The Baihuan Butterfly is a very strange monster.
It mostly grows in mirages, is good at illusions, and is ever-changing, but it itself is like a fish in the water and cannot exist outside the illusion.
Therefore, the number is sparse and the records are sporadic.
Occasionally, there are a few words, saying that it comes out of the sea market, transforms into islands, fairy mountains, pavilions and pavilions, and lures passing ships to dock. It lies that people are stranded in fairyland, but secretly uses insect eggs to parasitize people's intestines, and initially assimilates people. The internal organs of the dove gradually take over the dove's nest and replace it, and eventually it turns into a butterfly.
It is said that the way Baihuan Butterfly spreads its population is also very special.
They will select one or two "lucky ones" from a batch of prey, and also send insect eggs, but they will not hatch. Instead, they will release the "lucky ones" back to the human world, so that their eggs can survive in the illusion. Survive outside.
Although those who were released were able to escape for a while, they did not discover the truth. They only thought that they had really encountered a fairyland. Coupled with the secret influence of insect eggs, they would never forget the "fairyland" and sooner or later they would sail overseas again. Visiting wonderland.
But the fairyland is elusive and hard to find. If you are lucky, you will encounter a mirage. If it is suitable for the habitat of hundreds of fantasy butterflies, the monster insects in the abdomen will take the opportunity to hatch. If you are unlucky, if you do not find it for a long time, the monster insects will cause trouble, making the "lucky person" think that he is a ghost. I was inspired by the immortal in the dark, and then I called my friends and led a boat of people into the "fairyland".
There are many rumors about immortals on the sea, and there are also many people who seek immortality and ask questions. But who knows how many of those immortal seekers who are enthusiastic and invite people to accompany them are sent by monsters and insects to lead people to death?
Stop the gossip.
all in all.
For a hundred fantasy butterflies, where is a more suitable habitat than the ownerless fantasy land of Xiaoshui? Where could there be a better hatching hotbed and food reserve than these tens of thousands of ignorant monsters?
And the most valuable among these tens of thousands of monsters are undoubtedly those big monsters.
In the battle between Huan Die and Yu Mei, both sides tried their best to avoid the big demon.
There is no other reason.
Yu Mei is afraid that the great demon will awaken, which will make the already fragile illusion even worse.
The phantom butterfly is simply greedy for a human body and cannot be controlled by the monster insects alone.
Even now, they are just taking care of those big demons, waiting to completely control the illusion before dealing with them.
This is what Li Changan's plan aims at.
He cooperated with Yu Mei, one of them was lurking near Shuiyue Temple, waiting for the opportunity, and the other assassinated the big demon in Xiaoshui City to force Huan Die to show up, but Huan Die saw something fishy and killed all the monsters to confuse the situation.
But.
The plan didn't go smoothly.
…………
Tomorrow is the Dionysus Festival.
Two consecutive nights of celebration are about to come, and the excitement seems to have started early this morning.
On the street, people buying, shouting, and hanging out, men, women, old and young, rub shoulders. There was an atmosphere of celebration everywhere, as if the gloom of the past few days was just a dream last night.
However, a group of people arrived at the end of the street, but they were incompatible with the joy around them.
That was a team of errands.
Carrying knives and guns, most of them had expressionless faces and their eyes were staring straight ahead. Each of their faces seemed to be made of iron. They walked silently through the crowd with neat steps without making any noise.
Only the two leading ones were more lively and somewhat "human", but they were ferocious. Their eyes kept scanning around, and they were vigilant and greedy.
The joy around them didn't affect them at all, and their solemnity also didn't affect the people around them.
The crowds on the street just separate when they arrive and close when they leave, just like a bucket of oil paint poured into a drain, with clear distinctions.
"three."
At a noodle stall not far away, Li Changan, dressed as a boatman in a coarse shorts, silently wrote down a number.
This is the third patrol team that has passed by this stall in the short period of time he meditated.
Although the Taoist priest's plan did not go smoothly, it still had some effects.
The continuous killings made Huandie unable to sit still and watch the moon in the water. It sent a large number of controlled rampant soldiers and bug cubs to leave their nest and patrol Xiaoshui day and night.
It's a pity that the phantom butterfly itself has always been hiding in Shuiyue Temple, still eating away at the illusion bit by bit.
