Too Many Targets X How to Eliminate Them

"The city has a total of 35,631 targets—now one more has been added, and another one has been added."

After Kevin expanded his circle outwards.

The targets within the city were precisely located.

However, this is where the problem lies.

The targets are constantly being added, and at a rapid pace.

In just a short time, five new ones have been added.

After identifying the targets in the city using the "circle," Kevin quickly determined the growth process based on their distribution and the number of new targets.

"These Parasite People methods require two necessary conditions: first, the target and the Parasite People must be in the same environment; second, when the parasitism begins, all the Parasite People in the environment must invade the target's mental world."

The "circle" reveals that around the newly added target, whether it's one or two targets, they all simultaneously freeze upon being added.

There have even been instances where three targets simultaneously attempt to infiltrate a single target.

The timing is roughly the same.

In other words, once the invasion begins, all the Parasite People in the vicinity must be pulled into the invaded mental space.

"Your circle—has it expanded to cover the entire city? Is it a special ability, or simply a matter of strength?"

Netero was surprised by this and couldn't help but ask.

Kevin glanced at him.

"Strength."

"Oh dear, young people these days are really scary."

Kevin rolled his eyes upon hearing Netero's words.

"Let's finish dealing with the immediate matters first. After that, the supplies we bring back will be enough to boost your strength."

"Is that so? Then this old man won't stand on ceremony."

There was not a trace of embarrassment on Netero's face.

"The problem now is that there are so many targets in the city, and this is just one city."

"Although this city is large enough and important enough, and Parasitized, if it were to spread to the whole world, the number of Parasite People could already be in the hundreds of thousands, and the number of Parasite People is still growing."

"As the number increases, this figure will grow exponentially, and we simply won't be able to handle it."

Based on the number and growth rate Kevin had just mentioned, Biscuit did a quick calculation, and her brows furrowed in worry.

There are too many.

Of course, this city has a population in the tens of millions.

"This is the capital of the Minba Republic, with a total population of 31 million, representing 0.1% of the total population."

Kurapika's head exploded when he did the calculations.

"Given the size of this city, doesn't that mean there are probably already millions of people being parasitized?"

Netero shook his head.

"Don't think too badly of things, kid. This is the capital of the country, the political center of this nation."

"According to the parasitic principles of these Parasite People, this place is undoubtedly a key target, which is why so many Parasite People have gathered here. After all, if they can completely control a major country through parasitism, it would be enough to start a war that sweeps the world and wipe out a large portion of the human population."

The Parasite People's goal is very clear.

Mass extermination of humans.

This is the only goal.

And the Parasite People are indeed moving toward that goal.

Eliminating humans through pure parasitism is a very slow process, and once the situation is realized, it will take even longer.

These Parasite People aren't stupid after they infect humans; they use war to eliminate humanity, which is arguably the fastest method.

In particular, if they parasitize and take advantage of the chaos, they could drastically lower the bar for the outcome of the battle.

This could very well turn the war into a full-scale confrontation, with no regard for civilian casualties.

Let war incite enough hatred.

The number of casualties will be absolutely terrifying.

It's so much faster than their slow parasitism.

However, the organizational structures of large countries are indeed very large, making it difficult to completely parasitize and control them.

If Kevin and his team had returned six months later, things might have been beyond repair.

Fortunately, their return, while not early, wasn't too late either.

"However, given the current scale, the number of people worldwide infected with this parasite must be in the hundreds of thousands."

At this point, Netero's brows furrowed.

That's a considerable number of people.

"Won't your wide-ranging sweep alert the enemy?"

Biscuit looked at Kevin and asked.

Kevin, who was driving a round car the whole time, shook his head when he heard this.

"They must have sensed it, but they didn't think of it as part of the circle—and those Nen user."

"Nen user? Right, it seems not every Parasite People is Nen user; their strength is roughly equivalent to the strength of the person they're parasitizing?"

Kurapika then realized what was happening and said...

Biscuit then said, "That's what makes this Undying disease so terrifying. Their parasitic priority is very high, and even if you're not careful, you can be mentally invaded by them."

"If that's the case, they've parasitized you, and will almost completely absorb your abilities and strength. For the races of the Dark Continent, that would undoubtedly be a catastrophe."

Thinking about it that way, it's indeed true.

It's important to know that even in the Dark Continent, those with Lord Level strength are extremely rare.

The vast majority of races do not have any Lord Level individuals.

Most of them were Knight.

If even Knight can be easily invaded, then most races would be utterly powerless against this Undying disease.

The population can be easily wiped out.

If this race possesses Lord Level strength, like Kevin, the smaller their numbers, the easier it is to control the spread of the Undying disease.

"From this perspective, it seems there's another way to circumvent this: build a small settlement around the race's Lord."

Morel stroked his chin and said.

"You're overthinking it, you idiot. How many races in the Dark Continent could both consistently produce Lord Level beings and have weak individual members from other groups?"

Biscuit bluntly pointed out the problem and scolded.

From this perspective, the virus's potency is actually below that of Lord.

However, the problem is that its destructive power against those below the Lord is virtually unsolvable.

The Lord might be able to detect it, but he wouldn't be able to provide an antidote.

Under the pressure of this virus.

If the virus cannot be contained, and a closed environment cannot be found for the community to live in.

Therefore, the only option is to improve the quality of the race.

The more Lord Level there are, the larger the population can be supported.

"We've gone off-topic. Is this the time to be thinking about these things?"

Qiduo pushed up her glasses and couldn't help but interrupt.

Although the topic veered off course, they didn't actually steer it back to the elimination of the Parasite People.

When the number of Parasite People reaches this level, it becomes very difficult for them to carry out large-scale cleansing.

What do we do now?

