Quenched long order

Chapter 204 Follow me like a shadow

Inside Ximu Port.

On a quiet street, city owner Martin stopped in front of a shoe store. This was his first job in Westwood Port.

Even though it has been renovated several times, the marks of time cannot be erased.

It is rare that a city is willing to accept people of unknown origin, especially in this world full of disasters. Many times, the reason for the destruction of a town may be just to allow a stranger to enter.

City Lord Martin took out the key and opened the door. The creaking sound was very loud at night, but it did not attract anyone's attention.

The whole street belongs to him.

After closing the door gently, he stared at the workbench in the corner in the moonlight. The brown leather hanging on the wooden frame was very rough, but to him, it was reassuring.

Scenes from the past emerged before my eyes.

When he was young, he saw his parents' heads growing on the ends of branches. He had already made up his mind to leave his hometown and cross thousands of mountains and rivers to find a new place to live. The fatigue during the journey tortured him to the point of dying, but all this It was completely worth it. He could never forget the scene when he saw Ximu Port for the first time.

It was a miracle. Under the sun, Ximu Port seemed to be plated with a layer of gold, shining brightly, just like the utopia seen in dreams.

After going around in circles for decades, he now stands at the top of Ximu Port.

Ximu Port carries everything to him, Ximu Port is everything to him.

"My old man."

The city lord Martin reached out and stroked the leather. The teacher who once taught him had passed away long ago. In return, he arranged proper jobs for the teacher's descendants.

"Perhaps as the teacher said, no matter how much we are reluctant to say goodbye, parting is still inevitable. Maybe this is a wrong decision, but I want to give it a try. If it doesn't work, at least my time will be fixed here."

"If you love her deeply, you will never trust her to anyone. For others, she is just a tool, a springboard, and a title. Even now, I can see that when she is down, Abandoned look.”

After saying that, he turned to look out the window. Tonight, the moonlight was bright and clear.

……

The underground space is transforming.

The organs on the wall turned black and fell off one after another, and even the wall itself began to twist, as if there was a force that was constantly pulling on it.

The rancid smell continued to permeate the air.

Martha walked in front, followed closely by the group.

With the help of Berry and Rachel, everyone returned successfully without encountering any accidents on the way. However, they did not expect that with the departure of the leader, the underground space was no longer stable.

"You can't go back the way you came, but we can leave through the data room, and the leader's room is also inside."

However, except for Jason who occasionally said a few words on the way, no one else spoke, because even if you don't pay attention deliberately, you can still notice the changes in Martha's body. The cracks are getting wider and wider, and her movements when walking are also very strange. Weird, can't seem to stand still

With Rachel's memory, everyone quickly arrived at the Black Domain Religion's data room.

The dim lights, the dazzling array of scrolls, and the robes scattered on the floor in front of the bookshelf all proved that there were many people working diligently in the reference room just a moment ago.

Martha quickly rummaged through the bookshelves.

"...stable...flesh...children..."

Her voice was dry and stiff, and it was getting worse.

Suddenly, the ground shook violently and the rolls of paper were scattered everywhere.

"There's no time." Kraut said.

Martha seemed not to hear, and quickly bent down to pick up the paper roll on the ground. However, the curvature of her waist was like an acute angle, which was very scary.

"I'll help you." Jason picked up the paper.

"Take as much as you can, let's get out of here quickly." Kraut glanced at Sauer.

Sauer nodded.

At this time, Berry walked deeper into the data room without saying a word.

Sauer looked at Berry's back, thought for a moment, then picked up the robe on the ground and threw the scroll into it.

After a few seconds, everyone followed.

Although the residence of the leader of the Black Domain Religion is in the information room, it is still divided into a separate space.

Sauer rushed over quickly and saw Berry standing at the door of the room, looking at an exquisite black box on the square table in the room. The lid of the black box was opened, and inside the box was a delicate and complex alchemical array.

"It's a high-level automatic transfer circle. There must be very important things inside." Kraut took a look and said, "If you open it incorrectly, the items inside will be automatically transferred. The same goes for forcibly opening it or if no one has opened it for a long time."

Suddenly, a violent shaking feeling came again, and some severed limbs fell from above.

"We have to leave quickly, we're running out of time." Jason urged.

Berry stepped forward and reached out to touch inside the black box. There was nothing there. It was not an illusion.

"Let's go." Sauer thought of Berry's answer before. There seemed to be another hidden meaning in this matter. He sniffed and smelled an unusual smell in the air. It was not rancid or the smell of his fellow travelers. , but another person who is increasingly able to read the information contained in the air.

"If the items in the box were indeed taken away by someone, it is estimated that the person did not leave long ago." He said.

Berry quickly ran toward the exit, followed by everyone.

"Can't we search for him?" Sauer caught up with Berry and asked softly.

Berry turned to look at Sauer and said, "It can't be used now, it's not safe."

Returning to the current Ximu Port also requires a lot of energy.

Sauer nodded and said no more words, but he always felt that something was wrong.

A group of people ran in the passage, the lights on both sides lengthened the shadows, and in the corner where no one was paying attention, there was an unexpected shadow among the messy shadows.

……

A deserted village and a dry well. With a slight vibration, the ground began to shake, and small pits appeared everywhere.

The soldiers dormant outside the deserted village immediately became vigilant.

