Phantom Skeleton Painting

Chapter 37: The Promised Land (10)

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"Get out of here!" Li Ye yelled at the two of them when he saw that something was wrong.

Lin Banxia and Li Su hurriedly retreated towards the door. More and more of these things came out, and the speed was getting faster and faster. In the blink of an eye, an Elena fell from the ceiling and threw herself on Li Su's. On the shoulder, Li Ye reacted very quickly. He raised his hand and fired a shot. The bullet rubbed Li Su's cheek and wiped out a few traces of blood, which coaxed that Elena to pieces.

Lin Banxia hadn't used a gun very much, so she could only use a pistol to fight back, but she couldn't get her head right. In desperation, she used a dagger again. It's just that the three of them's counterattacks were obviously nothing more than a drop in the bucket. Not long after they exited the house, the entire room they were in just now turned into a terrifying furnace, and countless Elenas kept pouring out, and the whole room was tightly stuffed. Strictly, the door made of stone has been squeezed out of exaggerated cracks.

"It can't go on like this—Lin Banxia!! You go to Sergey and knock him out!!" Li Su roared, "We're here to buy you time—"

Lin Banxia said loudly, "Okay—"

"Don't look at that thing!!" Li Su said.

Lin Banxia responded, turned around and ran. In the dark room, trying to find Sergey was like looking for a needle in a haystack. The worst thing was that he didn't dare to look around because he needed to avoid those things in the center of the square. Song Qingluo didn't know where she was, and whether she would be affected by Yiliana, Lin Banxia gritted her teeth and searched continuously with a flashlight. Accompanied by the continuous gunfire of Li Su and Li Ye, Lin Banxia was finally in the square. In a corner, I saw Sergey curled up in a ball.

"Sergey—" Lin Banxia called his name and charged towards him at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

Sergey lay motionless on the ground, as if he couldn't hear Lin Banxia's voice about to deform because of anger.

Lin Banxia finally rushed to Sergey's side and raised his hand to knock him unconscious, but at this moment, he heard a loud noise behind him. It was propped up by countless Elenas, she... No, it should be it, its body was continuously squeezed in the stone room, and finally it was squeezed into a huge mass of meat. There are countless hands, feet and heads on the top, and just one glance makes people feel serious discomfort.

Lin Banxia blurted out a swear word, and Sergey turned his head and saw this scene. Under normal circumstances, he should have shown a look of panic, but instead of feeling scared, Sergey showed a look of joy. Unable to say: "Irina, you're back, Irina, you're finally back..."

With that look of infatuation, even if Lin Banxia didn't understand what he was saying at all, he almost understood what he meant. Lin Banxia laughed in anger, and reached out and grabbed Sergey's collar. He pulled it in front of him and said viciously, "You fucking don't even think about Elena!"

Sergey looked at Lin Banxia blankly.

"If you really want Elena back, why would you come up with something like this, you just want us all buried together!!! You damn bastard!!" At this moment, Lin Banxia I finally understood that since he met Sergey, they always encountered some monsters related to Elena, but these monsters had no core of Elena at all, and they seemed to be deliberately blocking them. Yes, at first, Lin Banxia thought it was Sergey's guilt for Elena, but now, he suddenly realized-

What Sergey had in mind was not Elena at all, but a series of accidents caused by Elena's death. He wanted to die on this exciting trip to atone for his guilt over Elaine's death - so Sergey didn't turn to silt because his wish wasn't fulfilled, and moths, Elaine Regardless of Na's body, Sergey's death-seeking form continuously gathered these monsters, and finally formed the insurmountable mountain of meat behind them.

Lin Banxia looked at Sergey's innocent face, and became angry. He waved his fist without hesitation and punched Sergey's face. Before Sergey could react, he was punched, and he stumbled to the ground with a few teeth in his mouth.

Lin Banxia walked over and found that he had not fainted yet and picked him up again. He raised his hand and slammed it again. This time, Sergey glanced at him and completely lost consciousness.

