We are already several kilometers away from the town, why is there still fog everywhere?"
When a resident in the car asked this question, someone immediately echoed, "Yes, where is our destination?"
The soldier on the vehicle said calmly,
"We are... heading towards a fog-free direction. Please be patient, we will soon reach a fog-free location."
One town resident pointed out: "That's what I asked an hour ago, but in reality, we're just slowly moving along the road!"
"The fog behind us is getting thicker again. Can we really get out of the fog?"
The noise in the car gradually increased.
Soon, the convoy stopped.
The townspeople, who were becoming uneasy after being in the fog for so long, saw several officers approaching.
One of the officers explained to the crowd: "Dear residents of Bridgetown, please do not make loud noises in the fog, as this may cause unnecessary trouble."
A calm voice came from the truck:
"We will cooperate with the military's actions, but we have indeed been traveling for a long time and still don't see any signs of the fog dissipating, so everyone is a little anxious and we hope to learn more about the fog."
The officers turned their heads and saw David appear.
In fact, when David heard the noise of the townspeople, his sense of uneasiness suddenly soared.
Something is wrong. There must be something wrong with this army...
Feeling increasingly uneasy, he chose to step forward and try to stabilize the situation.
David had always been a very prestigious person among the group of people in the supermarket - after Ms. Carmody died, everyone naturally turned to him.
The townspeople soon quieted down.
When the officer heard his words, his serious expression relaxed a little and he said, "Actually, I—"
Just as he started talking, he was interrupted by a new voice:
"You actually don't plan to lead these people out of the fog, right?"
After the officer was interrupted, he heard this and suddenly looked up and looked around: "Who said that?"
The townspeople on the truck subconsciously turned their heads and looked at a man leaning against the edge of the truck.
The officer followed the line of sight and was stunned when he saw that the speaker was a disabled young man who didn't look like someone who would cause trouble.
Then he said angrily: "Sir, please don't talk nonsense. How could we deliberately put you——"
His words were interrupted again.
This time he was not interrupted by words, but by his own head flying off his body, permanently interrupted.
"Pah."
Under the gaze of the townspeople who had suddenly gone silent, the head of the officer who had just been explaining fell to the ground.
Behind the officer, another officer retracted his completely alienated blade-like right arm, looked at the dazed townspeople on the truck, and said coldly:
"It's time to get started."
In an instant, the first to be slaughtered were not the townspeople, but soldiers from all over the army!
"Ah!"
"Peter, how did you become a weird—"
Amid the voices of these people in disbelief, about one-sixth of the entire army was instantly killed by their "companions" who suddenly jumped up.
The remaining soldiers and officers either had limbs altered or spider legs sticking out of their eye sockets. In the blink of an eye, they all turned into half-human, half-monster creatures!
The soldiers in the car where David and the others were were no exception.
"ah!"
Amid the townspeople's screams of fear, the three soldiers on the vehicle who were originally acting as "protectors" had their eyes turn pure black and eight spider legs pierced their backs.
In the blink of an eye, they turned into three spider monsters!
Although he didn't say it, David and some of the sensitive supermarket survivors had already prepared themselves mentally for this emergency.
David was the first to make a move. He took out the axe that had been with him for several days and took the initiative to greet the spider monster that had just transformed!
Ollie, who looked short, fat and honest, followed closely behind, took out the shotgun he had secretly found in the house, aimed at the other spider monster's head and shot it!
The spider monster was shot in the head instantly, and its limbs twitched and fell to the ground.
The spider monster that was hit by David's axe also had a deep wound on its body.
Several people nearby also reacted, holding wooden spears and working together to stab the injured and immobile spider monster through.
In just a moment, the two spider monsters in the car were eliminated.
This unexpected development made the remaining spider monster in the car stunned for a moment, and then it let out an angry roar.
Several huge spider legs were raised, and they stabbed the townspeople in the car several times!
Amid the cries of pain from the woman and the old man, several people were immediately seriously injured.
At the same time, the monsters on other vehicles also completed their transformation and surrounded the trucks where the townspeople were.
The leading monster was transformed from a lieutenant colonel, and its body was a circle larger than the average spider monster.
He looked at the townspeople who were fleeing in fear in the car and let out a sharp scream.
The words mixed with English in the universal language of the Fenyu world sounded, causing the townspeople who heard it to have strange hallucinations in their minds:
"Take down all these sacrifices!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of monsters transformed from most of the army rushed towards the townspeople like a torrent.
"Swoosh—"
However, in the surging wave of monsters, a high-speed black shadow went in the opposite direction, drew a sharp line in the air, and directly penetrated the numerous monsters blocking the way.
"Boom!"
Finally, it pierced through the forehead of the lieutenant colonel spider monster, leaving a bloody hole and inserted into the ground.
