Empty carriages can be seen clogging the roads everywhere.
There was no sound, no figure, no fire, and the horses disappeared, as if this carriage had been abandoned for a long time.
Lu Li held an oil lamp and walked past the extinguished fire, walking through the dark and messy carriage house. In the dark gaps, it seemed as if there were malicious eyes following him.
Opening the curtain, the luggage is still in the car.
There are no messy footprints on the ground. It may have been smoothed by the strong wind, or maybe...
Lu Li looked away from the surroundings and looked towards the road ahead - the mist-shrouded wilderness also enveloped the Royal City, which was just a few hundred meters ahead.
The disappearance of people here may be related to being too close to the Royal City. When Lu Li came, the convoys that kept their distance from the Royal City were still waiting in the strange fog.
Lu Li took out the pocket watch from his pocket and opened the cover. The time did not point to a certain place, nor did it change when he turned around. The time was normal, which meant there was nothing weird around him.
This pocket watch was borrowed by an exorcist at a convoy gathering place a mile away. When the exorcist knew that Lu Li planned to explore the royal city, he gave him this pocket watch that could detect strange things around him.
The Exorcist seems to like to use time to find weirdness, or the weirdness will be marked by time.
Click——
Closing the cover of his watch, Lu Li walked around the carriage and walked forward alone with an oil lamp in hand. There was an existence darker than black surging there.
Lu Li got closer and closer to it, until he merged into it. Looking around, he suddenly realized that he was standing under the gate of King Allen City.
The city gate was open, as if nothing had happened. There was even a team of guards standing upright guarding the city gate.
Lu Li suddenly raised his head with a feeling. The upside-down royal city was clearly reflected in the sky a hundred meters above. Gray fog filled the space between the two cities, making it difficult to see clearly the truth.
In the upside-down city above his head, Lu Li saw pools of rotten sludge crowded in front of the city gate with eyes growing on their bodies. One of the sludge monsters left its companions and wriggled forward.
Lu Li withdrew his gaze and looked at the group of motionless guards in front of the city gate. One of the figures walked towards him, and his armor made a clanking sound.
Lu Li didn't see his figure above.
Weirdness is pretending to be human...why.
With his palm hanging on the side of his gun holster, Lu Li waited for the guard to come up to him. That was a young face. If he didn't take into account his expression and strange nose, he might be mistaken for a real person.
"Human... your identity will be hidden... the Lord will give it back..." A strange, vague tone sounded awkwardly from the young face: "Don't arouse suspicion... the guests of the paradise will have the right to eat you...
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"What is Paradise?"
Lu Li likes weirdos that he can communicate with, which usually means he can communicate with them and ask questions.
It's just that the rotten sludge disguised as a human didn't want to communicate with Lu Li. In the dark, Lu Li suddenly felt that something was paying attention to this place for a short time, like a gaze. Then the "guard" told Lu Li: "Xutes University...
…The Lord will tell you the next step after you arrive…”
Lu Li did not answer. He looked at the Upside Down City in the sky again, looking for undiscovered details.
“Can you see the Paradise of the Lord…?”
Surprisingly, the "guard" who had no intention of communicating suddenly took the initiative to ask.
Lu Li looked away and nodded gently.
The "guard" had an indescribable change in its attitude towards Lu Li. Although it was difficult to tell whether the change was good or bad, it took the initiative to remind Lu Li: "Throw away the oil lamp...it will reveal that you are human..."
After thinking for a while, Lu Li put down the oil lamp, leaving only the extinguished "lighthouse".
While the "guards" could still communicate, Lu Li asked again: "Did a female spirit enter the city an hour ago?"
"The Lord knows everything...and will arrange everything..."
In a creeping whisper, the "guard" retreated back to its companions, leaving behind those words that seemed to indicate something but were ambiguous.
Lu Li knew where Xiutes University was, but he didn't know if this was related to the so-called "Lord knows everything".
Without the oil lamp, Lu Li could still see in the dark city. The street lamps glowed with a weak and deserted light, and the city was filled with shades of gray that were different from black, as if it were a city entrenched underground.
Five fingers can be clearly seen even deep in the alley, lightless night will not work here.
Lu Li came to the street and thought quietly at the same time.
This usually represents a possibility: the existence that controls this place is more strange and powerful than the lightless night. Maybe it is the evil god, maybe it is the great existence that the evil god said is as vast as the stars...
There were actually a few passers-by walking around on the streets, as if nothing had happened. Only when you look up at the Upside Down City in the sky, you would see the same figures on the upside down streets.
Lu Li observed the street and the street above: a middle-aged gentleman wearing a top hat, a tuxedo and holding a cane was an empty skeleton in the Upside Down City. A pair of children chasing each other and running past laughing were in the Upside Down City.
There are two illusory ghosts in the city. A graceful woman with a graceful figure and a playful wink at him is a shadow like a black mist.
There are also real humans mixed in there - people like Lu Li who can't be seen in the Upside Down City.
They walked among the monsters very naturally, as if they were not aware of it at all - which of course was impossible. The blood stains scattered on the streets and the occasional screams that cut through the gray night sky were enough to engraved in their hearts what was happening now.
But they remained indifferent, walking normally, just like... those weird ones.
Maybe this is the reason why they survived: the rules of "Paradise", those who raise suspicion will be eaten, and they want to keep themselves the same as usual.
As a result, before Lu Li's eyes was a scene of human beings and weird "harmonious" people living together, albeit in a distorted way.
Looking at the long street, the wet bluestone pavement stretches forward under the street lights. It is not standing water. The sound of sticky water when stepping on it and the licking sound coming from the alley indicate that it is actually blood.
The minced meat residue is scattered, kicked away by people and "people" who are not paying attention, and falls at the entrance of the alley, or in front of the roadside sewer. Whenever this happens, one or several animals will quickly stick out from the darkness.
Only skinny claws scrambled to grab the pieces of meat and retreated into the darkness, and then there was the sound of chewing.
The echoing screams and screams pierced the night sky from time to time and never stopped.
This is a weird city.
"What are you looking at?" A gentle female voice suddenly sounded from beside him.
A lady with exquisite makeup stood next to Lu Li and asked in a friendly and curious manner.
Lu Li did not answer, but raised his head again and looked at the upside-down city above his head.
A monster as bloated as a stomach was piled next to him. The mouth at the top hung above Lu Li's head, and sticky saliva dripped from the side.