Inside The Black Mist Chapter 925: Everything goes without saying
It is already evening.
An old woman walked out of a certain half-collapsed building, and she packed all the gains of the day in a rucksack full of patches. After working for a day and getting older, she was already unable to carry this bag of 'trophy', so she put the rucksack in a trolley that she assembled herself.
A dog rushed out of the house, barking a few times, circling around the old woman, wagging its tail happily.
"Okay, okay, I'll get you something to eat when I get back. Half of me and half of you, although it's not enough to fill your stomach, at least you won't starve to death." The wrinkled face of the old woman showed a smile, Then look to the sky.
The clouds in the sky are colored like flames by the setting sun, and the red fire clouds are piled up all over the sky, which indicates that tomorrow will be another sunny day.
"It's sunny again."
"How many days has it not rained."
"I don't know how long that well can last."
The old woman was pushing the cart, and the wheels were turning 'rolling', jumping up from time to time because of the gravel, which made the cart shake violently, as if it would fall apart at any time.
The dog urinated next to the stone pile for a while, then rushed to the front, turned around and barked at the old woman, as if urging her to hurry up.
The old woman laughed and walked towards the settlement with tired steps.
Suddenly, the dog raised its head and moved its nostrils, as if sniffing something.
Follow it and bark.
"Wow woof woof~"
It barked fiercely, and showed its teeth, showing a fierce look.
The old lady had never seen it like this before, so she couldn't help but look back a few times, but her increasingly cloudy eyes made her unable to see clearly.
Therefore, the old woman didn't see a gray figure coming out of a window not far behind.
It was dressed like a gold digger, and even wore a helmet, but whether it was equipment or clothing, the rest itself was gray and translucent.
The dog continued to bark, but took two steps back. And at this time, that thing raised its head and looked in the direction of the dog, but its face was very flat, without facial features, so what could it use to look at the dog?
The dog didn't know it, but it was frightened. It let out a "woo woo" sound, and ran away with its tail between its legs.
"Don't run so fast, I can't keep up with you..."
The old woman sighed: "When you are old, you are useless, even a dog is disgusting, hey."
She continued to push the cart, and the trolley still made the sound of "rolling and rolling". People and carts walked slowly on this gravel-paved path, and the setting sun dragged their figures for a long, long time. From their shadows, that gray-white thing emerged, and it stood upright, almost walking close to the old woman.
Its face without facial features began to split from the middle part, and from the inside unrolled a bunch of glowing whiskers, and these whiskers wriggled and entangled the old woman.
Right now.
The thing froze for a moment, then looked back at where it had come and gone, then retreated a little bit, the glowing whiskers retracted, and the face returned to its original shape, then it crawled into the window of the building next to it with a whoosh.
The old woman seemed to feel something, she looked back, looked puzzled, shook her head, and continued on her way.
........
An ancient underground city.
Serpent Temple.
"Okay, I've got them all back, but I can only bind them to the ground, the city center and underground waterways, and even then, I can't see all of them, they occasionally appear on the edge of the city. "
Su Na with round eyes and green scales is coiling her long tail. In order to take care of Tian Yang, she lowers her body as much as possible, otherwise, Tian Yang would have to look up when talking to her.
Although now, Tianyang has to raise his head to see the half-human snake.
"It doesn't matter, just keep it as it is. I will also warn the people in the settlement to try not to bring it to the central area, but they rarely do so."
Tianyang looked at the square and the collapsed temple: "Speaking of which, how did you spread the 'loss of vitality' to Harvest Castle? Although that castle is nearby, it's not close to here."
Su Na smiled slightly: "I relied on the help of those who came to explore the ground. About a year ago, I began to feel that I was about to come to an end."
"I haven't eaten for hundreds of years, and I don't know what to do, but the instinct to continue life has allowed me to gain some 'knowledge' from snakes everywhere."
Su Na shook her hair, and one of them fell off. When it hit the ground, it turned into thousands of tiny black snakes. It turned into a snake hair again.
"These are my avatars, I let them spread to every corner of the city, parasitize on every explorer passing by, and leave the ground through them."
"These avatars all have my aura, no matter how far away they are, I can sense and control them. After they parasitize, they will turn into invisible things and take root deeply in the human body."
"I can extract the life energy of the host through these avatars, and feed it back to me through the invisible connection between the avatars and me, allowing me to delay the process of death."
"In addition, after the death of the host, the avatar will look for a new target. In this way, one day, my avatar appeared in Harvest Fort."
