There is a node in Huang Hun’s original memory.
During one of his missions, he discovered a dilapidated relic, and found a secret recipe for a drug that could cause a person to fake death. This secret drug could even allow the Night Stranger to cheat the mark on his hand and the Decayed Knight.
In that mission, Dusk arrived at a tourist city surrounded by mountains and lakes. The mission goal was also to hunt down vampires. This seemed to be an important nest of the vampires.
At the yellow dining table, Kashu narrowed his eyes and thought.
He was trying his best to recall the memory of Dusk Lake.
As far as he could remember, it was summer when Huang Hun was carrying out the mission at Black Rain Villa. The city he arrived at had just held a grand local festival, and Jinghu City and Mingshan City seemed to have such a custom. On this day, citizens of the two cities would go to Jinghu to collect water. Then they would either hold a wooden bucket or a wooden basin, and a branch with leaves in their hands to shake the water on the street.
Passersby, regardless of their identities, will be warmly welcomed. If you don't want to get wet, it's best not to go out on this day.
This festival is called the Mulin Festival. It seems to have evolved from religious customs and is somewhat similar to the Holy Bathing Festival in many southern counties. In the minds of the local residents of Jinghu and Mingshan, the water of Jinghu Lake has magical effects. If you sprinkle the lake water on your body, it will bring you good luck for the whole year.
The Mulin Festival is on July 1st of every year.
At dusk, he was hunting vampires in the dense forests of the mountains and accidentally found a cave. He also found a dilapidated ruins in the dim cave, where the secret medicine was obtained. He wanted to continue exploring, but he sensed the danger and retreated.
Kaxiu tried his best to recall, but he could only perceive some vague images and the process of fragmentation. It was not easy to find a small cave in such a large mountain range with this information. Moreover, he could not guarantee that the ruins in the cave were the Akaba ruins that Black Rain Villa asked him to find.
The memory of dusk is still too vague. When I recall it, it is so hazy, just like a dream, and I can’t remember anything.
If it weren't for the fact that several key words happened to come together and collide with each other, Kaxiu might not have been able to trigger that memory.
"First, get familiar with the environment here, and then hire a local guide with a map to look for clues in Dusk's memory..."
Kaxiu narrowed his eyes and drank the last sip of milk.
The next day, Jinghu City Police Station, Chief's Office.
Kenneth was pressing his temple with a headache on his face. The continuous missing cases in Jinghu City were almost uncontrollable. As the director, he was under a lot of pressure. He couldn't sleep well every night recently. When he woke up the next day, his hair, which was not sparse to begin with, fell out in clumps. Kenneth was accelerating his baldness.
Fortunately, the "professionals" sent by the county had arrived yesterday. The leader of this group had a secret conversation with him in his office yesterday, and Chief Kenneth learned some dark and terrifying shocking secrets.
It is an unimaginable otherworld hidden beneath the peaceful human society. Dark creatures that eat people, absurd and unknown strange existences, mercury hunters with extraordinary powers... and this is just the tip of the iceberg. More dark and chaotic regular scenes are hidden in the deep and silent empty seabed.
As the saying goes, professionals should do professional things.
The group of people who call themselves Mercury Hunters have begun investigating the serial disappearances in Mirror Lake City. Hopefully, it will be quick...
Kenneth sighed and rubbed his eyes. He took a small stack of documents from the right side of the desk and prepared to work.
“Knock knock knock…”
There were three knocks on the door, and then the doorknob was turned. Kenneth immediately knew who came in. It was his niece, Cathy. She had just graduated from school three months ago and joined the Jinghu City Police Department. She was still an intern.
He sighed, put down his pen and looked up.
"What's wrong? Officer Cathy."
Opposite was a pretty girl wearing a dark blue female police uniform. She was tall and had fair skin. Cathy had neat short hair, clear black eyes, straight eyebrows, and a calm look between her eyebrows.
"Chief Kenneth, I would like to apply for transfer to the Criminal Division or the Special Mobile Division." The girl said as she closed the door.
"What are you doing in the Criminal Division and the Special Mobile Division!?"
Kenneth's eyes widened.
"There have been a number of disappearances in Jinghu City recently. I want to fight on the front lines with my colleagues in the Criminal Division to bring the criminals to justice! If the Criminal Division can't get in, the Special Mobile Division will do, uncle." Cathy smiled and took a few steps towards the desk.
