Chapter 217: Human-faced dog
"Hmm-", "oh-" ...... The strange screams of the two Heavenly Omen Cultists in an instant did not look like normal humans.
Is this really a spell, or is it a sign before the insanity is eroded by madness?
When Yuna hesitated, there was some kind of reaction under the broken bridge, or similar to the vibration before the outbreak of the chaos, countless mutilated corpses and skeletons flew out of the abyss, connecting and piecing together into a "bridge of bones".
The two Heavenly Omen Cultists who witnessed this scene took a step back almost at the same time, and the two pairs of bright eyes in the eyes of the Soul Disturbance Mask were extremely dim with horror, and they couldn't see anything like blind people, and they were about to raise their feet and step into the abyss.
"Hey, are you two alright?" whispered Yuna, as she prepared for battle.
After hearing this, the two froze in place, then raised their right machine-like right hand to point to the other side, signaling Yuna to cross the bridge alone, and finally turned and stepped into a thick fog, no matter how she called, they did not react, as if something had robbed them of their five senses and controlled their minds.
Yuna used to have that kind of experience, with this body snatched by the original god, experienced deeds that did not belong to her, although all this was not what she wanted, but some people's misunderstandings and misidentifications arose because of this, even if she had a hard time arguing, it was better to show her most innocent side.
At least she doesn't lose herself...... Wouldn't go halfway and asked: Who was the person who reminded her not to turn back in the girls' dormitory of Orno College?...... Who the hell was it? Why did she care so much? until she finally couldn't help but turn around.
The two Celestial Cultists who escorted her across the bridge were no longer human, and they turned into two clusters of sarcomas that were slowly moving forward, so startled that she immediately summoned the Celestial Gasa and aimed at one of the sarcoma beards.
She just raised the gun and put it down, just because she didn't want to increase the senseless killing, she was relieved when she thought that some monsters were actually the pain of Lan Lingxiang's inner world, "sarcoma" symbolized Lan Lingxiang's long-term suffering from illness and accumulated depression, which was a fear of death.
Only the annihilation of the dark tide can Lan Lingxiang be exceeded, even if he is confused by the phantom, what can he do? Many people in this world who think they are sober always want their family members and relatives to sing praises for themselves after death, and the content of the inscription is too ridiculous and ridiculous, have they ever felt a little ashamed? So...... How can you be embarrassed to blame the people who come to see the "masterpiece"?
It was just a rectangular mound of earth, not worthy of being called a masterpiece at all, not to mention that there were still a large number of unmanaged, unpretentious graves on the right side of the street, so that Yuna picked up the map placed on the entrance wall, and when she entered the cemetery, she did not feel any gripping power, and there was only emptiness in the brown earth compacted tomb.
The whole cemetery was shrouded in gloom, and in order to see the road, she turned her flashlight to the brightest and followed the light. Even so, she tripped over a small dirt dent and fell into a luxurious cemetery surrounded by iron bars, facing an empty coffin with an iron sign on the door indicating that the cemetery belonged to the Yu Mingjiang family.
The other three major families: the Ziwu Mo family, the Chiluo Zhao family, and the Yin Ge Yan family's cemeteries are from the north, west, and south directions respectively, adjacent to or opposite to the Fu Mingjiang family in the east, and the shape resembles a "cross".
However, only the coffin of the Yin Ge Yan family was not exposed outside the tomb, unlike the other three, the coffin of the Yin Ge Yan family was very likely to contain a corpse, could it be that a certain family head was buried here?
There is a fountain in the center of the cemetery of the four great families, and its history is engraved on the stone platform at the bottom:
In order to commemorate the descendants of the four great families who have dedicated their lives to the sacrifice of human beings in the past dynasties, this spring is in the Glowing Star Era...... Built.
The handwriting on the back is illegible, which shows that the fountain is old and neglected to be repaired, and it cannot make people regain their admiration, and it is not even a monument.
In the groove of the stone platform is a semicircular stone slab, on which is recorded a proverb:
Life is not complete in the world,
The other half must be found.
Be cautious when combining the two,
Otherwise, it will inevitably lead to calamity.
The other slab was supposed to be hidden somewhere in the cemetery, as the proverb suggests: when the two slabs merge into one, the fountain mechanism will be activated, and maybe there is something she is looking for inside.
Yuna decided to casually walk around the cemetery of the four great families, until she was blocked by a tomb door, through the gap between the decorations, she saw an old woman with an iron hoe digging the grave in the distance, because the fog was too thick, she couldn't identify who this person was, she lowered her head and was about to push the door, only to find that the iron door had a lock attached to it, and she needed to find the key to open it.
However, there was only one road leading to the second phase of the cemetery, and Yuna had to return to the cemetery she had searched just now, but her head began to get confused, so she stopped to sort out her thoughts, and after a while, the "buzzing" sound in her head was replaced by a dog barking, and the white fog nearby gradually dissipated.
A skinless dog suddenly sprang out of a dark corner, running towards a corpse with only its upper body left in the clearing, and as it greedily gnawed on carrion, it didn't notice that Yuna was approaching.
At the moment of the gunshot, she was stunned, and couldn't believe that this "dog" actually had a human face, as if wearing a pair of purple-eyed, fierce human skin masks, roaring and rushing towards her.
