Chapter 268 Unknown Realm
Obviously, the "nephew" who was swallowed by the thick fog encountered an entity while fleeing in a panic - and as the only lucky thing among his many bad lucks today, what he encountered was not "Ink Traces" and "Carnival Crowds", but the gentle and harmless neutral entity "Tree Granny".
As for why the old tree lady who was supposed to be wandering in the autumn forest appeared in this thick fog, no one cared at this time... After all, it seemed that any entity could emerge from this strange fog.
"The detector did not find any trace of the 'Tree Granny'. It may have wandered to another place or disappeared on its own," a deep diver reported the situation when he found the trapped person. The soldier had many additional auxiliary equipment hanging on the outside of his power armor. He looked like a support team member. "No signs of other entity activities were found at the scene, but some dry and broken branches were found around the trapped person. The 'Tree Granny' may have tried to plant a tree to hang the trapped person. After the attempt failed, she glued him to the wall..."
"What should we do now?" A huge fox head poked out from beside Yu Sheng. The fox looked curiously at the crystal clear resin crystal on the ground. "Should we smash this thing to get the person out... Slurp, this looks like a candy bar..."
Yu Sheng broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this. He quickly turned around and hugged the fox's mouth: "This is not fun to chew!"
"We can't just smash it, or the person will break with it," Xu Jiali also shook her head. "It's best not to move him now, because from what I've observed, the crystal has entered a fragile period. Next, we just have to wait. All we have to do is wait. The tree's resin will only seal the person for one to two hours, and then the resin will 'melt'. Judging from the state of the crystal, he should have been sealed for more than an hour, and it's about time for him to melt."
"Okay, then wait over there," Yu Sheng simply sat down on the ground beside him, leaning on the furry front paws of the fox, "It's a good time for me to take a break... I was really exhausted by those two attacks just now."
Hu Li lowered his head to look at Yu Sheng who was leaning on his paw, and carefully touched him with his other paw, then turned his head to the side and began to close his eyes and rest with Yu Sheng.
Xu Jiali looked at this scene and couldn't help but speak: "No... this is a foreign land after all, how can you two be so relaxed?"
"Normal. Silly fox relaxes as long as he is with Yu Sheng. Yu Sheng can relax anywhere." Irene also climbed onto Hu Li's front paws at this time, and waved to Xu Jiali while lying down in a comfortable position. "I tell you, Yu Sheng is actually very unhappy now. The 'Mohen' he encountered just now was full of ink marks when it was split apart and could not be eaten. Later, the revelers he encountered died and left shredded paper on the ground, which could not be eaten either. He must be depressed... Oh!"
Without even opening his eyes, Yu Sheng smashed the doll's head with a knife, interrupting Bibiji's chattering.
Xu Jiali curled the corners of his mouth, but after all, he had dealt with Yu Sheng's gang several times, so he was more accustomed to the peculiar styles of these three "people". He turned around and continued to be on guard.
After all, the anthropomorphic entity can lie down, but he and his group of deep-sea divers dare not relax at all - this strange thick fog gives him a very bad feeling.
He always felt that there might be something else hidden in this place - not just that more entities might emerge, but the fog itself was far more evil than it looked.
Xu Jiali looked up and found that apart from the warriors she brought with her, only Little Red Riding Hood next to her remained on high alert. The phantom wolf pack appeared and disappeared around her, and from time to time the shadows of the wolves left or returned from the thick fog in the distance, as if they were constantly investigating the situation in the depths of the fog.
To be honest, high school students are more reliable.
"You ran all the way here from that mall, right?" he suddenly asked, "Have your wolf pack confirmed the extent of this thick fog?"
"Six blocks have been confirmed so far," Little Red Riding Hood said seriously, "With the Vientiane Market as the center, there are at least six surrounding blocks in this thick fog, and the farthest one can reach Taiyuan Road. And this is not the limit - there are solid ground and buildings further out, but the fog will become thicker than here, and even the wolf's perception seems to be obscured by something. It can't see or hear what is happening three meters away. I dare not go too deep."
She paused when she spoke this, then reached out and touched a shadow wolf that emerged from the air, her expression solemn.
"I suspect there are still things in the fog in those places. My wolf... conveyed fear to me, but those hiding in the fog don't seem to have any intention of coming over."
"Is it a physical entity?"
"It's hard to say. The fog is too thick and I can't see anything." Little Red Riding Hood shook her head. "I'm afraid only your director's 'eyes' can see clearly what's going on in the distance here."
Xu Jiali nodded with a gloomy face, then turned around and asked, "What is the depth here now?"
Upon hearing this, a deep diver immediately raised his arm and quickly operated the controller on his arm armor: "Report, the current depth is L-2, with a fluctuation of 20%, and it is generally stable!"
