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Chapter D-09: Mysterious Place: The Hour of the Dog

He easily climbed over the wall, reached out to grab Jianzi who was jumping up below, and the two of them then landed on the land of the southern suburbs.

I could feel that the atmosphere around me seemed to be changing.

Under normal circumstances, evil things cannot move under the sun. However, the situation in this world is completely different. Under the influence of some force, the entire southern suburbs has been completely alienated into something else. Therefore, the active evil things in it have begun to ignore the changes of yin and yang in the entire world and can move at any time.

puff-

My heart trembled slightly at this moment.

With some indescribable sensory shock, Lin Yi could feel that he was almost pulled into the [Instant Trick] again. However, relying on his own resonance ability to crack that power, he successfully resolved the crisis.

Correspondingly, Jianzi also became a little uneasy for a moment, but then she came to her senses. In her backpack, the paper figurine, which was carefully stored in a box, shook slightly without anyone noticing, as if something touched it and then quickly left, so the vibration soon dissipated and returned to its initial static state.

The first test was successfully passed.

However, for the two people who are preparing to go deeper into this strange place, this is just the beginning.

"Iino, pay close attention to the changes in the surrounding energy. Jianzi, follow me closely. It's hard to tell what's here. We have to prevent being distracted."

Lin Yi said this, and took Jianzi to an empty alley and moved forward, while Iino controlled a small drone and followed them. The two of them and one drone slowly moved towards the depths of the southern suburbs.

Most of the walls of the old buildings around here have cracks to varying degrees, and the windows are broken.

Some houses have flower pots on their windowsills, but the flowers in them have long since died.

The doors of some houses were even open, revealing dusty and garbage-filled houses, or empty, dark houses with nothing in them, and no one knew whether they were waiting for someone to enter.

The sky is becoming increasingly gloomy.

The surrounding environment seemed to gradually become a little weird.

As night approaches, these things in the southern suburbs will become more and more active, and even crazier than during the day. After all, they are evil in nature, and even though they are no longer afraid of sunlight, they still prefer dark and gloomy environments, and this will not change.

Therefore, going deep into the southern suburbs at this time would be more dangerous than coming in during the day.

Conversely, some things that might have been hidden before are more likely to be exposed at this time.

The reason why Lin Yi and Jianzi chose to enter this place at this time was because of this reason.

"It seems a little cold. Looks like we have been noticed by something?"

Lin Yi asked with a low laugh.

"Well... for now, not yet. At least nothing has appeared yet."

Jianzi looked around and then shook his head to deny it.

Although they didn't show up, they must have gathered nearby. After all, in the eyes of these things, the aura of two living people, Senior Lin Yi and I, was like a beacon in the dark night, which would definitely attract them to chase and appear. Especially Senior Lin Yi, his vitality was so strong that ordinary people couldn't reach it.

[57 meters to the left, decreased energy activity detected]

At this time, Iino's voice was transmitted to the ears of Jianzi and Lin Yi through special headphones.

On the left?

Lin Yi turned his gaze over there.

At this time, the two of them had already gone some distance into the area, crossed the alley they came in from, and walked onto a small street that looked very shabby.

Iino was the direction indicated. It was a nursery, or kindergarten, with a small area and a small yard barely the size of a basketball court. Of course, this place was obviously abandoned. The kindergarten building itself was gray, the paint on the signboard had fallen off, the words were no longer clear, the windows were tattered, and the iron gate was covered with red rust.

Lin Yi looked to the other side of the fence gate.

Inside the gate was an empty small square. Dead trees had fallen to the ground, and the weeds on the ground were all withered and yellow.

Nothing at all?

[Senior, I saw... 6 students, all with purple faces and bulging eyes, and a black person who looked like a teacher, who looked like he was completely burnt, with only charcoal left on his body. Um, they are all looking at us]

Jianzi's perspective was obviously completely different from Lin Yi's, and she actually saw something.

Students...Teachers...

Lin Yi thought about the corresponding events in the real world, and soon remembered the various major cases that Iino had collected before. There was an incident in which a gas leak in a kindergarten caused several students to be poisoned and suffocated to death. The teacher in charge suffered great psychological trauma and burned himself to death in the lounge where the students were killed a few months later.

