Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 399 Three hundred fourteen. Corpse in the wooden house

  The back of the shoe is almost immersed in the mud, and the soft and fleshy touch can be felt through the rain boots.

   Lu Li squatted down, holding an oil lamp and illuminating the dark red mud.

  The silt has not been restored, the shape looks like someone fell here, and the footprints extending into the withered jungle are evidence.

   "Someone entered the Shadow Swamp from a dark passage before."

   The raised oil lamp moved, and Lu Li carefully inspected the area.

   Except for the traces on the mud, no clues were left before the exit of the dark passage.

   "Is that my brother!" Jojo asked subconsciously.

   Lu Li turned to the Swamp Mother sculpture in his pocket: "Where is Oliver."

  【I don't know him...Many humans entered the swamp...】

  Lu Li raised his head and asked Qiaoqiao, "Do you remember what Oliver wore when he disappeared?"

   "Linen overalls and teal burlap shirt!"

  Lu Li added details on top of this: "He is less than 1.6 meters tall, with brown hair, young."

  The Swamp Mother searched for the servants' memories and told Lu Li: [There is one... in the old lair of the creeper servants...]

   "Change to something I can understand."

  The Swamp Mother paused for more than ten seconds, and the murmur slowly sounded: [The place where the six-legged monster once lived...near Swamp Road...]

  Lu Li's mind came to the abandoned village he saw when he entered the Shadow Swamp for the first time...

   He knew what the Swamp Mother was talking about.

   "I need someone to show me the way."

【people……? 】

   "Your family."

  The ignorance of human society makes their communication very inefficient, but it is not full of barbarism and arrogance like other evil gods - it has an excellent character: learning.

   This kind of virtue drives this evil **** to cooperate with Lu Li, who is indistinguishable from ants, although the process of cooperation is jerky and slow.

   Soon, the mother of the swamp got the relevant memory from the consciousness of the family who was once a human, and it corrected Lu Li's mistake: [They are just my servants... If you are willing to accept the power... will become my family...]

   It sounds like a kin is a higher-end existence than a servant, like the personal guards and ordinary soldiers who protect the king. .

   "Then please ask the servant to take us to Oliver's place." Lu Li was not interested in becoming a monster.

  【My servant is approaching you...follow it...you will reach the old lair...】

   Lu Li recited the whispers of the Swamp Mother, and Qiao Qiao couldn't hold back her eagerness to ask: "My brother... is he still alive."

   [He entered the lair... did not leave... my eyes did not enter...]

   Only a whisper heard by Lu Li, he told Qiao Qiao: "There is an abandoned village near the swamp road. Your brother hid in the house and has not appeared since then."

  Jojo didn't know whether to be thankful or regretful, the news she got was no different from before. Brother Oliver is still alive and dead.

  Lu Li suddenly tilted his head to look at the outline of the jungle not far away, a strong sense of being watched emerged from the bottom of his heart.

   A dark silhouette hid behind a dead tree more than a dozen meters away, leaning out halfway, as if peeping over here.

  Qiaoqiao was scared and backed away, Lu Li asked calmly, "Is it here to lead the way?"

  【Yes...when you stop looking at it...it will come to the front...lead you...】

   "We follow it, I say blink, close your eyes or look away for a second at the same time."

"Um."

"it is good."

  Anna and Jojo answered separately.

   "Blink."

   The two of them closed their eyes at the same time, and when they opened them again, there was no shadowy silhouette behind the dead tree they were facing.

   "It's there." Jojo reminded Lu Li.

  Yingchuo moved to the right the moment they closed their eyes.

  Lu Li pulled out his rain boots stuck in the mud and walked towards Yingchuoren. Jojo, staggering, followed behind.

  [Turn off the fire...the swamp is not safe...the light will attract them...] The mother of the swamp whispered to remind Lu Li.

   After a short pause, Lu Li turned off the oil lamp in his hand and took in the suitcase that was floating behind him.

   After doing this and explaining it to Qiao Qiao, Lu Li frowned: "This is your territory."

  【Its believers...sacrificed many humans...became servants...they desire blood to kill...kill many of my servants...】

   "That evil **** is very powerful?" Lu Li asked.

  【It...is suppressed by me...not awakened...I am stronger than it...but its followers find my weakness...weakened...】

   "You are restrained." Lu Li replied.

  Lu Li and Qiaoqiao approached Yingchuoren, and Yingchuoren's dark silhouette reminded Qiaoqiao of the fear of facing the dark and deep sea. It sounds like the followers of the Unknown Evil God know the Swamp Mother very well.

Lu Li basically sorted out the situation: the followers of the unknown evil **** wanted to give birth to the evil god. For some reason, they were eyeing the territory of the Swamp Mother, so they went into and out of Shadow Town to investigate the Swamp Mother and find its weaknesses. Then when everything is ready... Summon the evil **** to come.

   "Are its followers still there? Blink."

After    blinked together, Yingchuo people flashed behind a dead tree a dozen meters away.

   They continued to approach the Yingchuo people.

  【Human...dead...minions and...】

   This is bad news, Lu Li is likely to face a wise believer.

   Lu Li stepped into the seemingly calm silt, and water-like ripples suddenly rippled on the silt surface, engulfing Lu Li's rain boots, and was pulled back to the outside of the swamp by an invisible force in an instant.

  Qiaoqiao was shocked into a cold sweat, while Lu Li's voice was still calmly talking to the Swamp Mother.

   "Why did you choose to trade with me."

  【I'm watching you...you don't fear minions...don't fear me...you can approach it...kill it...】

  The whisper of the Swamp Mother did not disappear, and continued to sound: [Its servants wander ahead...follow Yingchuo...bypass...keep quiet...]

  Lu Li nodded, made a hushed sound to Qiaoqiao, and lowered the sound of movement.

   The process of approaching the abandoned village was almost without danger. Part of the consciousness of the Swamp Mother remained in the sculpture, helping Lu Li and Qiaoqiao to avoid the family of the unknown evil god.

   The dim silhouette of an abandoned swamp hut is in sight.

After   Yingchuo flickered to the largest house in the center of the village, he watched them gloomily.

   "Send us up." Lu Li tilted his head slightly.

   The cold breath brushed over the skin, and Lu Li and Qiao Qiao floated up and landed on the wooden board one meter away from the swamp ground.

   The damp, limp planks muffled the sound of their landing.

"elder brother……?"

  Jojo called to the door in a dark voice.

   Lu Li inquired about the situation around the Swamp Mother, made sure it was temporarily safe, and turned on the oil lamp again.

  The dim yellow light spreads to the surroundings, dispelling the darkness, revealing the withered vines hanging like cobwebs everywhere, revealing the situation in the wooden house.

   Under the shabby wooden table facing the house, a... or rather shriveled skin was piled up under the table, and the thin face was full of horror.

   There was a thumping sound behind him.

  Jojo slumped on the ground, her terrified expression occupied by the emerging joy.

   She was thankful that it wasn't her brother who suffered this nightmare.

   (end of this chapter)