Mysterious Hunting Ground

Chapter 334 324. Light Blue Eyes

Amidst the sound of turning pages of books.

The sun began to set in the west.

Sean, who was in the back row of Citroën, put down a few pages of information and rubbed his sore eyes.

"Kenny, I've almost finished looking through the information. I've only found a few monsters that slightly match Wanda's description of the light blue, round-headed dolphin - water monkey, kraken, siren, water ghost, lake monster..."

"Among them, water monkeys, water ghosts, and sirens can use illusions and songs to confuse people's hearts. Do you think there might be one of them hidden in the long lake? It confused Martha at night half a year ago?"

"None of these three monsters have any compassion or humanity. They purely treat humans as food." Dean put down the thick book in his hand. "Once they capture their prey, they will immediately use their fangs and claws to brutally cut it into pieces." , Devour the parts you like.”

"And Martha died after being in contact with the thing in the lake for half a year. Her body remained intact after death, which is not in line with the hunting habits of these three creatures."

"Then all suspicious objects in the information have been ruled out, right?" Sean sighed listlessly, "How to investigate next?"

Dean stared at the road outside the window and rolled his eyes. He had asked Professor Aiden of Alamo University and Dr. Sean of Hawkins Laboratory to help investigate this monster, but no news has been returned so far.

"Perhaps the monster in Long Lake is a unique existence that has never been recorded in any information?" Dean pondered, "First drive along the Long Lake and visit the fishermen living by the lake. If there is a monster in the lake area, I must know something about it."

"Good idea, but we should visit another person first." Sean said with a complicated expression.

Dean understood what he meant in an instant and drove the car to the "Qiao Pier Antique Shop".

Old Mrs. Carmody was still standing quietly dozing behind the glass counter in her bright orange trousers. Her short and fat body covered with all kinds of strange jewelry exuded an indescribable strange smell.

She is like a chicken-skinned witch who lives in a bizarre tree hole, waiting for young men in fine clothes to come to her and die.

The first time they stepped into the antique store, her eyes, as dim as oil lamps, blinked twice and instantly lit up like flames.

A strong desire is coming out.

"You're back so soon," Carmody looked at Dean expectantly, "Did you catch the evil thing in the lake?"

"Unfortunately, not yet." Dean walked to the counter and subconsciously touched the three furry raccoon specimens. "But we have found some basic characteristics of the monster, its light blue, smooth head..."

Dean told everything he heard from Wanda and the information he extracted.

"You have lived by the Long Lake for decades and are familiar with the supernatural realm. Can you tell me what kind of monster this is?"

Carmody's eyes widened in dissatisfaction and he glanced at the two of them, "You are so smart. You want the old woman to work for free? But you are too naive. If I want to know the details of the evil thing, why should I entrust others to do it?"

Dean looked at her with penetrating eyes in silence,

"Damn! I can only provide a few pieces of free information," Carmody said with a pained face, as if he had suffered a big loss. "I have visited the fishermen on the lake and the old people who have lived there all their lives. , but they haven’t even seen a single hair of the monster.”

"There have never been rumors of monsters in the Changhu Lake Basin. Otherwise, as soon as Martha died, the story of the lake monster would have spread throughout Qiaopier Town."

Dean and Sean looked at each other and could see the disappointment on each other's faces, and there was no need for the next fisherman to visit.

"But an ecological inspector from Changhu Lake gave me some special clues." Carmody changed his voice, grasped the ring on the chicken claw and twisted it, "In the past two years, for some unknown reason, Changhu's The water quality has improved significantly, but the fish stocks have experienced an abnormal reduction, by about one-tenth."

"The climate, the humidity of the lake, and the temperature haven't fluctuated much. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be such a huge drop unless—"

"Unless something external eats these fish?" Dean blurted out with a look in his eyes,

"Yes, it can only be caused by the water monster in the lake." Carmody gave him an appreciative look, "It has a big appetite. With a watershed of more than 200 kilometers, a tenth of the production reduction is several dozen tons. . According to this estimate, its size is probably not inferior to that of an adult shark."

Sean next to him heard this and couldn't believe it. "Such a huge evil thing needs to eat a lot of fish. Why have fishermen never found traces of its activities? This is not common sense."

After Sean's words, the silence in the antique shop seemed to last for a century.

