Volume 1 Faith Chapter 18 Ke Xun's Amazing Action
The giant shadow stayed beside Ke Xun's tent for a long time. Several times, Ke Xun thought it was about to reach in, but it never took the next step.
Ke Xun didn't know what it was waiting for, or what it was observing. It stuck to the tent, breathing slowly and steadily, as if it wanted to look at the past, present and future of the three people in the tent before making a decision.
After an unknown amount of time, the giant shadow finally straightened up and walked away from the two tents.
Ke Xun heard Geng's father choke and say miserably: "Huixin..."
Huixin is Geng's mother's name, and the huge shadow is moving towards their tent step by step.
"Mom... I want mom..." The child finally couldn't hold back his tears and struggled to run out of the tent.
Ke Xun held the child down and whispered to Wei Dong: "Dongzi, keep an eye on him. I have an idea."
Wei Dong quickly held the child in his arms and was about to ask for advice when he saw Ke Xun suddenly lift the tent curtain, turn over and crawl into the tent next door.
Mu Yiran was caught off guard and was pinned down by him. His brows turned cold and he was about to kick him back to his tent, but he saw him put his finger to his lips, made a "hush" sound, and tilted his head to stare in the direction where the giant shadow left.
The giant figure with its back to this side seemed to sense something and was slowly turning around.
Seeing this, Ke Xun turned over again and nimbly returned to his tent.
Looking at the giant shadow again, the huge body had just turned halfway when it suddenly stopped and turned forward again.
Ke Xun stared at the giant shadow and saw it turn back and then flip into Mu Yiran's tent again. This time Mu Yiran did not wait to be crushed by him, but quickly sat up and gave him a gap.
When Ke Xun climbed back into his tent again, Wei Dong had already seen everything and could not help but stare in amazement: Is there such a bold move?
Mu Yiran next door also had mixed feelings.
The first criterion for death screening is whether the number of people in the tent is met.
Although more screening conditions were added later, it was obvious that the number of people in the tent was the most important condition.
Therefore, when two or more conditions are triggered at the same time, the Giant Shadow's first choice is the first-order death condition. After resolving the first one, it will proceed to resolve the second and third ones.
It seems that excluding dissidents is always the most important issue for a group.
However, Mu Yiran did not expect that Ke Xun could have such an unconventional idea and could think of using such a method to continue to contain - or even toy with - this demon god who possessed absolute power and advantage.
He even dares to play with the devil.
So is there anything this kid doesn't dare to do? Mu Yiran subconsciously pinched the fingers he had just held.
Ke Xun was moving back and forth between the two tents. Although the huge creature had an absolute advantage in strength and size, it also had its disadvantages, which was that it moved slowly. The larger the range of movement, the slower it would appear.
But this does not mean that this demon is as stupid as a pig. If placed in an environment of its size, perhaps its movements are very agile and fast, but the problem is that both sides are not of the same size. Can the speed of a fly raising its hand be the same as that of a human?
Ke Xun took advantage of this time difference in speed and kept making this huge guy spin around in place.
He didn't know how long this situation could last. Perhaps it wouldn't be long before this big guy would figure out a way to deal with him. After all, it might be a god. Even if it was a demon, it wouldn't fall to the point of being manipulated by humans.
But Ke Xun still tried his best to hold on, hoping to delay it as long as possible, and it would be even better if he could delay it until dawn.
"Can Xiao Ke still hold on?" he heard Qin Ci ask in a low voice.
"If that guy doesn't do anything weird," Ke Xun answered him when he turned to this side, "I can hold on for two or three hours."
Two or three hours would not be enough to reach dawn. Qin Ci was about to speak out of worry, but Mu Yiran replied, "I'll pick you up in two or three hours."
"The premise is that the thing can always be played like this." Qin Ci had the same concerns as Ke Xun.
"You guys should not be idle either," Ke Xun said when he turned over again, "Yiran..."
Mu Yiran: "Call me by my full name."
Ke Xun: "I'm out of breath after flipping over, please don't make it difficult for me. Well, you guys study the pattern on the top of the tent..."
Qin Ci was confused: "The pattern on the top is too blurry. It's still night time now, so it's even harder to see clearly."
Ke Xun turned over and quickly glanced at Mu Yiran: "It's the light. I suspect it has something to do with the light. Take a look at it with the help of the light and find the angle."
Mu Yiran's eyes suddenly froze and he immediately looked up. However, even when looking at it vertically, the pattern on the top of the tent was still blurry, so he adjusted the angle, looking at the direction where the snow light was reflected, constantly changing and adjusting, and finally stopped at a certain angle.
"Did you find anything?" Ke Xun asked.
"Yes." Mu Yiran's voice sounded like he was thinking. "They are some exaggerated and complicated patterns. They look like some animals and plants. There seem to be horses, dogs, elephants, peacocks, and people. There are also patterns that look like thorns, and..."
When Ke Xun climbed into the tent again, he heard Mu Yiran utter three words calmly: "Purple Jasmine."
The giant shadow that was played with like a rattle was finally enraged. When it turned towards the two tents of Ke Xunmu Yiran and the others, it refused to turn back. It walked towards this side with its two legs like pillars of heaven, and its eight arms were bulging and trembling with anger.
"What should we do?!" Dad Geng was shocked.
"Ke Xun, Mirabilis jalapa!" Mu shouted happily and reached into his arms, where he still held the bunch of Mirabilis jalapa that Ke Xun had picked for him. He quickly divided it into three small bunches and handed them to Qin Ci and Geng's father.
