Chapter 33
Yu Tu finally understood why Gu Hongying always brushed it off by saying he was lost whenever he asked him what happened in the mist.
Because it's really embarrassing to knock yourself out!
Yu Tu looked at the Q version of Gu Hongying with mosquito coil circles in his eyes in the comic, and tried to hold it in, but still laughed out loud in an unkind way.
When the barrier between the inner and outer worlds is broken and comics are fully circulated in both worlds, Gu Hongying's dark history will be known to everyone, right?
Yu Tu was laughing and suddenly froze———
Aren't he and Gu Hongying just like the pot calling the kettle black?
Just because Buyehou didn't suffer from social death doesn't mean Yu Tu didn't suffer from it! This comic is still being serialized, and the sprouts on his head may also be drawn in...
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Yu Tu then looked back, and after Gu Hongying passed away, the rustling sounds behind him, which he had been careless enough to ignore, also stopped.
A tree root poked out of the darkness, illuminated by the weak light from the protective suit.
The tree roots wrapped around Gu Hongying's body, shaking it up and down, left and right, like shaking a Coke bottle. Gu Hongying hung his head without any reaction.
The tree roots wrapped him up and hung him in the air. Then more tree roots emerged from the darkness. They seemed to be playing a relay game, and one by one they picked up the unconscious Gu Hongying and carried him to the outermost part of the locust tree forest.
When the last root put the person down, it was still a little reluctant to let go. It was eager to roll the person up and pass him around again, but was severely pulled back by the root next to it, and then it disappeared into the darkness.
[I’m sorry, but I really want to laugh! Hahahahaha———]
[I knocked myself out and made everyone around me laugh so hard that they will have to rely on hearing aids from now on!]
[These tree roots are so cute, like some flexible tentacles~ hehehe~ slurp~]
[Human XP is free, but you should still wear some pants!]
The tree roots placed Gu Hongying at the outermost edge. He was unconscious, so the beam of light on his protective suit went straight up and disappeared into the darkness.
The comic's perspective moves from the point where the light lands and then returns to its source, cutting into the scene of the special group outside Huailin Town.
"Team Meng! The fluctuations of the fog are suddenly very active!" Inside the special team's car, three buttons lined up side by side suddenly emitted a bright light. The silver-white lines on the pitch-black screen suddenly rose to a terrifying peak. Qin Fei's voice was dry, "It has... exceeded the peak!"
———This kind of active fluctuation often represents some bad meaning, such as... a sign that the B-level mission is about to wake up.
With their abilities, they can handle D-level missions, and they are not completely powerless even when facing C-level missions, but if they are faced with a B-level mission, the greatest probability is that they will be completely wiped out.
Lu Yayin could no longer draw the talisman. She had been releasing talisman birds into the mist ever since Gu Hongying went deep into the mist. Except for the one that was used to send the crude map to Gu Hongying at the beginning, all the talisman birds returned the same way.
"Team Meng." Lu Yayin poked her head out of the window, the car lights shining into the swirling night fog, "What should we do?"
"A Fei, pack all the data and information we have observed here and give it to Group 5. Tell them not to come." Meng Ziqiu looked at the violently swirling fog, "and submit a report to the Alien Bureau that the suspected B-level mission has officially started."
"After you finish this, you and Yayin leave," he said, "I will stay here."
The launch of each B-level mission is basically equivalent to a disaster. The more data observed in the early stages of the disaster, the greater the possibility of resolving it in advance.
Meng Ziqiu was already prepared to never go back. He wasn't even sure that Qin Fei and Lu Yayin could escape safely before the B-level mission was about to start.
"Boss, you can pack the data for five sets of backup, but I won't leave." Qin Fei kept moving his hands, "Don't rush to scold me for not considering the overall situation."
He said, "Boss, you may not remember it right away, but one of the eight B-level missions that happened before was a domain-type mission."
Facing the look Meng Ziqiu gave him, he sighed:
"Special Domain Type..."
