Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

As they got closer and closer to the aquarium, the lights of the street lamps began to flicker - those street lamps that were not too far apart from each other - a street lamp about 10 meters apart, unexpectedly appeared without anyone noticing Down becomes flickering.

' Pause here. '

Osmandis gave a reminder at the right time.

Chen Yan looked at the other three in silence:

"What happens next may exceed your knowledge, but don't be afraid... It's completely useless to be afraid."

The three of them have experienced more weirdness tonight than they have experienced in their entire lives, and they are almost numb until now. After Chen Yan said this sentence that did not bring people a sense of security, they no longer behaved as before. big panic.

The panic was blunted by numbness.

"Next, you have to look into my eyes."

While Chen Yan said these words, he communicated with Osmandis in his heart:

'Three together? '

The implication is: three people teleport together?Or come one by one?

Osmandis did not show anger because of his "self-assertion", but replied very briefly:
'You look into the aquarium and let them look into your eyes. '

'Your vision is to focus on one exact spot. '

Ok?This means...

Through my line of sight, establish a passage to a certain location in front of the aquarium.

Create another passage through the sight of their gaze into my eyes.

In this way, with my eyes as nodes, they can be sent to a certain position in front of the aquarium through these two channels.

Chen Yan thought to himself, in this way, Osmandis's ability is similar to what he guessed, probably the ability of [establishing a transmission channel through the line of sight].

Well, Osmandis said before that he and the director should look at each other, just to transfer the director to a certain place...

The purpose of Osmandis is the director himself.

Thinking of this fact, Chen Yan became even more curious. What is the difference between Osmandis and the principal?What does he want the headmaster to do?
Now is not the time to ponder this question, Chen Yan calmed down and said to the three of them:

"I will teleport you to the gate of the aquarium as soon as possible, but you must keep quiet."

Xika and the "spectacles seller" man didn't say a word, and Aristel gently pressed the head of the Shiba Inu in her arms, and the little guy seemed to be very obedient, staying motionless in her arms.

He looked at the figure of the hunter who had appeared on the road behind him, then glanced at the three of them, and then looked at a small open space illuminated by lights at the entrance of the aquarium.

"Now, look into my eyes."

next moment--

A slight but dizzying feeling of vertigo appeared suddenly, and the three of them lost their vision in an instant.

When they regained their sight again, they found themselves standing in front of the aquarium, with various lights under their feet flashing. These lights came from the [Aquarium] sign above their heads made of color-changing neon tubes.

At the same time, Chen Yan was already standing beside them.

At this time, he was able to see the gate of the aquarium up close——

The aquarium of the Byron Weiss Zoo is a square building with only one floor. The lower part of the building is completely surrounded by glass, and the roof is a huge square cone.

Chen Yan could vaguely see that the material of the cuboid ceiling illuminated by the neon tubes was also some kind of opaque frosted glass, but he was not sure because the vision was too dark.

The glass in front of them—the glass where the main entrance of the aquarium is located is very clear, but they can’t see everything inside the aquarium—the inside of the aquarium is completely dark at this time, and the huge space is completely shrouded in darkness. , nothing can be seen.

Chen Yan picked up the Radiation VIII shotgun and looked around, but didn't see anyone.

At this time, the night was already deep, and there was still light snow in the sky. The circular water channel outside the aquarium had been frozen, and the strange thing was that the ring-shaped channel with a width of almost 10 meters seemed to surround the entire aquarium. There are no bridges built.

In other words, it is impossible to enter the aquarium by normal means.

Chen Yan glanced at the ice layer under the circular canal, and vaguely saw some shadows under the ice layer against the scattered neon lights.

The shadows flickered away.

When he wanted to take a closer look, the shadow was gone.

"Look, here's a precautionary notice."

The voice of "glasses seller" sounded from behind, so everyone came to his place, and saw a piece of A4 paper titled "Notes for Visiting the Aquarium of Byron Wiss Zoo" pasted on the glass. Inside the glass, so it can't be touched:
"Reminder: The aquarium is an unopened area under construction, please turn back here.

If there is a necessary demand for sightseeing, please refer to the following sightseeing suggestions for sightseeing:

1 There are no guided tours inside the aquarium.

2. Don't talk to the tour guide, don't accept the help offered by the tour guide, and don't follow the tour guide's advice.

3 If you have any communication with the tour guide, please look for dolphins to get rid of evil spirits.

4 If you find a dolphin, fulfill the dolphin's wish.

5 If no dolphins are found, please kill the guide.

6 If you can't kill the tour guide, please go to the jellyfish area to kill all jellyfish (including those small ones).

7 From 11:30 to 12:[-] in the evening, it is the release time for the creatures in the aquarium, please protect yourself during this period.

