Chapter 9 The Struggle of the Sacrifice (please read)
May 13, 22:30.
Countdown to one hour and thirty minutes.
After spending the rest of his three and a half hours, Lynch finally saw the true face of the culprit for the first time.
Before he could see clearly, he felt a huge fear rushing towards his face, far more intense than the photo, making Lynch feel like a light on his back.
At the same time as the fear struck, a vision suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.
Biting cold wind, barren land, primitive mud houses, and thin livestock.
And a ruined city.
Those buildings that can barely be called houses are all made of earth. Their shapes are extremely primitive, and they are built messily together to form a certain scale.
There is a large empty space in the center of the city. At this time, a group of strange creatures are gathering in the empty space, shouting in an incomprehensible language.
There are more than a hundred of them. These creatures have faces that are half human and half lizard. They are covered with thick hair. They are nearly three meters in size and covered with explosive muscles. Their upper bodies are rickety and they have two huge His claws hung down by his side, almost dragging them to the ground.
My brain felt a twinge of pain, and then the image disappeared. The strange statue was still in front of me, and a gentle voice sounded in my head.
[Mysterious object, the joy of the flicker, give your flesh and soul, and I will give you strength, my food. 】
"Mr. Leviev, you'd better leave. Uncontrolled strange objects are very dangerous."
When Lynch came back to his senses, he found that the screaming blue uniforms had been The colleagues who were mentally stable were dragged out, and only Officer Natalie was left, squatting next to the statue, saying without looking back:
"I will suppress it immediately and try to complete it within an hour and a half. You will be outside..."
"I have been struggling until now. Of course, I must continue to fight to the end. This is self-rescue."< br>
"I'm not looking down on you, Lynch. I recognize your efforts and abilities, but the degree of danger inside is unknown, and there is no reason for an ordinary person to take risks. You are not a soul changer, and you have no fighting ability. If you are involved, Might die faster. Trust me, I'm a professional at handling mysteries. Leave it to me."
"But I don't like watching others risk their lives for me while I just wait on the side. In my opinion, even if I survive, it would be a shame. If I can't do anything, forget it, but you said that the inspiration is keen. I am useful to you."
"You..." Officer Natalie gritted her teeth angrily, but finally sighed, "Okay, you are qualified to persist, but that's it. Don't blame me for treating you like a professional."
Lin Qi smiled, took off his hat and put it on his chest, bowing slightly.
"Randall and the others were performing a certain ritual but we interfered with it midway. As a result, the magical object got out of control and they were backlashed, killing themselves. Now if we want to end the effect of the magical object, we must enter the ancient memory carried by the magical object. Suppression and containment, but the most troublesome thing is that we don’t know anything about this ancient memory and can’t..."
"The Flicker's Pleasure" Lynch directly interrupted Officer Natalie's regret. , "There is another story, give your flesh and blood and soul, and I will give you strength, my food."
The answer came too fast, and Officer Natalie was gagged and her mouth opened. No words were spoken for a long time.
"You..." The police officer clenched her fists, not knowing whether to be happy or depressed. "This story sounds like a sacrificial item, so I probably understand what happened."
"Huh?"
"They are believers of this ancient flicker, and they are probably sacrificing you in a special way. You are now a sacrifice." The police officer grabbed Lynch's wrist , pulling him towards the statue, "It's too late to regret now, but it will be too late when we enter the memories of strange objects."
Lin Qi touched the red moon pendant on his chest and smiled casually.
"Okay, then do it with me, look at the strange objects carefully, relax your will and don't resist, we will appear together in a while, you..."
There was still a dirty belt when I first saw it. He was panicked and depressed, but after staring at it for a few seconds, Lynch felt that the statue began to twist and gradually turned into a whirlpool. His consciousness seemed to be falling into the depths of the whirlpool, and everything around him became increasingly blurry. .
The next moment, Lin Qi suddenly woke up. The moment he regained consciousness, he suddenly subconsciously held his breath.
The strong smell of blood stimulated his sense of smell, making him instinctively feel the danger, and he immediately became silent and motionless.
There were a large number of cold and stiff foreign objects around him, which gave him an ominous premonition. He narrowed his eyes and looked around quietly.
corpse.
A mountain of corpses.
They are all human beings, both male and female, wearing animal skins, exuding a primitive and savage atmosphere.
The surrounding environment was very cold, and the body was frozen cold, but it was still soft. It was obvious that he had just died not long ago.
These corpses were piled next to the statues seen in the vision. There were several similar piles of corpses around, and those huge strange creatures were lying on the ground in several circles outside. A deafening roar came from his mouth.
The distance is actually still very far, at least thirty or forty meters, but the huge pressure emanating from the groups of monsters has already rushed towards him, making Lin Qi's body tense involuntarily, and his hands and feet were bursting. limp and powerless.
The most important thing is that Officer Natalie is missing.
There was only a stiff corpse beside him, and Lynch didn't know why she didn't appear beside him as he said before.
Something wrong with her experience? Why separated?
[You are the sacrifice, the awakener. 】
I see, that’s why I appeared at the place of sacrifice, even holding hands was of no use.
Lin Qi felt panicked. No matter what he said just now, he was thrown into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. There were a bunch of monsters around him, and he started to tremble instinctively.
