It stands to reason that a person like the man with glasses should not be so miserable, and his reaction state should at least not be worse than that of Chen Xiaoyao who is closer. If this is the case, then why is the man with glasses afraid? Why is he frightened?
Indeed, Zhao Ping was never shocked by the bloody scenes from beginning to end, and he was not afraid of corpses from beginning to end. The reason why he showed fear and panic on his face was that in addition to observing, he was also thinking about the problem in his mind.
Or it can be understood as...
Just now, at the moment of Zhang Qifeng's death, the man with glasses discovered something. He discovered a certain answer before Chen Xiaoyao or anyone present, a terrifying reality that was enough to scare him, a veteran, half to death!
………
Yes, because before Zhang Qifeng died suddenly, Zhao Ping, who was beside him, had been observing him intently. With careful observation, Zhang Qifeng's strange changes in that moment happened to be caught by Zhao Ping, including the color of the man's eyes before his death.
Expressions of change and pain.
Combining all the past events, Zhao Ping finally came to a terrifying conclusion:
That is, when the victim sees a female locust for the first time, the eyes will be slightly red, which is not obvious, but when the victim encounters a female locust for the third time, they will quickly turn to dark red, and then turn from dark red to black. Once they turn black,
The victim will die instantly and be scattered into a pile of broken corpses.
The entire death process takes less than 1 second!
"Hoo, ho..."
Looking at the corpse of Zhang Qifeng a few meters away, Peng Hu was in shock and breathing heavily. He was disturbed by Qian Xueling's screams and forced himself to react. He suddenly thought of something and was about to reach out to cover the mouth of the woman next to him. Unexpectedly, it was too late. Because of Qian
Xueling's voice was so loud that she finally disturbed others in the house. Soon, there was a sound of footsteps, followed by screams, and the awakened Liu Dong and others, together with the newlyweds, ran out of the bedroom and out of the house.
When you come to the street, the first thing you see is Zhang Qifeng's miserable body.
"ah!"
As expected, when they saw the pile of broken pieces composed of Zhang Qifeng, in an instant, the three girls, Fang Min, Meng Fei and Yue Xiao, all opened their eyes wide and opened their mouths wide, and let out a scream similar to Qian Xueling's just now.
, although the men did not make a sound, their reaction state was also not much better. Seeing Zhang Qifeng turned into pieces, Liu Dongliang
His legs suddenly felt weak. If he hadn't supported the pale Zhang Zhiyong beside him in time, he might have collapsed. This is true for the characters in the plot, and it is also true for the newcomers. As a newcomer, Fang Hai was so frightened that he shivered.
Trembling, it could be seen from the middle-aged man's almost round eyes that at this moment, he was extremely frightened.
Of course, nothing is absolute, and there are exceptions, and that is Gao Jikun. When he looked closely, he saw that although the fat man's face was pale, he was not as miserable as the others around him, and his overall state was barely calm.
Why calm down? There is no other reason. It is not how courageous the fat man with small eyes is, but...
It's that he had already broken away from the initial fear and recovered from the initial panic like the veteran opposite him. In other words, he had witnessed Zhang Qifeng's death process as early as a minute ago.
Yes, since he and the other two newcomers were driven back to the bedroom by Peng Hu, he had been worried and did not lie down to sleep like others. After a while, the need to urinate emerged, and the fat man left the bedroom and planned to go to the toilet in the living room to urinate.
, but strangely, when he entered the living room, he found that the original position
Several senior people in the hall disappeared, and at the same time, voices could be heard faintly outside the room. Driven by curiosity, Gao Jikun hurriedly leaned in front of the window and looked around. After a closer look, he found that the senior people were indeed on the street. Apart from that, what else was there?
A plot character who appears to be named Zhang Qifeng is also involved.
Everything that happened after that was clearly visible, from Chen Xiaoyao's practice of holding the talisman to Zhang Qifeng's sudden death, Gao Jikun watched the whole process.
The fat man was so frightened that the corners of his mouth twitched until he was brought back to reality by Qian Xueling's scream.
