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However, Craig was obviously a little worried about putting such an important item in the teaching building with only a few security guards, so he packed the whole book in a plastic foam protective suit and stuffed it into a suitcase to carry with him.

After a while, the two walked out of the campus area and came to an ordinary fast food restaurant nearby. They ordered some hamburgers, French fries, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, and the like. They ate big mouthfuls and discussed in a low voice while eating Problems encountered during translation in the afternoon, and possible ambiguities.

They didn't realize at all that a powerful force had isolated the entire restaurant from the outside.

About three to five minutes later, dazzling and bright electric sparks burst out from outside the restaurant, and then all electrical equipment was paralyzed instantly, and the glass doors and windows were shattered by the huge force.

Outside the window with broken glass residues hanging, it was no longer UCLA, but a world of flames exuding scorching heat and flowing crimson magma everywhere.

Almost every second, heat waves can be seen rising into the air, making violent vibrations and noises.

"what!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The waitress on the night shift was the first to react and let out a piercing scream comparable to a soprano.

The rest of the people were not much better. Women, no matter how old they were, almost all followed the footsteps of the waiters and started yelling at the top of their throats. Some tried to call 911 for help, but found that there was no signal at all.

As for the men, they were a little calmer. A bald man with a big shoulder and round waist pulled out a large-caliber revolver with a shiny silver light from behind, and stared nervously at the strange scene outside.

Undoubtedly, if it weren't for the heat wave and high temperature that couldn't be more real, no one would believe that they were eating at the gate of the university campus a few seconds ago, and came to a place like hell a few seconds later.

Holding a half-eaten hamburger in her hand, Mansha stared dumbfounded at the hot lava spewing out of the restaurant, and murmured tremblingly for several minutes: "Oh--my God! This... This is exactly the same as the third world described in the book!"

"Hush! Keep quiet! If you don't want to get yourself into trouble!" Craig warned with a solemn expression.

As an old man who has personally experienced the darkest era of the twentieth century in the United States, he knows better than anyone how terrible actions ordinary people will do when their sanity or spirit breaks down in the urban area.

Especially adult men, often use violence to vent their inner fear and anxiety on women.

"Then... what shall we do now?"

Mansha was not a fool, she immediately noticed the strong vigilance in the eyes of the men in the restaurant, and she even reached into her backpack subconsciously, grasping the only "anti-wolf spray" that could provide her with a sense of security.

After all, the United States is at the forefront of the world with an average of more than 8 rape cases per year. Even well-known universities are not much better, so if you don’t want to be violated by strangers, carry some non-lethal self-defense weapons, such as anti-wolf spray, small electric shock device , women's pistols, etc., belong to common sense in common sense.

"It's very simple! We need to find a place where no one is around, and study the description of this world in that book." Craig replied without thinking.

Although California, where Los Angeles is located, has always been a gathering place for "white leftists", various universities have even promoted political correctness to the altar, almost to the point where anyone who dares to offend will die.

Fortunately, the old professor was not one of them, and he didn't have the slightest idea of ​​sharing information with other people in the restaurant.

Because he knew that as soon as he said something related to that ancient book, the crazy crowd might rush over and snatch it away, and some people would try to destroy it to see if they could go back.

As early as the end of the nineteenth century, the French social psychologist Gustave Le Bon expounded in his popular psychology research book "The Crowd", never underestimating people's emotionality, no objection, and low IQ when they fall into group thinking .

Sometimes irrational crowds are even worse than smarter chimpanzees, at least chimpanzees will not destroy the forests they live on, but humans caught in groupthink will frantically destroy farmland, factories and social order, leaving themselves starved, Unable to extricate themselves from poverty.

While everyone's attention was attracted by the doomsday scene outside, Craig quickly took Mansha into the bathroom and locked the door, opened the box, took out the ancient book again, and quickly turned to the corresponding page.

On the yellowed parchment, a world of hot magma gushing out from the ground was drawn, which was exactly the same as the scene outside the window at this moment.

The old professor pointed to the line of small characters below and read aloud: "Icaret! The most powerful spirit of fire! It originated from the light and heat at the beginning of the world! It is neither good nor evil, just full of opposites. The gods are angry, because the gods have imprisoned it in an eternal prison for mankind..."

Before Craig finished reading the whole paragraph, a huge volcano in the distance suddenly began to erupt violently. The rumbling sound and vibration could be clearly felt even several kilometers away.

What's even more frightening is that after the eruption, a creature more than 200 meters high and completely made of hot flames and magma slowly crawled out of the crater.

Its size is so huge that every step it takes causes the ground to cave in badly!

