Chapter 21: The Nightmare Lord's Gathering
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Xu Li was leaning in front of the bar and watching the news broadcast on TV, but the door of the teahouse was suddenly pushed open, and a man wearing a black trench coat and sunglasses walked in from outside.
The visitor was only in his twenties, carrying a travel bag in his hand, and he looked no different from those travelers who came to travel, but the mysterious temperament on this person made Xu Li subconsciously take her attention away from the TV.
She also knows a lot of people, and she can often judge a person's social status at a glance, what kind of work she is engaged in and other information, but when she sees the person in front of her, she can't see through it, the black trench coat is obviously worth a lot, whether it is the style or material, it is the best quality, and the brand of sunglasses is even more outrageous, if it is really genuine, it is estimated to be more than 100,000, even if it is just a high imitation, how can it cost thousands of yuan.
However, his clothes, pants, shoes and backpack are all very ordinary brands, this very incongruous combination makes Xu Li, who really knows a little brand knowledge, quite curious about the identity of the comer.
As if sensing her gaze, the man suddenly looked up at her, even through the sunglasses, Xu Li still felt the sharpness and solemnity of the gaze, she felt as if she was pierced by the noon sun, and subconsciously turned her head.
"Welcome, how many gentlemen are there?" A gentle voice made Xing Tianyu turn around, he was now used to being wary of any gaze, but it seemed that the person who was peeping at him just now did not have any malicious intent.
"One, I made an appointment, Lu Xiaona."
"The box booked by Miss Lu is on the second floor, sir, please come with me."
Xing Tianyu nodded, followed the waiter to the second floor of the teahouse, his eyes looked at the layout of the teahouse through his sunglasses, and at the same time subconsciously planned a retreat route for himself.
Lu Xiaona is the Athena in the group, after discussion that day, she finally chose Nanjiang City, where Lu Xiaona lives, as the place where everyone gathers, firstly, Nanjiang City's geographical history in the whole country of China is close to the middle part, not too far from everyone's address, and secondly, according to Athena's own words, her family has a vacant villa located in the suburbs, which is very suitable for everyone to use when gathering.
However, because the villa is relatively remote, everyone must first meet at a teahouse in Nanjiang City, which is the one he is in at this time.
went up to the second floor, spared two rounds, and the waiter took him to the door of a private room, "This is the box that Miss Lu booked, sir, please come in." ”
Xing Tianyu took a deep breath, secretly guarded in his heart, and reached out and carefully pushed open the door of the box.
There were only two people in the huge box, a young girl, sitting in front of the café and playing with her mobile phone boredly, and a young man in casual clothes, drinking coffee every sip.
The two of them looked up almost simultaneously when they heard the door open.
"Thankfully, someone finally came, and I thought you were all going to release my pigeons."
The young girl walked over quickly, she was fashionably dressed and beautiful, standing in front of the door and looking at Xing Tianyu with a little surprise, she stretched out a finger and shook it, "Let me guess - you are Wei Zheng?" ”
"Lost Viking," Xing Tianyu reached out and shook the girl's hand, and walked straight in.
"So it's you?" The girl closed the door in some surprise, but immediately changed her indifferent expression, "I didn't expect you to be quite handsome." ”
"So you're Athena?" Xing Tianyu said with great certainty, this Lu Xiaona in front of him is a rich girl at a glance, just that feeling is enough, many times this feeling does not come from a famous brand, but more of a feeling given by gestures, to be specific, it can also be called rich and noble, he often has this feeling in Xiao Zhen, and this Lu Xiaona gives him a feeling that is more serious than Xiao Zhen.
He looked at the young man again, "Are you?" ”
"Hongjun Ancestor, but you can call me by my name, Wang Hongjun." Hongjun Ancestor stood up and shook Xing Tianyu's hand as he spoke, with a little curiosity in his eyes, but Xing Tianyu's appearance was really a bit stylish.
