Mysterious Hunting Ground

Chapter 290 280. New Features and Expertise Parallel Time and Space Theory
  Tonight's killing spree, although the victims were ordinary people who were weird and fragile, but the proficiency was real——

Fighting lv4 (500/500),

Is it improved?

promote!

Fighting lv4→lv5(0/700)
  Combat is upgraded to lv5. In addition to life energy, the second characteristic is awakened: life sublimation. After turning it on, your total life energy will increase by 10% in a short period of time ([-] seconds), and your ability to control the body will be greatly improved. But when it's over, you'll fall into a brief state of fatigue.

You gained 0.5 physical fitness, strength, and agility:
  Physique: 23.3→23.8
  Strength: 20.5→21
  Sensitivity: 19.5→20
  Your agility has exceeded 20 points, and you have gained a brand-new specialty - Lightning Reflex: When you concentrate, your nerve response and movement speed will be greatly improved, and you will feel that the flow of time around you slows down. In this state It cannot be triggered continuously within a certain period of time.

……

As his strength increased, Dean's well-proportioned and strong muscles suddenly expanded outwards, increasing in size and puffing up his clothes.

However, as his body and agility increased, his skin, bones, and nerves became tougher and tighter, suppressing the rapidly expanding muscles and allowing them to return to their original normal state.

The three melee attributes were simultaneously improved, maintaining a delicate balance, making Dean's body shape almost unchanged from before, but his aura became deeper.

Catherine, who was driving, couldn't help turning her head to look at him, and suddenly she felt like she was seeing an unfathomable ocean.

What Dean felt most deeply was the changes in the brain, which sensitively affect nerve reflexes. The brain is the control center of the human body and has the most abundant nerves. After they were strengthened through breakthroughs, a coolness enveloped his mind and quickly followed the dendritic nerves. Spreading throughout the body, like electricity traveling.

A strong feeling of being transformed emerged spontaneously.

Dean opened his eyes.

brush--

A bright yellow arc of electricity flashed across his pupils, and in an instant, everything around him slowed down to one percent speed.

The strong wind pouring in outside the car window disappeared. Catherine's hand holding the steering wheel slowly turned to the left like a snail. Behind her, Nancy and Barbara's long eyelashes were blinking downward at one percent speed. Golan opened his mouth and spoke. He reached Hala's ears, but didn't say a word for a long time.

Everything was pressed into slow motion by a big invisible hand.

brush--

But this wonderful experience only lasted less than a second. An uncontrollable heat surged through Dean's body and he involuntarily exited the state.

The regular sound of car tires rubbing against the ground began again, and the breeze outside the window came outside.

"Dean, are you okay?" Catherine looked over with concern.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Dean smiled at her, then lowered his head to ponder the feeling before.

"Lightning reflex? In that second, time was almost frozen, except for me."

"This amount of time, based on my speed, strength, and reaction, is enough to ravage most enemies several times."

"But the consumption is also huge." Dean rubbed his hot and swollen temples, feeling the tired muscles and tendons, thinking that he would not be able to use "Lightning Reflex" again for at least two hours, which was equivalent to a trump card.

However, when the sensitivity attribute is further improved, its cooling speed and duration will gradually increase.

……

Next, Dean's attention turned to another new feature "life sublimation", doubling the life energy and body control?

When Dean's strength attribute was at 20 points, his physical limit strength was 15 tons. Now it has been increased to 21 points, which is roughly 20 tons.

As for the life energy, after killing the hell monk and acquiring a large number of melee attributes through today's combat upgrade, the burst of power increased from 25 tons to 35 tons.

After killing the Hell Monk to gain 0.7 spiritual attribute, the power of telekinesis was also increased from 30 tons to 35 tons.

With the fusion of the three, Dean's full blow can explode with 90 tons of power.

Once "Life Sublimation" is activated to double the life energy, a full blow can release 90+35=125 tons of power, which is more than [-] tons. It can already press the phantom snake to the ground and rub it. Most of the supernatural beings encountered before All living things will be destroyed by Dean's punch.

