Chapter 92: The Colorful City 21 "Lawyer An, let's talk."...
At this moment, a quick rustling sound was heard, as if a giant python had locked onto its prey and launched a fatal attack. An ugly black shadow suddenly jumped out from the depths of the woods and rushed towards An Rao.
There was no time to react! Baichuan subconsciously hugged An Rao into his arms, exposing his fragile human back to the ugly monster.
"Wow!" A violent sound of water was heard, and a thick, long dark green stem covered with black poisonous spikes broke out of the water in the black well. The huge black bud on the top suddenly bloomed, revealing spirally arranged sharp teeth inside. It hissed and opened all its petals in the direction where the lizard was pouncing. The sharp teeth and mucus formed an airtight net, waiting for the prey it had been expecting for a long, long time.
The ugly monitor lizard covered with tumors was startled and let out a hoarse and ugly scream, but it was no longer able to turn around while flying in the air. Its four claws grabbed in the air a few times in vain before it fell howling into the net designed specifically for it.
The huge flower quickly closed its petals, and the entire bud closed tightly. The five people standing by the well stared at the bulging bud in amazement. It was obviously a sign of the lizard monster's desperate struggle. Soon the entire bud began to twist and rotate, and it was strangling the lizard!
The howling sound that sounded like a curse became weaker and weaker, and the originally bulging flower bud slowly returned to its original shape. The lizard was completely digested by this horrible flower.
"Gudong." As the remains of the lizard were swallowed into the roots of the plant monster, the whole forest fell silent. The white film in the eyes of the citizens in the outer city disappeared. They looked at each other in confusion, not knowing why they appeared in this strange jungle. The terrifying vines and flowers before returned to the lush and green appearance of ordinary plants, naively and simply stretching out their weak but vibrant leaves in the sun.
Everything seemed so ordinary and commonplace, as if it was just an open day of the Holy Light Castle, attracting everyone to visit the back garden of this sacred castle.
After devouring the lizard monster, the terrifying black flower bud silently pointed its tip at An Rao. The woods were so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. The other four people were petrified when they saw the flower bud pointed at An Rao. They had just experienced the strength of this monster and now standing in front of it, they were like an ant facing a tsunami. There was no room for escape or resistance.
No one knows what it is thinking or what it is looking at. Plants have no facial features and cannot speak. No one knows whether it wants to swallow Anrao in one gulp or is thinking about something else.
No one present dared to speak, and Shi Yirou saw Bai Chuan, who was standing in front of her and closest to An Rao, was trembling.
Under the pressure of the huge flower bud, An Rao, who was targeted by the monster, still kept his back straight. He tried to raise his head and look at the tip of the flower bud. His semi-long white hair was bright and dazzling in the sun. His soft and delicate lace skirt and moss green ribbon swayed gently in the breeze, but the person wrapped in the soft cloth was as hard as iron.
I don't know how long it took, but the flower bud suddenly moved, and a white stone spit out from the tip of the bud. Then the bud bloomed again towards the sky. The whole forest trembled instantly, the grass grew, the flowers bloomed, and the vines meandered. This was a carnival for plants.
In this vibrant area, a path that had never existed before suddenly appeared in front of Anrao. No one could see where it led to, and it just quietly waited for everyone to step on it.
It was over. An Rao let out a light breath and bent down to pick up the white stone.
Baichuan's tense and trembling shoulders suddenly relaxed, and he took a quick step forward and hugged An Rao tightly in his arms.
"Boss...this road..." Su Ming also came over.
"I think we can go." Li Ke said, standing aside with his hands behind his back.
"I agree." Shi Yirou also nodded.
Although monsters are untrustworthy, cannot be guessed by human thinking, and cannot be constrained by human moral values, for some reason, An Rao feels that he can trust this path, as if these plants would make a contract with a monster and be completely defenseless against it.
"Let's go." An Rao's voice was soft, as if it was the fatigue that suddenly relaxed after a long period of tension, or as if it was the indifference after everything was settled. Then he took the first step towards the winding path in the woods.
This time, he walked in front, and Baichuan no longer walked at the back in tacit understanding. Everything was over, there would be no more danger, they just needed to walk safely along this road and out of the city.
Baichuan held the hand of the handsome young man beside him tightly without saying a word. In this absurd, twisted and inhumane city, he found the person he had been looking for. He experienced emotions that he did not understand at all. The care, worry, tenderness, restlessness, throbbing, anger and jealousy were all caused by the person beside him. This person could stir up a storm in his heart, but could also instantly smooth everything out and make him gentle and peaceful.
This person, his neck is as swan-like, his back is so thin that it seems like it will break if you pinch it lightly, he is as delicate as a crystal rose, yet he is so indestructible, he is full of lies, yet he is honest and reliable, this person...
They walked for an unknown amount of time until it was dark. They finally came to an open space. In front of them was a stretch of pure black city wall that stretched as far as the eye could see. A wide gate was wide open under the wall. A gentle breeze blew along the wall. They had actually reached the edge of the colorful city!
The five people stood at the gate of the city, looking at the unguarded gate. They couldn't believe their eyes. The exit was actually the gate of the Colorful City! It was a joke that fourteen people were trapped in the Holy Light Castle, studying diligently for so many days and then waiting to die obediently!
