moon shot plan

"How could there be such a thing..." Lan Xin pointed at the big toad, she was very surprised, everyone did not expect to see a live toad in the dungeon, when they were in a daze, the toad rolled its yellow eyes , quickly jumped aside, seeing that it was about to disappear into the darkness, Xu Heng shouted loudly: "Don't let it run away, it swallowed the lantern just now, and those monsters rushed out!"

As he spoke, he swung the epee in his hand and slashed at it. Lan Xin was even more quick-sighted. Seeing the toad jumping farther and farther, she immediately drew her bow and set an arrow, aimed at the black shadow and shot at it. When I looked at it, the toad had already turned into a pool of blood and disappeared.

"How could there be a toad in the dungeon? Well, this monster is too weird, and it even eats the lantern in front of the door!" Xu Heng looked around in a panic, fearing that another one would pop out out of nowhere.

"These toads were brought by Hong Yu. They are also the incarnations of wraiths. They specialize in devouring the souls in the lantern. Once those souls are devoured, the monsters that were originally locked in the room will rush out of the shackles." Xie Yi said.

An Ran asked: "The incarnation of the vengeful spirits? Whose vengeful spirits are they?"

"It's those townspeople." Xie Yi stared into his eyes: "It's those townspeople who didn't escape into the refuge and ended up buried in rat belly."

"It's theirs..." An Ran opened her mouth wide, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Now this kind of thing has appeared again. If they cooperate with each other and release those starving ghosts... Aren't we finished?" Just as Xu Heng finished speaking this terrible guess, there was a sudden sound of frogs all around, and everyone's expressions changed. : "Run!"

Countless black figures jumped out of the puddles formed by the red rain. They stared at their swollen yellow eyes, but jumped onto the lantern within a few strokes, opened their bloody mouths, and bit the faintly burning blue flames inside. .

The monsters were in a carnival, shaking the tattered doors and windows, roaring and shouting frantically, ready to regain freedom and enjoy the gluttonous feast at any time.

An Ran and the others didn't dare to listen to the sounds around them, and they didn't dare to look at those pair of faint blue eyes. They could only run desperately in the night. The red rain hit their skins, and soon burned them. There were streaks of blood, but they didn't have time to take care of it. In the end, they rushed out of the eaves and ran wildly in the middle of the alleyway.

They didn't know how long they had been running, but they could only hear roars coming closer and closer behind them. Presumably, many monsters had rushed out of the hut where they were imprisoned, and were chasing after them closely.At the same time, there were also many vague black figures at the intersection ahead, and An Ran knew that those were all toads transformed into resentful spirits.

There are pursuers behind and interceptions in front, they are surrounded!

But the current situation will never allow them to hesitate any longer, An Ran was overwhelmed, raised the lantern and rushed back——

Sure enough, there were more than a dozen monsters falling behind them. They were hungry and skinny, but they had huge stomachs. Facing their fangs and sharp claws, An Ran didn't stop, and directly stabbed the dagger into the first monster. In his stomach, the monster's outer skin was indeed hard and thick, but An Ran rushed over just now, with much greater force than usual, and still directly penetrated its outer skin.

An Ran drew out the dagger, and didn't care about dodging the sprayed mucus, and directly pierced into the huge belly of the monster next to him. After knocking down the two, the monsters seemed to be in a mess, pushing and shoving for a while. In a mess, Lan Xin quickly took the opportunity to turn around and shoot a few arrows, and knocked down a few monsters. Xu Heng even rushed over with his heavy sword on his back, and fought close to An Ran with him.

Although those monsters looked ferocious, they were driven to a dead end after all, and their potential was stimulated again, but after a while they basically wiped out this group of pursuers. Xie Yi smiled slightly when he saw them fighting to the death. They were still eliminating the last few monsters, and with a wave of their hands, the wraith toads on the road were directly buried in the flames——

It's just that this time the flame is not orange, but dark green.

"Finally solved..." An Ran didn't expect that he could erupt so much power in a critical moment. He stretched the five fingers that had just gripped the dagger with difficulty, and instantly felt an unbearable pain—ah, just now Grip too hard!

"What's the matter?" Xie Yi came over, took his hand, first squeezed the palm of his hand, An Ran couldn't stand it and shouted: "It hurts, hurts, take it easy!"

Xie Yi raised his palm and looked at it carefully. It was so red and swollen that it was unbelievable. He quickly massaged him a few times, and said distressedly: "You just worked too hard."

