mysterious forerunner

Chapter 362 Pulling Down the Curtain
[Scorpion Eyes]'s expression dimmed, and his hands gripped the steering wheel even tighter, his nails turning white.

Luciana, who was sitting in the back row, comforted him softly: "Brother, this is not your fault. I am the one who dragged you down."

"No, this is all that damn God's fault. He shouldn't punish us like this." Scorpion Eyes said to Zhang Qingxiang, "I don't know why, but my ability is ineffective for Luciana's disease. She can only take some ordinary medicine to relieve it, and it is difficult to cure it.

The doctor told us that we should go to North America, where there are the best doctors and equipment, and maybe we can cure her.

But we don't have that much money and we don't like North Americans.

We had a piece of land, but the North Americans came and bribed the government to force us to buy our land. They only paid a small amount of money, and our parents died soon after.

Scorpion Eyes only mentioned the death of his parents casually and was unwilling to discuss it in detail. This is also a scar in his heart.

Zhang Qingxiang didn't ask, but his confusion was solved. This should be the source of Scorpion Eyes' obsession with resisting North America in his previous life.

He never mentioned this matter during the interview.

Zhang Qingxiang turned around and looked at Luciana.

The little girl looked very bad, and from her eyes to her body, she gave people a feeling of weakness.

Long chestnut hair, thin and softly curled.

Most of the two curved eyebrows have fallen off and are almost disappearing completely.

Zhang Qingxiang nodded secretly - eyebrow loss, this feature is very obvious. But the eyebrows have not fallen out completely, there is still hope.

Zhang Qingxiang turned around and asked, "Is it possible that your rank is too low?"

Scorpion Eyes did think about this possibility: "I have been working hard to upgrade."

Zhang Qingxiang said: "My mother is a powerful [Taoist doctor]. You can think of it as a branch of the [physician] profession in my hometown, similar to your [witch doctor]."

Scorpion Eyes turned his head sharply: "Really?"

"Sixth level!" said Zhang Qingxiang.

Before coming out this time, Ms. Ye Shumin was about to be promoted to the seventh level.

Maybe my mom will have reached a higher level by the time I get back.

Scorpion Eyes kicked the car hard to stop it: "Don't lie to me! Otherwise I will spend the rest of my life avenging you!"

Zhang Qingxiang shrugged his shoulders and said, "You can find out if you bring your sister back with you."

Scorpion Eyes nodded: "Okay!"

Zhang Qingxiang patted the control console: "Let's go quickly. We have already wasted a lot of time."

Scorpion Eyes' attitude became more friendly, and he showed off his driving skills to the fullest along the way.

In Zhang Qingxiang's previous life, about three years before the North Americans betrayed China, there was a research group under the Twelve-story Tower, and the problem they were studying was Luciana's "special disease".

There are very few patients with this disease, so it has not received attention for a long time.

However, after [Twelve-Story Tower] discovered this problem and formed a research team, it only took a few years to solve this problem.

They are not sick, they just failed in their job.

Normally, failure in finding a job is failure. If your family has the conditions, just try a few more times.

If it really doesn't work, you can only accept the reality with regret that you have no chance to become a professional.

Patients with this "disease" have all unintentionally come into contact with extremely high-grade source materials without knowing it.

In other words, they have no idea that they have experienced a failed "employment".

However, their physical constitutions were too weak, and the extremely high-grade source materials left a mysterious "mark" in their bodies.

This stigma will keep their bodies in a state of "being" employed for a long time.

The already weak constitution will become even weaker, and various diseases will follow.

[Doctor] Treats diseases without knowing their root causes; after curing one disease, another will soon appear.

It looks like it will never be cured.

In fact, even for people with normal physical fitness, if they fail in unconscious work, there will be no serious impact.

It's hard to say whether people like Luciana are lucky or unlucky...

They accidentally came into contact with what might be the best batch of source materials.

But he was too weak to take up the post immediately.

[Twelve-Storied Tower] This research group was actually not given much attention, and the research results did not cause much response after they were announced.

