Phantom Skeleton Painting

Chapter 84: Ghost City (9)

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Guo said that the previous Lin Banxia, although regained consciousness, was still in a state of confusion. Then Song Qingluo's three words "cut me open" exploded in Lin Banxia's ear like a thunderbolt, and he was completely awake. He looked at Song Qingluo in disbelief, his lips trembling slightly: "You… what did you say?"

"This is the best chance." Song Qingluo's voice was still so soft, as if he was talking about something insignificant, "Time is pressing..."

Lin Banxia: "...Do you know what you're talking about?"

Song Qingluo said, "It's okay, I don't feel pain."

"Shut up!!" Lin Banxia suddenly became angry, almost wanted to clench his fists and give Song Qingluo a blow, he was shaking with anger, "I don't care if you hurt me or not."

Song Qingluo: "..."

"But I fucking hurt." Lin Banxia gritted her teeth, "I hurt!"

Song Qingluo was silent.

"Is there no other way?" Lin Banxia said, "Where's the box? What about the black box? You all carry it with you, right? Can't you use that?"

Song Qingluo said: "That kind of box can only store some heretical objects with a fixed shape, such as the stones we saw before... If the shape of the heretical objects is not normal, or the size is too large, there is no way to use that method. sealed."

Lin Banxia: "There is no other way?"

Song Qingluo shook her head.

Lin Banxia stretched out his hand and wiped his face heavily. He really wanted to show a calm air, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do it. Even in his mind, Song Qingluo was lying on the bed in the base. With the appearance of being disemboweled, everyone is a human being. How could it not hurt to be treated like this, and he is not a fool.

"Okay, okay." Lin Banxia also knew that the time was short, he said, "Tell me what to do."

Song Qingluo lowered her eyes slightly, walked in front of Lin Banxia, and hugged him. At first Lin Banxia thought that Song Qingluo was trying to comfort herself, but just wanted to say that she could accept it, and let Song Qingluo Don't waste time, fight quickly, but Song Qingluo put the dagger she was carrying in his hand, and then held his hand.

"Can you see him?" Song Qingluo said.

"Yes, I can see it." Lin Banxia replied.

Song Qingluo said, "What does it look like?"

Lin Banxia said, "It's very big, very white... It's like a huge ant with wings on it." He stared at the thing and described, "The wings can make sounds, but you can't hear them, right? I can hear them. It was... a very crisp sound, like a musical instrument, and... like insects." As he was talking, he felt Song Qingluo's hand holding him slashed down, and the feeling of slicing the flesh, suddenly spread to In Lin Banxia's hand, he finally understood why Song Qingluo was holding his hand-because at the moment when he felt this touch, he wanted to let go of his hand in a conditioned reflex.

"It's alright." Song Qingluo's voice softened, he said, "Continue to describe what it looks like."

Lin Banxia licked her dry lips. He knew that since it had already started, it would be better to be ruthless and finish it earlier. He said, "It... it has many green eyes, like the color of fireflies, which are always flickering, very pretty… "

Song Qingluo held Lin Banxia's hand and continued down, deepening the wound: "Continue."

Lin Banxia's body trembled slightly. Originally, the person who was injured was Song Qingluo, but now the person who was in so much pain became himself, and even his voice contained an uncontrollable choking: "It The skin is smooth, pure white, and the hand feels like jade... cold and hard, the wings..."

Just as he said this, the giant object that had been motionless in front of him suddenly began to twist its body, and its fluttering wings suddenly accelerated its rhythm. The originally pleasant sound like a musical sound gradually deformed with the restlessness of the wings, and finally twisted into a sharp howling.

The people who had been standing still around them also became active, and even approached them as before.

Song Qingluo seemed to be worried that Lin Banxia would be affected, and held Lin Banxia's hand tightly: "Don't worry about them."

Lin Banxia took a deep breath and said, "The wings are transparent, like the wings of flying insects—just on the sides of the body—" When he said this, he suddenly found that around his body suddenly appeared A shadow, that shadow absorbed all the light and turned into a black hole-like existence, as if only a little contamination would be completely swallowed.

