Chapter 175: True Form
Yu Lianyun felt very tired in her heart. She looked at the few people gathered on site, speechless.
An investigator turned Sacrificer, a fugitive anomaly wanted criminal, a human who died and came back to life, and a mad reporter preparing to summon the Inverted Creator……the “people” before her eyes, no matter which one, as a Mystic Investigator responsible for maintaining the stability of human society, she seemed obligated to arrest them all, no, even executing them on the spot would be fine.
When her personal consciousness was inexplicably brought into the forest cabin, seeing the other “guests” equally bewildered and pulled into the small dwelling, as well as Boss Lin with his face full of kind smile, Yu Lianyun had a premonition that something big was wrong, and upon learning from the mastermind Chen Xiaolin about Li Duojin’s change, and her mad plan, she couldn’t help but tremble all over.
However, personal power was insufficient to resist these guys whose minds had already undergone some pathological change.
After hearing Chen Xiaolin’s idea, Drake and Xin Junmao agreed directly without thinking.
Li Duojin remained silent, just looking at Yu Lianyun, his gaze devoid of desire or demand, as if he had thrown his own life and death to the others, essentially acquiescing.
No matter how Yu Lianyun opposed, it was futile. Helplessly, she could only join them, but she made the sole demand that they at least go to a place with few people to hold the ritual, and everyone agreed.
Seeing that everyone had “agreed,” Chen Xiaolin decided to set the location on a certain mountain in the suburbs of Magic City, where there was an undeveloped area, the scenery was not great, and humans rarely set foot there, perfectly suited for doing such a dangerous thing.
“Captain Yu, when will my wanted notice be taken down?” While Li Duojin was arranging a eerie ritual around according to the forbidden knowledge that had somehow flowed into his brain, Drake struck up a conversation with Yu Lianyun.
“It can’t be taken down, probably have to wait until you’re dead.” Yu Lianyun said grumpily, “If people find out you’re doing this now, the efforts to pursue you will only intensify, and you’ll have to live the rest of your life changing your appearance and name.”
Drake was stunned for a moment, then forced a dry laugh, not knowing what to say.
When Yu Lianyun’s unkind line of sight shifted to Xin Junmao who was secretly smirking on the other side, Xin Junmao also froze directly, lowered his head, his eyes evasive.
“Too lazy to talk about you, you know your own situation clearly.” Yu Lianyun stretched out her finger, then sighed and put it down, shaking her head repeatedly, “I can only tell you, raise your parents yourself, I’ll at most help watch over the two elders’ bodies a bit, and don’t think you’re doing anything great.”
Xin Junmao kept his head down, looking at the face of Miss Zhao that appeared in his palm with complex eyes. Seeing that face about to move its mouth, he immediately clasped his hands together and said: “I naturally know I’m not doing anything great, I just feel this is the only thing I can do at the moment.”
As he spoke, he took out a brightly colored Bloodstone Comb from his bosom, his voice low, “That day, if she hadn’t fulfilled my wish, I know I couldn’t have lived until now…”
Watching his own hand suddenly sprout flesh buds, growing into a flesh-and-blood female body without skin, Xin Junmao acted as if it were commonplace, calmly saying: “I am now Miss Zhao’s Executioner, to care for Her, protect Her……and restrict Her.”
“You still have one thing to do.” A layer of fair smooth skin emerged on the surface of the flesh-and-blood female body, turning into a voluptuous, alluring beauty. She leaned close to Xin Junmao, her sharp fingertip lightly lifting his chin, “That is to strive to live for me, otherwise, die for me.”
Miss Zhao giggled alluringly, laughing so hard her body shook, her mouth cracked open, fangs densely lining her mouth.
Yu Lianyun watched the “sweet” interaction between the human and the Abnormal God, frowning deeply. This was a grotesque “love” that even novels couldn’t write.
“Alright.” Li Duojin clutched his forehead. As time passed, the eerie mark on his back grew increasingly hot, and the forbidden knowledge that came from who knows where, surging like tides to fill his puny human brain, slowly stripped away his human emotions and reason.
He was now increasingly unsure if he could still “pretend” to perform the ritual and trick Kong Mo into appearing. He only felt that he might lose his mind midway and “do the act for real.”
If it were just him and Chen Xiaolin, Li Duojin absolutely wouldn’t agree to do such a thing, and he would unhesitatingly eliminate himself when he could no longer persevere with his reason.
The others also noticed Li Duojin’s anomaly, but everyone saw it in their eyes and kept it in their hearts. They didn’t say it, but would continue to pay attention to Li Duojin’s state to prevent him from truly committing an unforgivable sin.
Following Li Duojin’s requirements, Chen Xiaolin took off her shoes, sat cross-legged barefoot in the core position of an eyes pattern in the strange magic array. She looked at Li Duojin’s unusually cold eyes, her toes tensing and clenching together.
She had boldly proposed this plan and voluntarily offered herself as the sacrifice, but that didn’t mean her heart was really that big. It was just the only method she could think of to find Kong Mo. Only if Kong Mo appeared would there be a chance to expel it from the human world.
Li Duojin glanced at Yu Lianyun and the others outside the ritual magic array, hoarsely saying: “Next, I’ll leave it to you.” The last glimmer of rationality flashed in his eyes.
Then, Li Duojin was like a soulless puppet, his head suddenly drooping down. He began smacking his lips, spitting out meaningless breaths, and finally the vocal organs in his mouth moved chaotically, lengthy strange syllables combining into a whisper seemingly from the Netherworld Abyss.
The pitch of the whisper rose higher and higher, the volume growing louder. He gnashed his teeth, opening a pair of white eyes, suddenly drawing a gleaming dagger from his waist and striding toward Chen Xiaolin.
Yu Lianyun, Drake, and Xin Junmao stood by, watching Li Duojin’s dangerous actions while paying attention to the commotion in the surroundings. Yu Lianyun secretly clenched her fist. She knew she must stay calm now and absolutely could not immediately destroy this ritual.
“Kong Mo can escape into a different space, moving in that different space we can’t see, but that different space is not the Inner World. I didn’t see it.” Xin Junmao shook his head. As a living dead man whose five senses could only perceive the Inner World but lived in reality, he saw no anomalies.
Drake slowly manifested merman features, relying on the merman’s superhuman senses, but also failed to find any trace of Kong Mo.
“It must be here, I feel it.” Yu Lianyun scratched at the bristling pores on her arm. Her inspiration was alerting her.
“There!” Yu Lianyun instantly unleashed her own inspiration, intense and keen. A sense of the unknown, existing yet not actually existing, was guiding her.
It was also in this instant, as if an evil beast had scented delicious food and could no longer suppress its beastly nature, it stirred restlessly. The sunrise that should have risen was suddenly shrouded by a massive thick dark clouds, followed by an upside-down giant emerging from the cloud layer, its body gradually splitting, turning into a massive stomach sac wrapped by strips of intestines…
