"It really scared me."
Lin You folded her arms.
Jian Mingjia laughed dryly.
She was not the only one standing in the dark alley, there were also two guys that Lin You didn't know, and each was dressed weirder than the other. The one on the left with a string of rags hanging on his body looks like a human being, with a few pieces of medical tape stuck to his face. The remaining one wrapped himself in bandages like a mummy, couldn't even see half an eye, and didn't know how to walk.
"Didn't I not stay with you guys?" Jian Mingjia shrugged, "I woke up and found that I was alone in the park, and then I ran into him not far away."
She pointed to the dress whose hem was completely striped, and the latter waved his right hand in a friendly way.
"good evening."
He said, "My name is Luo Jing."
"I met this man after we met," Luo Jing pointed back with his thumb, probably sensing her gaze, and the bandaged man nodded slightly, "He's 'Wom, can't speak , All communication depends on writing. Do you have any extra paper and pens, I think he is running out of paper."
Listening to their introduction, Lin You also understood.
Luo Jing is a teammate with them, and Worm is an NPC who joined the team by chance, and may provide them with some help.
As for what kind of existence "Wom" is... In the copy of this mythical creature running around, Lin You is not sure that the other party is really a person.
"No, I didn't bring it."
Lin You looked at the office guarded by the police, "But if you can go up—"
"Forget it, it's better not to go back," Jian Mingjia said immediately, "so as not to attract their attention again."
Lin You raised her eyebrows.
Whether it is Fa Xiao, Jian Mingjia can see the other party's doubts at a glance. Just as she was about to explain, she saw Luo Jing's left wide sleeve being slowly propped up by something, and a slightly shrill voice came in, interrupting their conversation.
First there were two crab-like eyes, and then a twisted crack—and then Lin You realized that it was its mouth.
She suddenly remembered something.
— that thread on the forum.
Could it be, she thought, that this...
The facial features of this parasitic creature are on the flesh-colored and irregular body, replacing Luo Jing's left arm, and its head sticks out from his sleeve.
"Hey, you really forgot me if you didn't make a sound."
The creature protested disapprovingly.
"Is there no one to introduce me?"
It said so, but in fact it spread out a "finger" to stab Luo Jing's waist hard.
"Cough," the latter rolled his eyes, "this thing is called 'Zuo'."
Lin You: "..."
This god is just as the name suggests.
"What is this thing?"
The creature on his arm snorted.
"As you can see, this man's taste in naming is completely screwed."
Luo Jing: "Then Zhang San? Li Si? Wang Er Mazi?"
Left: "... Get out."
After kicking the host again in disgust, it seemed to be quite interested in the skull hanging on Lin You's bag strap. After looking up and down a few times, it made a "wow".
"You have no nose," it said.
... Can you stop being so worried
"What's so surprising, huh?" Skull pretended that he didn't miss his lost good looks...and nose at all, "Don't you have one too?"
"I have it."
Left: "It's not like you. It's still stretchable, see—"
As it said, a small piece protruded under its eyes, and it looked like a nose, and it looked at the skull in awe.
Skull: "..."
There is no way to pass the day! It can't bear this grievance! !
"Let me beat it!" Skull gritted his teeth, "Don't stop me, I want to beat—"
"Wake up."
Lin You said ruthlessly.
"I didn't stop it, it's because you don't have hands."
Skull: "..."
Life is already so difficult, why bother to expose him.
It looked away dejectedly. In order not to escalate the debate, Lin You hurriedly changed the subject.
"You said not to attract attention," she asked, "what's the matter?"
Jian Mingjia said "No".
She pondered for a moment, thinking about how to explain.
"The thing is..."
On the corner of the street, there was a car parked there with a tattered and deformed roof.
"Sister You has been gone for so long."
Fearing that the distinctive car would attract the attention of passers-by, they parked in another place. But this also has its disadvantages. From here, it is impossible to see the situation over there, and Geng Qinghe is looking around in vain.
"Should..." he asked uncertainly, "Is there nothing wrong?"
Compared with him, Gu Heng is much calmer.
