Chapter 97
When his intuition reminded Yu Tu that "there is danger ahead", Yu Tu was struggling with whether to take a detour. Because judging by the frequency of his troubles, his luck... is a little hard to say.
But what he never expected was that at this moment when he was struggling, a... zombie ran out from the darkness in front of him?!
In an instant, Yu Tu's feet took root in the place where he was.
After the shock of the moment passed, he looked carefully and realized that it didn't seem to be a zombie, but a bloody person.
Well... let's call them people.
But he swore that in all the years he had lived in the surface world, he had never seen anyone who could be so alive and well with huge wounds of varying degrees all over his body.
This bloody man may have reached his limit. When he ran into the range of the candlelight, the only thing he could do was to shout for help.
The original intention of taking the unmonitored path to the hospital was to save energy, but after seeing the scene in front of me—the energy used to save people is higher than opening a shielding field!
Yu Tu felt heartbroken but also a little relieved. Fortunately, he took this deserted path where almost no one walked today, otherwise the man coming down the mountain would have died.
Green vines broke out of the ground and wrapped around the huge monster that attacked from the darkness behind the person who was fleeing. As the metalized vines pierced its head with some effort, Yu Tu heard a sharp sound like a baby crying, as well as a familiar yet unfamiliar energy fluctuation.
It is familiar because the fluctuations of the monster that attacks people before its death seem to come from the same system as Xiao Hui. It is unfamiliar because their fluctuations are completely different.
Most importantly, this monster is very weak, as if something weakened it not long ago.
The green vine wrapped around the dead monster and smashed it to the ground. Yu Tu finally saw the full appearance of the monster—it was nearly two meters tall and looked like a cow, but its head was much larger than that of an ordinary cow, and its green fur was tinged with an unknown dark red.
Thanks to his crazy supplementation of ancient books in the past few months, Yu Tu found the description that was closest to its origin at a glance:
[There is a beast that looks like an ox, has a thick body, and makes sounds like a baby. It eats people and its name is Xiqu.]
One of the exotic beasts in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
Yu Tu: “…”
If you say this man is lucky, he has provoked a creature that is suspected to be a strange beast from "Classic of Mountains and Seas". If you say he is unlucky, he can still survive from the mouth of such a creature.
It’s hard to comment, really.
Shocked, Yu Tu shifted his gaze from the monster to the unlucky guy and asked sincerely, "Are you okay?"
The man lying on the ground seemed to be stunned for unknown reasons. Yu Tu saw him staring at him as if he was about to say something, but the next second, he closed his eyes, tilted his head, and fainted.
Yu Tu: “…”
Yu Tu was numb.
You should at least explain something before you get dizzy!
The person who asked for help fainted, but left Yu Tu with a difficult problem—
Should he send the man to the hospital or take him back to the teahouse?
If he was sent to the hospital, it would be difficult to explain the wounds on his body that looked like they were bitten by a large beast, and the hospitals in the surface world might not be able to treat the injuries caused by the creatures in the inner world; if he was taken back to the teahouse, he was a half-baked person himself, and was afraid that if he did not treat the injuries properly, he would leave any sequelae.
But this thought only flashed through Yu Tu's mind for a few breaths, because the life condition of the person in front of him really could not be delayed.
Yu Tu first used a bit of his energy to stabilize the man's life state so that he would not die immediately, then he brought him back to the teahouse, quickly made a cup of tea, and forced the unlucky man to drink half a cup by prying his teeth.
There was no other way. Yu Tu himself was still in the exploratory stage of applying energy, and he didn't dare to conduct experiments directly on humans. He could only use tea as a guide to establish a good relationship, at least to provide some insurance.
With the help of the contract of good karma, Yu Tu learned why this unlucky guy who had offended the suspected Xiqu was able to escape alive and well even though he was covered in blood - because he was a fully yang body.
In movies and TV dramas, there are often pure yin bodies or pure yang bodies, and many times these two bodies are set to attract ghosts and ward off evil spirits. When Yu Tu came into contact with the inner world, he found that some things in movies and TV dramas were not nonsense.
