It stands to reason that a person like the man with glasses shouldn't be so miserable, and his reaction state should at least not be worse than that of Chen Xiaoyao who is closer. If this is the case, then why is the man with glasses afraid? Why panic?
Indeed, Zhao Ping was never shocked by the bloody scenes from beginning to end, and he was not afraid of corpses from beginning to end. The reason why he showed fear and panic on his face was that in addition to observing, he was also thinking about the problem in his mind.
Or it can be understood as...
Just now, at the moment of Zhang Qifeng's death, the man with glasses discovered something. He discovered a certain answer before Chen Xiaoyao or anyone present, a terrifying reality that was enough to scare him, a veteran, half to death!
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Yes, because before Zhang Qifeng died suddenly, Zhao Ping, who was beside him, had been observing him intently. With careful observation, Zhang Qifeng's strange changes in that moment happened to be caught by Zhao Ping, including the color of the man's eyes before his death. Expressions of change and pain.
Combining all the past events, Zhao Ping finally came to a terrifying conclusion:
That is, the victim's eyes will be slightly red when he first sees a female locust, which is not obvious, but when he encounters a female locust for the third time, his eyes will quickly turn dark red, and then turn from dark red to black. Once they turn black, The victim will die instantly and be scattered into a pile of broken corpses.
The entire death process takes less than 1 second!
"Hoo, ho..."
Looking at the corpse of Zhang Qifeng a few meters away, Peng Hu was in shock and breathing heavily. He was disturbed by Qian Xueling's scream and forced himself to react. He suddenly thought of something and was about to reach out to cover the mouth of the woman next to him. Unexpectedly, it was too late. Xueling's voice was so loud that she finally disturbed others in the house. Soon, there was a sound of footsteps, followed by screams, and the awakened Liu Dong and others, together with the newlyweds, ran out of the bedroom and out of the house.
Coming to the street, the first thing that caught our eyes was naturally Zhang Qifeng's miserable corpse.
"ah!"
As expected, when they saw the pile of broken pieces composed of Zhang Qifeng, Fang Min, Meng Fei and Yue Xiao all opened their eyes wide and opened their mouths in an instant, and let out a scream similar to Qian Xueling's just now. , although the men didn't make a sound, their reaction state was also not much better. Seeing Zhang Qifeng turned into pieces, Liu Dong's legs suddenly felt weak. If he hadn't supported the pale Zhang Zhiyong next to him in time, he might have been paralyzed. Fell, the characters in the plot are like this, and so are the newcomers. As a newcomer, Fang Hai was so frightened that he shivered and trembled. It could be seen from the middle-aged man's almost round eyes that at this moment, He was frightened to the extreme.
Of course, nothing is absolute, and there are exceptions, and that is Gao Jikun. Looking closely, he saw that although the fat man's face was pale, he was not as miserable as the others around him, and his overall state was barely calm.
Why calm? There is no other reason. It is not the courage of the fat man with small eyes, but...
It's that he had already broken away from the initial fear and recovered from the initial panic like the senior person opposite him. In other words, he had witnessed Zhang Qifeng's death process as early as a minute ago.
Yes, since he and the other two newcomers were driven back to the bedroom by Peng Hu, he had been worried and did not lie down to sleep like others. After a while, the need to urinate emerged, and the fat man left the bedroom and planned to go to the toilet in the living room to urinate. , but strangely, when he entered the living room, he found that several senior people who were originally in the hall were missing. At the same time, he could faintly hear voices coming from outside the room. Driven by curiosity, Gao Jikun hurriedly lay in front of the window and looked around. Look, I found that the senior person was indeed on the street. In addition, the plot character who seemed to be named Zhang Qifeng was also on the street.
Everything that happened after that was clearly visible, from Chen Xiaoyao's practice of holding the talisman to Zhang Qifeng's sudden death, Gao Jikun watched the whole process.
The fat man was so frightened that he shook his mouth and twitched until he was brought back to reality by Qian Xueling's scream.
