The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 449: Death Ridge (asking for monthly ticket)
"I wonder if he died this time?"

"This is my last big move, damn it!"

Xu Shu clasped his hands together, made the sign of a cross, and finally chanted a spell, silently praying that Yan Hui would die from his "Fu Shi Spiral Piercing".

But he couldn't see it because the entrance was closed after the attack.

He was currently passing through a space passage that seemed spacious but actually felt very tight and cramped.

Perhaps it’s because of the different sizes of the secret realms?

Xu Shu didn't quite understand this, but this time the tunnel was much longer than the previous time he entered the so-called "City of the Dead" (Kiyomizu Temple).

However, no one could answer Xu Shu's question now. After entering the passage, Xie Xiaochan, Lu Bingwei and others closed their eyes one after another. The pain on their faces faded a little, as if they were seriously fighting against something.

And on their crowns, the infant spirit that had been gnawing at their brains also stopped moving, and was becoming increasingly ethereal and smaller.

"It seems that after the connection with the other side was severed, the backlash from the blood pact lost its source. It is weakening and disappearing?"

Xu Shu seemed to be thinking about something, but his hands were not idle.

He used his hands and feet together, and constantly twisted his waist and hips in this narrow passage with wriggling inner walls as a driving force, pushing everyone forward.

During this process, Xu Shu did not forget to vigilantly observe his surroundings, and occasionally glanced at the notes of the Taichu Volume.

[You are passing through the boundary barrier, and nothing seems to be happening around you. ]

[Everything is quiet here, there seems to be no sound of blood flowing, the only noise is you twisting and rubbing in this wet channel.]

[Hello, cricket pupa wearing skateboard shoes. ]

……

"What the hell is this Cricket Pupa!"

Xu Shu rolled his eyes and felt a little relieved.

There was no "Ouch!" sound that would make people feel bad. It seemed that there was no hidden danger around for the time being.

He concentrated on pushing against the bride's back and kept moving forward.

After about ten minutes, there was suddenly no space in front of us, and the whole world suddenly became so bright that it blinded people.

After a slight weightless fall, Xu Shu successfully landed on the ground.

The feeling of being grounded made him feel much more comfortable, and his vision was restored as well.

I found myself at an equally silent seaside, but this was no longer a cliff in the wild, but a place shaped like a pier.

There are many abandoned old ships in the port, with dilapidated decks, metal, glass, etc. piled up together, creaking.

Not far away is a city that looks like it has just been baptized by war.

"Death Ridge" has finally arrived!

This place is also called Silent Hill. The collapsed buildings and ruins look like giant corpses, twisted together like varicose veins. Steel bars can be seen everywhere piercing the sky, like a distress signal sent by people trapped in the ruins on the eve of doomsday.

The air was also filled with a pungent smell, which seemed to be a mixture of the burnt smell, the smell of rotting animal corpses, and unknown chemicals.

It smells terrible, but fortunately Xu Shu can still bear it.

[After all, you are a man who can even eat shit, so the mere smell is nothing to worry about.]

"Can we not bring that up?"

Xu Shu rolled his eyes speechlessly, looked at the ruined town, and after identifying the buildings and landmarks, he let out a sigh.

It is indeed here!
He had actually been to this place before. Not only did he enter with Xie Xiaochan in the legend, but he had also been there in person.

But it is a very special way - "on the journey".

At that time, he was still a first-level little "strong man" in the D8B3 area. He failed in his first team pioneering and ended up wandering alone on the edge of the wasteland, becoming a edge walker.

During this period, he encountered "Ksitigarbha with the Tail" by chance and mistakenly entered a fantasy world where he hid. During this period, the other party's follower "Nie Qiba" opened the door and sent him to the so-called kingdom of God.

It now seems that the so-called kingdom of God is exactly this "Death Ridge"!
It is worth mentioning that Xu Shu was sent to the "Death Ridge" at that time, and he stayed there for less than three seconds before he was forcibly kicked out of that world.

But now he can stay here safely, obviously because there was no blessing of the "Heart Fire Incense Burner" at that time.

