[Pan Yang]

Type: Red Door Monster

Danger Level: Deep Red

Affiliated Organization: None

Appearance Features: Recent files have been updated. After Pan Yang attracted the attention of the comic store and received a grant from the Outer Realm, its true form has completely shed its human shape and transformed into a turtleneck sweater.

The specific size changes according to the observer.

Under high Disguise, it appears as a blended fabric with 80% wool and 20% polyamide nylon.

Plant Name & Ranking: §Under the Clothes§, NO.68

Related Ability Description:

"Deep Disguise": The sweater Pan Yang transforms into will hide in closets, clothing stores, or appear on a certain monster, with color and style randomized, but it will always be a turtleneck sweater.

"Thought Attraction": Any individual who directly witnesses or touches the turtleneck sweater will develop a strong desire to wear it, impossible to dispel, and will grow over time. When this obsession reaches a certain level, the individual's inner clothing will be directly replaced by the turtleneck sweater*.

*Even if they aren't wearing clothing, their skin will sweaterize.

"Deadly Symbiosis": Once the sweater is worn, a symbiotic state forms.

At the junction of the turtleneck and neck, an irreparable soul fracture appears, blood will seep from the neckline, and when the entire sweater is dyed red, the individual will completely die*.

* (Damage Transfer) During symbiosis, if others attack the sweater, the symbiotic host will bear the damage first. This "damage transfer" is mandatory, at a conceptual level.

Once the host dies, those who attacked the sweater will become the next targets of Thought Attraction.

* (Long-term Host) Pan Yang often leaves the last symbiotic host for long-term use, during which the host's thought Consciousness will be completely occupied.

[Countermeasures]:

It is recommended to wear "Sweater Goggles" provided by the Technical Development Department, which can effectively isolate the effects of Thought Attraction.

Once the presence of the sweater is confirmed, please quickly clear all humanoid lifeforms from the surrounding area, leaving only elite investigators wearing the goggles, to prevent Pan Yang from escaping by parasitizing others.

[Related Intelligence]:

Due to extreme hatred of humans during its lifetime, Pan Yang's favorite activity is hunting humans, especially enjoying hunting exploration team members on missions outside.

Four different specifications of exploration teams have been attacked by Pan Yang, with only two surviving.

The Exploration Bureau has organized multiple capture and extermination operations, the most effective of which resulted in Pan Yang being severely injured and escaping.

During the Outer Realm event, Pan Yang consistently assisted in opening Outer Realm passages on the northern island in the form of a long-term host, and was the first to escape afterward.

According to information obtained by the Mysterious Intelligence Department, the target is most likely hiding in the [Fishing Village].

Due to the Fishing Village's special environment and the Corner's position, it is currently not recommended to take any action against Pan Yang.

...

"The manga acceptor ranked 68 in plants seems less than a Joke."

Luo Di smelled the stench of malice, this extremely vile existence was exactly what he had always wanted to behead.

However, Wu Wen slightly frowned, "Don't be careless, this guy might not be weaker than a Joke. The plant's ranking doesn't represent an individual monster's strength, but a comprehensive evaluation from an affinity perspective.

As long as it's in the mature stage, any ranked within the top hundred in plants are tough to deal with.

I had the chance to see this guy once in the City of Sin, he seemed to have just wiped out a human team, dragging a big bag of valuables to consume and enjoy.

Although there was no conflict, when I directly looked at the dyed-red turtleneck sweater, my body had a warning reaction."

"Hmm." Luo Di would naturally treat it cautiously, he appeared happy not because he was relaxing his vigilance, but because this thing perfectly suited his taste.

"By the way, what place is this [Fishing Village] mentioned? The document specifically emphasizes it."

Again, Wu Wen provided the explanation: "The Fishing Village is located in the Middle Layer, at the edge of the southwestern direction. Similar to the northern edge where our infiltration operation is heading, adjacent to the Endless Outer Sea.

However, the geographical environment is different there, with not much forest but structurally anomalous cliffs.

The Fishing Village vertically climbs the entire cliff face, connected by elevators up and down.

The area is shrouded in fog all year round, this native fog effectively conceals local people's appearance and build, with a very low visible range.

The fog can also disrupt the aura, greatly weakening even nullifying Perception.

Because of these unique environmental conditions,

Monsters needing to evade Chasing and Killing, needing to conceal identities, when they have nowhere else to go, will all choose to go to the Fishing Village.

