Unfold

Chapter Thirteen: Unfolding

Lu Yuanming followed the officer, and they soon arrived at a large military transport truck parked by the roadside. The truck had a container on its back. The officer said, "Conditions are limited, so this is the best we can do. This container has been modified. The innermost part is the holding cell, with special glass walls that are bulletproof and explosion-proof. As long as you press the communication button in the interrogation room, the person in the holding cell can hear you. The container itself is made of special steel and has soundproofing equipment, so no one outside can hear what's happening inside. To be safe, we just finished a thorough sweep, and there are no listening devices inside."

The officer escorted Lu Yuanming to the container's door and watched as he opened it and walked inside.

The container's interior had been converted into two rooms. The inner room was the holding cell, where a man with a grim expression sat on an interrogation chair, his hands and feet bound. The outer room had a wall that offered a complete view of the holding cell. In front of this glass wall was a control panel.

Lu Yuanming confirmed multiple times that the door was securely closed and that no one else was in the room besides the death row inmate. He then approached the control panel and examined it carefully. All the labels were in Chinese. He pressed the communication button and said, "Hello, can you hear me?"

The death row inmate, confined inside, sneered upon hearing this. Lu Yuanming ignored him and continued, "In Year 2028, the entire world will descend into the Dark Matter World. This process is irreversible. All humans and human civilization will be reduced to the Dark Matter World. The most terrifying thing is that the Dark Matter World is infested with countless Unnamable Entities of Great Terror. These entities are invisible, inaudible, and unknowable. At the same time, these entities covet and spy on humanity and human civilization. Once humanity and human civilization fall completely, they will be immediately surrounded and devoured..."

The death row inmate then burst into laughter, shouting, "Are you here to tell me a story? This is interesting. Do you think this story will make me talk? Don't you dare..."

Lu Yuanming stared intently at the murderer, watching him laugh wildly and unharmed. He spoke again, and Lu Yuanming felt a surge of joy. However, this joy lasted only a few seconds before his skin began to undergo massive mutations. Scales, tentacles, various horrifying mouthparts, organs that resembled internal organs, and countless eyeballs emerged from his skin. Most terrifyingly, these mutated parts seemed to be independent life forms, attacking each other and struggling to break free from and out of the death row inmate's body.

The man seemed oblivious, still speaking. He didn't realize he could no longer speak. His mouth had transformed into a tentacle with eyeballs embedded in it, and his eyes had become two writhing internal organs. His skin suddenly peeled back, turning into a meat blanket woven from countless worms. In just a few seconds, the death row inmate completely vanished. Inside the holding cell, countless tiny mince and inexplicable creatures the size of organs writhed, struggled, and devoured each other. After about ten seconds, these inexplicable things became completely still, turning into genuine rotten flesh.

"As expected..."

Lu Yuanming said sadly. At the same time, he suddenly realized he couldn't remember the death row inmate's appearance. Other than remembering that such a death row inmate existed and had mutated into inexplicable mince and organs, all memories of the inmate's appearance, age, and gender were gone.

This was indeed the contamination of an Unnamable Entity.

Tang Zhean had once discussed these Unnamable Entities with Lu Yuanming. Tang Zhean believed that the reason these Unnamable Entities were so powerful was their immense dark matter mass. Dark matter only interacted with thought, consciousness, and soul. This meant that the Unnamable Terrors possessed an incredibly vast amount of information. It was this information that caused those who knew of their existence to mutate and become infected. Directing one's gaze at them could even cause ordinary people to die on the spot.

At that time, Lu Yuanming had also asked if living beings in the material world would be immune to the erosion if they knew about the existence of these Unnamable Terrors, given their existence in the material world.

The answer was no!

Because Earth was descending into the Dark Matter World, the entire Earth was actually permeated with sparse fundamental particles of dark matter. If living beings in the material world knew the information about these Unnamable existences, they would undergo even more terrifying mutations. In the end, their corpses would disappear, and memories of them would also vanish. Even their file information, photographs, and various records would disappear. Only by inferring their past existence from other data afterward would it be possible to know they had ever existed.

This was the timeline of Year 2028, a major disaster that occurred in the USA, causing fifty thousand people in the Dark Matter World's New York to disappear. In the material world's USA, hundreds of thousands of people also vanished. In the end, the USA didn't even know how many people had disappeared. This also led to the failure of the USA's original plan to develop the Dark Matter World.

