American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 382 Hagi Ghost, you bastard...

Nidi looked around and finally fixed her gaze on the glowing moon above the lighthouse.

"If normal methods don't work, then we'll try something extraordinary!"

Bald Guy and Round-Faced Girl instantly understood what Nidi meant.

The two arrived at the glowing moon and began to disassemble it, but the moon lamp was very sturdy and could not be disassembled in a short time without tools.

With no other option, the bald man could only use a wooden stick to poke the moon lamp hard, and after several attempts, he finally managed to break the glass.

At that moment, the ghouls on the other side of the cabin finally broke open the refrigerator door, and more than a dozen monsters rushed out and headed straight for the lighthouse.

The ghouls' bizarre limbs allowed them to climb very quickly, and they were about to reach the top of the tower.

Give me the stick!

The priest quickly snatched the stick from the bald man to deal with the ghouls that were climbing up, and stabbed several ghouls down in succession.

However, the soft sand became the perfect cushion for the ghouls, and none of the ghouls that fell in were injured.

On the other side, the round-faced woman was still trying to figure out how to dismantle the moon lamp.

"Let me do it, I can't feel pain! Give me that curtain!"

The round-faced woman's words startled the black woman, but she still handed the curtains to her.

Rolling the curtain in her hand, the round-faced woman began to dismantle the moon lamp from the inside, ignoring the broken glass. Even with the curtain protecting her, her hands still suffered multiple cuts.

Finally, the moon lamp was removed, revealing a circular hidden passage.

The Black woman was so happy she almost jumped for joy.

"We made it!"

The priest turned his head and glanced at it, a look of satisfaction on his face.

"Great! Ladies first! You guys go ahead, Baldy and I will cover the rear!"

Without hesitation, the round-faced woman and the black woman went straight into the hidden passage, followed by Ashley and Niddy.

When it was the priest's and the bald man's turn, the priest let the bald man go first.

"Are you sure it's okay?"

The bald man was still a little unsure, but the priest smiled.

"I am a priest, God will protect me!"

Baldy gritted his teeth and slipped into the hidden passage; now only the priest remained.

The priest laid down the binoculars beside him, trying to slow down the ghoul's speed.

However, the ghoul was even more agile than the priest had imagined, leaping high and jumping over the telescope.

At that moment, the priest's upper body had just clung to the edge of the hidden passage when the ghoul bit his foot.

"what!"

The priest let out a scream as the ghoul's teeth easily tore a large chunk of flesh from his leg, and more and more ghouls pounced on him.

In the nick of time, Nidi turned back, holding a pistol, and fired several shots at the ghoul that was biting the priest's thigh. Then she pulled the priest up with one hand.

The priest was somewhat incredulous, after all, he was a standard adult male, and even if the bald man came over, he couldn't possibly lift him up with one hand.

But Nidy did it.

"Get inside quickly!"

The hidden passage is quite narrow; once you climb in, you won't have to face the ghouls' attack.

The priest, dragging his aching leg, forced himself to crawl through the hidden passage by sheer will to survive. But at that moment, ghouls also rushed up. They were used to crawling and were much faster than the priest and Nidi.

Fortunately, the hidden passage wasn't too long, and the two quickly climbed out. Ashley swiftly closed the passage door, but just then, a ghoul rushed out, half of its body getting stuck in the door, and it even tried to squeeze out.

The round-faced woman immediately picked up the brick she was carrying and swung it at the ghoul. As expected of a street weapon, it quickly made the ghoul dizzy and forced it to retreat.

Ashley closed the passageway door and turned on the safety valve.

The ghouls were still banging on the door, but unfortunately their heads weren't made of iron, and they were helpless against this kind of safety valve.

After ramming them for several minutes without any effect, the ghouls finally left, cursing and swearing.

Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

The round-faced woman looked at Nidi.

Where did you get your pistol?

"Of course I brought it myself! My boyfriend told me that in a dangerous country like America, it's best to carry a gun with you for safety!"

