The Master of the Strange Realm

There is also no light here, only a row of bloody footprints extending to the corridor to the right of the door.

In this dim environment, releasing light is equivalent to telling the enemy your position. Jenkins had just recovered the star ball and was thinking about where to go when he heard a voice coming from the corridor on the left.

This is not the sound of footsteps, but the sound caused by someone moving quickly in a closed room and friction with the still air. You can only hear such a sound in such a quiet basement when you hold your breath.

Jenkins took a step back and hid behind the stone door. A few seconds later, he saw a man in black robe running in.

Through the fluorescence of disgusting green plants like moss on the wall, Jenkins saw the appearance of the person coming.

This is the standard dress for [Gem Party] participants, just like Jenkins is now. The reason why there are no footsteps is because the projected form cannot interfere with matter, but the existing form can squeeze out the air. Jenkins doesn't know the specific judgment. After all, he is not an expert in this field.

The man in black robe stood at the stone door and did not move for a long time. Just when Jenkins thought that this mysterious man of unknown gender was standing unconscious, he suddenly took a step forward and fell in front of the cross.

"What's going on?"

It was a woman's voice, quite young. It sounded familiar, and he should have spoken to her at the last party, but Jenkins' memory could not find her out yet.

"Why can't you go back..."

Low murmurs reached his ears, with some confusion and confusion.

A certain gathering of gems was going on when Constantine went into trouble. At that time, the other two gifters of the Orthodox Church were present. One of them was attacked mentally and died physically on the spot; the other sacrificed himself at the cost of his life to pass on the news here, so Jenkins only returned here now.

However, he only just found out that others could not go back.

"Perhaps, I can ask about the current situation. She might know how to get outside."

Jenkins stood behind the door thinking this, and coughed deliberately in order not to scare her.

It was impossible to see the woman's specific movements in the dim room, but after the coughing disappeared, the basement fell into an awkward silence.

Jenkins held his breath subconsciously. It wasn't until he was about to suffocate that the young woman began to speak:

"who?"

Her voice was trembling, but she was still frightened.

"Am I so terrible?"

Jenkins, who was hiding behind the door and wearing a hood, thought so and coughed again:

"here."

He took a step and at the same time summoned the starlight ball to illuminate the space again, "It's me, Mr. Zircon."

Perhaps the light gave her courage. The woman also stood up, but did not approach. Instead, she nodded cautiously: "Hello, I am Alexandrite."

"Oh, the lady who provided information about the 'Creation Slate'."

Jenkins thought so, and seeing that she was still cautious, he let the starlight ball fly to the center of the two people, and asked: "Miss, you should be able to see that I can now use my abilities and can also contact the floor. The sound of footsteps means that I am here in the flesh. Although I will encounter more dangers than you, it means that I am more likely to escape from here than you are... ..."

"Sir, what do you want to know?"

Her tone returned to normal. Anyone who can become a gifter is definitely not a fool.

"I want to know, how is the situation outside? Where is Mr. Constantine now?"

He directed the ball of light to circulate around the edge of the basement to determine whether there was any hidden information.

"You have to answer me a question first. Why did you come here?"

The woman took a step closer to show friendliness. Although she is immune to physical and most non-physical damage in the projected state, since her consciousness is here, it is still easy to hurt her.

"She is an illegal gifter and will not trust the Orthodox Church, so..."

"Mr. Constantine is a Level 8 Gifter. I was very interested in his method of convening a party, so I found this place through divination."

"Are you also at level eight?"

she scoffed.

"No, but there are some things more terrifying than Level 8?"

This sentence is true, like the false gods who are not online.

The woman thought for a while and agreed with Jenkins' idea. In her current state, most of her abilities cannot be used, and she must find someone to cooperate if she wants to escape.

The woman nodded but did not take off her hood. She first asked Jenkins to stop the light ball because it was too dazzling, and then explained:

"There are a total of 11 partygoers stranded here. Seven of them are dead now. Two were captured by Constantine. The other escaped with me but disappeared. I am the only one who returned here in the end. Alright... This is the basement of a castle, very close to the ground, but above us..."

She stretched out her white hand and pointed upward.

At the same time, Jenkins narrowed his eyes.

