Frankly speaking, it was quite creepy to hear the crying in this environment. There were dark shopping streets all around, the pale green moonlight, and a black coffin vaguely visible standing in the window - a typical Hollywood horror movie scene.
"No signs of life."
Astarute stared at the store and then answered.
"So where does the crying come from?"
“…”
In response to Jie Tong's question, Astarudy shook her head, and Xia Yin gently pulled Jie Tong's clothes.
"Let's go find Sister Ellie first, tell her what happened, and let her handle it. Since Miss Astarutti said there was no sign of life inside, then..."
"Ugh... okay."
After hearing Xia Yin's reminder, Jie Tong hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded in agreement. Although she had gradually mastered Nightmare's abilities under Ai Li's guidance, Jie Tong also knew the limits of her abilities. Nightmare was completely specialized in mental control and manipulation. She was very powerful in this aspect, and she could even manipulate ancient god-made biological weapons like Leviathan.
But other than that...that's it.
That’s right, if we make a property table, Jie Tong is the legendary compass warrior, with full spirit points and all other points are at the lowest.
So she thought about it and decided to back down.
After all, no one knows what the situation is in that store, but Jie Tong remembered that Ai Li had told her before that there was a monster called "WITCH" in a zombie game. Usually she would hide in the middle of the road and cry. If you ignore her, everything will be fine. But if you are bored and shoot her, she will immediately become angry and then scratch your face with blood.
Jie Tong is not stupid. She has just had a few days of good life and doesn't want to meet someone who can scratch her face and make it bloody.
"Let's go over there quietly."
Jie Tong lowered her voice and whispered, and the others nodded. Then they carefully bypassed the "Xiao Nishi Store" along the other side of the street and walked towards the exit of the shopping street.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but the three of them didn't feel anything before, but now that they were careful, they felt that their footsteps seemed to have become much louder. Even the whistling wind around them seemed to have become colder, but the three of them didn't look back and walked forward slowly.
However, just as they were about to reach the exit of the shopping street after bypassing the store, suddenly, the crying sounds in the store started to become louder and louder, and were even mixed with a few heart-wrenching screams!
"No, run!"
Although they didn't know what was going on, the three girls realized that something was wrong and hurriedly quickened their pace, running towards the exit of the shopping street. However, just as the three girls were about to rush out of the shopping street, they saw the ground in front of them suddenly bulge, and then roots like tree roots drilled out from the ground, forming a barrier that blocked the three girls. At the same time, screams of shadows were heard from all directions, and dozens of strange shadow monsters drilled out from the cracks in the alleys of the shopping street and rushed towards them!
"Level 1 danger alarm detected, activating 'Rose Fingertips'."
Looking at the shadow monster rushing towards her and others, Astaruddi stood in front of it without hesitation. Then she saw a huge white monster emerging from behind the petite body of the blue-haired artificial life form - that was Astaruddi's familiar "Rose Fingertips"!
However……
“Ugh…!!!”
Just as Astaruti summoned her familiar, her expression suddenly changed. She fell to the ground as if in pain, and began to tremble.
"Ms. Astaruti?!"
Seeing the change in Astaruti, Xia Yin and Jie Tong were immediately shocked. At this moment, Jie Tong no longer hesitated and hurriedly looked at Xia Yin.
"Sister Xia Yin! Send a signal!"
“Ah, yeah!!”
Hearing Jie Tong's words, Xia Yin reached out without hesitation and took out a smoke tube from her arms, and pulled it hard towards the sky. Soon, a firework shot up into the sky and exploded in the sky.
This is the rescue method that Ellie gave them. The smoke gun may seem unsophisticated, but it is simple, convenient and not easily controlled by the enemy. Although electronic signals are more precise and useful, they will be doomed if they are hacked, modified and controlled by others. Sometimes the original is the best.
Moreover, Ai Li also specifically told Jie Tong and others that if they encounter troubles, they should not think of relying on themselves, and immediately ask for help if they see that the situation is not right. Never think that you are causing trouble for others, and it is always better to prevent it beforehand than to make up for it afterwards.
“Ugh…ah…”
At this moment, Astarutti seemed to be in more and more pain, and at the same time, the shadow monsters gradually approached the three girls. At this moment, Astarutti suddenly raised her head and screamed.
“Ahhhhhhhh!!!”
