Yin Ren felt the remaining evil power in the corpse. There was something swimming deep in the carrion, exuding a slight hostility. The good news is that it's still far away from them, and clearly doesn't have the ability to move quickly.
Then it has nothing to do with them.
Shi'an's idea is good. Whether it is an ordinary creature or a miniature evil creature, after everyone is "shrunk", the threat will be different. It's just that 99% of the current seriousness of Mr. Ghost King stems from "I don't want to eat in this ghost place."
"We're in the main vein."
Zhong Cheng said to carefully observe the remaining "mud" on the wall.
"If you do more research when looking for colleagues, I can figure out the placement of the corpse and look for an exit near the esophagus or respiratory tract."
He automatically avoided the "gut" option.
Those medical terms were a bit difficult for Yin Ren to hear, but fortunately he roughly understood what Zhong Cheng meant.
"It's a pity that I have to hold back and find someone." Yin Ren sighed.
At the moment, he could only give instructions like a real ghost master: "Hutao, take Grandpa Lu to find the living people - mainly Lu Xiaohe, Ge Tingting, and Huang Jin. Don't worry about the others."
As soon as Hu Tao finished speaking, the paper chain felt hot, making her frown.
Lu Xiaohe stretched his body and took out two cans of energy drinks and a facial mask from the bottom of his backpack. Comrade Lu Xiaohe drank the drink first, then patted her face and put on the facial mask.
His pajamas were stained, his slightly long hair was disheveled, and he was not wearing a mask. However, Li Gui could see at night. When Hu Tao saw the handsome young man opposite him, her nine-point anger dropped to seven points.
She was indeed running towards the place where the aura was strongest, but before her feet could stand firm, her body was tied by a paper chain—
She quickly found a small space, and the detection machinery was stacked crookedly on the dry flesh membrane. Lu Xiaohe sprayed the surrounding area with potions to eliminate odors and repel insects. Then the girl crossed her legs and turned on the computer on the spot.
The situation was terrible, he thought.
"The distance is only twenty centimeters?... We have shrunk? Well, the machine can still operate normally. Instead of shrinking proportionally, the possibility of space confusion is higher..." She took out a clip from her pajama pants pocket and clamped her bangs in her hair. Top, murmuring, "No wonder the location is still in Fu's house, but the environment has changed so much."
Lu Xiaohe was typing on the keyboard, muttering "bonus".
In the darkness and stench, Hutao turned to Fu Tianyi again. Her eyes widened, and bloodstains gradually appeared on her body - she gradually returned to her "unfriendly appearance".
"Forget it, I'm not looking for you anyway, let me go, I have something urgent to do." Hu Taoxin said loudly, "Bye!"
Suddenly, there was a loud scratching sound nearby, and something rustling was crawling outside. The machine inside the flesh cavity vibrated, and the fishy stench in the air became thicker.
"Looking for three dolls, remember." Lu Tanfei didn't say much. He was anxious to go back to accompany his grandson. "Sister Hu and I will look for each other separately. It will be faster this way."
He studied under Zhou Gong and was practicing the two professional branches of corpse warrior and spiritual craftsman at the same time. As a result, there are no corpses and not many spiritual weapons. The situation is overwhelmingly unfavorable.
"Not like the ghost that the shaman will use, the one from Haigu?" Fu Tianyi's voice was a little hoarse.
"It's not over yet." Hutao opened her eyelids desperately, "Abandoned amusement park, abandoned mine, this time you finally started to explore abandoned corpses? Can you move to a more normal place next time... "
Forget it, let’s go back and report as soon as possible. As a new dead ghost, if he wanted to maintain his sanity as long as possible, he had to maintain a good relationship with the ghost master.
"… What do you mean?"
Do young people nowadays work so hard? It became increasingly difficult for him to understand.
She didn't seem to have the slightest intention of looking for a way out, but just explored and searched with all her heart.
Thinking something unexpected had happened, Lu Tanfei hurriedly turned back.
This was the first time he had lost contact with the rear command.
Fu Tianyi's face turned pale: "Unfortunately, it hasn't contacted us yet."
"We lack combat power." Fu Tianyi sighed.
