Nightmare Light

Chapter 8 Blood Cultists
Lin Wang woke up.

Outside the carriage, the sky gradually darkened and rain fell from the sky. The sound of water passed into the car and mixed with the low roar of the vehicle.

Lin Wang saw that there were many combat soldiers from the Public Security Bureau sitting around him in the carriage, some of them were lost in thought, some were leaning back, and their bodies were swaying slightly as the vehicle bumped along.

What was strange was that on the carriage, behind each soldier, near his head, there was a strange rune painted.

The rune looked like two crossed arms, with the arms hanging down from either side, encircling the top of the soldier's head.

As the vehicle moved forward and the soldiers swayed slightly, the runes emitted a soft white light like breathing, illuminating the carriage in flickering light.

Lin Wang turned his head and saw such a rune behind him, near the top of his head. Whenever the rune lit up, he would feel a tranquil emotion affecting his mind.

This thing should be some kind of rune that purifies the soul...

This suggests that the monsters in this world must have some kind of mind-polluting effect... or at least some of them possess this effect...

But why wasn't I affected before? Was it because the giant flower of flesh and blood had no contamination effect, or was it because "I" was special?

Anyway... next time you encounter a monster, you must be careful...

Lin Wang had a vague intuition: this couldn't be his only encounter with those monsters. He firmly believed that he would encounter more strange things in the future, and they would only be more bizarre.

Coupled with the sighs in his previous dream, Lin Wang felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

I need to figure out what's happening to me as soon as possible, and I also need to master some coping strategies...

The sound of rain outside the window grew louder, pattering against the car, and gradually became continuous. As the car moved forward, it seemed as if it was rushing into a storm.

When Lin Wang was thinking about problems, he liked to look at the scenery outside the window, and he especially liked rainy days, so he turned his head and looked at the sky outside the car through the window.

His pupils suddenly shrank.

In mid-air, outside the rain curtain, leaden clouds rolled and crowded together like a sick swelling, and in the gaps between the clouds, endless fog could be seen.

For any normal person, no matter how amazing their eyesight is, seeing this much is already the limit in this situation.

Even Lin Wang, with his amazing physique, was no exception at this moment. Lead-gray clouds stretched endlessly across the sky amidst the heavy rain.

However, Lin Wang discovered that in addition to his normal vision, when he looked at the clouds, he also had a "special" vision: this vision was directly connected to his spiritual world, looking through the clouds to the deeper sky -

Beyond the clouds, at the end of the sky, theoretically where the planet's atmosphere should be, a huge crack ran across the sky, tearing open the dome and filling his vision.

The crack was filled with a dark red light, and an indescribable giant shadow slowly swam behind it. At the edge of the crack, countless tentacle-like shadows could be seen swaying...

Lin Wang suddenly turned around and moved closer to the window, pressing his forehead against the glass, staring at the sky outside with an ugly expression.

Because he was too excited, Lin Wang turned around a little too violently, waking up the soldiers who were resting in the carriage. Behind him, Tian Taozi's voice rang out:

"Ah, you're so surprised by the rain? That's right, you're from the north, and I heard there's only snow there..."

"Can you see anything in the sky?" Lin Wang interrupted Tian Taozi and pointed to the sky.

Following Lin Wang's gesture, Tian Taozi looked up at the sky and said nonchalantly, "Oh! You mean the clouds? It's really hard to see clearly when it's foggy, but on rainy days, the rain will disperse some of the fog, so you can see the gaps between the clouds..."

So, she can't see the crack... Based on her behavior, other people... at least the vast majority of people in this world, shouldn't be able to see it...

Why can I see it? What will it do to the world?
Lin Wang shook his head.

If you think about it carefully, you will know that the world is cracked. This thing is definitely not a good thing. Combined with the voice I heard in the dream before...

Lin Wang came to a very rough conclusion - this world is going to be ruined.

But he vaguely felt that this matter shouldn't be so simple... What on earth had he overlooked?
Thinking of this, Lin Wang realized that it was right to go to the Public Security Bureau this time - because he really wanted to know more about this world, and a place like the Public Security Bureau where all kinds of people mixed together was undoubtedly a good choice.

