Chapter 953 - Chapter 953: They've always been hanging above their heads _1
Chapter 953: They’ve always been hanging above their heads _1
They watched as the circus people pushed their carts or rode on elephants as they slowly left.
Lu Xin stood quietly at the back and watched them. On the back of an elephant, on the cart pulled by a Hercules, the magician and his assistant performing a magic trick, the two-headed beauty performing a song and dance, the dwarf collecting money, the graceful woman dancing with a snake, and even the snake-neck beauty who stuck her head out of the cage covered with black cloth on the cart were all smiling at him.
They slowly waved their hands and disappeared from sight.
Lu Xin’s chest was filled with a strange feeling, and he couldn’t look away for a long time.
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After a long time, Lu Xin opened the ticket and found that the time was indeed not written on it.
However, there was a performance called ” the last performance.
This was a performance that the audience didn’t know when or when to watch.
However, when he recalled the way these people had left, Lu Xin suddenly felt a strong sense of anticipation.
It was as if something on his spiritual level had been touched. He had a faint premonition that this might be an extremely exciting performance.
“From a safety point of view, this ticket should be thrown away.”
Professor an’s voice reminded Lu Xin. She looked at the circus troupe’s disappearing figure and whispered to Lu Xin, ” because no one knows what the ticket will bring. The things handed over by an aptitude user usually have some strange effects.
“However, it doesn’t matter if you want to stay.”
after all, this is a gift from the other party out of gratitude. If you really throw it away, you’ll be letting them down.
“Moreover, although this group of people is strange, I don’t feel any hostility.”
“..”
“..”
“Yes,” Lu Xin nodded with a smile.
As he spoke, he stuffed the ticket into the inner pocket of his clothes.
He lived a good life and rarely threw things around.
Moreover, this was a rare luxury for him, so he also felt that the other party’s gratitude was very important and could not bear to throw it away.
Lu Xin didn’t consider any other strange effects.
The only thing he needed to be wary of was some sudden contamination or hidden influence.
It was difficult for something like this to be of any use to him at all times.
Or rather, it probably didn’t have much of an effect.
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“Let’s go. We still have a long way to go.”
Professor an looked at him and smiled, but he didn’t say anything.
In fact, everyone in the investigation team had found some strange and mysterious points, but the circus was not going in the same direction as them and seemed to be an outsider, so they did not intend to focus on the other party.
After all, the most important thing was to go to the old site of the Research Institute.
“In addition, the deeper we go, the more careful we have to be.”
As they walked deeper into the forest, professor an said to the others, “”We’re already within the forbidden line.”
I don’t know how many investigation teams were sent by the Research Institute before, but all of them went missing along this line. It’s confirmed that there must be some mysterious force in this area that will make people disappear suddenly, and even the last news can’t be transmitted to the outside world.
as for us, we are almost destined to encounter such a power.
“..”
cough, it’s even more frightening to say this in such a gloomy place …
Lu Xin couldn’t help but curse in his heart as he silently walked in the middle of the group, entering the dense forest around the flat ground.
By the time they entered the forest, the wandering tribes and the circus had gone in different directions.
The surroundings became quiet all of a sudden.
The forest was very dark, and the tall tree crown blocked the sun above their heads, making them feel like they were walking slowly in a dark cage.
There was almost no sound of beasts, only the sound of each other’s breathing and the crisp sound of broken branches.
According to the map, it was still tens of kilometers away from the old site of the Research Institute.
It was reasonable to say that this Research Institute had already existed before the red Moon incident, so there should be a smooth road leading to it.
However, after the catastrophe, the Research Institute had collectively moved away. There was no one here all year round, and the roads had long been damaged due to the loss of maintenance. There were also mudslides and occasional earthquakes, which broke bridges and blocked the mountain passages, making it more difficult to travel.
That was why professor an chose this route.
Through the relatively gentle slope and dense forest in the North of the sleeping mountains, he directly headed to the old site where the Research Institute was located.
Because most of the roads were downhill and basically in a straight line, it was more convenient.
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Due to professor an’s reminder and the many missing investigators, everyone was on edge.
They would often spend a long time in silence.
Even professor an, who was usually very talkative and didn’t make people roll their eyes at him, didn’t speak much.
They would only stop to check the equipment every half an hour.
This dense forest really wouldn’t disappoint.
After half an hour, professor an realized that there was no signal at all.
