Xu Shangqi covered his dizzy head and stood up. As soon as he regained his senses, he smelled a foul smell. A black shadow rushed out of the window where the light came from. Xu Shangqi shook instinctively.
, looking towards the window.
The window closest to him was very large. It should be the display window of a corner store. The exquisitely colored window frames did not provide any solid sense of security. Xu Shangqi just turned his head away when there was a "crash" and the glass shattered all over the floor.
Several thick tentacles pulled out from above.
Xu Shangqi, who had just stood up but had not yet regained his balance, exerted force on his left foot and ducked to one side awkwardly and stiffly, but was still hit on the shoulder by the tentacle that finally came in.
"ah!!!"
Xu Shangqi let out a scream, but he had no time to think about it. With the dim light coming from the window, he crawled towards the half-broken counter, grabbed the chair that had fallen on the ground, and walked towards it.
The tentacle was thrown over.
The chair hit the end of the tentacle, but it didn't cause any damage at all. With the sound of mucus flowing, a large round mouth appeared outside the window. It grew in the center of the tentacle, wrapped around the window frame by the tentacle, and headed towards
Climb inside the store.
What frightened Xu Shangqi the most was that after the tentacles and the big mouth completely crawled into the store, their rear parts were not bloated bugs with a bunch of legs, but the upper body of a human being.
The tentacles protruded from the abdominal cavity of a middle-aged woman. The completely shriveled and rotten intestines could be clearly seen around the big mouth, and the terrible stench was emanating from it.
As the monster advanced, the remaining corpses were dragged along the ground. The skin on the chest, neck and entire face had completely fallen off due to rot and friction, leaving only the yellowed bones stained with blood, like a sledge in the plowing field.
One after another was plowed into the slime and dust.
Xu Shangqi stared at the monster in stunned silence. After being stunned for less than a second, he let out an unhuman scream and then rolled and crawled towards the side door to escape.
His mind went blank, with no room for rational thinking or even the ability to express emotions. At this moment, he only had one thought, and that was - run away!
In his previous life, Xu Shangqi was a movie lover. He liked to watch both Hollywood movies and literary films. For example, like many movie lovers, at a certain period of time, he was particularly obsessed with horror and bloody movies.
Whether it's a zombie movie that fills the screen with blood, or a ghost movie that uses suspenseful lenses to create psychological horror, Seo Sang-chi can always get some excitement from all kinds of scares and nausea.
It was this kind of stimulation that made him crazy about this type of film during that time, searching for various resources on the Internet to find the uncut version and feasting on it.
Xu Shangqi couldn't remember where he had read a certain theory. It seemed to say that humans are interested in horror movies because fear triggers humans' self-preservation instinct.
Witnessing bloody and terrifying scenes will make the human brain think that they are in danger, and then adrenaline will surge, which can make the human heart beat faster and the nerves become excited.
On the other hand, human reason will tell them that the scene they are in is safe, so these neurostimulants that should be used for self-protection will be converted into an enhancement of sensory experience, thus bringing some kind of
Sensual pleasure.
Therefore, many horror film lovers are not actually very courageous, or in other words, if they are too courageous, they will not be able to experience this excitement.
Xu Shangqi is one of them. He is not a very courageous person at all, and is even timid in some aspects. But when it comes to horror movies, he is both afraid and eager to watch them, good at them and fun-loving at the same time.
Watching a horror movie and being in a scary scene are two completely different things. Without the aid of drugs, never-before-seen horrific images and pungent smells will only cause the brain to temporarily stop working because it cannot be understood.
, so it cannot be analyzed.
Therefore, in real life, when many people face a sudden disaster, their first reaction is not to run, but to freeze and watch. This is not because they like to watch the excitement, but because the brain needs time to process and process a scene that has never been seen before.
Digestion.
Xu Shangqi was like this. He had already rushed out of the side door of the store. He still didn't realize what happened. He didn't even think about the process of getting here.
He stood at the door, panting in confusion, and even looked back at the monster in the store. He staggered two steps forward, at a loss as to where to go on the dark night street.
He stood by the lamppost next to the street, looking through the broken window at the tentacled monster crawling across the counter. When his brain finally processed the information, Xu Shangqi's first reaction was to kneel down and cover his neck, and started
Vomiting desperately.
But he didn't actually eat much, and he had almost digested it long ago. He only vomited acidic water through retching, which made his throat hurt as if it was on fire.
After convulsing and vomiting for a long time, Xu Shangqi stood up reluctantly while holding on to the street lamp. After regaining some of his sanity, he knew that he had to leave here quickly, otherwise he might be the next one dragged to the ground.
Xu Shangqi looked around, but couldn't see anything. At this time, he finally remembered the method he had learned in the Divine Spear Bureau before. He directed his energy to his eyes and could barely see the surrounding situation clearly.
This street was empty, with only the remains of vehicles and building fragments scattered on the ground. Judging from the rotten smell wafting in the air, these fragments may also be mixed with human corpses.
In addition to the monster that just got into the store, there was also movement in the two houses at the end of the street. Xu Shangqi suspected that it might be a similar monster, but after discovering this, the first thing he did was to turn around.
head away.
Relying on his night vision ability, Xu Shangqi walked toward a more open area, but unfortunately, fierce fighting sounds came from the two buildings at the end of the street.
A flash of red light followed by a scream. Xu Shangqi turned around and looked there. His eyes widened and he saw a figure coming out of the broken window. That was Ben Riley. He looked like he had been hit by something.
Things are thrown out.
Xu Shangqi gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, took a few deep breaths, tried to dispel the panic in his heart, and ran over there.