But then again, although Gao Jikun appeared to be calmer than the others because he had overcome the panic in advance, in fact, the fear in Fatty's heart was stronger than anyone else's, because he witnessed the other party's death process.
After learning about the other party's tragic death, I even knew that Zhang Qifeng died very quickly.
Fast, too fast! It was so fast that Zhang Qifeng was dead before anyone else could react!
It was torn apart on the spot, falling into pieces in an instant, and just falling apart on its own without suffering any attack, turning into a pile of fragments!!!
How did he die?
I don't know, I don't understand, I can't understand it at all.
At this moment, in front of the gate of the house, looking at Zhang Qifeng's corpse, everyone at the door fell into a daze. They were stunned for a long time. Finally, Liu Dong stretched out his trembling hand and pointed at Zhang Qifeng's broken corpse and asked the executioners opposite: "What's this?"
, what is going on, Qi Feng... Qi Feng, he..."
"Killed by hawks, just like your other two companions."
Faced with the man's doubts and confusion, Cheng Ying, who regained her composure after hearing the other man's stammering, immediately responded with an indifferent tone. The answer was brief and not sloppy, but it was so shocking to the ears of Liu Dong and others.
Terrified.
They were killed, killed by the female locust. Sure enough, as he had always worried, the locust hiding in the town had no intention of letting them go!
Sometimes fear is contagious, and sometimes it causes people to recall the past. This is currently the case with Zhang Zhiyong. After listening to Cheng Ying's answer, he didn't care to push away Meng Fei, who was hugging him tightly out of fear. The man's thoughts shifted and he subconsciously recalled all the things Zhang Qifeng did during the day.
Weird, could it be...
Under the night, the atmosphere of the town changed unknowingly. Affected by Zhang Qifeng's death, everyone at the scene was frightened and panicked.
It is often said that time is the best coolant. No matter what kind of emotion, it can gradually calm down with the passage of time. In the silence, Zhao Ping came back from his contemplation, looked around, and saw a crowd gathering at the door. Based on some idea
, the man with glasses moved, walked slowly in front of Liu Dong and others, adjusted his glasses, and finally said calmly: "Now that things have come to this, I think it is time to tell you some of our guesses about the female beetle."
Next, under the astonishment of Liu Dong and others, Zhao Ping told the truth, and then told the executor's guess about Nvqi's ability, the rules of Nvqi's killing, and the death process of Zhang Qifeng.
It seems that he has nothing to hide, but in fact, a careful person can still find that the man with glasses has not said everything, at least he has not revealed to the public that the eyes of people who see a locust will turn red.
reason?
Regarding the reason, there were one or two senior people who understood Zhao Ping's intention, but no one said it or reminded them. After all, some things are not suitable to be made public, and it is often better to talk about it in private.
"...That's what happened. Okay, everyone, let's go back. We will handle the body. There is one more thing I want to remind you. Now that everyone understands their situation, as for what to do next, I think you should
I know it well."
Following Zhao Ping's urging and the fact that the corpse was too disgusting, finally, with fear, the four Liu Dongs and the three new talents returned to their respective bedrooms tremblingly. During the return process, Gao Jikun overheard the sound due to the close distance.
, heard whispers, heard Zhang Zhiyong repeating one sentence:
"You have to leave quickly and leave the town. If you stay any longer, I will die. I will die."
………
Chen Xiaoyao failed to save Zhang Qifeng in the end, not because he did not try his best, but because he was too late.
Suddenly, quickly, without warning.
The person who warded off evil spirits was already dead before the evil talisman was handed to Zhang Qifeng's hand!
In addition, Zhao Ping also roughly determined one thing through observation, that is, the time is a matter of time. From the second time the victim saw the female locust to the final death, the interval was short. The death notification was received at 23:25, and the victim died at 23:45.
, with only a 20-minute interval in between.
