In the middle of the moon, the stars were scarce, and large dark clouds hovered above the Changlong apartment, covering the three or two stars, and gradually engulfing the small half of the moon.

Qin Anyi held a cigarette in his mouth, and did not rush to light the fire for the tobacco, his phantom limbs were revealed, and he skipped over the wall, and his two fingers were rhythmically and continuously tapping on the wall.

Although the walls have been repainted, it is difficult to hide the mottling underneath.

As an immovable cultural relic, Changlong Apartment still plays the role of the cheapest rental house in Shenhu City.

He took off his headphones and listened carefully to the sound of chewing lurking in the shadows.

He crept closer, and then stretched out his embodied phantom limb, the dark red arm that stained the moonlight red, and the phantom limb was about to pierce into the dark corner.

The sound of chewing kept coming out, and even became more and more dense and messy, as if tens of thousands of mouths were eating at their own frequency.

Then the phantom pain came from the phantom limb, and when the phantom limb was withdrawn again, the phantom limb was also covered with chips and tooth marks.

"Can you even nibble on phantom limbs?"

Qin Anyi can feel that although the part of the phantom limb that is being eaten still exists, it is also constantly using the cycle to maintain its own existence, that is, the part that is being eaten is undergoing the process of "digestion".

Then, in the gaps between the walls and the debris, a liquid like a "mouth" slowly flowed out, like the soft melted alarm clock in Salvador Dalí's "The Eternity of Memory".

The black mouth reveals neat white teeth, which constantly open and close up and down, making a clashing sound.

They're like cockroaches.

When you find cockroaches in your home, it means that you are in a dark place that cannot be detected... It's already full of tons of disgusting guys.

Black mouths also flowed out of various debris, and there were these overflowing mouths all over the hallway.

"Oh, that's really... It's not good."

The tide of lips and white teeth converged and flowed on the walls, floors, ceilings, and windowsills like marching ants, and their targets were only aimed at Qin Anyi, the uninvited guest who suddenly broke in.

If Qin Anyi has no ability to resist, then he will become the food that these mouths chew in their mouths.

The total population of Shenhu City is 23 million, and the number of missing persons every year accounts for about 1 in 1,000, which means that the number of missing people every year is about 23,000, and a considerable proportion of these 23,000 people are due to ghosts.

Just like these ghosts contained in the Changlong apartment, their recipes are extensive, and they are the embodiment of "famine".

Otherwise, Qin Anyi would not have felt that Changlong's apartment was very clean.

In a place like Changlong Apartment, where the population is mixed and there are many sundries, cockroaches and rats are naturally indispensable, but Qin Anyi did not find any rats or cockroaches here.

Because these mouths eat them in the dark to fill the empty "stomach pouch", in a sense, this goblin is more effective than cockroach medicine and mousetraps.

However, Qin Anyi is also in the recipe.

Black viscous amorphous lips and teeth emerged from visible and invisible directions, and Qin Anyi only had time to put his intact arm on it.

The crimson glow was based on the palm of its hand, and then, the crimson bright red glow shimmered for a moment.

At this moment, it was as if a frame had been inserted into a movie or some other animation, a frame of pure crimson, and the fleeting crimson also took away the spread of lips and teeth.

Then he clasped his hands, his skin glowing with the red light.

This is a controllable supernatural puzzle Crimson Empress, and it is also a good thing left by Qin Yuelou to Qin Anyi, although it is controllable, it cannot be used at all times in the form of exhausting and fishing.

Because this ability is to dye [Concept] crimson and recycle it, and then strengthen one's body.

A concept is a metaphysical thing that does not exist as a substance, but exists broadly in any reality

In the corporeal and non-corporeal, just as one of the concepts of water is flowing, when the concept of "flow" is impregnated, then this concept is lost, and water cannot flow.

But if the concept of water is all impregnated, then is the water that has lost all its concept still water?

The question makes no sense, because the water, which has lost all its concepts, is also impregnated with crimson and turned crimson.

Concepts are part of existence, and when all concepts are lost, they naturally do not cease to exist.

