The cheers rang out from the end of the cavern, echoing in Xia Ren's ears, and he couldn't tell what those humanoid creatures were saying, because it was definitely not human language, not even human sounds, even if he called the best voice actor on the Blue Star and shouted his throat, he couldn't imitate even a single syllable in it!

Even though he knew that this was an illusion and not a reality, Xia Ren was still trembling with fear as the black-robed humanoid creatures walked past him.

These five senses are all the physical intuitions of sight, hearing, touch, etc., but they are terrifying from the source, and these creatures make him feel evil from the bottom of his heart!

Yes, it is evil, and it is difficult to describe it in all the words that man has coined since his birth.

Fortunately, the illusion did not last long, and Xia Ren quickly came to his senses.

It wasn't a pleasant feeling, he felt like his body and consciousness were tugging back and forth between two very different worlds in a short period of time, and it was like falling from the sky to the ground in a second, and the contrast was so great that he couldn't get used to it.

Xia Ren shook his head violently, trying to expel the discomfort from his body, but it didn't have much effect.

In my impression, he had seen two hallucinations during the period between he came out of the hospital that afternoon and was selected by the system, and after being selected by the system for a long time, he saw it once when he got up once, and then he saw it once when he was possessed by Fang Bin, a second-class infected body, and then he was attacked by the apostle Liu Fusheng, and when the tentacles helped him break the siege, he heard the sound of waves and whispers echoing in his ears, and there was no illusion.

In fact, it is not difficult to see that this has a lot to do with the system, or it is related to his distortion value, in short, Xia Ren has not had a similar illusion for a long time, and now it appears again, which is enough to show the seriousness of this incident.

"What are those black-robed humanoids? What festival did they attend? ”

More importantly, why did you suddenly have a hallucination?

His doubts were not held, and the system gave an answer, and a string of fonts unfolded in his mind:

[New side quest released: Hunt the Ghoul!]

Beneath the glorious neon, abominations inhabit the shadowy places, chewing on human corpses. Those who believe in darkness are willing to fall, who look forward to light, and who long for a place to hide.

Requirements: Hunt down a Dark Family Ghoul.

Quest Rewards: 1

Achievement Points, Ancient Dream Shards, and Dark Festival Tickets, choose one of three. 】

"Actually, ghouls?"

Xia Ren froze in place, watching the mission prompt over and over in his head, making sure he was not mistaken.

It's really ghouls.

He is no stranger to these three words, there are legends of ghouls in many places on the Blue Star, and the impression is that they are ugly, clumsy, with green skin and sharp claws, and usually have low IQ, like to live in cemeteries, food is the corpse of humans, and appear as cannon fodder in many film and television works and games.

I never thought that ghouls really exist in the real world!

This was the first time he had known about the creatures that spread pollution, and it was also recorded in human society.

And looking at the mission introduction, the ghoul seems to be divided into two camps, and his target is the dependents of the dark camp.

Xia Ren slowly came back to his senses from the shock, only to realize that the tentacle didn't know when, but it actually stretched out on its own.

Qin Yun and Liu Xiuxiu both had fearful expressions on their faces, standing outside the door and watching him cautiously, probably because the scene of the tentacles just now had scared them.

Xia Ren exhaled a long breath and withdrew the tentacles that had grown to five or six meters long and thicker than the thighs into his body, this thing looked quite imposing, but the actual silver gun wax pole head played an auxiliary role at most when it was fighting, and it was just like the tail of a gecko, it was extremely fragile, and it broke when it was touched, but it could almost faint if you accidentally hurt yourself.

"It's okay, I was a little excited just now."

Xia Ren smiled at the two of them and explained.

Seeing that he was back to normal, Qin Yun relaxed a lot, his appearance just now was really terrifying, especially that tentacle, feeling that as long as he got close, he would be eaten by it as food, she was really worried about whether something was wrong with Xia Ren.

Liu Xiuxiu patted her barren chest, her face was shocked, fortunately she ran out when she was cleaning up the house, so she didn't be in the scene of being wrapped in tentacles, otherwise she would have been able to scare half her life.

"It's ......"

The three of them stood in front of the closet again, looking inside the stairs.

"I guess this building was designed this way when it was first built."

Xia Ren waved the air in front of him with his hand, but the smell of decay kept emanating, and he tried twice, but he could only give up.

"Close the door first, let's go in and have a look."

The staircase looked like it hadn't been used for a long time, and when you stepped on it, you could make a distinct shoe print, and the dust was scattered in the air, making it even more cloudy.

"This staircase should be able to lead to any floor of this building, and the rest of the building should have similar wardrobes."

Xia Ren said his speculation as he walked.

The stairs were short, and they walked quickly and came to the hidden sixth floor.

On this floor, there is no wardrobe for hiding, not even a door, and it is completely dark, Xia Ren can see that there is no light bulb on it at all.

The entire sixth floor is an empty hall, supported only by a few cement pillars in the middle, and the floor is also paved with cement, rough and simple, far from the bottom.

It was from here that the disgusting smell of decay emanated, accompanied by the smell of pollution.

Because the space was too large, for convenience, Xia Ren first woke up with Qin Yun and the others, and then stretched out his tentacles to assist in the investigation.

