Tonight's killing, although the killings are all weird and fragile ordinary people, but the proficiency is real-

Fighting lv4 (500/500),

Is it elevated?

Hoist!

Fighting Lv4→ Lv5 (0/700)

Combat is raised to lv5, in addition to life energy, the second feature of awakening: life sublimation, after opening, your total life energy will increase by 100% in a short period of time (10 seconds), and your ability to control your body will be greatly improved, but after the end, you will fall into a state of temporary fatigue.

Ling gained 0.5 Physique, Strength, and Agility:

Physique: 23.3→23.8

Power: 20.5→21

Sensitivity: 19.5→20

Your agility has exceeded 20 points, and you have gained a new specialty, the lightning reflex: when you concentrate, your nerve reactions and movement speed will be greatly increased, and you will feel that the flow of time around you will slow down, and this state cannot be continuously triggered for a certain period of time.

……

As his strength increased, Dean's well-proportioned muscles swelled outward, increasing in size and bulging his clothes.

But the skin, bones, and nerves, which grew in size and agility, became more tough and tight, suppressed the rapidly expanding muscles, allowing it to retract back to its original normal state.

The three melee attributes were increased simultaneously, maintaining a delicate balance, making Dean's body shape almost unchanged from before, but his aura became deeper.

Catherine, who was driving, involuntarily turned her head to look at him, and suddenly she only felt that she saw an unfathomable ocean.

And Dean felt the most changes in the brain, which sensitively affected nerve reflexes, and the brain is the control center of the human body, the most abundant nerves, after they were strengthened by a breakthrough, a coolness enveloped the mind, and quickly spread along the dendritic nerves to the whole body, like an electric current swimming.

A strong feeling of being reborn came spontaneously.

Dean opened his eyes.

Brush –

A bright yellow arc flashed through his pupils, and in an instant, everything around him slowed down to one hundredth.

The wind outside the car window disappeared, Catherine's hand holding the steering wheel slowly turned to the left like a snail, and behind her, Nancy and Barbara's long eyelashes blinked down at a hundredth of a percent, and Golan opened his mouth to Hara's ear, but he didn't say a word for a long time.

Everything was slowed down by an invisible hand and fell into slow motion.

Brush –

But the amazing experience lasted less than a second, and Dean felt an irrepressible burning sensation all over his body, and he involuntarily withdrew from his state.

The regular sound of the tires rubbing against the ground is played again, and the breeze outside the window is coming.

"Dean, are you alright?" Catherine looked over with a concerned face,

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Dean smiled at her, then lowered his head to reflect on how he had felt.

"Lightning reflexes? In that second, time was almost frozen, except for me. ”

"This little time, with my speed, strength, and reflexes, is enough to ravage most enemies several times."

"But the cost is just as huge." Dean rubbed his hot and swollen temples, felt his tired muscles and tendons, and pondered that he would not be able to use the "lightning reflex" again for at least two hours, which was equivalent to a killer feature.

However, as the sensitivity stat is further improved, its cooldown rate and duration will gradually increase.

……

Next, Dean turned his attention to another new feature, "Life Ascension", doubling his life energy and body control?

When Dean's strength attribute was at 20 points, the physical limit strength was 15 tons, but now it has increased to 21 points, which is roughly 20 tons.

And the life energy, after killing the Hell Monk and upgrading today's combat to obtain a large number of melee attributes, the burst of power increased from 25 tons to 35 tons.

After killing the Hell Monk to obtain 0.7 spiritual attributes, the power of the transformation also increased from 30 tons to 35 tons.

The three fused, and Dean's full force was able to burst out with a force of 90 tons.

Once the "Life Sublimation" is enabled to double the life energy, then the full force blow can release 90 + 35 = 125 tons of power, more than a hundred tons, it can already press the phantom snake to the ground and rub it, and the vast majority of supernatural creatures encountered before will be wiped out under Dean's punch.

Not to mention that after the Hua, the physical and agile performance will also be greatly improved at the same time, and the melee combat ability will be at least doubled.

