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Chapter 183 Sarah's Song (8)
Although Qi Ning's handwriting is very soulful, he has to say that he is a very reliable friend.
Xiao Lan and the others were struggling to find the conversion to the forest, and Qi Ning had already given clues.
Xiao Lan put away the note left by Qi Ning: "It's not too late, let's leave early to avoid any accident."
Wang Teddy nodded: "The closer you are to Sarah, the more dangerous it is. You can't let him be in there alone."
The three immediately prepared to act and walked towards the outside.
Suddenly, their movements stopped neatly and turned their heads at the same time.
I saw a familiar head appear again by the window.
It was the long-necked guy who secretly watched Xiao Lan outside the window before. Now he stared at the people indoors with the same malicious smile as before, and said in a hoarse voice: "You...all will...die..."
As he said that, he opened his mouth and gnawed on the glass, making a crunching sound.
No attention was paid to public health and personal image.
Xiao Lan frowned, why did this guy come back?
It seems that he was too gentle with him last time, which gave him the courage to dance on top of social people.
Before Xiao Lan could move, Luo had already rushed over like a gust of wind.
He grabbed the long neck's hair and pulled his neck into the room.
I don't know how long this guy's neck is, and he still can't see his body after pulling it in for a long time.
Luo didn't want to pull him all over.
I saw Luo move his slender fingers like a handicraft, and quickly and quickly tied his long neck into an artistic twist.
Of course, it is the kind of artistic atmosphere exclusive to Luo.
Luo said to him with an elegant smile that seemed to welcome a distinguished guest: "Can I trouble you to be quiet?"
But behind this smile was a murderous aura that almost turned into reality.
"Cough..." The long neck made an uncomfortable sound.
He suddenly felt that these strangers seemed to be different today, just...the kind that were especially cruel...
He seemed to have picked the wrong time to trouble them.
Then a black bone blade coldly poked at the tip of his nose.
The knife exuded an uneasy aura, which made him not dare to move at all, as if he could feel the gate of heaven just by touching it.
Xiao Lan slid the sword up along the bridge of the nose of the long neck, and came to the center of the eyebrows: "If you can't learn to be quiet, we may use a little rougher technique. For example, bury you directly in the soil, so that you will never be able to Melted with Sarah."
The so-called "snake hit seven inches".
For these townspeople who are superstitious about Sarah, it is far better to threaten their personal safety than to use everything related to Sarah as a threat.
Sure enough, hearing "I can never be one with Sarah", the eyes of the long neck were full of fear.
No, these odious strangers, how could they do this? ! !
It seemed that he heard his voice.
Wang Teddy took out a shovel from the storage space. It didn't look gorgeous and didn't look like it was used for digging, but it was indeed a shovel.
Wang Teddy held the shovel and weighed it lightly in his hand.
He smiled as he approached the long neck.
At the same time, he kept looking at the twisted neck of his long neck, as if he was thinking about where to bury him.
Xiao Lan asked with a smile: "So, can you please keep quiet?"
The long-necked terrified eyes swept across the three smiling people.
In the dark interior, only the firelight from the sky can illuminate them, making them look like evil spirits.
Long Neck felt as if he was standing at the gates of hell.
He nodded violently, his hair tossing like a rock artist.
Then, he hurriedly stepped out of the window, and his twisted neck accidentally hung on the bulge by the window, making him sweat profusely, and finally managed to escape.
The long neck did not dare to retract his head.
Hey, the stranger is so scary, he is just a weak and humble long neck.
He decided to stab himself after undoing his neck and feel Sarah's warmth and care.
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After leaving the hotel, the three looked for the mark left by Qi Ning and walked forward.
It was already dark at this time, but the town was still not quiet.
Some townspeople who hadn't seen it before showed up.
They are more serious than the limb alienation seen during the day, and some are even unable to walk, and can only move forward on the ground like snakes.
Their mental state is also more abnormal than that of the townspeople during the day.
These people's eyes are more fierce and aggressive. Anyone who walks past them will be attacked, whether it is a stranger like Xiao Lan or the others, or people from the same town, or just a dead branch. .
These nocturnal townspeople are like wild beasts who only know how to attack, wreaking havoc in the town at night.
Even the other inhabitants have to avoid these people.
Xiao Lan had just dodged an attack by a townsman at night.
