Chapter 98 Sacrifice and Pollution
"My wolf is me."
Yu Sheng felt that there seemed to be a hint of complicated emotions hidden in Little Red Riding Hood's expression when she said this, but he couldn't understand it.
He just felt that the atmosphere around the other person at the moment was a bit depressing - he thought, "The wolf is me" is not a good thing.
If the timing and atmosphere were not wrong, he would definitely ask for details. However, even if he didn't ask now, Yu Sheng kept this curiosity about Little Red Riding Hood and her wolf pack in his heart, and planned to inquire about it later when he was more familiar with the other party or had another opportunity.
And now, his eyes were once again cast towards the white exhibition hall at the end of the corridor.
Now, even he could faintly smell a hint of blood in the air.
The "security guards" will only react to the intruders themselves. They only have vision, but no hearing or smell. These guards are actually very rigid and act completely according to the rules, which has a lot of loopholes...
Yu Sheng's expression gradually became thoughtful.
Little Red Riding Hood lowered her voice and spoke again: "How about we retreat first? We can retreat tomorrow..."
"No," Irene suddenly interrupted her, "Look at Yu Sheng's expression."
Little Red Riding Hood turned her head and looked confused: "What's wrong with his expression?"
"He has another idea." Irene sighed.
As soon as the puppet finished speaking, before Little Red Riding Hood had a chance to ask, Yu Sheng finished thinking. He turned his head and glanced at the fox girl standing next to him: "Do you think that the fox's tail... is her 'real self'?"
Everyone at the scene was stunned. Little Red Riding Hood didn't react at first. Before her brain caught up, she had already spoken: "Why not? That's what she grew on..."
"But her tail can be launched," Yu Shengte said seriously, "Strictly speaking, these are all magic weapons she made - and they are the kind that can be reloaded."
Little Red Riding Hood stood there with her mouth open, until her brain finally caught up.
The next second, she looked at Yu Sheng in shock: "Wait! What do you want to do?"
"Let's give it a try. Anyway, if we really alarm those plastic men, we can just open the door and leave," Yu Sheng said with an adventurous spirit. "Didn't you say that those 'security guards' only have vision? We can just block their sight without being seen by them..."
Then he ignored Little Red Riding Hood's shocked look and turned to explain to the still confused fox girl: "I have a plan that requires your tail..."
"Wait, wait," Little Red Riding Hood interrupted halfway through the conversation. "You just said there are at least seven or eight 'security guards' in the exhibition hall, right? Hu Li has already fired two tails. Are there enough left?"
It felt weird no matter how she said this. It was like a normal person's values had to be crushed and forced to adapt to abnormal things. But as soon as she finished saying it, she realized that she was still awkward too early.
Hu Li had understood Yu Sheng's meaning by now. She stretched out her hand and pulled out two tails from behind and placed them flat on the ground. Then she pulled out two more tails and also arranged them on the ground. When all the tails behind her were almost pulled out, the fox turned her head to look, and then was quiet for two or three seconds. Then she heard a "buzz" sound of a sword being unsheathed - nine more tails appeared behind her.
little Red Riding Hood:"……?"
"This is what she usually stores," Irene said, patting Little Red Riding Hood's arm as if she were an experienced person. "She usually eats a lot, and this is what she stores for her tail."
Little Red Riding Hood continued to look questioning: "......?"
She knew every word, so how could they form such a niche sentence when put together? Was what she just heard human speech? !
At this time, Hu Li was still pointing at the tails on the ground and introducing them to her: "This one needs twenty chicken legs, and this one needs ten..."
Little Red Riding Hood had a dull expression, and she didn’t know how her brain caught up (or maybe it didn’t catch up at all): “Because the second one is half price?”
"Because this can only accelerate to subsonic speed, it is a subsonic cruise tail," Hu Li looked at Little Red Riding Hood strangely, "Matter and energy are proportional, do you have common sense?"
Little Red Riding Hood considered giving herself another shot of rationality blocker.
At this time, the "very common-sense" fox girl had neatly arranged all the tails to be used - the furry fox tails floated a few centimeters above the ground in a posture that seemed to be placed on the ground but was actually suspended close to the ground. Behind each fox tail, there were dots of strange fox fire, and they made a slight trembling sound, just like... a rocket that was ready to be launched after being filled with fuel.
The moment this association popped up in her mind, Little Red Riding Hood felt that her life was over. She had probably been influenced by the trio in the inn, and her mind had started to go awry.
