Chapter 50: Black Marsh
The sea of fog is vast and visibility is extremely low.
Soon after leaving the stadium, Shen Hao and the three of them broke away from the team, Hong Zhongtan pulled the wooden cart in front of the road, and Shen Hao was one position behind and walked side by side with Shi Yuxuan in the car.
"What's next?" Seeing that Shi Yuxuan had been sitting motionless in the car like a log, Shen Hao couldn't help but ask.
Shi Yuxuan put her hands out of her sleeves and put down her hood again, then she shook her head full of green silk comfortably, and smiled at Shen Haoyan, "Don't worry, do you want to get in the car to rest, there is no problem with the two of us." With that, he patted the empty space on his side.
Shi Yuxuan, who took off her hood, looked more and more beautiful and moving, because she was closer, Shen Hao could even smell the faint fragrance emanating from her, this fragrance was like an orchid musk, and there was an irresistible temptation in the lightness, so that people who smelled it for the first time couldn't help but come forward to smell a few more sips.
Shen Hao didn't dare to do this, and the facts proved that almost all those who dared to come forward were already dead. The fragrance emanating from Shi Yuxuan's body is called "Phantom Incense", also known as "Rotting Soul Incense", which is a rather domineering carrion poison. Once inhaled in large quantities, the toxin will start from the person's internal organs and work from the inside out, dissolving a living person into a puddle of blood. However, the most terrible thing is that the victim does not feel pain and abnormality at all in this process, and he will not know what happened until he dies, and he is extremely vicious.
"Forget it, Sister Xuan's car is not a blessing for ordinary people like us to sit in, it's good for us to keep such a distance." Shen Hao raised his eyebrows, and inadvertently widened the distance between him and the wooden cart, and the strange fragrance that swayed his heart before was faintly inaudible, and he smiled lightly: "Let's talk about business." ”
Shi Yuxuan pursed her lips and smiled, straightened her body slightly, and said: "The Nightmare World is ever-changing, absorbing the fear of people's hearts, and the nightmare of rebirth and human beings. However, since dreams are born from the heart, then any back/scene of the Nightmare Realm can be found in the real world, whether it is a movie, or a game, or a comic, etc. Although it won't really be the same as the original, its roots are still traceable. ”
Shen Hao nodded, this is common knowledge that every veteran Nightmare Hunter should know. Shi Yuxuan continued: "The back/scene of this nightmare world, if you don't guess wrong, should come from a horror movie - "The Mist", although most of the things that appear at the moment are different from the original book, however, I don't think there are some fundamental factors that will not deviate too much...... For example, the cause of this disaster. ”
Shen Hao thought about it and slowly remembered this American horror film that had been released for several years, and it was not particularly eye-catching. However, whether it is the location where the story takes place or the enemies that appear later, etc., it seems to be different from the original book, and the only thing that is the same is this endless, filling the fog of the entire heaven and earth. As for the causes of this catastrophe...... Shen Hao was suddenly stunned, and immediately understood what Shi Yuxuan meant.
In the original book, it was an American scientific research institution that inadvertently opened the door to another space during an experiment, and the fog from the other world shrouded the entire city, and countless creatures from the other world wreaked havoc in the city, causing an apocalyptic disaster.
But this time, the Nightmare Realm is more thorough, not only is the situation invaded by otherworldly creatures, but it seems that the space of the two worlds has overlapped together, and countless mountains and rivers from the otherworld, forest hubs have appeared in the city.
However, if according to the original book, since the fog appeared in Jianghai City, then there must be a spatial gate or spatial rift in the city that was generated for unknown reasons and was used to connect the two worlds. And since the Demon is sitting firmly in the back and operating behind the scenes, it is very likely that it will be hidden near the door of this space.
"In the past few days, Nakatama and I have been exploring this area for a long time, and from the analysis of the fluctuations of nightmare energy in the air and the range and density of the activities of various alien creatures, we have been able to roughly deduce the starting point of this fog, that is, the general direction in which the space gate may appear. This time, we're going to smash the Yellow Dragon and kill the poison monster's hiding place! Shi Yuxuan's right hand clenched into a fist heavily, and an excited light flashed in her eyes like blue waves.
"That's a good idea...... Still, there's a catch. Shen Hao pondered for a while, and suddenly remembered something again, "We are killing the past in a big way like this, and the demon is not a fool, and he will not obediently show up to fight with us at all." Either create countless elite apostles and use crowd tactics to exhaust us, or simply don't fight us, casually shuttle to other places to eat seafood, pat your ass and leave, and then we will face countless hunters chasing and killing day and night. ”
"Hehe, this question, I naturally thought about it." Shi Yuxuan smiled and asked rhetorically: "Do you remember that during the Republic of China, there was a more reckless general-level master than you, who was nicknamed 'Divine Fist Invincible Zhang Ajiu'." Do you remember how he died? ”
Shen Hao nodded, he had already heard of this Zhang Ajiu, and it was said that he was a professional martial artist before he became a Nightmare Hunter, proficient in Baji Boxing and Splitting Palm, and he was also quite famous in the rivers and lakes at that time. Later, he joined the ranks of the Nightmare Hunters, and with the enhancement of Nightmare Energy, his strength increased by leaps and bounds, and he was promoted to the rank of Warlord in a short period of time.