But then again, although Gao Jikun appeared to be calmer than the others because he had overcome the panic in advance, in fact the fear in Fatty's heart was stronger than anyone else's, because he witnessed the other party's death process. After learning about the other party's tragic death, he even knew that Zhang Qifeng died very quickly.
Fast, too fast! It was so fast that Zhang Qifeng was dead before anyone else could react!
It was torn apart on the spot, scattered in an instant, and just fell apart on its own without suffering any attack, turning into a pile of fragments! ! !
How did he die?
Don't know, don't understand, completely incomprehensible.
At this moment, in front of the gate of the house, looking at Zhang Qifeng's corpse, everyone at the door fell into a daze. They were stunned for a long time. Finally, Liu Dong stretched out his trembling hand and pointed at Zhang Qifeng's broken corpse and asked the executioners opposite: "What's this?" , what is going on, Qi Feng... Qi Feng, he..."
"Killed by a wolf, just like your other two companions."
Faced with the man's doubts and confusion, Cheng Ying, who regained her composure after hearing the other man's stammering, immediately responded with an indifferent tone. The answer was short and not sloppy, but it was so shocking to Liu Dong and others. Terrified.
They were killed, killed by that female locust. Sure enough, as he had always worried, the locust hiding in the town had no intention of letting them go!
Sometimes fear is contagious, and sometimes it causes people to recall the past. This is currently the case with Zhang Zhiyong. After listening to Cheng Ying's answer, he didn't care to push Meng Fei who hugged him tightly out of fear. The man's thoughts shifted and he subconsciously recalled all the things Zhang Qifeng did during the day. Weird, could it be...
Under the night, the atmosphere of the town unknowingly changed. Affected by Zhang Qifeng's death, everyone at the scene was frightened and panicked.
It is often said that time is the best coolant. No matter what kind of emotion, it can gradually calm down with the passage of time. In the silence, Zhao Ping came back from his contemplation, looked around, and saw a crowd gathering at the door. Based on some idea , the man with glasses moved, walked slowly in front of Liu Dong and others, adjusted his glasses, and finally said calmly: "Now that things have happened, I think it's time to tell you some of our guesses about the female beetle."
Next, under the astonishment of Liu Dong and others, Zhao Ping told the truth, and then informed the executor of the executor's guess about Nvqi's ability, the rules of Nvqi's killing, and the death process of Zhang Qifeng.
It seems that he has nothing to hide, but in fact, a careful person can still find that the man with glasses did not say everything he said, at least he did not reveal to the public that the eyes of people who see goblins will turn red.
reason?
Regarding the reason, there were one or two senior people who understood Zhao Ping's intention, but no one said it or reminded them. After all, some things are not suitable to be made public, and it is often better to talk about them in private.
"...This is what happened. Okay, everyone, please go back. We will handle the body. There is one more thing I want to remind you. Now that everyone understands their situation, as for what to do next, I think you should I know it well."
Following Zhao Ping's urging and the corpse being too disgusting, finally, with fear, the four Liu Dongs and the three new talents returned to their respective bedrooms tremblingly. During the return process, Gao Jikun overheard the sound due to the close distance. , heard whispers, and heard Zhang Zhiyong repeating one sentence:
"You have to leave quickly, leave the town, I will die if I stay any longer, I will die."
………
Chen Xiaoyao failed to save Zhang Qifeng in the end, not because he didn't try his best, but because he was too late.
Sudden, fast, without warning.
The other party was already dead before the evil evil talisman was handed to Zhang Qifeng's hand!
In addition, Zhao Ping has also generally determined one thing through observation, that is, the time is a matter of time. From the second time the victim saw the female locust to the final death, the interval was short. The death notification was received at 23:25 and the victim died at 23:45. , with only a 20-minute interval in between.