"Don't be so frivolous! This won't work. You should stay in the office honestly. Don't treat me with any special treatment during the three-month internship. Go back." Kenneth frowned and waved his hand: "Also, don't call me uncle when we are working..."
"Okay...Uncle." Cathy was obviously feeling a little disappointed.
"Go away, don't disturb me while I'm working."
Kenneth shook his head. The situation has been very dangerous recently. Police officers on the front lines, such as the Criminal Investigation Division and the Special Mobile Division, will probably need to cooperate with the Mercury Hunters sooner or later. If they encounter the blood-sucking monsters mentioned by the Mercury Hunters, they will probably be injured or killed even with guns.
He didn't want his nephew to be missing limbs, otherwise his sister would definitely run to the police station with a kitchen knife and chop him up...
Time passed quickly and it was already past four in the afternoon, almost five.
Cathy was an intern police officer in the office. She had an uncle who was the chief, so naturally she would not be assigned too much work. An office with moderate intensity was just right.
Cathy declined the invitation from other office colleagues to dinner, feeling a little disappointed, she changed into casual clothes and planned to go home directly.
She thought about talking to her mother at dinner, hoping that she could help from the side. But Cathy was also a little scared, afraid that her mother was in cahoots with her uncle and didn't want her to participate in frontline police work like the criminal team.
So she was a little confused and distracted, and before she knew it, she had come to the corner of an unfamiliar alley.
Cathy came to her senses and was about to go back the same way when she suddenly noticed a man and a woman walking along the quiet road on the corner. They both seemed to be tourists. They looked unfamiliar and kept a certain distance from each other.
However, the man walking behind suddenly began to speed up.
He quickly caught up with the woman in just two or three steps.
Cathy's eyes widened and she was about to rush over.
The man did not rob the woman of her money or her body as expected. He just stretched out his right hand and gently patted the woman's shoulder.
The woman turned back in confusion and froze in place.
As they were quite far apart, Cathy did not hear what the two said. She only saw the man turn around and walk towards an alley beside the avenue, and the woman followed him woodenly.
The two held hands, looking intimate and ambiguous.
“Is this something I can watch at my age?”
Cathy was stunned. She had thought she would encounter a criminal case, but it turned out to be a civil case. According to the laws of the Red Lebanese Federation, such cases are generally subject to detention for more than ten days but less than fifteen days, and a fine of less than one hundred federal coins.
For less serious cases, the offender will be detained for no more than five days or fined no more than 10 federal dollars. If the offender is in a public place, such as on the streets, the offender will be detained for an additional three days.
Although I was a little surprised, a mosquito is still meat no matter how small it is.
Cathy followed quietly all the way with a sense of responsibility, curiosity and excitement.
And in a shadowy corner that she couldn't see, a man in a black coat and sunglasses followed her.
The man's whereabouts were more secretive and seemed to have received professional training.
In the suburbs of Jinghu City, on an open space next to a small town.
Kaxiu narrowed his eyes and looked up at the mountains in the distance.
The gaps between the clouds on the horizon were emitting rays of light, and the sky was dyed deep red, like a vast ocean. The mountains became hazy under the sunset glow, and the sunlight turned into golden-red rays that spread from the mountains to the dense forests, and finally reached the Mirror Lake. The lake surface reflected light, and it was like a layer of hazy light mist.
The sparkling lake is connected to the forest with reflective leaves not far away, and the white town next to it immediately outlines a moving and beautiful oil painting.
The scenery in Jinghu City is really nice and worth a visit.
If you come here as a tourist to escape the heat in the summer, it would be a very pleasant thing, but Kaxiu is not a tourist. He comes to Jinghu City for something to do.
Since yesterday afternoon, including the entire day today, Kaxiu has been looking for the cave in Dusk's memory. For this purpose, he also hired two local guides, two hunters who often go into the Alfama Mountains to hunt, and divided them into two groups to search everywhere.
Unfortunately, the Alfama Mountains are too big. Even the woodlands near Mirror Lake City and Mingshan City are extremely vast. Even with the information about the vicinity of Mirror Lake, Kaxiu and the other five people worked hard for two days but still did not find any useful traces. Not only that, a tour guide accidentally fell and was sent to his home in Blue Lake Town to recover.
