Nightmare Apostle

"Dao No. 131?" Yang Xiao subconsciously stopped and listened carefully.

Lu Chenzhou also felt something after hearing the broadcast, "It seems that they were also attacked by ghosts, and like us, they also managed to escape. That No. 199 was right. The Dao No. 131 from Dry Bones Village really had two attacks. ”

"Not only is he not dead, but he is also willing to take the initiative to share his experience. Either his heart is not bad, or his intentions are too big and he has to guard against it." Yang Xiao analyzed in a low voice.

"Brother Yang is right. If we bump into him in the future, we should avoid contact with him if we can. This person has a very complex background. It is not suitable to be an enemy or get too close to him. We must also be careful about the woman next to him. If we can Being chosen as a teammate by the members of the Dry Bones Zhai, I'm afraid he is not an easy person. "Lu Chenzhou now only has Yang Xiao as his leader, and the methods and determination shown by Yang Xiao are all necessary conditions for survival.

But apart from these, Yang Xiao is always on guard against one guy, "Brother Lu, have you bumped into anyone else before you met me?"

"No, the first person I saw was Prisoner No. 199, and I saw you not long after." Lu Chenzhou didn't hide anything.

Yang Xiao nodded. He was thinking about the dragon number 243 who had not yet appeared. This person, like him, also came from Rongcheng.

Yang Xiao had an indescribable premonition, suspecting that he might know this person.

Suddenly, Lu Chenzhou, who was walking beside Yang Xiao, stopped and stood frozen on the spot, his expression twisted, as if he was in great pain.

Yang Xiao's first reaction was that they had been attacked. He quickly pulled out the human bone stick and looked around, but he could not find the attacker.

"How are you?" Yang Xiao asked quickly.

After a few seconds, Lu Chenzhou slowly shook his head and explained in a difficult tone: "No...it's okay, it's not an attack.

Yes.:: It’s my own problem.

"The magic weapon backfires?" Yang Xiao asked.

Lu Chenzhou nodded painfully, and then moved towards the less crowded side of the road with difficulty, "Don't...don't touch me,

It's... coming! "

Just after Lu Chenzhou finished speaking, he squatted down slowly and raised his arms to protect his head. The next second, Lu Chenzhou's upper body suddenly tilted to the right, as if he had been punched suddenly. Then he followed a few steps uncontrollably, and finally lost his footing. He tripped over his left foot and fell to the ground in a very funny posture.

Because he had already avoided the tourist-populated section of the road in advance, his fall did not affect many people this time, and the surrounding tourists turned a blind eye to his experience.

After lying on the ground for half a minute, Lu Chenzhou made some movement. He slowly raised his body with his hands. After Yang Xiao confirmed that there was no problem, he walked over and helped him up. Lu Chenzhou looked very miserable, with the right side of his head There was a bulge, both nostrils were bleeding, and there were a lot of scratches on his cheeks and arms, "No...it's okay." Lu Chenzhou patted Yang Xiao's hand, wiped the nosebleed, and grinned, " Hey, Xiaomei, it’s much lighter than I thought.”

Hearing this, Yang Xiao couldn't help but feel sorry for this guy for a second. This posture of squatting with his head in his hands while being beaten was so skillful that it was hard to imagine what he had gone through before.

"You...have you always been like this?" Yang Xiao asked curiously: "I mean your clay figurine, is this your ability?"

Lu Chenzhou smiled sheepishly and said in a low voice: "You're just kidding me. This is my ability. I can use the Clay Man Curse to kill my opponent in battle, but I have to pay the same price afterwards. You can think of it as delayed damage, but that's it." The delay is variable, it could be a few minutes or a few hours. The longest time, I waited for a slap for three days.”

Speaking of this, Lu Chenzhou sighed and smiled bitterly, "You don't know how I survived those three days. I couldn't sleep well and couldn't eat. It wasn't until I received this slap that I felt comfortable. Hey, eat well and sleep well.”

Yang Xiao looked at Lu Shenzhou's laughing look and felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell, "Um...do you do this every time you use your ability?"

