I dodged left and right, avoiding the Stone Man, and didn't want to use the Karmic Fire in front of them, so I just kept dodging.
Qinghan swung his Longsword, directly chopping the Stone Man into pieces, while Mike used a gun, blasting the Stone Man apart, preventing them from getting close.
The other three had all had contact with the Stone Man, at least had touched them.
Wang Le was touched by the Stone Man first, so he was the first to show symptoms. When Mike inspected the Stone Man and looked at the nameplate, he used a dagger to lift it, without direct contact.
Piecing together all the details, we figured out that this assimilation starts from contact, but there's still no clue on the solution.
This transformation is neither painful nor itchy, it's no wonder those people turned to stone while still maintaining their sleeping or resting postures.
There was no expression of pain on their faces; they probably turned to stone directly in their sleep.
