Returning from the abyss

Chapter 278 Getting Ready

"You can at least help that Sierra, but I can't. I am in the future of time and can't affect my past self. This applies to every plant and tree here, but you are different."

You have no future.

Lu Ning and the others will naturally leave after completing the task. Of course, there is no future point in time in this world.She understood what Sera meant, but her mood didn't get better because of it.

The more you know, the greater the burden.If she was just an ordinary human tourist, all she had to do now was figure out how to stand in line; if she was just an ignorant demon, then she would just make trouble for the human side, but now both of these situations have left her.

The resonance of the witch arrived soon, and this time, as if an idea had arisen from her heart, Lu Ning immediately knew the first location.

The cemetery, that special house, put the pupil of the witch in the room for more than 48 hours to reinvigorate it.

"Is this the communication between a witch and a human?"

Lu Ning started to go around Baihu Town to the cemetery, but her tone was slightly dissatisfied.The witch also noticed Lu Ning's emotions, and some chaotic voices appeared in her mind, which slowly turned into meaningful sentences.

【communicate with. 】

"At least it's like a conversation, otherwise I don't know what you want. Is there anything special about the cemetery? What about those ghosts?"

[Nothing special, just human. 】

"It can't be anything special, those ghosts—"

[I understand the meaning of ghosts in your mind, they are human beings. 】

Lu Ning's footsteps stopped suddenly.

Sera said that in the witch's cognition, human beings are the composition of some elements, that is to say, although those in the cemetery look like horror movies to her, they still fit a "human" to the witch. definition?

【Your life is different from what I know. 】

"So... those ghosts in the cemetery are actually people in discrete form?"

[No need to think too much, for you, those people are dead.The element has not left and is therefore still human. 】

"Why didn't the element leave?"

【time.Relative to my death is stretched, but you cannot understand. 】

Lu Ning began to regret having really communicated with the witch.

In fact, it is not too different from the legend. The witch's communication is very frank, but due to the huge gap in cognition between the two, this communication can only be said to be stumbling.This is not bad. According to the witch, most people who resonate with it can't understand it at all. Only the knowledge belonging to humans that has been lost through time can be understood by those people, and then various things in Baihu Town are formed. The basis of the legend.

Lu Ning hurried to the cemetery, and looked up at the sky on the way. The dark red star had disappeared, and some smoke could be seen from a distance in the town, which was not serious. who stopped it.

But now she doesn't worry about those powers on the human side at all.

The benefits of truly communicating with the Witch are huge. The Witch cannot directly affect the world, but only through "omission", but the devil only needs this omission to gain great power.

Because she obtained the Witch's Oath and the Witch's Eye, she quickly received two rewards.First of all, the overall increase of demonization has been strengthened to six times, which is enough to make her no longer afraid of any close combat.At the same time, the devil's equipment also has an exclusive curved light bomb, which can deflect all the light within a radius of up to 20 meters from the center of the explosion, forming a dark field that is enough to turn her into a devil.

The cemetery still looks weird, the small town made up of houses is at least not so scary during the day, but when Lu Ning walked in, she could still hear the low cries of ghosts.

[It's strange that you didn't understand. 】

"What didn't you understand?"

[According to your habits, only ghosts live in cemeteries, and only people live in houses. 】

Very well, witches always have this kind of ability to completely shatter people's original cognition with confidence.

"Are you going to say 'they' built these houses?"

【Yes. 】

"..."

The witch didn't explain, but Lu Ning still turned her eyes back to reality, and examined these people who were between two kinds of death.

The symbiotic effect of the witch's heart provides vitality, while human consciousness provides subjective initiative, and the two move the "building materials" in this cooperative way.The skill of building houses with plants is the same thing, and the consciousness of human beings is not as clear as before, so the residents of this dead town built this place as they remembered it during their lifetime.

One can imagine the panic of the people in Baihu Town when they found out that the people buried here had built a shrunken town. Even now, what Lu Ning thinks is too mysterious is nothing more than the power of ghosts and gods to those people.Presumably, someone proposed to destroy this dead town, but probably out of fear, they simply built a wall there.

