Chapter 1062 [Psychic Plague]
"This is the Central Plaza of Los Santos. Due to dissatisfaction with the Secretary of State's extreme anti-drug policy, protesters have been demonstrating since Monday. Currently..."
On the TV, behind the beautiful female reporter is a dark crowd, holding all kinds of weird slogans and shouting at the camera emotionally.
Bang bang bang! !
Further away, the excited crowd frantically flapped their anti-riot shields and hit the cordon in waves like a tidal wave.
Captured by the camera, a demonstrator wielding a baseball bat was pushed to the ground, but even though his hands were twisted behind his back, he was still squirming and struggling on the ground crazily, cursing fiercely, and did not even notice that his skin was worn away.
Looking at his crazy bloodshot eyes, Li Rui could detect something amiss even through the screen.
And this kind of confrontation and protest is just a microcosm of the war in the North American continent!
I don’t know since when, some kind of strange negative emotions began to spread on the earth, and some extreme activities occurred in various countries.
Purple-black light flickered around him. Li Rui turned around and saw Ling Xiyi's solemn expression.
"You're back? I happened to see the protest over there. What's going on?"
Pointing to the news on TV, Li Rui pulled her to sit next to him.
"It has basically been confirmed that this is the first large-scale [spiritual plague] in the past thousand years."
Tutting her tongue, Ling Xiyi frowned irritably.
"Originally, with the decline of spiritual energy, this extraordinary plague has long been extinct. Unexpectedly, the concentration of spiritual energy increased slightly, and they began to resurgence!"
"Can it be traced back to the source? If we find the source of the pollution, we may be able to create a corresponding 'vaccine'."
"[Psychic Plague] is not a biological virus. It can not only spread at close range through physical contact, but also spread over long distances based on spiritual connections. Sounds, images, text, paintings... can all become their tools to expand memes. It’s hard to trace the source.”
Speaking of this, Ling Xiyi's face became more sad.
The novels, dramas, animations, and movies she is following are expected to suffer an unprecedented wave of blows...
And Li Rui couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Although the [Spiritual Plague] in ancient times was also terrifying, after all, transportation was inconvenient at that time, and the people at the bottom were bound to a land of dozens of miles around for almost their entire lives. The biggest entertainment activity was to make children in the dark.
But now?
Convenient transportation has turned the world into a global village. What is even more frightening is the emergence of an unprecedented information dissemination tool - the Internet!
The exchange of ideas has never been so convenient as it is now, and the sacred Internet connects each of us!
Shivering, Li Rui couldn't imagine how terrifying the spread of [Psychic Plague] would be with the spread of the Internet!
"However, we still narrowed down the target scope through causal regression. It should have originally spread from the Pacific base of [Mechanicum]."
"But because most of the personnel in the base are extraordinary people and have certain resistance to the [Psychic Plague], it was the cities close to the base's port that first broke out in riots."
Speaking of this, Ling Xiyi became energetic.
"Now the [Security Council] has begun to trace the causal lines of all personnel in the base, and perhaps clues will be found soon."
"[The Mechanicum]'s Taiping base... I remember there are close to 100,000 people, right?"
Li Rui twitched the corner of his mouth, not optimistic about Ling Xiyi's optimism.
Only experienced high-level mages can skillfully use spells related to causal lines. Even if you search the entire earth for such talents, you may not be able to gather 1,000 of them!
Apart from suppressing those who cannot be mobilized in various secret realms, those who are in seclusion, those who do not respond to signs...
There may be less than 100 people who can actually put it to use.
It is conceivable that if you have to rely on such a small scale to investigate the Pacific base with 100,000 people, maybe the plague has been eliminated and they still haven't found a clue!
"Can't we trace the source violently? Use prophecy and divination to directly locate the source!"
"No, all the causal artifacts of each family are used, and the induction is blocked by a layer of thick fog of chaos, so now some people suspect that this [Psychic Plague] is not naturally generated."
"Is the evil god causing trouble again?"
"It's not like that, we have even used artifacts like the [Jade Disc of Creation]. If it were just an evil god, we would be able to find some clues, but what we actually 'see' is pure disordered chaos. If it weren't for the artifact, The buffer, the few old guys observing will be seriously injured even if they don’t die!”
Hearing this, Li Rui's heart skipped a beat and he silently gave up the idea of using [Observer] to spoil the story.
The second [Holy Grail War] is about to enter the final stage. If the soul is injured at this time, Brother Lei may have to be a fool for another hundred years...
Forget it, let's deal with this matter after the [Holy Grail War] is over. There's no rush anyway.
Yes, although [Psychic Plague] looks scary, it is actually difficult to cause direct physiological changes.
It is more about twisting the spirit of intelligent creatures and causing them to gradually fall into madness.
This requires a long gestation period before finally forming a "plague disaster" sweeping across the earth!
The collective irrational behavior at the end of many ancient dynasties was often caused by "spiritual plague".
However, with the decline of spiritual energy, these ancient supernatural disasters have long been extinct from the earth, and only a few words can be glimpsed in the classics.
"By the way, those old guys asked me to ask you if the [Secret Banquet Association] was responsible, or if there are any clues."
Ling Xiyi suddenly remembered something, smiled, and looked at Li Rui jokingly.
"…………"
What? The mole is actually myself!
Shaking his head in amusement, Li Rui couldn't help but sigh: "The world is difficult..."
With the revival of spiritual energy, human beings feel more and more their own insignificance. Weird things that were only seen in ancient books are coming to us one by one. This race that has been at the top of the food chain for thousands of years finally feels the pressure of survival again!
The extraordinary curtain gradually rose, and vaguely, the higher-end predators had revealed their ferocious outlines, seeming to be eyeing humans.
Silver species, gold species, diamond species, mythical species...
The ancient aliens have never become extinct, they have retreated to the depths of the secret realm simply because of the environment. Once the tide rises, they will soon return to the earth, causing waves of extraordinary disasters!
At the same time, memetic pollution such as [Psychic Plague] and [Sealed Artifact] are no less threatening to humans than the former!
As the lord of the earth, human beings... have never been so vulnerable!
Seeing Li Rui's worried eyes, Ling Xiyi thought he was worried about [Psychic Plague] and patted the back of his hand gently.
Started working overtime on Monday, what a great start...
I came back too late. I originally wanted to just say it, but I still coded out a chapter. If I have time tomorrow, I will make up for it in the third update.
Without further ado, I went to have dinner, and my stomach was already cramping. _(` ∠)__