Real Cthulhu Running Game

   Chapter 1319 Pursuit of Thrills

Liu Xing thought about it and sent an analogy to Nohara Yinmao, "To put it in a bad way, in the eyes of mythical creatures, ordinary people are just like Nohara Village Chief when you see the pests in the field, if you want, you can Slap it to death, or split it in half with a hoe, and if there is something unclean on the vermin at this time, then you are afraid that you will hurt a thousand enemies, and you will choose to let him go.”

   "Unclean things?"

After thinking for a while, Nohara Yinmao realized what Liu Xing was talking about, so he said a little depressedly: "Is there still such a statement? I didn't expect the amulet I was wearing to be so... um, how to describe it? "

"Coriander, durian?" Liu Xing said with a smile: "Actually, this is the same as cilantro durian. Some people like their taste very much, while some people regard it as a beast, so your amulet is for mythical creatures, no, It should be said that it is very unpleasant for youkai, but there is nothing unclean in itself."

   Hearing what Liu Xing said, Nohara Yinmao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, because no one wants to run around wearing one.

"But one thing to say, in terms of the protective effect of this type of amulet, it can be described in one word, that is, everything happens, because there is still a certain chance that monsters will choose to do it, so you are equivalent to Giving your life to your opponent to decide life and death, of course, is better than nothing."

   Liu Xing thought for a while, took out the mirror flower and said, "This is the amulet I carry with me, but it's not so much a amulet as it is an active spell-casting tool that can temporarily seal the monster's actions."

  Although Jinghua's appearance is not very good, but Nohara Yinmao, who has been fooled by Liu Xing now, feels that this incomplete mirror is a little taller.

   "Then little brother, are you going to find that monster now? If so, what can I do to help?"

Seeing that the fish had already taken the bait, Liu Xing nodded and said, "I'm planning to go to Kujing Village now, because my master heard that there seems to be no accident in Kujing Village in Shili Baxiang, so my master suspects that monster. The next target may be Kujing Village, because this monster is quite reasonable, and knows that the wool can't stare at a scorpion."

"That's true. Kujing Village has just moved here in recent years, and two-thirds of the children in Shili Baxiang are from Kujing Village, because children from other villages have long gone to live in the city with adults. "

When Nohara Yinmao said this, he showed an embarrassed expression, "Well, brother, can you come with me, I want to take you to the big tree to take a look, because what can I say, although this big tree It has always been enshrined as a sacred tree by our Nohara Village, but after I took over Nohara Village, I always felt that this tree might not be as good as the previous village chief said."

Speaking of this, Nohara Yinmao showed a wry smile, "I think it might be that I used to have an uncle who lived in the city, so I often went to my uncle's house to play when I was a child, which made me and my peers in the village have a relationship. There are some ideological gaps. Later, when I became an adult, Liu went directly to the city for development, which also caused me to drift away from the village. Although the relationship is still very good, sometimes I can’t talk, because their ideas are different from mine. It's different...for example, to enshrine this big tree."

Nohara Yinmao looked around, and then said in a low voice, "If you come here earlier, little brother, you can see the rituals that our Nohara Village has passed down for hundreds of years... Although in my opinion, Nohara Village does not It may have a history of hundreds of years, but it is indeed quite ancient from a ceremonial point of view; before dawn, everyone in the village has to get up early to the side of the big tree, rank according to the order of the oldest and the youngest, and then put a stick of hands. Incense, when it's your turn, put incense in the censer next to the big tree."

"After the incense, you have to wait for all the incense candles to burn before proceeding to the next step, which is to offer various tributes, such as the common pig's head, sheep's head and cow's head, as well as various fruits and vegetables, but these Tributes can be used to make cauldrons; so far, the ceremony is quite normal, but the process may be a little longer, but after that, the ceremony becomes strange, and even a little weird in my eyes. "

"At this time, the then-village chief needs to take out a box to draw lots, and those who are drawn will become this year's guardians of the divine tree, and the guardians of the divine tree need a small beside the divine tree every month. Living in the house for a day, at the same time, I have to be responsible for all kinds of maintenance of the sacred tree... and smear a drop of my own blood on the only exposed rhizome of the sacred tree, which means that the two parties have reached a contract."

   "This..." After hesitating for a moment, Liu Xing asked, "Then what will happen to this guardian of the divine tree this year?"

"have!"

Nohara Yinmao said very seriously: "As far as I know, although the guardians of the sacred tree only need to live in the log cabin for twelve days in name, many people who live in the village will directly live for one year, and Rarely leave the hut during the year, because the hut is already full of food and water; if the guardian of the sacred tree is a solitary man, then his fields will be cultivated by others, and No penny will be charged."

"This looks like it's not bad, it's equivalent to a year of paid leave, but in fact it's not the case, because my father once became a guardian of the divine tree, and I was only about ten years old at the time, so every three or five years I would go to see my father, but in all likelihood he would not let me into the house. As for the reason, he would not look for it, but would not let me in. My father was very good to me before, and he basically responded to every request. That made me suspicious about that cabin, but that's not the point, the point is that my father died three years after he left the cabin."

"My father's death seems to be the reason for the accumulation of various problems caused by years of hard work, and finally the cause of the outbreak, but I know my father's body has always been in good condition, but after returning from the wooden house, I felt I found out that his health is getting worse day by day, so I started to pay attention to other people who came out of the wooden house, and as a result, none of them can live for five years, you must know that some of them are in their teens and twenties. young people who have always been in good health.”

   Speaking of this, Liu Xing noticed that Nohara Yinmao's expression was a little angry, but his eyes were a little frightened.

