Crack—

Wu Liang lifted his foot and stepped on the head on the ground, frowning as he smashed it to bits.

The crying sound finally stopped abruptly when the head was completely crushed, as no head meant no sound could be made.

"Boo hoo hoo... boo hoo hoo..."

But the crying from the corner still existed, which made Wu Liang a bit puzzled.

He shook off the blood on his foot and walked towards the shadowy corner, to carefully observe for any anomalies in this place.

To his surprise, he discovered that the source of the crying was not any humanoid form, but rather a cockroach curled up in the shadows?!

This left Wu Liang's face completely unable to maintain composure.

Living people, corpses, and even insects would be affected by the supernatural infection, not to mention animals like cats and dogs.

"No wonder...the fall of several cities in such a short time, and I was wondering how it could happen so quickly..." Wu Liang muttered to himself.

After raising his foot and stepping on the cockroach, he looked at the people crying inside the funeral home and fell into thought.

From the moment he entered the city till now, all encounters involved supernatural infections through crying, so what was the infection method that troubled the previous Awakened team?

He took out his phone and casually glanced at a map of Shangluo City, finding a pedestrian street not far from him.

It was around the time for dinner, and before the city's collapse, that area of the pedestrian street would have been crowded with people.

Since nothing seemed amiss in the suburbs, he thought to research at a more polluted source!

With this in mind, Wu Liang pushed open the funeral home's door. A taxi unexpectedly stopped by the roadside, with the Ghost Driver, as usual, staring straight ahead, ready to depart.

Sitting in the taxi, Wu Liang handed his phone to the Ghost Driver, indicating for him to head to this location.

Whoosh—

Watching the surroundings flash past quickly as the car moved, Wu Liang's gaze gradually grew helpless and cold.

It was not apparent at the city's edge, but once he reached the city center, he truly realized the absurd extent of the supernatural infection's danger—

Vehicles were driving, but when the drivers got infected, they couldn't steer, causing the cars to crash directly into pedestrians and buildings.

Particularly the sight of a large truck tipping over after running over countless pedestrians, with the blood-red drag marks on the ground stretching over ten meters, was enough to send chills down the spine;

There were those cooking or using open flames, suddenly infected and weeping uncontrollably, unable to turn off the flames before them.

Many buildings were still billowing with dense black smoke and searing flames as Wu Liang passed by.

The air reeked with a nauseating smell of roasted meat, mainly emanating from those burning apartment blocks;

Even a few construction equipment like cranes had workers infected while operating, causing them to cry and accidentally hit controls, leading the equipment to crash into nearby under-construction skyscrapers.

Countless building fragments rained down from above, burying all nearby pedestrians.

Such accidents were seen everywhere.

It took Wu Liang just about ten minutes from the funeral home to the pedestrian street.

But in that brief journey, he witnessed scenes akin to the end of the world.

The mass accidents arising from the instant collapse of the entire city were innumerable, making Shangluo City now resemble a wasteland world's base from any angle.

Chaotic pedestrians, the roaring crashes or explosions from occasional accidents, the rustling sounds of cockroaches, rats, and other species crawling everywhere from the sewers, and the constant crying sounds from all mobile things.

"Heh, it feels like I'm back five years ago..." Wu Liang sighed.

That was when the Supernatural Calamity first descended, with supernatural events occurring at any moment within cities.

The panicked fleeing, pleas for help, those taking advantage of the chaos—it was all mixed together.

It seemed as if society had returned to those chaotic times, or even worse.

Cities back then also looked like ruins under apocalypse, inhabited by various pests and unknown dangers.

He thought he would only see such chaos again during the second Supernatural Calamity, but didn't expect to encounter it now.

"Hmm? Wait, how good is your car's soundproofing?" Wu Liang asked the Ghost Driver in the front seat as he was about to open the car door, seeing the countless pedestrians on the pedestrian street.

"Uh... boss, if you want, the car can block out all outside sounds, as providing passengers with a comfortable ride is important." The Ghost Driver scratched his head and replied honestly.

Wu Liang: "..."

To be honest, ever since this guy ran business every day in Capital City, Wu Liang always thought if he were alive, he would undoubtedly be the most dedicated cab driver.

He even caters to passenger needs now.

"You can mute it," Wu Liang ultimately gave in and had him block the sounds.

Following the command, the Ghost Driver immediately rolled up the windows.

As they closed, the crying and chaotic sounds outside vanished.

The taxi became like an isolated Peach Blossom Spring, unaffected by external noise and chaos.

"Heh, as expected... found the second transmission method."

Simultaneously, Wu Liang squinted at the pedestrians outside and confidently made this assertion.

He then immediately used the Ghost Compendium to communicate with the Puppet Ghost following He Zhan: "Puppet, write to He Zhan that supernatural infections spread not only by crying sounds but also visually... avoid looking at any crying targets!"

After saying this, Wu Liang glanced back toward the pedestrian street.

Even though he wasn't hearing any crying sounds at the moment, turning his head still felt like a creepy supernatural infection invading his mind.

No wonder the Official Awakened fell here.

They wore special earplugs to block the crying, but whether communicating or seeking the Fierce Ghost, observing was unavoidable.

Who would've thought even a glance at a crying pedestrian would lead to infection?

With hearing and sight unusable, it truly imposes a daunting task on normal Awakened or Symbionts to tackle the Crying Ghost.

"Can't see, can't hear... does this mean touching would also be forbidden?" Wu Liang suddenly pondered.

He then exited the car, equipped with custom earplugs from He Zhan, closed his eyes, and stepped into the crowd on the pedestrian street, intending to test if touch led to supernatural infection.

As he closed his eyes and walked in, a palm-sized, translucent, crying little boy hovered midair, cautiously approaching Wu Liang...

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.