Chapter 535

{Don't think about it. You will be killed instantly when you see that thing. Only I can resist for a while. Don't rub it anymore. You must take this thing back no matter what. You must find out what its function is.}

Gao Hai didn't waste time talking to the fake Taoist priest. He pushed him and made him stagger. Then he took action.

...Don't...leave mom...

The gentle voice kept echoing in his ears.

He could feel the blood flower vines parasitic in his body slowly becoming active.

To be honest, Gao Hai was still a little unsure in his heart. He was not sure whether the power of the deed could resist the blood flower's clone.

But it was meaningless to think about this matter at this moment. Therefore, Gao Hai hesitated for a moment and then refocused his attention on the road ahead.

The players who were moving at full speed passed the several kilometers of mountain road in less than a minute.

Before that, Gao Hai had notified Qianhua through the mental link and asked all players to move away from the outer area of ​​the village and gather in the village. This is to prevent any unlucky person from accidentally hearing the muttering of the blood flower and then burping.

{We have entered the village! }

Tangyuan, who was at the front, shouted in the temporary mental link. She brought Zhenfei and Kaguya into the village first.

{The space is distorting, and the distance between us and the village is getting longer. Mr. Gao, why don’t you take the statue back? }

The Taoist priest who was running in front of Gao Hai noticed that the distance between him and the entrance of the village was obviously not normal. After thinking for a while, he looked at Gao Hai beside him.

{Don’t talk nonsense, just run ahead when I told you to! }

But Gao Hai just pushed him harder, and seeing his firm attitude, the Taoist priest shut up and said nothing.

The distance was gradually shortened.

Although the spatial distortion of the road ahead became more and more serious as the call of the blood flower behind him approached, the two were Red Moon-level players. They managed to catch up with the speed of spatial distortion with their mobility while running faster, and approached the village little by little.

{Mr. Gao, there is something ahead! }

At this moment, Li Nianyou suddenly shouted in the temporary mental link, and Gao Hai also noticed something in front of the dirt road.

It was a coffin.

A pitch-black coffin full of cracks.

The black coffin stood on the ground, and there was nothing strange around it. It just appeared there abruptly.

Felt the deep and dark breath of death.

Just like the mass grave village full of corpses that I and Yili had visited in the first round, this breath came from that place, and it was more condensed and deeper, like... the core of that space.

{Is it the second Red Moon-level core obsession that appeared? This inexplicable appearance was probably led here by someone. You keep running, I'll deal with it}

Bang!

After a dull explosion, Gao Hai instantly passed by Li Nianyou and rushed straight to the place where the black coffin was.

{Hey? Hey, core obsession, how can you rush up like this? ! That kind of deadly thing——}

The Taoist priest, who had never expected Gao Hai to react like this, opened his mouth wide and almost shouted directly in the real world.

But even the voice that sounded in the temporary mental link was forced to stop before it could finish.

Because he had seen Gao Hai arrive in front of the coffin, and then a police officer with dirty clothes appeared out of thin air next to Gao Hai, and rushed over to knock the coffin to the ground, causing something in the coffin to roll out. Then Gao Hai took a step forward and kicked the thing hard, kicking it and the coffin on it into the air. Then after three not-so-obvious gunshots, the thing fell into the paddy field next to it and fell into the mud.

{Huh? }

The fake Taoist priest, who had never thought of seeing such a scene, was stunned.

No, that thing just now, that should be the Red Moon-level core obsession, right?

It can only be seen in the top-level Red Moon-level copies, as a weird thing at the final boss level. Even if players unite to form the top team, they can only struggle to escape in front of monsters of this level, and there is almost no possibility of confrontation.

But this Mr. Gao, he... he kicked the other party out directly? !

And with such a breath, the thing he summoned, the thing that looks like a police officer, should also be a strange thing, right? And this breath... Isn't this also the breath of the Red Moon-level core obsession? ! Although Mr. Gao did say that he could summon very powerful strange things to assist him, is the standard of "very powerful" the Red Moon-level core obsession level? This is wrong, right? This is completely wrong, right? Are you really a player? !

Although before this, in order to cooperate smoothly, everyone probably communicated with each other about their abilities. But whether it was [Police Officer] or [Teacher], Gao Hai had never demonstrated it carefully in front of other players. The result was that the police officer's battle directly confused the Taoist priest, and at the same time, it also made the Taoist priest realize why the big sister Xiong Mi cared so much about Gao Hai.

