The decisive choice based on the hexagrams indeed resulted in a lucky result. The two twisted monsters pounced on the fleeing horses, while Victor and Henry took the opportunity to escape from the scene.
However, it only took ten seconds to tear the two poor horses apart, and Victor and Henry would still face a terrifying pursuit.
The fog in front gradually fades, and the end of the forest can already be seen, but the terrifying and crazy low roar coming from behind is getting closer and closer.
The two of them ran out of breath, rushed out of the grass forest in embarrassment, and were exposed to the scorching sun in the sky.
Only after Victor stepped into the vast wilderness did he realize that there was such a big difference between the weather conditions outside and in the forest.
Inside, the fog is thick and it looks like a cloudy sky, but outside, the sky is clear and clear.
The next second, dozens of terrifying long tentacles broke through the grass and swept towards the exhausted Victor and Henry.
The two of them can no longer run away. Unless they are lucky, they will end up like the others who died without any body parts!
Suddenly! The thundering sound of footsteps came from far to near, the mud and dust rippled, and the earth was shaking. This movement did not come from the forest, but from another direction.
In the midst of the lightning and flint, a large herd of rushing cattle rushed into the chaotic battlefield from the wilderness side. They were the main body of the trampling sound, and they instantly disrupted dozens of weird and twisting tentacles.
With bursts of whining, several cows were smashed to pieces by the crazy tentacles, but this also gave Victor and Henry the opportunity to escape.
When they were far away from the foggy forest, the panicked cattle also fled in all directions.
What's interesting is that the monsters inside did not break out of the forest. Their range of activities seems to be limited to that forest and cannot be exposed to the sunshine of the wilderness.
"It can't come out..."
Henry collapsed to the ground and the gun was thrown aside.
The two of them were able to escape the disaster, which was all due to luck. Victor looked at his muddy left hand and knew clearly that the divination just now saved them.
One hexagram calculated the void, and the way to solve it was to abandon the luggage and flee from three directions: north, south, and southeast. Victor chose the north and rushed out of the forest not long after, and the rushing cattle were also extremely coincidental.
Appeared there to buy them time to escape.
They were exhausted and needed a good rest. Victor lay on the sparse lawn and looked at a towering mountain.
Above the top of the mountain, there seemed to be a figure riding a horse overlooking the chaotic scene just now, but when Victor looked carefully, the figure suddenly disappeared again...
"They are all dead... We had a chance to save a few people..." Henry's regretful tone came from Victor's ears.
Victor was a little unbelievable. Given the dangerous situation at that time, the young investigator next to him actually still held such unrealistic illusions.
"Do you want to be a hero respected by everyone? Then do it yourself and don't involve me!" Victor was a little annoyed.
After hearing this, Henry showed a helpless expression, and he gradually understood that he was not qualified to ask Victor to take risks.
The next moment, Victor turned around and continued to scold Henry: "You are a decent investigator and can be the savior. I am just an ordinary prodigal. I was almost turned into a pulp by that terrible thing just now. I can't save anyone!"
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He doesn't like to meddle in other people's business, and he still has a lot of trouble to deal with! If Henry was decisive just now, he wouldn't have to deliberately slow down the convertible to wait for the other party.
"Do you still remember the three fatal characteristics that Father Sang told you?"
Henry suddenly changed the topic, still staring at the mysterious forest.
Victor was stunned for a moment, not understanding what he wanted to say.
"When 'intoxicated', the human spirit will be corroded by secret monsters, and those terrible things will appear in the material world through the host's body. This is what Father Sang said, right?"
Victor nodded in surprise, his face gradually turning ugly.
Henry continued: "Maybe that's what you will look like in the future..."
Victor shuddered and remained silent.
Henry brought the topic back: "So, do you want someone to save you or just mind your own business?"
Victor immediately replied with a wry smile: "It's a pity that you can't save me, so I still say that you have the same responsibility as you have the ability... If one day I become like that, I advise you
You’d better run quickly!”
Henry shrugged after hearing this, and the two of them stopped arguing.
After looking around, they didn't know where they were now. But they knew very well that they had to find a means of transportation as soon as possible.
After walking through this wasteland, they hope to meet a carriage willing to carry them on the main road.
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In the evening, on the outskirts of the industrial city lined with chimneys, farm residents who had not finished work saw a dilapidated fruit cart carrying two unkempt men in suits and leather collars, entering the urban area of Dandelion.
"Oh...what happened to those two supposedly decent gentlemen in the wilderness?" A peasant woman looked at them curiously from inside the fence.
The farmland outside Dandelion can basically be regarded as the dividing point between industrial civilization and barbaric backwardness.
After entering the city, Ma Xie can finally step onto the smooth gravel road, and can also see imitation classical buildings with more than three floors. The profession inherited from Greybean - the lamplighter, is using a ladder to open the transparent lampshade.
, sending flames into the gas lamps on the roadside, so that the whole city is brightly lit before entering night.
Only here can you feel the urban order from the west. In the past, the western part of Secred was also a ten-state colony of the Western Continent countries. Among them, the Greybean Empire had the greatest influence, so the urban construction is full of style.
Rebain's kind of British style.
They didn't know where Thomas was meeting, so they could only stay at the hotel with the most guests for the time being.
Perhaps due to luck, the two met an acquaintance as soon as they entered - Father Sang, who was sitting in the corner with his face flushed from drinking.
"Father San!" Henry and Victor greeted him.
When Father Sang saw Victor, there was a hint of displeasure on his face: "You...who are you? Why aren't you dead yet?! Oh, by the way! Where did you die that night? You made me pay for that dead woman myself.
, too expensive, this dead place..."
Father Sang talked about death several times in a row, and it was obvious that he was not in a good mood.
Before Henry and Victor could speak, Father Sang observed that they were dusty and a little dirty, so his frivolous expression darkened and asked: "What's wrong with you? Where's Mark?"
Henry sighed and informed Father Sang about Mark's accident in Walding Town.
Father Sang felt that he was no longer drunk, and his expression became more serious.
"You are being watched... Henry, what special things happened to you and Agent Mark after you entered Missouri? Tell them all."