Haunted Places Live

Chu Yang woke up in a daze, feeling a chill like countless little snakes swimming into his pores from all directions.There seems to be sulfuric acid surging in the throat, and the saliva will be severely painful when tested, and there is a sour and bitter taste.He opened his eyes with a low moan, and found himself lying on the dry and hard stone floor, surrounded by circles of grooves, with strange-shaped runes engraved between the circles.A hand was gently pressed against his forehead through a cool leather glove, and Lynch's gentle voice flowed into his ears, "Are you awake? How do you feel?"

Chu Yang propped up his body and looked around.This seems to be a secret basement that can only be seen on TV. The walls on all sides are covered with layers of black bricks, and each brick is densely carved with incantations.But the ground seems to be paved with a whole boulder, with natural uncut dazzling patterns winding on it, and traces of ancient conch and mollusk fossils can be faintly seen.There are five different machines placed around the circle, some of which resemble planet-simulating instruments, several metal balls are constantly rotating, and others are like transmitters of certain signals, or instruments similar to measuring current.The five elders were standing in the five directions of the circle. At this time, they were all wearing a dark yellow cloak, the shadow of the hood engulfed their eyes, and they wore hats with different patterns on their faces. mask.

In addition to the five elders, there are also several third- and fourth-level believers wearing black cloaks, hoods and tea-white masks, surrounding the magic circle in circles, and each of them holds a book in their hands. black book.

Chu Yang was in the center where countless lines of sight met, feeling a tremor of falling in the abyss.He grabbed Lynch's hand and whispered, "Is this a ceremony to accept the stigmata?"

Lynch nodded. He also put on a black cloak, but he didn't wear a mask, "Yes, don't be nervous, and don't be afraid. After they start, no matter what they do, you don't move, just sit in this circle Center of your mind, empty your mind. Try praying to Hastur, if you will."

"Pray? But I can't?"

"There are no fixed rules for prayer. As long as you have something in your heart, as long as you try your best to ask for it, as long as you are willing to entrust your life to the king in yellow, no matter what you say in your heart, you will be heard." Lynch held his hand back, holding it so tightly, as if giving him strength, "There will definitely be a holy race to respond to you."

Chu Yang asked in a dry voice, "What if no one responds?"

"There will be a response." Lynch suddenly raised his face with both hands, and looked into the depths of his eyes, "Don't forget, you still owe me two months, you can't die."

After speaking, he stood up, put the mask on his face, pulled up the hood, and blended into the other members in black.Chu Yang suddenly felt that the surrounding air dropped several degrees, and there was an ominous sour smell in the air.He knew that the hounds were ready to move, grinding their invisible fangs on the horizon not far away.

If there is no response from the holy race, it will be a dead end.

"Let's start." An old voice came from under the mask of an elder in yellow.Immediately, three third-level observers brought three goats, drove the goats in front of the three elders, and made them fall down, quickly tied their hooves, and two believers each fixed the female goats to prevent them from moving That.The hands of the three elders were pulled out from the wide yellow sleeves, and each of them held a golden dagger in their hands, reflecting the shining precious light in the dark space.And one of the other two elders held up a golden chalice, and the other held up a huge golden plate.

The three sword-wielding elders knelt down and pressed the goat's head with one hand.The goat's horizontally growing pupils were flickering with fright, and its mouth kept flaring, making pitiful cries.The sharp blade slit the goat's throat and cut off the trachea. The blood gushed out immediately, staining the yellow clothes red. The goat also began to convulse and struggle violently, but was pinned to the ground by two believers. That tragic scene, Seeing that Chu Yang was shocked.

This is... a sacrifice...

He inexplicably thought of his grandfather's basement, the grooves hidden under the carpet, the blood stains and the hair of unknown animals...

The elder holding the golden holy grail in his hand drank some blood from each goat's neck, but saw that the three elders cut open the goat's chest at the same time, and then handed the golden dagger to the fourth-level man who was standing by. The observer, without hesitation, opened the ribs of the goat with both hands, and took out the heart.The elder holding the golden tray walked counterclockwise around the magic circle, and each elder placed the heart in his hand on the tray.

The smell of blood filled the entire underground stone chamber strongly, and the blood overflowing from the goat's body quickly spread in the groove of the magic circle, but there was no sound in the entire hall.However, the elder placed the gold plate on the second layer of the circle, and another elder slowly poured the blood from the golden pot into the groove of the circle, and then returned to his original seat.The bodies of the three female goats were not carried away, but were left in place.

Chu Yang felt cold sweat oozing from his palms.Such a cruel and bloody sacrifice carried a deep and ancient evil aura, and made the air thicker and thicker.His stomach began to churn again, and the sour, bitter and viscous liquid that gushed out of his throat before seemed to seep into his mouth again.

