Chapter 438: Triangle
Japanese weird talk...
At the mention of this, everyone's hearts sank.
Players of the killing game generally believe that
Just in terms of weird talk, or horror literary works,
The level of horror in East Asia is far greater than in other regions.
Horror literary works in Europe and the United States, whether the protagonists are vampires, werewolves, witches, piranhas, or deformed dolls and chainsaw murderers,
At least they're still physical, and they're able to touch on a physical level.
In other words, even if the player does not find a pattern, they will be able to counterkill.
The protagonist of East Asian strange tales is often a spirit who has been treated unjustly and has a strong resentment and hatred.
Many times it is invisible, intangible, inaccessible,
Even if the player is wearing heavy body armor and holding a Gatling gun, armed to the teeth, they can still be killed instantly at any time.
is also based on spirits, and there are subtle differences between Chinese-style horror literary and artistic works and Japanese-style horror literary and artistic works.
In Chinese horror, the world of the spirit body is also orderly, paying attention to the cycle of cause and effect, retribution is unpleasant, there are yin and underworld, bull head and horse face.
Most of the targets of the Charm Spirit's revenge are ignorant people who have done evil deeds or trespassed into the spirit territory without permission - those who have gone too far will even be arrested by the Yin Si.
The existence of spirits is a kind of admonition and warning to the living.
Emphasizing that people are doing it, and the sky is watching.
Japanese horror, on the other hand, is often irrational.
The charm has no independent consciousness, and will only retaliate against all living people indiscriminately, and cannot be resolved with "love" or "forgiveness".
The methods used are also more bizarre and changeable, and they are completely unreasonable.
It is not so much dominated by spirits as by "irrational anomalies".
The reason for this is that the subtle differences between the horror cultures of the two places may come from the different folk culturesβthe Hijima culture is more concerned with the pain and despair of the individual, which is further amplified by the high-pressure status quo of modern society.
The vast majority of players would rather fight the alien for a few hundred rounds than go to Gaco's Cottage for a seat.
β... It looks like the worst draw was made. β
Wanli Sealing Dao was silent for a while, and said with emotion.
Xing He nodded silently and said, "If you encounter an abnormal situation later, please don't hesitate and teleport away." β
Wanli Fengdao asked, "What about you?" β
"If I can keep my consciousness awake, I can still use the last resort to save my life."
Xing Hechou said: "Of course, if it is really impossible to do anything, I can only withdraw." β
"Hah, that's good."
Wanli Sealing Knife nodded, just wanted to ask carefully,
I listened to the sound of the wheels "clanging" over the stone road, and when I took a closer look, I found that the surrounding trees had become sparse and low at some point.
The sky also changed from pitch black to gradually brightened, turning into an evening scene full of sunset.
Leon frowned and looked out the window, "This is..."
Smooth cobblestone paths, dewy meadows, roadside benches for pedestrians to rest, flower beds, fountains, statues, cherry blossoms, rhododendrons, peonies, shrine buildings, and roadside signs written in Japanese.
Outside the window is no longer a dense and prosperous primeval forest, but has become a Japanese-style citizen park.
"It's a cross-region."
Xing Hechou looked back, and he could still see the deep dense forest with torrential thunderstorms, and the sense of separation between the two areas was extremely obvious.
He turned his head and took a deep breath, "Let's go a little further." β
"Hmm."
Wanli Fengdao nodded, driving the vehicle silently in the empty park,
The wheels with the broken yellow leaves rolled, leaving two straight sludge trails on the ground.
"Why can't you see people?"
Li Ang squatted in the back compartment, holding the window with both hands, and looked out, "Could it be that the residents of this Ridao city knew that we were coming, and hurriedly made a banner 'Players are warmly welcome to visit Rijima'?" β
"Why do I think you seem to have a subtle pause in this sentence?"
Wanli Fengdao squinted his eyes and looked in the rearview mirror, and complained: "There may only be strange talk and no living people in this city, be careful that what you say is recorded by something, chasing you, and asking you to talk and count." β
"Hah, that's great."
Li Ang spread his hands and smiled: "I have seen it from many Japanese island literary and artistic works,
When you meet an existence that is not human, you can pick up the camera and point it at TA for an interview.
Ask them how old they are, where they come from, what their current profession is, and their future prospects for joining the industry.
You will be able to pass without injury. β
"What kind of interview is that? It's just self-introduction, okay?! β
Wanli Fengdao complained weakly and turned a corner along the road.
Liu Wuxian was indifferent to the conversation between the two, glanced out the window, and said softly: "I didn't hear the sound of birds, insects, and the engine whistle of vehicles.
Or some other type of urban noise.
It's an empty city. β
"Drones still don't work."
Xing Hechou, who was sitting in the passenger seat, collected the box of the drone, turned his head to look at Li Ang and said, "Brother Li, can you still use those bees?" β
"Yes."
Leon took out another beehive and pushed the door of the rear compartment slightly open a gap, allowing hundreds of soldier bees adapted to the urban environment to fly out along the gap, overtaking the vehicle, climbing above the city, and flying in different directions.
Soon, the soldier bees overlooking the city from a high altitude passed back enough information by shaking their wings and emitting pheromones.
These messy messages were re-translated by the queen bee and finally passed on to Leon.
He was able to quickly draw a rough overlook of the city with pen and paper.
"The city has an area of about 200 km2 and a high forest cover. The city is surrounded by low hillsides to the north and south, a plain run by a river in the middle, and a large area of ancient mountain castles, shrines, and temples in the east.
We are now at the southernmost point of the city.
The edge of the city is pitch black, and there is no road to the rest of the city for the time being. β
Leon handed the sketch he had just drawn to his companion and circulated it, while he quietly rubbed his temples.
The IQ of the soldier bees is still a little low, and they can only collect fragmentary information through their rudimentary sensory organs, and then integrate and summarize them by the queen bee and translate them to Leon.
Listening to the message of a swarm is like eavesdropping on the faint sound of a piano coming from a residential building in the far distance and transcribing it in the form of musical notation.
It's extremely difficult, it's very torturous, and every time you use it, it consumes quite a lot of sanity.
Xing Hechou took the bird's-eye view and looked at it carefully, praising Li Ang's superb painting skills.
Then he stared at the pocket watch, and asked Wanli Sealing Knife not to rush into the city first, but along the internal road of the park, back and forth, left and right.
Through triangulation, combined with the hands of the pocket watch, the location of the passage leading to the next layer of the dream of King Shengnan was found.
It's in a residential area just east of the city's city center.