And this part of the lips and teeth that wanted to eat Qin Anyi were also dyed crimson, returning to their origins and becoming nutrients for strengthening their bodies.

Qin Anyi can naturally use the power of this supernatural puzzle continuously, but unfettered use will only allow the Scarlet Witch to swallow him in the end, and may eventually become an ever-expanding "Crimson".

In other words, if no one stops it, the entire universe will turn "crimson", although this is only theoretical, although this theory is very easy to achieve.

Therefore, for the sake of his own existence, and for the sake of world peace and the safety of the universe, Qin An remembers to use this supernatural puzzle responsibly and sparingly.

Suppressing the aftermath of the red light, Qin Anyi felt that something was wrong.

Phantom limbs were indeed strong, but they were limited to a single entity, and this was the first time he had encountered such a large number of ghosts, if not everywhere.

And he didn't find a pattern, but fortunately he could find a pattern.

This law is hidden in the corners of the past.

The battle between Shenhu and Shanghai lasted for three months, and in three months, the refugees in the Changlong apartment changed from nearly 3,000 to more than 200 left.

Both the invaders and the anti-aggression compatriots suffered heavy casualties, and even though they were able to recapture Shenhu, it was a disastrous victory, and the remaining troops brought supplies, but they kept silent about the more than 2,000 people who disappeared.

This matter is a secret taboo that cannot be said, and Qin Anyi is looking for the law through the dual perspectives of [past and present].

He carefully avoided stepping into the inevitable darkness, trying his best to find a spacious place to stay, but the feeling of being watched stuck to all parts of his body.

Just like beef cattle, different parts of the meat are classified into different names, and these different parts have a significant audience.

He was the beef cow to be slaughtered.

And he must also be cautious, because the dual perspective means that the brain processes more information about the environment, and if you are not careful, you may lose some part of your body.

At the same time, he also had to sense the current situation of the phantom limb fragment that had been devoured.

Phantom limb fragments are still circulating and undigested, but they can be felt circulating, but they are elusive.

Because the fragments of the phantom limb are constantly jumping inside the Changlong apartment in the perception.

The lips and teeth seem to constitute an invisible, more abstract anthill in the Changlong apartment, but the final destination of the food is either the "belly" of the "ants" or the food warehouse in the anthill.

The headless fly generally has no choice but to dodge the pursuit from the shadows while waiting for the final landing point, which he is ready to destroy.

The birth of ghosts is inseparable from people, so the concept of humans will also be applied to ghosts.

Eating will be digested, and digestion will only be in the stomach.

Qin Anyi's guess is that he needs to find their "stomachs", and then destroy the "stomachs" to "starve to death" of their lips and teeth.

I don't know how long it has been, Qin Anyi rubbed his swollen temples,

He has seen the tragic scene of cannibalism several times,

In addition to the hair, even the bones are stewed and rotten when bitten, and then chewed into bone residue.

But the ghost lurking in the shadows is also quietly devouring people who are unaware.

Perhaps for this goblin, eating [the murderer who ate himself] is also a kind of revenge.

Revenge is in full swing until it is finally discovered by someone who is on the lookout.

The atmosphere in the Changlong apartment, which was already panicked, has also changed

for repression.

When there are many people, one or two, or even a dozen, are only a small part, but when there are few people, this missing part will become extremely eye-catching.

At first, people thought it was people who didn't want to eat people and couldn't stand being hungry to go out in search of food, but in the end they were shot, and some even lamented the lack of food.

After all, when the lottery has become a condition for determining life and death, the more lottery winners, the better.

"One Thousand and Twelve..." Qin Anyi has already seen the 1012th cannibalism.

But he still didn't find the pattern of the ghost.

Because that thing appears quickly, preys quickly, and leaves faster, the amount of information that can be obtained is very small.

At present, he can only list five pieces of information.

Lip and Tooth are group goblins.

They hide in the voids and dark corners.

They do not actively eat inorganic substances.

Now they are not attacking other inhabitants.

The rest of the population did not seem to be aware of any movement from the outside world, and no one even entered or exited.

Qin Anyi found a loophole in the five pieces of information, and then he stopped where he was, and a dangerous and bold idea appeared in his mind.

