My daughter has been possessed.

Chapter 104 The Mountain God's Deception

Chapter 104 The Mountain God's Deception (5.2k)

After half an hour.

The darkest hour before dawn arrives in the Dragon Ridge Mountains in the dead of night.

However, three camping lights were already on outside the tent, illuminating the area.

Tong Cheng, Li Jiuhe, and Luo Shuo sat together, looking at the enormous queen ant in front of them.

The queen ant was covered with a sheet that Tong Cheng had given her. If she stood up, she would be about 1.6 meters tall.

He can already be considered an adult.

She lay sprawled in front of the three men, draped in a bed sheet, looking somewhat languid, but in reality, she was trembling with fear.

According to her own confession, she was the first in the entire ant colony to awaken and possess the sequence ability of "colony evolution," and then she and her colony of ants began the path of awakening and evolution.

However, the direction of their awakening is different. Those little ants are at most her ant soldiers, while under the command of the queen ant, they can complete extremely difficult tasks.

This is something that ordinary ants simply cannot do.

As for the queen ant, after evolving, she gained the ability to understand people and see through their deepest desires.

This is also why those ants can combine and transform into the appearance of Li Yi or Tong Cheng's teacher.

Although they look the same, they cannot simulate human body temperature and pulse.

According to the queen ant, these are the areas she needs to improve in her next evolution.

If we could feed her more Sequencers, I believe she could evolve even faster.

"How many Sequencers have you eaten?" Tong Cheng asked.

The queen ant immediately shook her head vigorously: "Sir, I swear to God, I have never eaten a single Sequencer, only one Sequence Item, which was a newly awakened old tree stump."

"No wonder his abilities have evolved to this level." Tong Cheng nodded.

He didn't believe the queen ant would dare to deceive him.

"Go on, when and where did you see the abandoned wooden house? Where is that house now?"

The queen ant was clearly wary of Tong Cheng. Her voice was slightly hoarse, sounding like that of a woman who had experienced many hardships and had a husky voice.

She said honestly, "Shortly after I awakened, I once controlled the ant soldiers to go out to forage and turned them into lynxes. In a very familiar area, I saw a wooden house. I remember very clearly that there were no houses there before, and the wooden house just appeared out of nowhere."

"Where?" Tong Cheng asked.

"That's pointless now, because the cabin is long gone," the queen ant said. "I later learned that it could move on its own, and that it always had a purpose in appearing, otherwise no one could get close to it."

"So, the fact that you saw the wooden house means that the wooden house also has a purpose for you?" Li Jiuhe asked.

The queen ant nodded her plump, milky-white head: "It wanted to eat me, but it mistook the lynx I controlled for its true form, so it ate the lynx instead. I haven't seen any of those soldier larvae since. But it's survival of the fittest; wasn't I also thinking of eating it back then?"

"This wooden house also devours life?" Luo Shuo asked in surprise.

He then glanced at the reactions of Li Jiuhe and Tong Cheng.

Both of them had no expression.

If the wooden house could devour life, Li Yi and Tong Cheng's teacher might be in constant danger inside.

Of course, this is just speculation. Perhaps people who enter the cabin through some special means will not be in danger of being swallowed.

"Then do you know how to find the cabin?" Li Jiuhe asked again.

The queen ant tilted her head and thought for a moment: "Through those ants that were eaten, I can sense that the cabin has always been in these mountains, but if it doesn't show itself, no one can find it. Including you, my friend."

As she spoke, she glanced at Luo Shuo with her strangely small, bean-like eyes.

Clearly, the queen ant has discovered the unique nature of Luo Shuo's abilities.

"Then how can we make it appear?" Luo Shuo then asked.

"Let me think about how to say it."

The queen ant still tilted her head, as if she wanted to express her thoughts in a language that humans could understand.

The scene fell silent; no one spoke, and the three simply stared at the languid queen ant.

After a moment, the queen ant slowly explained, organizing her thoughts: "I think you'll understand better if I put it this way. To see the abandoned cabin, you need a certain state," she said. "If your state happens to match the cabin, you can see it. But this state can't be forced; it's a special feeling of life. For example, at first, I wanted to eat it, and it wanted to eat me, so we met. But now, although I want to eat it, it doesn't want to eat me anymore, so we'll never meet again."