"Then what can we do? In the situation just now, I'm really afraid that we will all be eaten by those monsters." Xie Yi's strength was neither light nor heavy, and his technique was quite delicate. He quickly helped him untangle the knotted muscles. , the blood recirculated, and the pain gradually eased. An Ran tried to shake hands, feeling much better, and said with emotion: "Just now it was a bit like when I stayed up all night to make up homework for the holiday. My hands hurt so much that I have cramps. Fortunately, I have you."

"A well-behaved child like you will stay up all night with homework?" Xie Yi asked with a smile.

An Ran also smiled and said, "Did you misunderstand me?"

They were chatting and laughing, as if they had completely forgotten the shocking moment just now, but Lan Xin's face was pale, she swayed twice, almost kneeling on the ground, Xu Heng quickly helped her up, terrified: " What’s wrong with you?"

Lan Xin shook her head wearily: "I don't know, I just feel so tired and my arm hurts."

As she spoke, she rubbed her scarred arm again, looking painful.

"Did you shoot too many arrows just now?" An Ran's hand hurt just now because she was holding the dagger too tightly. Although Lan Xin has the strength bonus of [Fighter's Gloves], her physical strength should still be limited. Judging by her expression It was really painful, probably because I couldn't bear the fierce battle just now.

"If you can't walk, do you want me to carry you?" An Ran asked with concern, but she didn't notice that Xie Yi behind him glanced lightly at him, but Xu Heng noticed it, and quickly heheed twice, rushing to say : "Your own hand is not healed yet, don't carry it on your back, let me do it, I have all the strength."

Of course Xu Heng can also carry it, but the epee on his body is heavy enough, adding a Lan Xin may be too heavy, so An Ran took the initiative to bear Xu Heng's heavy weapon, and when they left, they turned to Xu Heng again. After looking at it, the street was silent and dark again at this moment, and I don't know if the group of starving ghosts were all killed by them, and those pale faces could no longer be seen between the gaps in the doors and windows.

"Let's get out of here quickly, and go back to the monastery to find the gravekeeper before any new monsters appear!" Several people rushed towards the monastery against the red rain.

However, when they really turned the corner and saw the specious four-story building with a steeple, they were taken aback again—what's going on?Why is this building still there?Didn't they burn it when they left?

But at this time, I can't control so much. Seeing the monastery is in front of me, and knowing that its backyard is a cemetery, no matter how strange it is, I have to bite the bullet and go up. An Ran motioned Xu Heng to carry Lan Xin and back, and he walked up Going forward, I pushed hard on the weather-beaten wooden door, but only heard the sound of chains colliding—this dilapidated door was actually locked from the inside!

—Is there someone in there?

An Ran pushed it a few more times, but still didn't push it away, so he knocked hard a few times, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Is anyone there? Is anyone inside?"

There was no response.

While knocking on the door, An Ran looked in through the crack of the door, only to see the darkness inside, and there were only some faint shadows in the darkness, whether it was piled debris or lurking ghosts.

"Is anyone there?" An Ran shouted a few more times, but there was still nothing in the crack of the door, just when he was about to forcibly break open, Xie Yi suddenly dragged him behind.

"What's wrong?" An Ran asked in surprise, but at the same time, with a "click", the lock fell to the ground, and the dilapidated wooden door suddenly opened from the middle.

"This, this..." An Ran glanced around, but still saw no one. He turned his head and looked at Xie Yi suspiciously. Just as he was about to ask what was going on, Xie Yi lightly pressed his head and motioned for him. look down--

"Oh my god!" Only then did An Ran realize that there was a person standing inside the door, but he was really... really...

An Ran couldn't describe that person's appearance, because he looked really abnormal. Although he also had a nose, eyes, and mouth, his facial features seemed to be compressed together——

Not only the facial features, but also his limbs and torso, his whole body seemed to be forcibly compressed together by a huge and inescapable force, so that the facial features and bones were completely distorted, and his entire body was less than one meter tall. No wonder An Ran didn't see him through the crack of the door just now...

In addition, he was also very dry and thin. For a moment, An Ran thought he was a monster like a starving ghost, but his flat or even sunken stomach, and those eyes that still had sanity clearly told He—no, this is not a monster, this may be the gravekeeper they are looking for...

"You are..." An Ran originally wanted to ask 'are you the tomb keeper', but he looked at the man's face carefully, and felt that he had seen it somewhere, and not long ago, in this dungeon, Even right here...

"Are you Hult!" An Ran suddenly remembered, although the appearance of this man was completely distorted, but he could still vaguely distinguish it. This man was the young man who stole cakes for Anna back then. Although he was poor and thin back then, he At least he was a very quick-witted young man, how did he become like this after so many years?

