Thinking of this, Zhou Zhen immediately followed the mission requirements and used the built-in system of the visual sensor to start recording all the surrounding data.

Immediately afterwards, he took out his mobile phone and pointed it at the square full of infected people in front of him.

Click!

Zhou Zhen took a photo. In the photo, the open space of Danfeng Square was filled with infected people of all sizes. There were [lesion stage] and [progress stage]. Their limbs or organs were changing at an accelerating rate. Those with super Unimaginable distortions gathered together, giving this square, which was originally a well-known leisure spot in Danfeng District, a strange color.

Slowly putting down the phone, the square in front of him was empty.

Those densely packed infected people just now disappeared. To be precise, they were all trapped in the photo he just took on his phone!

"Digital Domain", [Dimension Conversion]!

After easily dealing with the infected outside the square, Zhou Zhen looked at the fog behind the thousand-year-old maple and walked towards it cautiously.

Step, step, step...

In the open field, the sound of his footsteps seemed to be amplified, making it particularly loud.

Soon, Zhou Zhen entered the fog, and his field of vision suddenly decreased. He could only see a range of about one or two meters around him. A little further away, there was a vast mist.

As he went deeper, the fog became thicker and the visibility further reduced.

Didi didi!

Suddenly there was a faint sound in his ears. At the same time, a red light flashed on the visual sensor, and a line of text flashed in front of Zhou Zhen's eyes to remind: "High-risk energy appears ahead!"

"Please be aware that there is high-risk energy ahead!"

Zhou Zhen ignored the warning, continued to move forward, and used the "Digital Domain", [Energy Observation].

He looked past the visual sensors and looked to the outside world. Huge changes were taking place in his field of vision. The fog in front of him seemed to turn into a light green in an instant, like water and fire, swaying slowly. This was an extremely pure energy flow!

Zhou Zhen, who was in it, felt as if he was in a sea of ​​fire or a deep sea, his whole being completely enveloped by this vast air flow.

They roar like waves, vibrating wildly, filling the world.

Zhou Zhen frowned slightly. The energy of the [Complete Body] infected person was too huge. At this distance, his entire field of vision was only this light green energy flow, and he could not see anything else clearly!

At this time, the alarms on the visual sensor became more and more frequent and urgent. Suddenly, the line of red warning text faded, and a dynamic box appeared, which seemed to mark something.

Zhou Zhen immediately stopped, and a dodecahedral energy barrier instantly appeared around his body.

"Digital Domain", [Geometric Barrier]!

clang! ! !

As soon as the [Geometric Barrier] emerged, a ball of highly corrosive liquid shot out from the mist and hit the center of the barrier instantly!

After the liquid was blocked by the [Geometric Barrier], it immediately slid slowly down the translucent barrier. There was a "squeaking" sound from the barrier as the material was being corroded, and a bunch of numbers, formulas, and theorems emerged...quickly It flickered and changed, but in the end it was not corroded or damaged. After all the liquid fell, it returned to its original state.

[Complete] infected person?

No, that's not right!

This energy is only in the [growth period]!

Just as he was thinking about it, Zhou Zhen suddenly discovered that the dynamic boxes marked on the visual sensor suddenly changed from one to more than a dozen!

At the same time, violent storm-like energy shock waves swarmed in from all directions.

Boom boom boom boom! ! !

The translucent barrier is like a pond in the mist and rain, with light ripples constantly appearing. The [Geometric Barrier] is suspended in mid-air, blocking all attacks.

Fifteen infected people in the [Growth Stage]!

Zhou Zhen's expression remained unchanged, and hundreds of black and red cubes appeared in the void beside him.

"Digital Domain", [Fusion Cube]!

The next moment, these cubes locked on the positions of all the boxes marked by the vision sensors and fired in unison.

Boom boom boom boom…

A strong light rose up, piercing the fog like the rising sun, dispersing everything. At this moment, except for this dazzling light, nothing could be seen or clearly seen, accompanied by a deafening roar. , the domineering light rushes through, washing away everything.

After a while, the light of [Fusion Cube] finally slowly weakened.

When the surrounding light is normal, you can see that all the fog has been dispersed by the shock wave.

Fifteen condensed energy impact trajectories, with Zhou Zhen as the center, are imprinted on the surrounding buildings, ground, ponds... just like the rays of the sun in a simple painting.