"So, it's just the three of us?" Xing Tianyu sat down as he spoke.
Athena nodded, "But it's still a little bit before the appointed time, so let's wait a little longer." ”
The three of them didn't say much, and acquaintances on the Internet were always more or less embarrassed when they met in reality, not to mention that Xing Tianyu and the two of them were not acquaintances even on the Internet, but fortunately, this embarrassment didn't last long, and soon, one after another, several other people also arrived.
The first one to come was Deathwing, he was a young man in his twenties, Xing Tianyu felt that this guy was younger than himself, he claimed to be a professor, and proudly claimed that his IQ was as high as 179, which was second only to Einstein's level of genius, but Xing Tianyu didn't see any difference between him and half of the young people who had just graduated from college.
Deathwing's real name is Luo Jiang.
The second woman who came in was a woman, with neat short hair, delicate eyebrows, sportswear and canvas shoes, looking a bit like a female white-collar worker who came out in the morning for a morning jog.
Looking at the woman in front of him, Xing Tianyu was a little puzzled, he thought that there was only one woman in the group, Athena.
In fact, Athena and Hongjun Ancestor were also a little puzzled, "Are you?" ”
"Commander Shepard, come to report." The girl gave a very handsome military salute.
"Shepard, you're a woman, huh? Oh, my God! Lu Xiaona shouted with some surprise, and welcomed the woman in front of her very enthusiastically.
"Why, is it so strange?" Shepard asked strangely as he greeted Lu Xiaona.
Commander Shepard's real name is Song Lingshuang.
The third one came was Porco Rosso, a stout strong man wearing a leather jacket and jeans, but this Porco Rosso reminded Xing Tianyu of Dashan, but unlike Dashan's muffled personality, this Porco Rosso was a self-acquaintance, and the atmosphere quickly became familiar with him when he joined.
Porco's name is Zhu Honglei.
Li Xiaoyao, the fourth to come, Xing Tianyu originally thought that this guy should be a young man, but he didn't expect it to be a middle-aged uncle in his forties, with a scruffy beard, who didn't like to talk much, and asked for a cup of tea as soon as he entered the house, and basically didn't talk much.
Well, then by now, only the last person remains.
Xing Tianyu looked at his watch, at 10:59, several people agreed to arrive before eleven o'clock, this guy won't not come, right?
Bang bang, just halfway through the last lap of the second hand, there were three knocks on the box door.
When they came, everyone looked out the door, and just as everyone was watching, a wheelchair was slowly pushed in from outside the door.
"Good afternoon, everyone, I'm not late." The visitor asked in a calm voice.
The person who came must have been Wei Zheng, and almost instantly, Xing Tianyu made a judgment.
Wei Zheng looked like he was in his forties, his skin was well maintained, but his temples were a little pale, he wore a pair of gold-rimmed eyes, he was wearing very loose clothes, and his legs were obviously a little atrophied, which made Xing Tianyu wonder how he got to the second floor.
"It seems that everyone has arrived, so let me introduce myself, I am Wei Zheng, and I am very happy to meet you." Wei Zheng said as he pushed the wheelchair straight to the table, and with a slight wave of his hand, the chair in front of him moved to the side.
This hand suddenly shocked several people.
"Holy, heart-moving? Boss Wei, do you have superpowers? ”
"It's just a little trick, as a cripple, I always think of a way for myself." Wei Zheng said very modestly, "Then let's introduce ourselves and get to know each other first." ”
Several people introduced themselves to each other, and then, as is the most common way of socializing in Chinese, everyone unanimously decided to eat and chat.
I didn't eat all morning, Xing Tianyu just filled my stomach, the dim sum in this teahouse was good, Xing Tianyu secretly made a pertinent evaluation.
"So when are we going to get started?" After a few pleasantries, Deathwing asked impatiently.
