense of sorrow completely overwhelmed Xiao Xiao, and he hugged the girl even tighter.

He whispered, "You're not dirty..."

"You are cleaner than everyone else in this world..."

"..."

As the girl listened to Xiao Xiao's words, the smile on her face slowly faded.

Her brain may have lost most of its ability to think.

But she could still feel that this embrace was different from before; it was very warm.

Then, the stiff, fake smile she had been forcing on her face slowly disappeared, revealing the fear she should have shown.

Laughter can be really tiring sometimes...

Rumble...

But at that very moment, the surrounding earth trembled violently.

The buildings on both sides were engulfed by the terrifying tremor, becoming shaky and tearing large sections of the walls apart.

Xiao Xiao was unaware that at this very moment, Yang Jia, who had entered this Rotten Kingdom from the east, had already cleaned up the area where she was located, including even the core of the Rotten Kingdom... a literal cleanup, a deep cleanup.

But as a result, the entire Rotten Kingdom was instantly subjected to an unimaginable and intense shock.

In the entire Rotten Kingdom, all the Pain Substance and all the twisted creatures felt the terrifying pressure coming from the east at this moment. Coupled with the loss of the flesh monster, or rather the dominance of the "Jin Biao", they instinctively scattered to the surroundings. The pressure instantly swept in from the south, north and west, and the most severe pressure was from the direction where Xiao Xiao was.

Because that girl was in Xiao Xiao's arms.

These nightmarish, Pain Substance, like a tide, seeped out from the ground and from the buildings. Countless swaying, walking corpses, monsters with strange smiling faces and protruding bellies, their hands evolved into eerie whips, and slender figures constantly wielding them, all crowded into this block, swaying, staggering, and with greedy expressions, rapidly approaching.

Just like the girl's life.

At this moment, even with the Insightful Path, Xiao Xiao could not fully analyze the operating rules of this Rotten Kingdom. However, he could vaguely sense that the girl was not the master of this Rotten Kingdom. She was merely the cause and the core of this Rotten Kingdom. Her decay affected the entire neighborhood, and all these twisted and bizarre creatures, along with the massive amount of Pain Substance, existed because of her.

Therefore, under the pressure brought by Yang Jia, they urgently need to find a way out.

But as they fled and surged into the city, they also took her with them, trying to carry her away.

As a newcomer Xiao Xiao naturally couldn't fully understand these things.

But as he held the girl, he saw those sinister, nightmarish monsters sweeping towards him.

Yet, a strong sense of anger and disgust arose in my heart.

Without a doubt, at this moment, the pressure he was facing had far exceeded his warning line.

Yang Jia had said that if the pressure exceeded one's limits, one could choose to abandon the mission and prioritize survival. Xiao Xiao's Mind Burst was enough for him to analyze the key to the current situation. He knew that as long as he released the girl, the Pain Substance and twisted creatures that were eager to spread outward would not have time to contaminate him, and his life would be saved.

But he didn't.

At that moment, he didn't want anything; he only felt intense anger and disgust.

Even the three Pain Hound sensed his anger, standing beside him and barking wildly at the twisted creatures.

The sound of old records has become intense and hoarse, and the eerie style conveys a strong sense of hatred.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, sitting in an unlit butcher shop, the Butcher was driven by a strong, inexplicable impulse. He didn't know why he was so restless today, as if a strong sense of emptiness was controlling him. The chainsaw next to the sofa kept making loud noises, like a hallucination, as if he had returned to that time before.

But the daughter was already dead, and those damned beasts had also been killed.

I no longer know what to do.

Why do I still have this impulse now?

He even instinctively picked up the chainsaw, but stood blankly in the room, not knowing where to go...

At that very moment, in the Rotten Kingdom, facing the surging tide of twisted creatures and the decaying world, Xiao Xiao solemnly gave the order:

"Kill them, kill them all..."

"..."

There were no more detailed orders, nor were any specific instructions given to anyone.

Because his heart was filled with disgust and anger, Xiao Xiao only wanted to destroy everything in front of him.

Use all your abilities.

Of course, this includes all the Pain Hound, including the Old Record Player, and also...

"Dad..."

The Butcher, gripped by invisible panic, irritability, and anxiety, suddenly heard a clear voice calling him from outside the door.