Actually, this gun was the result of Claire's previous experiment. Claire had sealed a handgun inside a card, which Nidi carried with her.

Just now, in the critical moment, Nidy remembered this card and took out the pistol with the runes drawn by Claire.

On the other side, the drop in adrenaline caused the priest to clutch his injured leg and cry out in pain.

The Black woman quickly checked the priest's condition; he had several pieces of flesh missing from his left leg, some so deep that the bone was visible.

The most terrifying thing is that many of the wounds have turned black.

"Oh no! Those monsters' teeth must be poisonous!"

The priest was pale and shivering, seemingly affected by the poison. He grabbed Nidi's pants and pleaded.

Kill me! Kill me with your gun!

“Now is not the time to give up.”

Nidi knelt down and pressed her hand against the priest's injured area. A faint white light emanated from her palm, and under the illumination of the white light, the black substance instantly melted away.

Meanwhile, the priest's missing flesh was growing back at a visible rate, a sight that shocked all second-runners.

"How... how did they do that?"

"My God, this must be a miracle!"

After consuming some of the Holy Light's power, the priest's injured leg had fully recovered. He subconsciously rotated his foot and felt no pain.

"Alright, you should be able to move around normally now!"

Nidy withdrew her hand and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Can anyone tell me what's going on?"

The bald man held his head, unable to accept what was happening before him.

However, the black woman, who was a reporter, guessed some things.

"Nidi, are you a supernatural being?"

Needy nodded.

"I do possess some supernatural powers."

"What supernatural power?"

Baldy was still a little confused, but Round-faced Sister and the priest had already realized what was going on.

Having been on the battlefield, the round-faced woman had heard some strange rumors, since the military itself was also involved in such matters.

As a member of the clergy, the priest naturally knew some things about the church; after all, several angels who descended to earth had come through the church. After the three second-time players offered their explanations, the bald man finally understood the situation, and then he raised a question.

"Then why didn't you demonstrate this ability sooner?"

Nidi gave an awkward laugh. She couldn't very well say that she was addicted to playing games, could she?
Thankfully, the Black woman helped explain.

“The federal government does not allow supernatural powers to be displayed in front of the public. There are special government agencies that handle such matters. If Nidi exposes herself in front of the cameras, she will definitely be in danger!”

The round-faced woman added a comment.

"There's a good chance that Nidi might be captured by the military and used for experiments!"

This is the credibility of the federal government in the eyes of the people. Even a veteran like Round Face Sister said so, leaving Baldy speechless.

So, Niddy continued speaking, following the lead of the Black woman and the round-faced woman.

"You'll keep this a secret, right?"

"Of course!" ×4
"I think I heard a strange sound!"

Ashley, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke, startling everyone else.

At this moment, everyone remembered to observe their location. The surrounding environment looked like a maintenance passage, not a proper checkpoint or junction.

Everyone listened intently and indeed heard strange noises, as if something was climbing in the passage.

Nidi reacted quickly.

"Oh no! Those monsters must have come from somewhere else!"

Everyone's expression changed. The weapons they had been holding were either thrown away or broken. Now, apart from the priest having a glass dagger and Nidi having a folding fishing rod, they had no other tools left to use.

"Quickly, find an exit!"

Soon, the bald guy, who had extensive experience in crawling through sewers, discovered a ladder leading upwards and heard the sound of sirens coming from above.

"Guys! There's a road leading uphill here. I can hear sirens and cars. It looks like we can escape!"

Upon hearing this, Nidi sensed something was amiss.

Starting from the abandoned subway station in the first stage, the group entered the escape elevator and descended at least several dozen meters to reach the bank in the second stage, and then from the bank to the beach in the third stage. This section has basically no change in depth.

Although we left the beach by climbing the lighthouse, the lighthouse was only a dozen meters high, far from the distance to get back to the ground.

Therefore, the place that the bald guy found should be a room between the first subway car and the second and third levels.

However, Nidi had no time to explain at this point; they could only climb upwards as the sound of the monster crawling grew closer and closer.

