Chapter Twenty-Four: The Battle of the Tiger
In the dimly lit south of the city, black snowflakes like embers fell in the sky, and the cold breath was like an ominous shadow, shrouding the narrow and deep lanes.
Patches of black embers, covered in veins of flames, fell silently on the ground, like winter snowflakes falling on feathers, so quiet that they could not make any sound, and the fleeting dim light of the fire reflected the unlit alleyway in a flickering light.
"Four...... Six...... Eleven ......"
Chen Xian pressed the control button of the sawsaw with his hand, and completely unfolded its blade with a pop, his hands seemed to hold a hideous giant axe with a strange shape, and the pungent smell of blood poured out of the metal gap between the blade and the handle of the knife in an instant, and quickly spread in the alley.
The cold and dark old alleyway has been covered by a strong smell of blood at this moment, Lu Yisheng borrowed the light of the flashlight to glance at Chen Xian from the corner of his eye, only to find that he couldn't see the outline of his figure clearly, and could only see his eyes that could faintly glow in the dark.
In the shadows, the thin Chen Xian did not seem abrupt, it seemed that he was a part of the shadow, and he did not resist the darkness around him, but seemed accustomed to it and even enjoyed it a little.
In fact, Chen Xian has been like this since he was a child.
He doesn't like to stand in a place where there is light, and he doesn't dare to stand in front of people at will, he likes to find some corners where no one is quiet, because only this is the safest, at least he thinks so...... The sense of security that darkness can bring him is unparalleled, and hiding himself has long become his nature, deep in his bones.
From a certain point of view, his various behaviors and behaviors have long been out of the trajectory of normal human beings, and the reason why he often suspects that he has mental illness is also the reason.
"Can you get in touch with the outside?" Chen Xian's voice suddenly came from the shadows, and he said unhurriedly, "The current situation is not consistent with the information they dictated, you can pass it out and let them record it, maybe it will help solve the case." ”
Hearing Chen Xian's voice, Lu Yisheng didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly took out a small black box from his jacket pocket, and when he pressed the red button on the left side, there was a screeching electric sound in the speaker of the black box.
"As they say, there's something here that is blocking the signal." Lu Yisheng cautiously asked, "Boss, what now?" ”
"At the moment I can sense fifteen targets, all of them are located due south, which is where we just walked before, probably out of those residential areas." Chen Xian's voice was very soft and calm, and his mood did not change in any way because of the current situation, "You are responsible for paying attention to the movements in the north, if there are other unfamiliar targets approaching us from the north, you remember to call me." ”
"Calling you?" Lu Yisheng was stunned and glanced back at Chen Xian, "Boss, what do you want to do?" You can't just go your separate ways with me, do you?? I can't handle them alone! ”
"It's okay, I can handle it."
Chen Xian slowly walked in the darkness along the shadows in the corner, and his tone was so calm that it was frightening when he spoke to Lu Yisheng, as if he didn't take the current situation seriously at all.
At this time, Chen Xian's emaciated body exuded an extremely disturbing aura, he was not like an alien who was about to step forward to meet the enemy, but like a beast lurking in the dark, unhurriedly approaching those prey that had not yet appeared.
When Chen Xian walked past Lu Yisheng silently, Lu Yisheng couldn't help but shudder, and a feeling of fear suddenly appeared, because he felt ...... Chen Xian's eyes are not the eyes that humans should have.
That gaze hidden under the calm is enough to make any normal human feel terrified, even if his gaze is not on you, you will feel like you have become a prey to be slaughtered by him, as if he will be eaten alive at any moment.
"It's getting closer......"
Chen Xian muttered to himself in his heart, his hands also gripping the handle of the knife tighter and tighter, every muscle on his body was mobilized as much as possible, and his body leaned forward slightly in a semi-bent posture.
Slowly, Chen Xian took a few steps forward.
At this time, those creatures who walked in the darkness like him gradually came into view......
In the narrow and cramped alleyway, more than a dozen twisted and thin figures are rubbing their shoulders towards Chen Xian, their walking posture is extremely strange, it seems that because the proportions of the waist and limbs cannot support their upper body, every time they take a step forward, their bodies will swing out a huge amplitude, sending out a very unsettling ...... Sounds like wood being torn.