However, even if he fainted, the terrifying monster behind Lin Banxia did not disappear. A series of violent explosions came from behind Lin Banxia. It seemed that Li Ye and Li Su had already used explosives, but faced with that The behemoth was a drop in the bucket, and the huge Roshan that Elena had turned into was almost filling the entire passage and began to spread in the direction of the square.

Not knowing what was going on with Song Qingluo, Lin Banxia was extremely anxious, and reflexively glanced at the center of the square.

Only then did Lin Banxia see that Song Qingluo had already walked to the vicinity of the stone platform. Those strangely-shaped companions were still standing beside them, sensing Song Qingluo's approach, and they began to chant in a low voice. , Immediately after, their bodies began to differentiate into round pieces of flesh. These red flesh quickly turned into a group of strange creatures with fangs and wings. They rushed towards Song Qingluo. . At the same time, a group of cyan flames began to spread around the stone platform, and soon the entire stone platform was blocked. The incomprehensible whispers in their mouths drifted again in the ears of everyone, Lin Banxia's His heart beat like a drum again, but he saw Song Qingluo, like a moth going to fire, heading towards the blue flame without hesitation.

Those strange creatures had already arrived in front of Song Qingluo. They opened their sharp teeth, and their limbs turned into sharp blades, as if they were rushing towards Song Qingluo.

It is impossible for ordinary people to pass these things, but Song Qingluo is obviously not an ordinary person.

He jumped up from the ground in a completely impossible posture, like jumping, more like flying, his body seemed to be light enough to have no weight, and he jumped into the air several meters high. The weird swarm immediately reversed direction and rushed towards Song Qingluo again. Song Qingluo was well prepared, and the gun in his hand moved instantly, bang bang bang rang dozens of gunshots in a row, and dark red flames erupted around him. Snowflakes and smashed bugs turned into minced meat in the sky, like rain, falling to the ground little by little. The next moment, the scene around Song Qingluo was violently distorted.

The remaining worms stuck to his skin. The sharp teeth and limbs like blades dyed Song Qingluo's snow-white skin into blood red. Song Qingluo fell from the air and fell straight into the blue sky. in the flame. The cyan flame did not burn Song Qingluo's clothes or skin. He stood up from the flames and seemed to want to move forward, but after taking two steps forward, his movements stopped. The terrifying murmurs of the companions became louder and louder. Lin Banxia's heart was extremely uncomfortable, and her head was in pain as if it was torn apart. His nose was hot, and he reached out and wiped away the bright red blood, but what made him the most Anxious, but Song Qingluo stopped.

Song Qingluo didn't move. He didn't know how the cyan flame would affect him. He stood quietly inside, as if condensed into a stone statue that couldn't move.

Lin Banxia remembered what Song Qingluo said when he went - if he doesn't move, then kill him. He spat viciously towards the ground and scolded: "Fuck, who the hell will shoot teammates!" He raised the gun in his hand and aimed at the companion beside Song Qingluo. He didn't know if it would work, but at least he had to try to do something.

"boom"! "boom"! "boom"! After three shots were fired, Lin Banxia finally succeeded in hitting a companion who was closest to him after emptying two shots. The companion burst out with a cluster of blood flowers and made a shrill neigh. Just this moment. The cyan flame that trapped Song Qingluo flickered slightly, but in this moment of effort, Song Qingluo jumped up from the ground again and jumped out of the cyan flame, and in front of his eyes— On the stone platform, it is like a heart that has just been cut open, and it is still thumping and beating heresy.

The insect swarm rushed over again, almost densely covering Song Qingluo's entire body, constantly cutting Song Qingluo's skin and bones, and in an instant Song Qingluo almost turned into a man made of blood - with this For the price, he finally touched the stone platform, and the beating heart was about to be pinched in his hand.

Seeing this scene, Lin Banxia was overjoyed, thinking that it was finally over. However, the moment Song Qingluo held his heart, the ground of the square suddenly collapsed. Song Qingluo couldn't stop his body and fell along with the sunken stone platform.

Lin Banxia stared at this sudden scene with split eyes, his heart almost jumping out of his throat with pain. For the first time, he felt such a strong fear, as if he was about to lose everything he had. Just as despair flooded into his heart, a strange thought suddenly appeared in Lin Banxia's mind, and he suddenly remembered something, this is their last hope, although it looks like a star in the starry sky—" I hope—Song Qingluo—don't fall—" He used his loudest voice to shout out what he wanted most at this moment.