The people in the town can't leave, because they are all in the town in the future, so those who hold the idea of ​​"coming back" are fine, while those who want to never return will die.

Lu Ning saw that special house, which was built of stones and grass, with a big stone as the door.Unfortunately, there was a man there right now who was resting his hand on the big rock that served as the door to the house.

Fujii Yukine.

As if aware of the person coming from behind, Fujii Xueyin turned around immediately, and Lu Ning clearly saw a cold light flashing from her cuff, which she couldn't see clearly in her ordinary posture.

"Lu Ning? What are you doing here?"

"The west side is a blind spot. I didn't have time to come here before." Lu Ning looked at her. After many days of investigation, Fujii Xueyin's face was a little tired, but it didn't affect her.

"Time now?"

"Don't you know? Inawara blew up several houses with a fire spell, claiming to kill everyone in the town to complete the task, and it should be stopped now."

"Is this a plan that Carl came up with?" Fujii Xueyin asked.

"Ah."

"He's too anxious." Fujii sighed, stretched out his hand and pushed the tombstone, "I believe there is definitely more than one solution to this scene, but he thinks it's too late for us to find out."

"Today is the eighth day. Excluding today, there are still six days. Do you think we have other solutions when the previous thinking is completely wrong?"

"If it's a mistake, correct it." Fujii Xueyin didn't give up. With a sudden force on her hand, the big rock started to make a rattling sound, as if it was being pushed away.

"what have you found?"

"Among so many houses, this is the most special one, so there must be some secret here!"

The dust on the boulder rustled down, but that was it, Fujii Yukine didn't have the strength to really push it away.But it didn't bother her, a slender metal rod fell from her sleeve, and she stabbed the tip directly into the slit just pushed out.

Unexpectedly, the thin rod that seemed to be bent and broken when it was pulled actually perfectly fulfilled the duty of the lever, and under the prying of Fujii Yukine, the entire stone door was pried down!

Boom!

There was a loud noise, the smoke and dust rose and dispersed, and the scene inside the room finally revealed its true face.

On a piece of marble covered with moss and black roots, lay a dead bone on its back. A blooming witch's heart grew out of the heart of the dead bone. Its flowers were bright red in color, forming the shape of a heart in layers. , while the central stamen bears four plump and vibrant seeds, and the edges of the four sword-like leaves rushing out from the roots are full of jagged edges, emerald green, and the veins are deep black.

Other than that, everything in the house was surrounded by black nests that were as dense as a quagmire, and it was hard to tell how deep it was at a glance.Fujii Xueyin glanced at Lu Ning: "Is this... what you are looking for?"

"Yes." Since she knew it, it seemed that there was no communication with the town, so Lu Ning nodded happily.

"Have you found it before?"

"Find a few that work, but none that are... robust."

Lu Ning subconsciously began to think about what kind of medicinal materials could be formulated with such a plant.And Fujii has already started to act at this moment. She took out a net bag, some metal poles that can be joined together, a piece of rope, and a pair of scissors from her backpack.

"What are these things?"

"I don't intend to step on this unknown thing." Fujii quickly stretched the metal rod with his hands and feet, then hung the net bag on the front end, and slowly extended it to the marble platform in the center, below the Witch's Heart, and then used his front to pry The metal rod of the door was entangled with the scissors, the scissors opened, the rope passed through the two holes, a slipknot was made, and an attempt was made to tug on the rope, and the shrinking loop of the rope immediately closed the scissors.

Lu Ning watched as she clamped the pole of the net bag with her knees, manipulated the scissors bar and the rope with both hands, and easily cut off the witch's heart by the root, and then copied it into her hand with the net bag.

"I want to study this thing, and I can't give you all of it."

"oh oh?"

Fujii Xueyin threw a leaf and a petal wrapped in cloth to Lu Ning: "Are you looking for another method? Then try it."

"Aren't you worried that I'm a devil?"

