When it came to Extraordinary Items, this was a Wizard’s area of expertise.

But for an Extraordinary Item related to the Red Moon, Lin Qi wouldn’t dare to analyze it rashly, even if he managed to acquire it.

Sensing the coverage area of the Red Moon in his Spiritual Vision, Lin Qi approached as close as he could, stopping just at the edge without making direct contact.

As soon as he got near, Lin Qi could feel that the Spiritual Particles composing the Red Moon were vibrating minutely.

This vibration produced a fluctuation similar to Spiritual Power.

It was precisely this fluctuation that caused the rescue team members to experience auditory and visual hallucinations.

’Its coverage is about a thousand meters, and it’s expanding at a steady rate.’

If he had to use one word to describe the state of this Red Moon, Lin Qi could only summarize it in two.

Infection, or perhaps, restoration.

Most of the Spiritual Particles on this planet originated from the Red Moon in the sky.

But after being scattered onto the planet’s surface, they lost many of their original properties and became Spiritual Particles that humans could utilize.

However, within this phantom image, Lin Qi sensed properties similar to those of the Red Moon in the sky.

It was also continuously corroding the surrounding Spiritual Particles, converting them into the same form, which was how the phantom was expanding.

’If I let this phantom continue to grow, will it eventually open its eye? Will it become an Incarnation of the Red Moon in the sky?’

Lin Qi didn’t know, but he didn’t dare to gamble on it, nor did he dare let it grow unchecked.

He pondered for a moment.

’According to Ding Yang’s description, his people seem to have entered the one-kilometer radius and made direct contact with this phantom, but it only caused auditory and visual hallucinations. This means the Red Moon phantom’s current lethality is extremely limited.’

With his spiritual defenses as a Tier Two Extraordinary, Lin Qi believed this phantom couldn’t harm him for the time being.

He steeled himself and made exploratory contact.

A faint murmur immediately sounded in his ear, like a lover’s whisper, yet also like an indescribable muttering.

The muttering seemed to hold a unique allure, cajoling and persuading everyone to offer themselves up, to dedicate everything to the great...

The Wizard’s Spiritual Power reacted instantly. Countless tentacles autonomously spread out, forming a sphere of tentacles around Lin Qi.

Once it formed, all the auditory hallucinations vanished, completely blocked.

’As expected, this thing poses no threat to a Tier Two Wizard.’

’Furthermore, I’m certain this is not the work of that Tier Three Monster.’

’It has no Spiritual Power attributes. The auditory and visual hallucinations are caused entirely by the vibration of Spiritual Particles. This is the characteristic of an Extraordinary Item.’

Now that he had confirmed its source, Lin Qi had nothing to fear.

Besides, in this Doomsday World, Lin Qi had never encountered an Extraordinary Item other than the Crystal Stones from Zombies and monsters.

What kind of Extraordinary Item was creating this Red Moon phantom?

Following the coverage area of the Red Moon in his Spiritual Vision, Lin Qi walked toward the phantom’s center.

Soon, his Spiritual Vision "saw" a sphere.

A crimson sphere.

The sphere was nearly identical to the Red Moon.

Its surface had the same patterns as the moon, precise down to the shape of every single crater.

The only difference was the far side of the moon.

The Red Moon hanging in the sky had a crimson eye on its far side. Although it was closed, there was still a seam that stretched across the entire surface.

This Extraordinary Item, however, was different. Its far side was also covered in various craters, completely unlike the state presented by the phantom.

Perhaps this was why the Red Moon in the phantom hadn’t opened its eye.

But this wasn’t what surprised Lin Qi the most.

Lin Qi’s expression turned grim.

Judging by his Spiritual Vision, Lin Qi could tell what the item was made of.

Plaster.

It was a plaster model.

More importantly, this plaster model seemed to be new.

A new plaster model had somehow become an Extraordinary Item.

Although in Lin Qi’s judgment, this Extraordinary Item was only Tier One.

Arriving up close, Lin Qi saw the Extraordinary Item with his own eyes.

After seeing it in person, Lin Qi was even more certain that this was a recently man-made product.

A man-made Extraordinary Item? And it’s related to the Red Moon?

Lin Qi found it incredible.

’A Tier One Extraordinary Item. Useless to me.’

’It’s related to the Red Moon. Leaving it around is a bad omen.’

Without any hesitation, a small missile launched from his Exoskeleton Armor.

An explosion erupted.

As someone who had studied Extraordinary Items extensively, Lin Qi was sure that while most Tier One Extraordinary Items had their own unique effects, they were definitely not sturdy.

Using a missile to destroy it was, one might say, using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

Lin Qi’s plan was to destroy it from a distance to avoid any accidents.

When the smoke cleared, the plaster moon model wasn’t completely shattered, but had broken into several pieces.

This thing was much sturdier than Lin Qi had imagined.

Through his Spiritual Vision, he sensed the moon phantom that had enveloped the nearly thousand-meter radius slowly dissipating.

The Extraordinary Item’s properties had already vanished from the shattered plaster model.

But upon closer inspection of the remaining material, Lin Qi was surprised to find that it seemed to be... Extraordinary Materials?

Back in the company’s laboratory, the raw ingredients Lin Qi used to create L-Class Potions were Extraordinary Materials.

Extraordinary Materials themselves could cause an adhesion effect with Spiritual Particles.

And this broken plaster model had a large amount of residual Spiritual Particles on it, and was still continuously attracting more to adhere to it.

Compared to the materials in the lab, this shattered plaster model’s efficiency in attracting Spiritual Particles was dozens of times greater.

This was related to the concentration of Spiritual Particles in the Doomsday World, but it was also closely tied to the material itself.

Lin Qi found a plastic bag from a nearby house and packed up the fragments of the plaster model.

Although its connection to the Red Moon was a bit unsettling, he couldn’t let Extraordinary Materials go to waste. Perhaps he could create a Doomsday World version of a Potion with it.

But this was no place for research. Lin Qi picked up the bag, changed direction, and continued his investigation.

He had only walked about six or seven hundred meters.

Within the range of his Spiritual Vision, another Red Moon phantom appeared...

’Just how many of these things are there?’

’What kind of sick person is making these things? And so many of them?’

His expression darkened. Lin Qi suspected that large numbers of these things had already been placed along the edge of the fallen area of Beining District.

Clean them up one by one?

How much time would that take?

Lin Qi wasn’t about to do such a thankless and strenuous task.

He returned to the spot where he had released the collection robot and waited for it to return.

The collection robot didn’t keep Lin Qi waiting long, soon returning to the location with the recorded data.

Lin Qi had written the collection robot’s code himself, enabling it to intelligently filter for important footage.

Lin Qi did a quick review of the contents.

His expression instantly grew even more somber.

He turned, set his direction, and headed straight for Hongshan Camp.