Liu Xing took a deep breath and said, "Did you feel it just now? There seems to be something staring at us in this bamboo forest?"
Ishikawa Ling nodded and said with some surprise: "What, it turns out I'm not the only one who feels this way. Just now when I was looking deep into the bamboo forest, I suddenly felt that I was being stared at by something, and that kind of
It feels very strange, I feel like a rabbit being targeted by a tiger."
At this time, after Zhang Jingxu chatted with Wan Zhongshan for a few words, he said: "Wan Zhongshan and I have the same feeling as you, which means that there is indeed something peeping at us deep in this bamboo forest, but we are not sure about it.
Is it some kind of beast or a mythical creature, but it may have regarded us as prey by now, but with the density of this bamboo forest, the thing deep in the bamboo forest will come out in a while."
Of course, Zhang Jingxu’s last sentence cannot be taken seriously.
Because Liu Xing was certain that the existence peeping at his group deep in the bamboo forest should be some kind of mythical creature, and for mythical creatures, it would be easy to leave this bamboo forest.
Therefore, Liu Xing estimated that the mythical creature deep in the bamboo forest should be trapped in the bamboo forest for some reason, but for the specific situation, he could only find a way to ask the locals in Panlong Town.
"Let's go back the way we came to avoid any accidents. After all, there is an old Chinese saying that a gentleman will not stand under a dangerous wall?" Liu Xing said seriously.
So, Liu Xing and others returned the same way and came to the broken bridge.
At this time, Liu Xing saw a young man wearing a windbreaker, leaning against the fence, as if looking at the scenery on the other side of the Panlong River.
It has to be said that this young man attracted the attention of Liu Xing and others.
Liu Xing winked at Zhang Jingxu, and Zhang Jingxu understood, took Wan Zhongshan and went up to chat with the young man.
Only then did Liu Xing see the true face of this young man. To describe it in one sentence, he was a young man who could be easily packaged and promoted to become a popular celebrity.
But precisely because of this, Liu Xing felt that this young man was a little strange, because he was very inconsistent with the overall atmosphere of Panlong Town.
This is like in a science fiction movie, a group of soldiers armed with laser guns were fighting each other, and suddenly a Taoist priest in white appeared with a sword, dropped a few yellow talismans and blew up the soldiers...
After a while, Zhang Jingxu came back and said: "This young man's name is Xiao Mochen, and he is a native of Panlong Town."
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and asked curiously: "Oh, this Xiao Mochen is actually a local. At first, I thought he was an outsider who was forced to stay in Panlong Town like us. After all, his paintings
The wind is different from others, and the name is also a little special."
Zhang Jingxu smiled and nodded, and continued: "Yes, I thought so at first, but Xiao Mochen mentioned that he and Hu Cang were good friends who grew up together, and he also told us a story about that
Do you want to hear the legend of the bamboo forest?"
"Mr. Zhang Jingxu, please stop being so pretentious and talk about it quickly." Ishikawa Ling said helplessly.
Zhang Jingxu smiled again and said: "It is said that a long time ago, when Panlong Town was still located on the other side of the river, the area where the bamboo forest was located was still a field. Suddenly a monk came to Panlong Town and spent some money to buy
He bought the land and asked people to build a temple called Hualai Temple. Finally, on the day when Hualai Temple was built, the monk planted some bamboos around Hualai Temple."
"This monk is also very strange. Apart from coming to Panlong Town to buy some food and vegetables every ten days and a half, he stays in Hualai Temple all day long and never accepts believers into Hualai Temple.
Burning incense and worshiping Buddha, people in Panlong Town gradually felt that there might be something wrong with this monk. However, after all, the monk spent his own money to build the Hualai Temple, and he did not cause trouble in Panlong Town, so there was nothing to say.
"
"Ten years have passed like this. The monk has been living a solitary life in Hualai Temple. Only occasionally a Taoist priest will enter Hualai Temple early in the morning, stay there for half a day, and then leave Panlong Town in a hurry.
