Chapter 332 Break
As Chen Chuan walked towards the underground floor, the signs of emptiness on his body became more obvious. The further he walked, the more serious the situation became. Not only that, the feeling of being watched also became everywhere.
At this moment, the flying-head monster hair on his wrist and the raccoon stone tablet hanging on his body also vibrated slightly.
It seems that what he is facing is indeed a strange story.
Because the lost items of strange stories will be sensitive to strange stories, but the raccoon stone tablet also showed this kind of trembling, maybe it felt some kind of threat?
The temperature in front dropped slightly at this moment. After walking down the stairs, he saw a metal door, but it was locked. He reached out and pressed it. The door frame connection made a creaking sound, and the bricks and bolts gradually broke and popped out. Under the force, the whole door twisted and deformed, and then fell backwards with a bang.
After the smoke and dust behind the door cleared away, he walked in and saw a "tree".
To be precise, it was a field-disrupting creature, but it felt several times larger, almost occupying half of the entire basement floor of the hotel.
Those branches extended outward, not only covering the entire underground space, but also penetrating the floor like invisible objects and extending upwards.
If it were just that, it wouldn't be a big deal. What's terrifying is that there are naked arms hanging on the branches, drooping like vines.
Near the bottom of the tree trunk, there are human feet, neatly arranged and stacked around, spreading out in circles along the roots.
Chen Chuan took a quick look and saw that some of the hands were slender, while others were strong. They should have been taken from different men and women. They looked mixed together, as if they were randomly pieced together on the branches.
Near the roots of the branches, there were countless hairs that looked like human hair, some of which were entangled in the branches. On the ground, there were layers of tattered clothes scattered all over.
Chen Chuan finally knew where those guests had gone. This thing was undoubtedly a strange story, but it should have undergone a certain form of transformation.
If some strange stories are not dealt with in time, they will gradually deviate from their original form and become more and more powerful if they are provided with a constant supply of vitality.
Just now he felt that he was being spied on, that those branches had extended to many corners of the hotel and were trying to influence him.
If a normal person came here, he would be gradually attracted or captured by it.
Such changes have occurred in just three years. I wonder what it will become if it continues to grow.
At this moment, seemingly because he was unaffected, the thing let out a high-pitched scream like a human voice, and the lights that had always been there in the basement suddenly flickered.
After observing, Chen Chuan inserted the Xuejun Knife into the side wall, held the hilt with both hands, pulled it out with a clang, then held it with one hand, turned around, and slowly walked up.
The clusters of branches on top suddenly waved down towards him.
Chen Chuan slashed upward with his sword. Previously, the killing power of Xuejun Sword against the flying head monster was limited because the two sides could hardly make contact. However, at this moment, the blood line on the back of the sword became brighter. With a "swish", the branches were cut off. The broken human hands fell to the ground with a crackling sound, and something that looked like red juice and blood spurted out from it.
After cutting through the branches that tried to block him with several consecutive strokes, a feeling of comfort rose in his heart.
In the past, he could only rely on brute force and physical contact, or various unique methods to eliminate ghost stories, but this direct and rough approach was still the most convenient.
He cleared obstacles as he moved forward, his speed not slowing down at all. He covered a distance of thirty or forty meters in almost a breath. When he was about ten meters away from the tree trunk, he stepped on the ground and leaped forward. In almost an instant, he arrived in front of the thick tree trunk.
At this time, the strange tree made a higher-pitched scream, and those thick roots with strings of human legs and hair hanging on them turned out from the ground, trying to prevent him from approaching.
However, such an approach would expose the fact that those targets are their own weak points.
Chen Chuan let out a low shout and leaped forward. A flash of knife light suddenly burst out in front of his body, breaking all the entanglements around him. Various broken limbs fell like rain. He jumped out from the heavy obstacles and came close to the tree trunk. In mid-air, he grasped the handle with both hands and slashed diagonally from top to bottom!
As a crescent-shaped knife light flashed by, a long oblique crack was suddenly cut on the tree trunk.
The strange tree let out a sharp hissing sound, and a tasteless, scarlet sap spurted out from its trunk. Chen Chuanluo was behind it, but he didn't stop charging forward. He turned his waist and swung his sword horizontally. Another flash of sword light crossed the tree trunk.
In the huge cross-shaped crack, the bright red liquid almost gushed out. At the same time, the whole strange tree shook and made a sound similar to vomiting.