Sarah's voice came out again.
The townspeople's manic attack suddenly listened to them. They closed their eyes and looked intoxicated, as if they were addicted to Sarah's beautiful singing.
This time, Xiao Lan felt that a complete picture appeared in front of him. Although it was still illogical, it started to move like an old movie.
Xiao Lan suddenly felt bad in his heart, this voice sounded more and more pleasing to his ears.
It's still not beautiful, but the rhythm is really close to singing!
Wang Teddy also looked solemn: "Why does it feel better and better?"
The two exchanged glances, and both had the same thoughts in their hearts.
If it goes on like this, they will become more and more dangerous.
Wang Teddy frowned: "The Song of Sarah appeared not long ago, why is it here again? Is this irregular?"
Xiao Lan said: "If he is interested and is going to hold a concert, wouldn't we be doomed."
Wang Teddy made up for the picture in his head, with horror in his eyes: "Fuck..."
Xiao Lan looked at the still townspeople around him: "Let's go quickly, or we really have to stay and call him."
The pace of the three of them went a little faster.
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Qi Ning's mark went all the way through the small town of Mona and came to a remote and desolate no-man's land.
Finally, he left the town directly and pointed to the forest outside.
Gradually, they came to an area different from the tree species around the town.
The trees in the forest were pitch-black and looked as if they had withered.
This is the kind of tree that Xiao Lan has seen before, which cannot be ignited by mountain fires.
But here, the trees are more numerous, so densely packed that it is almost pitch black from a distance.
Wang Teddy said, "Is this the conversion forest?"
Luo pointed to the mark extending into the depths of the forest not far away: "It looks like it is, maybe what we want to look for is in it."
As soon as the three of them stepped into this black forest, everything around them suddenly fell silent.
All the sounds that could be heard on the road before disappeared, whether it was the distant mountain fire, the sound of the branches and leaves rubbing, or the rare insects, there was nothing in this forest, only a dead silence belonged here.
Xiao Lan landed with one foot, and the ground made a slight crunch.
He moved his foot away and saw that what he stepped on was a piece of bone that was dry and brittle.
Combined with the frescoes and materials seen before, it is self-evident who these bones came from.
But what Xiao Lan didn't expect was that now he had just stepped into the forest, and a body had already appeared. If he went deeper into it, how many would there be?
The three continued to advance in the conversion forest.
The forest was still silent, except for their footsteps and the occasional sound of broken branches and broken bones.
When they reached a certain point, Qi Ning's mark disappeared, making them not know where to go for a while.
Suddenly, a childish singing sounded.
"Mum was lying at the bottom of the well and Dad was hanging on the tree.
Mom and Dad are gone, who will play with me..."
The child's crisp voice and eerie lyrics echoed in the dark forest.
This kind of singing did not bring the slightest sense of cuteness, but added a touch of gloom and horror.
Xiao Lan raised their guard and walked over more cautiously.
After bypassing a dense tree trunk, a figure appeared in front.
This is still an acquaintance-
The crazy bearded man who lived in the same hotel as them.
At this moment, the man used a sharp tool to cut a long wound on his limbs.
The wound was deep, and it was almost cut to the bone. The muscles of the wound were rolled up, and a large amount of blood flowed out of it, staining the nearby ground with a layer of blood.
He also found a hemp rope to hang his neck from the tree.
At this moment, his neck was twisted, but his body was motionless, obviously dead.
But he did have an exaggerated smile of ecstasy on his face.
The smile solidified on his face like a mask, as if he was seeing the most exciting scene in the world.
The corpse was hanging in the woods in a strange way, motionless, looking terrifying and inexplicable.
Beside the corpse, a little girl was sitting alone on a tree stump.
While playing with a branch, she hummed the nursery rhyme they had just heard, without any fear.
"Mom and dad are gone, who, come, accompany, me, play..." The little girl raised her head as she sang.
This is also their acquaintance, she is the daughter brought by the bearded man, and she once revealed to them the reason why her father came to the town of Mona.
Although the picture was a little scary, Xiao Lan squatted down to talk to her: "Little sister, why are you here?"
The little girl said, "Dad is coming here."
Xiao Lan asked, "Did he bring you here?"
The little girl shook her head, then nodded again.
Makes it hard to understand what she meant.
Then the little girl said, "Dad came here, so I can only come here."
