Within three minutes, the two of them put on their combat uniforms, put on their ordinary clothes, and then came out with their backpacks.
Aunt Wu was standing against the wall in the courtyard, holding a slender cigarette between her fingers. The dim moonlight in the courtyard of the inn shone on her body, making her look a little mysterious.
"Let's go!"
When she saw Zhan Jingyi coming out, she threw the cigarette butt in the ashtray above the trash can and whispered.
While she was talking in a low voice, the door of a room next to her opened, and Wang Bingyan came out, changing into the same black clothes as them.
"Shhhhh..."
At this time, Zhan Jingyi put his finger to his mouth, and a sharp whistle spread throughout the surrounding area.
Wang Bingyan, who had just walked out, was startled and looked at Zhan Jingyi with a blush on her face.
Aunt Wu on the side had a look of satisfaction on her face, as if she was watching her silly son finally grow up and know how to tease pretty girls.
Liu Li, who was following Zhan Jingyi, looked surprised, looking back and forth between Zhan Jingyi and Wang Bingyan.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Zhan Jingyi quickly pointed at the little eagle knife flying towards him with fluttering wings, and explained: "We can't leave it here by itself, so I summoned it and brought it with me."
Hearing this, everyone looked suddenly enlightened. Liu Li relaxed a lot, but Wang Bingyan showed a look of disappointment in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
Opening the door, everyone followed Aunt Wu and left the inn.
What surprised Zhan Jingyi was that Aunt Wu did not lead everyone out of the town, but followed the road outside the inn towards the center of the town.
"This paper man world is actually not outside the town, but on the mountain behind this town. When the other-dimensional world came, a group of strange paper men came here."
"Fortunately, these paper figures don't seem to have the intention to kill. After they arrived, they stayed in the back mountain and did not go out all year round."
"In the past six months, paper figures have been wandering around the town and its surroundings. As they wandered, many tourists and locals disappeared."
"After many investigations, I found that these missing persons were all taken away to the back of the mountain. It seems that the paper people were performing some kind of ritual, the specific content of which is unknown."
"Among the top ten Jedi in the federation, the world of papermen is relatively mild and has extremely low harm. Therefore, the federal government does not want to rashly start a war with the papermen here before it is absolutely sure."
"So, the federal government has semi-blocked the surrounding area, prohibiting tourists from entering, and trying to relocate locals out of this area. As of now, the population in this area is very small."
After hearing Aunt Wu's words, Zhan Jingyi had a better understanding of the paper man world. It seemed that this paper man world did not intend to be an enemy of the Crescent Federation.
So what is the reason for the current large-scale expansion and the constant disappearance of small town residents?
Is it because of the ceremony Aunt Wu mentioned? What is that ceremony? What is this for?
…
In the small town after nightfall, there was no one on the streets. There were not many residents in the town, and some people had disappeared a few days ago, and the remaining people were probably hiding.
Seeing that Aunt Wu was still wearing the bright clothes, Zhan Jingyi was a little confused, didn't she need to change her clothes?
As if seeing his doubts, Aunt Wu smiled, and without saying anything, she took the lead and walked outside. As she walked, Zhan Jingyi felt that there seemed to be a fluctuation in the air.
Looking at Aunt Wu in front of her, her extremely gorgeous aunt's outfit turned into a black outfit like theirs, which made Zhan Jingyi stunned.
Compared with the dwarf magician, Aunt Wu is more like a magician. Is this a trick?
"I am a Youmeng type. I can distort the senses of people within a certain range, so...you don't need to worry about me."
Zhan Jingyi smiled and felt more confident about this rescue. It seemed that the leader was very reliable.
At the very least, the vision in selecting people is not bad.
…
After leaving the inn, Aunt Wu walked in the lead, leading everyone along the road paved with bluestones towards the back of the town.
Looking forward, I found that the entire city had an indescribable eerie temperament.
Perhaps because of the dark and somewhat cloudy sky, the sky seemed to be very low, as if it was hanging over this small town.
This town is not too small. Walking along the town, dilapidated old houses slowly appear, like forgotten toys, standing alone on the edge of the town, silently disappearing with the erosion of time. Get older and get older.
The whole town is very green. There are many tall trees on both sides of the streets in the town. These trees are straight and tall, blocking out the sky and the sun, seeming to cover every deep corner here.
As they walked, the sound seemed to wake up the birds in the trees. From time to time, birds flew up and hovered over the town.
"Okay, next time, you may encounter that kind of thing at any time, so just follow me obediently."
"Remember, if we can avoid disturbing these things, don't disturb them. I will help you hide your presence."
"Remember, no matter what you see, don't panic."
Aunt Wu said something to the four of them, and Zhan Jingyi clearly felt that an abnormal mental power seemed to be distorting the air around them.
This should be Aunt Wu's ability. Her mental power in twisting the surroundings can make the four of them invisible, making other things unable to see them.
"Master, for such a big one, where do you think we should start looking..."
"Master, who is more powerful, you or Aunt Wu?"
"Master, if we encounter danger, should senior sister and I run away first? Or should we help you?"
"Master, you are such a powerful person, can I learn from you?"
"Shut up!"
Ever since he came out and walked on the road in the town, Liu Li kept nagging, causing Zhan Jingyi and Aunt Wu to shout in unison.
"No need to be afraid, I will protect you."
Maybe he felt that what he said just now was a little too serious. Zhan Jingyi said with a smile. After speaking, he looked at Wang Bingyan and said, "And your senior sister."
A few people walked through an area of low abandoned houses and followed the dilapidated paths. As they went deeper and deeper, they slowly walked to the center of the town.