   Seeing this situation, Liu Xing guessed something, "Nohara Village Chief, if nothing else, I think you are the guardian of the sacred tree this year, right?"

"Yes."

Nohara Yinmao sighed and said: "When I pulled myself out, I felt that my whole person was not well, and I wanted to give up everything in the village and leave, because I was worried that I would only enter that room. The wooden house will also die soon, so after the ceremony, I planned to pack up and prepare to run away, but I was overjoyed to hear that you are here, little brother."

Liu Xing nodded, already having some ideas in his heart, the most important point is that the big tree is indeed a mythical creature, and although it may not be wise, it can absorb the guardians of the divine tree through contracts. vitality. . . Perhaps there are several roots of the divine tree in that wooden house.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing nodded and said: "It seems that there is indeed a problem with this big tree, because I have encountered a similar situation before, but a tree demon like this has no self-awareness. No brains; but such monsters are actually the most difficult to deal with, because they act purely on instinct, so you can't guess its next step."

   Having said this, Liu Xing got up and said: "But hearing is false, seeing is true, let's go over and take a look now, I have to determine what level this tree demon has reached."

Nohara Yinmao nodded, and quickly got up to take Liu Xing to see the big tree, but at this moment, Xiaozhi hurried into the house, told about the mysterious disappearance of his brother, and asked Nohara Yin Take someone to help.

  Nohara Yinmao glanced at Liu Xing, and then found someone at random and asked him to take the young and strong men from the village to Kujing Village to help.

  After dismissing Xiaozhi, Nohara Yinmao looked at Liu Xing and said, "Is this the Shenyin incident again?"

   "Yeah, it seems I'm still a step too late."

   Liu Xing pretended to be depressed and said: "If I knew I should go directly to Kujing Village, maybe I can save the child..."

Hearing Liu Xing say this, Nohara Yinmao showed a regretful expression, "It's my fault, I shouldn't drag you to say this or that, I should point you directly to the road to Kujing Village, the result. . . "

   Seeing Nohara Yinmao said so, Liu Xing knew that his plan was successful.

   "It's not your fault, Mayor Nohara, who knew something could happen so quickly?"

   Liu Xing shook his head and said, "But this is the end, we can only accept the reality, so let's go to the big tree and take a look first."

Nohara Yinmao looked at Liu Xing with some surprise, because he thought Liu Xing would go directly to Kujing Village to check the situation. After all, in his opinion, the Shenyin incident in Kujing Village had just happened. If Liu Xing went to Kujing Village now, there should be some Find.

   "The reason why the Shenyin incident is called Shenyin is because God will not leave any clues."

Liu Xing shook his head and said: "So I can be sure that there are no useful clues in Kujing Village today. After all, when the monsters are catching people, they often do it through space conversion. This is to put it bluntly from another world. People in this world took it away, so that we humans form the illusion of disappearing out of thin air... well, it can indeed be said to disappear out of thin air."

   "So that's the case, then can't we catch these monsters at all?"

Liu Xing shook his head and said with a smile: "That's not necessarily, because it is easy to open the passage between the two worlds, but it is very difficult to close it at the first time, so if my master is here, he can open the passage between the two worlds. For a while, follow the opened channel to enter another world to pursue, and such monsters who can only catch people by stealing chickens and dogs are actually very weak."

   Liu Xing walked out of the room while talking, while Nohara Yinmao took Liu Xing to the big tree.

   Looking at the back of Nohara Yinmao, Liu Xing knew that the reason why Nohara Yinmao believed in himself so easily was because he was pushed by the big tree.

   Coming to the big tree again, Liu Xing suddenly felt that the air around him seemed to be stagnant, making it difficult for him to breathe, and his steps were a lot heavier.

   But looking at Nohara Yinmao, who was still in a comfortable figure, Liu Xing knew that this was just his own illusion, and of course, it was probably the big tree in front of him that gave him the power to dispose of it.

   Is this a psychological suggestion?

   Liu Xing took a deep breath and smelled a very faint floral fragrance, but the tree in front of him was full of green leaves. . . But Liu Xing can be sure that the fragrance of flowers comes from this big tree.

   It seems that the scent is poisonous.

   Liu Xing approached the big tree while thinking.

   "Uh, Mr. Sawada, it stands to reason that no one is allowed to approach and touch this big tree in our Nohara Village..."

  Although he said so, but Liu Xing can draw a conclusion from Nohara Yinmao's encouraging eyes-Nohara Yinmao still hopes that he can be the one who eats crabs.

After all, if you keep a person from doing something for decades, and it doesn't seem like a big deal, that makes the person curious and want to know how to do it. How things will turn out.

But now it has become true. Liu Xing, who is not afraid of death, relies on the possibility of restarting the world, so he reaches out and touches the big tree without hesitation. As a result, at the moment of contact, Liu Xing feels that his palm seems to be surrounded by countless A small silver needle was pierced, but this did not make Liu Xing feel pain, because Liu Xing lost the perception of his palm the moment he felt the needle pierce.

   In short, when Liu Xing touched the big tree, his entire palm had already lost consciousness, but fortunately, Liu Xing could still control his arm, so. . . Liu Xing did not choose to immediately put down his arm and lift the contact with the tree!

  Since you want to pursue excitement, then implement it to the end.

   Anyway, I can't die now.

   Therefore, at this time, Liu Xing not only did not panic, but looked at the big tree with a nonchalant expression, wanting to see what other tricks this big tree could have.

   As for Nohara Yinmao, who was standing aside, he looked at Liu Xing nervously, because he could tell from Liu Xing's expression and actions that something seemed a little wrong.

   (end of this chapter)