The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 432 The Source of the Nightmare

The shaking of the photograph intensified until it finally turned into falling silver dust and disappeared completely.

Qin Lang and the others fell silent at the same time.

"What's going on?" After a moment, Zuo Ge couldn't help but frown. "Is there something wrong with the Azure Silver Oriole?"

"...I don't know." Qin Lang was also full of doubts.

There are too many missing parts in the photograph, making it extremely difficult to reconstruct the truth. Legendary creatures are inherently mysterious beings, and perhaps only the legendary creatures themselves truly understand them.

Thinking of this, Qin Lang turned his gaze to Xiao Cai.

"Xiao Cai, do you have any clues?"

Xiao Cai paused for a moment, then blew out a bubble.

"The Silver Oriole's injuries?" Qin Lang frowned slightly. He understood Xiao Cai's meaning, but he became even more confused.

What kind of injuries could the Silver Oriole possibly have...?

and many more!

Qin Lang couldn't help but widen his eyes, thinking of the first photo taken.

At that time, the Silver Oriole was seriously injured!
"I understand," Qin Lang said in a deep voice. "The wounds that could seriously injure the Silver Oriole are not something that Wei Ran can heal with simple bandaging."

"Perhaps during all these years of traveling with Wei Ran, the wounds of the Silver Nightingale never healed, and they only broke out at this time."

Upon hearing this, the others also realized what was happening.

“If that’s the case, then the anomaly in the photograph just now can be explained.” Fatima said in a deep voice, “Because of the Silver Oriole’s injury flaring up, the others were so shocked, and Wei Ran would also be worried.”

"Furthermore, precisely because the Silver Nightingale has such a deep memory of this, the power of the nightmare did not completely erase it. This is why the interrupted image was damaged, but this part of the image is still there!"

"I think this is definitely not a simple flare-up of injury!"

"The truth may be very close to us!"

Hearing Fatima's analysis, everyone took a deep breath and continued to venture deeper into the sealed land without hesitation.

Soon the fifth silver jewel was discovered and shattered.

The silver dust outlined four figures, but what was unusual was that Wei Ran was not among them this time.

“Two of them were from the table just now,” Zhao Qian said quickly after carefully identifying them.

The group nodded, carefully observing the four figures.

At this moment, their faces showed dissatisfaction, and their lips moved as if they were saying something. Zhong Tu immediately began to interpret it.

[Wei Ran, everyone in the village has started having terrible nightmares.]

The strange bird you brought is the culprit.

You are family to us, and we welcome you back, but we do not welcome those who bring us nightmares.

Make it leave immediately, get it far away!

Only now did Wei Ran appear in the group photo. He was somewhat agitated and kept explaining something to the four of them.

That wasn't Little Blue's fault; it was just injured.

Those powers came from its wounds. Little Blue is innocent; it's my most important partner!

One of them spoke coldly upon hearing this.

Since that's the case, you are no longer welcome.

[Get out of here right now, you who's been away from the village for years and has only brought us nightmares and misfortune since!]

Immediately afterwards, the images of the four disappeared, leaving only Wei Ran with a sorrowful expression. He spoke softly in the direction of the Silver Oriole.

I'm sorry, Xiao Lan, I never expected it to turn out like this.

In that case, let's leave together.

"Once we leave, the power of the nightmare will gradually dissipate, and everyone will stop blaming us." As Wei Ran finished speaking, the screen shook violently and finally disappeared.

How could they treat their ancestors like this?

Wei Shasha couldn't help but speak out angrily, "Our ancestors have wandered for so many years, helping countless people and always fighting against the evil Spirit Chefs."

"We finally got home, but they want to drive away our ancestors!"

“The villagers did not do a good job in this regard,” Di You sighed. “But from their perspective, as soon as Wei Ran returned, everyone in the village started having nightmares.”

"We have witnessed firsthand just how terrifying the power of nightmares can be."

"It's normal that people don't welcome Wei Ran under these circumstances."

"Besides, the information revealed in this photograph is quite different from what we previously guessed," Qin Lang said with a solemn expression.

"It can be seen from the photos that the source of the nightmare power is the wound that the Silver Nightingale has never healed."

After much wandering, it turns out that the power of nightmares really did come from the Silver Nightingale.

“Besides, this photo doesn’t match the legend at all.” Zuo Ge also fell into deep thought. “The legend says that Wei Ran bravely fought against the evil nightingale.”

"But in the photo, Wei Ran and Cangyin Zhiying were both driven away."

“There’s more to this story.” Fatima pushed up her glasses and pointed to the churning nightmare power around them. “Do you think this kind of power will simply dissipate on its own once Wei Ran and the Silver Oriole leave?”

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Indeed, at that time, Wei Ran and Cangyin Zhiying naively believed that the power of the nightmare would dissipate after they left.

But the reality may not be so.

"Let's go, let's continue searching for the next piece of silver jade."

Qin Lang spoke softly.

The group snapped out of their daze and followed him deeper into the area.

The sixth silver jewel was shattered.

Wei Ran, looking bewildered and helpless, appeared before everyone.

【why? 】

Wei Ran spoke blankly.

Why, after we've been gone for so long, has the power of the nightmare not only not dissipated, but instead intensified, becoming what it is today?

After saying this, Wei Ran looked in the direction of the Silver Oriole, as if listening to what the Silver Oriole was saying.

[Are you saying that the injuries you suffered were left by a terrifying being that controls negative emotions, and that the other party's power lingered, merging with yours to ultimately form the power of nightmares?]

[As long as negative emotions exist, this power will continue to grow. Because everyone in the village resents us, the power of the nightmare has not only failed to dissipate, but has become increasingly stronger?]

Wei Ran's expression grew increasingly blank and pained.

[Little Blue, you must have a way, right?]

This all started because of us, and no matter the cost, I will eradicate this evil force completely!

After a brief pause, Wei Ran showed a surprised expression.

You mean initially...?

Before he could finish speaking, the image suddenly trembled and then disappeared.

Everyone fell silent again.

"What kind of being was that? Not only did it severely injure the Silver Oriole, but its remaining power also transformed into nightmare power." Cao Dongdong gasped. "That kind of thing is terrifying!"

"What is this? It's still a long way off for us." Qin Lang shook his head and couldn't help but look at Xiao Cai.

Xiao Cai's expression was more solemn than ever before.

(End of this chapter)