However, the Fishing Village itself is full of unknown eeriness and invisible danger. I've heard of a batch of fairly powerful monsters causing trouble in the City of Sin, ultimately offending Mr. Question Mark and being forced to hide in the Fishing Village.

Mr. Question Mark also dispatched company personnel to search for the traces of these people, and he would personally handle it once they were found.

To everyone's surprise, the dispatched personnel completely disappeared, and there were no further reports from the hidden monsters either.

The eerie nature of the fishing village became well-known as more and more monsters vanished, and unless pushed to the brink, no one would generally venture there.

Luo Di's focus, however, was on something else, "A mist that can suppress perception and conceal individuals? Is this mist a manifestation of fear?"

"Yes."

"Then doesn't Joke have an inherent advantage in the fishing village?"

Wu Wen nodded, "Exactly! The Exploration Bureau couldn't get specific information on Joke, most likely because his true form was always hiding in the fishing village.

I can almost conclude that after the videotape incident ended, Joke had always stayed in the fishing village, only going to the northern islands when the Lame Walker arrived to offer assistance.

If not, he would have kept his true form hidden there. He possesses the source of the mist, making the fishing village a perfect refuge for him.

Fortunately, Luo Di, you took him out early, otherwise letting him remain in the fishing village to develop further might have made him reach the teacher's level and become truly troublesome."

"Hmm... By the way, doesn't the fishing village have any monster organizations? Or groups like the one Mr. Question Mark has?"

"Basically none, the fishing village is primarily individual-based, and even if there are groups, they are small-scale. After all, the monsters who choose to go to the fishing village are all desperados, none of whom trust each other.

Moreover, from the beginning to the end, no one knows what dangers lurk within the fishing village, not even Mr. Question Mark dares to approach casually.

I suggest heading back to Vortex Town first to ask for the teacher's opinion before setting out."

Luo Di nodded, "Hmm, I'll ask Gust, as he treats the whole corner as his own garden, he must know something.

However, eventually, we will have to go.

Even if not for this task, I still want to go. If Joke really stayed in the fishing village for a long time, perhaps I can find his {home} there."

"I would like to see it too..." Wu Wen smiled, as shiny scales appeared on the surface of her arm.

...

A day passed.

At the end of the road near the southwestern edge, a vortex mark began to emerge, disturbing the space.

Luo Di, Yu Ze, Wu Wen, and Song Huiwen formed a four-person team that appeared here, each with vortex patterns on their palms, allowing them to return to Vortex Town immediately upon encountering danger.

They all wore goggles provided by the Exploration Bureau, which could effectively mitigate the influence brought by the sweaters and enhance vision amidst the mist.

Additionally,

The teachers provided some intelligence, but overall information was still lacking.

Gust directly stated that he wouldn't even approach a place like the fishing village, as a hard-to-describe fishy stench emanated from it, making him nauseous just from the smell, completely devoid of any desire to lick.

Even if he turned the corner into a garden, such a place needed to be quarantined.

Mr. Question Mark was in a closed-door state and could not be met.

The other teachers had never been to the fishing village and felt no need to go to such a place, advising only caution in their recommendations.

The team walked between wastelands, which even basic plants were reluctant to approach,

Not yet seeing the edge cliff, mist was already creeping up.

Like bugs crawling up their bodies, it clung like a thin film to their skin, just as Wu Wen described, individuals reaching here would be shrouded by the mist.

Luo Di also noticed all sensory perceptions were weakened, but his tongue could still function normally, with taste remaining sharp.

Yu Ze had already distributed the Unity Talisman to everyone, allowing them to clearly determine the exact location of team members.

As the team slowly approached the cliff,

Luo Di's tongue suddenly tasted a fishy scent coming closer,

Just as he prepared to apply Consciousness Slash,

An extremely ugly swollen face suddenly oozed from the mist, with a saliva-dripping mouthpiece emitting sounds akin to that from conches:

"Outsiders, buying fish? It's all freshly caught, still alive and kicking, but they can only survive here, you can't find them outside."

The basket on the back was brought forward,

Luo Di curiously looked inside,

One after another, dead fish came into view, their cold and bloated pale fish eyes staring intensely outside the basket.

But on the surface of these dead fish, strands of lively flesh fiber twined, coiled, and jumped...

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