A person's eight characters are made up of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Taking the pure Yang body as an example, if a person has five consecutive characters or the interval between them is no more than three and they are all Yang, then he is a pure Yang body. If his eight characters are all Yang, then he is an all-Yang body. All-Yang means pure Yang, but pure Yang is not necessarily all-Yang.
As people with a completely yang constitution, their flesh and blood are the best material. Although it is not to the extent that the evil spirits will be driven away as soon as their blood is spilled, it does have a certain restraining effect on the existence of the two major types of evil spirits, namely "ghosts" and "monsters".
In short, if a pure yang person is mixed into a team that is doomed to die, he will most likely be the last to die. This is because he tastes the worst in the perception of evil spirits, but if you endure this terrible taste, you can still eat it.
The Xiqu that was chasing him was already in a weak state, and he didn't know where he got infected with an extremely uncomfortable "qi". This "qi" happened to be within the restraint range of the full yang body, so every time Xiqu bit him, he would suffer minor injuries. If he bit too many times, a temporary weakening buff would be formed, which gave the unlucky guy who was being chased a chance to escape.
But the weak monster with negative buffs is not so easy to deal with. If there is any mistake, he will not be able to wait for Yu Tu to save him.
When Yu Tu finished feeding the man tea and sprinkling medicine powder on the wound, Xiao Hui was circling around his feet. He lowered his head to sniff the blood of the unlucky guy on the ground, then turned his head and sneezed several times in a row.
Good!
The taste is a bit like the spicy dog food he ate some time ago!
Yu Tu used one of his free hands to rub Xiao Hui's head: "Go play somewhere else, leave this to me."
Pure yang blood does have a pungent smell to a yin-based alien beast. Xiao Hui also has the blood of Taowu and Hou...
Yu Tu suddenly turned around and stared at Xiao Hui, saying sternly: "No matter what, you can't steal his blood!"
Xiao Hui, who had just sneezed, said: "......?"
This person's blood just smells like spicy dog food, but I don't want to taste it, it's dirty! It doesn't taste good at all!
“Woof woof woof!”
Only people without taste eat human flesh. I don’t eat human flesh!
Yu Tu: "...If you eat people secretly, I won't let you stay. I will kill my own relatives for the sake of justice!"
Xiao Hui: “Woof!”
I'm just giving an example!
While the man and the dog were discussing the topic of cannibalism, the unlucky guy, who was lying on the ground covered in blood, flicked his fingers and opened his eyes with great difficulty.
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Wei Ziming was half asleep and half awake when he heard the sound of "Woof woof woof" that seemed to be near and far. Although he did not understand dog language, he could vaguely understand that the dog's tone seemed to be a little... dissatisfied?
As soon as the "weird and interesting" thought came into his mind, he suddenly remembered that he was in the wilderness, and an unknown monster was chasing him, but he was fortunately rescued at the critical moment... He had no recollection of what happened after that.
Wei Ziming: “!!!”
His strong desire to survive prompted him to struggle desperately. With his efforts, he finally regained control of his body, but severe pain followed, making him scream in pain.
Why does it hurt so much?
Yu Tu looked at the man who seemed to have turned several times clockwise and counterclockwise on the face of a clock, and silently swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth. He and Xiao Hui, who jumped aside in fear, exchanged a glance.
How about...let him go for a while?
So they watched Wei Ziming spinning around on the ground in silence.
After Wei Ziming finally got used to the severe pain, he realized that the room was not empty, but he was in so much pain that he didn't notice it at all.
Wei Ziming: “…”
The deep red filled the gaps between the bandages, and even if one couldn't see the face of the man who was almost wrapped like a mummy, one could feel his embarrassment.
Wei Mummy Ziming said in a voice as soft as a mosquito: "Thank you for saving me..."
What he just did almost made him lose all his face for the rest of his life!
Although he had fantasized about the existence of evil forces in the world when he was in junior high school, he was chosen as the savior, and from then on he upheld justice, saved the people from danger, and became the most awesome hero and the most dazzling protagonist in the world!
