Chapter 15 Mutation
Beldan City, inside a bar.
Roy, Byers, Phil, and Pasha sat around a small round table, sipping Southwell beer.
They didn't talk much, and with a slight smile they listened to the alcoholics at the next table discussing supernatural power and occultism**.
"Before, hiccup, I saw those Feysacs in Beldan not only look like bears, but also drive flames and throw them like javelins!"
"No way... Really has extraordinary power?"
"Haha, that's because you don't know. One day I was drunk and slept near the cemetery. I saw the people of the Evernight Church come out with a few ghosts, oh, ghosts! They are floating in the air, very scary!"
...
The drunkards said that they didn't know whether it was their own experience or what they had heard.
"That's how they are, they are only excited after drinking, they always like to brag, and they are usually depressed." Byers, a local resident of Berdan, explained a few words when he saw this, "Since coal resources began to be depleted, young people gradually Leaving Beldan and heading to Constantine and Backlund, the atmosphere here becomes more and more depressing, and the city becomes more and more gray.”
The man in his thirties also worked as a miner when he was young. Fortunately, he did not die in the mine, and his skin was darkened because of this.
His exposed muscles are not too exaggerated, but give the impression of being made of steel.
As the leader of several people, Roy smiled and said:
"Maybe what they said is true, not bragging. The previous war did expose extraordinary power to many people, especially the soldiers who directly participated, as long as they are still alive, they have corresponding experiences.
"Moreover, this has also brought a lot of opportunities, making some people who had no chance to contact extraordinary power and true mysticism in the past to become Extraordinary."
The way he expresses it is very subtle, as if he is talking about other people's things, but in fact, this is the experience of the four of them.
Byers and Roy were soldiers who participated in the battle against Beldan City. Phil was once looted by the Feysacs, but luckily did not die. Pasha and her fellow citizens in the past lured sneak attacks during street fighting. Passed a few Intis soldiers.
They have all witnessed the death of many friends and gained extraordinary powers for various reasons.
Then, due to the chaos brought by the war, they were either separated from the troops, or actively avoided, and were not known by the official forces. Slowly, they got to know each other and became friends under the mentality of holding a group for warmth.
This time, they came to Berdan, Biles' hometown, in search of possible surviving relatives and friends of the other party.
"The reality of this world is far beyond our imagination." Pasha, with long dark blonde hair and dark blue eyes, sighed with emotion.
She is only in her twenties, and her facial features are good, but there is no extra flesh on her face, so that the outline of the bones is obvious, and she looks much older than her actual age.
"In the future, we will have different lives." Roy, whose hairline has typical Loen characteristics, raised his cup and said, "Cheers to a brand new future..."
Before he finished speaking, someone in the bar hall suddenly screamed.
Roy and others all have some experience, so they are busy raising their vigilance and turning their attention to the past.
They saw a young man in ordinary clothes fall to the ground, rolling back and forth, seemingly in great pain.
Under the dim light of the gas wall lamp, everyone noticed that behind the young man, his clothes were ripped open, revealing blood-red marks one after another, as if he had been beaten with a leather whip.
However, no one around was holding a leather whip, and the victim just screamed, unless he was whipped countless times at that moment.
But this way,
How could no one notice?
"...He has a wallet in his hand... Could this be related to the abnormality just now?" Phil, who was thin and thin, took a few glances and said, "I'll take it over and take a look?"
Roy thought for a while, then nodded lightly:
"be careful."
Phil made a "hmm" and walked out of the small round table area. With the help of the onlookers, he approached the young man who no longer rolled and just hummed in a low voice.
He quietly stretched out his left hand, targeting the ordinary-looking leather wallet.
"what!"
Phil screamed suddenly, watching his left hand break off at the wrist, and fell to the ground with a snap.
At the break, blood spurted and splashed onto the faces and bodies of the people around.
The scene froze instantly. The drunken drinkers were stunned first, then swallowed their saliva, then turned around and ran frantically to the door and corner!
"It's weird... No one attacked me!" Phil almost fainted in pain, but he still managed to tell Roy, Byers and Pasha his "experience".
Roy's eyes narrowed and he said decisively:
"Let's get out of here first!"
He then turned his head and said to Byers:
"You pick up Phil's hand and keep it. I remember that the military doctor Weber I met before was also a Beldan. After he was discharged from the army, he returned here and opened a private clinic. He, he can effectively treat the trauma in this area."
The military doctor named Weber is also a Beyonder. When he participated in the Southern War, he improved step by step. He has medical skills that transcend reality. It is said that he can sew up severed limbs and make them as flexible as before.
