After preventing Xiao Qi from approaching the shadows, Jiang Xiao began to actively approach them himself.
Xiao Qi was pushed back into the arms of Ling Zi, who had her eyes closed, no longer able to move forward, and could only watch helplessly as Jiang Xiao approached the two figures she knew all too well.
Jiang Xiao knew that the sinister force before him was nothing good; it was like a chilling vine, entangling the shadows, attempting to drag them into the deeper darkness.
Regardless of Xiao Qi’s origins, good or bad, he couldn’t let her approach randomly.
If she was a good girl, she could very likely become infected.
If she was a little trickster child, then her purpose in approaching the shadows would probably not be so innocent.
Therefore, he absolutely couldn’t let Xiao Qi come into contact with the shadows ahead, or the consequences would be unimaginable.
Jiang Xiao couldn’t help feeling a bit smug inside.
Should he say it or not, he seemed to have become smarter, hadn’t he?
If it were his old self, he definitely wouldn’t have considered so much.
He was less than half a meter away from the shadows.
Now, from a close distance, he could even see the "painful" expressions of the shadows.
The eerie power infected the contactee from inside out, touching every corner.
From flesh and bone to the soul, it would be devoured strand by strand by its force.
Under this erosion, the infected person’s sensation was like having an external injury that couldn’t be treated.
They could only watch helplessly as their wound slowly became infected and inflamed, then maggots emerged from the wound, and finally, the maggots slowly devoured their body as if relishing it.
It could be said to be worse than death.
"Very severe, the part of contact has almost completely become grotesque... yet there isn’t any intention to spread further?"
Although this warded off a complete fall into the grotesque, the pain endured was even greater.
After all, this was truly wanting to die but not being able to...
Jiang Xiao took a deep breath, his hands opened slightly, and electromagnetic forces leapt at his fingertips, emitting a faint buzzing sound.
He planned to use his electromagnetic power, which could restrain the grotesque power, to deal with the situation at hand.
Like a surgeon, his electromagnetic force was now the scalpel, aiming to excise the grosteque power clinging to the shadows.
Although... he also didn’t know if it would work?
"Fuck it, they’re not my parents anyway, it doesn’t matter if they get electrocuted to death."
After all, in Jiang Xiao’s original line of thought, if he couldn’t resolve this Kaidan, he would first kill off the two shadows to see what consequences would arise.
The electromagnetic power spread out like an invisible net, slowly unfurling.
When it met the eerie power around the shadows, it emitted a slight crackling sound.
Jiang Xiao felt the resistance of the eerie power, as they seemed to try to devour his electromagnetic force.
Jiang Xiao frowned slightly, not many things could withstand the electromagnetic grotesque, and this thing in front of him actually wanted to go against the natural order?
But fortunately, Jiang Xiao’s power was stronger.
Accompanied by the train’s humming, the carriage left the tunnel, and the dim sunlight shone back in through the windows.
The "scalpel" had just been taken up, and the time for surgery was already ending?
A sphere entirely constructed by magnetic force covered the two shadows.
Even after leaving the tunnel, the two shadows only became somewhat transparent and blurrier, but they didn’t disappear completely.
However, in contrast, the eerie power was also left behind by Jiang Xiao’s electromagnetic force.
At this moment, Ling Zi and the others opened their eyes as well, and they too saw the two shadows actually existing in form.
"Assistant conductor, is one of them the train driver who previously offered himself to combat the supernatural?"
Facing Ling Zi’s question, the assistant conductor couldn’t provide a precise answer.
"Even if it is, I can’t confirm through this distorted shadow that he is our driver; besides, who is the other shadow?"
As time passed, the eerie power surrounding the shadows started to weaken gradually.
To the naked eye, their color shifted from a deep black to a faint gray, and finally, they began to dissipate into the air.
The shadows became blurrier, but their outlines grew increasingly defined.
They were no longer puppets entirely suppressed by malign forces but souls that had endured torment, like those recovering from a serious illness.
Jiang Xiao let out a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that "curing" was indeed much more difficult than killing.
He turned around, nodded at Xiao Qi, signaling that she could come over now.
If it really was her parents, now was undoubtedly the best opportunity for communication.
With him watching over, there shouldn’t be any unexpected occurrences.
A flicker of complex emotions passed through Xiao Qi’s eyes as she cautiously approached the two shadows.
The assistant conductor in the train carriage and Ling Zi were witnesses to this moment and were already filled with amazement.
Especially the audience in the live-streaming room, who gained a new understanding of Jiang Xiao’s power, and started to speculate even more about Xiao Qi’s true identity.
Xiao Qi finally stood in front of the shadows, and she reached out, trying to touch the two figures she firmly believed to be her parents.
The shadows swayed gently, as if responding to her touch, an affection transcending life and death.
Jiang Xiao stood quietly on the side, yet his mind was ceaselessly pondering.
Were they truly her parents?
That would be incorrect...
Based on his initial conjecture, this child was supposed to be the source.
The reason he thought the shadows were her parents was that he suspected she might be deliberately saying so to make them lower their guard, or perhaps she wanted to approach the shadows to annihilate them.
But now, although the shadows were incapable of communication, the feeling they gave was one of immense indulgence towards the little girl before them.
And the shadows themselves were definitely on the side opposing the supernatural.
So, the equation Xiao Qi = supernatural seemed to no longer make sense.
"Wuwuwu, Daddy... Mommy..."
Xiao Qi cried, her tears falling like pear blossoms in the rain. Her already large eyes reddened and swelled with her tears.
Seeing this, Ling Zi and Xiao Qi’s maternal instincts erupted, and they both rushed over, competing to embrace her.
A reunion of the family, all’s well that ends well»
Jiang Xiao shook his head.
He didn’t feel the slightest bit like they were about to clear the stage; moreover, he didn’t believe a Kaidan of such a high level would just end after reuniting a family of three.
"Something’s missing, like there’s a layer of wax paper in between, it’s very close yet I can’t see clearly."
Watching Xiao Qi, who was very close to the shadows, Jiang Xiao had a thought.
To keep the shadows from dissipating, he still maintained his electromagnetic field above them.
’Crack’ went a crisp sound.
An electromagnetic force, as if suddenly losing control, burst forth towards Xiao Qi.
"Young man, what are you doing!"
These were the voices of the assistant conductor and Ling Zi.
"Get out of the way!"
The last voice came from Xiao Qi’s mouth....