Deities Are All Just My Food-Chapter 36 Lin Holmes Bai Ci_1
36: Chapter 36 Lin Holmes Bai Ci_1
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“Monster?”
18D screamed in panic, his voice cracking as he hurriedly took cover behind Xia Hongyao.
“Stay still, don’t move!”
Lin Baici growled a warning.
He had been watching the headphones-wearing man all along, and with his exceptional dynamic vision, he saw clearly the moment a dark shadow pounced towards the man at a lightning-fast speed.
It was a grey octopus, adorned with ring-shaped patterns and some raised fleshy bumps that looked disgusting.
Its head was oval-shaped like a large coconut, with tentacles outstretched, measuring over a meter long.
Slap!
The octopus flew out of the water like a cannonball, landing on the face of the headphones-wearer.
Its four tentacles swiftly wrapped around the man’s head, leaving no space uncovered.
Two tentacles coiled tightly around his neck.
“Help…”
The headphones-wearer struggled fiercely, frantically trying to pull off the octopus clinging to his face, but the creature’s suckers were too strong, making it impossible for him to remove.
The worst part was that the octopus’s body covered the man’s nose and mouth, silencing his cries for help and making it impossible for him to breathe.
The remaining tentacles of the octopus reached into the water, hooked onto a seat, and started to exert force.
Splash!
The headphones-wearer was dragged into the sea.
Blub blub blub!
A trail of bubbles surfaced.
Xia Hongyao, overwhelmed with a sense of justice, clenched her dagger and was about to rush over to save him.
“Don’t move, he’s beyond saving!”
Lin Baici stopped Xia Hongyao.
The moment the man was pulled under, Lin Baici heard a cracking sound; the man’s cervical spine must have been broken by the octopus creature.
“He…
he’s dead…
dead?”
18D’s entire body was covered in goosebumps, standing on end.
In the water, the headphones-wearer’s limbs stopped struggling, floating like a dead fish before slowly sinking.
He was clearly dead.
“Don’t panic, I’ll take it down!”
Xia Hongyao, rash as ever, felt no fear despite a person having just died before her eyes.
Instead, her fighting spirit was even more ignited.
“Stop right there!”
Lin Baici growled lowly, “Do you know how this monster locates its prey?
All its attack methods?
How many there are?
Do you even have a strategy to deal with it?”
This high-ponytailed girl had courage, but bravery should not lead to one’s death.
“Uh…”
Xia Hongyao was at a loss for words.
Lin Baici had her stumped.
Seeing a monster and jumping right in, without considering these things?
“Stay put if you don’t know what to do!”
Lin Baici spoke at a risk.
If he had misjudged, and the octopus monster located its prey not just by the ripples in the water surface but also by sound, then he would be its next target.
After killing the headphones-wearer, the octopus creature slid under a seat, hiding away.
“Where did that monster go?”
18D shivered in fear, wanting to leave the car but too afraid to move.
“All this you’re asking me, you knew already?”
Xia Hongyao questioned Lin Baici, staring at the water surface.
“Yeah!”
Lin Baici spoke, his right hand tightly clutching a torch, swiping forcefully along the top of the car.
Boom!
The torch ignited, casting a warm, orange glow.
This was the advantage of being tall with long arms.
Lin Baici, at over 1.8 meters tall, could light the Songmu torch without moving his body; anyone shorter wouldn’t be able to create any friction against anything.
On the water surface, there was the reflection of the torchlight.
Xia Hongyao didn’t notice, but 18D’s eyes were immediately drawn to the light of the torch, unable to look away, feeling an urge to leap towards it and embrace it.
“You’re fooling me, aren’t you?”
Xia Hongyao was incredulous.
The monster had appeared for how long?
A dozen seconds or so?
How could you possibly gather so much intel in that time?
Do you think you’re Holmes?
“The first shadow I saw was this octopus creature!”
“Out of caution, I told you not to move, and we weren’t attacked.
After a while, when the man with headphones went into the water, the octopus immediately launched its assault and killed him.
Now, we’re not moving, and the octopus hasn’t attacked us, which proves it detects its prey by the movement in the water, the ripples it causes!”
Lin Baici explained.
“I see.”
Xia Hongyao had a sudden realization, finding Lin Baici’s explanation quite reasonable.
Turned out this kid had strong deductive skills!
Even better than mine by a bit!
“What do we do now?
We can’t just stand here waiting for that octopus monster to leave, can we?”
18D was anxious, knowing that since they hadn’t been attacked, Lin Baici’s analysis was correct, but they couldn’t just stand still forever!
The sea level was continuously rising.
Among the passengers on the seats, some were quite short, and at this point, the water had already reached their mouths and noses, particularly the children, who were completely submerged.
But due to the effects of the anesthetic, they were all in a deep slumber.
Suddenly, Lin Baici reached out, pulled down a rolling suitcase from the luggage rack, and threw it into the sea.
Splash!
A large splash sent ripples expanding in circles, which hit the side of the car and surged back.
The nearby passengers also swayed slightly with the waves.
“Damn it, what are you doing?”
18D was almost scared to death.
Lin Baici ignored him, fixing his gaze on the water surface.
The monster, hiding somewhere unknown, had not surfaced.
It seemed to discern between humans and luggage that fell into the water.
