Chapter 522 The Real CarnivalBesides the people, the second thing that made Ranran feel suspicious was the light.
Normally, people don't need to leave lights on in the house when they go out at night, but the situation here is completely unreasonable.
Although most of the people in the city have come out, there is a light in almost every household, as if there must be light everywhere. This gives Ranran a feeling that light is a necessity for them.
The old woman's reaction just now coincides with this point.
The dimmer the light, the more uncomfortable she felt. When she was in a dark place without any light, she could hardly stand. But after lighting the candle, she immediately felt much better.
Ranran speculated that there was another reason why this place was still as bright as day late at night - it was attractive.
The light must be bright enough to attract enough people. The same effect is achieved with the performances every night, using light and sound to attract "flying insects" from far away into the city in order to achieve certain purposes.
The last point is the scent.
The fragrance here is so strong that there is an idiom in Chinese that goes, "The more you try to hide something, the more obvious it becomes."
As soon as Ran Ran entered the city, he suspected that such a strong fragrance must be covering up something. What made people feel dizzy and nauseous should not be the intertwined fragrances, but the smell covered up by these fragrances, so he smelled it carefully.
She did smell something strange coming from it, but the scent was so overpowering that she couldn't quite place it.
At that moment she also had a guess about the source of the strange smell.
After all, the answer is obvious - it's people.
Sachets, spices, and fragrant flowers are all used to cover up the smell from the people coming and going on the main road.
The sea of flowers formed by neatly arranged flowers in the square has the same effect.
So in the square, the moment Ranran saw the old woman, he decided to choose her, because the old woman had no accessories on her body. As long as he could lead her to a place without the scent of flowers, he could verify this idea.
The old woman's house happened to be in a "slum" with dim light and faint fragrance, so this was achieved without much thought, which really saved Ranran a lot of trouble.
Those "poor people" who were keen on taking outsiders back home in the square made Ranran sure that this city was a "people-eating" city. At that time, she only thought of things like human trafficking. But after she confirmed the city dwellers' need for light and the stench they emitted...
The whole thing became more serious...
This is indeed a man-eating city.
Time passed little by little.
Ranran opened the phone that Anzi left for her in case she would be bored staying up all night and took a look at it.
5:58
Ranran had a hunch that after a whole night of excitement and grandeur, the carnival of these "people" had just begun.
Six o'clock sharp.
A shrill scream sounded above Ranran's head.
She knew it was the old woman, but perhaps she could no longer be seen as her old self at this point.
Ran Ran quickly extinguished the candles in the basement.
After the scream, there were countless dense and hair-raising "da da" sounds, as if something was surging over Ranran and the others' heads like a tide.
The sound was rapid and dense, and it took a while for it to disappear.
The room was pitch black.
Ranran seemed to see the moment of the rising sun, and the majestic and warm sunlight spread through the thin morning mist.
Something crawled out towards the rising sun.
At this time, the only sound left in the house was the "bang bang" sound of something unknown hitting something, accompanied by one hoarse roar after another.
Ran Ran let out a sigh.
She looked in the direction of Anzi and saw the person lying on the bed, motionless and sleeping soundly.
Ran Ran put the phone back beside the bed and left the basement.
She found the stairs in the dark and climbed up to the top floor.
Ranran didn't notice which floor the top floor was, but sunlight was already shining in from here.
Connected to the staircase is an empty living room, at the end of which is a balcony.
Ran Ran walked over quickly and looked out from the balcony, only to see many unknown creatures crawling out of every house. Under the sunlight, those creatures crawled towards the east in groups, moving extremely fast, and the wide roads throughout the city became their arena.
After confirming the situation, Ran Ran immediately left the house and headed towards the main road.
The general layout of the city is simple.
A main road runs across the north and south. The square is located in the center of the city. The south is basically all commercial areas, and the northwest and northeast are residential areas. The old woman's house is located in a very remote place in the northwest residential area.
Although there are no hints for the S-level area trials, it is definitely better to pass them as quickly as possible.
Ranran took a step forward without hesitation.
She ran in the early morning light, leaving the large and magnificent houses behind, the chilly wind blowing her long hair.
This is the first time that Ranran has tried to run in this numerical world. What does it feel like to have a speed of six? Is it fast or slow?
Now Ranran understands.
The scenery on both sides quickly receded in Ranran's sight.
There was no soaring cloud symbol, nor any strange steps, just pure running. Ran Ran felt everything with novelty, and clearly sensed...
Speed six should be far beyond the physical fitness of a normal girl.
Ranran felt that she didn't expend much energy when she took a step. In other words, it was not her fastest speed yet, but the effect of moving was far greater than that of a normal human running.
In almost an instant, she left the residential area and came to a place near the square.
Along the way, she ran to places where the sun had not yet reached, and as she expected, she did not encounter any monsters.
Ran Ran quickly hid in the shadow of a bush and observed the situation in the square.
The place was densely crawling with the same monsters that Ranran had killed. According to the system, they were called sub-worms, but these worms were much smaller than the one Ranran encountered.
The one she dealt with was nearly half a person's height, but these were just some small insects. Ranran felt that she could kill several of them with one foot.
Small creatures may seem harmless, but when they gather together densely, not only will one feel shocked, but also creepy.
Ran Ran held her breath. She had killed him because she hadn't looked carefully at the beginning. Now she could observe him carefully.
Those bugs were about the size of a fist, long and fat, flesh-pink in color, with black legs all over their bodies. The legs at the front were longer and looked a bit like two forelimbs.
They have a large, colorful pattern on their foreheads that moves, but they have no eyes.
The mouth looked very small, which was different from the monster with a bloody mouth that Ranran encountered.
Ranran observed the insects that gathered on the square from all directions of the residential area, and the largest number of them came from the northeast.
She immediately ran in that direction, quickly and lightly.
The bugs in the square took no notice as they continued along the main road, crawling towards the city gate.
After crossing the main road and entering the eastern residential area, the scene is different from the old woman’s residential area. All you see are luxurious and beautiful houses.
Not long after sneaking around, Ran Ran suddenly heard a strong man's voice.
"Why are there so many dead bugs!"
Ran Ran walked quickly forward and hid in the shadows to observe. He saw a group of people in front of him forming a circle, and each of them was struggling to deal with the insects swarming from all directions.
Ranran counted and found that there were five people in total, four men and one woman.
But when she looked carefully, she found that there was a girl standing in the middle of the circle, who had been blocked by other people and she had not seen her before.
The six people in the group all had solemn expressions. Ran Ran moved closer and could faintly hear the girl in the middle of the circle singing with a microphone.
?
The girl was so scared that her voice was shaking, but she continued to sing intermittently while crying.
"I was conquered by you, and all my escape routes were cut off."
"My feeling is that I don't remember it."
The big man who had spoken earlier had an unpleasant expression on his face. He waved the sword in his hand and said sternly, "Then sing that line. Don't stop!"
A ten-pull item?
Ran Ran couldn't help but sigh that the abyss was filled with all kinds of weird things.
