In just a moment, James felt a sharp pain in his hand. He looked at the place where he was entangled. There was no arm there, only a pool of blurry flesh and blood.
Confusion took over his heart earlier than fear.
If a gun or a knife was pointed at him, James would be the first to feel fear, because he could understand what these weapons meant. These things could hurt his body, take his life, and act on his body in ways he could understand.
But now, the girlfriend lying in front of him, the hollow abdomen, the terrifying teeth, and the tentacles wriggling between the internal organs were beyond James's understanding. He could not imagine how these things would torture him and erode his will.
It is like inputting instructions outside the database into a computer program. The computer cannot analyze them and thus crashes.
When faced with an incomprehensible and huge danger, James also stopped thinking.
Unable to even let out a howl, James stared at his girlfriend in a daze.
"My dear, this way we can stay alive forever and work on his body in a way that he can understand."
But now, the girlfriend lying in front of him, the hollow abdomen, the terrifying teeth, and the tentacles wriggling between the internal organs were beyond James's understanding. He could not imagine how these things would torture him and erode his will.
It is like inputting instructions outside the database into a computer program. The computer cannot analyze them and thus crashes.
When faced with an incomprehensible and huge danger, James also stopped thinking.
Unable to even let out a howl, James stared at his girlfriend in a daze.
"Dear, this way we can be together forever."
The corner of Valerie's mouth curled up, and it soon cracked, forming a huge gap that connected with her abdomen, forming a bloody mouth beyond imagination. Countless tentacles extended from the mouth, completely covering James.
The body's instinct and desire to survive took effect at this moment, and James immediately struggled backwards, trying to escape.
But behind him, a figure sat up.
"Wes, help me, save me!"
James recognized that this was his friend and he shouted hurriedly.
But Weiss remained indifferent.
“It’s so itchy…it’s so itchy…”
He was scratching the black parts of his body, his flesh was festering, and the blood was splattered inside the RV, which was shocking to see.
James' brain had shut down and he wasn't even afraid when he saw this scene.
Compared to the guy who wanted to eat his girlfriend, even the bloody Wes looked handsome.
He grabbed Wes and stared at Valerie.
The woman climbed up, but not in a human posture. Instead, she lay on her belly with her back against the ground, supporting her body with her elbows and bent legs. One could see that the ends of her arms and legs, which were covered in black hair, had hardened like the hooves of a living creature. Her face had completely lost its human appearance, and from the big mouth in her abdomen, countless tentacles formed lush branches like a tree crown.
Valerie seemed to be transforming from a human being into a monster. The twisted and perverse scene tormented James' nerves.
Perhaps due to excessive bleeding from the wound on his arm, James' consciousness had become blurred. In a trance, he saw that Wes's body seemed motionless, yet seemed to be trembling slightly.
A moment later, sprouts burst out from Weiss's body.
Like a newborn seedling, the sprout broke out of Wes's bloody body, absorbed the nutrients from the flesh and blood, and grew lush in the blink of an eye. Wes fell to the ground, no longer breathing, but still muttering to himself.
"It's so itchy, so itchy, so itchy..."
His voice mixed with the sound of Valerie's footsteps, echoing around the RV.
James felt something soft and slippery wrapped around his back. It touched his skin and penetrated into his skin easily, as if his skin and these tentacles were originally the same material.
He felt his internal organs being grabbed and pulled by the tentacles, and a shuddering despair more than the pain made James' brain boil.
The next moment, a huge force blew off the roof of the RV, knocking the three people in the car away. James felt dizzy, and his head hit some unknown part of the car, and he fainted completely.
"I should have been in the car, not under it."
In Lu Ban's hand, the silver revolver [Last Words] gradually dimmed and disappeared.
He saw that the two people who were normal humans before had now turned into twisted and ugly monsters. He didn't feel anything special. He came to one of the monsters who was knocked down by the car debris due to the impact and was covered with bruises.
When you gently place your hand on it, countless words appear.
[Once human, but alienated due to pollution]
[It believes in the god born of darkness, who is in charge of reproduction and fertility, and has given birth to countless descendants in the vast void. He is the supreme mother goddess]
[A monster that feeds on flesh and blood, rapidly multiplies itself, and is inexhaustible to kill]
[When you see these creatures, you should run! ]
"Supreme Mother Goddess?"
When Lu Ban read these records, he felt a strong sense of dizziness. His brain felt hot and even warm to the touch, which was very unusual.
Having reached his level of pollution, even knowing the name of an Old One would not lead to this. Lu Ban had reason to suspect that this god in charge of reproduction and fertility might be of a very high status.
"These creatures are his followers. Humans summoned these followers to gain power, which resulted in Miskatoke becoming the cradle of monsters?"
For beings of this level, even the summoning rituals of their clans should be highly contaminated. It is difficult for humans to comprehend this on their own under normal circumstances. The fact that they are able to master these techniques mostly comes from contamination from foreign lands.
There are many reasons why this happens.
Perhaps some extremely inspired people heard the whispers of those echoing in foreign lands through some special means at some specific time, and accidentally learned some names. They recorded them in a semi-crazy state and passed them down to later generations.
It is also possible that the chosen ones of other gods have come here in the past. Just like Jiangchengshan, they spread dark beliefs in this land and polluted the citizens here.
It is also possible that some people with a bad taste taught the locals for their own purposes or just for fun.
In short, when this extremely high level of pollution from a foreign land comes, humans can't even resist it and can only be eroded and alienated.
But surprisingly, almost no pollution from Miskatoke has leaked out.
Lu Ban looked up at the stars. The starry sky here was not real. He guessed that the fog they passed through when they drove here before was some kind of special seal that bound the city of Miskatoke here and prevented the pollution from affecting the surrounding areas.
This place is like a larger Jiangcheng Mountain or Pohnpei Island, sealing an unspeakable horror. Only people like Lu Ban would mistakenly enter it.
As for who it was and what method they used, Lu Ban already knew it.
He looked to the side and saw another wriggling monster trying to struggle to stand up. Its wriggling tentacles spread towards Lu Ban, but Lu Ban easily dodged it.
Lu Ban bent down and picked up the camera that had fallen on the ground. He turned on the camera and filmed the spacious lawn in front of him.
In the camera, the lawn was full of twisted and ugly monsters.
Among the monsters, stood a man.