Returning to the topic, Liu Dong and others, together with the newcomers, returned to the room one after another. Cheng Ying, who had been paying attention to Zhao Ping during this period, made the first move. Without saying anything, she came to the man with glasses, and immediately squinted her eyes and opened her mouth to ask: "Say quickly, What on earth did you see just now!?"
As mentioned above, although Zhang Qifeng died instantly because his line of sight was slightly blocked by Chen Xiaoyao in front of him, so that Cheng Ying could not fully see the death process of the other party, Zhao Ping's panic reaction when Zhang Qifeng died was clearly seen by her. As a professional killer, although she may not fully understand the man with glasses, she still knows clearly that a pile of corpses alone is not enough to scare the man with glasses like this. Since it can scare him like that, there must be a reason. .
Sure enough, Cheng Ying's questioning inevitably attracted the attention of others, prompting Peng Hu, Chen Xiaoyao and Qian Xueling to look across and stare at Zhao Ping.
As for the man with glasses...
Seeing Cheng Ying's question, the man first secretly sighed inwardly at the other party's keen observation. Then he simply told everyone about Zhang Qifeng's strange changes before his death without any fuss, just like before.
The results are predictable.
As the narrative ended, for a moment, a feeling of fear that was several times stronger than the one that witnessed Zhang Qifeng being crushed suddenly came over, causing the few people who had finally calmed down to fall into panic again and even despair. The reason was that no one had the chance to Thinking that the victim would undergo such strange changes before death, strictly speaking, it is good news for the executors that there are signs before death. After all, based on past mission experience, if there are signs, it means that they have the opportunity to stop or prevent it. Regrettably……
If you think about it carefully, this so-called sign is meaningless.
The reasons are roughly divided into two points:
First, the sign appears for too short a time, only less than 1 second, and then the victim will die instantly and turn into pieces. It can even be said that the sign of death and complete death almost occur at the same time. Even if If discovered in time, when the signs appear, others will definitely be unable to stop or help.
The second point is related to the victim himself, that is...
Since this very short-term sign only appears in the eyes, the victim himself cannot detect it. Unless the victim happens to be looking in the mirror when the sign appears, the individual will not be able to notice it at all. Even if others notice it, it will be useless. The reminder is that the victim will be killed in advance if spoken out.
Combining the above two points, the answer was finally revealed, and this was the real reason why everyone at the scene looked desperate. Suppressed by fear, Cheng Ying frowned, Peng Hu's mouth twitched, and Qian Xueling took the initiative to come to Zhao Ping. The atmosphere at the scene dropped to freezing point. Seeing this, Chen Xiaoyao remained silent. Surprisingly, he did not come forward to ease the atmosphere as before, but unexpectedly remained silent. After a long time, he suddenly spoke as if he was thinking about some problem. He suddenly spoke to Zhao Ping added a supplement at the end of what he said. Unexpectedly, it was this addition that poured cold water on the already frightened people:
"Also, when Zhang Qifeng saw the female locust for the second time, the sensory Taoist charms I had placed in the living room earlier did not respond. Later, I wiped my eyes with willow leaves and still could not see her. It seemed that the female locust had been killed. No one else can see it."
What!
Like thunder exploding, like an electric current passing through the body, when Chen Xiaoyao said these words in a gloomy tone, everyone was shocked, especially Zhao Ping, Cheng Ying and Peng Hu. The reaction of the three people was far worse than that of Chen Xiaoyao. Qian Xueling wants to be older, why? Some people may be confused after seeing this, and some may wonder why Zhao Ping and others, who have more experience and courage after hearing this, are more timid than Qian Xueling? The reason is not difficult to explain. It is not that Qian Xueling is more courageous than the three of them, but because the three of them know Chen Xiaoyao better than Qian Xueling and understand the Taoism of young people better.
As early as last night, Chen Xiao had made it clear that he had the ability to sense the Li Qi level of Qi. As long as he was not far from the Taoist talisman, once the Qi entered the house, the young Taoist priest would notice it first and then notify everyone. , But, after listening to what Chen Xiaoyao said just now, if what the other party said is true, then there are only two explanations left.
