"Gather a body?" Chi Yan murmured, not understanding the meaning of the other party's words.
He has heard of ghosts for the dead, and of squatting... But he has never heard of "getting together" bodies in this way. How to get together? Sewing together can't make one person, right
"To be exact, it's looking for a host." Hu Xing said, "As I said to you just now, this kind of demon is usually based on some humanoid objects, such as gods, dolls and even portraits. Because people It is the spirit of all things, and when a human-shaped dead thing sees blood and is attached to evil spirits and grievances, it is easy to produce such evil spirits. Its host will be regarded as its own body."
"If the evil spirit is very tyrannical, it may be possible to condense the body without the host, but it is so rare that it is basically impossible to exist. This one is very strange. You can also feel the evil spirit left behind by that thing. Its evil spirit is very strong and domineering, but now it has to make a host for itself... So I deduce that it should be an intangible host before, and it has always been by itself. The evil energy it possesses condenses into an entity and disguises itself as a human being to mingle in human society, but it cannot last long, and its evil energy may be lost all the time, which is why it is so anxious to risk exposure and come out to harm people so frequently.”
Chi Yan only felt a chill behind her back, she couldn't help shivering, and asked, "... Looking for a host... Are you going to harm so many people? And why did those victims find me?"
"This is a kind of sorcery and magic. If it does not have a natural body host, it is not so easy to find a suitable host for yourself. The easiest thing for that thing is probably to gather the flesh and blood of nine people. A body came out. As for you..." Hu Xing turned to Chi Yan and looked at him again from top to bottom.
Chi Yan's heart swayed with her words. At this moment, a small black head with two pointed ears was seen popping out of Hu Xing's tote bag. "Ow!" , the brownish-yellow round eyes looked at Hu Xing with some grievances.
Hu Xing touched it, as if to appease it, and then stuffed the little thing in again.
She smiled at Chi Yan: "This is a black fox that I raised. It's not a demon, but it is very spiritual. It was raised in my teacher's door. It can ward off evil spirits. Ordinary demons and ghosts are afraid of it, and it can also help me a lot. busy."
After explaining, she continued to answer Chi Yan's question. She looked at Chi Yan and said hesitantly, "No offense, I'll just ask, do you know that you have a lot of evil in you?"
"Me? The evil spirit is very heavy?"
Hu Xing nodded: "You have a very heavy evil spirit, and it was brought out from birth. If ordinary people carry such a heavy evil spirit, I am afraid they will not be able to bear it, or they will be violent and short-lived, or Disasters are numerous and short-lived. But you fit in well with that evil spirit, which is also very rare. Those evil spirits will not harm you, but play a role in protecting you, so that ordinary monsters dare not approach you. But also because of these Evil energy, it is very likely that you will be noticed by a big evil spirit, I speculate that this thing is likely to be noticed by you this time."
She looked at Chi Yan with a hint of reassurance: "... That's right, if I guess right, you should have already had contact with the incarnation of a human being, and you can't tell the difference yourself. You can see the victims. First, they are all harmed by evil spirits, which are different from ordinary ghosts. Second, it is very likely because... You have already been selected by that thing and become an important part of its search for a host. ."
Chi Yan only felt that her scalp was numb, and she couldn't help but jump up!
The figures of the classmates and friends he had come in contact with slid in front of his eyes one by one, happy or angry, angry or laughing, but he was completely unable to judge which of them was a human being and which was a monster in human skin.
He trembled and asked the lady in front of him, "Can you, do you know who that is?"
Hu Xing shook his head: "I have been looking for the whereabouts of that thing and researching ways to get rid of it, but it disguised itself as a human and would cover itself with the smell of the people around it, so it's not easy to find. I can only recognize it if I see it in person. , now I can only tell you that Yuan Bo is a human, you can trust him."
Speaking of this, Hu Xing suddenly thought of a way, and said to Chi Yan: "By the way, we can quietly make an appointment in a public place with a lot of people. You bring the people you have been in contact with more recently, and I will secretly observe whether there is such a thing. monster."
"...Okay." Although he thought that he would still have contact with the monster without knowing it, Chi Yan still responded.
Hu Xing also felt compassion when he saw him like this, not to mention that he might be able to find important clues from the young man in front of him, so he patted the bag and took the little black fox out of the bag and handed it to Chi Yan: "These two days, you Let A Sheng follow you. Although it can't tell who is a demon, if another victim appears, A Sheng can at least protect you from being harmed by the ghosts they transformed into."
Chi Yan is not good at getting along with small animals, but thinking that this little fox can ward off ordinary evil things, he thanked him again and again.
Hu Xing explained some precautions such as feeding, and added with a smile: "A Sheng is a girl, you have to take good care of her."
Chi Yan also felt a little relaxed because of this witty remark. Under Hu Xing's instructions, he put A Sheng into his backpack and left a vent for it, and then he remembered to exchange contact information with Hu Xing.
After doing all this, he thought for a while and said, "Sister Hu, are you doing anything tonight? I want to ask you to see someone for me first."
Although he didn't think there was anything wrong with Ye Yingzhi, Ye Yingzhi was after all the person with whom he had been the closest and the longest. It is not the monster disguised as a human that can be relieved.
Hu Xing said: "I have something to do at night. But now if you can ask this person out, I can go directly and take a look."
Chi Yan nodded in agreement, then sent a message asking where Ye Yingzhi was now, and soon received a reply from the other party that he was in the library.
Chi Yan returned a message and asked Ye Yingzhi to wait there, saying that he had something to look for.
But it's not easy to make up excuses for rushing to find the other party for whatever reason. Chi Yan thought about it for a while, bought a cake from the cake shop next to the hot pot restaurant, packed it up, and rushed to the school library with Hu Xing.
He and Hu Xing went in one after the other pretending not to know each other. Hu Xing looked young, so it was not surprising that he pretended to be a student.
Chi Yan found him on the second floor of the library according to Ye Yingzhi's message, sat next to him, and saw Hu Xing pretending to be looking for a book and walking to the middle of the two rows of bookshelves behind them.
Ye Yingzhi turned over a page with his head down, and said with a chuckle, "What's wrong? Are you looking for me in such a hurry?"
Chi Yan hesitantly handed over the cake in his hand: "...It's nothing, I just passed by this cake shop after lunch with Lao Yuan. I remembered that this cake is delicious, so I bought a piece and wanted you to try it..." It was only at the end of the day that he realized how lame the reason was. It seemed like a fledgling boy chasing after his beloved girl.
So he added: "...and I want to ask you where to sleep today, go back to your bedroom or go home..."
Ye Yingzhi then raised his head to look at him, and said with a smile, "Does it matter where I sleep?"
Chi Yan nodded: "I just wanted to say that you take me with you wherever you go."
After saying this, he felt a little tight in his heart. Although it was impossible, what if the sister Hu said that Ye Yingzhi had a problem
Thinking of this, he quietly opened his phone, and saw Hu Xing sent a message 30 seconds ago: "Don't worry, your roommate is just an ordinary person, I don't see anything wrong, so you can get along with it at ease. I'll go first if I have something to do and come back. See."