I awakened to be a menace at the start of the game, and my parents sent me to the cherry blossom vie

Chapter 346 One Seed, A Giant Black Shadow

abyss?

Hearing Da Wu's answer, Lin Fan's eyelids twitched.

"Do you know the specifics of the Abyss?"

Lin Fan tried to ask more questions, but Da Wu couldn't give a complete answer.

have to.

When they communicate like this, there's no one else like them.

Left with no other choice, he had to give up on asking any further questions.

"Alright. You can rest now!"

He patted his knees, stood up, and looked at the sky.

By this time, the sky was gradually darkening, and the last bit of orange light in the west was blocked by the mountain ridge, turning the entire sky from blue to deep purple.

He thought about it and realized that whether he went to the nuclear power plant or back to Raccoon City, he would have to travel at night.

After all this time, even if I don't feel physically tired, I'm still very mentally exhausted.

Anyway, I don't need to rush.

After thinking about it...

"Then I'll just make do here tonight and leave tomorrow morning."

Upon hearing his words, the great crow felt a surge of joy in its mind. Then, one of its tentacles slowly slid along the ground, forming a circle that surrounded the people and cars.

"Heh, you've got some sense, kid."

Seeing this, Lin Fan smiled, then returned to the car, took out a worn-out coat, and spread it on a relatively flat stone not far away.

After lying down, I was able to see the starry sky above me.

He used to sleep indoors or in his car and rarely paid attention to the night sky.

Now, without light pollution, the stars in the sky are so dense that they seem to press the entire sky down.

He stared at the starry sky for a while, his mind still racing with chaotic thoughts. Then, gradually, the thoughts slowed down, and then…

Fell asleep.

But when he opened his eyes again and saw the familiar gray fog and the gray sky...

He knew he had entered a dark world again.

"Wait, when is this going to end? Can't a person get a proper night's sleep?"

Looking at the familiar surroundings, Lin Fan couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Well, since we're already here, let's go check out what's going on with that big tree..."

With that thought in mind, he walked towards the cemetery without hesitation.

The world was gray, with a light mist lingering all around.

A normal person here would have no chance of getting their bearings.

However, this did not happen to him.

Whether it was intuition or something else, once he stepped into this world, he was able to discern the approximate location of the cemetery.

Lin Fan himself found this very strange.

Before I knew it, I found myself back in that familiar cemetery.

But soon, he realized something was wrong.

The dead tree is gone.

Where the dead tree once stood, only a bare gray ground remains.

There wasn't even a trace of the dead tree that had ever existed on the ground.

"Logically, that thing should still be there!"

Looking at the bare ground, Lin Fan was puzzled for a moment.

Logically speaking, since Shoggoth wouldn't be killed by him for the time being, the withered tree should still exist.

But now...

It's gone?

"Could it be... that they've hidden somewhere?"

Lin Fan stared at the empty space for a long while, then subconsciously walked over.

"Um?"

However, when he arrived at the open space, he immediately noticed that there was something in the place where there should have been a dead tree.

The object wasn't large; it was round, with fine lines on its surface, and a dark color, somewhere between gray and black.

Lin Fan didn't rush to pick it up, but stared at it for two seconds.

"This...is a seed?"

After looking at it for a while and seeing nothing unusual, he bent down and picked it up.

I held it up in front of me and took a look.

It is indeed a seed.

But these were seeds I had never seen before.

I weighed it in my palm; it didn't feel very heavy.

Moreover, the surface doesn't feel as rough as it looks; on the contrary, it's very smooth.

It doesn't look like a stone, nor does it look like an ordinary plant seed.

How so?

It's like... a round wooden hand-held piece that has been polished and patinated.

Looking closely at the patterns on it, they are densely packed, resembling some kind of writing or a circuit diagram, but no matter how you look at them, you can't understand them.

"This...could it be another trap?"

He held the seed in his palm, intending to examine it closely—

But then a noise suddenly came from behind.