The source of the shadow was Song Qingluo standing in front of Lin Banxia.

A huge hole was cut open in Song Qingluo's body by the sharp blade. The black shadow Lin Banxia saw was overflowing from his body, spreading out like a tide, forming a shadow. The huge net gradually wrapped the huge heresy in front of Lin Banxia's eyes.

Having worked with Song Qingluo so many times, Lin Banxia is the first time she has seen such a situation. Obviously, only with physical contact with Song Qingluo can she see the existence of shadows.

The shadow continued to expand, eroding the body of the heretic from the bottom, and the scream became louder and louder, and the piercing Lin Banxia's eardrums hurt. The green brilliance began to flicker in Lin Banxia's eyes again, and the countless companions who were trying to surround them showed a look of fear and dispersed into the distance, not knowing whether they were afraid of Song Qingluo or afraid. Lin Banxia.

"Continue." Song Qingluo's soft voice called back to Lin Banxia's consciousness, "Panxia, continue to describe it."

Lin Banxia said: "Okay... Its voice has become a bit harsh, I can understand what it means, it is howling... I beg you to stop... "

Song Qingluo said, "Very good." He closed his eyes, and the black shadow overflowing from his body seemed to be stimulated, and the speed of wrapping the heresy instantly increased, but in the blink of an eye, the milky white color just now The giant object has been completely wrapped by the shadow, and the shadow wriggled, like a big chewing mouth, trying to digest the things wrapped inside.

"Ah!!!" Lin Banxia's body suddenly suffered a sharp pain. He couldn't describe the feeling, as if a certain part of his body had been forcibly torn apart. Fortunately, Song Qingluo was right in front of him, reaching out and hugging him directly, not letting him fall to the ground.

The black shadow finally digested what he swallowed, and slowly shrank toward Song Qingluo's body.

The severe pain in Lin Banxia's body gradually subsided, he was a little breathless, and leaned weakly on Song Qingluo's shoulder, so as not to fall down. He lowered his head and saw Song Qingluo's stomach that had been cut open, revealing scarlet internal organs, and it hurt so much just by looking at it.

However, Song Qingluo was still standing upright, except that his face was a little pale, it seemed that he was not affected at all, and he even had the strength to support him.

Lin Banxia smiled bitterly. He thought, how could he not be affected? Probably, he was just used to it.

Getting used to enduring pain—how many times does it take to get used to this kind of thing, Lin Banxia, dare not think about it.

At a slow speed, the shadow finally followed Song Qingluo's wound and retracted inside his body. The scream that gave Lin Banxia a splitting headache finally disappeared completely.

The sound of the body falling to the ground rang out one after another. From the corner of Lin Banxia's vision, he noticed that those who had tried to attack them had all lost consciousness and just fell to the ground.

Lin Banxia's chest was slightly suffocated, and she was glad that this matter seemed to be over, but Song Qingluo reached out and grabbed his chin, raising his face slightly.

If it wasn't for Song Qingluo's dignified expression, Lin Banxia would have thought he wanted to kiss her, but Song Qingluo didn't kiss him, she just stretched out her hand and pressed his eyes lightly with her thumb, as if confirming something.

Lin Banxia whispered, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Song Qingluo said slowly, "I'll go out and contact Li Su and the others later, don't come into direct contact with them, go home directly."

Lin Banxia: "Huh? Why?" He realized something after asking, and rubbed his eyes with his hand, "What's in my eyes?"

Song Qingluo said, "It's fine, it's just a small problem." He paused, "Let's go."

Lin Banxia said, "Okay..." The severe pain subsided from his body, and he regained his strength, so this time, it was him who carefully supported Song Qingluo, thinking about Song Qingluo's weight anyway Very light, he proposed to carry him on his back, but Song Qingluo refused.

"No." Song Qingluo said, "My weight is different now than usual."

