Rushing out of the carriage, Li Nanke and Bai Ruyue were stunned by the sight in front of them.
They were originally traveling in a carriage on the streets of the Imperial City, but now they arrived at an unknown place. The surroundings were filled with black mist, and everything they could see was blind.
"Where is this?"
Bai Ruyue's pretty face turned slightly pale.
"Not sure."
Li Nanke shook his head, took out a bottle of Red Rain, drank it directly, and opened his clairvoyance eyes.
But the clairvoyance ability cannot penetrate the fog, and you can only see some strange shadows crawling in the fog, as well as low and strange sounds.
Suddenly, the horse next to him screamed again.
The two of them turned to look, feeling their scalps numb.
A black shadow was seen surrounding the horse, and with a burst of gnawing sounds, the horse turned into a skeleton at a speed visible to the naked eye, with no flesh and blood on its body.
Could it be that this is the Red Rain World?
Thinking of Phoenix Mountain and the Yin-Yang Gate, Li Nanke's heart skipped a beat.
But this is the imperial city.
If even the imperial city is severely eroded by the red rain, then the problem will be huge.
Whoosh!
Suddenly a gust of wind came through the air.
Li Nanke relied on instinct to dodge to the right and pulled out the saber from his waist.
Draw your sword and chop!
The sharp blade drew an arc and cut the incoming black shadow in half.
The black shadow turned into nothingness and disappeared into the air.
Before the man could breathe a sigh of relief, a dozen black shadows of different shapes suddenly emerged from the black mist.
They surrounded Li Nanke and Bai Ruyue, exuding a strong evil aura.
"what to do?"
Bai Ruyue nervously grabbed the man's arm.
Because she was in the imperial city, she didn't have many regular bodyguards with her. She didn't expect to encounter such a thing just when she met her beloved.
Li Nanke was calmly judging whether this was the Red Rain World.
In order to verify his conjecture, he touched the ring mark on his index finger and summoned the mysterious ancient book.
Li Nanke opened the ancient book and turned to the page of "The Shrine". He found that the "Summon" button of the Banshee in the Lake was shining, so he pressed it without hesitation.
The next moment, the lake succubus with golden body and enchanting posture appeared in front of her.
"It's really a red rain world."
Li Nanke was surprised.
If it were in the real world, it couldn't be summoned.
Without thinking too much, while those black shadows were attacking, he issued an attack order to the Banshee in the Lake.
The banshee opened her red lips studded with diamonds and emitted sharp and harsh sound waves.
In an instant, those fierce black shadows turned into clouds of void mist and dissipated one by one. Even the surrounding black mist was dispersed.
And the next moment, a dazzling white light came.
Li Nanke and Bai Ruyue subconsciously lowered their heads and closed their eyes.
When the two opened their eyes again, they found themselves standing on the Imperial City Street.
Many people on the street were rushing towards the open space.
Several houses have collapsed.
Most of the roadside stalls are scattered on the street in a mess.
There were constant cries and curses.
Among the running crowd, people shouted "There's an earthquake" and "There's an earthquake" from time to time.
"earthquake?"
Li Nanke and Bai Ruyue looked at each other, confused.
Why was there an earthquake?
Could what I just experienced be an illusion?
Li Nanke looked at the overturned carriage and saw with his own eyes that the corpse of the horse that had been chewed into a skeleton by the shadows fell to the ground intact, with no trace of being chewed at all.
"your Highness!"
At this time, four female guards responsible for security hurried over.
They were relieved to see Bai Ruyue safe and sound.
The leader blamed himself: "Your Highness, there was a sudden earthquake just now. The horses were frightened and ran away. A few people in humble positions failed to protect the Princess in time. I hope the Princess will forgive me."
"You also think it's an earthquake?"
Bai Ruyue frowned.
Upon hearing the princess' question, the guards looked at each other in confusion.
The leader said: "Your Highness, there was indeed an earthquake just now."
Bai Ruyue wanted to ask something else, but Li Nanke tugged on her sleeve and said, "You should go back to the palace first."
"how about you?"
"I'm going back to the Night Patrol Division."
"Then be careful." Bai Ruyue looked worried. There were guards here so she couldn't say too caring words, so she hurried back to the palace.
She planned to ask her father that this was definitely not as simple as an earthquake.
After the eldest princess left, Li Nanke walked slowly along the street, observing every scene and trying to find some clues.
Although the "earthquake" affected a large area, no one was killed.
Some suffered minor injuries.
Li Nanke looked at the collapsed houses and then at the injured people. Somehow, he always felt a little inconsistent, which seemed strange.
"Monster...monster..."
When he came to a relatively open area, Li Nanke saw an old woman huddled in a corner muttering to herself, with an expression of indescribable fear.
Li Nanke stepped forward, knelt down and asked, "Old lady, what kind of monster are you talking about?"
The gray-haired old woman trembled, grabbed Li Nanke's wrist, and her nails stained with mud almost dug into the other person's flesh, "Monster! There is a monster!"
"mother!"
At this time, a strong man ran over in a hurry.
The man complained: "Mom, where have you gone? No matter how hard I look, I can't find you."
"Your mother just disappeared?"
Li Nanke asked.
Only then did the man notice Li Nanke next to him, frowned and said warily: "Who are you?"
"Night Patrol Division."
Li Nanke took out the token.
Seeing the token, the man's face suddenly changed, and he waved his hands as if on conditioned reflex: "Master, we haven't taken Hongyu. Although my mother is sick, she hasn't taken it either."
The man's reaction of "There is no three hundred taels of silver here" made Li Nanke understand immediately that the other man's mother had taken Hongyu due to illness.
Looking at the old woman who kept talking about "monster", Li Nanke made a guess.
He has taken Red Rain.
The eldest princess also took Red Rain.
Have all those who have taken Red Rain been drawn into the world of Red Rain?
In such a huge imperial city, there should be more than one old woman who has taken Red Rain.
Thinking of this, Li Nanke hurried to the Night Patrol Department, preparing to find someone to investigate.
"Great cleverness!"
As soon as he arrived at the gate of the Night Patrol Department, Meng Xiaotu's familiar sweet voice suddenly came.
Li Nanke turned around and saw Leng Xinnan, Meng Xiaotu and several members of the Night Patrol Department of the White Tiger Department appearing not far away, apparently preparing to investigate the case.
"Is there a Hongyu case?"
Li Nanke walked over and asked.
Leng Xinnan pulled the man aside and asked in a low voice: "Were you okay during the earthquake just now?"
"It's okay, what about you?"
"I'm fine, but Little Rabbit said that she was pulled into the Red Rain World and was attacked by monsters. Fortunately, she came out again. I didn't dare to tell anyone else about it. Because during the earthquake, several people in the Night Patrol Department suddenly disappeared.
for a while.”
Leng Xinnan quickly recounted what happened.
Hearing this, Li Nanke became even more sure.
In fact, Meng Xiaotu was also secretly taking Red Rain, and as the law enforcer of the Red Rain case, there must be members of the Night Patrol Division who were secretly taking it...
So as long as you take Red Rain, you will be pulled into the Red Rain world just now.
"Where are you going now?"
"Jing Benhai's wife has gone missing and has not returned yet." Leng Xinnan said.