Chapter 688: Besieged by "Humans"
The blue light from the phone screen reflected Yue Ji’s tired face.
When the seventeenth missed call came on, Yue Ji had to put the phone to his ear. A familiar shriek came from the other end of the line.
"Fuck, you are faking your death! The school is now——"
"I know." Yue Ji poked the rice with the tip of his chopsticks, "Online classes, reconstruction, and that group of crazy high school students."
Outside the window, the setting sun stretched the shadows of the wooden telephone poles very long.
When he hung up the last call, the sunset had already dyed the entire sea red. Yue Ji pushed open the glass door, and the crisp sound of the wind chimes suddenly froze in his throat.
On the cobblestone road, a line of shrine maidens in white clothes and scarlet hakama were walking silently. They walked in exact unison, their snow-white tabi treading on the moss, their scarlet skirts spreading like blood in the twilight.
The strangest thing is their expressions: each face has the same exact smile, and the curve of the corners of their mouth looks like it was measured with a ruler.
Yue Ji's fingertips were already on the Evolution Truster. When this strange team passed in front of him, the leading witch suddenly turned her head - her pupils glowed with an unnatural purple light in the shadows.
There was no sound of wind, insects, or even the sound of the waves. The only sound on the street was the uniform sound of wooden clogs.
Click, click, click...
What the hell?
Yue Ji frowned. He was sure that there were no alien beasts here, but if that was the case, why would he come to this place?
He continued walking forward, intending to go around the island first.
On the way, in addition to the group of strange witches, he also saw many armed men.
But although they were called armed, they were more like some kind of special attire. Most of the men were holding samurai swords and other types of swords and wearing strange armor.
That armor looked like it was made of plants.
Yue Ji felt more and more that something was wrong. How could such a situation happen in reality?
He kicked the ground and jumped up, and the air current blew away several dead leaves. When his body climbed to a height of 300 meters, he could see the strange scenery of the entire island - with the central shrine as the boundary, the east side was brightly lit like a festival, while the west side was sunk in dead silence.
What’s even more creepy is that the outlines of the buildings in the dark areas are completely symmetrical with those on the light side.
Bang!
The wooden platform of the watchtower groaned as it landed. The blonde girl on the top of the tower showed no reaction to the sudden intruder and continued to dance towards the sea.
"We are all in a dream! The sea is so blue!! What on earth should I do!!"
"Hey."
“The sea is so blue!”
"can you hear me?"
"We are all in a dream! Such sweet smelling flowers!"
Yue Ji gave up communicating and jumped off the watchtower, but this time, he saw the white-haired girl in the daytime at the beach.
"Eh? You?"
The white-haired girl looked at Yue Ji, who had a stern expression on his face, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Yue Ji passed by her silently, crushing shells with tiny screams. Just as the shadow was about to sink into the coconut grove, the girl suddenly heard her own voice rushing out of her mouth uncontrollably.
"Everyone on the island seems to be getting weirder and weirder."
Yue Ji's back suddenly froze. The girl saw his fingertips unconsciously stroking a bulge under his cloak - what was that shape?
"Are you really, just an ordinary person?"
"What do you want to say?"
Yue Ji turned his head away, but there was an unspeakable fatigue and indifference in his eyes, which made the white-haired girl step back involuntarily and became even more afraid of Yue Ji.
"Something seems to have appeared in the center of the island. The adults won't let us touch it, saying it's a new miracle. Everyone on the island has their own gods to believe in, so..."
"Shit god."
Yue Ji replied simply, his black windbreaker rolled up, revealing his forearm wrapped in bandages.
"Flower monster, confusing people, a piece of shit."
In a moment, Yue Ji had rushed to the center of the island, where a huge flower monster was hiding in a cave in the center of the island. At the entrance of the cave, countless people were kneeling and worshiping.
Yue Ji jumped into the cave and then pulled out the Evolution Truster.
Yep!!!
……
Three minutes later, Yue Ji returned to the cave entrance. He knelt on one knee, and a taste of rust rose in his throat.
Nexus was supposed to purify all the toxins, but at this moment his wounds glowed a strange fluorescent green, pus dripped down the bandages, and corroded tiny holes in the rock.
