Ning Gu only felt chills all over his body, the wind in Tongwan was stronger than other places, and several clothes on his body were already blown through.
The old sound from the wind, accompanied by the dragging of the iron chain, immediately made him feel that his bones were creaking from the cold.
It's not a nail, and nails don't talk like that.
Nor are the Aboriginal people, who don't speak at all.
And besides these, there are only other travelers.
But Ning Gu has never seen or heard of a traveler who might be chained, at least this person has never appeared in his range of activities.
If this person is only active in Tongwan... how did he survive among the aborigines
Before Ning Gu could judge whether the owner of the voice was dangerous to him, a gray-white shadow suddenly rushed over from the black mist in front left.
aborigines.
Ning Gu jumped back immediately, raised his right hand, and pressed the handle against the shadow.
There was no sound, as if something opened up the air, forming a hollow area, and the aborigines were knocked away.
But did not escape.
When Ning Gu landed on the ground, he jumped again, this time forward, he wanted to make a move before the aborigines stood firm.
Li Xiang said that he could not directly contact the aborigines, so instead of using his fists, he kicked them.
But it was empty.
When Ning Gu fell back to the ground, his thigh hurt a little because he kicked on the ground.
But he couldn't care less about his legs.
The aborigines were pulled back into the black mist by something at an extremely fast speed, and disappeared without even making a sound.
"Who are you!" Ning Gu lowered his voice.
The sound of the chain dragging was heard again, and it slowly approached him, but when it was two or three meters away from him, the link made a "crash" and stopped.
Ning Gu immediately heard that this person must be tied to something, and his range of activities was restricted. In the few steps just now, he had already reached the edge.
"Who are you?" Ning Gu asked again.
"There is one more," a hoarse voice came from the wind, "who is it?"
there's still one
Ning Gu instantly felt his hairs stand on end, is someone following him
who
It wouldn't be the group leader and Li Xiang. If it was them, they would have made a move in the situation just now...
Footsteps came from behind.
Ning Gu turned his head abruptly and raised the cold light bottle.
The illuminated black mist danced in the wind, and then someone came out.
Ning Gu recognized who it was when he only saw the legs. He suppressed his voice in shock: "Little Trumpet? Why are you here?"
Lian Chuan suddenly looked at Ning Gu with admiration. In this dangerous situation and sudden situation, Ning Gu was able to ask questions in shock, while reacting quickly without calling out his real name.
Although every time he heard the name of the small trumpet, he couldn't express his feelings in words.
"Are you following me?" Ning Gu stared at him.
"I'll take a walk." Lian Chuan said.
"Fart, go for a walk!" Ning Gu frowned, "You actually followed me..."
Lian Chuan heard the voice in the black mist, and before the aborigines got close enough to see the figure, he had already rushed to the right.
The small iron rod in his hand was thrown by Ning Gu on the road, and he used the small iron rod to accurately penetrate the gray-white shadow that he hadn't seen clearly.
Ning Gu said that Tongue Bay was the gathering place of the aborigines, and it seemed that it was indeed the case. In the surrounding wind and black fog, he could hear, not counting the ones who fell to the ground, there were at least five more wandering around them.
"He's not a traveler." The chain rang twice more.
"He was expelled from the main city, a traitor." Ning Gu said.
"No," said the voice.
"I said yes." Ning Gu said.
"You," the voice seemed to be struggling to speak, panting loudly, "come here."
"Come here." Ning Gu stood still.
No one spoke, just laughed suddenly.
Hoarse, stale, as if covered with hundreds of years of iron filings.
"Listen," said the voice.
There was the sound of iron chains pulling in the wind.
"This is the leader," the voice gasped for a few moments, "it's for me, why don't you come over to see it?"
Ning Gu frowned.
The leader tied this person here
Although he didn't want to think too much, but at this moment, what flashed through his mind was the box that the team leader took to the main city, the travelers in the basement, and the black circle on Lian Chuan's neck that contained Lin Fan's abilities...
And my own summary.
An army with only ability but no brains.
He didn't want to go there, he didn't want to get close to this person.
But he still took a step in that direction.
Questions about the leader, questions about the ghost town, about the whereabouts of the nails.
He looked back at Lian Chuan.
Lian Chuan is much sharper than him in judging danger.
Lian Chuan didn't stop him.
So he turned his head and walked forward slowly.
"That's right there." Lian Chuan said behind him.
Ning Gu stopped, judging from the sound he heard just now, there should be a certain distance between this position and the maximum range of the iron chain.
But before he could finish his thoughts, a huge black shadow slowly appeared in front of him, and when he was only one meter away from him, he heard a "dang" sound, indicating that the chain had come to an end.
