It was obviously the time when the sun was getting stronger, but after the four of them entered the woods, the environment became extremely cold and strange, with a mist filling the air. There was a vague stench in the air, and the surrounding trees became...
It was so blurry, so spooky and scary that it almost looked like a ghostland.
"This is a low-level illusion that inspires fear in human hearts through mysterious and unknown scenes. The blessing just now can resist spiritual invasion."
After saying that, Ming Qiaoqiao took a careful look at Lin Zuzu, who had not been blessed, and found that something was wrong with her expression, as if she was affected by an illusion.
"No. 4, concentrate." Li Qing reminded.
"Yes." Lin Zuzu calmed down, slapped his face with both hands, forced himself to break away from the thought just now, and returned his attention to the task.
The four of them moved forward very cautiously, taking eight minutes to cover the short distance of 200 meters.
"There is a twisting barrier twenty meters ahead. It is initially judged to be Class D." Liu Ying suddenly said.
As the name suggests, Twisted Barrier is the official scientific name of the Ghost Wall. If you rush through the barrier wall, those who are not determined will likely fall into a long cycle, which will lead to danger.
Li Qing signaled the two girls to stop, while he supported Liu Ying as she approached the invisible wall.
As soon as he stood still, he saw Liu Ying quickly draw a spell in the air. Not long after, a faint light shone behind a certain stone. That was one of the rune stones that created the barrier.
Mental power is really convenient. Lin Zuzu couldn't help but sigh when he remembered the scene when he used bricks to destroy rune stones.
Liu Ying walked to the stone and drew a spell again. The light of the rune stone gradually became dim. She felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what the problem was. She could only take a step at a time to see.
"I isolated the power of this rune stone and will restore it when we come back." Liu Ying remembered that they were here to investigate and negotiate the case, not to find trouble and fight.
This sister is really reliable...
The four of them moved on.
The fog gradually thickened, and Ming Qiaoqiao used her hand skills to summon several groups of fireflies to disperse the darkness around them.
"There is a C-level silent barrier ahead." If it were not me, today's mission would probably be in vain. Barrier masters below B-level would most likely not be able to discover this barrier.
"Hide No. 2." Li Qing suddenly gave an instruction in a low voice.
Liu Ying heard the words, drew out the incantation with her right hand, held a rune stone hanging around her neck with her left hand, and disappeared in an instant.
The woman's front foot hid in the single barrier. Li Qing's back foot immediately ignited the fighting spirit all over his body. He drew his sword and pointed it towards the 10 o'clock direction, startling several birds.
"Who's there?" he shouted sharply.
After a few seconds, an ordinary-looking man with a gloomy expression walked out from behind the tree. The purple light flashing in his eyes told his identity.
Every time Lin Zuzu blinks and looks at the other person's face, he will be confused——
Did this person look like this just now?
This is Nightmare's passive skill "Shapeless", an excellent life-saving talent.
"Human, leave." The man spoke very awkwardly and seemed to rarely speak.
"We are the government's special operations team, investigating the murder of your people." Li Qing put away his knife and said he had no hostility.
"No, let's go quickly," the man insisted.
Lin Zuzu noticed that the other party was extremely unnatural when speaking, as if she was suppressing something, so she said:
"Do you really not want to know who killed your people?"
"Get out!" the man yelled at them as if he was irritated.
That's right.
Lin Zuzu vaguely felt that underneath the other party's forced anger, there was an emotion called fear hidden.
"Get out of here..." The man was about to continue driving them away, but suddenly stopped as if he heard something.
Ming Qiaoqiao saw at a glance that they were using their mental power to convey information.
"The patriarch...let you go in," the man said stumblingly.
"Okay, thank you." Li Qing responded, and at the same time, he made a downward gesture with his index and middle fingers in the direction where Liu Ying disappeared, meaning——
"No. 2, stay where you are."
In choosing Liu Ying to stay instead of Ming Qiaoqiao, Li Qing considered that the young genius "Messenger" could help them avoid illusions, and the enchantment master had enough ways to destroy the enchantment for support even if he was outside the enchantment.