"It's not very clear, but the skin on your hands is delicate, and no calluses were found... No, there is a patch on the side of your middle finger. Do you use pens frequently?"

"The soil above our heads is not ordinary, but a rock layer. Unless you have special abilities, you can't penetrate it. Mr. Constantine is missing now, but I just tried to go up the stairs. As long as I leave the range of the party and the projection disappears, I can go back. But I was forced back by Constantine. He is no longer human now..."

Her voice became smaller and smaller, because there was a strange sound outside the stone door, like the sound of a long snake's belly rubbing against the ground.

The two held their breath at the same time, and the sound slowly disappeared for a long time. Jenkins felt a layer of cold sweat on his back, but it was just a feeling. He didn't have this function now.

Chapter 246 Chapter 242 Pink and Blood Red

"What can you do in your current state?"

Not a minute can be wasted now.

"Mr. Zircon, you have also attended the party, and you should know that the body in front of you is just an empty shell, and all my spirits are in the real body. But I know where the stairs are..."

"As long as you don't cause trouble, we can go together."

The woman didn't speak, but quickly approached Jenkins' back.

In this state, Jenkins could not use the ability of "Soul Out of Body", so the two could only rely on hearing to distinguish whether there was any danger. Fortunately, Miss Alexandrite's [Dark Vision] ability (white base) can still be used, which at least ensures that they will not hit the wall headfirst.

There was no sound in the dark corridor. Jenkins rubbed the gem ring with his fingers and followed Miss Alexandrite in front. There was a loud rumble in the distance, and even here the vibration could be felt, but their footsteps did not stop.

The temperature was getting colder and colder, and the water vapor in the space condensed into fog. Both of them realized that something was wrong.

"Wait, light up here now!"

Miss Alexandrite no longer covered up the sound.

The silver ball of light hung high above her head, and the narrow corridor was finally illuminated. Even if [Dark Vision] was still working, Miss Alexandrite would not have thought that the top of her head was not soil or stone at all, but a thick layer of flesh.

"When..."

"Don't worry about it, let's run!"

This is another person who illegally expanded the basement. No, maybe the laws of the Kingdom of Cheslan do not prohibit this behavior.

Jenkins followed Miss Alexandrite's instructions and made choices at the next three forks. When they turned the fourth corner, they almost bumped into the dusty decorative armor in the corner, but the stairs leading up finally appeared in front of them.

After arriving here, not only the ceiling, but also the walls and floors were covered with pieces of scarlet flesh. It was like a rain forest in summer after a rainstorm, with flooded and disgusting green moss covering every imaginable place.

The corridor leading to the stairs was now blocked by a pink, spider-web-like flesh membrane. In the center of the flesh membrane was a mass of flesh that was still dripping blood. Amid the strange gurgling sound, a bloody face turned out from the center of the flesh.

Half of the skin on this face had disappeared, revealing the muscle fibers underneath. The corners of the mouth were tilted upwards, the eyes were wide open, and the cheeks were abnormally red.

The ring on Jenkins' hand worked, and he didn't feel anything strange. But Miss Alexandrite screamed the moment the face appeared. She didn't even say hello to Jenkins and ran back desperately.

Everything around was emitting black spiritual light. The flesh on the ground was squirming and trying to get close to Jenkins, but because of the ring specifically for A-12-02-4219, it only dared to shake at his feet.

Although it was difficult to identify, the face should belong to Mr. Constantine.

"Hey!"

"Alive..."

"Mr. Constantine?"

"Life span... Alive... Don't want to die..."

"..."

"Eat... Hungry..."

The mouth kept uttering discontinuous words, but the expression on the face did not change. The light spot representing the ability of the gifter also went out. It seems that Constantine has been completely swallowed by A-12-02-4219.

A-12-02-4219 originally did not have the ability to speak. It was just a dirty meat ball. The current changes show that the weird thing that swallowed the level 8 gifter really produced strange changes.

At least Jenkins didn't hear the keeper mention that it can also actively release mental attacks.

When he stood there in a dilemma, a brilliant golden light suddenly burst out from Jenkins. A figure suddenly appeared from his shadow. With just a wave of his hand, all the dirty flesh and blood in the corridor burned, and a strong stench came to his face. The dark blue flames forced back the eager flesh, and the face on the flesh membrane screamed shrilly, and then melted bit by bit.