With a loud crash, countless internal organs and broken torsos gushed out from the tree trunk, and the entire space was suddenly filled with debris.
Chen Chuan stared at the thing. Although the two sword strikes seemed to have severely damaged it, he found that those parts were shrinking rapidly. These attacks should not have touched its real vital points.
He quickly changed his mind and made a decision. He swung his knife, leaned forward and rushed in from the broken gap in just a moment.
After reaching the inner room, he just looked up and saw many internal tissues hanging around him, slowly moving as if breathing, and in the middle was something like a brain.
This thing should have been surrounded by broken internal organs and fluids, but now they are all flowing out through the gap. This is undoubtedly the part that this strange tree is trying desperately to protect.
He took a deep breath, took a few steps forward, turned around suddenly, and slashed at the thing!
At this moment, as he came in, the gap that was cut outside immediately closed inward, and those limbs and hands filled the gap and secreted red gelatinous liquid, quickly repairing the cracks.
However, when these actions were halfway through, they suddenly stopped. After a while, the trunks, branches, and limbs on them began to dry up and shrink rapidly. Finally, as if they could not hold on any longer, they broke off and fell to the ground one by one, then shattered and scattered on the ground, turning into scattered black ashes.
However, there was no sound during the entire process, as if these were just an invisible object that did not exist in reality.
In just a dozen seconds, the entire trunk of the strange tree turned into collapsed ashes, and piled up into a thick layer of ash on the ground.
Chen Chuan took off his hat, patted it against his body a few times to brush off the ashes, then put it back on and glanced around to make sure that the thing had been completely removed.
However, there seemed to be a thick object under the ash. He poked it with the Xuejun Knife, and something about the size of a fist rolled out.
Chen Chuan bent down and reached out to pick it up, blowing off the ashes on it. He saw that it was an object shaped like a heart that looked like it was carved out of wood or jade.
This should be the remains of this strange tree.
He put it away and walked out of the basement. Originally, the whole hotel felt lifeless, but when the ghost stories were dealt with, all the insects and ants seemed to emerge in an instant.
At the same time, his boundary certificate was also restored, so he immediately contacted the city patrol team and asked them to come and deal with it. Dealing with it was secondary. He just wanted them to inform the higher-ups that everything was back to normal here and there was no need to take any special measures in the future.
Back upstairs, he pushed the door open from the hotel, took a breath, and then walked towards the parking lot.
But after walking a few steps, he saw several gang-like thugs surrounding his car. There was also an off-road vehicle parked in front of it with a grappling hook hanging on it.
Chen Chuanyong took a look and found that these people were all gang members with dense torture and arrest records on their bodies, and the leader among them was even wanted.
He calmly reached into his pocket and squeezed it gently. A stone instantly shattered into a dozen tiny particles, and he casually pushed one onto his knuckles.
"Boss, someone is coming out from inside." A gang member saw Chen Chuan and shouted immediately.
The gang leader was stunned. He didn't expect that the person who went in could come out. He squinted his eyes and took a look. At just one glance, he realized that Chen Chuan might not be simple.
So he decided to give the other party some face.
He patted a younger brother and said, "Go and tell him hello. The higher-ups have told us not to let anyone in or out. We just kept the car for him. Let him take the storage fee, and the matter will be over. We won't stop him from leaving."
"I understand, boss." The younger brother threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, then staggered over with a few people. When they got close, he said, "Hey, that..." But before he could finish his words, he fell to the ground with a bang.
The other gang members reacted quickly, realizing what was happening. They immediately split up and took out the weapons they carried with them. However, before they could figure out the situation, they fell down one by one and lay in a mess on the street.
Chen Chuan just walked slowly towards the car.
The gang leader sensed something was wrong and immediately left the car and ran out. He then realized the barrier had been restored and immediately warned the outside world: "Blockade, blockade! Tough guys! Get your weapons!"
Chen Chuan didn't look at him, but walked straight towards the car. He flicked the gravel in his hand, and the gang leader, who had already run about twenty meters away, staggered forward a few steps, then fell forward and lay there motionless.
Chen Chuan walked to the side of the car, turned his hand, and the door opened.
At this time, he paused and looked back. The little boy was looking at him. He nodded at him, then got in, closed the door, started the car, and drove towards the blocked section of the intersection.
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(End of this chapter)
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