Chapter 222. Phantom of the Past
When her followers were around, Xu Zhi didn't need to give orders through the game console. So when she saw the man trying to run away in panic, she called out "Xiaoyi", and the black snake hiding in the dark appeared at the door as if it had a telepathic connection with her and stopped the man.
Sometimes, not only can she perceive the emotions of her clansmen through an invisible feeling, but her clansmen also seem to be able to perceive some of her emotions and thoughts, which undoubtedly makes them become very tacit.
The man became terrified when he saw the huge snake suddenly appear. This black snake was beyond his cognition and made him unable to make any sound for a while. It was not until Xiaoyi wrapped his body around him and dragged him into the cafeteria that he began to struggle in vain.
Xu Zhi had been observing the man's condition and found that when his body came into contact with the bright red flesh and blood in the cafeteria, the black threads in his eyes obviously became more and more. When he came to the center of the cafeteria, he instantly lost his human consciousness, his eyeballs turned completely black, and he became a madman.
However, as a "newborn", his fighting ability was far inferior to those of the affiliated high school students. Even though his hands were not tied, he was completely unable to cause any harm to Xiaoyi.
Seeing that the man had completely fallen, Xu Zhi did not hold him back any longer. Xiao Yi strangled the man to death with just a little force.
What Xu Zhi cares more about now is the flesh and blood on the ground, which has not shown any signs of drying up or turning black even after several hours. They are as fresh as if they had just been taken out of a human body.
She suppressed her nausea and looked down at the severed limbs. Not only did she find that most of them were torn off violently, but some of them also had △ patterns on them that seemed to have been carved by a knife. The wounds were deep, but because there was blood everywhere, they were not easy to see at first glance.
“What does this graphic mean?”
Xu Zhi herself knows nothing, but she has a plug-in that seems to know a lot.
After taking another turn and making sure she had collected enough information, she turned on the game console.
Sometimes the narrator will not proactively provide her with information, but will require her to first touch upon certain points or know some clues before telling her more.
Sure enough, when she opened the game, the narration appeared.
[You seem to be getting used to this new life, but variables are always everywhere. What have you discovered this time? ]
【It turned out to be a phantom from the past. 】
[Mysterious patterns, ancient and cruel rituals, people who have fallen into madness are longing for something and calling for something.]
[They possess the most extreme beliefs and are the most loyal followers of the Red Cup. Restoring past glory and returning to the old days is their lifelong pursuit.]
What a pity
What you are witnessing is merely one of the ancient rituals. The ancient tradition has long been lost, and so has the ritual itself. Now, it is broken and devoid of spirituality.
[But even so, it is not something that mortals can glimpse. Just one glance can cause those who waver to fall into the abyss.]
[You must be vigilant, the creature summoned by the ritual is far beyond your current ability to defeat.]
[But don't worry, at this scale, even projection can't be realized. It seems they haven't mastered the correct method yet.]
This time, there were a lot of words in the narration, so much so that Xu Zhi could easily sense that she might have touched upon something very important.
"Do I need to destroy these?" She asked when the narration stopped.
[Without timely replenishment of flesh and blood, it is already withering. By tomorrow morning, it will be completely lifeless. If you are worried, simply destroy the pattern on the stump.]
"So, those lunatics, those fanatics, set up a crude trap just to replenish the flesh and blood for this ritual?"
The narrator did not answer her, but Xu Zhi felt that it was probably the case.
Although they are bloodthirsty, there is no need to gather people together and then slaughter them. The reason they do that is, firstly, to satisfy their desire to kill, and secondly, for this ritual.
In fact, the ritual is the most important thing. For this reason, the man with glasses even asked those irrational fanatics to restrain their desire to kill.
"You destroyed the patterns on these limbs."
Xu Zhi gave orders to his two followers. It was a very simple task for them. Xiaoyi could just run over the limbs and turn them into meat paste. Gouzi could also destroy the pattern with one claw.
After this place was completely destroyed and the narrator stopped talking, Xu Zhi took his two followers and left.
The time now is not enough for her to let her family go out for another 7 hours. The current inflexibility is that once the AFK system is turned on, they can only choose to AFK for 7 hours or stay with her. It is a bit too rigid. Xu Zhi really hopes that the next upgrade can improve this rigid AFK system.
People will never be satisfied. When the idle function was first unlocked, Xu Zhi thought it was perfect. Now he feels that the idle setting is still too rigid. Can't this game be more perfect?
Since he couldn't let his family go out hunting on their own, and Xu Zhi happened to be outside, he went to the bookstore on the way.
There are quite a few bookstores near the Affiliated High School, and Xu Zhi chose a more famous chain.
After the incident in Yuncheng, the bookstore was naturally closed, and the door was locked at this moment, but this obviously did not pose a problem for Xu Zhi, who had a clan. After breaking the door violently, she first found a book at random and tried it, and found that it could be put into the game warehouse, but a book would occupy a grid.
She calculated that she only had thirty slots and couldn't take too many books with her, but fortunately she still had two "coolies" and putting them in bags and letting them carry them was also an option.
In the end, Xu Zhi spent nearly two hours selecting nearly eighty books and took them home.
"It will take at least two months to finish reading all this, right?"
After returning home, Xu Zhi piled up books in the room and muttered to himself.
This is still an optimistic situation. After all, her comprehension and memory abilities are much stronger than before, but she is not sure whether she can read peacefully at home. After all, who knows when the next accident will happen?
At night, Xu Zhi fell into a deep sleep with her family when midnight came. Although her body was still a little tired, her spirit seemed to be much stronger than that of ordinary people. She only needed five hours of sleep a day to be energetic for the whole day. She even did not feel mentally tired when she spent most of her time reading.
Xu Zhi has realized that his position may not be that of a melee fighter.
The only thing that bothered her before going to bed was that she planned to try to invest in the core to create a spiritual body after getting up tomorrow morning, but the only crystal cores she could invest in were one [heart] and most of the [cups].
Would entering a spirit body with the [Cup] attribute have any impact on her? However, this concern was not enough to make her hesitate. Moreover, the game console had never let her down so far, so she was willing to give it a try.
(End of this chapter)
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