The unparalleled pain was like Hachis tearing apart a house in his head, tearing apart every nerve.
Rhodes was woken up from his deep sleep by pain.
"Oh...why does my head hurt so much? Is someone trying to help me figure it out?"
"What the hell, whoever says that drinking alcohol can prevent cerebral infarction, I will let him have a cerebral infarction first..."
Rhodes opened his eyes and was about to get up.
"I can't stand it any longer. I have to take Cephalosporin to treat my shock..."
However, the next moment, he was stunned.
This is neither a dormitory nor a home. The good drinking brother is missing. He is not in a bed, but sleeping on the dry wasteland.
What is creepy is that there are many people lying on the wasteland, motionless and lifeless.
He had obviously been dead for a long time.
The hair on the back of Rhodes' head suddenly exploded.
Why are there so many dead people?
Was I dumped?
But it's not like a crematorium.
Rhodes forced himself to calm down. As his eyes moved, he discovered more strange things.
The clothes of the deceased were strange and not in a modern style. The body was shriveled and black, and it did not look like a normal way of death. There were traces of destruction all around. However, as a man who had watched more than a thousand episodes of Conan, he was keenly aware that these traces were not harmonious.
But even stranger was a lamp.
In the center of the pile of corpses, he was tightly held by a withered hand.
Its outer layer is a grating made of gray metal, and its inner layer is made of thick translucent glass, through which a small flame can be vaguely seen, as if it could be extinguished at any time.
And the light emitted by this fragile flame illuminated the world within a hundred meters.
Beyond the hundred meters of fire, there was a thick black mist that was constantly rolling.
There is no night sky, no stars, no moon, and no sun.
Rhodes opened his mouth wide and couldn't even breathe. Only the husky in his head was tearing down the house.
There is no doubt that this is by no means a normal, understandable world.
If the pain hadn't continued, Rhodes would have thought he was dreaming.
"Oops, I'm not in a weird world... This will lead to a bad death..."
Rhodes regretted having watched so many horror movies. All kinds of horrific scenes in his memory surged out of his mind uncontrollably. He was eaten by monsters, stuffed alive into sewers, pressed into suitcases, made into preserves, etc.
Wait for the uncomfortable scenes to come one after another.
"Calm down, calm down, I want to calm down now."
Rhodes took deep breaths continuously.
"Don't panic, don't panic. Mr. Lu Xun once said that the best way to eliminate fear is to face it. Not all ghost movies are completely destroyed..."
"I will definitely survive, and I will definitely be able to return to my world. Satomi Shirei, Yui Meiruna, and Asuka are still waiting for me. I can't let them be sad for me..."
With great difficulty, Rhodes calmed down. As soon as his rational thinking returned, fragments of memories surged out of his brain.
After spending dozens of minutes digesting this short but fragmented piece of information, Rhodes' heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the sea.
This is a world shrouded in darkness, with the diffuse black mist eroding all living creatures and countless monsters wandering in it.
And the only thing that protects mankind is fire.
They called it the Guardian Fire, or the Fire of Light, the Fire of Life, the Fire of Hope, the Eternal Fire, and used it to build human settlements to survive in this apocalyptic hell.
The existence of the settlement depends entirely on the power of fire. The stronger the fire, the larger the settlement.
The most powerful protective fire is the Holy Fire of the Royal City, which is also their largest settlement. All villages, towns and other settlements are within the scope of its power radiation and exist around it.
The Red Stone Village where he is located is such a settlement, and mining red stones for the royal city is their mission and livelihood.
The corpses on the ground are all members of the relocation team from Hongshi Village to the Royal City.
"This... the whole army was wiped out? I'm the only one alive?"
Rhodes felt a strong chill.
This is never a good thing.
What's worse is that he doesn't know what happened during the migration, how they died, and how he survived.
The memory is fragmented, with large gaps.
"What should I do? I won't die here, right?"
"No, no, it's impossible."
"Observe, I need to observe, maybe I can find clues to get home."
Rhodes looked around and quickly noticed the red stones scattered among the corpses.
They seem to have been artificially arranged to form a specific composition according to a certain pattern.
This composition is extremely directional, and in the center is a strange pattern painted with blood.
It is less than half a meter in diameter. The outer layer is a circle, and inside the circle are two intersecting lightning lines. The strong visual sense makes it look extremely aggressive, and the black blood stains make it look a bit weird.
Rhode's pupils shrank, and for a while, fear and headache were all forgotten.
Isn't the symbol on this pattern the same as the title page picture of the article about courage in the famous psychologist Freud's famous book "The Interpretation of Dreams" that he had read before?
Previous experiences suddenly came to mind.
He was studying in the dormitory, and his brothers asked him to go drink.