Not to mention that after upgrading to Hua, the physical strength and agility performance will also be greatly improved simultaneously, and the close combat ability will be at least doubled.

A combination flashed in Dean's mind: "Life Sublimation" + "Lightning Reflex", which exploded with the strongest lethality in a short period of time.

He finally has a powerful killing move, but he still needs a lot of time to familiarize himself with it, hone it, and further explore it.

In addition, Dean spent a lot of time and energy to gain these improvements step by step, slowly gaining proficiency, which can be considered a accumulation of experience.

But there is also bad news. Now that fighting and shooting have also been upgraded to level 5, proficiency can no longer be obtained by killing ordinary creatures. Only supernatural creatures are qualified to become "food" for these two abilities.

……

It was half past ten, and the moon was shining brightly.

The two cars arrived at Steve's home, a two-story villa on the outskirts of the forest. After opening the door, Steve warmly welcomed everyone into the living room.

"Welcome, feel free to come and treat this place as your home."

Dean looked around. Art galleries, stag specimens, antique vases, and all kinds of luxurious decorations could be seen everywhere. Floor-to-ceiling windows ran through the entire wall of the living room from east to west. He could clearly see the red and green flower beds in the yard outside. lawn.

Behind the other glass wall is a heated swimming pool that emits water vapor.

The entire villa is bright, bright and warm, and it obviously cost a lot of money to build.

Steve glanced at the surprised and tired faces with satisfaction, "Everyone, what would you like to drink?"

"Beer, I'm dying of thirst." Golan and Hala raised their hands,

"I'll have a can too." Nancy agreed, but Barbara immediately grabbed her hand and objected, "No, we're not old enough to drink yet."

Steve put his hands on the sofa and rolled his eyes, "Come on, Barbara, you're not Nancy's mother, why do you care so much? Thinking about our previous experiences, we almost lost our lives after taking a sip of wine and What's going on? Come on, everyone needs to relax now! Detective Dean, Ms. Catherine, what about you?"

"Let's have two cups of hot tea." Catherine put her arm around Dean, "Do you have any?"

"Of course." Steve finally looked at the restless boy, a hint of pride and hidden superiority flashing in his eyes.

Jonathan seemed extremely unaccustomed to the high-end sofa under his butt. He was so cramped that he didn't even know where to put his hands. "I'm like everyone else. By the way, where is the phone? I need to tell Joyce, otherwise they will be worried."

"On the left side of the living room, please."

……

After the high school students covered each other and informed their families, Steve brought the drinks and snacks to the coffee table in the center of the living room, then picked up a can of beer, but instead of pulling off the tab like a normal person, he took out the Take out a Swiss knife and cut a slit from the bottom of the side of the can, put your mouth up and take a sip.

Golan and Hala took the Swiss knives and cut open the beer cans in the same manner.

Barbara and Jonathan looked speechless, "Steve, are you in the mood to be cool at this time?"

"What does it mean to act cool? I'm already very handsome." Steve smiled, took off a Marlboro stick from his ear, lit it, and puffed out smoke. His movements were extremely skillful. With such a trick, everyone was called "Clone Killer" "The color in his face that turned blue with fright finally returned, and he was able to think about what happened before.

"What are those things in the forest?" Barbara asked first, "Why do they look exactly like us?"

Everyone present really couldn't think of a reason, and finally turned to Dean for help, "Detective Sir, you must know something, right?"

"Yes, your performance is really amazing. Your shooting skills, fists and kicks are even more exciting than those in the movie." Steve looked at Dean with admiration like an idol, and took off the cigarette from the other ear. He handed it over and said, "The bodyguards in my dad's company are really weak compared to you. Can you teach me how to do it? I'm willing to pay you. The price will definitely satisfy you."

Before Dean could answer, Jonathan couldn't help but push Steve's cigarette away, "Don't even think about it! Dean is not that boring, he has other things to be busy with."

Steve glanced at Jonathan sideways, "What are you so anxious about? Dean has to say this."

