[In the early morning, when the townspeople looked at me like a fool, I left the town and headed alone to Midnight City, dozens of miles away, and stopped in front of the bloody farmland that appeared in every dream. A scarecrow stood in the knee-high wheat field, making me
I couldn't get close, I only dared to look at the dormant building from a distance
In the darkness, five black towers stood, and the Midnight City spread the darkness of the World Tree. At this time, the long-lost sleepiness came over me, and I lay down in the wilderness and fell asleep.
Then, an unprecedentedly clear dream appeared in my mind]
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[Back in the hotel room, I quickly wrote down the story of the Exorcist, while also thinking about the meaning of Midnight City: If Mr. Lu Li has been trapped in the illusion woven by the dead souls in Midnight City since he received the invitation, what do they want?
Are they being redeemed by Lu Li, or are they redeeming Lu Li? Or do they hope to impart knowledge to Lu Li? Why did they let Lu Li leave with the stone seal? 】
[Then I fell into a violent epileptic tremor, because I realized that I had discovered the truth: the illusion was false, but in reality, the bloody wheat field was there, the lord was there, Claire who became the head maid was there, and who became the Viscount
Vice Dean Claire is there, and all the people who disappeared with Midnight City are there. These dead souls hope that Lu Li will no longer let their bodies and souls be weirdly desecrated.】
In the southern hills of Midnight City, Lu Li, who arrived at the edge before the second nightfall, started "The Sunken Land" together.
The dark plain ahead stretches with bloody wheat fields, and this may be the place where Clarence Wilkin fell into his dream.
The order that enveloped Midnight City has disappeared, and it has become a weird paradise.
Before actually setting foot in this ruined city, Lu Li checked the equipment on the hill and asked merchants to replenish supplies.
"Many allies are concerned about you." The merchant conveyed to the Swamp Mother: "I can only tell them that you have found it. If the news leaks, it means they have a problem..."
"Where's the Dijuren Trading Company?"
"They're in some trouble and I think buyers are looking for them."
"Beware of Juren Trading Company accusing us."
"certainly."
The Land of Light needs development, and it is not wise to rashly provoke unknown forces.
Lu Li checked every potion. The protective potion allowed him to pass through the bloody farmland where the scarecrow was stationed smoothly, while the alienating potion allowed him to turn into a "little Remy" and sneak into the castle.
The undead in Midnight City have laid everything out for Lu Li, and he only needs to follow the path they have laid.
"Waiting for your good news..."
The merchant who brought the blessing of the Swamp Mother left, and Lu Li climbed over the hills, drank protective potion at the edge of the bloody farmland, and stepped into the bloody sea.
The swaying blood-colored wheat covered Lu Li's figure, guiding him to avoid the wandering lower parasites.
The scarecrows standing in the wheat fields cannot be avoided, but they cannot make a sound to warn the intruders of their arrival, and the straw they shoot out cannot even pierce the skin and is blocked by the protective agent.
This strange bloody wheat field that he dared not set foot in could not hinder Lu Li. Even if he occasionally encountered lower-level parasites that he could not avoid, Lu Li would create an illusory bloody farmland in his dream and let them wander past nearby without noticing.
The outline of the manor gradually emerged in the darkness. Lu Li left the bloody wheat field, took the latent image potion, and entered the other world to continue moving forward.
The manor was unaware of the intruder. Lu Li entered the wine cellar from the colorless other world and came to the secret door.
Before triggering the mechanism, Lu Li suddenly looked at the second blood wine barrel in the upper row.
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Lu Li walked through the walls of the manor, came to the side of the mansion, climbed up the stairs built in the dreamland, and followed the outer wall to the second floor.
In the farmer's bedroom, a vague silhouette was writing something behind the desk.
Outside the window, Lu Li quietly observed the outline for a moment, then touched the outer wall with his palm.
The bricks and stones disappeared, and the safe behind the portrait and the bones scattered in the clothes were silently revealed.
There is no ghost, Marlene Lorenzo is still "alive", it is just a beautiful vision of the illusion of Midnight City.
Lu Li took away all the bones and the Goldmerin Emperor's gold coin and came to the deserted garden that no one cared about. He didn't waste time looking for shovels and digging, and used the Dreamer to simply bury Marlene Lorenzo's bones under the garden.
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Before leaving, Lu Li looked up at the light shining through the window of the farmer's master's bedroom.
If Claire becomes head maid and Chris becomes viscount, who is this farmer?
Burying his doubts for the time being, Lu Li returned to the wine cellar and went straight through the secret door into the secret passage without triggering the mechanism.
The dim light of the oil lamp dimly illuminated the deep passage. Lu Li walked in the silent passage with only the sound of footsteps echoing. He successfully reached the middle of the passage until it collapsed and blocked the way.
In the illusion of Midnight City, Lu Li took help from Worm here, but now he came alone without Worm following him, and he had no time to wait for Worm to arrive.
The dream was smeared all over his body, and Lu Li released the dreamer again, testing the new method he had discovered not long ago: within the scope of the dream, he was almost omnipotent.
Lu Li broke away from the ground and flew into the collapsed sand and rocks at a speed close to running, walking through the collapsed sand and rocks.
After passing through the approximately two-mile-long collapsed area without disturbing anyone, the people in the dream disappeared almost at the same time, and Lu Li fell back into the dark passage.
There is about 0.9 parts of humanity left, which is close to the dividing line where terror is born. Until humanity is replenished, it is best not to abuse the cursed title again.
There is a proverb from the Dark Ages: You never know which will come first, the unexpected or the weird.
Not long after Lu Li resumed his journey, a mysterious figure in a white dress with long hair appeared in the darkness deep in the abandoned secret passage.
Lu Li stopped because of its existence and couldn't tell for a moment whether it was delirium caused by low sanity syndrome or the fear born from low humanity.
After staring at it for dozens of seconds, Lu Li's eyes suddenly appeared like snowflakes caused by rubbing his eyes hard. After a moment of blur, the mysterious shadow in the darkness disappeared.
He had no way of knowing what it was, so he had to release the dreamer again, go through the strange passage where the strange figure disappeared, and after successfully passing through, dumped a bottle of precious sequence medicine at his feet to prevent the mysterious figure from approaching silently.
As if the previous encounter was just an accident, the subsequent secret passage no longer showed strange shadows, and there were no new troubles.
An upward stairway to the unknown emerged from the darkness.
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On the edge of the dark garden, an abandoned woodshed stands alone.
The faint sound disturbed the silence around the woodshed, and was not heard in a place where no one cared.
Lu Li climbed out of the secret passage, gently lowered the cellar door, and pushed the pushed away weight back onto it.
The woodshed was littered with his footprints. Lu Li did not clean them up for the time being. He went to the dusty window and peeked out. The dark garden and castle in the depths were looming.