Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 493 Seventy. Return to Homeland

   The sound does not seem to be a language, it continues the same content in a dull manner, like the sound of the waves at the tide.

   Accompanied by the sound of the waves, the breeze blowing from the depths of the channel also seems to bring the unique taste of the coast.

   is not far from the end of the passage.

  The other side is the coast?

   Lu thought about it, bit the handle of the oil lamp, grabbed the edge of the steps, and moved to the next floor following the traces of blood.

  If Ana was there, he wouldn't have to move so hard.

  The blood stains left by Richard began to be no longer uniform and straight, but scattered on the steps.

   Injured Richard deservedly made the jump even harder.

Snapped--

   fell to the next layer, and the sticky touch of the soles of the feet came through the shoes.

  A layer of silt appeared under the feet, mixed with seaweed and scales, and the rich fishy smell penetrated into the nose.

   took a half step back, Lu Li squatted down with the oil lamp in hand, and observed the layer of silt.

   The silt is still a long time from drying up, but it’s not just left. At least it was here before Lu Li and Richard came down.

   The black ink-like silt and the scales seemed to come from the deepest part of the sea, otherwise where would the rich fishy smell like the bottom of a fishing boat come from.

  Lu Li didn't touch the strange scales and silt left on the steps for some unknown reason, rubbed off the silt from the soles of the shoes on the steps, and moved to the next floor.

   was brought by the breeze, the sound of the waves in the ear became clearer and clearer, and Lu Li was not far from the end of the passage.

  嘭——

  The soles of the feet land, the legs are bent to release the impact, and the gravel is raised, leaving two bunkers.

   At some point, Lu Li really reached the end of the passage and stepped on the soft gravel. The sound of the tide was no longer covered up, and the sound of the waves resounding day and night filled the surroundings.

   Holding the oil lamp, Lu Li turned to face the sea.

   He appeared on the dark sand, the sky was dark, and there was no starry sky or anything else. It's like a child learning to paint who filled the sky with a black paintbrush, and then painted the beach and the ocean with this paintbrush.

   The rich black should make Lu Li invisible, but he could see the entire beach at a glance, the beach shrouded in darkness.

  This is like an underground ocean.

  Whether it was the passage extending downwards behind him, the rocky wall with no end in sight, or the pitch-black sky without a spot of light, they all gave Lu Li such an illusion.

The beach beside    sags down unnaturally, blood stains congeal on a few pieces of sand, and a line of footprints extends into the distance.

  Lu Li seemed to see Richard fall on the gravel, covered with sand, then covered his injured leg and walked away——

   On the beach a few hundred meters away, there is a silhouette shadow.

   There is a log cabin there.

   Lu Li was sure that he was here for the first time, but everything around him gave him a feeling of deja vu—especially the small wooden house.

   It seems that Lu Li just saw it not long ago.

   Following Richard's footsteps, Lu Li walked towards the wooden house, and more details became clearer as he approached.

   This is a wooden house on high feet that is only tens of meters from the sea. When the tide is high, the foundation of the wooden house will be mostly immersed in the sea water.

   When he walked 100 meters away, Lu Li finally recognized the small wooden house and where the familiarity with the surrounding environment came from.

  This is the coastline of the coastal town.

  Lu Li turned his head to look at the shore, where there was only a rock wall that seemed to connect to the sky, and the original street and wooden houses were nowhere to be seen.

   After staring for a long time, Lu Li retracted his gaze and looked at the small wooden house a hundred meters away.

  Then that wooden house is...

  …

   Weak footsteps stopped in front of the steps of the wooden house.

   The shoes sank slightly into the gravel, Lu Li raised his head, the familiar sight silenced him.

   Bloodstains appeared on the wooden steps, and Richard was in it, or had entered here.

   After a short stay, Lu Li stepped onto the wooden steps. His right hand hangs in front of the untied holster, ready to be drawn and fired.

  Squeak-

   The sound of the old damp wooden ladder was muffled by the waves.

With the creaking sound, Lu Li stepped onto the last step and reached out to push the wooden door.

  Squeak-

   is far louder than the wooden ladder, and the sour sound rang out, and then stopped abruptly. The friction between the damp and puffy wooden door and the floor made opening the door obscure.

   Wardrobe, bed, desk, window, everything is no different from what Lu Li has seen before.

  Only the floor in front of the bed, that dark hole that seemed to be painted and charred became a real existence, deep and bottomless.

  The light poured on it, as if swallowed by the hole, and disappeared completely.

  A rope was fastened to the wooden legs of the bed, and the other end extended into the hole, surrounded by blood that had not dried up.

  Richard had also been to this cabin, and it seems that not long ago, Richard used a rope to climb into the hole.

   Lu Li walked into the wooden house and closed the wooden door with his backhand.

   The sound of the waves from the outside weakened, the oil lamps swayed, and the shadows in the wooden house swayed, making Lu Li inevitably think of the diary with the paradoxical content.

   But there is no way people can hide in the wooden house, except for the dark hole by the bed.

   There seems to be a wind blowing from the abyss.

   Lu Li went around the hole, walked to the leg of the bed where the rope was tied, and pulled Ma Cheng.

The other end of the    submerged in the hole had no weight, and soon, only a one-meter-long hemp rope was pulled out from the inside.

  Richard is not here.

   And he wanted to confuse Lu Li.

   But since Richard still has time to set up traps, it means that this place is not as dangerous as Lu Li imagined.

   At least there is no danger that cannot be avoided.

   knock knock --

   Then, three unhurried percussions sounded outside the silent wooden house.

  Lu Li stood still, raised his eyes and looked at the door where the knock was heard.

  Fortunately, Lu Li closed the door, the trouble is, the door is just closed...

   The end of the knock on the door dissipated, and the inside and outside of the wooden house fell into a dead silence.

   While observing quietly, Lu Li suddenly raised his head slightly and sniffed lightly.

  The air floating from the door suddenly took on a fishy smell

  Lu Li thought of the silt scales he saw in the passage, does this mean that there is something to do with it outside the door?

   knock knock --

   After dozens of seconds, the knock on the door rang again.

  The existence outside the door has never left, which is evidenced by the strong smell of the sea.

  Lulli seemed to see the deformed figure with scales standing behind the door through the gap of the wooden door.

   It knew there was someone in the cabin.

   Ignoring the hole in the abyss, Lu Li walked around it gently, approached the window behind the desk, and gently pushed it open.

  The sound of the waves became clear again, and Lu Li turned his head and waited for the knock on the door to sound again.

   knock knock --

When the    knock on the door rang for the third time, Lu Li climbed out of the window and jumped into the beach by covering up the sound.

The    oil lamp wobbled, distorting the shadows around it. Lu Li looked at the front of the wooden house from below, but it was difficult to see what.

  Lu Li planned to observe the existence of knocking on the door, but before that, he had to distance himself from the wooden house.

   slowly moved backwards, but Lu Li's heel suddenly kicked something hard.

  The rich fishy smell and coldness instantly wrapped Lu Li from behind.

   (end of this chapter)