Chapter 18: The Hollow Old Man

Cold.

Bone-chilling cold.

At this moment, Chen Jing only felt that there was no place on his body that did not hurt, as if even the bone marrow had been frozen into thorny ice slag, and every beat of his heart was extremely difficult.

Is it unconscious?

Still is......

Chen Jing struggled to open his eyes, but he found that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake his eyelids.

The whole body was like falling into a hole in the ice of the thirty-nine days.

Cool from head to toe.

"Looks like I'm really cold."

Chen Jing thought so.

Slowly savor the legendary experience of death.

I heard that after the death of the body, the consciousness of the brain will remain for a while, and the brain waves have not disappeared, and it seems that the outside world can still be heard......

"You...... Rescue ...... Save him......"

"Hoo ————"

"I ...... I don't understand you...... words......"

"Hoo ————"

Chen Jing could hear that the person who spoke was a little skeleton, the little guy who looked pitiful in a raincoat and seemed to be falling apart at any time, but another voice ......

It shouldn't be a voice.

The sound was like the howling of the wind that poured into the room through the cracks in the windows of the upper floors after the winter was not closed.

"Or ...... You ate me...... Bar...... Eat me...... I've got a lot of bones...... Chewy ......"

"Hoo ————"

Just when this strange and strange wind whistle reappeared, Chen Jing only felt as if the top of his head had been slammed with some blunt object, and then a sharp pain spread from the wound to the depths of his brain......

I don't know how long it took.

Chen Jing gradually found that he had regained control of this body, although the feeling of ice slag flowing in his veins still did not subside, but he was able to move, and even his eyelids could be opened slightly......

Open the first look.

Chen Jing saw the little skeleton squatting beside him, staring nervously at him, but before he could say anything to comfort him, he saw the old man squatting on the other side of him for the second time.

To be honest, the old man's appearance is really hard to describe.

That's the kind of ......

Rare, very special, very subtle......

Disgusting.

In fact, the old man looks quite normal, judging from the outline of his facial features, he looks like an ordinary Caucasia, but this so-called "normal" is based on ignoring the holes on his body......

It was only at this time that Chen Jing understood where the strange wind whistle he heard before came from.

The old man's body was covered with black holes, the largest being the size of a bowl, and the smallest being as narrow as a hive's nest.

As for why Chen Jing can see it so intuitively, it is naturally because the old man has no clothes...... However, it doesn't make much difference whether he wears it or not, because the area from his neck down is "muddy".

The old man's body was like a sticky black asphalt barely condensed into a human form, only the head still maintained the appearance of a human, but there were still a few terrifying holes on his face.

Eyes, ears, mouth, nose.

The original location of these human organs has been replaced by a bottomless hollow.

Whenever a wind blew, the hollow in the old man's body would emit that strange wind whistling sound, as if the wind had followed the hollow into his body, and even touched the internal organs or bones.

When the wind came out of the hollow again, it was stained with a pungent smell of blood.

Chen Jing looked at the old man in a daze, and he didn't move for a long time.

Because he just woke up, his brain was a little down.

So......

I'm not dead?

It was saved by that little skeleton...... No, he shouldn't have that ability.

Was it this old man who saved me?

Where is this......

Chen Jing subconsciously looked away from the old man, and then looked left and right at where he was.

"This is the basement garage with the third floor?"

Chen Jing looked at the sign hanging on the ceiling not far away, and then looked at the straight fluorescent lights that were constantly flickering overhead.

If it weren't for the fact that the underground garage was clearly written on the sign, I am afraid that Chen Jing would not be able to imagine that the negative three-story underground garage in the Sunset Red Community would be like this......

The walls, floors, and ceilings of the garage, where they should have been made of concrete, are now "mud".

It was as if they had all been corroded by the old man's power, and they had all turned into that sticky and black asphalt-like substance, and even Chen Jing suspected that they were all alive......

It's like the dormitory building where Aunt Hong lives and they live.

The blackened asphalt-like material squirmed, occasionally bulging and emitting huge bubbles, and the weird sticky sound could be heard if you listened closely.

"It's great that you're alive, sir!"