Lin Banxia: "Huh?"

Seeing his face full of disbelief, Song Qingluo raised her eyebrows: "You try?"

Try it, try it, Lin Banxia did what she said, and put her arms around Song Qingluo's waist, trying to hug Song Qingluo with all her strength. Who knew that Song Qingluo didn't move at all, and Lin Banxia almost flashed his waist: "Is it the reason for that thing in your body?"

Song Qingluo: "Well..."

Lin Banxia: "It's so heavy."

Song Qingluo: "After all, the size of the family is there."

Lin Banxia thought about it too, such a big thing must be very heavy, but Song Qingluo's ability is really powerful, no wonder so many companions in the base are a little afraid of him.

The two supported each other and walked out of the old town. It was nearly three in the morning, and only the police and monitors were left on duty.

Seeing Li Su in the distance, Song Qingluo lightly patted Lin Banxia's shoulder to signal, Lin Banxia let go, took a step slower, and silently followed behind Song Qingluo.

"Li Su." Song Qingluo called him.

"Solved?" Li Su turned his head and saw the blood stains on Song Qingluo's body, and immediately understood, "I'll arrange for someone to take you to the base immediately."

"Okay." Song Qingluo said, "You too, this thing is unstable, I'm afraid of accidents on the road."

"Okay." Li Su turned his head and prepared to go to the car.

Song Qingluo turned around at the same time and gave Lin Banxia a wink. Lin Banxia understood it, and while Li Su was preparing the car, he quietly slipped away. At this time, everyone's attention was on Song Qingluo, and no one noticed that Lin Banxia had left.

It wasn't until he got to the car that Li Su remembered something: "Oh? Why didn't I see Banxia? Is he okay?"

Song Qingluo said, "It's nothing."

Li Su: "Still inside?"

Song Qingluo said lightly: "I just let him take care of the aftermath, and he may have gone home by now."

Li Su said: "Don't let him go to the base to see the test?"

"No." Song Qingluo refused.

Li Su noticed a slight difference from Song Qingluo's performance. He hesitated, but in the end he didn't say anything, just scratched his hair irritably.

Although Lin Banxia managed to slip out, but now at three o'clock in the morning, the place is wrong, and he is still covered with strange liquids. No matter how suspicious, he searched for a long time, gritted his teeth and added 200 yuan, and finally hit him. Arrived at a taxi willing to take him.

When he got to the car, Lin Banxia found that the driver had been turning his head to look at him. He couldn't help but say, "Master, what are you looking at?"

When the driver was asked by Lin Banxia, his hand holding the steering wheel trembled, and he whispered, "Young man, what's wrong with your eyes?"

Lin Banxia: "Huh?" He looked up at the rear-view mirror, and found that his eyes were indeed not right. A thin green line appeared in the center of the pupil, shining in the dark carriage, and at first glance it looked like a cat With raised pupils, it's no wonder that Song Qingluo insisted that he go home directly.

"It's okay." Lin Banxia rubbed her eyes and calmly explained to the driver, "I'm wearing fluorescent lenses."

The driver let out a long "Oh" sound, not sure if he believed it or not, and continued to drive without saying a word.

A few hours later, Lin Banxia finally arrived at the house. The moment he opened the door, he breathed a sigh of relief. The room was quite quiet. Xiaohua and Xiaokuo had already slept. He went straight to the bathroom, turned on the wall lamp, and looked at himself in the mirror.

In the mirror, there was a young man who looked a little strange. Although he still had the same face, the green lines in his eyes made the face look more coquettish and inhuman, as if he had seen it before. Like the heretical things he's seen before - Lin Banxia stretched out his hand and gently touched the mirror surface, the mirror's cold touch pierced his fingertips, and he pulled away from this emotion.

Lin Banxia lowered her head, took a few breaths, and turned around to turn on the hot water.

After washing off all the stains, Lin Banxia slowly walked out of the bathroom. He wiped his wet hair, went to the kitchen to get a can of cold beer, and stood on the balcony while drinking and resting. There was no news from Song Qingluo on the phone, so he must have encountered the same thing as last time.