He bowed slightly to Jenkins, and then sank into the shadow again. Then, the shadow disappeared.

"Is this the help from the Church?"

Jenkins thought in surprise, and didn't bother to turn around to find Miss Variable Stone, and rushed to the stairs quickly.

It must be said that the high-level benefactors of the Church are really powerful. Those disgusting meats also wrapped the stairs and the corridor upstairs, but the dark blue flames also extended there.

Jenkins moved on without encountering another fork in the road or any living creature. He was even suspicious that the entire castle was now wrapped in that mass of flesh. Only in this way could he explain the absence of any servants in such a huge place.

He came to the ground without any danger, and without thinking, he smashed through the nearest window and jumped out of the castle. After rolling around, he stood up. Outside, there was a lush forest, the sky was dark, a group of birds flew over the castle, and then fell down inexplicably.

He raised the metal rod to the sky and poured his spirit into it steadily. In the dazzling golden light, nothing happened.

But that was enough. The brass-colored metal rod seemed to be rusty, and its skin kept peeling off. In the field of vision of the Eye of Truth, a golden ripple continued to spread outward. The signal was sent successfully and the mission was successfully completed.

I don't have a timing tool on me, so I can only estimate temporarily that there are still a few minutes left until the return time limit.

Looking back subconsciously, right in front of the broken glass, Mr. Constantine's face with a weird smile appeared on the lower edge of the window frame, as if he was squatting there.

"Hey hey hey..."

Rapid laughter accompanied this scene from the underground of the castle. Jenkins subconsciously took a step back, and then felt his back hit something soft.

When he looked back, his scalp suddenly felt numb. There is no forest anywhere, this is clearly a wall of flesh and blood covered with pink granules.

Skinless hands stretched out from the wall, grabbing Jenkins from all directions and pulling him into the wall of flesh before he could use his abilities.

There was disgusting dirty meat in all directions, and the ring with the gem in the palm of his hand only lasted for less than ten seconds before it broke.

But it doesn't matter. A-12-02-4219 can only eat meat, and Jenkins' body at this time can never be called meat. This is one of the main reasons why the Holy See can safely let him come.

Chapter 247 Chapter 243 The Teleported Painting

At this point, the Holy See still did not take action to rescue Jenkins, which shows that the Holy See's help was only once and is gone. In other words, the Holy See now doesn’t know what Jenkins is doing.

The smooth touch made Jenkins almost vomit, but he also knew that the cost of vomiting in such a small enclosed space was to swallow the vomit.

Thinking of this, the desire to vomit became stronger.

He rummaged through the ability spots in front of him, and he could use them all except [Dream Soul Detachment]. But the question is, should we wait for the time limit for return, or should we get rid of this situation of being swallowed by flesh first?

While he was thinking, a familiar female voice came into his ears.

"Mr. Zircon, are you still alive?"

It was Miss Alexandrite's voice. Unexpectedly, she also escaped.

"Mr. Zircon, if you die, I will pray for your soul. Please don't come to me at night!"

Next, there is a very serious prayer whisper.

"Are the gifters also afraid of ghosts?"

He thought helplessly, wanting to open his mouth and shout, telling her that he was still alive, but he didn't want the meat to get into his mouth.

"Eternal Fire!"

He thought silently in his heart, and then, a ball of red flame flowed out of his hands.

In Miss Alexandrite's eyes, the dark, dirty and narrow basement was covered with moss-like pink flesh carpets, with a cocoon-like meat ball standing in the center.

As she prayed, subtle crackling sounds came from the cocoon. Then, facing her direction, the cocoon cracked with a vertical crack, and the flames representing light and heat flowed out of the cocoon. With a louder crackling sound, the flames flowed around along the outside of the cocoon until A huge gap was burned.

The man in the black robe put his hands in his pockets and walked out of the cocoon. His black boots made a strange squeaking sound on the meat carpet. The flames flowed down from the cocoon, covering the man's body but not damaging his clothes. Finally, it split into two streams and flowed into the body from the eyes.

The darkness enveloped Miss Alexandrite again, and she subconsciously took a step back, almost falling:

"God!"

She sighed in surprise.

"Did she find out that I am a false god?"