Chapter 37: Dreams

"Listening to Li Chenyin, the monster we encountered just now seems to be called a black goat cub." At night, Qing Shui sat in the cave with his knees crossed, eating wild fruits to replenish his strength, and said angrily: "It's so cunning that you actually use camouflage to mix in the forest, waiting for the prey to step into the trap before hunting." ”

"Fortunately, there are not many of them, only that one." Li Zeyan said: "If there are two or more, there will definitely be more than two people who die today. ”

Lu Qing didn't speak, he leaned against the wall, pinched his eyebrows, and kept recalling in his mind what Dai Shikai had said to him. In the Cthulhu mythos, the black goat cub is the offspring of Sabo Nikolas. It can only be seen in areas where Sapo Nikolath is worshipped.

Sabu Nicholas is an evil being in the Cthulhu Mythos, one of the Outer Gods. It is also said that she is the common mother of all the old rulers and the lower evil gods, and is known as the "Black Goat of the Forest that Gives Birth to Thousands of Children and Grandchildren", and is also known as the "Supreme Mother God".

And this female evil god is not only the mother of many old rulers, but also accepts the essence of any life form that spreads throughout the universe, and gives birth to offspring without interruption for a moment.

Sabu Nicholas was a massive, cloud-like form, an unknown twisted shape that was constantly churning and bleeding pus. Parts of the clouds sometimes coalesce together to form ugly limbs: pitch-black tentacles, giant mouths dripping with saliva. She was short, twisted, and had hoove-like legs.

Thus, the black goat cubs can be said to have completely inherited the appearance of their mother goddess, acting as agents of Sapo Nikolas, accepting sacrifices offered to her, worshipping in her place, and eating those who did not worship her, spreading the gospel of their mother to the whole world.

Now, such a rare monster has appeared on the island, combined with the human-faced rats seen in the town before - these unnatural monsters are the product of evil magic, and they have been transformed by dead cult followers to continue serving their masters after death.

It can be seen that the inhabitants of this island do not seem to be so simple.

They revered these terrifying mythical creatures of legend, and the strange church with a long history showed that the people of the island had long worshipped the rulers of the old days.

Lu Qing fell asleep in a daze.

He started to have the same dream again. This time, he didn't keep sinking like he had done until he woke up. When Lu Qing opened his eyes again from the endless darkness, he found himself in a place he had never seen before.

This is supposed to be a city made of brute stones, and the buildings here are very strange, with huge stones and huge pillars that are covered in green slime and make people shudder to look at.

Lu Qing had never felt so small, and for the first time in his history, he felt a sense of suffocating fear in the middle of this empty city. The buildings were too huge, and the stone pillars on the walls were covered with hieroglyphs that he couldn't read, but despite this, Lu Qing could still feel the malice emanating from them. What's even more terrifying is that it is difficult for him to describe everything here in words, because the scene and architecture of this city have long violated the principles of geometry, and this city does not belong to the real world at all.

Lu Qing suddenly felt a tremor from the ground under his feet, and the chaotic sound made him fearful, and he frantically wanted to escape from this dream.

"Wake up."

"Hiss......" Lu Qing gasped and opened his eyes sweating profusely. Li Zeyan saw that he finally woke up, and immediately asked him what happened.

Lu Qing looked at him in a daze, looked around, and found that the early morning sun had already shone into the cave through the gaps in the leaves, and the surrounding light and shadow were intertwined, as if it was daytime. He held his head in his hands, and only felt that his brain was spinning and dizzy.

But even so, Lu Qing still insisted on standing up and walked outside the cave to breathe in the relatively fresh air.

Although the forest was filled with white mist, and there was nothing around except trees, weeds, and moss-covered stones, there was nothing else, but Lu Qing looked around, and he couldn't express the emotion in his heart.

The feeling of being back in the real world...... That's nice.

Everything here pales in comparison to the eerie and eerie city in the dream. And what really frightened him was that there seemed to be something indescribably evil hidden beneath that city.

This time's dream was different from before, at first Lu Qing didn't want Dai Shikai to worry, so he kept suppressing it. He thought it was his own problem, and he was affected by the strange atmosphere here, so he had that strange dream. But last night, the dream changed again.

Lu Qing really wanted to find someone to ask what was going on, but now, all the people who knew the news were gone. He told the others about that strange dream, Li Zeyan, Qing Shui, and Chen Shuo themselves had not been exposed to any knowledge related to the Cthulhu Mythos, and after they heard it, they were only at a loss, saying that they had never had such a dream since they entered the town.

Chen Shuo rested all night, and his state eased a lot. In the morning, with the support of the [31 update fast] people, he was already able to walk on the ground.

"After eating, let's go." Chen Shuo was unwilling to delay everyone's progress, and for Lu Qing's concern, he smiled and said that he had no problem.

Li Zeyan walked in front to lead the team, after more than two hours of trekking, and after passing through a dense jungle in fear, everyone finally saw a river on the third day of entering the mountain.

Li Zeyan checked it, the water of the stream was crystal clear, and what surprised them even more was that some fish and shrimp could be faintly seen in the river! After making sure that there was no problem with the water, everyone drank some water with confidence, and Qing Shui filled the bottle he carried with him with some water, and went downstream to clean his face.

Lu Qing plunged his head directly into the river water, and under the double stimulation of the icy water and the feeling of suffocation, he felt a lot more sober. Lu Qing raised his head and looked at the green sea above his head, and was in a trance for a while.

In this ancient forest, all the trees were so dead that even with the scorching sun overhead, they were still extremely desolate. Maybe the island is the habitat of lonely old gods, so cold that even when the sun shines, it's still so cold: or maybe it's a permanent paradise for mythical creatures, and it doesn't belong to humans at all.

Li Zeyan wiped the corners of his mouth and said to the others: "This river seems to flow down there, we are now downstream, if we go up, I believe we can reach the top of the mountain before this evening." ”

They fished some fish and shrimp, and considering that the fire might attract the attention of the monsters, several people simply handled the food and chose a raw one. Although it may seem a little disgusting, it is already a rather luxurious treat for them who haven't eaten much in more than ten days.