Today, the area that Huandie can control has spread from Shuiyue Temple to under the Xiaoshui City Wall.
This situation really makes people scratch their heads.
Is it possible that to catch a big fish like the Phantom Butterfly, just using the big monster as bait is too light?
Tiger, cow, bird.
Li Changan wrote these three words on the table with tea.
They respectively represent the only three great monsters left in the illusion today.
Tiger is Chihu, the magistrate of Xiaoshui County.
Cows are rodents and are inspected by the local inspection department.
The bird is a ghost car and the head of the wine shop.
The roles of these three characters are all high-ranking and powerful. They live in seclusion and are often closely guarded. Coupled with the overt and covert protection of Huan Die, it can be said that it is difficult to find opportunities for assassination.
Of course, it's hard to come back, so if you take some risks and put in some effort, you may not be able to do it.
However, the reason why the big demon was assassinated was to lure Huan Die to show up. If Huan Die continues to be determined not to leave Shuiyue Temple, what is the point of assassinating him?
not to mention……
"Guest, your meal is ready."
Li Changan calmly brushed away the writing and raised his eyes. It was the landlady who came with a face.
She was probably in her early thirties, a mature woman with a particularly charming charm. Although she wore a Jingchai cloth skirt, her waist was very narrow with a belt, which made her round and plump body even more accentuated. She swayed as she walked, attracting attention. It attracted a lot of attention and attracted a lot of business.
The Taoist priest's eyes were inevitably glued to her, but it was not because of her "carefulness", but because he saw something flashing under her skirt as she walked.
When she reached the table, put down the bowl and bent down, the Taoist priest even saw a protrusion sliding back and forth under her skirt.
It seems to be hiding a tail.
What's even more strange is that the people around him are looking at him blatantly or furtively, but they are not surprised by this and turn a blind eye to it.
Maybe Li Changan's eyes were too straightforward.
"Guest, where are you staring?!"
The landlady's voice was full of coquettishness, more teasing than scolding.
But when the Taoist priest really met her eyes, he saw that her eyes suddenly turned into amber vertical pupils, and thin scales grew on her eyelids and spread towards the surroundings.
There are signs of demonization!
Li Changan silently said "bad luck" in his heart.
This is the "what if".
…
The condition of the illusion is getting worse day by day, and a strange phenomenon gradually occurs. Some monsters fall into a state of "waking up but not waking up". Certain parts of the body reveal their original shape, such as tails, scales, etc., but under the influence of the illusion, people around them and themselves will turn a blind eye. However, once they are stimulated by external stimuli, such as eyes that they should not see, they will quickly break away in a short period of time. Bewitched and transformed back into a demon.
This means that the Taoist priest and Yu Mei must act very carefully, otherwise, complications will inevitably arise. This is also the reason why they choose to move at night and repair during the day, just to avoid being distracted by one person.
…
"Hey, what are you talking about?"
Li Changan took his time, crossed his legs with his golden knife, and scratched his chest with his hand, looking like he was not stingy.
"Can you still grow a tail? Of course, let's see if my wife's pussy is fertile!"
After saying that, he suddenly slapped him in the face.
The boss lady couldn't dodge and was hit right in the target's eye.
With a "yeah" sound, he jumped away.
Look back.
The red face and watery eyes have lost their vertical pupils and fine scales.
She took a sip.
"Death sign!"
The men present immediately burst into cheers, and Li Changan stood up and raised his hands to the surrounding people, looking triumphant.
It was in the midst of a commotion.
"Killing!"
Suddenly there was a howl on the street.
Then a man with blood-stained hands stumbled out.
His condition was very bad, his body was shaking constantly, the corners of his mouth and eyes were pulling at each other, and it was hard to tell whether he was afraid or happy.
People around him gathered around, asking questions or comforting him, but he ignored them all and just shouted repeatedly at the top of his voice:
"Dead! Dead! All dead!"
It attracted the attention of the whole street, and even the diners in the noodle stall looked around. Some even dropped their half-eaten noodle bowls and hurried to join in the fun.
Li Changan didn't take a look. He sat down silently and pulled the bowl of noodles in front of him.
In the milky white soup made from mutton bones, finely sliced white onions and fresh green vegetable leaves floated. The noodles underneath were chewy and well-defined. It looked like Bashi was very hungry. The only pity was that... The noodles and vegetable leaves were covered with many black spots, like dense insect eyes.