The little skeleton suddenly hugged Chen Jing and cried, but due to his special physique, he couldn't squeeze out tears no matter how hard he tried, only the flames in his eyes that beat violently could prove how excited he was.

"I thought I was dead...... Chen Jing got up from the ground with a smile and patted the back of the little skeleton, "Why don't you stutter when you speak?" ”

"Excited!" The little skeleton wiped away the tears that were completely absent and said excitedly, "You actually killed so many people at once!" Your strength is rare in the wasteland! You ......"

"Stop, stop."

Chen Jing was a little dizzy by the little skeleton's series of praises, and said in his heart that this guy was stammering in front of him, why did he not stutter when he was excited, but it was like rapping......

"So I killed all those people?" Chen Jing asked.

"Yes!" The little skeleton nodded.

Then he thought about it and added.

"Those batches were killed by you, sir! But the latter batch ......"

Before the little skeleton could finish speaking, the silent old man on the side suddenly spoke.

"I killed."

The old man's voice was a little dull.

Perhaps because he was in an underground garage, he spoke with a clear echo, but his Mandarin could make Chen Jing hear it clearly.

Looking at the old man in front of him with obvious Caucasian characteristics speaking Mandarin, Chen Jing always felt a little strange, and when he thought about it, everyone in the world seemed to talk like this......

The Chinese language occupies the whole universe?

No.

Suddenly, Chen Jing remembered that when he first came here, there was such a passage in the "Biological Leap Exam Rules......

That seems to be the third rule of the code.

The general content is that in view of the special situation of the plane, the difference between the inner world and the surface world is too large, the examiner has arranged a reasonable identity for all candidates, and always keeps the "language adaptive system" running......

"That's what the language adaptive system does?"

Chen Jing was puzzled, but he could only think of this explanation at present.

"It's not a small ...... of courage"

The old man leaned forward, and in the deep hollow like a black hole, there seemed to reveal a humanized gaze, and asked Chen Jing curiously.

"You dare to use such a dangerous ancient relic?"

After saying that, the old man looked at Chen Jing a few more times, and couldn't help but be amazed.

"A weak ...... that is inferior to even ordinary people"

"The situation was critical before, and if you don't need to, you will die." Chen Jing couldn't help but interrupt the old man's words, because he knew that what followed was definitely not a good word.

It was also at this time that Chen Jing realized that the Yellow King Holy Grail, which had saved his life before, was still held in his hand.

Maybe it's because of the absorption of blood.

The hourglass-shaped cup is purer in color than before.

The original brass color is gradually changing to a bright gold, and the pattern on the surface of the cup seems to have changed......

Chen Jing looked at the Holy Grail suspiciously, only to see that the cup was still empty, and he didn't know where the absorbed blood had gone.

"This ancient relic is dangerous......," the old man said, his tone full of memories, "I once saw a totem similar to it in an ancient relic in the wasteland, and the pattern was the same......"

As soon as he heard him say this, Chen Jing instantly became alert.

"Where did you see it?"

"Deep in the wasteland, a place called the 'Yellow King's Courtyard' by the local tribe......"

Chen Jing wanted to continue listening, because he was also curious, how could the reward given to him by the examiner be so deeply connected to this world?

But unfortunately, the old man did not intend to say too much, of course, it could also be useful information and that's it, and soon the old man changed the subject.

"This ancient relic was given to you by Grandpa Ling?"

"You know my grandfather...... Do you know who I am?! ”

"I've seen you before."

Hearing this, Chen Jing was stunned for a moment, and then thought of the conflict between the old man and his grandfather that Kui Nan had said......

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you."

The hollowness on the old man's face suddenly tore open to both sides, revealing an extremely strange smile.

"If I wanted to hurt you, I wouldn't have done it when you were surrounded by those people."

"Thank you......"

"Don't thank me." The old man smiled strangely, not caring what Chen Jinghui thought because of these words, "If it weren't for the fear that your grandfather would be angry with me after you died, I would definitely not make a move, after all, ......"

The old man slowly stepped forward and carefully examined the handsome face in front of him.

"I love the look of despair on people's faces before they die."