8mi Chapter 56 Dark Eye Rune
Chapter 56 Dark Eye Rune
In the square, everyone stared blankly at Lin Ye.
"Ugh~"
Zhao Min couldn't help but run to the side and vomit.
Sun Lang also looked troubled, turning his gaze away and no longer looking at the mess of organs and blood on the ground.
Too cruel.
The village chief and a few villagers, however, were not uncomfortable, but were somewhat surprised, as bear bile should be very bitter, right?
Dr. Lin has a good appetite!
Zhou Yi put away his gun, walked to the black bear carcass, examined it for a while, and then looked at Lin Ye.
"Dr. Lin, are you alright? Do you want some water?"
Lin Ye shook his head, silently reciting the monument in his heart.
【Strength: 0.83】
[Physical Fitness: 0.77]
【Intelligence: 0.60】
The improvement in strength and physique was not obvious, as his physical fitness was already at a very high level.
The most noticeable improvement was in intelligence; it's hard to put into words, but it felt like the world had been cleared of a thin fog, becoming clearer.
After a few seconds of thought, this might be because the intelligence level has reached 0.6, breaking through a certain threshold and entering a new stage.
He put away the monument, glanced at Zhou Yi, walked to the bear head that had rolled down beside him, and picked it up casually.
He looked up at the position of the sun and then at Zhou Yi.
"Director Zhou, the bear head is mine now. This place is pretty good. I'll go back tomorrow to hand over the mission."
Zhou Yi glanced at the village chief and several villagers whose eyes were filled with gratitude, and nodded.
"Expert Lin, please feel free to do as you please. Now that the matter is resolved, I'm going back to town. I'll report the relevant mission records to the city."
"Then I'll have to trouble Director Zhou," Lin Ye said.
"You're too kind, Dr. Lin. We owe you a lot this time. You're welcome to come to town for tea sometime."
After Zhou Yi and his two companions left, the village chief and several villagers surrounded them.
"Expert Lin! Thank you so much! Why don't you stay a few more days? I'll have someone show you around!"
Several other villagers chimed in, saying that there were many fun places to visit in the village.
Lin Ye shook his head. "We're not playing because there's a funeral going on. Please make sashimi out of the bear's heart for me. You can handle the rest yourselves."
Although the bear's heart wasn't listed as food, it's still a valuable item and should be somewhat useful.
Upon hearing Lin Ye mention that bear heart could be made into sashimi, the village chief's smile froze.
As expected of expert Lin, not only does he eat bear bile raw, but he also eats bear heart raw.
They say someone has the courage of a bear and the guts of a leopard, and expert Lin has accomplished half of that.
"Hey, Stone, have Zhang Jia San Ni handle this, and make sure to cook something delicious for Expert Lin."
"Understood, Village Chief! I'll go right away! Sister Zhang's cooking skills are definitely up to par."
......
In the evening, Lin Ye quietly closed the door, picked up his halberd, and disappeared into the mountains outside the village under the cover of night.
After crossing a huge rock, a few minutes later, Lin Ye stopped in front of a cave entrance, the very same bear cave he had discovered that day.
He leaned in slightly, turned sideways to listen carefully, and after a while, Lin Ye bent down and went in, his steps light and graceful.
With the help of weak night vision, the structure inside the cave was very clear; although it was winding, there were no side passages.
After walking for about half an hour, the view became much wider.
It is a long and narrow cave, not very high, less than five meters high, but very long, extending for at least several hundred meters.
After walking in the cave for a while, Lin Ye suddenly stopped, pressed his ear close to the cave wall, and heard faint breathing sounds.
He moved forward quietly, and after turning a corner, a strong, fishy stench filled his nostrils, causing his pupils to shrink abruptly.
Two bear cubs, each no more than half a meter long, were lying in a pool of blood, their fur stained with blood and tangled together.
He was sleeping soundly, with traces of blood still remaining at the corner of his mouth.
But what truly shocked him wasn't the two bear cubs, but something standing nearby.
The body parts, along with fragments of clothing, were piled up. Three mutilated heads, with exposed bones and teeth, were arranged in a triangle, with another head placed on top of the center.
He strode forward, crouched down gently, and his pupils contracted.
Below the four heads was an ancient Rhine rune, shaped like an eye.
