『I'll give you one more chance … David, do not challenge the limits of Living Being's Nightmare's patience』 the Nightmare boasted.
"Hm, got it" David stared at the painting and replied.
In the end, the Nightmare didn't do as it promised and make David restless. It was only saying that for fun.
Because similar situations had happened countless times, it understood David's Nightmare very well and knew that David wasn't someone who would compromise.
It didn't drive him crazy when he was young, so it definitely wouldn't now.
David had already experienced a containment failure that was even more severe than this. At the time, the Nightmare had caused him quite a bit of trouble, but it still wasn't enough to kill David.
At this point, the Nightmare was only venting its frustration.
Seeing that David was truly angry, it tactfully took advantage of the situation to get out of the situation. However, it still maintained a ferocious expression and maintained its demeanor as a demon.
The club members all looked at David with concerned gazes. David didn't say anything and simply put the Nightmare into his mouth with a pair of dead fish eyes, swallowing it.
After that, he shook his head and muttered: It's fine.
David knew the Nightmare too well, he knew that it wouldn't stay stubborn with him for too long over such a small matter, and it also knew that he wouldn't back down.
After the matter of the figure in the painting was resolved, a club member brought Mo Qiong to the bottom floor to take over the club member who was feeding Taotie.
Everyone had to search for anomalies everywhere to ensure that any escaping anomalies would be suppressed again.
Perhaps because of Old Devil's instructions, Mo Qiong's curiosity about David was satisfied.
According to the club member, David was still afraid of the Nightmare when he was young, but as he grew older, his fear of the Nightmare gradually lessened, and he also understood the importance of containment.
Finally, at the age of 15, David fully resolved himself to fight the Nightmare for the rest of his life. Even if he couldn't get close to other people, even if he could only fight the Nightmare until his death, even if he had to spend the rest of his life with only one anomaly, he would never compromise.
Having lived with David for so long, the Nightmare naturally understood David's resolve. From then on, the Nightmare compromised, placing its hope of escape on the fragile life of humanity that was bound to die sooner or later.
It was also from that year that David officially became a Preacher.
"What exactly is a Preacher?" Mo Qiong asked.
"In the Blue and White Society, even at its peak, there were no more than 20 Preachers, and now there are only 9 of them" the club member answered.
"Is it because of how rare humanoid anomalies are?" Mo Qiong asked.
The society member shook his head: "No, no, among the preachers, there are only three humanoid anomalies, the other six are all normal people. Becoming a preacher has nothing to do with being an anomaly. "
"The so-called preachers themselves are actually containment measures for anomalies, they will spend their entire lives suppressing anomalies. They were the most trustworthy and respected Keepers. They were the Keepers whose beliefs were so firm that no one would question them. Each of them had perfect control over themselves, or over the anomalies that they held. Their lives do not belong to themselves, but to all of humanity. "
"The things they carry with them are their lifelong enemies and also one of the powers they control. However, it wasn't because they wielded the power of anomalies that they became Preachers. It was precisely because they had enough faith to become Preachers that they were recognized and trusted by everyone, allowing them to freely hand over anomalies to them for safekeeping and use, allowing them to use this power to contain even more anomalies and become one of the pillars of the containment industry "
"The Preachers bear a heavy responsibility that requires them to bear an unimaginable price, including death, as well as something even heavier than death"
Mo Qiong understood. The power of anomalies naturally couldn't be used casually, nor could it be used by just anyone.
Even if there were no side effects, those who wielded the power of anomalies were still unstable factors.
However, Preachers were an exception.
Not only were they elites among elites who could wield the power of anomalies, but they were also willing to give up everything for the sake of containment, enduring all the pain and price that came with being an anomaly.
Both ability and faith were indispensable, but to be recognized by everyone was even more difficult.
After all, this wasn't just a matter of words, it had to be put into practice and persevered for eternity.
"Are there only 9 people who bear this heavy responsibility?" Mo Qiong mused.
The society member smiled: "There are many who bear this heavy responsibility, but not all of them are Preachers, and Preachers are always the most respectable"
"David is so young, yet he's already been recognized by everyone?" Mo Qiong recalled how David became a Preacher at the age of 15.
The society member continued: "David is indeed the youngest Preacher in history, but he's a special case. Because he doesn't need to sleep, he's able to stay awake for almost twice the amount of time compared to normal people. He's always thinking, so he matures much earlier than other children"
"He took in a Nightmare at the age of 10, became a Preacher at 15, and is now 25 years old, already a mainstay of the Blue and White Society"
Mo Qiong thought to himself, so that's how it was. He was wondering why David was able to endure loneliness and pressure at such a young age, suppressing the Nightmare for so long, facing so many dangers and death, yet his personality didn't warp at all. Instead, he grew up to become an elite among elites.
But he forgot that David didn't need to sleep, he was always thinking.
A person who lived almost twice as long as a normal person would naturally mature early. A ten-year-old's mind was probably already equivalent to a 15- or 16-year-old child's, and at the age of 16, he was probably not inferior to an adult in his twenties.
And now, at the age of 25, he had experienced the wind and rain of the Blue and White Society's life. In addition to the nurturing of the best educational resources, his mind and experience were probably much higher than his peers.
"Since there are many members who are capable and qualified to shoulder heavy responsibilities, why don't you promote a few Preachers?" Mo Qiong asked.
Since Preachers were mainstays, and there were only nine of them in the entire Blue and White Society, from the reverent tone of the society members, it was probably an honor or a job with an extremely high status.