Upon hearing her explanation, Tong Cheng's face turned cold, and even a hint of anger appeared.

Li Jiuhe looked thoughtful and asked, "If I should have died, but for some reason didn't completely die, would I be considered to have entered that state?"

The queen ant snapped her fingers and looked into Li Jiuhe's eyes, her beady eyes shining.

However, everyone soon realized that she couldn't snap her fingers at all; instead, she was simulating the effect of snapping her fingers by rapidly squeezing between round, fatty pieces of flesh.

"Yes, this tall, sexy, intelligent, and passionate man understood what I meant." The queen ant's tone became more and more relaxed. "But the other two of you, one a powerful but short-tempered cold-faced man, and the other a small, dark-skinned man with a big face, didn't understand at all."

"I—" Luo Shuo pointed to his large face, speechless for a moment.

Tong Cheng seemed to understand something, and didn't take the ant queen's words to heart. Instead, he lowered his head and pondered.

After a short while, he looked up, as if talking to himself: "If I could enter this state, could I also enter the abandoned wooden cabin?"

Luo Shuo immediately stopped him: "Boss, you absolutely mustn't think like that! Suicide won't solve the problem. Not everyone can just happen to get into the cabin; the vast majority are already dead, the kind I can't even find!"

The queen ant corrected, "Don't be so stubborn. It's not like you have to die." Only this state fits the cabin. Perhaps there are other special states that could also fulfill this requirement; this intelligent, enthusiastic, and handsome ant is just giving an example. Am I right, handsome ant?"

Luo Shuo whispered in Li Jiuhe's ear, "It seems like she's taken a liking to you."

Li Jiuhe's heart trembled slightly.

He had heard people talk about greasy men, but he had rarely seen greasy women, and he had never seen a creature as greasy as the queen ant.

"Other special conditions?"

Tong Cheng seemed to be immersed in his own world at this moment, frowning in thought.

The queen ant glanced at Tong Cheng, who was deep in thought, and then at Li Jiuhe and Luo Shuo.

Finally, she tentatively spoke up: "I've already told you everything I know. Why don't you just treat me like a pitiful wretch and let me go?"

Li Jiuhe and Luo Shuo both looked at Tong Cheng.

Tong Cheng didn't respond, and Li Jiuhe immediately shook his head: "It depends on what he says, I don't care."

Tong Cheng remained silent, without even looking up.

The queen ant stared longingly for a while, then sighed.

"Actually, it's fine if you don't let me go, just let me leave Dragon Ridge Mountain with you. Apart from the fact that I'm not fast, I'm all good. Take me out and let me follow you. Whoever feeds me a few Sequencers, I'll marry them."

Luo Shuo and Li Jiuhe looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Do you know what we do?" Li Jiuhe asked.

"Weren't you looking for a wooden house?" the queen ant asked back.

I mean our profession.

The queen ant was clearly taken aback for a moment, then shook her head honestly.

"We are investigators," Luo Shuo continued, "We specialize in arresting people like you who harm ordinary people and devour innocent Sequence members."

"what!"

The queen ant's plump face bulged out, revealing a look of surprise.

After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Um—actually, I—have never—eaten a Sequencer before. Can I only eat Sequencers from now on? Or should I only eat bad guys and not good people?"

"You stay here for now, we'll talk about it when our boss has figured it out," Luo Shuo said.

The queen ant, with her chubby cheeks puffed out, stared blankly at Tong Cheng, who seemed unable to understand for a moment. Then she looked at Li Jiuhe, the "handsome guy" she had mentioned, and fell silent.

Before long, the queen ant slowly opened her mouthparts, her upper and lower lips flipped up to reveal her mandibles, and she spat out white mucus from her mouth, slowly cleaning her plump body.

Li Jiuhe and Luo Shuo frowned instantly.

As the queen ant washed herself, she said, "Your body structure is different from ours, so don't be surprised. We'll have plenty of time to get along, and you'll gradually get used to it."

After a while, the sky began to brighten.

Tong Cheng seemed to have figured something out, and looked up at everyone, saying, "Since we can't find the abandoned wooden house using the usual methods, let's leave Dragon Ridge Mountain today. I'll try again after I find that special state."

