Some things are not suitable for careful consideration. The more you think about them, the weirder they become.
The dead ghost leader said that three people were eaten by the demon hunter. Which three were they? Are they the two people who disappeared in the winter three years ago, and the leader who was killed by Wang Qi?
Or is it true that "ghosts" can be eaten by demon hunters, but they appear again? It's impossible to see them twice. Three of the team had just died before there was a chance to replenish them.
Either way, it's obviously not good.
Wang Qi was silent for a while and asked the key question: "Why are you so afraid?"
Varya forced an ugly smile on her face: "We are afraid of all ghosts, including night ghosts."
It's actually a bit risky to say this. Although most nocturnal ghosts think of themselves as human beings under normal circumstances, they have more or less heard the name "nocturnal ghost" from other deserters. In fact, it means a little bit of discrimination. , there are also cases where people who are petty-minded lose their temper.
The great translator translated this sentence completely, and his skills improved... Well, actually, the contrasting phrase "night-walking ghost" appeared several times in the homework.
After thinking about it, Varya's words made sense.
He had analyzed the situation of nocturnal ghosts very early on. In the industrial era, this kind of existence had no advantages. It was only equivalent to bringing a low-light night vision device costing several thousand yuan.
But the situation was completely different in the wasteland. The water and electricity supply was completely cut off, and there were very few functional electronic devices left. The survivors had to use the most primitive torches to provide night warning lighting.
How far can the torch shine? The days are short and the nights are long here. Being targeted by a nocturnal ghost is definitely an experience worse than death.
Therefore, it is normal to be afraid of nocturnal ghosts. Those who really treat nocturnal ghosts as ordinary people are fools.
"Are there many ghosts?" Wang Qi continued to ask.
"I don't know. Mom said the node in the other world is very far away from us." Varya paused for a moment and waited for the girl to finish translating. "The straight-line distance is more than 200 kilometers, and it should be more than 340 kilometers by pre-disaster highway. The ghosts we have here are only a very small part.”
So this is already the edge of "abnormal" control?
The survivors are all located north of Bookstore Street. Perhaps in addition to losing their sanity, it is also related to ghosts?
Or are ghosts the source of sanity?
What is another world node?
There are many questions, and Varya’s knowledge may be limited. It’s better to go back and ask the old lady...Elena.
Wang Qi was still here thinking about getting ready to leave, but Li Xiang asked the question himself.
"Are ghosts powerful?"
"... Just try your luck. Most ghosts are similar to ordinary people and can be killed, but there is no way to confirm whether they are really dead."
Li Xiang said "Oh" and translated for Wang Qi as usual.
Can be killed?
Ordinary people can only attack physically, so maybe the mysterious element of the so-called "ghost" is not high.
Wang Qi looked at Li Xiang's little face. Her mysterious value was 7 points. Is there a possibility that she could hurt the origin of "ghost"?
I don’t have a [Mysterious] item, the only thing related to it is [Magic Affinity] which is still a question mark. Is there nothing I can do with those things?
In short, if you can temporarily repel it with physical means, the existence of ghosts is not a particularly urgent situation. I will add some resistance to everyone later, and it is best to make up for the mystery.
"Well, that's all the ghost stuff. Keep hunting."
Putting aside the potential threat posed by ghosts, you still have to stock up on enough food.
Unexpectedly, the existence of ghosts is far more common than Wang Qi imagined.
A group of people walked through two alleys and suddenly heard the sound of a mantis flying.
Let Varya and Anna hide on the spot, and Wang Qi and Li Xiang searched in the direction where the sound disappeared.
As a result, I saw several people fighting a mantis monster.
Use "only" to calculate, because these few also shine.
Using hand gestures to communicate, Wang Qi took Li Xiang to find a nearby house. He stuck his head into the alley and could barely see the scene of the battle.
The so-called battle was a one-sided massacre. As soon as Wang and Qi took cover, the mantis monster had already killed three people in the alley and rushed into a small building. The movement quickly stopped.
The ghost and the mantis monster clashed, and the demon hunter couldn't deal with the mantis monster.
Maybe the reptiles are not evil, they are just struggling to survive in this hellish place?
etc!
has a problem!
The leader of the dead ghost and his seven men, and their sleigh king Qi Neng, were sure that they were the ones that had been nearby more than a month ago, because the seat back beam of one of the sleighs had a diagonal crack a few millimeters wide. This wooden beam had been repaired when Wang Qi destroyed the dead ghost's body, so it could not be connected at that time.
Of course the problem is not the wooden beams, but if the "ghosts" really can hunt reptiles, haven't those people been killed by a reptile knife once in a month?
The fighting ability of ghosts seems to be no better than that of real people. There are many people and the targets are large. It doesn't look like they can evade or kill the mantis without injury.
Make two assumptions.
Assuming one, the dead ghost team really never died, then no matter what the purpose is, the result is that they are cooperating with the demon hunt to eat away the insect swarm... Wang Qi himself may also have a problem.
Hypothesis two, the dead ghost team is just like the team in front of them, they have died, or even died more than once. If this hypothesis can be established, what is the purpose of the ghost?
Factors are lacking, and there are two points that must be clarified: Do reptiles eat ghosts? If you eat it, what will happen after you eat it?
Feeling that he would see something he shouldn't see, Wang Qi subconsciously protected Li Xiang in his arms.
Li Xiang was scared when he saw a man being pinched by a mantis monster, but he kept enduring it. When Wang Qi hugged his collarbone from behind, he suddenly felt more at ease: there is nothing to be afraid of the mantis monster, and it's not like he has never been killed before. Humans will die but they are weak.
As time passed, Wang Qi's expression became more and more serious.
There were noises from the house not far away from time to time, but they were not intense.
Based on his understanding of the mantis monster, this kind of movement must be eating, and the noise comes from its size and the size of the indoor space that cannot match it.
Reptiles eating ghosts, this is not a good situation.
There are three possible lines of events going forward.
Nothing happens after the mantis monster eats it; there is something wrong with the mantis monster, but it is in the incubation period and will bring potential threats back to its lair; in the worst case scenario, it will transform on the spot after eating it, and neither he nor Li Xiang can handle it!
Wang Qi and Li Xiang had never seen a mantis monster with abnormal shape and color in their previous hunting. It may have transformed and flown away, or it may not exist.
No need to guess, just wait and see the results.
Half an hour later, the mantis monster came out after it had eaten its fill. There was no change in appearance or light, which eliminated the most threatening situation.
There were three broken corpses outside, and it made a "ta-da" sound to call for friendly forces.
If it doesn't call for reinforcements, I plan to dissect it to see what the ghost has left in its body.
I have no choice but to shrink my head.
But things took a turn later.
After the mantis monster is full, it will temporarily lose the ability to fly and must crawl away.
When doing this behavior, it seems that it does not wait for its companions, but eats first and then leaves first.
The target was quite troublesome in the alley. Because it was too big, the scythe could block the entire alley when it was opened, making it difficult to engage in a convergence battle. Wang Qi's weapon strength was limited, and he was not sure of destroying it at once.
But the mantis monster that took over the second attack, which was the third one that called after the second one was full, ate some corpses and crawled into the house, which gave him a chance.
