Chapter 9: Urban Legends
It was noisy on the other end of the phone, and Lan Kan heard a movement on the other side of the field, as if everything on the table had overturned.
"Ahem! Mr...... I'll be right away! Come now! ”
Yuan Ye's voice was weak, and Lan Kan knew how crazy he had been last night.
Hanging up the phone, Lan Kan stood silently at the mouth of the alley and waited, just looking at the pedestrians coming and going, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
A refreshing and beautiful woman walked out of the TV station with a depressed face.
Lan Kan recognized her at a glance, Qin Yu. used to be classmates with her, and later they went to college, and they often kept in touch, occasionally played together, and even fell in love for a while, but then she was about to graduate, and she decided to stay in the magic capital to work, but Lan Kan could only work in Dongtong City, so that relationship was over.
Originally, there was occasional contact, but since he transformed into a monster, he hasn't been in touch anymore, not only her, but also other friends.
"It turns out that she is now working in Dongtong City again......"
"It's a pity that I can't make contact with her at all now, and I can't say hello......"
Lan Kan sighed faintly, silently stared at Qin Yu walking over here, and then waited for the bus at the bus stop not far away.
Qin Yu sat on the iron stool at the bus stop, kept answering the phone, and the satchel was placed beside her, and not long after, a frustrated man noticed her, swayed closer, and touched the satchel with his hand.
Lan Kan's eyes were fierce, but he didn't know how to stop it, so he had to continue to wait and see if anyone reminded Qin Yu.
But then something happened that made him even more speechless, a bus came, Qin Yu hurriedly ran into the car while talking on the phone, and even ignored the frustrated man and her satchel beside him.
The frustrated man himself was stunned, he never expected the other party to drop the bag directly!
Lan Kan was speechless for a while, and muttered, "It's still so reckless...... Xiao Yu. ”
The frustrated man took the bag and walked towards the alley, apparently trying to hide and look through the belongings in the bag.
Lan Kan's face was full of murderous intent, and he sneered and stepped back, and the whole person disappeared into the shadows.
I saw the frustrated man smiling and opening his satchel in the alley, looking through it, and saying while turning it back: "This stupid girl, big breasts and no brains, haha!" I'm so lucky. ”
"Really? You're so unlucky......" A stiff and indifferent voice suddenly appeared, and Frustrated Man felt a chill slip up his tail bone.
A black-gloved hand quickly reached out in the darkness, grabbed him directly by the neck, and was dragged into the darkness in an instant.
After a while, Lan Kan walked out of the shadows with his satchel, and the frustrated man had been transformed into a walking corpse by him, and frozen there.
"Someone wipes their butts anyway, I'd like to see what you can come up with......"
Lan Kan directly froze the newly baked walking corpse in the alley, lest the world throw it here in a mess, and just ignore it.
Walking out of the alley, seeing that there were no cameras around, he walked quickly into the distance.
Black clothes, black hats, black masks, this strange man is also holding a lady's satchel, how suspicious it looks, but no one dares to approach the cold breath.
It didn't take long for him to walk to the mouth of an alley a few hundred meters away, and then a call from Yuan Ye came.
"Don't stop at the TV station, drive forward, turn left at the intersection and go in at the first intersection, and see an alley next to Huaxiang Furniture City, where I am."
Soon, the phaeton of the field stopped in front of Lan Kan, he quickly got into the car, and the two walked away.
At this time, Lan Kan specially picked a place, and there happened to be no one at this time period, so no one would see him get into the car in the wilderness.
Sitting in the car, Lan Kan noticed that Yuan Ye looked mentally withered again, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile: "You really don't want to have an immortal body?" ”
This time Lan Kan is sure, last night's test, he learned that the immortal ritual transformation of the undead has requirements for the physical strength and soul strength of the target, and he has no way to strengthen the physical strength, so he can only transform the undead and slowly increase by devouring other creatures, but the soul strength is not used, it is completely possible before transforming the undead, he first deprives the soul of others, and then transforms it and then transfers it to the wilderness, so as to strengthen the effect of the soul of the wilderness, and the soul is strong to a certain extent, The transformed undead will naturally not be the kind of walking corpse that only knows the instinct of eating meat.
