Chapter 108 Ashes
The moon in the new world is not as bright as in Jiang Xia’s memory.
It’s not that there is anything wrong with the moon itself. Its shape is still that round disk, hanging high in the night sky, like the eyes of gods, looking down at the world in the darkness.
The only difference is that the moon in this world is red.
It’s not that the moon itself is painted, but if you look up, you can clearly see something like blood-red smoke lingering around the moon.
It's like a red filter.
The originally bright moonlight was also shrouded in a gloomy red ghost cave.
"Let me confirm that you wolf demons will not go crazy in the moonlight, nor will you howl at the moon foolishly when the moon is full, right?"
Jiang Xia didn't need to use his left eye to see at night when he was lying in the valley. After his transformation, his right eye could see the scenery clearly in the dark.
The body of a monk is always different from that of an ordinary person, so it is natural for it to have some supernatural powers.
While looking down, he made a joke to Liu Hui who was lying beside him.
The latter shook his tail and said:
"Boss , where do you get these strange impressions of us monsters? Although monsters start practicing from the time they are little monsters, they all need to absorb the moonlight under the moonlight to refine their monster energy and increase their cultivation.
But we have brains, too. Why do we scream at the moon? Why do we go crazy?
"Well, you were in the wasteland, didn't you watch those movies too?"
Jiang Xia said in a strange tone:
"Rogge told me that you like watching movies about werewolves the most. I can understand that. After all, werewolves are very similar to your current transformed appearance. Perhaps it is very immersive.
But isn't there some mysterious connection between werewolves and the moon in those movies?"
"That's a werewolf, I'm a wolf demon."
Liu Hui curled her lips and said:
"It just looks like that, but the moon in this world really makes me uncomfortable. Look, boss, my hair is all blown up."
Liu Hui stretched out her paw and showed it to Jiang Xia. As she said, the hairs on the wolf demon's arms stood up, just like a puppy's fur standing on end when it encounters something dangerous.
"Not just you."
Jiang Xia stretched his shoulders, looked up at the red moonlight above his head, and said:
"I also feel uneasy and uncomfortable. There is something wrong with the moon, but you and I can control it, so it shouldn't be a big problem. Su, how are you doing?"
"Adrenaline is rising, and the body's hormone secretion is a little abnormal."
Su, holding a powerful heavy sniper rifle, said in a muffled voice:
"But I just did a chip thinking test. My emotions were not affected. But... it is indeed as the boss said. Seeing this moon makes me feel a little uneasy."
"Where's Hanhan?"
Jiang Xia looked back and found that Niu Hanhan was not affected at all.
Or rather, he didn't notice these things at all. The guy was sitting cross-legged in the back, taking out dried meat from a big bag and putting it into his mouth with great relish.
His appetite was good and was not affected at all.
Perhaps noticing Jiang Xia's gaze, Niu Hanhan turned around, gave Jiang Xia a pure smile, and gave a piece of the dried meat in his hand to Jiang Xia.
He obviously didn't forget who kept him fed.
"I don't want it, you can eat it yourself."
Jiang Xia waved his hands speechlessly and turned his attention to the forest a few hundred meters away at the bottom of the valley. Just as he had said, a fight was going on there.
The fight was quite intense.
Three or four men, armed with weapons, were fighting with a... well, I don't know how to describe it .
That thing looks a lot like a monkey.
But it is huge, like a chimpanzee. The most peculiar thing is that it has three arms on its upper body, red eyes on both sides, and compound eyes like a spider.
Also in the dark night, it emits red light.
This is probably some kind of mutation, but it does not conform to biology, so it looks very distorted and does not seem like a good thing, but the strange monkey has strong attack power and moves very fast.
It was roaring and fighting with three or four men in front of it in the woods, amid the constant sound of gunfire.
The way those men were dressed was also quite interesting.
The pupil of Jiang Xia's left prosthetic eye expanded and contracted several times, magnifying the scene there.
