Chapter 48, the second taboo!
Chapter 48, the second taboo!
"Lost Night is about to begin!"
It wasn't just the four of them.
Shen Ye noticed that everyone stood up in unison, already getting ready.
"What's going on? Everyone seems so excited!? Is the city going to hand out gold bars?"
Lu Buchu: "..."
He always felt that Shen Ye was very relaxed, not just because he was new... but because the person himself was very relaxed and had no sense of tension at all.
"Lost Night..."
The woman in the headscarf uttered these three words:
"It will only happen once a month. It means that the safe zone will become ineffective and all the terrorists will become active, but at the same time... the Anling Coins will be ten times the usual amount."
The tattooed man's drunkenness had subsided considerably, and his gaze became serious.
"Most importantly..."
"An opportunity to escape this city will arise!"
A new pop-up window appeared in Shen Ye's field of vision.
[Please note that the main quest has been triggered.]
Escape Anling City!
......
The sky was gradually darkening, and darkness was engulfing the city.
but.
Fortunately, Anling City had sufficient power, and the surrounding streetlights were even on. However, this did not bring a sense of security, as various terrifying figures were vaguely visible and wandering around.
Their team is now splitting up.
Lu Buchu was still with Shen Ye at this moment, the two walking on a dark street corner.
"There are two ways to escape this city..."
"First, once you've accumulated enough Anling Coins, which is ten thousand, you can leave." Lu Buchu sighed, "But you can imagine how terrifying that number is."
"No one can do it."
Shen Ye paused for a moment. This number was indeed a lot. Only three were given to each clown, and for each terrifying being, a tool and method to kill them were needed.
In addition, there are daily consumption... Reaching 10,000 coins is indeed as difficult as climbing to the sky.
"What about the second one?"
"This guidance comes from the statue of King Anling."
Lu paused for a moment, then continued, "There is another terrifying entity in this city. If we find it and kill it..."
"Everyone will be rescued and escape!"
"But it...only reappears on the night of the dead..."
Shen Ye pondered:
"Do you know who this being is?"
Lu shook his head: "I know... but I don't really know."
"?"
"After so many nights of mourning, we can now confirm its identity... it is a unique entity in this city."
"Clues can be obtained by killing terrors on Night of the Dead... and the currently known information includes chocolate, a bull's horn, a fish tank, and a non-existent number..."
He went on and on.
"What a load of nonsense."
Lu Buchu sighed, "I know none of them connect, but this is a clue."
"Who knows what that means?"
"but..."
"Following these clues, we can find some... terrifying methods of killing them."
Shen Ye: "So now those people, including some of your companions, are doing this."
"Yes."
Shen Ye pondered: "Tomieko."
next moment.
A black-haired figure appeared behind him.
Holy crap.
Lu Buchu suddenly jumped backward!
"How come she's still here!"
"She's always been here." Shen Ye calmly wrote a note and handed it to her.
"It's up to you now."
Seeing this harmonious scene, he felt a chill run down his spine; one of the three taboos had actually been right beside him all along.
Lu Buchu: "What did you give her?"
"The clue you just mentioned—she's forbidden, powerful, and has a suppressive effect on other terrors...why not use her?"
Shen Ye paused for a moment: "Of course, in contrast..."
"We need to help her find the real culprit."
Lu Buchu: "?"
"How did it become 'us'?"
"Can I stay out of this mess? I feel safer killing terrorists than getting involved in this!"
"You're all fucking buddies!"
Shen Ye smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go to Street 34 first."
Lu Buchu: "..."
He was thus forced onto Shen Ye's pirate ship.
.....
Street No. 34.
Tomieko had led them to this street, but since it was daytime, there were very few clues left.
And now it is the night of mourning.
That's different.
"Wait, what happened to Street 34?!"
They returned to the place they had been during the day!
but!
But this street has disappeared!
All I could see were numbers 33 and 32; the alleyway had vanished!
"Why?" Lu Buchu was stunned for a moment.
Shen Ye: "Do you remember the clue from earlier?"
"?"
"A non-existent number..." Lu Buchu suddenly realized, "Could it be..."
"You mean this street!"
They never investigated the forbidden identity, or perhaps they never could; most of them went there for the Spirit Coins.
They wouldn't bother to learn about the story behind it, and of course, no one has survived Tomieko's clutches so far!
Shen Ye was the first one.
"Then how do we get in?" Lu Buchu seemed to have noticed the progress and took the initiative to ask.
Shen Ye wasn't in a hurry. Instead, he looked around and touched the wall next to him.
"What's wrong?"
"The humidity is wrong; the grass here is all withered."
Shen Ye said softly, "When we entered that alley, there was a very thick layer of moss, but this place is obviously dry, which does not match its growing environment."
Lu Buchu: "It seems that's really the case... So what do we do?"
"Look around, it needs to be in a shaded area, well-ventilated, and have leaf mold on the ground. Does it meet these criteria...?"
The two split up.
Lu Buchu felt that Shen Ye was something special; otherwise, he wouldn't have given up killing the terrifying being and come here with him on Anling Night, which only comes once a month.
Although he didn't think he'd find anything, what if...?
And at this time.
Lu Buchu's eyes suddenly trembled, and he stared intently into the distance, his heart pounding! He immediately hid!
"That's the second taboo!?"
In the distance stands a faceless figure carrying a bag on its back, radiating an aura of danger.
"Damn it, why is it here!"
And there was another person next to him, someone he recognized... a member of the nursing home.
The opponent was quite powerful, but he trembled all over when facing this faceless man!
Trembling, he suddenly plunged the knife into his own ear!
After cutting one off!
The faceless man shook his head, his voice hoarse: "Not enough..."
The man then cut off his second ear!
"It's still not enough." The faceless man's voice sounded like a judgment!
The man was pale, blood was streaming down his face, and he was pointing his knife at his own eyes!
But in the end, he didn't do it; instead, he let out a desperate growl!
"I'll fight you to the death!"
And the next moment!
The Faceless Man simply opened his pocket, and a large number of tentacles covered with facial features suddenly emerged from it!
Devour the other party!
The whole process happened in the blink of an eye, and the person disappeared completely!
With a slight tremor, several new facial features emerged, each slightly larger than the previous ones.
The faceless man only uttered hoarse sounds:
"Your...facial features...are of very low value..."
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