That case did not happen in this city. Just as Uncle Lin said, the souls of the innocently dead all over the world were attracted to this place, and they were constantly alienated, becoming more brutal and vicious, to the point of completely losing their humanity.

"keep going."

Lin Yi had no intention of wasting time on this kind of thing. This was not the purpose of their coming here.

Building in the fog.

That was what Jianzi saw before his first encounter with the [Instant Ghost], and it was also what Uncle Lin had been trying to find for some time.

It is located in the very center of the southern suburbs. It was a commercial building that was originally built by the Fengdu City government for the development of the southern suburbs. It was built to allow the land to be reused for development.

However, after the building was completed and renovated, after the first day of business, the entire building disappeared on the second day. No matter how hard they looked, they could not find the building. The bosses and employees who opened the business in it also disappeared. No one’s whereabouts could be found.

Uncle Lin guessed that the source of the strange changes in the southern suburbs might be related to that building, but after many investigations he was still unable to find the building. It was as if the building itself had its own cognition and was avoiding Uncle Lin.

But obviously, this evasive ability was still inferior to Jianzi's overly powerful vision, so that she saw him right away. But then Jianzi fell into the [Instant Trick], and after she broke free from it, she couldn't see the building for some reason. It seemed that some kind of force hindered her observation and hid the building again. Therefore, the two decided to enter the southern suburbs after dark, and go deep into the center of the southern suburbs when the yin energy was strong and the opponent's presence was more difficult to hide, and try to find the opponent's position again.

At this moment, we are about two or three kilometers away from the center of the southern suburbs.

The surrounding environment became increasingly eerie and dark, and all kinds of strange noises continued to appear, as if all kinds of things began to come alive.

Sometimes when passing by a dark house, Lin Yi would hear people inside arguing fiercely and smashing things.

Sometimes when passing by a residential area, Jianzi would see many faceless girls standing on the roof, holding hands and jumping down, falling to the ground like a pulp, and then reappearing on the roof.

The headless child walked past the two people laughing, then stopped, turned his back to them and walked backwards to catch up with them.

An empty wheelchair appeared from one side of the alley, passed by without any sound, then reappeared not far away, and passed by again.

There seemed to be a figure hanging on the balloon floating in the sky, getting lower and lower, and it seemed that the feet were about to touch the figure below.

"call……"

Jianzi could feel his breathing getting heavier.

There are too many.

Even in her original world, the girl had never seen so many things.

It's not an exaggeration to describe it as the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons. No, this thing is even scarier than the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.

tread--

After taking another step forward, everything suddenly became quiet.

Lin Yi looked up and saw an old lady standing in front of him. She was extremely skinny, had green eyes, and seemed to be blind. She just blocked his way.

[Young man, it is easy to get lost in the southern suburbs at night, so hurry up and leave]

The hoarse and eerie voice of the other party then rang out.

Chapter D-10: Exploring the Mystery of the Hour of the Dog

On the dark and dilapidated street, an old lady who seemed to be blind slowly spoke to Lin Yi and Jianzi, advising them to leave quickly.

Is it sneaky?

Lin Yi's thinking accelerated in an instant, observing the old man in front of him.

I can sense that the other party is not a living person, but it seems to be different from those sneaky creatures that have fallen into madness. Is it a rational sneaky creature that has not yet lost itself?

Out of caution, Lin Yi did not communicate with the other party immediately, but judged the other party's identity through energy resonance, and secretly asked Iino to scan it carefully. You must know that the sneaky things in the southern suburbs can show a more powerful form of power through communication. If you rashly judge it as a friendly object just because the other party did not show hostility at the beginning and communicate with it, you may pay a heavy price.

Therefore, we must observe carefully first to determine what kind of person this guy is.

[The scan results are similar to those of the sneaky thing, with the characteristic of reducing the activity of surrounding energy. However, the specific energy composition and flow are 1.6% different. Perhaps they are different types of individuals of the same race? ]

Iino's voice soon sounded, and the AI ​​girl controlling the drone had completed a full-scale scan of the old man.

Is there any difference between them and those evil spirits who only want to kill people?