"Don't, don't! Don't bother......" Yuan Ye hurriedly refused, and then refused to talk.
Lan Kan was not reluctant, opened the satchel, looked at the wallets inside, and sighed.
After Yuan Ye sent Lan Kan back to Liu Wei's apartment, he went out to buy food and eat. Lan Kan thought about it alone in the room, then took out his mobile phone and called Qin Yu.
It didn't take long for Qin Yu to answer the phone.
"Hey, Brother Lan! I haven't been in touch for a long time...... But I have something to do right now, I'll call you later. Qin Yu seemed to be in a hurry, and wanted to hang up after speaking.
"Don't hang it yet, Xiao Yu...... Don't you feel what is missing? Lan Kan said as softly as he could.
"Uh, I dropped my bag...... You won't pick it up, will you? Qin Yu was surprised.
"Yes! That's how coincidental it is......" Lan Kan said in a controlled voice.
"I'm relieved that you picked it up, thank you for dinner in the evening, I'll hang up first! Bye! After speaking, Qin Yu hung up.
Lan Kan looked at his phone in a daze, and after a long time he put down the phone and closed his eyes to study his magical soul.
His psychic power is the true core, and even if this body is destroyed, the soul can still break away and find a new body, and then transform itself into an undead spirit to continue to live, and still have the power of frost and darkness.
In other words, the Lich is already immortal to some extent.
"I didn't expect that my ability to transform into a monster can even change my soul."
All of the Lich's abilities come from the soul, so he spends the afternoon trying to tap into more power in his soul.
First of all, in terms of spiritual perception, it can be perceived very clearly within a hundred meters, but it is only an appearance, but within ten meters, it can completely see through the essence of things, and people's internal organs, bones, and blood can be seen clearly.
If he perceives a certain object exclusively, he can even detect the mass, volume, molecular composition, magnetic field characteristics, and radiation of the object clearly.
In addition, in terms of mental suggestion, he felt that he rubbed a little, because he couldn't directly control the target, but could only hint at the other party, and lure the other party into the abyss step by step, it was very easy to lure the other party into the abyss, but after all, the steps were a little more complicated.
In addition to this, psychic power can also dominate the undead, monitor souls, absorb the memories of devoured souls, and other functions.
If someone lies in front of him, he will be able to detect it immediately, and the soul of the deceased will instinctively inhale it into his body to obtain the mutilated memories before death.
"Now that I've returned to the city, I accidentally provoked the army, but I don't know what they have noticed, what they have studied, and what they have learned. Come to think of it, I should once again create a source of ridicule to attract the attention of the military. ”
"The undead! Create a powerful undead with self-awareness, and even the ability to create low-level undead, so that he can deal with the military instead of me, and the military will think that everything that happened before is his doing, and I can get out completely. ”
Lan Kan was excited, but at the same time he was also distressed, because he didn't create an undead creature similar to himself for the time being, he was just a mortal who suddenly turned into a lich, and the transformation of the immortal ritual was also instinctively used by himself, eroding the dark power in his body into the body of the creature and transforming it.
But it's not so easy to really create a powerful undead monster. His only clue is to try to make the recipient have a strong physical fitness and a strong soul!
But where can I find such people? Do you want ghouls to keep devouring corpses, swallowing hundreds of corpses and finally transforming into super undead?
"Physical strength...... Maybe not necessarily humans, animals can ...... What happens to bears, gorillas, lions, tigers, and other creatures if they become undead? ”
As soon as Lan Kan's brain hole opened, it was out of control.
"It's not just beasts, it's insects? Swarms of undead beetles...... Forget it, don't think about it, the army of the undead or something...... What if the world is destroyed? I just want to be an individual! An individual who does not die so easily is enough to provoke the hatred of the military. ”
"As for soul strength...... Maybe animals can be used instead? How many animals am I going to kill...... Wrong! I just need to go to the slaughterhouse and walk around! Maybe you will learn a lot from going to a hospital, crematorium, or something like that......"
