The red moon returns

Chapter 81 Humanoid (two in one, I will try to add an update this afternoon to end this main plot)
  [It’s time for you to wake up, neighbor. 】

In a daze, Lin Qi's consciousness was awakened by a gentle voice.

‘This is the first time you called me neighbor. ’ Lynch smiled in consciousness.

[You must wake up, otherwise irreversible damage will occur, Lynch. 】

‘You called me neighbor, right? ’

[Irreversible does not refer to you, but to another person. 】

Um? Lin Qi gradually regained consciousness and felt severe pain spreading throughout his body.

"Lynch."

Clear shouts echoed through the ruins of the factory.

The tone was still so calm and serious, but the figure shaking in the smoke was a little more anxious.

With the sound of gravel being trampled, the tall and straight figure of a woman dressed in men's clothing broke through the smoke and dust and rushed to the site of the explosion.

There were no injuries on his body, but he looked disgraced and a little embarrassed.

In the smoke and dust behind her, there were countless fallen overseer monsters. These monsters that could not be killed no matter what, were already motionless, exuding black energy, and their figures gradually became blurred.

And those hundreds of slaves also fell in the square, but their bodies did not dissipate like the overseers, lying there motionless. Instead, the five factory executives who were hung on the pool of blood were still screaming on the street lamp, and they were screaming. Full of energy.

Officer Natalie didn't care about this. She rushed to the scene of the explosion immediately, her heart twisted into a ball.

The factory building was completely turned into ruins, and flames that seemed to be caused by an explosion could be seen in the ruins. The scene was a mess, with twisted and scrapped metal and masonry everywhere.

It is impossible for anyone to survive such a tragic situation, not even low-level soul-shifters.

The police officer clenched her fists and felt soreness in her chest.

"Asshole, I asked you to blow up the steam engine room, but I didn't ask you to blow yourself up as well. Didn't you know how to run out beforehand?"

Natalie shouted in a low voice with a trembling voice, and suddenly used force to lift the broken steel plate covering the top, but she found nothing except that the fire became a little more intense.

Scenes of getting along day and night for the past few days flashed through her mind. When she thought about never seeing this smart and tough guy again, Natalie felt like needles pricking her chest.

If this continues, even if you are not killed by the explosion, you will be crushed or burned to death. Such a big fire... huh? fire?

Natalie suddenly realized something was wrong. There was no fuel in the fire just now. Where did such a big fire come from?

Could it be his self-mutilation ring?

Yes, flames are not afraid of physical impact. That bastard is so smart, he will definitely be able to react before the explosion and put on the ring in time.

Yes, that must be the case, he must be too stunned to take the ring off by himself now, so I...

Remembering that Lynch said that people would die if they didn't pick this thing off, Natalie glanced at the more powerful flames, gritted her teeth, and stretched her left hand towards the flames.

Maybe I can touch your hand, maybe I can help you take it off. What if you don't try? I won't give up your life this time.

Flames burned his body, and a burning sensation came from his hands.

This is not burning the soul, forget the pain. This is real burning of the body. However, Officer Natalie still endured the burning. She closed her eyes and put her hands into the flames. She was already prepared to endure the severe pain. preparation.

"I still owe you three conditions. You are not allowed to leave. Come back." Her hands were completely put into the fire, and severe pain also came, but there was still nothing in her hands. The police officer roared in pain. He said, "Asshole, as long as you come back, there will be one more condition."

The next moment, his hands seemed to be holding a scorching body, a pair of scalding hands.

"Really? No denying it."

The low roar of suppressed pain suddenly stopped, and the air suddenly froze for a moment.

The next moment, his hands tightened hard and tightly grasped the other hand that he thought he had almost lost.

"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts, it's broken, my finger is broken."

In fact, Lin Qi was also very innocent. He took on the passion of the fiery lady in the moment before the explosion. When the flames were turned into flames, the shock wave of the explosion hit him. He was stunned by the sound waves first, and then the air waves rushed through the flame-turned body, allowing him to escape for a while. Zed, when he was awakened by Ms. Luna, as soon as he regained consciousness, he saw the police officer stretching her hands into the fire, which frightened him and quickly took off the ring.

"That answer was just instinct, really instinct."

Lynch's body was still steaming, so he began to explain in a panic. Seeing him blowing out white smoke as his mouth opened and closed, the corners of the police officer's mouth gradually turned up, but her tightly clenched hands did not let go.

