A low, ear-piercing screech reverberated in one's mind, almost driving one insane.
"Mr. Francis, can you still hold on?"
With a shotgun in one hand and a cigarette in the other, Valentine strode forward. Behind him, Francis was panting heavily. He was in a sorry state.
"I-I'm dying, Mr. Valentine."
"Hold on, don't let those monsters find you!"
As he roared, Valentine scanned his surroundings.
The situation was terrible!
To be honest, Valentine did not expect the situation to turn out like this. Previously, they had sent a telegram through the post office in the city, but they had not received a response from Fangzheng. They also knew that Fangzheng had something to do and would not be back for a while. So, Valentine wanted to solve the problem himself.
As far as he was concerned, no matter what, the current situation wasn't completely out of control. The meteorite that fell from the sky not only attracted the attention of the media, but also scholars and the government. Moreover, the current situation was already very bad. Plants and animals were mutating, and scholars had warned that the water was polluted. No matter what, as long as the media reported these things, the government would definitely send a professional team to solve the problem. At least, that was what Valentine thought.
However, after that, things took a turn for the worse.
The next day, they found the body of the reporter who had come to report the incident on the side of the road. He had driven his car at a crazy speed and rushed off the cliff, then died a violent death.
Then, the members of the investigation team from the university who were in charge of the tests and investigations also disappeared one after another. There was no sign of them in the entire campsite.
Not only that, when they wanted to leave, they found that the car was damaged, and the radio that connected to the outside world was also not working. They could only hear screams that sounded like wailing. He wanted to ride the horses away, but he found that the horses' temperaments had changed. They were like wild beasts that had gone mad.
In the end, Detective Valentine couldn't take it anymore and went to find the village chief, but the village chief refused to come out and didn't want to talk to them at all. Valentine had no choice but to break into the village, but what he and Francis saw was the village chief's corpse.
No, not just corpses.
"Gaaaahhh —!"
Just as the two of them continued to venture deeper into the forest, a monster suddenly pounced out from the bushes in front of them. Strictly speaking, it was the strange appearance of two deer fusing together. Their bodies seemed to have lost their boundaries and fused together from the middle. Their originally beautiful fur had long since become shriveled like fish scales. Their bodies were faintly emitting a purple glow.
"Wahhh!!"
Upon seeing this monster, Francis was shocked. He instinctively clenched the crowbar in his hand and smashed it at the monster in front of him. Along with the splashing of blood, the monster fell to the ground.
"Huff … Huff …"
Holding the crowbar in his hand tightly, Francis didn't even care about the blood that splashed on him. He stared at the body in front of him. In his eyes, Francis could see a translucent, colorful purple light expanding. At the same time, the crowbar in his hand was getting hotter and hotter.
Over there.
Francis knew what his enemy was. It was a monster that could not be seen or touched. Detective Valentine's marksmanship was outstanding, but he could not do any damage to this monster. However, his crowbar was different ….
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Feeling the heat of the crowbar in his hand, Francis raised the crowbar with a roar and smashed it forward. Accompanied by an almost imperceptible tremor, Francis could see the strange color expand like a balloon, explode, and then disappear into the air.
Dead, is it dead?
Holding the crowbar in a daze, Francis could not help but look around. But at that moment, Valentine had already stepped forward and grabbed him.
"What are you waiting for? Let's go! If we're late, we won't be able to leave!"
"Ah, yes ….!"
Mr. Van Helsing, help!
While Francis was asking Fangzheng for help, Fangzheng could not help but sigh.
"Sigh, I really have a busy life. I just came back from Antarctica, and now I have to run …. "
While driving on a country road, Fangzheng complained to Nimf and Ryoko Asakura.
"Because only you can deal with these things, Master."
Ryoko Asakura was used to Fangzheng's complaints, so she answered with a smile.
"Besides, this also shows that you're kind-hearted, Master."
"You sure know how to talk."
Fangzheng shrugged. Ryoko Asakura could be said to be a perfect beauty — well, except for the fact that she would cut people into pieces with a smile.
By the way, before coming here, Fangzheng had sensed their location and confirmed that they were in a very remote village in New Orleans. They had not moved during this period of time. He did not know if they were dead or had found a place to hide …. Either way, they were definitely not in a good place.
"Creak!"
Suddenly, Fangzheng slammed on the brakes and stopped the car on the side of the road. He opened the door, got out, and looked in front of him.
The road in front of him had been blocked by weeds and vines that had grown wildly. The car could not move forward at all. The only way to move forward was to walk. But … the problem was on a more superficial level.
And that was the color.
Everything in front of him, whether it was the trees, the grass, the vines, or anything else, had a shimmering purple color. It was as if the scenery in front of him had been photographed and then smeared with purple ink.