7 If you fall into the water, please stay away from the killer whale.

8 Orcas are dangerous and need to be killed.

9 Anglerfish are more dangerous and need to be killed and ensured that they dehydrate and die rather than dying in water.

9 Jellyfish, sea lions, sharks, and sea turtles are dangerous and need to be killed.

10 Grouper, eel, octopus, butterfly carp, clownfish, moonshine butterflyfish... (20 species listed) are dangerous and need to be killed!
11 Kill Kill Kill Kill Kill! "

Chen Yan was very worried about the mental state of the employee who wrote this notice.

This notice seems to be in Article 11. Blood stains like water stains appeared in the words "Kill". The blood stains flowed down along the closed area inside the glass, but they never flowed into the aquarium. on the floor.

Chen Yan is no stranger to the weirdness of the zoo, but for ordinary people, such a visual impact is particularly shocking.

"I... I've actually heard something similar..."

Arist, who was holding a Shiba Inu, forcibly moved her eyes away from the notice, and looked at Chen Yan—she first looked at the shotgun in Chen Yan's hand, and then looked at Chen Yan's eyes, and got enough comfort from it sense of security.

"Days Island is very chaotic, and some murders often occur. My father often tells us some things after dealing with the cases. Some things that obviously seem incredible and will not happen, but they just happen inexplicably..."

Chen Yan moved his gaze to the closed gate of the aquarium, and asked at the same time:

"What does your father do?"

Ariste replied quickly, as if talking would make her feel more secure:

"My father is the defense and investigation executive officer of Days Island. He is responsible for maintaining the safety of the island."

The Shiba Inu in his arms shrank his head, and let out a low "woo woo" sound towards Chen Yan, as if he had always been hostile to Chen Yan.

Chen Yan captured an ancient vocabulary:

"Defense guards?"

Iris tried to read his eyes, but she failed:
"Yes...you haven't been to the island, have you? The situation on the island is similar to that of Yanan City decades ago. The natives who were driven into the mountains would attack the city at any time, so the empire set up defense guards on the island. , and the more dangerous ones are actually the coolies sent here—those people were originally criminals from various cities in the empire. They made meritorious service on this wild island and then took root...they are even more dangerous than the natives who eat raw blood .”

The other two did not speak.

Chen Yan walked towards the gate, and they followed behind Chen Yan.

"There are many unexplainable cases in my father's case. He told me that it is an unknown taboo...Those legendary things do exist."

Arist was persistent in trying to get Chen Yan's attention, and the blond girl wanted to make Chen Yan explain all the weird things they encountered now.

"So I can accept what happened in the zoo, and the power you exerted..."

She failed, and Chen Yan said nothing.

Shiba Inu snorted twice, as if protesting against Chen Yan.

Chen Yan didn't speak, not because he didn't want to know the situation on Days Island, but because he was talking to Osmandis.

'There is a road inside, leading to another park. '

'Which park? '

'do not know. '

'I don't know what you mean. '

'...there are pursuers, there are hunters. '

Chen Yan turned his head and glanced at the place where he came from, and saw that the hunter had already appeared under the nearest street light that he could see——Wilson was standing more than 10 meters away, on the other side of the aquarium's circular waterway, silently Watching them at the entrance of the aquarium.

'Why doesn't he come? '

'He was afraid. '

'Something in the ring? '

'Yes. '

'what is that? '

'I don't know, but it's very fierce, you can't beat it. '

Chen Yan's heart trembled.

Even if I have sufficient firepower, I can't fight it, which means "Conviction Law"... Baum's egg bullets can't do enough damage to things in the circular waterway.

This was the first time Chen Yan encountered an abnormal creature that the North Bureau bullets could not cause damage to.

Or maybe the thing in the circular waterway is not a "creature"...

'The only way out is ahead. '

'The zoo's roads are circular, and you can always reach the tiger area in a circle. '

Even if I can't reach the tiger area, I have no way out now!

Chen Yan glanced at the phone, the current time is 10:55 in the evening——

5 minutes until the aquarium's safe house closes.

It has been 15 minutes since he entered the zoo, and the time he can stay in the zoo is 1 hour and 32 minutes, which is 92 minutes.

'Damn it, according to the current situation, 92 minutes is not enough. I don't know if I can reach the tiger area this time... It would be great if I could find a blueprint of the zoo. '

'According to the notice, from 11:12 to [-]:[-] is the time for the creatures in the aquarium to be released. At that time, the aquarium may become very dangerous.