After stopping the car, Lin Wang got out with everyone else.

On the way into the police station, he was thinking about what had happened before, and at the same time, Tian Taozi was chattering in his ear.

"Hey, are all you northerners this tall?"

"Why are people from the North so tall?"

"What did it feel like when you were bitten by that flower before?"

"Do you like hot pot?"

When people are thinking, if there are constant sounds around them, it will disrupt the continuity of their thinking.

So as he walked into the lobby of the Sheriff's Bureau and passed by all kinds of sheriffs, citizens and suspects being brought in, Lin Wang was unable to complete his thinking smoothly and effectively.

When they walked to a more crowded place, Lin Wang could no longer bear it. Just at this moment, a shouting sounded beside him.

Lin Wang turned his head and took a look.

Two sheriffs were standing beside him, escorting a man and a woman into the police station.

The man was in a rage and shouted loudly, swearing that he did not steal it.

There was an old woman standing by, crying and sobbing all the way, begging in a low voice, saying that she had children at home.

Lin Wang was usually a thoughtful person, not prone to making mistakes. But at this moment, he was distracted by the series of events he had just encountered, and he saw the huge crack in the sky, and Tian Taozi kept talking beside him...

Lin Wang, who was at the end of his patience, happened to see these people passing by. Without hesitation, he pointed at the man next to him and said, "He's a thief."

As soon as these words were spoken, Tian Taozi, the police officer, the sheriff next to him, and even the two suspects were all stunned.

People looked at Lin Wang with a mixture of surprise, bewilderment, and suspicion...

Lin Wang's heart skipped a beat: Oh no, I've said too much.

I have to think of a way...

But before he could finish his thought, Tian Taozi's voice chirped with great curiosity: "Hey! How did you judge that?"

The man next to him had already roared angrily at Lin Wang, with a series of obscenities mixed with curses and accusations of "you are slandering me".

Lin Wang originally wanted to make up a random excuse to get away with it, but then he thought, the other party was a thief. If he evaded the issue, wouldn't he be letting the criminal go unpunished?

Thinking of this, he pointed at the man and said, "Although he looks very angry, as if he has been wronged, so he yells and his face is red, but..."

After a pause, Lin Wang stared into his eyes. "His pupils didn't dilate, and his hands didn't tremble... This shows that he wasn't truly extremely angry, but was deliberately acting it out."

At this point, everyone's eyes were focused on the man, and the man's body began to tremble violently.

"You, why do you...why..." The man began to stutter, and his momentum was much weaker than before.

Seeing this, the sheriff couldn't help but laugh. He pushed the man and took him to the interrogation room.

Before leaving, one of the sheriffs nodded to Lin Wang and said, "Thanks, brother!"

The other sheriff, the one escorting the old woman, relaxed considerably upon seeing this. However, he was a cautious man, so he pointed at the old woman and asked Lin Wang, "Friend, what do you think of this..."

Hearing the sheriff's words, the old woman's sobs softened slightly, and with a hint of hope, she timidly glanced at Lin Wang. She had been crying a while ago, and even now, her shoulders were still slightly shaking. Lin Wang glanced at the old woman and thought for a few seconds: "When people cry, excessive breathing does cause convulsions in their bodies. From this point of view, there is no problem."

"It's normal for a woman who is extremely scared and believes she has been wronged to cry like this."

As soon as he finished speaking, the old woman and the young sheriff both looked relieved.

The sheriff said to the old woman, "Auntie, even so, we still have to take the statement. Let's go!"

After saying that, he turned and left.

At this moment, Lin Wang raised his hand to stop the sheriff and the woman.

"Hold on."

The two were stunned and confused.

The old woman glanced at Lin Wang quickly and lowered her head deeply again.

Lin Wang noticed this detail.

He smiled, looked at the old woman, and said to the crowd, "Your crying was very real. You showed all the details of a normal person's crying, but you overlooked one thing..."

"These are the twitches young people experience when they cry. As we age, our muscles gradually relax and the twitches we experience when we cry decrease."

The old woman stopped shaking and her voice stopped sobbing. She asked him in a low voice, "Maybe I'm just healthier than normal people?"

At this time, the sheriff, Taozi Wada and others realized that something was wrong with the old woman.