The Dark Eye rune, also known as the Dark Eye rune, is one of the basic runes of the Ancient Rhine and is also a component of the Night Demon rune.
This basic rune was mostly used in ancient Rhine civilizations for occasions such as sacrifices.
Why are you here?
Is it related to a cult?
As one of the compulsory subjects for many sects in the Western Continent, the appearance of Ancient Rhine Runes is mostly related to a sect.
Is it a coincidence? Or was this killer bear incident a cult plot from the very beginning?
Is there a cult secretly watching all of this?
Turning around, my gaze swept across the silent cave, where only the breathing of two bear cubs and the faint sound of air movement could be heard.
"Aww~~"
Seemingly sensing something, the two bear cubs woke up and nuzzled against Lin Ye affectionately, still looking a little dazed.
"Whoosh!"
The halberd swept across, and two bear heads rolled off.
After doing all this, he wrapped the four heads in his clothes and continued forward along the cave.
After walking for about an hour, the view suddenly opened up.
Above the semi-circular mouth of the valley, a gibbous moon hangs in the sky, gleaming with a cold light.
After walking a short distance, Lin Ye looked at the young seedlings of the green grass at his feet.
It would be such a waste to eat it now.
But if it stays here, it might get eaten by other animals, and who knows, another killer bear-like creature might appear.
Although the killer bear is very likely the result of some kind of experiment conducted by a cult, the possibility that it is partly due to the Green Ghost Grass cannot be ruled out.
Otherwise, why would that killer bear, which had followed him the whole way without showing itself, suddenly rush out after he discovered the Green Ghost Grass?
After thinking for a while, he squatted down and dug out the seedling of the Green Enchantress Grass, soil and all.
I'll go back and try planting it. If it doesn't work, there's nothing I can do but eat it.
......
The next day at noon, at the train station, the village chief and a group of villagers watched Lin Ye leave.
Inside the car, Lin Ye was carrying a flowerpot in which he had planted young seedlings of the green grass.
As he watched the village of top scholars recede into the distance, he suddenly had a feeling of being in another world.
On the bus, the ticket seller sat somewhat reservedly, no longer eating sunflower seeds, and occasionally glancing at Lin Ye with a hint of fear in her eyes.
She had already heard about Lin Ye from the people of Zhuangyuan Village.
The car had been driving for a short while when it suddenly jolted and made a loud bang.
"Bang."
The driver got out of the car to check, and then came back in a short while later.
"Dr. Lin, we had a flat tire, I'm so sorry."
Lin Ye turned his gaze away from the scenery outside the window and asked, "About how long will it take to fix?"
The driver's expression froze. "Well... I don't know why the spare tire is missing. I'll have to find a repair shop to fix it. It'll probably take two or three hours."
Lin Ye glanced at the green grass in the flowerpot. "How far is it from here to Qishan Town?"
"It takes about an hour and a half to walk there," the driver said.
Then, Lin Ye picked up the box and said, "I'll walk back then. You guys can take your time fixing it."
After getting off the bus, Lin Ye walked along the mountain path. Compared to the city, the mountain breeze here was much cooler.
After walking for about half an hour, we entered a mountain valley and went uphill. The mountain path became narrow, and we were surrounded by mountains with no sign of human habitation in sight.
Finding a spot with a slightly wider view, Lin Ye put down the flowerpot he was holding, opened the box, took out the halberd, and began to maintain it.
The maintenance was completed in no time, and the gleaming halberd blade shone with a cold light, giving it a sense of hardness and coldness.
He stood up, stretched for a while, and looked at the uphill section of the mountain path ahead. Zhou Yi stood there quietly, a metal whip tucked into his waistband.
"Director Zhou, you're too slow," he said.
Zhou Yi's expression was calm, a stark contrast to his foolish demeanor the day before.
"You... you knew all along?"
He had considered shooting Lin Ye from a distance, but the rifle calling procedure was cumbersome and it would be easy to find out his problem.
For a martial artist at the third level of boxing, a pistol poses virtually no threat at a distance of fifty meters.
To avoid alerting the enemy, he had no choice but to set a trap and avoid a direct confrontation.
But to his surprise, this guy seemed to have known his plan in advance and stopped there.
Lin Ye nodded slightly, his fingertips scraping against the halberd's edge to feel its sharpness.
"So, why did Director Zhou join a cult?"