Book 1 Volume 1 Desert Ghost Town Chapter 17 Dilemma
"I... Depend on... Here..."
When Su Jiuxia woke up from his coma, he was shocked to find that there was no one around him, and it was still dark and extremely silent, this strange silence made him panic in an instant.
Unknown dangers are tempting at all times, because they can cause people to imagine endlessly, especially for people like Su Jiuxia, who like to think blindly, it will increase his psychological burden and make him die faster.
But fortunately, the long sword that Gu Qinghuan gave him didn't fall somewhere else, and it was still on him, although it is estimated that this sword can not be as useful as a modern gun for a novice who knows nothing, but it is better than nothing, for him who knows nothing now, it can bring some psychological comfort.
"Calm down, calm down..."Su Jiuxia clenched the hilt of the sword, constantly taking deep breaths to force himself to calm down, and after a while, although his body was still trembling, he was barely able to stand up.
"It's your own path... This is the path you choose..."He encouraged himself over and over again, constantly restraining his emotions, no matter what, first see the situation in the surrounding environment, the darkness can always multiply this inexplicable fear.
Fortunately, the windproof lighter that Xin Yue casually stuffed into him was still there, and Su Jiuxia trembled and started a fire slightly.
Although the firelight was faint, it slightly enhanced Jiuxia's sense of security, and he began to look around, this seemed to be a tunnel, he was in the inside of this tunnel, and he didn't know the location, and then he looked inside on both sides of the pitch, and he couldn't see clearly, and above his head and under his feet was a solid wall, forehead?...
"What, then where did I fall from?" Su Jiuxia's heart that had just stabilized became panicked again, what should I do now, don't say that there is no way out, there is no way out?
"Hmm? The limited edition D-DAY released in '94, Xie Qilan still likes to collect it, wait, now is not the time to pay attention to this. "When people are in danger, their spirits are easy to jump inexplicably to relieve their tension, just like now, Jiuxia actually used the firelight to move his attention to the black cracked paint body of the fire, but just when his mind was distracted, Jiuxia seemed to hear a sound from the tunnel behind him.
"Who?" Su Jiuxia subconsciously shouted.
However, there was no answer, only the echo of his fading fading, and of course, if someone answered him at this time, the picture...
"It can't be that I'm hallucinating. Su Jiuxia, who was speechless at his timidity, shook his head, but the previous picture flashed in his brain like an electric shock.
When people are in danger, they will always think of some seemingly unrelated memories.
"Your body will choose to tell you the truth at the first time, but your brain will ignore it according to your subjectivity, so you have to remember that when you feel danger, everything about you is no longer under your will, and the brain will always selectively slow down and pass on to you those things that will cause you fear or harm or simply hide them, this is a kind of biological innate protection mechanism, but it is also easy for most creatures to not have enough awareness of the real danger, so don't ignore everything you initially sense in danger, which is the most instinctive warning that your body gives you in your subconscious mind that is not modified by the brainοΌβ
Gu Qinghuan's words in his mind made Jiu Xia's nerves tense, he simply extinguished the lighter that was already hot and made his hands blister, shook his head, and tried to get rid of the idea of trying to persuade him to ignore the "abnormal noise", took a deep breath, and listened carefully.
I don't know how long it took, because Su Jiuxia had no concept of time since he fell, "click", it was another sound, this time Jiuxia heard it very clearly, and he could clearly feel that it was much closer than what he suddenly heard last time!
Something's coming here! It's real, it's coming!
This is good, Su Jiuxia is completely panicked, he doesn't even know the environment he is in now, and more importantly, there is no one around him who can protect him!
What should I do? Fight with "it"?, I can't even solve a little snake, and the things in this can't be weaker than the little snake outside.
The enemy in the inner layer is always stronger than the outer layer, this is the immutable law in the game, damn, you're dying, why do you think about the game again, by the way, the game! What should I do when I can't beat it?
It seems that he was so nervous that he forgot the instinct to run away.