A combination flashed through Dean's mind: "Life Sublimation" + "Lightning Reflex", which exploded with the strongest lethality in a short period of time.

He finally has a powerful killing move, but it still needs a lot of time to familiarize, hone, and further explore.

In addition, these improvements were all made by Dean who spent a lot of time and energy in the past, step by step, and slowly honed his proficiency little by little, which can be regarded as accumulation.

But there is also bad news, now that fighting and shooting have also been raised to lv5, it is no longer possible to gain proficiency by killing ordinary creatures, and only supernatural creatures are eligible to be the "food" of these two abilities.

……

At half past ten, the moon was thick.

The two cars arrived at Steve's home on the edge of the forest in the suburbs, a large two-story villa, and Steve opened the door and warmly welcomed everyone into the living room.

"Welcome, feel free to order and make this your home."

Dean looked around at the art gallery, stag specimens, antique vases, and all kinds of extravagant decorations, and floor-to-ceiling windows running through the entire wall of the living room from east to west, with a clear view of the red, green and green flower beds and lawns in the courtyard outside.

Behind the other glass wall is a steaming heated pool.

The whole villa is bright and warm, and obviously it costs a lot.

Steve swept his surprised and tired faces with satisfaction, "Guys, what do you want to drink?" ”

"Beer, I'm dying of thirst." Goran and Hala raised their hands,

"I'll have a can too." Nancy seconded, and Barbara immediately grabbed her hand and objected, "No, we're not old enough to drink. ”

Steve rolled his eyes as he propped his hands on the couch, "Please, Barbara, you're not Nancy's mother, why do you care so much?" Thinking about our previous experience, what happened to the fact that we almost lost our lives and drank a sip of wine? Come on, now you all need to relax! Detective Dean, Ms. Catherine, what about you? ”

"Let's have two cups of hot tea." Catherine put her arm around Dean, "Is there one?" ”

"Absolutely." Steve finally looked at the fidgeting boy with a smug and hidden superiority in his eyes.

Jonathan seemed to be extremely unaccustomed to the high-end sofa under his buttocks, so cramped that he didn't even know where to put his hands, "I'm like everyone else, by the way, where's the phone?" I'm going to give Joyce a word or they'll be worried. ”

"On the left side of the living room, please."

……

After the high school students had covered each other and informed the family, Steve brought the drink and snacks to the coffee table in the center of the living room, and then picked up a can of beer, but instead of pulling the tab off like a normal person, he pulled out a Swiss knife and cut a hole in the bottom of the side of the can, and put his mouth up to take a small sip.

Goran and Hala took the Swiss knife and sliced open the beer can.

Barbara and Jonathan looked speechless, "Steve, is it interesting to be in the mood to be handsome at this time?" ”

"What is handsome, I am already very handsome." Steve smiled and took off a Marlboro pinned to his ear and lit it, swallowing clouds and spitting fog, and his movements were extremely skillful.

As soon as he played like this, everyone's faces were frightened by the "clone killer", and their faces finally returned to blood, and they had the heart to think about what happened before.

"What the hell is all that stuff in the forest?" Barbara was the first to look up, "Why do you look exactly like us?" ”

Everyone present really couldn't think of a reason, and finally turned their eyes to Dean for help, "Your Excellency Detective, you must know something, right?" ”

"Yes, your performance is really amazing, your marksmanship, fists and feet are more wonderful than in the movie." Steve looked at Dean with admiration like an idol, took off the cigarette on his other ear and handed it over, "My dad's bodyguard is simply weak compared to you, can you teach me two hands, I am willing to pay for it, and the price will definitely satisfy you." ”

Before Dean could answer, Jonathan couldn't help but push Steve's cigarette away, "Don't even think about it!" Dean wasn't that boring, he had other things to do. ”

Steve glanced at Jonathan with slanted eyes, "What are you anxious about?" Dean said that. ”

"I don't have time, and I don't smoke." Dean shook his head at everyone, "As for what appeared in the forest, I haven't figured it out, now everyone is tired, it's better to take a shower and go to bed early, don't worry, I'll watch over you tonight." ”