Zhang Qingxiang happened to know this because one of the people in the research group was the wife of his good friend at the General Administration.

So Zhang Qingxiang knew that a notable feature of this "disease" was eyebrow loss.

In fact, it is very simple to treat such patients, which is to give them secret medicine to strengthen their physical fitness.

We can't rush to tailor this secret medicine for them, as a course of treatment takes about thirty days.

Generally speaking, their bodies can be completely "recovered" after one course of treatment.

After three sessions, they can be successfully employed!
But if all your eyebrows fall out, it will be too late.

……

The ancient city of Anqiu was several hundred kilometers away. The road conditions here were very poor and it was difficult to reach a speed of 100. However, Scorpion Eyes could see that Zhang Qingxiang was very anxious, so he relied on his superb driving skills and sped up to 120.

Zhang Qingxiang looked back at Luciana and said, "Drive slower. Luciana can't stand the bumps."

Scorpion Eyes looked back and saw that his sister's face was full of pain but she was holding back and not making a sound.

He suddenly felt guilty that he actually needed the guest's reminder, but his feelings towards Zhang Qingxiang also went from simple awe to a hint of gratitude.

The speed of the car quickly dropped to 80 and became much smoother.

It was getting dark when they arrived at the ancient city of Anqiu.

This is the remains of an ancient city in the desert.

On this land, there once existed an ancient civilization that established a powerful empire.

But everything was destroyed by the later European invaders.

This ancient city is not very large, covering only seven or eight square kilometers. Only broken walls and ruins are left, and it is located in the desert.

Apart from some archaeological teams, few tourists come here.

A strong wind blew up in the desert at night, blowing through the ancient stone walls, making strange howling sounds like ghosts and wolves howling.

Scorpion Eyes wanted to drive the car directly into the ancient city, but Zhang Qingxiang suddenly frowned and shouted, "Stop!"

Scorpion Eyes slammed on the brakes and looked at the guest strangely.

Zhang Qingxiang gazed at the entire ancient city and said calmly, "After I get off the car, you will retreat fifty kilometers.

Protect your sister and don’t worry about anything else.”

Scorpion Eyes was stunned: "Are there any enemies?"

Zhang Qingxiang had already gotten off the car and walked towards the ancient city of Anqiu alone.

Facing the direction of Zhang Qingxiang, the ancient city has two tall stone walls, which seem to be the city gates of the past.

Suddenly a figure appeared on one of the walls.

"Chuckle, chuckle--" the figure let out a strange laugh that echoed in the empty desert, as if countless steel needles were piercing into a person's eardrum.

Zhang Qingxiang's expression became more serious. Without even turning his head, he said to Scorpion Eyes in the car, "Go!"

Scorpion Eyes turned around quickly, but the figure raised his hand, as if grabbing something in the air and pulling it down -

The night sky within a radius of fifty kilometers was like a curtain that was pulled down by him. A huge mysterious force descended from the sky, and it was about to completely block off this area, turning it into a mysterious descending scene!
Scorpion Eyes was shocked. What was this?
The arrival of mysterious scenes means that there are mysteries and weirdness behind the existing scenes.

Why did this guy come to the Earth world first and then bring a mysterious scene? !

Such strangeness made Scorpion Eyes lose all confidence. He was not sure if he could survive in such a scene alone, not to mention that he had a seriously ill sister with him!
Cold sweat quickly broke out on his forehead. Scorpion Eyes stepped on the accelerator in vain, deeply regretting taking this job.

He also couldn't place his hopes on Zhang Qingxiang, as the monster in the ancient city of Anqiu was too weird.

Even though Zhang Qingxiang once easily killed two fourth-level professionals from the Huadis family, professionals in this era are always in an extremely weak position when facing mysteries.

Everyone entered the mysterious scene and had to fight for their lives to survive.

The car had just driven a few hundred meters when the dark "sky curtain" was about to fall to the ground.

"Humph!"