Then I saw that these men were wearing dirty vests or coats, breeches for easy movement on the lower body, and riding boots.
There are two more, wearing very classic cowboy hats.
The weapons in their hands were exactly the same firearms that Jiang Xia knew, but their technical level remained at the level before World War I. They were all bolt-action rifles, and there was one rifle, but no automatic rifles.
Jiang Xia also noticed that there was a guy who looked like a commander. He had a very Western-style slender command knife on his waist and was waving two revolvers in his hands, constantly shooting at the strange monkey in front of him.
With such weapons and such attire, they look just like a group of Western cowboys on a hunt.
"That's not a monster!"
Liu Hui also saw the battle scene. After a few breaths, he frowned and said to Lao Jiang:
"I didn't sense any demonic aura at all, boss. It was just an ordinary beast. It looked like it was stimulated and went crazy. Maybe it was this weird moon."
"Look at its three claws and those disgusting compound eyes. Tell me again, Liu Hui, did you say that it was an ordinary beast?"
Jiang Xia shook his head and said:
“Although my predecessors told me that different worlds always have scenery that I have never seen, I can be sure that no matter which world it is in, this thing cannot be considered ‘ordinary’.
Sue, how about energy detection?
He asked, and the very reliable Su immediately answered:
"There are obvious energy fluctuations on that monster. It should have the ability to project energy. As for those... cowboys, there are no energy signals on them.
Except for the leader with a sword, the sword on his waist had a strange energy signal, and their weapons looked normal, but they all had weak energy signals.
Boss, those things should have been modified.
The energy signal is increasing!
The monsters are going to strike back!"
As Sue's voice became sharp.
The boring battle between humans and beasts below also became "exciting" at this moment.
As three onlookers watched, the strange monkey, which was covered in blood from being shot, let out a shrill scream like a crow. As Jiang Xia stared in astonishment, the strange monkey opened its mouth.
The next moment, blazing flames burst out of the strange monkey's mouth like a flamethrower. The bright flames instantly illuminated the dark forest. The two cowboys opposite it had no time to react and were engulfed by the flames.
Screams immediately rang out, and the two cowboys rolled on the ground trying to put out the fire, but they had become human-shaped torches, and after just a few seconds, they lay there, lifeless.
After the strange monkey spit out fire, it immediately became listless.
Taking advantage of the cowboys' encirclement being broken, the strange monkey dragged his injured body and rushed towards the valley howling.
"I'll go take a look, you guys support me."
Jiang Xia narrowed his eyes, grabbed the rifle and rushed out. Su on the other side immediately lowered the muzzle of the gun with a flash hider, ready to provide support at any time.
Liu Hui did n't move .
It personally completed the marrow cleansing for Jiang Xia. It knew Jiang Xia's current physical condition. Its boss was eccentric and had such a powerful firearm in his hand.
Such a weak monkey with only half its life left is not a monster and is definitely no match for the boss.
"Bang, bang, bang"
Jiang Xia rushed down the mountain, and with his windbreaker swaying, he fired three precise shots in a row with the great-looking HK in his hand. The strange monkey that was fleeing head-on had never expected that another human would appear before his eyes.
The pointed bullet was fired at such a close distance that three blood spurted out from the body of the strange monkey. The guy staggered and took a few steps back to steady himself, grinning at Jiang Xia who was rushing towards him.
The latter shrugged and grabbed the grenade launcher under the gun with his handle.
With a "bang", the cylindrical grenade was fired and hit the strange monkey. It had exceeded the safe distance for grenade firing. At the moment of collision, the fuse was activated.
"boom"
The violent explosion blew the strange monkey away.
Amidst the shrill screams, its waist was almost completely blown through, and the flying fragments hit Jiang Xia in front of him, but were blocked by the translucent Su Yi spiritual shield.
In the familiar smell of gunpowder, Lao Jiang walked quickly forward, and seeing that the strange monkey was still struggling, he raised his gun from three meters away.
