"Dispersed?"
Zhou Zhi turned to look at the moon. The moon's bizarre aura had vanished as well.
It had become cold and gentle.
"Did it run away, Zhou Zhi?"
Twenty-Three asked.
Zhou Zhi shook his head, gripping the Plague-Slaying Blade [Cosmos Ring] in his hand.
The blood of [King Whale] on the Cosmos Ring was gradually dissipating as well. Moreover, no DNA could be extracted from it. This liquid...
"Iodine, barium, gadolinium... This liquid isn't seawater, nor is it blood. It seems to be a fusion of numerous chemical reagents."
Zhou Zhi drew the Plague-Slaying Blade back into his body.
"These are all common ingredients in [contrast agents]."
"Could it be that the [King Whale] I fought just now was merely a phantom created by a [contrast imaging machine]?"
The only Plague Exterminator Zhou Zhi had encountered who used a massive machine like a [CT scanner] was Li Xunuo, the former fourth member of the Patient Association. Unfortunately, Zhou Zhi had not known him at all. After Li Xunuo was killed by a Plague Exterminator from the Fu Family of the Medical Department, Zhou Zhi had even less chance to learn about the world's imaging equipment.
Twenty-Three quickly looked through the records. "Oh, there is. According to Ultimate Bliss's ancient text, the [Jiasile Plague Extermination Epic], during the Great Calamity, there was a group within the [Insect] Organization that excelled at manufacturing large-scale medical equipment. Among them was the prototype for Shenwu Pharmaceuticals' current [third-generation imaging equipment]."
"Insect technology seems capable of projecting pestilence or humans into specific regions. The opponent we fought just now was most likely only an image of [King Whale]."
Imaging-based plague extermination equipment...
[MRI] [ultrasound] [X-ray]...
Zhou Zhi had originally thought that he would not encounter too many enemies on this trip to Ultimate Bliss.