When he was imagining things, he could even laugh out loud, but he never thought that after graduating from college, he would start live streaming, and one day his middle school fantasy would come true. He is not the most powerful hero or the most dazzling protagonist, but a cannon fodder who seems to be killed at the beginning of the story.
Wei Ziming's face was filled with tears.
The predecessors who did horror live broadcasts never said that they could actually become real while broadcasting!
"Senior, no, boss..." Wei Ziming hesitated, "Do you have any way to relieve the pain? Painkillers are fine... I can buy them with money!"
He has saved some money from live streaming over the years, so it should be enough to buy some painkillers... right?
"It's not good for your wound to heal if the pain stops now." Wei Ziming heard the mysterious boss with a steady demeanor and good looks say, "Unless you want to go out with scars all over your body."
Wei Ziming: “…Ah?”
He thought of the flesh that the unknown creature had torn from his body...hiss, it seemed to hurt even more!
His tone became low, and he sounded like he was about to cry: "Even if I don't have scars all over my body, I'll have scars. Can I have plastic surgery after the wounds from monster bites heal?"
Yu Tu: “…”
He sighed.
He was going to Renxin Hospital at the time and took a detour along an unmonitored path near the mountain. The place was very remote and there were almost no people there at night. Even when the first batch of street lights installed broke down, no one came to repair them.
"Why go to the mountains?" he asked.
明明這個問題沒有譴責，沒有鄙夷，沒有厭煩，只是很平常地在詢問，衛子明還是羞愧地低下頭：“我是個恐怖游戲主播，有時也做線下冒險。”
虞荼瞬間懂了。
不知道是不是他的運氣問題，無論是二層小樓所在的槐林鎮，還是茶館所在的梧桐鎮，周邊大大小小的問題都很多。虞荼到梧桐鎮後，茶館開了沒多久，他就抽空将周邊的傳說都收集了一遍，其中就包括那座山上的廢棄小區。
虞荼收集這些的目的是為了保證自己對有問題的地方留下印象，千萬不要闖進去了才發現不對———他也不能保證這些傳說都是假的，更不能保證萬一是真的，他不會當場觸發。
但山上那個……
虞荼覺得有點奇怪。
他前幾天去醫院找藏生時也是走的這條小道，将感知放開後，山上有熟悉的波動———像是符咒，又像是陣法。
一看就知道是官方的手筆。
但官方已經做了防護，他到底是怎麽進去的？
他這樣想着，也這樣問出來了，但衛子明一臉茫然的回複他：
“就、就正常走進去啊……”
虞荼：“……”
他忽然有一點體會到孟組的心情了。
“那座山上官方布了防護，就算你是全陽體，也是進不去的。”
這下輪到衛子明迷糊了：“全陽體是什麽？”
虞荼向他解釋了一遍後，又問他在山上遇到了什麽。
衛子明剛開始回憶，就忍不住打寒顫。
他哭喪着一張臉：“我遇到了一個會叫我名字的怪物。”
當時受的驚吓太過，以至于他沒有反應過來，明明他直播間的粉絲們都是叫他“卷王”、“卷老師”或者“卷卷”，沒人知道他的真名，那個怪物為什麽會知道？
某種意義上說，這比被怪物追殺還可怕。
衛子明一邊發抖一邊回憶，聽着他的描述，虞荼只覺一陣頭大。