Along with the screams of the artificial life form, the white beast behind Astarutti gradually began to change. A crack appeared on the top of the white beast's head and then spread downwards. Then, under the gaze of Jie Tong and Xia Yin, the white beast behind Astarutti split directly, and a huge figure emerged from it.
What is this?
Looking at the huge humanoid monster that looked like a butterfly hatching from a chrysalis, the two were stunned. This was not a vampire's companion, nor did it look like any demon or monster they knew. Instead, it was a knight riding a red horse, wearing black armor, and holding a lance.
“Woo…”
At this moment, Astarutti hummed again, and along with her humming, the knight who appeared above Astarutti's head suddenly raised the reins, and then charged at the shadow monster in front of him with a spear in hand! He turned into a gust of lightning, passing through the entire shopping street like a speeding motorcycle, tearing all the shadow monsters that blocked his way into pieces!
"Wow... That's amazing, what is this?"
Seeing this, Jie Tong's eyes widened in surprise, not knowing what to say. However, at this moment, the tree roots that blocked their way suddenly stretched out several roots and stabbed at the two of them.
"Be careful! Jie Tong!"
Xia Yin also noticed something at this moment and hurriedly spoke up to remind her, and Jie Tong turned around immediately - at this moment, the sharp root like a blade had arrived in front of her, and it would pierce the girl's head in an instant.
However, at the same time, suddenly, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and hit the rhizome directly, turning it into ashes. Jie Tong looked to the side and found that a strange woman had appeared beside her body at some point. She had the same small bat wings and heart-shaped tail as Jie Tong, and was wearing a white waist-baring coat and shorts, with long black hair. At this moment, the woman was just floating beside Jie Tong, staring at her.
At the same time, a tarot card fell from the sky, landed in Jie Tong's hand and then disintegrated and dissipated. At this moment, Jie Tong also knew the name of the woman next to him.
“Lilim!!”
As Jie Tong shouted, the woman next to her who looked almost identical to her raised her hand again. As she moved, lightning once again fell from the sky and directly hit the root barrier that blocked the shopping street. Under the bombardment of the huge lightning, the root barrier that blocked the exit of the shopping street shook a little, but it was obvious that Jie Tong's attack alone was not enough to completely destroy it.
A ray of light fell from the sky.
Xia Yin clenched her hands in front of her chest, as if a believer was praying to her god. As she moved, a tarot card spun and fell, breaking in front of her.
"Exia!!"
As Xia Yin shouted, an angel wearing red armor, holding a shield and a spear quietly emerged. He raised the spear in his hand, roared and rushed towards the barrier. Then the angel turned into a red wave and collided with the barrier. This time the barrier finally couldn't block everyone's way anymore and completely shattered.
"Let's get out of here!"
Although she didn't know what suddenly appeared beside her and what was going on, Jie Tong hurriedly grabbed Astaro and Xia Yin's hands and planned to leave. But they had just run a few steps when suddenly, the ground began to tremble, and then a huge shadow appeared out of nowhere, covering the three of them. The girls turned their heads and looked behind them, and then they were shocked.
What appeared in front of the girls at this moment was an extremely huge spider, its body almost spanned the entire shopping street, and its three pairs of limbs stepped on the shops on both sides of the shopping street. Its lower body was no different from that of a spider, and in the middle of its upper body was a girl who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old. She opened her arms with a desperate expression. On the left and right sides of this girl were a middle-aged couple, who screamed and waved their hands, wailing in despair.
Seeing this scene, the girls were all stunned.
What the hell is this!
"Everyone, please stay!"
However, the Spider Girl still raised her hand at this moment, waving it as if to attract customers.
"Everyone stay in the shopping street, you can't leave, you all have to stay here, I want to stay here too, everyone! No one can leave!!!"
Along with the wailing of the spider girl, a huge spider web fell from the sky, instantly covering Jie Tong and the others tightly. Then the spider girl laughed shrilly and rushed towards the three people. She opened her mouth - the jaw that was originally in good shape now split from the left and right like a spider. The shrill scream mixed with a huge shadow moved forward all the way, and then came in front of the three people.
And at this moment...
"Bang!!!"
Following a gunshot, a flower of blood suddenly bloomed on the Spider Girl's head. The intense pain made her scream and step back. At the same time, a voice fell from the sky and landed in front of Astarudi and the other three.
"I never thought it would be you."
Ellie, holding the Bartlett, looked at the three people behind her and sighed helplessly.
"Although there are many things I want to say, but... let's deal with this guy first."