Capítulo 975: Chapter 973: Underground Lifeforms
The moment the abandoned subway train was lit up, the crosses representing the blood-red nurses inside Lorrian’s body began to tremble wildly, as if some apocalyptic danger was looming.
Following the direction sensed, Lorrian looked to the end of the carriage where he was seated.
On the originally empty metal bench, there appeared a ‘family of four,’ all dressed in the same red sportswear and all were black.
The father had a strong body nearly two meters tall, with a thick black beard,
The mother was slender with slightly long limbs, short hair, and was clearly the fast-moving type,
The elder daughter was about twelve years old, inheriting her mother’s slender body and holding a utility knife in her hand.
The younger son was only about six years old, with his entire face severely burned. They maintained a hand-holding state, turning their heads in unison to look at Lorrian not far away and the ‘Brain in a Vat’ controlled by him.
Curiosity and interest flickered in their pupils.
Though Lorrian’s Moon Eyes couldn’t see clearly, he still noticed some movement, cold sweat sliding down his cheeks, “These guys didn’t use spatial means to get on the car, but ran here, reaching it almost in an instant and sitting neatly… so fast! It’s likely another phenomenon-level disaster.”
Having dealt with the ‘Killing Nightmare’, Lorrian knew well the strength of evil, and the danger level emitted by this family far exceeded the phenomenon level, suggesting it might be an unknown disaster.
The only fortunate aspect was that Lorrian didn’t feel any hostility from them for the moment.
With that in mind, he didn’t hesitate or hold back and knew decisively that survival required swift action. He closed his eyes, and his thoughts sunk into the narrow Dream Channel, preparing to open the dream teleportation gate to let chaotic creatures from other planes descend, securing an opportunity to escape.
But just as the tentacles at the back of Lorrian’s head started to squirm.
The four sitting opposite suddenly became three, with the ‘mother’ vanishing. Snap~ Five black fingers had already clasped Lorrian’s head, digging nails deep within, preventing his summoning.
The mother then spoke in a ‘friendly’ tone,
“We only came to check on the unfamiliar aura not belonging to evil and didn’t expect to find something we’d never seen before. This kind of ‘toy’ is very rare and seems to be able to create special dreams for Dreamers to play.
Connect my children to it, they are very eager to experience such novelty.
As long as you cooperate with us properly, you might have a chance to survive.”
Just as the mother finished speaking, silver blood seeped from the gaps of the pierced scalp and slid down the cheek,
Snap!
The drop produced an exceptionally crisp sound, overshadowing all surrounding noises.
The mother suddenly realized something, just clawing to shred the silver-haired youth before her.
However,
The sensation of tearing flesh felt like slicing through water, accompanied by the dissipating silver light ripple, Lorrian was long gone, along with the ‘Brain in a Vat’ and the two sleeping people.
“Mama, you were deceived! Hahaha!” The elder daughter couldn’t help but laugh loudly, with the younger son joining in the laughter.
Only the father seriously analyzed the situation, “Before we boarded the train, he had already created some illusion perfectly layered on reality… what you grabbed by the head was merely a projection of reality, unexpectedly so lifelike, no wonder the film crew pulls these outsiders.
It’s really an interesting plaything, the kids will be happy if it goes underground with us.
Do you need me to chase, dear?”
The mother shook her head in denial, “No… We should meet again. Such a long time is enough for them to return to the film crew; running into the crew internally to grab someone would break the rules, inviting a lot of trouble.”
The mother stood up and returned to her original place,
Snap! A slap landed on the daughter’s face, not with much force, but the entire palm sank fully into the daughter’s cheek, the flesh seemed combined.
Having admonished the rude daughter, the family of four hand in hand left the carriage, walking along the abandoned tracks into the dark depths.
…
Several hours passed.
“Wow! It was really exhilarating…”
The protagonist Bator experienced ten midnight trains in the dream, getting unprecedented satisfaction, he immediately chose to wake up voluntarily, feeling that continuing would make him completely lost, even forget his current role as protagonist, impacting the subsequent image portrayal of Miles.
Another important reason was that he needed to change his pants which were completely wet.
“Eh~ weren’t we at the subway station, how did we get back to the film crew?” Bator scratched his wet pants and reached to scratch his head.
Yi Chen, waking up simultaneously, was also very curious, asking Lorrian who still looked a bit shaken.
“What happened?”
“There were other things in the subway station, very dangerous things. Luckily, I was cautious in advance, otherwise, we might have died in there.”
“What things?”
“A family of four…” Lorrian gave a detailed account of the sudden electricity at the subway station and the eerie family of four, frightening Bator, who was about to change his pants, into wetting himself again upon hearing about the black family.
“What! You escaped us from the ‘Eighth Disaster’? How exactly did you do that… and we were just around the subway station near the film crew, hadn’t gone truly underground, why would it attract those guys?”
“Eighth Disaster?”
Upon hearing these words, both Lorrian and Yi Chen widened their eyes, it was a greater powerhouse compared to the film crew according to ranking.
Lorrian briefly analyzed, “The other party didn’t directly show hostility, merely approaching gave me the chance to create ‘Moon in Water’… also they’d never seen my Plague Illusion, luckily allowed us to escape.
Just this once, next time won’t be so lucky.
Knowing the underground region poses the risk of encountering the Eighth Disaster, why didn’t you mention it earlier?”
Bator put away his identity as a murderer and film crew leader, repeatedly bowing with a face full of apologies, “Really sorry~ I got too excited talking about recreating the scene and forgot to consider this matter. Besides, they usually wouldn’t come to subway stations close to the ground, yet unexpectedly, we really did encounter them.
‘City of Evil’ has distinct regional divisions, different disasters occupying different areas or stores.
The underground region here is basically occupied by the Eighth Disaster.
I can’t disclose more information… Compared to other beings, the Eighth Disaster leans towards ‘Neutral’, it makes sense they didn’t actively attack us, considering we’re crew members.
Speaking of which, what did they intend by actively finding us?”
“Said to want to try the ‘Brain in a Vat’, wanted to access and play a bit.”
Upon hearing this, even Yi Chen shed a drop of cold sweat. The ‘Illusion Dream Realm’ provided by the Brain in a Vat is entirely real, once an individual dies inside, their external physical form will follow.
If the Eighth Disaster is connected, Bator, enjoying the past memories in the dream world, would surely treat them as ordinary targets, wantonly slaughtering, the consequences unimaginable.
Bator, pondering, with his pants still dripping, stepped forward solemnly, slapping Lorrian on the shoulder with a hand all smelling of urine, “I owe you a life… the game was truly exciting, never mind the Eighth Disaster’s intervention! Next time, let’s just dream directly within the crew, doesn’t seem much different.”
Yi Chen shook his head, “Tonight’s departure was only for returning the director’s DVDs. Normally, we stay at the hotel, if we want to come to the crew, we more or less face some risks or even draw attention from the disaster.”
“Hey~ being humans, walking the streets is too eye-catching…”
Yi Chen then changed the topic, “But occasionally coming into the Illusion Dream Realm isn’t a problem, exactly allowing us to further improve our collaborative performance. Next time, how about trying Miles’ mask on? The practice would be better this way.”
Bator immediately waved his hand, “No way! The mask can only be worn during filming, even though I’m the current lead, I don’t have the authority to dominate the mask, outside filming, that thing is specially kept.”
“Kept? Isn’t it just kept by the crew members?”
“It’s different, the mask is kept by another group, they’re at a rarely known dark part of the crew. Okay~ I can’t say more, get some rest, tomorrow’s your turn to perform.”