boyutpedia Chapter 152 They're going to possess my body!
Chapter 152 They're going to possess my body!
Lu Yan and Wen Yue suddenly lost their footing and plummeted downwards.
Upon landing, the two were greeted by a vast grassland.
The pale blue sky hung low, with a few white clouds hanging in the distance. Snow-capped mountains stretched as far as the eye could see, and the grass blades swayed in the wind, carrying the fresh scent of grass.
Wen Yue held the World-Destroying Thunder Crossbow, its muzzle hovering in mid-air.
She was ready to fire, but what she saw made her finger leave the trigger by half an inch.
Beneath the grassy slope, three fist-sized orbs of light huddled together, trailing short streaks of light behind them. Behind them stood a multitude of creatures.
A rabbit with antlers crouched in the grass, a squirrel carrying a tortoise shell lay by the tree roots, and a dandelion-shaped sheep floated in mid-air, its fluff swaying wildly in the wind.
Wen Yue lowered the muzzle of her gun: "These are... monsters from the secret realm?"
Lu Yan did not answer.
He walked toward the three orbs of light.
He took a step forward, and the ball of light moved a step back.
When we retreated to the bottom of a small earthen mound, the three little guys were already piled up together, their lights flashing wildly.
The ball of light at the front trembled a few times, transmitting intermittent thoughts.
"No... please stop hitting me."
"The seeds are about to wither."
Lu Yan stopped in place.
"seed?"
Lu Yan pressed on,
Have you seen other humans?
Lu Yan crouched down, trying to lower himself as much as possible.
"Can you tell me what you've seen?"
The brightness of the light cluster dimmed.
The next moment, a fragmented image flooded into Lu Yan's mind.
On the grassland, stood a Chinese man.
He was wearing a faded combat uniform with frayed cuffs, and he was reaching out to touch the head of a deer-antlered rabbit.
The rabbit's ears stood straight up, and it rubbed its head against his palm.
Several round orbs of light swirled around him, leaving shimmering trails of light on the grass.
Screen switch.
Two blond-haired, blue-eyed awakened beings stumbled into the grassland.
They wore the flag of the White Eagle Empire on their chests and held detectors in their hands, constantly scanning the grasslands, snow-capped mountains, and giant trees.
The red dots on the instrument jumped more and more densely, and the two men reached for their weapons at their waists.
Chinese men stood in front of them.
What did he say?
There is no sound in the video.
The White Eagle Awakener raised his hand and fired.
The Chinese man dodged, grabbed the equipment from his backpack, and detonated it one piece at a time.
A burst of fire engulfed one of the White Eagle soldiers.
Another was thrown into the air by the explosion, dragging his broken leg backward, when a bronze-colored dragon-like creature bit his armor and dragged him into a valley in the direction of the snow mountain.
The Chinese man, covered in blood, leaned on a rock to stand up and walked towards the entrance of the crevice.
Before leaving, he glanced back at the grassland and his lips moved slightly.
The video ends here.
The light orb's message came again.
"After he left, he never came back."
"The entrance wasn't completely destroyed, but his life force has vanished."
Lu Yan stood up.
Li Shan.
The roads to Shu are difficult to traverse.
The freelancer who left a request for help on the forum.
His death was not accidental.
He...died from murder.
"And another thing." The fluctuations in the ball of light became rapid. "That White Eagle soldier didn't die."
"He was dragged deep into the snow-capped mountains by the guardians."
A deep roar came from the distant snow-capped mountains.
A figure in blue swooped down from the mountaintop, the air currents whipping up pebbles and blades of grass as it hurtled towards the two figures.
Wen Yue raised the crossbow, the trigger already halfway down.
It was a dragon-like creature.
It was only the size of a foal, covered in bronze-colored scales, with its four claws gripping the soil, and its wings spread out on its back, the edges of its feathers gleaming with a bluish light.
After landing, it crouched low, its golden vertical pupils fixed on Lu Yan and Wen Yue.
The small animals on the grassland were in complete disarray.
As the Azure Dragon charged forward, Wen Yue dodged to the side. The dragon's claws grazed the outside of her arm, leaving three white marks on her exoskeleton.
She stepped back five paces, repositioned her crossbow, and aimed at the head of the blue dragon.
"Wait, don't fire!" Lu Yan said.
Wen Yue didn't move the gun away: "But it almost killed me just now."