"Absolutely. If you use it lightly, the backlash will be lighter. To tell you the truth, Brother Yang, I used 70-80% of my strength to deal with that ghost before, so the backlash was a bit harsh." Lu Chenzhou looked indifferent. Mian shrugged.

"But what would you do if someone attacks you while you are being attacked?" Yang Xiao had seen drug addicts on TV when they were experiencing drug addiction, and their terrifying appearance was quite similar to Lu Chenzhou's behavior before.

"Normally not. I don't know the time of the backlash myself, so how can outsiders know, and now...

." Lu Chenzhou stepped forward and said mysteriously: "I'll tell you a secret, Brother Yang. In fact, my state can be forcibly terminated, but it will cost a lot. The damage suffered after delay may be doubled. That's fatal. "

Hearing this, Yang Xiao couldn't help but sigh that the resentful eye ability in the hands of the apostle was indeed all kinds of strange, but without exception,

The weirder and more powerful the Resentful Eyes are, the more terrifying their side effects will be. Tong Han’s words are right. They seem to be powerful.

In fact, he is just a prisoner of a nightmare.

"How many more times can you use the same level of attacks you used against ghosts before?" Thinking of the battles he might face in the future, Yang Xiao needed to know the strength of his teammates.

Not daring to be negligent, Lu Chenzhou found a secluded place, took out the clay figurine hidden in his arms, felt it quietly for a few seconds and then replied: "Almost twice, three times in life and death situations will do, but...

After a pause, Lu Chenzhou still didn't say the rest of his words. Three times was okay, but the backlash in the future would be very terrifying, and he would most likely die.

Yang Xiao had no intention of persuading him. After all, no one who could live to this point was stupid. It was really a matter of life and death.

You may die if you use it, but you will die if you don't use it. This is a choice that every child would make.

The amusement park covers a large area. They followed the busy road and finally arrived at Area F. According to the guide 1 on the navigation map, they found the location of the Crazy Circus. To their disappointment, here It has long been abandoned. The door of a ring-shaped building that resembles the ancient Roman Colosseum is closed, and there are overgrown grass nearby.

Yang Xiao and the two approached the gate and looked in through the outermost iron gate. The inside was messy. There were discarded costumes, mineral water bottles, kettles, shoes and other debris everywhere on the ground. A little further inside, there were several rooms on both sides of the corridor. The door to the room was also ajar, and because there was no lighting, it was dark inside.

"Look here." Lu Chenzhou reminded.

There is a notice posted on the wall to the left of the iron fence gate. The notice paper is dilapidated and yellowed. It has obviously been posted for a while. It says that in order to ensure the tourists' playing experience, the equipment here will be renovated.

Therefore, the Crazy Circus project is temporarily closed. As for when the renovation will be completed, the notice did not say.

Stretching out his hand, Lu Chenzhou just clicked lightly on the notice, and the corners of the paper cracked. He couldn't help but said, "This notice has been posted for at least a year or two."

After seeing it on site, Yang Xiao became more and more certain that this abandoned building was related to the clown. To find out the truth, they had to go in and take a look.

Yang Xiao already knew the strength of ghosts, and he was confident of escaping when faced with ghost attacks.

Just as the two of them were wandering around, trying to find an opening to sneak in, suddenly, there was a harsh whistle from behind, followed by a loud shout: "Who are you, and what are you doing here?!"

This sudden voice really startled the two of them. When they turned around, they saw three dim yellow flashlight lights shining straight on, blinding them. It was not until the other party approached that Yang Xiao could see clearly. These are three people dressed as security guards, wearing gray uniforms, each holding an old-fashioned iron-shell flashlight in their hands.

"I want to ask you, what are you doing here?" The leader was a middle-aged man, not tall, but with a very fierce face.

"We are tourists. Of course tourists come here to have fun." Yang Xiao's voice was true and his attitude was strong. "What do you mean by shining a flashlight at me?"

"Go, go quickly, you are not allowed to come in here." The security guard directed the two of them to leave. After all, they were tourists, so they should not go too far.

"Why aren't you allowed in? I see there's this project up here, what's it called..." Yang Xiao deliberately unfolded the park's guide map and showed it to the security guard.