After all, the only places that can be entered without burning incense burners are dead and destroyed relics, such as the Gu family's ancestral land, the headquarters of the Heroes Association, the "Four Sufferings Mysterious Gate" in Penglai District, and so on.

And this relic is obviously still alive, so it is natural that there will be rejection.

After roughly identifying the direction, Xu Shu did not rush forward, but continued to drive the train, taking everyone away from the dock and into the town.

He found a relatively intact auditorium nearby, went in, and dropped everyone off.

He planned to set up camp here first, waiting for everyone's "contract backlash" to become invalid before discussing the next course of action.

Pfft!Pfft!
Gu Yueming, Jiang Biyun and the other five "newbies" rolled twice on the ground and lay motionless on the ground, like drunk independent women at the door of a bar, waiting to be picked up at any time.

Instead, it was the "Evil Apostle" Ellie who woke up from her coma first. It can be seen that she is the strongest among the six.

After slightly breaking free from the contract curse, she first gritted her teeth and nodded to Xu Shu to express her gratitude, and then saw Yan Huoxing, who was covered with bruises and almost lost his human form.

After a slight surprise, she quickly took out a few potions that looked very strong and gave them to Yan Huoxing to take. As a "veterinarian" in stage three, her treatment style was much rougher than the other two professions. She would either give herself strong medicine or whip others, which was very violent.

After doing all this, Ellie quickly drank a bottle of medicine, then closed her eyes and began to clear the remaining contract curse in her body.

Among them, Xie Xiaochan and Lu Bingwei were in the best condition. Their complexion had mostly recovered. The strange infant spirit that was originally the size of a fist had become only the thickness of a thumb. It should be dealt with soon.

But even so, when I think about it carefully, it took more than three hours of relief before I could finally get relief.

Seeing the miserable state of the crowd, Xu Shu couldn't help but be shocked.

The backlash of this "blood contract" is really severe. Fortunately, I didn't sign it!

Oh, by the way, speaking of signing contracts… Before, I had always failed when signing a contract. Finally, I had no choice but to let this “Half-Step Yuanshen” sign and seal it.

So the backlash of the contract that was supposed to be directed at him was naturally paid for by the mermaid.

Xu Shu suddenly changed his expression, walked to the corner to avoid the crowd, patted the mermaid's "cheng" "ren" "xue" with his palm, and called out in a low voice: "Hey, wake up?"

"Gurgle gurgle~" The mermaid twisted her slender waist, rolled her eyes, bubbles gurgled at the corners of her mouth, and her gills bulged.

"Forehead……"

Xu Shu touched his chin, feeling somewhat suspicious.

This doesn't seem to be a big deal. The value of "Half-Step Soul" is very high. It is originally an immortal monster, and after reaching the third level, it becomes even more durable.

Even Lu Bingwei, a top-level expert on the third-level human ranking, was hit, but she actually seemed to be fine.
But why does she look a little dull now?

Xu Shu touched his chin and saw that the mermaid was busy spitting out white bubbles and ignoring him. For a moment, he hesitated whether to take her off first to liberate her or keep her.

After a little thought, Xu Shu considered that the "Death Ridge" was still dangerous, and the mermaid could perfectly provide the buff effect of "Kuafu Chasing the Sun", and there was no need to worry about her getting hurt or anything, so she was very useful, so he finally decided to keep her for now.

But this posture is a bit weird. It's embarrassing to run around with this thing on your head all the time.

Xu Shu was a man who paid great attention to his reputation, so he rummaged in his storage bag, took out one of his coats, put it on the mermaid, and wrapped her up completely.

The mermaid's body is very small, so after being wrapped up, both her body and her fish head are perfectly hidden and cannot be seen.

From the outside, Xu Shu just looked fatter around the waist, and at first glance, he was no different from an ordinary person.

This ordinary person refers to ordinary people like Yan Huoxing who are round and fat.

In this way, the appearance is more harmonious, but the inside has not changed at all, and he is still accumulating skills and soaking the gun. Xu Shu has both face and substance, killing two birds with one stone. "Hehe, this is more like it."

Xu Shu was quite satisfied, so he returned to his original place and acted as everyone's guard.

