PF Chapter 23

Humans are utterly powerless against this monster invasion.

Now, three cities are surrounded by massive barriers, trapping people inside and preventing anyone from entering.

It’s unknown if the disaster has spread outside, like what happened to Manchester.

Sigh.

And so, a regular routine began. Long Dan opened the monitors, observing the monsters that recklessly intruded.

After the Pseudo-Human invasion, they didn’t immediately leave the base.

Instead, they stayed in place. Each Pseudo-Human had a person beside them, all with their eyes closed, as if asleep.

Instantly, all the Pseudo-Humans vanished and reappeared in front of the monitors.

This sudden scene startled Long Dan, and he hurriedly turned off the monitors.

He hadn’t realized these monsters possessed such abilities. No wonder so few people escaped from the Pseudo-Humans; they could find you across the screen.

In the face of these bizarre monster invasions, all previous scientific principles were rendered useless.

Everything had to be approached with a heavy dose of speculation.

Long Dan didn’t turn on the audio again. Instead, he opened the playback.

He watched the eerie humanoid monsters on all the monitors and started the replay.

From the playback audio, he heard many voices, mostly conversations with family and friends.

There were also whispers to lovers and some sobbing.

The people who appeared to be asleep seemed to be dreaming of their loved ones.

He thought, “I’ve already heard the live version; it shouldn’t matter if I listen to the recordings, right?”

The contamination didn’t seem to be a problem.

He opened the initial recording, the moment they first appeared and fell asleep.

Meanwhile, the various monsters placed their hands on the humans’ brains, finally taking turns as if they had agreed.

As they removed their hands, the bodies of the Pseudo-Humans began to change.

These monsters could use this method to improve their human mimicry, making it even harder for humans to defend against them.

Thinking this, cold sweat dripped from his forehead.

Imagine, if these monsters evolved to the point where they could read and even go online…

Then, how could humans resist them?

Could they completely isolate all human bases? If all bases were completely isolated, that would mean…

The only organization representing all of humanity would be gone.

Previously, when discussing how to deal with Pseudo-Humans, none of the information found online could be trusted.

Because, when a monster that could imitate adults possessed strong learning abilities and even the potential to develop human-like thinking…

And could also gradually degrade through humans…

Until they were exactly like humans, could the information on the internet still be trusted?

With such perverted abilities, humanity was doomed.

Soon, after brief contemplation, Long Dan concluded that humanity was finished.

They basically couldn’t be defeated. Humans were the same to them, without any way to cause damage.

If there was a way, the military would have taken care of it long ago.

Ultrasound was harmless to humans, but Pseudo-Humans could easily inflict harm on humans.

The key was that they used mental attacks, impossible to defend against with physical means. What could be done?

He thought for a moment and recorded all the monitor footage to send to all the bases.

Come to think of it, all bases had the instruction to destroy all data and send it to other bases.

It seemed like the system controlled it.

But why had he never heard of it? Could it be that everyone except him was slacking off?

Thinking this, two more labels were added to the image of those politicians in Long Dan’s mind.

Useless, good-for-nothing trash who couldn’t even complete instructions.

No wonder humanity hadn’t regressed until now; it was all because of these capable people who only wanted power.

If everyone was as responsible as him, this situation would never have occurred.

However, what he didn’t know was that these monitors had stirred up a major storm in various bases.

After observing for a few days, he turned off the monitors.

Because the flesh on the bodies of the people in the monitors had begun to rot, with black filamentous matter appearing on the surface.

But they were still alive, still getting excited over certain things.

Unbelievable, if people fell into the hands of these monsters, this was the result.

Unable to die, trapped in illusions.

He personally witnessed two people with agitated expressions, and through the monitor playback, he heard what they said.

“You are not him, who are you? You monster, get away.”

“Mom, why am I doing this to you?”

“Why are monsters always monsters? I’m going crazy.”

In one agitation, the two opened their eyes with agitated expressions. After clearly seeing everything, they lived on with full of fear.

There were exceptions among them. For example, some people were fed by Pseudo-Humans.

The Pseudo-Humans broke their fingers and fed them. With their feeding, the humans gradually lost their color.

Like people about to die, their bodies completely turned white, while others were almost skin and bones.

When they woke up, they would die just like those two.

Humans raised by Pseudo-Humans, what an insult, what a horror, a despairing thing.

People didn’t know their situation, wallowing in illusions. At the moment of discovering the truth, they would come alive.

They didn’t even have the right to commit suicide, unable to maintain their last human dignity.

In the hands of the monsters, they were like toys.

These few days of observation had shaken his always-firm mind. Fear surged into his heart from time to time.

He couldn’t sleep well, often had nightmares, and even hallucinated.

“Am I being affected cognitively?” he asked himself.

Realizing this, he stopped observing them deeply. After sending out all the content, he completely severed contact with the outside world.

In this living space isolated from the outside world, there was enough food, air conditioners, refrigerators, and other appliances.

There were books to relieve boredom, and childhood game consoles were also there. He decided not to care about the outside world and adjust his mentality.

However, he didn’t feel relaxed.

The scenes from the past few days of monitoring, like nightmares, were constantly affecting him.

Should I live?

He seriously asked himself, what was the meaning of his life in this world?

Did he have the value of existence?

He constantly doubted himself, denying the meaning of his existence.

Even though he knew that all of this was a consequence of being cognitively affected.

Until when he saw the person he had dreamed of seeing appear in front of him.

“Xiaoyu.”

Long Dan looked at his grandson with disbelief.

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