The next moment, the collapse actually stopped.

Before Lin Banxia could show a smile, he felt a chill. He lowered his head and looked at his chest blankly. There was nothing there, but he had a feeling that someone was using a cold hand to gently touch it. , pinched his heart, as if to pull his heart and soul out of his body together... Lin Banxia looked up blankly and saw Song Qingluo who was covered in blood.

In the distance, Song Qingluo successfully held the beating heart. He cut open his abdomen with a dagger and stuffed the heart into his body. After he had done all this, he raised his head and looked at Lin Banxia from a distance, showing a reassuring smile.

The picture was so ridiculous that Lin Banxia wasn't even sure if he was wrong. His eyes began to distort, and there were whispers around him. He saw the black ceiling and heard a heavy object falling to the ground. After a while , he realized that the heavy object that fell to the ground was his own body.

Lin Banxia closed his eyes, and the sound of the collapse of the world gradually lingered in his ears. He fell into a mysterious situation, and his soul seemed to be constantly rising, as if he was about to enter the incomparably wonderful night sky. If this is death, then it is not as terrible as imagined, Lin Banxia thought so comfortingly.

But at this moment, he felt a pain, which forcibly pulled him out of the comfortable state, and he heard a violent gasp, as well as a crackling sound and pain. It took a while before Lin Banxia realized that someone was slapping him in the face.

Wanting to struggle to get the man to stop quickly, Lin Banxia returned to this heavy body again. Not only would he be slapped, but someone was still pressing his chest hard, and his lips felt cold for a while. The hot oxygen was continuously spit into his mouth, but unfortunately the oxygen was not enough, and he was slapped twice on the face. Lin Banxia exhausted all her strength and reluctantly spit out a word: "Don't..." Stop fanning, don't fan, I'm awake! ! I don't know which beast is so ruthless, and his ears are buzzing.

Under Lin Banxia's difficult stop, along with a regretful sigh, the damn slap finally stopped. Lin Banxia felt that he was being carefully hugged, but his ears were hazy, and he still couldn't hear clearly. He tried to open his eyes, but failed, so he simply gave up and stayed in the man's arms, like a hibernating hamster.

Isn't artificial respiration enough? Why do you still slap people in the face? Lin Banxia thought aggrieved, it must be that bastard Li Su. When he goes back, he must tell Song Qingluo that Li Su is carrying him behind his back. Call him dead face. With such thoughts in mind, Lin Banxia fell into a sweet sleep.

He didn't know how long he had slept, and when he woke up, everything around him had changed. Lin Banxia felt as if she was lying on a moving vehicle. All the wounds on her body had been bandaged. Someone in the cab was chatting in a low voice. He opened his eyes with difficulty and saw Song Qingluo's graceful lines. Chin and drooping eyes. Song Qingluo's eyelashes were dark and long, and looked soft and fluffy. Lin Banxia blinked her eyes for a while, feeling a little numb, and was about to check their touch when the owner of the eyelashes suddenly opened them. Those black eyes as pure as the night sky.

Song Qingluo lowered her eyes and looked at Lin Banxia: "Awake?"

"Wake up, where are we?" Lin Banxia twisted her body and realized that she was being held in Song Qingluo's arms. They were all men. He didn't think anything was wrong, "It's over?"

"It's over." Song Qingluo said.

Lin Banxia struggled to get up, but she was completely weak. Song Qingluo reached out to support him and let him lean on her shoulder. She saw the scene outside the car window. They were crossing the wilderness they had walked before, which was different from before. The only thing was that the surrounding area was very lively, there were police officers and working vehicles passing by, and Lin Banxia even saw a helicopter hovering in the sky outside.

"So many people?" Lin Banxia was a little surprised.

"Well, I came in for the aftermath." Song Qingluo said, "Is there any discomfort?"

"It's nothing, I just don't have the energy." Lin Banxia replied, "What about you, are you okay?" He remembered that the last scene he saw before he passed out was Song Qingluo cutting open his body and taking the The beating heart was stuffed into the body. Lin Banxia was so impressed by this scene that it was absolutely impossible to read it wrong.