At this time, everyone is at their weakest point and is most afraid of external interference.

Xu Shu didn't dare to leave and just stayed at the scene.

After a while, some people in the team recovered one after another.

What surprised Xu Shu was that the first person to get rid of the curse was not Lu Bingwei, but Xie Xiaochan.

The bride opened her eyes and stared at Xu Shu's strange appearance for a while before she said, "Are you okay?"

"What can happen to me? Now it's you who are in trouble, so recover quickly." Xu Shu said.

"..." Xie Xiaochan hesitated to speak. After thinking for a while, she decided not to say anything more. She stretched her body charmingly and stood up.

She used the brush as a flying broom, half-jumping and half-flying lightly to the top of the building, looking around and observing.

After a moment, Xie Xiaochan landed and said concisely: "This is the 75-degree block."

"Oh." Xu Shu nodded, then stared at her with a rather simple look.

"?" Xie Xiaochan was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood and realized that the guy in front of her really knew nothing about this knowledge, so she explained it to him immediately.

"The map of Death Ridge is very strange. It looks like a medieval Western city. The southwest corner faces the sea, and the urban area is like a 'rice' world. In the center is a church that worships the Dark Mother Goddess. We are here now."

As she said this, Xie Xiaochan pointed to the upper right corner of the character “米”, which is at the 75° direction.

"So that's how it is~" Xu Shu suddenly realized, and then said, "Wait, didn't you say before that no one knew how big Death Ridge was?"

Xie Xiaochan nodded: "Yes, the area of ​​​​Death Ridge is a mystery, because if you keep going out, the cities are linked layer by layer, endless, and there is a wasteland in the middle. It seems that you will never reach the end. Only the increasingly violent storms and undead force you to turn back, and the further you go out, the more fierce the storms are, and the more dangerous the undead are.

“But it is worth mentioning that no matter where we are in Death Ridge now, as long as we find the right direction to the cathedral and try to walk in a straight line while reaching a certain speed, we will be able to enter the cathedral within an hour at most.

"Someone has already measured the threshold, and it's said that it only takes a speed of 80 kilometers per hour."

Hmm, it's getting more and more dangerous as you go out? I don't know what place this place corresponds to in the legend. I don't remember such a place in [The Return of the Dead] or [The Collapse of Kyoto]... As Xu Shu thought about it, he said with a twitch of his mouth: "This busybody is too busy, who is this?"

Xie Xiaochan spread her hands and said, "I don't know. Anyway, remember one thing. If the alarm sounds, we must rush to the church, otherwise darkness will cover the earth..."

Xu Shu subconsciously interrupted and asked, "Will I be the last ray of light in the darkness?"

"What the hell?" Xie Xiaochan was stunned.

Xu Shu's expression was stiff, and he said hurriedly: "It's okay, it's okay. Keep talking. What will happen when darkness comes?"

"It's weird." Xie Xiaochan glanced at Xu Shu suspiciously, but she still added in a rather eerie tone, like an adult coaxing a child who refuses to go to sleep, "If you don't have time to enter the church, you will be swallowed up by the monster in the dark. So far, no one has been able to survive in the darkness for more than ten breaths."

"Only ten breaths?"

Xu Shu smacked his lips.

It seems that there are some special monsters hiding in the darkness. They do not show up at ordinary times and only come out after the alarm sounds. Moreover, they are either extremely powerful or extremely numerous.

Huh, why does it sound familiar... Oh yes, isn't this just like the dark creatures outside the safe zone walls at night?
Could it be that the cathedral in the secret realm is equivalent to a safe zone in the wasteland?

Xu Shu seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly asked, "Could this ten-breath time limit also be the result of an experiment by that busybody just now?"

"No." Xie Xiaochan shook her head.

"That's good." Xu Shu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The next second, Xie Xiaochan said, "It was other people who did the experiment, because the people who did the experiment died."

Xu Shu: “…”

"Do you think you are funny?"

"Is not it?"

Xie Xiaochan blinked mischievously, then took out a small, slightly glowing wooden box.

She opened the wooden box slightly and secretly showed it to Xu Shu.