Lin Qi, not to mention that the body beneath him had already experienced a vibration, which was caused by the heavy footsteps.
The next moment, a huge black shadow covered the sky, and Lynch's heart sank to the bottom.
A huge monster that looked like a leader walked up to Lin Qi and stretched out his claws towards Lin Qi condescendingly.
Lin Qi was trembling all over, and his only thought was to run away.
But there are monsters around, where to run? How can I hide this one from you?
No, the direction of the claws is wrong, the target may not be me.
What should I do, should I run away? Staring at the outstretched paw with squinted eyes, Lin Qi suddenly gritted his teeth, suppressed the fear in his heart, and closed his eyes tightly.
Bet once and die.
Bet you can't see the problem.
Praying in his heart, Lin Qi gritted his teeth and remained motionless. He only felt a gust of wind coming from the surface of his body. It was the wind brought by the leader's claws. This made his heart beat like a galloping horse, and it became faster and faster. faster.
I don’t know where the claws touched his body, making his heart sink to the bottom completely, but the next moment, it moved against his body and grabbed another corpse next to him, like It's as light as a toy in your hand.
With a random wave of his sharp claws, and with a heartbreaking sound of muscle tearing, the corpse was divided into several pieces on the spot. The residual limbs and internal organs fell to the ground, and the smelly and sticky blood spattered all over Lynch's body. Face.
The roar intensified and was full of excitement. The leader's claws deftly picked up the fallen limbs and walked towards the statue. He piled all the corpses together next to the statue, then raised his arms and howled to the sky. Call.
“Survived!”
Lin Qi also had the urge to look up to the sky and howl. He felt the blood in his chest surge up, and even his clothes were soaked with cold sweat.
“I survived!”
He was only one step away from death, and it was only now that he felt a wave of fear.
No, you must first find a way to save yourself.
Reluctantly calming himself down, Lynch took advantage of the monster's absence and squirmed as quietly as possible, trying to get to an inconspicuous place next to the pile of corpses.
It was quite difficult. Fortunately, the surrounding monsters were all focused on the leader in front of the statue, and no one paid attention to the piles of corpses around him. This allowed Lynch to try several times intermittently. Finally, we reached the position where the pile of corpses faced away from the statue.
Huh, at least I don’t have to be the next one to be selected, I...
Just after he breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed his hanging heart, Lin Qi’s expression suddenly changed.
His last movement was a little bigger. The force balance of a corpse was broken, and it slowly tilted to one side.
It was too late when he noticed it. Lin Qi didn't even have time to jump up and hold him up. He could only watch as the body became more and more crooked, and finally rolled down under the pile of corpses.
Poof.
The movement of the corpse rolling down was very small, and the roars of the monsters outside were not affected, but the roar next to the statue stopped abruptly.
It's over.
My heart was completely cold. With a glimmer of hope, Lynch turned his eyes and looked to the side.
Don’t notice it.
However, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a huge figure leaping up lightly and appearing next to the pile of corpses. He raised his sharp claws and plunged them down.
Unable to maintain his composure any longer, Lynch used all his strength to roll along the pile of corpses. He heard the sound of a sharp knife entering flesh, followed by blood overflowing.
The sharp claws almost passed by Lynch's body. A crack was cut in the windbreaker. The claws stuck close to Lynch and inserted into the pile of corpses below, easily tearing several pieces apart. A frozen corpse.
Before he could even take a breath, the leader's claws had been raised again.
Lin Qi's eyes were about to burst, and his hair was about to explode. He wanted to dodge again, but the rolling just now had exhausted all his strength. His body could not keep up with his thoughts, and he could only watch the leader's movements. The claws were raised higher and higher, filling the entire field of vision.
“Roar.”
Chaotic roars came from outside, but Lynch was disappointed to find that the leader's attention was not attracted. The lizard's face was expressionless, and its vertical pupils were full of coldness.
Then the claws suddenly swung down.
It’s over, the mysterious world is really too dangerous for ordinary people.
If only I had the ability to fight.
Damn it, move your body again.
However, it was too late to make any moves, and he could only watch the sharp claws falling from the sky.
At this moment, a cold snort sounded from behind the leader.
"What do you want to do to the people I protect?"
The next moment, Lynch saw a picture that might touch his life.
Amidst the sharp shouts, a human figure suddenly appeared next to Lin Qi, blocking the path of the claws.
The huge monster is terrifying and ferocious, but the human in front of it is thin and thin. Two contrasting figures meet in front of it.
The human being wears a windbreaker and top hat, holds a sword, has long hair draped over his shoulders, and has a cold and resolute face. Even when facing a monster that is half his body taller, the human still straightens his back, without a trace of cowardice in his expression. The hand raised the sheathed sword.
Clang.
The claws and sword held each other in the air for a moment, and then the huge leader staggered back.
The human took advantage of the situation and strode forward, kicking the monster in the chest. The leader watched as his body of several hundred kilograms was kicked up and flew towards the statue, falling into a large pile of debris. In the corpse.
At this time, the human turned around calmly, raised his hat and bowed slightly to Lynch, his voice was upright and clear.
"Mr. Lynch Leviev, I kept you waiting."
Officer Natalie Angell arrived.
(End of this chapter)