Lying on the passenger seat, Red Spider leaned heavily against the leather seat, covering his wound and grimacing.
Although this was just a tentative attack, it still broke Red Spider's defense to a certain extent.
Bai Ling held the steering wheel tightly and said without turning his head: "If I had known, I wouldn't have been so surprised just now!"
Now he really couldn't believe it.
Hermes had just discussed this with him not long ago, but how come after he went to find Kaguya, the other party sent people to chase him? Thinking of this, Bering glanced at the bullet hole on Starscream's shoulder.
Although he did not have much knowledge about hot weapons, he could at least recognize that the white marks that seemed to be burning around him were definitely something that could tear the soul apart.
You know, not long ago he shot the witch hard with a similar pistol.
So the witch has no objection to this at the moment.
She just bit her nails and muttered to herself: "Could it be that He has already started the reckoning?!"
The first target of this reckoning is her "Witch" Chris Charaktu!
Thinking of this, the witch couldn't help but feel confused, and even the wind used to block her vision began to float, as if some faint fireworks arrived in the cold night.
Looking at the witch who was already finding it difficult to control herself, Bai Ling said nothing but stepped hard on the brakes.
Obviously, even with certain tricks, the witch still has to obey the laws of physics.
Under the influence of inertia, she leaned forward slightly, and because of her light weight, she fell directly into Red Spider's arms.
“Oh my god!”
Starscream hugged his "colleague" and "archenemy" tightly: "Are you scared already? Is that Hermes so scary?!"
Before the two of them finished speaking, Bai Ling opened the car door and said, "Get out!"
Without a moment's hesitation, Red Spider hugged the witch, kicked open the car door, and jumped out of the car!
The moment the three people jumped out of the car, the car burst out with tremendous heat, making the three people beside the car feel like they were in the scorching heat of the earth's crust! "What the hell, what kind of special bomb is this?! Can a human really create such a powerful precision explosion?!" Red Spider held Bering in one hand and the witch in the other, and the spider legs behind him spun at a speed that could be called teleportation, leaving deep marks on the ground one after another.
If she hadn't been quick-witted and dragged the three people away from the center of the explosion before the bomb exploded, I'm afraid Bai Ling would have been blown into pieces!
This bomb is very strange. Obviously, the larger the equivalent, the wider the impact range should be. However, I don't know what method the person who made it used. It's like all the power is concentrated in a small space. Outside the space, you can only feel the breeze on your face. However, in that confined area...
That is terrifying energy like the movement of the earth's crust!
The witch who was held in the arms of Red Spider struggled and said: "Hermes is an expert in alchemy... This thing may be mixed with some laws of the 'soul'! It is possible that everything you just felt was an illusion, but even so, you can't gamble!"
"Even if it's just an illusion, if it acts directly on you, then the law of the soul can affect your mind, and then directly cause a devastating blow to your soul!" The witch said with difficulty, "In the past, He used this method to paralyze everyone, and then directly killed all the guys who didn't follow His opinions! In other words, He is a person who can take advantage of your thinking inertia! He is very experienced in perceiving people's hearts!"
Bering, who was dragged on the ground by Red Spider, crossed his arms and said, "It seems that Hermes is really a radical and sinister guy."
Seeing Bering being dragged by the collar and sliding on the ground, Starscream was almost mad: "What are you doing now?! Why don't you use your prophetic ability?! Oh my god, again?!"
Just as Red Spider was speaking, another miniature shell flew towards Bering.
Looking at the hot weapon passing in front of him, Red Spider originally wanted to kick it away, but soon his whole body tensed up and he jumped high again!
This time, her speed was even faster than before, and she even faintly touched Qi Guang's edge! You know, this is almost an extraordinary performance for Red Spider's current core! Not long after, the original shell landed at Red Spider's previous position.
And it only took less than a second.
With a loud "bang", a bottomless pit was blown out in the middle of the asphalt road. The bus stop next to it was blown into the sky by the strong wind and smashed heavily on the wall of an office building while spinning!
A middle-aged man, holding a coffee cup in his hand, stared blankly at the bus stop sign that was slanted next to his boss's door.
With a "splash", the coffee completely ruined the guy's pants in his trembling hands.
"What...thing?" he muttered to himself.
Not long after that, he saw a little girl holding a woman who looked like a paper man in one hand, and dragging a pale-faced adult man with the other hand, jumping from the ground to the edge of the window sill of the office building in two steps.