Due to the extremely concentrated energy of Zhou Zhen, the seemingly overwhelming black and red cubes did not cause much damage. Only energy beams were seen cutting the ground, dissecting the buildings, and penetrating the swamps, killing the fifteen [Growth Stage] infected people. , burned to the point of being riddled with holes.

These fifteen [Growth Stage] infected people were no longer moving at this moment, but they still maintained their standing or fighting postures.

If you look carefully, you can see that there is a metal thread hanging on each body.

The threads were as thin as hair, and only occasionally reflected the cold light of metal. If Zhou Zhen hadn't already reached the "Seventh Step", their existence would have been impossible to detect under the darkness of night.

One end of them plunges into the strange body of the [Growth Stage] infected person, and the other end goes vertically upward, connecting to somewhere high in the sky.

Zhou Zhen immediately looked up and saw that there were metal wires crisscrossing high in the sky, and the number was hard to count.

Under each metal thread, there is a dark metal cocoon hanging.

At this moment, the cocoons are piled up and densely packed, like mountains hanging upside down in the sky. They are slowly rising and falling under the dark night, and they seem to be growing quietly.

This scene is extremely terrifying, and it seems to instantly evoke the instinctive fear and trembling in human genes.

Kaka...

At this moment, the two cocoons on the "top of the mountain" made a crisp sound of breaking.

Two infected people emerged from the cocoon, and they both exuded [Growth Stage] energy fluctuations.

Zhou Zhen frowned, looked past the cocoon mountain hanging upside down in the air, and continued to look upward.

The tops of all the metal wires are connected to a huge ellipsoid.

It is dim in color, similar to a newly unearthed bronze vessel, standing quietly deep in the night sky.

As if aware of Zhou Zhen's energy, the huge ellipsoid in the sky slowly turned around and "looked" at Zhou Zhen.

The front of the ellipsoid is as smooth as a knife without any metal wires. It looks like a huge metal face, except that there are no facial features on it.

Those densely packed metal threads are all gathered on the back of this metal ellipsoid, like the hair of this metal human face.

Unlike the strangely shaped infected people Zhou Zhen had encountered before, the metal ellipsoid in front of him did not look deformed or weird at all. Instead, it was full of the beauty of technology and machinery, as if it were a rare work of art.

Even people who don't understand art at all will appreciate this common pleasure from the bottom of their hearts when they see each other for the first time.

In an instant, a hidden vibration erupted from Zhou Zhen's visual sensor, and alarms flashed across his field of vision like a waterfall: "[Complete] infected person detected! Data comparison is in progress..."

"Data comparison completed, the target is the [Complete Body] infected person, [Leader]!"

"Attention! Please don't look at the [Leader]!"

"Otherwise, you will become its follower!"

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High in the sky, mother ship.

Command room.

Alarms were ticking one after another. A uniformed staff member was sitting behind the screen, operating with a serious look on his face. On the big screen hanging above everyone, various messages were being continuously written down: "Beihong District , Lanqing Street, a suspected [Murphy’s Law] carrier was found, the arrest failed for the third time, please support!”

"Chongyang District, Guxing Street, a large number of [Growth Stage] infected people have been found, please support!"

"Changfang District, Binhai City Art College, received a rescue signal, but when we arrived near the scene, we couldn't find the Art College!"

"In Wushan District, [Murphy's Law] has declined significantly. It is expected that all 'carriers' in the area can be captured within 24 hours..."

A senior member of the Starry Sky Law Enforcement Corps with a crew cut and a light blue tunic suit, wearing a visual sensor, was making decisions quickly and giving responses one by one.

Every time he gave an order, the nearby staff immediately began to communicate, convey, dispatch... and quickly arranged according to the process.

The scene was in full swing, calls came in from time to time, and several important messages soon appeared on the screen...

At this moment, a burly figure suddenly opened the door and strode in.

The visitor was wearing a white Chinese tunic suit and a golden ribbon. It was Duan Lihe.

Duan Lihe was full of energy at this moment, and the strong wind stirred up while walking made several staff members who were relatively close to him subconsciously hold their breath and feel instinctively creepy.

Obviously, Duan Lihe had just fought another battle and returned to the spacecraft before he could fully gather his energy.

The senior executive of the Starry Sky Law Enforcement Corps who was directing and dispatching immediately stood at attention and saluted: "Captain Duan!"

