Chapter Eighty-Four: The Book
The book lying on the rocking chair gives people a very strange feeling, obviously it is just an inanimate instrument, but it will inexplicably give people the feeling that it is a living thing, and with the old rocking chair gently swaying, the pages it opens also tremble slightly, like an old man who is lying on the chair and sleeping, exuding an indescribable leisure.
The pages of this book have been yellowed, and the paper it uses is also strange, at least unlike the paper used for those pages in Chen Xian's impression, each page is about as thick as two or three sheets of ordinary paper stacked together, the overall color is dim and dull, you can vaguely see many fine lines, and some characteristics similar to animal pores, and even if you look closely, you can see some fine fluff, and the page is blank without any content.
Are the pages made of parchment?
Chen Xian silently looked at the strange book, and instinctively analyzed and speculated that since he had seen the real ancient parchment scroll in the old liar's shop a few years ago, he had a certain understanding of parchment, at least the general appearance and state of parchment.
Most of the real parchment paper is relatively thin, and when it transmits light, you can see the clear skin texture, the pore marks left on the skin tissue, etc., which looks far more conspicuous than the pages of the current book, because of this, Chen Xian can roughly conclude that the pages of this book should not be made of sheepskin, but must be some kind of animal leather...... A very familiar leather, delicate and light. Slippery but gloomy dead air.
"What did you bring me here for?" Chen Xian asked, glancing back at the Ritual Demon standing behind him, "You wouldn't want to perform your sacrificial ritual here, would you?" ”
The Body Demon turned a deaf ear to Chen Xian's words, or said that in its current state, it could not hear Chen Xian's voice at all.
There was a yellowed and old old oil lamp in the corner of the room, and it was shining a little fire at the moment, with this dim and faint light, Chen Xian could see very clearly, the body demon seemed to be a little different from before.
Its whole body stood motionless against the wall, very similar to the rolling of its eyes in humans, its red eyes that were as red as fire and covered with yellow swirling lines also turned upwards as much as they could, and the strange sound of "gurgling" continued to be made in the depths of its throat, like the sound of a living person being choked by the neck and gasping for breath, bulging outward. The Adam's apple is also twitching uncontrollably.
What happened to the Demons?
Chen Xian looked at it in confusion, a little confused about the current situation, the previous body demon was still mighty and domineering to press himself to the ground and hammer, why is it like this now? It looks as wilted as a frosted eggplant.
"People who want to escape the game...... We finally met......"
Suddenly, an extremely unfamiliar voice rang out in the room.
The voice was eerily low, as if it had been emitted through some kind of sound transmission device, and from time to time a strange sound similar to the sound of electricity could be heard.
"Who's talking?" Chen Xian asked with a frown.
If it was an ordinary alien who fell into Chen Xian's situation, and suddenly heard that strange and strange voice, even if he was not scared to death, his heartbeat would inevitably become faster uncontrollably, but Chen Xian did not, he seemed to be used to this kind of danger for a long time, and he couldn't find the slightest nervous look on his face, as if he had calmed down from the previous angry state.
"Have you forgotten me?" The voice was still speaking unhurriedly, and the voice slowly changed from an unfamiliar tone to a familiar tone for Chen Xian.
He will never forget that voice.
The top of Lingxi Mountain.
The fog man who announces the start of the game.
"It's you."
Chen Xian nodded, and the black light parasite covering his body continued to creep. Moving, it seemed to sense the subtle changes in Chen Xian's mood, and those liquid metals continued to highlight in the form of human meridians but were concave in an instant, repeating this strange movement all the time.
"Are you the ontology?" Chen Xian asked.
At this time, as if an invisible person was flipping through a book, the book lying on the old rocking chair suddenly trembled twice and turned the pages by itself, constantly making a very clear sound of turning the book.
Chen Xian had been silently observing the strange book from beginning to end, only to see that after it quickly turned a few pages by itself, the "paper" used in the pages of the book had changed into a different appearance.
Unlike the original page, this time there is a blank page..... It seems to be made of some kind of fish skin tissue, with many mottled and tight dents, just by seeing those marks that make people's scalp tingle, Chen Xian can think of the scales that it had before that constantly exuded a fishy smell.
"I've been looking for someone like you for a long time......" the voice said slowly.
At this time, Chen Xian also noticed the source of this voice.
It's this book.
It's the book that speaks!
