The whirlwind blew through the swirling branches, twisting and swaying the curly trunks.
Each tree is like countless rings intertwined with each other, stretching into a primeval forest like the habitat of a group of giant snails.
The earth is no longer monotonous. The rocks covered with spiral patterns are like fossils. The wind brings whirlpools, drawing the soil into large and small, elliptical, overlapping circles. Crops curled like sunflowers are cultivated along the circles of farmland and the morning light. Swings clockwise in the center.
The Whirlpool Town, which once had only a dozen blocks, has long since expanded into a real town with the Whirlpool Land. The curly streets form an endless maze, and the uninterrupted long houses form a dizzying whirlpool, guarding the center and spiraling up. , a spiral tower deep into the swirling clouds.
Even the painter who claimed to have been inspired by the gods could not depict this strange and bizarre event.
The land is sicker than it was a few months ago.
Some exorcists who no longer have the novice prefix even develop low sanity syndrome due to being trapped in this whirlpool world.
"Don't let the pendant leave your body."
Lu Li reminded his companions, whose breathing was getting faster, to set off for the Whirlpool Town.
The exorcists followed one after another, and as the whirlwind blew by, the footprints they left were annihilated into tiny whirlpools, and became part of this fantasy sand painting-like land again.
Passing through farmland in the distance, the figure of the Whirlpool Man can be seen among the curled low crops. They also noticed that if they had not experienced the dream of Lu Li's structure, the exorcists would have been avoiding the sight of the Whirlpool Man by this time.
The whirlpool in the distance provides them with clear guidance. As they get closer, more details emerge in the dizzying whirlpool.
Lu Li stopped here briefly. Porter and the others observed the longhouses built on the outermost edge, and some followed Lu Li and counted the current number of circles in the whirlpool town: a total of fifty-five circles of whirlpool longhouses were entrenched in front.
This is bad news. The dream they experienced in the Whirlpool Town when Lu Li sneaked into it a few months ago only lasted a dozen times.
Elena was on the fifth lap at that time.
And this means that if Elena had not moved away, they would have to go deep into the whirlpool town forty floors.
Moreover, the pendant only guides the direction, not the distance. In addition, Lu Li entered the whirlpool from a different direction this time, so they would probably have to cross most of the whirlpool town.
Thinking about it, Lu Li continued to set off, approaching the outskirts of the Whirlpool Town. Perhaps because of the confrontation with the Twisted Order and the Ember Zone, the number of Whirlpool people in sight was not large, and the degree of infection was also shallow. They only had their waists folded in half, their heads and feet pressed to the ground. , or hunched over, not as disgusting as in the dream.
Although they know that these abominable forms will treat them as new residents, the exorcists subconsciously tighten their bodies and nerves when they step into the town and pass by them.
In particular, a Uzumaki man wearing a linen shirt with his left sleeve missing took the initiative to strike up a conversation with them.
Weird language emanated from the mouth of this rickety-legged Uzumaki, and the only thing that could be understood was kindness.
Lu Li shook his head at it to express his inability to understand or refuse. Following the pendant's guidance, he passed through the gap between the long rooms in a familiar manner and arrived at the second-floor long room.
The outside world is blocked by long houses that seem to have not been eroded by time, and the wandering figures on the narrow streets can already be called whirlpool people. They have all rotated inwards two or three times.
Lu Li stopped at this time and said to the exorcists who were following him: "We will separate our operations next. A team will move along the edge of the town to determine Elena's location. The rest of us and I will wait in a vacant house for transmission. Reply to the message."
"Don't we just follow the pendant's guidance?" Wenger asked in confusion.
"Stupid Wenger." Langer understood Lu Li's intention: "We are like the end of the clock hand, and Elena is the root. We want to go to the root and avoid getting too close to the middle of the dial. But the problem is that the pointer is misplaced, and we go to the root.
It may have to traverse the entire dial, so we need to move the pointer first to find where the root is."
Porter understood Langer's metaphor: "I will determine the location, but how do we contact him?"
"Summon the merchant." Lu Li replied.
Trainee exorcists all have more than one eyeball.
They were divided into two teams. Porter led the team and five companions with the businessman Anthony along the outer circle to confirm Elena's location. Lu Li and Langer approached an empty house to wait for news and restore their sanity that had been temporarily reduced due to the environment.
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Observing the outside world through the narrow rear window, the number of Uzumaki people on the street has decreased significantly, and most of them should be gathered on the battlefield.
After a few dozen minutes of rest, the auditory hallucinations in the minds of the trainee exorcists gradually disappeared.
There was no news from Potter, neither good news nor bad news.
While waiting, Lu Li saw a "familiar" silhouette: the Uzumaki Man wearing missing sleeves who spoke to them.
Less than two hours had passed, and the pollution was so severe that it was almost halved.
The pollution in the Whirlpool Land has deepened.
But the pendant is enough to protect them from infection.
Not long after, businessman Anthony brought back news from Porter: they were on the right track.
The team that had rested long enough was ready to set off. Lu Li wrapped wooden strips around the doorknob to guide the returning Porter and others, and then set off towards the depths of the Whirlpool Town.
The deeper you go into the vortex, the deeper the curls of the vortex people in the streets become, like soft-bodied creatures twisting in circles. The exorcists dare not look at their blasphemous sinful bodies for too long, and they will feel dizzy even if they have peripheral vision.
Blindingly disgusting and abominable.
They hope that "Elena" has not become like this, but obviously this is a luxury hope. They are everywhere, making them pessimistic, can the sister of the Distorted Shadow really be rescued...
As time went by, as they went deeper into the town, they began to be watched by eyes dotting the depths of the whorls that were different from the abominable shapes around them, and were even followed by a few whirlpool people. Whenever this happened, Lu Li would lead the exorcists into the uninhabited longhouse.
, locked the door, and escaped through the back window before they broke open the door and broke in.
Entering the thirtieth circle, the cramped streets have become grotesque and unresembling a human scene.
Trainee exorcists overcome the auditory hallucinations and looming hallucinations that echo in their minds, avoid those people who look like they are made of mud, and twist themselves into long coiled vortex people that are a parody of human beings.
Finally, they followed the pendant's guidance and came to an old longhouse. Lu Li opened the door and looked at the only Uzumaki man in the room.
Unspeakable language came out, and it seemed that wariness and hostility could be heard in it.
She didn't recognize Lu Li. Was it because the vortex distorted her thoughts, or was she not Elena?
Lu Li took out the pendant, spread his palm and stretched out his hand to "Elena".
"Elena" hesitated, then raised a curled tentacle that might have been a finger, and gently touched the pendant in Lu Li's palm.
