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Chapter 123 Out-of-Season Monster
  This mission is urgent, but the situation is not complicated:

——The afternoon before yesterday, a monster injured people in a mountain forest near Oregon in the north of the Golden State. According to eyewitness descriptions, the attacker was suspected to be a Wendigo.

As one of the most primitive fears in people's hearts, the legend of demons devouring human flesh is widely circulated in various countries. There are mandrills in East Asia, Rakshasa in South Asia, and ghouls in the Middle East and Africa. In North America, they serve as corresponding ecological niches. It's a monster like the Wendigo.

Different from the unclear oral tradition among the early Indian tribes, now both federal officials and major organizations have a very deep understanding of the most famous dark monster in the New World.

Although Zhu Mingyao has never seen such monsters with his own eyes, his monster spawning guide contains detailed relevant information.

The Wendigo is a fusion of the souls of animals wandering in the wilderness and the corpses of evil people who ate human flesh and blood in the cold and hunger, but still could not escape starvation. Therefore, its 5 to 3-meter-long mummy body can be seen Distinct animal limbs, usually deer antlers, wolf or bear skulls, replace human heads.

According to the classification of supernatural creatures, strictly speaking, this thing should be classified as half undead and half spirit, similar to the evil beasts in Chinese legends. Because of its habit of fearing fire and heat, it mainly appears in the cold winter wilderness mountains and forests in the north. The rest of the time Most of them lurk in caves and crypts.

It's early summer now, and in the warm southern Golden State, the chance of encountering this kind of monster is the same as winning the lottery, so Zhu Mingyao has the emotion of out-of-season vegetables.

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The car drove diagonally toward the northwest. The originally straight road ahead gradually became curved and winding. The lonely low shrubs and ryegrass on both sides were replaced by tall yellow fir trees and sugar pines at some point. replaced by coniferous forests.

The darkness in the mountains always seems to come earlier than the outside world. Just after five or six o'clock, the sky has almost completely darkened. Under the light of the street lights that light up in time, the surrounding dark forest looks a bit eerie.

Nowadays, the world is not peaceful, and he knows that there are monsters in this area. Zhu Mingyao feels the faint forest air rising from the mountains, and casually releases two Yin soldiers to stick to the outside of the car in case of emergencies.

It's just that his caution seemed a bit unnecessary, and no accidents happened until he reached his destination.

After the car honked twice, it approached a forest farm that was surrounded by wire walls and covered a large area. The door of a large house in the middle was opened, and several figures came out carefully and opened the iron door. , put the car in.

"You are very vigilant!"

After some exchanges with each other, they took out their documents to verify their identities, and then looked at the forest farm's watchtower. Several temporarily installed searchlights, controlled by two young men holding shotguns, emitted bright light, constantly Shooting around, Zhu Mingyao couldn't help but praise.

"There's nothing we can do about it. That...bastard thing doesn't seem to see things with its eyes. After we sent out a request for help last night, another young man was scratched..."

A middle-aged police officer wearing a khaki cowboy hat and a mustache said angrily.

From the introduction just now, Zhu Mingyao knew that this place was remote in the mountains and lacked official armed forces. After receiving the alarm from the residents, it was Sheriff Anthony from the town below the mountain and the forest rangers from the forest farm who formed the initial team. support team.

"Their size is not a big deal. Old Ender chopped down one of them with his logging axe. If they dared to come out in the daytime, we would have blown them all to pieces."

"There are very few residents nearby, only three or four households. During the day, the forest rangers and I brought everyone here for protection."

He suddenly said hesitantly:

"There are enough medical first aid supplies in the forest farm. Apart from some symptoms of infection and inflammation, those who were scratched are not life-threatening, but they are not in a good mood. They seem to be worried that they will turn into monsters like the legend. Excuse me……"

Zhu Mingyao suddenly understood, and he smiled calmly. "Relax, Mr. Sheriff, it's just a rumor that the Wendigo can transform its victims."

Seeing that the other party still looked worried, he smiled and shook his head.

"Well, I happen to know some healing spells, and I just happened to go see the injured. If they are willing, I can hold a purification and healing ceremony for everyone."

Recently, after he activated [Liver God Dragon Smoke], he not only realized a magical power [Yi Mu Long Qi] that can restore vitality, detoxify and heal injuries, but also gained a much deeper understanding of healing spells, and learned several [Jin Chuang Hemostasis Curse] In addition to other methods of healing, there is no problem in guest-starring as a half-nanny pastor nowadays.

"Thank you so much!" Sheriff Anthony's eyes lit up, and he diligently led him and the accompanying agents towards a row of connected red brick bungalows.

The original furniture and miscellaneous items in the house have been cleared to a corner. On a simple wooden bed that was moved from other places, five or six men and women were wrapped in more or less bandages, making low moans and sobs. A group of family members gathered around the bed. Weeping secretly.

A few rangers a little further away were sitting or standing with guns on their backs, looking at them with embarrassed expressions.

When Zhu Mingyao and others came in, they saw such an embarrassing scene.

"Uncle Duck, will I turn into a monster? Will you kill me?" A teenage boy with a round face held his injured arm and asked the ranger in front of him with tears in his eyes. Spin.

"No...don't think about that..." The boy's pleading eyes made his whole body feel like needles were pricking him. The young ranger named Dak was called like this, and his face turned red, and there was even sweat on the tip of his nose. The beads were all wet.

His eyes wandered left and right, and he happened to see a few people coming in, and he immediately ran over with relief.

"Oh, Sheriff, you are back. Are these experts sent by your superiors? Can you let them see everyone's injuries? What will happen..."

"Don't worry! You can rest assured!" Sheriff Anthony stretched out his palms to make a quiet gesture, raised his chest solemnly, and said in a loud voice.

"The exorcist master sent by the government has confirmed that the thing is not contagious. You are very safe! And -"

He leaned to one side and raised his hand, "As a precaution, he will also perform an exorcism ceremony for all the wounded to keep us away from the threat of evil forces!"

Zhu Mingyao smiled slightly and took a step forward amidst everyone's anxious and expectant eyes. He gently opened the bandage on the round-faced boy's arm and inspected the already red, swollen and hot wound.

Then he took off the wooden staff from the buckle of his belt, held the teeth of the staff in silent prayer, and then touched the tip of the staff to the glass jug placed on the table next to him.

Suddenly, the clear water in the pot was filled with white light, and such a strange sight immediately caused screams in the room.

He poured out a glass of water and sprinkled a little on the wound. In just a moment, the boy saw that the redness and swelling gradually subsided. When he drank the remaining water, he felt that the pain was greatly reduced, and the injured area was numb and itchy. , there seemed to be signs of healing in a short period of time.

After the boy excitedly described the curative effect of the strange "holy water", the remaining doubts of the other wounded people disappeared and they all gratefully accepted Zhu Mingyao's treatment.

While the family members were gathering around the hospital bed to greet each other, Zhu Mingyao quietly pulled Anthony out of the door.

(End of this chapter)