Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 1417 fifty-nine. Stumbling blocks

  The unexpected moment of silence disrupted many plans.

  Lu Li can only temporarily hibernate, let others gather strength, and go to the worm lair in the Gauss Basin during the period.

  The silence lasted only half a day and then dispersed. Lu Li and the worms said, "I need your help."

   Preferably beholder worms help them too. Although there is no specific comparison, the huge celestial body hanging high in the sky should be an indescribable existence at the same level as the swamp.

  The worms promised to be the mother worms that communicated with Lu Li—they extended from the nest, connected end to end, and stretched out to the sky one by one.

   It will take days to reach the beholder worm above the clouds.

  The Mother of the Swamp contacted Lu Li at this time. After learning that Lu Li was in the worm's lair, she asked Lu Li to entrust the worm to spread leaflets in the old sewer: [The terrifying swamp that ate the world wakes up at Midnight City Terminal]

   Worms have an unrivaled place in old sewers.

   But doing so is easy to be detected by the swamp

   "The Swamp may have found us," replied the Swamp Mother, "The new king of ghouls says the rate of ghoul demise is increasing."

   At the beginning of its birth, the new king of ghouls was one-fifth faster than the swamp swallowing ghouls by virtue of his identity. As time went by, he and the swamp became equal and each shared half.

  But not long ago, the swamp was almost plundering, and so far only three tenths were left for the new king.

   "Do you think it was a coincidence or a leak?" Lu Li asked.

   "Either way, we're running out of time."

   They're racing the swamp for time.

  Lu Li told the worms about the instructions of the Swamp Mother, and the Wiener Dungeon finally helped out—the leaflets they printed were sent to the old sewers in a steady stream.

   It can be expected that as the word spreads, there will be a lot of weirdos leaving Midnight City Terminus-but there will also be weirdos who don't want to leave and become allies.

   It is better to have the indescribable existence passing by, destroying the swamp like destroying human civilization.

   "Go back to Midnight City after the worm issue is resolved, we need your help."

   Lu Li and Fudot bid farewell to the worm and returned to Midnight City.

  …

  Midnight City stands quietly on the edge of the dark field.

   Overlooking this devastated city, undercurrents surge under the tranquil appearance.

  A storm is forming over the entire Badlands.

  Lu Li disappeared in midair and appeared in the castle. The Mother of the Swamp told Lu Li the reason for calling him back:

  The brood nest in the east did not reject their contact and alliance, but made a request: they need Lu Li to come in person.

   "Could it be a conspiracy?" Lu Li asked.

   "We will go with you," replied the Swamp Mother.

  Mother of the Swamp, Chris, every ally, and Lu Li himself.

  This negotiating team may be difficult to fight against the brood, but the power represented by them is also difficult to fight against the brood, and it will never leave them.

  Claire purposely asked Lu Li and the others to bring the bat to them, so that an existence born from the brood could draw them closer.

  …

   A foul, scarlet blanket of flesh forms a carpet that stretches toward the brood.

  Hives that engulfed several blocks rose among the ruins. The tiny people were trapped in the soft blood blanket, and the brood in front of them was like a low mountain.

   More importantly, it is alive.

  The flesh and blood on the surface squirmed and squirmed, drilling into and out of the mother's nest with offspring, reminiscent of the mountain of meat above the sea that swallowed a strange fog.

   "The brood is already terrifying. Think carefully about how the swamp can hold thousands of broods... What are we punching at..." Remy felt a sense of powerlessness in her heart.

   "Cheer up, the swamp is so powerful, it's not just a secret operation now." Claire comforted.

  Lu Li, Swamp Mother, Great Earth Demon, and Chris will enter the brood, while other companions and allies will stay outside the brood.

  Mother of the Swamp casts hazy moonlight to illuminate the surroundings. The viscous and surging river of blood is noisy, the wriggling pillar of flesh rises and sinks into the blood carpet, the walls made of flesh and blood are separated by thin films, and the nursery room with wriggling embryos, darkness and **** form a picture of **** .

   "This scene is not often seen in hell..." said the Great Earth Demon, "There is less and less flesh and blood below..."

   Bat Weird doesn't know any more than they do, because it's been away from its brood for as long as I can remember.

  Continuing to go deep into the mother's nest, they finally saw the core of this mountain of meat—a slowly beating blood ball pulled in the air by chains of flesh.

  Blood pooled into a blood pool, and the only clean things in the entire blood-red palace were outsiders like them and a copy of "The Sunken Land" held up by the skinless weirdness.

  The reason why the Brood's stubborn request for Lu Li to come is thus revealed—

   Weird reverence for humans does not lead to pointless vanity. Only the Mother of the Swamp relaxed a little, guessing that this negotiation would not be very complicated.

  But the situation developed unexpectedly-this negotiation will end without a problem.

   It wasn't that there were some harsh conditions, the brood only wanted to communicate with Lu Li, but disaster blocked his mouth.

  The hour of silence descends again.

   In the silence...

  Lu Li recalled the figure hanging under the dead tree, and slowly stepped into the darkness.

  The hours of silence that frequently envelop the world have limited influence on other companions and allies, but it happens to target Lu Li's actions.

   And there's no way of knowing how long it will last—half a day, or days?

  Lu Li has no time to waste.

  So Lu Li returned to the castle, put down Claire and eldest sister's head, left a note in the tower and left in a hurry.

  Shortly after, Claire with the note in her mouth and the running sister broke into the church and handed the note to the Mother of the Swamp. Facing all the strange gazes, a gentle and distant voice echoed in the hall:

   "Lu Li went to find trouble in the time of silence."

  …

   "Once upon a time, there was a... human named Lu Li. He defeated evil spirits, tore apart evil gods, and drove away darkness..."

  A piercing, terrifying hoarse growl sounded from among a mound.

  Two scrawny, rotting, pus-oozing ghosts sat in front of the cave. One was hoarse and whispering, and the other was a small ghost playing with a humanoid clay doll, knocking down a puddle of mud and making an indecipherable corner.

   "Even a great king trembles in his name—"

  The big evil ghost suddenly looked up vigilantly, like a mole, grabbed the little evil ghost and got into the cave.

   Not long after, a silhouette in a cloak emerged from afar.

  The silhouette bowed his head in front of the mound, looked at the clay doll at his feet, and then disappeared into the dark mound in an instant.

  Not long after leaving, a claw suddenly protruded from the cave, grabbed the clay doll and retreated into the darkness.

  Edge of Silence - Mantis Town and the surrounding **** towns call this land shrouded in silence.

  The scarred earth is like a tree trunk infested with moths, full of bottomless holes. Anyone with a dense sense of fear will go mad here.

  The silhouette that suddenly emerged opened the cloak, revealing black hair and eyes.

  Twenty-five years later... Lu Li stood here again.

  His eyes looked at the abandoned village and dead trees in the distance.

  It seems to see the long white dress fluttering in the wind.

  (end of this chapter)