In the early morning of the next day, Gu Chen and Lu Ping arrived at the agreed address on time, and only after they arrived did they discover that this place turned out to be a small park.
The old people were practicing Taijiquan, and the children were chasing and fighting with each other. It was a peaceful and peaceful scene. Who would have thought that the two guys sitting by the stone bench and playing chess at this moment turned out to be devils from hell.
"We are here according to the agreement." Lu Ping's expression was very serious, the strength of the two guys in front of him had already exceeded his cognitive range by far...
Vincent put down the chess pieces, "Oh, hello, I think you are Lu Ping, who is known as the blood chain, I have admired you for a long time." He said this, but there was no meaning of long-awaited in his tone.
Gu Chen asked straight to the point: "Who are you and what is your purpose?"
There was a strange laugh, and Woody pushed his glasses and replied: "His name is Vincent, I'm Woody, we come from hell, and we are the messengers of Satan, the so-called devil in the Bible, or demons. It doesn't really matter whether you believe it or not, it's inconvenient for us to reveal too much about hell to mortals, and you will naturally know after you die.
We came to China this time to carry out a mission, and we are looking for you because we need your help. "
Gu Chen smiled and said: "Mission? Let's believe that what you said is true. What is the devil's mission? It won't be to massacre the city or to rule the city, right?"
Woody still smiled strangely: "Hehehe... It seems that this little brother has a deep prejudice against us people from hell."
Gu Chen put on a cigarette: "I once heard two American colleagues mention your devil's deeds, which really impressed me..."
"Hey hey... So, mortals are ignorant, don't compare us with those bastards who are afraid of holy water and sunlight."
Gu Chen had an expression that I didn't care about: "Is there any difference?"
Vincent on the side said: "I can't tell you too many details. Let me give you an example. Hell and Heaven are like two subsidiaries of a large company. The chairman is God. These two companies have their own functions and functions. Jurisdiction, and sometimes conflicts.
In any place, there will be human scum, so there will be some low-level demons fleeing to the world to eat human flesh and blood. Those bastards are the common targets of capture by us and heaven. "
Lu Ping was still on guard: "Then according to what you said, you are actually good people?"
Vincent sneered and said, "Haha... good man? The so-called justice and evil are just narrow illusions of you mortals. We don't need anyone's understanding and affirmation. We just do our duty in the long and endless life. , looking for some fun by the way."
Gu Chen said: "Then, why do you want to cooperate with us?"
Vincent didn't answer him immediately, but sighed: "Little girl, don't listen to the rest of this, let's go."
Shui Yingyao came out from the nearby woods, "Why? If you really have the sincerity to cooperate with the ghost hunters, why do you avoid me alone?"
"Hehehe... We naturally have good reasons. According to my analysis, if you participate, the variables and failure rate of the plan will increase by about 50%. This is a data that I am very unwilling to see."
When Gu Chen heard this sentence, he immediately understood what their so-called "cooperation" was about. He leaned into Lu Ping's ear and said a few words, Lu Ping suddenly realized, and then said: "Ah, that... Xiao Shui , we are safe, you don't have to worry, just go back."
Seeing that her own people wanted to drive her away, Shui Ying didn't know what kind of medicine they were selling in the gourd, so she had to leave alone depressed.
After she walked away, Woody went on to say: "Hey hey... Your name is Gu Chen, right? You seem to be a very interesting guy... Why don't we take some time to drink tea and chat alone?"
Gu Chen squinted with disgust, "I don't have your hobby..."
Vincent interrupted: "Don't worry, Woody actually has a girlfriend... Closer to home, I think you guessed it just now, this matter is about Fu Ding'an."
Lu Ping asked, "Do you have any news about him?"
"We don't know where he is, but we know what he is doing. That is a very dangerous thing, and it is also something we want to prevent in this mission. So for now, our goals are the same, and cooperation will be more beneficial."
Gu Chen ran out of cigarettes, and he lit another: "Then tell me, what is Fu Ding'an's plan?"
Vincent said: "First of all, I will explain a concept to you - Time Eater.
You should never know that there is such a group of people, or such a group of things that exist. They look like people, and they live beside you, leading an ordinary life. Maybe it is an inconspicuous classmate of yours in middle school, maybe It's a neighbor who moved in next door to you for a few years, maybe even some old man over there doing tai chi.
They have to eat and sleep just like humans, but they also have a hobby, which is to swallow time, like vampires, this is an instinct, an instinct that cannot be quit. "
Gu Chen interrupted: "In multi-dimensional space, time can be said to be just an illusion of human beings. Unlike other space variables, time cannot be seen, touched, or tasted. In a sense, this thing is not exist, how to devour it?"
Vincent continued: "In fact, everything can be interfered with, including time, but it is more difficult to interfere with something that is unique and irreversible. To give a simple example, you sometimes feel that Time passes quickly, for example, sitting in a daze in a coffee shop and distracted. When you recover, you may feel that about half an hour has passed, but when you look at your watch, it turns out that more than two hours have passed.
This is what time devourers do, they are born with the ability to devour time, they can absorb a certain range of time as their own energy, so their lifespan is actually unlimited.
Because they have touched the domain that can only be mastered by gods, the time eaters are very low-key. This is a very docile race. Their nature is like this. They only swallow some time occasionally and will not attract the attention of others. Sometimes the world needs them. so.
But this time, they seem to have gone too far. All the Time Eaters in this city have recently been active on a large scale. On that day, there will be a space-time fault in this city, and people will be isolated from this world, and those who leave this city will die of old age immediately. "
After listening to Gu Chen, he took a deep breath: "You mean, Fu Ding'an is behind the scenes?"
Before Vincent answered, Lu Ping stood up excitedly: "You can't be wrong, Fu Ding'an's ability is related to time, it must be him!"
Under Woody's floodlit lenses, those squinted glasses opened suddenly, and a suffocating and terrifying aura spread instantly: "Hey hey... So that's it, it turns out that Fu Ding'an's death was God's will... Hmph... Even if it is We are just pawns after all..."