Most of the Emerald City citizens who experience this situation are old people like Daddy Keen, who have had more severe symptoms from the beginning.
"Don't move, don't touch them, don't come close to them!"
"Back away, everyone, back away!"
"Idiot, didn't you hear me tell you to back away? Do you also want to end up like this? If you back away, you can't help him, but you will get involved yourself."
"What's going on? Why can't they touch it? Why can't we help them?"
"They are not simply sick, they are parasitized by nightmare bugs. If you approach them rashly, the anxious nightmare bugs will most likely be transferred to you."
"Nightmare Insects? How is that possible? Aren't all Nightmare Insects already blocked outside the divine shield? How could you be infected with Nightmare Insects if you don't go out?"
"Is there a mistake?"
"If I get it wrong, I can't get it wrong. My grandfather, my grandmother, and my mother all died because of this. This is definitely a unique phenomenon in the process of exterminating nightmare insects."
Some of the old people in Emerald City suddenly changed their colors when they saw the situation before them, and some horrific and bloody memories that they thought they had forgotten came flooding out.
Nouns came to their minds one after another.
Nightmare Seed.
The beginning of the nightmare.
Puppet worm.
Twisted Dreamworm.
No matter how the name changes, it still describes the same species.
Larvae of the Twisted Nightmare Shadowseed.
Before the cataclysm, these invisible and intangible terrifying existences had been wreaking havoc on the Abigail plane for a long time.
This special parasite has a special way of parasitization and has no obvious signs of disease.
By the time they are discovered, they are often already terminally ill, their whole temperament has changed drastically, and it is not surprising that they would do any crazy and unimaginable things.
If this kind of parasitism happened to ordinary people, the harm would be relatively minor. At most, it would be a killing spree, harming the people closest to them.
If this kind of parasitism appears in the bodies of city lords, kings, and other powerful people, it will cause a national disaster.
Before the Cataclysm, there was a bloody battle in the Abilge plane for half a century. They played a role that cannot be ignored in sowing discord in the middle.
It was not until the city's protective shield was formed after the Cataclysm that they escaped from this parasitic threat.
Unexpectedly, the sealed environment they thought was absolutely safe was no longer safe.
The young people who didn't care much at first, after hearing this name, were stung by poisonous needles and retreated one after another.
Although they had never experienced that horrific era, they did not know how many times they had heard those old people say it, and they could be said to have turned into a ruthless person.
"The Envoy is here, the Envoy has taken action, the Envoy must have a way to cure them..."
"That's right. Lord Messenger must have a way..."
"Lord Messenger, please, save my father, save him..."
Now is an important point for Sean to further accumulate his personal reputation in the Emerald City. Of course, he cannot be as eager to kill more and fewer people as he did when he fooled Ulan Baz.
He has been closely observing the conditions of the citizens of Emerald City.
When a local patient collapsed, the energy clone rushed to him with the wind.
His judgment is the same as that of the older Emerald City citizens.
These people have been parasitized by the shadow seed, and their condition is quite serious.
The same question also came to Sean's mind.
How did these shadow seeds get in?
Sean has been around the Emerald City these days.
The protective shield of law that covers this city is completely airtight.
Including those waters, they are all separated from the city, and the twisted nightmare has no loopholes to exploit.
Could it be said that they are like shadow energy, spreading along the oxygen supply system of these cities through the Abigail World Tree?
Not right either.
How powerful Abigail's World Tree itself is.
At best, the shadow energy absorbed by the Shadow Mistress cannot be fully digested. How can it be possible to allow the shadow seed to swim back and forth in its core organs?
The seed of shadow does not have such tenacious vitality.
Think about it.
There is only one possibility for this to happen.
That is, these shadow seeds are generated by the shadow energy in the bodies of these patients.
in other words.
The seed of shadow can not only be condensed and formed on the body of the shadow mistress. The shadow energy separated from the body of the shadow mistress can be automatically transformed into a seed of shadow once it is gathered in large enough quantities and has enough nutrients and fertile soil.
