Chapter 1004 Degree of Assimilation

As Chen Ming closed his eyes.

The darkness outside was surging and gradually formed a howling wind.

The heavy snow like goose feathers was sweeping.

It was hitting Chen Ming in the heavy night.

A wall rose from the ground.

Aluminum alloy window lattices were inlaid in it, and the more retro old-fashioned patterns were carved on it. It framed a piece of glass, so that the wind and snow could only hit the window and were isolated, unable to cause any impact on the people in the house.

It blocked the heavy wind and snow, and also blocked the deep black outside.

It also blocked the cold outside.

Chen Ming retracted his gaze to the window.

In the house, warm light poured down from the big chandelier, and warm air flow slowly flowed from the heater under the window, and there were laughter in his ears.

This was the old house in his childhood memory.

Dad was busy in the kitchen.

Mom and sister sat in front of the TV in the living room, watching the Spring Festival Gala that had just started while wrapping dumplings with flour-stained hands.

At the request of his sister, Chen Ming had to put down the work that he had been busy with until New Year's Eve, put on his notebook, and peeled big and plump tangerines for his sister who had no free hands.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

After Chen Ming picked a slice of tangerine and stuffed it into his sister's mouth, he wiped it on his sister's apron, stood up, walked out of the carpet and put on slippers, and opened the door while calling "I'm coming, I'm coming."

Outside the door was the little girl Su Su.

Even with a hat and a thick cotton coat, her little face was a little red from the cold. She held a large bag of New Year's goods, smiled sweetly at Chen Ming, and said Happy New Year.

At the same time, the neighbor who lived opposite also opened the door. The queen, wearing thick gloves and holding the steamed pork she had just made, looked at Chen Ming from a distance.

"Hey, are there other sisters who wish you a happy new year and send you food? You are doing well, Chen Ming."

"The steamed pork with rice flour in my hand?"

"I took it to feed the stray dogs."

"Why, do you think it's for you?"

"Heh!"

"You are being sentimental!"

Chen Ming smiled helplessly. His cell phone rang at this moment. He looked down and saw that it was a blessing message from Gang Ge, Shazi Jie, Ling Yue and other friends.

...

Chen Ming's mood was completely stabilized under the influence of these scenes.

He has always wanted only this one thing.

To be able to protect his family and friends.

To be able to have the most peaceful and simple life in troubled times.

The illusion he created wrapped himself up, completely shutting out the mysterious power of Echo Snow, and failing to affect him at all.

Naturally.

The power hidden in the darkness, the power that wanted to take advantage of Chen Ming's mental breakdown and pollute him, no longer had room to act.

He could only watch himself continue to exert influence, but nothing happened in the end.

…

In the freezing cold Yharnam Village.

The queen looked at the changes in front of her in despair.

The surrounding scene kept collapsing.

Strange, wriggling things began to emerge from the skin of the two villagers, as if they would break through the skin and jump out at any time.

Everything was changing towards the worst and the worst.

She had heard about these changes too many times in those fragments of memory...

This means that Echo Snow has bared its fangs.

It will turn into a beast that will choose its prey!

At this moment, the queen could only watch all this happen without any chance to intervene.

"Chen Ming..."

She murmured, and the tears in her eyes could no longer be restrained.

Flowing down her cheeks.

She didn't understand why a puppet had the ability to cry...

She burst into tears!

It was also fortunate that she was a puppet, otherwise her emotional breakdown at this moment would also attract the covetousness and peeping of the mysterious power in Echo Snow.

But at this moment,

The surroundings that were originally in a state of collapse actually changed.

It was like a broken TV was gradually repaired.

The damaged color blocks began to recover.

The empty black was filled with colors.

The originally fluctuating abnormal display gradually stabilized.

Even all the weirdness that appeared on the two villagers was completely calmed down...

Everything is back on track.

The queen, who was on the verge of losing control of her emotions, suddenly froze.

"What, what is going on?!"

"Chen Ming?"

"Chen Ming!"

She tried to call Chen Ming's ear twice.

In her extremely surprised gaze, Chen Ming slowly opened his eyes.

"You... cried?"

Chen Ming suddenly noticed something and raised his eyebrows suddenly.

The queen, who was immersed in the surprise of losing and regaining, was completely unaware of her loss of composure just now. After being pointed out by Chen Ming at this moment, she suddenly reacted.

She immediately shuddered and let go of her arms that were hugging Chen Ming. She was about to throw herself on Chen Ming, but she suddenly jumped back as if she had been electrocuted!

"What are you crying about?"

"No, no!"

"It's just that the quality of this puppet is too poor, and there are some problems!"

Listening to her explanation, Chen Ming just grinned.

Not going into it.

Then, he turned his head and looked around.

He found that everything was the same as before, and the old lady was still chatting with Thirteen.

"So what happened just now?"

"As an outsider, why did I gain the same abilities as the villagers... How come all my thoughts and ideas are materialized?"

After the queen calmed down, she answered, "This is another terrifying thing about Echo Snow."

"Once you communicate too deeply with the villagers, you will be assimilated imperceptibly, but it usually doesn't happen so quickly. This should be related to the ancient blood in your body."

"It is this that makes you have a deep bond with Echo Snow at the very beginning."

Hearing this, Chen Ming couldn't help but frowned, "Such important information, why didn't you tell me earlier..."

"I can't tell you this earlier." Although the queen was blamed, she didn't jump up and refute like she did in the past, but sighed, looking very scared.

"Although they are assimilated, the specific performance of each person is different."

"After being assimilated, most people will only show confusion, just like these villagers... They have actually lived for endless years, but they always think that they live in that winter, so this place will always be frozen."

"Look at the New Year's goods they prepared. If you look closely, you will find that there are so many that the warehouse can't hold them... But they will not stop at all, and continue to prepare for the spring that will never come."

"This kind of assimilation is the easiest to solve. As long as someone reminds you all the time that you are not alone in this place, you can break the confusion."

"In addition to confusion, some people will have symptoms like schizophrenia... They will think that they are one of these villagers."

"Even if someone reminds them, even if they are taken away from the Echo Snow in the end, at some point, their village The people's personalities will replace their original bodies, making them feel the urge to return here. "

"It's very troublesome to crack this, but it's not that no one has done it before."

"And the most difficult thing about assimilation is that you directly gain the ability of the villagers to think and feel what they think, just like you do."

"This is the deepest level of assimilation!"

"It also means that your relationship with the mysterious power in the Echo Snow has reached an inseparable point."

"As for why I can't tell you in advance so that you can be prepared."

"It's actually a very simple truth."

"The more you know about it, the more familiar you are with it, the higher your assimilation level will naturally be!"

"If I told you this at the beginning and reminded you to be fully prepared, when you set foot in Yanan Village, you will definitely reach the deepest level of assimilation, which is your current state."

Hearing the queen say this, Chen Ming couldn't help but fall silent.

Why is my luck so bad...

But fortunately, Chen Ming is open-minded. He didn't get entangled in it, but changed the subject, "Getting the same abilities as the villagers is the deepest assimilation, I can understand, but..."

"Why do you say this is the worst?"

"To be honest, if you use such abilities here, wouldn't it be a random killing?"