Lu Yuanming had initially held onto a sliver of hope, thinking that it was only Year 2024 and perhaps he could reveal the truth about the Dark Matter World and the Unnamable Terrors to a small group. But reality had slapped him in the face again. This death row inmate had completely disappeared.

From Lu Yuanming's perspective, the flesh debris, internal organs, and bones in the holding cell were already beginning to dissipate, turning directly into nothingness. Soon, this death row inmate would cease to have ever existed, along with all information about him.

Up to this point, the only thing that could resist the informational erosion of the Unnamable Terrors was his Colorless Light Particles. This allowed Lu Yuanming to gaze directly at those Unnamable Terrors and remain unharmed. However, he didn't know if these Colorless Light Particles could protect others from the erosion of the Unnamable Terrors. He also didn't know if the protection was permanent after one use, or if people would still be eroded by the Unnamable Terrors once the Colorless Light Particles were depleted.

With these questions in mind, Lu Yuanming walked out of the container. The officer outside immediately stepped forward and anxiously asked, "How was it?"

Lu Yuanming shook his head silently. The officer didn't rush to enter the container. He sighed and said, "Is it okay for us to go in now? Also, I have some questions for Mr. Lu. The death row inmate inside... I only remember the words 'death row inmate.' I personally went to the prison to bring him here, but I don't remember him existing, nor do I remember his age, gender, or appearance. Just before you came out, I asked for the death row inmate's file, but they couldn't find it... Is this also because it's information I shouldn't know?"

Lu Yuanming nodded heavily. "Yes, this is why I haven't explained everything to you. I'm going to see Elder Wang now. There's no one in this container, but just to be safe, you should wait a day before going in."

The officer stood still. Lu Yuanming then headed towards the private room.

When he walked into the private room, Elder Wang clearly already knew what had happened. He silently beckoned to Lu Yuanming. When Lu Yuanming walked up to him, he pulled Lu Yuanming's arm and said, "You've worked hard, good child. You've been carrying such a heavy burden..."

Lu Yuanming smiled and said, "It's okay, Grandpa Wang, I can handle it... On the contrary, you all are facing an unknown future and heard such despair from me. I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it."

Elder Wang laughed heartily, "What is this? We've endured so many things in the past, don't worry, we will always be the backbone that supports everything, we will always be the backing behind you!"

Lu Yuanming looked at the dining table and said, "We've eaten quite a bit. Grandpa Wang, take me to see those people who entered the residual field and mutated. I want to try to see if I can heal them. Also, that residual field is very important. If we're lucky, we can gain power from it, either a supernatural power like mine that can fight monsters, or powerful weapons or armor. I don't know exactly what it is, but it's definitely a good thing!"

Elder Wang checked his watch. It was not yet two o'clock in the afternoon. He said to Lu Yuanming, "Okay, let's deal with the residual field first, and then we'll talk about other things. This residual field is in a downtown area, involving the life safety of the masses. It's better to resolve it sooner. Let's go, I'll go with you to see those heroes."

Elder Wang was also a decisive person. He immediately pulled Lu Yuanming onto the helicopter and headed straight for a military base outside the city. After flying for more than ten minutes, the helicopter landed at the military base. Then, led by the One Spike One Star Officer, Elder Wang and Lu Yuanming headed towards a building deep within the base.

Upon arriving at the building, Lu Yuanming was surprised to see an acquaintance, it was Captain Wang from CQ. He was frowning and smoking at the entrance of the building. When he saw Elder Wang and his group, he immediately threw the cigarette butt behind him and put on an awkward smile.

The officer glanced at Captain Wang and said, "Hurry up and stomp out the cigarette butt!"

Captain Wang quickly stomped out the cigarette butt and then ran towards Elder Wang and Lu Yuanming. The officer immediately blocked him. Not only the officer, but the accompanying soldiers instinctively reached for their waists. Captain Wang said anxiously, "Brother Lu, it's me! Don't you recognize me?"

Elder Wang sighed and said to Lu Yuanming, "Many of his team members have mutated, some involving internal organ mutations. Their bodies have severe rejection reactions, and it's not easy to perform excisions..."

