The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 127 - 100: Evil Will

Chapter 127: Chapter 100: Evil Will

Hong Fangqi raised her magic wand and gave it a wave. The crystal embedded at the top of the wand glowed with a dazzling magical light, casting multiple protective spells over everyone present.

Group invisibility, breath concealment, intangible forms, thermal shielding...

"Impressive," Zhou Yuan sincerely praised.

Instantly casting multiple spells without an incantation revealed just how profound Hong Fangqi’s mastery of magic was. To possess such power at her age, her talent was simply astounding.

"I am the youngest special-grade magical girl in history!" Hong Fangqi said with a proud smile.

Just as the three of them were about to enter the laboratory—click!

A subtle noise followed, and to their disbelief, the sealed metal door began to slowly open to both sides, revealing a world entirely overrun by purple-red fungi.

In an instant, the floor, walls, and ceiling outside the laboratory were covered in a thin layer of purple-red mold, spreading towards the elevator shaft at a terrifying speed.

Inside the lab, what looked like a writhing purple-red ocean of fungal mats surged madly towards the open door. Dozens of mouths formed through mutations, opening wide to emit ear-piercing roars.

Malice erupted like a geyser.

Among the chaotic scene were four lab workers infected and irrevocably mutated, their bodies sprouting numerous deformed limbs and organs.

West reacted the fastest, pulling a torch blazing with bright flames from his storage ring and activated it with spirituality.

Boom!

A bright, illusory wave of fire burst forth, sweeping in all directions. In the blink of an eye, the thin layer of purple-red fungi covering the floor, walls, and ceiling was incinerated. The four mutants and the tide of fungal mats were reduced to ash and dust.

The bright wave of fire surged through the laboratory, causing the fungi to burn and evaporate quickly, like snow meeting the scorching sun.

Moments later, a large area at the lab entrance was cleared and left spotless. A warm, bright light enveloped the space, burning any approaching fungi to ash upon contact.

The flames were effective only against the fungi and mutants, leaving Zhou Yuan and the other two unharmed. He curiously glanced at the torch blazing in West’s hand.

[Name: Purification Torch - Mold Specific Type]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Special Effect: Eliminates fungi within a 30-meter range, can burn for up to 3 hours.]

[Consumption: 30 points of spirituality per second]

[Note: "If using this torch for household cleaning, ensure to monitor it at all times. Do not let it fall to the ground, and keep all flammable materials away." — Said by an executive of Eternal Genes who had his mansion accidentally burned down.]

"Pulling out a perfect-quality item just like that, a mold-specific type... Hmm, there must be bacteria-specific and virus-specific types too. Could these things be mass-produced within Eternal Genes?" Zhou Yuan marveled silently. One could only conclude that Eternal Genes was indeed one of the major organizations of the Extraordinary World.

"What’s going on?" Hong Fangqi asked in shock, "Why did the door open? Could it be Kevin?"

West narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "We need to get to the control room immediately."

The opening of the door meant that the emergency lockdown procedure had been disabled, lifting the containment not only in the lab but in the entire experimental zone. Normally, the experimental zone and the Amazon Rainforest were not completely isolated, and there was a necessary "path."

—The ventilation system!

If these fungi were to enter the outside air through the ventilation system, the Amazon Rainforest would become infected, and the consequences would be dire.

They could only hope that the filtration system was robust enough to hold on for a while longer.

West’s expression turned stern as he held the Purification Torch and raced into the lab—guarding the door was now pointless.

Zhou Yuan and Hong Fangqi followed closely behind, and as they stepped into the laboratory, a system notification sounded.

[Phase Two Mission Complete]

[Phase Three Mission Objective: Kill the Fungus Lord 0/1]

[Phase Three Mission Time Limit: 30 minutes]

[Mission Reward 1: Experience Points *600]

[Mission Reward 2: Star Coins *4000]

[Mission Reward 3: Fine Quality Item Pack *1]

"Fungus Lord?"

Zhou Yuan was stunned. "It sounds like the source of these purple-red fungi. It seems these fungi are more than just a lab experiment..."

"Be cautious. I’ve sensed a very evil presence here," Fang Qing’s voice came from within.

"Evil presence? Where exactly?"

"I can’t pinpoint it, but it’s definitely within this lab."

"..." Zhou Yuan fell into deep thought.

The three of them sprinted through the lab. Thanks to the Purification Torch, the fungi and mutants along the way were all burned and purified. They expended little effort to reach the control room.

West kicked the door open and rushed inside. Upon seeing the scene within, his expression darkened instantly.

"This can’t be!" Hong Fangqi exclaimed.

Zhou Yuan frowned; things were more unexpected than he had thought.

Multiple charred remains filled the control room, undoubtedly mutants formed from the infected lab staff, killed by Kevin, who had reached the control room first.

However, Kevin, clad in a hazmat suit, was now lying on the ground, lifeless with no signs of life.

Ahead of the corpse was the control panel, its screens all blacked out.

[He discovered something he shouldn’t have, and so he died, scared to death.]

Scared to death?

Zhou Yuan found it unbelievable. Kevin, an elite from the Hacker Empire, had strong mental resilience. How could he die of fright?