Chapter 343: Lao Mo draws his sword

Chapter 343: Lao Mo draws his sword

Chapter 343: Lao Mo draws his sword
Lao Mo said, "Only one per person is enough. I don't have any use for the extra one. I'll leave it to you as a souvenir. You may need it someday."

"One per person? As a souvenir?"

Although Lin Yi was doubtful, he still reached out to take the two scales.

These two scales, each one of which is the size of a palm, are like flawless gems and do not look like they come from any known scaly creature.

When he saw the scales, he thought of a lot of things at once, such as what Li Huiyuan said about "Mysterious Genealogy". If this thing was not artificially made, then it could only have come from the so-called mysterious creature.

Just when his fingertips touched the scales, he suddenly had a strange feeling. At that moment, everything seemed to slow down, and even the light around him became dim.

His "higher-level perception" was triggered instinctively, but not because of some unknown crisis, but... purely to enhance his perception.

“Hum…”

An indescribable strange aura began to fluctuate along his fingertips. He felt that everything around him became illusory. The already dim and blurry light and shadow also began to become blurred. Instead, some ripples began to become more and more real.

"Is it a 'vision', or a layer drop, or... something else?!"

He moved his gaze away from the scales, but saw Lao Mo's figure clearly, but other than that, he could see nothing else.

Everything around him was wiped out by the concrete ripples. The surrounding scenery began to disappear bit by bit. Only a dark void was left under their feet, and ripples began to spread out from where their feet stood.

All around them was pitch black, with only the surging white mist, as if the two of them had come to a calm, dark lake shrouded by a vast fog.

Such a strange vision made Lin Yi unable to figure out what was going on for a moment.

But he had a magical premonition that if he just let go of his hand, this scene would collapse and he would return to the dense forest.

But he had another hunch, that this opportunity... was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and if he let go, he might never be able to see such a scene again next time.

It's like a cutscene that can only be watched once. If you click "skip", you can't watch it again.

After a while, there seemed to be a breeze blowing in the void, so light that it was difficult to detect, but the flowing mist traced out its trajectory.

“Hoo, hoo, hoo…”

Lao Mo stood still, but the fog behind him slowly rolled up. Soon, the world behind him gradually rolled up like a curtain being drawn open, or a quilt being rolled up.

Then, a gentle breeze blew away the thick fog, and turbid currents poured into the earth. The boundless darkness slowly spread out like a scroll.

In the depths of the fog, it seemed that some huge creature was wriggling, and some tiny sounds began to be heard in the empty void.

Gradually, gradually, a sound came from the black lake below, which was so calm that only a few ripples remained...

“Clang…”

“Clang clang…”

“Clang clang clang…”

It was the sound of an iron chain. No, it wasn't the sound of an iron chain. Compared to that sound, it was more like... the long-lost sound that Lin Yi had heard before, the sound of cold metal scraping against neatly arranged blades.

It was the sound of swords clashing, crisp and rhythmic, like a butcher looking at the pork on the board and pushing his knife.

This "clang clang clang" sound might not seem like anything wrong at first, but as the sound waves pushed forward, goose bumps began to appear on Lin Yi's skin, and his hair stood up subconsciously.

In the end, a strong, unknown, uncomfortable and creepy feeling of fear spread silently and enveloped him.

At this moment, a third kind of ripple appeared on the dark lake surface—a strong third kind of ripple that could almost interfere with or even cover up the ripples created by him and Lao Mo!

And the origin of the ripples is precisely the depths of the boundless dark void!
In the darkness, something seemed to appear, flickering like a candle flame!
“Clang, clang, clang… clang, clang…”

The sound of the clashing swords became clearer and clearer, the ripples on the lake surface became denser and denser, and the outline of something in the darkness seemed to be faintly revealed...

It seemed to be a head and a face, and its shape alone was as huge as a small hill, as if it was some ancient creature that was born before the origin of civilization... The flickering candle-like substance was its eyes.

A pair of huge golden eyes!
In the boundless darkness, a pair of huge golden eyes appeared. Such a sense of oppression could not be described in words. Even Lin Yi felt like he was struck by lightning and was nailed to the spot.

The golden eyes slowly emerged, so that except for the illuminated area around the eyes, the rest of the eyes could not be seen clearly due to parallax.

But judging from the vague outline, it doesn't seem to be a humanoid creature...

In the illuminated area around the eyes, some rugged lines like those of a barren mountain can be vaguely seen. Those lines appear to have a certain regularity, and judging from the details, they seem to be... scales?
"I know, it's its scales!"

Lin Yi reacted instantly and realized that the scales in his hand came from the mysterious creature hidden in the fog and darkness before him!

“Huff…Huff…”

A huge sound of wind arose in the darkness, like the breathing of a mysterious creature, and there seemed to be some calling sounds in the strong wind.

“Lin Yi! Lin Yi! Lin Yi!!”

The voice became louder and louder. At first, Lin Yi thought it was the mysterious creature calling him, but he soon realized that it was not. The voice... was Lao Mo!

He looked at Lao Mo in front of him!

Old Mo, who seemed to be in a state of stillness, was now shouting at him. However, no matter how Old Mo shouted, he could not hear any sound coming from Old Mo's mouth. On the contrary, the calling sound seemed to have been broadcasted by many middlemen and finally reached his ears through the wind, full of the noise of the broadcasting department and the electric current microphone!
"Lin Yi! Lin Yi!"

Lin Yi looked at Lao Mo and said without responding: "Lao Mo, I heard it!"

When Lao Mo heard this, a look of joy instantly appeared on his face.