Porco Rosso said, "There's no hurry about this, don't forget that it's still noon, even if you want to start, it will have to be night, can you sleep now?" ”
Wei Zheng nodded: "Porco Rosso is right, although the matter is very urgent, but the more urgent it is, the more we have to calm down, we still have two or three years to go, so don't mess up because you are in a hurry, let's go to the place where we live first, so Athena, is your villa arranged?" Is security and confidentiality guaranteed? ”
"No problem, don't worry, that villa was bought by my father to live in Nanjiang for a vacation in winter, the family has been very busy in recent years, and it has not been used for a long time, so no one disturbs."
Speaking of which, the relationship between everyone is quite delicate, neither friends nor colleagues, and they have not even met at all before, but probably because of the threat to the lives of the same people, they quickly became familiar with each other, and even Xing Tianyu, who joined the newcomer, soon joked with several people like friends.
When everyone had almost eaten, Athena beckoned everyone out of the teahouse, and she specially prepared two cars, one of which also had a special driver.
The group got into the car, and half an hour later, the two cars had arrived at a villa on the outskirts of Nanjiang City.
After getting out of the car, passing through the courtyard with gardens, swimming pools, and tennis courts, looking at the luxurious and tasteful villa in front of him, Deathwing couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration.
"Wow, Athena, your family looks like a big tyrant, even a vacation home is so luxurious."
"Don't say it so exaggeratedly, it's just a little savings."
Athena didn't seem to like being called a tyrant, and led everyone into the villa.
The villa was very large, and there were many rooms, enough for everyone to stay, and several people chose their own rooms to settle their luggage, and everyone gathered together in the hall. ‘
Although I really want to start immediately, it is obviously not easy to fall asleep in the middle of the day, however, although I can't start the experiment immediately, the discussion of the summoning ritual is unavoidable.
"So, please tell us about this summoning technique of yours." Wei Zheng said, and the expressions of several people also became serious.
Xing Tianyu nodded, he had thought about it before he came, and after he came, others would definitely have to ask for information about this, after all, if he had to deal with the King of Nightmares, matters related to life and death would have to be asked clearly, so he had already made up the story in advance.
At this time, seeing Wei Zheng asking, he introduced it in a flat tone.
"In addition to our real world, there are many other worlds, such as the nightmare world is one of them, I think everyone has seen it, but the nightmare world is not the only other world, there are also other worlds such as the shadow world, the underworld, the spirit world, and the demon world.
Most of the time, these worlds are not related to our world, but if one masters some ancient ritual, one can summon these otherworldly creatures into our world.
I'm a detective by profession, and once I was asked to go to a small town to investigate a mysterious event, and in the process of investigating, I was attacked by a foreign cult, the Dark Abyss Cult, and although I tried my best to resist, I was still captured by them, and they tried to interrogate me and kill me, but fortunately I was also a nightmare lord.
I relied on the Nightmare Lord's abilities to kill all the members of the Order in my dreams, and found some information about mysterious rituals from their relics, including the summoning of creatures from other worlds, the cultists of the Cultists of the Dark Abyss Order, who were able to summon creatures from the Shadow Realm.
I thought it couldn't be true, but I didn't try it either, because the summoning ritual required a lot of materials and people to perform, and I couldn't have gotten it in reality.
What I didn't expect was that this ritual could also be performed in the Nightmare Space, and since I could conjure up any item and my subordinates in the Nightmare Space, I made an attempt, but I didn't expect it to be successful. ”
After Xing Tianyu finished speaking, several people who looked at him were dumbfounded, Xing Tianyu's words can be described as three points false and seven points true, he hid his identity as a summoner, and repackaged his experience in Yequan Town, but although he made up the story based on the facts, it was obvious that he still frightened everyone.
"Damn, Brother Viking, you're so awesome? Detective! Cultists! I'm on my knees! Deathwing's reaction was the most exaggerated, and the others were slightly better but limited, only Wei Zheng nodded slightly, "It sounds bizarre, but I believe you have no reason to lie to us, so let's conduct an experiment tonight." ”