{That thing was dragged here by some force, so even the basic rules are partially invalidated. In terms of threat, it is not at the Red Moon Core level. I just used some tricks. Well, it will be here soon. Now is not the time to worry about such things.}

Gao Hai said calmly in the temporary mental link, and continued to move forward with the Taoist priest, and finally arrived at the entrance of the village where serious spatial distortion had occurred.

The Taoist priest with the statue entered the village first and was responsible for placing this important prop in a relatively safe area inside the village.

Gao Hai, who was one step behind, stopped after entering the village.

No.

I can't go in.

Through the connection between himself and the obsession deed, Gao Hai clearly confirmed a fact.

The current [Lijia Village] can no longer stop the invasion of Blood Flower.

The original protective power of this village has now weakened to less than one-tenth. In this case, if the clone of Blood Flower arrives here, it is entirely possible that the thing will force its way in and kill everyone to end Gao Hai's round.

Why is it so weak?

Where did this power go?

[Teacher, do you really not know the answer to the question? You should know clearly in your heart where the power to protect the village comes from, right? The time is almost up. If you have to make a decision, you can't hesitate now~]

Alice's voice echoed in his mind.

In the mental link, Zhenfei has begun to ask Gao Hai why he didn't come in. At the same time, Kita Yuyo, who has been silently observing the surrounding situation, also spoke, telling him to hurry into the existence.

But he can't go in anymore.

It seems that this round is coming to an end.

It's hard to get a little advantage at the beginning, but in the end, it's still because of this blood flower that he can't go on?

Takahashi knows very well that without the protection of [Lijia Village], it is unlikely that he will escape the pursuit of the blood flower. But if this thing destroys [Lijia Village], then everyone will lose the safe zone, which will only make everything end faster.

{Haijun, what happened? Why haven't you come in? That thing... can it break through the defense of this village? }

The voice of Zhenfei coming from the mental link has changed. The girl realized the possible situation and her tone has become serious.

{Yes, that's right, so I have to stay away from this village and find a way to hold it back}

Gao Hai's answer was very relaxed. He turned around, walked out of the village silently, stood on the dirt road and looked at the darkness under the hillside, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

{In this case, I have to ask you for help next, Zhenfei}

{While I hold that thing back and play hide-and-seek with it, I can only ask you and everyone to crack the statue and confirm its hidden information and function}

{Because of the time disorder, [Alice's Cabin] has also cooled down, so I can optimistically estimate that I can at least hold that thing back for a few hours. But if the situation is really serious and I have to enter the safe house, then I will be guarded by the corpse, and I will be finished when the safe house disappears. So, in these few hours, are you sure you can complete the cracking of the statue with others? }

As he spoke, Gao Hai had crossed the field and ran towards a path on the side of the village.

I could feel the sight of that thing shift. Sure enough, it was only coming for me. Although it would not refuse other people if it saw them, it still focused on me. I was the only one who attracted its attention the most.

Gao Hai was not surprised by the attention of this thing. After taking a deep breath, he directly activated the blessing of rampage, and in an instant he exceeded the speed of sound, leaving a flashing phantom in the woods. Without the need to take others with him and consider the consequences, the speed he exerted at this time was extremely terrifying, even the Red Moon-level players could not imagine it.

{I understand, Haijun, be careful, your life is the most important among all of us. If you are alive, all this can end, so please don't die, we will do our best}

Zhenfei answered solemnly in the mental link, and then there was no sound.

However, Kita, who was following Gao Hai, whispered to himself, "I won't die miserably this time, right?" It seems that he is a little ptsd.

... Mom is here...

... Don't run away from mom anymore...

The sound of the blood flower was chasing closely behind him.

As Gao Hai expected, the first target of this thing was always Gao Hai himself. No one knew why this thing was so serious about Gao Hai.

However, there was one thing that Gao Hai didn't know.

That is, when this thing passed through [Lijia Village], it stopped for a short while and turned its attention to other directions.

Then, a small vine separated from its body, drilled into the soil, and spread towards the village.

And after taking another look at Hayasaka Ai in the village, it turned its attention back to Gao Hai and chased after him.