And this Taoist priest came by himself in a boat, so this aroused the interest of a group of naughty kids in Panlong Town."
"I don’t need to say more about what kind of creatures naughty children are. They are not afraid of anything and everything. They always like to cause trouble everywhere, even though their parents have warned them again and again not to go to China.
But one afternoon, the naughty kids who had nothing to do suddenly decided to go to Hualai Temple to play, so these naughty kids secretly entered Hualai Temple."
"As a result, not long after these naughty children entered Hualai Temple, there was a strange roaring sound from Hualai Temple, and then there were the cries of the naughty children, because there was no bridge at that time. These sounds were heard
The families of the naughty children could only take a detour through a short bridge behind Hu Cang's house. So when the families of the naughty children came to Hualai Temple, they only saw blood on the ground, and those naughty children.
A mutilated corpse...or rather a piece of flesh."
"The angry families of the naughty children naturally regarded the monk as the culprit. However, after searching the Hualai Temple, the family members of the naughty children could not find the monk. At this time, the families of the naughty children who had calmed down a little,
I also noticed that something was wrong with the situation. After all, although they were delayed for some time on the road, it only took about ten minutes in total from the time the naughty children called for help to the time they arrived at Hualai Temple."
"Based on the naughty children discovered so far, it is basically certain that these naughty children were dismembered, but the method of dismemberment was very rough, as if they were torn into pieces with bare hands, and in some corpses
Teeth marks that did not look like human beings were also found on the bed, so the family members of the naughty child realized that something was wrong, so they immediately left Hualai Temple and returned to Panlong Town to notify the mayor, who then asked everyone to come together
He brought weapons and returned to Hualai Temple, and conducted a search of Hualai Temple."
"As a result, a basement was discovered in Hualai Temple, and a corpse torn in half was found in the basement. This corpse belonged to the monk. Then another opened box was found in the basement.
, this box is only the size of a rice cooker, but it is covered with weird patterns, so the knowledgeable mayor thinks that this box is probably used to seal some kind of monster."
"So, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, the mayor took everyone away from Hualai Temple and returned to Panlong Town, and arranged for people to ask for help from nearby villages and towns. As a result, the people sent out came back early the next morning.
, but the man had been disemboweled and all his internal organs were missing. He was obviously killed by the monster released from the box, and from this it can be inferred that the monster is intelligent.
"
"Since it was impossible to ask for help from the outside, the mayor ordered all the residents of Panlong Town to stay indoors and organized a group of strong men to patrol Panlong Town. As a result, a single man living alone was attacked that night.
He was attacked by a monster, and when the patrol who heard the noise arrived, the bachelor had been killed and disemboweled, losing his internal organs."
"Just when the residents of Panlong Town were panicking, the Taoist priest who often looked for the monk came to Panlong Town because when he went to look for the monk, he realized that something was wrong with the situation in Hualai Temple. When he saw the monk's body
After that, he hurried to Panlong Town. After learning the ins and outs of the matter, the Taoist priest told the mayor that a certain monster was indeed sealed in the box. The monk built it in Panlong Town just to purify the monster.
He lives in seclusion in Hualai Temple."
"Originally, things were progressing quite smoothly. Theoretically, the monster could be completely purified in two years. However, because those naughty kids opened the box, the result fell short. The monster that was released has been sealed for so many years.
, and was almost purified by someone, so you can imagine the temper of that monster, so the monk and the naughty children were all killed by the monster."
"However, because the monster has been sealed for so many years, and now it has just escaped, its strength is not as good as before. Therefore, we can only fight guerrilla warfare with the residents of Panlong Town. But if the monster cannot be sealed again as soon as possible, wait until
If this monster completely regains its strength, it will destroy the entire Panlong Town, because before that monster was sealed, it killed a whole town's people in one night."
