Chapter 811 Predation

The night is getting darker.

According to Selina, the first group of explorers who entered Sandbox No. 1 to check the situation were attacked after dark.

Gawain stood in front of the house, looking up at the clear and translucent night sky in the desert area. On the surface, he was calm and calm, but he was secretly mobilizing his perception of the surroundings and mobilizing various arrangements.

Until now, no strange phenomenon has occurred, and no one has been mentally contaminated. Duarte and Naritir are resting in a house not far behind, and Selena III People remained alert and took turns guarding the house.

It seemed like it would be a peaceful night.

The desert was quite cold after nightfall, but this temperature did not affect Gawain. He took a deep breath and let the cold air cool his mind. At the same time, he could not help but feel sorry for him. The Eversleepers were amazed at the technology used to create this world -

Such a real wind, such a real chill, the vast earth, the twinkling stars, everything is just like the real thing. How long did it take them to create this world? To create a world that looks so fake and real, how long did it take for the sentient beings living in this world to realize the existence of the boundaries of the box?

Feeling something in his heart, Gawain gathered up his divergent thoughts and turned to look in the direction of the door - Naratir, whose long white hair almost reached her ankles, quietly opened the door and walked out. , she stepped barefoot on the ground, making almost no sound when walking, but she didn't know how to hide her breath.

"Are you awake?" Gawain looked at this weird girl and asked casually.

Naratir quickly raised his head and glanced at Gawain, nodded slightly, then came to a place not far from the door, and sat down on the floor, holding his knees with his hands, lost in thought. Look up at the sky.

Although he always thought that the other party had something weird, and suspected that the other party was a minion of the upper-level narrator or a dangerous mind wandering in the No. 1 sandbox, Gawain couldn't help but asked curiously: "Are you there?" What are you doing?”

“Look at the stars.” The white-haired girl sitting on the ground said softly.

"...It's obvious," Gawain was speechless for a moment and said with a hint of embarrassment, "You don't sleep at night just to run out and look at the stars?"

Naratir was silent for a while, then hesitantly spoke again: "Look at... the stars."

Gawain: "..."

He doubted the existence of himself and the other party. There was some kind of communication barrier, but after hesitating for a moment, he still stood next to Naratir and asked seemingly casually: "How did you and Duarte meet? Are you and him just traveling companions?"

"...It's a traveling companion," Naratir's answer was still very slow and short, making it difficult to understand, but at least it was answering Gawain's question, "I don't remember."

"Many...many years. "Naratir said.

"Do you also believe in the upper storyteller? "

"...I don't know," Naratir shook her head, "I don't remember. "

"Have you been wandering here all these years? Did Duarte tell you what the purpose of the wandering was? Is there anything you want to do? "

Naratir was silent for a while, then shook her head: "Look at the stars. "

While Gawain was guessing what the other party's erroneous answer meant, he heard Naratir add another sentence: "You disturbed me from watching the stars. "

Gawain: "..."

The communication seemed to be unable to continue. Gawain could only sigh with regret and judged that there must be something wrong with Naratir's mind. , his memory and thinking abilities were significantly lower than that of ordinary people.

At this moment, a fire suddenly appeared in his sight.

The tower with many pillars and stone statues in the distance. In front of the guarded temple that had been abandoned for an unknown number of years, a grand bonfire suddenly appeared. Burning flames rose from the temple square, and the building that was immersed in the dark night just a moment ago suddenly appeared. It was illuminated by this bright flame, and then more and more firelights or lights appeared on the tops of the stone pillars around the temple, on the streets far and near, and in every house!

Gawain stared at the lights that were spreading rapidly in the city, and then suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of Naratir. ——

Naratir, who was sitting there looking up at the stars in ecstasy a second ago, has disappeared without knowing it.

Gawain even failed to lock onto her aura. Changes, unable to detect when and how she left (or disappeared)

But he was already mentally prepared to face the strange situation. At this moment, he saw that there was no surprise. The door behind him was suddenly pushed open, and the red-haired Archbishop Magnan rushed out from inside: "The old man named Duarte is missing! "

"I know," Gawain responded calmly, "It's not just him - Naritiel is also missing. "

Magnum stared and noticed the lights that were lighting up all over the city, and suddenly shouted in a loud voice: "All the ancestors of my family! ! What is going on? ”

Yuri and Selina also walked out of the house. They had already heard the conversation between Magnum and Gawain outside the house. The lights that spread rapidly in the city reflected the two of them. Selina only glanced at her face and then turned to look at Gawain: "Is this what you are waiting for? "

"It seems that its patience is worse than I thought," Gawain nodded, "Be prepared, the upper-level narrator is coming——"

Almost in As Gawain finished speaking, on the street in the distance,In the shadows between the houses, between the lines of light and shadow created by the swaying lights everywhere, countless creepy shadows suddenly emerged from the air!

Those large and small shadows were crawling on the ground and moving quickly along the ground. At first, they just looked like undulating mist at the edge of the lights. It wasn't until some shadows got closer that Gawain could see clearly. What is it - those are spiders, countless spiders crawling on the surface in the form of shadows!

Countless shadows move under the light, lengthening or shortening from time to time as the angle of the light changes, as if there are invisible "real" spiders crawling against the ground. It was completely transparent, but it left strange shadows on the ground. The moment he saw those shadow spiders, Gawain suddenly thought of what Duart said to him:

" There are a lot of spiders here at night, but don't worry, they are all gentle and harmless, and they will actively avoid people..."

These things don't look harmless at all now.