Killing...killing...wherever it is, killing...

Such a sentence did not know where it came from, but it suddenly appeared in his mind.He immediately stopped his thoughts, turned his eyes away, and stopped looking at the blood flowing slowly along the groove.

The five elders once again took the golden dagger, swiped it at the center of their palms, and then dripped their own blood into the golden chalice containing the blood of three goats.It's just that when it came to Zhao Cen's business, he turned around and handed the dagger to Lin Qi who was wearing a black robe.Some of the newer believers around were a little strange, but they didn't dare to say anything at this time.Lynch slit his arm with a dagger and dripped blood into the Holy Grail.

Zhao Censhang was holding the Holy Grail, but in the other hand was a small crystal bottle, "This is the diluted Almodovar, which was originally a highly poisonous poison, but it is said that it can be used when a person is dying. Let it experience the most extreme happiness in the world, realize the truth of the entire universe, and make the consciousness freeze in eternity at the last moment. After dilution, it will not kill you, but all your senses that are limited by the human body It will be temporarily opened, so that you can connect with the spirit of the possible holy race." After he finished speaking, he poured the light yellow liquid in the crystal bottle into the golden cup, and mixed it with the blood of five humans and three sacrificial goats .Holding the Holy Grail, he solemnly walked up to Chu Yang, and put the cup to Chu Yang's mouth.

Chu Yang realized that he was going to drink this cup, he hesitated for a moment, and looked at Lynch.Although everyone was wearing the same clothes, he still recognized Lynch.

Lynch's arm was still dripping with blood, winding on his pale skin, becoming more and more miserable.

Chu Yang took a deep breath and opened his mouth.

Blood poured between the lips, sticky and hot, the most primitive taste of life and death.That strong, sinful smell was supposed to make people sick, but for some reason, it tasted a strange sweetness.Zhao Censhang poured the cup slowly, the blood overflowed from the corner of his lips, flowed down the neck, stained his shirt red, and slipped into the depths of his collar.He felt like a savage who knew no distinction between good and evil, who drank blood without shame and sin.

After drinking the last drop of blood, he coughed and choked a few times in embarrassment. The red blood stained his chin and front. At this time, his hair was sticking to his forehead with sweat, his eyes began to look blurred, and his face was full of tears. The fresh blood on his body had a strangely primitive and evil charm.

A chanting sound like the sound of heaven, a voice as cool as a mountain spring, came from Zhao Censhang's mouth.The strange language flows down slowly and slowly, with a unique rhythm, and the subtle tremors tremble like silk in the air.The shaking seemed to cause some kind of indescribable vibration in the void, and the atmosphere in the entire basement suddenly changed, suddenly becoming more spacious and vast.Looking around at this time, there will be a kind of drunken dizziness, the walls seem to be moving away rapidly, and the ceiling seems to be constantly rising.

Immediately afterwards, the black-clothed believers present also began to sing along, and everyone's voice was not too loud, as if the ravings of countless ghosts from hell were dragged and connected in series by Zhao Censhang's voice.As a result, the illusion of space distortion became more and more intense. Chu Yang clearly closed his eyes, but he still felt the subtle distortion of the air.Every hair on his body stood on end, and all the pores on his body seemed to be opened suddenly.He didn't know whether it was the effect of the medicine or the effect of the singing, he couldn't feel the weight of his body any more, as if suddenly he had turned into a wind, an invisible and weightless wind, a void that had no support or existence .

The other elders closed their eyes and began to chant the thick mantra on the other end in a low voice.Different voices are intertwined, and there is a strange harmony in the chaos.

Then suddenly, Chu Yang couldn't hear anything.

He opened his eyes and found himself suspended in darkness.The real darkness, without a shred of light, so dark that you start to question your own existence.

A wave of extreme loneliness and fear overturned, his heartbeat began to speed up, and his body began to tremble.He wanted to struggle, to raise his head, but he didn't know where his body was.It was a very strange feeling, not sure of anything, not knowing whether I existed or not, whether I was alive or dead.

Then, a consciousness erupted in his mind.

It was the hiss of countless rages, the hiss of hounds.

"I'm going to tear you apart! I'll melt you into a meat paste! An inferior creature that reneges on its promises!!!"

Then, he felt a sharp pain like a burning fire, erupting in his body.He opened his mouth and let out a silent scream.

Chu Yang in the center of the formation began to twitch violently, and large streams of black viscous liquid began to overflow from the corners of his eyes, like black tears.Lynch's heart missed a beat, and he whispered, "It's what the hounds left inside him...they're devouring him from the inside!"

