[Infinite Horror] Xiao Ran

? "Hi, are you O'Connor?"

The tall blond man turned his head and looked at the five Asians in front of him—with a child, his face was half vigilant and half curious. "I am. What?"

"My name is Zheng Zha." Zheng Zha extended his hand friendly, and O'Connor switched the luggage over his shoulder, reached out and shook hands with him, "We heard that you know the route to the capital of the dead?"

O'Connor's eyes immediately filled with vigilance: "Are you also interested there?"

"To be honest, we're not really interested... We don't lack gold and treasure." Zheng Zha smiled wryly, took out a small gold bar and waved it in front of the eyes of the three of O'Connor, and sure enough, he saw Jonathan His eyes lit up all of a sudden, "But we have to go... The reason for this is very complicated. I'm afraid you won't believe it for a while, but I can assure you that our goal does not conflict with yours."

He took out a few more gold bars and showed them in front of the three of them. Jonathan pushed Eve away and came closer, staring at the gold with bright eyes, but Zheng Zha shook his hand and put away the gold bars. Not seeing Jonathan's sad eyes, he smiled slightly: "Anyway, you are all going to the capital of the dead, how about bringing some of us with you? We can provide funds, and we can also take you for a ride. Our transportation is definitely better than Camels are much faster."

Jonathan immediately nodded without thinking, but was pulled aside by Eve, but her own eyes were more curious than vigilant, only O'Connor was still hesitating.The chunky warden next to him suddenly said: "You really only invest, and don't want to share the wealth? Is there such a good thing?"

"I said, we have enough wealth, so we don't need to worry about gold." Zheng Zha said, he didn't need acting skills, he said it sincerely, "We went there because of life-threatening reasons. If you accept this deal, you will naturally have plenty of time to explain it slowly."

"What if you don't accept it?" O'Connor asked.

Zheng Zha just smiled, and squeezed in his hand, the three gold bars were all as thick as two fingers, but they were all broken into two under the pinch of his two fingers.His other hand was going to catch the falling gold bar, but he didn't expect Jonathan to catch it in his hand quickly. The four of them looked at the broken section of the gold bar in his hand, all dumbfounded.

O'Connor swallowed, nodded and said, "Okay, we promise! Of course there is no problem!"

Zheng Zha just smiled, put down his hand and said, "Okay, then we'll settle this way, and besides, my companion has something to do with you..." As he spoke, he took a step to the side and gave way to Chu Xiao. Of course.

"What I want to ask you is a more personal matter." She nodded as a greeting, and said coldly, "Mr. O'Connor, I found out that you once had a comrade-in-arms named Barney, it seems You separated three years ago, do you know what he has done in these three years?"

O'Connor seemed very confused by her question, shook his head and said, "No, I haven't heard from him since he abandoned our comrades in the capital of the dead and fled. Didn't he die in the desert? Hmph, I wish this traitor would die of thirst and starvation."

"He didn't." Chu Xiaoran said with a cold face, "Not only did he not, the business seems to be doing very well - a year and a half ago, my friend came here to do business, trusted him, and was betrayed by his enemy , there is no body left. I have been inquiring about this matter, and I didn’t hear about you until a few days ago..." She suddenly interrupted her words and sneered, "Ah, it seems that I don't need to ask you. Isn't that him?"

She strode through the crowd and walked towards the position she had seen earlier. The sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked Barney was talking to four Americans. Chu Xiaoran ignored their conversation, and went up and grabbed Barney by the collar and pushed him down. When it came to the cargo box behind her, even though she was shorter than Barney, Barney could only be held by her, unable to resist.

"Barney, I finally found you." She hissed, "Do you still remember that a year and a half ago, a businessman named Qin Zhaoran—do you remember that you willingly sold him out to who?"

Behind them, Wang Xia tried his best to keep his face expressionless: Qin Zhaoran is the supervisor of Longyin Base, so although he is not clear about the plot of Legend of Gods and Ghosts, he can understand that Chu Xiaoran is obviously making up. But her acting skills are really good. He sneaked a glance at O'Connor, Eve, and Jonathan, and saw that they were all staring at that side with great concern. The four Americans seemed to be a little confused when they heard what they said. at a loss.

"I-I-I, I don't know! I don't know what you're talking about!" Barney yelled in horror, "I've never heard of the merchant you're talking about!"

The irony is that although he is telling the truth, obviously no one believes him in this situation. After all, as long as they get along for a while, most people can judge his cowardly and insidious character.

"After his body was gone, you said you didn't know? It seems that I can help you remember." Chu Xiaoran gritted out these words between her teeth, and dragged Barney to a side alley. An American wanted to stop her, but she easily shook off her hand. Soon, the two of them disappeared in the winding alley.

O'Connor and the Americans seemed to want to chase after them, but Zheng Zha stepped aside and blocked them at the entrance of the alley.

"I'm sorry, this is my friend's personal enmity. Please don't interfere." While suppressing the smile and admiration in his heart, he stretched out his hand and grabbed it. His fingers easily inserted into the brick wall. With the rustling powder.