Carmody's disheveled gray hair broke the silence,

"This is the crux of the matter. I have done a lot of analysis and can only come to a somewhat reasonable conclusion - the evil thing in the lake cannot be seen by the naked eye, so it can always live in the lake secretly. "

Can’t ordinary people see what’s in the lake?

Dean's head shook.

"Okay, you two, I've said this. The next task will be handed over to you. As long as you bring it to me, whether you live or die, the Serende Rune belongs to you." Carmody waved his hand. Start seeing off guests, "Don't let me down."

……

crunch...

The wooden door of the antique shop opens.

The two of them walked into the white world of ice and snow again.

The sun shines on their faces, revealing the cool thoughts between their brows.

"Man, according to Carmody, that lake monster will be invisible?" Sean opened the door and sat in the back seat. "Only when it actively reveals itself, humans can see it through their eyes, just like Martha. And Wanda?"

“It’s not necessarily invisible, it’s a water monster that lives in a lake, and it should have some kind of water-related superpower.

"What do you mean?"

"Let me confirm first."

Dean got in the car and returned to Long Lake, arranged for Sean, and walked to the ice cave alone. Shoal was still soaking in it and supervising the fish to search the bottom of the lake.

"It's useless to search like this. Let's try another search method." Dean sent a message to Shoal's mind, "You ask, have any fish found that the number of similar species around them has decreased inexplicably, as if they were eaten by something, but they can't see the attacker? ?”

The shoal did not move immediately, its four-petal mouth opened and closed, its sixteen eyes blinked, and it wailed, "Master, I am so miserable. A big catfish just swallowed me up. I almost never see him again." Not to you."

"Don't complain, go quickly, your energy will double in these two days!"

The shoals dived into the azure lake with a gurgling sound, passing over the wet and slippery scales like generals inspecting soldiers, communicating silently.

It won't take half an hour.

A message came back from patrolling the shoals on a pike ridge,

"The owner is right. After inspection, No. 25 of the fifth sturgeon brigade, No. 10 of the third pike brigade... a total of twenty fish reported that similar species were missing without reason."

"Good guy, have you formed a school of fish?" Dean asked funnyly, "Then when did their recent disappearance occur?"

"Just last night."

"While we were searching the bottom of the lake?"

"Correct."

Dean looked at the ice hole and his expression became solemn, "That monster is moving right under my nose."

After Ying reaches level 5, his perception is far beyond that of ordinary people, and he is especially sensitive to energy fluctuations.

From God's perspective, not even a particle of dust in the air can be missed. With Dean's spiritual vision, even ghosts have nowhere to hide. The two of them worked together but couldn't find the monster.

"Its ability is not just invisibility by changing the color of the body, but more like the ability of 'hydration', breaking down the body into water molecules and integrating them into the lake water. Only in this way can it be said to be elusive."

"How do you find it? And how do you prevent it from escaping?"

Dean thought about it and returned to the lake to meet up with Sean, who was running, and brainstormed together.

"The fishermen can't see this monster, and even you and I can't see it." Sean stretched out his hand to sharpen his claws on the rough bark of a pine tree, "Then why did it take the initiative to show up to Martha and meet with Martha many times? Sha met at night and lasted for half a year?"

Dean looked at the endless lake and said, "There is something about Martha that attracts her."

Sean said to himself, "What could it be?"

Dean pondered, "Martha is a young girl, not an adult. She lost her parents and grandfather."

"The most important point is that half a year ago, on the day when Martha saw the thing in the lake for the first time, she was severely bullied at school and was heartbroken... This kind of strong sadness attracted the lake monster?"

Sean nodded, "It will be that day sooner or later, the possibility is very high. So, first of all, it takes a young child to make the thing in the lake lower its guard. Secondly, it needs to have a violent mood swing to attract it? "

Dean's pupils shrank to a point, as sharp as a goshawk staring at its prey, "Let's try it. It lives in the lake and is considered a big fish. We can use suitable bait to catch it!"

Bait, fishing?

Sean's eyelids twitched, "You mean using a child to seduce a monster is too cruel, isn't it? Will that hurt him?"

"There's no need to put other children in danger." Dean looked at the mimicking skills in the system, "I'll do it myself."

……

The night falls and the bright moon rises high in the sky.

In the dark bedroom on the second floor of the villa at No. 120 Hubin Road, Billy, who was breathing softly and falling into a sweet dream, suddenly had a wound like a sewing needle on his arm.

