The moon shone bright, with only a few stars in sight.
Holding the unconscious Su Rongrong in his arms, Su Xing finally looked toward Zhou Zhi, who was slowly rising to his feet.
The young man's expression was indifferent, as though he had merely done something trivial.
"Doctor Su, help me notify the Epidemic Prevention Center to come collect the bodies."
"Then notify the Arrest Center. They handle cases involving ordinary people. Quite a few parents have probably reported their children missing there as well. Let them know too—they can come clean up this mess."
Stepping over Sun Shun's corpse, Zhou Zhi walked toward Yellow Spore's headless body.
A peculiar presence flowed through the air.
It seemed that something was hidden within the headless corpse.
[Pathogenized Object].
Put simply, it was a crystallization of disease—a product artificially created through pathogenization.
Only diseases produced such things. When human Plague Exterminators died, they could also leave behind something similar, supposedly called Spirit Remains.
Zhou Zhi had never seen one before. Perhaps Chen Chaosheng's corpse had contained one, but he had not seen it.
But he had seen Pathogenized Objects before.
Lin Rui's Communicator, Liang Xiao's Wood Spirit Flesh, and even the [Howling Lung] currently inside his body could all be considered Pathogenized Objects.
Pathogenized Objects could be used as medicine, consumed as spiritual power materials, or even used to extract knowledge of plague extermination disciplines.
According to the plague extermination knowledge commonly accepted in Xuanyuan, although Pathogenized Objects were dangerous, many of them could be put to use—as long as one could assess the risks and keep pathogenization within controlled limits at all times.
He gently aimed the tip of his knife at Yellow Spore's skin and turned it slightly.
Blood seeped out as Zhou Zhi's movements remained precise and steady.
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