"No, that's not right…" Zheng Xiu's pupils shrank as he instinctively held his breath. "It's spores."
"Spores?"
Hearing Zheng Xiu muttering to himself, Ruchen quickly pressed for an answer.
"Quiet."
Zheng Xiu pressed a hand on the Monk's bald head and began breathing again. This Cotton Shedding only parasitized pregnant women, devouring the fetus in the womb to take its place. Such a methodical reproductive process told Zheng Xiu that the "spores" in the sky, visible only with Spiritual Vision, were harmless to anyone other than pregnant women. Otherwise, the people of old would have noticed something was wrong long ago.
The other town residents were perfectly fine, after all.
The green motes of light were sparse. After a few glances, Zheng Xiu refocused on the urgent task of finding clues.
Looking down, he saw that the "human-like mushroom" in the woman's arms was connected to numerous "threads."