The sheriff's hand went to his waist, and several soldiers not far away also began to touch their weapons.

Lin Wang smiled and pointed at the skin on the old woman's hand: "If that's the case, you shouldn't paint yourself so old."

At this point, the young sheriff had already drawn his gun, stepped forward, and shouted, "Put your hands behind your head!"

bump!
Before she finished her words, the woman exploded, turning into flying blood all over the sky. In the blood, a charred wooden man with a skull-like head and face appeared. It let out a shrill howl and raised its hands to pounce on Lin Wang.

"Blood Cultists!"

The reaction speed of the surrounding soldiers was fast enough, but the wooden man was too close to Lin Wang. In a breath, it had pounced to a position less than one meter away from Lin Wang.

But the strange thing is that Lin Wang was not panicked at all at this time. He was even a little curious when he looked at the strange man approaching him.

At this moment, a series of "hissing" sounds came from the team of Security Bureau soldiers behind the wooden man.

Along with the sound, seven or eight pale and twisted figures appeared, floating in the air like ghosts, with colorful rune patterns on their faces. They fluttered and grabbed the wooden man, flying around it.

As they flew, the ghosts released white ribbons that quickly wrapped around the wooden man.

And at the last moment when the white ribbon closed, the wooden man actually struggled hard, took a step forward, stuck his face out from the gap in the ribbon, grinned and bit Lin Wang.

Lin Wang slapped him: "Who are you trying to scare?"

Snapped!
The wooden man was stunned and was about to move, but was tightly wrapped by the white ribbons that swarmed over. In an instant, he was wrapped like a mummy and pressed to the ground.

The bloody red blood in the air also disappeared without a trace.

Everything is done in an instant.

A thin man walked out from the team of soldiers from the Public Security Bureau. Lin Wang noticed that the soldier had a ghost face painted with red paint on his face, and white fangs at the corners of his mouth, a bit like the Nuo dance mask he had seen during the New Year.

The soldier wearing a Nuo dance mask walked up to the wooden man, picked him up, and walked towards another passage deep inside the Security Bureau.

When passing by Lin Wang, he stopped slightly and looked at Lin Wang deeply. When his eyes met Lin Wang's, he nodded slightly at Lin Wang.

The noise died down, and Tian Taozi gestured to Lin Wang to follow her into a waiting room.

Along the way, the chattering girl seemed much more serious, but she still glanced at Lin Wang with curiosity from time to time.

"Brother Lin...Mr. Lin, there are still some details about the previous case that we need to understand. Please wait here for a moment."

After Tian Taozi finished speaking, she hurried out.

Lin Wang expressed his understanding, saying that this kind of thing is the same in any world and there is nothing strange about it.

Moreover, judging by her hurried appearance, she probably had to report what had just happened to her superiors...

The waiting room was a plain and simple room with fairly comfortable chairs, a simple small table, and a cup of half-warm water - which was prepared by Tian Taozi for Lin Wang before she left.

Lin Wang thought that the sheriff who came to question him would probably have to wait for a while. Now he had nothing to do and was bored waiting, so he thought of his previous experiences.

It's time to study the various gains made before...

Lin Wang had previously released a ball of energy from the giant flower of flesh and blood, which had remained in his body. He could feel it but could not control it. Now that he had that knowledge in his mind, he thought, maybe there was a way to control energy in that knowledge?

He controlled his consciousness and gradually immersed himself in the vast amount of knowledge.

Lin Wang is a cautious person, so during this process, he always carefully controlled his consciousness, guarding against any elusive and weird things appearing in that pile of knowledge.

More than ten seconds later, after ignoring a lot of "gardening-related knowledge", Lin Wang found what he wanted in that knowledge - a way to control his own energy.

at last……

Lin Wang smiled.

He picked up the water and took a sip, then assumed a relaxed posture and began to try to mobilize and control the energy according to the method in his mind.

Okay, I sensed that energy...

Good, it's docile...

This isn't difficult...

The next second, a ball of violent white flame appeared out of thin air in his hand.

"Fuck!"

Lin Wang's hand shook and the water spilled out.

The next second, the sound of a young girl's brisk footsteps rang out outside the corridor.

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