Ning Gu's heart was beating wildly, the sound that the man let him hear the chain was over was fake!
This range of activities was wider than he had judged.
bastard! It's too insidious!
Ning Gu raised the cold light bottle, trying to see this black figure clearly. Compared with the gray and white aborigines, this black figure with a whole body can only be seen as an outline in the black mist.
Even if I raised the cold light bottle, I still couldn't see clearly.
At this time, a light suddenly appeared behind him, and when Ning Gu turned his head, a cold light bottle flew past him and landed at the feet of the shadow.
Hei Ying roared angrily, raised his leg and kicked, and the cold light bottle shattered to the ground.
But at this moment, Ning Gu had already seen the appearance of the black shadow clearly.
is a person.
Very tall, the leader is more than two meters tall, this shadow is taller and stronger than him.
There were only two thin layers of tattered clothes on his body, and his skin could be seen from the cut, with a layer of fine scales like the aborigines.
The face is not very clear, just like the crazy uncle who has not cleaned himself up for a long time. This man's hair has reached his waist. Although he tied it up randomly with cloth strips, even if he tied up his beard, he still couldn't show his face. .
What's more, I didn't tie it.
This is someone Ning Gu has never seen before.
"The traveler's cooperation with the main city," Soi Ying said slowly, with the same voice, "Has it reached this level...?"
Ning Gu didn't speak.
"The cleaning team can also move freely in the ghost town." Black Shadow said.
"Who are you?" Ning Gu stared at him.
"Who am I," Black Shadow chuckled, "I'm just an ordinary traveler, once."
"Then what are you now?" Ning Gu asked again.
"Living corpse!" The black shadow roared, and suddenly rushed forward.
Ning Gu only felt that his neckline was tightened, and his tongue was almost strangled.
When he came back to his senses, Lian Chuan pulled him back two meters by his collar.
Although the black figure in front was still in place, following his charge, two gray and white figures appeared on the left and right side of him at the same time.
When Ning Gu was about to press the handle, Lian Chuan said behind him: "He can control the aborigines."
He stopped.
I found that the two gray-white shadows did not move forward. After a few seconds, they slowly retreated into the black mist and disappeared.
"I just protect them." Sombra said.
"They are the masters in the black mist," Ning Gu said, "You protect them?"
"The things brought by the leader," Sombra's voice suddenly sank, "has polluted the black mist and spread like a virus..."
"What?" Ning Gu asked immediately.
"Experimental subject!" Sombra raised his voice, "Experimental subject! Those brought to the experimental field are all experimental subjects! Kill here! Die here! Destroy here..."
The voice of the black shadow began to split in the second half of the sentence, and it was almost inaudible in the wind.
proving ground.
These three words still crashed into Ning Gu's ears, causing a buzzing sound.
The head of the group regards Tonguan Bay as a testing ground.
"Have you been to the main city?" Heiying leaned forward when he asked this sentence, looking very curious.
Ning Gu didn't speak.
"It seems that I have been there," Soi Ying said, "Do you have many questions?"
"No." Ning Gu replied very simply.
"Then you..." Heiying laughed again, as if he was in a good mood, but his smile was a bit laborious, as if his throat would burst from laughter in the next second, "What are you doing here?"
"Find my friend." Ning Gu said.
"Friend?" Sombra paused, "Nails?"
"Have you seen him?" Ning Gu suddenly raised his voice.
"No," Sombra said, "but I know he has been here, he is your good friend, and you often come here."
"Where did he go?" Ning Gu asked, his voice was a little unsteady.
"Come here," Sombra said, "I'll tell you."
Ning Gu stood still.
The black shadow didn't speak any more, and started to back away slowly.
"Where did the nail go!" Ning Gu roared.
The black shadow still did not make a sound, and the figure was slowly hidden in the black mist.
"Just stand there." Ning Gu lowered his voice.
The shadow stopped.
Ning Gu gritted his teeth and walked forward slowly.
Lian Chuan didn't stop him, probably because he was sure that he could save him when he was in danger.
Although it is a bit risky, both he and Lian Chuan hope to find the answer from each other, and he chooses to believe that Lian Chuan will definitely rescue him when he is in danger.
The black shadow was ahead, Ning Gu continued to move forward step by step, and stopped when he could see the person's eyes clearly with the light from the cold light bottle in his hand.
The man's eyes are red.
Ning Gu likes red very much, it is bright and bright, but red eyes don't have such a beautiful feeling.
In addition to being a little scary, it also reveals an indescribable desolation.
When he came here, Ning Gu saw clearly that behind this person was dragging an iron chain, and at the other end of the iron chain was a huge piece of black iron.
And around Heitie, there were four or five aborigines squatting.