Yuri opened his hands in an instant, and countless golden runes were flying around to protect everyone. Soft and warm lights also enveloped the entire audience. Selina Gale was holding a lantern. Taking a step forward, under the light of the lantern, all the shadows crawling on the ground quickly faded. Then, Magnum opened his hands, and his thunderous voice suddenly burst out:

"Psychic Storm ! ”

The powerful magic power gathered and formed instantly, turning into a dim halo that spread in all directions. Wherever the halo passed, all the spider shadows paused briefly, and there was a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere. It fills the entire neighborhood——

The extremely effective calming halo, a high-level spiritual spell, can calm all mental units including the enemy and ourselves.

But it could not satisfy Yuri, who was in a state of great consternation. The gentle archbishop with a monocle almost exclaimed: "Where is your psychic storm?!"< /p>

"Damn it! I forgot that I had changed it to a calming aura!" Magnum shouted.

This is probably the first time in his life that the gentle Archbishop Yuri shouted out of control: "You barbarian! Do you usually rely on your subconscious to cast spells!!"

"I I used to be a God of War priest, so I’m used to relying on my subconscious to cast spells. What can I do?”

“Don’t use this as an excuse—it’s not like I don’t know a normal God of War priest!”

The quarrel between the two archbishops coming from behind made Gawain a little stunned for a moment. He never expected that such talents would exist in the dark sect. These two people reminded him of Philip and Bai. Lun, he even thought that if Yuri and Magnum arrived in Cecil, they might become national first-class crosstalk actors within a year...

But a warm and clear light interrupted In all the chaos, the lantern in Selena's hand bloomed with intense brilliance, and her voice sounded as if with some power that could penetrate the endless curtain: "Quiet! Yuri, Magnum, you are affected!

"The night here is amplifying your character flaws and negative thoughts, and confusing your judgment!"

Yuri and Magnum, who were about to get more into a quarrel, were Under the influence of Selena's lantern, she was awakened by her words again. She suddenly opened her eyes wide, and was instantly aware of this subtle pollution and erosion.

The next second, extremely powerful spiritual energy exploded with Magnum as the center, setting off a real "storm" in the entire building and a large area around it.

At the same time, more shadows are still gathering in all directions, and more lights are lighting up the streets and alleys of Nim Sandro, and light and shadow seem to form an intertwined grid. , centered on the temple area, spread throughout the city, and even strangely spread outside the city, spreading to the entire desert...

Overlooking all this from the air, Nim Sandro and its surroundings are quite large. An area is shrouded in this web of light and shadow, like a spider web, and the small spiritual storm set off by Magnum is located in the center of this huge spider web, like a struggling flying insect, like a prisoner in the spider web...

In the darkness not knowing how far away from Nim Sandro, on a strange mountain peak standing abruptly in the desert, as if it were an inverted arthropod, a worn-out paper lantern suddenly cut through the darkness, a dim The figures of Duarte and Naratir were reflected in the light.

The former was holding a lantern and looking quietly in the direction of Nim Sandro. The city was completely covered by a huge spider web, and there was a huge spider shadow on the edge of the web. Patrolling slowly, the latter sat on the ground, holding his knees with his hands, and continued to look up at the sky in ecstasy, staring at the sky full of stars simulated by the sandbox.

"The last hunt has begun, Naratir," Duarte said in a low and soft voice, "Why don't you come and take a look?"

Naratir doesn't want to Sitting there moved, he said with a stubbornness as if he was angry: "I want to see the stars."

Duart frowned: "It's all fake, what's so good about it."

"But to me...it's true..."

Duart frowned and glanced at Naratir, then slowly shook his head: "It doesn't matter-" After hunting, the real starry sky is waiting for us."

Naratir was silent for a long time under the night sky, and then suddenly whispered softly: "The cake is delicious, and the wine. It doesn’t taste good.”

Duart didn’t hear clearly for a moment: “What did you say?”

Naratir didn’t speak again.

Duart looked down at Naritir for a long time, and finally shook his head helplessly: "...It doesn't matter."

Then he withdrew his gaze and looked at Nim... In the direction of Sandra, he looked at the final predatory place after the end of the world.

The net weaved by the upper-level narrator will eventually catch the glimmer of reality...

The shock wave of the spiritual storm is inThe streets were raging, tearing apart the world supported by dreams. The shadows of countless spiders were wiped out in the energy surge. Even the nearby houses and stone floors were turned into fragments and dissipated after several storms.

However, the shadows are endless. The lights everywhere in Nim Sandra City illuminate a large area of ​​the night sky. In the dim starry night sky, there are larger and more abstract shadows gathering together. It was approaching the temple area like some giant predator.

"These things are weird - they can't be killed at all!" Magnum shouted loudly in the center of the storm, "They must have a source, hidden somewhere we can't see!"

Yuri maintained the protection of the golden runes and also raised his voice: "We should find a way to leave this city. I'm afraid this whole city is a trap!"

While working hard While dealing with those spider shadows and the ubiquitous mental pollution, Yuri and Magnum also turned their heads and looked in the direction of Gawain——

The upper-level narrator has already begun to take action Now, the extraterrestrial wanderer...should we do something? !

"Is it time for you to take action?!" Magnum couldn't help but yelled, "We can't hold on for too long-"

Gawain stood just a few steps away. Magnum and Yuri were not far away, standing next to Selina Gerfen. From beginning to end, he did not make any move, just quietly watching the shadows coming, watching Magnum and others He launched a counterattack and quietly observed the chaos as if it had nothing to do with him.

His quietness made Selina concerned, and also made Yuri and Magnum increasingly nervous.

What are the extraterrestrial wanderers waiting for? Why hasn't He acted yet?

When such doubts became more and more inflated, almost shaking Magnum's confidence, Gawain finally exhaled softly.

"That's it..."

(Oh my god!!!!)