Andrea docked next to the reef, and the outline of the town in the distance was looming under the giant bonfire.
Needless to say, towns where old sewers exist are middle-aged, weirdly close to compromise.
The advantage is that Pusius Ophelia and the followers of the Shadow Church can also follow Lu Li to the old sewer. The disadvantage is that there will be other weird things in the town.
However, it is better to enter the old sewer from Luokou Town and go to the Midnight City area than to travel on the ground. At least there are rules called order in the town and the old sewer.
At least that's the surface level.
The Tentacle Cultists stayed on the coast, building a camp to receive Lu Li while protecting Andrea.
The Shadow Church believers surrounded Lu Li and headed to Luokou Town, the source of the red mist.
They were stopped by the local religious group a mile away from where they could already see the whole town, and asked about their purpose.
Bishop Jon stepped forward and answered for Lu Li: "We want to enter the old sewer."
"The cemetery at the end of the street."
The priest showed them the way and reminded these pagans: "The Lord is watching you."
Accompanied by the local religious group, Lu Li and his party entered Luokou Town.
The huge bonfire lit in the square radiates heat like the sun, coating everything in the town with a clear and restless red.
Aliens, alien species, or other weird things can be seen everywhere on the streets. They buy things in stores and talk to other people like humans.
Its cheerful appearance.
"I like...here." Ophelia whispered.
"Me too, it feels better than Weiner Freeze Port and Midnight City!" Pusius, who was following Lu Li's legs, agreed.
Lu Li quietly observed the town.
Unlike other small towns I have seen here, humans are the mainstay. Weird people account for almost half of the visible townspeople or tourists.
This is not a good thing.
Whether humans are suppressed or killed, it means that they are decreasing, and the chaotic and disordered weirdness that replaces them will gradually change the town.
Before too long, Luokou Town will either degenerate into a town of evil gods, or be eaten by monsters and turn into a lair of monsters.
Lu Li looked towards the religious group following him. Some of the believers were happy due to the praise, while others remained silent as if they were offended.
The situation in Luokou Town is obviously very serious.
As for where the strangeness came from, Lu Li got the answer as he approached the cemetery: it seemed that strange people were walking around on the steps extending from the tomb.
The old sewer brings everything.
The aliens who were chatting in low voices glanced here strangely and backed away in fear. At any time, heretics are not easy to deal with.
The local cult stopped by the "catacomb" and watched as the group of pagans lit torches and climbed up the damp steps.
Pusius raised his head and stared at a half-buried skeleton in the soil of the wall until it was obscured by overlapping believers. As he went deeper into the passage, the soil gradually turned into clay and gravel.
Two minutes later, they arrived at the damp and dim old sewer branch.
What does not correspond to the old sewer route map is that Luokou Town, which was supposed to be the terminal, is no longer the terminus.
The extended branch line goes steeply downward, spreading toward the ocean. It seems that you can smell the sea water from the dark southern branch line that drills into the deep sea.
Withdrawing his gaze, Lu Li walked toward the "guide" lingering in front of the entrance.
The three aliens tried to escape in panic, but were blocked by the Shadow Church who circled behind.
"I need a guide."
Lu Li scanned their outlines.
"What's the fastest route and way to get to Midnight City Station here?"
Luokou Town is hundreds of miles away from Midnight City, and it would take a week or more to walk there.
The two aliens cowered and did not dare to answer. Only the half-human, half-spider alien with its ferocious lower limbs supporting the human body had the courage to respond clumsily: "You can go through the insect tunnel and the mine cart... If you know the existence of the virtual world, you can find them to cross over."
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"Do you want to be our guide?" Lu Li asked it.
"I..." The fearful spider man glanced at the pagan in religious uniform, lowered his lower limbs tremblingly: "This is my honor."
Even if it sensed that Lu Li was a human being, it did not dare to do anything. It regarded Lu Li, who was surrounded by pagans, as a human being favored by evil gods.
The other two mutants escaped thankfully, and the early payment of the reward made the spider-human mutants happy and felt that they would not be "purified" by this group of heretics.
On the way to the nearby insect tunnel, Pusius asked his former colleague: "Are you also a stranger?"
"I'm weird..."
The guide with ferocious lower limbs and a woman's graceful upper body answered respectfully.
The half-body of a woman on its back is its bait. When hunting, it hides its body underground and exposes the bait to trap its prey.
But as it gradually became an existence that was difficult to provoke, its companions died in the mouth of "prey", and hunting became an extremely dangerous behavior. It and its tribe hid in the old sewers. As time went by, the tribe became smaller and smaller, and they were lost.
In addition to being secretly captured and eaten by other monsters, he was the only one left to escape and become a tour guide.
Most of the old sewer guides are weak monsters that are difficult to compete with.
"What is the virtual world?" Lu Li asked.
"The other world is...weird." The Spider-Man guide searched for suitable words to answer.
The virtual world is the same as many inner worlds. We came to the surface world after the Weird Age. Because the virtual world is much smaller than the surface world, they charge tickets to allow weirdos to enter the virtual world and move quickly in the surface world.
"The other world..."
Lu Li thought.
Human beings undoubtedly do not understand the other world. Their understanding of the other world is no different from that of the unexplored deep sea.
Bishop Jon sensed Lu Li's interest in the other world and whispered about the other world he knew.
The first thing to know is that all inner worlds are projections of the surface world. They are differentiated by their different connections to the surface world, like shadows in different lights.
Such as the world of businessmen.
It is worth mentioning that hell is the most well-known layer of the underworld to humans, and it is also the layer with the closest connection, or the earliest invasion.
The inner world of the evil spirit system is known to exorcists as the positive and negative sides of the apparent world.
As a projection, the virtual world is countless times smaller than the surface world. A hundred miles on the surface is even less than one mile in the virtual world, as fast as teleportation.
It's a pity that the atmosphere of pollution is everywhere in the interworld, so it obviously doesn't apply to Lu Li.
"Where's the mine cart?"
"That's the... mine cart around Dark Star City." The spiderman guide regretted that he couldn't find the right words to describe it.
Dark Star City is a weird city. It is a weird city underground, just like the midnight city of humans.
Spiderman guides speak of Darkstar City's anthropomorphic expressions as if they were speaking of the humans of Midnight City or Veena's Freeze Harbor.
Lu Li dug out the old sewer route map and found that the Dark Star City pointed to by the Spider-Man guide was located in the center of the desolate land.
The first worm tunnel soon appeared, and then the guide led the way, using the worm tunnel as a springboard to approach Midnight City.
We are getting closer and closer to that weird city, Dark Star City.