Lu Chenzhou, who was standing next to him, understood immediately and shouted loudly, "Crazy Circus, that's what we're here for!"

"Didn't you see that this place is closed? There are no lights on." The security guard explained helplessly, "Okay, let's go and play somewhere else. This place has been out of business for a long time. It's just a waste of time. Don't let anything happen again."

Relying on the security guard's words, Yang Xiao deliberately asked: "What could happen? Could it be that it could still be a ghost? But in my opinion, this place is a mess, and if it is turned into a haunted house project, it will definitely make a lot of money."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the three security guards suddenly darkened, and the eyes of one of the young security guards even showed fear. This scene was all seen by Yang Xiao and the other two. The leading security guard drove Yang Xiao out while scolding: " Don't talk nonsense. Just leave when I tell you. Why is there so much nonsense? Leave quickly and I will confiscate your tickets when you come back!"

"Let me tell you, it's raining outside the playground right now. It's raining really hard. I haven't seen such heavy rain for a long time..." I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but a security guard suddenly appeared. Such a sentence.

When it came to tickets, Yang Xiaolu and Shen Zhou didn't dare to be arrogant anymore. After all, they came in by evading tickets. Once the park staff found out that they didn't have tickets, they might be kicked out. Once this happened, it would be troublesome. Who knew they would be kicked out? Going out is not breaking the rules.

Especially when the security guard mentioned that it was raining outside. Raining meant that the clown was here. If he didn't go out, he would be chased by ghosts endlessly.

Even if they are unwilling to do so, the two of them can only leave.

After driving Yang Xiao and the others far away, the three security guards left. Yang Xiao inadvertently heard a smoking security guard complaining, saying that these tourists tonight were not normal. Why did they always come here to join in the fun? The leader The security guard reached out and patted the smoking security guard's big-brimmed hat and scolded him in a low voice, telling him to shut up and do his own thing.

These words aroused Yang Xiao's vigilance. The Crazy Circus is located in a remote location and there are no lights. It is unlikely that any tourists will go astray. Most of the people mentioned by the security guard who came here to join in the fun were the other contestants.

As for who it is, it's not clear. Even if they go back and ask now, the security guard won't tell them.

, on the contrary, it will lead to unfounded suspicion.

After walking far away and making sure that no one was following, Lu Chenzhou lowered his voice and said, "These people move so fast."

"It's very soon. They have already been to the Crazy Circus. I don't know if they have found any clues. We have to speed up."

"What should we do now?" Lu Chenzhou asked. They were late. Maybe it was the previous team that attracted the security guards.

Recalling the previous attitude of the security guard, Yang Xiao was sure that something had happened to this crazy circus project before. It was also because of that incident that the entire project was shut down. It has not been restored until now. Everything on the notice was a lie.

However, they were not without discovery. It was obvious from the looks on the faces of several security guards that they knew something had happened here. In other words, this matter was not airtight. In addition to a few security guards, a considerable number of staff in the park should also know about it. They can ask other people about this matter next.

As for the target, Yang Xiao found it quickly. There was a public restroom not far from here. There was a small room on the side of the restroom. Through the window, he could see a rest room inside. An old lady wearing reading glasses was sitting cross-legged. Sitting on a chair, knitting a sweater with his head down.

The old lady was wearing white clothes, the kind worn by cleaners in the park. Yang Xiao had seen her on the way here, and she still had a work badge hanging on her chest.

Because the location here was relatively remote and not many people came, Yang Xiao felt that the old man was a good target. After approaching the bathroom, he asked Lu Chenzhou to stand guard at the door. He walked forward and knocked on the glass. The old lady raised her head and saw it under the lens. A pair of slightly cloudy eyes looked at him,

When the door opened, the old lady handed Yang Xiao a few pieces of rough toilet paper torn off without saying a word, and planned to close the door.

"Wait a minute, old man." Yang Xiao blocked the door with his body, knowing that the other party must have misunderstood.

The old man turned around with a hunched body, raised his head, and looked at Yang Xiao strangely: "Are you... okay?"

"Old man, my child wants to go to the Crazy Circus. We have been here a few years ago, but we can't find it this time. Can you tell me where it is?"