"How can I sleep now?" Golan snatched Steve's cigarette from his hand and took a puff, "As soon as I closed my eyes, my mind was full of the faces of those psychopathic killers. ”

"I won't be afraid to look in the mirror for at least a week," said Hala next to her, sitting cross-legged on the couch and hugging her pillow, timidly, "I'm afraid they'll crawl out of the mirror and chase me." ”

"Guys, I've noticed a little," Nancy's index finger curled around the blonde hair over her shoulder, "those killers look exactly like us, but they're all older than us. ”

"That's right, I saw my twentieth self in it, with long hair that I always wanted to keep but Joyce wouldn't allow, like an artist," Jonathan nodded in agreement, staring into the air, "and I'm in my thirties, wearing a blue cap and a black trench coat from Paris Fashion Week." I saw my future self in him, and when I was a kid I dreamed of going to Paris for fashion, but then I gave up on that dream. ”

Your future self?

The crowd listened to this and fell into deep thought.

And Jonathan held up the camera around his neck again, "By the way, I took a few pictures before and captured those killers. ”

"Good boy, you can think of taking pictures at that time, you are really a natural journalist." Dean smiled appreciatively, "Washing out the photo tomorrow can be used as a strong piece of evidence." What about the others? What do you think? ”

Barbara clapped her hands violently, got up and circled around the sofa, her little belly under the blue jeans flicked and flicked, and her chubby body looked like a human bear, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you think the killer we met tonight is really coming back from many years later?" Think about it, the guy who killed Marcus has a Nazi tattoo on his wrist, and Marcus himself is a Nazi, if nothing else, Marcus will most likely get the same tattoo for himself in the future and become the killer Marcus! ”

"By the way, I also saw my future self, wearing a white researcher outfit, and my dream was to work in a physics research institute."

"And Jonathan, have you ever thought carefully that if you continue to live your life as you are, you will become like those killers you meet?"

Jonathan tilted his neck and thought, "It's entirely possible!" ”

Dean put her arms around Catherine, who was memorizing the transcripts, and listened carefully to the discussion of the group of high school students.

"That doesn't make sense," Steve joked, "why would we somehow come back to the present and kill ourselves in the future?" Shouldn't they hand over a slip of paper with lottery numbers for the next few weeks? ”

"Besides, they can't come back, because time travel doesn't exist," Nancy said as she glanced at her companions, raised her voice, and said with a stern expression, "Haven't you read the 'grandfather's paradox' in the book of the French science fiction writer Henet?" ”

"Explain, explain?" Steve held his chin and looked at Nancy appreciatively,

Nancy couldn't stand the heat in his eyes and looked away, "The paradox is as follows, if you go back in time and kill your grandparents before your father was born, this will create a paradoxical situation: you go back in time and kill your young grandparents, and if your grandparents die there will be no father, and without your father there will be you, then - you can't go back in time and kill your grandparents. It's a dead knot, so it's impossible to cross time. ”

"So, the killer in the woods can't be us who have returned from the future."

Barbara moved her lips when she heard the high talk of the good sisters, until Jonathan gave her an encouraging look, and there was a glimmer of a scholar in her eyes.

"Nancy, you're right, under the premise of the same universe, time travel does not exist, and it is impossible for us in the future to go back in time and kill us. But have you forgotten the parallel universe theory? ”

"The world is made up of countless parallel universes, so when someone in the future goes back in time and kills himself, he actually kills himself in another universe, and he will only make him disappear in the other universe."

"And in the original universe, he will still live, and there is no paradox."

"The so-called time travel is nothing more than a trip from the original universe to another parallel universe."

Barbara's deep soprano echoed in the living room, making a group of listeners unconsciously prick up their ears,

"So, guys, I have a bold idea that the whole bunch of clone-like killers we met tonight are actually us from the future of another parallel universe!"

The hall became audible with falling pins.

Nancy looked at the speech of this low-key good sister who was as low-key as the sound worm on weekdays, and suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart, and opened her mouth to refute her, but she couldn't find a good reason, and fell silent for a while.

