Chapter 153

The lighthouse in the distance was dim, like the huge eyes of a monster.

Without daring to look any further, Xu Ming quickly retreated back into the house and closed the door out of habit. His scalp was still tingling. He turned around and looked at Kuai Le who was leaning against the wall weakly, and his heart sank.

"Hey, Kuai Le...sister? Can you hear me?" She hurried over and patted her arm. According to what she had said before, Xu Ming suspected that she should call her aunt, but looking at that face that looked younger than her own, she really couldn't say it.

In any case, the other party was in a very bad state now, and this was already a foregone conclusion. Even the shielding effect applied to her was almost gone, which showed that it was quite bad.

Happy opened her eyes and responded softly. Xu Ming was a little at a loss for a moment. He could only take off his coat and cover her with it, trying to keep Happy from being exposed to the light as much as possible. His eyes fell on the work badge on her chest, and he felt strange again.

Isn't it said that wearing a work badge can suppress mutations? Even if it can't be cured, it should have some inhibitory effect. Happy is affected too quickly; and, she doesn't look so weak, it doesn't seem like a simple mutation...

Even so, Xu Ming still took out the work badge with his name on it and wanted to hang it around Happy's neck with the mentality of giving it a try. Happy lifted her eyelids and glanced at it, and smiled helplessly.

"Don't waste your energy." She whispered, "This has nothing to do with the work badge."

"Then what does it have to do with?" Xu Ming frowned, and a bad guess came to his mind, "Could it be because you used your ability for me..."

"You think too much." Happy said unceremoniously, his voice still low, "Don't worry, it has nothing to do with you."

"I'm just unlucky. I was parasitized by the Lighthouse Man. The Lighthouse Man is the hunting organ of the lighthouse... Do you understand? If everyone is compared to cooking, you are just placed on the table, and I am the only one who has been bitten."

Food that has been bitten is naturally more perishable. What's more, she has been exposed to the lighthouse all the time?

"I can't hold on for long in this place." Happy shrugged slightly, "If it weren't for this little tag tied to it, I don't think I would have made it here."

"But I guess we can only get this far."

Looking down at his left leg that had begun to deform, Happy took a deep breath and managed to muster up the little strength he had left. "From now on, I'll talk casually and you can listen casually. If I can help, that's the best. If I can't, don't blame me. Just wish you the best.

"I'm a relatively optimistic person, so I'll start with the most optimistic scenario - if your fragments return, remember, you must hurry up and get out.

"The key has the ability to open and close specific doors, and the person who 'holds' the key also has this ability. So in order to ensure that you don't close the door on your own initiative, it will definitely find a way to control you or kill you. Don't get caught by it.

"The exit door... I don't know what it looks like, so I won't give you any advice. As for the fragment...

" "I think you shouldn't be too pessimistic."

Kuai Le said this, and seemed to smile.

"You are a good child. Your soul fragments must also be shining. I think it will know what to do.

After she finished speaking, as if afraid that Xu Ming would interrupt, she immediately said:

"Also, if you get lost, listen to the sounds around you. In this place, sound is more reliable than light.

"And your aunt..."

Kuai Le paused here, noticed Xu Ming's instantly nervous expression, and couldn't help but sighed in her heart.

"I promised her that I would not tell you about her. You know her. She looks carefree, but she is actually very strong-willed and very proud. She probably doesn't want you to see her like this, so you shouldn't go looking for her...

" "Just remember, she will protect you. As long as she is still here, she will definitely protect you."

"..."

Xu Ming frowned and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something. After a slight hesitation, he swallowed it back silently.

After a moment, he responded with difficulty.

Not missing the gloom on Xu Ming's face, he happily sighed, looked around, and quickly changed the subject:

"Okay, we've finished the optimistic part, and now let's talk about the not-so-optimistic part.

"If your fragment can't come back for the time being, then you can only prepare for the worst. Go out and expect it to be suspended, but if it opens a new door, you can still wait and see, just in case.

