Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Scorpion
When the little girl saw that the scorpion was so fierce, the tears that she could not stop could not be stopped fell again, and she buried her head on Xunyuan's shoulder, not daring to look at the scorpion again.
After a few words of comfort, Xun Yuan frowned and asked, "Why do you say that?"
"You'll find out later. With that, the scorpion continued walking.
Xun Yuan pondered the meaning of his words, but still couldn't understand it, he followed behind the scorpion and continued to ask, "Where are we going?"
"Hunting. The scorpion replied simply.
Xun Yuan felt that he saw another copy of himself, a simple answer, a cold attitude, which made him very helpless.
As you go farther and farther, there are more and more people on the street, and even in those high-rise buildings, you can see people shuttling around.
The sluggish people, staggering and walking, like ghosts, suddenly thought of a word - a hundred ghosts walking at night.
It didn't take long for the roar of a monster to appear in front of him, and the scorpion, which had been slowly advancing, suddenly rushed towards a nearby building as if it had been beaten with chicken blood.
Xun Yuan hurriedly followed, he protected the girl to his chest, and walked forward with a difficult step.
The running scorpion, placed in the real world, Xun Yuan thought he could keep up, but in this place where gravity was abnormal, he finally knew what it was like to run a tortoise and a rabbit, and as soon as he rushed into the lobby of the building, he saw the scorpion rushing into the elevator.
When he ran to the elevator door out of breath, he found that the dilapidated elevator was actually broken, and no matter how he pressed the button, the elevator did not respond.
"How did he get there?" said Xun Yuan in amazement.
The sound of gunfire came from overhead, first one, then two.
Xun Yuan's brows furrowed, and he guessed in his heart, could it be that the object of this scorpion hunting is a nightmare?
He didn't wait long when the elevator suddenly clanged and slowly opened, and the scorpion walked out of it.
This broken elevator is actually good.
The scorpion glanced at Xun Yuan lightly and said, "A reminder to you, the child in your arms can be put down." ”
Xun Yuan, who was still struggling with the elevator problem, was slightly stunned, and then noticed the abnormality of the girl in his arms, I don't know when it started, this little girl didn't cry or make trouble, and it was very quiet.
When he looked down, he saw the girl's blank gaze, the same as the walking dead outside.
Xun Yuan felt a pain in his heart, sighed, and gently put the little girl on the ground.
The little girl walked out of the building with mechanical steps and blended into the crowd in front of her.
At least now she won't be afraid of the world, Xun Yuan comforted herself.
"You don't have to be sad, it won't be long before you become like this, you better worry about yourself. The scorpion walked out of the building.
Hearing this, Xun Yuan did not feel frightened, and from the moment he noticed the change in the little girl, he vaguely knew the answer.
He caught up with the scorpion and said, "I understand what you mean by dead people. ”
The scorpion stopped, looked at Xun Yuan with interest, and said, "Tell me about it." ”
"These sluggish people are all dead people in the real world, and people in a near-death state are just like the little girl just now, who has feelings and thoughts, but has no clear memory, so she doesn't know her name, which is why you asked me for my name before
By the time the little girl was completely dead, she had become sluggish. Xun Yuan said lightly.
The scorpion's eyes lit up, nodded, snorted, and said, "Very good, you are very smart to be able to deduce such information." ”
Xun Yuan frowned and wondered, "Then what type do I belong to?"
"It's a reward for your correct answers, and if you can keep a clear memory and come to this place, you have to use special equipment, just like me.
But if you don't know the lab, then you definitely didn't come through the instrument, then there is only one possibility, you are already in a vegetative state in the real world. Scorpion said.
Xun Yuan pondered for a while and said, "You just said that I will become like this, is it that the longer you stay in this world, the more dangerous it becomes?"
A hint of surprise flashed in the scorpion's eyes, and said: "I didn't expect you to be able to speculate so much information, yes, as you said, the longer you stay in this world, your consciousness will be assimilated, and the speed of assimilation is related to your personal physique, it is possible that you will be gone in a few seconds, or it is possible that you can take it here for a few months, anyway, in the end you will become that ghost." ”
The scorpion didn't continue to talk, but found a direction and continued to move forward.
Xun Yuan glanced at the people nearby and followed behind the scorpion.
The two walked and walked when they encountered a fault in front of them.
A street is cut from it, the middle section is more than 10 meters away, and the bottom of the section is another street, but the height is more than 20 meters high.
This obstacle is not something that ordinary people can overcome at all, Xun Yuan looked at the scorpion beside him, wanting to see what he would do.
The scorpion walked over to the mouth of the fault and closed his eyes.
A faint black gas gushed out from his body, and these black gases converged into a small bridge that only one person could pass, connecting the two streets together.
The scorpion opened its eyes and stepped on the small bridge.
Xun Yuan followed closely, and his heart was even more shocked, he didn't expect that this black gas could still be used like this, so can his own black gas also be used like this?