Then he saw the rather petite little girl in front of him, who had hooked her toes on the windowsill and was hanging upside down beside the window while carrying two people on her shoulders, like an upside-down cross!
“What is this…?”
In the man's confusion.
The man in the black windbreaker and red scarf who was suspended in the air smiled at him and said, "Sorry to bother you. Please continue with your work."
"We'll be done here soon," said the red scarf, crossing her arms, "please don't mind it."
Hearing this, the middle-aged man nodded blankly: "Oh, it's okay, you have worked hard..."
Amidst the inexplicable greetings, the Red Scarf, that is, Bai Ling, looked at the large army in full military formation in the distance and said, "This is really scary. It seems that Hermes had already predicted that we would appear in this place."
Red Spider hid in the narrow shadow, hanging Bering and the witch upside down like two potted plants: "So, what do you think?"
idea?
Bai Ling, who looked like a human potted plant, groaned, "To be honest, I originally thought that Kaguya might have betrayed us. But then I thought about it and felt that this possibility was not very high. I really can't think of any bargaining chips that Hermes has that can make Kaguya believe that He can help her get revenge."
Moreover, Bai Ling didn't think that someone like Luqi would allow Kaguya and Hermes to make a deal.
As a secret agent planted by Bai Ling next to Kaguya, as long as the news of Bai Ling's death did not come, Lu Qi would continue to keep a close eye on Kaguya. Not to mention, Nightingale was also guarding Kaguya at the moment. If Kaguya really made any unusual moves, it would be impossible for Bai Ling not to receive the news in advance.
But the car was indeed planted with a bomb after he went to the abandoned factory.
"But there is one thing that is very strange," Bering stroked his chin, "Hermes should know that bombs are meaningless to me."
How could a bomb explode just when you are about to go back?
Whether Hermes was trying to find out his hiding place or was planning to kill him, it was impossible for him to detonate the bomb while Bering's prophetic ability was still effective. Unless He wanted Bering to notice it in advance and get off the car.
After all, using a bomb to kill a prophet...
Is this a bit fanciful? But the current offensive is real, and the "soul" law attached to the bomb is also real.
Bering thought for a long time and felt that apart from Hermes, there were probably not many people who could do this.
Just as he was thinking.
Starscream suddenly jumped down from the windowsill, turned 720 degrees in the air and landed steadily, while firmly grabbing the other two guys.
