Chapter 14: The Wickedness of the Human Heart
Ye Kai's limbs and claws gripped the monster's back fiercely, the long dragon neck shook vigorously, the sharp teeth tore at the opponent's muscle tissue, and the dragon wings behind him were constantly thrusting, giving a lot of damage. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The white slurry was sprayed continuously, and soon a puddle of water accumulated.
The crowd moved away from the terrifying battlefield and retreated to the right of the supermarket, more than twenty feet away, to the room with the pharmacy written on it.
As the automatic door wrapped in rubber slowly closed, the fog and sight were gradually blocked, and everyone's expressions relaxed.
It's just that everyone's face is very pale, because all this in front of them has exceeded anyone's imagination.
This is no longer something that can be explained by ordinary ecological variation or the greenhouse effect.
David hugged Billy and slowly retreated into the pharmacy with the crowd.
The pharmacy is not big, and the whole room is crowded when everyone squeezes in. The glass was shattered all around, and everything was in shambles.
But the situation was even worse.
No food, no water.
Through the shattered glass, a trace of mist was carried into by the night wind, and several people with nervous weakness began to cough, their faces glowing with an abnormal flush.
But fortunately, this is the pharmacy, and a few enthusiastic people next to me kept rummaging through various drawers and found some aspirin or antibiotics or something.
David placed Billy on top of a small medicine cabinet and touched his head.
"Billy the Kid, are you hungry?"
Billy shook his head, his clear eyes revealing a hint of fear.
"Dad, I want to go home."
"Soon, soon we'll be home." Kissing him on the forehead, David was also worried about his wife, but now he needed to protect his son even more.
Ollie walked to the side, he had been trying to ask something, David understood, it was about the dragon-like creature outside, but he couldn't even figure it out, let alone explain something.
But Ollie still didn't speak in the end, he was silent for a moment, and casually talked about the topic,
"David, why don't you say this pharmacy has anything to eat? Aren't they hungry? They can't eat cold medicine or hemostatic cotton pads there, can they? β
"I remember there was food, and they also sold a little bit of ready-made food, animal biscuits, snacks and sweets."
Of course, there is nothing in sight.
There were only a few loose pills on the empty counter, and empty boxes and stuff.
"It looks like the clerk took everything with him when he left...... We should also bring some chicken out, or we'll go back and see if there's any leftovers in a moment? β
Through the window, you can see that the supermarket is still burning, and the thick plume of smoke is constantly shaking.
David shook his head, he didn't think it was a good idea.
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At the same time, in the parking lot outside the medicine house, Ye Kai continued to devour.
The amount of energy contained in this monster's body is so great that the entire devouring time will be as long as two hours.
Compared to that monster, Ye Kai's body was undoubtedly much smaller, and his entire body entered the other party's abdominal cavity at this time, and began to devour it frantically, and large balls of energy continued to pour into his body.
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The evolution points contained in the monster corpses in the entire parking lot are also terrifying. By the time he stopped completely, the evolution point in his body had reached this value.
He felt a feeling of warmth all over his body, and every cell seemed to be cheering for this good meal.
Although the course of the battle was very dramatic, it did not stop him from thirsting for hunting.
It's just that it's still far from the amount needed for the next stage of evolution, Ye Kai crawled out of his chest cavity where only the skeleton remained, and the black scales loomed in the dense fog like the black robe of the god of death.
Raising his head, he saw the only bright drugstore, and a look of thought crossed his golden vertical pupils.
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In just two hours, the survivors in the pharmacy were divided very sharply.
Mrs. Carmody, as a Christian fanatic, after such a series of disasters, touched the Gospel books and constantly preached eschatology.
She used to live in a gloomy room behind the piers, and kept a collection of strange things, such as a specimen of an owl with glass eyes that was forever spread its wings, and three raccoons whose feet were always clutched to a piece of lacquered wood
All the specimens stood in a circle, surrounded by a "stream". It's actually just a one-meter-long dusty mirror.
There was also a wolf specimen that had been corrupted by moths, and even though it was a specimen, it still bared its teeth.
Mrs. Carmody claimed that the wolf had been shot by her father on the afternoon of 7 September 1991 while drinking water from Timor Creek.
David's wife often took Billy to visit Mrs. Carmody's home.
She was fascinated by patterned religious stained glass, and Billy was fascinated by dead specimens.
Mrs. Carmody is very famous in the town, but most people call her the old witch, the goddess, and so on, except for herself, who has always insisted that she is an apostle of God.
At this time, someone in the pharmacy could not contain their hunger and wanted to go back to the supermarket to try to find something out of the fire...... Maybe you'll be lucky enough to find chicken that's grilled just right.
There are always some more optimistic people.
Suddenly, Mrs. Carmody cried out in her hoarse but powerful old voice, "Don't go out! Everyone turned to look at her.
"Don't go out!" Mrs. Carmody shouted, "That's death!" I can feel death out there! β
Did she mean the dragon-like creature? Ollie, who was standing next to David, had such a question in his eyes.
David shook his head and motioned for him to be quiet and see how things were going.