In other words, if I can find the safe house, I must stay in the safe house until 12 o'clock in the evening-this way, I have only 27 minutes left to continue exploring...'

Find Tiger Zone in 27 minutes?
What a zoo joke!

Chen Yan was very angry:

'This guy Osmandis doesn't know the way to the tiger area... Maybe he knows, but he won't tell me. '

He then asked Osmandis:
'Do you know the map of the zoo? '

The other party quickly replied:

'Know it, but it doesn't work. '

Osmandis' answer is completely in line with common sense:

'The zoo has changed too much since it was first built, so the original map is invalid. '

'As originally planned, there was no aquarium. '

He understood what Chen Yan was thinking, so he comforted him:

'In short, live first. '

'There's always a way to find the Tiger Zone. '

'William Master was not easy to find either. '

Several pieces of information were revealed in Osmandis' words:
First, he knew that Chen Yan was in a hurry, he also knew that Chen Yan thought he knew the map of the zoo, and he also knew that Chen Yan was suspicious of him, but now he could only persuade Chen Yan not to be in a hurry;
Second, he is not in a hurry to find the director;
Third, he really doesn't know the current situation of the zoo.

Chen Yan thought to himself, now it seems that he has to go through the aquarium...

In short, the safe house in the aquarium will be closed within 5 minutes. Once he does not enter the safe house, he will face a completely unknown and strange situation, so he needs to find the safe house as soon as possible!

Chen Yan came to the glass gate of the aquarium and found that although the glass gate was not locked, it still could not be opened. I don't know why.

Chen Yan continued to walk forward, and successfully found the open side door on an inconspicuous glass next to the gate of the aquarium.

"We have to go through."

Chen Yan said to them:

"In any case, find a safe house first."

The other three people have not yet fully accepted their current situation, so they can only walk with Chen Yan, a "familiar" zoo employee, at least they can get a certain security guarantee when they stay by Chen Yan's side.

The four of them walked through the side door, and the surrounding environment became even darker. The already weak street lights almost disappeared after being filtered by the thick glass, and their visible range was definitely not more than half a meter.

Even if they turned on the flashlights of their mobile phones after a few seconds, they couldn't make the visible range more than two meters.

It was pitch black two meters away, and the air was filled with a strong smell of the sea, which was completely different from what Chen Yan smelled when he was on the boat, like rust mixed with barnacle secretions.

After a few steps forward, Chen Yan suddenly stopped, and the "glasses buyer" who was following him bumped into him.

Fortunately, Chen Yan didn't move.

Chen Yan not only didn't move, but also didn't speak, the atmosphere was suppressed at this moment, the three people behind him didn't know what Chen Yan saw, and didn't want to know what he saw.

The atmosphere was oppressive and breathless.

After a moment-

"Listen to me, don't talk, and don't look forward—only back."

When Chen Yan's voice echoed in their ears, they all raised their heads at the same time, but because the darkness was too thick, they didn't see the scene in front of Chen Yan.

When they retreated, Chen Yan also retreated to them.

"There is a body of water in front." Chen Yan said, "A large body of water... This aquarium seems to be under construction."

Everyone didn't understand what he meant.

Chen Yan said:

"Let's go left, maybe we'll see the safe house soon."

His tone was deep, which caused the other three people not to dare to ask more questions. After Chen Yan came to the leading position, they tremblingly followed Chen Yan and walked forward.

Chen Yan's pace was very slow this time, which also slowed down their walking speed - it took about 3 minutes, and they didn't go far.

There were 2 minutes before the safe house was closed, Chen Yan's pace was slightly quickened, and the three people behind him couldn't see Chen Yan's face, so they didn't know that Chen Yan was getting more and more nervous.

Chen Yan became more and more nervous because Osmandis kept whispering in Chen Yan's ear—the one-eyed boy's field of vision was obviously farther than others:

'There is a ghost in the front right, don't turn your head. '

'A body of water has been sent to your feet, so you must keep going. '

'There is a fish in front of you on the left, don't pay attention to it, just go forward. '

'That thing in the water just now has been following you, whatever it says to you, ignore it. '

'It's already dead. For this kind of dead thing, as long as you don't give it a chance to come back to life, it won't have consequences for you. '

'It's almost there...it's here. '

One minute later, when Osmandis' voice fell in Chen Yan's ear, an open door suddenly appeared less than one meter in front of him.

The sign on the door nailed with square nails seems to be engraved with [Safe House] with some kind of sharp utensil.

"The safe house is here."

When Chen Yan told the news, the excitement of the three people behind him was beyond words.

