Chapter 323 - 319: The Script [4]

Right where he stood.

A ripple-like pulse spread out rapidly, enveloping the entire city in an instant.

Beneath the damp earth, ants bustled about in their tunnels, carrying food.

Under the eaves, a few sparrows flapped their wings anxiously, chirping away.

Rats scurrying through dark, damp sewers.

People taking shelter from the rain on the streets, cars driving down the roads—all these chaotic sounds and images.

All of it flowed into Hu Qi’s eyes and ears with unparalleled clarity, seen from a completely new perspective.

Hu Qi was completely focused, leaving no corner unsearched.

As his Demon Soul blanketed the area, he scanned every building, every alleyway.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, a flicker of puzzlement in their depths.

His Demon Soul Domain had enveloped the entire city, bringing everything within his sight, yet he had not found any sign of Ouyang Shuokong.

’This should be impossible.’

If he had been using Nightmare Power, something like Gold could block or interfere with it.

But that wasn’t a possibility with the Demon Soul.

At this thought, he glanced at Hu San, who was perched on his shoulder.

"Hu San, I’m looking for someone. He’s in this city, but I can’t seem to find him in the physical world..."

He then briefly explained the situation.

Hearing this, Hu San mulled it over for a moment.

It spoke up. "Sir, based on what you’ve said, it’s highly likely the person you’re looking for has entered a deeper layer of the Nightmare Gap. He’s not in the physical world."

The Nightmare Gap is similar to the Nightmare Space, but they aren’t the same. A Nightmare Gap is created by a Dream Eye itself.

An ordinary Dream Eye can only isolate an area. But a Dream Eye capable of creating a Nightmare Gap is far from ordinary.

"Oh? And you have a way to find him?"

Hu Qi asked.

"I can try."

As it spoke, Hu San lifted a claw and pointed to the coarse, brown rope around its neck.

"However, you’ll need to retract this thing first, Sir. Otherwise, I can’t use my Magic!"

Hu Qi merely glanced at it and said,

"In that case, begin."

As soon as he spoke,

Hu San felt the rope around its neck loosen slightly.

It was still there, but the force suppressing it seemed to have vanished.

Instantly, its own Nightmare Power began to rapidly recover.

Sensing this, it didn’t choose to struggle free and flee.

Putting aside whether it could even break free from the Hangman’s Rope, even if it could, it wouldn’t try without absolute certainty.

It didn’t dare to make a move.

The time they had spent together had given it some insight into Hu Qi’s character.

Normally, as long as it wasn’t a matter of importance, Hu Qi was quite agreeable.

But the moment his own interests were at stake, he would act without a shred of hesitation.

’In Hu San’s opinion, the man had almost no character flaws.’

’It didn’t matter who you were; if you provoked him, he would kill you all the same.’

’He had no bottom line to speak of. No, perhaps he did, but it was just incredibly low.’

’Therefore, to escape Hu Qi’s control, it would have to wait for the right opportunity.’

’And it was not lacking in patience.’

However, as its power returned, it immediately detected an unusual presence within the city.

’It understood then that its opportunity, barring any surprises, would be coming soon.’

On the surface, however,

its expression remained normal. It said fawningly to Hu Qi, "Please wait a moment, Sir!"

With that, it straightened up, pressing its front paws together.

The next moment, its body began to twist and distort.

Hu Qi could clearly sense a violent surge of Nightmare Power emanating from it.

A few seconds later, the distortion vanished. Hu San’s expression twitched, and a strange light flashed deep in its eyes, gone in an instant.

"Sir, I’ve found something."

Its expression was grim.

"I’ve detected the presence of the Blood Word Script here."

"The Blood Word Script?"

Hu Qi’s eyes flickered. This was the first time he had ever heard of such a thing; he hadn’t found any mention of it when he’d been reviewing files at the Security Bureau.

"The Blood Word Script... like me, it’s one of the original Dream Eyes..."

Hu San said.

As Hu San explained, Hu Qi began to understand what this Blood Word Script was.

According to Hu San,

the Blood Word Script, like Hu San itself, was one of the original Dream Eyes, but its Ability was even more powerful and strange.

There were only nine original Dream Eyes in the entire world, as if this was a hard limit imposed by some unknown restriction.

Ordinary Dream Eyes appeared at random intervals, but the number of original Dream Eyes never changed. Hu San had no idea why.

The only certainty was that the power of an original Dream Eye was far beyond that of any ordinary one. And the power of the Blood Word Script was stranger still.

As its name suggested, its true form was a script that could automatically generate scenarios.

Once you were marked by it, you became one of its ’actors.’ These people had to complete the tasks laid out in the Blood Word Script, one after another, just to stay alive.

But it was different from ordinary Nightmare incidents. With a normal Nightmare, you just had to survive it once.

The Blood Word Script was different. Once it chose you, you were its actor for good.

You had to act out the scripts it created, and those scripts almost always involved various monstrous Dream Eyes.

The slightest misstep, and these so-called ’actors’ would die performing their roles.

"Interesting. So, in other words, this Blood Word Script can control ordinary Dream Eyes to some extent?"

Hu Qi’s eyes flashed as he instantly grasped the key point.