At this moment, Xiao Lan suddenly had a strange feeling.
This term seems a bit familiar...
The little girl raised her head and looked at Xiao Lan, with a rare look of apprehension: "Brother, can you tell me a story, just one. Dad hasn't told me a story for a long time since Mom was gone..."
Her tiny hands were clenched tightly, as if afraid of rejection.
But the moment the little girl looked up, Xiao Lan saw her neck.
There is a deep streak on the thin neck, and the strength seems to be strangling the neck.
If it is a normal human being, it is impossible to speak freely with such an injury.
All sorts of weird signs seemed to indicate that the little girl was dead.
Maybe she was already dead, or someday, or... at the very beginning of her encounter with them.
Thinking about it carefully, the bearded man has never looked at his daughter or said a word to her.
He was just immersed in his own world, turning a blind eye to everything.
Although it can be explained by the fact that the spirit of the beard is not normal.
But how can such a small child survive in this crazy town?
Can a child really survive on those weird hotel food?
She followed her father all the time, but he never paid attention to her.
Is it because he can't see her at all?
And the reason why she followed her father was because... this is the one who killed her?
Xiao Lan met the little girl's eyes, those eyes were clean and clear, with vague hope.
But now, they need to hurry up...
"Then, do you want candy?" A hand stretched out, with a beautifully packaged candy on it.
It was Luo, he came over and squatted in front of the little girl and gave her a candy.
Luo often prepares some snacks on his body, which is convenient for feeding his husband at any time, although there is almost no chance that it will come in handy.
The little girl's eyes were bright, she reached out and held the candy: "What a beautiful candy, can I, can I eat it?"
Luo smiled and said, "It's for you."
The little girl smiled for the first time, and the smile was sweet and full of cuteness that belonged to her age.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Lan exchanged glances with Wang Taidi who was behind him. Wang Taidi nodded at him.
Xiao Lan then told the little girl a story.
He doesn't have any romantic elements, and he is talking about his own experience in the copy. It is more appropriate to say that this is a fairy tale for children, and it is more appropriate to say that it can cure children from crying at night.
But the little girl listened very seriously, as if Xiao Lan was the most powerful storyteller in the world.
After listening to the story, the little girl's eyes were bright: "It's so nice outside...there's a big ship..."
Speaking of which, she was a little frustrated again: "I don't like it here...but I can't live without it..."
The little girl's head bowed, and the woods were silent for a while.
After a while, the little girl raised her arm and pointed in one direction.
She said softly, "Dad wanted to go there. He said he could be one with Sara when he went there, but when he came here he heard Sara singing, and then he couldn't control himself."
"Goodbye..." After saying that, the little girl disappeared.
A beautiful candy fell from the sky and fell on the ground covered with dead branches and rotten leaves.
As the girl's small body disappeared, the mark left by Qi Ning appeared where she was sitting.
If they had chosen to ignore the little girl before, they would have missed this mark, and they would have spent a lot of time looking for Qi Ning in this eerie forest.
Xiao Lan stretched out his hand, picked up a few dead leaves and covered the candy.
He didn't choose to take the sugar away, because it was meant to be a gift for her.
Just let it stay here and accompany this lonely and pitiful little girl.
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After finding a new mark, the group continued to follow the clues left by Qi Ning.
There is a rancid smell in the air, which is only produced when the meat is **, a strong smell.
And the further you go, the stronger the smell, and you don't know how many corpses are buried in this forest.
Some corpses that have been turned into dead bones lie in the forest like this, and are gradually buried by fallen leaves.
Suddenly, the sound of fighting came from the front.
Then, a monster on all fours, somewhat humanoid-like, but with no strands on its body charged towards them.
Its skin is twisted all over, like a monster made of tree roots.
The humanoid monster has lost its mind. It saw someone blocking the road ahead, and without hesitation, it raised its sharp claws and attacked them.
The first to bear the brunt is Xiao Lan.
Xiao Lan was also rude, raised his hand and swung a stick at the monster's head.
Under Xiao Lan's strong blow, the monster's head sank, and the entire body was knocked to the side.
But his body seemed to have some kind of toughness, but he didn't lose his ability to move after landing, and was shaking and trying to get up and attack again.
Xiao Lan was a little surprised, and planned to change the knife and strike again.