Sure enough, when he heard the words "Crazy Circus", the old man's expression changed immediately, and he shook his head repeatedly, "Don't go there, it's... closed."

"We're not going to play, we just want to take some photos. My daughter likes clowns the most, just... the ones that often appear in foreign countries. She wants to take a photo with a clown statue or something." Yang Xiao deliberately used the circus , the core element of the clown was thrown out. Judging from the old man's performance, he guessed correctly. The old lady must know something.

The old man's face became nervous, and his tone couldn't help but speed up: "No, stop looking. There are no clowns or statues in Konglingshan Amusement Park. It's getting late. Take your daughter home quickly."

Yang Xiao looked surprised, "No, I remember our family came here a few years ago. The Crazy Circus is nearby. There were clowns in it, and they even interacted with my daughter."

While talking to Yang Xiao, he paid attention to the old lady's reaction. Suddenly, Yang Xiao pointed his finger in the direction they came from, showing a look of realization, "By the way, I remembered, it was in that direction. Thank you, I will take my depression away now." My wife has cancer and my daughter has leukemia.”

After a pause, Yang Xiao's eyes couldn't help but turn red, and his voice was hard to swallow, "To be honest, my daughter's condition is very dangerous. I want to take her to see her before she has surgery. Take a step back and say that there really needs to be something on the operating table. It’s an accident, so there’s no regrets. This is the only thing I can do as a father.”

Full of sincere feelings, smooth emotional expression, coupled with targeted words and relatively complete foreshadowing,

Yang Xiao easily defeated the old man's fragile psychological defense with his impeccable acting skills. The old lady tremblingly held Yang Xiao's hand and refused to let him go, "Child, listen to my advice, don't go, don't go!!"

"Why?" Yang Xiao insisted on leaving, "This is my daughter's wish!"

Seeing that she could not persuade Yang Xiao, the old lady took the risk of losing her job and finally revealed her true feelings, swallowing hard: "Don't go, good boy, there... is haunted there!"

"ghost?"

"Yes, they...they all said that in private." The old lady pulled Yang Xiao into the house.

And closed the door, seemingly worried that Yang Xiao would leave and lead his depressed wife and leukemia daughter into a path of no return, "Let me tell you the truth, the crazy circus you mentioned does exist, and it is also in the place you mentioned, But it was abandoned three years ago, and now no one dares to go in. Now there is a large wasteland nearby, and there are security guards around it. "

"Why?" Yang Xiao looked very curious.

The old lady sat down, took off her reading glasses, and sighed slowly, "There used to be an employee there. He was very young. He acted like a clown, gave out small gifts, and made tourists happy. But then... : Then he disappeared."

"Oh, in fact, he is either missing or dead. He committed suicide, but the body can never be found.

He got into the large cement tank where the construction truck was mixing cement at night. At that time, the circus project site was still being expanded. By the time someone discovered it, it was too late. He...his flesh and blood had been integrated with the crazy circus. "

At this point, the old lady's wrinkled eyes became moist. She stretched out her hand and wiped her tears, "Speaking of which, this child is really pitiful. He was born with some brain problems. His IQ is about the same as that of an 8 or 9-year-old child. Normally, He looks silly and doesn't speak much, but you can feel it when he speaks, but he is very serious about his work. He likes to be in contact with children and also likes this job that can bring happiness to others. "

"But this kid has a thick head and a single muscle. One night three years ago, he was handing out candies near the circus. It happened to be raining that day and there were not many tourists. He suddenly heard someone shouting for help. It was a girl, and she shouted very loudly. , he ran over and found a man holding the girl under him behind the mushroom hut. "

"Although his IQ is not high, he also knows that this is not a good thing, so he rushes up, pulls the man off, then chases him all the way, and finally blocks the man in a corner. He is so strong that three people can't hold him down. The man was no match for him. He was knocked down in just a few punches and was seriously injured. Several ribs were broken. "

"This is a act of righteousness, right? But who would have imagined it? A few days later, the girl suddenly changed her story and said that the man was her boyfriend. The two were joking at the time. Both parties had met their parents, and the scene was not what he said at all. That thing."