Scorpion Eyes suddenly heard Zhang Qingxiang snort coldly.

Just like the strange laughter just now, it echoed throughout the desert, and along with this cold snort, Scorpion Eyes found that the "sky curtain" that was about to touch the earth stopped.

Scorpion Eyes looked back in surprise, and saw Zhang Qingxiang raising one hand, as if he was holding up the entire sky invisibly!
"He can actually fight against the mystery!"

"Mystery is descending upon the scene, and he has the power to stop it!"

Stunned, Scorpion Eyes even forgot to continue driving.

Zhang Qingxiang shouted, "What are you waiting for?"

Scorpion Eyes suddenly came to his senses and rushed out at high speed.

He was driving very fast, but it would still take more than ten minutes to get out of this area.

Scorpion Eyes was extremely anxious. Zhang Qingxiang could indeed fight against the terrifying monster, but how long could he hold out? Could he hold out until he could rush out with his sister?
To be honest, Scorpion Eyes has no confidence at all.

He could only go as fast as possible.

With the accelerator pressed to the floor, regardless of the potholes and gravel on the road, the old car roared at its best, with a faint black smoke rising from under the hood.

It took Scorpion Eye only ten minutes to rush out.

He breathed a sigh of relief, released his right foot, and the car continued to rush forward for a few hundred meters. Then he did a drift and aimed the front of the car towards the mysterious scene behind him.

The sky fell, silently closing off the area.

Scorpion Eyes' heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the water - could that guest ever come out?

He promised me that he would take my sister for treatment.

He is his sister's only hope now!

Luciana suppressed her physical discomfort and said softly, “Brother, he saved our lives.”

Scorpion Eyes was silent for a long time, and finally made a decision: "I must go back!"

In addition to the guilt in his heart, it was more because he was his sister's only hope.

If Zhang Qingxiang had not come out of the mysterious scene, his sister would not live long - he had this intuition. And after becoming a witch doctor, his intuition has always been accurate.

"If we don't make it out..." Scorpion Eyes couldn't continue. Luciana stretched out her little hand from behind and gently rubbed her brother's beard: "You go, I can take care of myself."

Scorpion Eyes took out all the money he had on him and stuffed it into his sister's hand. Then he could no longer say a word. He pushed open the car door with force. After getting out of the car, he didn't even dare to look back and ran into the mysterious scene.

……

puff--

A thin film of mysterious energy passed by.

Scorpion Eyes found that he had just left for a moment, and the world in the sky had undergone tremendous changes.

The original desert and ancient city ruins are now prosperous and the sky is bright!

The ancient city is bustling with people constantly coming in and out.

The shops and vendors in the city were shouting their wares. Some residents were eating in restaurants, some were watching acrobatic performances on the streets, and some were hurrying on their way.

Outside the city wall, a group of craftsmen had set up scaffolding and were repairing the exterior wall.

All the people look like the native South American race.

Scorpion Eyes stood there in a daze, his face blank with confusion: What is going on, where...should I go?

He gritted his teeth and walked cautiously towards the ancient city. After taking a few steps, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "Why did you come back?"

Scorpion Eyes turned around and found that Zhang Qingxiang had appeared behind him at some point.

Scorpion Eyes let out a long sigh of relief: "I'm glad you're okay. I'll help you."

Just in case you start fighting that monster, you might just need a helper.

Zhang Qingxiang looked stiff and cold, then walked forward with his hands behind his back: "Enter the city first."

"it is good."

Scorpion Eyes agreed and hurriedly followed him.

Several Inca soldiers holding spears stood at the gate. Zhang Qingxiang suddenly stopped, pointed at the gate and said to Scorpion Eyes, "You go in first."

Scorpion Eyes looked a little strange, but was pushed forward by Zhang Qingxiang.

boom!
Scorpion Eyes ran headfirst into the city gate, and everything in front of him suddenly changed, and he fell into a water dungeon.