There were many people who similarly shouldered heavy responsibilities, so why were there only nine Preachers? Why didn't those similarly capable and qualified members be promoted to Preachers?
In response, the society member frowned and glanced at Mo Qiong, shaking his head: "Promote? Is that what you think … Then by asking this, I can only say that you still don't understand what a Preacher is. "
He seemed to be too lazy to explain further, so he didn't say anything else.
Mo Qiong realized that he had misunderstood, but he didn't know where he had misunderstood. Wasn't it better to have more Preachers?
Seeing that the other party didn't want to say anything more, Mo Qiong could only remain silent.
Soon, he came to Taotie's pit and saw that Taotie was lying inside obediently, constantly eating the food fed by a society member.
"I'll leave it to you." The society member said.
Mo Qiong looked at the buckets of meat, grabbed a large piece of meat, and accurately threw it to Taotie's mouth, saying: "Understood, I know what to do."
After observing for a while, the society member left. Before leaving, he reminded: "If you encounter any trouble, you must report it immediately."
Mo Qiong nodded in response, meticulously carrying out this simple task.
This was indeed simple for him. Throwing food from a higher position was much simpler and more labor-saving. Not to mention that he had absolute accuracy, so he didn't even need to aim. He just needed to throw the food and it would be accurately guided, which was even more labor-saving.
Mo Qiong deliberately threw a piece of meat to the side and found that as long as it was not too far away, Taotie would tilt his neck and eat the meat within one meter.
In this regard, Mo Qiong tried to set the landing point somewhere behind Taotie's back. He watched as the meat was eaten into Taotie's stomach, and it also drove Taotie to take two steps back and stop at the landing point.
Taotie was addicted to eating meat and didn't care about this push at all.
"It really works …" Mo Qiong smiled.
His arrow was unstoppable. When the arrow was broken, the broken pieces would also reach the landing point. When the broken pieces were annihilated into particles, those particles would also reach the landing point. If even the particles were gone, the force of the arrow would also hit the target.
There was no doubt that when he aimed at a certain place behind Taotie, even if the meat was eaten by Taotie and was eaten clean, its force would still reach there at the initial speed.
Taotie was hit by Mo Qiong's arrow, and the arrow that had been digested in his stomach was forcibly pushed back.
With this skill, even if Taotie went berserk again, Mo Qiong could throw a piece of meat to push him back!
Unless Taotie's meat passed by his mouth and was not eaten, he would fall down every time he came up.
However, in the face of this monster that had caused so much trouble, Mo Qiong was still cautious. It was better to end things quickly and steadily than anything else.
However, even after Mo Qiong had been feeding for half an hour, the alert and blockade still hadn't ended.
"What's going on? Didn't you say that after dealing with Taotie, the rest would be easy to deal with? Why isn't it over yet? "
Mo Qiong looked around, unsure if there would be any strange anomalies that would suddenly appear.
In order not to disturb the others, he thought that although Old Ghost was seriously injured, he was still conscious and must be recuperating right now, so he called him through the earlobe communicator.
Old Ghost was indeed free and directly answered the call: "What's wrong, Mo Qiong? Are your hands sore? Hold on a little longer, there's still one last anomaly that hasn't been found. "
He thought that Mo Qiong was tired. After all, Mo Qiong had been through several life and death crises and was injured. Even if his heart was twice as strong, after half an hour of mechanically throwing meat, he must be exhausted.
"It's okay, I can hold on … Uh, the last anomaly?" Mo Qiong's heart suddenly moved.
"Yeah." Old Ghost said: "Beta-509, we've already dealt with the others and rehoused them all, only it hasn't been found yet. If nothing unexpected happens … it should have already escaped from the institute. Everyone is currently searching for it on Meng Island. If we still haven't found it, we can only declare it lost and talk about it later. "
Mo Qiong didn't say anything, but he knew what Beta-509 was, it was the fan head that tore his left chest muscle.
"So many people still can't find it? Is it an anomaly that knows how to hide? "Mo Qiong asked.
"Hide? It can turn into nothingness, it can't be seen or touched, so it's very likely that it directly passed through the walls and rocks and left the institute. Only when it attacks will it appear and have a physical body. Right, it will attack any creature with weapons. You don't have any guns or cold weapons on you right now, so it won't attack you. You can deal with Taotie without worry "Old Ghost said.
Mo Qiong was stunned. No wonder the fan head directly attacked him at the beginning. Xiao Feng was clearly closer to the elevator, but it chose to kill him first. It turned out that he was holding the pistol that Karl gave him at the time.
"Turn into nothingness? It instantly appears when it attacks? Is its head a broken fan? "Mo Qiong asked.
"That's right, you encountered it? When? "Old Ghost hurriedly asked.
Mo Qiong said honestly: "The containment failure happened not long ago, I don't know the exact time. At the railing of the B4 stairs, it tore off my left chest muscle. I also hit it, then it left and I haven't seen it again."
After feeling that the other side had paused for a long time, Old Ghost said: "I found that video. You didn't chase it away. As long as you still have a weapon, it won't stop. You must have triggered the hidden life path and made it give up on killing you, otherwise you would've died long ago. Even your heart would've been crushed. "
"A hidden path of survival … Is it because I slapped it?" Mo Qiong asked.
"I already said it's a hidden life path, how would I know? I can only wait until I find it and bring it back to test it "Old Ghost said.
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