The scene shifts to Roy's side. After taking down the Dark Web scavengers, he enters the escape passage of the first subway car, leaving Claudia to wait for him in the abandoned subway station.

The entrance to the escape route was blocked, but that was no problem for Roy; he easily punched through the entrance.

Originally, the entrance was meant to lead to the elevator, but now the elevator has descended, so Roy could only freefall for several dozen meters before landing at the elevator location.

As Roy pried open the elevator door, he saw the bank lobby covered in green laser light.

Wow, that's pretty big stuff!

Roy surveyed the hall and saw no bodies or bloodstains, indicating that Nidi and the others had passed through safely.

That made things simple. Roy found the hidden cameras in the hall, shot them out one by one with his revolver, and then walked straight through the dense green laser beams.

The green laser, capable of easily cutting through flesh, only produced some sparks when it hit Roy, causing no damage whatsoever.

However, by the time Roy reached the vault door, his clothes had turned into tattered beggar's clothes.

After all, Roy's skin is laser-resistant, but his clothes aren't.

Roy smashed the vault door open with a punch, and as he was about to change his clothes after passing through the vault, he saw a ghoul in the cave behind the vault.

"Huh? Where did this ghoul come from?"

Ghouls are visually impaired; having lived in the dark underground world for so long, their eyesight has long since deteriorated.

However, ghouls have an extremely powerful sense of smell, several times stronger than that of canines.

The unfortunate ghoul smelled Roy's terrifying aura.

Instantly, the ghoul trembled like a leaf, like a mouse encountering a cat; it didn't even dare to run away.

Roy abandoned changing his clothes and decided to catch the ghoul first.

"Hello, can you understand English? Or Chinese is fine too!"

The ghoul kept retreating, its entire body curled up into a ball, clearly terrified.

"Honestly, can't you guys learn a foreign language? Like your two seniors, it's so troublesome to communicate like this!"

As Roy pressed closer, the ghoul finally broke down under the immense pressure of fear, letting out a piercing scream.

"What are you yelling about!"

Roy kicked the ghoul in the face, sending it flying out of the cave. Then Roy went out and came to the beach in the darkness.

The quicksand device on the beach had stopped, but there were still a large number of ghouls on the beach. Upon discovering Roy, they immediately let out a warning roar.

Yes, ghouls are social dark creatures. As the lowest level of dark creatures, they are very weak in combat, and ordinary people with weapons can still defeat them.

If you have a gun, you can easily take down several ghouls.

A lone ghoul is quite timid, but a swarm of ghouls becomes much bolder.

Just like now, the ghouls can smell the terrifying aura emanating from Roy, but when dozens of ghouls huddle together to bolster each other's courage, they have the confidence to exhale.

"You're exhaling, aren't you? Hagiwara, you bastard..."

Six months ago, when Roy first came to Los Angeles, he was already able to solo the Ghoul dungeon.

Six months later, Roy is a completely different person now, needless to say.

"If you breathe on someone, you'll get a beating to correct their personality!"

Roy cracked his knuckles, unleashing his full power, which actually stirred up a small sandstorm.

At this moment, Nidi and Ashley had just climbed out of the manhole-like exit and arrived at the game room for the fourth level with the others.

The space was designed as a street environment, with views of shops on both sides of the street and a rental car parked on the side of the road.

"Damn it! We seem to still be in the game!"

Disappointed, the bald man couldn't help but kick the roadside railing, while the others began to observe their surroundings.

The Black woman first noticed the traffic light next to the pedestrian crossing, which had a timer displaying three minutes, but the timer had not yet started.

Then, the round-faced woman noticed that there were many shower heads above her head, and she immediately had a bad feeling.

"Look at these showerheads!"

The jigsaw puzzle artist certainly didn't design these showerheads for fire prevention, so the situation is quite obvious.

"Everyone be careful. It's best not to touch anything right now. Before the game officially starts, observe the surroundings."

However, even though no one moved and they just stood there, the timer still started counting down.

Everyone turned to look at the bald man.

(End of this chapter)