Thinking about the possibility of strengthening the souls of others, Lan Kan sat all afternoon, and by about four o'clock in the afternoon, he had basically considered all the details, and the next step was to find powerful targets and collect souls.
However, at this moment, Qin Yu's call came.
"Brother Lan! Busy? ”
"Xiao Yu! I'm not as busy as you, are you inviting me to dinner? ”
"Huh? Brother Lan! I haven't been paying attention in the morning, why is your voice like this? ”
Although Lan Kan tried very hard to change his voice, it still sounded a little awkward, which made Qin Yu feel strange.
"I'm a little injured, I may not be able to go to the appointment, but I can ...... in a few days" Lan Kan wanted to get together with Qin Yu, but reason still made him calmly refuse.
"What injuries? Is it heavy or not? Qin Yu said with concern.
"It's not a big deal, it's just that you can't see the wind...... So be it! I'll ask a friend to send you your bag, and you can tell me where it is! ”
Qin Yu reported an address, and then said: "This is my home, and I live in Dongtong City now, so I will take care of it in the future!" ”
"Why did you go back and forth to Dongtong City? Did something happen to Mordu? Lan Kan asked.
"It's nothing, it's just that I didn't do well and changed jobs! I now work at Dongtong City TV Station......" Qin Yu's voice was a little low, and he seemed to be in a bad mood.
Lan Kan secretly said that Qin Yu must have been unsatisfactory at work and had encountered some setbacks.
So he hurriedly comforted: "If there is anything unsatisfactory, just tell my brother!" Brother can still help you in Dongtong City! ”
In the past, Lan Kan didn't dare to say such big words, but now his two younger brothers, Yuan Ye Liu Wei, can still cover up in Dongtong City under normal circumstances, so the loneliness of not contacting friends for a few months suddenly exploded, making him really want to help Qin Yu, and ...... They didn't break up because of emotional factors.
Under Lan Kan's constant persuasion and comfort, Qin Yu, who had accumulated a stomach full of grievances, finally cried out and kept confiding on the phone.
It turned out that after graduation, she had a bright future for working at the Demon Capital TV Station, but she offended a gentleman in the Demon Capital because of a drinking party, and she splashed the man's wine, and got into trouble.
Originally, the TV station wanted to find a reason to fire her, but the gentleman didn't want to let her go casually, but deliberately kept her on the TV station, thinking about bullying her from the top to the bottom, arranging her with the hardest and most tiring job, and trying every means to criticize her and deduct her salary.
She couldn't stand it after two months, and she didn't want to bow her head and apologize, so she returned to her hometown Dongtong City, and found a job in a TV station with her diploma, and now it is still a probationary period, and her superiors let her go out every day to find materials.
She's been busy with this all day today, and Lan Kan learns that the show she's on is a tricky show about urban legends.
Specially find some urban legends, strange and strange things, send staff to all kinds of verification, and then make it mysterious and mysterious in order to win ratings.
After filming a few episodes of this kind of show, there will be no material. In fact, there is such a program in the magic capital, which is very impressive, but most of them are made up by the TV station personnel themselves, and they get a bunch of actors and props.
So Dongtong City TV Station is also ready to do this, recently just finished an urban legend, the next issue has not been found, Qin Yu, as a new employee in the probation period, is naturally sent out every day to find materials.
"Xiao Yu...... Shall I provide you with some material? ”
"Speak quickly, speak quickly! Our program team is about to go crazy for the material! If I have good material, I can definitely turn it into a positive one immediately! Qin Yu hurriedly said.
Lan Kan smiled mysteriously and said, "Something happened in Pinghai Town, and there is a suspected monster." ”
"Oh! I know this, I heard that there is something big, and the TV station originally wanted to send someone to interview, but then it was stopped, and the interview was not allowed, and I couldn't even mention it! Qin Yu said in a low voice, his tone was very cute.
Lan Kan said secretly: It turns out that the media didn't know, but it was stopped......