Not long ago, I just recovered from a fracture, but my dad was hit by a bicycle while riding an electric bike and hit his foot, and the third toe bone was fractured.

But he is in good condition. Just two days after the bandage, he can go downstairs to play cards with a cane (looking up at the sky)

Chapter 98 Silent Howling Meat and Unused Ritual Props

Whoosh——

In the deep woods, a figure flashed by like lightning.

The extremely intense speed caused a sonic boom, tearing the surrounding trees and bushes apart, and even rolling up a layer of soil from the ground.

The animals in the forest raised their heads and turned their eyes dully, but they could not catch the figure that flashed by. The speed of the other party was too amazing, and it seemed that it had activated some special ability that could weaken its own existence or even make itself disappear from the real world, so it could easily get rid of the tracking of these weird things.

Already arrived in another space.

Although the surroundings still looked like a dense jungle and there seemed to be no changes, Gao Hai could feel the subtle ripples in the surrounding space and infer that he was already in another space.

Where will he arrive this time?

While thinking, Gao Hai was still moving at full speed, with no intention of stopping at all.

The thing chasing behind him was still getting closer and closer.

Obviously, because he didn't bring Hayasaka with him this time, Gao Hai could use all his strength without hesitation, but even if he used the power of blessing to speed up, he found that he couldn't get rid of the thing behind him.

From the moment the chase began, no matter how he dodged, the distance between the two sides was irreversibly shortened. This matter is not easy to explain. In short, Gao Hai can be sure that his accelerated running has no possibility of getting rid of the blood flower clone.

Forget it, if I can't get rid of it, I can't get rid of it. As long as this thing's attention is still on me, it's fine.

While thinking, Gao Hai has seen things outside the forest.

What is imprinted in his pupils is the village with a blazing fire and the vague figures running away.

This place...

Gao Hai frowned and looked at the vague figures fleeing the village.

He heard the sounds echoing in the space.

The sounds coming from the figures fleeing the village seemed to come from a long time ago.

[Run! Run! Those soldiers are out of control! ]

[Damn it, how did they get out? There has never been any problem before! ]

[Lord Mountain God, help us, Lord Mountain God, please save us! Kill these damn guys quickly! 】

In the call, it seems that the flames can be seen spreading a little, drowning some figures that fell behind.

Something emerged from the flames.

Ragged, broken armor, holding spears or long swords, and skinny things.

They seemed to have been soldiers.

They were forcibly conscripted into the army from their homes, without much systematic training, and had to enter the battlefield with swords, and then fled after the defeat, wandering far away from their hometowns.

For the places where these defeated soldiers wandered to, they were undoubtedly unwelcome people. Ordinary villagers were their targets of looting, and the soldiers organized by the locals could easily hunt them down. So these defeated soldiers were chased around and had to enter some dangerous areas that the locals would not go to, such as the deep primeval forest.

However, it was somewhat unexpected that there was an isolated village in this woodland that should have been empty.

And behind this seemingly peaceful little village, there is a group of monsters whose cognition and behavior are completely distorted and completely different from normal people.

Whoosh - boom -

The blazing flames spread in the woods.

And Gao Hai has passed through the phantoms of the chaotic soldiers and villagers, and quickly passed by the burning village.

The timeline of the chaotic soldiers seems to be earlier than the group of soldiers with the mark of the evil spirits. The reason why these defeated soldiers entered the village in the deep mountains seems to be due to the war outside, just like the reason why these villagers came to Xiaohei Mountain in the first place.

Because the time was too short, Gao Hai did not have time to observe the village more carefully. But even so, he confirmed a lot of things, such as in the phantoms of those villagers, he saw Li Ziyong, who was pale and alienated by other villagers even during the escape. Although it may not be possible to determine the specific situation, judging from the expressions of the people around him and himself, it might be that Li Ziyong decided to use these chaotic soldiers to do something at the beginning, which resulted in the whole village being engulfed in flames in the end.

Well, in this way, many things can be pieced together. However, there are still some inconsistencies, such as what the mountain stronghold he saw before was, and why the time and space between the rebels and the soldiers of the Zhengui people were mixed together, so that he almost didn't realize that the two were not in the same timeline.

Gao Hai continued to speed up while thinking.

He once again went deep into the dense forest, shuttling through the darkness at a very fast speed.

The call from behind continued to approach.

The pain under the skin was becoming more and more clear.