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If this is the case, the time left for Sean will not be as much as Goddess Abigail estimated.
What is happening in the Emerald City is likely to happen in all Abigail cities.
If Sean doesn't find them as soon as possible and remind them, by the time Sean finds most of the Abigail cities, it's very likely that they will have become a ghostly place full of twisted nightmares, and the city shield will no longer be able to protect them.
exist.
It's a prison that prevents them from escaping.
Even if they escape from this cage, what awaits them will be an even more desperate future, with more hungry and twisted nightmares wandering outside.
With speculations swirling in his mind, Sean's movements in his hands didn't stop, he threw the patient up and punched him cleanly.
"Lord Messenger, what are you doing?"
"Lord Messenger, if you do this, you will kill Father Keen!"
"Lord Messenger, you can't do this!"
Seeing Sean's behavior, the surrounding Emerald City citizens broke out into commotion again, and many people couldn't help but speak out to stop him.
Is the other party rescuing someone? Or murdering someone?
Looking at Sean's ferocious punches, even if it landed on a healthy adult, it would probably knock him out of breath, let alone a seriously ill and very weak old man.
But the next scene completely shattered their understanding. They were stunned and had to shut up.
They are professionals in this aspect.
Sean directly punched Father Keen, and it was true that he flew away. At the same time, a black twisted monster like a small octopus flew out of Father Keen's body.
Even a fool can see that this translucent little octopus obviously did not come out voluntarily, but was shaken alive by Sean's punch just now.
No need to ask, this is the nightmare seed that makes all Abigail people talk about it.
After this shadow seed was shaken out of Father Keen's body, it was still full of vitality. There was a rope-like black energy line connecting it to Father Keen's body.
After waiting for the energy shock on his body to weaken a little, the shadow jumped back along the rope, trying to get into Dad Keen's body again.
Sean, who followed closely, used his right hand to clamp the unconscious father Keen under his arm. He turned his right hand into a knife and slashed at the black energy line.
squeak……
The Shadow Seed trembled violently as if it had been severely injured, and its octopus-like tentacles swung wildly. It no longer tried to return to the original host's body, but turned its head and pounced towards the Emerald City citizen nearest to it, while also shouting
Bursts of piercing low-frequency screams.
The citizens of the Emerald City around the Seed of Shadows felt as if their heads were being stabbed by awls, making them dizzy.
The Emerald City citizen who was locked by the Shadow Seed was in a particularly serious situation. He stood there blankly, not knowing how to avoid the Shadow Seed's attack.
"You've already come out, and you still want to be a monster."
Sean was chasing after him, his speed was extremely fast, and he seemed to be the first to arrive later.
squeak……
The Shadow Seed repeated its old trick and directed the audio control attack towards Sean, trying to delay time so that it could parasitize other people and lurk again.
"roll!"
Sean typically used a sonic attack to retaliate, and a burst of power erupted from his roar.
The power of the two is not on the same level at all. Not only was the Shadow Seed's attack completely ineffective, but it was hit by Sean's sonic attack. His lunging movement was completely out of shape, and the next moment it appeared in Sean's body.
In the left hand.
When Sean closed the fingers of his left hand, it was like crushing a bubble.
Crush the shadow seed directly and vaporize it instantly.
Don't forget, the fists of Sean's energy clone also have law runes.
This is an existence that can cause harm to their mother bodies. Little guys like them that have not yet formed can't make waves at all.
"He should be fine after he rests for a while. Take good care of him." Sean conveniently threw Father Keen to the Emerald City citizen who had just been targeted by the Shadow Seed.
The other party was still in panic and fear. He hurriedly picked up Daddy Keen and said repeatedly: "Don't worry, Mr. Envoy, I will definitely take good care of him. Thank you, Mr. Envoy."
Sean waved to him without looking back, leaving only a silhouette of his back disappearing like the wind.
No need to ask, he is rushing to another critically ill patient.