Fortunately, Yuna was already on guard, and after dodging to dodge, she switched the gun to a heavenly hat and fired two shots at the head of the bearded man, completely ending its life.
If nothing else, there will be another kind of bearded man in the future, and since it has a human face, it will be called a "human-faced dog". This bearded man is as agile as a dog, and if it weren't for the sneak attack, the battle process would definitely not be easy, and it would be better to be careful if she encountered her in the future.
Compared to the new bearded man, the half of the corpse next to him is more interesting, this person is a man, his face is blurred with flesh and blood, and it is impossible to distinguish his age and appearance, but an invitation card found in a tattered coat pocket is enough to confirm his identity:
Dear members of the Heavenly Omen,
In order to congratulate Mr. Lan Xianyi on his 80th birthday, a birthday dinner will be held on July 1st at the Purple Pupil Heights Manor, where he will demonstrate how to suppress the dependence of the soul disturbing mask.
Although the invitation is very short, I think I have heard this name somewhere, uh...... By the way, I heard that Lan Xianyi, a wealthy merchant in Wanyang City, was Lan Lingxiang's father, how could he be here?
Leaving the Hidden Ruins Cemetery from the north gate is a barren farmland that rises from low to high to form a small hill, and the estate is named after the mountain col and plain covered with purple pupils.
After making sure that the route was correct, Yuna put away the map and set out on the field, which was very different from the rural scenery she imagined, with no smell of the earth, the freshness of the young grass, the sweetness of the flowers, not even the sound of frogs and insects, or the murmuring of water.
There were four scarecrows in total, smiling in different directions, what did ......it mean? I don't want to guess either.
As she passed by the scarecrows, she could clearly feel the corner of their eyes watching her, which was creepy and uneasy, and when she quickened her pace, she had to face an even more eerie manor, and her mentality could easily explode.
The only way to adapt to the white-glazed wooden fence, the brown-painted two-story mansion, the wooden house where the livestock are raised, etc., is surrounded by rusty farm tools next to the hay pile, and there is a hose connected to the reservoir inside the barrel, and the weeds are overgrown and the grain bags are piled up, and it is clear that no one has taken care of them for a long time.
The farmer didn't know where he went, the door was not closed, and Yuna could enter the house with a little force.
As soon as she entered the door, she was startled by what she saw, and when she looked at it, it was a lifelike deer head specimen, its eyes were wide open, as if it had just died, there were many similar animal specimens in the living room, some were cut off and hung on the wall, some were made into pillows, carpets and other things to decorate the furniture, and some only skeletons were placed in glass display cases for people to see.
The owner's collection of specimens is rich and varied, including ivory, eagle head, mink tail...... There was a long-barreled double-spray shotgun on the dining table, but unfortunately it had long been damaged and unusable, otherwise more lives would have died under this gun, which shows that he is more passionate about hunting than caring for his wife and daughter.
No wonder when Lan Lingxiang became a sacrifice, there was no news about Lan Xianyi, this kind of person was simply ashamed of being a father.
Before she saw Lan Xianyi, Yuna made such a judgment based on past facts, would it be too subjective? Maybe the items in a room upstairs would change her mind.
The problem is that the layout of the second floor is too similar to that of Tai'anju, and the two families seem to have discussed it, with most of the space used for the master bedroom and the auxiliary bedroom, but there is a separate room at the end of the corridor on the second floor of the mansion, and the walls are covered with photos of the whole family, each of which seals Lan Lingxiang's childhood smile.
Now that this innocence no longer exists, how can she easily forgive Lan Yiyi's actions? In that separate room, she also found other incriminating evidence.
There are similarities and differences between this room and the mask room in Haotai's apartment, the masks on the wall are not human faces and ghosts, but various animals, including the first floor specimen species of birds and animals, because the animals do not have joy, anger and sorrow, the soul mask made of animal images is even more bizarre.
Not everyone likes animal masks, but Yuna did see a Tianzhao Sect member wearing this kind of mask in front of the Hidden Tree, and the person who made the soul disturbance mask for the Tianzhao Sect was obviously Dr. Mo Long, why did Lan Xianyi too?
There is only one possibility, Lan Xianyi also learned it secretly, and he prefers animal faces to human faces.
The best work is placed in a curtain wall, which is a small sheepdog mask, every spot and pattern on the dog's face has been carefully carved and brightly colored, and if the human face of the dog is exchanged with the mask, it will restore a real dog.
I can't figure out if it's a coincidence, or if Lan Yiyi did it on purpose, a person wears a mask and becomes a dog, or a dog wears a mask and becomes a human?
Yuna felt that this place was not suitable for long, and was about to turn to leave, when the doorway was blocked by an old man wearing a pair of jumpsuits, carrying an unfinished soul mask in his right hand and a hammer in his left hand.
"Who are you, why do you trespass on a house?" the old man's gaze was fierce.
"May I ask if you are Mr. Lan Xianyi?" Yu Na took out the invitation on the corpse of the Heavenly Zhaoist and handed it to the old man.
The old man nodded, then tore up the invitation and motioned for Yuna to follow him downstairs.