The closer they got to the Soul Harvesting Circle, the scarier the environment around the six became.
This was no longer some indirect way of embellishing the atmosphere, but a direct sensory stimulation. Corpses of all shapes and sizes appeared repeatedly around the Players amidst the swaying shadows of the trees. Most of them were standing with clavicles or incomplete limbs. Their deaths were all different, but all of them could not escape the word 'tragic'.
This place was like some kind of 'exhibition of the tragic dead'. There were dead bodies hanging from trees, half of their faces dissolved, burnt to a crisp, and some with their skulls exposed. Basically, there were all kinds of deaths that one could imagine. Combined with the strong and realistic smell of decay, this could be said to be the most horrifying and disgusting scene that Feng Bujue had experienced since he started playing Thriller Paradise.
Looking at the decayed dead bodies, smelling the stench, and hearing the faint whispers of ghosts … other than Feng Bujue, who did not know fear, who was relatively calm, the other five more or less had some changes in their Terror Points.
"Even though we know that they are all illusions, this kind of scene can still pose a hidden threat," Ye Zhi said. "If a monster with a physical body gets close, we …"
"We won't be able to tell?" Feng Bujue added with a smile. "Don't worry, I believe the two of you who specialize in sleuthing will be able to tell the difference between a monster and an illusion." He turned to Galileo, who was leading the way, with a wicked smile. "Right?"
"Er … yes." Galileo had been grumbling internally. Why did it feel like this player by the name of 'Feng Bujue' was trying to set them up?
The more Ye Zhi looked at Feng Bujue and the two GMs, the weirder she became. She whispered to Meng Jingchan, who walked at the back, "Captain … don't you think these three are … acting a bit strange?"
Meng Jingchan took a swig of beer and replied with a burp.
Ye Zhi glared at him and shook her head. She sighed and thought, I need to apply for a transfer to the higher-ups …
In fact, although Meng Jingchan looked like a playboy, his mind was very clear. However, he couldn't tell what was wrong with the three non-guild players. If he had to say that something was wrong, it would be Feng Bujue's reasoning ability and the other two's "investigative ability" that were unexpectedly strong. It even made people feel like they were cheating. However, there was no evidence to support this speculation, so Meng Jingchan did not intend to express any opinions for the time being.
"Something's coming," Copernicus suddenly said in a low voice. He looked ahead and saw a long blade in his hand. Even though the lighting equipment could not illuminate a very far area, he was very clear that two mini-BOSS-level monsters had respawned and were approaching at high speed.
Galileo also took out his weapon almost at the same time, ready to kill. Seeing this scene, Feng Bujue naturally followed suit. He pulled out his steel saber and prepared to meet the enemy.
Before the Spirit Gathering Circle outside the mountain, Feng Bujue had used Death Poker because, according to the plot introduction, the enemies in this scenario were mostly ghosts, and cold weapons would not be effective against them. However, at this moment, from the way these illusions were created and the monster that appeared earlier, he felt like these circles were more similar to western 'magic', and normal weapons would be enough to deal with them.
This was the perfect time to explain Feng Bujue's personal concept of ghosts, mainly the division of race and the difference between the strong and the weak …
As a man who had watched many movies, please note that the 'movies' here were specifically referring to horror movies. He believed that eastern ghosts were more dangerous and scary than western ghosts.
According to the settings of ordinary horror movies, for ordinary people, Eastern ghosts were obviously more difficult to deal with. People without spiritual energy, even if they were strangled to death by the ghosts, they wouldn't be able to touch the ghosts at all. Moreover, the ghosts in horror movies often used some tools to kill people, such as rapidly falling elevators, falling steel bars, bathtubs that could suck people in, and so on … These ghosts were simply omnipotent. Teleportation, possession, controlling people, creating illusions, telekinesis … The protagonists of horror movies often only had the fate of being played to death.
Sadako, Kayako, Chu Renmei … even the ghost couple who returned at night could bring a strong sense of fear and despair.
On the other hand, the horror of Western ghosts was more inclined towards physical damage. Needless to say, vampires and werewolves were commonly seen on the streets. Their various characteristics were well known to both women and children. In the 21st century, they had been closely associated with terms such as tall, handsome, and rich, fair, rich, and beautiful, lolicon, love triangles, and so on. In order to satisfy the beautiful interracial love fantasies of many young men and women, they had successfully transformed into two groups that had been ridiculed for a long time.
Let's skip these two monsters and talk about ghosts, ogres, mummies, and demons, which were also more common settings. Speaking of western ghosts, the first thing that popped up in Feng Bujue's mind was Casper from Ghost Horse and the line that had been repeated countless times, "I want to be friends with you." It was really difficult to associate this guy with danger and horror. Of course, there were also powerful ghosts like Freddy on Elm Street, but after watching the third movie in the series, the audience would understand that there was a way to defeat Freddy in both the real world and the outside world, and it wasn't difficult at all. This was also why the victims in the series were all underage brats, and only the protagonists had a normal IQ and a certain level of fighting ability. If the movie had found a tough guy to star in, Freddy, a pedophile, would probably have been treated like a prisoner who had picked up soap …
Ogres reminded Feng Bujue of a soldier class in Heroes of Might and Magic, an elegant and ruthless killer with a high IQ, and a group of ugly monsters that appeared together with many lame human flesh props in B-rated movies.
Mummies could be dried corpses displayed in museums with trembling bandages all over, or could be bald handsome guys who used sand magic …
Demons seemed to be a relatively strong race. In terms of settings, they were also the closest to eastern ghosts, because they could use non-physical forces to cause harm to people, but their methods and motives for killing people were very different from those of vengeful spirits. Demons with a little bit of status would either transform into middle-aged or old handsome guys, or into beautiful women, messing up people's lives, making "deals" and the like, and finally forcing people to die. And when those low-level demons killed people, they were no different from serial killers, except that they were not afraid of legal sanctions.
In short, Feng Bujue was quite prejudiced against western ghosts. Even before he lost his sense of fear, he felt that there were only two situations when encountering western ghosts. One, he couldn't beat them and would be killed; two, he could kill them with a chainsaw. He had never thought that he would be scared into a corner or even die by the Western ghosts.
"I'll deal with the one on the left," Copernicus said, and had already turned into a shadow and rushed forward.
Galileo didn't say anything. He took a step forward, and had already rushed five or six meters away. He took a few light steps on a few tree trunks, and his figure flashed continuously, too much for the eyes to take in.
Seeing this, the three people from Order were so shocked that their expressions changed. This wasn't fear, but surprise. The skills of those two people were definitely not below the top experts of Order. To be able to have such speed and movement skills at level 18, were they really people who specialized in "detection"? It would be more reasonable to say that they were superstar players who specialized in combat and had created alternate accounts to pretend to be weak.
"They're really strong …" Feng Bujue muttered, and at the same time, he also quickened his pace. At this moment, he was ninety percent sure that these two people were GMs. He followed them because he wanted to see how strong they were up close.
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