28: pollute?

Chapter 28: Pollution?

Sure enough, as he got closer, that twisted and uneasy feeling intensified.

It wasn't some mysterious aura, but an abnormal Dimensional fluctuation.

And in the direction of the massive Garbage Disposal Plant, the scene of the Dimensional Mirage was also more stable, with some Mirage illusions even appearing to exist continuously.

Along the way, there were body after body of victims ravaged by strange monsters and insect monsters, their faces still etched with the fear and despair from before their deaths.

White Impermanence waved his Soul-Summoning Banner, and with Black Impermanence's cooperation, guided and absolved the souls of these tragically deceased individuals.

Perhaps due to fulfilling their duties, the painting spirit Rank of Black and White Impermanence was also slowly increasing.

Just as Wu Xian gaining wealth allows the God of Wealth to increase his painting spirit Rank experience, Black and White Impermanence guiding and absolving souls can also increase their painting spirit Rank experience.

"Such strong Mental Energy fluctuations!"

He vaguely sensed a familiar Mental Energy fluctuation from the Garbage Disposal Plant.

If he wasn't mistaken, it should be that toxic underworld woman from before.

This made Wu Xian a little hesitant about whether to go investigate, as it would be troublesome if that woman targeted him, especially since Black and White Impermanence were her favorite 'flavor'.

Unless he put away Black and White Impermanence and used the God of Wealth to go investigate.

"Forget it, it's better not to go."

As the saying goes: curiosity equals courting death; no curiosity means no death.

Moreover, with that underworld woman there, she would surely be able to keep the situation at the Garbage Disposal Plant under control.

So, he turned and began to 'scavenge' for scraps near the Garbage Disposal Plant.

Crucially, for him, this 'soup' was already quite delicious; he would occasionally encounter one or two appetizing elite monsters, but the surrounding eerie Dimensional Mirage was a bit annoying.

For example, right now, he was standing beneath a giant strange monster.

The strange monster was over ten meters tall, its body hunched, leaning on a bone staff, and its tattered clothes dripped black-gray viscous liquid like melting ice cream.

A basin-sized drop of viscous liquid fell beside Wu Xian, exploding into a swarm of maggots.

Even though he knew it was a illusory Mirage, it still disgusted Wu Xian immensely.

Only Wu Xian had a good mentality, having developed considerable courage during his previous 'fishing' in the Mysterious Abyss.

If it were an ordinary person, how could they endure such terrifying sights?

A tragic shriek came from not far away.

A woman hiding in a corner completely collapsed mentally, and an astonishing strange aura erupted from her body, transforming her into a tattered, barely clothed female strange monster.

"Such a strong aura!" Wu Xian was startled, "At least a Rank 2 Elite-level strange monster!"

But then he saw that the female ghost seemed to smell something, and she charged at Wu Xian like a madwoman, her terrifying, ferocious face revealing an extreme greed.

"No, this might be another Commander-level big monster!"

Feeling the fierce and terrifying aura of the female ghost, Wu Xian was secretly alarmed.

Chicken King's crow caused the female ghost to momentarily daze, and Black and White Impermanence beside him immediately acted, suppressing her with the Soul-Summoning Banner and tightly binding her with the Soul- 拘魂鎖鏈 (Soul-Binding Chains).

Yet, even so, they still couldn't completely suppress this fierce female ghost.

The female ghost struggled frantically, causing the Soul-Binding Chains to emit bursts of overloaded ghostly light, and she dragged the chains, menacingly approaching Wu Xian with bared fangs and claws.

"I say, Ghost Sister, did I offend you or something?"

Wu Xian was puzzled; the God of Wealth appeared beside him and gave her a few lightning spells to clear her head.

Boom boom boom... streaks of lightning struck, coupled with the "Soul Devouring" effect of the Soul-Binding Chains, and the female ghost quickly withered.

It's worth mentioning that after the God of Wealth appeared, the female ghost immediately turned her aggression towards the God of Wealth, as if she wanted to devour him completely.

"Coming for money?" Wu Xian's expression was strange, "You poor ghost~!"