Lu Tanfei: "..."
"Fierce ghost." Fu Tianyi's face was expressionless.
"Come on!" Facing the darkness in all directions, she cheered to herself.
Shi'an's insect repellent was quite useful. Lu Xiaohe solemnly put the jar at hand. Although the original intention of this potion is to repel potential poisonous insects in unknown environments... it is not bad at all.
A dazzling metallic blue was exposed from the gap in the flesh cavity, with pitted shadows embedded on it. The insect's legs with serrations and hairs scratched through the shadows, making a clear sound. It stopped in confusion when passing by Lu Xiaohe, but fortunately it didn't do anything.
Compared with the conscientious Lu Tanfei, Miss Hutao was not so lucky.
"Let me go, I'm a Shi'an registered ghost!" Hu Tao tried to reason.
In the dim corpse cavity, the dim light of the screen illuminated her serious face. For some reason, Lu Tanfei noticed a hint of familiar cruelty in this girl.
Lu Xiaohe's expression remained unchanged.
Lu Xiaohe narrowed his eyes and stopped moving his fingers.
She almost forgot.
"Bonus, prize..." Lu Xiaohe suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
Since he was unable to communicate with the science post, Lu Tanfei planned to leave. Lu Xiaohe's mentality is very good. Give her a certain amount of time, and she will definitely be able to contact her teammates directly.
A woman in her forties or fifties stood next to this person, her face not very pretty. Only then did Hu Tao see normal people - people would panic if they were suddenly thrown into a place like this.
The first one to be found was Lu Xiaohe.
When Lu Tanfei followed the scent and looked for it, Lu Xiaohe was carrying a bag full of exploration machinery, and he still had slippers on his feet.
Hu Tao: "As a native Haigu ghost, I still have a registered Li ghost ID number. Where are your rear command officers? I can definitely check it."
A giant hard-shelled beetle. Considering the environment here, that thing may be a type of Yama armor from the family Yama Insectidae.
It was nothing like the game he expected.
If Fu Xingchuan is the number one genius of the "Xing" generation in the Fu family, Fu Tianyi is the number one genius of the "Tian" generation. The elders of the Fu family originally named him "Tian Yi", hoping that he would be on par with Zhong Yi.
Fu Tianyi also strives for success. He did not run around like Fu Xingchuan during the "divine advent" era, and everything went smoothly from childhood to adulthood. His ability is flawless, his results are always the best, and he ranks first in all simulations and actual combat.
In the simulated battle, there were also cases where the command from the rear was disconnected. But when I actually experienced it, my mood was completely different.
Yes, Shi'an will not kill anyone. But in this kind of event, competitors—especially the non-scientific ones charged with attacking—are extremely vulnerable to injury.
Fu Tianyi's irritability became even worse. If he was seriously injured during the match at Fu's house, he would be really embarrassed. Since Haikou has enough time to let the evil spirits come out to find people, then "recruiting" them himself is definitely not a violation of the regulations.
After all, "fierce ghost" and "spiritual weapon" are the same. To put it bluntly, they are both weapons.
"Despicable, I still have work to do!" Hu Tao said sternly, because the goodwill that arose from this person's appearance disappeared. "I'll tell Yin Ren right now!"
"You tell me, we are in a competitive relationship now." Fu Tianyi rolled his eyes, "According to the "Shi'an Registered Ghosts' Code of Conduct", Shi'an protects you, and in an emergency, you also have an obligation to obey Shi'an employees. Are you going to break the rules?"
With his hair covered in blood and scabs, Hu Tao glared at Fu Tianyi with one eye and snorted hatefully.
"Before getting in touch with Mao Bo, you must fulfill your duty of protection." Fu Tianyi pulled into the paper chain and said, "Li Gui, take us to the direction where the evil spirit is weakest."
"Tsk."
Hutao screamed loudly.
But she kept it in mind that she could choose her own path anyway. Even if she couldn't disobey this kid, she still had to make him suffer.
Where the evil spirit is weakest, there may not be less hostility.
at the same time.
