Chapter 181 Bewitched
In the eerie room covered with a layer of gray and hardly illuminated by sunlight, densely packed words faded from the air, but an ugly and terrifying tentacle extended from the hole in the ceiling. It slowly expanded and swayed in the air, getting closer and closer to where Yu Sheng was standing.
Yu Sheng's heart tightened instantly, and he quickly took two steps back. He had indeed seen many things recently that were either weird or scary and ugly, but the scene in front of him still made his scalp tingle. The main reason was that the shape of the tentacles was really not flattering. Even with Yu Sheng's imagination, he couldn't think of how to process it to make it less disgusting in the first few seconds...
This really brought a great shock to Yu Sheng.
The tentacles swayed sluggishly in the air for a few times, as if they had suddenly lost the perception of their "target", and then began to slowly and aimlessly expand and contract and sway in place.
This scene is like sleepwalking blindly.
Yu Shengping was feeling a little nervous. He carefully kept a distance from the thing and slowly moved along the wall to the other direction of the tentacle.
Faint ripples appeared in the grey room, as if Yu Sheng's footsteps had disturbed a bizarre dream. The ripples in the dream spread out, causing some luminous lines on the surface of the touch watch.
Is this what the contact person called "Lao Zheng" had touched? Is this the "high-dimensional projection" that he was bewitched by the angel believers and "summoned" with a simple spiritualism? Is this... the "messenger" mentioned by the angel believers?
Yu Sheng hesitated for a moment, then cautiously took half a step closer to the tentacle. After confirming that this distance would not disturb it, he began to carefully observe the surface of the tentacle and the strange hole from which it came out.
If the contents of the secret letter are true, and if the spiritualism that the angel believers told Lao Zheng is also true, then this thing should be part of a certain "dark angel".
Although Little Red Riding Hood just said that the real dark angels would not respond to human calls, Baili Qing once told Yu Sheng that the cultists could indeed "touch" the "angels" under certain conditions - perhaps just touching a part of them, or just summoning a projection, or even just seeing an illusory limb in an illusion, or hearing a hazy voice.
The hole in the ceiling was filled with thick darkness. The "real body" behind the tentacle was completely hidden in the depths of darkness. Yu Sheng could only vaguely see a small structure closest to the hole. He confirmed that there was a larger thing connected to the back of the tentacle. That thing was motionless, lurking in the depths of nothingness at the end of reason and perception.
The tentacles twisted blindly in the air and moved past Yu Sheng again.
Want to try it?
Touch it? Yu Sheng had a bold idea in his mind, and even he was shocked by his own idea. Reason told him that he should stay away from such evil and dangerous things at the first sight. Little Red Riding Hood had warned more than once not to touch things related to the Dark Angel. Baili Qing had also said that the existence of the Dark Angel itself was the source of madness and loss of control...
But by touching it, you may be able to obtain some information, or at least see what the "client" has seen.
Touch it, maybe it's not as dangerous as it looks. This tentacle has been just wriggling blindly and has not shown any aggression.
Just make contact. Even if there are consequences, they won’t be too serious. This is just a weird dream anyway, and what’s in front of you is just an illusion.
Just touch it. An ordinary person with little power has touched it before, and even sensed its kindness and honesty. If you really feel something is wrong, just let it go and step back...
Let’s get in touch…
Just for a moment...
Yu Sheng frowned and turned his head to look around: "What the hell is that chattering..."
The tempting voice that came from nowhere suddenly disappeared - just like the X090 graphics cards, co-branded controllers, tool boxes and excellent fishing spots on both sides of the Black Forest trail, which were of no use.
Yu Sheng blinked and instantly decided not to touch the strange tentacle - in fact, if he hadn't heard those nagging noises in his mind, he might have grabbed the thing by now...
However, just as he calmed down and was about to check other places in the room, a cold breath suddenly appeared in his perception.
The next second, Yu Sheng felt that familiar cold breath touching his limbs, and it penetrated into his flesh and blood little by little, spreading in his body, as if pulling him back. He subconsciously took half a step back, and saw dense black silk threads emerging from the air from all directions, some of which had already wrapped around his hands and feet.
