Epoch of Twilight

The night is like water.

In the basement, Luo Yuan was lying in a sleeping bag with his eyes closed.

Huang Jiahui tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, so she simply didn't sleep, sat up from her sleeping bag, and whispered: "You just said something, what's going on?"

Luo Yuan, who had his eyes tightly closed, opened them suddenly: "Shh, don't talk, there is movement."

Just as Huang Jiahui was about to ask what was wrong, she heard some movement in the basement. She quickly held her breath, her heart pounding, the basement was pitch black, and she was still in her sleeping bag, so she couldn't see what was happening outside.

It wasn't until Luo Yuan opened the sleeping bag that she saw a black figure standing up from the place where everyone was sleeping behind the shelf. His movements were a little stiff, and his steps were staggering. Even Huang Jiahui felt the hairs on his back feeling so weird in the darkness. Upside down.

She covered her mouth tightly, her eyes flickering with horror.

Then she frantically took out her pistol, and was quickly stopped by Luo Yuan: "This is Ning Xiaoran, don't shoot."

Huang Jiahui breathed a sigh of relief, but Luo Yuan's next words almost made her exclaim again.

"She is controlled by something, don't disturb her, let's see where she will go?" Luo Yuan said calmly, since he couldn't find the mutant creature, he would go fishing with a line, as long as he followed Ning Xiaoran, he would be able to find the culprit sooner or later.

Ning Xiaoran still seems to be able to see in the dark. Although she moves slowly, she can accurately avoid obstacles every time, and walks towards the stairs in the basement step by step. The heavy steps are especially clear in the darkness.

"Hey, there's one more." Just as Ning Xiaoran was about to walk out of the basement, another figure stood up unsteadily, it was Huo Dong.

The entire basement seemed to be filled with a gloomy and cold atmosphere, which made people feel cold all over. As the basement baffle was opened by Ning Xiaoran at the front, one figure after another staggered to their feet and walked out of the basement.

In the end, even Wang Shishi, who had been sleeping soundly before, was not spared, his eyes were empty and he stood up as if he was sleepwalking, so scared that Huang Jiahui grabbed Luo Yuan with his mission.

Mystery is the scariest thing. Many people are not afraid of bullets but are afraid of ghosts. This is the reason.

Luo Yuan quickly grabbed Wang Shishi's arm, remembering the way he woke up Ning Xiaoran, and quickly stimulated her with momentum, she screamed "ah", and then woke up.

She was sleepy and obviously still confused. Seeing Luo Yuan and Huang Jiahui sitting in sleeping bags, she asked suspiciously, "It's dawn outside? I just had a nightmare, and it scared me to death!"

"It's not yet dawn, but don't sleep yet, it's very dangerous now, if any of you find someone asleep, wake her up immediately, and wait for me to come back!" Luo Yuan said solemnly.

At this moment, Wang Shishi finally remembered what Luo Yuan said during dinner, his face turned pale with fright, and he nodded desperately.

"Be careful too!" Huang Jiahui said worriedly, knowing that she couldn't help.

"It's a little trouble, don't worry." Luo Yuan said relaxedly, and then he lifted the saber and walked out of the tent.

Luo Yuan walked out of the villa, carefully followed the figures in front of him, and walked slowly.

He looked at his watch, and it was already half past one in the evening. Because of the dark clouds, he couldn't see his fingers outside, but the rain had stopped, the ground was wet, and there was a faint fragrance in the air.

Although it was pitch black outside, it did not cause any hindrance to Luo Yuan. I don't know if it is because of his enhanced physique. As long as there is a little twilight, he can see things, not to mention that he has sensory assistance, no matter how dark it is. The place is all about freedom of movement.

A few people staggered, staggered, and walked straight along a straight line. This road was vaguely the road that Ning Xiaoran walked during the day.

A few fluorescent mutated insects were flying in the air like will-o'-the-wisps, and there were occasional commotions in the grass, but none of the mutated beasts attacked the group of people in front, as if they had a unique mark on them , so that these mutant beasts dare not approach.

Maybe ten minutes, maybe half an hour, a few people walked to the location where Luo Yuan found Ning Xiaoran during the day, but they still didn't stop and continued to move forward.