“Trouble!”
Xia Hongyao realized that Lin Baici was trying to lure the monster out, but evidently, the creature was clever.
“It must sense and distinguish its targets through the differences in body temperature, right?”
Lin Baici guessed, pulling down a small backpack from the luggage rack and tossing it toward a middle-aged male passenger two meters ahead, near the aisle with a somewhat balding head.
Bang!
The unconscious balding passenger was hit, his body tilting and falling into the water!
Splash!
Water splashed chaotically!
“What are you doing?”
Xia Hongyao was shocked.
Before she could finish speaking, a dark shadow swiftly approached from beneath the water and, with a whoosh, burst forth, entangling itself around the head of the middle-aged man who hadn’t fully sunk yet.
Lin Baici moved, stepping forward with all his might toward the balding passenger while reaching out.
The burning Songmu torch, like a spear, thrust at the octopus monster.
The octopus creature sensed danger and shot out a tentacle toward the Songmu torch, but upon contact, it ignited like an octopus doused in gasoline on a sheet of iron, erupting in flames.
Lin Baici immediately swung the Songmu torch with all his strength, preventing the monster from getting close to avoid a desperate, mutual destruction.
However, he apparently overestimated the creature’s bravery.
After catching fire, the octopus monster’s first reaction was to flee, distancing itself from the torch.
It let go of the balding passenger and rapidly swam deeper into the water, hiding while trying to extinguish the flame with seawater.
But it was futile.
Anything ignited by the Songmu torch would not be extinguished by water.
In just a few seconds, the octopus monster burned to ashes, scattered by the sea.
Lin Baici grabbed the balding passenger and pulled him out of the water, tossing him back onto the seat.
After such a shock to his system, the bald passenger awoke, staring blankly at the water filling the carriage.
“That dream felt so real!”
The bald passenger wiped his face and upon seeing the short female passenger beside him soaked in the water, her face pale, nearly scared him to death!
After dealing with the octopus monster, Lin Baici breathed a sigh of relief and proceeded to open his backpack, taking out the Bodhi Messenger’s Kasaya and draping it over himself.
“…”
18D was utterly confused,
Why think of Cosplay now?
Generally, everyone chooses superheroes, or at worst, an Ultraman, right?
Whom are you cosplaying in that kasaya?
Tang Sanzang?
“Taboo things?”
Xia Hongyao didn’t expect this guy to have such an item, but she wondered what its effect was.
“Let’s go!”
Lin Baici extinguished the torch, called out to Xia Hongyao, and hurried on.
He hadn’t worn the kasaya before because it was too conspicuous—any fool could tell Lin Baici was a God Hunter and needed to be extra cautious.
But the appearance of the octopus monster prompted Lin Baici to arm himself completely.
“Damn, badass!”
18D, watching Lin Baici march forward, thought he was incredibly cool.
That’s a real man.
Xia Hongyao had originally thought Lin Baici’s using a human as bait was too ruthless, but then she reflected that the balding passenger hadn’t died and was even awakened, which gave him a better chance of survival than the others.
Plus, if Lin Baici dared to do so, he must have been confident that no one would die!
And to say he used the man as bait because he feared the monsters was untenable, especially since there would undoubtedly be more creatures ahead, yet Lin Baici moved forward alone.
If it were any other cold-hearted God Hunter, they would’ve already woken up a few passengers by now to use as cannon fodder to clear the way.
The balding passenger, seeing the beautiful Xia Hongyao walk by, couldn’t resist reaching out his hand.
Xia Hongyao narrowed her eyes and swung the dagger in her hand, striking it hard against his mouth.
Thud!
Ah!
The balding passenger screamed in pain, collapsing onto his seat as blood and teeth spilled from his mouth into the seawater, diffusing around him.
“Trash!”
Xia Hongyao glared at the balding passenger.
“Idiot!”
18D mocked, “This isn’t a dream!”
The balding passenger was stunned, his mouth agape, splashing the seawater with his hand.
Damn!
It’s actually seawater?
Watching the three leave, the balding passenger glanced at the carriage with many shorter passengers now fully immersed in the water.
Shivering, he called out “Wait for me” and hurried after them.
In carriage 04, Lin Baici and his group encountered no octopus monsters and passed through safely.
“It’s over, how do we get off the train?”
18D was desperate.
Standing at the junction of the carriages, he peered through the blurry train windows and saw that the high-speed train was still in motion.
Jumping out now, even if the doors were open, would mean certain death.
“First, let’s get the high-speed train to stop!”
Lin Baici had just stepped into carriage 03 when he felt a surge of hunger.
A taboo thing was here!
Lin Baici’s spirits lifted, but scanning the carriage, he detected nothing unusual!
All the passengers were unconscious.
The culprit behind this was cunning and cautious, feigning unconsciousness among the passengers, making it impossible to single him out.
“Then let’s move quickly!”
The balding passenger urged.
“If we can’t find the enemy, we need to stop the train first, otherwise it’s all over if we hit something!”
Xia Hongyao suddenly realized that Lin Baici didn’t head for the rear but went straight to the front, possibly already considering this.
With a hand stroke of her high ponytail, she gazed at Lin Baici’s retreating figure, contemplating the idea of recruiting him into the Nine States God Shield.
