The Master of the Strange Realm

But doing so will inevitably lead to approaching the yards of nearby people, after all, not all roofs are connected. As soon as he jumped off the roof, Jenkins found a pool of fresh blood under his boots. He looked around in surprise and saw that the blood under the moonlight clearly extended to the well in the yard.

"Well? No way?"

He tiptoed to the well and looked down. It was pitch black and he couldn't see anything. After putting on his monocle, he regained his vision, but he only saw that the surface of the well was very calm.

"The injured person jumped into the well? Is there a secret passage under the well? No, I don't want to jump into the well... and this matter obviously has nothing to do with me, why should I meddle in it?"

Although he thought so, he didn't leave in the end. The cat, who noticed Jenkins' dangerous action, immediately canceled the projection and returned to the warm and comfortable Ruen bedroom, and then Jenkins jumped into the water with a plop.

The diameter of the wellhead of this well is very large, and it is probably not just for this family to get water. Now in the city, such wells can only be found in the slums. After all, the coverage rate of tap water pipes in the city has been claimed to have reached more than 75% since five years ago.

"I'm really crazy."

Jenkins thought so when he jumped into the water and touched the cold well water. He held his breath and dived down, and vaguely groped for a hole in the side wall. Swimming along the hole to the side, he felt a faint light above his head in a few seconds. So he immediately floated up to the surface, wiped the water on his face with his sleeve, opened his eyes and saw a neat sewer pipe in front of him, which was lit by a row of candles mixed with spices. The side walls of the pipes were carved with continuous ritual lines, and at the end of the pipes, there was an entrance emitting white light surrounded by an arch made of layers of stones.

This is obviously also part of Nolan's huge underground pipeline system, but because the other end of the pipeline collapsed, it is not connected to any other part. To enter this section of the pipeline, you can only go through the well on the ground. Of course, there may be other ways, but Jenkins has not found them yet.

The noise he made when he emerged from the water startled several figures who were resting by the wall. When these people walked into the area covered by the candlelight, Jenkins saw that they were not human.

"Bone chewers?"

"Human?"

Both sides were a little surprised, but immediately realized that they were enemies.

The aliens pulled out their spines as weapons and rushed towards Jenkins who was standing in the shallow water. Jenkins hurriedly stirred the water surface and splashed it on them, while [Frozen Ice] quickly cooled the liquid. This formed an ice ring made of solid ice around him, but this layer of ice ring was shattered by the bone weapons in the hands of the aliens in a few seconds.

Bone chewers are considered to be a special subspecies of ordinary humans, a special race formed after the fall of humans. They feed on various bones and can manipulate bones other than their own as their weapons. When they hold weapons made of their own bones, these weapons have powerful characteristics against extraordinary things.

Adult individuals of the bone chewer population are considered to be close combat masters, so the best strategy to deal with them is long-range spell attacks. But Jenkins couldn't get far in this narrow pipe. Seeing that the situation was not good, he dived into the water again. The Bone Eater also rushed into the water while shouting in an incomprehensible language, hitting the water surface with the weapon in his hand.

The cold air spread out from the bottom of the water, first a thin layer of frost appeared, and then ice floated up from the bottom of the water. Before the aliens figured out what was going on, their skin that touched the water surface felt numb, and then the part under the water surface was all frozen in the water.

Jenkins poked his head out of the deep water area, and seeing that his move was effective, he stretched his hand out of the water to dip some water, and then suddenly ejected it with force. The water droplets turned into ice beads while flying rapidly in the air, and then successfully penetrated the skull of the Bone Eater who was closest to Jenkins like a bullet.

"It works!"

He was delighted, stretched out his right hand and grabbed it in the water, then dived until his feet touched the ground, and suddenly jumped up. As his upper body jumped out of the water, his right hand quickly pushed forward.

In an instant, white cold air and ice beads were pushed out in a fan shape. The moment he jumped out of the water, ice crystals spread in the air. In the thin cold mist, the ice beads split the uncondensed water waves and flew out. After piercing through all the obstacles in front of them, they printed a dense patch of small holes on the side wall.

Section 1375 Chapter 1352 The Strange Realm of Cycles

After all the enemies guarding this closed pipe were eliminated, Jenkins came out of the water. While using the flame to steam his clothes, he observed the surroundings and then found the owner of the bloodstains that "led" him here.

The owner of those bloodstains was also an alien bone chewer, but he had been killed by Jenkins a few minutes ago. His chest was seriously injured, and the upper body protected by bone armor continued to bleed. The reason for coming here is unknown, but according to Jenkins's guess, it is likely that he wanted to find someone to treat his injuries after being beaten by the church. After all, this is also a fatal injury.

But he didn't expect that such a careless escape would attract Jenkins. He didn't know whether this should be considered his bad luck or Jenkins' good luck.

