Chapter 29
Now, several decades have passed since the girl wrote her diary. There is no miracle for a terminal illness like ALS, and even mysterious means cannot reverse it. Everyone present knew very well that the girl, who was as innocent and lovely as the warm winter sun, a stranger, and who could have become a formal member of CPA, might have been taken away by the disease.
This is just a simple and sad little story that once happened in the small town of Heshu. Even with advanced technology today, no pharmaceutical company in the world has developed a drug to cure this terminal illness.
Chu Zhongyuan closed the notebook. On the old notebook was the only signature left by the girl - Koizumi.
Regret, pity, and admiration.
Complex emotions grew in these not-so-long words. The teenagers closed their eyes and seemed to be able to see the figure hidden under the yellowed paper.
"I may know the location you suspect."
Chu Zhongyuan frowned and turned to Gu Qingming.
They had no time to feel sorry for others now. The cheongsam girl's deal was indeed as fair and honest as she advertised. Koizumi's diary was quite valuable to them. At least it allowed them to confirm the exact location of a mysterious person in the ancient hot spring town - the well that had been locked in the ancient hot spring town decades ago.
Gu Qingming listed the places in his mother's notes that corresponded to those in Koizumi's diary.
The legendary tourist my mother mentioned also faced such a strange scene at the time - all the buildings were dismantled and reassembled. The tourist even wandered alone to the center of the town and saw the ancient well written in Koizumi's diary, which had not been demolished decades ago.
The only difference between the rumors recorded by their mother and the large number of four-legged monsters that they were now struggling against did not appear in the rumors.
Apart from that, the tourist's situation was a replica of their current situation.
"The ancient well that was not filled up decades ago... I remember one of the strange stories in Heshu Town was the sealed black boulder in the center of the central square, wasn't it?"
Luo Dong was quite familiar with Heshu Town. He recalled the black granite in the town that was widely spread by various travel bloggers. It was said that it was placed there to suppress something. Before, he had vowed that he believed in science, but he did not expect that the strange story would become reality in the blink of an eye.
The sense of reality that mystery has entered his life is overwhelming, making Luo Dong feel complicated.
"I've also heard the legend of the black decorative stone. It's said that if you put your ear to the stone at midnight, you can hear the sound of gurgling water. That's the cry of the dead souls suppressed by it."
Zheng Qiuji added some information.
"It seems that is the original site of the ancient well."
Gu Qingming closed his mother's notes. His mother's notes and Koizumi's diary corroborated each other and pointed out a direction for them.
The mysterious owner of the secret realm who caused it to be opened and thus trapped several ordinary people should be under that ancient well.
Why is the building twisted into its current appearance, why are there four-legged beasts in the secret realm that tourists have never seen before, and... why is the secret realm, which should have been a CPA "don't offend me, I don't offend others" open.
Even if these questions cannot be answered when we reach the ancient well, we can find other directions.
They can't just stay here and wait for rescue from their CPA colleagues.
“Crack—”
The sound of falling gravel was heard, and in the corner of the room near the door, several broken stones slid down from the ceiling.
“Crack.”
No one had time to think about how to arrange the personnel next. They suddenly raised their heads and stared at the corner quietly.
Gu Qingming released the chalk mist as soon as possible, trying to use the power of the wind to find out what was outside.
However, soon, they could see what was outside without the help of the chalk mist.
In the crack of the ceiling, a bloodshot eye was staring at them with an indescribable malicious expression.
That expression was too dangerous, like a madman who had seen his greatest enemy in his life. He looked down on everyone and was filled with murderous intent.
At the same time, there was a noisy sound of rocks colliding with each other. Ayi and Zheng Qiuji, two more experienced CPAs, quickly realized that it was the sound of something walking outside, causing gravity to affect the gravel environment.
There's something out there! And there's more than one!
No one dared to move and watched the situation in silence. After all, in addition to the five of them, there were also unconscious classmates at the scene, so they could not act rashly.
That eye stared at everyone below with resentment until another obvious "click" sound was heard.
The red eyes behind the gap disappeared instantly, and the clear roar of the beast sounded at the right time.
The sound was near the door.
"No, we can't let them rush in. We have to control the battlefield outside."
Chu Zhongyuan rushed to the door and put his hand on the door handle. A deep blue tide spread out like a field, covering the entire door, and then faded into a light blue.
He had never even tried to solidify something as big as a loaf of bread before, but he had repeatedly explored his limits in the secret realm and now began to solidify the entire door.
At the moment when the space at the gate was solidified, violent collision sounds were heard one after another. Although the space had been firmly solidified by Chu Zhongyuan, it was still shaking terribly, like a chandelier swaying in an earthquake.
Ayi knew very well that Chu Zhongyuan might not be able to hold on for long under such a mysterious attack outside. She stretched out her hand, and the lavender Wu Gu thread flowed out from between her fingers, passed through the gap in the door, and stirred it randomly.