Grabbing the witch by the collar, Starscream cursed: "Forget about this guy, but why do you want me to catch him like a chicken?!"
Bai Ling glanced at the witch who had completely lost her mind and was startled: "No, she is not afraid..."
"It was some special spiritual method that affected her soul!" Bai Ling said, and at the same time seemed to remember something, "I understand, the witch was born from Hermes!"
While on the bus, Bering once heard the witch say in person that someone had infected the witch with "fear", which made her the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
At that time, Bai Ling had some guesses that perhaps the reason for the witch's birth was not a natural formation like other alien species.
而现在，白令突然有了一个想法。
作为灵魂的行家，没有人比赫尔墨斯更加明白恐惧的本质。也没有人比祂更了解，应该如何手捏异种！ 换而言之，或许魔女的诞生、就是赫尔墨斯一手操办的！
与苍白女士类似！ ‘不，还是有差别的，’白令接着又否认了，‘苍白女士的起源是人造人弗兰肯斯坦，而魔女的起源则是哈米伦的吹笛人，弗兰肯斯坦具备人造属性、与贤者之石类似。而魔女，很明显跟这两个都不一样。’
或许是某种更加青涩的手段，毕竟比起贤者之石、魔女的诞生很明显要更早一点。而且仔细看起来，魔女几乎跟人类毫无差别，更没有机械感。
或许魔女是一个实验品、是赫尔墨斯打算手捏异种的第一例？ 想到这里，白令不由得皱眉。
原本他就觉得赫尔墨斯派会手捏异种就很疯狂了，现在看来、这完全是因为他们的头头就是一个彻头彻尾的疯子。
哪有人给自己手捏一个怪物，然后最后又被这个怪物给背叛了的？ 哪怕魔女说她在半岛的时候只是袖手旁观，但是白令可一点都不相信她完全没有落井下石。
如果不是做了点什么，她完全没必要这么害怕赫尔墨斯！ 被红蜘蛛拽着拖行在地面上，白令想了想、对着红蜘蛛说道：“尽量走大道。”
“我需要稳一点的环境。”他说道。
啥玩意儿？！ 红蜘蛛愣住了。
但是很快，她再次躲避了一片精准的弹幕，灵巧地跳到了旁边的车流之中：“这可是你说的！要是死人了，那你可不能怪我！”
说着，她踩着其它人的车顶、锋利的蛛腿直接贯穿了车身，以此作为借力让她高高向前冲刺！
没多久，几枚精巧的小手雷就掉落在一些车的面前。
几秒钟之后。
“轰”的一声，又是一阵热烈的风浪、紧接着就是几辆私家车被炸上了天、零件散落一地！ 在机械的轰鸣和炮弹的巨响之中，白令被倒吊着拖行，同时掏出了洛宏哲的手机。
然后精准地拨通了一个电话号码。
那是赫尔墨斯的电话，尽管洛宏哲的手机没有记录、但是白令提前记下来了。
在一阵短暂的忙音里，很快、电话接通。
“我就知道是你，”那边，赫尔墨斯的声音还是听不出来男女，“看来，我也确实在未来拨打过你的电话了？不然你不可能知道这个号码——总不可能是用枚举法吧？”
这样仿佛老熟人一般的调侃并没有让白令放松什么，他只是翘着腿、防止自己一边的靴子拖在地面上被划破：“这就是你送给我的大礼？一次精准而密集的袭击？”
看着远处遮天蔽日的阴影，白令无视了红蜘蛛的惨嚎，而是继续对着电话说道：“你甚至将装甲车和直升机都开到了这座城市里，难道说你是打算彻底暴露我的位置、进而将一切都捅给全知会？”
听着白令的声音，电话那边是一阵低笑声：“放轻松，这只是一次友善的提醒。”
友善？
看着红蜘蛛仓皇逃窜的样子，白令可不觉得这是友善。
而那边，赫尔墨斯则是轻快地说道：“当然，你可能无法理解。这也很正常——毕竟无论是谁遇到这样的情况都会不舒服。但是相信我，这真的只是我的善意。”
在轰隆隆震天声响之中，赫尔墨斯的声音仿佛电报一样机械：“毕竟如果我想的话、我早就把这座城市连带着你一起送上天了。”
“而且说到底，这不都是在未来之中吗？”赫尔墨斯含笑说道，“既然是未来，那么等回到现实之中自然不会发生。这在克莉斯出现在你的身边时，我也仅仅只是在未来派战车来，已经可以算得上友善了吧？”
在沉默里，白令嗤笑了一声：“所以，因为是在未来之中、所以你就想着把我给碾碎？”
“不不不，当然不，”赫尔墨斯说道，“归根到底，其实我只是想要见你一面。”
在一阵轰隆隆的装甲车行进声里，赫尔墨斯的声音仿佛由远及近：“我可是等待你太久了，思念迫切之下稍微出格一点，我觉得也是可以理解的吧？”
说这句话的时候，夕阳入血、映红了半边天空。
直升飞机悬挂在高空中，没多久、一个身影就从天上急速坠落。
而红蜘蛛也适时停住了脚步。
“没法跑了，”她说道，“周围已经是天罗地网，如果强冲、我没法保证你们的安全。”
话音落下。
白令也只是微微颔首：“那就别跑了。”
“反正，正主也来了。”
话音落下。
“啪”地一声巨响，一个黑色的人影重重落在白令等人前面的装甲车上。
像是在缓解着落地之后的巨大压力，那个人舒展着身体、一点点地将骨骼重新挪回正确的位置：“老啦，再也不能跟年轻的时候那次从平流层掉到太平洋的时候一般轻松了。”
揉着自己的脖子，那个人影看着眼前的白令。
几步就跨下装甲车，来人朝着白令露出了一个慈祥的微笑：“你就是先知吧，我等你可太久了。”
注视着面前的赫尔墨斯，白令平静地说道：“我没想到，你的身体竟然是这个样子。”
闻言，赫尔墨斯也低头看了一眼自己：“是吗？我觉得还挺好的。”
抚摸着自己的手臂，赫尔墨斯脸上带着笑意：“尤其是以现在的外表去坐公交车，还经常会有心善的年轻人扶着我坐下来着。而且他们还喜欢叫我爷爷，这让我还挺开心的、毕竟我还挺想多几个孙子的。”
外表年龄宛如枯树一般的赫尔墨斯漫不经心地说道：“所以说我经常会假装跟他们同一站下车，然后尾随着他们。那些身强力壮的年轻人当然不会觉得我这个老头是个威胁，偶尔会有几个心肠好的、跟我聊聊天。还挺有意思的。”