Lu Yuanming naturally understood what Elder Wang meant. He said to Captain Wang, "Captain Wang, you can come too. It consumes a lot of energy for me to use my abilities outside the field, so if we can heal everyone together, let's do it. It's just to test if I can use this ability to help others resist abnormalities."

Captain Wang was overjoyed and followed the group, but he was immediately blocked by the officer and the soldiers.

Everyone walked deeper into the building and took the elevator down. Finally, Lu Yuanming arrived outside a sterile ward. A semi-transparent isolation film separated the inside from the outside. Inside this sterile ward were doctors and nurses wearing biohazard suits, and perhaps researchers.

"A total of sixty-two people have mutated, eighteen from the CQ Monster Field, thirty-four from the CD Monster Field, and ten from the residual field. They are all here." The person in charge had already received Elder Wang's order to arrive, so he was waiting outside. As he spoke, someone brought over biohazard suits.

Lu Yuanming refused to wear them because he planned to unfold an Unknown Item, and the biohazard suit might be torn apart by the Soul Body.

Except for Elder Wang, Captain Wang, and the officer, everyone else showed expressions of utter astonishment. They naturally did not know Lu Yuanming's information. Entering without wearing a biohazard suit was a complete violation of safety regulations. All eyes turned to the person in charge.

The person in charge was not of low rank, but how could he compare to Elder Wang? He was even far inferior to the officer. Therefore, he could only rack his brains to think of how to persuade them. However, the officer who knew the details directly issued an order. This was a military base, and the doctors, nurses, and researchers here also basically had military status. Faced with the officer's order, they could only salute and obey.

Thus, Lu Yuanming walked into the sterile ward and looked at the people whose faces, bodies, skin, or internal organs had mutated. They were either in a coma or groaning in pain. From them, Lu Yuanming could clearly feel the aura of Dark Matter.

Elder Wang said to Lu Yuanming, "Do whatever you want, we'll back you up."

This feeling of being trusted was very good. Lu Yuanming did not hesitate. He felt the existence of the Unknown Item, captured one of them with his intent, and simultaneously "unfolded" it.

Instantly, an invisible wave began to expand from Lu Yuanming's center. Although the people around could not see or feel it, a strange instinct made them stare intently at Lu Yuanming. At the same time, those with the most sensitive perception began to get goosebumps on their skin.

Following that, Lu Yuanming's Soul Body emerged from his back, nearly three meters tall, wearing a handsome golden-red Full Body Armor.

(...I can still feel the Unknown Item. One Unknown Item can unfold a Circular Space with a diameter of fifteen meters and is slowly being dissolved by the Material World. It can last for about ten to fifteen minutes. Moreover, I can also feel that if the most intense emotions of sentient beings are integrated into it at this time, the field unfolded by this Unknown Item can greatly increase its duration and range. So this is why monsters keep killing people, and in the most painful way possible, causing humans to die. Emotion, or thought? Or soul?)

These thoughts arose in Lu Yuanming's mind, and his actions did not stop. He immediately grasped five Colorless Light Particles with his Soul Body. At the same time, he was slightly stunned. He then saw at least two to three hundred Colorless Light Particles suspended around his Soul Body. Some of these Colorless Light Particles were so dense that they collided with each other, giving the feeling of merging into Large Particles.

(So many Colorless Light Particles? That's right, the people saved from the two monster fields, and Captain Wang, those soldiers, Elder Wang and the others also know about me... I'll ask Elder Wang later if there's any way to promote me, like Young Pioneer... no, like Disaster Relief and Rescue Pioneer or Hero or something?)

As Lu Yuanming thought this, he had already flicked away the Colorless Light Particle held by his Soul Body. Instantly, a burst of white light erupted. Even ordinary people could clearly see it. This white light was not dazzling and made everyone feel warmth.

As the white light spread, the Abnormalities on all the patients in this ward began to disappear at a speed visible to the naked eye. Moreover, those who were disabled or severely injured, their limbs began to regenerate, and their injuries began to heal.

It took only about four or five seconds. When the white light disappeared, everyone immediately looked and saw that all the patients present had returned to normal, and all their injuries and illnesses had disappeared. It wasn't just them; the Officer touched his chest, and Elder Wang touched his shoulder and heart area, both revealing expressions of surprise and joy at the same time.

All the injuries, illnesses, and mutations of everyone present...

Were all healed!