American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 244 The Boy Who Killed Hundreds

A huge white beam of light shot towards red-haired Jason, the powerful impact causing his burly body to stagger backward.

The dazzling holy light was blinding; a few seconds later, Roy stopped emitting the holy light.

At this moment, Jason the Red was charred black and his body had shrunk a size, but he was not killed by the holy light; he just looked rather miserable.

How can this be?

Roy was somewhat incredulous.

Jason is undoubtedly an undead creature, and the holy light of angels should have a restraining effect on undead creatures.

Roy didn't use his angel form against Jason at the resort because he was afraid of accidentally killing Jason and making it impossible to track down the organization behind the resort.

They've started to go all out, but the powerful beam of holy light failed to kill Jason, which made Roy suspicious.

Considering the strange red tentacles on Jason's face and the recent physical mutation, these are all signs of vitality.

Is Jason no longer an undead?

Just then, Jason's body mutated again.

The young man who had slain a hundred men had his skin charred black by the holy light beams crack open like a piece of coal, from which numerous writhing, bright red tentacles sprouted.

The scene looks like some kind of sea anemone growing out of coal.

(sea anemone)
If it were a sea anemone, Roy would find it quite beautiful, but these tentacles growing from a human body and covered in disgusting slime only made him feel nauseous.

At this stage, it is clear that Jason has completely lost control of his body. His head has been tilted to the side due to the cracks in his body, and it seems to have lost its proper function, becoming just a decoration.

As Jason continued to change, Roy could sense an invisible wave emanating from his body, carrying intense malice and a mysterious whisper.

This is getting weirder and weirder!

Roy felt that Jason couldn't be allowed to continue mutating, otherwise who knew what the guy would turn into.

However, neither the demon form nor the angel form is very effective against Jason now. So how can we quickly and safely take down Jason?
Roy couldn't help but think of Nephilim, the form he had created by fusing his demon and angel forms under Michael's pressure.

The Nephilim form combines the effects of both forms, possessing both the temporary physical enhancements of the demon form and the energy projection capabilities of the angel form.

However, Nephilim cannot modify weapons with Hellfire energy, nor can it create auras to enhance teammates. This form's special abilities consume a lot of energy.

Therefore, Roy still mainly fights in his demon form, as it is more convenient.

Moreover, the Philistines are taboo, and it would be quite troublesome if they were discovered by either the forces of Heaven or Hell, even though Michael, who had returned to Heaven, already knew Roy's true identity.

Well, Roy had no idea that a certain female demon king had also discovered his secret.

Now we can only try to see if the non-profit form can produce any effect.

This passage may seem long, but it only takes a moment to process in Roy's mind.

At this moment, Roy transformed again, becoming Neferpitou with gray hair, gray wings, and gray pupils. At the same time, Jason, who had also completed his transformation, charged towards him with an arrogant and domineering gait.

As Jason drew closer, the whispers in Roy's ear grew louder, a sound that seemed to be able to distract him.

I can't let this guy get any closer!

Roy immediately activated his unique Nephilim form ability, and gray chaotic energy appeared in his hand, forming a huge fist that punched Jason. Jason was actually knocked back several steps by this punch.

It worked!
The special ability of Nephilim is to materialize chaotic energy.

Although both involve the release and utilization of energy, the holy light released by the angel form deals magical damage, while the chaotic energy materialization of the Nephilim form transforms energy into unstable matter, effectively combining physical and magical damage, making it a relatively rare hybrid damage type.

This type of attack is basically impossible for the enemy to resist. You have to take one of the two different types of damage, right?

Or do you want to experience true damage?
Seeing that the special ability of the Nephilim form was effective, Roy began to continuously create gray fists to attack Jason.

Ora Ora Ora Ora...

At this point, Jason's disadvantage became apparent. He had no ranged attack capabilities, and faced with the constant stream of gray fists, he could only be pushed back by each punch.

However, Roy noticed that Jason's body began to twist again, as if trying to evolve new abilities to counter Roy's chaotic energy.

We absolutely cannot let this guy continue to evolve!
Roy transformed the chaotic energy into a longsword and launched it with all his might, pinning Jason directly to the wall.

Jason continued to writhe and struggle, and his body underwent visibly changes.

"burst!"

The longsword, formed from chaotic energy, exploded inside Jason's abdomen, silently turning most of his torso into dust.

[Ding! You have obtained Jason Voorhees's Treasure Chest! Open it?]

[Ding! You have obtained the Treasure Chest of the Seed of Silence! Open it?]

It went so smoothly?

After the chaotic energy was detonated inside Jason's body, the rest of his body turned grayish-white, like broken plaster.

Roy guessed that he had probably hit Jason's weakness, which was that strange thing called the Seed of Silence, and that was why he was able to kill him so easily.

In fact, many things are like this: once you know the key points, you'll find them very simple.

However, if you don't grasp the key points, you'll end up like a headless fly.

In fact, if it weren't for the extremely strong penetrating power of chaotic energy and its ability to detonate, it would have been quite difficult to quickly exploit Jason's weaknesses.

"Hey, where did that woman go?"

Erica seems to have slipped away quietly while Roy and Jason were fighting.

But it doesn't matter, this guy doesn't know that Kayako is right behind her, Roy can easily sense the location of the Cursed Dagger and find her.

Of course, we need to let Nidi in first. After all, we might discover something in such a large underground base. Nidi happens to be very proficient in electronics and mechanics, so she might be able to hack into the base's computers and find some information.

Soon, Roy found the entrance to the cabin, as it was near the laboratory.

"Thank God! Roy, you have no idea how anxious I was up there!"

As soon as Nidi came down, she gave Roy a big hug, which showed how worried she was about him.

“You should trust me, Niddy.”

