"Whew", the attack missed, and the dagger passed through the shadow.

Not only the dagger, but Babu's entire arm and even half a man passed through the shadow, as if it were really just a shadow. And Babu just felt a slight chill in his body, and there was nothing else unusual.

At the same time as the dagger pierced the air, the long whip behind it had bypassed the Báb, and three whips were drawn in succession at the landing point of the dagger, and the square bricks on the ground were whipped into dust, but there was no gain.

In Babu's eyes, the shadow continued to flicker around him, and then suddenly it turned into a mist and disappeared, but soon regrouped not far away, and then disappeared into the darkness of the night.

Jumping back a few steps in a row, away from where the shadow was just now, Babu was a little confused, and when he turned around, he found that the other two people were looking at him with solemn expressions, and Gauss even showed a worried look.

"We didn't see anything." Monica frowned and asked, "Did you find anything?" ”

"A dark shadow ......" Babu simply described what he had just seen, which was like a substance that did not belong to this world at all, but simply existed as an image, and it was so hazy that even Babu himself could hardly be sure that it was not his own delusion.

"It shouldn't be a delusion." Captain Gauss's expression became more serious, and he thought for a moment and said, "I'll coordinate and arrange the support team first, Babu, do you want to put the child in your arms in a safe place first, or leave it to someone else to take care of, and it will depend on your perception ability later." ”

"Huh?" Barb heard it, and Gauss's tone was noticeably more polite. He looked down at Anna's sleeping face, the little guy really didn't have to worry about being woken up at all, and he could sleep so soundly with such chaos around him. Hesitantly poking Anna in the face, Babu shook her head and said, "Forget it, she'll be scared when she wakes up and finds that she's not by my side." ”

"Then you keep an eye on it, I'll go first."

Gauss didn't insist, he said hello and turned to leave, and after seeing him leave, only himself and Monica were left here, and Babu asked, "Your expression is not right, is there anything wrong with the dark shadow I saw?" Also related to the current edge shock? In fact, I have wanted to ask since yesterday, what exactly is the edge shock? I hadn't had the opportunity to use such high-end terms before. ”

"You really don't know?" Monica's eyes and tone were a little strange, but after a little hesitation, she still sighed, "Forget it, you have your own opinions, and I promised you yesterday that I won't force you to ask you for secrets you don't want to tell." ”

Babu bowed slightly, smiling, "Thank you." ”

"As for the edge shock...... In terms of theory, there may be people in those distant big cities who are studying it, but I have not been exposed to it, so what I am talking about is just the experience I have summed up over the years, and I do not guarantee accuracy. Let's not be idle, our people have gone out to support everywhere, you and I belong to the mobile force, accompany me to the security stations everywhere, in case of infiltrating tricks, it is one who can save a person. ”

Monica easily snatched two horses from the security team headquarters, but fortunately there were a lot of horses in the town, and they could barely supply them. Babu was riding with Anna and Monica in his arms, and he hesitated to send the girl home, but after thinking twice, he felt that it was safer to take it with him.

On the streets of the town at night, the horses were hurrying, and Monica was heard speaking in a low, magnetic voice.

"We live in this world, and there is another world outside this world called the illusory world, and the overlap of the two worlds is the edge. There are violent illusory powers and all kinds of terrifying unknown existences in the illusory world, and legend has it that no one can return from the illusory world alive. The so-called edge oscillation is the process of erupting into the present world after the phantom energy in the edge has accumulated to a certain extent, and the process is often accompanied by the invasion of strange objects and the generation of phantom beasts, that is, the unlucky ghost you met last night. ”

"Eruption? The word ......," asked Babuma, "but wasn't there just a fringe shock yesterday?" Saved up so quickly? ”

"I'm also weird, normally it can't be so frequent, and not so sudden as yesterday and today, so I've always suspected that it was the impact of the node I saw yesterday." Monica sighed, "That node must be disposed of as quickly as possible, or who knows what will happen again." However, whatever you do, you will have to wait until you survive this shock. ”

"So hard? Is it dangerous? Babu's eyes were still two different spaces, and I don't know if it was the illusion that came from listening to Monica's words, he always felt that something was approaching and infiltrating from the side of the blood mist to the normal side.

"As I said to Gauss earlier, whether it is dangerous or not depends on when the shock ends. The shock is generally divided into several stages, the initial stage, only a low concentration of phantom energy pollution is sprayed into the present world, this stage generally does not affect anyone too much, only people with relatively low soul resistance, occasionally polluted by the high concentration of pollution sources around them, turned into unconscious phantom beasts, yesterday's unlucky ghost is an example. At this time, it is actually a safe period. ”

"Huh?" The Báb almost stopped Mahler, remembering what had happened to him when he woke up last night, and he said in a very confused way, "You said that thing was 'safe' last night?" ”

"Hahahaha, of course the phantom beast is dangerous, but the chance of appearing is too small, relatively speaking, this stage is safe, or how to say that yesterday was the unlucky ghost."

