Time in a collapsing world

"Supporting painting tools, jewelry, headphones...that's pretty much it!"

Destobia counted the gifts on the counter, confirmed they were correct, and pushed them to the salesperson.

"Have you chosen?"

When Li said this, he kept looking outside the store door, fearing that another figure that shouldn't appear would appear.

"Finished picking, what about you?"

"Here, this is it."

Li lifted up a large bag of rolling papers in his hand, which felt out of place among the pile of gifts.

"Um...that's it? Are you sure you don't want to change it?"

Destobia didn't expect that anyone would choose this thing as a gift.

"That's it." Li nodded and confirmed.

"All right……"

Destobia paid the bill, and the two of them walked out of the store carrying a lot of things, and soon walked out of the mall.

"Wait a minute, I'll call a cab."

The two squeezed out of the crowd and stopped on a relatively empty roadside with less traffic. Destobia took out her mobile phone and planned to call a taxi.

Li looked around and found nothing out of the ordinary. Except for the ordinary people passing by them from time to time, everything seemed so normal.

It seems they can go back safely today?

Just as Li had this idea, his eyes caught a glimpse of a middle-aged man not far away who was staggering towards them. His left hand was always in his pocket, and his right hand and head were drooped. He looked like a poor, listless migrant worker who hadn't slept for three or four days.

Can he see the road clearly?

With this thought, Li watched helplessly as he approached, passed her, and came behind Destobia.

"..."

The man's steps stopped.

"?"

Only then did Li realize that not only was his head lowered, but his eyes were also closed... Was he sleepwalking here?

Li's body tensed silently for some unknown reason.

"Li, the car will arrive in about three minutes..."

Before he finished speaking, the man seemed to react to Destobia's voice. The man suddenly opened his eyes, revealing the ferocious look hidden under his eyelids. He, who was originally harmless, suddenly became murderous. He took out his left hand from his pocket, and then took out a sharp knife, and stabbed Destobia's unprepared back.

"careful!"

Li, who had been prepared, reacted instantly. The moment before the man was about to succeed, Li directly grabbed his neck and flew him backwards, completely keeping the cold knife away from Destobia.

Bang————!

The man fell into a trash can that was just as big as a person and couldn't climb out for a long time.

"What happened?"

"Fights?"

"Hey! There's something good to watch!"

The crowd who were still running around about their own things suddenly stopped and gathered around Li to watch the fun.

"Li, what's wrong?"

Destobia scratched her head for no apparent reason, glanced at the man with two feet exposed in the trash can, and then looked at Li, whose eyes became a little dangerous, and asked.

"Someone is trying to kill you."

Li pointed to the trash can and explained the situation concisely and concisely.

"Ehhhhh? Why?"

Destobia didn't understand, she hadn't offended anyone? Why do people suddenly target me just when I go out for a walk?

"I don't know, but...something's wrong."

Li looked around, and the fierce and indifferent eyes made the onlookers shudder. They all stepped back a certain distance again, but did not leave, choosing to continue watching the fun.

"..."

After Li observed everyone's expressions and saw that they were indeed far away from him and Destobia, and that the expressions on their faces were quite natural and not pretending, Li called to Destobia, Went to the trash can.

"Do you want to call the police?"

Destobia took out her mobile phone. All the police station numbers had been pressed, and only one dialing button was left.

"Forget it, it's useless to call the police. Just call the Fire Chaser people to come over and deal with it."

Li dragged the man out of the trash can and patted his face hard, but there was still no sign of him waking up.

"Huh? It's called Fire Chaser Moth?"

Destobia was puzzled. It was just an ordinary murder attempt. Is it necessary to waste the Fire Chaser Moth's manpower?

"It's suspected to be mental brainwashing, and...it doesn't look like it's man-made."

Li thought of the fleeting figure of Qian she had just seen in the store and became convinced.

"It's not man-made? Is it a ghost or something?"

When Destobia said this, she couldn't help but tremble.

"...You have to believe in science." Li said silently, "You have been working for the Fire Moth for so long, and you still believe in things like ghosts?"

"What? Didn't you say it's not man-made? Besides humans and ghosts, what other creatures have this ability?" Destobia retorted unhappily.

"..."

Yes, apart from humans, are there really other creatures that can control the human mind?

Lawyer?

That's not right. Those guys had to kill themselves first when they saw him. How could they choose Destobia as their target?

Moreover, Fire Chasing Moth did not observe any Honkai energy fluctuations belonging to the Herrscher, indicating that at least the Herrscher was not born yet.

"No matter what, it's right to call the professionals over first."

"Okay..." Destobia called her captain helplessly. He was the only one who could call some help in such an unclear situation.

Li opened the man's eyelids, took out a flashlight and shined it into his eyeballs, then slapped his face one after another, trying to wake him up. The force was not too small, and every slap would make noises. There was an extremely loud and crisp sound, and the scene made everyone watching feel a phantom pain in their faces.

Seeing Li's violent behavior, Destobia couldn't help but take a few steps back and get close to the row of people standing behind her.

Among them, as Destobia approached, the eyes of several young people who were still happily eating melon suddenly changed without warning, becoming vicious and murderous, and everyone quickly He took out a sharp object that could kill someone from his body, and just like the previous man, he stabbed Destobia straight into her body.

But unfortunately, the maliciousness they revealed also irritated Destobia, who was already on guard.

As soon as she turned around, she found that three unknown people were planning to sneak attack her, so Destobia subconsciously thought, and an invisible force suddenly controlled the movements of several people, making their bodies first He froze on the spot, and then threw them all next to Li.

"?"

Looking at the several immobile young men flying inexplicably beside him, Li was stunned for a moment, and then realized something was wrong with their eyes. He looked at Destobia and asked: "Is this all? Did you do it?"