Chapter 343: Lao Mo drew his sword
Old Mo said: "One is enough for each person. I won't use the extra ones. I'll leave them as a souvenir for you. Maybe you will need them someday." "
"One for each person? Keep it as a souvenir?"
Although Lin Yi was doubtful, he still reached out and took the two scales.
These two scales, taken individually, are about the size of a palm. They are like smooth and flawless jade. They do not look like they come from any known scaly creature at all.
When he saw the scales, he suddenly thought of many things, such as the "Mysterious Genealogy" mentioned by Li Huiyuan. If this thing was not made by man, then it could only come from that so-called mysterious creature. On the body.
Just when his fingertips touched the scales, he suddenly had a strange feeling. At that moment, everything seemed to slow down, and even the surrounding light slowed down. It became dim.
His "higher-order perception" was triggered instinctively, not because of some unknown crisis, but... purely to strengthen his perception.
"Buzz..."
An indescribable and strange aura rippled along his fingertips, and he felt that everything around him had become illusory, and it was already dim and blurry. Light and shadow also began to become blurred, and some ripples began to become more and more real.
"Is it a 'phantom', or a layer drop, or... something else?!"
His eyes moved away from the scales, but he could clearly see the figure of Lao Mo, but other than that Outside, nothing could be seen.
Everything around him was erased by the concrete ripples, and the surrounding scenery began to disappear little by little. There was only a dark void under their feet, and the place where their feet stood was It started to spread ripples around.
It was pitch black all around them, with only the white surging fog remaining, as if the two of them had arrived on a calm, dark lake shrouded in fog.
Such a strange vision made Lin Yi unable to figure out what was going on for a while.
But he had a magical premonition that as long as he let go of his hand, this scene would collapse and he would return to the dense forest.
But he also had another premonition, that this was such an opportunity... a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If he let go of his hand, he might never be able to see such a scene again next time.
Just like a cutscene that can only be played once, if you click "Skip", you can't watch it again.
Not long after, the wind seemed to be blowing in the void. It was light and difficult to detect, but the flowing mist traced and imprinted its trajectory.
"Hoo, ho, ho..."
Lao Mo remained still, but the mist behind him slowly rolled up. Soon, the world behind him gradually rolled up like a curtain being pulled open, or a quilt being put away.
Then, the gentle wind blew away the thick fog, and the turbid current poured into the earth, and the boundless darkness slowly spread out like a picture scroll.
In the depths of the mist, something huge seemed to be squirming, and some tiny sounds began to sound in the empty void.
Gradually, gradually, some sound came along the black lake that was so calm with only a few ripples left at the feet...
"Clang..."
"Clang, clang, clang..."
"Clang, clang, clang..."
It's the sound of iron chains, no, it's not the sound of iron chains. Compared with that sound, it's more like... ...The long-lost sound that Lin Yi had heard before, the sound of cold metal scraping against neatly arranged blades.
It is the sound of the chirping of gold and silver, crisp and rhythmic, like a butcher looking at the pork on the board, pushing his butcher knife.
This kind of "clang, clang, clang" sound didn't seem to cause any problems at first, but as the sound waves increased, goosebumps began to appear on Lin Yi's skin, and his hair became cold. Ye Kai stood up subconsciously.
At the end, a strong, unknown, uncomfortable and creepy feeling of terror spread quietly and enveloped him.
At this time, a third kind of ripple appeared on the dark lake - a strong third kind of ripple that could almost interfere with or even cover up the ripples he and Lao Mo made!
And the origin of the ripples is the depth of the endless dark void!
In the darkness, something seemed to be floating like a candle!
"锵锵锵...锵锵锵..."
The sound of the jingle ringing became clearer and clearer, the ripples on the lake became denser and denser, and the outline of the thing in the darkness seemed to be faintly revealed...
It seemed to be a head, a The face is as huge as a small hill, as if it were some kind of ancient creature that was born before the birth of civilization... The flickering candle-like substance is its eyes.
A pair of huge golden eyes!
In the boundless darkness, a pair of huge golden eyes appeared. Such a sense of oppression could not be described in words. Even Lin Yi felt as if he had been struck by lightning at this moment and was nailed to the spot. .
The golden eyes emerged slowly, so that except for the illuminated area around the eyes, other parts could not be seen clearly due to parallax.
But judging from the vague outline, it doesn't seem to be a humanoid creature...
And in the illuminated area around the eyes, some rugged lines like barren mountains are vaguely visible. Those lines look like There is some regularity to it. Judging from the details, it seems like...scales?
"I know, it's its scales!"
Lin Yi reacted instantly. The scales in his hand came from this mysterious creature hidden in the fog and darkness. !
"Huchichi...huchichi..."
There was a huge sound of wind in the darkness, like the breathing of the mysterious creature. There also seemed to be some calls in the violent wind.
"Lin Yi! Lin Yi! Lin Yi!!"
The voice became louder and louder. At first Lin Yi thought it was the mysterious creature calling him, but he soon realized that it was the mysterious creature calling him. No, this timbre... is Lao Mo!
He looked at Lao Mo in front of him!
Old Mo, who seemed to have fallen into silence, was shouting at him at the moment, but no matter how much Lao Mo shouted, he did not hear the sound coming from Lao Mo's mouth. On the contrary, the call seemed to It was relayed by many middlemen, and finally reached his ears from the wind. It was filled with the noise and electric current of the broadcasting system!
"Lin Yi! Lin Yi!"
Lin Yi looked at Lao Mo, but did not respond: "Old Mo, I heard it!"
Hearing this, Lao Mo's face instantly surged. There was a touch of joy.