"Only Kevin can distinguish them, but there are too many for us to eliminate. Moreover, once we start eliminating them, we will be exposed, and once exposed, the Parasite People will hide and escape."

Based on the information currently available...

These Parasite People likely unable to transmit intelligence in real time.

It's likely that he transmitted some intelligence back at the moment of his death.

Once caught, the Parasite People will commit suicide without hesitation to transmit the information.

Even if you completely Time Stop on the other side, you still can't stop it.

This is a spiritual self-destruction.

So either don't take any action, or eliminate it completely.

Kurapika thought for a moment, then looked at Kevin and asked, "Uncle, is there any way, based on the characteristics you've found, for us to also locate these parasitized individuals?"

Kevin nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "To be honest, I can't think of any good solutions right now. Even the characteristics I've found so far are, to some extent, just a kind of mental connection."

"The problem is that my spiritual perception is incredibly refined, something you can't achieve."

This is the difference between the Knight Rank and the Lord Rank.

An insurmountable gap.

"Then we can only try to alert them first, forcing them to slow down their parasitic growth. This will at least slow down their expansion."

Qiduo thought for a moment and then said.

Biscuit sighed and said, "If only there were a way to gather them all together and wipe them out in one go."

"Then they need a target that's attractive enough. Does such a thing exist?"

At that moment, Netero suddenly spoke up.

"Perhaps such a thing exists, but I'm not sure."

After finishing his sentence, Netero immediately made a phone call. Judging from the atmosphere, it seemed that his relationship with the person on the other end of the line was rather cold.

But everyone could tell from his voice.

Unsurprisingly, it should be Beyond.

"Hmph, this guy's still alive?" Biscuit snorted.

Netero shrugged, as if he weren't talking about his own son.

"His life is like that of a cockroach; he's always on the run, constantly being hunted down."

"He can still be hunted down?"

"Don't you also have no way to avoid being parasitized?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone understood.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the group began discussions with the resource departments of various countries.

Given the current number of parasites, how can this problem be solved?

Kevin sat beside him, leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed, resting.

He was thinking.

Is there any way to eradicate it on a large scale?

The problem is that only he can perceive these parasitized entities.

No one else can do this.

He did this purely because of his strong will.

The reason for his mental strength lies in the complete transformation he underwent when he jumped from the Knight-level to the Lord Level, which allowed him to achieve a stable and expanded mental state.

This is a fundamental difference.

Without this level of understanding, you can't achieve this effect, and you won't be able to perceive those subtle differences.

The parasitism of the Parasite People can be described as having a very high standard.

Kevin initially had to see it with his own eyes; only when the other person was right in front of him could he vaguely sense that something was wrong.

After several attempts, the characteristic was discovered.

But that's the limit.

Etc.

An ordinary person.

Think about it carefully, without removing the label of "parasitized" from these Parasitized.

The vast majority, or rather Ninety-Nine, of those Parasitized are just ordinary people.

The number of Nen user in the human world is very small.

While not every Nen user is Hunter x Hunter, at least one-third of Nen user are Hunter x Hunter or have a connection to Hunter x Hunter.

There are definitely no more than ten thousand Nen user in the entire world.

It might even be only around five thousand.

This also includes many mediocre students, those who barely Initiation the ropes.

They are not much different from ordinary people in essence; at most, they can only be considered as relatively strong ordinary people.

If we exclude those Nen user are not much different from ordinary people, the number of those with real strength will definitely not exceed two thousand, and one thousand five hundred is a relatively stable number.

"Such fragility—"

"What?"

Hearing this from Biscuit, Kevin suddenly muttered to himself, thinking he had misheard, and asked a question.

Kevin opened his eyes.

"I've thought of a solution."

"What method?" Biscuit asked impatiently.

"Kill them all."

"----Then tell me in detail."

Biscuit wanted to tell Kevin that he was talking nonsense, but she knew that if Kevin made such a demand at this time, Kevin must have some way of achieving it.

"Aren't ordinary people incredibly vulnerable, both physically and mentally?"

Biscuit nodded.

Given their current abilities and strength, the weakness of ordinary people is beyond doubt.

To put it bluntly, with the qualities of an ordinary person, they would be at the very bottom of the food chain in the Dark Continent.

Even the smallest wild animals can cause widespread casualties among ordinary people.

"Could I use the circle to kill them? After all, most of the Parasitized are just ordinary people."

"What are you going to do? Does your circle have any destructive power? And with such a wide range? Even for ordinary people, it would take a certain amount of power to kill them."

"Moreover, an attack of this magnitude would require at least an Emission Type ability to execute."

As soon as she finished speaking, Biscuit remembered that Kevin was already Lord Level being, and Kevin's special characteristics allowed him to achieve an efficiency of 80% or more across all systems.

Furthermore, once you reach the Lord Level, these shortcomings will be addressed, while your original strengths will be enhanced.

In other words, the efficiency of his other Nen types can reach 100% of that of ordinary Nen user, and the type he is originally good at may be able to achieve 150% to 200% efficiency.

Of course, this is Kevin's own feeling.

Kevin is unique enough that there are no other human Lord to compare him to.

"So you're planning to solve this using your Nen ability?"

This was the simplest solution Biscuit could think of.

By combining various potions, a Nen ability can be created that allows for remote attacks.

Then, use the circle to inflict large-scale mental damage.

Such abilities are actually not very useful in the Dark Continent.

Since the attack is of a very low intensity, only capable of causing damage at extremely long distances, what is its significance?

Go on a large-scale rabbit hunting expedition?

But this is where it becomes very useful.

"Do you think our ancestors foresaw this situation?"

After all, humans are truly weak when they are weak, and powerful when they are powerful, reaching the other extreme.