Strange rules: starting with a white-haired beauty

"Lily, how's the situation inside?" Lan Zhirou asked aloud about the "light spot" beside her.

"From the analysis of thermal imaging and motion sensing, there should be nothing inside." The light spot flashed, and Lily's voice came from Lan Zhirou's mind, "But because of this, something seems wrong. …”

"Something's wrong?" Lan Zhirou narrowed her eyes, "You mean this is a reptile house, but there's nothing there?"

"Yes, master, doesn't it feel strange?"

"You're here, let's go in and take a look." Lan Zhirou shrugged. Even if the rules on the door were correct, someone would have to bear the cost of breaking the rules for her. This bad talent can just be used to some extent. Let it work.

Ever since, she has also given full play to the historical and traditional performing arts of the people of the Dragon Kingdom - she has come all the way.

When she passed by the wooden board, Lan Zhirou discovered that something seemed to be wrong. The rules seemed to be newly posted, and they were different from other places. There was still something left on the wooden sign. Marks of torn paper.

The door structure of the Reptile House is similar to the antique wooden doors of some museums. It seems that the Reptile House is no longer open to the public. At this time, the door of the Reptile House is closed. Lan Zhirou gently pushed it with her hand. The door made a strange noise and then slowly opened.

At this time, the reptile museum was indeed empty. There were no animals in the exhibition areas behind various tempered glass shields, which was the same as Lily's inspection results.

Not only the animals, there are not even half a human being in the museum.

There was the sound of Lan Zhirou's footsteps in the empty corridor.

When she walked to the center of the main hall, a hoarse female voice appeared in her ears, saying to her: "Welcome."

Lan Zhirou followed the direction of the voice and looked over. What appeared in her field of vision was a woman wearing a hat and wrapped tightly... Although her appearance and body were severely distorted, Lan Zhirou was still She could vaguely tell that it was definitely a woman, and Lan Zhirou could vaguely see that she seemed to be wearing a Hawaiian shirt.

"Master, be careful, this person is not human." Lily's condensed light flashed around Lan Zhirou and reminded her.

"Nonsense... Of course I know..." Lan Zhirou's hand was already on the holster of her pistol, ready to attack the creature in front of her at any time... I don't know what species it is, but it speaks human language.

"Before you shoot, how about you listen to what I have to say? It doesn't matter if you decide whether to take out your pistol at that time." The "humanoid creature" seemed very calm and continued to say, "I'm already here I have been waiting for you here for a long time, from the first second you came in here, I have been waiting for you to come here."

"What...?" Lan Zhirou was stunned for a moment after hearing her words, but her hand was still in a position where she could pull out the gun at any time, and she did not relax her vigilance, "Are you waiting for me?"

"Yes, I have been here for two years. Don't you want to know where this is?" She slowly took off her hat, revealing a completely hairless scalp and extremely dark skin, "You You are right to worry, I am indeed not human."

"The Reptile House was originally part of the Abyss, but that's no longer the case."

"I have been aware of your presence from the moment you touched the diary I left behind."

"Diary...?" Lan Zhirou remembered the diary she had seen before, and compared it with the appearance of the "humanoid creature" in front of her, and suddenly came to a strange inference in her heart, "You... ate your sister The one who died...so you are a Wendigo now...?"

"That's right... Although I wasn't the one who killed my sister, what I did was no different from killing her..." The Wendigo girl showed a helpless smile, "As you can see, I am now It’s definitely a Wendigo already.”

"You are a Wendigo, but you still retain your own will and have not been eroded by bloodthirsty desire? Why do I not believe it so much." Lan Zhirou heard the Wendigo's explanation. Not only did she not feel relieved, but her nerves were also Even tighter.

According to legend, the Wendigo is a creature that can imitate any language it hears, and can use its imitated language to trick humans.

"When I first saw this place, I was on the verge of becoming a Wendigo, but I entered the reptile house and violated the rules. I should have been swallowed by this zoological and botanical garden. But I was no longer a human being at that time. As soon as its will entered my body, it was completely assimilated by the Wendigo's soul." The girl looked at the skylight above her head, with a look of reminiscence in her distorted eyes. , "The Wendigo failed to turn me into a bloodthirsty evil spirit, and the Abyss failed to assimilate me into its product. Instead, it used its will for me. The reptile house has since been stripped of the control of the Abyss. Now I am the curator here."

"Aren't you curious why you have lizards helping you along the way?" The curator laughed, "It's me, it's "we" who are helping you."

"So, those lizards are really people too?" Lan Zhirou raised her eyebrows.

"How could it not be."

"In order to fight against the abyss itself, I have to do something. Once I use the power of the Reptile House, I will inevitably be assimilated by it."

"The Reptile Museum... itself is the exit from the other world." The curator continued talking to himself, "But letting people with severe pollution leave... will lead to more terrible things happening, just like how I came here back then. That’s what it’s like here.”

"The tree in the center of the abyss is the body of 'Chun', but ordinary flames cannot ignite it at all, and its bark is harder than a steel plate. 'Chun' uses human souls as nourishment to transform itself. To become more powerful, one day by chance, I discovered that I could intercept the souls that should have been recovered by 'Chun' in the reptile house. The torch made of soul fragments could make the giant tree in the middle of the park forever. sleep."

"Since then, I made a crazy decision. Although those people who were severely polluted have not turned into animals, I... corrupted them with my own hands, and used the power of the reptile house itself to turn them into animals. The lizards that threaten the creations of the abyss come to fight against the abyss. If they unfortunately die in the abyss, I will recycle their souls to forge the torch that can end all this."

"There are some people who are willing to sacrifice for this cause. They...wouldn't have been able to go home. There are also some people who don't understand the truth and don't want to be decent. Then I will give them another A choice.”