Myriad Realms Exchange Machine

Chapter 188 Return in the Dark
When Old George opened the door, Li Yu had the idea of ​​​​getting lamp oil from Old George.

Because just from the effect point of view, the lights in Old George's room also have the effect of repelling wild animals.Even if the traits may be poor, it is definitely better than nothing.

Old George glanced at Li Yu, as if he didn't expect Li Yu to make such a request.

"That won't do, Jenny, that woman never paid me for the lamp-oil. Don't I, old George, look like a good-hearted fellow who'd let anyone get credit? Don't take the game too lightly, boy! You know, I hate getting something for nothing the most!" Old George refused.

Jenny should be the name of Little Red Riding Hood’s mother, and Old George’s implication should be that Little Red Riding Hood’s mother only paid for cream, while lamp oil required additional payment.

Li Yu touched his pocket, and there were a few Ruanmei coins in it.

But obviously, there is no way for Soft Girl Coins to circulate in this world.

"Old man, please be accommodating. We don't mean to get something for nothing, and it is impossible to have such a meaning. What I mean is, let us owe the lamp oil money first, and then we will make it up for you later." Li Yu tried his best Soften your tone.

However, Old George was indifferent, and said: "No, I am a principled person, and I will never let people pay on credit!"

Seeing that the countdown continues, there is less and less time left for Li Yu and Qin Yan.

Qin Yanxiu, who was waiting at the side, raised her eyebrows and said angrily, "You don't have to be too hard tempered! You will lose your fortune!"

Old George snorted coldly and said, "My temper is like this, I can't soften it."

"I see your whole body, and all you have left is your temper!" Qin Yan was furious.

Seeing that the old and young rivalry was about to develop in a strange direction, but the countdown was decreasing by the second, Li Yu called an emergency stop.

He abruptly inserted himself between Old George and Qin Yan, separating the two.

"Ms. Jenny gave three servings of butter, right?" Li Yu asked old George.

"Yes." Old George replied angrily, with his hands on his hips, he said, "However, there are only two of you, and there is no way to carry all three servings of butter back!"

"No, we only need two servings of cream." Li Yu was firm.

"We want to use the third portion of cream to exchange for some lamp oil. I don't know if it is possible."

"Cream for lamp oil? You kid can figure it out." Old George was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Okay, don't tell Jenny then, it's me who wants to change it."

There are 5 minutes left in the countdown.

Old George first lifted two wooden barrels filled with butter out of the door, then groped around in the room for a while, and appeared in front of Li Yu and Qin Yan carrying a small oil can.

Another 2 minutes passed.

The golden lamp oil was poured into the lantern from Old George's oil tank through a very thin tube.

The countdown below the panel did not go back due to the injection of new lamp oil, it just paused and was fixed on the 3-minute time scale.

After the lamp oil was filled again, Old George lost all expression like an NPC who had completed the task handover, and closed the door tightly, no longer responding to everything outside the door.

"Let's go." Li Yu said to Qin Yan.

With a lantern in his left hand, he illuminated the path under his feet, and a wooden barrel filled with cream in his right hand, and moved forward steadily.

The wooden barrel is very heavy, at least 10 pounds, and you can see white cream sloshing in the barrel.

Although Li Yu looks like a scholar, he also spends time exercising on weekdays, so it is not too strenuous to walk with the cream.

But Qin Yan couldn't do it.

With more than 10 catties of butter, Qin Yan was already complaining incessantly after walking for a while with both hands.

"I finally understand why that aunt went to those three big men first!" Qin Yan panted and said, "Such a big bucket of cream cannot be delivered within the stipulated time with the girl's physical strength."

Li Yu turned her head and glanced at Qin Yan. The girl's face was flushed, and her forehead was covered with fine sweat.

"Is it not enough? Do you want to take a break?" Li Yu asked, glancing at the countdown timer at the bottom of the panel.

The time was still fixed at 3 minutes, but Li Yu was still uneasy.

"No more? Your question is simply insulting! Don't you know that every drawing master has countless livers hidden in his body and has infinite physical strength!" Qin Yan said loudly.

Li Yu could tell that Qin Yan was just trying to hold on.

Maybe she didn't want to drag Li Yu down, or maybe she didn't want to stay in this gloomy wild for a while. After all, there were Tindalos hounds watching in the dark.

Although the shape of these so-called hounds is difficult to describe, there are reports that they possess extremely long hollow straws for sucking the blood of their victims.

Sometimes they also appear as a pool of blue, strange, pus-like substance.

Others believe that their form has more elements of bats than true dogs - and that may all be true, of course.

