Chapter 95 Where is this?
Under the dim light of the kerosene lamp, shark-like sharp teeth tore into the fresh meat, and the crunching sound was particularly clear in the silent environment.
This is the underground cave of Thorn Flower. The passage leading deeper has been blown up. This is the most suitable hiding place.
Female reporter Maya was sitting on the floor next to the kerosene lamp. The dirt on her face had been washed away, and she had changed into a set of clean clothes. She looked much fresher.
You should not be old, about 21 or 21 years old, with a petite figure and fair skin. You can see a bit of what he looks like in the photos, but his appearance has become extremely ugly, especially the two rows of fangs, which appear under the light. It was white and looked particularly ferocious.
At this time, she was holding a huge turkey leg, tearing it apart and swallowing it hard. She had already eaten one of the nine-penny turkey legs, and was attacking the second one, but look at her Looking hungry, Lin Qi could only sigh and fill her up with another cup of coffee.
It seemed that she hadn't had a solid meal for several days, and Lin Qi couldn't bear to disturb her meal. After buying her food, he helped her transport daily necessities from the building on the ground to let her You can live a little more comfortably these days.
“What do you want to know? Ask.”
Seeing that Lynch was finished, Maya finally let go of the remaining half of the turkey leg, carefully putting it away lest it run away on its own. Then he took the towel and wiped his mouth, regaining the elegance befitting his status.
"Can you trust me? You were quite suspicious of me in the carriage cemetery."
"The old man with the white beard is the leader of the Nikolai tribe of the mountain people. It is said that he is a very scary and powerful person."
< br>Maya turned on the kerosene lamp. Even if she turned into a monster, her eyes were still shining under the light:
"You let me run away without thinking. If I couldn't run away, you blocked me behind me. If those policemen had come a little later, you might have gone up and fought with them. What else should I suspect? Forget it, it's okay. You don’t need to ask, I’ll tell you everything I’ve experienced during this time. If you don’t understand anything, you can always ask.”
Lin Qi nodded and poured himself a glass. Then I put the coffee pot on the kerosene stove.
“Today is May 19th, I guess. Well, I entered the mountain in early May. I wanted to interview the mountain residents and write a report on the Best Tunnel dispute.”
"Well, I saw the stack of photos."
"Donnie's?" Maya's eye circles immediately turned red, she wiped her eyes and said with a choked voice, "It's those records. The journey into the mountains In fact, it went very smoothly, and the mountain people were very friendly. Although I accidentally photographed a few monsters on the way, Chief Nikolai explained that they were their national costumes for sacrifice, so I believed them."
" That’s it? Actually, you know it’s not a prop?”
"As reporters, we will hear some strange rumors. For the safety of our lives, we will not take it seriously, but we will not think it is false. As ethnic minorities, those mountain people enjoy preferential treatment policies in Rand for hundreds of Years have passed, and the noble men in the capital are not stupid. They must have their own reasons for doing this. I am not surprised at all that the mountain people have secrets."
The female reporter did not drink the coffee, but directly took the tray. Lin Qi took several sips of the red wine he bought before wiping the corner of his mouth and sighing:
"They told their reasons for blocking the tunnel. There are relics of their ancestors buried under Best Mountain. Once Excavation will bring huge disasters. The mountain people hope to find another route, but the people in the city government, especially Speaker Grant, do not accept it at all, saying that this is the only feasible route and must be excavated. Therefore, the mountain people try every means. Methods of confrontation, and even instigating workers on early construction projects to go on strike.”
"Those workers just followed them to make trouble?"
"Those workers did encounter many weird accidents. Not only did they see monsters, but several people even died. So they were very scared and thought that if they continued to work, Even they were threatened by the curse and went on strike at the instigation of the mountain people. In fact, you should also know what happened to the monsters those workers encountered."
"Well, but. Are the things about the workers the only thing caused by the mountain people?" Lynch asked, "What about the other strange deaths?"
"I don't know. I won't have the energy to continue investigating later, but other things should have nothing to do with the mountain people. Just because they were behind the workers' encounters, I didn't write down the ancestral ruins and disasters they mentioned in the manuscript. Eh, because I'm not sure if that's their excuse."
Lynch nodded in understanding.
“Everything went smoothly until the last night, when I drank some fruit wine brewed by the mountain people and had a dream at night.”
Lin Qi straightened his back and his expression became serious.
“I dreamed that I was in a huge abandoned city, surrounded by monsters walking around, and no one could see me. I walked all the way to a place that looked like a temple, and followed a long The long black shadow penetrated deep into the temple, and then I saw a huge group of..."
"Huh?"
"I don't know what I saw. I just felt that my mind went blank, as if the black shadow touched me with something, and then I woke up with a fright."