Fourteen of them came in, and now only five are left, including the tough but tender Shi Ge, the delicate and jealous Shao Yun, and the other originally lively players. They may not be perfect or kind, but they are all living people. However, precisely because of their human emotions, they are played around by the inhuman monsters and eventually end up with a tragic death.
"Shall we go?" Li Ke asked, looking at the city gate.
"Let's go." It was still An Rao who answered. He had apparently become the recognized leader of this team.
The city gate was empty, with only the wind whistling past, as if it were the sad cries of the souls of those who had died unjustly here because they could not find a way out.
There was no one guarding them, and when the five people walked out, no one even came to ask why. It seemed that walking out of the Colorful City was a very normal thing, and it was not at all as difficult as when they had just entered the Colorful City and were stared at and despised by the citizens.
The five people walked in silence, and the only sound in the empty city gate corridor was the chaotic footsteps.
"So, we have passed it now?" Su Ming said in disbelief.
"But there is no seal." Shi Yirou frowned.
"I didn't see the white light that indicates the exit either." Li Ke said.
An Rao turned around and looked at the colorful city that had been left far behind. The black city walls stood tall, while the walls extending to both sides showed an obvious curvature. An Rao's face changed slightly, and then he pushed up his glasses, trying to see the entire city wall clearly in the dim light.
"There are patterns," Bai Chuan knew what he wanted to see, and stood beside An Rao and whispered, "Snake patterns."
really.
An Rao was relieved after knowing all this. The well had indeed appeared, and this time it was not just in the amusement project, but they and the entire Colorful City were all in the well! This was the biggest boss of this amusement project. It took the entire Colorful City into its huge mouth, and all emotions were absorbed by it. The ugly lizard and those horrible plants were just its little puppets, helping it to stimulate everyone's emotions and continuously supply it with nutrients.
No wonder the lizard couldn't wait to take action before the full moon. It couldn't help but want to get the sweetest piece of the pie before the biggest boss harvested the emotions of the people in the city. This behavior angered the boss, and it no longer had the boss's protection, and ended up being devoured by another monster.
You deserve it!
As for this well, An Rao looked at its towering edge, which was so black that it absorbed all the light. Since this well appeared in every amusement project, it must be related to the core secret of the amusement park. This time, it even directly enveloped the entire amusement project, which could be regarded as the amusement park's own involvement.
An Rao looked at the huge man-eating black well with cold eyes. The black well stood quietly in front of him, but it seemed to have eyes. In the whistling sound of the empty wind, An Rao could even feel the black well's greedy and cold eyes moving on him, dark, sticky, and malicious, just like an invisible giant python, brushing its poisonous and smelly tongue across his body.
——"You will die."
——"I will make you die beautifully."
The wind blew past his ears, bringing with it vague and broken whispers, full of malice, but when An Rao came to his senses, there was nothing, as if it was just an illusion.
"Let's go." Baichuan said, "Let's leave here."
After all, the game hasn't been released yet, so no one dared to be careless. The five people continued to walk along the only road outside the city gate.
"Look! There is a light there!" Su Ming shouted excitedly, pointing at a bright light at the foot of the mountain.
When we got closer, we found that this was actually a highway toll station, just like any ordinary highway toll station that can be found at the entrance of any highway in the real world.
"Are you going to leave the colorful city?" A girl in a gray uniform was sitting in the small glass pavilion of the highway toll station. She chewed bubble gum and puffed up her cheeks to blow a big pink bubble. The girl had light makeup on her face and newly made pink nails on her hands. The cherry blossoms on her nails were lifelike, and her woolly curly hair made her look playful and youthful.
"Bang." The bubble burst, and the girl took back the bubble gum indifferently and chewed it again.
"Yes," An Rao praised with a smile, "The cherry blossoms on your nails are so beautiful."
"Thank you!" The girl also lifted her nails and began to admire, "But this is not cherry blossom, this is peach blossom, it is used to attract peach blossoms!"
"Oh! Miss, you are so beautiful, why do you need to attract peach blossoms? I'm just afraid that there will be too many of them to choose from!" An Rao smiled, revealing his white and neat teeth. He felt a sense of security as if he had returned to the real world. They should have really made it out!
"Ha! You're so sweet. Take out your ID." The girl took out a stamp from the drawer and muttered, "It's been a long time since anyone left the Colorful City. I don't know what's so good about that city. Once you enter, you don't want to leave. I haven't stamped this stamp for so long that I don't even know if it has any ink left."
ID? The five people looked at each other for a few seconds. Su Ming was the first to react. He immediately took out his map from his trouser pocket and handed it over.
"Click!" After a crisp stamping sound, a rainbow stamp appeared on the fourth icon on Su Ming's map. Since the stamp had not been used for a long time, the rainbow looked a little mottled due to the drying of the ink.
But what does that matter!
Everyone was ecstatic looking at the stamp on the map in their hands!
It's finally over!
They finally began to laugh happily, cry freely, and express their emotions freely without having to suppress them anymore!
Soon, the railing in front of the toll booth rose up, and as the railing rose, a brilliant white light appeared. The exit was here!
An Rao breathed a sigh of relief and was about to leave quickly with Su Ming and Shi Yirou, but a strong hand grabbed his wrist.
"Lawyer An, let's talk." The speaker's voice was icy cold, like an iceberg that had not melted for thousands of years. No, it was even colder and harder than an iceberg.
An Rao was instantly frozen in place...
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