American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 317 The brain matter is almost evenly mixed up

Roy took out his executioner's knife and easily cut the branches of the Tree of Flesh and Blood as easily as cutting tofu.

Just as Roy had guessed, the strength of the Tree of Flesh was actually quite average, which may be related to Elsa Raiden's lack of ability.

Elsa was, after all, just an ordinary person. Even if she was more intelligent, she was still just an ordinary person. She didn't even have the ability to become a vengeful spirit.

Even though the power of resentment forcibly binds Carrion together, Carrion's essence remains largely unchanged.

Since that's the case, let's cut down the trees!

However, this fleshy tree only looks like a tree; even if Roy cuts it down, he cannot kill it completely.

The flesh and blood tree can at most revert from its aggregated form back to its scattered Carion form, which is meaningless.

As expected, only fire can completely solve this problem.

And so, Roy transformed into his demon form, and the executioner's blade, imbued with the power of hell, began to burn with raging flames.

At the same time, the M1014 shotgun was also changed to Hell Mode, becoming a hand cannon.

"Eat me!"

Jay, inside the secret laboratory, suddenly felt a slight tremor throughout the base. This situation made her very anxious, and she could only keep pressing the walkie-talkie to contact Roy.

Unfortunately, Roy had already put the walkie-talkie into his inventory, so he couldn't hear Jay at all.

Feeling uneasy, Jay began to consider whether to go to the laboratory area, but without someone operating the computer, she couldn't even get through the door.

After much deliberation, Jay decided to go and meet Roy. To solve the problem of not being able to open the door, she found a laptop in another room in the living area, downloaded the program from Cliff Layton's computer onto the laptop, and then started running towards the experimental area.

As a result, Jay had just run out of the living area and into the energy area when he saw Roy walking towards him.

"Blake, are you alright?"

Roy looked at Jay strangely.

Why would I need something?

"That's not what I meant! I meant I thought something had happened to you, but I didn't expect you to come back safe and sound! Where's your protective suit?"

"That thing was so bulky that I took off my protective suit outside the experimental area."

Actually, the protective suit burst open when Roy transformed into a demon, but there was no need to tell Jay that.

Jay breathed a sigh of relief, then asked.

"Blake, what happened in the lab afterwards?"

"We'll talk as we walk."

Roy simply merged Elsa Layton's soul into Carion, creating a Tree of Flesh, and then he devised a way to destroy it.

After listening, Jay looked at Roy.

"Blake, you did the right thing. If we hadn't gotten rid of that big tree, the consequences would have been unimaginable!"

Roy nodded. After killing the Tree of Flesh, he also obtained Elsa Layton's Chest of Fate, but there was no need to explain this to Jay.

"However, the pollution of groundwater caused by Carrion has already occurred, and I'm afraid the canyon area won't be able to return to normal in the short term."

Jay sighed.

“That’s not something we should be thinking about, Blake. That’s all we can do, and you’ve done enough. Now, it’s time to retreat.”

The maintenance passageway had been partially contaminated by Carrion, and Jay had sealed off the entrance, so the two could only leave through the area gate.

Fortunately, there were no pollution leaks in the living and administrative areas, and Roy and Jay were able to leave smoothly through the gate of the experimental base.

It was around six o'clock in the morning. Although the sunlight could not penetrate the thick fog to reach the bottom of the canyon, the environment inside the canyon was indeed much brighter.

Stepping on the thick fungal carpet, Roy and Jay carefully made their way to the evacuation point.

Not long after they started walking, they both heard gunshots.

"I think I heard gunshots? That's strange! Are there other people in the canyon?"

Jay looked incredulous. Misty Island had long been sealed off by the military, so outsiders shouldn't be able to come out.

The military would not send anyone down to their deaths until the two had been out of contact for more than 24 hours.

However, Roy thought of the person who had previously caused the explosion to free him from Asmodeus's control.

Was it that guy who fired the gun?
"Let's go over and have a look!"

Roy and Jay ran quickly toward the source of the gunfire and saw a fully armed man, whose face was obscured, shooting at things that were hollow inside and resembled mummies.

