I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

This thing completely surpasses human imagination, as if there really are gods in this world, and these gods have extremely perverse tastes. In an ignorant and dark age, such an existence is enough to be called "blasphemy".

Even after more than a decade of education and witnessing the bizarre and fantastical imaginations of various mental illness patients, Xia believed that what she was seeing should not exist in this world.

For a moment, there was no sound inside the car; even breathing became faint.

"Should we get out of the car and take a look?"

Lu Ban suggested, and he could hear Trist swallow hard beside him, looking somewhat uneasy.

"...There's a flashlight in the back seat, I'll go take a look."

Xia said that Lu Ban handed her the flashlight, opened the car door, turned on the flashlight, and walked towards the motionless "creature" on the ground.

Chapter 929 Eye Contact

Sia's flashlight was rather dim compared to a low beam lamp, but it did illuminate the creature from other angles.

She saw that the creature's "arms" had many joints, like a crab's, and the ends were sharp bony structures, like insect claws, with sharp edges that could pierce the skin and tear flesh apart.

Its body appears to be covered with a layer of fine scales, or like the chitinous exoskeleton of an insect, reflecting the shadow of the lake under the low-light.

Looking down at its head, Xia realized that the thing had no nose or ears, nor could she find any eyes. It only had a mouth-like structure with fine, closely spaced teeth. Just one glance was enough for Xia to imagine the cruel scene of this thing devouring and grinding up animal limbs, sending chills down her spine.

In any case, this is definitely not a creature that could have emerged from natural evolution.

Thinking of this, Xia looked at the honeycomb-like holes on its head.

These holes were pitch black, and she didn't know what they were for. She moved closer, raised her flashlight, and peered inside.

Suddenly, something inside seemed to twitch. Xia blinked, unsure whether it was her imagination or if it was real.

She kept a certain distance and observed cautiously.

The next moment, Sia saw a child's eye.

The dark-colored children's eyes met his, and in an instant, more children's eyes appeared.

These pores are inside the "honeycomb" of that creature's head, like sneaky lotus seeds in a withered lotus pod.

Among the densely packed holes, each one has a child's eye.

What horrified Sia even more was that these eyes emerged from the holes in the creature's head.

Behind each eyeball are milky yellow tentacles with a sticky texture.

In an instant, more than a dozen tentacles with eyeballs at their ends emerged from the skull, and all the eyeballs fixed on Sia.

Although the scene was extremely impactful, enough to shut down a normal person's brain, Xia Ya, perhaps due to her previous experience, simply stood there, not making any rash moves.

The wriggling eyeball adjusted its position. The tentacles behind it were less than thirty centimeters long and could not reach Sia. Nevertheless, the tentacles and eyeballs, which resembled the pistils of a blooming spider lily, were enough to drive a person to the brink of madness and make it difficult to remain normal.

Not far away, Drizzt, who was in the car, saw this scene and his face showed a look of astonishment. However, his face quickly darkened, and his hand trembled slightly as he placed it on the car door, not knowing whether he wanted to get out of the car or do something else.

Seeing this, Lu Ban knew that the thing was definitely not completely dead. He hurriedly climbed from the back seat to the driver's seat, wanting to step on the gas to help Xi Ya, but the car would not start.

A hand reached out from behind and pressed on the gear shift handle.

"It has to be like this."

"Trist said."

The next moment, the entire vehicle suddenly rushed forward.

Peng——

Before he could react, the white monster was hit again. The bumpy feeling of the tires running over him almost made Lu Ban, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, jump out of his seat. He immediately stepped on the brakes, ignoring all safe driving regulations, and got out of the car.

"Come on up quickly."

Lu Ban looked back and saw that Xi Ya had just dodged the vehicle and was still holding a flashlight, looking somewhat shaken.

The monster that had been run over by the car had some of its eyes burst by the tire, oozing a pale yellow fluid. Its body convulsed, and its limbs, with their many joints, struggled.

Lu Ban grabbed Xi Ya's arm and walked quickly toward the car.

On the other side, Twisted Fate also got into the driver's seat, checked the vehicle's condition, and was ready to drive at any time.

Xia turned around and stared blankly at the creature.

At that moment, she noticed several white shadows hidden in the shadows on both sides of the road not far away.