"rest assured."
he said.
"If there is a situation, all you see right now is a guy in a bag screaming and tearing people."
Geng Qinghe: "..."
Fuck, that makes a lot of sense.
He was about to say something when he heard his phone ring. His eyes lit up when he saw the caller ID on the screen.
He couldn't wait to pick it up, "Sister Youyou!"
The words from the other end made him startled.
"Get out of the car, don't drive this car."
Lin You said.
"Go behind the car and turn right—"
Geng Qinghe and Gu Heng looked at each other, although the latter didn't hear the voice inside, he got out of the car as if willingly. The two walked all the way through the instructions on the phone, and after bypassing another trail, they saw several people standing behind the wall.
"Jia, Miss Jia?"
Geng Qinghe said in a daze, "You actually—"
"Yo."
Jian Mingjia waved her hands with a smile, and her gaze stayed on Gu Heng's strange face for a few seconds.
"Let's make a long story short," Lin You said, "During the process of splitting up with us, they found out that there is a secret club in this city."
"The name is 'Silver Twilight.'"
Jian Mingjia made a "tsk", "It's a bit of a middle school, isn't it?"
"Although I don't know much about the details—" she scratched her cheek, "but I still need to find out the basics."
"Every member who wants to join has to go through a strict review, and those who can join must have a certain social status."
Lin You understood.
That's why they were told to avoid the eyes and ears of the police as much as possible.
—Maybe there are also members of this secret society at the top of the police station. These policemen may apparently be investigating what happened last night, but in fact they don't know what they want to confirm.
"And, there is one more thing." Lin You looked at the two of them, "This organization only accepts men, and women can only join family associations—have you thought of anything?"
Before Geng Qinghe could speak, Gu Heng smiled with interest.
"Black goat," he said.
"yes."
Lin You leaned against the wall behind her.
"I was just wondering how long the hotel incident happened, and where did they gather so many people."
"There's also the altar and the blood, which is not easy to prepare in just one month," she said. "It would make sense if there was another organization behind it."
"but… "
Geng Qinghe recalled how those believers fled, "They don't look like organized at all, more like—more like—"
"The mob." Gu Heng said the word for him, "probably because summoning the Black Goat Mother Goddess was not in their plan."
"Remember what Langton said?"
Lin You raised her eyebrows.
"He said it got some people's attention, now that I think about it, it's the 'Silver Twilight' guys."
"Cult organizations are also divided into ranks and ranks," she said coolly. "The ones sent to summon the black goats may be just low-level members who don't know much about the truth. Since there are black goat cubs here, it doesn't hurt to let them try."
"It's better to summon, and it doesn't matter if it fails, because what they are really preparing is another sacrifice."
"If it's the same as my guess... the one who wants to summon should be Yog."
Geng Qinghe: "...what?"
"Yogbubbles—just kidding."
Lin You shrugged, "Yog Sothoth, that's the remaining Three Pillars God."
Yog Sothoth, nicknamed "The Key to the Door", Bubbles is purely a joking name for his spherical appearance. He is omniscient, knows everything in the world, and has the power to travel through time and space.
He is sometimes regarded as the supreme being next to Azathoth, the Father of Chaos, and if he pleases him, he may be rewarded with knowledge in return.
Of course, the truth is far from being as good as it sounds. Such knowledge is more likely to drive people mad, not to mention the plunder and destruction he brings.
"Sure enough, do we still have to destroy their god-inviting ceremony?"
Geng Qinghe scratched his head, guessing that this should be the last level, as long as he breaks through this point, it is equivalent to clearing the level, "But where to start is a problem."
Now the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light.
Someone coughed.
Luo Jing blinked at the sight of the other people.
"Anyway, I know a meeting place, maybe I can find something by following the clues."
"Although I was almost caught last time..." he said, "Why don't we go again while there are so many people?"
"It's said to be a secret club that can only be joined after layers of review..."
Geng Qinghe struggled: "Why did you set the meeting in such a place?"
Standing in front of them was an unfinished building.