之前的不化骨碎片到現在還留了些個尾巴，這事怎麽感覺不會比不化骨碎片難度低？
虞荼深吸一口氣，覺得專業的事還是要交給專業的人處理，但為了保護這個馬甲，他沒有和異處局的任何人留下聯系方式，虞荼倒是有，但眼下也不方便由本體出面。
之前以夢境的方式溝通孟自秋，幫他解開了心結，虞荼記下了孟自秋的靈力波動，如果孟自秋已經睡了，倒可以從夢裏把他拉過來。
就是半夜拉人加班好像有點不道德。
但虞荼也只糾結了一秒，在心裏向孟組道了個歉後，他果斷用感知模拟孟自秋的靈力波動，去尋找他的夢境了。
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在通宵三天連續加班七天後，孟自秋終于下了個早班，洗漱完畢後他倒頭就睡，睡着睡着，他忽然“醒了”。
這個“醒”并不是指他的身體在物理意義上醒過來，而是指他清晰地意識到自己在做夢———他夢到了茶館，還有茶館裏閑坐喝茶的前輩。
唯一讓他感覺陌生的，就是地上像一條鹹魚一樣躺着的人形“木乃伊”。
已經開始修行的人并不會随意做夢，孟自秋想起前輩之前拉他入夢的場景，試探着問：“前輩，您找我有事嗎？”
“今天遇到了個擅闖梧桐鎮郊外山上的孩子。”孟自秋聽到面前的前輩說，“我順手救下來了，追殺他的是一只犀渠。”
孟自秋的眉不知不覺皺起：“犀渠？”
怎麽又有《山海經》中的異獸？
因為加入異處局的有生力量至少一半都畢業于米勒克爾，所以米勒克爾無論是入學前的預備任務還是入學後的實習任務，任務等級體系都與異處局共通。
梧桐鎮郊外的山那裏有一個古老的封印，封着一只《山海經》中有過記載的異獸，異處局花了不少人力物力，才弄清楚了這只異獸的身份———災獸蜚。
按理來說，出現傳說中的生物，又是災獸類，哪怕它在封印裏，危險程度也至少應該B級起步，但這個封印挺牢固，只要他們将上面居住着的人都遷走，再将附近都空下來，按時往封印裏補充所需靈氣，就不會有大礙，所以關于這個地方到底定為B級還是C級，大家吵得不可開交，最後大家各退一步，将它歸納到了【特殊異常檔案】，即危險程度低，但需要定時巡邏關注。
孟自秋清楚地記得異歸處兩個月前才将全國的異常點都排查了一遍，這個被歸納到【特殊異常檔案】裏的地方并沒有問題。
“您說的地方應該是隸屬于異處局名下【特殊異常檔案】裏的[災獸蜚]，被封印在梧桐鎮外的似太山上。”孟自秋思索過後道，“但那處地方只有蜚，應該不會存在犀渠。”
他知道前輩不是無的放矢之人，這麽說定然有依據，但一處災獸的封印出現另一種災獸，聽起來就很讓人心驚。
“急着救人，沒來得及處理犀渠的屍體。”一副裸眼3D、栩栩如生的圖在孟子秋眼前逐漸展開，“就在這個地方。”
孟自秋看到黑暗中倒着的形似牛、皮毛青色覆暗紅的生物，眉忍不住越擰越緊。
前輩說急着救人，沒來得及處理犀渠的屍體，孟自秋自然知道這是謙虛之語，就憑前輩的能力，怎麽可能沒有處理的辦法？無非就是故意将犀渠的屍體留下來提醒他們，讓他們在研究途中少走點彎路罷了。
孟自秋想起前段時間所有接觸過不夜侯前輩的人都被局長召集起來開了一個內部小會，大家都覺得前輩雖然不願意與裏世界過多接觸，但對裏世界以及官方都是抱有善意的，雖然調查并沒有停止，大家也暫時不主動接觸前輩，但前輩在接觸過的人群心裏，好感度并不低。
在孟自秋認真觀察圖裏的犀渠時，衛子明只覺得自己恍惚了一瞬，面前就多出了一個人，看起來就一身正氣，疑似官方人員。
只是他們倆說話的前兩句他還能聽清，後面的話在他耳中就化成了模糊的字句，他能聽見，但他的大腦無法理解。也就是說，他被單方面屏蔽在這場對話之外了。
衛子明：“……”
他安慰自己，他就一普通人，少知道點內幕，多一分活命的機會。能力越高責任越大，知道越多死的越快！
在他們倆交談的時候，衛子明放空大腦，按着大佬剛剛給他傳音的要求，去回憶在一單元101室貼在他背後的冰冷身體以及那張高度像人的臉。
衛子明一邊在心裏感慨“哇哦！這個世界上竟然真的有傳音入密的功能”，一邊在心裏哀嚎慘叫“啊啊啊啊啊那個鬼東西越想我越害怕，汗毛都豎起來”。
雖然心裏發毛，但衛子明還是努力回憶那個東西的樣子，在他的不遠處，有東西漸漸随着他的回憶而逐漸成型，衛子明瞄一眼抖一下，小心翼翼地往正在談話的兩個人的方向挪挪，再瞄一眼再抖一下，再小心翼翼地往談話的兩個人的方向挪挪。
他是真的怕啊TAT
等到驚鴻一瞥的恐怖東西徹底成型後，衛子明突然感覺身前有了一片陰影，他擡頭，看到剛剛正在談話的兩個人一致看着他，他們的眼裏都帶着點笑意，并且他因為自己的挪動，已經離他們很近了。
大佬給他遞了杯茶：“辛苦了。”
衛子明受寵若驚地接過來：“不辛苦不辛苦，為人民———”
他差點一禿嚕嘴說順口了。
衛子明當時在危急之中差點吓破了膽，回頭的那一眼并沒有很清楚，所以跟随着他的記憶成像的東西也有點抽象。
他看到大佬往前走了幾步，立在他記憶成像的那個抽象東西旁邊，細細地看了一會兒。
他聽到大佬不疾不徐的聲音：“應該是狌狌。狌狌知人名，其為獸如豕而人面，在舜葬西。”
“又是一種《山海經》異獸啊。”和大佬交談的人似乎完全沒有懷疑大佬的判斷，衛子明發現那個人盯着那個怪物看了兩眼，又将目光轉到他身上，“你能活下來，真是個奇跡。”
在災獸的封印陣上撞到兩種疑似發生詭變的異獸，雖然受了一身傷，但居然沒有當場橫死，确實是一個了不得的奇跡。
衛子明：“……”