"In order for people to continue to explore the ancient city, I didn't let the avatars parasitizing on the explorers immediately absorb the life energy of the host. If they died in large numbers, no one would enter the ancient city again."
"And after I used them to enter the Harvest Fort, I let the avatar leave the explorer and look for a new target, that is, the residents in that fortress."
“But in the beginning, it didn’t go well.”
Tianyang thought for a while, and said, "Could it be the Church of the God of Nature?"
"Yes."
Su Na nodded: "They seem to have a way to deal with my absorption of vitality. After repeated failures, I also obtained information about that city through my avatar."
"I know that the old city lord is dissatisfied with the church of the God of Nature. When he was a human, similar things happened in our city."
"So I let one of the clones parasitize the old city owner. Using his identity and status, he expelled the Church of the God of Nature, so that I can safely absorb the life energy of the residents."
Tianyang chuckled: "You are quite smart."
"I'm not smart. At that time, I was eager to survive, so I could only rack my brains and think of all the methods that could be used." Su Na's eyes turned and fell on Tian Yang, "But now I can already I survived, and according to your instructions, I also released all clones, including the old city lord."
"In the future, I will continue to stay here to find a way to save my compatriots. Although, that way may never appear."
Su Na shook her huge fist: "But I won't give up."
"I will also help to inquire. On the surface, I should be able to get more information than you. In addition, I will come to visit you often and bring you some related books. You are so big. Look It may be quite a struggle to read." Su Na immediately shook her head: "No, my eyesight is very good, I can see an ant clearly in the distance."
"That's good, if you're 'hungry' again, just tell me, I will come to you about once a month. If I don't come, you must be patient and don't let yourself lose your mind again."
Tianyang clapped his hands, called Xingluo, and planned to leave.
Su Na stretched her snake body and swam over: "Well, what should I call you."
"Tianyang."
"The sky is the sky, the sun is the sun." The young man waved his hand and walked out of the gate of the temple.
"The sky and the sun..." Su Na's eyes are misty, as if recalling the years long ago, "I haven't seen them for a long time..."
Outside the Snake Girl Hall.
"Tianyang has been in for so long, Liu Ya, do you think we should go in and find him?"
"Hmm..."
"You should say something, oh, look at this, I am so anxious that I forget that you are dumb. Then you should make a gesture for me."
Fusheng and Liu Ya were considering whether to enter the temple, when suddenly a voice sounded.
"No, it's over, we can go back."
They turned their heads quickly and saw Tian Yang and Xing Luo walking out. The fat man jumped up excitedly and trotted over.
"Brother Tianyang, are you saying that the 'source' has been solved?"
Fu Sheng asked excitedly: "Then our boss, are you all right?"
"She should wake up now."
Tianyang kept walking: "If you walk faster, you may see her before she goes to bed."
"Liu Ya, let's go. Hey, don't run so fast, wait for me."
"Bastard Liu Ya, I will die later!"
It was already late at night when we returned to the settlement.
But the settlement was brightly lit, and music with local characteristics was even played. After Tianyang and the others entered the settlement, they discovered that a bonfire party was being held on the square of the settlement.
People sat in a circle in the square, either holding meat skewers or wine jugs in their hands. Not far away, the chefs of the chamber of commerce were cooking barbecue, and a big bonfire was lit in the middle of the square. The young men and women in the settlement were forming a circle and dancing around the bonfire.
"I'm back."
"Our honored guest is back."
Before Tian Yang arrived at the square, someone had already passed it on. As soon as he entered the square, he was immediately surrounded by people. Those lean men excitedly lifted him up and built a human sedan chair, allowing him to come to the square without touching his feet.
Then a group of enthusiastic girls rushed from both sides, and sprinkled the petals prepared earlier on Tianyang's body.
Tianyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but seeing that everyone was happy, he didn't spoil their joy, and let them lift him up in front of the wooden building before putting him on the ground.
When it landed on the ground, Huang Li came forward with the help of a grizzled old man. This old man was the pioneer of the settlement and the spiritual leader here, Father Huang Sheng.
"Thank you, distinguished guest, you saved me and everyone. I am so grateful to you."
Tianyang quickly supported him, and then heard Fusheng yelling: "Boss, you are fine, you scared me to death."
The fat man was crying, and he was not far from the square. Although his face was a little pale, Moonlight, who had already woken up, also looked towards Tianyang.
The eyes of the two met, and everything was silent.