readx;??“ I know you don't believe me, you Terrans have always been a xenophobic race, not to mention that what I'm saying is indeed a bit unbelievable, but. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Manhe held out his hand to Ian, "I can show you the ghost town if you'd like." Manhee paused, "Really, desperately." ”

Ian didn't choose to take Manhe's hand, he trusted his fellow human teammate more than the old dwarf who suddenly appeared, even though his teammate had stabbed him just now. He is no longer a child, or rather, life has taught him when he was a child, not to trust anyone easily.

"You said you've been in here for twenty years. Ian said coldly, "Then what do you eat and drink? Don't tell me, there's an underground river here, and it's full of swimming fish." ”

"There's a river down there, a moat. Manhe smiled slightly, and Ian saw his dark yellow teeth from the corners of his cracked mouth, "But there is no fish in it, as for what I eat, ghost towns and ghost towns, naturally I eat more than anything." ”

Ian's heart shuddered.

What is the most stuff in a ghost town?

"If I could get out just by sitting there, I wouldn't be stuck here for twenty years. "If you want to know the answer, you have to see it with your own eyes." Your lights are going out, but there's no time to think. ”

Lamp?

Ian was stunned, then looked up at the oil lamp above his head. As Manhe said, the candle was getting darker and darker, which meant that the oil in the lamp was running out. For some reason, looking at the flickering candle, Ian's heart became more and more uneasy.

"Everyone who enters a ghost town for the first time will have a light. Manhe said softly, "When the lights go out, people die." ”

"Why don't you change the spot?"

"There's only one lamp per person. Manhe walked over to the other lamp, stood on tiptoe and removed the disc from it, turning it upside down to show Ian, "Well, there's no fuel in there." ”

"Then why is there here?"

"That's your chance. Manhe said, "The one who brought you here will light a lamp for the living." Lights mean light, and ghost towns don't allow light to exist. In other words, in fact, the lamp represents the humanity of each of us, and the moment the lamp goes out, the humanity is gone, and people become ghosts. ”

Although Manhe was serious, Ian still felt that he was talking nonsense.

"Your companion is the model of the lamp being extinguished. "Under this oil lamp, the awakened people find themselves all lost, alone in the face of endless darkness. The only source of light is this lamp, and then you have a road in front of you and a road behind you, but you don't dare to go, because once you leave, you will lose the only light source. ”

"It's easy to despair in this situation, people will be confused, they will be afraid, and finally they will not dare to take a step, only to huddle in this little firelight. Eventually, the fuel runs out, and the demons pounce on them from the darkness and eat the delicious food. ”

Ian frowned and said coldly, "You're talking about ordinary people, and you can't use it on hunters." ”

The team on this trip was full of experienced hunters. People are scared when they encounter such situations, but hunters don't let that deter them.

"Really?" Manhe looked at Ian, the corners of his mouth curled in a very strange arc, "In that case, why, you just now, are you one second away from death?"

Ian froze.

"It's a ghost town, not anywhere else. Your mind will be eroded by despair and madness, no matter how strong you have been, what reverberates in your mind will always be when you are weakest, when you are most desperate, and when you are most wronged. "To put it simply, even with a sword in your hand, all you can remember is the fear of being attacked by a vicious dog as a child, even if it only takes you a second to kill that dog now." Because you still think you're the weak kid you once was. ”

Cold sweat soaked Ian's back. He couldn't figure out why he was afraid, even if he faced Nathan, the Wind King alone, there was no fear in his heart. But just now, what echoed in his mind was not the Wind King he hunted with one sword, but the self who had curled up in the garbage heap many years ago.

"Got it. "Here, the fear in people's hearts will be infinitely magnified, and no matter how well you hide it, it will eventually be naked in front of you." Unless you can defeat it, you will have to sink forever, and the images that once made you extremely frightened echo in your mind all the time, and in reality, you will be eaten into pieces by demons, and blood and internal organs will flow all over the ground. ”

Ian let out a long breath, soothing the depression in his heart. His instincts told him that Manhe was not lying, that what he said was the truth, the naked truth.

"Why do you know so much?"

"When you look at your people dying because of this, you will naturally be impressed. Twenty years ago, there were thirty-one dwarves who were brought here, and I am the only one alive. "Originally, I thought you were also trapped, and I was going to give you a break, but I didn't expect you to come back to life, it's really surprising." ”

Ian suddenly felt uneasy, "Did you kill someone else?"

"That's right. Manhe admitted, "You're the eighth human I've ever seen, and I've already had seven people before. ”

Ian squeezed the hilt of the guard's knife tightly, and green tendons burst out of his hand one by one.

"I have to kill them. Manhe said calmly, "Otherwise, they will become our enemies." ”

"You'd better make it clear. Ian fought back his anger, "Otherwise, I'll kill you." ”

"Haven't I been saying it all the time. From the moment you come here, you have to abandon all the ideas you once had, you have no companions, no teammates, and there are only two kinds of people in the ghost town, the living and the dead. "You and I are the living, and we must kill the dead." ”

"You said they weren't dead yet, they were just living in fantasy. Ian growled, "You could take them away." ”

"Really?"

Manhe smiled strangely, "If you really think so, you might as well look up." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Quite simply, didn't you ask me why I didn't save them. Manhe whispered, "Oh, the lights, go out." ”

At the moment when Manhe's words fell, the oil lamp finally ran out of the last bit of fuel and went out with a soft sound. The world disappeared into darkness, and before Ian could speak, there was a slight noise in his ears, and the bluestone bricks under his feet began to tremble slightly.

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