Qiao Qiao looked sad and murmured, unable to hold back her tears.
She was clearly prepared for her brother's death, but when she really came into contact with the truth, the unbearable grief still pierced her heart in an instant.
Lu Li stood at the door holding an oil lamp, with an unchanging calm expression on his face. His eyes swept over the extinguished oil lamp, scattered empty and unopened cans, unused charcoal, and the strange lines on Oliver's body.
Oliver's death was clearly unnatural.
Qiao Qiao squatted next to his brother and whispered gentle words that could not be heard clearly. Lu Li waited quietly. He thought it would take a long time for Qiao Qiao to ease his mood, but soon, Qiao Qiao left his brother's side and wiped his face.
He shed tears and came to Lu Li.
"Can we take away my brother's body?" Qiao Qiao asked hoarsely.
"Take it where?"
Qiao Qiao was silent. This was the depths of the Shadow Swamp. Even they themselves were struggling to survive. How could they leave with a corpse...
That doesn't make any sense.
"Can I say goodbye to him? It only takes a few minutes." Qiao Qiao said with a pleading tone.
Lu Li handed the oil lamp to Qiao Qiao: "We still have time."
"Thanks."
Nodding gently, Jojo took the oil lamp and returned to Oliver, kneeling gently beside the corpse and clasping his hands.
Soft prayers sounded in the narrow cabin and spread deep into the corridor.
"Life fades like a flower, but it also blooms like a flower..."
"Our destiny has already been arranged, from birth to death... We come from the earth... and go back to the earth... This is the fate of life."
"The end does not mean the end... Everything about you will be remembered and passed down. The body will decay with time, but the spirit is immortal..."
"I, Joanna, wish that Oliver's soul ascends to heaven without pain..."
"May the souls of the dead live in peace forever..."
The last syllable faded away, Qiao Qiao closed her eyes and murmured in a low voice.
[Very...excellent words...]
A whisper that only Lu Li could hear sounded deep in his mind.
"You should know this." Lu Li said silently. "This is a common prayer among church believers."
[Believers... I never respond to them...]
"Why?"
[The ideas they pray for are absurd and weird... or they covet my power... or they try to curse others... or they want wealth and women... or they offer trivial loyalty... I am not interested in these...]
"But most evil gods will not refuse anyone who comes."
Unlike all monsters, evil gods are monsters born from humans.
The evil god itself is the consciousness of many negative emotions. Regardless of whether it existed before, as long as enough people believe in it and make sacrifices, the evil god will be born with the consciousness of the believers.
Lu Li thought of something: "Those who believe in the Mother of the Swamp are the first pioneers of Shadow Town. Their imagination of the Mother of the Swamp is to protect and protect the town. You call yourself the Mother of the Swamp. Does this mean that you are the rumored 'good one'?"
Evil God'?"
This kind of speculation is very likely, because only in this way can we reasonably explain why the demon slayers on the Allen Peninsula are indifferent to the evil god at their doorstep.
Because the Swamp Mother is the "good evil god".
The so-called good and evil gods are just a relative term. They are not human beings, so naturally they do not need to act according to human rules, and they cannot use human rules to judge good and bad.
They just guard their territory and ignore the humans passing by.
It's like a pair of eyes observing the ants beneath your feet.
They may hurt people passing by due to some factors, but compared to other evil gods, this evil god is almost harmless.
Today, as the world is leaning toward destruction, exorcists have no time to pay attention to these harmless evil spirits.
The mother of the swamp did not face Lu Li's question directly. She did not even answer. She whispered another thing: [I feel... you are very close... enter the center of the banyan tree... I will wait for your arrival there...]
"Are you leaving again?" Lu Li asked.
[It feels something...it's resisting...I need to concentrate...]
"Leave a trace of consciousness and I will contact you if anything happens."
After a brief pause, the Swamp Mother responded: [Hold the statue... I will sense your consciousness... And... it... I did not bring it here...]
"it?"
[The ship...you are in its body...]
Lu Li instantly turned his head and asked Anna, "Do you feel anything?"
Anna, who had already appeared when Qiao Qiao began to pray, did not notice any aura. She knew that Lu Li would not say this without any reason. She closed her eyes and spread her own aura to the surroundings, and was then hit by the cold and damp wall.
block.
It was hard to imagine that her breath could feel cold and damp, as if she had touched a wall.
"The walls here actually blocked my breath..." Anna said in a low voice, feeling incredible.
Lu Li looked at Qiaoqiao who was kneeling beside Oliver's body and murmuring: "Are you ready?"
Qiao Qiao opened her closed eyes, and tears washed away the mud on her face.
"What happened?" She heard the previous conversation between Lu Li and Anna.
"The situation has changed, please leave here first."
I don't know if the ship realized that they had discovered it, but Lu Li didn't tell the truth.
"good."
After a slight hesitation, Qiao Qiao got up, staggered, picked up the oil lamp and returned to Lu Li.
Needless to say, under Anna's protection, Lu Li and Qiao Qiao quickly reversed course.
The oil lamp was handed back to Lu Li. At first, Qiao Qiao would look back. She felt that her brother was looking at her in the darkness. But soon, she found that Lu Li's pace was much faster than before. She realized something and followed silently.
later.
Until a certain moment, Lu Li in front of him suddenly stopped.
Qiaoqiao, who almost bumped into Lu Li's back, raised her head and heard Anna's whisper: "The road ahead has disappeared..."
The corridor below the deck of the big ship stretches forward, and the darkness beyond the light seems to have no end.
They have walked a long distance and should have reached the corner.
But the corridor covered with rust everywhere still goes straight forward and has no end.
"Still haven't found any problems?" Lu Li asked Anna.
"I can tear it apart," Anna whispered coldly.
She felt like the ship was playing tricks on them.
"You can't tear steel." Lu Li refused Anna's proposal. He remembered the flash of illusion he had when boarding the ship, and said thoughtfully: "I'll give it a try."
Lu Li stared straight into the darkness ahead, as if there was something there.
"I don't know why you are stranded in the depths of the swamp, but I can help you get out of here."
The words echoed into the depths of darkness. For a few seconds, more than ten seconds... nothing changed around them.
Lu Li looked calm and continued.
"The owner of the Shadow Swamp, the Swamp Mother, is my...companion. I may not be able to do it, but she can. Let us leave, and I will let the Swamp Mother send you where you need to go."