"This is... a hollow person?"

"Hollow man?"

Roy looked at Jay curiously, and the female intelligence officer quickly explained.

"The experimental base had previously placed cameras in the canyon, which occasionally captured these creatures moving at night. They would hunt any creatures that appeared in the canyon and take them back to their nests."

Roy carefully examined the hollow figures; some were on horseback, some were carrying weapons, and some were empty-handed.

To be honest, these guys don't look like anything from modern art; their designs have a very surreal feel to them.

Even its form of existence is highly unscientific.

All hollow people have no internal organs, and their muscles are extremely thin and bony; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they are skin and bones.

So, where do these guys get the power to operate?
What's more, that hollow horse was running incredibly fast!
"Save people first!"

Seeing that the mysterious man was in imminent danger and about to be surrounded by the hollow men, Roy immediately picked up his M1014 and began firing.

The power of a .4 caliber shotgun is truly exceptional. The mysterious man's rifle requires over a dozen shots to take down a hollow man, while Roy's M1014 only needs one shot to kill the enemy's upper body.

Even if these hollow people can walk without their upper bodies, what good are just having two feet?

Can a hollow person jump up and kick someone's knee?
The mysterious man was very surprised to see Roy and Jay appear to rescue him.

The three of them joined forces, and their firepower increased several levels, finally managing to repel the hollow man.

Hollow people seem to possess a certain healing ability; as long as their bodies are not completely destroyed, they can always be pieced back together.

This characteristic seems to be somewhat similar to that of undead creatures.

However, Roy had no time to think about that; he looked at the mysterious man and asked him a question.

"Did you cause the previous explosion?"

The mysterious man hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

Jay looked at Roy and the mysterious man strangely, as if the two were hiding something from her.

"What are you talking about? What explosion or anything like that?"

Roy gave a brief explanation.

"Just now, at the crucial moment when I was dealing with the succubus, someone threw a bomb in from outside, which successfully interfered with the succubus and allowed me to turn the tables."

Jay suddenly realized what was going on, and then began to scrutinize the mysterious man.

"Are you one of Amacham's people?"

It's obvious that anyone who's here is either from the military or from Amacham's side.

Just as Jay reached the canyon, he didn't see any guards at the Amacham outpost and began to suspect that the slender mercenary in front of him was that person.

The mysterious woman nodded again, this time without hesitation.

Since Roy and Jay have already discovered them, and they can't win a fight, they have no choice but to surrender. Roy then asked.

"May I have your name."

This time, the mysterious man hesitated again, and after a long while, he answered Roy in a clear voice.

“Drasa”.

Jay actually had more questions he wanted to ask, but the bottom of the canyon was clearly not the place to talk, and strange noises seemed to be coming from afar.

A centipede the size of a train crawled over, seemingly attracted by the gunshot.

"Come on!"

Jay and Deras kept firing at the giant centipede, but the bullets hit the centipede's carapace like hitting a steel plate, unable to penetrate its defenses at all.

Roy's M1014 and M500 also failed to produce any results.

The three could only fight and retreat.

"Damn! How can this guy's carapace be so hard?"

Jay was extremely frustrated; when bullets failed to produce any effect, the gun in his hand became nothing more than a fire poker.

Roy squinted as he observed the giant centipede, sensing that it seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally driving the three of them in one direction, rather than trying to kill them.

Because the giant centipede had a clear advantage in size and was extremely fast, it had several opportunities to grab someone by itself. Roy was even ready to reveal his abilities to save the person, but the giant centipede did not make a move.

There is definitely something wrong here!

"Blake, think of something quick!"

Jay was unaware of the giant centipede's intentions. After all, avoiding the giant centipede's harassment had already exhausted all her energy, so she began to hope that Roy could solve the problem.

It's unclear when it started, but Jay has gradually begun to rely on Roy, and Roy is the first person he thinks of when something happens.

Are you sure you want me to come up with a solution?

Roy gave Jay a strange laugh.

"Don't joke around at a time like this!"

"OK then."

Before he finished speaking, Jay and Delasa only saw a blur before Roy disappeared from the spot.