"Because it was raining that day, there were no other witnesses, and there was no surveillance. His IQ was not high enough. When he was anxious, he explained in a mess. As a result, the nature of the incident changed. The man he injured was seriously injured.

She even bit him back, saying that he was interested in his girlfriend and that he was injured because he was protecting his girlfriend.

Of course, the police didn't believe these bastard words, but since there was no evidence, the kid couldn't justify himself.

In the end, it was determined that bravery was not justified. Although he did not need to go to jail, he had to pay a large sum of money in compensation. "

"He couldn't figure it out, because he remembered that there were some tourists nearby, and he hoped that these people could stand up and say something fair, but the guy he injured was very powerful in the local area, and no one wanted to cause this trouble. On the contrary, Several tourists also came forward to accuse him of chasing and beating the man. The description of the process was much more serious than the real scene. They said that he was crazy and very scary at the time. They also suggested that the playground should expel the child because with him, everyone I don’t dare to take my children to play.”

"In short, things got worse and worse, and things became more and more unfavorable to the child. The playground was also under great pressure. In the end, the management came forward and asked him to write a guarantee letter promising not to go crazy again, so that he could continue to stay. He works in the circus."

"You have to lose money, and you have to face other people's eyes. How can this stupid kid figure it out? In the end, he committed suicide." The old lady sighed, "But it is also in line with the old saying, people do what they do. God is watching, it's not that the time has not come yet. Shortly after the child died, the amusement park received a report that a couple disappeared while playing at night. After checking the identity, it was... that they were the couple. Later, I heard that the girl’s family took money from others. The girl was not a good person, and she specialized in fishing for rich people. I heard that she even... signed up for some kind of training class.”

"This is just the beginning. Then several tourists disappeared one after another. They were all related to that incident. They were either perjury or... they were just muddying the waters. In short, they all hurt the child. Everyone said privately It's the kid who's back."

"Then the Crazy Circus closed down, and construction in the nearby area stopped. Not to mention at night, even in broad daylight, it felt eerie when looking at that area from a distance, as if... there was something there. Something seems to be there.”

Folding her hands on her knees, the old lady slowly exhaled, turned her head and looked out the window, and said in conclusion: "People still have to do good deeds. If you do something wrong, you will be uneasy for the rest of your life."

"The old man is right." Yang Xiao nodded, pretending to be taught, "Do you know that clown... what is that person's name?"

"I don't know. I only know that my surname is Chen. What a good boy..." The old lady suddenly paused as she thought of something. "By the way, after his death, he was the only one left in his family." My father often comes to the playground,

I just wanted to avenge his son, look for witnesses of the self-inflicted crime, and hope to clear up the case for his son. In the afternoon...: I also saw Lao Chen in the afternoon. "

"Where is his father?" Yang Xiao asked, Gui's relatives, this is an important clue.

Hearing this, the old lady was confused for a moment and shook her head: "I really don't know where he is now. He pushed a cart and set up stalls in the amusement park. Originally, this was not allowed, but the employees of the amusement park all knew about his son. thing,

They all sympathized with him, so no one cared about him, and they secretly took care of his business, helping if they could. An old father was lonely and in poor health. It was really... really pitiful. He always believed that his son was Unjustly accused. "

Hearing this, a picture suddenly flashed in Yang Xiao's mind. A plainly dressed old man was guarding a small cart. There were photos of tourists on the cart, as well as cold drinks and snacks. They had encountered it last time. , is in B

District, and at that time, the management staff of the amusement park came to take care of his voice and help pick up trash. It turned out...:.This old man was the clown's father!

"Young man, please call your wife and daughter in. The night wind is blowing outside and it's cold. Don't move and it will freeze the child..." The old lady was a warm-hearted person and walked towards the door as she said this. Open the door and help Yang Xiao find his wife and children.

Yang Xiao immediately made an excuse and ran away. He had no wife or children, but Lu Chenzhou, who was as strong as a cow.

Seeing Yang Xiao coming out, Lu Chenzhou, who had been waiting impatiently, just wanted to step forward, but was persuaded by Yang Xiao's gesture to retreat. The two of them walked away separately until Yang Xiaoyue was out of sight of the old lady. Then they reunited and shared the information they had heard. explain,

Lu Chenzhou was also shocked. He didn't expect that the old man pushing the cart had a great background and turned out to be the clown's father.

