My Monster Fuses Everything

They hadn't completely turned into monsters; they still maintained their human form, but it was clear they were no longer normal people.

"Your appearance really surprises me. Block the way, and tell me, what's going on here? What are you preparing to do in this place?"
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Su Han's words let them breathe a sigh of relief. Their mutated appearances were thorns in their sides. Mutation had given them the ability to resist toxins, and even their physical fitness had improved by a notch. Among the twenty-odd people, seven possessed Second Order strength, and the leader Ge Ming was even a Second-Order Superior.

However, having lost their human appearance, the repulsion and fear in their hearts were inescapable.

"A few months ago, a beast tide erupted in Lisu County, and nearly all of the survivors' camps in the city were destroyed in an instant. We were in Lisu County at the time but couldn't escape immediately. We were trapped inside the city, and the toxic mist had already spread.

Everyone was poisoned, and after enduring it for several days, we finally found a chance to escape to the surrounding villages. We originally wanted to leave Lisu County for South City, but unexpectedly... we became like this."

Ge Ming's face was filled with bitterness, as if the disaster from before was vividly etched in his memory. Sometimes, looking at his arms, now monstrous, he wished he had died back then.

"Did everyone who passed through the toxic mist turn out like this?"

Su Han's brow furrowed. If what Ge Ming had said was true, the danger posed by the toxic mist would be significantly greater.

"No, that's not it."

Ge Ming shook his head in a hurry, saying, "Many people who fled with us didn't change; they detoxified and remained normal people, all protecting the other survivors in the village."

At this point, Ge Ming dared not conceal anything, including their survivors' village.

The crowd looked at him in confusion and shock. Only Ge Ming knew that in the face of such immense psychokinetic power, even if he didn't speak, the man before him could force the answers he wanted.

"I was one of the first to change, nearly thought I had gone mad. Then, one by one, Xiao Zhao, Old Zhou, Sister Hua... they also began to mutate one after another. It must have been caused by changes in our environment."

As more and more people mutated, it dawned on Ge Ming and the others that the environment of Lisu County was affecting them.

Even if the toxic mist hadn't directly enveloped their village, the toxins would slowly spread to the surrounding areas, possibly through the air, wandering toxic beasts, or even from the supplies they gathered from Lisu County.

These toxins might be so weak they were barely detectable, but over time, they indeed prompted changes in the human body.

One might call it a mutation, but it was also an adaptation, an evolution with the environment, albeit at a tremendous cost.

"Why not leave?"

Knowing that there was a problem with Lisu County, why not leave?

But Ge Ming's response to Su Han's question was with an ugly face. He said hoarsely, "It's too late. By the time we realized something was wrong, a third of the people in the village were already unable to adapt to an environment without toxins. We tried to move away, but people started collapsing before we even reached the toll station."

He looked up at Su Han, saying, "The deeper the impact, the harder it is to leave the toxic substances here. Without them, the body will turn on itself, causing severe pain."

He opened his backpack, and inside, besides various supplies, there were even those poisonous mushrooms, toxic plants.

"Those deeply eroded even need to take in toxins to mitigate the backlash."

Lisu County was like an invisible net that had ensnared them early on, leaving them powerless to escape.

The strong couldn't leave the toxins, and the weak lacked the capability to leave this place. It was a situation rife with contradictions.

Ge Ming and his people could only watch helplessly as their own either continued to mutate or die off. They had truly become 'poisoned people,' just like those toxic beasts, becoming a part of the current environment of Lisu County.

Su Han fell silent for a while, the plight of Ge Ming and his people resembling that of cancer patients, quietly watching everything deteriorate yet unable to initiate change.

It wasn't just Ge Ming; everyone who had come with him wore expressions of sadness.

"Do you often enter the city to explore? Do you know which monster caused the beast tide in Lisu County?"

"The centipede," he replied.

"A centipede? The Green Giant Centipede kind?"

Su Han looked at Ge Ming, who immediately shook his head: "No, not those. The centipedes are all small; the biggest ones were dozens of meters long, and there was more than one. The most powerful creature we saw in Lisu County was that green-purple giant centipede, clustered around the toxic pit. Both toxic beasts and the Green Giant Centipedes would seek food for them."

"Where is this toxic pit?"

"Next to the mountain foothills at the farm. A large pit was dug there, filled with the most toxic beasts and Green Giant Centipedes. We didn't dare get too close."

He paused, then added, "I can't be sure if the centipedes are the source."

Ge Ming had said all he could, stealing glances at Su Han, uncertain of what fate awaited them.

Apprehension filled their hearts.

Su Han was right in front of them, close in distance, with some space to their tentacles, but none dared to resist.

The pressure the man before them exerted was no less severe than that of the monsters outside, perhaps even more unfathomable.

All they could do was obey.

"Gather your things and come with me, there might still be a chance for salvation."

Su Han's voice resounded, and Ge Ming and the others froze on the spot, their faces filled with disbelief and shock.