In the comic, next to Qin Fei's head, a small box contains a domain-specific annotation:
[Domain type: After the ordinary domain type is triggered, fixed requirements and rules are formed within a certain range, which can be cracked by means of means; after the special domain type is triggered, the creatures within a certain range are not allowed to leave. Once they leave, the domain will expand and the carrier will die. 】
"This time may be worse than last time..." Lu Yayin leaned half of her body out of the car window and murmured, "The fog is starting to spread..."
The comic followed her gaze upwards. Above their heads, the night mist rose, obscuring the stars and the moon.
[I always have a bad feeling...]
[Yingying is still unconscious now. Will she wake up and run into a B-rank mission?]
[Tutu is still in the old building. What’s going on in this town? Urgent! Urgent! ———]
After the comic described the situation of the special unit, the storyboard cut into the thick night fog, in which two or three onomatopeia words floated faintly—
"Yeah" "Wow" "Yeah"
Entering the old building through the thick fog, I could see several black balls jumping around on the ground, looking a little uneasy. The ghost bride who had been sitting there holding the rune before was now tied up like a mummy in the corner.
In the dim light, the comic emphasizes her eyes, a terrifyingly deep, dark red.
Even though the ghost bride looked terrifying before, there was still some humanity left in her red eyes. But now, looking at these eyes that were carefully depicted in the comics, there is only a kind of chilling madness left.
[Hiss… This painting gives me goosebumps…]
[Help! I can accept the style of the painting being funny and serious at times, why is it turning to horror now?!]
[Could this be the first seven mentioned in the comics when they were retrieving data?]
[Depending on Bunny's luck, it's hard to say...]
After focusing on the pair of eyes, the comic turns to a strange tower-shaped load-bearing column. The tower-shaped column has a total of eighteen floors. There are pitch-black holes in the gaps between each floor. Black mist is surging, and tiny black claws are sticking out of the holes, making the style of the painting even more gloomy.
There was a rustling sound behind the tower-shaped load-bearing column. The comic's perspective cut over to see Yu Tu, who was furiously tearing apart paper and stabbing people. Yu Tu had a stern face and looked particularly ferocious.
"I don't care if you're hungry, tired, uncomfortable, or need to go to the bathroom, don't make any noise now! Otherwise you will all die!"
[The bunny with a stern face saying harsh words is so cute = w =, come over here and give me a pinch~]
[Tutu, don't worry about them. Go pay attention to the girl with abnormally red eyes! I'm so scared!]
In the comic, after Yu Tu finished speaking, the people tied to the pillars struggled even more violently, as if they had not heard anything at all. A very small shot was inserted next to this picture, and the ghost bride in the corner slowly stood up. She walked forward, and the ropes on her body broke apart little by little. She was moving forward to the back of the tower-shaped load-bearing pillar.
On this side, the ghost bride with red eyes was getting closer and closer silently, while on the other side, several people tied to the pillars were struggling desperately.
When the ghost bride was getting closer and closer, Yu Tu picked up the "pizza board" standing beside him and knocked all of them unconscious like a paper-stampede. Then he turned out from behind the tower-shaped column and almost collided head-on with the ghost bride who was walking over.
In the comic, the frightened boy's eyes widened. He first looked at the ghost bride, and then looked at the small black pearls that had gathered at her feet and were trying to pull her.
[Oh shit! It was so close!]
[The black guys are so cute!!]
[They work so hard, I'm crying!]
Before the comic readers could be moved for long, they saw Yu Tu picked up the "pizza board" that had knocked someone unconscious before, slapped the ghost bride on the face, and then quickly pushed her back to the corner where she was tied up like a mummy before.
[……? ]
[Bunny, what are you doing? (screaming)
How can you take a photo of a girl's face? And use such force!]
[Don’t bully girls! ! ! ]
Yu Tu: “…”
He held the phone in his hand, thinking unconvincedly—
If he hadn't slapped the purification rune on An Jiajia's face at that time, he would have died long ago!
As Yu Tu pushed An Jiajia back into the corner and prepared for a new round of defensive measures, some scenes with faded colors began to appear in the comics, making it clear at a glance that they were memories.