At the sound of his footsteps, the aborigines turned their heads and let out the choked hiss he had heard in the wind.
For the first time, Ning Gu saw the outline of the aborigines clearly.
They really don't have eyes.
Hei Ying raised his hand and slowly raised it in front of Ning Gu.
Ning Gu looked over and saw that Heiying's hand was wearing gloves, and he slowly turned his fisted hand around, spreading his fingers.
In the palm of the hand is an animal's paw.
It's the one whose nails always stay close to the body.
monkey paw.
Ning Gu suppressed the emotions in his heart, slowly raised his hand, and picked up the monkey's paw, but his hand kept shaking.
"Where did you come from?" He asked through gritted teeth.
"The children picked it up for me," Soi Ying said, "is it your good friend?"
"Where are others?" Ning Gu squeezed out three words between his teeth.
"I don't know." Black Shadow said.
When Ning Gu wanted to ask more questions, Hei Ying suddenly took a step back and opened his arms.
At the same time, Lian Chuan was behind Ning Gu.
Ning Gu's reaction this time was extremely fast, he quickly grabbed his collar with his hand to prevent his tongue from being pulled out by Lian Chuan again.
But Lian Chuan grabbed his trouser waist.
"It's time," the shadow slowly backed away with its arms outstretched, "you guys go."
After he said these words, small voices began to appear in the surrounding darkness, in pieces, gathered from all around.
Then Ning Gu saw a few gray-white shadows rushing out and pounced on the black shadows.
Lian Chuan didn't stay any longer, grabbed Ning Gu's trouser waist and rushed back.
The wind was whistling in the ears, and the gray-white shadows that flashed from time to time seemed to have not noticed them, and there was no attack. All the aborigines rushed towards the direction of the black shadows.
When he returned to Uncle Crazy's cabin, Ning Gu's palm had already been cut deeply by the monkey's paw.
"Is the man dead?" he asked.
"I don't know." Lian Chuan replied.
He stared at the monkey paw in his hand: "Why don't you go directly to the basement?"
"It's too late." Lian Chuan said.
"It's on the way." Ning Gu said.
"Can you go in?" Lian Chuan asked, "Is there no door to the basement?"
Ning Gu didn't speak.
Of course there is a door in the basement, and it is made of thick black iron. When it is closed, it fits perfectly with the side, and you can't even feel where the door is.
The only time he went in was probably when someone went in and didn't close the door.
Or, he suddenly remembered the situation when Lin Fan let him go from the clock tower... Someone left the door open on purpose.
"I want to find the head of the regiment." Ning Gu said.
Lian Chuan didn't make a sound, just looked at him.
"Leader... There are too many things that are hidden from me." Ning Gu frowned.
"That person," Lian Chuan said, "is a traveler?"
"Apart from the traveler and the illegal birth in the three main cities, there is no one else here," Ning Gu said. "This person is not only a traveler, but also a traveler who knows me."
"Looking for Lin Fan is worse than looking for the regiment leader." Lian Chuan said.
Ning Gu turned to look at him: "Lin Fan? I think there is something wrong with him, this person can't see through it at all."
"Leader and Lin Fan, who do you think will answer your question?" Lian Chuan asked.
Ning Gu was stunned.
"Answer," Lian Chuan said, "don't think about it."
"Lin Fan." Ning Gu blurted out.
I don't know why, although he has more doubts about Lin Fan than the leader, but his experience from childhood made him very clear that the leader will hardly answer any of his questions directly.
Ning Gu sat on the chair, holding the monkey's paw in his hand, his mind seemed to be hollowed out by the nine wings.
"The head of the group used the aborigines as targets for the experimental subjects in Tonguan," Ning Gu said, "Is that right?"
"Maybe it is both a target and a material." Lian Chuan said.
"What's so good about the main city?" Ning Gu said, "Why do you have to pay such a high price to get it back?"
He lived in a ghost town since he was a child. Everything he saw and felt was a ghost town. This is the place where he grew up and lived for more than 20 years.
He knew that the long-term travelers' attachment to the main city was beyond his comprehension.
The main city used to be their home, even though it was so far away that they were all strangers.
"Why." Lian Chuan suddenly asked without thinking.
"Huh?" Ning Gu looked at him.
"It hasn't been a day or two since the main city began to collapse," Lian Chuan said, "Why do we have to take back a main city that is doomed to destruction?"
Ning Gu didn't make a sound, he never thought about this angle.
"The leader knows better than you," Lian Chuan looked at him, "When the main city can be defeated, the main city may already be the Black Iron Wasteland."
"Then why..." Ning Gu seemed to understand what Lian Chuan meant.
The leader didn't really want to take back the main city.