"Roar …."
The husky lowered his body and stared fiercely at the purple color in front of him. He opened his mouth and let out a greedy roar.
"Okay, you can't eat this. You'll have a stomachache."
"This is a two-way erosion of information. Master, what should we do?"
"Nothing."
Faced with Nimf's curious question, Fangzheng shrugged and took a step forward.
"We just need to burn them all."
"Whoosh —!!"
As soon as Fangzheng stepped into the forest, everything around him burned, whether it was the trees, the flowers, or even the birds and animals on the branches. Soon, the hot flames swallowed the original purple color and dyed the whole world bright red.
As for Fangzheng, he followed the small path and walked forward.
The flames spread all the way in front of him like an unstoppable burning legion. The purple light was completely engulfed and burned before it could escape. Even the air couldn't escape the attack of the first flame.
However, the flames did not burn for long. On the contrary, the flames only swept past those things. Wherever the first flame passed, the originally burning trees, flowers, and animals turned gray, then turned into piles of dust that scattered with the wind.
If one looked from the sky, one could clearly see that a large area of purple was erased by the bright red flames and turned into a gray color. Fangzheng kept moving forward, forward, and forward. He left the forest and came to the town.
The situation in the town in front of him was not much better than other places.
The whole town was dark. Heavy rain poured down, and the swaying lights flickered with a strange purple color. However, even the dark night could not stop the invasion of the flames. The bright red first flame ignited the dark night sky and quickly began to burn. At the place where the night had been burned, the azure sky and sunlight once again appeared.
A sharp sound like tinnitus quietly rang out. Fangzheng raised his head and looked forward. In the well at the end of the road, several huge, thick tentacles that seemed to be condensed from colors stretched out. Obviously, these aliens had also sensed that their crisis was coming. They wanted to leave, but unfortunately … they had merged with the land and could not leave at all.
"Go."
Fangzheng snapped his fingers. Soon, a spark streaked across the air and fell into the mouth of the well in the distance. Then, the purple tentacles quickly retracted.
"— — — — — —!"
A dazzling pillar of fire rose into the sky, illuminating the whole world in bright red.
When Fangzheng found Francis and Valentine, the two were hiding in a cellar, shivering. They seemed to have not had a drop of water for many days, and they were not far from death. The moment they saw the water and food in Fangzheng's hand, the two pounced on them like wild beasts and wolfed them down … Well, it seemed that they really almost died.
"You guys are really weak."
Looking at the dirty, sallow, and emaciated two people, Fangzheng could not help but sneer.
"Didn't I tell you long ago to only investigate and not cause trouble?"
"I'm very sorry, Mr. Fangzheng …."
After eating a piece of bread, Francis finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"We, we …."
"It's not his problem. It's my fault," Valentine, who had just regained his breath, said in a low voice.
Valentine, who had just regained his breath, whispered with an ashen face. He then lowered his head and confessed to Fangzheng about his "stupid actions".
At first, it was just as Valentine reported to Fangzheng in the telegram, but later, because Fangzheng did not respond at that time, and the meteorite incident attracted the attention of the media, scholars, and the government, Valentine wanted to try to solve the problem by himself without Fangzheng's help. He believed that as long as he cooperated with the government and had scholars to investigate, he should be able to figure out everything.
But this was the result.
They were chased by monsters and had no way out. All they could do was hide in the cellar left behind by the hunters and tremble. If Fangzheng had not come, they would probably have collapsed in a few more days.
"Haha."
After listening to the two's story, Fangzheng chuckled.
"So, now you've learned your lesson? Do you still want to continue? This time, you should understand that this is no longer a game, right? "
Fangzheng crossed his arms and looked at Francis and Valentine with a smile on his face. Fangzheng was not surprised that the two would do this. When Francis encountered the Deep One before, and when Valentine encountered Cthulhu, it was basically Fangzheng who rushed forward and killed the Deep One. Their lives were not in danger, so it was inevitable that they would have other thoughts.
But this time … they should finally understand that this was no ordinary game.
Indeed, for Fangzheng, even the Colors of Stars was nothing more than a spark that he could destroy. But for Valentine and Francis, the Colors of Stars was a monster that could take their lives.
All he needed to do was to report the situation and leave, but in the end, he wanted to solve the problem himself …. Well, that was understandable, but Sheyan didn't know what to do.
"So, what do you think now?"
"…."
Upon hearing Fangzheng's question, the two of them looked up and surveyed their surroundings. Just a moment ago, the place was still shimmering with purple light. It was a boundless forest under the dark night sky, but now, everywhere they looked was grayish-white.
At that moment, they finally understood what kind of monster they had to deal with.
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