Lin Banxia became a little irritable in a rare mood, squeezed the beer can heavily, and the beer overflowed his hand, but he didn't feel it.

"Brother." Xiaohua's voice suddenly came from behind, suppressing Lin Banxia's irritable emotions. He turned around and saw Xiaohua standing by the wall, showing half of her face, with a hint of caution in her eyes.

Lin Banxia rarely saw Xiao Hua's expression, so she called out, "Xiao Hua? Haven't you slept yet?"

Xiaohua said sweetly, "Is my brother unhappy?"

Lin Banxia said, "Brother is not unhappy."

"Xiaohua knows that brother is not happy." Xiaohua said.

Lin Banxia was silent for a moment, without refuting any further, he walked to Xiaohua and picked her up. Xiaohua looks the same as when she was a child, neither her appearance nor her height has changed.

Lin Banxia pinched her soft cheeks: "Go to bed, it's so late."

Xiaohua leaned against Lin Banxia's chest and sniffed at the tip of her nose: "Brother, your taste seems to have changed..."

Lin Banxia smiled and said, "What has it become?"

Xiaohua said: "Sweet, it smells delicious."

Lin Banxia thought the same thing. He had been marinating all night, so he should add some flavor. He raised his hand and sniffed, but he didn't smell anything. Special sense of smell.

He sent Xiaohua to the bed in the bedroom and watched her obediently go into the bed before returning to the living room.

In the second half of the night, Lin Banxia didn't sleep. He was actually a little tired, but because he had Song Qingluo in mind, he didn't feel sleepy at all.

When it was almost dawn, Lin Banxia was a little hungry, so she ordered a takeaway. As soon as the takeaway arrived, the phone suddenly rang. Lin Banxia saw that it was Li Su's number, and quickly picked it up and fed it.

"Panxia." Li Su called out, "Are you at home now?"

Lin Banxia said, "Yes, I'm at home."

Li Su said: "Okay, I'll send Song Qingluo back later."

Lin Banxia said, "Okay, is he all right now?"

Li Su: "It's not a big deal, it's just that I'm not feeling well, and I've fallen asleep in my car."

Lin Banxia: "Okay, I'll be waiting for you at home."

Knowing that he was coming back, Lin Banxia went to the toilet again. To his helplessness, the green line in his eyes had not subsided. If Li Su saw it, he would definitely be suspected. After thinking about it, I simply pulled out the sunglasses that had not been used for a long time from the cabinet, put them on my face, and planned to adapt later.

Li Su came quickly, and not long after the call, there was a knock at the door. Lin Banxia opened the door and saw Li Su and Song Qingluo standing beside him.

Song Qingluo's skin was originally white, but now it was as white as a piece of bloodless paper, her eyelashes were half-drooped, as if she hadn't woken up yet.

"Come in quickly." Lin Banxia turned her body sideways and asked the two to come in quickly.

Song Qingluo walked to the edge of the sofa, lay down directly, closed her eyes and fell asleep. Lin Banxia didn't dare to ask him to go to the bed in the bedroom, so she said softly, "Let's go out and talk?"

"Okay." Li Su nodded.

So the two went to the balcony. Lin Banxia was afraid that Song Qingluo would be disturbed, so she closed the door on purpose.

Li Su took a cigarette from his pocket and said, "One?"

Lin Banxia thought about it, took it, and clicked it.

The two did not speak for a while, and smoked quietly for a while.

"Do you know about Song Qingluo's family?" Li Su suddenly started talking.

Lin Banxia said, "I know part of it."

Li Su said, "Which part?"

Lin Banxia: "I know where he used to live, and... his parents."

Li Su exhaled and said, "Then do you know why Song Qingluo is a monitor?"