"Also, this place is not as quiet as it looks. The aisles we walked on before were all opened by your aunt, so it was safe. But it's hard to say about other places.

"Those spirits that have been completely assimilated will be driven by the lighthouse to hunt other souls. But this is the farthest place from the lighthouse, and they rarely come here. If you meet them, don't be afraid, just hide in the buildings. These buildings built by thoughts, they can't get in...

"In short, if you can't get out, try to live longer. There is always hope, understand? "

Kuai Le said this, closed her eyes tiredly, and took a deep breath again:

"Finally, if possible, I hope you can help me write down some things..."

Those things that should have been remembered by her but were once forgotten. Those footprints that were almost buried by time and fantasy.

She should remember them, and this is her responsibility. But I'm sorry, she really can't go on.

"Those things I just told you, and what I'm about to tell you. No matter what happens in the future, I hope you can help me write them down." Kuai Le said softly, "If you can get out, please submit them to... Anxin Gardening, most of our files are there."

"If you can't go out for the time being, please help write them down. In the end, well, in the end it’s just a thought...”

Kuai Le said to the end, her voice gradually lowered.

In response to her, Xu Ming was silent for a long time, and his breathing became noticeably rapid.

After a while, Xu Ming said in a voice that was almost an exhale: "I really want to agree to you, but I don't want to."

... Hey!

Who is this? I'm in this state, can't you just say something nice to coax me?!

Kuai Le couldn't help but open her eyes. What she saw was Xu Ming's tense profile - the latter was facing sideways to her, his eyes fixed on the direction of the window, and he still spoke cautiously:

"And to be honest... I doubt if I still have a chance."

... What do you mean?

Kuai Le was stunned for a moment, her brain, which was about to stop, was struggling to move. She slowly turned her head following Xu Ming's gaze.

Her breathing immediately stagnated.

She saw a face outside the window, and she didn't know when.

A huge face that almost filled the entire window frame.

With lifeless eyes and a dull mouth, it was looking at them quietly through the window glass.

...!!

The already shaky consciousness was instantly alerted, but it was the huge face outside that reacted faster than Kuai Le - as if it had noticed their gaze, the dull face suddenly moved and slammed into the window glass, causing the whole house to shake slightly!

Sitting up in shock from her dying illness, Kuai Le almost instinctively jumped up from the ground, but unfortunately her left foot still didn't obey her, causing her to almost fall back again - fortunately Xu Ming was quick-witted and caught her.

It was not until she was helped to stand up that she was shocked to find that the monster was far more than just a human face - behind its neck was a long, worm-like body, covered with links, like countless stacked Michelin tires. From Kuai Le's perspective, she could also see countless tiny insect legs under the body. What

's even more weird is that it was wearing shoes... How did it put them on?

Kuai Le complained in her heart, and heard Xu Ming's confirming voice in her ears: "The mutated spirit you just mentioned... is this it?"

Kuai Le: "..."

How do I know, I haven't seen it with my own eyes! I heard it from your aunt! I am the same as you, and I have always walked on the path cleared

by your aunt! "...Go upstairs and avoid its sight." Kuai Le gritted her teeth, trying to stay calm, vowing to keep her last bit of reliable image in front of the younger generation. Maybe it was because of the stimulation, but now she is more energetic than before, and the information she heard from Xu Zhuangyan before is also recalled more clearly.

"These are assimilated aliens, they have low IQs, they can only rush, not open doors!"

Before she finished speaking, Xu Ming had already skillfully carried her on his back and quickly went upstairs along the stairs. The moment he hid on the stairs, the crashing sounds below stopped abruptly.

This small villa has two floors. Going up the stairs is an enclosed balcony, which is very exquisitely decorated. Xu Ming put Kuai Le on the swing rattan chair, moved to the window, looked down, and immediately gasped.

He saw that the street below was already crawling with the monsters he had just seen.

