In fact, when the military convoy passed through one unusually clean neighborhood after another in confusion and fear.
You Huan was at the front of the convoy's route, hunting any monsters he encountered along the way.
After most of the day, a total of 72 advanced evolution points were obtained.
The level has reached [Lv.16 (22/128)], jumping one level again.
Perhaps due to the rapid growth of the King Cobra during this period, the targeted enhancements obtained from this upgrade are also in the aspect of growth.
The energy utilization efficiency is further improved.
The last upgrade increased the hardness of the snake scales.
He found that the targeted enhancements upgraded using advanced evolution points were often related to the situation at the time.
Isn't this a targeted evolution tailored to the environment?
He also invested all the enhancement points he got from Carmody into [Infinite Growth]:
[[Infinite Growth] (+10) +9 effect: Growth speed increased by 40%. +10 effect: Growth speed increased by 50%. ]
He wanted to make use of the rich biological resources in this world as much as possible and increase the size of the king cobra to an astonishing level!
Thanks to a multi-pronged approach, by nightfall his body had steadily crossed the 300-meter mark and reached around 330 meters.
As night fell, he discovered that the huge improvement in size and level in a short period of time seemed to have brought some additional effects.
As night falls, Bridgerton becomes darker and more misty.
The military convoy that had been following him all the way stopped to rest, and the King Cobra also found a place to sit down and rest.
He and his main body on the military truck simultaneously took out the sculpture of the City God Toad and played with it with their tails or hands.
Suddenly, his spiritual power seemed to be touched by an invisible object.
Faintly, he seemed to touch a thin film, and seemed to hear a call.
The next moment, the main body and the king cobra fell into a dream at the same time, falling into the gap between reality and illusion.
"Wow——"
I could hear the sound of ripples on the lake caused by the flying birds.
When he opened his eyes again, he was standing by a foggy lake.
The king cobra landed on his shoulder in a miniature form of one meter long.
It is now in a physical state and can interact effectively with the outside world, but its weight is only that of a one-meter-long small snake.
It's like it's really shrunk.
After looking at "himself" over his shoulder, he looked around his surroundings.
He was facing a vast lake with no end in sight. Thick white fog was floating on the lake, so that he could only vaguely see the dark shadows of water birds swimming leisurely on the lake.
Behind him, a strange forest, whose posture and shape kept changing at every moment, spread into the distance.
In the distance he could see the spires of a majestic and glorious city.
He had seen that city before; it was the capital of Mengchan.
Apart from that, to his left and right there was seemingly endless fog, similar to that in the small town, but much thicker.
The king cobra was spitting out its tongue. He could sense that the fog contained a purer and more intense power than the fog in the small town.
If a real king cobra arrived here, it would probably grow larger just by absorbing the mist.
But unfortunately, in his current mini snake form, he couldn't feel his body growing at all.
He was dreaming at the moment, but at the same time not completely dreaming.
Similar to the last time I dreamed of entering the royal city, this is a dream world that is both real and illusory.
He turned his gaze back to the large lake in front of him.
The feeling he got from entering the dream this time was... three elements coming together.
These three elements are: fog, Dream Toad King City, and lake.
The first two are easy to explain. The fog corresponds to the world he lives in, and the dream toad corresponds to the dream he enters with the help of the sculpture.
So the last element...
Could it be related to the "story" that is happening in Bridgerton?
"Ahhh~~"
Just as he had this thought, a melodious female voice floated faintly over the lake in front of him.
Then, as if the clouds had cleared and the moon was revealed, the sounds of countless musical instruments, some high, some low, some lively, and some melancholy, came from all directions of the lake.
The mist covering the lake also slowly lifted to both sides like a white veil at this moment.
"Crash——"
The water birds on the lake flapped their wings, lined up in neat rows, and flew overhead with their graceful necks held high.
Amidst a grand and solemn symphony, he heard a woman's singing faintly coming from the depths of the lake.
The song tells the story of a man who originally had a happy family, but because of a huge disaster that suddenly occurred in the town, he had to try to save his companions and find a way out in desperation.
At the last moment, after witnessing a scene that made him despair, he chose to shoot and kill all his companions to prevent them from suffering more pain.
When he was about to commit suicide, he found that the disaster had dissipated and rescue had arrived.
If only they didn't despair so early, if they could just spend a few more seconds discussing who was responsible for sending the others to die.
They may all be redeemed.
The melody, with a hint of joy in the midst of despair, comes to an abrupt end when it tells the story of a man kneeling down in despair.
At this time, the fog on the lake had completely dissipated, revealing several shadowy figures in the distance.
The lake was shining with golden light, making the surface of the lake look like a magnificent opera stage.
On both sides of the lake, one can vaguely see dense figures reflected on the lake surface, like the audience of the opera.
However, when You Huan looked up at the lake, he could not find the real bodies of these spectators. It seemed that they were just illusions of water.
The opera on the golden lake had ended, and he saw a graceful figure take a step towards him and extend her right hand.
It seemed as if inviting him into the theater.
He had already heard that what was just sung was exactly the original storyline of the movie "The Mist" -
David and others killed Ms. Carmody, broke free from the religious organization's obstruction, and finally escaped from the supermarket.
He and his companions got in the car and drove out of the town.
They drove very far, until the car ran out of gas, but still couldn't get out of the fog-covered area.
At this time, they saw an unmatched giant beast, Behemoth, walking out of the fog.
It was so huge that it even ignored the posture of the people on the ground, and finally broke down everyone's psychological defenses.
In desperation, everyone agreed to let David shoot and kill everyone else one by one.
Finally, because he ran out of bullets, David had to get out of the car and let the monster eat him to end his life.
It is more decent for companions to die in such a clean way than to be eaten painfully by monsters.
However, after David made up his mind to kill all his companions, including his son, he walked out of the car and found that the fog began to dissipate.
A rescue vehicle from the military drove up from behind, even carrying the mother who had rushed into the fog alone at the beginning of the story to take care of her children at home.
The ending seemed like fate's mockery of him.
And in the world of the heavens, this "destiny" obviously comes from the power corresponding to this force in the lake.
His arrival completely deviated fate from its original track.
Faced with the invitation of the woman on the lake, he did not care whether he would be held accountable for changing "their" drama.
Gladly stepped onto the lake.
After walking about twenty meters, the view in front of me suddenly became clear, and all the originally blurry scenery became clear.
The graceful figure that invited him to come forward finally appeared clearly.
The multiple layers of fat pink belly, webbed hands, and the bubble on the head were forcibly bound into a shape resembling a head.
This is a large dream toad that does not have the graceful body of a woman at all.
"...?"
(End of this chapter)