Even if Lin Banxia didn't know it before, she should know now that Song Qingluo's role as a watcher might not be voluntary. Just because he is the companion of some kind of heresy, just like Bai Luze, he is either locked in the base with no freedom at all, or he will fight with his life to become a monitor of dealing with heresy.

"Before you came, Song Qingluo wouldn't save any money." Li Su said, "All the money is used to buy antiques, there are real and fake ones. Sometimes even eating is a problem... You know, if a person still has hope for the future, he will definitely make some preparations." He leaned against the wall and said lazily, "But he has nothing at all."

Lin Banxia: "..."

"But I also understand that it's too easy for people in our industry to die and go crazy. Maybe if we don't see each other for a day or two, this person will be gone." Li Su said, "I've known him for almost ten years. He arrived at the base when he was seven, five years before me."

The irritable energy in Lin Banxia's heart was surging out again. He didn't say a word. He kept on smoking and seemed a little silent.

"I don't even dare to think about how a seven-year-old child survived." Li Su said, "He doesn't like to talk, and he doesn't have any familiar people. Everyone in the base is afraid of him. In fact... I'm also afraid of him. ."

Lin Banxia raised her eyes to look at Li Su.

"After all, if you can become a watcher, everyone will have something to do with those things." Li Su said, "I should say sorry to you. If it wasn't for my selfishness, you wouldn't be involved." He suggested at the time Let Lin Banxia be Song Qingluo's partner.

Even if Lin Banxia is voluntary,

After all, he's also a hooker.

"No." Lin Banxia said with a smile, "I should thank you for this matter." Without Li Su, he and Song Qingluo would not have encountered all this, and neither would they have come to this point. . He has no relatives, and his life experience is similar to Song Qingluo, and it is precisely because of this that the two cherish each other especially.

This is the fate that Lin Banxia cherishes.

Li Su: "Actually, I've told you so much because I want to tell you one thing."

Lin Banxia: "What's the matter?"

Li Su said, "Song Qingluo has been looking for something. I don't know what it is, and I don't dare to ask him... We're not as familiar as you are. Do you understand what I mean?"

Lin Banxia naturally understood.

"Although I don't know what it is, it must be a very dangerous thing." Li Su said, "It was the thing that turned Song Qingluo into a companion and killed his father."

Lin Banxia said, "That thing hasn't been sealed yet??"

Li Su said that it was a dangerous thing, but now it has been more than 20 years, and it still hasn't been resolved? !

"No." Li Su said, "We used to think that the preservation was successful, but recently we discovered that it was not." He said, "It is still in the outside world and continues to create its companions."

Lin Banxia: "Song Qingluo...is that one of them?"

"Well." Li Su scratched his head, a little distressed, "How should I explain to you, this thing is not an ordinary heresy, its existence is very special, it will not directly infect creatures or objects, but will infect creatures or objects. They become a source of infection."

Lin Banxia: "...You mean it's creating heresy??"

"It's so interesting." Li Su said, "it's not accurate." He worriedly said, "Oh, how can I explain it to you? Forget it, you can just ask Song Qingluo yourself, he knows better than me. clear."

Lin Banxia: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Li Su said, "Then I'll go first."

"Well, pay attention to safety." Lin Banxia put out the cigarette.

"You can continue to rest here." Li Su said, "I can go by myself."

"Okay." Lin Banxia did not insist.

It was not until Li Su left that Lin Banxia realized that from beginning to end, Li Su did not ask him why he was wearing sunglasses. He seemed to know something, but he chose to help them hide it. Lin Banxia stood on the balcony gratefully and looked at Li Su—this feeling of gratitude lasted for about ten minutes. Ten minutes later, Lin Banxia returned to the living room. Found my freshly-arrived BBQ takeaway on the living room table, taken away.

Lin Banxia: "..." Damn, he said why Li Su didn't give it away by himself, so he was waiting for him here!

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Li Su rides a battery car: It is impossible to work part-time, only by secretly taking out food can barely maintain a living

Lin Banxia: ? ? ?

Song Qingluo: I'll talk to you slowly when I wake up