"Why don't you follow the hints I gave you and find the paranormal puzzle pieces I left for you?" The voice of the Ancient Heavenly Emperor came from the water mirror.

The white-haired Taoist lowered his eyes, and looked down at the embarrassed Qin Anyi indifferently and calmly.

"Because I want to try to solve these things without relying on you." Qin Anyi responded.

"I advise you to follow the predetermined path I have given you, or else." The ancient Heavenly Emperor ordered with an unkind euphemism.

"Stop, stop, no one is qualified to choose the right path for others, and in the same way, when a person chooses a certain path without the interference of others, he should also pay for the consequences." Qin Anyi took a cigarette in his mouth and lit it.

Pale cyan smoke wafted out, and the stench of raw smoke also appeared.

"So, I advise you not to meddle in things, our relationship is not master-slave, we are just a cooperative relationship in the same position, you are not qualified to dictate to me, of course, according to your presupposition, it is also possible, but I am not going to choose when I am not cornered, after all, the supernatural puzzle piece Crimson Empress you gave me, when I realized the terrible nature of this thing, I felt that you are not a good person."

"Oh? What do you mean by that?" The Ancient Heavenly Emperor seemed to be smiling, glancing at Qin Anyi with contempt.

"You don't care if human beings live or die, you only care about whether you can replace that source, and you don't care about the impact in the process of replacing the source, but I'm different, I can't ignore those effects." Qin Anyi took a deep puff of his cigarette.

Red light then bursts from the surface of its body.

The lips and teeth only eat organic matter, so they use red light to briefly wrap the concept of "organic matter" in their middle finger and cut off the concept of "organic matter" in themselves.

In this way, he becomes "inorganic".

It's just that if he's not careful, his "organic concept" will be impregnated with crimson, so he only limits the partition to his middle finger, so that if something goes wrong, he will only lose one middle finger.

"But fortunately, I succeeded, and I could hold on for about ten minutes, with sixty seconds reserved, and I only had nine minutes of safe time." Qin Anyi announced his conclusion.

The Ancient Heavenly Emperor was silent for a moment, "Then let me see how much power you have to support your bold and dangerous practical operations."

In this way, Qin Anyi sensed the fragments of the phantom limb, and the final landing point was an incense burner-shaped house standing in the middle square under the patio of Changlong Apartment.

"I should have explored the incense burner room as soon as possible." Qin Anyi was a little remorseful.

So he rolled over and stood on the aisle fence and jumped steadily.

Then, in the process of falling, the phantom limb firmly grasped the fence on the next floor.

The dual perspectives in the eyes also slide with the fall, with the left eye seeing the past and the right eye seeing the present.

In the past, hungry people could be seen through open windows

They rally around the steaming boiler and the firelight, eating the offal.

At that moment, there was a sound of snoring in the dim room with the doors and windows closed.

Qin Anyi also went downstairs as quickly as possible from the fifth floor to the roof of a private car parked in the square, leaving a slight dent on his feet, and then he thought for a moment, then stepped on the roof and hood of the private car and transferred to the top of another vehicle with a flashlight.

In the patio square of Changlong Apartment, there are a large number of private cars in the middle and low price categories, which is a square, but it is also an atypical parking lot.

The lips and teeth will lurk in the dark, and the gap between the bottom of the car and the car will be the same, and the light will give visibility to the dark place, so the dark place will lose its hidden meaning.

In this way, Qin Anyi stepped on the vehicle and came to the door of the incense burner room.

Outside the incense burner room, as the name suggests, it looks like an incense burner, not so much a house, but like a small temple with a cement pier, but the small temple does not worship any gods, but molds three metal "incense" in the incense burner.

On the top of the incense burner, there are also rows of numbers engraved, and the final payment is - Xuanyuan Zhenwu.

"It's... Interesting." The Ancient Heavenly Emperor let out a sigh of admiration.

"What can an ancient Heavenly Emperor like you admire?" Qin Anyi deliberately added an accent to "admiration".

"This is a radio code left by Xuanyuan Zhenwu for you, using his own encryption method."