With his night vision, he was able to see suspicious stains scattered across the floor, as well as suspicious blood splatters on the walls.

"It seems that there was once a ghoul living here, but what does he have to do with this school? The structure of this building is literally designed for ghouls to hunt. ”

Xia Ren observed these traces while analyzing the information he already had, trying to find the answer.

If he's lucky, he might be able to get his hands on a ghoul to complete the side quest that the system has just released.

But it's not for the task reward, it's just that as a human being, it's just a natural curiosity about unknown creatures.

And the mission reward given this time is also very suspicious, and he can understand the achievement points and ancient dream fragments, both of which are needed, but the dark festival ticket is a bit indescribable.

If that's right, the Dark Festival is the scene he saw in the vision just now, but the problem is that the festival is not human, it's all ghouls!

What did Xia Ren do in the past? Offer to feed them?

As for serving ghouls, he didn't even think about it, even if the system meant it, he would treat it as if he didn't see it.

Just kidding, you must know that there are a lot of ghouls passing by him, but each one brings him the feeling of being so suffocating, that is to say, any one of them can shark him, and he doesn't even have to raise the ashes, just chew twice and swallow it.

Xia Ren felt that unless his head was kicked in line with the donkeys, he would be crazy to choose the ticket.

"The system really still wants me to die, and the chasers haven't even been able to understand it, so they give me the entire task of hunting ghouls."

Just as he was thinking about it, Xiuxiu's voice suddenly sounded in the empty hall: "Xia Ren, here, I found a room!" ”

Xia Ren and Qin Yun hurried over and found that it was a small room of only about twenty square meters, with a toilet and a bed in it, but they had not been used for a long time.

"Looks like someone has lived here."

Qin Yun said.

"I always feel very depressed here, a little out of breath."

Liu Xiuxiu lifted her watch, and the hands on it kept spinning.

"Aren't you afraid of being polluted?"

Xia Ren asked knowingly.

In fact, if it was serious, he would not let the other party in at all.

Liu Xiuxiu glanced at him: "If the pollution concentration is too high, the watch will give me a hint." ”

"And this function, do you have a spare one for this watch? Give me the whole one too. ”

Xia Ren said cheekily.

If he had the opportunity, he really wanted to get something for his sister Xia Qiudong and his friends Gao Le and Yu Jingjing to wear something that could resist pollution, and so far, he just gave his sister an old seal.

"You should be a commodity sold outside."

Liu Xiuxiu hurriedly protected her watch, afraid that he would really snatch it away for herself: "I only have this one, and if it is broken, I will send it back to the headquarters to repair, there is no superfluity at all." ”

Xia Ren turned around and asked, "I remember you said before that there will be a reward for reporting the apostle to the foundation, and now that the identity of Liu Fusheng's apostle has been confirmed, when will my reward come down?" ”

"Uh......"

Liu Xiuxiu really forgot about this matter.

Because ordinary people have no chance to know about the existence of the Apostle, the whistleblowers are all investigators, and the rewards given by the Foundation are usually props to help resist pollution, which can increase the chances of survival for the investigators, Xia Ren is also an apostle, what is he doing with it? Hurt yourself? He doesn't look like a masochist either.

"I'll leave that at that."

Seeing that he was stunned, Xia Ren continued: "I still have to provide you with important news now. ”

Did he know about another apostle?

Is this guy so keen to sell his compatriots?

Liu Xiuxiu subconsciously asked, "What news?" ”

Xia Ren glanced around and said word by word, "Ghoul." ”

"What!"

Liu Xiuxiu's voice instantly raised a lot, and then reacted, although this is the sixth floor, although there are no outsiders, but if it is heard by others, it will be very troublesome, so she quickly covered her mouth and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure?" How did you get the news? Where are ghouls? ”

Qin Yun was confused, she could only know by virtue of this name that it would probably not be a good thing.

Looking at his reaction, Xia Ren thought to himself that the Foundation really knew about the existence of ghouls, and estimated that it would be rare to find news about the other party.

"There's ghouls here."

Xia Ren paused: "There used to be." ”

The tentacles had already conveyed their disappointment to him just now, indicating that the ghoul was no longer there, and that there was only the breath of the other party here.

Xia Ren felt that if he wanted to complete the task of hunting ghouls, it was impossible to do it alone, and he also needed to use the power of the foundation, anyway, the task requirement was to kill the ghouls who had been dark dependents, and he didn't say that he had to kill them 1v1 alone, so let the investigator do it, and he should go up to mend the knife in the end.

Liu Xiuxiu was shocked, and her eyes looked around the entire sixth floor: "You mean, there was once a ghoul hiding here?" ”

That's a lot of information.

The building belongs to the Dawning Center, and this six-story building is specially built, indicating that the builders planned to let the ghouls stay here from the beginning.

Even if he is not there now, as long as he finds the person in charge who asked to build the building, it is equivalent to finding a clue to the ghoul!

The two were getting together to exchange tense and exciting topics, Qin Yun couldn't interject, and listened to the side, involuntarily distracted.

"What is this?"

She pulled a rope from the wall next to her, although the rope itself was a little rough, but it was inexplicably comfortable to touch.

By the time Xia Ren noticed Qin Yun, her feet were already off the ground.