Li Changan took out the gourd he carried with him and poured some water into it. The black spots transformed by resentment turned into wisps of black gas and slowly evaporated in the bowl.
Wait until it dissipates and the Taoist priest drops his chopsticks.
Another group of patrolling government officials finally arrived belatedly.
They are obviously very familiar with the job of "land washing".
While dragging the man to the crime scene, he dispersed the crowd that had gathered.
People were really obedient and dispersed obediently, without missing a single moment. People were happy again, the hawkers still went to hawk, and the idlers still wandered around.
The short scene just now was like a breeze blowing through stagnant water, and the ripples subsided in the blink of an eye.
Even the diners who returned from watching the excitement just took their bowls back and continued eating noodles without mentioning anything about what happened just now, as if it had never happened.
It was really peaceful and peaceful.
Li Changan also drank the last mouthful of noodle soup, leaving a few copper coins behind.
He stood up and joined the jubilant crowd.
…………
The moon is dark and the wind is high.
In the south corner of the city, there is a shabby house.
Qiu Er fumbled through the night, then pushed the door open in a daze. He was shaken by the cold wind in front of him. He opened his sleepy eyes, and his feet that stepped out suddenly stopped on the threshold.
It was dark outside the door.
All things have only a vague outline left, which are superimposed on each other to form various strange shapes, which look extremely strange.
Especially those wisterias, which have lost all their branches and leaves in the past few days, leaving behind twisted vines, as thick as snakes and as thin as earthworms, hanging from the walls and eaves, swaying slightly in the wind as if they were hissing.
The courtyard that I was so familiar with in the past actually made my heart feel cold tonight.
There is reason for this fear.
"The night in Xiaoshui is restless" is an outdated old saying. In fact, the night in Xiaoshui is terrifying.
News comes out every day, either someone dies silently on their bed, or a whole family is wiped out overnight.
Regardless of gender, regardless of high or low, it seems that death is staring at everyone in Xiaoshui all the time.
The government has been trying its best to suppress the news, but how can it be concealed? On the contrary, some shrewd people have discovered that all the dignitaries in the city have disappeared recently, the mansions have become heavily guarded, and the number of people patrolling at night has increased several times.
If the big shots are like this, how can they teach the common people not to be anxious and frightened by it?
Qiu Er swallowed and deliberately retreated into the room, but the strong urge to urinate urged him.
As a last resort.
He stepped out of the room.
He didn't dare to look at the dark yard, he just buried his eyes and rushed to his toilet on tiptoes.
Passing by the wing next door.
I saw a dim light shining through the window paper, and it seemed that a candle was lit.
This is the bedroom that belongs to his brother and sister-in-law.
"This is in the middle of the night!"
He muttered something dissatisfied in his heart, and was about to leave when suddenly, a faint sound of a woman's cry penetrated his ears.
He was confused at first, then blushed.
"Bah! It's so late at night!"
Then he secretly poked a hole in the window paper, raised his butt and looked at it.
Just one glance.
Hot blood suddenly cooled.
…………
My brother was lying on the bed, his eyes closed tightly as if he was sleeping, but the bright red color on the quilt silently told the truth - he was dead.
The sister-in-law was sitting at the table opposite a woman in half-dressed clothes.
The woman's back was turned to him, and her face could not be seen clearly. She only saw a bright red skirt and a plain white short coat. She was supporting her sister-in-law with one hand and holding a knife in the other. By the candlelight, she was carefully peeling off her sister-in-law's face. .
The sister-in-law was probably still alive. Every inch the tip of the knife went down, a thin, gossamer-like hum came out of her nose, and Qiu Er's urge to urinate also surged a little.
To make matters worse, maybe his breathing was heavy for a moment.
The woman suddenly turned her face.
The ferocious grimace glowed coldly in the darkness.
All of a sudden.
Qiu Er's bladder and throat were lost at the same time.
Warm urine surged into his pants, and sharp screams shot into the night sky.
…
Urine soaked into trouser legs.
It brings a shameful warmth in this cold night.
Qiu Er didn't care about this.
He regretted extremely at this moment, regretted why he didn't hold it in for a while, regretted why he had to look at that one more time.
In this case, maybe only the brother and sister-in-law will die?