A few drops of blood flew out and flew into the mouth of a dark figure standing next to him. He then gently touched Billy's wound with his fingertips, and the wound disappeared like wrinkles scalded by an electric iron.

And Heiying's tall body suddenly shrank inward, his arms and thighs became thinner and shorter, his angular face turned into a soft-lined, childish blond face, and his originally fitted down jacket and jeans fell loosely. to the ground.

Heiying's light blue eyes looked at his body, which was more than ten years younger. He waved to the wardrobe on the wall of the bedroom. A small cotton jacket, black children's pants, and children's leather boots automatically flew to his naked body. .

When he looked in the mirror, his expression had a childish stubbornness, and he looked like another Billy Drayton.

"The bait is ready."

The black shadow grabbed the clothes on the ground, jumped up, floated out of the window on the right side of the bedroom, and landed on the side of the villa.

Sean ran out from the bushes and glanced over and over again at his thin-armed, slender-legged companion in amazement, "Kenny?"

"Well, it's me." Dean said with a small face and a sweet voice, "Let's go fishing farther away, cough..." "It's unbelievable, what a magical power, such a tall and strong man , turned into a little carrot head, you look much cuter now, let uncle touch it." Sean walked side by side with Dean, looking down at his round head reflecting the soft golden color, and couldn't help but touch the rough His big hand touched it,

"Go away, don't touch me! I'm not interested in men." Dean pushed Sean's troublesome hand away and glared at him fiercely. The murderous intent in his eyes made the latter tremble.

The memory goes back to the time when I was abused last night.

"Sorry, Kenny, I swear I will never offend your majesty again." Sean raised his hands and followed slowly behind his companion who was several sizes smaller. "But I have a question. You can transform. Show me before. Is that Mexican face real?”

Dean couldn't help but turn around and glance at Sean in surprise. He could actually think of this.

"No, you will see my true face when you enter Midian. Stop talking. Stay away later and wait for my signal." Dean took a deep breath and began to brew sad emotions, imagining the pain of all his relatives and friends in his mind. The scene of dying, or the scene of waking up to find that you are still the poor and pathetic Luthor from your previous life.

Thanks to the small amount of spirit that exceeds the will, the mind is lively.

He could easily arouse his emotions, and his eyes were slightly red.

But the emotion was far from strong enough. Dean simply took out a large bottle of whiskey from the space and drank it in one gulp.

Bottle after bottle.

It seemed like it would never end.

……

Eleven o'clock at night.

The moonlight fell like flowing water onto the ice of Long Lake, illuminating a low and pale layer of frozen air.

A little boy was walking staggeringly on the ice, rubbing his red eyes and murmuring with sore sobs in his throat,

"Martha...wuwu...where are you..."

"We made an appointment to celebrate our birthday together...why not come today..."

"Martha... ugh... are we still best friends?"

The clear cry echoed across the ice lake, dissipating into the invisible darkness in the distance with the night wind.

The little boy put his hands on his chest and shouted, his petite body trembling like a helpless stray cat.

He seemed to be tired of crying, so he lay down near an ice hole by the lake, staring at the deep blue lake water that exuded astonishing coldness, as well as the reflection of his blond hair and blue eyes, and shouted,

"Martha, are you in there? I have something to tell you..."

"I don't have any friends since you left."

"Wanda is sick and won't talk to me anymore..."

"Those bastards at school called me an ominous monster. I was the one who harmed you."

The boy sniffed, his childish voice trembling,

"David and Steph are quarreling all the time... ugh... and are about to get divorced."

"Stephen is tired and doesn't want to take care of me anymore. David wants to go back to New York for an art exhibition and thinks I'm a drag."

"Mom and dad don't want me anymore... wu wu..."

Tick, tick...

Drops of crystal tears slid down the little boy's face, which was red from the cold, and fell into the lake, creating strange ripples.

"I ran out secretly...I had nowhere to go and no friends..."

"Martha, I just want to see you again. I agree to any conditions. I swear..." The boy crawled half of his body into the ice cave, with his head and feet on his head, and tremblingly stretched out his hand towards the lake, with his little finger pointing up, and the distance was The water surface is less than five centimeters.

Like a little beggar praying for the mercy of the Holy One.

But he lay there in the howling cold wind for two full minutes, and the lake didn't give any response.