"Okay." Luo Shuo nodded quickly.

He is the one who most wants to leave this place.

Actually, there was another discovery that Luo Shuo hadn't mentioned: although the queen ant was captured last night, her gaze, which was secretly watching them, was still there.

In other words, the person watching them wasn't just the queen ant; there were others as well.

An indescribable eeriness permeated the entire Dragon Ridge Mountains, and Luo Shuo felt uncomfortable all over while he was there.

Although Li Jiuhe was unwilling, he knew that if he searched aimlessly like this, the chances of success were slim.

Tong Cheng is resourceful and knowledgeable, so we'll have to wait for him to go out and see if he can find a special way to fit the abandoned wooden house before everyone comes in.

"What's your name?" Tong Cheng asked the queen ant.

The queen ant had already cleaned herself, but to others she appeared even more greasy.

She smacked her lips and replied, "I named myself Ma Li, Ma as in ant, and Li as in beautiful."

"Ma Li?" Luo Shuo muttered to himself.

"How is it? Pretty good, right?" Ma Li said smugly.

Luo Shuo couldn't help but feel a chill.

"You're coming with us now," Tong Cheng said. "Now that we've run into you, I can't let you go back to the mountains."

"I just said that," Ma Li nodded quickly.

Then Tong Cheng added, "I will temporarily house you at the Pearl City Investigation Bureau, and they will be responsible for sending you to a nearby regional shelter."

"what!"

Ma Li was startled. Her fat body trembled, and a nest of black ants sprayed out from her tail.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Realizing her lapse in composure, she quickly retracted her tail, drawing the ant larvae that were about to crawl and scatter back into place.

Then he looked at Tong Cheng and asked, "Why—why did you take me in?"

"Because you pose a threat to ordinary people and other sequence objects," Tong Cheng explained. "We may not keep you in containment indefinitely. After our periodic assessments, we may place you in a larger administrative area."

"Isn't that still containment?" Mali asked worriedly, then tentatively asked, "Could you—treat me as a pitiful wretch and let me go?"

"No," Tong Cheng refused decisively. "If you don't want to go, there's another way."

Ma Li's beady eyes lit up: "What method?"

"I'll kill you right now."

"Go away, the puppy won't go."

Ma Li immediately spoke with righteous indignation, which made Li Jiuhe and Luo Shuo chuckle.

Without resting, the group packed up all their belongings and returned the way they came, preparing to leave Longjishan.

Because Ma Li had difficulty moving around, she originally asked Li Jiuhe to carry her on his back so that they could speed up their journey, but Li Jiuhe ignored her.

Before long, this creature spat out black ants, which condensed into a large lynx right before everyone's eyes, carrying her round body steadily.

Keep moving forward.

During the journey, Li Jiuhe secretly checked and found that the task he had set had been completed.

Because of unforeseen circumstances in the latter half of the night, the task was reset and resolved safely, and he even gained a reset time anchor point, but the total task duration did not increase.

I checked my phone and it was already noon.

There's no signal in these mountains; you can only use your phone to tell the time.

As they walked, Tong Cheng suddenly stopped, unfolded the map in his hand, and looked at the compass he carried with him.

Luo Shuo said softly, "The boss has also noticed something's wrong."

He had already sensed it; they had been walking along the same path they had come from, but now the path seemed increasingly unfamiliar, as if they had wandered into another place.

Everyone has their own area of ​​expertise, and Li Jiuhe was not good at this, so he did not notice it.

"What's going on?" Tong Cheng muttered to himself, "The map doesn't show where we are now."

Luo Shuo glanced at Ma Li: "Tell me what happened? Which direction should we take to get out as quickly as possible?"

Ma Li shrugged: "What else could it be? The mountain god won't let us leave."

Tong Cheng let out a cold snort and turned to look.

Ma Li immediately fell silent, lowering her head.

"Where are there any mountain gods? I've been into the mountains many times and have never encountered one."

After thinking for a moment, Ma Li replied softly, "Uncle Tong, I only said the words 'mountain god' casually, but it's true that there are strange things in the mountains. When I first awakened, I didn't know how to use my abilities. I just kept consuming them without replenishing them until I was almost starving to death. Then one day, I found an old tree stump that had just awakened in my territory."

