Two hundred and forty-six. The fate of playing with the truth
The latest chapter of Bizarre Detective Agency
;;;;The route between the ice-free port of Wiener and Cape Storm is not considered a safe route. The dangers faced when sailing along the coast are very different from those across the continent - the deep sea breeds real horrors.
;;;;In order to avoid causing trouble to Andrea, Lu Li left the harbor and hid in the other world, staying in the faded captain's cabin and sailing on the still dark and quiet sea.
;;;;The second day after setting sail, Lu Li encountered his first accident.
;;;;A strange three-masted sailboat with peeling paint slowly caught up with Andrea from behind, sailing side by side with a distance enough to jump. No matter if Andrea was at full speed or temporarily anchored to deal with strange things, she would
Follow or wait until it is close to the horizon of the deserted land before gradually turning and heading towards the coast alone.
;;;; When they were far enough away, Lu Li returned to reality and asked about the origin of the three-masted sailboat. But surprisingly, neither Andrea nor the Twisted Cultists found that there had been a ship accompanying them.
;;;;That is a ghost ship sailing in the other world.
;;;; Andrea then sailed along the deserted land and no longer encountered ghost ships. It seemed that the lost ghost ship had found land following the previous guidance.
;;;;On the early morning of the third day, Andrea arrived at Storm Point with its unique terrain.
;;;;In the captain's room, the memo turned to the last page as if being blown by the wind, and stopped at the page of notes written by Lu Li when he set sail.
;;;;……
;;;;Lu Li was floating in the sky over the deserted land.
;;;;The barrenness of the Desolation Land is completely different from Hell.
;;;;The hot and twisted air, boiling magma, gushing pillars of fire, and wandering demons have turned into a surging netherworld, a terrifying trap, pervasive pollution, and wandering weirdness on the surface.
;;;;It's hard to tell which side is hell.
;;;; Helping him escape from the threat of uninvited guests, Lu Li rushed to the ghost town and boarded the deserted land. He temporarily passed through allies such as plant habitats, Goss Basin, and the town of gods, and headed straight to "Mother"
The place of bones.
;;;;The strange things they encountered along the way could not stop or move them, such as the scared beautiful girl walking barefoot in the dark, and the nearest human gathering place was hundreds of miles away, and Lu Li from the other world could see her.
; Or a beam of sunlight shines on a hill, like a pocket-sized place of light standing in the dark land, attracting lost travelers to get closer, but Lu Li in the other world can still see it; or a carriage is coming from the front, behind the curtain
He stretched out a hand bone and handed him a gold-plated invitation letter.
;;;; Lu Li might be able to come into contact with these weird things head-on now, and he wouldn't mind throwing the stranded fish back into the sea - but not now.
;;;;Finally, Lu Li saw a skeleton towering under the sky in the distance. But it was incomplete, with only the "mother's" leg bones, tailbone, and a crest bone exposed, while the other parts were shrouded in nothingness.
;;;;But as Lu Li approached, he saw the arc-shaped vertebrae spreading toward the chest at a slow speed visible to the naked eye.
;;;; Only dead things will appear in the ghost world. Does this symbolize the deterioration of "mother"'s condition and the concrete countdown hourglass?
;;;;Coming under the bones of "mother", Lu Li's soul disappeared in the other world.
;;;;……
;;;;"First of all, Ghost Town is the eldest sister's territory. We are the eldest sister's younger brothers. If you drive us away, you are making enemies of Ghost Town!"
;;;;Curious travelers gathered at the door of the tavern and watched a farce with the guests inside: a foreigner owner who took over the tavern did not know the rules of the ghost town and kicked out the elves who were causing trouble in the tavern, so there was a lot of noise
They cried and hugged each other and called for the eldest sister.
;;;;Now, a button-eyed puppet named Big Sisterhead has her hands on her hips, surrounded by dwarf elves, and a clay figure is questioning the tavern owner who looks bitter and cowering.
;;;;"Second, we are the guards of Ghost Town. If you dare to leave the guard, you are resisting the majesty of Ghost Town!"
;;;;People's emotions are not connected - no customer feels sorry for the tavern owner, they just want to watch the fun.
;;;;At this moment, they suddenly turned their heads strangely, and their attention was suddenly seized by the strange emotions that filled the air.
;;;; People at the door of the tavern subconsciously looked towards the street, where they saw an illusory figure walking in a shimmering light.
;;;;The eldest sister who was familiar with this smell screamed:
;;;;"Lu Li is here!"
;;;;The elves around were all shouting.
;;;;"Who is Lu Li?"
;;;;"Can I eat it?"
;;;;"Is it the enemy!"
;;;;"Knock the enemy away!"
;;;;"Knock it away! Beat it away!"
;;;;The eldest sister had no time to teach the shouting younger brother, so she jumped off the counter and ran out of the pub, screaming and throwing herself at the figure.
;;;; Lu Li had to catch the head of the eldest sister who was coming towards him, so that she would not pass through him and fall on the street.
;;;;The head of the happy eldest sister looked like two tails waving by Pusius, crawling around Lu Li's body, soaking up her own scent. After climbing on her shoulders, she realized that Lu Li was just a soul.
;;;;"Why did you become a ghost!"
;;;;"Because I'm dead."
;;;; The eldest sister's head was dull, and the elves who ran to Lu Li's feet while shouting and charging also stopped in embarrassment.
;;;;"Take me to see 'Mother', I'm here to solve its problem."
;;;;On the way to the church building, the eldest sister pestered Lu Li and asked who killed him and wanted to avenge him.
;;;;"My death was just an accident, and the murderer is already dead."
;;;;The church building blocked the eyes of passers-by. The respectful believers led Lu Li to the open-air pit surrounded by a cloister, and allowed Lu Li to touch the heart of the stone with the head of the eldest sister sitting on his shoulders.
;;;;There is no breath of humanity flowing out, only the stone heart that seems to be beating gradually.
;;;; After passing a thousand pieces of humanity to his ‘mother’, Lu Li put down his eldest sister’s head and entered the other world to confirm the result.
;;;;Under the sky, the crest and tailbone that were forming the chest disappeared, leaving only two hind legs rising like giant pillars from the depths of the netherworld.
;;;;"Mother's" condition has returned to almost the best ever, but the dead spirit has not been eradicated - one thousand more humanity is enough.
;;;;"Those coveting monsters no longer dare to invade my mother's territory."
;;;;The priest's encouraging words indicate that the situation in Ghost Town has not been good recently.
;;;;"Mother is saying thank you!"
;;;;The eldest sister's head crawled from Lu Li's feet to his shoulders like a cat.
;;;; It was obviously a waste of time for Lu Li to return to the Land of Light to extract humanity and then come back. He summoned the merchant and asked him to contact the Devil's Daughter: "Let it come to me, I know it can do it."
;;;;While waiting, Lu Li followed the believers to a quiet residential area. No one disturbed him here except the eldest sister.
;;;;The stench of sulfur gradually filled the surroundings, and the believers who knew about it in advance were not surprised by the guests who climbed out of hell.
;;;;Lu Li said to the devil's daughter straight to the point: "You know the gate to hell in the deserted land, right? Take me there."
;;;;"What do you want to do? If it is to bring chaos to hell, I will refuse. Weirdness must not appear in weirdness. I will not agree-"
;;;;"Go to hell to harvest humanity."
;;;;"The Gate of Hell is hidden in the tomb of King Jurisprudence. I will take you there, now."
