Chapter 54: The Second Quest Journey
Three days later, in the early morning, next to the Snow Lake, a group of people came on time to see Ling Xue off.
"Dad, are you really not going to take Yui with you this time?" Yui's eyes were full of reluctance, after all, from "birth" to the present, she has not been separated from Ling Xue, not to mention that the time of this separation is still unknown.
"Well, if it's a golden key, Dad can take you there, but if it's a copper key, maybe after you get to a certain world, Dad can't protect himself." Ling Xue gently rubbed Yui's head and comforted, "Anla, Dad promises you that Dad will complete the task as quickly as possible, and then he will hurry back to Yui's side." And Yui doesn't want to practice speed and body skills, so it's a good opportunity. As for Aunt Wenwen's words, Dad has already explained to her, and Zi Ma will help you find her when the time comes. ”
"Hmm. Be sure to come back soon. Yui stretched out her little finger and said, "Pull the hook." ”
"Okay, okay." Ling Xue nodded dotingly, squatted down, also stretched out her little thumb, hooked Yui's little thumb, shook it twice, and then stamped it on her thumb.
After standing up, Ling Xue nodded at Yakumo Purple, Kazami Yuka, and Remilia hiding under the umbrella, and said, "In short, Yui will trouble you." ”
"Hmm." Kazami Yuka took Yui's hand and nodded.
"Leave it to me. Whoever dares to bully Yui, I'll tear it down. Hiding under the umbrella, Remilia shook her little fist and said.
"Ah. Go early and come back early. Yakumo Zi covered her chin with a folding fan, her eyes revealing a hint of reluctance.
"Hmm." Ling Xue smiled and nodded, turned around, took out the ancient key that exuded the color of brass from the inventory, and said lightly, "Use the copper key." As he spoke, he slowly plunged into the air.
As soon as the words fell, the copper key slowly melted into the air, and then strands of ripples began to spread around the place where the key disappeared, gradually forming a corrugated door.
"That's what it is...... The Gate of Time and Space. Yakumo Zi and the others saw the gate of time and space for the first time, and they couldn't help but murmur in their mouths.
"So, I'll go out." Ling Xue turned her head, smiled, and jumped into the corrugated door.
"Be careful ...... on the road" looked at the corrugated door that began to fade away, which was the common word in everyone's hearts......
After experiencing a familiar period of dizziness, Ling Xue slowly opened her eyes.
"Here it is...... Where? Ling Xue looked around at the scene around her, and couldn't help but shrink her pupils.
The gray sky seemed to have no sun, and the moist earth was tinged with scarlet. Marking poles entwined in moss, vines, buildings, and damaged cars can be seen everywhere. In the dense forest that was flooded with mist, some strange cries could be heard from time to time. And the location he was on was the roof of a dilapidated building, the breeze was blowing, and the air was full of all kinds of pungent smells, which made Ling Xue, who was used to the fresh air of Gensokyo, extremely unaccustomed.
Listening to the strange roars coming from time to time in the misty dense forest, I looked at the huge black stone tablets that towered into the sky and were rectangular in the shape not far away. Ling Xue smiled bitterly, it seems that although she has come to the modern city, it seems that something terrible has happened in this modern city.
"Oh!!"
Just as Ling Xue was wondering what kind of world this was, a strange cry suddenly came from the air. Ling Xue looked up, only to see a body without fur, and could clearly see that the whole body was full of disgusting black blood vessels, the body shape was similar to that of a pterodactyl, with multiple red eyes, and it was flying towards her with a long mouth.
Well, I'll just treat you as a monster. The corners of Ling Xue's mouth pulled up a touch of arc, and with a soft sound of "whoosh", she disappeared in place, because this time Yui was left in the snow seclusion, so Ling Xue's Kuro card was not brought out, all of them were left to Yui, but it was precisely because of the contract that Yui could also use her own things, and the energy required for the trick was also taken from herself, so Ling Xue was not worried that Yui would run out of energy and produce exhaustion.
"Hah!" He didn't use any special moves, but simply used the fist formed by energy, and bombarded the connection between the monster's left wing and body.
"Woo~~" The monster screamed, and the left wing was directly broken with purple-black blood and fell to the ground. And the monster in front of him also lost his balance and fell.
When Ling Xue also followed, she was surprised to find that the body of the guy lying on the ground in front of her, who was screaming, had just been broken by herself, and the flesh and blood of the broken wing part was squirming rapidly, obviously in the process of rapid rebirth.
Will it actually regenerate? Then try this again.
"Stitch!"
"Show mercy, O flame of equality, burn up and purify all good and evil chaos!"
"First Tier Dark Arts, Flame!"
The white words converged into an orange magic array, and fierce fire erupted from it, burning the monster's body.
"Twitter!!!!"
With the sound of "crackling", the monster in the flames also kept twisting its body, struggling violently, but it didn't struggle for a while, it slowly stopped, obviously losing the breath of life.