“不过我还是喜欢那些年龄更小的儿童，你知道的，相比起成年人来说、孩子的灵魂更加纯真，怎么说呢，就像是鲫鱼汤，味道很鲜美、而且还白得漂亮。而成年人则像是酸辣汤，浓墨重彩加多了、偶尔会感觉有些齁。当然咯，不同的情感会有不同的味觉体验。比如说恐惧，我非常喜欢害怕的灵魂、尤其是在求饶的时候，很像加了白灼汁的海鲜。”
说着，赫尔墨斯笑得褶子都出来了：“非常美味，我很满意。”
果然。
白令叹了一口气：“你和克莉斯小姐说的一样，是一个偏执、疯狂、低劣的人渣。”
“可能吧，”赫尔墨斯不置可否，“如果你和我一样活了很多年、那么口味肯定会更偏向于清淡一点。年轻时候玩得比较花，年老了、感怀了，当然更喜欢小孩子。”
他说这句话的时候、仍旧带着那副上了年纪之人特有的慈祥。
然而在这份慈祥之下，确是白令此前从未有见到过的……纯粹的黑暗和疯狂。
尽管红蜘蛛的内心世界已经足够疯狂了，但是和赫尔墨斯相比，仍旧逊色不少。
这并不是红蜘蛛更加善良的缘故，而是时间沉淀的不同。
在这漫长的岁月之中，赫尔墨斯就像是已经彻底失去了味觉的老饕。当一个热衷于口舌之欲的人已经尝过了大部分常规食物，那么他接下来会做什么？ 白令觉得没必要继续往下想了。
那必然是常人难以想象的怪异和奇诡。
而赫尔墨斯就是这样。
尤其是在戴着辉夜的玉佩时。
这枚玉佩可以看到人死亡之后的亡灵，算是辉夜少有的宝贝。
当戴着它的时候去看周围的人，白令可以看到红蜘蛛和魔女都是黑烟滚滚、可以看出在她们手中的亡魂绝对不算少。
而在看向赫尔墨斯的时候……
白令只能够看到一片清明，就像是雨后的天空一样澄澈。
这肯定不可能是赫尔墨斯善良到手上不沾一丝血腥。
恐怕是赫尔墨斯，连死者的冤魂……都拿去玩弄了。
这样的人白令此前见所未见。
也难怪白令在看到他的时候，脱口而出就是一句“人渣”。
说他是渣滓，都高估了“人渣”。
After a moment of silence, Bering looked at Hermes and said, "So, why did you go to such great lengths to come to me? What is your purpose?"
"You can't possibly be discussing Tianyuan matters with me, right?" Bai Ling said coldly, "Didn't you already call me? Or, even though you said that you've already called me, you're still suspicious of something in your heart?"
Facing Bering's insistence, Hermes waved his hand: "Of course not, how could it be possible? I trust you very much."
He smiled, revealing his yellow, stained teeth: "I came here this time to give you something."
Give something.
Bai Ling looked at him in silence.
Hermes showed no sign of abnormality when Bering looked at him like this. He just pulled open his coat with a normal expression and said, "I know that you prophets are all powerful people who can foresee the future. I'm afraid you will look down on the gifts from small minions like us. But, what I brought this time is different."
As he spoke, he took something out of his pocket, rubbed it for a long time, and then handed it to Bai Ling with both hands as if he was offering a treasure: "Here, please look!"
Looking at the thing in front of him, Bai Ling was rarely stunned: "This is...!"
Holding this thing in his hand, Hermes said proudly, "That's right."
"This is an alien species," he stroked the thing gently, "or to be more precise, it is an alien species that has taken over the laws. It is also a treasure that I brought out from the Abyss, and it ranks among the top items in my collection."
When he said this.
Not only Bering, but even Starscream was staring at the thing in his hand.
It is difficult to describe the appearance of this alien species that has occupied the laws in concrete terms.
If you must describe it, then He is a... glowing, hazy sphere. In the sphere, you can see something twitching slightly, like a heart or a fetus still in the womb.
"I... fuck..." Starscream cursed, "This is fucking... this is fucking..."
She was dazzled by the thing before her.
No wonder she looks like this.