At this time, a silver streamer flew from a distance, drew sharp lines in the air, and suddenly plunged into the monster's head.
The silver light was thin, but it was very powerful, and it directly punched a fist-sized hole in its head.
The monster's limbs twitched, then stopped moving.
From the hole in his head, he could vaguely see the appearance of a scalpel.
Xiao Lan looked in the direction of the flying silver light.
There came a figure, a dark body with only snow-white hair and a beak mask.
Isn't this the Qi Ning they were looking for?
Qi Ning walked over slowly, her voice still with the usual weak feeling of lack of qi and blood: "Sorry, I let my prey disturb you."
Xiao Lan waved at him: "This scene seems familiar."
In Mrs. Bella's manor, Xiao Lan also encountered Qi Ning hunting by chance. What happened at that time was similar to what happened now, but now the two are friends, and Xiao Lan's ability is far beyond that of the day.
Qi Ning laughed a few times: "Haha, it was almost two years ago, I really miss it when I recall it."
Xiao Lan looked at his appearance, and it seemed that there was no injury: "Are you okay? What happened before that made you leave in such a hurry?"
"It's alright." Qi Ning waved his hand, and then talked about what happened before, "I got back to the hotel early and was waiting for you in my room. Not long after the latest Sara's song appeared, I heard Cen Wei's voice, he's directing me to convert to the forest."
"Oh, it's very interesting to know that Cen Wei is used to deceive me." Qi Ning's tone was a little sarcastic towards Sarah, "You should have found the clues related to the conversion of the forest, you don't need me to explain what the conversion of the forest is for, right? "
Xiao Lan nodded: "We all know about the conversion to the forest and the wall of sacrifice."
Qi Ning continued: "I felt that the voice was a clue. I wanted to wait for you to go together. But the voice was getting smaller and smaller. I was afraid that I would not know when it would appear next time, so I followed the guide first. Just a message for you."
Wang Teddy gave him a thumbs up: "You are really a reliable friend."
It would be better if the calligraphy level was more popular.
Qi Ning nodded slightly and accepted the compliment.
Just then, Sarah's song sounded again.
Xiao Lan's eyes suddenly flashed through countless scenes that he had experienced before, causing his emotions to tumble.
Wang Teddy covered his head with his hand, and seemed to feel a strong sense of dizziness.
And Qi Ning's body exuded a cold killing intent.
Several people present couldn't help but look at him.
Qi Ning said calmly: "I saw in a document that Sarah's song will also lead to people's killing, the stronger the original idea, the more it will be amplified, and it will even make people feel impatient. "
Wang Teddy frowned: "I can't wait... Is that why they suddenly attacked my brother?"
Qi Ning said: "Then they have to have murderous intentions towards Wang Ke in the first place. If people don't want to do it, the probability of being motivated to kill is very small. Maybe it is such a hasty action that makes Wang Ke Ke has a chance to survive."
Xiao Lan asked, "What about you?"
Qi Ning laughed in a low voice: "Hehehe... I'm fighting against killing intent all the time. Every minute and every second is no exception. Don't worry, it's not against you."
Everyone knew that his killing intent was aimed at those wanted criminals.
As long as there is one wanted criminal living in the world, Qi Ning's killing intent will never subside.
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After reconciling with Qi Ning, Xiao Lan gave him the [Stone of Pardon] that he had obtained earlier.
Several people moved on after that.
At this time, Qi Ning could no longer hear the call of the voice, so they had no goal when they moved forward.
The location of the sacrifice wall can only be judged in the general direction pointed by the little girl based on luck and the clues left around.
On the way, there were still a lot of alienated monsters attacking from various dark places, all of which were solved by several people.
After a while, the forest ahead became different.
Although it was still a pitch-black forest, there were some tall objects hanging from the trees in this area, which looked like the cocoons of some kind of creature.
Given the size of these cocoons, it's not a problem at all to fit an adult.
"What is this?" Wang Teddy wondered.
He stepped forward, reached out and touched it cautiously, then looked at his hand suspiciously: "Something is moving in it."
Xiao Lan also observed these cocoons.
Some of them look very full, and you can find some slight movement inside, some look very calm, and others are shriveled, or empty inside after opening.
At this time, a word flashed in everyone's mind - sacrifice.
Wang Teddy's hand couldn't help shaking.