Lin Qi, who was anxiously explaining, his voice gradually became smaller and finally stopped. The two held hands and looked at each other silently, the distance between their faces getting closer and closer...

"Help~~"

The sudden scream from the distance woke up the two people who were in a daze. Their hands were released in panic. The two of them took a few steps back at the same time, their eyes wandering around. Only then did they realize that they were still in the memory of the strange object. , crises are still everywhere, it’s not the time to do other things.

Well, those people suddenly screamed, something happened over there at the blood pool?

Remembering that there were still a few living people hanging there, the two looked at each other and nodded lightly.

Let’s see what’s going on over there first.

The monster overseers had turned into black energy and disappeared, and the slaves were lying on the ground motionless. There was no obstacle for the two of them, and they easily ran to the blood pool.

The pool was bottomless and filled with dark red blood. The liquid was thick and sticky, bubbling and bubbling. As soon as the two of them approached, they felt a strong stench blowing towards their faces, making them almost nauseous. .

"Help, sir, you are here."

Several senior executives were hanging on it, frightened by the explosion, but had no idea what was happening. When they finally saw familiar faces, they howled at the top of their lungs, shed tears and twisted their bodies:

"There's a monster, please help."

"Put me down quickly, there is something in the pool."

"I have money, I will give you money, ten pounds, no, twenty pounds, no, no, no, fifty pounds, I will give you any amount, help me."

However, except for someone who glanced above when they heard the Rand Pound, the two did not approach rashly. They just kept a few meters away and looked at the calm liquid surface from a distance. "If those slaves were transformed by missing workers, then those overseers were the embodiment of their fear. Hanging people up and bleeding them was a transformation ritual. Each of hundreds of victims had to go through this kind of pain, and finally used fear to Feed the strange things with the flesh and blood of despair, and become the slaves of the strange things. This thing is called..."

"The Devourer's Flesh Workshop." Lynch replied.

"That's right, that's an evil god who likes to devour flesh and blood. It seems that after the blood is drained and the corpse is thrown away, the ritual is completed, and the existence of the selected victim is completely swallowed by the strange object, becoming one of those One of the slaves.”

"I see. No wonder the second suppression condition is to destroy the core of the blood pool." Lin Qi looked at the five executives strangely, "Did throwing them down expose the core of the blood pool?"

"No, I am a close confidant of the Speaker."

"I can still help the Speaker make money, so don't leave me behind."

"Actually, it might not be that troublesome." The police officer raised her chin towards the blood pool, "Look."

Gurgling, there were more and more bubbles in the blood pool, like water starting to boil, and the boiling became more and more serious. From time to time, blood burst into the air and splashed on the five sacrifices, causing them to scream in even more horror. .

The next moment, blood spurted out, and countless tentacles made of plasma spurted out pools of blood, waving desperately into the air.

The five executives stopped shouting and simply rolled their eyes and fainted from fear.

The police officer's face suddenly changed, she picked up Lynch, pointed at the roof next to her, activated her ability, and the two of them had already hid on the roof.

Only then did Lin Qi notice that there was movement behind the two of them. The slaves who were lying motionless began to move as if they were suddenly called. Each one howled in a low voice and staggered like a walking zombie. Then, they gathered in the direction of the blood pool.

Puff, puff.

Without hesitation, the walking dead approached the edge of the blood pool one by one, and were then swept into the blood pool by the waving tentacles. After floating in the blood pool for a moment, they were spit out by the blood pool again, and lay beside them covered in pus and blood. The slaves' faces and bodies became even more blurry than before.

[Pay attention to the core in the blood pool. 】

‘Are they those blood tentacles? I'm watching. ’

[Not with your eyes, but with your inspiration. 】

'Um? Is this okay? ’

Lin Qi thought for a moment and then acted as he was told. He stared at the tentacles with his eyes, relaxed his mind and entered an unconscious state. He slowly gained some understanding of what he saw.

The actions of the core in the blood pool are actually manipulating the existence of the surrounding slaves, transferring part of their existence remaining in the strange object into their own body, which is the so-called devouring.

One of his abilities, lurking, is actually a kind of manipulation of his own existence, which only hides the existence of his most basic image. Lynch noticed that as he gradually understood the other person's behavior and successfully connected it with his own power, his own understanding of power and ability became clearer and clearer.

No wonder it is said that striving to get in touch with mystery is the best way to deepen your understanding of power.