A simple search of this not-so-long pipe revealed that it had been completely transformed into a "warehouse" to accommodate the entrance to the strange world. Every inch of the pipe wall had special rituals that matched each other. These rituals came from the knowledge of the aliens. Although Jenkins couldn't understand them, he was a level 5 gifter after all, and he could barely understand that the functions of these rituals were "connection", "guidance", "closure" and "protection".

"They had already made preparations, and they knew that the entrance to the strange world would collapse due to illegal use, so they arranged rituals in advance to guide the collapsed entrance to reshape? The knowledge of the aliens is really amazing."

Pinching the ticket in his pocket, he made up his mind and walked into the light gate step by step.

The familiar dizziness, even if he closed his eyes, the bizarre illusions could not be dispelled. After touching the solid ground, Jenkins couldn't help but hold the ground and retched for a long time, and then he found that the surroundings were as dark as the night, with only a dark red ominous light in the distance.

There were four other people around him, but none of them showed the discomfort he had when he first entered the strange world. This is of course abnormal. Even if everyone did not enter here from Nolan at the same time, due to the unity of the timeline of the strange world, Jenkins should have directly cut into the time point when everyone first entered the strange world together.

"Oh, Mr. White Cat, you are really here!"

The place where the five people are located looks like a small square born in troubled times and a sacrificial site. The ground is paved with white uneven stone bricks. Surrounding the sacrificial site, the towering weird stone sculptures are frightening. The sacrificial site is surrounded by weeds, and those grasses are twisted together, like arms reaching to the sky, and like tentacles of indescribable evil things.

Jenkins saw Mr. White Cat at once. He leaned against a stone sculpture on one side and looked at Jenkins vigilantly.

Seeing that the other party was alert, Jenkins explained:

"It's me, Mr. Candle without a cat. I happened to meet Mr. Hood, who entrusted me to rescue you... What's going on here?"

Because his identity was proved, Mr. White Cat immediately explained the matter of this strange world. Because there are other people here, let's not talk about what happened before he entered the strange world. Just talking about this strange world, the problem is quite serious:

"In fact, this strange world has been cycled three times. The first time, there were only me and the lady over there. We didn't die after failing, but started all over again; the second time, the night watchman from the church next to us appeared, so we learned about Nolan's situation at the time; the third time, the gravekeeper also entered here, Mr. Candle, you belong to the fourth cycle.

Specifically, the rules of this strange world have been distorted. The good side is that even if we don't find the door to leave here as required, we won't die, but start all over again; the bad side is that every time we fail, the aliens outside the material world will use the gate to go to the material world when the strange world restarts."

"What are the rules this time, and what exactly are we going to do?"

Jenkins said while looking around. The dark sky and the inexplicable dark red light in the distance reminded people of the scene of hell in the story.

"Wait a little while and someone will show up to tell us the rules... Although I've heard it three times, maybe I'll know where I went wrong the first three times if I hear it again. Remember, Mr. Candle, once that person announces the start, you don't have to worry about anything, just run forward, and don't waste a second. Also, how is Nolan doing now? What consequences did our three failures cause?"

The last question was not only Mr. White Cat's question, but also the question of several others. Two of the four were gifted by the Church of the True God, but they entered at an unfortunate time, before Jenkins reported the news of the entrance to the strange land.

They accidentally discovered the entrance to the strange land guarded by the aliens, and after a struggle, they found that they couldn't beat them and were about to be killed, so they were forced to flee here for refuge.

"It's 2:10 in the morning now, and the whole city is still under martial law. There has been no major riots, but according to the rule that each wave of new aliens is more numerous and stronger than the previous wave, if we can't end this before dawn, Nolan will be in big trouble."

While they were talking, Jenkins suddenly heard someone coughing behind him. Turning around, the woman holding the hourglass appeared there at some point. She looked like a human, but her feet were sheep's hooves, and the smell of sulfur around her became stronger and stronger after she appeared. This was undoubtedly a demon, or something similar to a demon.

"I didn't expect someone to come in again. This is good. Maybe this time you have a chance to find a way to leave here."

The woman said in a sharp voice, and every time she pronounced it, there was an echo. Combined with the environment here, it was inevitable that people felt uncomfortable.

"Do you see the red light on the horizon? Find its source, that's where the door is. You only have ten minutes, and when I switch the hourglass up and down, you can start. So, do you have any questions?"

She asked everyone.

Everyone else was ready to run, and Jenkins looked at the ground and asked loudly:

"What is your relationship with those aliens who violated the rules and used the strange realm?"

"No relationship, they just happened to use this place."

"So you have a conflict with them? If it weren't for them, you would have won at the end of the first strange world, and you would have qualified to go to the material world. Why don't we cooperate? You give us some hints, and when we return to the material world, we will immediately punish the person who caused all this."