"It's alright." Song Qingluo replied calmly.

"Is it really okay?" Lin Banxia was a little unconvinced.

Song Qingluo shook his head.

"But, I saw that you stuffed that thing... into your body, is it really okay?" Lin Banxia still felt incredible.

"It's fine, I'm just temporarily sealing the container." Song Qingluo said, "If it works again, you'll be dead." He sighed, feeling helpless, "How can you make a wish."

"I don't wish that everyone died too." Lin Banxia was a little indifferent, "It's better to die alone than to die with everyone."

Song Qingluo said nothing, rubbed his brown hair, and said, "You gave me a lot of surprises." He thought Lin Banxia was gentle and harmless, but now it seems that Lin Banxia still has a lot of potential can be excavated.

"You too." Lin Banxia gestured, "How did you jump up, it's amazing, it's like a martial arts movie, can you teach me—"

Song Qingluo laughed: "I can't do jumping, but guns can still be learned. I'll teach you how to practice guns first."

Lin Banxia said yes, he was a little sleepy. He curled up in his seat and looked out the window. He saw the wasteland in the dark night, and it was the same scene that he saw yesterday. The moon was bright and the star river ran through the night. Lin Banxia heard a reassuring and crisp insect chirping.

"That's great." Lin Banxia said with a smile.

Song Qingluo said, "Well, go to sleep."

Lin Banxia nodded, and the next moment she fell asleep next to Song Qingluo.

When he woke up again, the sky was already bright, and the surrounding scenery had changed from a desolate Gobi to an occasionally populated town. Everything seemed like a dream. Now the dream has finally woken up. sense of security.

Lin Banxia sat in the car for a while, suddenly remembered something, took out a map from her backpack, and said, "I seem to have seen Alexei's body here, I'm not sure if it was created by that thing... Send someone to take a look?"

"Yes." Song Qingluo said, "We will try our best to recover the bodies of the dead team members."

"Where are we going next?" Lin Banxia asked.

Song Qingluo said, "You and Li Su are waiting in the hotel. I have to go and seal up the things first." Lin Banxia noticed that Song Qingluo's expression didn't seem very good, and she looked even worse than usual. For a few minutes Bai Bai, he instantly became worried, and obediently responded.

The car drove forward for about three or four hours, and finally stopped outside a homestay. Li Ye, Li Su and Sergey got off the other car. Li Su smiled and greeted Lin Banxia. However, Lin Banxia found that his hand was tied with a bandage and hung under his neck. The injured left hand was finally healed.

Lin Banxia asked him if he was okay.

"It's fine, it's just the same as I guessed before, just a bone fracture." Li Su didn't care, he was used to it, "It'll be fine for a few days." When they were talking, another all-black armed car came. , a few staff members wearing "swastikas" came down from above, exchanged a few words with Song Qingluo in English, and then escorted Song Qingluo into the car.

Lin Banxia watched his back disappear into view, feeling a little lost inexplicably. Seeing this, Li Su hugged Lin Banxia's neck with a smile, and said, "Don't look, I'll be back in a while—let's go, Let's go drink."

"Now?" Lin Banxia said, "This morning."

"What happened in the morning? Who told you that you can't drink in the morning? Since you are in Russia, you must have a few drinks." Li Su smiled, then turned his head and said a few words to Sergey in Russian, Sergey Gai was standing beside him with no energy, but when he heard Li Su's words, he immediately became full of energy, grinned and showed a bright smile. It seems that after he left the place, he immediately returned to normal. However, Lin Banxia was too embarrassed to look at him - Sergey's front teeth were shattered by his punch, and he opened his mouth to speak, which was probably a little leaky.

Sergey didn't seem to mind his teeth, grinning and talking to people on the phone.

Lin Banxia whispered, "What is he doing?"

Li Su said with a smile, "I asked him to invite us to a drink—it's probably on the phone with a friend."

