Nightmare Light

Chapter 116 Goodbye Hou Xuanzhang

"Stop him..."

When Lao Gu's remains dissipated, these words were left in the depths of his soul.

Lin Wang narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought:
Stop him...

he……

Obviously, Lao Gu knew this person...

And this person is doing something that must be stopped...

But who is he?

Where is he?
A series of questions appeared in Lin Wang's mind.

Unfortunately, the rules between life and death cannot be crossed. When the deceased is dying, the echoes left in their souls can only be listened to, not communicated with.

So Lin Wang had no way of knowing who that "he" was.

Lin Wang thought about it again, the memory of the flesh and blood monster, but the memories of thousands of fog tribe members were combined together, and he could not get any useful information for a while.

Lin Wang shook his head and said to Miss Saint, "Let's go and find Lao Hou first."

Lin Wang asked those injured Mist soldiers who woke up to return with Lao Gu's ashes on their own, leaving only two healthy soldiers with him.

The group walked forward for a while in the passage.

"In the dust, I can see a person's footprints... heavy, strong, and they stepped on the floor with great force... Hmm, it fits Lao Hou's size and weight."

Lin Wang squatted on the ground, observed the footprints on the ground, and pointed forward: "He walked this way."

Sen suddenly spoke up, "Mr. Lin, I've always been curious about one thing: We put so much effort into entering this temple, how did Hou Xuanzhang manage to get in?"

"I have some guesses." Lin Wang thought for a moment, "I think there must be someone helping him in this facility."

Miss Saint frowned. "You said that from the temple to this research facility, someone has been helping Hou Xuanzhang?"

Lin Wang nodded: "Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to break through so many defenses and run so deep without any damage."

"He's been able to live for over a hundred years, which means he's also a layman...at least a strong level, maybe even stronger."

"Is there any layman who can withstand the shock of divine power just now?"

"Yes," Mori said subconsciously, but then shook his head. "No, a layman who can withstand divine power is already beyond the scope of mortals... Mr. Lin, please ignore my words and continue your analysis."

A secular teacher who is beyond ordinary people...?

What are the subsequent career advancements for mortal secular teachers?
Lin Wang followed the Saint Lady's words and thought for a moment, then quickly shook his head and retracted his thoughts: "I guess the purpose of this person helping Old Hou is to trigger the defense system of 'Yanxu' and eventually force the 'Final Ascension' ritual."

"Final promotion?!" Sen shuddered, his icy expression instantly losing control. "Someone wants to forcibly activate the final promotion?"

"That's the only reason I can think of." Lin Wang shook his head. "We accidentally did something that was supposed to be done by Old Hou."

Sen opened his mouth and suddenly thought of the notebook they had seen in the basement of the newspaper office.

"Could it be, Wu Yiya?"

Lin Wang didn't say anything.

But in his mind, the strange and swollen appearance of Wu Yiya in the final period of the flesh and blood monster's memory appeared.

"I hope it's not too late..."

Lin Wang said this and quickened his pace.

After running for a few more minutes, a heavy door suddenly appeared in front of them. The door was half open and light was shining from inside.

Lin Wang made a gesture, and everyone slowed down, crouched down, took precautions, and moved towards the door.

After entering, people heard low but incoherent footsteps and strange conversations coming from inside the door.

A deep male voice said, "How are you doing lately? I'm fine. The newspaper office isn't busy."

After a few seconds, he said again: "How are you doing recently? I'm fine. Newspaper? The newspaper is not busy." After a few more seconds: "How are you doing recently?"

Lin Wang thought about it, stood up, opened the door hard, and walked in.

The companions followed closely behind Lin Wang.

This is a typical laboratory - half of it is clean white walls and equipment, as well as many glassware; while the other half is covered with many runes, patterns and prayers.

If this kind of strange painting style were placed in the world before Lin Wang traveled through time, it would have been broadcast on two separate channels on TV. However, in the research facilities of the Mist Clan, they were forcibly mixed together to form a bizarre yet integrated strange scene.

In the middle of the room, Hou Xuanzhang stood quietly, his eyes fixed on a living "meat ball" one meter in front of him - Lin Wang had seen it in the memory of the flesh and blood monster: Wu Yiya.

However, in Lin Wang's opinion, both Hou Xuanzhang and "Wu Yiya" were in a state that was a little abnormal.

Old Hou kept his back to Lin Wang, staring at "Wu Yiya", and repeated the greeting to the latter every few seconds.

"Wu Yiya" stayed there quietly, remaining motionless. If it weren't for the occasional gurgling and wriggling, it would even give people the impression that it was dead.

Because the scene in front of them was so strange, for a moment, none of Lin Wang and his companions spoke.

After hearing Lao Hou repeat the greeting for the third time, Lin Wang decided to break the silence.

He picked up a glass beaker and threw it at Lao Hou's feet. It shattered with a snap, and glass shards flew everywhere.

Only then did Lao Hou slowly turn his head.

The moment he turned his head, people saw Lao Hou's face - his hair was messy, his eyes were out of focus, his hair and sweat mixed together and stuck to his face, and blood was flowing from the corners of his eyes and nose.

But his lips, which had become too pale and cracked due to not drinking water for a long time, smiled strangely the moment he saw Lin Wang.

"Oh, Xiaolin, you're here."

His condition is indeed not right!
Everyone came to this conclusion immediately, but because Lao Hou's condition was too strange, everyone did not act rashly. Instead, they looked alert and slowly approached Lao Hou.

At the same time, Lin Wang controlled his expression, nodded to Old Hou, and said in a calm tone, "Yes, Editor-in-Chief Hou, what's the matter that you called me here so urgently?"

This question is skillful: from the beginning to now, Hou Xuanzhang has never looked for Lin Wang.

Therefore, if Lao Hou is conscious, he will definitely respond to this sentence.

Moreover, Lin Wang deliberately used "so anxious" to reinforce this sentence to prevent Hou Xuanzhang from misunderstanding his hint.

Sen turned his head and looked at Lin Wang deeply, a thoughtful look on his face: This man...came up with such a plan in such a short time...

really.

After hearing Lin Wang's words, Lao Hou waved at him and said, "Oh, let me introduce you... This is my good friend, Wu Yiya."

"Xiao Lin, you can have a good chat with Lao Wu. The Wu people have many stories that are very newsworthy."

News value...

Lin Wang looked at the strange meat ball in front of him, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

After Lao Hou finished speaking, he turned back and looked directly at Wu Yiya: "Lao Wu, how many years have we not seen each other?"

"Oh, hundreds of years, hundreds of years..."

After that, he stood there quietly, just like before, only repeating these two sentences occasionally.

Lin Wang took the water bottle from a soldier and handed it to Lao Hou.

Lao Hou took the kettle, unscrewed it, tilted his head back and took a few sips.

"He's lost some of his memory and judgment, but still has basic memories and survival instincts..." Lin Wang whispered, "Preliminary diagnosis... cognitive dissociation or cognitive dysfunction..."

No, that's not right.

We also have to consider the strange conditions of this world—the pollution or the influence of divine power on people...

Lin Wang was thinking about Lao Hou's situation when suddenly, not far away, Wu Yiya, the huge ball of flesh, crawled towards him.

(End of this chapter)