In the bushes, behind the rocks, wriggling tentacles and eyes were watching them. Further away, white shadows crawled onto the road, like giant spiders, rapidly moving towards their location.

Xia was pushed into the car by Lu Ban, and the moment Lu Ban closed the door, Trist started the car.

More and more white monsters caught up with them.

"****!"

Drizzt cursed, and a loud crash immediately came from in front of the vehicle. A monster was knocked over, rolled off the roof, and fell onto the road behind the vehicle, spurting pale yellow liquid from its body and staining the rear window.

What are these?

"Drizzt asked, cursing."

"I don't know, it might be a Scroll Clan summoned by a summoning ritual."

As Lu Ban spoke, he knew very well that this was basically the only reason why such a monster could appear in a world that originally had almost no supernatural influence.

"The Rolling Clan..."

Tristana chewed on the word, and continued to accelerate. Soon, the car entered the villa's parking lot.

The monsters behind them, whether they were left behind or not, did not follow.

"Let's go in first."

Grabbing a flashlight, Twisted Fate, who had almost fully recovered, pushed open the door.

The three entered the hall, which was empty and deserted. Although the lights were on, there was an eerie silence.

Lu Ban glanced at the restaurant. The lights were on, but no one was there. There were some snacks and drinks on the table, which looked like leftovers from when Trist and Zou Changyu were chatting earlier.

"Amber, red leaves."

Lu Ban went up to the second floor again and called out.

He turned the doorknob of his room and found it empty and deserted.

The three of them opened and checked all the guest rooms on the second floor, but found no trace of Amber and Red Leaf.

"There's no one in the villa. Where did they go?"

Sia's expression was grave. What had happened before could not be explained by science. Now, the villa was empty, and her companions were nowhere to be found. On this isolated island, the night seemed to last forever, tormenting their minds.

"We shouldn't separate; it's best to act together. I'll go get the weapons."

Drizzt opened his room door, opened his suitcase, and took out a baton and two pairs of handcuffs.

Where's your gun?

Lu Ban then asked.

"...I don't know, maybe they were in the hotel when they were attacked."

Drizzt paused for a moment, then explained, putting the handcuffs in his pocket and checking the baton's position again.

"Let's go to the basement and check the condition of the jade pendant."

He said.

Lu Ban and Xi Ya nodded, each carrying an ashtray and a square paperweight, cautiously following behind Trist. They passed through the deserted first-floor lobby, went down the stairs, and arrived at the underground storage room.

The door was unlocked, and the inside was brightly lit.

Trist pushed open the door and saw that the safe was wide open, with documents, accounts, and jewelry scattered all over the floor in a mess.

The briefcase containing the jade pendant had been torn open by something, and it was now empty.

Drizzt approached and examined it carefully, confirming that the jade pendant had indeed been taken.

"This shouldn't have been done by Zou Changyu and his wife. They wouldn't have needed to take the jade pendant in such a destructive way."

Or rather, in Tristana's view, being able to take that jade pendant was already outrageous enough, since any normal person would go mad the moment they saw it.

He stood up, and suddenly, a sobbing sound came from behind the huge safe.

Chapter 930 Don't Help Her

Lu Ban clearly remembered that when he first entered this room, which was surrounded by cabinets and contained various collectibles and antiques, he checked the environment and found that there were no other humans or creatures present.

Now, who is the human whimpering coming from behind that black safe?

Lu Ban recognized the voice. He and Xi Ya exchanged a glance, then looked to the left and right, respectively, towards the back of the safe.

All that could be seen was a young girl in a skirt sitting there with her legs drawn up, hidden among various antiques and pottery.

It's red leaves.

What are you doing here?

Xi Ya immediately went up to help Hong Ye up, but Lu Ban suddenly spoke.

"Don't help her up."

"what happened?"

Stopped by Lu Ban's words, Xi Ya looked at him with some confusion.

“You remember, we checked this area when we came in, and we didn’t see anyone else.”

Lu Ban said, glancing at Drizzt beside him. Drizzt remained vigilant and did not act rashly.

"...You mean this is fake?"

Xia immediately took a half step back. She stared at Hongye. The girl raised her face, looked at Xia, and then looked at Lu Ban.

"fraud."

She spoke with a hint of reproach, seemingly unconcerned about what Lu Ban had said.

"How did you get here? Where's Amber?"

Lu Ban didn't quite understand Hongye's words, so he asked.