In Monica's refreshing laughter, a flickering fire appeared in front of her, mixed with the cry of a child. A few disheveled townspeople, holding their two children, accompanied by security guards with torches, gathered towards the concentration site. There were already quite a few people there, noisily and shouting in a heap, but no one complained about being pulled up in the middle of the night, but hundreds of people gathered together, and the noise alone made people have a headache.

"If you can reach the first stage, at least the edge shock above the third level, at this time there is actually no need to take measures, ah, last night, the beginning and the end were as sudden, not to mention the special case, normally the vast majority of edge shocks will end on their own within a few minutes. But if it doesn't end in time, it will enter the second stage, and in the second stage, as the pollution increases, those marginal monsters will slowly infiltrate the present world along with the pollution. But at this time, it is actually okay, because the concentration of the phantom energy pollution that erupts into the present world is still too low, and if the pollution concentration is not enough, the strange object cannot be manifested, and it cannot even be observed, so it can only be ......."

"Only like the one I just stabbed?" Babu reacted immediately, "No wonder you understood as soon as I said it, and your face was not very good, because you have entered the second stage?" ”

"Actually, thanks to you, when we can observe the phantom of the strange thing ourselves, it will not be far from entering the third stage. Now that you've decided on the second phase in advance, Gauss has plenty of reasons to make an emergency dispatch, saving him a lot of trouble. He is just too rigid, in fact, this kind of trouble can be completely avoided. ”

Monica pursed her lips and didn't continue to comment, because between words, the second police station had already arrived. The police station was a very large courtyard, and more than a hundred townspeople gathered in the courtyard, which seemed very crowded, but no one hid inside the building of the security station, but instead sealed the door of the building, as if they were afraid that something would come out of it.

There were wooden horses piled up at the door, some people stood on the fence and shook torches loudly, some people were carrying bows and arrows up the fence, parents covered the children's crying mouths, everyone's breathing became heavy, and the atmosphere added a bit of tension and scarcity.

"Smack", the whip burst in the air, and Monica waved her hand like a man on the wall, leaving the police station behind. Babu also turned his head, and it seemed to him that in the night, there seemed to be countless black shadow hands reaching out, cautiously reaching out towards the wall, but they quickly retreated in a hurry, repeating itself, but each time it was closer.

"It doesn't look good." Hearing Babu recount what she saw, Monica smiled wryly, "The second stage is just because the concentration of pollution is not enough, once the concentration is enough, it will enter the third stage, and the edge monster will complete the penetration and successfully manifest in the present world, do you remember the spectacular scene you saw in it yesterday?" Then we will be able to see it in this world as well. And don't forget, we are soul resistant, don't worry too much about being polluted, people in this world are different, they don't have resistance...... Hey, Victor, how's it going? ”

In that direction, a short, thin man stood guard at the door of another police station, he was not wearing the uniform of the garrison or the security team, presumably a companion of the scavenging team.

As soon as the other party saw Monica, he immediately waved his hand happily and shouted, "Boss, why are you here, who is this, Babu?" Ha, there's finally a new person. Boss, we're okay here, we didn't find anything out of the ordinary, just that Sooke's dentures couldn't be found, and Sarah's pan was ......"

"Shut up." Monica's expressionless Victor mentally polluted the noise, turned back to Babu and said, "Hurry up, you can't stay here for long, or you'll be annoyed to death." ”

Babu understood, but paused and asked, "You said that after entering the third stage, the monsters will enter the present world, and I am curious, where do they enter?" Isn't it different from yesterday when we returned to this world? ”

"It's different, it's not at all. They appear directly in the inner world, and there is no pattern in the location of their appearance, they may be in the town, they may be outside the town, they may be in the east, west, north and south, but they are mainly given priority to the location with the breath of human life. ”

"Where?" "I mean," asked the Báb, "they don't come out of nowhere." ”

Monica followed Babu's gaze and fell silent. Not only Babu, but even she saw it this time, just on the wall of the security station, a black shadow was condensing.

The shadow that appeared out of thin air was like a giant beetle with tentacles on its back, dancing, sometimes shortening, sometimes elongating, trying to probe the townsfolk who were approaching the wall, and the people inside had no idea, no idea what they were facing.

The shadows got closer and closer, and the screams pierced the night sky.