The mission started off badly and Kaxiu was feeling a little depressed.
He picked up the map and took another look at it, comparing it with the image of the Mirror Lake in his mind. Then, Kaxiu took a step forward and walked along the Mirror Lake.
After walking for only a few hundred meters, he saw two figures walking towards the forest from the lake in the distance. A couple? No, both men. But who else would go into the woods at dusk? No, maybe they were indeed a couple. Kaxiu reacted immediately, but he didn't intend to expose their good fortune. He just compared the map and walked along the original direction.
As he passed the place where the two men had stood before, Kaxiu suddenly frowned. He sensed a familiar smell.
Dark creatures.
Kaxiu's perception was already sharp, and he had killed many dark creatures in his killing missions. So he reacted instantly, like a wolfhound smelling the tempting smell of food.
I was feeling depressed, so I killed a monster to relieve my boredom.
Kaxiu followed the smell.
In the woods ahead, the trees stood straight. This place is very close to Mirror Lake and the tourist area, so the trees are not very tall.
The spacing is relatively sparse, and you can occasionally see traces of garbage, which shows that there are tourists visiting the woods on a regular basis.
Two figures walked all the way inside from the uneven open space, and the burly man behind them asked impatiently.
"It's not good, baby. Just let it go right here."
"Don't be so impatient."
In the dim light, a slender boy turned around. He had a fair and cute face, and his semi-long hair was curly and smooth brown. His facial features were stunning, even more delicate than most girls, and he had an elegant temperament similar to that of an aristocrat.
"Don't worry about it."
The man walked straight over.
The two began to act affectionately like a couple.
Under the tree, the light and shadows were mottled, and the sturdy man's slightly bent body suddenly froze. The boy bit hard on the man's carotid artery, and his sharp teeth went straight in, drawing blood.
At the same time, a toxin that could instantly anesthetize someone was also injected through the teeth, causing the sturdy man to freeze in place.
He wanted to move and struggle, but he was powerless. The small amount of poison seemed to have paralyzed his entire body.
The burly man was now like a blood bag, his eyes wide open in unwillingness, being sucked madly by the smaller man.
The surroundings fell silent, leaving only the gurgling sound of swallowing. In a moment, the sturdy man's face turned pale.
After a while, he started rolling his eyes.
A body, drained of blood, fell to the ground.
“It’s really delicious…”
The boy smiled sweetly and licked it with his tongue.
In the dim light, his lips looked like perfectly ripe cherries, coated with a layer of bright red.
Blood dripped from the fangs that protruded from his lips.
The next second, the fangs were quickly retracted.
The young man's thin figure quickly walked towards Mirror Lake.
After walking nearly a hundred meters, he suddenly saw a tall figure walking towards him. The boy touched his stomach and felt that he had not drunk enough. His mouth began to drool again. He immediately walked towards him with a smile on his face.
Ten seconds later, the two sides met in an open space.
"What a strong muscular man!"
The man in front of him was several times bigger than the burly man just now. Comparing the two, the two were nothing but a dwarf.
The young man was secretly shocked, but more of him was delighted.
The stronger the muscles, the stronger the physique. The blood of such humans is strong enough to suck, just like strong liquor burned by fire.
He was eager to have another sip, so he didn't bother to chat or be polite. He just used the vampire's mental suppression on humans, and a terrifying deterrent force quickly spread around.
The tall man opposite stood motionless by the tree.
"Haha, it's done~"
The boy whistled, his flawless face showing an expression of joy, his eyes like shimmering amber.
He took a few light steps forward, leaped lightly when approaching the muscular man, and bit the other's neck artery.
The ejected fangs bit hard into the grayish-white skin.
bite!
Two sharp teeth broke off and flew out.
Blood gushed out from the cross section.
"Ah!" The boy covered his mouth with a painful expression.
"Is it hard?" Suddenly a voice came from above.
"Like a stone..." the boy said angrily: "Huh?!"
He immediately realized that something was wrong and was about to step back. A strong hand reached out and pulled the frightened boy back to Kaxiu with great force.
A tall figure blocked the light of the setting sun, casting a large shadow that instantly covered the boy's entire body.
"Give me some useful information, as long as it's useful, I'll use it to buy your life. Of course, you can also choose to struggle or resist, which will be more interesting. Today I need a stress-relieving toy..."
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