Chapter 104: Star Chasing Journey (24)
Weird mist surged, and the galaxy hung upside down.
Although they didn't know where to go, they had to explore whether they could get out.
This time, even Liu Sheng couldn't rely on Little Tentacle's perception to determine direction, because there was a premonition of weird objects in all directions.
The Doll Tree clung tightly to Liu Sheng, her small hands clutching Liu Sheng's arm, scared.
"Aren't you some kind of Jianmu? Even among those 'aliens,' your Rank should be very high. Shouldn't you be able to suppress them mentally?" Liu Sheng asked quietly.
"But I'm still small! I can feel that there are many powerful guys here, and many terrifying things are descending. Of course, if you give me more delicious things and water and fertilize me diligently so I can grow up sooner, none of these will be my opponents!"
The Doll Tree was initially full of fear, but as she spoke, she became boastful.
Liu Sheng rubbed the tender leaves on her head and ignored her.
She had many conjectures in her heart, but to truly confirm them, she would have to wait until the next time the stars aligned.
Therefore, she had to live until then.
But if, as the Doll Tree said, there were many weird objects here that were not weak in strength, their eight Hunters of the Strange plus seven ordinary people might not find it as easy as Chen Shanyuan thought.
As they walked aimlessly, a cacophony of music suddenly drifted from the black mist.
Calling it music was an exaggeration, as it was out of tune, sounding like nothing but random blowing, plucking, and singing.
Among them, the sound of suona was particularly jarring, piercing through the black mist, creating turbid, sharp, and ear-piercing traces, occasionally cracking. Although it revealed the player's lack of skill, after listening for a long time, it surprisingly evoked a sense of desolation and sorrow.
"Didn't you say you saw villagers playing suona together in the village?" Yu Jinling recalled what Chen Shanyuan and the others had said. "Could it be them?"
If it really was them, at least they were still human and could be communicated with.
Following the sound, it gradually became clearer, and also more and more jarring and strange.
Liu Sheng couldn't help but extend two Little Tentacles to plug her ears, and the others also raised their hands to cover their ears.
In the dense and cold mist, some blurry figures were gathered together, twisting joyfully and strangely, playing something.
Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be more than a dozen simply dressed elderly people.
Several held suonas, while others played erhu, or beat gongs and drums. They had actually formed a proper-looking band, but the sounds they produced were absurd and unrestrained.
"Yes, it's them, the suona band we saw last time." Chen Shanyuan carefully distinguished them. "But why are there so many other instruments now?"
"Oh, it's Shanyuan!"
An old man saw Chen Shanyuan approaching and happily stopped playing his suona, raising his sleeve to wipe the saliva from his mouth.
"Look, dear, it's Shanyuan!" another Old Woman said, patting an old man who was dazedly beating a drum next to her.
The old man looked up, revealing a dark, empty gum line, and smiled at Chen Shanyuan.
"Hey, and Bowen too!"
Kuang Bowen was thus also pulled over by the enthusiastic elderly people.
"And Junan, this fair-skinned young man." Several aunts gathered around and rubbed Lu Junan's face.
Liu Sheng watched, somewhat dumbfounded. It seemed that Chen Shanyuan and the others' previous interactions with the Cosmic Village villagers were not just simple conversations; they were almost integrated into the community.
Kuang Bowen finally managed to escape the enthusiastic aunts. Seeing everyone's curious and gossipy expressions, he said softly, a little embarrassed, "This is the effect of the captain's personal collection of weird objects, ahem, the 'Charmer's Aura'."
Oh, so that's it!
It's just that no one expected this Charmer's Aura to be used on a group of elderly people.
"Why did you bring so many people?" the leading old man asked Chen Shanyuan, chuckling. "Did you come specifically to observe how we summon aliens?"
"Uh, yes, we thought more audience might make the effect better." Kuang Bowen saw Chen Shanyuan sweating profusely and quickly helped him explain.
"You've thought it through." A big aunt playing the erhu smiled like a flower, and the second head extending from her shoulder also smiled and said, "You young men from outside are so clever. These old geezers don't understand at all."
"Exactly. You say if the aliens came down after hearing our performance, it would be embarrassing if there were no audience. They might think our Cosmic Village doesn't welcome them." The first head chimed in.
"Go, go, go, what do you know? To welcome aliens, sincerity is enough. I believe they understand." The old man was displeased and argued.
Another old man also said, "Didn't Professor Tang welcome the aliens by herself back then? Did the aliens say anything?"
"Maybe that's why the aliens stopped coming?" Song Ru muttered softly from behind.
"You little girl! What are you saying!" These elderly people were not hard of hearing and immediately started excitedly cursing.
Liu Sheng noticed that even murderous intent welled up in their eyes.
"Don't talk nonsense, go to the back!" Chen Shanyuan seemed to scold, but was actually protecting Song Ru, then turned to apologize to the elderly people, "Elders, please don't mind her, she has a mental illness."
"Alas, if her mind is ill, she shouldn't run around. She should stay in Cosmic Village and read more about Professor Tang's deeds; maybe she'll get better." An Old Woman, however, was soft-hearted and sighed, shaking her head.
Song Ru, hidden behind the others, rolled her eyes dramatically.
Wen Weilan also quietly gave her a side-eye. Although this Song Ru was a potential troublemaker, she hadn't done anything in this space yet, and there hadn't been an opportunity to secretly deal with her.
"Alright, no more talk." The leading old man also lost interest in chatting with them. "Let's continue with our new song. Perhaps the aliens didn't like the previous songs, which is why they didn't come."
"Of course, the location also matters. This is a Star Chasing Holy Land; it should be better than playing in our village," the two-headed aunt said.
"Excuse me, elder, what is a Star Chasing Holy Land?" Liu Sheng interjected proactively.
"You child, you don't know and you still came?" The two-headed aunt squinted at her with all four eyes. "This is where Professor Tang successfully summoned aliens back then. It is said that this is the place closest to the starry sky."
"I see!" Liu Sheng nodded, having received her answer.
"Our tour guide doesn't know where she ran off to. She didn't even explain anything to us. We almost didn't recognize the Holy Land."
"Oh, you mean that girl Mingzhu. She is indeed a bit lazy. She is a top university doctoral student who wanted to do experiments with Professor Tang, but Professor Tang refused and made her a tour guide for a travel group, and she has to lead so many groups at once, so she inevitably has some resentment..."
Then the aunt heard the others calling her back to play the erhu. One head responded, and the other head said to Liu Sheng, "Oh, I won't talk anymore, I won't delay things. You guys just watch from the side."
Everyone was indeed curious about what they were going to do. Didn't Li Mingzhu tell them to learn from the people of Cosmic Village? Now was the chance.
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