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When the food detective woke up and opened his eyes, the first thing that caught his eye was a large bed that looked luxurious and ancient. The sheets that were supposed to be white were covered with bright red velvet, which felt soft and comfortable to the touch.

"What on earth is this......"

The food detective sat up in confusion and looked around. He clearly remembered that he fell asleep in a hotel room, but the room in front of him was completely different from his own room. This room lacked decoration, was shabby and corrupt, and there was a long sword and a tapestry hanging on the wall. There were strange patterns embroidered on the tapestry. Perhaps because of the embroidery, the food detective could not see clearly what was depicted on the tapestry.

Where is this? This is not his room!

The food detective sat up from the bed and walked down. What he felt on the soles of his feet was not the soft carpet in the guest room, but the cold stone slabs. The hard stone even made the food detective feel pain in his feet. He subconsciously took a breath, raised his foot to avoid the stone, and then the food detective pushed open the door, walked out of the room, and looked around.

Then, he widened his eyes in surprise.

In front of the food detective, it was not the hotel he was familiar with, nor were there any busy roads and tall buildings. All he saw were rows of low stone buildings that did not look like those of this era, and tall towers and palaces in the distance. The food detective looked up and saw two pink moons clearly visible above the night sky.

Wait, where is this place?

The food detective continued to look up and saw countless stars twinkling under the dark night sky, and even gathered into a galaxy flowing forward—no! That's not starlight!

Above his head was an upside-down city! The food detective could see the tall buildings emerging under the night sky, and even the traffic speeding on the road!

The moment he noticed this, the food detective felt that his body suddenly began to float up, and even the center of gravity shifted at this moment. Then, he watched himself falling towards the upside-down March City in the sky!

"———————!!"

The food detective suddenly stood up and jumped out of the bed. He kept panting and looked around. This time, what appeared in the eyes of the food detective was the same standard hotel room as always. The bed he was lying on was not a velvet bed, but an ordinary hotel Simmons mattress.

"Huh............"

The food detective reached out and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

What a strange dream... Anyway, I'm a little hungry.

The food detective looked at the watch, then picked up the phone to order a midnight snack. After all, people must be full to have the strength to continue fighting.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door. The food detective walked to the door and asked.

"Who is it?"

"Room service, the midnight snack you wanted."

"Oh."

Hearing the call, the food detective also walked to the door, then opened the door, and then he looked at the waiter in front of him...

"Woo wow!"

The next moment, the food detective was suddenly startled and stepped back.

The waiter who appeared in front of the food detective was not the waiter in hotel uniforms in his memory. On the contrary, the waiter in front of him was wearing an exaggerated costume that looked like he would wear on stage, and his face was pale with white powder. He was just holding a gun in one hand and a plate in the other, staring at the food detective.

"Excuse me, what's wrong with you, guest?"

"Ah, no..."

The food detective shook his head, closed his eyes, and then opened them again - but the waiter in front of him was still dressed in this weird way. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and reached out to take the plate.

"I just had a nightmare and was a little confused."

"Okay, have a good night."

The other party didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with his dress. He just nodded and handed the plate to the food detective, then turned and left. Watching the waiter leave, the food detective hurriedly closed the door, then quickly locked it, and then put the plate aside, leaning against the door and taking a breath.

This... Is there something wrong with me? Or is there something wrong with this world?

The food detective was completely confused.

Forget it, let's eat first.

While thinking, the food detective opened the plate, took out the burger in it, and then took a bite and started eating. I have to say that the delicious fried meat patty exploded in the mouth, coupled with the fresh sauce, it gave people a very good feeling.

"Mmmmm... hm?"

Just as the food detective was enjoying the food, with the help of the light outside, he seemed to see that the burger in his hand was a little strange, so the food detective reached out and turned on the light. Soon, the originally dim bedroom was illuminated by the light, and at this moment the food detective also saw that in the burger in his hand, a snow-white maggot was twisting and drilling in the meat patty. He could even see the remains of the half-bitten meat patty that was also only half left, and it was still wriggling!

"Mmm... Mmm!!!"

At this moment, the food detective could no longer bear it, threw down the burger in his hand, ran to the bathroom and hugged the toilet to vomit desperately. He even felt a numbness in his throat, as if maggots were crawling down his throat! !

After holding the toilet and vomiting for an unknown period of time, the almost exhausted food detective finally recovered. He barely rinsed his mouth with water, and then walked to the hamburger he had thrown away again indignantly, wanting to take the hamburger to the hotel to ask for an explanation. However, when the food detective picked up the hamburger, he found that everything was normal.

"Huh?"

The rotten meat patty that was drilled by maggots just now had completely disappeared, replaced by a steaming, completely normal, delicious meat patty wrapped in bread, lettuce and sauce.