What's more, Lin Qi watched the blood pool eat, and suddenly had a whim. He concentrated on experiencing the behavior of the blood pool. The other party transferred the existence of the food into the body and slowly swallowed it. Although he didn't have this function and couldn't swallow it, he could completely rely on himself. The ability to temporarily hide this existence, isn't this...

When he realized this, Lin Qi's inspiration suddenly came out of the blood pool. He was confused for a moment and could never return to the state of enlightenment. When he turned his attention to his soul, he was not surprised. It was discovered that a fourth light point appeared in the Hidden Almighty.

Sense of presence: Use power to cover up the target's sense of presence for three seconds. If the target is a living being, the more trust you have in the user, the higher the success rate.

Surprisingly, I managed to gather four abilities so quickly. All that remains is the understanding of powers. Thanks for reminding me, neighbor. However, I really have no attack ability at all. Am I going to go on a petty theft journey and never come back?
  【Um. 】

‘I’m not asking you, you don’t have to answer. ’

"Boom."

The ground shook slightly, calling back Lynch's attention. His eyes refocused, and he noticed that most of the slaves had been swallowed and soaked. The plasma in the blood pool was churning more and more violently as the tentacles twisted.

"Be careful, it's about to come out. If you hear the noise, it should be a big guy."

The lady police officer who had been waiting for a long time held the sword with its sheath in her hand:
  "I'll rush over in a moment. You protect yourself first. I'll find a way to deal with him. I hope it won't be too much trouble."

Before he finished speaking, there was a crash, and the blood pool of hundreds of square meters suddenly spewed blood, and then a huge figure emerged from the liquid surface. The thick plasma was carried up to the sky by the giant object, and slid down the giant object's body like a waterfall. , allowing Officers Lynch and Natalie to see its true appearance through the blood.

It was a huge meat ball that almost filled the entire pool surface. The surface of the meat ball was covered with thick and twisted blood-colored tentacles, coiling and twisting around the body. The surface of the tentacles was covered with eyeballs as big as a human head, hundreds of them. Constantly twisting in all directions, his greedy eyes scanned every angle around him.

There was no head or face directly above the meat ball, except for a huge mouth. The mouth suddenly opened and let out a deafening roar at several factory executives hanging in the air.

The comatose senior executives were fortunately unaware of their fate, but Officers Lynch and Natalie could see clearly from a distance. They looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

"Did you see it?"

"I saw it, it's a person."

Yes, through the monster's open mouth, you can clearly see a person embedded in the monster's body. This person is like the steam engine just now, with a beating sarcoma growing in the heart, and countless blood vessels growing on the sarcoma. A human body is wrapped in human tissue, with only one head exposed.

Seeing the person in the monster's mouth clearly, Lynch suddenly grabbed the police officer's wrist and his face became extremely ugly: "I know her."

"Ok?"

"Little Janet, my entrusted target." Lynch took a deep breath and said in a dry voice, "Her body is still lying at home at noon. How could it be?"

"No, this is not the complete her. This should be her soul. What you saw at noon was her body. She was only pulled in halfway, so the transformation was not completed, but instead merged with this monster."

"So that's it. She left early that day and left the range of the strange objects early, so no one fed the strange objects that day, causing the strange objects to get out of control. It would be useless for her to show up again later." Lin Qi suddenly understood and finally connected everything together. , "No wonder she drew those things in a trance. That was what her soul saw, and what she drew was herself."

The more Lynch thought about it, the more it made sense. Little Janet's soul was like a bug in the program at this time, because the swallowing was only half completed, causing the process of memory in the strange object to be stuck, and subsequent swallowing could not be completed. As a result, more and more people were sucked in every day, but they never succeeded in swallowing it.

The police officer's eyes widened, the veins on her forehead were pulsing, and there was anger in her eyes: "So she is the source of the out-of-control strange objects? We have to destroy her soul to complete this suppression? Damn it, she is innocent, isn't it? Do you want to kill innocent people with your own hands?”

"I'm not sure. How about we try to pull her out of the monster's body? This will also be a kind of destruction to the monster as a whole."

Before she finished speaking, the little Janet in her mouth suddenly opened her eyes and let out a piercing scream at the five executives in the air.

"Okay, let's try and see if we can save her."

The police officer gritted her teeth, activated her ability, grabbed Lynch and rushed towards the monster on the blood pool.

(End of this chapter)