Duan Lihe nodded slightly, walked quickly to him, looked at the central screen, and asked quickly: "How is [Murphy's Law] handled now?"

The senior executive immediately replied: "It went very well! Seventy-nine 'carriers' have been captured and all have been 'digitally' isolated."

“Among compatible people going on missions in various regions, accidents have dropped by at least 30%!”

"If we continue like this, it will take at most two days to fully control [Murphy's Law] in Binhai City!"

Duan Lihe looked slightly relaxed. The most troublesome thing in Binhai City now is [Murphy's Law] and various "digital forests" that suddenly appear.

According to the above task allocation, the Starry Sky Law Enforcement Group is mainly responsible for [Murphy's Law]; while the "Digital Forest" is the responsibility of the Deep Sea Patrol.

In addition to these two troubles, the number of infected people is constantly increasing...

While thinking, Duan Lihe nodded and said, "Okay! Next, we must pay attention to those infected."

"As soon as there is a [Complete Body] infected person, notify me immediately."

"I'm going to replenish my energy first."

The senior executive immediately said: "One [Complete Body] infected person has appeared, and the target is in Danfeng District. Zhou Zhen was just dispatched to clean it up."

Duan Lihe was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly stopped. He turned around suddenly, looked at the subordinate in front of him who had always done things properly, and said coldly: "He is the 'Seventh Step'!"

"You send a 'Seventh Step' to clean up the infected people in the [Complete Body]?!"

The senior executive was stunned, and replied with some uncertainty: "'Seventh Step'? But leader, in the data you just uploaded, Zhou Zhen solved No. 009, so I thought he was the 'Ninth Step' …”

Duan Lihe's face suddenly darkened. In the past, if his subordinates made such serious mistakes, he would be furious and punished severely!

But now, he knows very well that this is affected by [Murphy's Law]!

Due to various coincidences, he, his deputy, mistook Zhou Zhen for the "ninth ladder"!

Zhou Zhen even talked to him just before the mission started, but due to the influence of [Murphy's Law], the other party did not tell him the content of the mission!

Thinking of this, Duan Lihe didn't waste any more time. He immediately turned around and walked quickly out of the cabin door.

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Danfeng District.

The night seemed like a vast ocean hanging upside down above the land, and the dense metal cocoons were like icebergs suddenly appearing in the sea.

The huge, elegant metal human face is suspended in the darkness, calm and profound, like a god without sorrow or joy.

It overlooks the earth from a high dome, and looks like an ancient giant rising slowly from the deep sea, gazing at the sea.

Zhou Zhen stood on the street where the fog had dispersed. The reminder from the visual sensor had just ended, and the red light in his field of vision had faded. He was about to retract his gaze from the metal face, but he suddenly discovered that he didn't know when, Already covered with hair-thin metallic threads.

The other end of these metal wires penetrated the night sky, passed through the strong wind, and connected to the back of the [Leader], turning into a part of the opponent's countless "hair strands".

Zhou Zhen frowned, and he immediately turned his eyes, only to find that no matter which direction he looked, he could only see the [Leader].

Even if he closed his eyes, [The Leader] seemed to be firmly imprinted on his retinas.

At the same time, more and more metallic threads appeared on his body.

The "digital energy" in his body drained away quickly like a flood.

His energy intensity declined sharply.

Realizing that something was wrong, a dense black and red cube immediately appeared in front of Zhou Zhen, turning into a large shock wave and blasting towards the [Leader].

Boom boom boom! ! !

In the deafening sound, the energy shock wave roared like a sudden storm, hitting the metal face.

The majestic brilliance lasted for quite some time before slowly fading away, and the night sky returned to silence. The [Leader] was unscathed, without any change.

The "digital domain" of the "Seventh Step" is completely unable to defeat it!

Click, click, click...

At this time, there was another metal cocoon in the mountain of metal cocoons hanging below the [Leader], and a crack appeared.

A familiar face poked out from the cracked gap. It was a young man with a slightly thin face and a scar at the corner of his left eye.

This face is exactly the same as Zhou Zhen's.

Zhou Zhen's pupils expanded slightly, and without any hesitation, he immediately closed his eyes.

The next moment, he opened his eyes and was already standing in an empty square. The surroundings were quiet except for a thousand-year-old maple tree standing quietly in the center of the square.

"Digital Domain", [Equation Replay - Fantasy Kingdom]!