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“記憶成像略微……虛幻。”他聽到大佬繼續開口，在點評他的記憶成像時頓了一下，勉強換了個詞，給他保留了顏面，“但根據他的描述，應該是《海內南經》中的狌狌，市面上流傳的，多源于《南山經》。”
《山海經·南山經》中有載：
【其狀如禺而白耳，伏行人走，其名曰狌狌，食之善走。】
也是流傳最廣的一種說法。
“狌狌不能通曉未來，但能知人之過去。”衛子明聽到大佬繼續，“所以能喊出你的名字，并不是什麽奇怪的事。”
Wei Ziming collapsed in a low voice: "...Boss! Is it possible that the strange beasts in the Classic of Mountains and Seas appeared in real life? That would be outrageous enough!"
The boss's answer was to pour him a new cup of tea as if to comfort him.
Wei Ziming drank the whole cup in one gulp with a sad look on his face. To be honest, even though he didn't like tea at all, he thought the tea was really delicious. He guessed it must be the boss's treasured collection.
The boss is so nice!
While Wei Ziming was drinking tea, Meng Ziqiu asked, "What should he do?"
Meng Ziqiu knew that his senior didn't like to get involved in these things, but when they met, he couldn't bear it and would intervene. No matter if it was for ordinary people or practitioners, as long as it didn't cross his bottom line, he was always very tolerant and easy-going.
After the question of the placement of the only witness and the only injured person was raised, he saw his senior think for a moment and smiled faintly:
"Let him stay in my teahouse first, and send someone to pick him up as soon as possible."
Although he really wanted to put the man next to the rhino's body so that they could take him away together, it was too cruel to leave this frightened and injured child out in the dark path to face the cold wind.
When Yu Tu said this, he didn't realize that he had already immersed himself in the identity of Buyehou. Wei Ziming was older than him, but he actually took it for granted that Wei Ziming was a child.
After quickly finalizing the process with Meng Ziqiu, Yu Tu released the person from the dream. In the eyes of the only ordinary person, who had almost been stamped with an official identity, he completely disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Wei Ziming subconsciously exclaimed: "How cool!"
"Could it be that the Dragon Group in the book is real?"
He can fly in the sky and hide in the ground, and he is capable of doing anything. He appears in a flashy and cool manner, and is surrounded by many experts.
Yu Tu: “…”
Wake up, I'm dreaming.