It is really dangerous to deal with entities - even those who look harmless like Yu Sheng.
At the same time, Hu Li gently raised his hand.
The silver-white fox tail surrounded by the mysterious fox fire slowly rose into the air.
These "refined" treasures could originally fly at subsonic or even supersonic speeds, but now, under the careful control of the fox demon, they are flying slowly in the museum corridors in a very spiritual, slow and cautious posture.
"If the 'security guards' don't react, block their sight and we'll go in to check the situation. If they suddenly move, just roll up the things in the center of the exhibition hall and withdraw them as quickly as possible. We'll open the door and leave," Yu Sheng watched the fox girl's high-precision control while reaching into the air. A glowing illusory door took shape in his hand. "I'll get the door ready and wait for your feedback."
"Yeah." Hu Li nodded a little nervously, controlling his fox tail and poking his head into the white exhibition hall little by little.
Only Little Red Riding Hood still had a blank expression on her face. She felt that she should be nervous, after all, the atmosphere had reached this point. But she really couldn't be nervous, after all, the atmosphere was so weird - her brain couldn't keep up with her world view, her world view couldn't keep up with her senses, and she felt like there was a bug in her heart.
Even her wolf had been in a daze since a while ago.
"They didn't move..." At this moment, Hu Li finally broke the silence with a hint of joy on her face, "I tried to block their sight at the same time... It should work."
Only at this time did Yu Sheng finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The illusory door disappeared silently in his hands.
After getting Hu Li's confirmation, he waved to the others: "Let's go and take a look at the situation."
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With different feelings, the group walked towards the now quiet white exhibition hall.
My tense nerves reached their limit when I saw the dark blue security uniforms, but gradually relaxed as the plastic dummies remained motionless.
Everyone's eyes immediately fell on the "security guards". Little Red Riding Hood first saw the entity standing next to the main entrance, seemingly guarding the entrance and exit of the passage. She saw this dummy in a dark blue uniform standing motionless, with its head wrapped in layers of a silver-white fox tail.
It was a very beautiful tail. When it was on the fox demon, it looked like a light work of art. But now that it was wrapped around the head of the plastic mannequin, it felt like... a weird and evil cocoon.
Then, she heard Yu Sheng exclaim in a low voice: "...Fuck."
Little Red Riding Hood turned around instantly and followed Yu Sheng's gaze towards the center of the exhibition hall.
That was where the statue of the "Weeper" was supposed to be.
However, now there was no statue on the platform, only a strange and terrifying corpse - a man, who was tightly entangled with sharp iron thorns and tied to the platform. He was tied into a posture with his hands covering his face, kneeling and crying.
The posture is exactly the same as that of the "Lamenter" statue mentioned in the information.
The victim had bled to death and looked like he had been dead for a long time. There was no trace of the murderer around, only the pungent smell of blood filled the entire exhibition hall.
Yu Sheng felt his heart skip a beat - he was not unfamiliar with "death", after all, he had died suddenly more than once or twice, but this was the first time he had faced such a tragic scene from a third-party perspective, and the scene itself was secondary, what shocked him even more...
This scene has a strong and evil atmosphere of sacrifice.
The victims who were bound by iron thorns and bled to death, the sacrificial posture that was deliberately restored to resemble the "Lamenter" sculpture, the blood flowing from the platform, the polluted white exhibition hall, and the plastic dummies standing quietly around the victims.
This is a completely different kind of "horror" from the entity-hunger.
"Little Red Riding Hood, you know this..."
Yu Sheng subconsciously turned around and wanted to ask the only "experienced person" at the scene if he could understand what was going on, but suddenly found that something seemed wrong with the girl in red.
She stared at the sacrificer on the platform, her eyes had turned as blood red as her shadow wolves. A low whimpering sound came from her throat, and fine hairs were emerging from her cheeks and the back of her hands.
The next second, Yu Sheng saw the shadow behind Little Red Riding Hood suddenly stretch and grow, and a huge beast emerged from the shadow - the beast stood upright, like a person wearing wolf skin, or like a wolf that had devoured humans and now had human bones and outlines. This hybrid of man and wolf just rushed out from the shadow, without roaring, without foreshadowing, without any meaningless deterrence process, but just pounced forward.
But it did not pounce on Yu Sheng - instead it pounced directly on the unresponsive Little Red Riding Hood.
It is difficult for people to avoid the attack of their own shadow.
(End of this chapter)
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