Ke Xun in the opposite tent instantly understood Mu Yiran's intention and reached into his arms. In his arms were a few flowers picked from Mu Yiran's bouquet. He had pinned them on his ears when they were in the tent that night, and he didn't throw them away afterwards but put them in his arms.
He separated two flowers and handed them to Wei Dong. Wei Dong quickly pointed to his belt and said, "I have it here. I took it from the bouquet of flowers you gave to the boss that day. I put it on my belt and never threw it away!"
Ke Xun put the two flowers on the child's collar, and then the three of them lay down side by side, staring nervously at the huge shadow outside the tent that was getting closer and closer.
No one is sure whether the Mirabilis jalapa is useful or what its use is, but it is too late to do anything else now. The only thing to do is to risk everything and wait to receive the judgment of the devil.
The giant shadow came to the two tents, and its huge body, with eight strong arms and a huge head, pressed down like an overwhelming force. The eight arms opened without hesitation and grabbed the two tents swiftly. At this moment, all the snow light was blocked by its shadow, and there was darkness in front of everyone's eyes, as if the whole world was swallowed up by the darkness.
Ke Xun looked at the purple jalapa in his hand in the darkness. The bright purple color was abruptly and mysteriously embedded in the dark background, shining without any light.
The eight hands of the giant shadow scratched the tent together, making a bone-scratching sound that made people wish they could pierce their eardrums and become deaf to resist the sound that made even their teeth numb.
Ke Xun only felt that his bones were all sore, numb and itchy following this sound, and the skin all over his body seemed to crack into thousands of bloody cracks at this sound, and then turned up layer by layer of bloody skin, curled up, and pulled out blood-red flesh threads like a thin web.
This disgusting and painful feeling became more and more realistic and more and more textured. Ke Xun felt that he was going crazy. He would rather die than become that horrible and disgusting person. He didn't want to live like this. He wanted to die and couldn't help wanting to die!
Just when Ke Xun was gritting his teeth and struggling between life and death, Wei Dong next to him suddenly sat up, pulling his hair desperately, and even scratching the skin on his face with his nails.
Ke Xun suddenly woke up from the illusion, turned over and pounced, pressing Wei Dong and the child who was twisting in pain in the middle under himself, clamped the hands of the two people with both hands, and sent a deep voice into Wei Dong's ears: "Dongzi, calm down, it's all an illusion, don't think about it, Dongzi, think about your parents, think about your stupid boss, think about your stupid customers who pretend to know everything and make random demands."
Wei Dong gradually calmed down, biting Ke Xun's sleeve that fell on his mouth in endless pain, and uttered a few words with difficulty between his teeth: "It was... the boss and the idiot client... who saved me..."
Ke Xun: "..." It can be seen that the boss and the client are more stupid than the devil...
In this unbearable torture of sound, an unknown amount of time passed, and the sound finally gradually disappeared. The giant shadow slowly stood up, and its head and arms gradually left the tent. After observing the two tents again, it turned around and left, walking towards the tent where Sha Liugeng's mother and Zhao Dan were.
"I'm going to save the child's mother--" Dad Geng stood up and was about to rush out with the purple jalapa that was assigned to him, but was stopped by Qin Ci and Mu Yiran.
"You will suffocate in a short while outside." Mu Yiran noticed this when he brought Ke Xun back from outside.
"Yes," Qin Ci also dissuaded in a deep voice, "It would be fine if the tents were close. For example, our tent was not far from Ke Xun's tent yesterday, so I was able to carry Zhao Dan to his place. Even so, I almost suffocated. My sister-in-law and her tent are too far away from us. If you can't get there, you will die of lack of oxygen."
"Then - let's try the same method again and lure it back!" Dad Geng quickly looked at Mu Yiran.
Dad Geng was at the innermost part of the tent and had to ask Mu Yiran for help.
Mu Yiran pursed her lips, lifted the curtain, turned over and went to the next room.
Ke Xun, who was sitting next to him, had just rolled off Wei Dong and the child and fell on his back on the felt carpet when he was embraced by someone.
Looking at Mu Yiran, who was pressing on him with a frosty face, Ke Xun was startled: " A sudden and violent attack is the most deadly."
Wei Dong was breathing heavily beside him, looking like he had just survived the disaster. He looked at him from the side and asked him, "Are you touched?"
Ke Xun: "Don't dare to move, don't dare to move."
Mu Yiran ignored him coldly and turned his head to stare at the giant shadow outside. However, the giant shadow did not turn around and continued to move towards the tent in the distance.
"No - I want to save my wife -" Dad Geng was anxious and struggled to rush out.
Ke Xun heard it, and when Mu Yiran moved away, he sat up and said, "I'll go."
Mu Yiran stared at him coldly: "You've wasted half a day's energy and you can't make it to the other side."
When Ke Xun ran over, the giant shadow had not appeared yet, so he was not troubled by suffocation. But when he was running back, the giant shadow was already falling. At that time, he still had plenty of strength, but he still couldn't get back to the tent and almost died outside. Now that his strength was depleted, it was even more impossible for him to succeed.
"I'll go, you wait here." Mu Yiran glanced at him, then lifted the curtain and went back to the next room.
He did not rush out of the tent immediately because the giant shadow had not yet reached the opposite tent. If he went out at this time, he would probably be caught by the giant shadow halfway.
From Zhou Bin’s death last night and Qin Ci’s successful escape with Zhao Dan, we can know that when the giant shadow kills people, it will not take other people into consideration. Therefore, Mu Yiran could only run out when the giant shadow was approaching the opposite tent. When the giant shadow selected one person and killed him, he could arrive in time and enter the tent to save the other two.
Yes, although one person will die in the end, this is the result of minimizing the loss.