Steve, Golan, and the high school students at the end of the crane wrinkled their bitter gourd faces in confusion.

Catherine unconsciously pulled out her pen, and the little squirrel kept swiping and recording like a nut.

And a glimmer of surprise flashed in Dean's eyes, after listening to the brain-opening thoughts of these two high school girls, the progress of the incident actually jumped from 80 percent to 82, and he couldn't help but look at Barbara with blazing eyes, "Go on, if the killers are all from parallel universes, then what is the force that sent them over?" Be bold, just say. ”

Barbara seemed to be greatly encouraged, a hint of joy appeared in the corners of her eyes, and she straightened her strong chest and analyzed, "Do you remember the example of the 'Ark of the Covenant' in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" I mentioned? I insist that there are such magical objects in the world, and the badge whose whereabouts are still unknown is one of them. ”

"According to the clues and encounters we have investigated, it not only has the power to bewitch people's hearts and make Marcus lose his soul, but also can open time and space tunnels to summon and manipulate humans in other parallel universes."

"Just as tonight, it summons us from the parallel world, descends into this world, and hunts us down."

"What a bold idea... You're such a genius," Dean exclaimed without hesitation, if the badge could open a tunnel through parallel planes, it would be the strongest strange thing Dean had ever seen.

But all this is just speculation and inference, and there is no enough definite evidence.

Jonathan gave her a thumbs up, showing sincere admiration, and Barbara's face turned red at the sight, and her fingers clenched and loosened her coat, looking extremely shy.

"Wait, do you really believe what parallel universe theory she mentioned, the magical badge that opens the space-time tunnel?" Steve glanced at a dejected Nancy and then at Barbara, "That's, I can't make up this ridiculous story even if I drink ten bottles of whiskey!" ”

Jonathan retorted, "Even such a strange and terrible phenomenon has been encountered tonight, what else is impossible?" ”

"Yes, Barbie's theory is very likely." Nancy took a deep breath and let go of her strange heart and took her good sister's hand, "But there's still a question, if all this is the badge at work, then why did it attack us, and what purpose?" ”

"I've looked closely, and there are only eight faces of the killer tonight from beginning to end, matching the eight people who went to the suburbs for a snowball fight last Wednesday, and none of them were Dean, Catherine, or anyone else." Barbara continued, "So I had the idea that when I found the hole and the skeleton in the field last Wednesday, and Marcus took out the badge, there was some kind of covert and strong connection between the badge and the eight people closest to us, so much so that it had to kill us, perhaps... Want to get something out of us? ”

Is there a hidden connection between the badge and the eight people?

Goran shuddered, "So that badge will summon more future people to hunt us down?" ”

"No, I don't want to be associated with the hell badge!" Hala pounded the couch with both hands, blonde hair jumping over her shoulders, screaming uncontrollably, "I want to go home!" ”

"Quiet, yelling doesn't do anything." Dean swept around the crowd and muttered, "Well, you won't go to school tomorrow morning, all go to the police station and accept police protection, and I will continue to investigate outside until the crisis is resolved." ”

Barbara asked, "Why?" How do we explain this to the police? ”

"Let's just say that you were attacked on your way to school, and the murderer, wearing a ghost mask and carrying a sharp dagger, wanted to hurt you, and scared you into driving into a tree... Half true, half false... Don't worry, I'll say hello to Director Hope, and he's not going to embarrass you and press you out. ”

Dean and six high school students discussed until twelve o'clock in the evening.

finally made them reluctantly let go of their hanging hearts.

……

"Alright, guys, it's too late," Dean glanced at the grandfather clock against the wall, "Let's all go to bed, and we'll talk about the rest tomorrow morning." ”

"Come on, I'll show you the room," Steve stood up and beckoned, and a group of people followed.

Dean looked out the window at the night sky, wondering if he could still observe Orion and complete the Star Runes and Arrows, but he had to try the effects of "Life Ascension" and "Bullet Time".

(End of chapter)