What happened next was exactly what Sean did.
Before everyone, including those with shadow seeds in the patient's body, can react, use a heavy punch to directly blast them out of the patient's body, and then kill them cleanly.
This process will inevitably cause a commotion.
No way, this treatment method seems a bit violent.
But to deal with special enemies like Shadow Seeds, you can only use this powerful medicine.
Fighting with it not only takes a long time, but also causes greater burden and damage to the patient's body and soul.
This method is also based on the premise that the shadow seeds in these patients have been formed not long ago and have not yet become entangled with the patients' souls.
If it were a seriously ill patient like General Pedro, this kind of energy impact would not only knock out the shadow seeds from the patient's body, but might even bring out the patient's soul, damaging the patient's very foundation.
The citizens of Emerald City who had shadow seeds were obviously in the early to middle stages of symptoms. The shadow seeds were relatively weak, did not take root deeply, and were not particularly numerous in number. They were mainly concentrated in middle-aged and elderly people, and Sean dealt with them fairly quickly.
"What's going on? Why are nightmare seeds appearing here?"
"How did they break through the city shield?"
The Lord of Loxani and the High Priest of Dewit came after hearing the news. Although they tried their best to hold on, there was still a trace of panic on their faces that could not be concealed.
The emergence of this situation means that their Emerald City is no longer absolutely safe.
"They are an upgraded version of the epidemic situation..." Sean told his guess truthfully, "We have figured out a way to contain the source. Whether my guess is correct or not, we will know after observing it for a while."
"Since Lord Messenger said so, it must be the case." Lord Roxani said with a happy face, "Thankfully, Lord Messenger is here this time, otherwise the Emerald City would have caused a catastrophe without even knowing it. We really don't know how to thank Lord Messenger
for everything we did.”
"This is the sacred mission given to me by Your Excellency Mother Tree." Sean looked solemn and performed his role as a magic stick to the extreme. "If you really want to thank you, let's thank Your Excellency Mother Tree!"
"We have never forgotten the kindness of Your Excellency Mother Tree, and the kindness of Lord Messenger cannot be ignored either." Lord Roxani said sincerely.
"With the help of the messenger, we were able to escape. The cities of other tribesmen may not be so lucky. We must find a way to notify the tribesmen of other cities before these monsters cause huge disasters." Mr. Dewit.
The priest showed deep concern. He also thought of the questions that Sean had thought of before.
They rely on the same Abigail World Tree to survive. The problems that Emerald City derives from the World Tree will also exist in other cities.
"The consciousness of the mother tree is lost, the dream is closed indefinitely, and our connection with other cities is completely cut off. If we send messengers along the mother tree to find and notify other cities, even the most well-trained soldiers will have no chance of arriving alive.
, almost zero." The Lord of Roxani City looked solemn, as if we were powerless.
At the end of the sentence, the eyes of Lord Roxani and High Priest Devitt turned to Sean at the same time.
In the Emerald City, the only person who can travel freely outside the city's protective shield is the Mother Tree Messenger.
Previously, the opponent had defeated tens of thousands of nightmares with one person's power and fled.
I believe that as long as no monarch-level nightmare is targeting him, his life is not in any danger.
It seems too inhumane to let the other party embark on a new round of running after they just helped Emerald City survive a huge crisis.
Sean understood the meaning in the expressions of Lord Roxani and High Priest Dewit, and nodded as a matter of course: "You don't need to ask. Once it is confirmed that the Emerald City is safe, I will embark on a new journey and try to help rescue them."
More cities and people..."
"The nobleness of Lord Messenger makes us ashamed. Here, on behalf of all the tribesmen, I would like to thank you for your selfless dedication. From now on, the Emerald City will be Lord Messenger's home. No matter when you come back, we will be here."
Warmly welcome, no matter what we need to do, we will do our best." The Lord of Locksani really didn't know how to repay Sean for his help to them except giving Sean the highest gratitude and praise.