Wow…

The freezing cold sewage submerged most of his body, and faceless ghosts were dancing wildly in the air around him. Sharp ghost claws kept stabbing in and out of his chest!
Scorpion Eyes felt his soul was pierced with holes and screamed in pain.

"That was fake..."

He raised his left hand, holding a lighter.

despair!
The flame of the lighter rose, and Scorpion Eyes blew hard towards the flame.

A purple-red gas spurted out of its mouth, and after passing through the flames, a huge flame rose up with a bang, forcing those ghosts back.

However, the next moment, endless waves rolled up and extinguished all the flames.

Those ghosts lurking in the water become more difficult to deal with.

They mix with the water and drill into the scorpion's nostrils, ears, mouth and even the orifices in the lower part of the body.

Soon, these ghosts took control of his legs and arms.

Scorpion Eyes was in great pain and could only maintain control of his torso.

He bit open a medicine bag with his teeth, and a large amount of witchcraft dissolved into the water.

This poison also has a strong effect on the soul.

Those ghosts didn't expect that he had this trick. The lich dissolved and the water was full of poison!

Ghosts floated up one by one like floating corpses.

Scorpion Eyes was not having an easy time either. Although he had killed the ghost, he was still in the water! He was just more resistant to his own witchcraft.

Scorpion Eyes was drowsy, but he forced himself to climb up little by little by holding onto the cracks in the dungeon wall with his hands.

Then he collapsed on the cold stone floor like a dead fish.

Scorpion Eyes' vision was already blurry, and he had actually given up trying to survive.

At this time, even the weakest monster that appears can easily take his life.

After being separated from the water that melted the deadly poison, Scorpion Eyes' body resistance slowly took effect. He finally recovered a little strength and struggled to find the antidote from his body and took it.

After his condition improved, he immediately began to heal his physical and spiritual injuries.

After the injury to his soul was greatly alleviated, he was finally able to see the situation clearly.

Somehow he came to a high platform.

These platforms are built with square rocks, tens of meters high, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, like an elevated pyramid.

A total of sixteen such platforms were built surrounding a huge stone building in the center of the ancient city.

A huge brazier was lit on each of the four corners below the platform, and rising from the braziers were strange white and blue flames.

Thousands of residents in the city gathered under the high platform and in front of the stone building, cheering and applauding loudly.

A ghost figure hundreds of meters tall appeared above the stone building!
It has an old face, wears a sun-shaped feather crown unique to the Incas on its head, and is covered with various gold jewelry.

It is clearly a ghost, but it can gain strength from the scorching sun in the sky!
It was looking down from a high place, roaring and screaming at the stone building, and a huge airflow spewed out of its mouth that was so hot that it could burn everything, but it also exuded a sense of gloom.

Two completely opposite energies were strangely balanced and blended perfectly with each other!
And on the top of the stone building, there stood a man, Zhang Qingxiang.

Every time the terrifying old ghost Zhakong opened his mouth, he would spew out violent power, blasting countless deep pits on the ground, as if it had been bombed by hundreds of huge cannons.

Scorpion Eyes had no idea what level of weirdness this old ghost Zhakong had.

In any case, it is far beyond his current rank.

The terrifying ghost howl was so powerful that it made him feel terrified.

Suddenly, the aftermath of a ghostly howling airflow silently blew to the edge of the platform. Scorpion Eyes, who was lying there looking out, let out a muffled groan, and a piece of flesh on his shoulder was scraped off along with blood.

The residents below the platform suddenly turned their heads, their blank faces staring at the Scorpion Eyes grimly!
Then blood and flesh fell from the sky...

The densely packed residents below suddenly became violent and scrambled frantically for the flesh and blood.

There was only a little bit of it, and a few residents grabbed it. A big mouth full of sharp teeth suddenly opened on their blank faces. After taking a bite, they licked their lips with a long tongue like a venomous snake, still unsatisfied.

For those who didn’t get the items, you stepped on me and I pressed you down without hesitation, thinking of climbing up to the high platform!

The platform is actually very steep, but these monsters are like geckos, using their hands, feet and whole bodies to stick to the outer wall of the platform, and then they jump up with a whoosh.

