Chapter 63: Contamination
So, it was me who was contaminated....... The moment this realization surfaced, Zhang Yuanqing felt like he was experiencing a split personality. One half was lucid and intelligent, while the other half was chaotic and twisted.
It was like a walking corpse in folklore, unaware of its own death, suddenly being awakened.
"This is a dungeon for Aberrants, a dungeon for evil professions. I've taken the role of the demon beast Haas. I'm the villain on this ship. Why do I think the crew are the monsters? My perception has been warped..."
No wonder the crew were so afraid of him. Everyone knew he was an aberrant monster, but they had to cooperate and act along with him to stabilize his condition.
No wonder his room was cleaned up. The crew didn't want him to remember the identity of "Lieutenant Stephen."
In the diary, Lieutenant Stephen's perception was also twisted, believing that the crew had all become Aberrants and that only he was normal. This was a logical loophole. If the crew had all turned into monsters, why would Lieutenant Stephen be spared?
In fact, Stephen was the aberrant monster.
"Damn it, from the moment I entered the dungeon, I was contaminated, my perception subtly twisted, creating illusions... Why can't the power of the Sun God purify this distortion?"
Zhang Yuanqing sat weakly on the long chair, his right hand pressed against his head, his face showing pain. His expression was somewhat contorted, his eyes sometimes calm and normal, sometimes cold and gloomy.
This was the struggle of self-will against spiritual contamination.
If he had opened the captain's cabin drawer last night and read James's notes, he would have woken up immediately, but he chose to play it safe, which was likely a choice influenced by the contamination.
Subconsciously, he didn't want to open the drawer. He didn't want to be awakened at the time.
"What's wrong?" Yin Yaojunzhu took a few steps forward, looking somewhat nervous.
She didn't know what had happened to Yuan Shi Tian Zun, but she could sense that his current state was terrible.
My spirit has been contaminated, contaminated by the evil power of a high level........ Zhang Yuanqing tapped his head. I can't tell which is the real me, I can't tell the difference between reality and illusion.
From his perspective, the crew and the Holy See's The Way of the Extraordinary were aberrant monsters, covered in scales and tentacles, which he had seen with his own eyes.
But James's notes and various details of the dungeon told him that Lieutenant Haas was the one who had been contaminated.
Yin Yaojunzhu was clear-headed. She put the small loudspeaker close to his ear and said loudly: "Quickly circulate the Pure Yang Cleansing Record, you must believe in the power of the sun, any filth will be reduced to ashes in the sunlight. Your spirit has indeed been contaminated, and in the battle just now, you subconsciously ignored the power of the Sun God. You didn't want to use it because it would eliminate the contamination and make your condition better."
Zhang Yuanqing immediately sat down cross-legged, breathing in and out the power of the Sun God, letting his breath gradually become hot, letting the lungs slowly light up with golden light... Suddenly, that mysterious and ethereal whisper echoed in Zhang Yuanqing's ears again.
It was like unconscious mumbling, or some unknown language.
Zhang Yuanqing's consciousness instantly fell into chaos, unable to maintain the operation of the Sun God's power. The veins on his forehead bulged, and dense, hard flesh buds protruded from his neck, ugly and disgusting, extending towards his chest, which was covered by clothing.
"A little disgusting..." Yin Yaojunzhu commented, and seeing Yuan Shi Tian Zun's ferocious and painful expression, she knew it wasn't the time to complain, and quickly said: "Dispelling Talisman, are there any more Dispelling Talismans?"
"What is a Dispelling Talisman..." Zhang Yuanqing's brain was sluggish, and it took him a few seconds to reply: "Gone long ago..." His painful expression suddenly disappeared, his face became calm, and his calmness revealed coldness. He smiled and said: "Yin Yao, well done, we have dealt with The Way of the Extraordinary of the Holy See, next we just need to seal the Demon Seed, use that coffin to seal the Demon Seed."
"Yes, there are two knights alive in the hold, let's go down and deal with them."
He seemed to have completely forgotten what had just happened.
Yin Yaojunzhu felt a chill in her heart. Yuan Shi Tian Zun's perception had been twisted, and he even had hallucinations.
Yin Yaojunzhu retreated repeatedly, holding the Mountain God Scepter in one hand and raising the small loudspeaker in the other: "Yuan Shi Tian Zun, contaminated, contaminated, contaminated."
The speaker in her waist bag made a "buzzing" sound of electricity: "Important things are said three times."
Zhang Yuanqing was stunned, carefully scrutinizing Yin Yaojunzhu, his expression becoming more and more unpleasant, his eyes becoming more and more cold: "Yao, have you been contaminated too?"
After becoming a Yin corpse, Yin Yaojunzhu's body had long lost sensation, but at this moment, she seemed to experience a long-lost tingling scalp.
In Yuan Shi Tian Zun's vision, she might have also turned into an aberrant covered in tentacles and scales, with an ugly face.
So next, was he going to kill her?
At this time, she heard Yuan Shi Tian Zun sigh and say: "Yin Yao, I can only seal you first, don't worry, I will find a way to save you, if that doesn't work, I can summon Old Bastard, no, my You Qing."
The Cat King speaker "buzzed" and a low male voice came: "He still loves you!"
Yin Yaojunzhu was too lazy to pay attention to the speaker, her expression was solemn.
He was really crazy. "Old Bastard" was a title that Yuan Shi Tian Zun only dared to say occasionally when he was being mischievous, but You Qing was a title he would never dare to say.
Yuan Shi Tian Zun had already taken out the black coffin, intending to use it to seal Yin Yaojunzhu, completely forgetting what he had just said about sealing the Demon Seed in the coffin.
Sealing the Demon Seed was his only rationality, but subconsciously, he, who was contaminated by the Demon Seed, could not possibly seal the Demon Seed.
Yin Yaojunzhu took a few steps back, quickly thinking about a solution, desperately discovering that in the Spirit Realm dungeon, she had no way to do anything. If it was the real world, she could ask the saints who had returned from the dead for help, or at worst, she could ask Heaven's Punishment for assistance.
But in the Spirit Realm, she was alone and helpless. The only props she had were a pair of sliding shoes, a staff, and a speaker that only said nonsense and played vulgar and obscene audio.
Even if she wanted to summon her master, she would need summoning rituals and materials.
As her thoughts turned, Yin Yaojunzhu's heart moved, and she slapped the Cat King speaker: "Drum sound!"
"Buzz..." The loudspeaker of the Cat King speaker made an electric sound, and the next second, a heavy drum sound rang out, forming an echo in the closed captain's cabin, boom boom boom...
Zhang Yuanqing frowned, feeling a little upset listening to the drum sound, and grinned: "Cat King speaker, even you have betrayed me? Fine, I'll seal you together..."
He suddenly pressed his head, showing a painful expression, "Yin Yao, I can't tell, I can't tell the difference between reality and illusion!"
Seeing this, Yin Yaojunzhu breathed a sigh of relief. She asked the Cat King speaker to play the drum sound, not to suppress Yuan Shi Tian Zun. The suppression effect of the drum sound was negligible for a Saint at the peak of Level Six.
Her purpose was to use the Cat King speaker to awaken the normal side of Yuan Shi Tian Zun.