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The classic secrets can definitely turn you into a gentle and warm man who is a master in love. He can warm her up all day long with just one sentence, easily chase the goddess in your mind, marry a rich and beautiful woman, and reach the pinnacle of life.
Rhodes couldn't resist his friend's warm invitation and his heart's desire. Although he wasn't very good at drinking, he still went.
The result seems to be really useful. After drinking and reading books such as "The Book of Neptune" and "The Magic of Scumbag Man", Rhodes feels that he has understood the true meaning of life and "Emotional Intelligence", and will never be confused by a woman who cannot understand the atmosphere again.
The child dislikes it.
The only thing lacking is courage.
Then, he thought of "The Interpretation of Dreams" he had just been reading, and thought of the symbol about courage.
Before going to bed, he made this symbol with both hands according to the instructions in the book, put it on his chest, and closed his eyes peacefully.
He thought that after waking up, a new bright road in life would unfold before his eyes, but he didn't expect that he would actually feel "peaceful".
Thoughts passed by in a flash, and an idea suddenly jumped into Rhode's mind.
If this really has anything to do with it, then...
Can I go back?
The moment this thought appeared, the blood vessels in his brain were beating wildly, and his heart was almost bursting. The desire to go home attracted him, the Internet, food, family, best friends, keyboard, reality or virtuality, current or future wives,
Encourage him.
Infinite courage arises in my heart.
There is nothing to be afraid of anymore.
Rhodes quickly ran towards the target point.
In such an unknown danger, decisive and targeted actions may not necessarily lead to good results, but they are the path closest to success.
Hesitation, hesitation, and staying put may seem safe, but they often lead to worse results.
Although it is impossible to be sure, this is the only possibility. Maybe he can travel home instantly with just a light touch.
Rhodes jumped into this strange pattern.
The next moment, Rhodes' body felt hot, as if something hot had been inserted into him.
Then his eyes went dark, and countless images rushed towards him.
He saw a team walking alone in the dark wasteland.
He saw a disturbance in the team and a ghostly figure walking among them.
He saw a hand raised high, crushing a black skull, and there was a very obvious eye pattern on the back of the hand.
He saw the black mist filling the air and everyone was dead.
Immediately, the picture disappeared, the strange feeling faded, and Rhodes came to his senses. He had not returned home, but was still where he was. The pattern under his feet began to evaporate, and the black blood steamed up, turning into fine black dust and flying away.
"what happened?"
The light was obviously dimmed, and all the corpses were cast in shadow.
Rhodes was a little dazed. There were shadowy ghosts floating around him, and there was a strange whine in the air.
"What's going on? Damn it, didn't I release some ghost?"
While he was panicking, Rhodes suddenly saw a meteor streaking across the sky in the distance.
His mind was touched, and he immediately remembered that this was the rescuer of the royal city.
In the impression of memory, the darkness is boundless, the black mist is endless, the royal city is their only refuge, only this small area has life and order, and the boundless darkness is full of irrational monsters.
There is a type of people in the royal city called fire bearers. They are combatants who have mastered the power of fire and are the only weapons to protect the royal city against monsters.
The area where they can move is the area that the power of the royal city can reach.
And this place must be within the power radiation range of the royal city.
As a human group that can survive in such a harsh environment, they must have their own way of operating to deal with threats from the sinister outside world.
The migration team lost contact here, they must have discovered something unusual!
"Hello!"
Rhodes shouted, hope suddenly rising in his heart.
He just stepped into the pattern and saw the scene of the destruction of the migration team. Combined with the traces left at the scene, he could deduce that this must be a man-made murder.
The murderer is characterized by a very obvious eye pattern carved on the back of his hand.
This is very important information for solving the case. If he provides it to the rescuers, he should give some rewards. According to the experience of the original world, for a huge case of murdering hundreds of people, at least an S-level arrest warrant should be issued. Can
Providing important information for arresting S-class wanted criminals, is it not too much to allocate an apartment in the royal city?
If it really goes as he thinks, if nothing else, at least the probability of survival will be greatly increased.
"I'm here! I'm here!"
Rhodes was jumping up and down in front of the lamp, waving wildly, and the meteors in the sky seemed to have noticed this, and flew towards him.
"Okay! I have hope!"
However, in the midst of ecstasy, Rhodes suddenly discovered that there was a black engraving on the back of his waving hand.
Take a closer look, isn't that exactly an eye?
Black lines crisscrossed up and down to form a huge pupil, exactly the same as what I saw before.
Isn't it?
Rhodes' entire body froze.
This...the murderer is actually me?
I report myself and be assigned a prison cell in the royal city?
boom.
The meteor fell to the ground and the firelight dissipated.