"Okay." Byers replied without hesitation.
He took a few steps forward, took out a wooden box, picked up Phil's severed hand, and put it in.
At the same time, Pasha used the magic ointment she bought earlier to initially stop the bleeding of Phil's wound, and did some bandaging.
Immediately afterwards, a group of four left the bar.
After many inquiries, they finally found the Weber Clinic with the help of passers-by.
The clinic has not yet closed, and the light of the gas street lamps spread out, casting a dim yellow.
Roy pulled the doorbell politely, and heard a ding-dong sound echoing inside.
However, several minutes passed, but no one came to greet them.
"Drunk?" Pasha looked at Phil, who was in unbearable pain, and made a guess in doubt.
Roy shook his head:
"I remember that Webb is not an alcoholic. He has no other bad habits except for being romantic. Maybe, he is..."
While speaking, the man with a medium stature and many traces of wind and frost on his face pushed the door tentatively, only to find that it was not locked, but only concealed.
As the door opened, Roy, Byers and others saw two figures.
The two figures hung in the center of the clinic, and they swayed slightly due to the wind blowing in from outside the door.
The one was a man in his thirties in a white coat, and the other was a young girl in a nurse's uniform. Their lower body was naked, their eyes were bulging, their mouths were half-open, their tongues were squeezed out, and they were hanged from the ceiling by invisible ropes. , the expression is both fear and despair, but also full of daze.
"Weber..." Roy recognized the hanged man.
He and Pasha, Phil, and Byers felt a chill behind them at the same time. He didn't know why such a thing happened, and he didn't know what kind of terror such an unknown would bring.
boom!
The sound of the chair falling to the ground came from the side, awakening Roy and others who were a little stunned.
They followed the sound and saw a lady holding a baby standing up in a panic, and whispered in panic and confusion:
"They're cheating..."
What does this have to do with what happened to them? Roy took a deep breath and felt that it was not appropriate to stay here for a long time.
He hastily ordered:
"Walk!"
He didn't ask Pasha to appease the woman, and he didn't try to get the clinic's sanitizer and bandages.
Byers and the others swallowed their saliva with difficulty, turned around quickly, and left the clinic with extreme caution.
For Phil, the terror of the unknown completely overwhelmed the pain in his left hand.
"What happened?" Phil asked with twitching muscles after turning into another street.
"How do I know?" Byers blurted out, feeling a little out of control.
Roy glanced left and right, sighed and said:
"calm.
"It's supposed to be something terrifying, more extraordinary than we can imagine."
"Yes, all of this is too weird, it can only be the reason." Pasha nodded in agreement.
"Then what should we do?" Phil asked in a panic.
Roy thought about it and said:
"Try to leave Berdan.
"Also, analyze the previous encounters and summarize the laws contained in them.
"None of us can guarantee that we will not encounter that kind of anomaly again in the future. Only by mastering the laws can we guarantee our own safety."
"Yes." Byers calmed down and agreed with Roy's statement.
They discussed as they walked and gradually came up with some ideas.
"Webber had an affair before he was hanged, and Phil tried to take the wallet before his hand was cut off. This is a kind of theft..." Pasha summed up the common ground of the two things.
...Roy was inspired:
"Could it be because they did something illegal to have this experience?"
"How is that possible?" Byers and Phil responded in unison.
As soon as the words fell, they suddenly had corresponding guesses, and their expressions gradually became solemn.
"Perhaps, there is an invisible enforcer, this is the essence of this extraordinary sex..." Byers said thoughtfully.
Roy said "um":
"This could be huge.
"Next, we pay attention to our behavior."
Pasha and the others nodded and walked along the street to the outside of the city with increasing vigilance.
Not long after, they arrived at the Municipal Plaza and saw many people standing around the notice board at night.
"Announcement?" Roy and the others glanced at each other, suspecting that it was a reminder from the official forces for this extraordinary **.
Therefore, they moved closer and, with the help of the light of the gas street lamp, looked at the announcement on the wooden sign.
There is a piece of white paper in the center, and there is a yellow piece of paper under the white paper, which seems to be giving additional explanations.
In the process of quickly browsing the announcement, the eyes of Roy, Pasha and others gradually became horrified, and they seemed to understand the source of the matter.
After reading the white paper, their eyes fell on the yellow paper:
"All citizens are invited to arrest foreigners together, and all means can be used."
Arresting foreigners... Roy and the others were nervous, and instinctively glanced at the citizens around the notice board.
Seemingly aware of their gaze, the citizens turned around and turned their attention to them.
Under the dim yellow light of the gas street lamp, those eyes seemed to flash with a strange brilliance.
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