Irene's voice was like a sharp blade that pierced directly into his mind: "Yusheng, what are you daydreaming about?"
Yu Sheng felt a sharp pain in his head, and then he saw the gloomy tones around him quickly melt away like water. In just a few breaths, the colors of the normal world were restored before his eyes. The sunlight once again penetrated the window and filled the room, and the warmth dispelled the coldness deep in his consciousness.
He turned around and found that he was still standing next to the dark red circle. Little Red Riding Hood was also standing in the same place as before. Irene opened her hands towards him, and thin black lines spread out from her fingertips and connected to his body.
Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and the next second he saw Irene rushing towards him in a rage: "Yu Sheng, damn it! Can you not 'try' every time? What if you die after trying? Even if you really want to try, can you tell me in advance?"
"Are you okay?" Little Red Riding Hood also came over. "Just now you suddenly froze, and then your figure became transparent. Irene said that your consciousness was being 'dragged away' by something..."
Yu Sheng hurriedly caught Irene, the doll's beeps echoing in his ears. He finally calmed her down and finally spoke: "I'm fine, I'm fine... Wait, was I almost 'dragged away' just now? Really?"
As he spoke, he hurriedly glanced down at his body - of course he didn't see anything unusual, but looking at the nervous expression on Little Red Riding Hood's face and Irene's frustrated look, he knew that the situation just now might really be a little dangerous.
Although she was not "tempted" by the tentacle, it seemed that staying in that strange and dark "room" almost led to some kind of "lost"? "Of course it's true," Irene grabbed Yu Sheng's hair randomly, "If I hadn't pulled you out in time, you would have disappeared completely - don't say anything about coming back from the dead or opening the door. If you capsized in the ditch, I don't know what you would do..."
"What did you see just now?" Little Red Riding Hood looked at this side with a serious face, "That crude spiritualism...did it really summon something?"
Yu Sheng calmed himself down and his expression became serious: "I saw a tentacle and also saw another appearance of this room - your 'contact' seemed to have been deceived badly."
In the following time, he told Irene and Little Red Riding Hood everything he saw and experienced in that bizarre "illusion".
Including the situation where the last tentacle tried to "bewitch" him.
When he finished speaking, the room fell silent for a moment.
Irene stared at Yu Sheng, and after a long while she spoke in disbelief: "...You are not affected at all?"
Yu Sheng frowned: "What are you talking about? Isn't it good that I am not affected?"
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"But in a normal story, you would lose your focus instantly, and then be nearly swallowed by an ancient monster or something. Then my power would come down from the sky and rescue you from the tentacles in time. Finally, you would wake up and bow down to me, deciding to work like a slave for the rest of your life..."
Yu Sheng immediately ignored the chattering of this Bibiji.
His eyes turned to Little Red Riding Hood.
The other party had been standing there with a complicated expression on his face and hadn't said a word for a long time.
Yu Sheng didn't say anything, and Irene finally calmed down.
After an unknown amount of time, Little Red Riding Hood finally sighed.
"...Lao Zheng has known us for a long time." She said softly.
Yu Sheng nodded: "Yes, you told me before you came."
"He has a close relationship with the orphanage. It is said that he was once an 'employee' of the board of directors and worked as a volunteer in our orphanage for a period of time. At that time, he had not yet joined the Association of Wonders, and he was not an expert in exotic and strange items," Little Red Riding Hood said to herself. "He helped us contact many commissions. Among the many tasks handled by the 'Fairy Tale' organization, Lao Zheng always gave the best conditions... But in fact, I have never really understood him. I only heard about his past from the seniors in the orphanage occasionally."
Yu Sheng didn't know what to say at this time, and the room fell into a brief silence for a while.
Then, they heard the sound of a door opening from the direction of the living room entrance.
Lao Zheng's nephew is back.
Yu Sheng looked at Irene, who immediately waved her hand in tacit understanding: "Open the door, I'm leaving first."
Yu Sheng nodded and asked Little Red Riding Hood to go to the living room to greet them first. He quickly completed the reporting operation and opened a small door leading to No. 66 Wutong Road.
Irene stood at the door and suddenly turned around to look at Yu Sheng.
"Those 'cultists' are really annoying."
"I think so."
(End of this chapter)
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