Chapter 097 Chapter 97

Zhu Changan looked at the man in disbelief.

That face, from the eyebrows to the expression, was exactly the same as the mother in his childhood memory.

But that shouldn't be the case. His mother had clearly passed away a long time ago. Her body was even buried in a cemetery somewhere in Sifang City. He had personally witnessed her burial.

"Monster! Save me, save me!" The woman looked at Zhu Changan with hope in her eyes. It was then that Zhu Changan realized that her voice was exactly the same as his mother's.

"Noisy." The invisible black mist surrounded the strange figure, which looked a little scary in the night. The sharp claws as big as a dustpan moved back and forth at the woman's neck, as if wanting to give her a quick death and make her shut up forever.

Zhu Changan shook his head to get rid of the chaotic thoughts in his mind and thought: No matter what, I have to rescue the people first.

Zhu Chang'an released his supernatural power without warning, and an ochre-colored rock spike appeared out of thin air under the monster's feet, catching it off guard and successfully interrupting its next move.

Seeing this, Zhu Changan released several more rock spikes. The strange creature grabbed the woman's neck with one claw and lifted her up, while its body nimbly dodged the sudden attacks. It seemed to have the ability to predict, and it could always accurately avoid the traps set by Zhu Changan.

Zhu Changan obviously realized this problem, but this was exactly what he wanted. The next second, on the road that Qiyi had to pass, two rock pillars suddenly appeared in the air. Qiyi was driven by the attack under his feet and crashed into them without any defense. At the same time, an attack quickly condensed behind his head and hit it hard.

That sound was a good sign.

Qieyi was forcibly dizzy and briefly lost control of the woman. Zhu Changan grabbed her arm and ran downstairs.

The woman looked a little dizzy and turned around. Before she could react, she followed Zhu Changan all the way in a daze. The strange creature behind her seemed to be finally enraged and suddenly burst out with a terrifying breath.

Zhu Changan suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart. He turned around subconsciously and saw that the strange appearance had changed.

If it was just the usual twisted and weird body at the beginning, now it is more like a humanoid god of death wearing a black robe, but without the huge sickle in its hand. Its two claws are exaggeratedly large, and it has a huge black wing behind it.

The strange creature had no facial features, but its abdomen had a huge mouth that led directly to its stomach. No wonder it had been trying to stuff the woman into its arms, because it actually wanted to eat her directly.

The strange creature shook its head, making a crackling sound. It swung its claws, with strange aura attached to its attacks, leaving dark claw marks on the walls and the ground.

Zhu Changan simply couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if such an attack hit a person. All he could do was pull the woman up and run as fast as possible. Under his control, the rock element turned into a solid shield, firmly protecting the backs of the two people.

Since awakening his powers, Zhu Changan has basically seen all levels of monsters except SSS. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as he encounters a monster, he can roughly guess the other party's level based on their aura even without the help of a monster detector.

But the monster in front of him was different from any monster he had seen before, and the monster detectors had been handed in to the school during the holidays. Now he had no way of judging the strength of this monster.

The dark wing suddenly retracted, and the next second it rushed down like a cannonball. Zhu Changan was startled, dodged to the side, and then pulled the woman to run in the opposite direction.

At the moment when they just passed each other, Zhu Changan even felt that the opponent's sharp blade was brushing against his chest. If there was a deviation of 0.1 millimeter at that time, he would have been ripped open on the spot.

Zhu Changan was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat after he reacted. Fortunately, the speed of the strange charge was quite strong and it was heading downstairs. He and the lady were running in opposite directions, and for a while, there was a lot of distance between them.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhu Changan quickly took out his mobile phone and called Yuheng.

"Senior! Help! Two people have been killed on the rooftop of the tube building at No. 55 Sanshan Road!!! There is also a black monster with scissor hands!" Without waiting for the other party to speak, Zhu Changan quickly reported all the information. A second later, the other party's steady voice came from the phone: "Hold on, I'll be there soon."

Zhu Changan heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had asked his senior for the contact information before, otherwise he would be in trouble now. He turned his head to look at the woman and comforted her, "Don't worry, Auntie, we will be rescued soon."

