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A strange, ominous aura emanated from the sticky note.
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Gradually, an eyeball filled with malevolence grew on the paper.
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It restlessly swiveled.
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At last, it gazed at Rui Ze.
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Under the stare of the Evil Eye, Rui Ze’s body began to mutate rapidly.
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“Great Evil-Eyed Worm, my Exalted Lord, your most faithful servant is willing to serve you!”
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From Rui Ze’s once blood-filled, empty eye sockets, two eyeballs exactly like the Evil Eye slowly emerged.
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And they continued to multiply.
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His body secreted a viscous, foul-smelling fluid.
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The sticky note gradually fused with the ground.
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Suddenly, everything changed.
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The ground split open with a pitch-black crack, which continued to widen.
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A pale, slippery body thrust up from the fissure, as if in great haste.
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But the crack could not expand fast enough to match its pace, so only a small part of its head managed to emerge.
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Even so, there were thousands of Evil Eyes, endlessly probing this world.
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The contamination spread relentlessly.
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Those thousands of citizens abruptly regained consciousness, collapsing to the ground in agony, writhing and wailing.
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Their bodies, too, began to transform like Rui Ze.
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At this moment—
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A massive coffin hurtled down from the sky.
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Rain’s attention was instantly caught by the enormous creature about to break through the clouds.
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Her face was grave as she looked over.
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But with just one glance, a feeling of revulsion and disgust surged up from deep within her heart.
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That bizarre white creature, covered in black spots, was a colossal worm. Those black spots were actually its eyes.
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They covered its entire body.
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Then, her own body felt as if something was about to burst out, but in an instant, the sensation vanished.
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She understood clearly: it was Her Highness the Goddess who had erased the presence of that thing called “contamination” for her.
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Otherwise, she would have been contaminated by now.
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Turned into a creature like those people below.
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Seeing the tragic state of those people,
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Rain’s heart filled with hatred, but she forced herself to suppress her emotions for now.
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In the face of the unknown, recklessness was not an option.
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“Captain Lyle, Li Ang, Qiongsi, I’ll get you out of here first. Whatever you do, don’t look at that unknown creature!”
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“What? I’m logging off already!?”
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Li Ang looked confused, but the coffin was descending too quickly.
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He couldn’t even open his eyes, completely unable to understand what Rain was saying.
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“Honestly, it’s always up to you to carry us, Lady Rain!!”
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Li Ang laughed in the end, while Lyle silently nodded.
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In the next moment—
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Three branches grew out of nowhere, wrapping around the three of them, then directly sending them to the ground.
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Seeing the three of them safely reach the ground, Rain stared solemnly at the Evil-Eyed Worm.
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To be precise, at the thousands of contaminated citizens.
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***
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Far away, in Bourn City.
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This was a city famed across parallel Blue Star, its economy and level of development ranking among the world’s top three for years.
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But right now, in the city—
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The once smooth-flowing streets were jammed.
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Hundreds of cars were stuck at a corner, horns blaring non-stop, but no one could move an inch.
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Apparently, there had been a traffic accident up ahead.
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Ruth gripped the steering wheel tightly, a sticker reading “Expert” still pasted on the lower right corner of her window.
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“Ruth, looks like your luck isn’t great. First day with your license and you hit a traffic jam.”
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“Yar, could you please be quiet? I can barely tell the gas from the brake anymore.”
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Yar sighed helplessly. “Want me to drive instead?”
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Ruth nodded repeatedly, clearly having wanted this from the start.
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Seeing this, Yar unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car.
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Ruth hurried out as well, heading for the passenger seat.
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But for some reason,
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Yar suddenly froze beside the car door, staring blankly in one direction, as if drawn by something.
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Ruth glanced at Yar, patted her on the shoulder, and called out tentatively.
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“Yar?”
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In an instant, a twisted face pressed up against Ruth’s eyes.
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Its eyeballs spun erratically, brimming with chaotic evil.
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Yar’s body, as boneless as a worm, clung tightly to her waist, her neck twisted into a spiral.
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“Ah!!!…..”
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***
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Scenes like this played out countless times today.
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Sinister contamination spread across Blue Star.
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Messiah raised a coffin—over a thousand meters long—and charged at the head of the Evil-Eyed Worm.
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Rui Ze, now transformed by the Evil-Eyed Worm, instantly noticed her.
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He was slightly startled.
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“Messiah!”
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As a research staff member at the Containment Facility, he was naturally aware of Messiah—and very familiar with her.
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After all, he had personally participated in experiments using Messiah to destroy several containment objects.
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Messiah’s gaze immediately landed on Rui Ze, her face expressionless.
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“So it was you. I should have guessed. In the end, you still touched the Evil God Summoning.”
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Her eyes narrowed slightly, but there was not a hint of emotion in her look at Rui Ze.
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Especially when she saw those thousands of ordinary citizens who had been mutated.
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Rui Ze drew in a sharp breath.
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He knew all too well how terrifying Messiah was.
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So, under no circumstances could he let her stop the True Lord Evil-Eyed Worm’s plan!
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“Faithful of the True Lord, now is the time for your sacrifice! Stop her!”
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Rui Ze twisted his now-merged legs, quickly retreating from Messiah.
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A strange smile curled at his lips.
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“Faced with the humans you care for most, what will you do, Messiah?”
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“Aren’t you the self-proclaimed savior? Then come and save them!”
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Rui Ze let out a cold, deranged laugh.
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Full of utter disdain for Messiah.
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He knew exactly where Messiah’s weakness lay.
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Thousands of Evil-Eyed Worm minions, obeying Rui Ze’s command, surged frantically toward Messiah.
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They fought to get ahead, utterly indifferent to the deaths of their companions.
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Each minion’s head split open at the mouth, dividing into three sections, from which a tongue-like, extremely long organ extended.
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At the tip was an Evil Eye, adorned with three sharp barbs.
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Barbs shot out, crossing hundreds of meters, piercing toward Messiah.
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She watched it all in silence.
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Then, she swung the coffin.
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The thousand-meter-long giant coffin smashed into the ground, letting out an earth-shattering roar, crushing the earth into a deep depression.
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As the coffin came down,
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Rui Ze’s malicious grin froze.
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The smile vanished from his face.
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“What!”
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Before his shock could subside,
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A peerless figure appeared before him, single-handedly hoisting the several-thousand-meter-long, pitch-black coffin.
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She stared at him in silence.
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Rui Ze could not move at all.
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“How could you… how is this possible?”
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“When did I ever say I cherished all of humanity? Do you really think they can still be called human?”
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“I don’t care how it happened, I only care about the result.”
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