Although Chen Xian came up with a very intuitive answer, he didn't dare to believe his judgment, because he couldn't imagine it anyway...... The real culprit behind this extraordinarily big case turned out to be a book!!
"Are you talking?? Are you a book?? Chen Xian stared at the old book that was constantly turning the pages automatically, his eyes were full of disbelief, "You did all this??" ”
"You say I'm a book?" The voice seemed a little unhappy, and his tone became dangerous, "This description is the greatest insult to me......"
With a bang, the old book closed the page, and Chen Xian only saw the cover of the book at this time.
When he saw the cover of this book, Chen Xian couldn't help but feel creepy, the cover of this strange book seemed to be a blur of flesh and blood..... Meat?
The crimson cover is covered with the texture of muscle fibers, and there are many strips of disgusting protrusions, like the blood vessels that carry blood are constantly expanding and contracting, and there are dark crevices in many places, and some green liquid objects can be seen squirming inside. moving, exuding a sticky and abominable smell.
Smelling that smell, Chen Xian instinctively retched, this feeling of being so disgusted that he couldn't help but want to vomit, Chen Xian experienced it for the first time.
If you really want to compare it, that "wonderful" feeling is like having a rotten arm dripping with pus. Touching your stomach lining into your esophagus..... That cold, sticky smell is simply not something that humans can bear.
Of course, the most frightening thing about the cover is not the smell.
It's the mouth.
In the middle of the cover of this book is a mouth similar to a human being, the lips are thick and cement-like gray-black, covered with many dry cracks, and in between words, Chen Xian can still see the internal structure of its mouth, a sharp and long tongue. The head, the left and right side walls of the mouth, the dark green palate wall...... All of them are covered with dense soybean-sized eyeballs!
"So you're not an anomalous ......"
Chen Xian only woke up completely at this point, and his eyes couldn't help but become solemn when he looked at it.
"You're an anomalous device?"
The term anomalous instrument seems to prick the nerves of the book, it is a deep disgust to the name, and it never thinks that it can be described by the word "instrument", which is the greatest insult to it!
"If I were you, I'd worry about my situation first." A strange smile curled into the corners of its mouth, and it spoke softly, every rise and fall of its tone was inexplicably disgusting.
Chen Xian snorted, lowered his head and looked at his hands.
"What the hell did you do?"
As soon as he woke up, Chen Xian discovered his abnormality, although the black light parasite was still working normally, but his body did not obey the call, except for the head that could move freely, the rest of the limbs and torsos fell into some kind of weird stiffness, and even he couldn't feel those body parts. The presence of bits.
"I've been looking for you for a long time..... From the day I woke up...... I've been looking for you......." The tone of its voice seemed to have some kind of special feelings, and Chen Xian could feel the heartfelt joy in its words, "As I wish..... You're still being lured by me......"
"Draw it?" Chen Xian's expression froze, as if he realized something from these simple words, "Your purpose from the beginning was me??" Kill those people to lure me out?? ”
It was silent for two seconds, then suddenly laughed.
"It's been my game from beginning to end, and I've given you the most reasonable story, and you've done ..... in this story It was perfect, I've never liked a character so much. ”
"What the hell do you want to do??" Chen Xian's emotions seemed to change uncontrollably, and his voice became a little higher, "You arranged all this?" ”
The old book opened without warning, opening one of the pages in the middle.
Unlike the page that Chen Xian saw before, the content of this page is not blank..... Densely written in red letters.
"On that seemingly ordinary day, Chen Xian's excellent body finally received a strange case arranged for him by Huo Jiazi, and I heard that there were many innocent dead people in this strange case, so Chen Xian made up his mind to deal with this strange case, and also to deal with me who was hidden behind it..... He went to Lingxi Mountain according to the instructions of his superiors, he wanted to protect the little girl who seemed to be dangerous but would never die, Chen Xian was really stupid, although she was just my bait, how could I be willing to kill my own bait? That's cruel! ”
"They seem to be nervous, but they don't have to be so nervous, because I don't want to kill anyone, I just want a little prelude to fear..... Shhhhh ”
"I like bugs, so I want them to be exposed to the things I like, especially Chen Xian, he doesn't seem to be under enough pressure, I need to add another fire to lure him to my side, such as telling a wonderful lie, I said that I would kill all the humans in Ningchuan City tonight."
"He believed."