Deformed, twisted, and disgusting, the overall style was very consistent with the road he had walked before - full of a kind of random arrangement and combination of elements, with no regard for the lives of others.

Opposite the villa is an open-air station. Under the roof of the station stood a middle-aged man with ragged clothes and empty eyes. He looked like an ordinary spirit.

He seemed to be completely unaware of the changes in the outside world, just standing there blankly. Just then, a huge shadow passed by, with a huge, dull human face, and behind it was a bus-like body.

Noticing this soul standing there, the "bus" stopped immediately. The door opened, and the long tongue rolled up, and in a blink of an eye, the middle-aged man was rolled inside. The door closed immediately, and the whole car shook, making a chewing sound.

"......!"

Closing his mouth reflexively, Xu Ming took a step back cautiously. Seeing that the "bus" finished eating one and began to look around again, he quickly squatted down again to avoid attracting the attention of those monsters again.

...So what is the situation now? Isn't it said that there are rarely mutated spirits in this area? Did Kuai Le and Auntie make a mistake, or...

Xu Ming tried hard to think, and was about to take another look at Kuai Le and ask about the situation, but his peripheral vision unconsciously swept across the tile beside him - and then the movement paused.

He slowly turned his head and looked at the tile thoroughly. Xu Ming saw it clearly this time.

On the surface of the tile was her blurry reflection.

And now, that reflection was waving at her.

- On the other side, Kuai Le was not idle either.

Things have developed to this point, even if she died, she would not be able to die in peace. Kuai Le tried hard to stand up, and she actually stood up. She stood up shakily with the support of the swing, and when she looked out the window, she couldn't help but gasp.

"What's going on?!" She asked the same question as Xu Ming from the bottom of her heart, "Didn't they say there weren't so many monsters in this area?"

Where did they all come from? !

Xu Ming, who was squatting on the ground, suddenly sat down. After a moment, he rubbed his forehead and raised his hands tremblingly.

"I think I may know the answer."

She whispered and stood up with the help of the wall. She took out her rule book from her bag, flipped through it casually, and showed it to the stunned Kuai Le.

The originally garbled words on it were trembling in lines like tadpoles, and at the same time, they gradually became clear again.

"Just like you said." Xu Ming shook his head, "My soul outside actually came back by itself."

Happiness: ...

She didn't have time to be happy, she quickly grabbed Xu Ming's hand and looked out again - Sure enough, as the person who "holds" the key, what she saw was different. At the end of the street, there was a shadowy building.

She couldn't be sure if that was the refreshed exit, but she knew that there was no time to hesitate now -

the situation was clear, those monsters were here to stop Xu Ming. But she was sure that the existence behind the door would never rely on them alone to stop Xu Ming.

"Do you have any rules that I can use?" Happy bit his lip anxiously. "If I rely on myself, I'm afraid I can't delay them for too long. If you can strengthen it for me... Never mind, let's take it one step at a time. Just remember what I said to you."

"Remember." Xu Ming said immediately. He had taken out a pen and was quickly scribbling on the blank page of the book. "But if you mean the last part, I still say the same thing."

"Not happy."

... Hey!

Happy could hardly resist the urge to roll his eyes. He turned around and was about to speak, but saw Xu Ming raised his hands and opened the rule book for him again.

"And it's not necessary." Xu Ming said.

On the page in front of him was a scribbled outline of a house.

"My aunt said that you should do your own thing." Xu Ming said, "I can include people with work badges in the rule book. I'm not sure if this can save you, but I think we should at least try. What do you think?"

"..." Happy opened her mouth slightly.

After a two-second pause, she spoke again, still hesitant: "But then, I can't help you at all."

"You've helped enough." Xu Ming handed the rule book to her again.

Happy: "..."

The thought of wanting to live finally prevailed. Before being sucked into the rule book, the last thought in her mind was that the pickpocket was right.

This form of casting spells, like the magic book, is indeed very cool.