Chapter 397 Counterattack
"Love..."
Fang Xian wanted to say something but stopped himself. Suddenly, he saw the corner of Luo Fu's mouth twitched. It seemed that there were two consciousnesses in his body, one wanting to laugh and the other not wanting to laugh, forming a weird expression. He felt a chill in his heart.
"This town has long been shrouded in evil forces. We have been constantly affected since we entered this area... Na Luofu, is he really normal?"
"Although the investigators' willpower and resistance are stronger than ordinary people, in the face of true evil, humans are still as small as ants..."
He thought of this and silently recited "Ode to the Worm" in his mind.
The activated mental power gathered in his eyes, allowing him to see a completely different world.
The air was filled with colorful spores, and on Love's body, in his eyes, nose, ears... one after another... mycelium emerged?
They seemed to pull at Love's muscles, manipulate his body, and make him utter words that were not in his mind.
In this perspective, Love was struggling hard, trying to yell something at him.
Fang Xian closed his eyes and all the strange phenomena disappeared.
"What's wrong with you? Are you mentally exhausted? Or are you in shock?"
Love beside him asked with concern, his eyes were no different from before, sincere and clear.
The white crystal ring on his finger did not change at all.
'Fungi are a kind of life .'
"Love is being controlled by countless lives, not by evil forces that have confused his mind. This is a physiological issue, not a mental one, so it cannot be detected and medication is useless..."
The human body is inherently very fragile. You think that your brain and will dominate everything, but in fact, hormones, dopamine, adrenaline and other hormones... are the ones that dominate emotions.
Spores and fungi control the body and endocrine system, forming a body 'cage' that imprisons the brain!
At this moment, Luo Fu was no longer himself.
He had been changed a little without realizing it, and if he stayed longer, the change would become more profound!
Human beings are still too insignificant in the face of true evil!
"I'm fine."
Fang Xian smiled brightly: "Let's go out, I want to go back to the hotel and rest for a while."
"Well, Brock and I have an appointment to play cards together, and also to taste the new mushroom wine and mushroom cookies..." Love swallowed, with desire in his eyes.
"OK."
Fang Xian's heart sank, and he secretly evaluated: "At present, Luo Fu still thinks that he is an investigator and abides by the code of conduct of an investigator, but some of his thoughts and subconsciousness have been tampered with, and he still thinks that it is his subjective will... If it takes longer, the consequences will be disastrous."
He showed no sign of anything unusual, and went out with Love, reunited with the guide who had been complaining for a long time, and returned to the town of Atlantis.
Inside the hotel.
Luo Fu went straight to find Brock to drink, while Fang Xian sat quietly in his room, thinking about something: "If I want to leave immediately, what will Luo Fu choose? He seems to be beginning to resist leaving here, but his investigator instinct is struggling again... I feel that he will eventually fail in his struggle."
"No... We destroyed this 'ritual' and took away important items. If there really is an abnormal force in this town, it will definitely counterattack tonight!"
Thinking of this, Fang Xian opened the curtains.
On the quiet street, the street lights went out one by one.
The night seemed to grow darker.
…
Fang Xian's body sank and seemed to be falling rapidly.
Bang!
His boots landed firmly on the ground and he had arrived in a forest of white mushrooms.
"Wasn't I at the hotel? Why are you here?"
"Wait a minute, I seem to have forgotten something?"
Fang Xian felt that a force was trying to control him, but he sneered, and his level 6 alchemist status suppressed everything. He immediately regained his mobility and his mind became clear.
"I'm in a dream!"
"Worms, have the power to drill into dreams?"
He thought of the word "dream" in the "Ode to the Worm", and immediately understood: "Counterattack, in a dream? Abnormalities also mostly happen in dreams? No wonder there is nothing unusual in the real world..."
The surrounding environment is very similar to the cave where the daytime ceremony took place.
Fang Xian raised his leg and wanted to walk to the cave , but found that as soon as he took a step, he entered a dense forest. He was lost!
Not only that, he saw that warts had grown on the backs of his hands, one after another, which looked like fungal parasites or spores of some plant.
"The power of the ritual has transformed the area in reality, not only making the soil fertile and rich, but also spreading fungi and spores? Will the air here be polluted if it is absorbed?"
Fang Xian nodded and ignored it.
His symptoms were much milder than Love's, and he could hold on by his own will.
However, at this moment, I dare not act on my own, otherwise I might get lost in the depths of the dream, which is no joke.
Because this is a dream, there is no direction at all!
You may seem to be going forward, but in fact you may be going backward; you may seem to be turning left, but in fact you may be turning right.
Perhaps just one small step could lead you across a continent!
This is the dream!
"Are you here to pick mushrooms, too?"
Just then , a voice came from the side.
Fang Xian looked over and saw a young man wearing a shirt and overalls, with a bag on his back.
"No, I came to find a cave with a large area of brightly colored mushrooms at the entrance, but I got lost..." Fang Xian said calmly, "Who are you?"
"My name is Little Jack. I'm here to pick mushrooms. I think I've seen that cave before..."
Little Jack thought about it and waved, "Come with me!"
He ran out of the forest. Fang Xian thought about it and followed him. This time he did not lose his way and soon saw the cave.
"I...I seem to come here often, and I like to eat mushrooms!"
Little Jack's throat rolled and his expression became confused. He walked forward, picked a mushroom and put it in his mouth.
Immediately, he stood up expressionlessly, and mushrooms
"Yes, you have been completely affected by this place, and have a mystical 'connection' with it, so you were able to bring me here..."
Fang Xian smiled and looked at the cave: "Come out!"
Figures walked out of the cave one after another. Most of them were residents of the small town, but they all had expressionless faces and their bodies were covered with fungi and mushrooms.
Leading the group were nine foreigners wearing black robes, with black hair and black eyes.
"You're an investigator!"
A stranger spoke, his eyes were no longer empty, but full of resentment.
"You shouldn't have come."
The other stranger sighed and had Love brought out.
At this moment, his whole body was wrapped in mycelium, like a cocoon, with only his head exposed.
"Are you the pagans who once attempted to spread the Secret Gu Sutra? After your plan failed, you fled here and sacrificed your lives to the hidden existence, starting a long ritual to hide yourself and accumulate strength... Although your bodies are dead, your spirits live on in this dream..."
Fang Xian nodded, already understanding everything.
"Over a long period of time, we have accumulated enough strength. The Goddess of Fertility has given us her offspring. This time, we will not fail again!"
The nine pagans spoke at the same time.