"…"
The lieutenant colonel touched the big hole on his forehead in a daze, and the next moment, his huge body fell heavily to the ground.
The ordinary spider monsters that were pierced along the way also let out painful howls. Some of them were unlucky and had their vital parts pierced through, dying on the spot.
The torrent of monsters was thrown into chaos for a moment by this attack, and an extremely clear passage appeared in the middle.
Only then did the townspeople see what the black shadow was that had killed multiple monsters in the blink of an eye, including a small leader.
In the mist, what was deeply stuck in the asphalt road was an umbrella!
David, Ollie and others saw this ordinary umbrella sold in the supermarket and felt familiar with it.
There was also an umbrella that pierced through the monster's tentacles.
They turned their heads and saw that the mysterious Asian man was still sitting in his original position.
A half-human, half-spider monster jumped up from behind him, but showed a look of fear the moment it approached him.
The next moment, the spider monster disintegrated and disappeared into a large cloud of gray smoke.
David and Ollie were shocked by what they saw.
At this moment, the man who seemed increasingly mysterious and terrifying in their eyes turned his gaze towards them.
You Huan saw a spider monster climbing onto the truck from behind David and reminded him, "David, watch your back."
David turned around subconsciously and saw a spider monster rushing towards the door!
An axe flashed, and the next moment a spider monster's head fell to the ground.
David subconsciously swung the axe again.
Why did he feel that his strength had increased?
"David!" At this time, his wife's call made him not think about his increased strength, nor did he have time to think about the mysterious Asian man.
He swung his axe repeatedly, chopping up all the monsters that stood between him, his wife and children, and pulled them both into his protection.
At the same time he shouted: "Everyone, jump out of the car with me! Let's break through the siege together!"
His resolute roar combined with his fighting posture among the monsters made all the townspeople subconsciously obey his command.
They grabbed anything they could use as a weapon and jumped from the restricted truck.
Under David's command, everyone gathered together to form a defensive formation, using natural barriers such as military vehicles to fight the spider monster.
"Bang, bang, bang!" Oli brought some people who were good at shooting and directly seized some military guns, and shot wildly at the spider monsters that were rushing towards them.
Although the spider monsters were affected by the power from the "Mist Field" and turned into monsters, they retained most of their sanity and memory and were still able to use hot weapons.
The two sides seemed to be engaged in a small war.
As David led the crowd in fighting and retreating, trying to find a way out, the fog around them suddenly became thicker.
"Come back..."
"Come on…"
A faint whisper came from the depths of the fog.
The team was instantly thrown into chaos. As the fog grew thicker, auditory and visual hallucinations ensued.
What's more serious is that the townspeople's minds themselves began to become distorted, and all kinds of weird thoughts suddenly appeared in their minds.
David heard a voice that sounded like those soldiers who had turned into monsters, or like some creature deep in the fog was speaking:
"Come back... become a sacrifice to the Supreme Spider Mother... do not try to escape your fate..."
His mind was suddenly in a trance...
"boom!"
However, the next moment, a loud noise woke him up.
Other townspeople who were gradually lost due to hallucinations were also awakened one after another.
Everyone opened their eyes wide and looked, only to see that the violent wind and waves instantly made the surrounding fog thinner.
"Hiss!"
Amid the dense screams, the bodies of many spider monsters were instantly cut into several pieces!
The body parts fell to the ground with a dull thumping sound.
After doing all this, You Huan retracted the black water blade extending from his hand and waved his hand lightly.
The fog surrounding the crowd was instantly forced back by an invisible shock, revealing the scene that was originally hidden by the fog.
I saw that one monster after another, which were slightly larger than ordinary spider monsters, had formed a big circle around the crowd at some point.
Human and animal corpses were placed on the ground in a specific manner.
A precise pattern gradually formed on the ground.
Some people who have not been transformed into monsters to a serious degree are performing an unspeakable bloody ritual, sprinkling a kind of powder on the ground.
The fog changes as they move, like a living thing.
David looked around and was surprised to find that he and his group had entered the center of the sacrificial ceremony without knowing when!
Those spider monsters just now deliberately forced them to this place!
"We must deal with them before we can escape from here."
Hearing the voice coming from the side, David turned around abruptly.
He saw a wheelchair had appeared beside him at some point, and Mr. You was sitting on it looking at him.
He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his back, and he didn't know for a moment whether it was because of the current dangerous situation or because of this "person" who he didn't even know if he was a human or not.
Finally, he turned around and shouted to the people who were still in a daze: "We must break out, we have to leave here!"
When they heard his voice, they seemed to have found their backbone and quickly gathered in his direction.
Because You Huan had just killed a group of spider monsters and dispersed the fog, the monsters that were preparing for sacrifice were in a state of confusion and fear.
With David taking the lead, everyone charged forward bravely.