At this time, in the center of the magic circle, the hearts of the three goats did not move.The magic circle has been activated, and if a holy race senses it, the three hearts should start to change.At this time, the elders' chanting came to an end, but the believers kept on chanting, and Zhao Censhang also whispered in confusion, "There is no response from the holy race... Could it be that the hounds blocked the spiritual connection?"

It had been a long, long time since Lynch had felt this anxious and almost burning feeling.He wanted to enter the circle, but was stopped by Zhao Censhang.

"Are you crazy?! If the holy race or hounds appear at this time, you will be dragged away together!"

Lynch naturally knew how big the risk was, but at this time Chu Yang in the center of the magic circle had already shrunk into a ball on the ground, with extreme pain on his face, but he seemed unable to utter a sound.He gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice, "It's okay, I can handle it." After finishing speaking, he entered the magic circle, stopped cautiously a few steps away from Chu Yang, and softly called Chu Yang's name over and over again. name.

"Chu Yang! Chu Yang! Concentrate and don't let them lead you by the nose!" Lynch called out several times, but when he found that Chu Yang didn't respond, he opened his mouth and began to sing an ancient English folk song.

"My love, why did you fail me and abandon me without mercy. My love for you is still forever, and I cherish every moment with you. Green sleeves are all my joy, green sleeves are all my happiness , the green sleeve is my heart of gold, the green sleeve is the only one I love..."

His voice was deep and slow, like the morning mist that quietly diffused from a dream, even with gentle dew, diffused vaguely in the quiet morning light.The seemingly familiar and simple tune has endless magic power, as if it can directly drill into people's minds and linger endlessly.Chu Yang heard the soft and bright voice in pain, and suddenly grasped a glimmer of clarity from the boundless pain and fear.He grasped the ethereal tune like a drowning man grasping driftwood, and hummed along in a low voice, as if the burning pain inside him could be lessened.He remembered what his grandfather said, and his grandfather told him: Be strong.

He is not alone, he also has Chen Yi, Zhu Heze, and Su Yu...

And Lynch...

He didn't want to die, he didn't want to be decomposed and swallowed like this...

He wants to live, even if he is burdened with deep sins, even if he is facing an endless dark future.After all, he still wants to live hard...

Lin Qi heard it, and heard Chu Yang humming the tune of Green Sleeves intermittently and softly following him.Even though he seemed to be in excruciating pain, even though he was humming so hard.Lynch's heart ached, he took a few steps forward and knelt down, and regardless of the danger, he reached out and hugged Chu Yang, whose seven orifices were oozing black pitch-like substance.He whispered in his ear, old songs only for him.It had been his mother Marianne's favorite ballad when she did the chores, and it had been his favorite song.

"I pray with all my heart to God that you will see my faithfulness and that you will come back to me before I die quietly. Goodbye my dear Greensleeves and all my best wishes to you, I still Is your loyal lover, waiting for you to return to me."

But at this moment, the three hearts suddenly began to melt, blood and water glued together.The smell in the air changed in an instant, all the bloody smell disappeared, replaced by some ancient, far-reaching, and unfathomable strange smell... At the same time, the corpses of the three goats also began to change, The flesh and hair are rotting at an extremely fast speed, and some sprout-like things begin to grow out of it...

Zhao Censhang hurriedly shouted, "Brother Lin! Come out quickly! There is a sense!"

Lynch also felt a momentary change in the atmosphere around him.He quickly let go of Chu Yang and backed away in a hurry.

Suddenly, the entire basement seemed to be dragged into the deep and vast starry universe, becoming extremely cold and dry.There seems to be something gigantic and gigantic about to move in the dark, and the sense of coercion like a catastrophe is almost as if the entire planet is falling down.In the depths of the dark universe, his sleeping eyes slowly opened. Too much dust scattered in the universe had accumulated on the huge golden-green iris. All living beings are instantly erased.

All the believers also began to panic. They had never felt such a terrifying feeling before accepting the stigmata. The ground under their feet was also buzzing and trembling. Others began to panic due to unknown fear.

"Hold on! Hold on!" Daniel ordered loudly.However, quite a few people had already started running towards the gate, but for some reason they couldn't run to the gate, which was so close at hand.

Shu Xiaojing opened his eyes slightly, and said to Zhao Censhang, "This is not an ordinary sacred race!"

Zhao Censhang said in a low voice, "Don't panic, it's not like there's no precedent for descending from the gods before."

"God descending?! How is that possible! He is only a fourth-level observer, even a demigod is impossible!"