To be honest, he had a very bad impression of Carmody, because every time his wife came back from the other side, there would be a situation of divine chatter, which was very annoying for an atheist like him.
Mrs. Carmody grinned as everyone watched her, her emaciated cheeks resembling a clothed skull.
"This is the end times, I tell you. The end of everything, the end of the world. The finger of the divine will is not in the fire, but it is revealed in the mist. The earth has cracked, and it has spit out its hatredβ"
Her hair was disheveled, but her eyes were sparkling. Large and eerie passages of hoarse and eerie words spread throughout the room, and fear appeared in everyone's eyes.
Finally, someone couldn't bear it anymore, and a girl shouted, tears welling up in her eyes,
"Can't you tell her to shut up?"
"I was scared to death by her!"
Hearing the words, Mrs. Carmody turned to her and said,
"Are you afraid, dear? No, you're not afraid now. But wait until the Demon Child has completed the ritualβ"
"That's enough, Mrs. Carmody." Brown said, stepping forward.
"Please don't say it."
"Do you not understand until the god of death is completely angry? Look at it all...... It's all God's work! β
"Nonsense! This is obviously some kind of arrow plan made by the military in the mountains, and maybe it will blow down something in the base. Maybe something went wrong. They don't know what the hell they're up to. Some people say they're doing high-density radiation and molecular amplifiers, and some people talk about nuclear fusion. Hypothesis...... What if they make a hole that leads to another dimension? A man with a fishing hat and glasses said in disgust.
Mrs. Carmody grinned sullenly, revealing a mouthful of nicotine-stained, jagged yellow teeth.
"This is the ignorant government and the military who have angered the gods!"
She suddenly turned her head to look at the three gendarmes standing in the middle of the crowd against the wall window.
The slightly taller white gendarme was visibly caught off guard, a hint of fear crossed his dark eyes.
"You guys! What do you want to do? β
All eyes were fixed on them, and several young men and women approached Mrs. Carmody's side, as if to join her side.
At this moment, under the shroud of terror, people don't want to investigate what the truth is, they just need an opportunity to vent their fears and stress.
"Arrest them! - Let them atone for their sins! What we should be thinking about now is the atonement! All this is our damnation! We will be punished for inquiring into God's forbidden secrets! We see the lips of the earth open! We see the obscenity of the dream demon! The rocks won't block them, and the tree of death won't obscure us! How does the world end? What can stop the end from coming? β
Mrs. Carmody yelled. The veins on her neck protruded, and her voice was hoarse but still powerful.
David's eyes were filled with anger, including Ollie, but none of them stepped forward to stop him.
It occurred to him that it was the fog that had given her such power, the power to deceive people's minds and to be clever and eloquent, just as the fog had taken the power of sunlight from others.
Before the fog came, she was just a weird old woman, disgusted by most people in the town, with all kinds of strange specimens and corpses in her home, and all kinds of religious utensils, nothing special.
At this moment, however, she saw herself almost entirely as an emissary of the power of adjudication in place of the gods.
"Atonement!" They shouted in unison.
"Atonement, yes!" Mrs. Carmody shouted,
"Only atonement can dissipate the fog! Atonement is the only way to drive away these demons and monastic hatred! Atonement is what dispels the fog before our eyes and allows us to see clearly! β
Her voice lowered a scale: "What does the Bible say about atonement?" What is the only thing in God's eyes and heart that can wash away sin? β
"Blood!"
This time, a cold snap swept through David's body, and his hairs stood on end in an instant. There was a hint of horror in his eyes.
The person who answered was Mr. McVeigh. Mr. McVeigh, who has been a butcher in Bridge Pier Town for more than ten years. Mr. McVeigh in a blood-spattered white uniform and cutting meat for his guests. Mr. McVeigh, who was politely roasting roast chicken for everyone at the supermarket.
He is good at knives, as well as meat saws and cleavers. He knew better than anyone that only what flowed from the wounds of the body could cleanse the soul.
"Blood ......"
More and more people whispered in response.
"Dad? I'm so scared. Billy gripped David's hand tightly, his little pale face wrinkled tightly.
"Ollie." David said nervously, "We have to stop these madmen. β
Orin was also sweating profusely, and he had even taken out his revolver. This is the only way to shock those crazy people!
"Don't shoot! It will make things even more out of control, all you need is a warning. David said, hiding Billy behind him.
However, at this moment, a scream suddenly sounded, and the gendarmes surrounded by everyone had a dinner knife stuck in their stomachs.
David and Ollie squeezed through as quickly as possible, but what made them stunned for a moment was that the murderer turned out to be a teenager.
A girl with blond hair, her white face splashed with bright red blood.
And the wounded gendarme looked incredulous, clutching his stomach, and his eyes showed pain and sorrow.
Mrs. Carmody grabbed the girl's hand feverishly and raised her hand in the other's blank face.
"Atonement! Atonement! Only blood! to wash away our sins! Let's Angels! Complete this Blood Sacrifice! β
In an instant, David was so furious that he even wanted to kill the damn witch with one shot!