It's already obvious where to run, it's a straight tunnel, there is no road above or below, the sound is coming from the left, so... To the right, run!
"Damn, it turns out that when people are nervous, their muscles really can't use their strength. Before he could take a few steps, Jiuxia fell into a "dog eating", so he had to helplessly give himself constant psychological hints, while knocking on his legs and running quickly to the right.
The long and dark tunnel seems to have no end, Jiuxia can't remember how far he ran along this tunnel, and he inevitably bumped and fell a few times in the dark, but fortunately it has been a straight road until now, otherwise he might have crashed directly into the wall.
But, after running for so long, I polished the lighter and saw that the surroundings were still like tunnels, although it was reasonable to think that there was such a huge ancient city above it, and the tunnels below were very long, but the problem was...
The voice behind this seemed to be deliberately teasing him, no matter how fast he ran, or how slow, it could sound smoothly not far from him like this, and the light of the lighter was not enough to provide enough light for him to see clearly, which made him extremely entangled even if he was scared to death, as for killing back... Waiting for death and looking for death are two different things, okay?
But the more this is the case, the more panicked Su Jiuxia becomes, the most feared thing for human beings is the unknown!
In his mind, he had at least imagined more than a hundred different images of the source of the voice and more than three hundred ways to torture himself. Junji Ito has read too many strange manga.
After running for a while like fleeing, Su Jiuxia was already tired and scared, "Damn... This... "He is really about to completely collapse, and if he goes on like this, he will not be tired to death first, but also scared to death by his own imagination first!
Isn't it just death? What is there to be afraid of in such a matter that is decided at birth?
"Master, bless me!" remembered Gu Qinghuan's appearance in his mind, but it added a little courage to Su Jiuxia, he pulled out his long sword, and after taking several deep breaths in a row, he turned to raise his sword and went straight to the source of the sound behind him!
"Ahh...hh Ahh
The plate of the earth is loose! It suddenly slipped away! Below, there is an even deeper black abyss!
it, who just said there is no road down there! No, this is not a road at all!
Wait a minute... Was it okay when you first ran over?
......
Although all kinds of thoughts floated through his mind, in fact, he didn't have time to think about it, the loose ground plate had already made the soles of Su Jiuxia's feet slip, the long sword was thrown out of his hand, and he was thrown to the floor behind him, and then the whole person fell down like a broken kite.
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On the other hand, "Uh... This is..."Zhang Lingjin struggled to open her eyes that were a little swollen, and just as she wanted to move her body, she felt the soreness all over her body.
"Little white face, you've slept long enough. β
"Mocheng?, what about the others?" Zhang Lingjin struggled to prop himself up with his back elbow, but was shocked to find that there were a pile of corpses around him, who were members of various supernatural groups he had seen before, but there were also some people who seemed to be dressed as if he had never seen them at all, and the blood on the ground was about to accumulate into a small pool and flow to his legs, and Bai Mocheng was holding her double-flowered sickle in her backhand, looking a little bored looking at these corpses that had only been dead for a long time.
Just wake up and have a corpse party? It's too heavy! Although my brother is studying medicine, he is not very intimidating!
"Everyone is scattered, and the space where I fell has a strong inhibitory effect on the output of spiritual power, and I only have time to save one person. Bai Mocheng got up and walked over to help Ling Jin up, "Don't think too much, it's just... You're the closest. β
"I didn't even think about that layer. Ling Jin slowed down slightly, barely able to stand up, "Then who are these people?"
"It seems that when we came in, people from other teams also entered this place, and I guess it was a huge spirit array that worked on the whole city, and it felt a bit like an emergency evacuation. Mo Cheng replied as nonchalantly as he looked.
"Looks like he's only been dead for a long time, so there's no danger here, right?" Out of professional habits, Zhang Lingjin had already begun to observe those who had fallen to the ground with the light of spiritual power used to illuminate Mocheng.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm that danger. Mo Cheng looked bored and rolled his eyes.