Scorpion Eyes pulled out a scimitar. The blade was rusty and the handle was made of the leg bone of an unknown animal. In his other hand, he held a lighter. He swung the knife through the flames, and the entire blade began to burn with a blue flame.

boom!
Scorpion Eye slashed with his knife, and several monsters that had just rushed up were blown away.

But there were more monsters crawling up from below.

Those who were blown away were unharmed after falling down. They got up on the spot and continued to rush towards the platform.

Scorpion Eyes waved his scimitar repeatedly, but the monsters were indeed increasing in number. After he blew away three monsters, nine more appeared.

He fought and retreated, but there were only four or five square meters on the platform. Where could he retreat to?

Moreover, monsters were climbing up from all four sides of the platform, and he was soon surrounded.

The monsters opened their mouths wide on their blank faces and bit at him desperately, and the scorpion eyes were about to be submerged.

The sound of fighting here attracted Zhang Qingxiang's attention.

Zhang Qingxiang glanced over here, and suddenly a crossbow appeared in his hand, and he shot an arrow towards the platform.

The arrow reached the platform in an instant, and then exploded into countless arrows with a bang, each of which accurately hit a strange head.

No matter whether the monster was facing or facing away from the direction of the arrow, it was accurately stabbed in the center of the faceless face.

The monsters that were so ferocious just now became like robots whose pause button was suddenly pressed. They became unable to move and then slowly melted away.

The old ghost Zhakong felt that there was an opportunity, so he swooped down from a high altitude and covered the entire stone building with his body, trying to merge Zhang Qingxiang into his own body.

At the same time, inside his body, the eerie ghostly aura representing the Yin ghost and the scorching flames representing the sun collided and combined with a loud bang, forming a structure similar to a flesh and blood grinding wheel.

As long as the target is swallowed, it will be refined immediately, and its blood, flesh and essence will become its own tonic.

But a sword light suddenly appeared and easily cut the old ghost Zhekong into two halves.

The two forces in its body suddenly collapsed and collided with each other, causing a violent explosion with a bang!
A huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky.

The violent shock wave destroyed all the surrounding platforms, fire pots, and monsters.

Scorpion Eyes screamed and fell from the platform, falling into a large area of ​​monsters.

He first swung his scimitar to protect himself, but found that those faceless monsters began to melt one by one.

The aftermath of the explosion lingered, Scorpion Eyes staggered a few times, and suddenly his back hit something.

A hand held him steady.

Scorpion Eyes turned around and saw Zhang Qingxiang who was unharmed.

Even her hair wasn't messy.

Scorpion Eyes was nervous, holding his scimitar in front of him: "It's really you..."

Zhang Qingxiang stretched out his hand and "took" the machete and lighter from his hand, then threw them to him: "It's me."

"Now that you're here, follow me closely and don't get separated."

Zhang Qing put his hands behind his back, turned around and walked in one direction.

Scorpion Eyes vaguely felt that he should not have come in - Zhang could easily kill the old ghost Zhakong, but why didn't he take direct action at the beginning?
He revealed his true strength in order to save me.

Scorpion Eyes couldn't tell the power level of the old ghost Zhekong. But the monsters around him flew away without any damage after being hit by his sword. Even if they couldn't reach the fourth level, they were probably not far away.
If we calculate in this way, then the old ghost Zhekong is at least at the eighth level!
It was shattered in Zhang's hand with one sword.

"Zhang," Scorpion Eyes caught up a few steps and said, "What level is that old ghost? Is there an eighth level?"

Zhang Qingxiang had been observing his surroundings, and the environment in the mysterious scene began to change slowly.

"More than the eighth level," Zhang Qingxiang said, "it's the first level of the Domination Realm."

"The Domination Realm? What level is that?"

Zhang Qingxiang casually explained: "Above the ninth level is the realm of domination."

Scorpion Eyes' eyes suddenly widened: Above the ninth level! ?
(End of this chapter)