Behind this holding life, there are countless monsters in the shape of thousands of flames, big and small, charging towards the location of the restaurant...

Chapter 658 The Mysterious Ancient Book ([-])

How spectacular is the charge of thousands of flame creatures that can't be seen at a glance?

Just look at the people in the restaurant who are completely in a state of sluggishness at the moment!

Even the bald and strong man holding a large-caliber revolver has a look of fear and despair in his eyes.

Because let alone whether the bullets can cause damage to those obviously fleshless creatures, the only six bullets in the wheel alone are not enough to deal with so many enemies.

Mansha, who was hiding in the bathroom, undoubtedly saw this scene, and asked in a trembling voice, "Professor! I... what should we do now?"

"Don't make noise! ​​I'm looking for relevant information!" Craig reprimanded calmly.

Of course, it would be more convincing if his hands weren't shaking like he had Parkinson's disease.

But a professor is a professor. After quickly reading the entire description of the flame world, he immediately frowned and searched for similar myths and legends in his mind.

About three to five minutes later, he suddenly shouted with surprise on his face: "I know! I know! This Icaret is actually the flame monster in the fairy tales of ***—— Ifrit. In fact, In many places in the Middle East, before the birth of Christianity, there was a folk story about the life of a powerful flame. According to archaeological discoveries, Zoroastrianism, the predecessor of Manichaeism, once recorded it in the form of murals The story of a powerful flame elf being imprisoned by the gods obviously refers to this."

"Damn! Professor, what we need now is not these messy things, but how to prevent those monsters from burning us into charred corpses." Mansha roared angrily.

She couldn't believe that at this critical moment, the other party was still thinking about deciphering countless puzzling mysteries in ancient books.

"No! Child! This is very important! Now that we know the identity of each other, we can deal with them naturally. Look, there are many magic symbols on it, which can be used to drive away the flame elves. Come on, bring a kitchen knife , let everyone in the restaurant arrange these three symbols together in order as quickly as possible, and engrave them on the outside wall. If the description in the book is correct, those monsters cannot be touched or even approached." Ke Reg pointed to the three strangely shaped ancient Semitic letters on the back of the second page and explained.

"Professor! You better hope they work, or I guarantee those people out there will tear you to pieces before they die."

After all, Mansha didn't care too much, and immediately ran to the restaurant and yelled at everyone, and then distributed the props in her hand to everyone.

Although some people wanted to know where they got these strange symbols, but those flame monsters who were getting closer and closer still chose to obey the orders honestly.

After all, you can't make trouble with anything, and you can't make trouble with your own life.

If you can really survive, it's not too late to ask again later.

As a saying goes, human beings can often unleash unimaginable power in times of crisis.

Especially these big-city Americans who have always been pampered and pampered, their current work efficiency is enough to make their compatriots feel ashamed. In less than two and a half minutes, densely packed mysterious symbols are engraved around the entire restaurant.

When the huge flame monster led his men down to the front and back, everyone retreated into the restaurant and stared outside nervously, only to find that the rune engraved just now emitted a faint silver light, successfully stopping the monster's footsteps, and the other party just surrounded Turning around non-stop.

"God! We are saved!" The waitress who screamed first drew a cross on her chest, with a lingering fear expression on her face.

"Don't rush to be happy! Although these guys can't get close, they don't mean to retreat. Don't forget, we are trapped here and can't go anywhere. Once the water and food are exhausted, the end will not be much better. .” Another middle-aged man who looked like a restaurant chef reminded.

"Don't worry! Don't forget that this is a restaurant! The food in the cold storage is at least enough to ensure that everyone can eat for more than half a month." The waitress shrugged nonchalantly.

"Hey! Stupid woman with big breasts and no brains! Think about it! We have a power outage! And we are in an extremely hot environment right now! In a few days at most, all the food in the cold storage will be ruined. In three to five days at most, We will be in a situation where water and food are cut off." The chef directly pointed out the problem in a rather helpless tone.

"Shet! My favorite ice cream! Take it out and eat it with everyone before they melt." The waitress screamed and rushed to the backstage, taking out the ice cream from the machine and distributing it to everyone .

Since the current ambient temperature is at least [-] to [-] degrees in the future, everyone is sweating a lot, and they need something to cool down to restore the body temperature to balance.

Just when those mindless guys began to enjoy the coolness brought by the ice cream, several people with clearer minds and calmer minds quickly came to Mansha's side. Among them, the bald-headed strong man fiddled with the revolver in his hand, and said in a low voice: " Miss, I think you'd better explain, what's going on? Why do you know that those symbols can prevent the flame monster from approaching?"

"That's right! We have reason to suspect that you are the chief culprit of the disaster." Another person also echoed.