"Bang, bang, bang"
After firing nearly half of the magazine, Jiang Xia let out a satisfied sound. He moved his shoulders and stepped forward to check on his prey.
As a result, he stopped after taking just one step.
Under Jiang Xia's strange gaze, the strange monkey that was beaten to death seemed to be on fire. Red flames burned on the monkey's body, just like gasoline was poured on it, burning very quickly.
In just a moment, the strange monkey disappeared, leaving behind a small pile of ashes emitting a dark red glow on the ground.
Like the ashes left after a piece of firewood has been burned out, there is a pile of half-burned dust.
very beautiful.
"this……"
Jiang Xia activated his spiritual power and carefully put on a shield for himself. Then he took a few steps forward and squatted in front of the strange ashes. He stretched out his hand and placed it on the ashes.
Unexpectedly, no heat was emitted, and Jiang Xia could feel a faint spiritual energy from the ashes.
This ashes must be extraordinary.
"Take your dirty hands off me! Don't touch my spoils!"
A shout was heard, followed by the sound of a gun bolt being pulled open and a sword being unsheathed, about ten meters in front of Jiang Xia, causing Jiang Xia to raise his head.
There was a hint of amusement in his eyes.
Because he could understand the scolding voice and the language used.
And very familiar.
Jiang Xia maintained his movements so as not to irritate the two bloody cowboys in front of him. He knew that Su must have been aiming at the heads of these two idiots.
If they make the slightest movement, their heads will be blasted.
But now is not the time.
In a world that is completely in the dark, information and guidance are always the most important.
"Don't be nervous, bro. I mean no harm."
He spoke to the two cowboys in the fluent foreign language he had learned from doing business in his previous life, and pointed to the ashes on the ground and said:
"In fact, I helped you solve it. Is that supposed to be a goodwill gesture?"
“I don’t see any kindness!”
The cowboy commander, holding a revolver in his left hand and a command knife in his right hand, said to Jiang Xia rudely:
“I only saw that after our Sals hunting group fought a bloody battle with the monsters, you, an outsider, took advantage of the situation. I also saw that you were trying to take away the ashes that belonged to us!
You are trying to steal our money!
According to Article 3 of the Vasilo Witch Hunting Society's Code, we have the right to kill you on the spot for hyenas like you who casually intrude into other people's hunting grounds!"
He raised the command knife in his hand and said coldly:
"Get out of the way! Final warning!"
"Come on, man, I just want to talk to you."
Jiang Xia stood up, clapped his hands, and said to the two rude cowboys in front of him:
"I just wanted to ask for directions."
"Go away, I don't have time for you."
The cowboy cursed again.
"Well, the negotiations failed."
Jiang Xia shrugged, raised his left index finger, and said regretfully:
"It seems that my negotiation skills need to be improved. By the way, let me confirm that you are the leader, right?"
"boom"
As Jiang Xia's fingers bent downward.
With a gunshot, the guy next to the knife-wielding cowboy, who was holding a bolt-action rifle and aiming at Jiang Xia, had the bolt-action rifle, the hand holding the gun, and the arm all exploded instantly after being grazed by a bullet.
Su's shooting skills are indeed very accurate.
The screaming man was thrown backwards by the impact. The cowboy holding the knife looked stunned. He was about to shoot immediately, but his eyes blurred and he lost sight of Jiang Xia.
He swallowed, gripped his gun and knife tightly with fear and vigilance, and took a step back.
The next moment.
A hand grabbed his shoulder from behind.
"I said, I just want to talk."
Jiang Xia whispered something, and used the five fingers of his left hand to exert force. The prosthetic body exploded and broke the cowboy's shoulder. With the sound of bone cracking, the cowboy holding the knife screamed and fell to the ground.
He looked at Jiang Xia and shouted:
"You, you are a bloodline! A true witch hunter... Don't kill me! I surrender!"