It wasn't a sound. It was a feeling that came from instinct.

It was as if something was secretly watching him from behind.

The feeling of being watched made him tense up, and he subconsciously turned around to look behind him.

However, behind him, apart from the towering tombstones, there was only endless gloom.

"Is it an illusion?"

"No, it's not an illusion!"

At first, he thought it was just his imagination, but he soon realized that it was not.

He discovered that although the cemetery behind him was shrouded in a dark mist, there was something inside that mist.

If you don't look closely, you might not even notice it.

Within the gloomy fog, a black shadow contrasted sharply with the surrounding darkness.

If you don't look closely, you can really tell that the darkness is different from ordinary dark colors.

If you look closely, you'll find that the darkness seems to have a tangible shadow.

Although the outline of the shadow was not very clear, Lin Fan could still sense that it was something, and that it was looking at him.

Lin Fan stared at the huge shadow, surprised, and slowly raised his head, scanning from bottom to top.

But the next moment, he was dumbfounded.

He didn't even see the top of that outline.

Isn't this a bit too exaggerated?

He was shocked, but he also realized that the dark figure was not moving, yet it always gave him an indescribable, strange feeling.

Lin Fan didn't move; he just stood there quietly, looking at the huge shadow.

After a long while, seeing no movement from the other party, he narrowed his eyes.

"Then... what exactly is... what is that thing?"

Lin Fan looked at the motionless black shadow, hesitated for a moment, then lifted his foot and walked towards it, wanting to see what it was.

He was afraid the shadowy figure would discover his intentions or launch a sudden attack, so his eyes never left the shadow.

However, after walking at least a hundred meters, the huge black shadow was still standing in the same spot.

It was as if it were a completely inanimate object.

"Could it be a mountain?"

"But there shouldn't be any mountains here, right?"

"And you've come so many times, how come I've never seen you before? Or have I just never noticed?"

At this moment, Lin Fan's mind was filled with questions.

There are some things he can't understand, and he can't even sleep peacefully.

Seeing that the dark figure did not move, he also began to speed up his approach.

But soon, he realized something was wrong.

Although the dark shadow in his line of sight was still there, but...

He had walked for so long, yet he felt that the distance between them hadn't closed much at all.

But it also seems like we haven't gotten any further apart.

"Why do I keep encountering all sorts of strange things?"

Looking at the dark figure that neither moved closer nor further away, Lin Fan muttered something under his breath.

"I refuse to believe it!"

As he spoke, he raised his foot again and approached the dark figure.

He quickly moved away from the cemetery area, but strangely, the distance between him and the dark figure remained neither too close nor too far.

"Damn it, is this a ghost?"

Seeing this, he cursed under his breath, then, as if in a fit of pique, he quickly ran towards the dark figure.

"I refuse to believe it! Today I'll see what kind of trash you are, or I'll change my surname to yours."

As he spoke, his pace quickened.

Gradually, his expression grew increasingly grim.

At his speed, but the distance between him and it seemed neither to get closer nor farther, maintaining a fixed interval.

"That's interesting."

He stopped, refusing to move, and shouted directly at the dark figure, "Hey, what are you?"

However, there was no response.

There was no sound, no fluctuation of consciousness, and no response.

But that feeling of being watched still lingers.

Lin Fan remained silent for about ten seconds.

Then I decided to give it another try.

This time, instead of running, he leaped forward and pounced at top speed.

At this moment, his speed, if not comparable to a sixth-generation fighter jet, has surpassed that of an F1 fighter jet.

Even so, the dark figure maintained a certain distance from him, and he could only see its outline, but he couldn't see what it was at all.

He even suspected that the dark figure might be a shadow imprinted on his retina.

Otherwise, why would something so close seem so far away?

"...Fine, you're awesome."

After chasing for an unknown distance, Lin Fan finally gave up.

At this moment, he felt it didn't matter whose surname he took; he couldn't just be played like a fool.

Although I was unwilling, there was nothing I could do.

