Chapter 96: Hallucinations Appear Again

Li Qing once said that genetic evolution can create miracles but not myths.

The fox demon was clearly dead just now, why did she come back to life?
This situation is exactly the same as the horse-faced monster.

"Could it be possible that all the creatures in this maze can be resurrected from the dead?" Pei Xianjue felt his heart palpitating.

If every monster can be resurrected, how can they kill it?

Feng Ling frowned, picked up the axe, chopped off the heads of the four fox demons, dragged up the collar of one of the headless corpses, and said to Pei Xianjue, "Let's burn this place."

Pei Xianjue nodded and used his ability to set fire to the fox demon's corpse in the courtyard.

The fire burned more and more fiercely, gradually spreading to the surroundings, tables and chairs, wooden doors and windows, pillars and beams...

They retreated outside the courtyard and watched in silence as the entire house turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Feng Ling threw the corpse in his hand to the ground.

She deliberately waited for a while and observed the changes in the corpse, but the corpse showed no signs of revival.

"It seems that resurrection requires conditions." Feng Ling pondered, "A corpse without a head cannot be resurrected, and a corpse with severe damage cannot be resurrected either."

Pei Xianjue nodded upon hearing this, "So we should try to attack the target's neck, or burn the body for secondary treatment."

"We also need to figure out the reason why they were resurrected." Feng Ling added.

Pei Xianjue was slightly stunned. "Reason?...Isn't it because the maze was designed like this on purpose?"

Feng Ling pondered and shook his head slowly, "Even if it's the design of the maze, it doesn't feel right. Assuming that resurrection from the dead is an ability possessed by all creatures in the maze, where do they get the energy from? There are so many fox demons in the village, and reviving them all would consume a lot of energy. There must be a way to obtain energy, otherwise it doesn't make sense."

Feng Ling was inspired by himself in this regard.

Her hive card has such strong recovery ability that from the perspective of others, it is almost infinitely resurrected.

Only she knew that this ability was very dependent on energy, so she had to eat much more than others at every meal, and would try to accumulate energy whenever she had free time, because she was worried that she would not have enough energy when encountering an emergency.

The fox demon's resurrection must also rely on energy.

She had to figure this out, otherwise she would be in trouble if she encountered the Lord of the Maze who kept resurrecting.

Not far away, a black shadow was moving towards here quickly. It was Huangfu Miaomiao who returned.

She poked her head out from the ghost, her face full of frustration and anger.

"Those foxes are alive again. I clearly stabbed them many times!" Huangfu Miaomiao said angrily.

"Did you finish off the enemy?" Feng Ling asked.

Huangfu Miaomiao said aggrievedly: "I did, but there were still so many that I couldn't catch up. They all ran away."

Feng Ling sighed, "It turns out that taking shortcuts won't work. There's no other way. Let's just kill them door to door."

She lifted the axe and put it on her shoulder, then patiently went looking for the fox.

The four of them circled the village again.

No matter whether it is a shabby house with a separate entrance or a large house with two entrances and three exits, I will go in and take a look as long as I see it.

But without exception, not a single fox demon was found.

Ugh.

"Could it be that the explosion was so loud that it scared them away?" Pei Xianjue asked.

"Where can they run? They won't run out of the village, right?" Huangfu Miaomiao became worried.

Feng Ling put down the axe and held his forehead with one hand.

“…Ah, this is annoying.”

She was really tired of doing such inefficient things.

Pei Xianjue was also conflicted. It was her suggestion to find a hero. She hesitated whether to let Feng Ling and Huangfu Miaomiao stay where they were to rest while she went to kill the fox.

But this village is too strange and it is easy to get lost. She is also worried that if she leaves, she will be separated from Feng Ling. Li Qing, who had been silent the whole time, said, "It's getting dark."

Pei Xianjue was stunned when she heard this, and quickly checked the time on her mobile phone - the sky was gloomy, so she didn't notice it, but the time on her mobile phone couldn't be wrong, it was almost 6 o'clock in the afternoon.

"We actually stayed in the village for such a long time..." Pei Xianjue felt terrified, "Will the hallucinations become more serious?"

Feng Ling thought for a moment and said, "Living creatures are not perpetual motion machines. These fox demons will always get hungry, tired, or lose their vigilance. They won't hide forever. Let's find a place to stay overnight and see what happens at night."

Pei Xianjue thought: Actually, you are too lazy to keep looking, right?
The air gradually became damp and cold, and the fog became heavier.

After 6 o'clock, it gets dark quickly.

The four of them wandered around the village and once again returned to the old willow tree where the statue of the god was placed.

Feng Ling still remembers how he felt when he first saw this smiling stone statue. At that time, he felt surprised and happy, but now when he looks at this smiling face again, he only feels unhappy about being mocked and fooled.

Huangfu Miaomiao took out the camping tent.

Pei Xianjue dragged the pile of firewood from a nearby dilapidated house and started a fire.

Feng Ling walked to the stone statue, patted its round smiling face, then knocked on the stone table, then grasped the table legs and lifted it up with force.

Li Qing finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked her, "What do you want to do?"

Feng Ling was silent for two seconds, then replied, "I'll try to see if I can move it."

Li Qing's eyes twitched, "...This is a large stone. Only a part of it is exposed on the ground. The whole sculpture must weigh at least a thousand pounds."

"You should have said it earlier." Feng Ling curled his lips.

Pei Xianjue, who was warming himself by the fire, sighed, "In fact, I was thinking about whether I could move it. If we can get the statue out of the maze, all the inspectors with high pollution values ​​can be cured."

After that, he muttered quietly: "I don't know where the hero is now. If we can find him, we can reduce his pollution value..."

At this time, a man's hearty laughter came from the distance, as if he was shouting something.

Pei Xianjue sighed sadly: "Alas, I can't think about it. I'm hallucinating again. I heard the hero's voice again."

Feng Ling was slightly stunned, "I heard it too."

The two looked at each other and immediately went to see Li Qing.

Li Qing frowned and looked into the distance. There were faint ghost lights floating in the fog at night, and laughter came intermittently from the light, but he couldn't be sure whether the sound came from Liang Zhou.

"Are you going to investigate?" Li Qing frowned and said, "I want to remind you that some monsters are good at imitating human speech. The voice you heard may be his or may not be his."

As soon as he finished speaking, the laughter became louder, accompanied by the sound of things being smashed, which was particularly clear in the silent night.

Huangfu Miaomiao asked cautiously, "There was no sound during the day, but now there is such a big commotion, could it be a trap?"

Feng Ling became excited, "You and the Taoist priest stay here, and I will go over with Deputy Captain Pei to take a look."

She picked up the axe and ran towards the direction of the laughter, thinking that this was finally something interesting.

Pei Xianjue hurried to follow.

She did not have Feng Ling's night vision and could not walk very fast. She was hesitating whether to light a fire when she found that the road ahead suddenly became brighter.

When I looked up, I saw a string of lanterns hanging on the tree.

It turned out that it was not a will-o'-the-wisp, but a lantern.

The string of lights pointed out a hidden path hidden in the woods. Following the path into the depths of the woods, they saw a man drinking with a group of foxes in the woods.

Who else could it be if not Liang Zhou?

Pei Xianjue murmured: "Is this an illusion..."

"No." Feng Ling stopped and said with certainty, "It's him."

The operations officer of Qidian asked me to draw more Miaomiao...