The young man with rich operational experience left a back-up for the team to prevent the entire team from being wiped out in one fell swoop.
Those who are not of my race must have different minds. It is always better to be cautious.
With people from the Nightmare clan leading the way, their speed obviously accelerated.
During this period, Li Qing would press the intercom and tap lightly every fifty meters. Liu Ying would reply after receiving the message outside the Destroying Barrier to confirm that their connection with the outside world was not broken.
Perhaps the nightmare is far away from human society, so no shielding barrier has been erected to isolate electronic signals.
A few minutes later, a small village appeared in front of them. Two rows of rough houses with brick walls and tile roofs were the nightmare's homes. There was not even putty to paint the walls. There was a solitary well to the east of the village, and there was nothing else.
Living facilities.
The nightmare clan lives a very primitive and crude life.
They hid in the house and secretly watched these uninvited guests.
Lin Zuzu felt that those eyes contained scrutiny and curiosity. This was not surprising, but...
Why is there hostility? There is no clear evidence that the deceased was killed by humans, right? She can only keep a cautious eye on this.
The man led them to a room that was obviously larger than other rough houses.
"Clan leader, inside."
"Thanks."
Li Qing knocked on the door, and after receiving a response, he led the two girls in.
The furnishings in the room are very simple, with a bed, a cabinet, a table and two chairs. The small space still looks empty.
The patriarch is a female nightmare, and her appearance is also ordinary, but Ming Qiaoqiao can feel that this nightmare is not weak, at least it has sufficient mental strength.
She quickly used her mental power to explore the room and confirmed that there were no hidden spells. She was still ready to make spells at any time.
"I already know the purpose of your visit. We just want him to rest in peace, and we don't want to find any murderers. We are very sorry for the things that have affected mankind." As expected of the clan leader, he spoke fluently and decently.
However, in human society, once a murder occurs, it must be investigated to the end.
Therefore, Li Qing did not just follow the other party's words and give up.
He asked: "The bullets found at the scene are expensive and probably come from relatively powerful races such as trolls and vampires. Have you had any conflicts with other alien races?"
"How could that be possible? The Nightmare clan has always been closed off. They just live their lives well. Naturally, there won't be any grudges." The clan leader said.
Lin Zuzu keenly noticed that when the young man mentioned those powerful alien races, the aura on the other side was disturbed. This was the same as the male nightmare just now, a manifestation of fear.
What are they afraid of?
Just because Li Qing reported the names of the races one by one, she could not identify which alien race they were so afraid of.
The cunning girl has a plan in mind.
"Hey, I heard that trolls are very ugly, right?" She pretended to be innocent.
Li Qing didn't understand why she suddenly said this, and Ming Qiaoqiao next to him also looked confused.
"Oh, and are the vampire's eyes really red?" When Lin Zuzu spoke, although he showed an extremely unprofessional look, his eyes were fixed on the clan leader to observe his reaction.
So, that flash of panic was captured by her.
I didn’t expect it to be a blood race, so why would a powerful alien race be involved...
"You should go out first." Li Qing frowned. On the surface, he seemed to be very dissatisfied with her performance, but he secretly gave her a wink.
As a teammate of the same team, he knew that the smart Lin Zuzu would not do stupid things. Of course, except when it came to Elise.
"Oh, okay." The girl smiled awkwardly, pretending to be embarrassed about her recklessness, and quickly left the room.
After leaving the room, she immediately knocked on the door next door.
"I'm sorry, is there a bathroom here?" There was obviously a sound coming from inside far away from the door, but no one answered.
She knocked on the doors of several rooms in succession, but the situation was the same. The nightmare seemed to resist communicating with them.
In this case, what should I do to force you to come out?
She looked around to think of ideas, and out of the corner of her eye she saw a boy squatting next to the well with his back to her. She didn't know what he was doing.
Has he always been there?
Lin Zuzu cautiously leaned towards the boy.
Really, why did I start doing things that a mentally retarded protagonist would do?
"kid……"
She stopped suddenly——
The boy suddenly turned around and stared at her fiercely, with a ferocious expression like a vicious snake.