As he walked, Zhan Jingyi looked at this small town. It was similar to other mountain towns. There were many dilapidated and empty houses here. At night, it gave people a dark and depressing feeling.
Human gathering places are man-made, and once they are dilapidated, they will appear particularly empty, and this emptiness will give people a strong sense of fear.
Moreover, people always seem to be afraid of the things they create.
"It turns out that this is not the case here. Misty Town was still a famous scenic spot a few years ago, but since the advent of the different dimension, tourists have stopped coming. Most of the people here have also moved away. Only a few old people like the innkeepers can I persisted and didn’t leave.”
"If I hadn't been following my boss these past few years and not letting him go, I would have left here long ago."
While walking, Wang Bingyan murmured to herself. In her words, she could feel a hint of emotion for the town.
After passing through two streets filled with junk, they saw some different shadows vaguely appearing in front of them.
…
A few people stood in a dark corner, silent. Slowly, several dim figures passed by crookedly.
Zhan Jingyi and Aunt Wu looked at each other and seemed to see the surprise in their eyes.
Liu Li walked forward, as if ready to go and find out.
Zhan Jingyi grabbed him and said coldly: "Be careful, they are not human."
"no?"
For Liu Li and Wang Bingyan, the darkening sky made it difficult for them to see clearly what was in the shadows.
But Zhan Jingyi could see clearly that they were not human beings.
Rather, describe them as a group of paper figures with shadowy entities.
These paper figures are twisted and weird. Half of their bodies are often paper-like, while the other half is covered in flesh and blood, like weird deformities.
After seeing their appearance clearly, Liu Li and Wang Bingyan were so frightened that they almost screamed. They covered each other's mouths and managed to suppress their surprise.
Only when the paper figures in the shadows walked over did Liu Li and Wang Bingyan dare to breathe loudly.
"Fuck, what the hell is this?"
"Grandmaster!"
Zhan Jingyi said expressionlessly: "As you can see, it should be a paper man in the process of evolution."
"Keep walking!"
As he walked further, he discovered that from the shadows ahead, swaying paper figures came out one after another, wandering around the town like ghosts.
A small part of these paper figures are half flesh and blood, but most are still completely paper figures, seemingly countless!
"Why...why so many!"
"Shut up!"
On the dark road, the four of them avoided the paper figures that kept coming out of the shadows, and followed the path Liu Li and the others took to find the innkeeper that day, crossing the center of the town and walking towards the back of the town.
Along the way, because of Aunt Wu's ability and their intentional dodge, although they encountered many paper figures, they never encountered any risks.
As we walked, we were about to approach the edge of the town. At this moment, in the darkness ahead, dense paper figures appeared, blocking the entire road.
Through the densely packed paper figures in front of me, in the distance, there seemed to be a winding path leading directly to the back hill of the town.
"At the beginning, the innkeeper disappeared in the back mountain. The master, I and others were the paper figures we met in the back mountain."
"At that time, there were not so many paper figures. Where did they come from?"
Listening to Liu Li's words, Zhan Jingyi looked at the hills behind the town in the distance. The hills were neither high nor big. Now that they were close, they could clearly see the unbreakable distortion above the hills. Air.
The air density there seems to be much higher than in the rest of the town, so it can be clearly distinguished from the rest of the surrounding area.
From a distance, it looks like there is a big cover turned upside down on the hill, shrouding the hill into an independent world.
Moreover, many red lanterns symbolizing celebration were lit around the hill, as if a wedding banquet was being held on the hill.
And these white paper figures at the foot of the mountain seem to be guests at a wedding banquet? Or a servant?
Is that the real paper world? If nothing else is considered, this phenomenon seems to be a spectacular sight.
…
Following the somewhat bumpy road, we arrived in front of this mass of twisted air. Everyone slowed down and had to slow down, because there were so many paper figures in front of them that they could no longer move forward.
Zhan Jingyi looked up and saw twisted spiritual power threads floating in the air less than ten meters away, one by one, like oil stains poured into clear water, they were particularly clear.
This is a phenomenon that occurs when the spiritual radiation is too strong, and this is only the edge. If you go in...
There may be a chaotic world inside, and maybe you can find the innkeeper and Liu Li's master.
"I can only take you here. Inside, the mental radiation is too strong and it is no longer possible to distort the senses."
Aunt Wu looked at the waves in the air in front of her and said lightly.
"In that case, I have to do it myself."
"Aunt Wu, you protect the two of them, and I will do the rest."
Zhan Jingyi glanced at Liu Li and Wang Bingyan, took a deep breath, thought for a moment, took out the eagle knife from his arms, threw it into the air, and the eagle spread its wings and flew towards a nearby tree. past.
It will be too dangerous to go up the mountain soon, so let him wait here too.
After getting ready, Zhan Jingyi stepped forward and walked towards the paper figures. His feet stepped on the road paved with bluestones, making the sound of broken footsteps.
When Zhan Jingyi left the range of Aunt Wu's ability, he quickly revealed his figure, and he no longer deliberately walked around these paper figures like before, but chose to walk in a straight line.
In this way, it is easy to attract the attention of the paper figures on the edge.
The paper figures, who were originally moving slowly, stopped one after another, slowly turned their heads and looked at Zhan Jingyi.
Each of these paper figures has red cheeks, red and green clothes, and looks weird.
Their tightly closed eyes seemed to be in a state of half-opening when they looked at Zhan Jingyi.
All the paper figures' heads turned to Zhan Jingyi's side, their eyes seemed to be open, only a sliver of white was exposed, cold and indifferent.
There was some kind of danger in the air, and the deserted night made people tremble.
This sense of crisis also made Zhan Jingyi slow down a little, but he only hesitated a little and continued to move forward.