Several people looked at the five holes left on the wall, and all smiled dryly and took a few steps back.At first, Chu Xiaoran's questioning and Barney's entreaties came from the alley, but they were all vague and unclear.After a while, there were two indistinct screams, and then everything fell silent.

After a while, Chu Xiaoran came out from the alley with some blood on her hands.The people at the alley rushed forward immediately, and an American and O'Connor couldn't wait to ask, "What did you do to him?"

Chu Xiaoran turned to O'Connor first, and replied: "He betrayed my friend and let him die tragically. According to our custom, I cut off his tongue and an arm, and he ran away. If we can find a doctor in time to stop the bleeding , should be able to survive."

This of course is bullshit again.It was true that the tongue and arm had been cut off, and those two organs were still thrown in the alley in case O'Connor wanted to check them out.But then she killed Barney cleanly, and threw his body into the storage space, ready to destroy it when she had the chance.The reason I don't tell O'Connor the truth now is because he attaches great importance to the friendship of comrades in arms. Although he hates and despises Barney, he doesn't really want to see him die unexpectedly, so in order to avoid hatred, Chu Xiaoran still concealed the fact of killing him.

Then she turned to the four Americans and said, "I'm sorry, it seems I scared your guide away?"

The American standing at the front said with a little fear and a little provocation: "Yes, no matter what kind of enmity you have with him, we paid a lot of money for it, but you let our investment go to waste It was in vain."

"We are not short of money. How much have you invested and how much do you want? Tell me a number." Chu Xiaoran smiled slightly, "Of course, I know roughly how much money you need for these equipment and personnel. As long as you are not too greedy, I will not I mind paying a little more for compensation. However, we have very important matters to go to the capital of the dead, if it is convenient, please don't come to interfere."

"So what if it's inconvenient?" Another American asked with his arms akimbo.

Chu Xiaoran pulled out a small dagger from her waist, and quickly twirled it between her fingers. She tossed the short and thin dagger aside, and saw a flash of white light, followed by everyone's eyes. , Seeing that the dagger was deeply inserted next to the five small holes that Zheng Zha grabbed, not to mention the blade, even the wooden handle was not half inserted.

Chu Xiaoran stretched out two fingers to pinch the dagger to expose a small section outside the wall, pulled it out easily, played with the dagger and smiled: "I can pay gold, or knives and bullets, whichever is easier to accept?" Same, it all depends on several choices.”

Two of the four Americans are still hesitating, while the other two have clearly begun to withdraw.Zheng Zha added from the side: "Besides, I don't recommend you go there... You know, Amnata, the capital of the dead, is a dangerous place. If you still don't give up... don't regret that I didn't warn you in advance Think about it, since you can get gold easily, why do you have to play with your own life?"

As he said that, he took out five or six gold bricks from the ring one after another, and threw them on the ground one by one. Not to mention a few Americans, even Jonathan's eyes would shine when he saw such gold bricks. Eve and O'Connor beside them held each other tightly, almost rushing to hug a piece and not letting go.He threw out ten gold bricks, then stopped, folded his arms and said: "How about it, the gold here is already over a hundred catties, if it is exchanged for money, it will be enough for you to enjoy for a lifetime, so just take it as soon as you see it! "

The four people looked at each other, silently stepped forward to pick up the gold brick, turned around and was about to leave, but one of them still hesitated, turned back and said: "We can promise not to go, but... if you have so much wealth, how can you leave?" If you think it's dangerous there, why do you go there?"

"Curse." Chu Xiaoran said calmly, seeing the expression of disbelief on the other person's face, she stretched out her hand and wiped it lightly on the cheek, the white skin immediately peeled off, revealing dark red, even some black muscle tissue and blood vessels , looks extremely terrifying.The man screamed, turned his head and ran quickly after his companion.

Chu Xiaoran wiped her face again with her hands, and her cheeks returned to normal.She turned her head to look at the other four plot characters, and saw that they also looked horrified.The chunky warden swallowed, and murmured: "I... I won't go, remember your promise! I want 20.00% five gold!"

Eve nodded with a dazed expression, and the warden immediately turned around and ran away, not daring to look at Chu Xiaoran any more, Jonathan swallowed, and asked, "Then...is that a curse? A curse from ancient Egypt? "

Chu Xiaoran didn't answer.In fact, it was just a makeup technique—she had received similar training when she was an agent, and when she was in the alley, she quickly used makeup tools to draw such a rotting mark on her face, and then used To cover up with cosmetics, when she wiped her cheeks with her palm twice, she used the foundation of makeup and used a technique similar to the face-changing method of Sichuan opera to reveal and cover the makeup on the cheeks again.Due to the high speed and short exposure time, no one discovered the flaws.

Of course, she didn't intend to explain this little trick at this time. After all, the more Eve and the others believed in the existence of mysterious power, the better it would be for them.So she just smiled wryly and turned to look at the three newcomers.They were obviously horrified by this change, but the three of them had good self-control, and their expressions were only a little unnatural, which did not reveal their surprise.Chu Xiaoran nodded to them and said, "Let's go, let's go to Hamna Tower."

"Wait!" Eve hurriedly held her back, "We've already booked a boat ticket..."

"We don't go by boat." Zheng Zha said with a smile, "Let's go! Our means of transportation are much faster than boats!"