Chapter 31: Matryoshka Doll (Successful Signing, Today's Double Update, Asking for a Monthly Pass and Collecting)
Takashi Pingshan drove the car on the highway, drove out of the city that had just entered, and drove towards the suburbs.
"We're going to Black Onyx Lake now, where someone has witnessed the cult performing a ritual to summon demons."
"Black Onyx Lake?" Zhang Ping asked, "Where?" ”
"Huh?" Takashi Pingshan turned his head to look at Zhang Ping, who was speaking, "Don't you know about Black Onyx Lake?" ”
Takashi Pingshan gave everyone a general introduction to the destination of this mission.
Black Onyx Lake, originally called Black Lake, is a giant lake located in the northeast of District 11, for some unknown reason, the lake's water and sand are black, and when viewed from the sky, it looks like a black agate embedded in the earth.
The depth of the Black Lake is extremely deep, two kilometers according to sonar detection, and because of the color of the lake, it is extremely difficult to explore, but it is simply determined that there do not seem to be any dangerous creatures living in it.
However, because of its high tourism value and the healing effect of the water of the Black Lake, the government of the 11th District opened part of the Black Lake to the outside world as a health resort and tourist attraction.
The Black Lagoon proved to be of great value and became a world-famous attraction in one fell swoop, and the policy was successful in bringing a lot of funding to the 11th district government, so it continues to this day.
Now it has been reported that a cult organization has held a ceremony in the area, and the government department has urgently ordered the temporary closure of the attraction and evacuated the surrounding tourists.
However, because the local sanatorium and scenic spot have the government power of other districts behind them, they are putting pressure on the government of the 11th district.
The main force of the 11th District was still some time away from coming, so they had to send Takashi Pingshan, who was relatively close, as an advance team.
However, they were also lucky for Lin Qi, and the first task was related to demons.
As the car drove away from the city, the clouds in the sky became heavier, and the original light rain turned into sleet, which kept falling on the windows and then being swept away by the wipers.
After driving on the highway for about half an hour, Takashi Pingshan pulled off the road and turned to the dirt road.
This time I was going to an area of the Black Lake that was not open, and there was no specially paved road, so I had to walk on dirt roads.
The car is supposed to have been specially modified, and it is not difficult to walk on some muddy dirt roads.
The road conditions became more and more bumpy, and Zhang Ping looked out the window and frowned.
At some point, the dirt road began to turn from yellow, soft soil to black, hard frozen soil.
These eleven areas are aimed at the real neon country, and according to the geographical characteristics of the neon country, there will be no such permafrost.
Moreover... Nor would such dense forests grow on permafrost.
A cold feeling welled up in his heart, and Lin Ke noticed Zhang Ping's expression and looked out the window.
The frozen ground outside the window is not a single grass as common sense, but a dense forest.
The pitch-black trunk of the tree is cast like iron in the hard frozen soil, and the dark green needle-like leaves of the roots are squeezed out of the branches and grow.
Just looking at it will give you a sharp feeling, and if you go in and walk around, you may not have a piece of good meat on your body.
Combined with the snow cover, this world of black and white gives people a strong sense of alienation.
Takashi Pingshan saw the expressions of several people, and said proudly: "This is the famous black ironwood, and it only grows near the black onyx lake in our country in the world."
Moreover, it cannot be cultivated artificially, and the price is extremely expensive, and many poachers go to prison every year for this. ”
Lin Ke looked out the window at the rapidly retreating black forest, a little puzzled.
He always felt that the forest gave him the illusion that he could eat it, like dark chocolate.
But that cold feeling didn't go away.
Suddenly, a red shadow flashed, extremely conspicuous in a black and white world.
With Lin Kun's current eyesight, he can't be mistaken, it should be a wood carving, about half a person tall, the image is very traditional, and it is a very common kind of matryoshka doll.