Not to mention Red Spider, even Bering had to use extremely strong willpower to force himself to move away and not continue to look at that thing.
Focusing his eyes on Hermes, Bering whispered, "What do you want to do by bringing this thing out?"
Hearing this, Hermes smiled.
He rubbed the glowing sphere slowly, smiling: "This is a very common law. You may not know it. Its name is '%*V@'. This is also normal. After all, after this thing was brought out of the Abyss, it was as if it did not exist. It's just because I am a partial holder of the soul law, and I was the one who brought it out, so I can remember it."
As he spoke, a term that was so difficult to pronounce that Bering had almost never heard of came out of Hermes' mouth.
Hearing this term, Bai Ling fell silent.
As Hermes said, he hardly ever heard what Hermes said.
Caressing the glowing sphere, Hermes sighed, "It's a pity, because I wasn't well prepared when I went there, so I could only bring out such a simple thing. Oh, its power is to turn liquid into '%*V@(!', just like grapes fermenting into wine. After drinking it, you can get a short-term pleasure, a bit like the secretion of dopamine."
As he said this, he actually took out a small cup from his pocket and spat into it.
Then Hermes threw the thing into the quilt filled with his saliva.
Not long after, the ball of light emitted a bright light.
In just a moment, Bering and Starscream smelled a fragrance coming from the cup of Hermes' saliva.
This was definitely not any smell they were familiar with.
Gently shaking the cup of red liquid, Hermes looked at Bering with a smile: "How about it, do you want to try it?"
"No," Bai Ling declined, "You can taste it yourself."
Hearing this, Hermes just shrugged and said, "Well, it looks like you have mysophobia."
As he said this, he drank the liquid in the cup and uttered a light groan: "Wow... It's like I've eaten the soul of a child with his smile. I feel my inspiration is surging... It's great, it's great."
With a short and joyful sigh, Hermes grabbed the ball of light and handed it back to Bering: "Okay, now it is yours."
Looking at the sphere in front of him, Bai Ling frowned.
As if sensing Bai Ling's doubt and refusal, Hermes just smiled and said, "Take it. This is an excellent research material for you. If you really want to enter the Abyss, those aliens who have stolen the laws will definitely be your biggest enemy. Not to mention, through this form, you may be able to better understand the meaning of the prophet."
"Believe me, I've said before that I came with good intentions, so my gift is naturally sincere," Hermes said with a smile, "This is the first step of our great friendship - starting from a law that has disappeared! Hahaha!"
Amid Hermes's laughter, Bering remained silent.
After a long while, he finally said, "What do you want?"
Bering didn't believe that Hermes would give him benefits for no reason.
However, it was beyond his expectation.
Hermes waved his hand. "What do you want? No, I don't want anything. I have said it many times, I came here with good intentions today, to give you a gift. I have said before that my phone call should be regarded as having happened, so now, you can naturally regard it as having happened. As for this thing, it can return to the real world with your consciousness - because the laws are unique. Once it leaves my hands, it will belong to you, no matter where you are."
Smiling, Hermes shrugged again: "Well, it seems that you don't believe my good intentions. Hey, young people nowadays."
"In that case, I will give you another gift," he looked at Bai Ling sincerely, "use this as a reward for my kindness."
The words fell.
Hermes took a step forward and pointed at the witch: "Chris, my child."
"I swear, from today on, I will no longer pursue what happened to you in the past. Likewise, from today on, your soul will no longer be held captive by me."
Hermes' face was calm: "You are free, Chris."
With his voice.
Soon, the confusion and trance on the witch's face gradually faded away.
Almost as soon as Hermes made his vow, the witch's expression gradually improved.
Clapping his hands, Hermes looked at Bering with a smile and said, "How is it? From today on, Chris is no longer the timid, mean and cowardly girl. She has gained her own soul, her mind has returned to normal, and naturally she no longer needs to harm others for entertainment."
"She can be said to be the most human-like alien at the moment," Hermes said cheerfully, "After all, I originally designed her to be based on the human model, but I thought it was a bit too boring, so I adjusted her so that she couldn't get a normal sense of comfort. She is always bored, and because of this, she has done a lot of wrong things."
"But that was all in the past. Now she is full of compassion, kindness and mercy."
Hermes shrugged and smiled kindly. "Of course. When she wakes up, I wonder if she will commit suicide out of guilt. I can't say for sure..."
Hearing this.
Starscream was furious: "You bastard!"