Now they only have two choices, either go upstairs or go downstairs. The strange man has already rushed downstairs, so if they want to have a chance of survival, they can only run to the rooftop in the opposite direction.

At this moment, the two of them were already standing on the rooftop.

The strange creature quickly turned back. It blocked the narrow passage with its body. Although it had no facial features, Zhu Changan still felt a cold gaze falling on him.

It spread its wings, and an invisible energy field began to spread. Zhu Changan thought: Oh no, it's going to release the weird domain.

But unexpectedly, it folded its wings the next second, and the huge energy was forcibly retracted before it could form a strange domain. Its body hunched up, and it looked uncomfortable.

It flapped its wings irritably but did not continue its attack.

It seemed to be worried about something. Who would be attracted by releasing the strange domain? Zhu Changan stretched out his hand and subconsciously held the woman behind him.

"Why do you want to save me? There is obviously no conflict of interest between us." The mother's voice came from behind him. Zhu Changan was dazed for a moment, but soon realized that it was the woman talking to him.

Perhaps because she knew she was about to be rescued, the woman seemed to be much calmer, which made her more similar to the person in his memory. At one moment, Zhu Changan even felt that she was his mother - the mother who came out of his memory and came back to life.

But this is impossible. The first lesson their teachers teach them after they enter school is that the cycle of yin and yang cannot be violated, and resurrection from the dead simply does not exist.

Zhu Changan turned his head away from her, trying to get rid of the influence: "For us, saving people is our duty, and we don't need a reason."

"You just called me mom, right? Do I look like her?"

"…similar, even exactly the same." Zhu Changan finally couldn't help but ask: "Do you know my mother? Or do you have twin sisters?"

"No. I look exactly like your mother, so you can think of me as her. Or, I am your mother." The woman looked at Zhu Changan, with a strange look on her calm face. Zhu Changan realized something was wrong almost immediately, and he quickly stepped back and distanced himself from the woman.

The "woman" attacked very quickly. If Zhu Changan hadn't been carrying the amulet given by Zhu He, he would have felt the heart-wrenching pain right now.

"You are weird too." Only then did he realize that the woman was also surrounded by a circle of weird black mist. Before, it was in the weird hand of the Grim Reaper, and the auras of the two overlapped, so he didn't notice it at first.

Zhu Changan subconsciously mobilized his supernatural powers.

"Are you going to attack me, my son?"

"Shut up, you're not my mother!" Zhu Changan's anger was about to burst out of his chest. His family was his bottom line, and no one could cross it. This weird behavior was simply hitting his sore spot.

The "woman" looked puzzled: "It's really strange. In your memory, you admired this woman very much. I have reproduced her one-to-one according to your memory, so why are you unwilling to accept me?"

"No matter my appearance or composition, I am your mother." It seemed that it sincerely believed that it was Zhu Changan's mother.

Zhu Changan was so angry that he was speechless when he heard this ridiculous speech. It turned out that he was a non-human creature, and his brain circuits could not be explained by common sense.

"The consciousness of humans is really strange. It doesn't matter. After I eat you, I will be able to understand your consciousness. Please maintain this emotion for a while. It would be a great loss if such a strong emotion disappeared with death."

The "woman" said as she used her hand as a claw, and the Grim Reaper behind her floated quietly like a puppet controlled by her, and the huge and sharp claws also swung out in sync with her movements.

A sticky strange energy appeared out of nowhere at Zhu Changan's feet, sticking to his legs and feet like a swamp, making him unable to move. Zhu Changan even felt that he was slowly sinking, and could only watch helplessly as the black energy from the sharp blade got closer and closer to him.

Damn, he was really going to die here. He hadn't had time to atone for his sins to his grandfather, he hadn't had time to help his parents realize their dream of traveling around the world, he hadn't even raised his favorite golden retriever himself.

Zhu Changan's heart was once again filled with strong resentment, and at that moment he heard the sound of something breaking again. Unlike the previous two vague sounds, this time it was even clearer, as if someone had smashed a glass into pieces next to his ear.

A familiar yet unfamiliar force suddenly surged out from his dantian, but the next second, Zhu Changan felt that he was picked up by someone - like a mother cat carrying a kitten, he was pulled out of the swamp by the scruff of the neck, forcibly interrupting the output of energy in his dantian.