It was a broken samurai sword, the blade was damaged, the gap looked like it had been bitten by something with teeth, and the hilt was also missing one-third, leaving only the thick, long and round fish skin handle relatively intact, with a round blood-red gem embedded in the head - it was a special trigger, half a demon sword, "Cunzhi"!
This was not the first time Xu Shu had seen this object, and he knew its origin. He had even observed it closely when Xie Xiaochan was nearly pierced through the heart by this knife while exploring the ruins. After all, it was Wang Teng who, at that time, exploded a layer of the Prison Ox Formation to save Xie Xiaochan's life.

But it's still hard to tense when I see it again.

This thing looks so damn much like a crape myrtle stick.

Especially after it was severed, it looked more like the original body that the evil spirit Arthur possessed.

This is too erotic, worthy of being called the Seventh Nun...

Xu Shu looked at Xie Xiaochan putting the trigger away again and complained silently.

Xie Xiaochan had no idea that Xu Shu was secretly criticizing her, and she said in a caring way, "Haha, we got away with it this time, but next time you run into danger, don't be so arrogant. If you need to run, run. As for me, hehe, I have my own way to save my life!"

"..." Xu Shu glanced at her and thought that the "life-saving method" this woman mentioned might be to let the cursed fetus Wang Teng in her body self-destruct again to save his life.

Xie Xiaochan asked in a low voice, "These three guys are really stupid. They were deceived by the Red Emperor Army. Now we don't have a butcher anymore, so we are short of people to explore the way. Fortunately, I am familiar with the terrain of Sigaoling Mountain. I think we can give it a try. What do you think?"

Xu Shu said with some doubt: "If you are sure, let's give it a try. One less person won't be a big problem. The combat effectiveness is still stronger than the team we had before."

"Haha, I think so too. Let's set off after they recover, get the treasure from that place as soon as possible, and then leave here!" Xie Xiaochan licked her lips with a little excitement.

"Row."

Seeing how confident she was, Xu Shu agreed.

He guessed that Xie Xiaochan's target was the source of the demon sword "Cunzhi", the body of its original owner, "Jiagu Youtai", and the third-level Yin God "Qilixiang" who had chased her to the point where she had no way out!
"It seems that my little bride is here to seek revenge while searching for treasure." Xu Shu smacked his lips. He was not in a position to say more. It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. This is human nature.

The two of them hit it off immediately and each guarded a corner.

After about an hour, everyone woke up one after another.

Seeing this, Xu Shu and Xie Xiaochan jumped down from the building, ready to explain their current situation and next arrangements to everyone.

However, at this moment, before either of them could speak, a huge bell suddenly rang throughout the earth.

clang!
clang!
clang!
The bell rang twelve times in a row before stopping, and then the entire sky was suddenly filled with black and pink goose-feather snow.

Following closely behind, there were short alarm sounds, in a rather strange tone, beeping, beeping, as if urging death:
"I'm so hungry that my brain is unhappy! I'm so hungry that my brain is unhappy..."

Xu Shu's eyes suddenly fixed.

Although he couldn't understand the language, he knew its meaning. The Taichu Scroll had already translated it for him. It said, "Emergency Notice! Dark night is approaching! Please go to the nearest underground public shelter immediately for refuge! The Mother Goddess will protect you!"

"As expected, it appeared! How could it happen so soon? Is it going to get dark?"

Xu Shu and Xie Xiaochan looked at each other, their hearts sank, and they jumped to a high place to look around.

In an instant, familiar scenes reappeared in the background. Disturbed by the alarm and the bell, flocks of black "birds" appeared as if frightened.

That's a crowd of people!
They poured out from the relatively well-preserved buildings on all sides, one black mass after another, and rushed towards the church at the same time, like a swarm of ants busy moving house on a rainy day.

Seeing this, Xu Shu narrowed his eyes immediately.

When he was looking for a place to stay, he checked the surroundings. How could there be so many people living nearby?

You can find out what the "indigenous people" in the ruins are without asking.

These guys look like decent human beings, but Xu Shu has only one comment on them - a poet's grip!
(End of this chapter)