Chapter 30: The Race Named Huo Gu
Lin Ling’s one sentence directly made Li Jiahong’s heartbeat drop to the valley bottom, staying at the bottom for a long time, his heart already half cold, and after blinking, his dazed gaze rippled slightly, the man’s voice dryly said: “It… you say it will come back?”
“Not without this possibility.” Lin Ling gave a relatively vague answer.
“It will definitely come back.” Just as Li Jiahong’s emotions were fluctuating, Wei Jiang’s voice suddenly appeared behind Li Jiahong.
Li Jiahong’s heart jolted, he abruptly turned his head to look, and discovered that the big man in red clothes had moved behind him at some point.
Ever since discovering that this small shop was unusual, he had clearly been very alert, even during his serious communication with Lin Ling, he hadn’t relaxed his hearing, and as long as he heard any anomalous footsteps approaching him, he would immediately react, but now it seemed his plan had failed?
No! This person simply had no footsteps!
Li Jiahong began to break out in cold sweat, he didn’t understand what principle Wei Jiang’s silent footsteps were based on, but precisely this incomprehensibility brought a trace of chilling panic upon careful thought, his brain began to recall his previous interactions with Wei Jiang, and it was only at this moment that he slowly realized that when Wei Jiang had led the way before, it also seemed like his feet didn’t touch the ground?
He didn’t know if it was the panic making his brain feedback a false memory, or if the fact was truly so, he now had the urge to escape immediately.
But thinking of what Wei Jiang had just said, and the other’s current serious appearance, he had to endure his own timidity, at least to hear the other’s explanation to the end.
“You mentioned an anomaly called Huo Gu before, right?” Wei Jiang said with a trace of complex reminiscence, his breathing steady, “Huo Gu is a timid mad being, raising young is actually not their preference, they just have reasons they must do so, it is said that the Huo Gu race gained infinite lifespan in the development of their unique civilization, but fortune and misfortune are interdependent, when God opens a window for you, he also closes a door, this race lost the ability to reproduce the race and the ability to self-heal.
This situation also led to Huo Gu this being, even possessing physical qualities far superior to humans, they are still very afraid of death. And to compete for resources in the universe, to ensure their race can operate normally, they extended their demonic claws towards other civilizations in the universe that were still weak, using what we see as the so-called ritual of wishing, which is actually a signal matrix to contact them, through the ritual doing an actually unequal ‘equivalent exchange’ with other cosmic races.
They give the ritual performer what they want, and in turn they take away what they want, that is, the child, a three-year-old human child seems to be the most suitable age for adoption in the human race to them… they will raise foreign race children into spokespersons, war or labor machines.”
Listening to those horrifying descriptions from Wei Jiang’s mouth, Li Jiahong for a moment didn’t know if he himself had gone mad, or if the man in front of him talking so eloquently had gone mad, but the other’s confident appearance didn’t seem like he was making things up, this couldn’t help but make him consider that if this was the fact, then his child’s environment would be even more adverse than he imagined, probably facing more peril than safety.
“These… how do you know all this?” Li Jiahong felt his brain in chaos, his breathing also becoming labored.
Wei Jiang calmly said: “I once communicated with someone who escaped from Huo Gu’s side.”
“Where is he!?” Li Jiahong gripped the feather tightly, excitedly standing up to ask.
Wei Jiang said with a face full of regret: “Very regrettably, my last communication with him was shortly before his death, he should now be resting in peace.”
Saying this, Wei Jiang then continued with a serious expression, saying: “And the reason I firmly believe they will return is precisely because I have met those humans who once directly saw Huo Gu’s true appearance, without exception they all died unnaturally in the end, including the person I just mentioned, he only briefly enjoyed a moment of freedom, and in the end still couldn’t escape death.
If they realize that in the ritual of wishing your wife participated in back then, there was someone who witnessed their being and is still alive to this day, they will definitely come again.”
Lin Ling listened with great interest to the knowledge Wei Jiang supplemented, and lightly laughed at the bewildered and helpless Li Jiahong: “Things are like this, Mr. Li.”
Li Jiahong looked at the feather in his hand, then at Lin Ling and Wei Jiang, holding up the feather to ask Lin Ling: “What effect does this feather have, is it an amulet?”
“It is indeed an amulet.” Lin Ling nodded, smiling as he said, “But remember one thing, the feather has a usage period, when you find the second feather, you need to return the feather, remember all feathers, before finding the third feather.”
“No fixed date?”
“Yes, the usage period varies from person to person.” Lin Ling showed a troubled appearance, saying.
Seeing Lin Ling’s distressed look, Li Jiahong’s eyelids twitched slightly, and he asked again: “If you don’t return the feather in time, what happens?”
“Family scattered and destroyed.” Lin Ling said word by word.
Li Jiahong’s ears echoed with Lin Ling’s final admonition, after paying the rental deposit for the feather, with a wooden expression he prepared to leave.
“Mr. Li.” Before Li Jiahong left, Wei Jiang called him again, and handed him a business card with a red ghost mask, Wei Jiang said, “I left an address and a string of numbers on it, although that person is already dead, that was the place he once lived, perhaps some clues can be found… if you still want to understand things related to Huo Gu, you can inquire with the owner of that string of numbers, if she asks who you are, report the name of this small shop, she will understand.”
Li Jiahong took the business card, and upon touching Wei Jiang’s fingertip felt a faint anomalous chill, his whole body shuddered, seeing the concern in Wei Jiang’s gaze, his mind suddenly cleared a bit, and he said: “Thank you, Mr. Wei.”
Thinking of his previous suspicions and guesses about Wei Jiang, he felt a bit apologetic inside, overcome with guilt.
Wei Jiang smiled and shook his head, nodded slightly, cupped his fists to see off the guest: “Welcome to come again next time.”
After seeing off the guest, Wei Jiang turned to solemnly apologize to Lin Ling: “Sorry boss, I did something extra just now.”
“Ah, why apologize?” Lin Ling, who had just taken a pack of pork jerky from the refrigerator, was stunned upon hearing this, puzzled: “Didn’t you do pretty well? Now it’s spotless, and I’m still leisurely.”
“Uh, I mean I interjected a few words while you were discussing business with the guest.” Wei Jiang scratched his head a bit sheepishly.
Lin Ling suddenly understood, squeezing his forehead wrinkles, laughed: “So that’s it, then you don’t need to mind, receiving guests is also part of your work from now on, and what you wanted to say is exactly what the guest wanted to know, answering guests’ questions is also within the business scope of our small shop.”
Wei Jiang still felt it was somewhat improper, seriously said: “Although you may not mind, I still feel it’s not quite right, in the future I will try my best to restrain myself… after all, I am no longer a mystic investigator, no longer human, some things can’t be done like before.” As he spoke with some emotion, he touched his abdomen, which was empty inside.
Lin Ling looked at Wei Jiang’s expression with an appreciative gaze, as if recording the other’s current manner of expressing emotions.
Then, Wei Jiang looked a bit embarrassed again, saying: “Also boss, I’ve only been working a few days, and I casually gave out my business card, although it’s a function written in the contract, but isn’t this still a bit inappropriate?”
“This is your personal choice, I won’t stop it.” Lin Ling chuckled, mysteriously winked at Wei Jiang, “Besides, I granted you these eyes, you actually know very well what kind of person is worth you giving a business card to.”
Wei Jiang’s eyes lit up slightly in response, a point of scarlet light flickering in his pupils, these eyes allowed him to see a life’s merits and sins.
Not a 2-in-1 today, split into two updates, there will be another slightly later.