First of all, we must understand that since it is a perceptual Taoist talisman, its main function must be detection rather than attack and defense. Once the inability to detect occurs, there are often two possible reasons. First, the person controlling the talisman is too far away from the talisman and loses control. Perception effect, but then I thought about it, this is completely impossible. When the female locust appeared in front of Zhang Qifeng before, that is when the female locust entered the house, Chen Xiaoyao was in the living room, and was very close to the Taoist talisman, so the distance cannot be established, so it can be ruled out first. .
Now that the factor of too far distance has been eliminated, then...
I don’t know why, but when I thought of the second reason that was about to come out, the hearts of everyone present suddenly tightened!
As for the second reason why Taoist symbols cannot be sensed?
The answer, as Chen Xiaoyao himself said, is...
He can only sense Li Qi or other spiritual creatures below Li Qi!
Earthbound spirit!
His heart began to beat wildly and his body began to tremble. When he thought about this, he thought of the word "Earth-bound Spirit". At this moment, Zhao Ping's expression changed drastically, Peng Hu's legs and feet became weak, Cheng Ying's body shook, and Qian Xueling felt as if she had been struck by lightning. The body was shaking wildly. At this moment, except for Chen Xiaoyao, everyone else on the scene was trembling.
I never expected that the words "Earthbound Spirit" alone could frighten a group of experienced veterans to such an extent.
The reason is very simple, that is because this is not the first time that everyone has heard the word "Earth-bound Spirit". They have heard of it as early as in a very difficult mission called the Midnight Bell. A man named Hui from Taihe Temple I have heard about it from the mouth of the old monk who is pure.
And the Sadako Yamamura who once brought the greatest trembling, the greatest fear and even the greatest despair to the executor in history is exactly an earthbound spirit!
It is also an immortal earthbound spirit mutant with such vast magical powers that it is almost invincible!
Earth-bound spirit mutants are definitely much stronger than ordinary earth-bound spirits. But then again, even if the strength of ordinary earth-bound spirits may be lower than that of mutants like Sadako, don't forget that the earth-bound spirits are still one level higher than Li Qi. The existence of the level means that even if it is just an ordinary earth-bound spirit, its strength will not be much lower than Sadako. There is no problem in crushing Li Qi. When thinking of Sadako's terrifying strength that made people despair...
(The Taoist talismans cannot be detected, and willow leaves wiped against the eyes are ineffective. Is it possible that those pink female hawks are not Li hawks, but...)
As cold sweat flowed and their bodies trembled, everyone became more frightened and frightened the more they thought about it. Only Chen Xiaoyao, who had never experienced the midnight bell mission, was relatively calm. Not only that, Xu guessed that several people were worried and waved their hands. He opened his mouth and said in relief:
"No, it shouldn't be an earth-bound spirit. You don't have to be afraid. Although I have never seen that kind of evil spirit that defies heaven, my master once specifically told me about an earth-bound spirit. Let's not talk about anything else. With the strength of the spirit, no living person will die if it is entangled with it. No matter how many targets are killed, even if there are thousands of people, they will still be destroyed with a wave of their hands in the eyes of the earth-bound spirit. That thing can kill tens of millions of living people in an instant. It’s easier than crushing ants. If those pink squirrels are really earthbound spirits, I think we would have been wiped out as early as the first day of the mission. How could we survive until now?”
"In addition, judging from what we have experienced in the past two days... it is true that the pink female squirrels are much weirder than the ordinary squirrels, but in fact, they are killing one by one according to the rules from beginning to end. The spirit will probably kill us all in the blink of an eye, so there is no need to go through as much trouble as it is now, so I think there is no need for everyone to worry too much."
Not to mention, after the analysis by the young Taoist priest, everyone felt a little calmer after hearing this. Peng Hu was stunned for a moment, then looked puzzled, and then stared at Chen Xiaoyao and asked: "Since you said it is not an earth-bound spirit, Then, who is the pink-skirted lady hiding in the town now? Is she still Li?"
