Chapter 677: Feeding on Nightmares
Interrogation room.
“Ahhhh!!!”
The eight heroes cried out in fear at the same time and struggled unconsciously, but they were firmly fixed to the bed and could not break free.
But soon, this fear was replaced by an unprecedented feeling of relief, as if a person who accidentally fell into the water had drifted back to the shore.
Then they let out more terrified cries before relaxing again.
In this way, the Eight Heroes switched back and forth between two extreme states endlessly.
"What did you do to them?"
Seeing this, Super Sonic Pig was a little confused and asked.
"fear."
Bai Qi smiled and said, "I'm just creating a new object of fear for them."
"A new object of fear?"
Super Sonic Pig seemed to understand something, and Bai Qi continued to explain: "They are not pure beast soul masters. The reason they can believe in the Black Water Python so quickly must be because of fear."
"The emotion amplification part of the spell structure should also be for this purpose, so I simply don't touch their spells and just help them change the target of fear."
"I see."
Sonic Pig suddenly realized, and then had a new question, "But in this case, wouldn't it be better to let Sir Nicholas show his power directly?"
"No, no, no. Simply showing off your powerful strength cannot completely replace the fear of the Black Water Python in their hearts. Only by defeating their faith over and over again in front of them and depriving them of their hope of escape time and time again, in the midst of infinite despair, will they shift the target of their fear."
Bai Qi's face was full of smiles, and he was obviously very satisfied with his idea, but in the eyes of Super Sonic Pig, this smile was extremely eerie and terrifying.
This human being is so scary!
After an unknown amount of time, the cell finally became quiet, and the Eight Heroes fell into sleep again, without even the strength to jump.
"Nicholas, are you done?"
Bai Qi looked at Nicholas who also opened his eyes and asked curiously.
"It should be about the same. The last time they summoned it was not the giant snake, but this dragon."
Nicholas nodded, looking a little unhappy, and said, "But the image of this dragon they imagined turned out to be a nine-headed dragon, which is really a bit ugly."
"Nine-headed dragon? It seems that the influence of the black water python has not completely disappeared."
Bai Qi nodded slightly, then looked at the Cordyceps on the other side and asked, "Epsilon, how are you?"
"How is it? I have never felt so good!"
A strange smile appeared on Chongcao's face, and he grinned: "Screaming, fear, despair, terror, these negative emotions are so delicious, I really want to let them experience it again~"
"My goodness, is this another crazy person?"
Bai Qi was very upset when he saw this. This was the bad thing about these psychotic creatures. If you weren't careful, they would show symptoms of mental disorder. First it was Beta, and now it was Cordyceps. This was really troublesome.
"I don't know if Beta is back to normal. Otherwise, the purification may fail and his condition may get worse."
Thinking of Beta's previous state, Bai Qi hesitated, but saw a ray of moonlight suddenly lit up on Chongcao's forehead, slowly covering Chongcao's whole body, and Chongcao's eyes returned to their previous appearance.
"Hmm? What happened to me just now? It seems like I said a lot of inappropriate things?"
Chongcao was a little dazed and said.
"It's not excessive, but it's a little abnormal."
Bai Qi smacked his lips, pointed at the small sapling above Chongcao's head, and said, "And Epsilon, the moonlight seed on your head seems to have sprouted."
"germination?"
Chongcao was a little stunned, and Nicholas directly used the power of jade to condense a mirror, reflecting the small sapling on Chongcao's forehead.
"This...this...what's going on? Why did it suddenly start growing?"
Looking at the sapling above his head that looked like a unicorn horn, Cordyceps was obviously unable to accept it. He wanted to scratch it down, but he didn't dare to touch it. The look was so unbearable that even Sonic the Hound could not bear it.
Bai Qi looked at Chongcao who was sitting restlessly, then looked at the Eight Heroes on the surveillance camera, and he seemed to understand something.
"Maybe...it has something to do with the Eye of Nightmare?"
Thinking of this, Bai Qi snapped his fingers and immediately signaled Chongcao to use the Eye of Nightmare again, dragging one of the Eight Heroes into the nightmare.
The familiar scream sounded again, but Bai Qi no longer cared about Bajijie's condition. Instead, he stared at Cordyceps.
As the Eye of Nightmare emerged behind Cordyceps, the aura given by Cordyceps suddenly became dark, and his eyes returned to their cold and evil look.
But soon, the moonlight seed above Cordyceps' head also emitted moonlight again, dispelling the cold aura on Cordyceps' body.
No, to be precise, it absorbed all those things.
"It's clearly the purest holy relic of purification, but it turns out to feed on negative emotions like this?"
Bai Qi couldn't help but laugh when he saw this. He was still racking his brains over how to feed the Moonlight Seed, but it turned out that it feeds on nightmares. It is a perfect match for the Nightmare Eye!