All the spider monsters in one direction were killed, and they actually rushed out in a short time.
However, the spider monsters reacted quickly and immediately chased after them with a hissing sound.
Everyone had to turn around and fight the enemy.
At this time, a magical thing happened that they could not have imagined: they found that they seemed to be able to defeat these monsters transformed from humans?
Under the thin fog, the shouts of the townspeople mixed with the roars of the monsters rose into the sky.
One monster after another that rushed towards them was killed by them.
Finally, after an unknown amount of time of fighting, the monster's blood flowed all over the asphalt road.
Everyone gasped, looking at the monster corpses on the ground, and looked at each other in disbelief.
They... killed so many monsters? All dead?
David was the first to react: "Get on the military vehicle, let's get out of here!"
"Boom boom boom…"
Amid the roar of the trucks, a group of townspeople who had fought hard for their lives drove the military trucks and continued to move forward.
There were corpses of spider monsters on the ground, run over by wheels.
——No, maybe we should call them "cultists".
At this time, a circle of townspeople were leaning against the edge of the truck, leaving a large open space in the middle.
The body of a spider monster was lying on the open ground. You Huan sat beside the body, turning it over and conducting a preliminary examination.
"…"
No one in the car dared to speak, and they only communicated with eye contact occasionally.
They didn't dare to look at You Huan.
The scene of this man killing a group of spider monsters with ease just now is still imprinted in their minds.
To call this man a god of war is not enough to describe how powerful he is.
This level has exceeded the limit and is beyond the imagination of the townspeople.
How could a human being be so powerful...
The fear of the unknown almost outweighs the gratitude for being rescued.
You Huan didn't care about the fearful attitude of these people who tried to avoid him.
He has confirmed the truth about the spider monster.
These soldiers have been influenced by the Fenyu world and transformed into fanatical believers of a certain existence.
Even the structure of the brain is completely changed.
Therefore, the humans in this place are actually influenced by multiple forces.
The invasion of the Kirihara Force, the story of the theater force...
Now he is in control of the theater, and as for Kirihara... the military base in the mountains may have become the base of the cultists.
When he confirmed this, the mission completed notification finally came from the panel.
[Mission: The supermarket shelter has been destroyed. It is up to you to decide where the story goes.]
[Option 3 has been achieved.]
[Get 2 reinforcement points, 1 truth point, 1 function card·truth puzzle]
[Puzzle of Truth (Part 5): Fight or Sink?]
Truth Points! I didn't expect this reward to be something new.
After reading the prompt that the task was completed, his attention temporarily shifted to the King Cobra.
"parking!"
David's roar spread throughout the townspeople's convoy through the walkie-talkie that was pulled off the spider monster.
But he didn't need to remind them, as every truck also stopped suddenly.
Everyone raised their heads and looked at the huge figure that was looming in the fog and flying past at a high speed. Their expressions involuntarily became blank.
"What is that...monster..."
"Buzz——"
The horn-like roar of the giant beast came from in front of everyone.
As the crowd, who were as tiny as ants, looked up, a giant snake nearly 500 meters long flapped its black wings and suddenly landed.
The snake's body was wrapped around a land monster that was no smaller than itself!
"Behemoth..." When David saw the giant beast entangled and wailing on the ground, he couldn't help but think of what the soldiers had said.
At this moment, the monster that the soldiers had said was so huge and powerful that even the military could not handle it on its own was being hunted by the giant snake...
The battle between the two giant beasts caused the ground and everyone's hearts to tremble.
They were in dead silence, watching the giant snake kill Behemoth quietly. The roar of the beast seemed to come from far away.
But suddenly, a sound like a flood came from the mountains in another direction!
I don't know if it was because the cultists they killed conveyed some kind of message, or it was just time.
The thick fog that enveloped the entire town suddenly became more than ten times thicker with the sound of the pouring water!
The thick fog almost turned into a river, tightly wrapping up the bewildered people.
And right in front of David, where the giant snake hunted Behemoth, a mist barrier cascaded down like a waterfall, covering the entire town including the suburbs!
Looking at this sudden movement, everyone was stunned.
As Behemoth let out his last wail before dying, they saw the giant snake slowly straighten its body.
Even the thick fog could not touch its body.
With a "bang", the huge snake's tail slammed heavily into the fog barrier, but it only caused violent waves on the surface of the barrier.
This is different from the previous fog. This is a cover that can achieve physical blocking!
Seeing that the barrier was not broken, the giant snake spit out its snake tongue and stopped trying. It turned its head towards the direction of the Shemer Mountains, as if staring at...
"…"
David, one of the humans, was silent for a long time in this dead silence. He gritted his teeth and suddenly turned around and said to everyone,
"Turn around. We're heading towards the mountains!"
(End of this chapter)