Ge Tingting and Huang Jin were running desperately. They were panting as if they were going to die at any moment, and the slippers on their feet had already run away. The cockroach rustled after the two of them, swinging its thick tentacles back and forth, and the tip brushed Huang Jin's lower back.
Huang Jin suddenly had three pounds of goosebumps on his skin.
I can’t have this dress anymore!
The two of them didn't care whether the corpse was rotting or not. They ran with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and the soles of their feet crackled over the slimy rotten flesh. Although the cockroach does not seem to be an adult, it is not impossible for them to work together... But who wants to fight hand-to-hand with a cockroach as strong as the boxing champion!
Ge Tingting: "Ah-"
She waved her hands as hard as she could, trying to direct the surrounding carrion to gather so that the cockroaches could be stuck behind. It's a pity that she lost her concentration while running, and the little bumps on the ground had no effect.
Tsk!
Huang Jin gritted his teeth, pulled off his T-shirt with all his strength, bit his fingertips, and roughly smeared a blood charm on it. Then he wiped the wall of the corpse with his T-shirt, making it stained with the breath of the deceased.
"Stop!"
The impromptu cursed weapon was stuck on the cockroach's head, and the cockroach suddenly stopped in place.
Huang Jin gasped, his heart beating wildly against his ribs. Amidst the buzzing in his ears, he turned his face and tried his best to speak to Ge Tingting: "No... it's okay..."
The word "Le" was interrupted by another wave of meaningless shouting from Ge Tingting.
Huang Jin turned around stiffly—
Boom, boom, boom, his cursed piece of cloth was slowly disappearing into the cockroach's mouthparts.
Oh yes, Shi'an's cultural shirts are made of pure cotton. Thanks to Shi'an, I suggested using chemical fiber when he went out.
"Ahhhhh!!!" This time, Huang Jin screamed louder than Ge Tingting.
What is all this? Nightmare
When being chased by Huang Liang, Huang Jin never felt such a ridiculous and powerless feeling. An unknown fire burst out from the bottom of his heart, and the next moment, a glimmer of light flashed in his chaotic mind.
His fingers were still bleeding, so Huang Jin gritted his teeth and wrote mirror runes on his palms. He stumbled a few steps forward and slapped his palm hard against the wall.
The curse is written in blood, and the human corpse is used as a talisman. Spiritual weapons should have thousands of forms, but now they just have larger materials!
Before the blood was dry, Huang Jin took three or five shots along the "wall".
Under the shaking mobile phone lighting, Ge Tingting glanced at the wall of corpses printed with runes.
"It's just what you think." Huang Jin looked at Ge Tingting's chaotic thoughts, "You can do whatever you want!"
Ge Tingting stopped.
She turned around, placed her hands on the wall closest to her, and closed her eyes tightly. She was breathing rapidly, and her thin body was heaving violently.
Huang Jin subconsciously slowed down his steps. He hesitated for half a second—
"Damn it!" He stamped his foot, turned his head, and ran to Ge Tingting's side.
Under the illumination of the mobile phone, cockroaches ran towards them, their mouthparts flipping rapidly.
Huang Jin endured his nausea and forced himself to open his eyes: "One-two-activate!"
At this moment, Ge Tingting could feel the meaning of that roar without the need for translation. Black and red blood needles pierced out from the bloody handprints and stabbed straight into the cockroach. Unfortunately, the cockroach's body surface was stained with corpse fluid, and it was about to slip past the tip of the needle.
The "wall" moved.
The evil energy around Ge Tingting exploded, and the nearby wall dented into a bowl shape under her command, semi-fixing the cockroach in place. In just a moment, four sharp blood needles pierced the cockroach's body and nailed it to the carrion like a specimen.
The cockroach's legs were still moving, but its body couldn't move.
Ge Tingting swayed and looked like he wanted to sit on the ground. Perhaps considering the material of the ground, she just staggered a few times and stood firm. But Huang Jin finally calmed down and gave her an ugly smile.
The next second, the two of them started to hang their heads and vomit.
As soon as Hutao turned the corner with his partner Yandu, he came face to face with the scene of "vomiting man and woman and cockroach specimens".
Hutao: "... Damn it!"
What a pity that the thing that radiated hostility has been dealt with.