"…………………………"

The food detective stared at the hamburger in his hand silently, thinking for a long time, and then gritted his teeth and threw it into the trash can.

After what happened just now, he has now completely suffered from psychological trauma.

In the next few days, the three of them were still running.

Duanmu Huai has already determined the plan, since the people here hope to unlock the seal and summon the King of Yellow to this city. Then he would wait for the other party to summon the Yellow King, and then kill it. Of course, this does not mean that Duanmu Huai will just sit there and wait. On the one hand, he still needs to devour a lot of information as a trump card to fight the Yellow King. On the other hand, Duanmu Huai is also forcing the other party to act as soon as possible.

After all, after the other party knows that someone is tracking, in order to complete the plan, they will naturally speed up the progress. And Duanmu Huai has been tracking the whereabouts of the mayor with the other two detectives these two days.

Fortunately, the mayor is very competitive and has not been caught by them. If Duanmu Huai and his team really catch the mayor, it will be more troublesome.

It’s better not to catch him.

At present, Duanmu Huai and others are also busy all day, gathering in the restaurant for dinner. Duanmu Huai is drinking coffee while reading the newspaper in front of him. The gourmet detective next to him is eating with his head covered, and the idol detective can’t stand it.

"I say you've eaten too much, this is already one, two, three, four, five, six... the seventh plate! Just looking at it makes me feel full!"

"Ah, there's nothing I can do."

After finishing the dinner in front of him in a flash, the food detective sighed.

"After all, with the current state of the city, I can only eat something normal when I'm with you guys... So we're eating normal things, right?"

It's no wonder that the food detective is so depressed. As he said, as time goes by, the situation in the entire March City becomes more and more weird. Not only the food detectives, but also the idol detectives can see the changes that are happening in the city. Many times they will see the original skyscrapers become weird palaces and castles, and the towering chimneys become high towers.

Even the people walking on the street are like actors performing on stage, wearing makeup and exaggerated and weird costumes. Not only people, but also cars and subways. Sometimes they see horseless carriages running on the street, and they will see huge underground monsters with huge mouths, like earthworms, in subway stations...

Not to mention the food.

That is to say, everything will return to normal around Duanmu Huai, otherwise they may have problems eating and drinking in the next few days.

"I say, Mr. Duanmu, is there really no way?"

The idol detective asked Duanmu Huai a little like a spoiled child, but Duanmu Huai just shrugged his shoulders.

"I told you that the information of this city is gradually merging with Carcosa, so it will produce this kind of change."

"But, other people didn't react at all."

The idol detective watched a maid walk by - the latter had pale powder on her face, wearing funny clothes like a clown, and jumping on the ground like a frog. Although the tableware in the plate in her hand fell to the ground and smashed, both she and the people around her turned a blind eye to it.

"This is normal."

Duanmu Huai turned the newspaper again.

"You know that the lunatics in the mental hospital are lunatics when you look at them. But do you think the lunatics know that they are lunatics?"

"…………………………"

The idol detective was speechless.

"If you want to be like them, just take off the pendant, and then you can go back to the normal world."

"What will I look like in your eyes then?"

As he spoke, the idol detective looked at a man wearing only a leather coat on the other side and trembled.

"Forget it, I think this is good. No matter what others say, at least I won't go along with these guys."

"It's like that famous joke."

The food detective started to finish the next plate of food while making a joke.

"When everyone in the world becomes crazy, then are you crazy? Or are they crazy?"

"Anyway, at least I'm sober now."

The idol detective didn't fall for it and shook his head vigorously.

While listening to the quarrel between the idol detective and the food detective, Duanmu Huai read the newspaper while secretly sensing the spread of the shadow network in his heart. After the shadow man and the shoggoth fought several times, the shoggoth changed direction and placed the infected area in the city center. Duanmu Huai did the opposite and asked the shadow people to block all entrances and exits of the city. No one was allowed to enter but not leave, and all those who wanted to leave were replaced by shadows.

And relying on the information from the shadow people who penetrated inside, the progress there is also very fast. It seems that it is only a matter of time before the ceremony actually begins...

“Boom, boom, boom!!!”

At this moment, suddenly, there was a burst of thunder outside, which shocked everyone slightly. They turned their heads and looked out of the floor-to-ceiling windows. Then the idol detective opened his eyes in surprise and pointed to the sky.

"Look there!"

There is no need for the idol detective to remind everyone. At this moment, everyone has already seen that the phantom city, which had been blurry like a mirage, is gradually becoming clear. It maintains an upside-down posture and slowly falls towards March City. .

"Okay, it seems that the other party can't wait any longer."

Duanmuhuai stood up.

"Then let's take action."