Chapter 18
Empty.
Just cold air.
The snake-man seemed to be mumbling something again, but most of the broken syllables were still incomprehensible.
But some of the words in it penetrated into Ji Dongzang's ears and were captured by her.
However, Ji Dongzang had no time to think about it.
Her eyes accidentally swept across the snake-man's belly.
There should have been a huge wound there that was roughly sutured by Qiu Lian with a thick needle and fishing line!
But now, it's empty.
"You...why did you come out?!"
Her voice was dry and hoarse, and she stared at the snake-man with horror.
This is not right! This is totally wrong!
Ji Dongzang endured the numbness in his legs and the coldness in his heart.
He grabbed the three-edged thorn on the ground beside him, used it to support his body, and staggered to his feet.
At this moment, she tightly grasped the cold metal handle of the triangular spear.
There seemed to be an extremely faint, yet extremely clear tremor.
Then, a malicious, sharp and mocking voice sounded directly in her mind:
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... Look at you, such a coward! Suspicious and suspicious, you do whatever you want! You scared yourself to death, who can you blame? You coward!"
…
Hallucinations, mumbling, an upside-down world, disappearing wounds, talking weapons...
Countless chaotic fragments were churning wildly in Ji Dongzang's mind.
The true and false are completely confused.
Bang! Bang!!
Two crisp, loud, and painful slaps.
"Don't sleep! It's over!" Qiu Lian's cold and hard voice exploded in her ears.
Ji Dongzang struggled to open his heavy eyelids.
In the glaring flashlight beam, two faces emerged clearly into her blurry vision.
Qiu Lian frowned with scrutiny.
And the huge snake head next to it also revealed a hint of confusion in its turbid vertical pupils.
What frightened her even more was that she could even see clearly from these two pairs of pupils.
Seeing my own miserable reflection at this moment:
His pale face was covered in cold sweat and dirt, and his frightened expression was frozen between his twisted brows.
The blood oozing from the wounds on his body spread out in the dust.
"I...had a nightmare." Ji Dongzang's voice was hoarse as he struggled to sit up.
Her brain felt heavy and sluggish.
However, beneath this appearance of sluggishness.
A revolutionary change was quietly taking place in her body.
She felt...the world had changed.
It is no longer simply dim or bright.
The originally invisible, floating dust particles in the air now looked like slow-motion snowflakes in her eyes.
The outline and trajectory of each star are clearly visible, spinning slowly.
Not only dust, she could even "see" or "sense" the existence of countless extremely tiny beings emitting faint breath of life in the surrounding space!
They are like invisible galaxies, flowing slowly against the dark background.
What horrified her even more were the wounds on her body.
The wounds that were scratched by gravel and dragged and rubbed were emitting waves of indescribable numbness, itching and warmth.
She looked intently.
The tissue fibers at the edge of the wound are wriggling and connecting extremely slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye!
And around the wound, an indescribable "fungal blanket" composed of countless smaller and more active "living organisms" is operating efficiently!
They are busy moving, disassembling and reassembling.
The scene was both magical to the point of taking your breath away and eerie to the point of making your scalp tingle.
No time to deeply experience the wonders of this microscopic world!
Qiu Lian had already stood up nimbly, grabbed the cold and slippery shoulders of the female corpse, and motioned her to help.
Ji Dongzang suppressed the turmoil in his heart and quickly collected the scattered things.
She subconsciously reached out and gently patted the snake-man's arm covered with cold scales. The touch was hard and real.
Then she steadily lifted the other shoulder of the female corpse.
Together with Qiu Lian, we left here silently.
While walking, Ji Dongzang felt his body was unusually light.
The flashlight beam shines ahead to explore the way.
Ji Dongzang looked back.
Darkness swallowed up the cave they had just left and the huge figure of the human snake.
However, in Ji Dongzang's eyes, this darkness was like a transparent gauze!
She clearly saw that the human snake was still quietly lurking deep in the cave.
The huge head turned slightly, and its cloudy vertical pupils were staring silently in the direction they left through layers of darkness.
The look in his eyes was complex and difficult to understand, but there was no trace of violence in it anymore.
Darkness is no longer an obstacle to her.
Ji Dongzang suddenly remembered the chaotic, terrifying yet extremely real "dream" just now.
A strong intuition told her that this ability to see through the darkness and glimpse the microscopic world must be closely related to that strange "nightmare".
They quickly found a vacant lot and hastily buried the battered female body.
The journey back to the courtyard was smooth and there were no more setbacks.
However.
In Ji Dongzang's completely subverted world of perception.
The weirdness never stops.
The whisper of the wind, the breathing of the soil, the flow of sap from plants... countless extremely subtle sounds and information flooded into her senses.
The triangular thorn in his hand was also chattering with Ji Dongzang.
…
Back to the courtyard.
Jiang Zhijian and Bai Jing seemed to be fine, but An Yu's leg was seriously injured, with the skin and flesh torn and the bone visible.
It takes a long time to rest.
The air was filled with a heavy smell mixed with herbs and blood.
The mutated animals in the yard were locked tightly in their respective houses.
The sound of heavy chains being dragged, and the roars, growls, and bangs filled with frenzy and pain continued to ring out.