Half of the rough house has been repaired hastily, and the whole building only has a frame, and some shadows of steel bars can still be seen. Although the degree of completion is not low, and entering it will not be life-threatening, it still makes people feel...
"I heard that it is only occasionally chosen here."
Luo Jing sighed, "Unfortunately, let me catch up once."
Lin You guessed where he heard about it. She glanced at Worm who had wrapped herself up tightly. He had been following them not far or near, and it was exactly as Jian Mingjia and Luo Jing said. , did not make a sound.
It's really curious how he knew this kind of news.
The construction of this building has been suspended for more than a year, and there is no one guarding the door, otherwise Luo Jing would not have sneaked in so easily before.
The corridor is dark, and the semi-finished stone steps always make people feel a little uneasy. They went up to the third floor, and Luo Jing said that he was discovered after sneaking in here.
That is, down the corridor past—
I don't know if it was an illusion, but Geng Qinghe heard the sound of a stone rolling.
He blinked and stopped in his tracks.
The corridor they passed had obvious traces of being cleaned, and it was definitely not stepped on by their teammates. He was walking in the middle, blocking the way of others as soon as he stopped.
"What?" Lin You asked.
Geng Qinghe hesitated: "... the voice."
Now they all heard it.
"Luo Jing."
Lin You took a deep breath calmly, "You were almost caught by something?"
"...Fuck you," Luo Jing said in a daze, "It seems that they told this guy to stay here."
Shuffling out of the darkness was a gigantic and profane monster.
The skin hangs down layer by layer as if it was piled together. Its body shape is like that of an ape, and its head is somewhat like that of an insect's head, shaking back and forth as if drunk.
The two front paws were stretched out in front of the body, and the long and hard nails were hooked inward. Looking at the barbs, one could imagine how painful it would be if they were stuck into the flesh.
"It's an empty ghost."
Skull whispered.
"It should be trapped here with a seal, let it guard something for them."
Luo Jing took a deep breath.
"You run," he said.
Lin You: "...?"
"I've fought against it before," Luo Jing spoke quickly, "I should be able to entangle it for a while, you can run as far as you can, and then—"
"Stop talking nonsense!"
His left arm yelled, "Get on!"
Zuo moved faster than him, and he just dragged him forward. Seeing that Kong Gui was about to pounce, the instantly inflated flesh-colored torso slapped its wrinkled face straight.
"There's no need to retreat, I have a way!" Lin You quickly judged the situation, "You try to suppress it to buy time, even for a few seconds—"
Suppress it, buy time—these two words just appeared in Luo Jing's head for less than half a second, and the more responsive Zuo directly listened to these words and took action. Its body is extremely elastic, and it shrinks in a blink of an eye, pulling Luo Jing who was caught off guard to Kong Gui.
Luo Jing: "...Hi?"
He turned his head to avoid Kong Gui's waving claws, and raised his foot to put it in the opponent's heart—who knows if this guy has a heart. Kong Gui only staggered, and scratched with another sharp claw, which was about to grab his cheek deeply——
A patch of flesh color stood in front of him.
The parasite occupying Luo Jing's arm stretched its body, and as the barb sank deeper and deeper, it also deformed severely, making people feel frightened and worried about whether they would be punctured.
But at this moment, it bounced back suddenly!
As the saying goes, use strength to fight strength, and it seems to be the same at this moment, all the strength exerted by the empty ghost is returned to itself. Zuo's pursuit of victory caused it to fall heavily to the ground. It took the opportunity to open suddenly, stretching its elongated "tentacles", pressing the opponent tightly to the ground, and twitching from time to time as Konggui struggled.
It can be seen that all the strength of the whole body has been used.
"Isn't it alright!"
Zuo screamed: "I'm dying! I can't hold it—"
"Hold on!" Luo Jing yelled louder than it did, and he firmly held onto the wall, "A man can't say no!"
Left:"… "
Shut up.
It suddenly sensed that someone was approaching.
It was a woman in a trench coat and mask, carrying a pair of giant scissors.
The Gap Girl was full of disgust, she held the scissors, and with a "crack" sound, she cut off Konggui's gray long nails with barbs.