The sound outside the door suddenly stopped. Chu Zhongyuan and Gu Qingming looked at each other. The former suddenly removed the solidified space on the door and opened the door. Without giving the monster behind the door time to react, Gu Qingming's bronze spear had already stabbed forward with a terrible force that Chu Zhongyuan had never seen before.
The monster outside the door didn't expect that the person inside the door was so bold. He took two steps back by inertia, but made room at the door.
Gu Qingming rushed out of the door with the force of the bronze spear. Behind him, Chu Zhongyuan and the other four rushed out without hesitation and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.
Climbing out of the room buried in the ruins, the shadows of the four-legged beasts were already surrounding them not too far away. Seeing this, Zheng Qiuji, who was at the end of the group, hurriedly used the copper-colored character chain to swing around the door, roughly providing a temporary layer of protection.
The enemy comes with ill intentions, and they must take the initiative in the battle.
For example... where is the battlefield?
After Zheng Qiuji put his supernatural power into use, he happened to meet the monster's eyes. Looking at the bloodshot and blood-red puppet patterns, he sighed, "Uh... it's a bit disgusting."
Gu Qingming made a halberd and said, "Anything that can be cut is not considered disgusting."
Zheng Qiuji nodded repeatedly.
The monster turned into a swift back and quickly distanced itself from the enemy. When it realized that the enemy just wanted to take the opportunity to shift the battlefield, it suddenly rushed towards Gu Qingming again. Its speed was so fast that it blurred into a shadow in the eyes of the four people except Gu Qingming.
Gu Qingming's eyes turned green again. The power of Bai Ke Lan helped him see things clearly at night, including the monster rushing towards him.
When he saw the monster clearly, he was slightly startled, but he still attached the green wind to the bronze spear and responded according to the practical skills taught by his mother that were deeply engraved in his heart.
He slightly turned his body and did not face the opponent's fierce attack head-on. He turned the spear upside down, and the sharp lower blade was aimed at the monster's neck, hooking its body straight and tripping it.
The monster's movement paused for a moment, and it was during this moment that the four people who could not keep up with the speed of the two and did not know how to support them saw the monster's true appearance.
That was actually... a person wearing a black robe?
The strange man's black robe was decorated with feathers of the same color. Luo Dong, who had a relative who loved raising birds, quickly identified that they were crow feathers.
It wore a pale mask, with its limbs on the ground, twisted into a posture that a human could never twist into, and was restrained by the bronze spear, temporarily lying on the ground.
It was the owner of the puppet stall.
Ayi cried out in fear.
Noticing everyone's gaze, the strange man wearing a white mask tilted his head like an animal, then suddenly looked up.
Gu Qingming subconsciously turned the bronze spear over, trying to stop the opponent's actions.
The sharp blade of the spear scraped against the monster's shoulder. Gu Qingming did not hold back his strength, but the feeling of contact with it was completely different from when he had cut off the cheongsam girl's tentacles before.
The body of that thing was as hard as iron. Even the body of a quadruped made of special wood was not as hard as the monster in front of it.
The copper spear, sharp enough to cut through anything, only tore the monster's cloak, revealing the wood grain underneath and a white mark so faint that it was almost negligible.
The weirdo took a few steps back, looking a little hesitant, as if he didn't realize that among the ordinary underage CPAs, there was actually someone with such close combat strength.
It shook its head like an animal again, then took out from its wide sleeves... a white bone whistle and pretended to blow it.
Naturally, Gu Qingming would not give him this opportunity. Ayi seized the opportunity and grabbed the opponent's elbow with the purple silk thread, while Gu Qingming swung his spear and hit the puppet's elbow joint, shaking off the bone whistle.
Facing the inhuman monster, Gu Qingming did not hold back at all and attacked with all his might.
The bone whistle drew a graceful arc in the air. The next second, a deep blue wave of water flashed by, and the bone whistle was accurately caught in Chu Zhongyuan's hand.
He even winked at the puppet monster, looking really worthy of a beating.
The puppet hesitated for a moment, as if thinking. Just as Gu Qingming was wondering what he was thinking, the next second, a strange sound like a whistle sounded from the mouth of the movable mechanism of the puppet made of wooden blocks.
Five people: ...
No, big brother, if you can make this sound directly, then why do you need a bone whistle? Is it a prop to look cool?
At this moment, the four-legged beasts that were surrounding them from behind seemed to be summoned by the whistle and suddenly pounced towards the position behind them.
Zheng Qiuji, Ayi, Chu Zhongyuan and Luo Dong hurriedly tried to stop the monsters from rushing into the room which was already leaking and cracked everywhere and hurting the ordinary people who were in a coma. However, they found that the monsters were just using the walls to gain leverage and pounce on them.
They seemed to be completely unaware of the existence of those ordinary people, and rushed straight towards the four psychics.
The whistle sounded sharper and sharper. Zheng Qiuji looked around and found with a grim expression that the four-legged beasts around him had gathered to a terrifying number without him knowing when.
With this number... I'm afraid most of the four-legged beasts in the entire town have been attracted here by the whistle.
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