Nidi rubbed against Roy's chest like a cat. "But I still worry!"

After letting Nidi vent some of her anxiety, Roy put her down.

"Alright, Nidi, I need you to hack into the computers in this base and copy the data from them. Can you do that?"

Upon hearing this, Nidi frowned.

"I'm not sure. I didn't bring any of my belongings with me, and I don't know if I can do it."

The security systems of such underground bases are usually quite complex and cannot be easily cracked with a computer; at the very least, a professional decoder is required.

Roy retrieved Sadako's cursed dagger and handed it to Nidi.

"Sadako inside the dagger can enter some electronic devices. You might be able to train her to help you crack the security system."

"Okay, I'll try my best!"

"There may still be survivors in some areas, so you need to be careful. Also, some areas may be quite bloody, so you need to be mentally prepared."

"Got it!"

Although Roy's instructions were a bit long-winded, Nidice's eyes still curved into crescents as she felt Roy's sincere concern.

After that, Roy continued to track Erica.

Sensing the approximate location of the Kayako cursed dagger, Roy arrived in front of a huge circular blast door, through which identity verification was required.

Roy naturally couldn't get through by taking it seriously, so he transformed into his demon form and then used force to open the blast door.

The explosion-proof door, which could withstand pressure of more than ten tons, was no different from the lid of a soda can in front of Roy's 72 points of strength attribute; it was opened in just a few moments.

Behind the explosion-proof door is a long-looking passageway.

Could this passage lead through Crystal Lake?

Roy roughly simulated the location of the base in his mind and found that the passage really did lead to the center of Crystal Lake.

Why was such a passage built?
With this question in mind, Roy stepped into the long passage.

The shortest distance from the resort area to the other side of Crystal Lake is several kilometers. I'm not really going to have to run all the way to the other side of the lake, am I?
After walking for a while, Roy discovered that the original metal passage had been replaced by a glass passage, allowing him to see the lake bottom through the glass, just like being in an aquarium.

However, the normal lakebed is not as lively and interesting as the aquarium, and since it is still night, Roy can only see darkness all around him.

If it weren't for the indicator lights on the floor of the glass walkway, walking in this place would be quite terrifying.

If Nidice were here, she would definitely be so scared that she would shrink into Roy's arms the whole time, not daring to open her eyes.

Suddenly, Roy noticed that there seemed to be some faint red light flickering below the glass passage.

The red light flickered like the breathing light of ROG, with a very stable rhythm, so much so that Roy could almost hear a long and deep breathing sound.

In the eerie red light, Roy seemed to see strange, twisted, nightmare-like objects writhing closer and closer...

Roy suddenly came to his senses. The red light and the wriggling object had all mysteriously disappeared, as if it had all been an illusion.

But that feeling was so real that Roy felt a suffocating sense of unease that left him speechless.

Roy was certain that something existed at the bottom of that deep, dark Crystal Lake, perhaps the very thing Elizabeth had mentioned that could shield her from her senses.

Realizing this, Roy dared not look down any further and quickened his pace to cross the glass passage.

Fortunately, the glass walkway is not too long, only about one kilometer.

This also shows that the technology used in the wooden house is indeed impressive, as it was able to build such a long glass passageway.

It's important to understand that glass's pressure resistance is incomparable to that of metal. Building a one-kilometer-long glass tunnel at the bottom of a lake is far more difficult than building a metal tunnel that is more than ten kilometers long.

Why not use this technology to benefit humanity? Why insist on resorting to such crooked and unethical methods!

Reaching the end of the passage, Roy discovered another large blast door, indicating that he was nearing his destination.

Roy used the same method as before to force open the blast door; there was only one elevator behind the door.

That's strange, does this elevator go upstairs?

Roy was certain that the underwater passage he had traversed was less than two kilometers long, a distance that was certainly not enough to reach the other side of the lake. So, had he arrived at the small island in the middle of Crystal Lake?
There are several small islands in the center of Crystal Lake, which have long been bought up and are now private property.

The resort staff had mentioned this before.

It seems that the island was bought by the cabin organization, but the resort staff were unaware of this.

Fortunately, the elevator did not require identification. Perhaps they felt that the two huge explosion-proof doors were safe enough, and that adding identification to the elevator would be redundant. So Roy was able to enter the elevator smoothly.

After the elevator ascended for a few minutes, it slowly came to a stop. Roy carefully stepped out of the elevator and found himself inside a wooden cabin.

The interior of the wooden house is decorated very simply, giving it a warm and cozy feel, as if someone had actually lived there.

However, Roy could still tell from the thick layer of dust in some places that the cabin had actually been uninhabited for a long time.

So the question is, what is the purpose of the log cabin organization building such a log cabin?

This may sound a bit convoluted, but based on Roy's current understanding of the Cabin Organization, this Cabin is definitely not as simple as it appears on the surface.

Roy became more cautious, but nothing happened until he left the cabin.

Roy was momentarily dazed, feeling something was off.

Could it be that this cabin was built with public funds by one of the executives of the cabin organization to fulfill a personal wish?
Upon closer inspection, something didn't seem quite right, because although the cabin looked very well-maintained, based on Roy's experience, it was at least 30 years old.

But the elevator Roy came up in and the underwater passageway looked brand new, definitely no more than 10 years old.

If the underground base wasn't renovated in recent years, then it must be the existing lake island cabin, and only then did the underwater passage and elevator come into being.

Just then, Roy suddenly realized that the environment outside the cabin looked very familiar: the open space under his feet, the patch of grass not far away, and the red roof of the cabin.

Isn't this the place where Carrie was subjected to a ritual by cultists in her dream?

There's absolutely no mistake! Roy couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

What a coincidence!

(End of this chapter)