"Huh?" Bai Mocheng's answer made Zhang Lingjin not react.
"I killed it. "White Ink City doesn't care," they came to kill us. β
"Kill us? Zhang Lingjin felt that although the relationship between everyone was not intimate when he came in, at least he was polite, so he wouldn't do it behind his back at such a time.
"I'm too lazy to explain it to you. Bai Mocheng instantly changed his stupid expression, and then turned away and ignored him.
"Uh. Zhang Lingjin was stunned, this rapid change, women are really strange creatures.
"Are you going to move? We're going to find someone else, I don't have any good feelings about this. After a while, Mo Cheng estimated that Ling Jin could already adapt to this environment, she patted Ling Jin on the back and asked, in fact, she had been well protected before, Zhang Lingjin was not otherwise injured except for being mentally stimulated by the elemental turbulence.
"Besides, there are some other forces mixed in, and now it's really messy here, so let's find everyone first. β
"If you can't go, you have to go. Zhang Lingjin, who already knew the temper of this little witch, smiled bitterly, he was just a thin doctor, what kind of evil did he do in his previous life to come here to suffer this crime.
"That's right. Bai Mocheng changed his smile to be considered smart.
I don't know how many turns I made along the winding stone wall, if it weren't for the fact that there were no weird creatures in this ghost place for the time being and the sense of security brought to him by Baimo City, Zhang Lingjin estimated that he would have been messed up a long time ago, I don't know what happened to Su Jiuxia, anyway, with his master here, there should be nothing wrong.
"Did you hear the sound?" Bai Mo City, who was leading the way in front, suddenly stopped, and another cyan detection spirit array appeared on his left hand.
"No, what's the sound?"
"This way!" Mo Cheng grabbed Ling Jin's hand without answering, and the two of them disappeared into her teleportation spirit array.
"Omi, you take the adults to go first and find the head of the house!" The man who shouted was immediately pierced through the throat by a long scimitar with a large arc, and fell to the ground, convulsing twice and then not moving, looking at the person who was dressed as a law enforcer.
Through the faint light, there were nearly twenty or so corpses of law enforcers lying on the ground, which were also mixed with the bodies of more than a dozen other black-clothed people, and the girl in the red and white witch costume was being protected by the only four remaining law enforcers, looking at the black-clothed crowd in front of her with horror on her face, the four people on her side were already injured, and her spiritual skills were restricted by this environment and could not be used, and her side had no chance of winning at all.
"Master, let's buy you some time, and if possible, cast a spirit spell to deal with this group of guys. Omi looked around and knew that it was impossible to break through now, so he decisively took the method of fighting for his life, and let the sixteenth night Cangwei, who had the strongest spiritual power among them, charge up and cast spells to complete the one-hit kill of the opponent.
But... The other party obviously won't give them this chance, and when there are many people in front, they can't stop them, and Cang Wei's spell casting has been interrupted, and she can't cast the spirit spell normally at all.
But, although I don't want to admit it, since I'm dying, I have to keep fighting!
"To be able to bump into the law enforcer's monthly life, this mission is too rewarding. The man on the other side laughed wildly, a steel plate of muscles could not hide their shape even in a black military uniform, he pulled out the long scimitar from the ground, and waved his hand to signal his subordinates to attack together.
The other party has the strength to kill them in one blow, although in this strange place is restricted from the use of spiritual magic and gives them an absolute advantage, but even so he still chooses to use the most practical and safe way, the way of cats playing rats, in real tasks often bring is to be killed!
"God-sama, please, save them. Cang Wei sealed her hands, extremely laboriously mobilizing the elements of the outside world, but helplessly praying to the gods in her heart, protecting her subordinates from being killed one after another, those who were usually her good friends.
She had never gone out on a mission under the protection of Dao Chongxianyue, she never thought that this world was so dangerous, so direct, so disregarding her wishes, and those subordinates who had always had a good relationship with her died tragically in front of her one by one, and she couldn't do anything at all.