Maya's expression was filled with fear. It became distorted, until Lin Qi took her hand and patted it gently, her breathing gradually calmed down, and she said in a dry voice:
"As soon as I woke up, I found that those mountain people had become very strange. They gathered together to perform some ceremony, and many of them turned into monsters, shouting the name Mordiggian, and there was a pronunciation that I couldn't understand, it seemed to be Zul-Bah or something. I was very scared at the time. Carrying the negatives of the photos and interview records, and not even a camera, I escaped from the cave and fled back to Rhine City overnight. I thought that this was the end of the matter, but unexpectedly a few days later, I discovered that there was something wrong with my body. The problem is, not only is the smell of decay getting stronger and his face looks more and more like a monster, but he also has nightmares about that horrible abandoned city every night." Lynch moved his lips, but finally said nothing. His current understanding of the mysterious world is obviously related to the mystery, and it is no longer a problem that can be solved by running away.
“The situation was very minor at first, so I didn’t pay much attention to it. I continued to investigate the tunnel dispute and took the photos behind it. Since the other party was represented by Speaker Grant, I also went to interview him several times. As a result, I accidentally saw him having a secret meeting with a few homeless people.
"Well, they also mentioned Mordiggian and Zul-Bah. I ran away without daring to listen carefully. I found out later when I saw them turning into monsters and getting into the sewers. They were the same kind as those mountain people. Later, I became more and more like a monster, and I no longer dared to see people, because I really didn’t know whether my experience was related to my interview experience, to nightmares, or to continuing the investigation after returning. So I gave all the photos to Donnie and hid them in the cabin. "But why did you leave so suddenly?"
< br>“When I was interviewing some big shots, I heard them mention a strange intelligence organization, so I tried to create one to ask myself what was going on. Unexpectedly, a person actually appeared in it and told me those things. The mountain people were looking for me soon. The mountain people actually looked for me once before and wanted to take me back to the cave. There were many people around at that time, but they didn't dare to do anything, so I ran away. Even after being reminded by that person, I didn’t dare to stay in the wooden house, so I ran back to the city, hid in the abandoned carriage, and lived with the homeless.”
After telling everything she knew in one breath, Maya yawned and asked sleepily: "Is there anything else you want to know? I'm so afraid that I can't sleep every day. I don't know why today, but suddenly I can I feel sleepy and want to take a nap. Can you..."
"Huh?"
"Can you..."
"Oh, I understand. I'm still here waiting for Officer Natalie to come over. I won't leave. Just sleep peacefully. I'll be with you."
"Yes." The female reporter said gratefully He glanced at Lin Qi and wrapped himself in the quilt given by Lin Qi. After only a few seconds, his breathing became even.
Lin Qi laughed and shook his head, knowing that this ordinary girl had suffered too much psychological torture during this time.
Even worse than myself, at least I still have gentle neighbors to harass.
【Huh? 】
No, it is to be your most solid spiritual backing, but this girl has nothing, and she has not gone crazy yet, which shows her inner strength.
Lin Qi felt a little pity in his heart and didn't want to disturb the other party's rest, so he turned the kerosene lamp to the minimum and used the weak light to sort out the information he had just received.
Some of the content is similar to what he imagined. Some of the mysteries about the Best Mountain Tunnel are beginning to emerge. However, the entire conspiracy behind the entire Nolin-Rhine Railway is still far from being clear. It still needs to be Continue to investigate.
From the available information, Lynch found that he had made two big mistakes.
Although the mountain ghouls and sewer ghouls are the same species, they seem to have different stances. One opposes tunnel digging, but stands with Speaker Grant who supports tunnels.
As for the second mistake, I always felt that the black hand in the picture frame wanted to guide the mountain people to find Maya. Now it seems that it is the opposite. He is causing trouble, which means that he does not want the mountain people to find Maya. From this point on On the other hand, is he more inclined to support tunnel construction?
It’s hard to say. I need to draw a question mark. I hope... huh?
The darkness seriously affected his vision, but made his hearing more sensitive. After sorting out his thoughts, Lin Qi suddenly heard some faint rustling movement nearby.
Officer Natalie is here? It shouldn't be so fast. Or are those spiders coming back? It shouldn't be.
Full of doubts in his heart, Lin Qi looked around calmly. Although the light was very weak, since he had the favor of the cat, his eyesight seemed to have improved a lot. With the help of the dim light, he could barely See your surroundings clearly.
The moment he saw it clearly, he suddenly felt a chill running down his spine.
At some point, he was no longer in the cave under the Thorn Flower, but appeared in an unknown building.
What the hell place?
(End of this chapter)