The next second, the shaking became stronger and stronger, and the soldiers of the investigation team and the guards who came after them temporarily retreated.

With a clang, the houses in the deserted village collapsed, and the dry well sank deeply, as if a giant transparent nail fell from the sky and nailed the entrance and exit.

The soldiers and garrison members of the investigation team looked at it from a distance. When faced with danger, the right thing to do is to avoid it in advance.

The collapse intensified. The scene just now seemed to be just a preview. As a low roar came from the underground, the vibration also spread to the surroundings. Witnessed by many eyes, the deserted village began to collapse from the center, like falling dominoes. , continuously extending outward.

Finally, the curtain came to an end with a continuous and profound whimper, accompanied by a large amount of flying dust.

For a while, there was no sound.

Now there is a problem before the soldiers of the investigation team. The person they are following has entered the dry well. This task is currently a very high priority task. At the same time, there is also a problem before the guards. Their deputy captain, Most of them were buried below, and they were more or less cared for at work.

At this moment, the two sides seemed to have reached a tacit understanding, and after the smoke and dust became smaller, they walked towards the deep pit.

In the deep pit, shocking piles of severed limbs were piled up, like a slaughterhouse.

The reporting personnel immediately set off and returned to Ximu Port. On a tree not far away, a raven stared at all this. After croaking twice, it spread its wings and flew towards Ximu Port.

……

"It's finally safe." Jason sat on the ground and threw aside the robe in his hand. Several scrolls of paper rolled out of the robe.

He memorized most of the information alone.

Currently, everyone is still in the escape tunnel, and this road is far longer than imagined.

At this time, the only light source used for illumination in the channel is the removed crystal. This is an alchemical creation similar to lingzite. It is used for illumination and can last for a long time.

"Something's wrong," Sauer whispered to Bury.

Berry blinked.

"This road has no forks and no ventilation. If my guess just now is correct, the person who took the items in the box must have left through this road. In other words, his smell will not be so light. "Saul explained that he was able to determine this due to the special environment of the passage.

"What do you mean?" Kraut said.

"It's possible that he didn't leave at all." Sauer turned to look at Kraut, "He just hid and used his abilities, or relics, or other powers..."

Jason heard this and glanced at the way he came. "It seems like he will stay there forever."

"I hope so." Sauer looked serious.

An unusual noise caught everyone's attention, coming from Martha.

Martha lay motionless on the ground.

Jason stepped forward to check, and then his pupils shrank and his expression became frightened.

Seeing this scene, Sauer stepped forward. When his eyes fell on Martha, he suddenly felt horrified. Martha's head and neck were almost completely separated, with only a few white thin wires connecting them. At the same time, at this time, an arm as big as a baby was tearing thin threads from the separated wounds. In addition to the neck, there were also similar movements on the chest, arms, and thighs, but they were not visible enough because of the clothes.

Martha is alienating.

Sauer swallowed, and the scene of the staircase space appeared in front of him again. In addition to the terrifying contagiousness of the wriggling flesh and blood itself, it can also pull people from the wrong time and space. In addition, there is no narrow door here to restrict the wriggling flesh and blood. Once the method spreads, it won't be long before Ximu Port may face a crisis of the same level as Sandman.

Burning to death is the best solution.

"Claude..." Jason looked at Kraut with pleading eyes.

Kraut stepped forward and took a look, but did not answer for a long time.

Jason looked at Sauer and Berry again, "Saul, your friend..."

Berry shook his head.

Sauer knew what Burry meant. Maybe star magic could find some way to ease it, but if it is used now, especially in such a narrow space where it is difficult to escape in a short time, once the disaster of madness breaks out, not only Martha will die, but also Martha will die. And probably everyone else, except... Bury.

"Rachel." Sauer called to Martha, "Is there anything you can do?"

"……let……"

A dry voice came from Martha's chest.

"...She...is awake..."

After Jason heard this, he immediately stepped forward and was about to reach out, but was stopped by Shaoer, "No, Jason, don't touch her first. Rachel's intention is to keep Martha awake. Look at Martha." The situation, we have to find a different approach.”

"Use this." Berry took out a small black ball, which looked like the fruit of a certain plant. "The smoke can refresh you after lighting it, but it cannot be used for a long time as it is poisonous."

After Sauer took it, he lit it and white smoke seeped out quickly. He threw it next to Martha. Suddenly, it was obvious that Martha's body began to settle down.

White smoke filled the cave.

When Sauer first heard it, he felt suffocated, but soon the suffocating feeling turned into a sense of excitement. This excitement is not the feeling of adrenaline in the body when facing danger, nor is it the feeling when a tempered person encounters a disaster. , the feeling of soul burning, but an uncontrollable excitement.

It turned out to be...

He shook his head. Suddenly, perhaps because his senses were stimulated, he caught a glimpse of a shadow in the corner shaking abnormally, as if ripples were spreading on the shadow. But when he looked carefully, he found no abnormality.

"Thank you..." Martha's voice came, but it was difficult.

"Now that you're awake, let's get out of here quickly." Kraut urged.

"If..." Martha stood up, gasping for breath, "...I am completely mutated, please...burn me to death, and don't let those monsters go to Ximu Port."

"Don't talk about this now." Jason replied, lifting up the robe containing the research materials.

Everyone set off again.

(End of this chapter)