Sergey should have this wine, after all, he caused them a lot of trouble there. Lin Banxia noticed that Li Ye didn't say a word after getting off the car. He seemed to be in a bad mood. He wondered if something happened to Li Su in the car, but he didn't really care about the two of them. Familiar, did not dare to ask.

A few minutes later, Sergey called a car and took a few people to a nearby tavern.

It was only nine o'clock in the morning, and Sergey knocked for more than ten minutes. He knocked on the door of the tavern abruptly. A tall, bearded middle-aged man opened the door. After the cover, the original anger dissipated a lot, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said something with a smile. It seemed that the man was acquainted with Sergey. Sergey waved to them, and a few people filed in. Lin Banxia saw the interior of the tavern.

This tavern is not big, it is a wooden structure, and the style is rough, full of unique Russian flavor.

Lin Banxia was actually a little hungry, and asked Sergey what food to satisfy his hunger. Sergey said that this was a tavern, and there was no staple food, but the sausage was still very hungry, so he ordered one for Lin Banxia.

The wine came quickly, and Lin Banxia didn't know the words on it, so she saw Sergey take out a small glass and poured a glass for each person. Lin Banxia took a sip, then wrinkled her face and said: "It's okay to drink such a strong drink so early in the morning?"

"What does it matter." Li Su laughed loudly, "I always have to celebrate that I saw today's morning sun alive—" He picked up the wine glass and took a big sip into his mouth.

Sergey also drank it. He took a sip and drank half of it. Then, he raised the glass to Lin Banxia and said something screeching, and then drank the remaining half. When Lin Banxia saw him being so forthright, she thought that she must not embarrass the Chinese, so she pinched her nose and drank it upside down, only to feel a burning sensation in her stomach. When he saw that Sergey's wine glass was empty, he took the initiative to refill it for him. Sergey saw his actions and became more emotional. He kept shouting something, and put the wine glass in front of him again. drink up. Lin Banxia was frightened by his actions, and tremblingly drank most of the wine in front of him, but his drinking capacity was average, two glasses of wine with several heights, his eyes were a little fluttering.

However, even if he was fluttering, the etiquette of the wine table should not be forgotten. Lin Banxia picked up the wine bottle and was about to pour a third glass for Sergey, but was stopped by Li Su with a smiling voice.

"Don't pour it." Li Su couldn't help laughing. "The drinking rules here in Russia are different from those in China. They can't have any leftover wine in their wine glasses. They can drink as much as they pour—"

Lin Banxia hurriedly put down the wine glass in her hand, and said in a trembling voice, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Li Su laughed: "I just want to see this infinite loop."

"This wine is vodka. It has a high degree of concentration and is easy to get drunk." Li Su rubbed his fingers against the glass and smiled, "Russians like it - he said he admires you very much. Although you look thin, you are a real man. worthy of his respect."

Lin Banxia originally wanted to justify her physical strength, but after looking at Sergey, who was as strong as a bear, he decided to let it go. Some things cannot be forced, and it is easy to feel inferior.

It just so happened that the sausage that Lin Banxia wanted arrived at this time. He rubbed his hot stomach, and quickly cut the sausage and stuffed it into his mouth. This sausage tasted quite different from the ones he had ever eaten. It was full of rich smoky flavor, had no starch, and was slightly salty.

While he was eating the sausage, Li Ye, Li Su, and Sergey had already killed a bottle of vodka, and Li Ye and Sergey were nothing more than that. Lin Banxia was surprised to find that Li Su's drinking capacity was unexpectedly high. It's also very good. After a few glasses of vodka, his face did not change at all, but there were a few blushes on his cheeks.

Lin Banxia suddenly remembered that when they first met, Li Ye would not let Li Su drink alcohol, saying that he was not in good health, why this time...

"Li Ye and I met in a tavern." Li Su's fingertips slid over the edge of the wine glass, his tone casual, "He was only twelve years old at that time, and he was as thin as a monkey."

Lin Banxia listened carefully.

"It's chaotic here, it's not like the country." Li Su said, "His parents died early, and no one cared about it. When I met him, someone happened to be inviting him to drink." He smiled coldly, "Please invite someone What kind of an asshole should a twelve-year-old drink drink?"

