The Contamination of Fifty Thousand, an Unstoppable Fire

While the Players kept Jack occupied, Su Yi got up early and hurried to the border with his men.

When Su Yi arrived, he found that Mota had been investigating all night.

Mota looked tired after a night of work, but his spirits were still good.

Su Yi patted him on the shoulder. "Are you all right?"

Mota smiled. "I only missed one night's sleep. I'm used to it."

"How bad is it?" Su Yi asked.

Mota's face grew grave. "Not good. From what we've learned by going door to door, more than fifty thousand people here have smoked the stuff."

"Fifty thousand!?" Su Yi's eyes widened.

Mota nodded. "Yes. The users can get these special cigarettes for free."

"They're brought in through the Ironclad Gang's smuggling routes and unloaded right at the border."

"The people handing them out are strangers with accents from the southern Alliance."

"They're calling it charity. They say the cigarettes strengthen the body and improve immunity."

Su Yi thought for a moment. "Have you caught them?"

Mota shook his head. "They come once every morning. Michelle and Lisa have taken some people to stake out the drop-off point."

Su Yi nodded. "How deep does the poisoning go? Is there a cure?"

Mota's expression darkened. "Boss, that's the real problem."

"This stuff barely affects the body, but it makes ordinary people's souls give off an aura of Void Abyss spirits!"

"Do you know what happened when I saw their souls? I wanted to take a bite."

A female shaman beside Mota, dressed in a gray robe with blue paint on her face, spoke up.

"Guild Leader, I tested them with spirit communion."

"The spirits said their souls were a bottomless Abyss, where countless strands of malice were gathering."

"Malicious compound eyes are watching. Twisted claws are