At this time, Luo Yuan saw a faint figure suddenly appearing in the grass in the distance from the corner of his eyes. She was wearing a dress, with long hair, and her figure seemed a little transparent. She seemed to have no weight at all, floating in the grass Floating away, he clearly saw that her feet didn't touch the ground at all, as if she was flying.

His scalp exploded for a while, a chill rose from the tailbone and spread throughout his body, and the aura on his body involuntarily radiated out.

At this time, she seemed to feel Luo Yuan, and suddenly turned her head. The transparent and gloomy face had a strange beauty. She smiled strangely, but there was a trace of indescribable horror in the smile, which made people feel chills.

Then, just as it appeared suddenly, it disappeared suddenly.

Luo Yuan's heart trembled, and he looked around, but couldn't find her figure, as if she just disappeared out of thin air.

"What's going on here? What the hell is this?" Luo Yuan's face was serious. He had always been an atheist, but the scene in front of him was beyond comprehension.

"Ghost? An evolutionary? Or is it directly the culprit for the disappearance of all the survivors in this community?"

Luo Yuan had never encountered such a situation before, he was a little hesitant for a while, he watched the few people in front of him continue to move forward unaffected, gritted his teeth, and continued to follow.

A mist rose from the grass, making the surroundings even more eerie.

As we continue to move forward, there are more and more ghost-like things, like ghosts, and besides humans, there are also ghosts of mutant beasts, floating around from time to time, but none of the ghosts come close . It seems that there is something about him that keeps ghosts from approaching.

Some of these ghosts have solid bodies, as if they are real, while others are dim and dull, as if they can be dispersed by a gust of wind.

The rich aroma in the air made him feel a little familiar, faintly familiar.

He pressed the handle of the knife, and walked forward step by step with a vigilant face. He felt a familiar feeling around him, and he glanced left and right. It was found that the nearby villa was the location of the villa he was going to move into.

As if telepathic, he suddenly looked at the locust tree that covered the villa.

The huge locust tree stood motionless in the darkness, and the fragrance it emitted was more intense than during the day. Only then did he notice that this tree was astonishingly huge compared to other trees in the community, almost twice the size of the other trees. three times as big. Even in the last days, such a growth rate is obviously abnormal.

Moreover, he found that there didn't seem to be any mutant creatures around, everything seemed quiet, even the common insect chirps disappeared, it was too quiet.

He suddenly remembered an incident in high school. At that time, he lived at his grandmother's house in the countryside for a while. The place was very remote and the transportation was not developed. Even in the 21st century, it was the same as in the 1980s and 1990s.

Remember that pagoda trees are not planted there, as long as there are pagoda trees, they will be cut down directly. Because according to the saying there, ghosts will live on the locust tree after death, making it impossible to reincarnate, so they also call the locust tree the ghost tree. But he kept scoffing at it and didn't believe it at all, thinking it was superstition.

But now that I really saw a ghost, I had to believe it.

Nowadays, all creatures are mutating, whether it is the mutated beast that looks like a dragon, or the huge orangutan that looks like a king kong, many creatures vaguely show the phenomenon of mythical creatures.

Even if the locust tree is mutated and can really inhabit ghosts, it is not an unimaginable thing.

The surrounding fog is getting thicker and thicker, dancing like life.

Seeing the people getting closer and closer to the locust tree, and the nearby ghosts gradually gathering, Luo Yuan felt that he could not drag on any longer. He quickened his pace and quickly caught up with the people. He fell to the ground, and a sharp sound that was hard to distinguish by the naked ear rushed into his mind. His mind was blank for a moment, and he staggered a bit, and then he immediately returned to normal.

Immediately, it seemed that some signal had been received, and countless ghosts rushed over like a tide, and the number was as many as several thousand.

He came back to his senses, sneered, and the aura of his whole body suddenly radiated. A ghost of a mutant beast with an almost transparent figure, just wanted to get close, as if blown by a strong wind, his body collapsed by the aura, and turned into dots. The starlight disappeared into the air.

Luo Yuan was a little unsure before, but after seeing the effect of momentum now, he couldn't help but feel confident. These things are just to deal with some ordinary people, and to him, they are not even comparable to some low-level mutant beasts.

