I Created the Myth of the Old Ruler

"I just was..."

Stone was a little confused for a time. He didn't know whether the chaos, the ruins in the mud and the glass-like glow under the night were real, or whether the stormy villa amid the thunder and lightning was real. .

"You almost killed yourself with one shot, but luckily Lu Tan arrived in time."

On the side, Shia, who was standing at the door of the room, said, her expression was a little ugly, and the armor on her body seemed to be in tatters after a struggle.

"By the way, I almost blew my own head off with magic just now. It's no big deal."

"I had a nightmare and heard some words. I'm not sure. I may have been affected to a certain extent..."

Stone quickly recalled that he had obviously been mentally polluted and attacked just now. In some foreign lands, some monsters can affect other people's emotions and thinking. There are also some more unique monsters that use a way of thinking. Forms exist within the consciousness of other creatures, relying on language and communication to move, reaching a deeper level of parasitism.

I must have encountered something similar.

Is this the influence of Taoist Heming's legacy?

"You also encountered hallucinations?"

Stone looked at Shia.

"Yes, I dreamed about the demonic tide in the black forest. Those monsters... they were all scary things anyway. They rushed towards me. I subconsciously prepared to use magic, but in fact I was Looking at my own head, it will not only amplify certain emotions in our hearts, but also create illusions to mislead us and confuse our cognition."

Shia answered.

"You weren't affected?"

Stone glanced at Lu Jian again. The wound on his hand was almost healed. The spreading vegetation covered the bullet hole, and the emerald green filled the flesh.

Lu Tiao shook his head.

"I did have a dream, but in the dream I played guessing and he lost, so I wasn't affected at all."

"?"

Stone was stunned when he heard Lu Tiao's words. .

Is there any connection between losing the guessing game and being affected?

"What did you hear?"

Sia said again, and before Stone could speak, she continued.

"The voice is the same as my own, just like my own soliloquy. It says that you may betray, asking me not to believe you, trying to trick me into killing you."

"...Me too, it wants me to kill you."

Stone said, he thought about it again, those voices were indeed very tempting, and in that blurred state of consciousness, it was impossible to tell whether they were true or false. He didn't know whether it was external temptation or his own voice.

The most important thing is that those thoughts are also what he has thought about.

Stone himself was worried about whether Lu Tan and Shia would doubt him and whether they could trust him. At the same time, he also really thought that if these people didn't believe in him, they might kill each other.

Not to mention some deeper thinking.

The sages have all said that a gentleman does not care about his heart when it comes to his deeds, and there is no perfect person in the world when it comes to his heart.

Everyone may have some unknown thoughts deep in their hearts, which may be crazy or despicable. Maybe the most upright people also have some discord in their hearts, but as long as they behave normally, no one will care. .

Gu Yi

These thoughts in Stone's ears were like a true display of his inner desires, making it difficult for him to distinguish between nightmares and reality.

"It seems that this place can indeed disturb people's minds, cause hallucinations, and at the same time, murmurs float into their ears."

Stone pondered.

"If we can hear the gibbering, surely others can hear it too."

Shia immediately added.

"We may not be able to recover from these hallucinations even if we have experienced pollution from foreign lands. Those ordinary people are likely to be deceived and led by the nose to do some irreversible things."

As soon as Shia finished speaking, she heard a gunshot from the room not far away.

The sound of the gunshot was obscured by the thunderstorm, but Shia had already released the detection technique.

The next moment, with a little hesitation, there was another gunshot.

The interval between the third and fourth gunshots was obviously shorter, as if a person finally opened his heart after struggling and hesitating.

Shia had just arrived at the place where the gunshots broke out.

She saw a maid lying on the ground in a pool of blood. She had been shot in the abdomen and chest and had fallen into a coma.

On the other side, Emma held her small revolver and turned her head slightly dully.

"You are going to die too, you are going to die too!"

Emma raised the muzzle of the gun, but before she could pull the trigger, she saw Shia raise her hand. Her hand holding the gun was hit by a huge force, twisting and dislocating, and Emma's whole body was also hit. Corridor walls, fainting.

Shia took away Emma's revolver, checked the maid's injury, and released a healing spell.

Lu Tian and Stone arrived just then. Looking at the mess, Stone felt that the matter might be far more serious than he thought.

"The impact is usually more intense. I'm afraid these people will kill each other until no one is left before the Soul Conjuring Night."

"Anyway, knock them all out first."

Lu Tan picked up an ashtray and was eager to try it.

"?"

Stone looked at the ashtray in Lu Tiao's hand and felt something was wrong.

By the time they found the old housekeeper and ensured that the other servants did not fall into chaos, it was already early morning the next day.

The heavy rain has not weakened at all. The rising sun cannot penetrate the clouds and can only bring a little bright light, giving people an uneasy feeling of loss.

The road down the mountain was still blocked, not to mention the presence of policemen going up the mountain to rescue them. The lush green trees looked darker and darker under the rain, which even made people feel melancholy.

There are not many servants in Stormy Rain Villa, only twelve. Counting the old housekeeper and cook, there are only seventeen of them. Most of them were confused when they were found. After questioning, they did not hear any similar gibbering.

Lu Tian guessed that there might be two reasons for this. One is that even if they really heard the ravings, they might think it was their own distracting thoughts if they did not follow its temptation to act, or they might have seen the maid's condition. Deliberately hiding the fact that he had heard the gibbering.

There is another possibility, that is, not everyone can hear the gibbering, only some people whose emotions are greatly affected, or people who have been contaminated.

No matter which one it is, Lu Jian knows very well that it must be the influence of the relics left here by Taoist Heming. Like a real Horcrux, he confuses people's hearts, controls everyone's will, and makes them fight each other to complete his goals. Spiritual rites.

That thing must be found as soon as possible.