He couldn't help but close his eyes, and whimpered like a wounded animal from his nose. When he opened his eyes again, a trace of determination flashed across his eyes filled with tears.

"Martha, can't you get me?"

"I'll come closer, I'll come closer to you, please..."

The boy's body continued to tilt downward, and he tried his best to reach out to the water, and most of his body got into the hole in the ice.

When he finally succeeded in touching the water, he completely lost his balance.

Gudong, a splash of water rose from the lake, and the waves immediately engulfed the petite body. The cold lake water made his whole body lose color, and poured into his nose and mouth crazily. His feet and right hand swayed awkwardly, like a Wild dog in the water.

However, the left hand is still stiff and strangely straight, with the little finger pointing up as if to hook the other finger.

But no response.

Gradually, the boy stopped struggling, and like a corpse soaked in formalin, he slowly sank to the bottom of the dark and silent lake, where he was about to be buried and plunged into eternal darkness.

Gululu.

A series of huge bubbles suddenly appeared from the bottom of the water. One of the bubbles wrapped the boy who had lost his movement, like amniotic fluid protecting a baby.

Then a burst of sapphire blue, soft and extremely beautiful light bloomed in the darkness.

Pop, pop, pop, the blue light flashed brightly and dimly, like the call of a giant firefly.

Faster and faster, more and more urgent.

When the light reaches its brightest point.

The invisible water flow converges towards the blue light, and in the blink of an eye it condenses into a huge yet flexible body——

The trunk is as wide and flat as a tortoise, without scales, horn, scars, or wrinkles. It is smooth and delicate, showing a faint blue color.

In front of the torso is a slender and soft neck like a sea snake and a round head. A pair of big light blue eyes on both sides of the head are flashing, like two translucent gems, dotted with dreamy stardust, which makes people endure. Constantly observe its soul through your eyes and pry into its secrets as deep as the starry sky.

Woo buzz——

It swam towards the boy, and the colorful feathers on its tail swayed, like dancing happily.

At the same time, four thick and short feet paddled like oars. Each toe of these feet was connected with a duck-like web. It flicked in the water, and with the swaying colorful tail fin, it moved at a speed of more than 100 meters per second. Speed ​​​​in the water.

The human world swimming champion is hard to come by even on yachts.

It approached the drowning boy in the bubble like an arrow, pressed its head against the other's body, swam towards the ice hole, and gently threw the boy onto the ice.

Under the impact of landing, the boy vomited out a stomach full of water with a "vomit" sound and a painful expression, and resumed breathing.

Woo buzz——

When the mysterious creature under the ice saw this, it let out a deep and long cry, like the chant of the long lake, making people clearly feel the joy and excitement in it.

There were ripples on the surface of the lake, as if celebrating its feat.

It didn't notice at all that a dangerous light shone in the rescued boy's eyes - Got you!

Boom!

Invisible mental power detonated under the ice!

The large lake area seemed to have been hit by a meteorite from the sky. The ice layer sank and the crystal water waves poured out with vigorous cold air and were thrown in the air. Before they hit the ground, they were solidified by the low temperature into strange-shaped icicles, which lay across the broken ice. , like snow-white forests covering the rolling hills.

Before the frost solidified, a huge force wrapped around the giant thing in the lake, lifting it out of the lake and into the air.

What a beautiful creature this is.

Under the bright moonlight, the snake's slender neck and thick body reflect pure and bright blue, like the finest jade, breathtakingly beautiful.

A touch of human panic and confusion flashed across the huge light blue eyes on its head. It didn't understand why it was suddenly attacked.

It roared low, and its huge body suddenly exploded into streams of clear water, falling down like a waterfall, trying to escape back into the lake.

But there is already a perfect mental barrier waiting around, firmly blocking the path of each stream of water, compressing it inward with hundreds of tons of huge force, and pressing them back into the shape of beautiful creatures.

The little boy who climbed up on the ice suddenly clenched his fist, and the shadow suspended behind him clenched his fist as well.

Calorie deprivation!

Crackling.

Layers of crystal clear frost spread up along the four stubby legs of the monster, freezing most of its body in an instant, turning it into a wonderful suspended ice sculpture shrouded in white mist.

Dean stared into its only exposed light blue eyes,

There were green droplets soaked in it, like tears from forests and rivers, with bursts of mournful sobs, which made his heart tremble.

(End of this chapter)