Bizarre Honkai, a Wife-Chasing Crematorium

Li Mo leaned against the tree trunk.

Kallen clutched the food from the backpack, bringing it to her mouth bit by bit.

A dense black fog enveloped the entire primeval forest. From the currently known information, the black fog obscured the vision of the living.

It was unknown if it had the same effect on ghosts.

It was still unclear whether Impostors should be classified as human or ghost, so it was best not to be seen by them.

Otherwise, when that Impostor died, it would be reborn into someone who had agreed to its request or had seen it.

It was truly an unsolvable choice.

Ghosts couldn't be killed.

Li Mo pondered. In a sense, Impostors were immortal, yet in another sense, they could be killed.

If he killed everyone who had witnessed an Impostor... would that be equivalent to ending this primordial rule in a roundabout way?

He wasn't sure... but it probably wasn't that simple.

So far, the judgment of the Impostors he had encountered was extremely bizarre. For those Impostors who even deceived themselves, the thermometer couldn't detect any abnormality.

"Otto, I've finished eating, but I'm still hungry."

"Just make do. The weather isn't good tonight. It's dangerous to look for food."

"Mhm..."

"Is there something you want to say?"

Through their brief interaction, Li Mo keenly sensed Kallen's abnormality.

She wasn't the type to hide her thoughts. Usually, whatever was on her mind would be reflected in her expression.

Li Mo asked directly, wanting to understand Kallen's condition.

"Am I blind? Even at night, I can usually see the blurry forest and stream. Now I can't see anything. It's not black... it's colorless..."

Kallen hugged her knees and said with a dejected expression.

Colorless?

Li Mo glanced at the surrounding black fog. His vision was very clear; he could distinctly see the dense black fog surging through the forest.

But why would Kallen say it was colorless?

"No, it's just that the weather isn't good today. It'll be better tomorrow morning," Li Mo comforted her.

Kallen nodded. Just as she was about to say something else, the tree trunk beneath them suddenly shook a few times.

"What's happen—"

Before Kallen could finish, Li Mo rushed over and covered her mouth, whispering a reminder in her ear.

"Don't talk, don't open your eyes..."

Kallen didn't understand, but she nodded anyway.

Li Mo released his hand, took out the ghost-specialized Bizarre pistol from his waist, released the safety, and his eyes sharpened.

From the amplitude of the tree's shaking, it was like a medium-sized mammal climbing savagely.

Creak—creak—

The sharp sound of bones scraping against tree bark echoed.

Li Mo didn't dare to look down. After much hesitation, he decided not to close his eyes. He slowly peeked his head out, trying to see the situation below.

Although seeing or being seen by an Impostor would mark him, and he would be found no matter where he fled.

But closing his eyes was even more dangerous. The Impostor might judge that its identity had been exposed due to this action and proceed with direct rebirth.

"I wonder if the black fog has any effect on the Impostor. If this fog doesn't obscure vision in the conventional sense, but rather isolates observation..."

Li Mo had a sudden idea. Kallen had said that her vision wasn't dark but a void, colorless.

"Then it can't see me."

Li Mo took a deep breath and peeked his head out to look down.

A shabbily dressed young woman was climbing the tree in a very deformed posture.

Not like a human.

From a certain perspective, human behavior was more similar to that of apes.

But the posture of the woman climbing the tree gave Li Mo the feeling of an ant climbing a tree.

Her head wasn't looking up, but was facing the bark, almost pressing her face against it.

Her limbs methodically dug into the bark, climbing up bit by bit.

Li Mo retracted his head. The tree was no longer safe.

Impostors would only go to human dwellings within their cognition, such as the caves of primitive people, underground tunnels, and towns and villages after the advancement of civilization...

"I didn't expect the trees to be discovered too."

The corner of Li Mo's mouth twitched. He could already imagine that after the rumors of Impostors in the tribe spread millions of years ago, people fled like birds, choosing what they believed to be safe habitats.

Then some fool who was originally living well in a tree, but because of long-term loneliness, his heart was empty.

One day, shrouded in loneliness, he stood on a tree and saw a beautiful woman on the ground. Out of both physiological and psychological reasons, he couldn't help but call out to greet her.

The woman on the ground was stunned at first, then her lips curled up, giving the man on the tree a very sweet yet strange smile.

Without the cognitive ability to climb trees, she smiled and waved, beckoning the man to come down.

The man foolishly climbed down the tree, and the ending was self-evident.

I understand.

Li Mo, in his state of one death, expressed his understanding.

"..."

When Li Mo came back to his senses, the strange woman had already climbed to the same height as him and Kallen. She stopped climbing and turned towards them.

Kallen sensed it and wanted to cry out.

Her eyes were not focused.

Her face was not twitching.

Although her limb movements were not coordinated, there was no sign of her rushing over.

So...

Li Mo slightly raised the muzzle of his Bizarre pistol, aiming at the woman's head.

He just needed to pull the trigger to escape this predicament.

He could easily kill this ghost by relying on the special nature of the Bizarre pistol. It was simple; he could do it easily.

But...

After weighing his options for half a minute, Li Mo finally lowered his Bizarre pistol, holding Kallen and moving as far away as possible from this inexplicably appearing female Impostor.

MEI was right. He was too dependent on the Bizarre pistol.

There was definitely more than one Impostor in this primeval forest. He couldn't kill them all by himself; he could only avoid them.

Li Mo looked back and found that the black fog in the distance had dissipated.

It was now known that the black fog could completely block the vision of humans and some ghosts, possibly even all ghosts.

There wasn't enough information to prove it, but at least it had no effect on him. It was strange. He would only know the reason after he went home and told MEI.

Li Mo picked up Kallen, grabbed the backpack, and quickly jumped to a nearby tree.

But gradually, Li Mo realized something was wrong.

Two Impostors had gathered under the tree he was on, and they were quickly climbing up in different postures.

"?"

Li Mo was stunned.

Was my judgment wrong? The black fog can't block their vision?

No, that's not right. Their eyes are still not focused, and they don't have the reaction of having found a human.

Li Mo's brain worked at high speed. He suddenly looked back at the position on the original tree.

The female Impostor there was gone.

Li Mo's gaze quickly searched, and he finally found its corpse in the fallen leaves and grass.

Dead?

The small Kallen in his arms clutched Li Mo's clothes even tighter. The unease brought by her blindness and the inexplicable fear welling up from the depths of her heart made Kallen's body tremble like a freezing kitten.