"That's it! I don't know, but I have a clue you can try......"
Lan Kan really wanted to help her, if someone from the TV station pressed her and bullied her, he could still find Yuan Ye to deal with this matter, but the feud in the magic capital was too far away, and he couldn't teach the other party a lesson for the time being, and now Qin Yu's top priority was that he needed such a strange thing.
Thinking about it, Lan Kan's heart softened and made up his mind.
"Xiao Yu, according to legend, there are shadow monsters in Dongtong City, hidden in the dark, only haunting at night, avoiding humans, so as to devour live animals, and often eat some stray cats, stray dogs and the like...... Sometimes I go to the zoo...... Some citizens say that he is a human being, just stealing chickens and touching dogs! Some citizens say it's a monster, Ru Mao drinks blood! Some even say he's a zombie and just never attacks humans. ”
After Lan Kan finished speaking mysteriously, Qin Yu burst out and said, "Brother Lan, did you make it up?" ”
"Ahem...... How did I make it up! This is really an urban legend of Dongtong City, can I still fool you? ”
"But Brother Lan...... If there is such a legend, how can the TV station not know about it? Do we still need to look around for materials? Qin Yu said in a tone that you can't fool me.
"Alright! I really made it up...... But I'm not talking nonsense! I've really seen this weirdo! Lan Kan felt that he was making it too outrageous, so he said it differently.
"Brother Lan, have you seen it? Let's talk about what's going on! Qin Yu's curiosity also rose.
Lan Kan edited the language and said: "Just last night, I passed by the zoo and heard the dog of the staff on duty barking! Then a dark shadow tumbled down from the fence and fell directly into the haystack, and I saw it on the side of the road, and I was also curious, so I quietly touched the back of the tree, and looked behind the haystack, which scared me a lot! ”
"What's wrong?" Qin Yu asked.
"A black shadow, dressed in black clothes and black pants, wearing a hat, covering his face, grabbing a dog and eating it alive!"
"Ahh Qin Yu was startled and asked, "Really?" Did you really see that? ”
"Really! That's still fake! I also screamed, thinking it was a pervert, but the person pounced directly, and with a slap, he grasped the fan and flew away, and he ran fast, and disappeared in the blink of an eye, in fact, my injury was also suffered at that time, rest assured, it didn't weigh much. Lan Kan connected with the previous lie, and it turned around, which seemed more convincing.
"Great! I'll take my DV to the zoo tonight! Qin Yu said excitedly.
Lan Kan's heart twisted, and he said hurriedly: "Don't go by yourself!" Tell the people in your program team and let them go! ”
"How's that going to work...... When I first arrived, even if they were moved by me, if they didn't watch the weirdos you said at night, I would be miserable! It's better to go by yourself, if I'm lucky enough to get a photograph, I'll definitely make a meritorious service! Qin Yu said seriously.
"But...... It's not safe for you to go alone at night! Lan Kan was a little worried about her.
"Don't be afraid! The zoo is not a remote place, and the security of Dongtong City is not so bad, right? Rest assured! It's too late, and I'm not going to keep it! And I know how to prevent wolves! Qin Yu said triumphantly.
Lan Kan couldn't resist her, thought for a while and said, "Okay! You have to be careful! ”
"Got it! Thank you! Brother Lan! ”
After hanging up the phone, Lan Kan put both phones on silent and called Yuan Ye.
"Yuanye, you come back and get a bag and send it to a place for me, and I'll send you the address in a moment. Also, drive me to the zoo at night and finally find a place to park and wait for me. ”
"Huh? What are you going to do, Mr. Lich? Yuan Ye was puzzled, he still wanted to play with his friends at night, but now it seems that he can't do it.
"You don't care! Anyway, I have something to do and could leave at any time, so you have to wait around there to pick me up! I'll get back to you for details! ”
After instructing the wilderness, Lan Kan couldn't help but smile as he looked at the strange person dressed in the mirror.
"Alas! Xiao Yu! Brother helps you so much! When the time comes, I really have to invite my brother to dinner! ”
"Haha!"