Li Su was talking about Li Ye's story, and Li Ye's expression remained unchanged, as if what Li Su said was not himself at all.

"The cheapest wine is water mixed with alcohol, which can drink dead people." Li Su said, "But here it is, you know... For some people, it's good to have wine, and I'll sit next to it. , watching Li Ye drink cup after cup, as if to fill himself with water." He laughed at himself, "How can there be such a child, I was thinking at the time, bastards are not uncommon, but such a child, It's the first time I've seen it."

He said this, poured himself a glass, and drank it again.

"What happened later?" Lin Banxia asked.

"Later?" Li Su said, "I looked upset and rushed over to beat that bastard—Li Ye, this little bastard, spit at me." He glared at Li Ye next to him, Li Ye He didn't care, and said lightly, "That's the customer of the tavern. You will make me lose my job."

Li Su swears in Russian and drinks another drink.

Li Ye didn't mind, tapped his finger on the table, and said, "The sixth cup."

Li Su scolded even more fiercely.

Lin Banxia felt that the relationship between the two was really incomprehensible to him. It stands to reason that Li Su took Li Ye away from there. Li Ye should have revered and respected Li Su, but judging from Li Su's performance, he Instead, she was a little afraid of the child she took away from Russia. Lin Banxia couldn't understand it, so she just drank her own in silence.

Li Su said: "Then I took him away and brought him back to China. I thought, although I'm not a good person, at least I won't let a child keep drinking. He's still so small and his arms are thin. It's like a firewood stick." He rubbed his face and said, "I thought I would grow up to be a caring and handsome young man, go to a better university, and find a good job—but who knows, it's crooked—"

After the seventh cup of wine, Li Su ended the topic.

Lin Banxia felt that Li Su seemed to have a lot to say, but he didn't speak.

While they were chatting, Sergey sat beside him and kept drinking. He didn't even need a drink. He kept pouring it into his stomach, as if it wasn't some high-purity volga, but plain water. .

Li Su said that this is the way Russians drink. In this high-latitude city, cold is the norm. It gives the people of this country a strong soul and physique, and at the same time makes them fall in love with this strong, Brings warm liquids.

In the scattered chat, Li Su finished drinking his last cup. He regretfully let go of the cup in his hand, stood up and said that he wanted to go out and smoke a cigarette.

Li Ye didn't stop him and watched him go.

Lin Banxia said strangely, "Did you quarrel with him?"

Li Ye glanced at Lin Banxia and said, "En."

Lin Banxia is even more strange: "Why are you arguing..."

Li Ye said, "It's a small matter."

It seemed that he didn't want to tell Lin Banxia what happened between him and Li Su. Lin Banxia also shut up knowingly and drank another half glass of wine.

As soon as Li Su left, the atmosphere of the whole table instantly quieted down. Sergey continued to drink cup after cup. Lin Banxia used his broken English to comfort him worriedly, but he waved to Lin Banxia with a wry smile. , Lin Banxia can only let him continue.

After drinking like this for three or four rounds, Lin Banxia couldn't do it anymore. He dragged his limp legs and went outside to blow the cold wind for a while. When he saw Li Su squatting on the ground, the rogue was using wooden sticks to tease the ants on the mud. He said: "The sun is up, remember to put on your mask and sunglasses."

"Ah..." Li Su didn't move, "You won't drink anymore?"

"I can't drink anymore." Lin Banxia said, "Are you drinking well?"

"Of course." Li Su said, "My drink is the best, oh, sorry, I forgot that Song Qingluo was not here." He turned his head and glanced at Lin Banxia, "You did that last night. Aren’t you afraid that you will also turn into silt when you get there?”

He was talking about Lin Banxia's way of making a wish.

"I'm afraid." Lin Banxia was an honest person, "But if Song Qingluo fails, then all four of us have to die here..."

"I know, I know." Li Su said, "Who doesn't understand the truth, but do you understand? In that case - few people really dare to do this." He smiled and looked at Lin Banxia's His eyes were so tender, "Lin Banxia, I'm honored to be your friend."

"Me too." Lin Banxia replied, "So I think the person who slapped me shouldn't be you, right?"

Li Su: "..."

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