He stood there quietly, watching the dark figure that was neither too close nor too far away.

This continued for quite a while...

Suddenly, the surrounding fog began to thicken.

"Um?"

However, just as he was wondering what was going on, the world in front of him began to blur.

The outline of the dark figure was gradually swallowed by the mist, becoming fainter and fainter until only a blurry shadow remained, and then even that shadow disappeared.

Everything turned gray.

Then, before he could react, everything went dark.

"Holy crap—"

Suddenly, Lin Fan opened his eyes.

The same starry sky still hangs overhead.

In the distance, the tentacles of the giant crow gently rested on the nearby ground, as if keeping watch for him.

He lay there for a few seconds to catch his breath.

"From now on... I won't be going in there the moment I fall asleep, will I?"

"If that's the case, it's a real disaster!"

"Damn, why am I so tired?"

He subconsciously got up, wanting to get a bottle of water from the car.

But as soon as he stood up, he felt an inexplicable soreness in his muscles, like the feeling after running a marathon for several hours.

Logically speaking, given his current physical condition, he shouldn't be tired even if he runs a marathon all day, let alone run a marathon.

But now...

"...Wouldn't it be tiring to run around in that gloomy world?"

He sat up and stretched his shoulders.

He didn't know how long he had been chasing after it in that world; at this moment, he only felt sore all over.

However, the soreness in his body was quickly interrupted by the strange sensation in his hand.

He raised his hand in confusion and opened his palm to look at it.

"No...this is..."

Lin Fan stared in astonishment at the object he had just been holding, his eyes wide with surprise.

What he was clutching in his hand was actually the seed he had just picked up in that gloomy world...?

"This thing... I took it out?"

Lin Fan stared in disbelief at the gray-black seed in his hand, its surface covered with fine lines, utterly shocked.

I never expected that he would bring things from that gloomy world into reality.

"Am I dreaming?"

Lin Fan was still somewhat incredulous, and pinched his thigh with his other hand...

"Ouch—"

"Pain is not a dream!"

"..."

Lin Fan grimaced, still somewhat incredulous.

"Damn, I actually managed to bring something from the Dark World out here?!"

However, just as he was looking on in surprise, a tentacle as thick as an arm reached down from above.

The tentacle, as if curious about the seed in his hand, lowered down to touch it.

But soon, the tentacle swiftly retracted under Lin Fan's strange gaze.

At the same time, within his sea of ​​consciousness, he sensed the wary fluctuations of the Great Crow.

Sensing all of this, Lin Fan subconsciously looked up at Da Wu.

Do you recognize this?

The Great Crow's consciousness wavered for a moment before falling silent.

Then two words came through.

[Unfamiliar, but dangerous.]

Lin Fan looked down and glanced at the thing in his hand again.

What danger could a seed possibly pose?

Lin Fan examined the seed carefully again, but no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see any danger.

"Forget it, I'll see if I can grow it when I have time. Putting aside the risks, it's better than coming back empty-handed every time."

With that thought in mind, he stopped worrying about it, got up, took a bottle of water from the car, drank most of it, and then returned to where he had been lying.

I lay down again.

Perhaps because of the ordeal he had just experienced in that gloomy world, he was unusually energetic at the moment.

With my eyes fixed on the starry sky above, my mind started to wander again.

The words that Big Meatball said before it died...

Everything originated from that cemetery.

So... what is this seed?

Is it a trap left behind by the fleshy ball itself, or is it some other special entity?

And that huge black shadow.

What exactly is that thing? Why do I always keep my distance from him? Is it that I can't get close, or don't want to get close, or don't want him to get close?

One question leads to another, like solving one riddle only to find ten more riddles within it, layer upon layer, with no bottom.

"So many troubles," he sighed inwardly.

Although he felt quite confused, he was surprisingly calm inside and did not feel the slightest unease.

To some extent, he even had a certain anticipation for that mysterious world.

"When we get back, we'll find someone knowledgeable to try and see if we can grow anything."