But no matter which theory they say, there is only one option before Li Yu and Qin Yan, and that is to go on.

They didn't care what the legendary hound looked like, they just made sure that they didn't want to meet this so-called hound at all.

You know, as long as a human and a hound come into contact once, no matter where the human is, the hound will chase him after him.

The time it takes a Tindalos hound to catch its prey is determined by the actual years between it and the prey.

Every 1 million years, it spends one day on the road.After fighting it off, the Hound of Tindalos will most likely give up.But for investigators, fighting it off is extremely difficult.Hounds of Tindalos will also attack friends who are called in by their prey to help.

"Then just hold on a little longer." Li Yu said and continued to move forward.

Qin Yan let out a "huh" and dragged her feet to barely keep up.

The darkness around the two of them was like a living thing, twisting and protruding out deformed tentacles, trying to entangle Li Yu and Qin Yan, but when the light of the lantern came, they screamed and retreated.

A claw as black as ink suddenly stepped into the area shrouded in light, and then retracted with a hiss as if it was burned.

Li Yu saw the claw at a close distance, but he forgot it in a flash. Even if he recalled the shape and size of the claw a little bit, he couldn't do it.

The footsteps in the shadows around the two of them became chaotic from this moment on.

As he and Qin Yan got closer and closer to the safe hut, the things hidden in the darkness became anxious, tentatively probing out their claws in this small area shrouded in light.

At this time, Li Yu recalled the knowledge points Qin Yan told him.

The Hounds of Tindalos lived on the earth in ancient times, when life on earth had not yet evolved, and even single-celled organisms did not exist.They live in the "angle" of time, unlike other creatures whose ancestors are "curves".

This concept is difficult to grasp, and is one that only applies to the Hound of Tindalos.They seek out prey among ordinary creatures such as humans, and travel across time and space, chasing sacrifices.

"Hurry up, I'm fine!" Qin Yan suddenly said behind Li Yu.

Lin Ge said "Yeah" and didn't dare to say anything.

Now was no longer the time to show off his gentlemanly demeanor. He tried to move his legs as fast as possible, and at the same time just hoped that Qin Yan would not fall behind.

At the bottom of the countdown panel, the time that was originally fixed jumped, and the timing restarted.

By this time, the two of them still hadn't seen the outline of the hut.

"Do you think we can avoid that hound?" Li Yu asked Qin Yan.

Qin Yan shook her head and replied: "There is still a little hope of avoiding! Because of their close connection with the horn-shaped time, they must also pass through the angle when they want to pass through the boundary of time and space—the angle here has a certain degree. Range, but generally speaking, as long as it is less than or equal to 120 degrees, the hound can be materialized and passed.

As they materialize through the corners of the room, strange smoke erupts from the corners, then their heads emerge from the smoke, and finally their bodies are fully formed.

For us, maybe eliminating all the square corners in the house is a way to get around it, but no one seems to have really succeeded.

And if ordinary humans try to time travel through certain forbidden secret methods, they are very likely to encounter the Hounds of Tindalos. "

"You said so much, what's the difference between not saying anything?" Li Yu said in shock.

"It's over, do you think we will die here? If I had known this, I might as well have died suddenly by Tu Tu, at least I could have a work-related injury." Qin Yan still had the strength to speak at this time.

Li Yu shook his head. Although he was out of breath, his tone was decisive and said: "No, I will definitely survive..."

If I die, what will my sister on the hospital bed do!
Countdown to the last 30 seconds.

The outline of the hut finally appeared, but at the same time, a huge black claw suddenly tore open the curtain of light, like a twisted shadow, covering Li Yu's head.

All without warning.

Li Yu only felt the corners of his mouth cool slightly, as if he had already felt the smile of the goddess of death.

At this critical moment, Li Yu heard Qin Yan behind him howl "ah" and seemed to be so frightened that he couldn't stand still.

When she fell over, she bumped into Li Yu's leg.

Li Yu was also brought down by Qin Yan.

But it was Qin Yan's right bump at this time that made Li Yu barely avoid the oncoming black sharp claw the moment he fell.

"Run!" Qin Yan screamed.

This girl obviously acted more frightened and weak than Lin Ge, but after falling, strength surged out of nowhere and dragged Li Yu up from the ground.

The giant black claw missed the first blow, and the second hit came in an instant.

This time, the target of the giant black claw was Qin Yan.

Li Yu saw that the fingertips of the black claws were like spears, about to pierce Qin Yan's chest. He didn't think about it at all, and his instinctive reaction was to pull Qin Yan to the side.

In an instant, the black claws cut his skin like a knife.

(End of this chapter)