Even when she started to record the investigation logs with a recording pen, she would find that there was a large amount of chaotic electric current sound in the voice.
When it was replayed, the sound would also be distorted and prolonged.
Therefore, she had no choice but to use her notebook to record it and seal it in a small black box.
Lu Xin guessed that she had prepared this so that her descendants would be able to find her record if she died.
After two and a half hours, when the test was carried out, they found that the spiritual radiation detector that they always carried with them had lost its function. Because of the large amount of dense spiritual radiation, all the detectors were flashing red lights.
This had already lost its warning function.
What he could be sure of was that in the area they were in, the air was filled with intense spiritual radiation.
“It’s very strange …”
Professor an stopped again and started writing in her notebook. She wrote while reciting.
It was as if he was sharing information with Lu Xin and the others.
At the same time, it also allowed people to listen in to find out if there were any problems with her records.
in an empty place, it’s rare for such dense spiritual radiation to appear. Even if there is, it will dissipate.
“But here, there’s a large amount of spiritual radiation, and it’s been there for an unknown amount of time.”
it has been confirmed that it is impossible to enter the abyss here, and there are no spiritual monsters that can be clearly sensed around.
an unexplainable but extremely dense spiritual radiation. Perhaps it’s a way to unseal the forbidden secret …
you need to be careful. You might hallucinate or be misled by the spiritual radiation …
“..”
“..”
After recording everything, Lu Xin and the others set off again.
Lu Xin suddenly thought of a problem. None of them were wearing protective clothing.
This might be because he was wearing protective clothing, which made it difficult for him to move in the dense forest.
But from another perspective, it seemed that everyone in the investigation team was not simple.
Shaking his head slightly, he didn’t say anything and just followed obediently.
After all, this level of spiritual radiation did not affect him much. On the contrary, he felt quite comfortable.
It was like a fish returning to the water?
The spiritual radiation that filled the air was like gentle and quiet threads.
He could pass through them gently without waking any sleeping insects, and he could also pull them over …
.. That scene should be wonderful, right?
Lu Xin thought to himself. He let go of his thoughts in this silent and difficult journey.
“Aiya …”
All of a sudden, a slightly high-pitched voice startled Lu Xin, who was still immersed in his imagination.
Professor an and Lu Xin both turned around and looked in the direction of the voice.
The girl who was walking in the middle of the group turned her head slightly.
“People …”
“There are dead people here …”
“..”
The person who had exclaimed was professor Li. He was stomping his feet gently in a girly manner. As he stepped back, he pointed to the front with an ugly expression. His face was a little blue from fear, and his body was on the verge of falling because of panic.
Behind him, two other researchers immediately came forward to help her.
However, just as the two of them were about to support him, they suddenly looked at each other and felt embarrassed. They retracted their hands at the same time.
Professor Li fell directly to the ground, breaking the dead branches on the ground.
However, at this time, no one was worried about his butt. They nervously followed his gaze.
He saw that there was something black in the place he was pointing at. It looked like a child’s corpse.
Everyone’s heart trembled and they became alert. They looked again and suddenly realized:
It wasn’t a real corpse, but a huge, rotten fruit.
He did not know what tree it was from, but its skin was black and uneven. The stripes and the bumps on the skin actually formed the pattern of a smiling human face. In this gloomy environment, it was indeed easy to mistake it for a human.
“What kind of plant is this fruit from?”
“Why does he look so much like a human?”
“Was it made by someone or was it natural?”
“..”
After calming down slightly, everyone began to discuss with some lingering fear, their voices revealing a hint of surprise.
it’s not man-made. It looks like this from the start.
Professor an walked closer and looked at him. He then whispered, “”As for its attributes, I can’t guess it yet.”
heh, after the red Moon incident, there were already many mutated things in the wilderness.
not just humans, but also animals. There are also many plants.
especially since this place is under high concentration of mental radiation all year round, it’s not surprising no matter what kind of changes there are …
“..”
I think I know what tree these fruits are from …
It was at this moment that Lu Xin’s voice rang out from behind them.
Everyone hurriedly turned their heads and followed his gaze. They couldn’t help but tremble at the same time.
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About thirty meters above their heads, under the treetops, black, round fruits drooped down one after another. Each of them was like the one on the ground, with a strange face on the surface, faintly watching them.
In the huge forest, there were countless of them.
They did not know where it started, but there was already such a fruit. Along the way, it quietly watched them.
“Hehehe …”
Faint laughter could be heard from all directions in the forest.