"Depth 2," Xu Jiali exhaled softly, "It shouldn't be an extreme environment. At least it's mostly consistent with the physical laws of the real world... But I'm afraid the depth distribution here is very uneven. We may just be in the 'shallow water area' of this foreign land..."
At this moment, a slight clicking sound suddenly came from the side, interrupting the strong man's muttering.
Yu Sheng, who was leaning against Hu Li's big paw with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes. Several nearby eyes also almost simultaneously fell in the direction where the sound came from.
The light yellow, transparent "amber" was cracking rapidly, and after just a few seconds, the areas around the cracks began to melt, and the entire crystal melted as quickly as ice under the scorching sun.
The crystals turned into sticky resin, which quickly softened further. The young man trapped inside fell to the ground, and with the slight impact of landing, he finally took a deep breath - and then woke up violently while coughing violently.
"Cough, cough, cough..." The young man struggled to get up from a pool of thin resin. He seemed to want to stand up subconsciously, but because of his posture he couldn't exert any strength and he slipped in the resin as soon as he stood up. It was this fall that finally made him sober up a little, and then he sat there looking around with wide eyes.
A fully armed power armor warrior.
A pack of wolves loomed in the fog.
A doll with scarlet eyes.
A fox as big as two vans—its head alone was bigger than him.
When he was sealed by "amber", his mind was still able to function, but the thick resin still greatly interfered with his perception of the outside world - he could only see some vague shadows swaying around, and now he could finally see what those shadows looked like.
The unfortunate nephew thought about it and was about to sit back down with a "bang".
But just when he was halfway down, Irene pulled him back with spider silk.
The cold and biting spider silk can give ordinary people nightmares all night, but it can also really refresh the mind. The nephew who was about to faint suddenly woke up as if he had taken drugs, and then uttered a clear and loud exclamation: "Ah, shit!!!"
"You're awake." Yu Sheng spoke at this time.
Little Red Riding Hood also nodded: "I've been waiting for you for a long time."
The young man blinked, and seemed to have just noticed Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood's faces at this moment - mainly because the images of the figures around him were too shocking, so he didn't even notice the presence of these two people. When the familiar faces appeared at this moment, he suddenly came back to his senses from his fear, and reason gradually returned to his mind.
But there is still residual noise echoing in my heart, and all kinds of horrible illusions are entangled as if awakened from memory, interweaving into bizarre illusions at the edge of my vision.
He shook his head and vaguely heard a tall figure in black power armor talking next to him.
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"Mild mental pollution, reduced sanity - 0.5 units of mental protection agent, 1 unit of buffering agent... Don't use sanity block, he can't bear it."
Someone came over and grabbed his arm, and a slight stinging sensation spread across his skin.
"The drug has been injected."
The young man's eyes, which had been in chaos, became clear again.
"I..." He blinked and looked around, finally landing on Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood again, "Am I saved?"
Then he saw the huge fox head poking out from behind Yu Sheng, and a girl's voice came out: "Yes, the benefactor has brought people to rescue you!"
The young man took two or three steps back in an instant, his legs a little weak again: "Brother Yu, this... this won't eat people, right?!"
"No," Hu Li shook his head seriously before Yu Sheng opened his mouth. "I love chicken legs, grilled mushrooms, and the dishes cooked by my benefactor! And noodles..."
As she spoke, her mouth was watering. She lowered her head and looked at Yu Sheng: "My benefactor, I'm hungry."
The young man opposite: “…(vibration mode)”
"It's like this when you first come into contact with the world on 'this side'. You'll be easily frightened by everything you see," Little Red Riding Hood smiled as she looked at the young man with a look of trepidation and fear on his face - although she herself was younger than the other person - and then she waved her hand, "Anyway, welcome to the world on the other side of everyday life. Today is your first day of officially crossing the line - everyone will understand any reactions, but if you have any questions, wait until you return to the real world to discuss them."
"Yes, we can't stay here for long, let's go back first," Yu Sheng said as he raised his hand to open the gate back to Jiecheng. Then he turned around and saw Hu Li trying to stuff the mouthpiece into the door. He immediately broke out in a cold sweat, "Change back first! Can you squeeze through?"
Hu Li quickly restored his human form in a flash of light, but the young man opposite was dumbfounded again...
He was in a state of being unable to react from beginning to end, and he is still confused now.
Yu Sheng then turned his gaze to the burly man wearing power armor beside him.
"How about just going along the way? My door feels much more convenient than yours."
"No, no, no, let's find our own way back," Xu Jiali waved her hand quickly upon hearing this. "If the headquarters sees that our umbilical cord is broken, I'm afraid there will be a sharp explosion from top to bottom - then I will really be buried on the spot by the director when I go back."
As he spoke, the figures of the divers behind him began to gradually fade away, disappearing one after another in the thick fog.
Yu Sheng also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and waved to the remaining people around him: "Let's retreat too!"
(End of this chapter)
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