vncnus Chapter 7 Something's Wrong
Chapter 7 Something's Wrong
Leave the hillside where the tavern is located.
Yu Jing returned to the main road and headed straight for the alien space node.
He had already tied the newly acquired belt around his waist. Although the special forces-style belt looked somewhat mismatched with his hoodie and jeans, it was clearly not the time to worry about appearances.
Returning safely to the real world is the most important thing.
Sheathing his short sword, Yu Jing walked along the map while quickly familiarizing himself with the revolver.
Having witnessed the fate of his "predecessor" after being injured by a monster, he must ensure that he has a way to deal with danger when it comes.
Load the ammunition and close the cylinder.
He held the gun in both hands, aimed at the street lamp not far away, and got into position.
Yu Jing carefully recalled the movies he had seen in his previous life and the shooting knowledge such as the three points in a line and recoil that the instructors had mentioned during military training.
After a brief moment of thought, he took out the ordinary bullets from the magazine and replaced them all with silver bullets that had a divine effect.
Reality is not a game, after all.
Given Yu Jing's current firearms skills, the idea of quickly reloading during combat is pure nonsense.
Rather than scrambling around at the last minute, it's better to load the most powerful silver bullets in advance.
Even if it misses and is a waste, it's better than the person being almost dead and not having used a single silver bullet.
As he reloaded, the cool walnut grip and the heavy gun made him feel at ease. Feeling that his combat strength had improved, Yu Jing felt even his physical fatigue was relieved, and his steps became more steady.
As expected, all the fear stemmed from insufficient firepower!
However, caution is still necessary; Yu Jing is not so reckless as to take a gun and challenge a monster to a duel.
He continued to prioritize safety on the journey ahead, avoiding any alien monsters he detected nearby. After walking for about twenty minutes, he was less than two kilometers away from completing the novice trial mission.
It was at this time that...
Yu Jing keenly noticed the changes in the surrounding environment.
Along the roadside, some stone tablets with strange characters and images began to appear. He wasn't sure if they were tombstones or something else. Occasionally, he could also see altars made of piled-up stones, with scarecrows hanging on wooden poles on both sides. Iron nails or pitchforks were stuck haphazardly on the torsos, and blood-stained strips of cloth were hanging from the limbs.
This scene inexplicably reminded Yu Jing of the scarecrows used to scare away sparrows in rice paddies.
What kind of beings are these straw figures used to intimidate?
In addition, the humidity level in the dense forest increased significantly.
Even without rain, Yu Jing's exposed skin could still clearly feel the increasingly uncomfortable damp cold, and at the same time smelled a strange, fishy odor, somewhat like the smell of rotting fish and shrimp, or the smell of pickled and dried seafood.
There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.
Shortly after he smelled the sea, he discovered several horrifying-looking crosses on both sides of the road.
The strong smell of the sea made him involuntarily stop in his tracks.
Without exception, these crosses were bound with iron chains to humanoid monsters. Their torsos were all emaciated human skeletons, but they had bloated and ferocious fish-like heads. Their shoulders and backs were covered with shells and bulging fins that seemed to grow out of flesh and blood, and their limbs had been mutated into long, sharp bone claws and webbed feet.
There was no beauty whatsoever; all that remained was the twisted and bizarre appearance of two creatures mixed together.
Even in just those few seconds of observation, the watch screen showed that Yu Jing's sanity level inevitably dropped, but fortunately it was still within a safe range and did not have a significant negative impact.
At that moment, he finally understood who those scarecrows were meant to scare.
"So this is why the roads and towns have been abandoned... How disgusting."
Just as I was about to leave after turning my gaze away from the fish monsters, I caught a glimpse of a broken pencil on a stone tablet in front of one of the crosses. I quickly went over and picked it up.
I turned to the side and compared it to the pencil strapped to the outside of my shoulder bag, which was tied with a thin leather strap; they were the same style.
Yu Jing froze for half a second, then his expression changed drastically. He threw down his pencil and ran wildly in the other direction.
The discovery he made in the tavern kept replaying in his mind.
The wound on the corpse's chest, the strange changes after death...
The pencil on the stone tablet proves that the deceased had been here and stayed for a period of time, presumably to gather information about the monster on the cross.
In other words, he was most likely attacked in this area.
More importantly, judging from the fact that the deceased only started treating his wounds after escaping to the tavern, he most likely did not kill the monster.
All these signs spurred Yu Jing to leave this place as soon as possible, the farther the better!
It must be admitted that his intuition was quite accurate.
They hadn't gone far when the monster detector pointer, which had been silent for a while, suddenly started to tremble.
"Damn, thank goodness I ran fast enough, otherwise I might have been stuck there!"
Yu Jing leaned against the tree trunk, panting heavily, while also checking the location of the alien space node.
There's less than a kilometer left; just a few more minutes and we'll be back in the real world.
Just when he thought he had escaped danger, the detector pointer, which had been hovering between 1 and 2, suddenly rose again and swung around a large angle, which undoubtedly meant that the monster was rapidly approaching his location.
Yu Jing's pupils dilated in shock upon seeing this scene.
Why would someone follow me when I've already left that area?
There was no time to think further; the alien space node was right in front of them, and there was no way to take a detour.
Heading straight to the finish line is the only option.
However, Yu Jing ultimately underestimated the speed of the alien monster.
Even as he slowed down, the detector's pointer showed no signs of stopping and quickly crossed the danger line.
Based on his previous encounter with the gatekeeper, he was certain that the other party was within a 20-meter radius.
No! We can't just keep running away!
Exposing your back to a monster in a place like this is suicidal.
Take a deep breath and slow down your pace.
At this critical moment of life and death, Yu Jing became unusually calm.
It was as if he had detached his consciousness from his body, observing everything with a cold eye and beginning to think.
With several hundred meters to go, there was a speed difference between the two teams.
The result of a full-speed sprint is that you will run out of energy and be intercepted halfway. You must find a way to slow down the monster's movements.
He gripped the revolver tightly in his right hand, pressing it against his waist, while his left hand reached for the smoke grenade hanging at his waist. Upon seeing the open terrain ahead, he loosened his grip and instead drew his tactical straight knife, holding it horizontally in front of him to observe the position of the pointer.
6, 7, 8.....
As the pointer approached the high-risk area, Yu Jing could even hear a chilling growl coming from the dense forest behind him.
We can't delay any longer, it's time!
Seizing the opportunity, Yu Jing abruptly stopped, turned around, raised his gun, and swept the muzzle left and right, searching for his target.
The next second, his gaze locked onto the road a few meters away.
The monster's silhouette was faintly visible in the shadows cast by the intertwined branches of the trees.
Those beastly eyes, gleaming with a cold, greyish-white light, locked onto Yu Jing. Foul-smelling saliva dripped from between its fangs, and sharp claws emerged from among the branches.
Like the scythe of death, it pronounces a death sentence on its prey.