Chapter 33
The black gate was only about a dozen meters high .
Lin Sheng moved slowly and warily, breathing softly while listening to the sounds around him .
*Thump…*
Suddenly, there was a dull sound like that of a bell, coming from Blackfeather City .
Lin Sheng stopped at once .
*Thump… Thump… Thump…*
The thuds rang on for five consecutive times before they died off .
Lin Sheng stood still, listening carefully to the changes around him .
After a few minutes, nothing happened . He raised his sword again and gradually moved forward .
Soon he passed through the gate again, and the view ahead was clear .
It was filled with decaying blackened buildings and streets . Unknown pieces of black rags drifted in the wind while a lone direction sign stood by the side of the road .
Lin Sheng did not approach the direction sign but went straight to the right side of the street without hesitation .
He felt some roughness as he stepped on the street’s hard gravel .
On the right side of the street, the main road was paved with rough cobblestone and flanked by broken black stone buildings that looked like they had been burned .
Most of these buildings were two or three stories high . They did not look like shops but more like ordinary houses or cottages .
Stone lamp posts stood at intervals on the main road .
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To Lin Sheng’s surprise, the lamp posts were actually emitting a pale yellow light . Within their square lampshades, the candle flames flickered in the cold wind .
“But it wasn’t like this before…”He recalled what the street looked like the last time he was there . The lamps were not lit at that time .
Feeling like something was amiss, Lin Sheng quickly looked for a place to hide .
Glancing around, he soon found a row of buildings on the right with holes in its broken windows and doors . He could easily get in and hide there for a while .
However, those holes frightened him just as much . Who knew what dangers lurked inside?
There was nothing else on the empty and deserted street .
“I’ll wake up if I don’t go on…” Lin Sheng summoned up his courage and took his sword . He followed the planned route, walking forward .
*Tap… Tap…*
Though he tried to tread as softly as he could, his footsteps still echoed across the street .
*Hiss…*
Suddenly, a slight noise came from the front as if someone was whispering in his ear .
Lin Sheng quickly found a broken window and got in .
He proceeded to crouch down and hide behind a wall .
*Hiss… Hiss…*
The sound was closing in…
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In the middle of the street, a huge shadow of two stories tall was leisurely wriggling its way through the neighborhood, its long tail trailing behind .
Countless ant-like black insects were crawling all over the huge shadow . Lin Sheng could not see its face clearly as it was completely covered by the black insects .
Nevertheless, beyond the insects, Lin Sheng saw a human silhouette on the upper part of the huge shadow .
The creature was flicking its forked tongue, and the three pairs of black eyes on its face looked like holes in a rotten tree .
Its eyes were now scanning around greedily .
Lin Sheng slowly and silently peeped through the crack in the window .
He swallowed hard and dared not move .
The monster wriggled past him quickly . It possessed the form of a human on top and that of a python at the bottom, and its long, thick tail was covered with smooth black scales .
The cobblestone on the street rubbed against its scales, creating the hissing sound that Lin Sheng had just heard .
Some of the pieces of debris in front of the monster were easily crushed by it .
Lin Sheng dared not make a sound .
Once you were targeted by a monster of this size, it was hard to escape .
The hissing faded away, but Lin Sheng was too afraid to budge .
The size of the monster frightened him . Once you were discovered by such a monster, you would have no chance of survival .
He did not get up until the hissing was completely gone for quite some time .
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“Young man… have you seen my Justin?”
Suddenly, a trepidatious female voice traveled from behind Lin Sheng .
Lin Sheng was startled . He immediately stood up and turned around, raising his sword to strike .
That was when he found himself in a shabby living room .
At one corner of the room, in a doorway leading to the other room, a pale woman was standing there .
The woman seemed to be in her forties, appearing haggard and anxious .
Her eyes were sunken with dark circles and heavy bags under them . She was wearing a gray cloak, similar to that of a nun’s, and it covered her head .
“Young man… have you seen my Justin?” the woman repeated .
Lin Sheng was alert, but he was relieved . It was the first time he had met anyone who could speak in his dreams, and it gave him a faint sense of security .
He had remained alone for too long in that deathly stillness, which made him feel a little on edge, but he finally met someone to communicate with .
Lin Sheng narrowed his eyes, making sure that there was no obvious hidden weapon in the woman’s hands before he moved a little closer .
“Hi, I don’t know who you’re talking about . But if you can give me some clues, perhaps I can help you find him . ”
He answered slowly and clearly, in the same Blackfeather City accent .
The language used in his dream world was Ancient Rehn, which he got from the memory fragments . At first, he felt a little awkward speaking the language, but he quickly became proficient .
The woman’s focus now fell entirely on Lin Sheng .
“Are you sure you can help me find him?”
“If you can provide me some clues and help,” Lin Sheng replied cautiously .
“Can you find Justin if I help you?”
“I think so, maybe, maybe…”
“When? When can you find him? Now! Now! All right!! I need to find Justin now, now!!! Now!!! Now!!!” The woman was going berserk and getting closer .
She started to flail her arms wildly, her eyes turning redder and redder .
All of a sudden, her head exploded!
The woman’s head exploded like a balloon .
A stream of sand-like black fluid spewed forth from the explosion . The fluid gathered in black lines on the ground, hissing softly, and the next moment, the fluid sped toward him .
Thick masses of black lines filled the room in an instant, rushing madly at him from all directions .
“F*ck!” Lin Sheng did not have time to think . He turned around and jumped out of the window .
The next second, countless black lines rushed frantically out of the window, chasing him .
Lin Sheng fell over and rolled on the ground . When he looked back, his face turned pale . He instantly got up and ran for his life .