At noon, Goat Town

In the house of some hapless man, the gramophone plays unknown classical music, like that of an orchestra, sometimes exciting, sometimes soothing.

Nika seemed to be exhausted by the hard work of the journey, and while everyone was still discussing his next move, he curled up in the corner of the couch silently and fell asleep, not even waking him up by Ethan's music.

When it was time for the meal, Rena and Thoma went to the kitchen to find some useful ingredients, and in order not to disturb Nika's sleep, Jiang Chenchuan and Ethan went upstairs to find a study to discuss.

Ethan disagrees with Thoma's point of view, Goat Town is already remote, coupled with geographical advantages, there is little contact with the outside world, even if something happens, there is no need to leave an empty town, not to mention, the town has no traces of being attacked.

"So...... What do you think? ”

"Two possibilities, my original idea was to evacuate all of them, for some reason, they abandoned the town and moved away en masse, but you can also see that the clothes in the closet are still there, even the suitcases are completely placed in the room, and countless traces are telling me that they are not gone."

It can be seen that Ethan is serious and a very reliable person, Jiang Chenchuan raised his hand and motioned for him to continue.

"After digging deeper, I thought of another possibility, could it be a ...... A mysterious force has wiped out all the townspeople of Goat Town! ”

Ethan's voice was low, as if he was telling a terrible horror story, the icy chill permeated the town, the language seemed to have magical power, and the silent weirdness slowly emerged from the shadows.

Not all bloody stories have tragic endings, Jiang Chenchuan pondered for a while, then shook his head and said:

"I think...... Not a mystery. ”

"Mystery" is really a universal term, just like when human beings were enlightened, they could write all unexplained natural phenomena into myths, and cover their ignorance with supernatural stories.

However, with the development and progress of the times, human beings continue to break through the unexplained unknown through science and technology, which has lifted the hazy veil called "mystery".

"Tell me what you think, Ewell."

Ethan leaned forward, looking interested.

"Listen to Ethan, we came all the way, passing through shops, schools, residential areas, ......"

With the continuous memories, Jiang Chenchuan began to tell his inference:

"The opening hours posted outside the shop are from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and there is no sign of damage, the school is clean, only the yellow leaves are left on the ground, and the chains on the door are intact, so the time of the town's accident should be after 8 p.m. that day, and the students are all back home."

Accompanied by Jiang Chenchuan's words, Ethan's eyes seemed to really appear in front of him, walking on the streets of Goat Town, observing the details that were easily overlooked.

"Most of the doors in the residential area are intact, but I just found after investigating these houses in the neighborhood that almost every door lock has been violently opened, even if someone deliberately repairs it later, you can see that you are in a hurry to leave, very hurried.

And I also used some extraordinary means, and after entering several investigations, I confirmed that there was indeed a fight in the house, and found traces of the disposal site. ”

Jiang Chenchuan slowly exhaled before he said his conclusion:

"Ethan, I suspect the townsfolk are still here."

Turning his head to look out the window, the gray mist surrounded the mountains, the sky emitted a gray light, and the whispered words were like a bombshell, blowing up the truth hidden under the goat town.

"You mean ......"

Ethan understood what he meant.

"Someone has captured them, and the only hope now is that the townspeople are still alive, just locked up somewhere in the town, and if we are lucky, we may be able to rescue them, which of course, means that the enemy is in the shadows, and may be hiding somewhere to observe us right now."

"Wow, that's terrible."

Ethan said with a smile, it seems, he really didn't care.

"Now, then, it's time for us to cut to the chase, Ywell, you guys...... You're here to find the 'Black Goat's Horn', right? ”

"Of course."

Jiang Chenchuan did not deny it.

Everyone comes with their own goals, whether to cooperate or make enemies, only look at the contradictions and conflicts between interests.

"But you have also discovered that although this place is called Goat Town, due to environmental and geographical problems, not a single sheep can be raised, let alone the head horns of any black goats."

Ethan's words were a little disappointed, he thought that as long as he came to Goat Town, he would be able to get what he wanted, but he didn't expect that it backfired, he searched the entire town, but he didn't find the rare alchemy raw materials.

It's a real headache.

"So, you're trying to ......"

Jiang Chenchuan said tentatively.

"Cooperate, Ewell, there are only five of us alive in the town, so there's no need to be hostile to each other."

Ethan looked sincere, Jiang Chenchuan would not refuse, coupled with his whimsy, maybe there would be some unexpected gains.

The two of them had a good conversation upstairs, but Rena's fate downstairs was not so lucky, as soon as she came out of the kitchen with a hot meal, she saw that Nika had woken up, and he was sitting upright on the couch, looking around with a puzzled expression.

"You're awake, do you want to get something to eat?"

Rena greeted kindly.

As if she hadn't heard, Konika sat motionless.

suddenly

"Gross-"

Nika clutched his stomach in pain, as if he had eaten badly, but he vomited for a long time and didn't vomit anything.

"Nika, are you alright?"

Rena wanted to be concerned about Nika's condition, but Thoma called from the kitchen to help turn off the fire, so Rena had to quickly turn around and go back.

Blood-red eyes suddenly opened, sticky tentacles emerged from within, crawling slowly on floors and walls, extending from the ceiling of the kitchen, falling behind Rena's back, gently wrapping around her snow-white neck.

It just so happened that Thoma turned his head and saw this scene.

"Ahh ——”

The screams alarmed everyone.

The tentacles instantly tightened, and Rena only felt suffocated, but at the time of strangulation, the tentacles seemed to be scalded by something, making a "zizizi" burning sound, and let go of Rena.

Rena sat on the ground, gasping for breath, and Thoma was so frightened that she couldn't move.

The two upstairs heard the movement, Jiang Chenchuan grabbed his cane and rushed out of the room, Ethan followed, only to see a sticky pool of blood on the floor in the living room, the door was wide open, and Nika was nowhere to be seen.

"Thoma?"

Ethan went to the kitchen and saw a shivering Thomas cowering in the corner, and a terrified Rena.

"What happened? Has anyone been hurt? ”

"Touching ...... Tentacle! ”

Thoma said in a panic.

"Is it Nika?" Jiang Chenchuan appeared at the door, and he said in a calm voice, "He's gone." ”

Thoma shook his head, indicating that he hadn't seen anything.

"Gotta find him."

In the blue pupils, indescribable emotions rolled.