Facing the bald man's question, Chen Xiaoyao nodded slightly without comment: "Well, Brother Peng, you are right, it should still be a scorpion, but..."
Just now he spoke calmly and answered truthfully. Unexpectedly, at the end of the sentence, the young man showed a strange and complicated look on his face, and stopped the narration on his own. Seeing this, the few people nearby felt relieved again, and they stared at each other with Peng Hu. The young man, as for Chen Xiaoyao, paused, pondered for a moment, and finally raised his head slowly, then changed the subject and said something to Peng Hu and several others, something that shocked everyone present:
"First of all, it can be concluded that the pink skirt lady still belongs to the category of Li Ji. However, according to my personal judgment, she is a Li Ji, but she is different from ordinary Li Ji. She belongs to an earthbound spirit that is about to enter but has not yet entered. The level of Li Qi, to put it simply, you can call it..."
"Li Qi's peak level!"
………
A squid that is about to advance due to too many murders, a terrifying evil spirit that is about to advance from a scorpion to an earthbound spirit level!
Everyone deeply agreed with Chen Xiaoyao's speculation.
Why? Why did Chen Xiaoyao gain immediate approval from others as soon as he said this?
The reason is not difficult to understand, and the reason is even simpler. The simplest example is that the mission level is upper-medium rather than difficult. Although the mission level cannot be 100% equated with the strength of the creature, this is still the case under normal circumstances, at least for now. So far, the executor has never encountered an earthbound spirit in a supernatural mission other than the difficult level. If this is the case, it means that the young Taoist priest's guess is more credible.
"Hey, why are you looking at me? Don't look at me. I've said everything I need to say. I've also told everyone my limited understanding of women. As for how to continue to survive in this mission, we should all stay together. Find a way."
After Chen Xiaoyao shrugged and finished speaking, for a moment, most of the people present felt a strange and trembling feeling like a ray of light on their backs. The feeling was difficult to describe in words. If he had to forcefully explain it, he could only describe it as despair. Appropriately, in fact, after discovering that the female locust kills people faster than imagined, the senior people have been in despair. Note that the despair referred to here is not fear and despair, but a sense of helplessness or even powerlessness. In the past, this sense of despair was only There has been one time, and that only time was when facing Sadako, or it can be said that the only experience that can make all executors completely despair only happened during the midnight bell mission. Although Chen Xiaoyao had just It has been stated that the female fangirls should not have reached the earthbound spirit stage yet, but somehow, this time everyone once again felt helpless and hopeless!
Seniors are not fools. They actually understand that the above is just a personal psychological effect. The truth is correct. However, the problem is that they have no way to deal with the current situation. Even if they get some clues from the death of Zhang Qi in the storm, they cannot crack it or deal with it. , this really echoes the old saying, sometimes the more you know, the more desperate you are.
"So what do we do now?"
Looking at the silent people on both sides, Peng Hu finally asked a question that was of practical significance at the moment.
As the question came out, everyone had different reactions. Only Zhao Ping seemed calm. The calm man in glasses responded first, raising his head and answering as if nothing had happened: "No need to do anything. Anyway, Nu Qi will give priority to killing Liu Dong’s group, and we just need to continue to observe.”
As mentioned above, Zhao Ping's tone was extremely calm when he spoke, but it was so chilling in other people's ears. It is obvious that the strategy of the man with glasses has not changed, and he still insists on treating Liu Dong and other plot characters as Experimenting with mice, the executor will observe and look for more clues from the deaths of those people. If necessary, the man with glasses will not even mind using someone as a test subject again on the pretext of 'saving people'.
Zhao Ping's plan is naturally quite cold-blooded, but unfortunately this is the only way at the moment.
After saying these words and ignoring the reactions of others, the man with glasses turned around and left, heading towards the house without even looking back...