Returning to the topic, Liu Dong and others, together with the newcomers, returned to the room one after another. Cheng Ying, who had been paying attention to Zhao Ping during this period, made the first move. Without saying anything, she came to the man with glasses and immediately squinted her eyes and opened her mouth to ask: "Say quickly,
What on earth did you see just now!?"
As mentioned above, although Zhang Qifeng died instantly because his line of sight was slightly blocked by Chen Xiaoyao in front of him, so that Cheng Ying could not fully see the death process of the other party, Zhao Ping's panic reaction when Zhang Qifeng died was clearly seen by her, and she was
As a professional killer, although she may not fully understand the man with glasses, she still knows clearly that a pile of corpses alone is not enough to scare the man with glasses like this. Since it can scare him like that, there must be a reason.
.
Sure enough, Cheng Ying's questioning inevitably attracted the attention of others, prompting Peng Hu, Chen Xiaoyao and Qian Xueling to look across and stare at Zhao Ping.
As for the man with glasses...
Seeing Cheng Ying's question, the man first secretly sighed in his mind that the other party was very observant, but then he simply told everyone about Zhang Qifeng's strange changes before his death without any fuss, just like before.
The results are predictable.
As the narration ended, for a while, a feeling of fear that was several times stronger than the one that witnessed Zhang Qifeng's smashing suddenly came over, causing the few people who had finally calmed down to fall into panic again and even despair. The reason was that no one had any chance.
Thinking that the victim would undergo such strange changes before death, strictly speaking, there are signs before death, which is good news for the executors. After all, based on past mission experience, if there are signs, it means that they have the opportunity to stop or prevent it.
Unfortunately...
If you think about it carefully, this so-called sign is meaningless.
The reasons are roughly divided into two points:
First, the sign appears for too short a time. It only lasts less than 1 second. Then the victim will die instantly and turn into pieces. It can even be said that the sign of death and complete death almost happen at the same time. Even if
If you discover it in time, when the signs appear, others will definitely be unable to stop or help you.
The second point is related to the victim himself, that is...
Since this very short-term sign only appears in the eyes, the victim himself cannot detect it. Unless the victim happens to be looking in the mirror when the sign appears, the individual will not be able to notice it at all. Even if others notice it, it will be useless.
A reminder that if you say it, the victim will be killed in advance.
Combining the above two points, the answer was finally revealed, and this was the real reason why everyone at the scene looked desperate. Suppressed by fear, Cheng Ying frowned, Peng Hu's mouth twitched, and Qian Xueling took the initiative to come to Zhao Ping.
The atmosphere at the scene dropped to freezing point. Seeing this, Chen Xiaoyao remained silent, somewhat unexpectedly.
Instead of coming forward to ease the atmosphere as before, he unexpectedly remained silent. After a long time, he suddenly spoke as if he had pondered some questions. He suddenly spoke and added to the end of what Zhao Ping said. Unexpectedly, this very addition was equivalent to this.
The frightened people further poured cold water on them:
"Also, when Zhang Qifeng saw the female locust for the second time, the sensory Taoist charms I had placed in the living room earlier did not respond. Later, I wiped my eyes with willow leaves and still could not see her. It seemed that the female locust had been killed.
No one else can see it."
What!
Like thunder exploding, like an electric current passing through the body, when Chen Xiaoyao said these words in a gloomy tone, everyone was shocked, especially Zhao Ping, Cheng Ying and Peng Hu. The reaction of the three people was far worse than that of Chen Xiaoyao.
Qian Xueling wants to be older, why? Some people may be confused after seeing this
, some people wonder why Zhao Ping and others, who have more experience and courage, are more timid than Qian Xueling? The reason is not difficult to explain. It is not that Qian Xueling is more courageous than the three of them, but because the three of them are more courageous.
He understands Chen Xiaoyao better than Qian Xueling, and he understands the Taoism of young people better.
As early as last night, Chen Xiao had already made it clear that he had the ability to sense the Li Qi level of Qi. As long as he was not far from the Taoist talisman, once the Qi entered a private house, the young Taoist priest would notice it first and then notify everyone.