Zhu Chang'an subconsciously stretched his arms and legs, looked up and saw that it was Yuheng, then he immediately gave up the struggle and behaved like a motionless human pendant.

There seemed to be an invisible staircase in the air, and Yuheng stood quietly on it, using his fan to easily block the strange attack of the god of death. He flipped his slender fingers, and the white jade bone fan closed in his hand, turned a circle, and then opened, and the same attack was returned.

"Why are you still awake in the middle of the night and disturbing people here?" Yuheng still had a gentle smile on his face, but Zhu Changan on the side detected the undisguised murderous intent in his voice.

The first second Yu Heng appeared, the two weirdos turned and ran away like mice seeing a cat, even taking the attack without a care. The only "woman" with facial features even had obvious fear and panic on her face.

Yu Heng snorted and threw out the fan, and a small red energy field instantly enveloped the two monsters. This was a skill that Yu Heng had recently developed. The principle was similar to the strange domain, but it cut out some skills and did not require one's real body to enter.

Suddenly, a burst of shrill screams erupted from the translucent energy field, and Zhu Changan suddenly felt dizzy and even wanted to vomit.

The Grim Reaper strangely severed the connection with the "woman", and used the energy that burst out at that moment to forcibly break through the energy field, and fled without looking back. And that scream was the sound of the "woman" bursting out in pain.

Such a dramatic development made Zhu Changan unable to react for a while. Yuheng put Zhu Changan back on the ground, but did not continue to chase him.

The monster in the energy field rolled on the ground in pain, unable to maintain even a basic human form, and its body gradually disintegrated. It seemed to have a symbiotic relationship with the Death Monster, but the main body was the "Death God". The "Death God" could kill it and it could still live, but it was abandoned and had only one choice left, death.

Perhaps it was because it was dying and no longer afraid of anything. Weird suddenly let out a crazy laugh and lay on the ground without any image, no longer rolling around: "When the old world ends, it will be the time for my God to come. The dead will follow God's call and return from the grave, and everyone will gather in God's court to accept God's judgment.*"

Its eyes were fixed on Zhu Changan, and it looked into his eyes like a cold venomous snake, and it slowly uttered a curse: "See you later, my son."

After saying this, it turned into a cloud of dust and disappeared.

To be on the safe side, Yuheng used the Phoenix Fire to burn it again on the spot.

Zhu Changan stared blankly at the place where the strange thing disappeared. After a long time, he knelt on the ground as if he had suddenly lost all strength. He lowered his head, his heart beating like thunder.

"That's not your mother." Yuheng said, "This monster can steal your memory and project the people in it into reality. Don't be fooled by it."

"At first I really thought I could save her." After a long silence, Zhu Changan finally spoke. He stretched out a hand to cover his face, and his body began to tremble. A tear suddenly fell on the lime floor, which was extremely conspicuous in the gray.

"I thought I could save her." He repeated. "Even though that wasn't my mother, she just looked like my mother. If I could save her, I could atone for some of my sins."

But it was all just a weird joke.

Yuheng sighed softly and wiped the tears from Zhu Changan's face. The ups and downs today were quite stimulating for Zhu Changan. He frantically tried to wipe away his tears with his sleeves, but the more he wiped, the more tears came. In the end, Zhu Changan simply gave up on saving him and cried loudly.

He has been suppressed for too long.

A happy person is not necessarily truly happy, and a heartless person is not necessarily free of worries. Many times they just choose to ignore it, pretending that nothing has happened. But after peeling off the gauze, the knife that brought the injury is still firmly inserted into the heart, and even sinks deeper because of the existence of the gauze.

When You Lin arrived, Zhu Changan's mood had slowly calmed down. He looked at the two big guys staring at him with concern, and even his social bull character felt a little awkward after a long time.

"Sorry to disturb you guys' sleep at night." He smoothed his hair, glanced at You Lin's expression, and suddenly felt guilty when he remembered the phone call he had made in the middle of the night.

You Lin crossed his arms and said faintly, "I didn't sleep."

"We were outside cleaning up other weirdos," Yuheng explained. But for some reason, he always felt that his friend's eyes were a little strange, but he didn't think much about it.