The information given to Chen Xian by the Armed Forces Section and the Investigation Section was not wrong, these targets lurking in the housing area and waiting for an opportunity were indeed paper figures, but they were different from paper figures in the traditional sense.
Their bodies are not made of those ordinary colored paper, and even Chen Xian is wondering if the layer on their surface is paper?
In terms of visual texture, their "skin" looks like some kind of translucent plastic film, and the color is like orange after oil decay, through this layer of musty skin, Chen Xian can vaguely see the bone structure made of bamboo in their bodies, in addition to these, Chen Xian also saw some things that even he couldn't believe.
The torsos of these paper figures are covered with a silk network of blood and green, just like the vascular tissue and nervous tissue in the human body.
"What the hell are these things...... It's not a paper man, is it?! ”
Lu Yisheng couldn't help but exclaim, his face covered with fine beads of sweat was also full of fear, maybe his voice was too loud to stimulate these abnormal existences, almost all the paper figures turned their heads sideways in an instant, ignoring Chen Xian who was blocking the middle of the alleyway, and looked at Lu Yisheng directly, and a weird and stiff smile bloomed on his face.
At this moment, Chen Xian had stepped forward silently, and at a distance of about one meter and a half from the paper figure, he suddenly raised the meat saw knife in his hand and chopped it down like an axe splitting firewood.
With a sound similar to the sound of paper being cut by a utility knife, the first three paper figures were directly split in half, and the meat saws also fell into the ground after splitting the paper figures because of Chen Xian's excessive strength, leaving a huge crack about half a meter long on the concrete floor that had been baptized by the years.
Without waiting for the other paper figures to react, Chen Xian had already calmly raised the handle of the knife, pulled out the blade of the sawsaw knife covered with mottled marks from the ground, and took a step forward and slashed it down again.
For Chen Xian, this kind of battle is really not the slightest bit challenging, the effort required to split the paper figures is similar to chopping wood, and their reaction speed is also lower than Chen Xian expected, there is no chance to dodge this large "paper cutter".
The battle came and ended quickly.
However, in just a few tens of seconds, under Chen Xian's operation like chopping melons and vegetables, the pungent and fishy meat saw knife split the bodies of fifteen paper figures one after another.
When the last paper figure fell, Chen Xian frowned, feeling that something was not quite right.
These paper figures..... Why is it so weak?
If their combat effectiveness was only at the current level, how could the Investigation Section have killed so many people? How could the fighters of the Armed Forces Section be so embarrassed?
At this level, even if there are more than a dozen of them, Lu Yisheng will be more than enough to deal with them, right?
Chen Xian thought with a puzzled face, looking at the remains of the paper figures everywhere, he was a little confused but he didn't dare to relax, still staring at them vigilantly.
"Boss..... That's it? Lu Yisheng didn't react a little, looked at Chen Xian, and then looked at the pile of wreckage on the ground, his expression became more and more confused, "Are you too strong or are they too weak?" Killed so quickly? ”
"Something is wrong."
Chen Xian frowned, took a step back, and distanced himself from the nearest paper man's remnant.
"The yin qi in their bodies has not been released, it is still flowing..... In the ...... of accelerating the flow They're alive! ”
When Chen Xian said the last sentence, all the paper figure remnants on the ground were like tattered paper shells blown by the wind, trembling and shaking in a crazy earthquake, making a strange buzzing sound.
Under Chen Xian's vigilant gaze, the remnants of these paper figures began to gradually split, and then ..... Grow.
Their translucent surface "skin tissue", as well as the bones made of bamboo and wood in their bodies, seem to grow freely at will, and each piece of the body has fallen into a state of crazy growth-
"Do you remember what Chief Tu said?" Chen Xian asked coldly, with a little stunned and a little realized in his eyes, as if he had guessed what would happen next.
"What did Chief Tu say?" Lu Yisheng was very nervous, and he couldn't think of so much for a moment, so he subconsciously asked Chen Xian, "What did he say?" ”
Chen Xian watched the strange changes in the body of the paper figure and said word by word.
"The more they kill, the more they kill, the more they can't finish killing at all."