"Hu Tao?" Huang Jin's eyes lit up when he saw the familiar Li Gui, and he raised his voice. "... Yin Ren? Zhong Cheng said?"
If those two were here, the cockroach would never survive five seconds. Regardless of the evil being or the King of Hell, at least those two didn't have cockroach tentacles, so they wouldn't have caused such great mental damage.
However, the next moment, he noticed the paper chain on Hu Tao.
Huang Jin took a step back... half a step. The cockroach behind him was still kicking his legs, but he retreated very restrainedly.
"Haigu's supplementary combat power." Aunt Tao said indifferently, "Not a core partner. One is too young, and the other has a criminal anklet. Both of them should have criminal records."
Ge Tingting wiped his mouth and took a step back.
"We're not very lucky." Fu Tianyi looked around and said sadly, "There's a spiritual craftsman with no shirt, and a corpse warrior who can't speak. I know all their spells, and it doesn't matter whether I have them or not. ”
"It's like choosing vegetables at the wet market." Huang Jin muttered.
"We want to act together with you." Ge Tingting's AI voice sounded first, "The two of us can take care of each other, and you can also have more fighting power."
The benefits of AI are highlighted. Ge Tingting's face was covered with sweat, his hair stuck to his face, and he was still breathing. But her AI voice is calm and calm, with plenty of confidence.
Fu Tianyi glanced at her lightly: "Alright."
Are you scared
Huang Jin turned his head subconsciously and read her thoughts.
[Fu Tianyi is a master of the Fu family and an outstanding member of the special team of the Yandu branch. He will definitely become a fighting force and it will be safer to act together.]
Ge Tingting turned to Huang Jin, thinking very steadily.
[They have a bad attitude towards Miss Hutao. Miss Hutao was probably forcibly intercepted by them. Once there is a chance, she can take us to Yin Ren and Zhong Cheng.]
[To sum up, I think it is better to act together for the time being.]
Just after killing the cockroach, the veins on Huang Jin's head were still pulsing. Seeing this series of rational thoughts, he was a little stunned: "You don't care..."
Don't you mind their contempt
[I know what you want to ask. I have been working outside for some time and am used to this attitude.]
Ge Tingting's thoughts remained stable.
Thirty-four centimeters away.
Messages in the Coffin Nails APP flashed like crazy.
[Wantao: @殷仁@殷仁@殷仁]
[Hu Tao: Fu Tianyi is such an idiot! ! !]
[Yin Ren: Were you intercepted by him?]
After discovering that Hu Tao had not returned for a long time, Yin Ren quickly made a guess.
[Hutao: Yes, but I found Xiao Ge Dahuang, and now we are acting together.]Although she was going for the cockroach, it was not easy to tell her boss about this kind of thing.
[Yin Ren: That's enough. Protect Ge Tingting and Huang Jin. We are not in a hurry.]
[Hutao: Where is Xiao Lu?]
[Yin Ren: Grandpa Lu went back to see his grandson.]
[Hutao:... I hate it so much!]
Yin Ren sympathized with Ms. Hutao's failure to get off work, but he could only force her to endure it for a while longer.
Lu Xiaohe found a stronghold by herself. Considering her physical condition, this decision was quite wise. Ge Tingting and Huang Jin were acting together with the people from the Yandu branch for the time being. If the sky fell, Fu Tianyi would hold them up, so they were safe for the time being.
Yin Ren turned off his cell phone and felt a sense of emptiness in his stomach.
The Ghost King is now in a very mysterious state - hungry but without appetite.
He approached Zhong Cheng and said, taking a few breaths of the fresh smell of the other person's body, trying to rescue his numb sense of smell. If Zhong Cheng said he wasn't here, he would have grown his nostrils directly.
"You'd better call the other ghost back." Zhong Cheng said floating beside him.
Yin Ren: "Wouldn't the world between the two of us be gone?"
"Yes." Zhong Cheng said he thought for half a minute, "...but it's better to call him back. Fu Xingchuan definitely didn't squeeze us in just to 'win the game'."
"Well, test us, or use us to test something." Yin Ren had thought about Fu's motives a long time ago.