"Your action this time is really too risky. Shouldn't the school have taught you how to fight in a team? If you are alone and the enemy's strength is unknown, you should prioritize asking for help and wait for your companions to arrive before taking action. But you just rushed in directly?" You Lin basically doesn't say much when facing other people, but when he opens his mouth, he hits the nail on the head.

Zhu Changan lowered his head and ruffled his hair: "I... this guy showed up because of me, and I thought it's better for me to solve the problems I caused myself..." But in the end, he ended up making things worse and still had to shake his senior over.

Yuheng was a little surprised: "Changan, these weird things are not directed at you, and they are not here because of you."

Zhu Changan raised his head and trembled his lips: "It's not because of me?"

Yuheng shook his head: "The reason why these strange things appear here is because of the boundary gate. This boundary gate connects our world with the strange world. The more strange energy released from the gate, the more strange things there will be in our world.

The weird creature just now only escaped here, so you ran into it. Changan, they have nothing to do with you. "

"I understand." Zhu Changan showed an expression that was not sure whether he was crying or laughing. If it was before, he might have cried out of grievance after hearing this, and said "From now on, I know clearly". But he had just cried without any image in front of Yuheng, and if he cried again, he would look down on himself.

His friend finally untied the knot in his heart, which was a cause for celebration. The system had disappeared, so Mo Xuanji had no choice but to set off a firework for himself in the sea of ​​consciousness to celebrate.

Yuheng smiled softly and held the fan in front of his lips. Come to think of it, what he felt from Changan before didn't seem to be an illusion. But that aura came and went quickly. If he hadn't had physical contact with Changan, he probably wouldn't have noticed it.

He sighed imperceptibly and then said, "Go back to bed. It's almost dawn."

"Okay." Zhu Changan was probably the only person in the room who was truly looking forward to going back to sleep. After all, when he returned to his room, he could temporarily forget about today's embarrassing behavior.

The journey back was not as dark and silent as imagined. At this time, all the street lights were on. Zhu Changan followed Yuheng and Youlin happily, and the two of them talked about the strangeness of this time. As usual, Yuheng talked and Youlin listened and agreed from time to time.

He really didn't talk much, but every time Zhu Changan thought he would just say "hmm" all the way home, You Lin would suddenly open his mouth and reply with a long string of words very seriously. Even if Yu Heng just asked a meaningless question like "what to eat tomorrow".

Zhu Changan: Shocked face.

So this is the legendary old married couple model. Thinking of this, he stroked his hair again.

…

At the same time, at the headquarters of the Superpower Bureau.

The room filled with instruments was filled with busy workers, and the sound of "beeping" alarms was heard constantly.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry up the clipboard! Write this down."

"Report, a high-level anomaly has appeared in District 3, initially determined to be high-risk!"

"Report! A large number of strange things have appeared in Area 1..."

"report……"

The officer who looked like a person in charge pinched his brows and sighed: "My life is about to end. I am not going to be able to live."

"Humph, aren't these beasts aiming to kill us?" someone nearby snorted coldly.

"Have you found the energy source? Where are the coordinates?" They had detected a strange energy fluctuation before, which was completely opposite to the boundary gate. At first glance, it didn't sound strange, but it was precisely because it was completely opposite that they realized the problem.

This is simply the dawn of hope. The people above even think that this is very likely the legendary artifact. After all, isn't it normal that the sealing artifact that the Demon King tailored to seal the gate is 100% completely opposite to it?

"No response. We've been chasing them for more than half a month and there's nothing. How could they suddenly pop up—" The man was stuck in the middle of his words.

"Beep! Alarm! Target energy source detected in zone 4! Repeat, target energy source detected in zone 4! Repeat..."

Everyone present opened their mouths wide, and the whole room fell into silence for a moment.

"Oh my god, where is it? Quick, quick, quick! Pull up the map!"

"District 4, District 4, oh, don't squeeze me!"

"Who the hell are you cursing? I just squeezed you."

"I said it's District 4! Wan Tusui's fo!"

"Fo you big head ghost, that is..."

"Wait, it's gone? Check the historical records. We must find it. This is our last hope."