The man raised his weather-stained eyes, glanced at them lightly, and said, "Come in..."

His voice was sandpapered, completely hoarse, and sounded as distorted as he looked now.

An Ran turned her head and looked at Xie Yi, Xie Yi nodded slightly at him: "Come in with him."

Old Holt didn't take the candle, maybe it was because there was no stock in the monastery. Fortunately, An Ran had a star lamp that could still be used for lighting. It's really hard to move.

"Be careful." An Ran turned the lantern to Xu Heng's side. Xu Heng carefully stared at the road under his feet, for fear that he would accidentally be knocked down by those messy things. Hurting Lan Xin on her back.

An Ran looked through the light, but found that Lan Xin's condition seemed to be getting worse. She closed her eyes in pain, her forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and her whole body was still shaking.

"Are you okay, Lan Xin? What's wrong?" An Ran asked in a low voice.

Lan Xin forced herself to open her eyes, and said weakly: "I don't know, I just feel very tired, very tired... I don't have any strength in my whole body..."

After finishing speaking, she fell back on Xu Heng's shoulder.

"What do you think is wrong with her?" An Ran frowned, and asked Xie Yi, "Is she exhausted?"

Xie Yi turned his head and glanced at the pale-faced Lan Xin, and shook his head: "No, I'll check the wound on her body later."

"Wounds on her body?"

An Ran looked back again. In order to avoid being attacked by monsters just now, they all avoided the eaves and ran directly on the street. However, without the protection of the eaves, the highly corrosive red rain poured directly on them , now everyone has a lot of burn marks on their bodies, and Lan Xin is no exception... Could it be because of this that she is like this?

But they were also flooded. So far, apart from feeling tingling and itching, they haven't been as exhausted as she is, and they can't even walk!

"Could it be because of the red rain? Lan Xin got caught first?" An Ran asked.

Xie Yi shook his head, just as he was about to say something, the old Huot in front suddenly turned his head, took a deep look at them, An Ran quickly pinched his hand, and signaled him not to speak yet.

Xie Yi smiled helplessly, and sure enough he didn't say anything, but Old Huot didn't look at them, but pointed to Lan Xin who was carrying Xu Heng: "You can't bring her in."

"What?" Xu Heng asked in surprise, "You're talking about her? Why do you say that?"

"She has been infected by demonic energy... her insatiable desire will devour everything." Old Holt narrowed his eyes: "Throw her out immediately!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xu Heng was furious: "You are not allowed to say that about my friend!"

An Ran also said: "You speak clearly, we can't leave her alone."

Old Holt raised his head, looked up at them, and sneered: "Did she get scratched by those starving ghosts?"

"Yes... so what?" Xu Heng said, "She can be cured, but I just don't want to waste a chance."

"You really believe it, kid." Old Holt sneered, and turned his eyes to Lan Xin's scarred arm: "It can't be cured, Hong Yu's burn can be healed, those starving ghost's bite marks can't be healed—those Terrible demons, once chosen by them, you can only repeat their ways."

"I don't know what you're going to say." Xu Heng pouted.

An Ran asked: "What do you mean? After being scratched by those monsters, you will be infected? ... And finally become a monster?"

Old Holt glanced at Xu Heng with disdain: "Finally there is someone who is not so stupid."

"...Really?" An Ran asked,

Old Holt smiled: "What am I lying to you for?"

"Either you throw her out, or deal with her on the spot before she mutates. I will never let her enter the cemetery."

An Ran ignored the two words he said before, but asked again: "Do you know that we are going to the cemetery?"

"Of course." Old Holt said, "Aren't you just the legendary demon hunters—many, many, many years ago, you stood on the high platform... To be honest, you are really nothing like you were then. You didn't even change your clothes... I know you guys want to check with me."

...It's not that you haven't changed your clothes for so many years, it's just that your many, many, many years are just a process of falling stars and rising blood moons to us.

An Ran once again succeeded in grasping the wrong point. At this moment, Xu Heng finally came to his senses, but he didn't put down Lan Xin on his back, but hid her a little behind, and then asked Old Holt: " Is there no way to remedy it after being infected? Even the healing technique?"

Old Holt shook his head and said firmly: "No, as I have already said, the infection is irreversible, and there is absolutely no way to cure it."

"How is it possible..." An Ran leaned over to check Lan Xin's situation again, and saw that although she was too tired to open her eyes and her whole body was drenched in cold sweat, other than these, there was no abnormality on her body at all. Just like a common ailment like a cold and fever.

