From the end of the world

Chapter 495: Strange Reappearance 2
Da da da……

I should be the first person to hear the footsteps.

After I stopped moving forward, the cartographer first looked at me in confusion, then his eyes changed slightly, and he looked into the depths of darkness where the lights could not reach.

Tan Xiang, who had become a frightened bird, also stopped and looked at me and the cartographer in doubt, asking in a low voice: "What's going on..."

The cartographer raised his index finger in front of his lips. Seeing this, Tan Xiang quickly closed his mouth, huddled up like a quail, and looked around.

Da da da……

Before long, the footsteps approached within reach of Tan Xiang, and his expression suddenly became very stiff.

The cartographer silently raised the lantern high, and as if in coordination with the movement, the white light became brighter and the illuminated area around it became larger.

A dozen meters away, a foot that looked like it had been stripped of its skin and covered in blood stepped into the circle of light. Then, with another step, the monster revealed its bloody and horrifying entire body.

This was exactly the weird thing that the cartographer had nailed to the outer wall of the bungee jumping machine in the abandoned amusement park. Just like the last time we met, it was as if the human body was turned inside out, with fat and internal organs all exposed and hanging on the surface, as if it was enough to touch the deepest taboo fear in people's hearts. When you encounter it in such a weird and dark place, you will feel a chill from the bottom of your heart.

Tan Xiang took a step back, and then seemed to have accidentally lost his balance, and fell to the ground, his body shaking uncontrollably.

"It's a haunted thing."

The cartographer frowned and said, then glanced at Tan Xiang, "Fortunately, the first witness of this monster was not him... No, he doesn't have much combat power. Even if he was the first witness, it probably wouldn't increase the power of this monster by much.

"On the contrary, if I were the first witness, things might turn out badly. Although I have seen a lot of strange things, I still can't erase my fear of these monsters."

He sighed softly, and then said, "Compared to this, it seems that the previous method of nailing it to the wall to seal it was useless. It doesn't look like it broke free on its own, and I don't think it used normal physical means to move through the chaotic space to chase here.

"Look, it's completely intact, with no signs of being pierced by steel bars or pipes. I think it must have 'refreshed' itself here in some way. No wonder its victims in the past couldn't get rid of it no matter what. If they could just find a way to trap it and escape its pursuit, it wouldn't be that troublesome."

"I'll take care of it this time," I said. "After all, I'm the one who brought the threat, so I have to take the responsibility."

"What are you going to do?" the cartographer asked curiously.

"Do this."

I summoned a fireball and threw it at the monster in the distance.

It was as if a flame met gasoline and the monster was immediately ignited.

The flame I used this time was different from the first time I used it to kill this monster. It was infused with my serious killing intent. If it was just immortal, this attack would be enough to kill it and it would never be able to revive. Even some great demon hunters who used immortality as a selling point would die like ordinary creatures when they encountered this flame.

The monster was reduced to ashes in the flames.

The cartographer could not see the profoundness of this flame, and just commented nonchalantly: "This level of power cannot kill this monster... Anyway, I didn't intend to completely eliminate it from the beginning. I will just wait for this monster to revive and deal with it again.

"If all else fails, we should try to forget about it. Then it won't attack us again.

"It's a pity that my other two companions and I don't have the ability to remember things. Perhaps we can only wait for the madness to wash away your memory of this incident."

On the other side, Tan Xiang said with fear on her face: "What on earth is going on with these inexplicable monsters..."

“These are the incarnations of doomsday that will destroy human civilization…it’s these things that have messed up our world,” the cartographer lamented.

"The incarnation of the end of the world... In other words, they are similar to zombies? Just like the zombies that destroy the world in horror movies, our world is destroyed by these monsters?" Tan Xiang said in disbelief, "These monsters can't all be transformed from humans..."

The cartographer said wistfully, "Of course humans can become monsters... but they are not the same as what you see."

Perhaps due to the limitation of their own perspective, the cartographer, like Tan Xiang, misunderstood one thing.

The end of the world is not brought about by these weird things.

This is also the consensus of Luoshan Dawuchang, including me. In the modern world, as time gets closer to the predicted doomsday, the number of strange events is increasing. After reaching a certain critical point, demon hunting organizations like Luoshan can no longer serve as a firewall. Endless strange phenomena will swallow up the world like a dam bursting, and human civilization will not be able to survive under this terrifying wave.