The next moment, Lao Mo let go of the scales and turned around on the rippling dark lake. He turned his back to Lin Yi and faced the mountain-like mountain in the darkness. of mysterious creatures. Then, he reached out and held down the butcher's knife on his waist, and slowly pulled it out of the leather scabbard.
"Buzz——"
Without any fancy unnecessary movements, when the butcher's knife was pulled out, the entire dark space trembled.
It seems that the butcher's knife is Lao Mo's true form, and now... his sharp edge is revealed.
Lin Yi's pupils shrank at this moment, and Lao Mo's aura began to soar like a rocket.
「Buzz——」
Along with the buzzing sound like a dragon's roar, the entire void shook, and the dark lake surface shook up countless water droplets as if it were boiling.
The next moment, a bright white light appeared in the dark void, as if someone had cut open the dark paper with a utility knife, revealing the pure sky behind the paper.
The white light suddenly appeared, like an invisible chasm falling into the lake, cutting off the ripples that kept coming, and even the darkness in front was torn apart.
"Huchichi...huchichi..."
In the darkness, the huge mysterious creature slowly retreated, "Clang Clang Clang" fighting with each other. The sound gradually disappeared...
The darkness faded away like a tide, disappearing like ink being sucked dry, and the surrounding ancient trees shrouded in mist gradually appeared as if they were surfacing.
The vision was shattered, and Lin Yi's thoughts returned to reality.
Lao Mo was right in front of him, and his hands had loosened the two scales, but the pig-killing knife was still inserted in his leather scabbard, and it seemed that it had never been pulled out at all.
"O-Old Mo... just now..." Lin Yi felt guilty. The extremely dangerous scene just now seemed to be caused by his pride. If he hadn't insisted on taking another look, he might have There would be no subsequent scene.
And if it weren’t for Lao Mo, I would probably be in trouble now.
Lao Mo's expression was still as calm as ever: "It's a good thing."
Lin Yi was as confused as Monk Zhang Er was confused: "Huh? 'A good thing'? Lao Mo, are you kidding me?"
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Old Mo said: "Do I need to joke with you? Although the situation you just encountered was not in the plan, it is at least better to be familiar with it in advance than to be caught off guard."
"Of course, if something like this happens, The thing is, it’s because I underestimated your inspiration... Although I already underestimated you, I didn’t expect it to be high enough. Fortunately, I made preparations in advance, otherwise I would have to drink a pot with you again. "
"What...what do you mean?" Lin Yi still looked confused.
"Don't worry, I'll explain to you as I walk." Lao Mo pointed to a short distance away, "Put away the scales first, put one in your bag, and the other...just put it with your identity certificate."< br>
"Uh, okay!" Lin Yi was secretly surprised, but anything involving "identity certificates" was not a simple matter, so he quickly put it away as instructed.
After that, the two started walking through the depths of the dense forest one after another.
Lao Mo explained: "Any intelligent creature, when it comes into contact with that kind of scales for the first time, will be colored by the secret patterns contained inside the scales, and will have a different degree of mind than the original owner of the scales. Induction..."
"'Telepathy'?!" Lin Yi was startled, "Could it be the induction with that mysterious creature?"
"However, the vast majority of creatures can only have some vague feelings, such as boundless darkness and floating fog. Those with higher inspiration can vaguely feel what exists deep in the void..."
"If you are taller, you can also vaguely see the outline of some of that thing..."
"This kind of induction is to allow the person holding the scales to actively accept some of the aura rendering from it. , so as to avoid being targeted by the 'angels' on the way back..."
"But what I didn't expect was that your inspiration was so high that it would attract its attention..."
"The good news is that there is a high probability that you will not be targeted by the 'angels' now."
"But the bad news is that you might have been glimpsed by that thing... I took action very quickly, but I can't guarantee that you were definitely not seen by it."
Lin Yi shuddered, I couldn't help but said: "'Angel' and 'it' again? You haven't explained clearly what it is, so why did you mention 'angel' again? What's going on?"
Lao Mo waved his hand: "Don't be impatient. According to the original plan, I will explain those things to you after I give you the scales. Now, everything is still in the plan, it's just some 'harmless' episodes. "
Lin Yi wiped his sweat and said to himself, buddy, of course you are "uninjured", because the one who was injured is me...
Although Lao Mo is like this Said, but Lin Yi could still feel that things were not simple by observing Lao Mo's dead fish face.
Because, at this moment, Lao Mo's face was somewhat unnatural...
Lao Mo sorted out his thoughts, and then said leisurely: "As for the origin of 'it', we have to It started from the "Apostles"..."
"The "Apostles" gradually sketched out its image through observing the roots, and engraved it through various secret patterns, totems and symbols. On the observation deck of the outpost. ”
“These observations and research played a certain role in the origin of culture in various parts of the world...Similar worship appeared in various places, and that image was derived from later legends There are a lot of mysteries, "big snake", or... "dragon". "
"Is this a 'dragon scale'? ! "Lin Yi opened his mouth wide and subconsciously touched the scales in his pocket.
"I just said a few words, why are you so anxious again?" Lao Mo glanced at him, "It's just an image, or in other words, it's a self-understanding of the source or 'him' by the 'apostles' and the ancients. It’s hard to say what the actual situation is over the overwriting. "
"The "Apostle" carried out the initial "creation"... trying to forcibly trace and imprint the image of 'His' in a world where 'nothing can bear its God'... "
" Later, due to the advent of the Doomsday, this 'project' that had progressed to a certain extent was interrupted, and even the remains were buried in unknown places. "
"But after unremitting efforts and exploration, the fanatic believers of later generations finally conducted a second search based on the clues left by the "apostles" and combined with the notes left by Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Creation, ultimately creating...'it'. ”
(End of this chapter)