The flames dissipated, looking at the monster on the ground, which was already stationary, Ling Xue turned around and said speechlessly: "What kind of world is this, there are monsters in modern times." ”
With the sound of breaking ang, a pair of silver-white wings dotted with purple lines spread out from Ling Xue's back, and finally he could only fly by himself, it seems that he will have to bring a few more sets of clothes with him in the future, and the clothes in the inventory are almost exhausted.
Ling Xue, who was flying in the air, saw the situation of the city not far away more clearly than just now, in the huge black stone monument, with a blue river as the boundary, Hanoi is exactly the same landscape as the normal modern city, and outside the river is the dilapidated city, many places are already in tatters, and green moss can be seen everywhere.
The moment she flew into the huge black stele, Ling Xue suddenly felt that there seemed to be a subtle magnetic connection between this black stele, well, but it was useless to herself.
What Ling Xue didn't know was that in a snow-white room, a girl with shoulder-high white silk looked at the computer and let out a soft sound.
Falling on top of a broken bridge, looking at the blue sign placed on the abandoned stone pier, Ling Xue's eyes could be described as extremely complicated. Because the sign is written with three words of bright red blood-like paint, outer area. In other words, it does not fall under the jurisdiction of the urban area, similar to the kind of uninhabited area. However, Ling Xue, who has amazing eyesight, can see that on the other side of the river, which is similar to a moat, there are actually countless little girls, big and small, all of them sitting on the bank, with expectation, despair, and blank eyes, not knowing what they are thinking, but the only thing they have in common is that they all have a pair of red eyes.
There are more and more doubts in Ling Xue's heart, why there are still monsters in modern times, why there are huge black stone tablets, why there are city ruins in the dense forests outside the stone tablets, why the children who should enjoy childhood are sitting alone on the shore of the dilapidated city one by one and dare not come here, why they all have eyes that emit red light.
Turning around and walking towards the city, Ling Xue's sixth sense told him that there must be the answers he needed in the city.
The noisy city, the shops and towering buildings everywhere, and the crowds of human beings laughing. If it weren't for the fact that Ling Xue had already seen the scene outside the city, she would once again think that she had come to a peaceful world.
"Library?" Walking to a certain corner of the city, Ling Xue saw a small library with a lot of doors. I was stunned for a moment, shrugged my shoulders, and walked in, let's take a look.
"Yo, little girl, welcome to the library of hell." A strong man who was obviously a middle-aged uncle, but had a thick beard, smiled heartily and greeted.
"Smack."
A "#" word appeared on Ling Xue's forehead, and she said angrily: "Yo you are big, open your eyes for me, take a good look, I am a gentleman, a pure master." ”
"Hmm---" The middle-aged strong man glanced at it seriously, shook his head, and said, "I really didn't see it." ”
"Pull it down, and I don't expect your blind eyes to see it."
Answering angrily, Ling Xue entered the bookshelf by herself, looking for the books she needed.
"Little girl, what kind of book are you looking for? Say it and let the uncle find it for you. ”
At this time, the middle-aged strong man came over again and said.
"Find a book that tells the history of what happened in recent years." Ling Xue replied first, then looked at the middle-aged strong man with a dangerous gaze, and said, "Call me a little girl again, kill you!" ”
"Oops, that's pretty scary." The middle-aged strong man scratched his head without paying attention at all, and said, "Okay, young man, let me ask you, why are you looking for a book that tells the story of recent history." ”
"It's nothing, it's just that I just want to see, I just want to see the unbearable darkness in this city." Ling Xue said lightly.
"Darkness...... ? The middle-aged uncle was silent for a while, took out a book from unknown corners, threw it to Ling Xue, and said, "Hey, young man, go on." ”
"What is this?" Glancing at the book that did not have the slightest text on the surface, but was simply wrapped in kraft paper, Ling Xue wondered.
"Don't you want to read history? I printed this book out of my spare time, so let's take it and read it. The middle-aged strong man smiled heartily.
"Huh, huh?" Ling Xue snorted lightly, turned around, waved her hand, and said, "Then I'm welcome, uncle." ”
"Hey, you haven't paid yet." The uncle looked at Ling Xue, who was about to go out, and hurriedly reminded.
"This is the punishment you get for calling me a little girl, Uncle Wei."
Ling Xue, who was about to walk out of the store, paused, then shook the book in his hand, threw down a sentence, and disappeared around the corner. I won't tell you I'm penniless, huh.
Interesting lad, isn't it. In the small bookstore, the indecent expression on the middle-aged uncle's face disappeared, and his eyes exuded a fierce essence.
(After I gave the hint, it's easy to guess ~~~ Then the next question, who is Ling Xue's initiator, hint: It has appeared in the anime, (it seems that the range is a bit big~~) Okay, give me another hint, it's a melee type...... Ask for recommendation, ask for collection~~~)