Lu Yan watched the Azure Dragon's landing point.
"It's driving us away."
Qinglong did not continue the pursuit.
It turned and rushed in front of the three orbs of light, blocking them with its body, growling softly in its throat.
The sound was no longer a roar before an attack, but more like a warning.
Qinglong stared at the two of them for a long time.
Then, it lowered its head and touched the ground with a scale on its forehead.
Three orbs of light emerged halfway out from the feathers on its back, clinging to it and refusing to leave.
Lu Yan took a step forward.
The Azure Dragon gripped the ground with its four claws, and its low roar grew louder again.
"Do you know a low-level Chinese Awakened One?"
The Azure Dragon stood still, cautiously watching the two.
A ball of light emerged from the feather, conveying a thought.
"It remembers that person."
Qinglong turned around, took a few steps into the depths of the grassland, then stopped and looked back at the two of them.
Wen Yue looked at Lu Yan: "Should we follow?"
Lu Yan stepped over.
The two followed the Azure Dragon across the grassland, crossed a shallow stream, and arrived at a small valley surrounded by rocks.
A giant tree stands in the middle of the valley.
The trunk is so thick that it would take five or six people to encircle it, and its canopy blocks out most of the sky. Sunlight filters through the leaves, scattering into patches of bright light on the ground.
There was a shallow pit next to the tree roots.
Several items were scattered in the pit.
Lu Yan walked over and squatted down.
A shattered tactical flashlight with two words engraved on its casing.
Li Shan.
There was also a chipped dagger, several empty magazines, and a charred piece of a communicator nearby.
The ball of light flew to his side.
"This is what he left behind."
He said that if his companions came looking for him one day, he should hand these over.
Lu Yan picked up the relics one by one and put them into his tactical backpack.
Wen Yue stood behind him without urging him.
After a while, the ball of light sent out another message.
"This secret realm is collapsing."
Lu Yan looked down at his feet.
The soil near the giant tree had turned white, its edges cracked, and large patches of grass had turned yellow. The round little beasts dared not approach, only watching from afar.
"The last invasion damaged the foundation of the secret realm," the orb of light said. "We've been repairing it, but it's not enough."
"It is expected that this secret realm will permanently collapse in another month."
The light's thoughts were intermittent, carrying the weariness of parched, cracked earth.
"At that point, none of us will be able to get out."
Lu Yan looked at the whitish soil at the base of the giant tree.
This is not an ordinary secret realm.
The contracted beasts here can provide buffs and can devour equipment to grow stronger.
If they could be brought back to China, the survival rate of grassroots soldiers would be significantly increased.
Just as he was pondering a relocation plan, the grass beside Wen Yue suddenly collapsed to both sides.
The translucent ghostly contract beast emerged from the ground, its body stretching into a long, thin gray shadow, and lunged straight at Wen Yue's nape.
It didn't make a sound.
Wen Yue's attention was still on the giant tree, and she lowered the muzzle of the World-Destroying Thunder Crossbow by half an inch.
Lu Yan moved first.
He took a step forward, pressed down on Wen Yue's shoulder with his left hand, and pushed her sideways.
Wen Yue crashed into the side of the Azure Dragon, and the bronze scales made a series of friction sounds.
She raised her crossbow and turned around, but it was too late to fire.
The gray shadow crashed into Lu Yan's chest.
"Lu Yan!!!"
Lu Yan's battle uniform developed a layer of grayish-white frost on the chest, with fine cracks spreading from his collarbone to his neck.
He took half a step back, his boot heels carving two short furrows in the mud.
The voice of the ghostly contract beast echoed against his bones.
"Gotcha."
Its body didn't completely burrow in; a section of its tail remained outside, like a gray thread connecting Lu Yan's chest to the ground.
Behind the giant tree, more translucent shadows emerged from under the withered grass, from the cracks in the rocks, and from the tree holes.
One.
Two.
A dozen or so.
They stopped hiding, formed a semi-circle, and stared at Lu Yan and Wen Yue.
The ball of light that spoke first flew around frantically.
"It wasn't us! They've been broken for ages!"
The Azure Dragon lowered its body, letting out a low growl, and dug deep furrows in the ground with its four claws, but did not rush forward rashly.
"Once we possess you, we can figure out a way to get out!" a ghost said proudly.
Its face was filled with smugness, and its gentle appearance had vanished.