The Lost City of Alien Beasts

Chapter 85 The Observer

"Who!"

Officer Huang quickly pulled out the pistol from his waist and pointed it at the reeds in the distance.The night wind blew, and the reeds under the night swayed with the wind, reflecting the faint light from time to time.

"If you don't come out again, I'll shoot!" Officer Huang warned sternly.

A few seconds later, two figures walked out of the reeds.

Officer Huang locked the muzzle of his gun on the target, turned on the flashlight with his other hand, put it on the gun and shined it.He was stunned for a while before he believed his eyes, and he slowly put down the gun.

"Gao Yang, Qing Ling, why are you two here?" Officer Huang frowned, "Are you following me?"

Logically speaking, Gao Yang should be nervous when the stalking was exposed, but for some reason, he was more embarrassed, "Um, Officer Huang, this is what happened..."

Qing Ling said expressionlessly: "Are you a traitor?"

Officer Huang was startled at first, but soon understood what Qing Ling meant. He laughed dryly, "No, how could you think of doubting me?"

"Talent sequence list." Qing Ling said coldly.

"Wu Dahai didn't tell you that, right?" Gao Yang added carefully.

"Oh...that's it!" Officer Huang nodded, suddenly realizing it, he put the gun back on his waist, "Okay, it's just a misunderstanding, come and sit down, let's talk while drinking."

Gao Yang walked forward, Qing Ling reached out to block him.

"Who is he?" Qing Ling looked at Master Jiang, "Is he a human, or..."

"Beast." Mr. Jiang answered with a smile. He waved to Qing Ling, "Little girl, don't be afraid. Come and sit here. I won't hurt you."

Gao Yang was shocked and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"What kind of beast are you?" Qing Ling obviously didn't let down his guard.

"In your words, it's called Wandering Beast." Mr. Jiang took a sip of white wine and smacked his lips, "But I prefer the name Observer, it's much more elegant."

……

Ten minutes later, the four of them were sitting by the river, and things unfolded.

Officer Huang met Mr. Jiang six months ago. At that time, Officer Huang had been awakened for three years.

He continued to work as a police officer and handle cases every day.Once, he was investigating a corpse dumping case and went to the upper reaches of the Li River to investigate in the middle of the night. He found that Mr. Jiang was fishing here in the middle of the night. He felt that the old man was very suspicious and even suspected him of being the murderer.Half a month later, the murderer was caught, and it was not Mr. Jiang, but Officer Huang still had great curiosity about Mr. Jiang.

"At that time, I would habitually test some lonely beasts to confirm whether they were humans, lost people, or other beasts..." Officer Huang drank, "Uncle Liu is me a little bit." I tried it out, I knew it was risky, but at that time I was eager to find any breakthrough."

Officer Huang said and looked at Mr. Jiang, "I didn't expect that I actually found it."

"Heh, you're lucky." Mr. Jiang ate the crispy pig ears without even bothering to raise his head.

Officer Huang continued to recall: "At that time, I secretly tested Mr. Jiang a few times, but Mr. Jiang became impatient and told me directly: 'You are an awakened person who is very courageous. You will be in trouble with... Me, if you mess with other beasts, even a few lives won’t be enough for you to survive.”

Officer Huang laughed when he said this, "I was really shocked at the time, but Mr. Jiang did not hurt me. Gradually, I let down my guard and made friends with him."

"Hmph! Friend!" Mr. Jiang exhaled, very dissatisfied, "Don't think I don't know, you are just taking advantage of me, an old man, to drink and talk to me all day long!"

"Master Jiang, don't say that, it's not easy for me." Officer Huang smiled, pretending to be pitiful, and said like a child coquettishly: "Without your constant guidance, I'm afraid I would have died long ago, you Just think that good things come to good people.”

"Good reward? I helped a human being deal with his own compatriots. It's good that I don't go to hell." Mr. Jiang said enthusiastically, but with a smile on his face, he didn't seem to be very worried.

"You are going to hell. That's because the King of Hell wants to hire you with a high salary." Officer Huang continued to flatter him.

The two sang and harmonized, but Gao Yang and Qing Ling couldn't get a word in at all.

"Officer Huang," Gao Yang finally found the opportunity to ask weakly: "Did you get the serial number of the talent from Mr. Jiang?"

"What else?" Officer Huang smiled and took out a cigarette, respectfully brought it to Mr. Jiang's mouth, and lit it for him with a windproof lighter. Mr. Jiang took a puff and exhaled a mouthful of white mist, which blurred his desolate face. The eyes then dissipated.

Officer Huang continued: "While drinking, I asked Mr. Jiang which talents are powerful, which talents are interesting, and which talents we should be wary of. He would say something when he was in a good mood, but not when he was in a bad mood. I wrote them all down silently. , go home and sort it out yourself, and the talent list will come out as time goes by." Gao Yang and Qing Ling were thinking.