"Epsilon, from today on, the restrictions on the use of the Nightmare Eye will be lifted . Use it as you like... No, the more the better!"
As he spoke, Bai Qi looked in the direction of the Eight Heroes and said, "For now, let's practice with them first~"
"Okay! I will make sure they stay in nightmare forever!"
Being able to use the Nightmare Eye freely, Cordyceps was very excited and could n't help but roar. His ferocious appearance made Sonic the Hound unconsciously take a few steps back.
It’s better not to provoke this human being in the future. He is too scary.
Chongcao found a new way to exercise and had a lot of fun, but Bai Qi did not forget his business. He took advantage of the fluctuations in the faith of the Eight Heroes to torture them for some information.
"Lethe Trench? What is that place?"
Bai Qi silently wrote down the information he had obtained from the Eight Heroes and asked the Super Sonic Pig.
"Forgotten Trench? That is the main sleeping place in our West Sea. Could it be that the dead beasts spread from there?"
The Supersonic Pig was a little surprised when he heard this, and said, "That's right, there are many corpses there, which is perfect for covering up the smell of dead animals."
"Wait a minute, what is this sleeping place? Is it used for sleeping?"
Bai Qi became more and more confused. These sea beasts have a special place for collective sleeping. Is it so harmonious?
"No, it's for waiting for death."
The Supersonic Dolphin shook his head and said, "We sea beasts have a long lifespan. As long as we are not eaten, we can live for a long time. But if we cannot break through, we will slowly reach the end of our lifespan."
"In order to avoid their bodies being eaten after death, the sea beasts in our West Sea will go to the Forgotten Trench to wait for death before they die."
"Well, it turns out to be the Waiting Death Strait."
Bai Qi suddenly realized what was going on and said, "But don't the other sea beasts know that we are just letting them in?"
"Originally, there was one, but after a few dying sea beasts exchanged their lives for the lives of a few guys who wanted to hunt, it became a default neutral area."
The Supersonic Pig paused and said, "The premise is that you can safely enter the Forgotten Trench area."
After hearing this, Bai Qi also understood.
The creatures in the Forgotten Trench will not be attacked, but outside the Forgotten Trench, there will definitely be a large number of hunters waiting.
In other words, he can go fishing happily again?
"Minister Bai, are you planning to go to the Lethe Trench?"
Seeing Bai Qi's expression, Super Sonic Pig immediately understood and said, "Although you are already a legend, Minister Bai, and your pets are all very strong, it is possible that there are dead animals there. Let's wait for us to send someone there."
"No, with Alpha here, the death virus has no effect on me."
Bai Qi waved his hands repeatedly after hearing this and said, "Instead of sending people over to increase the infection rate, it is better for me to act alone to improve efficiency."
"No, I still can't let you, Minister Bai, go out and take risks at will. I'll go ask a few councillors for instructions first."
After saying that, the Sonic Pig rushed out directly.
"Why didn't I notice that this guy was so fussy last time?"
Bai Qi was speechless when he saw this. He thought Super Sonic was the cold-blooded military strategist who always put interests first, but he turned out to be so fussy. It was really disappointing.
"Please don't stop me from going out. I've been stuck here for so many days. I'm going to vomit if I don't go out."
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Outside the Wangchuan Sea.
Bai Qi looked at the Ice-footed Sea Lice King under him in silence, then looked at the Exploding Killer Whale beside him, and said:
"By the way, have you completed the task I gave you? Are you still free to accompany me?"
Hearing Bai Qi's words, the Ice-footed Sea Lice King and the Exploding Orca froze for a moment, then turned their heads with a wry smile and said, "A few councillors asked us to accompany them, Minister Bai, can you give us some extra time? Once we complete our mission, we'll go look for them right away!"
"All right."
Bai Qi shrugged, then looked at the Thirteen Guardians behind him and sighed helplessly.
"Then what's going on with you guys?"
Mingdian also smiled awkwardly when he heard this, and said, "Dad has ordered that no matter where you go, we must follow you and we must not leave. We must ensure your safety."
This is of course false. The original words of the twelve legendary sea beasts including the Dark Sea Thunder Dragon were that they must follow Bai Qi and never miss any opportunity again.
"Are you sure I'm not the one protecting you?"
How could Bai Qi not know what the Nether Sea Thunder Dragon and the others were thinking, but he was too embarrassed to expose them in person. After all, he had already brought the ones from the West Sea, so there was no reason not to bring the ones from the South Sea.
But he had originally wanted to come out alone to relax and do some fishing, but now with so many sea beasts following him, he had no idea how much fishing he could do.
"Forget it, let's just honestly find the source of the dead beast and consider it as completing the mission early."
Bai Qi rubbed his eyebrows and summoned Alpha, Gamma, Jetta and Ita together.
"It's a rare opportunity. Alpha, you be the referee. Gamma, Jetta, Ita, let's compete to see who can reach the Lethe Trench first!"