Red patent leather, green and yellow floral clothes, the painted hand holds a white vase, the only incongruity is the eyes of the nesting doll, are two pitch-black hollows, it seems that some undried black lacquer flows out of the hollows.
Turning his head to look at the people in the car, except for Zhang Ping, who had been looking out the window, no one else saw it.
The two glanced at each other, Lin Ke nodded, and told Takashi Pingshan, who was driving, about it.
After all, he has just come to this world, and professional things need to find professional people.
"Huh? Half-human tall matryoshka dolls? What is that? Takashi Pingshan wondered, "Oh, you mean you saw a half-human tall nesting doll in the seventh district, right, could it be a mistake?" ”
Lin Ke: "Absolutely not. ”
"I saw it too, it was a matryoshka doll in a flash." Zhang Ping also said in a timely manner.
He didn't have the dynamic vision of Lin Ke, but he could roughly see that it was a matryoshka doll in red patent leather.
After Yang Xiaoyan heard this, she squeezed next to Zhang Ping, she was a little afraid of this weird thing.
"Could it be furniture that someone has moved?" Liu Cheng swallowed.
Takashi Pingshan's expression was a little solemn: "This side is usually blocked, if it weren't for the registration of the license plate of my car, I wouldn't be able to enter, and no one would put a nesting doll here."
You said that the nesting doll was watching us, it should be a cult surveillance method, and we should have been discovered. ”
"Do you want to report it above?" Zhang Ping asked.
"There's no evidence, and besides, other people are on their way, so reporting it won't speed up anything." Lin Ke patted Takashi Pingshan on the shoulder, "Turn around and go back, I'll see what is pretending to be weird with me." ”
Lin Ke said that he wanted to be reckless.
"It's... Wouldn't it be too dangerous. Takashi Pingshan hesitated.
"What are you hesitating about?" Lin Qi is most annoyed by this kind of stupid person who hides his head and tail: "If you don't take the initiative, it will be more dangerous." ”
"Yes!" Takashi Pingshan gritted his teeth, hung up a gear, turned around and turned back. "There's some spare weapons in the trunk of the car, and you can see it by pulling that strap out of the backrest."
Liu Chengzhao pulled the strap on his backrest, the automatic light turned on, and a pile of swarthy firearms was neatly placed inside.
"Huo, this submachine gun; Ho, this grenade ... Fuck, and RPGs! It's invincible! Every man is interested in firearms, and even suffers from the incurable disease "lack of firepower phobia", Liu Cheng is a typical "firepower boy king", and he is already very excited at this time.
"Don't get excited, haven't you heard during your training that hot weapons are less effective against demons?" Zhang Ping reminded Liu Cheng in a timely manner. "At a critical time, you have to look at the magic arts."
Takashi Pingshan nodded, and shook his head again: "We may not necessarily encounter demons, thermal weapons are still very deadly for demons." ”
"Well... Parking, this is it. ”
The car glided for several meters on the frozen ground and came to a slow stop.
Everyone got out of the car, and sure enough, they saw a half-human tall patent matryoshka doll standing in the woods, with a pair of empty eyes with black paint looking straight at everyone.
Yang Xiaoyan swallowed her saliva and slowly retreated behind a few people.
"Hiss~" Lin Qi gasped, "Still here?" So confident? ”
"You said we destroyed a little bit of that black ironwood during our mission, will it be okay?"
"Huh?" Takashi Pingshan, who was taking pictures, was obviously stunned for a moment, "No." ”
"That's good... Do it! "Lin Ke doesn't have a lot of bb, picking up the bazooka is an RPG and flying over.
"Collapse!"
With a loud bang, sawdust flew and a heat wave hit the face, adding a touch of color to this black and white world.
The smoke cleared, and the flames were also suppressed by the rain and snow.
The wood carving still stood in place, but the patent leather was more red, and the originally calm face had changed to a mocking smile.
"Big brother," Liu Cheng pulled the corner of Lin Qi's clothes, "it's provoking you." ”