, But, listening to what Chen Xiaoyao just said, if what the other party said is true, then there are only two explanations left.
First of all, we must understand that since it is a perceptual Taoist talisman, its main function must be detection and search rather than attack and defense. Once the inability to detect occurs, there are often two possible reasons. First, the person controlling the talisman is too far away from the talisman and loses control.
Perception effect, but then I thought about it, this is completely impossible. When the female locust appeared in front of Zhang Qifeng before, that is when the female locust entered the house, Chen Xiaoyao was in the living room, and was very close to the Taoist talisman, so the distance cannot be established, so it can be ruled out first.
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Since the factor of excessive distance has been eliminated, then...
I don’t know why, but when I thought of the second reason that was about to come out, the hearts of everyone present suddenly tightened!
As for the second reason why Taoist symbols cannot be sensed?
The answer, Chen Xiaoyao himself, also said, is...
He can only sense Li Qi or other spiritual creatures below Li Qi!
Earthbound spirit!
His heart began to beat wildly and his body began to tremble. When he thought about this, he thought of the word "Earth-bound Spirit". At this moment, Zhao Ping's expression changed drastically, Peng Hu's legs and feet became weak, Cheng Ying's body shook, and Qian Xueling felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
His body was shaking wildly. At this moment, except for Chen Xiaoyao, everyone else in the scene was trembling.
I never expected that the words "Earthbound Spirit" alone could frighten a group of experienced veterans to this level.
The reason is very simple, that is because this is not the first time that everyone has heard the term "Earth-bound Spirit". They have heard of it as early as in a very difficult mission called the Midnight Bell. A man named Hui from Taihe Temple
I have heard about it from the mouth of an old monk named Jing.
And the Sadako Yamamura who once brought the greatest trembling, the greatest fear and even the greatest despair to the executor in history was exactly an earthbound spirit!
It is also an immortal earthbound spirit mutant with so vast magical powers that it is almost invincible!
Earth-bound spirit mutants are definitely much more powerful than ordinary earth-bound spirits, but then again, even if the strength of ordinary earth-bound spirits may be lower than that of mutants like Sadako, don't forget that the earth-bound spirits are still one level higher than Li Qi.
The existence of high-level means that even if it is just an ordinary earth-bound spirit, its strength will not be much lower than Sadako. There is no problem in crushing Li Qi. When thinking of Sadako's terrifying strength that made people despair...
(The Taoist talisman cannot be detected, and wiping the eyes with willow leaves will be ineffective. Is it possible that those pink female hawks are not Li hawks, but...)
As cold sweat flowed and their bodies trembled, the more they thought about it, the more scared they became, and the more they thought about it, the more timid they became. Only Chen Xiaoyao, who had never experienced the midnight bell mission, was relatively calm. Not only that, Xu guessed that several people were worried and waved their hands.
He opened his mouth and said in relief:
"No, it shouldn't be an earth-bound spirit. You don't need to be afraid. Although I have never seen that kind of evil spirit that defies heaven, my master once specifically told me about an earth-bound spirit. Let's not talk about anything else.
With the strength of a spirit, as long as a living person is entangled by it, no one will die, regardless of the number of targets killed.
Regardless of the amount, even thousands of people are still destroyed in the eyes of the earth-bound spirit with a wave of his hand. It is easier to kill tens of millions of living people in an instant than to crush ants. If those pink female slugs are really earth-bound spirits, I
I think we were wiped out as early as the first day of the mission, how could we survive until now?"
"In addition, judging from what we have experienced in the past two days... it is true that the female squirrels are much weirder than the ordinary squirrels, but in fact, they are killing one by one according to the rules from beginning to end.
The spirit will probably kill us all in the blink of an eye, so we don’t have to go through as much trouble as we do now. That’s why I think everyone doesn’t need to worry too much.”
Not to mention, after the analysis by the young Taoist priest, everyone felt a little calmer after hearing this. Peng Hu was stunned for a moment, then looked puzzled, and then stared at Chen Xiaoyao and asked: "Since you said it is not an earth-bound spirit,
Then, who is the pink-skirted lady hiding in the town now? Is she still Li?"