Therefore, in the eyes of doomsday survivors like the cartographer, human civilization was destroyed by monsters, and the doomsday was naturally brought about by monsters.

But that is not the case. It is not that the more strange things there are, the faster the doomsday process will progress; rather, the faster the doomsday process progresses, the more strange things there are.

If the end of the world is likened to a natural disaster, these endless monsters are like insects and animals that have sensed the coming of earthquakes and tsunamis and have hurriedly run out from the gaps in the shade of trees. Just like us humans, the monsters are also "victims" caught up in the doomsday catastrophe.

To put it in an extreme way, if the curtain of doomsday can be drawn by a large number of strange things, then I only need to spread my flames all over the surface of the earth and set a "single kill strange" rule in it, and the curtain of doomsday will be impossible to draw from the beginning. It is possible that the soil and space of the earth will be consumed as fuel and become less habitable, but it is much better than the arrival of the doomsday era.

Even if I don't take action, the other great impermanence have their own methods. It is nothing but a pipe dream to expect an era where strange things are rampant.

Therefore, in Willow Shadow's doomsday prophecy, when the doomsday process advances to the final stage, it is not only humans who will be destroyed in the catastrophe, but all living things and all monsters will be destroyed, and finally even all matter will disappear.

This doomsday is not the end of mankind, but the end of the world.

Although this era is called the doomsday era and cartographers believe that they are in the doomsday, the real doomsday is actually still on the way.

After the weirdo was dealt with, the cartographer pulled Sandalwood up from the ground, and we continued moving in the dark.

On the way, some monsters would occasionally rush over to attack us. They all looked strange and grotesque, each with its own horror and weirdness.

On behalf of the cartographer who was not good at long-range attacks, I controlled the flames to destroy them all. Although I really wanted to experience the magic of the doomsday monsters, it would be bad if the cartographer who was responsible for leading the way was harmed, so I always took action at the first opportunity to prevent these monsters from exerting their strange abilities.

Even so, there were several unexpected events along the way, which I will not go into detail here.

"How strange! Why are there so many dangers on the road? It feels like I've been hit by a jinx... It's never been like this before?" the cartographer muttered.

After seeing that all the monsters on the road were eliminated, Tan Xiang relaxed a little and looked at me with envy.

I avoided the question and said, "Compared to this...are we not there yet?"

"It should be soon." The cartographer sighed. "By the way... Zhuang Cheng, you look like a flame user? In addition to manipulating flames, do you have other powers?"

Perhaps because we were getting closer to our base and friends, he wanted to get to know this strange strong man even more. I answered without hesitation: "I only have the ability to manipulate fire."

Although there are other powers such as refining slag and the power of spiritual words, refining slag is a skill that kills people and refines souls, which is not nice to talk about; the power of spiritual words cannot be used for the time being, so there is no need to talk about it.

And I am not lying. No matter how much power I gain, the core of my power is always "flame".

"As the saying goes, one trick is enough to conquer the world. Your lethality is amazing, enough to deal with many enemies, just like now." The cartographer said, "But you must be more careful. Although the fire ability is powerful, it is not good at defense. And many monsters are good at sudden attacks when they are not prepared. There are countless monsters that can cause fatal damage to humans just by witnessing their figures or even hearing their information.

"And some survivors with treacherous intentions will not distance themselves from you beforehand and challenge you to a fair duel. Instead, they will sneak up behind you and take your life unexpectedly."

"The ones who truly live long are never those who are good at attacking, but those who are good at surviving. Never take your own strength lightly."

Perhaps because he felt that I had lost a lot of memory, he acted like a mentor to others.

It's been a long time since someone told me "a flame user is this or that". The last time I was told that was when I was chatting with Agent Kong. I can't say the cartographer was pointing fingers at me, after all, he was advising me with good intentions.

After walking for a long time, we arrived at a dark pedestrian street.

"The safe house is on this street. It's the last short distance, so let's stay alert and finish the journey." The cartographer said like a jungle guide.

Tan Xiang heaved a sigh of relief and walked more quickly, while the cartographer slowed down his pace, looking around cautiously, seeming a little confused.

Seeing this, Tan Xiang's face immediately changed, and he asked nervously: "Is there any problem nearby?"

"No, it just feels a little strange..." The cartographer said suspiciously, "It's been so long, why hasn't the monster resurrected and attacked us yet?"

(End of this chapter)