After a while, Gao Yang took the initiative to apologize: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have doubted you."

"No, I hid it first." Officer Huang expressed his understanding. "If it were me, I would be suspicious."

Officer Huang glanced at Mr. Jiang, "But Mr. Jiang has been so kind to me, and I need to be responsible for him. The more people know about this, the worse it will be for Mr. Jiang. I don't want to bring him any danger."

"Worrying for nothing!" Mr. Jiang didn't appreciate it. "Who have I been afraid of? It's just death. Death is a relief. Whether it's a human being or an animal, the longer we live, the less interesting we are."

Gao Yang looked at Mr. Jiang in front of him and felt a strange sense of division.He knows that he is a beast, but his words and actions are very human-like, no, he is simply human.

Gao Yang licked his lower lip, "Master Jiang, I don't understand..."

"There are so many things you don't understand." Mr. Jiang smiled shrewdly, "Don't expect me to tell you everything. There are some things I can't say, some things I don't want to say, and there are still some things I don't want to say. Know."

Gao Yang was originally full of questions, but was discouraged by Master Jiang's rebuke.

Qing Ling didn't care about this and asked directly: "Why are you different from other beasts? Since you know that we are awakened ones, why don't you kill us?"

"I can answer this." Officer Huang looked at Qing Ling, "Simply put, Mr. Jiang is a delusional beast. A delusional beast is much more advanced than ordinary beasts. The identities and souls of humans and beasts can coexist in the same body, rather than rigidly. Switch."

Officer Huang lit a cigarette for himself: "There are very few false beasts. There may be only one false beast in 10 beasts. According to their own positions, false beasts are divided into..."

Officer Huang looked at Mr. Jiang: "Can I say something?"

"You've already told me halfway, why are you pretending to ask me for my opinion?" Mr. Jiang was annoyed.

"Oh, then I said it." Officer Huang looked at Gao Yang, "The delusional beasts are divided into: the patrons, the darkest ones, and the observers. The patrons will help the awakened ones, and their number is very small; the darkest ones , they will hunt the awakened ones; observers are like Mr. Jiang, who have a neutral attitude and don’t help anyone. What they do or say depends on their mood.”

Officer Huang thought of something else and added: "Oh, also, the delusional beasts also follow the Cang Dao and do not take the initiative to kill unawakened humans. Not only that, they will not take the initiative to kill even the awakened ones. You can understand the delusional beasts as Hidden NPC, only the awakened person who actively provokes the delusional beast will make the delusional beast respond: help, kill, or be neutral."

"That's why I said you're lucky, you bumped into me." After Jiang Ye had finished eating and drinking, he tightened his windbreaker, grabbed the fishing rod again, and threw it to the river, "If you provoke Other crazy beasts, I don’t know how they died.”

"Are you strong?" Qing Ling was dubious.

Mr. Jiang slowly turned his head to look at Qing Ling, his face still cheerful, "Little girl, if you don't believe it, you can try it."

"Just try..."

Gao Yang hurriedly covered Qing Ling's mouth: "Master Jiang, she is being humorous...don't take her seriously!"

Mr. Jiang laughed heartily, with cute wrinkles on his face: "Interesting! Xiao Huang, you two friends are also very interesting."

"Since you like them too, how about making friends too?" Officer Huang struck while the iron was hot.

Mr. Jiang did not answer. He continued to look at the river in the darkness. The night wind blew in his face, giving him a hint of coolness.

After a while, he sighed softly and said: "Xiao Huang, I've been fishing here for too long, it's time to change places."

"Where are you going?" Officer Huang was surprised. "How should I contact you in the future?"

"Still in contact?" Mr. Jiang was angry and funny, "Do you really think that I am one of your own? Next time we meet, maybe I will eat you."

"Impossible, Mr. Jiang, are you such a nice person? Don't scare me." Officer Huang said.

"Xiao Huang, how much do you know about us?" Mr. Jiang's tone was a little sad, but also seemed to contain complicated resentment.

Officer Huang was speechless for a moment.

"You know nothing." Master Jiang looked at Gao Yang and Qing Ling, his eyes becoming compassionate again: "It's for your own good and the good of these two children that we won't see each other again."

Officer Huang was silent for a while, but he still didn't give up and said, "Master Jiang, thank you for your care in the past six months. I really can't bear to leave you, but I respect your decision. Before leaving, can you give us some more advice. "

Under the dim kerosene lamp, Mr. Jiang's face was old and his old eyes were cloudy. He looked at the glimmering river and said quietly: "Don't open the door to the end."

(End of this chapter)