"Fortunately, the monk had a backup plan when he was building Hualai Temple, so the Taoist priest used his body as bait and returned to Hualai Temple to attract the monster. When the monster was about to attack the Taoist priest, the Taoist priest activated
He picked up the back-up left by the monk, which was the bamboos planted around Hualai Temple, and then saw those bamboos growing wildly in an instant, and the entire Hualai Temple was surrounded by bamboos. This cage made of bamboos held the monster
I'm trapped in it and can't move."
"As for the Taoist priest, he was naturally trapped and died in Hualai Temple. Of course, it was possible that he was killed by the monster. However, before using his body as bait, the Taoist priest told the mayor that he would be there before he trapped him.
After a monster emerged, Panlong Town was moved to the side of Hualai Temple to suppress the monster through its popularity to prevent the monster from getting out of trouble again. Therefore, Panlong Town was moved here from the other side and next to the bamboo forest.
"
After listening to this story (actually there is an abandoned temple next to the author's hometown, because the two monks who originally lived there were killed overnight, and it looked like they were bitten to death by wild beasts, so it was rumored that
After passing back and forth, it turned out that the two monks were killed by a monster. By the way, several dead people appeared out of nowhere, as well as a zombie version). Liu Xing couldn't help but look back at the bamboo forest again.
If it were in the real world, Liu Xing would definitely laugh it off and not take it seriously when he heard such a story, but in this Cthulhu Run game world, Liu Xing can be sure that there is indeed something in that bamboo forest.
with some kind of mythical creature.
After all, those legends heard in the Cthulhu Run game are all true.
At this time, Zhang Jingxu continued: "But I don't know why, when Wan Zhongshan mentioned the black dragon, Xiao Mochen's expression changed obviously, but he still denied the existence of the black dragon. Now he
He has already said goodbye to us and invited us to go to the teahouse he opened in the afternoon."
As soon as Zhang Jingxu finished speaking, Xiao Mochen nodded to Liu Xing and others, then turned and left.
Liu Xing sighed and said seriously: "It seems like we were just targeted by that monster. I didn't expect that monster was still alive after being trapped in the bamboo forest for so many years."
Zhang Jingxu smiled helplessly and said: "Of course, Liu Xing, you have to know that most mythical creatures are basically immortal, so it makes sense that the monster deep in the bamboo forest is still alive.
Okay, let’s go back to Hu Cang’s house now and call Li Dian out to talk about what just happened.”
Liu Xing nodded, and everyone returned to Hu Cang's home.
At this time, Hu Cang and Li Dian were sitting and chatting.
When Li Dian saw Liu Xing and others, he said something, causing Zhang Jingxu and Wan Zhongshan to freeze and take out their mobile phones with shocked expressions on their faces.
Liu Xing and Ishikawa Ling were puzzled and stood there, waiting for Zhang Jingxu's translation.
The language barrier is really troublesome.
Liu Xing has now made up his mind that after finishing this module, he must buy a "textbook" in the mall.
There is a special type of props in the mall, which are affectionately called "textbooks" by players. For example, the animal training notes that Liu Xing once saw in Ishikawa Ling's bag are classified as "textbooks".
To put it simply, "textbooks" are books that allow players to learn or improve their skill values, but they require players to spend a certain amount of time reading and understanding them in the module first. However, "textbooks" will limit the number of times players can purchase them, such as repairing
Players in the Gus area can only purchase three "textbooks".
At this time, Zhang Jingxu looked at Liu Xing solemnly and said, "Meteor, Ishikawa Ling, look at the time displayed on your mobile phones now!"
Liu Xing frowned, and quickly took out his phone to look at it, and found that the time displayed on the phone was actually eleven o'clock!
Liu Xing and Ishikawa Ling now looked as shocked as Zhang Jingxu and Wan Zhongshan just now.
Liu Xing still remembers that the time when his group left Hu Cang's house was half past eight. Although he did not take out his mobile phone to confirm the time, according to Liu Xing's own feeling, his group only stayed outside for half an hour at most.