The flower monster just now was just an incompletely transformed flower monster. Obviously, the evolution of the monster has entered another path.
Although the opponent was not strong, Yue Ji was still tricked.
The moment of killing the opponent, the opponent concentrated a large amount of toxins and exploded. Nexus was fine at first, but the moment he turned back into a human, many poisonous spores poured into Yue Ji's wound.
There was a rustling sound in the forest. Dozens of human-faced flowers emerged from the soil, and human-like arms stretched out from their buds, with the same fluorescent liquid dripping from their fingertips.
Yue Ji tried to lift the Evolution Truster again, but found that the nerves in his right arm had been corroded by toxins and his fingers were spasming uncontrollably.
"Tsk... you have to pick this time..."
Soon, a lot of toxins flooded into his body.
Yue Ji suddenly coughed up blood. His brain felt a bit painful and he couldn't even remember what happened in the battle just now.
If this continued, he would have to add more energy to maintain his resistance.
The first wave of attacks came unexpectedly. The moment the vines wrapped around his ankles, Yue Ji used the Storm Sword to cut them off. The rancid juice splashed on his face, causing an immediate burning pain.
The second and third flowers followed one after another. He barely dodged them by rolling sideways, but he bumped into a protruding tree root.
At this moment, the white-haired girl who appeared not long ago ran into the encirclement. As she approached, many monsters surrendered without attacking, as if they were afraid that ordinary humans would discover their existence, and all chose to die in self-destruction.
Are you afraid of information leaks?
Yue Ji quickly pulled out the energy blaster and opened fire. After one round of shooting eliminated the enemy, he fell to the ground and continued coughing.
“Cough cough!! Cough cough cough!!!”
Just when Yue Ji was about to use permanent energy to strengthen himself, the white-haired girl took the initiative to hand him the kettle.
"Quick! Drink this and the poison in your body will be removed! This is the detoxifying water left by our ancestors!"
Yue Ji didn't answer. He staggered to his feet, leaving only the girl's dark back.
"You! Drink it quickly! Otherwise you will be poisoned to death!"
"Do you want to die?"
Yue Ji simply replied, and then used his energy to push away the poison, but the consequence was also serious, that is, in a short period of time, the energy Yue Ji could use was limited.
There was no murderous intent in these words, more like a question.
The girl continued: "No matter what, we must leave here. Um, my name is Bai Yu, what's yours?"
"I do not know."
Yue Ji’s response was mixed with the hum of the Storm Giantsword, but the girl chased after him and threw the gourd to Yue Ji.
The latter took it naturally. There was indeed no problem with the water source inside, but he still did not drink it. The Storm Giant Sword in his hand continued to emit this light to prevent being attacked.
"I'm really speechless. As long as you're by my side, I'll feel powerless. It's stupid to be serious with you. I'm letting you go now so that you can live."
"I don't understand. Everything has changed here. If you're not here for vacation, why did you come to this island? And why did you solve the monster in the middle of the island?"
The girl was aggressive, with an anxious look on her face. Yue Ji looked speechless.
Well...it's true, this guy won't live long.
"I understand, Bai Yu, do whatever you want, everything is up to you, I will escort you back."
Hearing Yue Ji's suddenly enlightened voice, Bai Yu was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly responded: "You...you called me by my name directly? Huh?"
The tips of the girl's ears suddenly turned red, and then she shook her head as if frightened by her own reaction. She quickly followed up, "No matter what, some of your injuries still cannot be healed. Drink the water in the gourd first."
"I know. I can't die."
Not far from the backs of the two, many dark shadows appeared.
When Yue Ji realized it, he was already surrounded, and Bai Yu also recognized them.
They were residents of the island, many of whom she knew. After the siege was completed, the leading witch felt relieved, "We finally caught up with them, but it seems to be too late.
Why did you destroy that flower? You made everyone miserable, do you know that? "
"What the hell, are you smoking that as a cigarette?"
Yue Ji responded speechlessly, but found that many humans wearing plant armor surrounded the entire battlefield. On the hillside, many witches looked down at Yue Ji, but after seeing the huge storm sword, their few reasons came to their minds again.
"Sword, that thing is also considered a sword? A lightsaber?"
"He's covered in blood. This man is the calamity that came to the island and ruined everyone's life!"