The next moment, Lao Mo let go of the scale and turned around on the rippling dark lake. He turned his back to Lin Yi and faced the mysterious creature that stretched like a mountain in the darkness. Then, he reached out and pressed the butcher knife on his waist, slowly pulling it out of the leather sheath.

"Buzz——"

There was no fancy or unnecessary movement. When the butcher knife was pulled out, the entire dark space began to tremble.

It seems that the butcher knife is Lao Mo's true self, and now... its sharp edge is revealed.

Lin Yi's pupils shrank at this moment, and Lao Mo's aura began to soar like a rocket.

"Buzz——"

Along with the buzzing sound like a dragon's roar, the entire void began to shake, and the dark lake surface seemed to be boiling, shaking up countless water droplets.

The next moment, a dazzling white light appeared in the dark void, just like someone cut a piece of black paper with a utility knife, revealing the pure sky behind the paper.

A white light suddenly appeared, like an invisible chasm falling into the lake, cutting off the ripples that kept spreading over, and even tearing apart the darkness ahead.

“Huff…Huff…”

In the darkness, the huge mysterious creature slowly retreated, and the clanging sound of swords clashing gradually faded away...

The darkness receded like the tide, disappearing like ink being sucked dry, and the ancient trees with twisted branches surrounded by mist gradually appeared as if floating out of the water.

The illusion was shattered, and Lin Yi's thoughts returned to reality.

Lao Mo was right in front of him, his hands had already loosened the two scales, but the butcher knife was still stuck in his leather scabbard, as if it had never been pulled out.

"Lao, Lao Mo... just now..." Lin Yi felt a little guilty. The extremely dangerous scene just now seemed to be caused by his arrogance. If he had not insisted on taking another look, the scene that followed might not have happened.

If it weren't for Lao Mo, the situation would be very bad now.

Lao Mo's expression remained calm: "Good news."

Lin Yi was completely confused, like a monk who was completely bewildered: "Ah? 'Good thing'? Lao Mo, you are not kidding, are you?"

Lao Mo said, "Do I really need to joke with you? Although the situation you just encountered was not in the plan, it is better to be familiar with it in advance than to be caught off guard."

"Of course, this happened because I underestimated your inspiration... Although I have overestimated you, I didn't expect that my estimate was still not high enough. Fortunately, I made preparations in advance, otherwise I would have to drink a pot with you again."

"What... does this mean?" Lin Yi still looked confused.

"Don't worry, I'll explain it to you as we go." Lao Mo pointed to a place not far away, "Put the scales away first, put one in your bag, and the other... put it with your ID card."

"Um, okay!" Lin Yi was secretly surprised. Anything involving "identity credentials" was not a simple matter, so he quickly put it away as instructed.

Afterwards, the two of them walked through the depths of the dense forest, one in front and one behind.

Lao Mo explained: "Any intelligent creature, when it first comes into contact with that kind of scale, will be influenced by the secret patterns contained inside the scale, and will have varying degrees of telepathy with the original owner of the scale..."

"'Telepathy'?!" Lin Yi was shocked, "Could it be that I have a connection with that mysterious creature?"

"However, most creatures can only vaguely feel something, such as endless darkness and floating fog. Those with higher levels of inspiration can vaguely sense that something exists in the depths of the void..."

"If you're a little higher, you can vaguely see the outline of that thing..."

"This kind of induction is to allow the person holding the scale to actively accept some of the aura from it, so as to avoid being targeted by the 'angel' on the road ahead..."

"But I didn't expect that your inspiration was so high that it would attract its attention..."

"The good news is that you are unlikely to be targeted by the 'Angel' now."

"But the bad news is that you might have been caught a glimpse of that thing... I acted very quickly, but I can't guarantee that you were definitely not seen by it."

Lin Yi shuddered and couldn't help asking, "Another 'angel' and 'it'? You haven't even explained what it is yet, why are you talking about 'angels' again? What's going on?"

Lao Mo waved his hand and said, "Don't worry. According to the original plan, I will explain those things to you after I give you the scales. Now, everything is still as planned. It's just that there are some 'harmless' episodes."

Lin Yi wiped his sweat, thinking to himself, buddy, of course you are “uninjured”, because I am the one who was injured...

Although Lao Mo said so, Lin Yi could still feel that things were not simple by observing Lao Mo's dead fish face.

Because, at this moment, Lao Mo's face was somewhat unnatural...

Lao Mo sorted out his thoughts and then said slowly: "As for the origin of 'it', we have to start from the 'Apostle'..."

"The 'Apostles' gradually sketched out the image of the source through their observations, and engraved it on the observatory of the outpost through various secret patterns, totems and symbols."

"These observations and studies played a certain role in the later development of cultures around the world... leading to similar worship in various places, and that image gave rise to a large number of mysteries in later legends, such as the 'big snake' or... the 'dragon'."

"Is this 'dragon scale'?!" Lin Yi opened his mouth wide and subconsciously touched the scale in his pocket.

"I just said a few words, why are you so anxious again?" Lao Mo squinted at him, "It's just an image, or rather, it's a self-recognition of the 'Apostles' and the ancients about the source or 'Him'. It's hard to say what the real situation is."

"The 'Apostle' carried out the first 'creation'... He tried to forcibly trace and rub the image of 'Him' in a world where 'nothing can bear its God'..."

"Later, due to the advent of Doomsday, this 'project' that had progressed to a certain extent was interrupted, and even the remains were buried in an unknown place."

"But after unremitting efforts and exploration, the fanatics of later generations finally created...'it' based on the clues left by the 'Apostles' and the notes left by Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo."

(End of this chapter)