Chapter 10: The Cthulhu Mythos, True and False
"You, Qin Lingxue, an ordinary student of D University, are walking on the road of the campus as usual." Chen Qiang began his story.
Good boy, telling ghost stories in broad daylight, Uncle Xu, who was wiping the table on the side, said in his heart.
"Suddenly, a man, looking a little embarrassed, stops you. He was dressed in a stained, tattered suit, but you could vaguely tell that it had been a sophisticated and valuable outfit. ”
"I asked politely," Xiaoxue tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Is there anything I can do to help?" ”
"'Help me! Help me! The man shouted, "Chen Qiang's whole voice became sharp, as if he had really become the desperate man in the story, "'You have to help me!'" Most people would say I'm crazy, but I'm not crazy! ’”
Chen Qiang was silent for a few seconds. Even Boss Xu was attracted by his vivid performance, and came over curiously to "listen to the story".
"'There's a ...... A demon in human skin is entrenched in this campus! Chen Qiang mimicked the man's desperate tone.
"I didn't know what to say, I just listened to him silently." Xiaoxue said.
"Seeing that you didn't react," Chen Qiang followed Xiaoxue's actions, "he hurriedly stuffed the briefcase in his hand into your hand." Listen—I know it's unbelievable—but the monster is all around us. The owner of that ice cream parlor is not a human, but a cannibal demon disguised as a human! ”
Uncle Xu's expression suddenly stiffened.
"I took the briefcase, and then I hope he calms down," Xiaoxue looked down at her character card, and didn't notice Uncle Xu's abnormality, "but I don't have skills like psychoanalysis......"
"You can't do anything," Chen Qiang recounted in a cold, unchanging tone, as if he had experienced the scene, "'This bag contains all the evidence I've gathered. I was about to attack the monster,' just to hear the man—you could clearly see the pained look on the other's face—but I got the wrong person. Now, before I get into more trouble, I'm going to turn myself in! Please be sure to give these things to the people you can trust the most! ’”
Chen Qiang took a sip of water and glanced at Uncle Xu next to him, who began to wipe the table again, but the expression on his face was somewhat unnatural.
"Before you could reply, the man walked away quickly." Chen Qiang's tone returned to calm.
I grabbed him...... No," Xiaoxue suddenly changed her mind in the middle of speaking, "I shouldn't have involved myself." I'll go back to the dorm...... No, find a secluded place where no one is there to open the briefcase. ”
"Go away on your own, that's your choice, right?" Chen Qiang stood up.
"What?" Xiaoxue was surprised.
"The day after tomorrow, we will continue the activities of the board game club," Chen Qiang said, "If you are scared, you might as well find a few teammates." The documents in the briefcase, I have them ready. When the time comes, I will present those documents and everything in them to you. ”
"People won't be afraid!" Xiaoxue muttered, "But why do you really have those documents?" ”
I used WORD to code last night, Chen Qiang said in his heart.
It took a lot of time, and next time I will find a codeword software.
Now, these documents are still waiting to be sent to the print shop on my USB stick......
"Who knows," he said, pretending to be deep, "maybe, the story is true." Come, let's go. ”
Xiaoxue shuddered, and she didn't know if she was really scared, or she used her 91% acting skills to show Chen Qiang.
Chen Qiang glanced at Uncle Xu. The middle-aged man who had told the story from beginning to end frowned, looking preoccupied.
It wasn't until he watched Chen Qiang and Xiaoxue leave that he breathed a sigh of relief.
……
Late at night.
Uncle Xu closed the door of the shop.
He has been keeping the shop for years, selling ice cream in the spring and summer, and hot drinks and fruit in the winter.
He was distracted all afternoon—the "stories" told by Chen Qiang swirled in his mind.
Don't...... Chen Qiang has been working in his own shop for a long time and accidentally discovered his secret?
"It's impossible," Uncle Xu said to himself, as if he was comforting himself, "It's just a coincidence." ”
He walked lightly towards the basement. Since it became an ice cream parlor, Uncle Xu has forbidden outsiders to enter the basement on the grounds that he has converted it into a miniature cold storage.
The long staircase, the closer you get to the door at the end, the heavier the gray smell of the air.
Uncle Xu slammed open the door—
It's a small basement. On the left-hand side of the room is a large freezer filled with assorted ice cream and ice cream, and the indicator light is on.
Everything works fine.
But a few meters away on the right-hand side, it was a different story entirely.
The carcasses of dead, half-rotting cows and sheep hang from the ceiling. They were scarred and had hideous claw marks.
Hungry.
Uncle Xu stretched out his hand towards one of the relatively intact cow corpses. His nails were sharpened, his skin became a strange rubber-like shape, his eyeballs were gone, and his back was involuntarily rickety.
Just as he pawed a piece of carrion from the carcass of the cow and shoved it into his mouth—
"Who?!" Uncle Xu turned around sharply, and he heard a noise upstairs.
"Uncle Xu, it's me!" Chen Qiang's voice came from upstairs, "I won't come to work in the future - I'll give you the key!" ”
"Wait a minute!" Uncle Xu said in a hoarse voice. Why don't you come a little earlier?
Swallow the rest of the carrion into your stomach.
"Goo...... Yes. ”
…… I almost choked.
You say, my body has become a lot stronger after I became like this, why is my esophagus still the same?
The transformation magic was recast, and after ten seconds, Uncle Xu's image of a Shiba Inu walking on two legs disappeared, and he changed back into a human form.
It's just that the unexpected consumption of magic power made his whole "person" seem even more tired.
"I'll come."
……
"Xiao Chen," Uncle Xu said, taking the key to the main gate from Chen Qiang's hand, "I'm sorry for you." ”
"It's a trivial matter," Chen Qiang said, "Uncle Xu, what did you just do?" ”
"In the basement." Uncle Xu was vague.
"I've been working here for almost two years," Mr. Chen said, "and you've never let me see the basement once." ”
"I'm used to tinkering with myself." Uncle Xu said.
"But you look tired."
"Can you not be tired," Uncle Xu waved his hand, "It's you, come here so late, the dormitory should be closed—wait." I'll answer the phone. Lao Lu's. ”
Uncle Xu walked into the back room with the mobile phone that was ringing. Chen Qiang looked at all this indifferently behind him.
It was this old Lu who borrowed a large amount of money from Uncle Xu and his wife under Chen Qiang's arrangement, and Uncle Xu definitely didn't dare not answer his call.
Of course...... The reason why Mr. Lu called in the middle of the night was also arranged by Chen Qiang a long time ago.
"Uncle Xu, I'm sorry." Chen Qiang said in his heart and walked towards the basement.