"His left hand is poisoned. He can't swing it with just one arm!"
Yue Ji was a little confused by the appearance of these guys.
Are they out for revenge out of rage? Is that disgusting thing a god to them?
Thinking of this, Yue Ji sneered, "You guys live on that flower?"
At this time, the voice of the witch in the crowd came again, "We believe in the gods, we follow the gods' orders, we must bring you back to the shrine, drop your sword and surrender! Otherwise, we will bring you to justice on behalf of the gods!"
"Ah? You really believe in God and you also take drugs. You won't touch anything that has anything to do with humans."
This sentence made the people around extremely angry.
"You only bring disaster wherever you go. You have taken away all our happiness! You are the source of all evil."
Then, the witch drew out her sword and pointed it at Yue Ji in the center.
"No need to say more. We want to avenge God. All of this is God's will. All troops, pay attention. Make sure to arrest the black-clad swordsman! As for the girl next to him, make her ours completely!"
The armed men around were gradually approaching, but Bai Yu had no choice but to hold on to Yue Ji's coat.
"What should I do now... This is not good..."
Yue Ji looked at his rotten left arm and his immobile right hand, but his heart was filled with silence.
He could definitely kill people, but...is there any chance that they could wake up?
Yue Ji was not sure, just like people who are addicted will one day be able to quit, but as to whether they can quit or not, that is still a variable.
Finally, a man behind Yue Ji couldn't hold back any longer and was the first to attack. Yue Ji blocked the attack with the Storm Giant Sword. At the moment when the opponent's weapon was melted, he also staggered backwards.
"It's like a tiger in plain land being bullied by a dog."
As soon as Yue Ji finished speaking, the crowd around him rushed forward again. Helplessly, he had to hold Bai Yu's waist and lift him up, dodging quickly in the crowd.
Soon, he broke out of the encirclement.
He accelerated and rushed out, instantly bringing Bai Yu back to the beach.
After gently putting down Bai Yu, Yue Ji looked back at the island, and his thoughts took shape in his mind.
"The alien beasts became addictive, and combined with the raw materials of the flowers, this led to all of this. The key is that these people still believe in bullshit gods, and in the end they became so pathetic."
Bai Yu heard this and asked, "Don't you believe in God?"
"Food and shelter are the result of the hard work of the grassroots people. What does it have to do with God? And given the current situation, they are probably beyond help."
After sighing, Yue Ji asked, "What are your plans next? Are you going to wait for death on the island?"
"I don't know...but are you that...Ultraman?"
"Well, what happened?"
"You actually said it like that."
Bai Yu seemed a little shocked, but Yue Ji's eyes were filled with emotion as if he was looking at a dead person, "Because you will die soon, it doesn't matter whether I say it or not. From a while ago, the signal of the entire island disappeared, which means that things are far from being that simple.
But at the same time, I don’t care what you do next. Whether you are a human or a ghost, I am not in the mood to care now.”
After saying that, Yue Ji raised the energy blaster gun, then aimed at the sky and pulled the trigger.
"Wait! You're just leaving like that?"
"if not."
Yue Ji showed a very speechless expression, but Bai Yu said: "Those people can still be saved, right?! And after doing these things, you can recuperate on the island. There is not much contact with the outside world here. Isn't it good to spend time here?"
Facing this statement, Yue Ji smiled.
"Silence is a silent hell to me. If you don't want to leave, then you can stay here. Besides, there is no self-cultivation for me anymore.
I have more important things to do.”
Without giving Bai Yu a chance to ask questions, Yue Ji directly escaped into the Stone Wings and then left the island.
At this moment, Bai Yu on the beach was still in shock. The black shadow behind him chased after him. After confirming that Bai Yu was okay, the leading witch said, "It seems that the dark giant did not interfere with the plan."
"Yes, but he didn't drink it, so the subsequent effects will be much weaker."
Bai Yu said with some concern, then took off the outermost layer of clothing, leaving behind the dark blue dress.
"If we don't solve the source... the consequences will be disastrous."
Bai Yu showed a meaningful smile, and Yue Ji in the Stone Wings also had a plan in place.
"Is it Zijera... What do you want to do by setting up this trap?"