"Sister..." Lily stared at Shen Lanzhou in amazement, as if she had seen something incredible.
"What are you doing?" Shen Lanzhou lowered his head and played with the scales he had taken off his body before. They were warm and cold to the touch, with sharp edges. A slight scratch on them with his fingertips caused blood to flow.
"You have eyes..."
Shen Lanzhou was about to refute the other party's nonsense when Lily jumped off the chair, took out a mirror from a drawer on the side and pointed it at her with her short legs.
The little eyes full of intelligence blinked and looked at the mirror curiously——
The dust-covered mirror dimly reflected Shen Lanzhou's appearance: the top of his head, which was originally burned bald by the fire, had grown short fluffy hair, and a dark crack had appeared on the right side of his cheek where the cheekbone was. When the crack opened, an eye that was equally as black as ink revealed the same look of fear as the two eyes in the original position.
“…”
Shen Lanzhou tilted her head unconsciously, the three strange visions made her feel dizzy.
In disbelief, she stretched out her fingers to poke her new third eye. The pain of her fingers piercing her eyeballs made all three eyes fill with tears.
It hurts so much!
"Sister, you look a little disgusting right now." Lily said cautiously.
Shen Lanzhou wiped away tears: "You are the only one who has no right to say such things."
My level of disgust has actually been compared to that of a parasite that survives by relying on the brain of a parasite!
She realized that her eyes were growing from the exact spot where the "woman" Nephalem, made up of countless mice, had touched yesterday...
Unspeakable fear crept over her body. She trembled unconsciously, and her hands and feet were cold and numb.
No... calm down... calm down...
So scary...
The successive blows almost made her unable to hold on.
Why is it that since my rebirth, all I’ve encountered are monsters that I can’t defeat and can’t even understand?! ! ! !
Lily closed her mouth and huddled in the corner like a frightened quail, not moving.
When the boss gets mad, the best way to deal with it is to play dumb and hide.
After a long while, Shen Lanzhou's emotions gradually calmed down. She covered her face, her eyes red, and uttered a word in a hoarse voice: "Cthulhu."
She remembered the story about San and the unspeakable that she heard from Ayan when she was chatting with her on the day she lost Shimeng.
I am instinctively afraid of these things and ignore their existence intentionally or unintentionally, as if only by doing so can I gain some peace of mind in my anxious heart.
However, things don't always go as planned. Horrors and strange things keep coming one after another, and it would be foolish to remain in hiding.
She decided to take the initiative to learn this knowledge.
Fear comes from the unknown. At least you should understand some relevant knowledge and know what you are afraid of.
"Lily, come here, we have to leave."
"oh……"
When passing through cities during the rest of the journey, Shen Lanzhou began to consciously collect information related to Cthulhu mythology and coc group games.
But these things seemed to be very niche, and she only found very little content when searching in libraries in every city.
A copy of "The Innsmouth Mystery", a copy of "The Call of Cthulhu", and a copy of "The Dunwich Horror"
Just three, the rest are gone.
Perhaps before the end of the world, more relevant information can be found through the powerful Internet, but there are very few relevant paper materials.
Maybe it was because the way she was searching was wrong, or maybe some "people" didn't want her to see things she shouldn't see.
During the night rest period, Shen Lanzhou flipped through the three books he found, which were collections of short stories translated from English. The writing style of the books did not quite conform to the reading habits of modern Chinese people, and it made people fall asleep while reading.
Finally, driven by strong curiosity, she suppressed her sleepiness and finished reading all the contents.
This book tells the story of a protagonist with merman blood who accidentally comes to a merman village and eventually awakens his bloodline.
This book tells the story of a group of sailors who mistakenly entered an isolated island at sea. All their companions died, and the remaining people sailed away after defeating the octopus god. Finally, they died unexpectedly not long after returning home.
The last one is the most interesting. It tells the story of a family that believes in an evil god and gives birth to a "god's" offspring through a ritual. However, one of them is killed by a dog and the other is killed by a university scholar.
Well, the above content is just her sleepy nonsense and stubborn talk.
Unfortunately, it did not mention the information she wanted to know most, namely, [Woobo] who caused the doomsday crisis and [Nephalem] who controlled the rat swarm.
Come to think of it, there is always a certain gap between fiction and reality.
However, the "deep divers" mentioned in the book "The Mystery of Innsmouth" reminded Shen Lanzhou of the group of fish performing deep-sea sacrifices that she dreamed of on the day the tsunami broke out.
Maybe the author came into contact with these strange creatures by accident, and wrote these literary works in a state of mental disorder that can make people mentally unstable just by reading them?
In short... as long as we use the right method, these indescribable existences can be defeated... right?
After all, ships can capsize.
At most... at most SSS level. With the system in hand, it is not impossible for me to fight hard.
Putting down the book, looking at the red clouds outside the window, the wind calmed down, the rain stopped, and Shen Lanzhou felt that he was fine again.
The next destination is Shanhai City, which is known as the "Demon City of Strange Beasts". Shen Lanzhou decides to stay there for a while, upgrade himself, and then go to Suihua City.
Suihua City is not a peaceful and tranquil Garden of Eden. The "Mother" has been engaged in a protracted war with Her enemies. The fungus called the "Fungus Master" erodes and infects all visible creatures, and is incompatible with the insect swarm that controls the farming order.
Since it's a war, there will definitely be many dead monsters and a lot of experience points. As long as you join one side, gain their trust, and use the power of the team to gain massive experience and crystal core upgrades through war...
Perfect plan.
However, there is a very big prerequisite for implementing this plan - one's own strength needs to be strong enough, otherwise one will fall into the meat grinder of the battlefield and die without leaving any trace.
Shanhai City, the "Devil City of Strange Beasts", is a good springboard.
Shanhai City is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Before the end of the world, it was famous for its beautiful environment, rich natural resources, and herds of wild animals, attracting countless residents of big cities who were tired of the urban steel jungle to come and travel.
After the Red Light Doomsday erupted, the surviving residents of Shanhai City seemed to have a subtle connection with the surrounding natural environment, their bodies mutated into various animal characteristics, and some even became complete human-shaped beasts.
It is quite similar to the movie "The Mystery of Innsmouth" that I watched not long ago, where a small town is full of Deep Ones and their hybrids.
With Shen Lanzhou's current status, it would be no problem for him to blend into the strangely mutated "people" in Shanhai City.
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