"Buy, buy time for the head of the house. β
"Hey, it's up to you?" the man led by him rushed straight to the four of them. And his subordinates had formed a circle and attacked Cangwei.
Only one face, four people, the man only swung two knives, and then killed four people in the process of sprinting.
"Good luck!" the man laughed cruelly at the aloft of his long knife, and slashed head-on with great force.
"Lord God..."Cang Wei's eyes were already tightly closed, her heart was filled with a sense of helplessness, the other party's attack was too fast, she didn't have time to cast a spell, sure enough, she secretly followed out too chaotically.
"Bell!", the crisp sound of metal handover.
"Uh... Ahh
"Boom!"
The tower-like body fell down so straight and straight, and the man didn't understand until he died, how the black-haired boy in front of him appeared!
"You... It's..."Cang Wei looked at the young man in black who was holding the sword in front of her in front of her with a blank gaze, and killed the man in black who had slashed countless people with one sword, at this moment, the situation seemed to coincide with the story that Brother Xianyue had told her in a trance.
Every girl has heroic feelings, especially for witches who serve the gods, they believe in the gods, so it is easier to have fantasies about the heroes who represent the gods to save the world, at this moment, Zhang Lingjin's whereabouts were drawn closer in Cang Wei's eyes without limits, that slightly evil smile, that chic posture, Lord God, did you really hear my prayer!?
And actually...
"Bastard, Dead Ink City, use Lao Tzu to attract firepower!" Zhang Lingjin scolded angrily in his heart, his legs were numb, damn it, take it slowly......
If it can suddenly appear, it will of course be the teleportation spirit array of Mocheng!
"Well done. The voice that suddenly appeared from behind brought the remaining men in black back to their senses from the surprise that the leader had been suddenly killed, and hurriedly turned behind them was a little girl who looked to be only sixteen years old with a double-flowered scythe.
"Huh!"
The cold light suddenly rose, and with the teleportation spirit array, these people who had been restricted in their spiritual skills did not even have time to effectively defend against Mocheng's attack in a hurry, and their biggest advantage had now become their fatal disadvantage.
In just twenty seconds, when Mo Cheng slashed the scythe from the throat of the last man, the ground was already full of the corpses of the man in black.
"Forty-seven in all, and the people are really... Eh, what are you doing!" Bai Mocheng was extremely shocked and pointed at Zhang Lingjin who looked embarrassed over there.
"I... This..."Zhang Lingjin was also speechless, but he was embarrassed to push the girl who threw herself into his arms away, but he was embarrassed to hug her tightly, so he was in an embarrassing state.
"Then let me kill this guy!" With a teleportation, Mo Cheng raised his scythe and jumped above the two of them.
"Hey, wait..."Zhang Lingjin hurriedly waved his hand to stop, damn, your knife is so fast, this is the rhythm of splitting together!
"Hmph. Mo Cheng stopped on the spirit array in mid-air and looked at Cang Wei, "How could this idiot Dao Chongxianyue bring a big man with no strength to such a place, and think that the other party has no merit to stand?"
"It's Cang Wei who wants to come out by herself, it's not about Brother Xianyue!" Cang Wei didn't seem to be afraid of Mo Cheng, and even raised her head and retorted without fear.
"You forgot that there is a person here who has no power..."Zhang Lingjin said silently on the side.
"You're not a big man, who cares about you. Bai Mocheng responded unceremoniously.
Zhang Lingjin: "......"
"Forget it, I'm too lazy to pay attention to you, you be careful, there seems to be some strange things here. Mo Cheng put away his scythe and jumped down from the spirit array, his expression a little more serious.
"Khan, didn't you kill everything. Zhang Lingjin turned her gaze to the girl in front of her, "That... It's not dangerous anymore, you can let it go. β
"Hmm. The other party unexpectedly let go of himself very obediently, and the reassuring smile on his face seemed to be a kitten who had always found a safe place to live.
"Huh... What's your name?"
"Sixteen Nights... Cangwei. β