When Roy was seen again, he was already riding on the back of the giant centipede.

The giant centipede certainly didn't want anyone riding on its back, but Roy punched it on the head, making its head buzz.

"You better behave and listen to me!"

Since giant centipedes are capable of purposeful chasing, their intelligence must be quite high, at least much higher than that of ordinary animals, and possibly reaching the level of highly intelligent mammals.

However, high intelligence does not mean easy to tame; the giant centipede still tried to fight back after being punched.

There was no other way, so Roy had to teach the giant centipede a lesson with his iron fist.

Roy repeatedly slammed his fist, the size of a clay pot, onto the giant centipede's head. The creature's carapace was indeed very hard; even with Roy controlling his strength, he didn't manage to leave any noticeable dents.

However, the giant centipede was already struggling. Just a moment ago, its head was only buzzing, but now its brains were almost being churned up.

So the giant centipede lay down on the ground to show its submission, and Roy clapped his hands and got off the giant centipede.

"It's done!"

At this moment, Jay and Derasa were still standing there in a daze. If you could see their faces, they would definitely be dumbfounded.

"Bubublack, you subdued it so easily?"

Jay knew that Roy was very strong, capable of defeating the legendary succubus and the flesh and blood tree formed by the fusion of Carion, but she had not witnessed these battles herself.

Having witnessed Roy's strength firsthand, Jay has begun to question the meaning of life.

De Lasa quickly accepted reality; after all, even a sniper rifle couldn't penetrate Roy's skin, so it seemed normal that he was a bit stronger.

"Mr. Blake, why not just kill this giant centipede?"

"I sensed that this giant centipede seemed to possess a certain level of intelligence and was trying to drive us deeper into the canyon."

Jay paused for a moment.

"The depths of the canyon? This canyon has basically been explored by the military, where could there be any depths left?"

Roy patted the giant centipede's head.

"Why don't we just let it lead us there? This canyon clearly has many secrets yet to be discovered!"

The most typical example is the thick smog in the canyon, which is like miasma.

There must be a source for such dense smog, but in reality, there isn't much water inside the canyon; there's only a pale yellow stream.

Moreover, the humidity and temperature inside the canyon are not actually high, because due to its special geographical environment, it has not been affected by the tropical climate of the Pacific Ocean.

This has always been something that military scientists and Amacham scientists couldn't understand.

However, there are so many things in this world that science cannot explain, so this matter has been suppressed and not studied.

Jay was persuaded by Roy, so the three of them rode on the back of the giant centipede and crawled into the depths of the canyon.

The terrain of this canyon is high in the east and low in the west, forming a sloping landscape.

The experimental base is actually located on the highest and flattest part of the east side, while the terrain on the west side is much steeper, with some places having a drop of four or five meters.

At the westernmost end of the canyon, there is a pond formed by the convergence of streams, and there seems to be nothing else there.

"That's it?"

Jay looked at Roy, who rubbed his chin and asked Jay a question.

Did you ever dive down to the bottom of the pond to investigate?

"The liquid in the canyon is filled with deadly special substances. The scouts who discovered this place weren't wearing diving suits; they just dropped a detector into the pond to test it. After finding that the pond wasn't deep and there were no underground waterways, they went back to report. Blake, do you think there's anything at the bottom of the pond?"

Roy nodded.

"The giant centipede's intention is very clear: it wants us to enter this pond."

Jay hesitated for a moment.

"But we don't have any diving equipment right now, it could be very dangerous to go down!"

“I know, so we can talk about this later. Let’s go back now!”

Without hesitation, Roy took out an execution knife from his inventory and executed the giant centipede.

When the giant centipede saw Roy take out his knife, it already realized what was going on. Unfortunately, its strength was far inferior to Roy's, and it could not escape execution no matter what.

Having absorbed the life force of the giant centipede, the executioner's knife became significantly heavier, and the red light on the blade also deepened noticeably.

The sudden appearance of the executioner's knife startled Jay and Deras once again.

"Blake, how many more secrets do you have that I don't know?"

"Then you'll need to look into it more deeply."

Or Delasa

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