Pei Xi checked all around but found no trace of that thing.
Lin Shuguang stood to one side with his arms folded. "Do you know what that thing is?"
Pei Xi backed out of the car at his question. "That thing is called a Corpse Worm-'worm' as in the insect. It's a creature from another world. I've been tracking them lately..."
Lin Shuguang looked thoughtful.
Earlier in the car, the moment Pei Xi finished speaking, he had gone on alert and extended his perception, finally finding the thing inside the rear seat cushion. It was very good at concealing its presence.
The instant Lin Shuguang discovered it, it turned into a streak of blood-red lightning and tried to burrow into his head. But before it could get close, the Soul Devouring Lock struck it, reducing it to a wisp of smoke on the spot.
"Do these Corpse Worms use human bodies as hosts?" Lin Shuguang suddenly asked.
Pei Xi nodded. "They're essentially parasites that feed on brains and hearts."
Lin Shuguang asked again, "Can they control their hosts?"
The recently appearing Corpse-Changed Person and corpse-transformed beasts inevitably gave Lin Shuguang more to think about.
Pei Xi shook her head. "I haven't found any examples of that yet. Take that monster in the bookstore today-I didn't find any trace of a Corpse Worm on it... But what I'm curious about is why this Corpse Worm was hiding in your car. Have you been anywhere particularly... unclean lately? This Corpse Worm followed you here."
A chill ran through Lin Shuguang's heart.
It had its sights on me!
An unclean place-the first place Lin Shuguang thought of was Luoshan.
But Bai Heng and the others from the Seventh Department had been to Luoshan too. Why hadn't these Corpse Worms gone after them...?
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