They were more violent than last night and their aggressiveness was increasing.
The helpers that Mrs. Shen had brought with her before had also left at this moment.
Qiu Lian also left at the gate of the courtyard.
Ji Dongzang did not rest immediately, but walked towards the house where the mutated animals were imprisoned.
Darkness is no longer an obstacle.
She didn't need a flashlight; her new eyes were like night vision goggles.
There were four cow cats in the first room.
Two of them were standing upright like humans!
They used their front paws, covered with fine hair and with twisted knuckles, to clumsily but persistently scratch at the iron chains around their necks.
There is a human-like intelligence in his movements.
The other two were pacing anxiously, growling threateningly from their throats.
Da…da…
Ji Dongzang's footsteps were very light, but they were still detected.
The room was instantly silent, and then—
Meow!
Hiss!
Four pairs of cat eyes suddenly locked onto the figure outside the door!
The two cats that had just tried to open the lock suddenly became furious, arched their backs, and let out shrill screams!
The other two pounced on the door panel frantically, and their sharp claws scratched on the wood, making a "crunching" sound!
The iron chains rattled as they struggled, as if they would break at any moment!
Ji Dongzang's heart tightened.
No stopping.
With these special eyes, she quickly scanned the other rooms.
The scene is more or less the same: most animals show varying degrees of "theromorphosis".
Walking upright, with twisted limbs and violent eyes.
A few of them curled up in the corner and whimpered because the transformation process was too painful.
Or they might rush around madly in a small space, leaving streaks of blood.
Ji Dongzang had almost finished looking at everything and planned to find a relatively quiet empty room to doze off for a while.
However, the moment she turned around!
Rumble...
The ground beneath my feet began to shake violently without any warning!
What’s even more terrifying is Ji Dongzang’s own perception!
In her enhanced vision, the whole world seemed to have turned into a TV screen with poor signal!
Walls, ground, air...
All the lines and contours began to distort, shake, and blur violently!
Countless amplified, noisy microscopic information madly impacted her consciousness!
In this double collapse of vision and perception.
The sound of a heavy, sticky pad of flesh stepping on the muddy ground sounded nearby.
Snap… Snap… Snap…
Ji Dongzang could no longer hold on, and his vision was completely swallowed up by the distorted darkness and chaotic flow of information.
His body fell forward limply with a loud thud.
He fell heavily onto the cold, hard ground.
In the last bit of vague perception, the only sound left was the "click" sound that was getting closer and clearer.
And the endless darkness that completely submerged her.
She closed her eyes.
…
Ji Dongzang regained consciousness and opened his eyes with difficulty.
What came into view was a strange... hut?
No, this space can definitely not be called "small"!
She found herself lying on an unusually wide...
On the mat? Next to it, piled high were cans of cat and dog food, each as huge as a gasoline barrel.
There are also scaled-up cat scratching boards, dog chews and plush toys scattered everywhere, like a giant's children's room.
Ji Dongzang suddenly sat up, his heart pounding in his chest, and his sleepiness was instantly dispelled!
She blinked hard and scanned the room carefully again.
The ceiling was ridiculously high, at least four meters high by eye.
Everything in the room was magnified several times!
What's even more strange is that the room is cluttered with items that definitely don't belong to the original world.
The most eye-catching thing is the...lamp next to her bed?
A huge rabbit shape woven from rough straw ropes, nearly two meters tall, almost a circle bigger than her!
It tilted its head.
Ji Dongzang tentatively extended his fingertips and gently touched the rough and dry straw thigh of Rabbit Lamp.
The fingertips felt dry and tough.
Is this... the scene of orcs... or some other mutated world?
Ji Dongzang's mind was extremely clear at this moment.
She was absolutely certain that she was not in reality!
This is either a bizarre dream or some incomprehensible illusion!
In short, it was definitely not the world she was familiar with.
Just then.
“,__!…/$$…,:$/&&!!:)),$/!'…”
A series of illogical, broken-syllable "words".
It rang directly in the depths of her mind without any hindrance!
What's even more bizarre is that this string of incomprehensible noises seems to be converted by a translator.
Ji Dongzang understood.
"Welcome, angel."
The sudden address made Ji Dongzang twitch her lips. She asked Rabbit, "Angel? What does angel mean? And where is this place?"
The giant woven rabbit lamp moved!
It made a "crunching...rustling..." sound as the grass stems rubbed against each other.
The movements were stiff.
He sat down on the wide mat, his straw buttocks sinking deeply into it.
The huge straw rabbit sat down and stretched out its "claws" made of twisted rough grass stems.
He curiously fiddled with the wrinkles of clothes on Ji Dongzang's shoulders and gently touched her temples.
There was no malice in its actions.
At the same time, its empty "mouth" once again flowed out a string of broken, grotesque notes:
“:!@—.～｛～;!/@…”
The "translator" in my mind started up again, and the meaning emerged clearly:
"You are the angel. This... is Earth."
“/～*!.”;&…..::;/～）”
"We haven't reached the center of the earth yet! You are so lucky!!!"
The straw rabbit's "words" were translated in Ji Dongzang's mind.
Its straw head seemed to shake happily, as if to emphasize the preciousness of this "blessing".
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