There was Yu Tu who screamed and picked up a stool to smash the ghost groom outside the window; there was Yu Tu who went crazy after being warmly embraced by the paper-made man when she first stepped into the old building; there was Yu Tu who bought a lot of toys and carried them into the old building; there was Yu Tu who was awakened by the paper-made man possessed by the black balls knocking on the window in the middle of the night and had to go out to save the ghost bride; there was also Yu Tu who used a spoon to clean the rice bran stuffed in the mouth of the ghost bride bit by bit...
The images of Yu Tu occupy a large part of these memories, but there are also some other images in it——
For example, how the black groups who manipulated the paper-made people tried hard to climb up to the second-floor window; how their healthy and happy crawling brought people spiritual shock; the paper-made people chasing competition inside the old building; one person and one ghost cat squatted at the door, and after stumbling and chatting, the black groups used their hair ends to slide down the slide, and used the ghost bride's clothes to make tassels...
[Hahahaha, sob sob, I can’t help but cry and laugh while reading this comic———]
[No wonder Tutu was so angry at first, and looked very familiar with the ghost bride... ah no, An Jiajia...]
[They are all cute babies! Sticky! Sticky for all!]
[Who taught you to use detergent to remove makeup from girls? You are a straight man destined to be alone!]
[The baby ghosts are so cute! For the first time, I feel that the ghosts in comics are not scary at all! I even want the same peripheral products!]
回憶的漫畫場景飛快放過後，讀者們終于大概理清了他們認識的前因後果，還沒笑完呢，下一頁的漫畫情況就急轉直下。
先是回憶和現實的分界被一個氣泡蓋住，裏面是碎裂的拟聲詞。
然後……漫畫的背景色調忽然變得極暗，鬼新娘的眼睛變得越來越可怖與漠然，她起身，碎裂的符文從她身上掉落，盤着的黑發散開無風自動，虞荼口袋裏飛出的靈頁，成了這幅畫面裏唯一的光。
“安佳佳！不要被頭七影響！”
“只有不到三個小時了，我們不能前功盡棄！”
