"You mean, here, in the city I live in, there's a monster in the real world?" Even though Zhang Heng was calm and had been exposed to supernatural phenomena for the past few months, he still found it hard to believe.
"Well … the details aren't accurate, but that's the general idea." The old man took out another packet of Wangzai Jelly Bean from his pocket. His mouth could not stop moving. "But don't worry. After losing the worship of the Alkiz people, it has become weaker than ever. When I was at my peak, I could deal with this kind of trash with a snap of my fingers."
"What about now?"
"Now … Didn't I just find a helper?"
"… That sounds reassuring." Zhang Heng followed the old man's instructions and drove the Audi A6 to another street.
"Relax. Although my strength has weakened a lot, there are two of us, and it's only one. We have the absolute advantage in numbers," the old man encouraged Zhang Heng. At the same time, he quickly finished the jelly bean in his hand. At the rate he was eating, Zhang Heng wondered if he would develop diabetes.
"I still don't understand. Why would a monster from Papua New Guinea come all the way here?"
"Its original believers, the Alkiz people, are all dead. In today's more popular economic terms, although it escaped from the prison of time, the market in Papua New Guinea has been divided up. It can't survive there anymore. To recover its strength, it has to find new believers. So it had to leave its homeland and come here with a Chinese couple."
"I met it at Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport. This idiot has been locked up for too long and is out of touch with society. It probably thought there were too many people there and wanted to try its luck, but 99% of people who go to the airport don't stay there. Its tricks might work on the natives from 20,000 years ago, but it's outdated now. After staying there for half a month, it tricked two old women who worked as cleaners. One of them sacrificed the rest of her life to it, and the other was hesitating. Then, when it saw me, it started to run away."
The old man shifted his butt and changed into a more comfortable sitting position. "Since the last time we met, I've been dealing with this matter. I've been chasing it for almost two months. With your help tonight, we should be able to solve this problem. Otherwise, it will come to you sooner or later."
"Why?"
"Because the [Time Anomaly] on you has a fatal attraction to it, and because you're my agent. After two months of friendly interaction, I'm sure that thing wants to take revenge on me," the old man continued, "Please turn left at the intersection ahead and take the side road. Don't go on the overpass."
Zhang Heng was silent. He quickly digested the old man's words. After a while, he said, "Did this world become crazy after you found me, or was it always this crazy?"
The latter revealed a meaningful smile. "You're a smart person. You immediately realized the problem. As long as you continue playing that game, you'll soon find the answer. Some things are hard to believe unless you see it with your own eyes … Stop the car in front, I can feel it nearby. "
Zhang Heng stepped on the brakes, and the Audi A6 slowly came to a stop in a small tunnel.
The tunnel was 2.8 kilometers long, located in the middle of the city. Considering that it was fully enclosed, it did not cause noise pollution to the surrounding area. At this time, there weren't many cars in the tunnel. Zhang Heng did not see anything suspicious for the time being. Just as he was about to ask, he saw the old man put a finger to his lips.
Zhang Heng turned off the engine, and the world became completely quiet. About half a minute later, a series of footsteps came from the top of the tunnel. It approached from afar, but stopped abruptly when it was about to reach.
Just like that, five minutes passed. The two people in the car were very calm and did not say a word. Just when Zhang Heng thought that the thing had disappeared, a heavy object suddenly hit the roof of the car. Two footprints appeared on the steel plate above Zhang Heng's head.
The next moment, a strange face peeked out from the windshield.
It was something that looked like a monkey, but its eyes were extremely large, occupying about one-third of its entire face. Unlike a monkey, there was no hair on its face, only wrinkles like an old man's.
Zhang Heng saw greed in its yellow pupils, but when it saw the other person in the backseat, its expression changed. It turned around and ran into the depths of the tunnel.
"Follow it!" The old man in the Tang suit finally said.
Before he could ask for more details, Zhang Heng turned on the engine again and stepped on the accelerator. The steel beast let out a roar and sped forward.
Zhang Heng turned on the high beam, and under the car's headlights, the monster named Moresby leaped and ran along the walls of the tunnel. It was moving very fast, as if it had completely ignored gravity.
If Zhang Heng did not see it with his own eyes, he would not believe that such a creature existed in this world. He finally understood why the old man in the Tang suit had been chasing this thing for almost two months without any results.
With Zhang Heng's Level 2 driving skills, he could barely keep up with the monster, and that was because he was taking advantage of the tunnel's headlights. Once they left this enclosed space with only two directions, with the monster's agility, Zhang Heng would not be able to keep up with it even if his driving skills were ten times better.
Fortunately, the old man in the Tang suit who was sitting in the back finally moved. He opened the broken travel bag that he had been holding in his arms and took out a few pieces of rusty ironware. He put them together in a certain order and finally formed a rusty spear.
From its appearance, it did not look like a weapon. Instead, it looked more like an artifact that had just been unearthed.
"I borrowed this thing from a friend. I'm using it temporarily," the old man in the Tang suit explained. He held the spear, opened the sunroof, and stood up from his seat.
He was not tall, but at that moment, he gave off the illusion that he was incomparably imposing, as if he had merged with the heavens and the earth.
Zhang Heng tried his best to steer the Audi A6 steadily and reduce the shaking. However, the old man in the Tang suit did not aim at all. All he did was throw the spear casually.
As soon as the spear left his hand, it exploded with a bright light that pierced through the sky! It was like a ball of lightning.
The monster named Moresby seemed to have sensed the danger, and once again increased its speed. At the same time, it began to jump madly in the tunnel. But no matter how it tried to dodge, the spear seemed to be equipped with a guidance system, firmly locked on to its body.
In the end, it could only increase its speed to the limit. Just as it was about to escape from the tunnel, the spear pierced through its back, piercing its chest.
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