Chen Yan used his mobile phone to shine into the safe house. The scattered light could not escape the moment he entered the door. When the light was condensed in the small space, everything was clearly visible:

A locked medicine cabinet, an equipment cabinet full of equipment used in the aquarium, a giant double-door refrigerator, and a sealed safe-here is the warehouse of the aquarium-the same as the warehouse in the tiger area. The same layout!

'Is the so-called safe house a warehouse managed by regional breeders? ! '

The entire warehouse area is not large, it is only twice the size of the warehouse in the Tiger District. Chen Yan can easily see everything in the warehouse through the light of the mobile phone.

He stepped into it, expertly found the chandelier switch next to the door, and pressed it—the location of the chandelier switch was exactly the same as that of the warehouse in the tiger area, and the warehouses in each area of ​​the zoo seemed to use the same mold.

Unlike the tiger area, the aquarium warehouse does not seem to be powered on, and even if the switch is pressed, the chandelier does not light up.

At this time, the three people behind him also came in, and Arist, who was walking last, closed the door after entering. The crisp sound of the lock cylinder biting made Chen Yan feel a little uncomfortable, but he didn't know where the discomfort came from. So it was not pursued.

Chen Yan took two steps forward and came to the giant refrigerator, thinking a little excitedly, this refrigerator should be the same as the refrigerator in the warehouse in the tiger area, there is a passage leading to the slaughter room of the zoo, if he can reach the slaughter room through the refrigerator , you can reach the tiger area through the delivery channel of the slaughterhouse again!

While he was thinking excitedly, he suddenly saw the shadows around him move slightly. When he subconsciously turned his head, he saw two big black eyes staring at him in the darkness.

"Grass!"

Chen Yan's scalp exploded, and the shotgun in his hand almost exploded at the same time.

What stopped him in time was Arist's exclamation behind him.

"Horned Cang!"

Ok?
Chen Yan's good control made his finger stop abruptly while pulling the trigger, and some joint swelling occurred as a result.

Arist came to his side and lifted the guy lying on the ground. Only then did Chen Yan see that this guy turned out to be an Asian child—to be precise, it was Sakura who was wearing a blue-gray kimono. Child!
The child seemed to be crushed by the fear brought by the shotgun in Chen Yan's hand. He hugged Ariste's arm and said in stuttering Imperial language:
"Everyone... is dead..."

The Shiba Inu in Arist's arms expressed dissatisfaction with the child's actions, and let out a low growl of "Woooo" at the child.

Arist touched it, then held his arm tightly, and at the same time raised his head and explained to Chen Yan:

"A group of about a dozen of us, all of whom were invitees to the zoo, got separated because of a strange man at the entrance of the zoo... He is Kentaro Kakuso, the son of a big businessman, Ryoaki Kakuso, whose family was originally a logistics company. A bulk cargo supplier for an important route in the center..."

As she spoke, her eyes gradually became confused.

"I remember that Mr. Jiao Cang's family was also invited to the celebration banquet at the logistics center..."

In other words, this Kakuso Kentaro also died in the celebration banquet of the logistics center.

In order to avoid self-contradictions caused by Ariste's memory confusion, Chen Yan changed the topic in time:
"You met a strange man?"

Sika on the other side took over the conversation:

"It was a man with a peaked cap, and he said he was the night tour guide at the zoo, and he was going to take us on a night tour."

It seems that because of the guarantee of safety, Xika has recovered some spirits, and is no longer as weak as before:
"He guided us into the gate of the zoo and took us to the bus in the park. It was pitch black and we didn't know how long we had been in the bus...Suddenly, an invitee said: 'Look at his neck!'"

"We looked towards his neck, and saw the scales appearing on his neck... densely packed scales!"

Ok?How can employees be animals?Are animals turned employees?still is?
Having said that, Sika shivered, as if she didn't want to continue talking.

The "glasses seller" man next to her continued:

"The tour guide didn't know what it was... something. After we found him, he escaped from the window. When we checked out the window later, we didn't see his shadow."

"The bus in the park stopped, and we didn't know how to start it. The bus didn't even have an operating platform...we had to get off the bus."

"Fortunately, there is a bus stop next to it. We saw the image of [Snake] marked on the bus stop, so we knew that we probably came to the snake area."

"Immediately afterwards, the man who called himself Wilson appeared, introduced himself, and then began...killing people!"

"The crowd was extremely chaotic... Amidst the chaos, the crowd unconsciously split into two groups and began to flee... Later you also saw that we were unlucky to be the one being hunted down."

He smiled bitterly:

"It's just us now."

He looked at the child named Kakuso Kentaro and asked:

"After the separation, what did you go through?"