"It's not a seance...it's something else." Lynch carefully stared at the weird green shoots that looked like plants and somewhat like aquatic coelenterates that began to emerge from the heart, and they were growing and growing rapidly.At the same time, similar "buds" of plants or molluscs began to ooze from the surrounding walls.Those buds grew rapidly like tender grass, and fluttered gently in the air like sea anemones, and the translucent skin flowed with dazzling light colors.

Then, amidst the screams of panic, the ground around Chu Yang suddenly cracked like spider webs, and from those gaps, it was like a huge spray explosion, countless extremely dazzling vine-like and anemone-like tentacles. The stones on the top of the transparent thing shot out into the sky, and then the stones under Chu Yang's body also shattered suddenly, and countless pieces of petal-shaped things flowing with dazzling colors and as light as veils stretched out in an instant.The "flower" is so huge that the entire basement has been deformed to the point that it is almost as empty as a football field, but it is still almost impossible to carry such a large thing.And in the center of the flower is a huge, bright green eyeball, with three pupils growing on the iris, and when it turns slightly, any creature on top of it will feel a wave of ecstasy seeping from the depths of its soul. Disintegrating fear.

"This is... Zal!" Tanno Hideko stared blankly at the extremely gorgeous but also extremely terrifying behemoth in front of him. He even guessed that this was just its appearance after greatly shrinking its own form, "Dirty twins."

The Twin Obscenity, said to be a holy race with Hastur bloodlines, was originally one of the most powerful races among all the holy races. From birth, the twins are connected by an umbilical cord, which can be extended indefinitely. It can even be dematerialized.They once occupied many galaxies and shuttled through countless realities, but later in this reality they were encircled and suppressed by several holy races and almost perished.Legend has it that the remaining twins began a grand and terrifying "big fusion" in order to survive.In the end, a full third of the twins fused into a pair of huge and terrifying twin kings. It is said that they are as big as an asteroid, and their tentacles can extend into the universe and wantonly penetrate into the consciousness and memory of any living being. .The pair of twin kings devoured the invaders who wanted to surround the remaining filthy twins, and then fell into a deep sleep, disappearing.Filth twins are rarely heard of these days, and some people suspect that if they are not extinct, they are not far from extinct.It now appears that at least one pair is still alive.

Sure enough, behind the huge "flower", another smaller, but still house-like... spherical object slowly rose.Its whole body was filled with floating purple and blue light, and then in the air, those translucent "petal"-like things suddenly bloomed, and countless vine-like tentacles stretched out, some of which even grew Something fleshy, brightly colored, flower-like.But that is not a flower, but a mouth dripping with venom.This is Roigor, the weaker of the twins.Between it and Zaar, there is a faintly visible tea-white silk thread that can only be seen from a certain angle, that is their "umbilical cord".

Lin Qi watched as if fascinated, and gradually understood the scene depicted in the sound of Chu Yang's piano before.

It turned out that Chu Yang had already started to sense it.

At this moment, Chu Yang was entangled by the countless tentacles and suspended in mid-air. Although his eyes were open, he seemed to have entered a certain state of emptiness, without fear, joy, or emotion.Roigor sank down slowly, and several huge "petals" opened behind Chu Yang, and then suddenly, the petals closed, enveloping Chu Yang.Immediately afterwards, Roigor quickly fell, and fell into the center of Zaal's opened eyes, and was quickly wrapped heavily by those incomparably huge cloud-like "petals".

The moment the petals closed, a violent flash exploded.No one could keep their eyes open.Lynch also had to cover his eyelids with his arms, but he still felt sharp pains from the cornea.Almost at the same time, everyone could feel an indescribable emotional shock in their minds.Some believers began to cry, others collapsed, and still others just sat on the ground.

After the light dissipated, the basement, which had been infinitely distorted, returned to its original state. Except for the cracks on the ground, nothing seemed to have changed.

Chu Yang fell in the center of the circular circle, with blood and black stains on his face, and there was no movement.Lynch rushed over quickly, reached out to check Chu Yang's breath.

The breath was long, and it seemed to be in deep sleep.

Lynch breathed a sigh of relief.At this time the five elders also came forward, Zhao Censhang squatted beside him and asked, "Where are his stigmata?"

Lin Qi reached out and touched Chu Yang's arm and back, but found nothing abnormal.But there was a slight pause in the chest.He reached out and unbuttoned a few buttons on Chu Yang's chest.

But there seemed to be many vine-like winding protrusions under the flesh of Chu Yang's chest, densely extending to the ribs.

The author has something to say: Note, the ancient English folk song sung by Lynch in the article is Greensleeves "Greensleeves".

Although there are introductions in this chapter and the previous chapter, it seems that some students don’t quite understand it, so let me explain: the filthy twins in this article are not unique individuals, but a race, descendants of Hastur, which is My second design is different from the original 1932 Star Family.