This person is superior in martial arts, but his brain is also a tendon rammer, and his recklessness is many times stronger than Shen Hao. When he enters the Nightmare Realm, he usually looks for an area where the Apostles appear slightly more frequently, and then rushes all the way to the end.
I don't know if it's his luck, or if the Nightmare itself has such a nature, if the Nightmare Hunter's Nightmare Energy Reaction is slightly lower than that of the Nightmare Demon, but it won't be a particularly big gap, the Nightmare Demon will send two waves of elite apostles to consume, and then the real body will shoot directly.
However, Zhang Ajiu's strength is not entirely reflected in the energy reserves in his body, but his superb martial arts skills, so many mid-level nightmares who rashly appeared were planted in front of him, and he also earned himself the nickname of "Divine Fist Invincible".
It's a pity that good luck won't stand behind him forever after all, Zhang Ajiu often walks by the river, and finally met the day of wet shoes. In that nightmare realm, he encountered an elite-level high-level nightmare, although he was brave and brave, but under the absolute strength gap, a little skill could not win him life. After a tragic bloody battle, this "invincible divine fist" has since collapsed.
Now that Shi Yuxuan mentioned this name, Shen Hao roughly understood what she meant, and asked, "You also want to lure the snake out of the hole?" I'm afraid that with the level of the two of us, a mere mid-level nightmare will not dare to show his face until he dies. ”
"Hehe, isn't there still him?" Shi Yuxuan nodded with her chin to Hong Zhongta, who was pulling the cart, and Hong Zhongtachi also turned around and nodded at Shen Hao with a smile.
"Although Zhong Ta's cultivation is also poisonous, it is the 'Ten Thousand Poisonous Evil Body' used for refining the body, with his current cultivation, although he can only barely reach the level of a war general in terms of nightmare energy, but when it comes to the body's defensive ability, even if he encounters a high-level nightmare, he can support one or two. After a while, let him take the bait and lure out the poison nightmare, what do you think? ”
Ten thousand poisonous evil bodies, set ten thousand poisons and refine their bodies, the body of the great master is like fine iron, invulnerable, water and fire are difficult to invade, and have a certain regeneration power. Hong Zhongtang has followed Shi Yuxuan for many years, and has been unremittingly practicing this skill, not to say that he is invincible among his peers, but he is absolutely unwound, and he is indeed a veritable "immortal evil general".
With him as bait, Shen Hao was also quite relieved, so the matter was settled.
The three of them traveled extremely fast, and although they were on foot, they were no less than ordinary motor vehicles, and they had traveled nearly 200 kilometers in one morning. Along the way, due to the poisonous aura exuded from Shi Yuxuan's body, he didn't encounter too many alien creatures along the way. Even when passing by a star hotel, more than a dozen survivors were rescued from it.
However, the three of them did not find the existence of the living soul in time at the moment, and the survivors did not find the existence of the living soul, so they pointed them out the direction of the stadium and played and they went on their own.
Around noon, the trio stopped at the edge of a black swamp to recuperate. Lit the smokeless stove and cooked some noodles and canned food, Shi Yuxuan didn't eat these dry foods, her food was all kinds of poisonous insects and poisonous weeds caught along the way, it is said that these things are the best tonic for her, on the eve of the upcoming war, she needs to replenish more energy. Just looking at the way she ate those things, Shen Hao felt a little sick to his stomach, and glanced at Hong Zhongta, who was already strange, and simply took the food and ate it himself.
Shi Yuxuan quickly finished eating, walked to the edge of the swamp, from here to see the swamp, the field of vision is limited, in addition to the vast sea of fog, it is all a black swamp, and there is a large area of aquatic rainforest soaked in the swamp around, all of which are not tall but extremely luxuriant aquatic trees, intertwined and unfathomable.
At this time, Hong Zhongtachi also followed, and after taking a few steps forward on the water, he felt that something was wrong with his feet, the water was getting deeper and deeper, and the sludge in the ground was becoming more and more untenable.
Fortunately, in the shallow part of the swamp, there was a large flat stone, which protruded very abruptly over the swamp and was not flooded. The three of them packed their bags, the wooden cart was no longer usable, and some luggage could only be carried by Shen Hao and Hong Zhongta.
The three of them waded cautiously and climbed up, only to find that the huge stone was carved with intricate ornamental patterns, and that there was a very large shadow under the water, which seemed to be part of several large statues side by side.
Shen Hao frowned, stood up, took out a strong flashlight and shone towards the depths of the surrounding sea of fog, only to see that under the illumination of the fog lamp, a dense huge black shadow appeared in the deeper part of the black swamp in front of him, which seemed to be calm with something, it seemed to be a stone, and some were completely underwater. After careful discernment, it was found that these shadows under the swamp seemed to be all ruins and broken walls, stretching all the way to the center of the swamp.
"What the hell is this place? Could it be that there are any ancient ruins under this water? Shen Hao smashed his mouth and muttered to himself.