[不要失控不要失控不要失控！！！]
漫畫讀者們尖叫着，可卻不能阻止事态的發展，安佳佳無視了一切，走向那塔型承重柱之後，眼看着就要不可挽回，虞荼在千鈞一發之際用白布條給她纏了眼睛，讓這越來越凝重的氣氛陡然間多了一絲放松。
但大家還沒高興幾秒，甚至漫畫讀者們都還沒來得及打出新的評論，人渣中就有一個人迷迷糊糊地醒了，他尖銳的嘶鳴響徹舊樓，同樣也引起了安佳佳的注意。
接下來的一切相當混亂，代表着尖叫的氣泡、飄動的紅嫁衣、銀白的靈頁、扭曲的人臉、漫天亂竄的黑霧……混亂、恐懼幾乎成了這一頁的代表詞。
在這混亂之中，虞荼忽然傾身擋在一個人面前，失去理智的安佳佳出手，直接捅向他的心髒！漫畫沒有畫出這殘忍的一幕，最後一個畫面裏，是安佳佳青白的手臂下，一滴滴滴落的鮮血。
[啊啊啊啊啊兔兔———不要！！！]
[嘤嘤的第一個小夥伴不會就這樣領便當了吧！不要這麽殘忍啊！]
[天衍老賊發什麽刀呢！給我把刀收回去！！]
無論漫畫讀者們怎麽尖叫，怎麽擔心，漫畫還是堅定地跳轉了視角，這次的視角，再次轉到了顧鴻影那邊。
顧鴻影揉着自己的額頭，龇牙咧嘴的從地上坐起來，嘟囔道：“為什麽腦門這麽痛哇！”
他晃了晃腦袋，像是不小心掉到水裏的金毛大狗狗在甩水：“嗯？！這是哪兒？！”
他扭來扭去的時候，肩膀上的那一線燈光也跟着他動來動去，照亮了周邊的景物：“槐林外邊？！”
顧鴻影終于後知後覺地想起之前孟自秋介入了虞荼的任務欄，任務欄裏的C級任務就叫……槐林。
他倒吸了一口涼氣：“我該不會是觸發了C級任務吧！”
“不對！”顧鴻影說着說着又自己反駁起來，“如果觸發了C級任務，我現在可能就噶掉了！”
帶着“哎嘿，撿回一條命喽”的樂觀心态，顧鴻影從地上爬起來，拍了拍身上沾着的灰，然後掏出簡陋地圖，努力辨認方向。
被剛剛一幕刺激得驚魂未定的漫畫讀者們這時瘋狂發着彈幕———
[嘤嘤！去救兔兔！快去！！！]
[嘤嘤趕緊出去找人救兔兔！]
[嘤嘤方向錯了———方向又錯了啊啊啊啊啊！]
顧鴻影看不見那些撕心裂肺的評論，于是他又樂觀地……走錯了方向。
漫畫讀者們只能無力地看着他沿着錯誤的方向，重新沒入到了霧氣裏。
[兔兔的運氣，嘤嘤的方向感……他們倆到底是一對什麽樣的卧龍鳳雛啊！]
在顧鴻影重新走入夜霧中之後，特異組那邊忽然發現眼前的霧氣消失了。
“老大，霧氣消失了！”秦斐看了一眼屏幕上陡然下降到危險線以下的銀白峰值，迅速拉開車門，“我們要不要去找鴻影？”
讓顧鴻影去嘗試着進入霧氣前，他們也沒想到他真的能進去，三個人除了擔心可能會被開啓的B級任務以外，也擔心他的安全。
孟自秋沒有回答，他的目光落在他手裏一個黑色巴掌大的長方形儀器上，儀器上有一個紅點正在瘋狂閃爍，漫畫裏，這點紅被畫得極其刺眼，有種讓人心驚肉跳的不安。
漫畫給了這臺儀器一個特寫———紅點閃動，綠色的數字先變橙再變紅，然後是尖銳到極致的警報聲。
“靈力波動檢測儀到底檢測到了什麽東西啊！”路雅音捂着耳朵，她的眼裏帶着極深的恐懼，“救命！我從來沒聽過它叫這麽大聲！”
孟自秋的眉越皺越緊，他沉默了一會兒後，仿佛下定了決心：不去找鴻影，去檢測到靈力波動的地方。”
他的話說完後，三個人回到車上，秦斐踩下油門，帶着暴力美學的武裝車直接被開出了漂移的殘影！漫畫視角落到秦斐開車的雙手上，那雙手上青筋暴起，透着一種無言的緊張。
漫畫視角跟随着他們，三個人神态各異，窗外的景色變成模糊的色塊，與代表着速度的線條糾纏在一起，仿佛是他們一團亂麻的心情。
“吱———”
刺耳的急剎車響起，暴力美的武裝車停下，三個人全副武裝地從車上下來，卻被眼前的畫面驚呆。
E級任務地點舊樓外面，爬滿了密密麻麻的綠藤，站在門口向裏看去，仿佛是到了幽深茂密的森林。那種生機勃勃的綠與門外沉寂的夜色形成了一種鮮明的對比。
[啊……我心裏有種強烈的預感……]
[不要說出來！說出來就不靈了！]
[啊啊啊啊是不是是不是———要出來了———]
有些眼熟的綠藤密密麻麻一出場，漫畫讀者們陡然興奮起來，在孟自秋他們踏入舊樓裏，秦斐問出“誰在那裏”時，評論的數量更是爆發到了一個巅峰。
[我知道我知道！肯定是我強大又漂亮的老婆！！]
[啊啊啊啊啊啊啊老婆看我！！！
（嘴叼玫瑰）（含情脈脈）（深情對望）（玫瑰花刺紮嘴）（堅決不離場）]
漫畫果然也不負衆望，在下一頁裏，出現了漫畫讀者們心心念念的人影。
他從稍遠點的地方走來，牆壁上的葉片輕輕搖擺，綠藤親昵地環繞在他身邊，為他鋪開一條向前的路。
漫畫裏一路上表現的相當靠譜穩重的孟自秋以一個敬重的、後輩的姿态詢問：