Unfortunately, all regrets are of no use.
The ghost-faced man is approaching step by step.
He could see the bright red skirt of the other party, see the cold reflection of the sword in her hand, and seemed to hear the sound of drops of blood falling.
Subsequently.
He saw the Ghostfaced Man making a waving motion.
Stand time.
A scream erupted in the dark night.
"Are you going to die?"
He thought so.
However.
"Ding."
Under the light of the fire, the thing hit a long knife and bounced to the ground. It turned out to be half a pair of scissors.
Huh?
Where did the fire come from? Where did the long knife come from?
He stared back blankly.
Unexpectedly, a group of government officials appeared behind him.
Just now, it was the leader of the squad who drew his knife to save his life.
I can't help but be overjoyed to be resurrected from a desperate situation.
He turned around and grabbed the squad leader's trousers, crying:
"Sir, save..."
The words stopped for a moment.
His eyes also changed from joy to shock, and then to fear.
Just because Qiu Er saw it, the body of the squad leader who rescued him suddenly began to swell, arms grew out of his armpits, and fangs grew out of the corners of his mouth. In an instant, he turned into a ferocious monster.
The four-armed demon waved his hand, and the monsters under it that also took on their original forms dispersed, faintly surrounding the Ghost-Faced Man in the center.
But it was not in a hurry to fight, but took out a horn
A sharp and ear-piercing horn sounded, like the howl of a pack of wolves hunting. Following the call, one after another strange-shaped demons jumped into the courtyard one after another, surrounding the ghost-faced man tightly.
To this.
The ghost-faced man just raised his sword skills.
Immediately.
Qiu Er felt a chill in his waist, and then saw a diffuse red light.
…………
When Qiu Er woke up again.
The ghost-faced man has disappeared, only the house is burning in the fire, and the small courtyard has become a pool of blood.
As for those government officials... well, they were probably the piles of scattered corpses on the ground!
He was at a loss and stared at all this blankly, muttering:
"monster!
They're all monsters!
The ghost-faced man is a monster!
The catcher is a monster! "
He lowered his head and looked at himself. His upper body was at the base of the wall here, and his lower half was at the corner of the wall there. The middle was connected by a bucket-thick, brown, swollen, and vaguely connected strip of flesh.
It's like a person was cut in half and then a big earthworm was caught in the middle.
"Hahaha."
He grinned, and smiled so sincerely, so heartily, that he cried with joy.
"It turns out I'm a monster too!"
But soon.
That little bit of joy was swallowed up by a surging hunger.
His eyes, red with hunger, wandered around, finally landing on the corpse on the ground, and then he pounced on it without hesitation.
He was like a hungry wild dog, crawling among the flesh and blood, biting and chewing.
A group of "catchers" approached quietly.
It wasn't until he was surrounded that he was startled and raised his head suddenly.
Within a short period of time.
All the facial features on his face had faded away, leaving only a huge mouth full of sharp teeth that roared in chaos at the government officials.
Subsequently.
Then a cloud of dust was thrown in front of him.
Strangely enough, he actually returned to peace under this mere puff of dust.
A hoarse voice sounded faintly.
"What's going on here?"
"The witch! It's the witch!"
He opened his mouth, his voice full of panic, as if he had turned back into that timid young man, and told the most profound and frightening scene in his memory.
"The witch has peeled off my sister-in-law's skin."
The voice asked: "Why did she skin your sister-in-law?"
But he just repeated in panic: "The enchantress peeled off my sister-in-law's face, the enchantress peeled off my sister-in-law's face..."
The voice had no choice but to change the question:
"Who is your sister-in-law?"
Qiu Er's words paused for a while, and when he spoke again, he was almost babbled in sleep.
He said:
"My sister-in-law is a female worker at Li'er Building."
…………
Everything is calm.
The next day.
Sunset and moonrise.
The Dionysus Festival is coming as scheduled.
No matter men, women, old or young, rich or poor, people put aside all the fears and worries of the past and participated in this grand and destined celebration on this night where the moonlight was always shining.
Even the dignitaries, such as county magistrates, inspectors, and heads of line... also left their heavily guarded mansions, and just like countless reincarnations in the past, rushed to the largest and most gorgeous boat at the Dionysus Festival, to Li'er Tower. A feast hosted by the Third Lady.