"I don't have time, and I don't smoke." Dean shook his head at everyone, "As for the things that appeared in the forest, I don't understand them either. Everyone is exhausted now, so why not take a shower and go to bed early? Don't worry, I I will guard you tonight."

"How can I sleep now?" Golan took the cigarette from Steve's hand and took a deep puff. "As soon as I closed my eyes, all I could think about was the faces of those perverted killers."

"I dare not look in the mirror for at least a week," Hala said timidly, sitting cross-legged on the sofa next to her, hugging the pillow tightly, "I'm afraid they will crawl out of the mirror and hunt me down."

"Everyone, I have discovered something..." Nancy's index finger circled the blond hair on her shoulders, "Although those killers look exactly like us, they are all older than us."

"Yes, I saw myself in my twenties, with the long hair that I always wanted to grow but Joyce didn't allow, like an artist," Jonathan nodded in agreement, looking into the air in a daze, "And I am in my thirties, wearing a blue peaked cap and a black trench coat that is characteristic of Paris Fashion Week. I see my future self in him. When I was a child, I also dreamed of going to Paris Fashion Week, but Later I gave up this ideal.”

Future self?
  Everyone fell into deep thought after hearing this.

And Jonathan raised the camera around his neck again, "By the way, I took a few photos before and captured those killers."

"Good boy, you can think of taking pictures at that time. You are really a born reporter." Dean smiled appreciatively, "The photos will be developed tomorrow and can be used as strong evidence. Where are the others? What do you think?"

Barbara clapped her hands suddenly, stood up and circled around the sofa, her belly bounced under her blue jeans, and her fat body looked like a stupid bear. "Everyone, what do you think of the killer we met tonight? Could it be that he really came back from many years ago? Think about it carefully. The guy who killed Marcus had a Nazi tattoo on his wrist, and Marcus himself is also a Nazi. If nothing else, Marcus will most likely give himself a chance in the future. Get the same tattoo and become Marcus the Killer!”

"By the way, I also saw myself in the future, wearing a white researcher uniform, and my ideal is to work in a physics research institute."

"And Jonathan, have you ever thought about it carefully, if you continue to live your life as you are now, you will become like the killers you met?"

Jonathan tilted his neck and thought for a moment, "It's completely possible!"

Dean hugged Catherine who was taking notes furiously and listened carefully to the discussion of these high school students.

"It doesn't make sense," Steve joked. "Why would we in the future come back to the present to kill ourselves? Shouldn't they be handing over a piece of paper with the lottery numbers for the next few weeks?"

"Besides, they can't come back, because time travel does not exist," Nancy glanced at her companions, raised her voice, and said with a serious face, "Have you ever read the story of 'Grandfather' in the book by the French science fiction writer Herne?" Paradox'?"

"Explain?" Steve held his chin and looked at Nancy appreciatively.
  Nancy couldn't stand the heat in his eyes and looked away, "The paradox is as follows. If you go back in time and kill your grandparents before your father was born, this action will create a contradictory situation: you go back in time Kill your young grandparents. If your grandparents die, you will have no father, and if you don’t have a father, you will not exist. Then - you cannot go back in time and kill your grandparents. This is a deadlock, so crossing time is impossible. .”

"So, the killer in the woods can't be us coming back from the future."

After listening to her good sisters' eloquent remarks, Barbara moved her lips but hesitated to speak, until Jonathan gave her an encouraging look, and a glint of a top student flashed through her eyes.

"Nancy, you are right. Under the premise of the same universe, time travel does not exist. It is impossible for us in the future to go back to the past and kill us. But have you forgotten the theory of parallel universes?"

"The world is made up of countless parallel universes, so when someone in the future goes back in time to kill himself, he is actually killing himself in another universe, and it will only cause him in the other universe to disappear."

"In the original universe, he would still survive, so there would be no paradox."

"The so-called time travel is nothing more than traveling from the original universe to another parallel universe."

Barbara's rich soprano echoed in the living room, making a group of listeners prick up their ears unconsciously.

"So, everyone, I have a bold idea. The lot of clone-like killers we encountered tonight are actually us from the future of another parallel universe!"