The two immediately set out to look for the old man who was setting up the stall. This was an important clue. Based on past experience, the breakthrough point of this mission must be in this old man.

If it really came to the last moment, they could try to hold the old man hostage to make the clown ghost afraid to act rashly.

This didn't sound very reliable, but Lu Chenzhou's words made sense. He thought that at least the clown ghost would not kill people in front of his father.

He was a good boy, when he was alive, and when he was dead.

The trace of the old man pushing the cart was not easy to find. Not long after, when the two were looking along the road, suddenly, a drop of cold rain fell and dripped onto the back of Yang Xiao's neck.

The rain was very cold and piercing.

"Here it comes again..." Yang Xiao lifted his clothes and slowly pulled out the human bone stick. As the rain curtain fell, about 20 meters in front of the two, under a glowing GG sign, a vague figure stood quietly in the rain curtain.

It was the clown, still wearing the ugly red and yellow clown costume, with a big red nose, a triangular Christmas hat, and an exaggerated oil-painted makeup on his face. At this moment, he tilted his head and stared at Yang Xiao and the others with a gloomy face.

After just one encounter, Yang Xiao took a deep breath. After not seeing the clown for a short period of time, the clown gave him a completely different feeling.

And... he stared at the clown, always feeling that something was wrong, as if he had overlooked something crucial.

But what it was, he didn't know, and there was no time to think about it, because the clown had already raised his pointed boots and walked towards them.

Like last time, the rain here couldn't wet the tourists. These tourists walked safely in the rain. Everyone seemed to be unable to see the clown, nor the two of them. This feeling of being ignored was very strange, and like a projection, the clown's body passed through the crowd without hindrance, with a rash of negative emotions, pressing towards them.

"Get ready, I'll do it when I say so!" Yang Xiao tightened his human bone stick and quietly took out his soul-catching mirror. There was water on the ground. If something unexpected happened, he could use teleportation to escape. He had to prioritize his own survival.

"Understood." Lu Chenzhou took out the clay figure and prepared for battle.

As the clown pressed on step by step, the two slowly retreated, but the clown was obviously faster. When there were only 7 or 8 meters between them, Yang Xiao could already see the clown's cold and empty gray eyes, "Do it!"

Yang Xiao whipped the clown's head with a stick, using 50% of his strength, and Lu Chenzhou also cooperated with Yang Xiao, gently pinching the clay figure's right foot with two fingers, leaving a shallow mark on the clay figure's right ankle.

But what Yang Xiao didn't expect was that his tentative stick actually knocked the clown down directly, and that was not all.

After being knocked down, the clown flew back two meters, wiping the water, with his four feet facing the sky, and his movements were funny with a kind of ancient Western tragedy tone, like some kind of theatrical exaggeration.

This sudden scene shocked Yang Xiao. How come this clown has become weaker after not seeing him for a while? If he is at this level, Yang Xiao can beat 10 of them at once.

A few seconds later, a scene that puzzled Yang Xiao even more happened. The knocked-down clown just lay in the puddle, like a rogue, with his limbs spread out, motionless. If you don't know, you would think it is dead.

But the ghost will not be killed, and the clown is not seriously injured. The reason is simple: the rain has not stopped yet.

Slowly retreating, Yang Xiao did not forget to remind, "Brother Lu, be careful, I'm afraid there is a trick, let's first...

Yang Xiao suddenly stopped talking here, he suddenly realized one thing, since just now, he has not heard Lu Chenzhou's voice.

Turning around suddenly, he saw a horrifying scene, there was no one behind him, Lu Chenzhou disappeared,

Only a square piece of red cloth was left on the ground, and a clay man was scattered on the edge of the red cloth.

As if he suddenly thought of something, Yang Xiao raised his head little by little, and first saw a pair of feet hanging in the air and twitching, and then Lu Chenzhou, whose neck was strangled by countless thin lines and blood was coming out of his mouth and nose. Above his head was a bunch of colorful balloons, hanging him up to the sky.