Putting his luck on his legs, he walked quickly and quickly crossed the dilapidated street, ran to Riley's side, and helped him up. As soon as his hand touched Riley's skin, he found a piece of glass shard embedded in it.
On his back.
But Riley couldn't care less about the pain. He pointed to the window and said, "Quick, hurry up and save Wanda."
Xu Shangqi helped Riley look into the building. The red light in the window became brighter and brighter. Then Wanda seemed to be hit by something. She fell to the corner and lay on the ground, following closely.
Then came Jarvis's roar.
Xu Shangqi stood on tiptoe, looked at Riley and said, "Don't run around, just wait here, I'll be right back!"
After saying that, he ran towards the window that had just been broken by Riley. He didn't care to avoid the glass shards scattered on the floor. He put his head in his hands, bent down and raised his legs, and jumped directly through the narrow window frame.
After entering, he didn't even turn around to see what was across from Wanda, but grabbed Miss Witch's wrist and pulled her towards the window.
Before Wanda could react, she was staggered by Xu Shangqi. She screamed, and then heard Xu Shangqi's roar.
"What are you doing standing still! Run!"
"but I……"
Xu Shangqi grabbed Wanda from behind without any explanation. After transferring his energy to his arms, he grabbed Wanda's waist and threw the slender witch girl out of the window. Then he and Jarvis jumped out one after the other.
He opened the window and ran back to the street.
Wanda was thrown to the ground and rolled around a few times. Riley rushed over to help her up. She was a little dazed by the fall. She turned to look at Xu Shangqi and wanted to say something, but Xu Shangqi ran away.
in front, then turned back and roared at everyone:
"Any human being with a brain and sane mind will only choose to do one thing at this time, and that is to fucking run!!!"
People have a herd mentality, especially when they are alone, they will instinctively follow the loudest one of the same kind. Xu Shangqi shouted and ran away, and the other people who didn't react also followed him.
And this move probably saved their lives, because the monster that rushed out of the window was different from the one Xu Shangqi saw in the store window.
In the dim light, a monster with upright legs rushed out of the broken window, but what supported it in walking was not its legs at all, but anemone-like tentacles bursting out from half of its head.
It may be that the human brain has given this monster higher intelligence. Its desire to attack is much stronger than the monster that Xu Shangqi saw growing out of its lower body, and it also has many more attack methods.
The sarcoma and tentacles wrapped around half of the human corpse work in division of labor. Half of the tentacles are stuck to the wall and alternately move forward quickly, while the other half of the tentacles keep whipping forward, interfering with the movement of the prey.
"Wanda, put away your magic!" Xu Shangqi turned around and shouted: "Don't let out the light!!"
Wanda gritted her teeth as she ran, and she said helplessly: "I...I can't control it a little bit!"
"Then run quickly!"
Fortunately, several of them are considered agile heroes. Although they are not exactly known for their speed, they are not slow either.
Xu Shangqi can use footwork, Riley is Spider-Man, and it goes without saying that he can sprint at full speed. Wanda can use magic, and Jarvis himself is a master of mechanics. The few of them ran all the way, and soon they
He left the monster behind.
After rushing out of the street, they came to an intersection. Several people stopped and gasped for breath. Wanda held her chest and gasped while saying: "Why should we run? I think I can..."
"You can do that!" Xu Shangqi also gasped: "If you could beat it, you wouldn't be thrown against the wall!"
"Me." Wanda choked for a moment, and then explained in a low voice: "I was attacked by a sneak attack..."
"What the hell, what's going on?" Riley pressed his temples with his hands, slowly knelt down on the ground and said, "My spider sense keeps ringing, and the ringing is very violent. It makes me unable to hear.
Please speak to me."
Riley's expression was very painful. He tried his best to open his eyes wide and look at the dilapidated scene of the city around him. Xu Shangqi put his hands on his hips and kept calming his breath, and said: "There is no doubt that we have traveled through time and come to a damn place."
of a potentially apocalyptic universe.”
"Time traveled?" Riley groaned in pain, but still gritted his teeth and said, "You mean we traveled through the universe?"
"Roughly the same."
"But why is this happening here?"
"how could I know."
Xu Shangqi replied absentmindedly. He looked around, glanced at a few people, and said, "Let's go."
"Where to go?" Wanda frowned and looked at him and asked.
"Find a place to hide where there are no monsters."
Wanda opened her eyes wide. She looked at Xu Shangqi in disbelief and said, "The world is about to be destroyed, and you actually want to hide?!"
"It's just because the world is going to be destroyed that I have to hide! You don't really think that just the few of us can save the world, do you?"
"But, but we have to save..."
"We have to save ourselves first!"
Wanda opened her mouth to say something, but Xu Shangqi stretched out a hand to interrupt her, and then said: "I know what you want to do. You want to plunge into the city center where there are the most monsters and knock down all the monsters there.
Then find a group of culprits in the center, eliminate them all, and successfully save the world."
"But from my experience, during this process, the entire team will die one after another, and they will die miserably, including but not limited to being drowned by insects, swallowed by monsters, and being pinched by gates, because
The survivors fought among themselves and were shot into a sieve..."
Wanda's face became paler and paler, and the way she looked at Xu Shangqi had completely changed. She opened her mouth and said, "God, what have you experienced..."
"Anyway, listen to me now and find a place to hide quickly. If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it tomorrow morning!"
Wanda was a little shaken, and Riley's painful voice became the straw that broke the camel's back.
"Wanda, please, you are here because of me. I have to take you all back safely!"