After a brief thought and hesitation, Lin Yi decided to try to communicate with the old lady in front of him.

[I will talk to her, you don’t have to communicate with her. Even if she becomes stronger because of the communication, it will only affect me.]

After giving Jianzi this reminder, Lin Yi took a step forward and walked in front of the old lady.

"Old man, do you live here?"

Lin Yi asked the old man in front of him.

"..."

The skinny old man did not answer Lin Yi's question. He just raised his head and looked in Lin Yi's direction with his seemingly blind eyes. His expressionless face showed a bit of horror.

Then, after a moment's silence, the old man spoke again.

"Young man, it's easy to get lost in the southern suburbs at night, let's go quickly..."

The words were no different from before, with exactly the same tone.

She seemed to have no reaction to what Lin Yi said.

No, that's not right.

Lin Yi suddenly understood.

This old lady is avoiding [communication] with herself, avoiding this behavior that deepens the connection between people and ghosts and strengthens the existence of ghosts.

Could it be that……

[Mr. Lin Yi, let me give it a try. I am different from you. Essentially, I do not have a biological structure called a "soul". Maybe I can try to communicate with her.]

Iino's voice sounded at this time, and then the small drone flew down and hovered in front of the old man. A small camera lens connected to an external speaker emerged from it, and the voice of the little assistant sounded from it.

"Hello, old lady. I'm Iino. May I ask if you live nearby?"

The girl's voice began to move with a slightly distorted noise.

This time, the old woman clearly showed a somewhat confused expression. She tilted her head and listened around, as if she was judging something, and then turned her ear towards the direction of the drone controlled by Iino.

"You...are not a human?"

The old man did not repeat his previous words, but slowly opened his mouth to ask.

"Not human, uh, you can say that, although the human functions of the body are intact (whispering). Anyway, we are not ordinary people. We are here to solve the troubles in the southern suburbs. Are you a local, old man? Do you know if there is anything wrong here?"

Iino seemed to have some resentment towards some of the old man's remarks, but he immediately responded and asked further questions.

"If it's not a human... then maybe it's possible..."

As he murmured, the old man's expression gradually changed.

She seemed very confused for a moment, as if she had forgotten everything, and then her expression was very distorted, as if she suddenly remembered something extremely infuriating, and she even revealed an expression that was impossible for a human to reveal, with almost her entire face distorted.

But in the end, the old man returned to his expressionless and dazed state, and then he slowly spoke again.

"Young man, it's easy to get lost in the southern suburbs at night, let's go quickly..."

Still no way to communicate?

Lin Yi had originally prepared himself for what the other party would say, or even to fight with them directly, but he didn't expect that after performing a long series of facial expressions, the old woman still returned to her original state, as if her own intelligence was restricted in some way.

[Try again, ask her if she knows a building covered in fog]

Lin Yi frowned and thought for a moment, and finally decided to try asking again.

"Grandma, we are actually looking for a building, a building covered by fog. It may be the commercial building in the center of the southern suburbs that once disappeared. Do you know this building? If you have any information about this building, we can..."

Iino spoke again and began to ask questions again.

And this time, as the girl asked, Lin Yi immediately felt something unusual.

The surrounding environment seems unchanged, but its atmosphere has changed, as if the word "building" itself has touched some key point.

【Be careful】

After secretly reminding Jianzi and Iino, Lin Yi's fingers, which were hidden under a thick coat that was one size larger, were already covered with a layer of metal.

Magical tool Gilgamesh.

After the mission of returning to the spirit tribe was completed, the spoils recovered by Fujimaru Ritsuka was a powerful weapon obtained by the evolver Atreus by chance. It is said that the weapon itself can be transformed according to the will of the user, but because Atreus did not know how to use it, he just used it as a glove. After being almost killed in the initial exploration of the southern suburbs, Lin Yi quickly contacted Fujimaru Ritsuka and exchanged the alien space shelter he got from Basher with Ritsuka, and used the glove.

The reason why they wore thick coats during this exploration was to conceal their weapons and show them when needed.

Now I can only vaguely feel that the atmosphere around me has changed. If something really happens, there might be a fight. I hope that these gloves can come in handy and cause damage to those things.