Facing the bald man's question, Chen Xiaoyao nodded slightly without comment: "Well, Brother Peng, you are right, it should still be a scorpion, but..."
Just now he spoke calmly and answered truthfully. Unexpectedly, at the end of the sentence, the young man showed a strange and complicated look on his face, and stopped the narration on his own. Upon seeing this, the few people nearby felt relieved again, and they stared at each other with Peng Hu.
The young man, as for Chen Xiaoyao, paused, pondered for a moment, and finally raised his head slowly, then changed the subject and said something to Peng Hu and several others, something that shocked everyone present:
"First of all, it can be concluded that the pink skirt lady still belongs to the category of Li Ji. However, according to my personal judgment, although she is a Li Ji, she is different from ordinary Li Ji. She belongs to an earthbound spirit that is about to enter but has not yet entered.
The level of Li Qi, simply speaking, you can call it..."
"Li Qi's peak level!"
………
A wolf that kills too many people and is about to advance to the next level, and a terrifying evil spirit that is about to advance from a powerful wolf to an earthbound spirit!
Everyone deeply agreed with Chen Xiaoyao's speculation.
Why? Why did Chen Xiaoyao immediately gain the approval of others as soon as he said this?
The reason is not difficult to understand, and the reason is even simpler. The simplest example is that the mission level is upper-medium rather than difficult. Although the mission level cannot be 100% equated with the strength of the creature, this is still the case under normal circumstances, at least for now.
So far, the executor has never encountered an earthbound spirit in a supernatural mission other than the difficult level. If this is the case, it means that the young Taoist priest's guess is more credible.
"Hey, why are you looking at me? Don't look at me. I have said everything I need to say. I have also told everyone my limited understanding of female hawks. As for how to continue to survive in this mission, we should all work together.
Find a way."
After Chen Xiaoyao shrugged and finished speaking, for a while, most of the people present felt a strange and trembling feeling like a ray of light on their backs. It was difficult to describe the feeling in words. If I had to forcefully explain it, I could only describe it as despair.
Appropriately, in fact, after discovering that the female locust kills people faster than imagined, the senior people have been in despair. Note that the despair here is not fear and despair, but helplessness or even powerlessness.
The feeling of despair, in my impression, this feeling of despair has only happened once before, and that only time was when facing Sadako, or it can be said that it is the only experience that can make all executors completely despair.
In the Midnight Ring mission, although Chen Xiaoyao had just stated that the female fangirls should not have reached the earth-bound spirit stage, yet, for some reason, everyone felt helpless and hopeless again this time!
Seniors are not fools. They actually understand that the above is just a personal psychological effect. The truth is correct. However, the problem is that they have no way to deal with the current situation. Even if they get some clues from the death of Zhang Qi in the storm, they cannot crack it or deal with it.
, this really echoes the old saying, sometimes the more you know, the more desperate you are.
"So what do we do now?"
Looking at the silent people on both sides, Peng Hu finally asked a question that was of practical significance at the moment.
As the question came out, everyone had different reactions. Only Zhao Ping seemed calm. The man with glasses responded immediately, as if nothing had happened, he raised his head and answered: "No need to do anything.
Anyway, Nu Qi will give priority to killing Liu Dong’s group, and we just need to continue to observe.”
As mentioned above, Zhao Ping's tone was extremely calm when he spoke, but it was so chilling in other people's ears. It is obvious that the strategy of the man with glasses has not changed, and he still insists on treating Liu Dong and other plot characters as
Experimenting with mice, the executors will observe and look for more clues from the deaths of those people. If necessary, the bespectacled man will not even mind using someone as a test subject again on the pretext of 'saving people'.
Zhao Ping's plan is naturally quite cold-blooded, but unfortunately this is the only way at the moment.
After saying these words and ignoring the reactions of others, the man with glasses turned around and left, heading towards the house first without looking back...