"Even if she is infected, she will not mutate into a monster in such a short period of time."

An Ran did a rough calculation. She had already had this kind of scar on her arm when it started to rain red in the sky. At that time, she also specifically said that it was scratched by a monster before...

From the beginning of the dungeon to the present, it has gone through two full day and night alternations. Before that, Lan Xin had been in a state of explosive combat power. It just happened that she felt weak. How could she have mutated into that kind of skinny and tall girl so quickly? A monster with a huge belly?

Old Holt glanced at them, and snorted coldly: "Even if she can't become a monster now, she won't last long, and it will be delayed until the next blood moon night at the latest. No matter what she was originally, she will eventually become a monster." Those starving ghosts trapped in the house."

Lan Xin still retained her consciousness. She heard what Old Huot said, and she struggled to get off Xu Heng's back. She was so frightened that he quickly held onto her tightly: "Don't move around, I won't be responsible for the fall."

"Lan Xin, don't worry, we will find a way." An Ran frowned, and carefully recalled the introduction about those monsters... But the reminder didn't seem to specifically say that these monsters can be infected, and Lan Xin didn't How can a "greedy" sinner become a starving ghost?

"Lan Xin is different from ordinary people. Her willpower is strong, and she doesn't become a monster so easily." An Ran said forcefully, "In short, it is impossible for us to abandon her. You don't want her to enter the cemetery—that's fine. You take the two of them in, and I will stay here to guard Lan Xin, is that okay?"

Old Huo Te still wanted to refuse, but An Ran directly raised Xu Heng's epee and put it on his neck: "Or we go in by ourselves?"

"Hehe, well, you demon hunters, you are not afraid of anything, not even the power of demons..." Old Holt sneered.

"Nonsense, of course a demon hunter is not afraid of demons. This is the most basic professionalism, right?" An Ran urged, "Lead the way quickly. I will guard her here and promise not to step into your cemetery, okay?"

Old Huot stared at An Ran, seeing that he still didn't flinch, his face darkened for a moment, and finally said coldly: "No."

"No?" An Ran drew his sword again: "Why not? What do you want?"

"You must go in." Pointing to An Ran, he said blankly, "I promised others that I must bring you into the cemetery."

"Who did you promise to? Didn't you promise to some demon?" Just like the way he knelt and licked the demon just now, it was really hard for An Ran to believe him.

"Whatever you say, if he hadn't specifically told me, I wouldn't have waited here for so long at all." Old Holt sneered, turned and left: "Come or not, it's up to you."

"I can't go in alone, the four of us must be alone." An Ran shouted behind him.

"It's up to you, as long as you don't regret it yourself." After saying this, Old Huot took the lead out of the back door of the monastery. An Ran knew that there was the way to the cemetery.

"Come on, let's go in." Holding the lantern, An Ran carefully led the way ahead. When he crossed the threshold, he asked Xie Yi next to him: "Is what that old Huot said true? Lan Xin really Infected?"

Xie Yi said: "Scratched by those monsters, there is indeed a certain chance of infection. This varies from person to person."

"Then Lan Xin..." An Ran's eyes lit up. Could it be that Lan Xin was simply tired or had a fever, and wasn't infected by the devil's energy?

But Xie Yi said: "Her condition is difficult to say, after all, those scars have not healed until now, and the healing technique used before has no effect, of course, the possibility of just a cold and fever cannot be ruled out, but you know, this possibility is very small. "

"Then what should we do? Is there really no way to cure it? We can't leave Lan Xin alone!" An Ran asked hastily.

Xie Yi glanced at the figure of old Huot in front of him, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, he did hide something... The infection is not irreversible, it just needs something."

"What do you need?" An Ran asked quickly.

"If she is really infected, she will become a gluttonous monster who suffers from hunger forever... and the thing that can stop all this is..." Xie Yi looked at him with his head turned, and slowly spit out a few words: "Full the heart of the belly."

Heart of the full?What is that?

Xie Yi didn't continue talking, the two of them stepped through the arch outside the cemetery, and when they saw the scene inside, they couldn't help being surprised——

Compared with the newly built cemetery, this cemetery is so huge and magnificent. At a glance, there are countless white tombstones, probably because it has just been washed by the red rain. There was a bleak bloody light.

"In this small town, how many people have died in these years..." An Ran was completely shocked, and couldn't help sighing. At this time, the old Huot who had been walking in front of them suddenly turned around and asked:

"Do you know who told me to wait here for you?"