“小子孟自秋，敢問前輩尊名？”
[蕪湖！終于可以知道老婆的名字啦！]
這位在之前漫畫裏出現過好幾次，讓讀者們都很好奇的人開口———
“你們可以稱呼我為，不夜侯。”
這應該是一個陌生的稱呼，因為孟自秋的臉上出現了片刻的茫然，然後，一根綠藤卷着角落裏陷入沉眠的鬼新娘，送到了他面前。
“只是恰巧遇到。”
孟自秋看着那面容安然的鬼新娘：“如果想要拜訪前輩，需要去哪裏呢？”
黑發鳳眸的青年臉上似乎露出了一點似有若無的笑，他的身形開始虛化起來，但孟自秋他們卻一無所覺。
“若有緣，自會相見。”
這句話說完後，虛化的身影似乎回眸看了一眼。然後，滿樓綠藤陡然消失，在綠藤消散的光點裏，出現了一段場景———
二樓窄窄的樓梯上，頭頂着不少蜘蛛網、有些狼狽的虞荼正坐着，手裏正在編制草編，他的腳邊放着一只螞蚱，兩只蜻蜓，三只蝴蝶，細細的爪子從黑暗裏伸出來，勾走了它們。
與虞荼重疊的，是一幅虛幻的畫面，之前出現過的、自稱為“不夜侯”的人，穿着一襲黑色長衫，面色平和從容，他從臉上摘下了那片似乎一出現就綁定在他身上的單片眼鏡，向身後的黑暗裏一遞———
“拿去玩兒吧。”
“別急，都有。”
兩句對話，兩個截然不同的人，好像隔着時空，付出了同樣的溫柔與善意。
[啊啊啊啊啊我就知道老婆救兔兔不是偶然，他們之間肯定有什麽聯系！]
[對比帶點腼腆的兔兔，還是老婆更有韻味！]
[是不是因為兔兔做了和他過去做過相似的事，老婆才會對他另眼相待？！]
在讀者們的猜測裏，這一小段畫面結束了。而後漫畫的視角給到顧鴻影，顧鴻影在霧氣消散後，正滿頭大汗、呼哧呼哧喘着粗氣地向舊樓的方向奔來。
漫畫在他旁邊打了一行解說：
【事情已經結束，但嘤嘤還在趕來的路上。】
[哈哈哈哈竟然用我們取的昵稱來喊嘤嘤，天衍你多損啊！！！]
……
這些緊湊的劇情過去後，漫畫也只剩下了最後幾頁，這幾頁裏簡要地交代了一下特異組的掃尾，比如尋找那些綠藤在舊樓內的生長點；比如将受了重傷的虞荼送到醫院；比如将那五個人渣扔到監獄等待判決；再将電線杆子上捆着的不明生物按流程進行處理……
漫畫的最後一頁，還是來了的特異組五組帶來了一種特殊的儀器，根據儀器的檢測結果顯示，B級任務[荒山]、C級任務[槐木]均靈氣波動平穩，想來短時間內不會被觸發，盡管沒能查明原因，但卻是一件令所有人都高興的大喜事。
The penultimate picture of the comic also gave Gu Hongying a small corner, and everyone finally found out why Gu Hongying could enter the mist—
He is too weak.
The white mist that accompanies the B-rank mission [Desolate Mountain] repels all creatures with spiritual energy, but does not repel people whose spiritual energy fluctuations are so weak that they are almost non-existent.
Gu Hongying, who had just activated his spiritual power attribute, said: "..."
Thank you, I understand.
The last picture of the comic is a large fold-out page spanning two pages. Whether it is Meng Ziqiu's special team seven or the special team five that came later, everyone is standing at the entrance of the town and looking up at the sky.
The sun rises from the east, gradually dispelling the darkness in the sky, and colorful rays of light spread little by little from the horizon.
———Everyone sees tomorrow.