"If you are a demon, you don't need to destroy the town, the result is the same."

"Then you are a demon?"

Fujii Yukine shook her head.

"This kind of temptation is very boring."

"Yeah, so I want you to put that thing away."

Lu Ning pointed to Fujii's cuff.

"It's not that I can't see your guard, it's just that I'm too lazy to say it, but since you haven't let go of your vigilance, why do you ask others not to test you?"

"……Feel sorry."

Fujii nodded, reached out and took the thing out of his sleeve.

This is a thin crescent-shaped blade, showing a mysterious blue luster in the sunlight. There is a small handle in the middle of the crescent, which is connected to two metal chains in Fujii's sleeve.This uniquely shaped weapon is exquisite and beautiful, and Lu Ning couldn't help but take a second look.

"It's a pity that the blacksmith died. The weapons he made are actually very good. I remember you also placed an order there?"

"Is this made by a blacksmith?"

"Yes, completely use the ore found in the mine." Fujii Xueyin retracted the thin blade into his sleeve, "It's very convenient, but I don't know what kind of metal it is, maybe I need to add some knowledge when I return to the distribution center .”

"It seems that I underestimated the effect of this ore, and that metal rod is also..."

"Yes, I placed an order early the next morning." Fujii nodded, "It's getting late, I should leave, it's not safe here at night."

"Where do you live these days?"

"In the forest." Fujii put everything into his backpack, "Don't worry, I've prepared everything. In addition, I've completed the task of the lakeside hut."

"Have you been there yourself?"

"Yes, last night. Besides, I didn't wait for Peng Morong, but it doesn't mean that he is not a demon. Although I haven't figured out the reason for the big advantage to kill each other, it must be the case." Fujii Xueyin said, "The hut by the lake is not always under surveillance, so the possibility of stealing this opportunity is quite high. Unfortunately, there are still six nights left...the last night must not have time to complete the task."

"I'll pass it on to Carl."

"By the way, let me bring another piece of news. When I left the hut by the lake this morning, I found signs of a new camp in the forest. Using the method of elimination, it might be Qu Siyuan and Pan Haishu. They are actually quite suspicious. "

"Because it's so common, right?"

"Well, everyone has some unique abilities or unique personalities, so the most common people become a special group. I don't think the distribution center will really arrange for four travelers to participate in the White Lake Town. Things. I'll try to track it down, but it won't be a top priority."

"Please. In addition, if you encounter any danger, go back to Baihu Town. It's okay to support you based on the strength everyone has shown recently."

Fujii nodded, and walked further along the road where the cries of ghosts became more and more fierce.

Lu Ning turned around and threw the gem that had lost its luster into the black nest.

As soon as one is processed, the next one follows.

Town, Hermann, Witch's Bones.

"That might not work today..."

Inahara was in such a mess, no matter how low-key the Herman family wanted to be, they had no choice but to stand up. Who would keep the people in charge of the town from moving?And if she wanted to obtain the Witch's Bones, she still had to make preparations.

Coincidentally, as night fell, Lu Ning didn't have to go out of the unpleasant cemetery road anymore, and she directly returned to the town in Shadow Leap.

There were fewer and fewer people in the hotel. Lu Ning could only see Shen Lishu and Ye Chuqing drinking tea in the restaurant. After asking about what happened during the day, she realized that Rio Sugiyama had actually failed to stop Aya Inahara But when Inahara destroyed the earthen wall and was about to continue killing, he suddenly showed a shocked expression, and then ran out of Baihu Town without looking back.Sugiyama worried and chased after him, and the two never came back.

After that, Fisher-Hellman and Levin went out together to arrest Inahara, and the rest of the townspeople no longer looked at the tourists friendlyly, and they were relatively simple with vigilance and suspicion.

"Why is Professor Shen so calm?"

Shen Lishu who told this story didn't look particularly anxious, it seemed that the turmoil in the outside world had nothing to do with him, and even Lu Ning could feel his composure that the big event was over.

(End of this chapter)