Turning Flesh to Sand

After a careful inspection, Bai Mo confirmed that there was nothing here except for these strange trees. He frowned slightly; in theory, the sensations brought about by the Magnetic Field Power should not be wrong.

Is there something I haven't noticed?

A faint fragrance of bamboo leaves wafted from behind him, and Shi appeared behind him like a ghost, grabbing Bai Mo's hand.

"Your feeling is correct. You do indeed have a real connection with something here, which is why it guided you here. In a sense, you could be considered its investor, wouldn't you say?"

Upon hearing Shi's words, Bai Mo frowned slightly and said:

"I don't recall investing in any products."

"Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough. Although that guy cut off all contact, he probably can't guess that the tomb owner who was robbing the tomb has actually come knocking on his door."

Let me take you there, hurry up.

Shi grasped Bai Mo's large hand, her delicate fingers playfully tickling his palm. Then, a strange light slowly emanated from Bai Mo's body.

A surge of light appeared, and when Bai Mo opened his eyes again, he was already above a city.

"Mode?"

"I'm here. This is where the Root product is replicated, so it's better if I don't come out. It'll make it easier for you to investigate."

Shi returned to the system space, a space outside the boundary that, unless encountered by the powerful Primordial Spirit that form the system, is completely unfathomable.

Seeing Arcueid's disapproving look across from him, Shiki asked with a smile:

"Is there a problem, Miss Arcueid? Are you bored? If you need, I can let you out. Of course, traveling with him now will expose him, since Bai Mo is the only one completely outside the boundary."

So, do you need me to help you pursue freedom? Like a stray cat?"

Arcueid raised an eyebrow and gave a cold snort:

"I'm not free at all right now, but didn't we agree to a truce until things are resolved, and neither of us would intervene? What you're saying is ridiculous."

"Friendly interaction between friends, what else could it be? As for not being able to help, didn't you make a scene before you left, claiming you were being exploited?"

He struck a pose with eyes as pure as a white rabbit, which made Arcueid frown even more deeply.

Outside, confirming that everything was alright, Bai Mo nodded. His senses spread like a spider web, instantly enveloping the entire city.

The city is bustling with people, and it looks no different from a normal human city.

Of course... that's just how it appears.

"These are... humans?"

Looking down at the city, Bai Mo's brows furrowed. He rarely used his mind-reading ability, which would infringe on other people's privacy, but just now, he had directly read the minds of everyone on a street.

However, it was no different from not reading at all. These people seemed to have been hollowed out, completely lacking any human thought or ideas, like some kind of machine packaged as a human.

It's as bizarre as a child cutting open the frosting on a cake their mother bought, only to find a human face stuffed inside.

Which bastard did such a thing?

If these "people" were forcibly stripped of their inner essence, then this is undoubtedly an unforgivable atrocity; but if these "people" were born this way, then their creator is absolutely blaspheming the human species.

Just as Bai Mo was expanding his senses, trying to find a normal person, he heard a faint call in his ear.

"Is anyone there...? Help!"

Bai Mo's gaze immediately locked onto the direction of the call, and then, ignoring the "people" in front of him, he vanished from the spot in an instant.

Olga Marie's home is located in a facility deep underground within Area 51, North America's base.

The pale operating light shone on her face; her body was extremely weak, but her eyes were filled with terror. The doctors around her manipulated scalpels, bone saws, and other instruments, their gleaming light sending chills down her spine.

"This time, we'll stick to yesterday's decision and not use anesthesia."

"Yes, it's time to finish the simple tasks of cutting skin samples and drawing blood, and begin the formal internal organ and nerve dissection. Although it's only been three days since we contained the alien subject E, the higher-ups have ordered us to speed things up."

The doctors were talking, but Olga Marie couldn't understand what they were saying.

What are they saying? I can't understand a word they're saying. What language is this? And frankly, it's really inappropriate to strap someone to an operating table like this!

We're all human!

Olga Marie stared at the spinning mechanical bone saw and hammer, almost bursting into tears of fear. They'd been given some anesthesia before; this time, it seemed they were about to use force directly.

"Secure it, let's hear its cries of pain. This is a major discovery; the composition of its body could very well lead to a huge technological breakthrough."

"Yes, what if its distress call attracts other specimens? After all, one isn't enough as a sample; there are still bacterial and viral tests to be done later."

The surrounding doctors swarmed around her, the cold surgical light shining on Olga Marie's face. As she watched the bone saw approaching, tears welled in her eyes as she cried out for help.

The expected pain did not come; instead, a warm sensation landed on her face, bringing a long-lost warmth to her cold body.

She heard a shout and opened her eyes. The bone saw seemed to come alive, embedded directly in the head of the doctor who was in charge. The warmth she had just received came from the doctor's brain matter.

What happened?

"Was it telekinesis? Was it done by this alien?"

A shadow fell over the doorway. Olga Marie barely managed to lift her head and saw a tall man standing behind the attending physician who was facing her.

The doctor turned his head and saw a completely blackened face, and a pair of eyes that seemed to be staring at a dead person.

However, these people were not panicked; some were even overjoyed.

"Haha! Sure enough, cries for help will summon your companions. Quick, take it down!"

"This one seems to be male. If we let it mate with subject E, we'll have a continuous supply of research samples!"

Seeing the doctors seemingly celebrating his arrival and completely ignoring the unfortunate man whose head had been split open, Bai Mo felt a deep disgust for these creatures who looked exactly like humans but acted as if they were pretending to be.

"Call security! No, let's take him down now!"

"I never expected it would actually summon its kind. It's a pity we can't understand their language."

The people around rushed towards Bai Mo, and then their expressions instantly turned to terror. A voice echoed in their minds:

You are all dead.

A transparent ripple swept silently through the air, and after passing them, their bodies turned into quicksand and disintegrated.

The Atomic Fission Realm: Upon reaching this realm, the magnetic field ability user completely transcends the realm of normal living beings, able to freely recombine matter and create anything at will.

In this way, the body of a carbon-based organism is directly converted into silicon dioxide.

Seeing this horrifying scene, Olga Marie's eyes were filled with terror, but her mind was still rationally analyzing the situation. Since this person had killed all the doctors but spared her, then at least he wasn't here to take her life.

Could it be... one of our kind?

"Um... excuse me, can you understand me?"

Looking at the timid Olga Marie, Bai Mo spoke:

"Miss Olga Marie, I... am a friend of Lady Da Vinci."

Da Vinci quickly told Bai Mo about the person in front of him, which helped him calm Olga Marie down, who seemed like a frightened fawn.

A stream of water swept over her body, healing her malnutrition and wounds from the past few days, while also confirming that she had not been afflicted by any Magecraft curse.

Upon hearing the name Da Vinci, Olga Marie almost burst into tears. She had been suddenly brought to this place, imprisoned for three days, her life adrift like a piece of duckweed. Now, her heart finally felt at peace.

The organization has finally found me.

Just as she was about to speak, Bai Mo raised his hand, and the Magnetic Field Heavenly Blade, like a flood pouring into the underground passage, turned all the heavily armed guards behind the passage into blood foam that splattered on the walls.

On that blood-soaked path, a white figure stood out starkly out of place.

The restraints binding Olga Marie had long since turned to sand and flowed away. She stood up and looked at the newcomer, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Father?"

The man she called her father glanced at her, then bowed slightly to Bai Mo and said:

"Welcome to my Chaldeas, stranger who has come here for some unknown reason. Let me introduce myself, I am Marisbury Animusphere, the father of the girl behind you."