Zhong Cheng said and nodded: "I'm afraid it's more than that. He will also be curious about what happened to 'Zhong Cheng said' who fell in love with evil things. Next, there may be special attacks here that can target you and me."
"That makes sense." Yin Ren looked away a little uncomfortably.
If nothing else, this corpse was enough to target him. Standing here, Yin Ren couldn't help but feel upset.
Thousands of years ago, Yin Ren saw many human corpses. Rather, the only things he had access to "while alive" were human corpses. At that time, they were just the concept of "corpse" to him.
But it's different now.
Yin Ren couldn't help but glance at Zhong Cheng beside him and said.
Healthy body, smooth skin. Clean hair, nice smell.
He didn't care that Zhong Cheng said his face had aged, or even that the man's skin had changed into something else. If Zhong Cheng said he didn't mind this, he could grow old together with Zhong Cheng said - for an evil creature, changing its appearance is easy.
But Zhong Cheng said he would die eventually.
At some point in the future, his dear partner would stop breathing and become as cold as this corpse. Zhong Cheng said that the body would swell due to corruption, and the fair and strong skin would become ulcerated, exuding the stench that this person disliked the most.
Or before that, be burned into broken ashes.
How long can they survive together? …Fifty years? Sixty years
Yin Ren shook his head vigorously, trying to get rid of the cobweb-like distracting thoughts—these annoying thoughts appeared more and more frequently as their relationship lasted longer.
"Ah... ah... I don't want to... die..."
a voice whispered.
"Yeah." Yin Ren sighed, "Don't want to... huh?"
He instantly called out Lu Tanfei. Grandpa Lu had just returned from get off work to take care of his grandson. When the old man appeared, he was holding a children's book in his hand.
Lu Tanfei looked at the things in front of him blankly.
"Those things" emerged from the carrion, with more than a dozen "legs" that looked like slime mold hyphae. Some filaments were completely drilled away from the carrion, no longer contaminated by the turbid liquid, and the squirming hyphae revealed a bit of translucent white.
Structures like human eyes are embedded in those hyphae, like vines bearing buds. Transparent liquid dripped from those eyes, dripping to the ground.
"Someone... is waiting... someone... wants to see... doesn't want to die..." The thing crawled on the carrion, and made a human-like sound from nowhere.
"I don't want to die..."
"I don't want to die..."
"I don't want to die..."
More voices whispered in the darkness. Seeing Yin Ren's sudden behavior, Zhong Cheng turned his head curiously. Apparently, he was unaware of the strange babble.
[Siren: Be careful]
[Siren: A weak person who cannot eat]
Yin Ren put away his vibrating phone and moved his wrist.
These things are not very oppressive and are similar to those crawling around in archives. He just needs to be careful...
"I don't want to die..."
As if he had seen through his thoughts, the white monsters no longer squirmed like snails. After a brief pause, they suddenly swooped in, their dirty white mycelium twisting into waves.
They ignored Zhong Cheng who was close at hand and rushed toward Yin Ren quickly and accurately.
Yin Ren retreated instantly. Unfortunately, the space in this ghost place is limited. Unless he gives up hiding his identity and transforms into an evil brand drill on the spot, he will not be able to escape the tsunami-like offensive from the opposite side.
"Damn, this bastard Fu Xingchuan—"
A bit of mycelium touched his bare toes, and Yin Ren's mind suddenly fell into a trance. If the distracting thoughts just now were just a spider thread, at this moment, it began to turn into an inescapable web, gradually wrapping his thoughts.
I don’t want to see Zhong Cheng say he’s going to die…
I don’t want to see Zhong Chengshuo disappear…
I don’t want Zhong Cheng to turn into such a corpse...
After just a moment's pause, more hyphae crawled onto Yin Ren's feet.
Yin Ren's thoughts were like soaked in sour wine. He completely forgot what he had just said, and his heart was filled with vague and warm nostalgia. His rationality was able to suppress the evil force, but his emotions washed over his heart in waves.
Yin Ren stretched out his hand towards Zhong Chengshuo uncontrollably.
With a hint of twisted longing.
(End of chapter)