"Do you think I don't know what's in my territory? I think this might be the old tree stump that the mountain god bestowed upon me out of pity."

Luo Shuo was secretly alarmed by what he heard.

He suddenly realized that the entity that had been secretly watching them might really be a strange being similar to a mountain god.

Even if it's not a mountain god, it should be an extremely terrifying sequencer or sequenced entity in the entire Dragonspine Mountains.

This guy had never shown his face or trapped Tongcheng during his previous visits, so it's unclear why he suddenly did this this time.

If there's a reason, Luo Shuo suspects the other party might realize that their group is different from the one Tong Cheng came alone last time, and might actually pose a threat to it.

That's why they intervened.

However, Li Jiuhe's guess was different. He suspected that the so-called "mountain god" just didn't want them to take Ma Li away.

"Mountain God?"

Tong Cheng raised his head and looked around, his tone icy and his gaze disdainful.

This scene made Li Jiuhe immediately realize that he might have to use his abilities.

Tong Cheng raised his right hand high, then suddenly swung it, sending a large red curtain flying past and instantly forming the power of the stage.

This scene made Ma Li's fat body tremble, and an instinctive fear surged up, causing her to immediately shrink into a ball.

Even the giant lynx beneath her began to tremble.

"Lost sheep~ Listen to someone's~ Mountain tune—"

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As Tong Cheng sang, he steadily stepped forward, his fingers pointing repeatedly at the outline of the mountains, and his chanting carried far.

"The east mountain is steep, the west mountain is precipitous."

The southern ridge is as sharp as a knife, while the northern ridge is as high as a mountain.

Look to the left, where the horse reins in at the edge of the cliff.

Looking to the right, the deep valley is filled with swirling clouds.

Don't say that Heaven has set up obstacles~

As he sang this part, he stretched out his arms forward, and the two illusory water sleeves suddenly stretched straight as a ruler, shooting out into the distance as if measuring the terrain of the mountains.

He continued, "Amidst the dangers—there is a mountain path!"

After saying that, he took a step forward.

Everyone immediately followed.

Ma Li walked in the middle, while Li Jiuhe and Luo Shuo brought up the rear.

As we walked along, the terrain changed after a short while, and it no longer felt so unfamiliar.

But Tongcheng dared not slack off, and continued to walk and sing for a while, thus moving forward.

They had no idea where they were until now, but now they finally found the right path.

"Stones can be split, trees can be cut down."

The Ghostly Sorrow That No One Dared to Cross Before

Today, I'm determined to make this the bright and sunny path!

Almost every time they sang a line, Li Jiuhe and the others could hear a sound of loose rocks coming from afar, and then the road ahead would open up.

However, even so, Tong Jiang's stage power seems to be greatly depleted.

The sky changed color, the power of the stage subsided, and everyone set up tents to stay.

Tong Jiang asked Li Jiuhe and Luo Shuo to take turns keeping watch at night, while he wanted to take a break to recover his strength.

They continued their journey the next day.

Tong Jiang, the main stage performer, led the way, singing all the way through the mountains until evening.

We ended up walking through these vast mountains for five days straight!

Fortunately, they were well-prepared when they arrived, with all the necessary items, as well as plenty of food and drinking water.

On the fifth night, Tong Cheng did not rest. Instead, he led everyone to walk until dawn, arriving at an area filled with rising fog, where the road ahead could not be seen.

Everyone could see that he was exhausted, but he still had the strength to perform on stage, and suddenly shouted loudly.

"The barren mountains of Shangli are like walking on flat land!"

As soon as the song ended, the mist mysteriously dispersed to both sides, revealing a faint, indistinct path.

Ma Wang watched this scene in horror. She admired the supernatural abilities of the Chushan God, and at this moment, she was even more wary of Tong Jiang.

Tong Jiang led the way with his powerful strides, and the people behind him followed him step by step out of the path. When they looked up, they found themselves standing on a highway.

Behind them stretched a continuous mountain range.

From this angle, the area appears perfectly normal, without a trace of anything strange about it.

"The guy's out!" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Jiuhe was slightly excited as he glanced at the mission he had set for the Qikai Longji Mountain area.

When he set up the task five days ago, he didn't expect to receive such a generous reward so effortlessly.