Perhaps, the brother he has always wanted to see is in these cocoons!
Soon they will be able to meet and leave this hellish place together!
Wang Teddy tried to keep himself calm: "I want to...try to open one and have a look."
The rest of the people understood his mood and did not express any objection. They just took out their weapons and made a posture of alertness.
After all, what comes out doesn't know what it will be.
The first one to be opened was the one that Wang Teddy felt the movement before.
After opening it, a human-shaped thing slipped out.
But that might not be human, he was naked, half of his face had disappeared into a ball of flesh, and his fingers and toes had grown together. He had already lost consciousness, just twitching instinctively.
However, this is not Wang Ke.
Wang Teddy breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the next one.
The person who appeared this time looked much better, a woman, and even had clothes left on her body.
After the cocoon was opened, she was like someone who was almost drowned, breathing the air outside frantically and coughing from time to time.
"Cough cough... cough..." The woman finally gasped, she raised her head and looked at the people around her, "You are also... players, my name is Lan Qi, thank you."
Wang Taidi nodded: "Yes, we are also players. Although I'm a little sorry to say this, can you please tell us about these cocoons as soon as possible, we... want to find someone."
Lan Qi reluctantly propped herself up and sat up: "Looking for someone... You guys are so courageous..."
"I don't know much about these cocoons... If they are judged to be eligible sacrifices, they will be sent here after losing consciousness. Then they slowly transform in the cocoons, and I can feel the process. "My consciousness is getting weaker and weaker."
Xiao Lan asked, "What are the criteria for judging qualified sacrifices?"
Lan Qi shook his head: "No... I don't know, I suddenly lost consciousness while walking in the forest, and nothing special happened before or after."
Wang Teddy: "Do you know how long it will take to transform?"
Lan Qi thought for a while: "I don't know... It seems that everyone is different. Some people even died during the transformation process. My consciousness has been very vague, and I don't know how long it has passed."
Wang Teddy seemed a little anxious: "Then, do you know what the transformed people will look like? Where will they go?"
Lan Qi said: "I don't know about this, I've just been locked in a cocoon all the time, sorry..."
The atmosphere suddenly became a little tense.
It seems the situation is not as rosy as they had thought.
Wang Teddy opened several cocoons one after another.
But the inside is either unconscious or empty, and there is no trace of Wang Ke at all.
Wang Teddy rubbed a handful of his little curly hair a little uneasily and continued to walk forward.
Suddenly, his footsteps stopped.
Not far ahead, next to a cocoon that had been opened, a knife fell.
A bloody long knife.
This knife has stood in front of Wang Teddy countless times, resisting all kinds of dangers for him.
Accompanied by a familiar back.
But now, the knife is still there, but the man has disappeared.
Wang Teddy's breathing suddenly stagnated.
He rushed forward in disbelief, and ripped open the shriveled callus with both hands.
The cocoon split in half under his strength, and found in itβ
A pile of bones.
The skeletons were piled up in a mess, like unclaimed debris.
Even a complete human form is difficult to distinguish.
Wang Teddy's eyes widened: "impossible...impossible...he is still alive..."
With trembling hands, he took out the pendant that recorded Wang Ke's life and death. In the dark forest, he could see that the pendant was still glowing faintly, reflecting the bones in front of him, which was extremely ironic.
Wang Teddy's eyes turned red, and his lips trembled: "Could it be... Are you lying to me?"
Could it be that the pendant that my brother gave him can't show his vitality at all, is it just a hoax to comfort him?
Did Wang Ke have long thought that if something happened to him, he would weave a false hope for his brother so that he would not despair.
A sense of despair and absurdity hit Wang Teddy's heart, almost crushing him.
He worked so hard to become stronger, almost selflessly squeezing his potential, just to save his brother.
However, if my brother is already dead, what's the point of everything?
What's the point of him trying so hard? ! !
At this time, Qi Ning stepped forward, approached the opened cocoon, and checked the pile of bones.
After a while, he withdrew his hand, and his tone was quite calm: "Don't cry in a hurry. Judging from the size of the tibia, this person should be over 1.8 meters tall. He can't be Wang Ke."
The conclusion from the doctor is professional, reliable and very trustworthy.
Wang Teddy's tears stopped: "..."
That's right, his brother isn't that tall, so he wouldn't be 1.8 meters tall with three booster pads.