Under the impact of the momentum, even those with solid bodies can't last long. The surface of the illusory body seems to be blown by a strong wind, producing fierce ripples. In the constant turbulence, these illusory bodies quickly dimmed, and then they seemed to be full of energy. The gas balloon burst instantly.

Luo Yuan moved forward step by step, and his momentum became stronger and stronger. With every step, more than a dozen, even dozens of ghosts burst into the air and turned into countless star points.

A few ghosts that almost turned into real human figures floated in front of Luo Yuan against the impact of the momentum. The influence of the momentum on them seemed to be negligible. The endless resentment of these ghosts has been distorted, forming various illusions.

But as soon as these ghosts approached, they were suddenly struck by several sword lights, which passed by in an instant.

Youhun's body stopped abruptly, and there was an expression of relief on his face for a moment, and then he collapsed, bursting into countless light spots that seemed to be real.

Luo Yuan swayed and felt dizzy in his brain. He found that only a few stabs had consumed one-tenth of his willpower. You must know that even if you slash on the blue-level mutant beast, it won't consume that much.

In fact, whether it is novels, film and television works or Taoist classics, only souls with great resentment after death can form resentment spirits, and resentment is essentially will. Using the sword light formed by the will to deal with ghosts is essentially a collision between wills, either you die or I die, and the consumption is naturally amazing.

Although Luo Yuan's will seems to be only thirteen points, some soldiers struggling in life and death may be stronger than him, but his will is highly concentrated, like a piece of iron repeatedly beaten into a steel knife, with amazing lethality, So much so that even a ghost with a stronger will than Luo Yuan was killed by a single blow under such a will.

Fortunately, the number of such ghosts is very small. Luo Yuan killed eight or nine of them, and they disappeared immediately, but the will was also greatly consumed.

Only a few minutes after the battle started, the ghosts gradually thinned out.

Just as Luo Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly there seemed to be an earthquake of magnitude 7 or 8 on the ground, and the whole ground shook. The loud rumbling noises sounded like a series of thunders. collapsed down.

Luo Yuan was shaken for a while and couldn't stand still.

"Not good!" His face suddenly changed, and his body instinctively moved forward.

Almost at the same time, the ground seemed to be exploding, and a large number of mud, rocks and water droplets splashed everywhere. The next moment, a twisted black thick tree root rose from the ground and swept towards Luo Yuan violently.

Obviously, this locust tree is not only capable of raising ghosts and expelling ghosts, but also has a strong aggressiveness, and in terms of attack concealment, it is better than corroding earthworms. If Luo Yuan hadn't reacted quickly, he might have died directly.

He dodged the attack without looking back, and rushed directly towards the locust tree, his feet staggered forward, and his body moving at high speed knocked the surrounding grass upside down.

Behind Luo Yuan, the ground kept making explosive noises, tree roots one after another, like black giant whips pulled from the ground, smashed towards Luo Yuan one after another.

His body is as nimble as a civet cat, running and jumping, under the effect of perception, he seems to have a foresight every time, often before the attack arrives, his body has already nimbly dodged. Explosive power swelled in his body, as if filled with endless power, and his physical strength at thirteen points was enough to support him in a longer battle.

The ground was full of bones, densely packed, and as they got closer to the locust tree, there were more and more bones, almost covering the entire ground. Most of the people in the community probably died at the hands of this locust tree.

Luo Yuan is indifferent by nature, at least he rarely has sympathy for the life and death of strangers. But at this moment, he remembered the effect of anger, and under the intentional hypnosis, a monstrous anger suddenly appeared in his heart, burning like a flame.

The Zhanma Dao instantly lit up with a layer of bright light, and then covered the whole body, as if even the body started to burn.

Although there is no intentional control, perhaps it is the use of the subconscious mind to control the will. This layer of brilliance is slightly different from the light on the blade. It seems that it has no lethality, but defense. The invisible but resilient force bounced off.

The ground kept shaking. At this time, this huge locust tree stood up wobbly, looking like a tree man in western legends, and even the center of the trunk has vaguely formed a vague shape with rough bark. face.