The hall became audible.

Nancy looked at the speech of this good sister who was usually as low-key as a yes-man, and suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable. She opened her mouth to refute her, but couldn't find a good reason and fell silent for a moment.

Steve, Golan, and several high school students at the bottom of the class frowned in confusion.

Catherine took out her pen without realizing it, and kept writing down notes like a little squirrel stocking up on nuts.

And Dean's eyes flashed with surprise. After listening to these two high school girls' imaginative ideas, the progress of the incident actually jumped from 80% to 82%. He couldn't help but look at Barbara with bright eyes. , "Continue, if the killers all come from the parallel universe, then what force sent them here? Be bold, just say it."

Barbara seemed to be greatly inspired. There was a hint of joy in the corners of her eyes. She puffed up her strong chest and analyzed, "Remember the example of the 'Ark of the Covenant' in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" that I mentioned? I insist that There are such items with magical power in the world, and the badge whose whereabouts are still unknown is one of them."

"Based on the clues and encounters we investigated, it not only has the power to confuse people and make Marcus lose his soul, but it can also open time and space tunnels and summon and manipulate humans from other parallel universes."

"Just like tonight, it summoned us from the parallel world, came to this world, and hunted us down."

"What a bold idea... you are really a genius," Dean praised without hesitation. If the badge can open a tunnel in parallel time and space, it will be the most powerful magical object Dean has ever seen.

But all this is just speculation and inference without enough definite evidence.

Jonathan gave her a thumbs up, showing sincere admiration. Barbara's face turned red when she saw this, and she clenched and unclenched her coat with her fingers, looking extremely shy.

"Wait a minute, do you really believe what theory she mentioned about parallel universes and magical badges that open space-time tunnels?" Steve glanced at the dejected Nancy, then looked at Barbara, "This is nonsense, even if I drink I couldn’t make up such a ridiculous story even if I drank ten bottles of whiskey!”

Jonathan retorted, "Even if we encounter such a strange and terrifying phenomenon tonight, what else is impossible?"

"Yes, Barbie's theory is very possible." Nancy took a deep breath, put down her thoughts and held her good sister's hand, "But there is still a question, if all this is caused by the badge, then why is it What’s the purpose of attacking us?”

"I have carefully observed that the killer who appeared tonight has only eight faces from beginning to end, which are consistent with the eight people who went to the suburbs for a snowball fight last Wednesday. There was no Dean, Catherine, or anyone else among them." Barba Ra continued, "So I have an idea. When Marcus found the cave and the skeleton in the wild last Wednesday, and then Marcus took out the badge, there was some hidden and strong connection between the badge and the eight people closest to us. , so that it must kill us, maybe... wants to get something from us? "

Is there a hidden connection between the badge and eight people?
  Golan shivered, "So that badge will summon more people from the future to hunt us down?"

"No, I don't want to be associated with the damn badge!" Hala hit the sofa with both hands, her blond hair bounced on her shoulders, and she screamed uncontrollably, "I want to go home!"

"Quiet, yelling won't do anything." Dean glanced at everyone and muttered, "Well, you won't go to school tomorrow morning. You will all go to the police station and accept police protection. I will continue the investigation outside. , until the crisis is resolved.”

Barbara asked, "What's the reason? How should we explain it to the police."

"Let's just say that you were attacked on the way to school. The murderer wore a ghost mask and carried a sharp dagger. He wanted to hurt you. He was so scared that you drove your car into a tree...half true, half false...don't worry, I will say hello to Director Hope, and he will not embarrass or press you."

Dean discussed it with six high school students until twelve o'clock in the evening.

Finally, they reluctantly let go of their worries.

……

"Okay, everyone, it's too late now," Dean glanced at the grandfather clock on the wall, "Go to bed, we'll talk about other things in the morning."

"Come on, I'll show you the room," Steve stood up and waved, and a group of people followed.

Dean looked at the night sky outside the window. He didn't know if he could still observe Orion and complete the star runes and arrows, but he had to try the effects of "life sublimation" and "bullet time".

(End of this chapter)