He tried to have the God of Wealth separate a wisp of Qi and throw it to the female ghost.

Surprisingly, the originally ferocious and deranged female ghost actually quieted down, greedily sniffing that wisp of Qi.

Finally, in this greedy sniffing, she "peacefully met her end," all strange fluctuations gone, transforming into a content Yin Soul, which Wu Xian collected into his possession.

He put away the God of Wealth and continued to 'farm' near the Garbage Disposal Plant.

Soon, Black and White Impermanence were raised to Two-Star painting spirits, with a significant increase in combat power.

Even Chicken King had risen to Two and a Half Stars during the process of slaughtering insect monsters along the way.

"It's strange, why are there only Dimensional Mirages of the Mysterious Abyss and the Insect World, but not the Mechanical Wasteland?"

He had recently been researching mechanical scroll, and if he could get some Mirage monster materials of the mechanical type, it should help his subsequent research.

Unfortunately, this Dimensional Mirage seemed to be only a carnival for the two different dimensions: the Mysterious Abyss and the Insect World.

What? Did the Mechanical Wasteland dimension take a leave of absence?

It's bad enough that mechanical scroll aren't doing well, but is your [Mechanical Wasteland] dimension also so uninspiring?

While complaining, he suddenly recalled the scene of the army, three layers deep, surrounding the high-Rank copy when he came out of the mechanical copy earlier.

"Could it be related to the military's actions at that time?"

Although he didn't understand the principle of Dimensional Mirage formation, the high-ups in Yaoyang City likely knew about the impending Dimensional Mirage beforehand, but only dealt with the trouble from the Mechanical Wasteland.

As he was pondering, three familiar figures in front quickly rushed towards the Garbage Disposal Plant.

Upon discovering Wu Xian, they began to approach him.

Wu Xian silently turned his head, preparing to slip away.

"Brother in front, please stop," Du Yifan called out righteously, "In this time of disaster, we Spirit Masters should unite and jointly protect our homeland!"

"..."

Wu Xian hesitated and stopped.

Although he was very displeased with the high-ups in Yaoyang City, these three young Sir (Military) at least genuinely helped the people of the Shantytown.

"It's you?"

At this moment, Du Yifan and the other two looked a bit disheveled, but their eyes still shone with firm fighting spirit and belief.

"Brother Du knows this young man?" The two beside him were surprised, "Good heavens, at such a young age, he wields a two-axis scroll, that's not simple~!"

"Two ~ two," Wu Xian explained with a laugh, "These two painting spirit are from one scroll."

"That's still very impressive."

The two understood, their eyes full of admiration and approval.

Du Yifan briefly explained how he knew Wu Xian to the two.

"Don't be silly~ Which garbage collector can have a two-axis scroll?" One of the slightly chubby youths said grumpily, "Although it doesn't look like a valuable scroll, it's not something an ordinary person can afford."

"Exactly, if you say that, what are we sacrificing our youth for? We might as well just go pick up garbage." The other short, thin youth teased.

"..." Du Yifan was exasperated, but he didn't have time to dwell on these things with the two, "The Dimensional fluctuations here are so severe, it was too reckless for you to come here, young man."

Wu Xian smiled honestly, taking the opportunity to inquire, "Strange, why are the Dimensional fluctuations so severe here?"

"Because the pollution is severe, of course," the slightly chubby youth said without thinking, "The higher-ups probably anticipated this, so they immediately sealed off the Shantytown to prevent the disaster from spreading."

"Pollution?" Wu Xian was puzzled, "What pollution?"

"It's a bit complicated to explain," the slightly chubby youth scratched his head, "Well, mainly we don't really understand the specifics, but in short, the Shantytown here is more prone to chaotic Dimensional fluctuations."

Du Yifan and the other two clearly didn't quite understand the reason either.

Wu Xian frowned, completely bewildered.

Pollution? Environmental pollution?

Can environmental pollution also cause chaotic Dimensional fluctuations?

During the new book period, consistent reading is especially important. I implore all you God of Wealth to try to keep reading.

If you read this book every day, the God of Wealth will bless you ~!