As soon as the two of them crossed the small bridge and walked a few more streets, Xun Yuan asked about the faint smell of blood.
The smell of blood grew stronger, and Xun Yuan soon saw a disgusting scene.
Scattered corpses, mutilated, either with broken arms or legs, the area stained red with blood gushing out of the corpses.
A large black nightmare lay in a pool of blood, with a severed human thigh in its mouth, and it had three gunshot wounds, one in the thigh, one in the abdomen, and the most deadly, in its chest.
When his feet stepped on the blood, he made a chirping sound, and Xun Yuan could even feel the stickiness of the soles of his feet.
He covered his mouth and nose, but still stopped.
The scorpion's grim expression, as if he had long been accustomed to it, calmly walked over to the nightmare and pulled out the dagger pinned to his calf.
He expertly peeled away the nightmare's head and pulled out a thumb-sized piece of sombra from within.
When Xun Yuan saw this black crystal, his heart jumped, it was the black crystal he had seen before, except that it was too small, both the shape and the breath were similar.
The scorpion had a rare smile on his face, and muttered to himself, "It's good luck that there is such a big piece." ”
When Xun Yuan heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh, so isn't the piece he encountered a giant?
The scorpion crushed the black crystal in his hand, and the black crystal turned into black gas and melted into his body, and his face showed an expression of enjoyment.
The lingering black gas, coupled with the blood-stained earth, the scorpion at this time was even more terrifying than a nightmare.
Xun Yuan's brows furrowed slightly, and he wanted to say something to remind.
But the other party suddenly pulled out a pistol, and the muzzle of the gun was facing Xun Yuan.
Xun Yuan's whole body tensed and asked, "Why?"
"Don't pretend, when you use your ability, your identity has been exposed, along the way, I have always wanted to see what medicine you sell in the gourd, but I didn't expect you to pretend to be crazy and stupid quite serious, if it weren't for the logic of what you said, I really thought that you were burned out by the machine when you entered the dream realm, say, which force do you belong to?" The scorpion's tone was cold, the same as the metal gun in his hand.
Xun Yuan's mind was in a hurry, there was a lot of information in his words, but now was not the time to think about it, he hurriedly said, "I don't know what you mean?"
"Still pretending?" The scorpion pointed the muzzle of the gun at Xun Yuan's head, and continued: "I don't have much time, I don't have time to talk to you about these useless things, give you ten seconds, and if you don't tell your true identity, I'll pull the trigger." ”
After the scorpion finished speaking, the countdown began, and Xun Yuan tried his best to explain, but the scorpion's face was full of disbelief.
The sound of the countdown grew colder and colder, like a bell urging death.
At this moment, Xun Yuan saw a nightmare leaning out of a building, and it was more than ten meters away from the scorpion.
As soon as it came out, it found the two of them, their mouths open, and a thick hawl flowed out, dripping to the ground.
The scorpion didn't notice the anomaly behind him, and he was still counting down.
Nightmare's body shrank back slightly, obviously in a jumping posture, and Xun Yuan immediately shouted, "Watch your back!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the nightmare jumped, and its huge claws slapped at the scorpion.
The scorpion felt a gust of wind rushing from behind him, and quickly turned around and threw the gun, the muzzle of the gun was aimed at Nightmare's head, and the moment he pulled the trigger, the monster's claws were the first to smash on his hand.
The pistol was flapped off and fell to the side, and the scorpion screamed and rolled backwards with the strength of the opponent, dodging the Nightmare's blow.
When he got up, his right hand was dripping with blood, and he could see the white bones from the wound, but he didn't expect that claw to shatter his hand bones, if it wasn't for his quick reaction, it was not just the hand bones of his right hand that were broken.
As soon as he got up, the nightmare had already pounced, and his body, which was more than three meters tall, hit the scorpion directly.
The sheer force caused the scorpion to fly, spitting out blood in mid-air, smashing into the walls of the building, and then falling to the ground, apparently losing its combat effectiveness.
All this happened too quickly, Xun Yuan looked at the dying scorpion on the ground, and cold sweat flowed from his forehead.
The nightmare glanced at the corpse of its companion on the ground, and was even more furious, its inky eyes resting on Xun Yuan.
Calm, calm, must be calm.
Xun Yuan felt that his heart was beating faster and his breathing became short, and he didn't dare to act rashly, for fear that his meaningless movements would reveal flaws in the slope and let the other party attack.
The nightmare moved cautiously, sideways and sideways, beastly eyes fixed on the Quest for Origin.
Xun Yuan looked at him without flinching, and there was no flinching in his eyes.
The nightmare roared and moved as it slowly approached.
It was getting closer and closer, and when it was only a few meters away from the Plain, the nightmare attacked.
A gust of wind swept towards him, and Xun could see the nightmare's mouth open, revealing three rows of sharp fangs.
The big mouth of the blood basin was rapidly enlarged in Xun Yuan's eyes, as long as this bite was solid, he would definitely split the corpse.