"But if I give you hints, I will be the loser no matter what. Humans, don't play tricks with the devil. Now the ten-minute countdown begins. I look forward to meeting you at the beginning of the fifth cycle."

Chapter 1376 Chapter 1353 Red Hell

The old man who looks like a devil said and turned the hourglass upside down. Jenkins turned and ran, but found that others had already set off.

It seems that there is no path next to the sacrifice site, but from the grass on the edge facing the female devil, you can find a towering step. After jumping up, you can see a vague path from the barren weeds. Now the five people are running along this road towards the direction of the dark red light.

The surrounding area is not a single overgrown with weeds. Compared with the grassland, this place is more like a dilapidated village in a horror story. Collapsed houses and even windmills can be seen faintly beside the path, and of course there are fire pits and wandering shadows.

After running for less than 30 seconds, the fork in the road ahead appeared.

There is a road sign in the middle of the two forks, and the words on it have disappeared and cannot be recognized.

"Choose any road, there are many forks in the road, don't waste time thinking!"

Mr. White Cat, who was running in the front, said loudly, which should be said to Jenkins. Then he ran into the road leading to the front, which was a downhill road, and the bridge hole a few hundred feet away could be seen faintly.

Others also had their own choices. Jenkins was at the back, and after thinking about it, he ran to the road in front of the right.

This road is uphill, and it is quite strenuous to run. And the road is not flat, and occasionally you will trip over stones.

The closer you go to the direction of the light, the stronger the red light appears in the dim environment. But this not only does not provide illumination, but also makes a vague and hazy layer of red mist appear in the field of vision.

Jenkins didn't know how many times he had chosen a fork in the road. Anyway, there was no one in front of him, and he didn't know where he was.

The current environment was more and more like the hell he imagined, with red lights everywhere and a weed-covered countryside. Even the best writers couldn't describe such fear.

He continued to run wildly with the blessing of [Cat's Grace] and [Titan's Power], and a brick bridge appeared in front of him. He ran up and found that the bridge was broken in the middle. So he jumped hard with the potential energy of running, but when his body was in the air, a black tentacle with bumps stretched out from the deep pit under the bridge.

"What is it?"

Jenkins was frightened and punched subconsciously. He couldn't use the force in the air, so he was hit like a baseball hit by a bat.

But fortunately, the range of the deep pit was only under the bridge. When he landed, he landed on the stone beside the bridge. He could climb up the towering rock wall and get back to the other side of the bridge.

Mr. White Cat didn't say that in the strange world, in addition to running, you have to be careful of enemies, but it may be that he thinks this is a matter of course, so he doesn't need to explain it.

Anyway, since he encountered the tentacle in the deep pit, Jenkins ran more carefully, fearing that someone would attack him from below.

Then he ran forward, and saw the small manor standing in the blurry front. The red light seemed to be coming from behind the small building in the manor. Jenkins was delighted and quickened his pace, but suddenly heard someone calling his name on another road on the side.

"Jenkins~"

This was a woman's voice, and it sounded very much like Hathaway's voice. He couldn't help but look over there, and then saw a black demon with a sickle and curved horns in the red mist, pulling Hathaway towards the low-lying cemetery on the side.

"Jenkins, save me~"

"It's all fake, the aura is wrong, don't try to fool me!"

He said viciously in his heart, turned his head and ran forward, but found that Hathaway's voice was as real as lingering in his ears. Until he came to the next fork in the road, the voice completely disappeared.

"Damn, is this the devil's game?"

In fact, he didn't have to worry about his safety, because the ticket could take him away from here at any time. But leaving the strange land will not do any good to the current situation of the city. If you want to end this matter, you still have to use legal means to pass through the strange land. Once the strange land collapses, there will be no alien creatures sneaking through the strange land gate.

Seeing that the manor standing on the hillside is getting closer and closer, the red light around it is getting stronger and stronger. Compared with the intense darkness when he just set out, Jenkins can now see the scenery in the distance even without a monocle.

But this ominous light is not completely harmless to the human body. Even he can feel that he is running more and more hard. This is not because Jenkins has lacked exercise recently. Although he hasn't run so hard for a long time, he shouldn't be as weak as he is now.

The manor building stands on a hill, and there are several paths leading here. When Jenkins was looking for the way up, a person ran over from the other side. It was the gravekeeper he just met. This time it was not an illusion, and it can be judged from the aura.

"Are you the... Mr. Candle? I didn't expect you to find this place too?"

He still remembered Jenkins. Seeing Jenkins wandering around, he knew that he was also looking for the road to the hill manor. So the two of them walked together. After running around the hill for a quarter, they found the ladder buried in the weeds.

The scenery in the manor courtyard was also as terrible as hell. Countless black ghosts wandered here and became agitated because of the arrival of Jenkins and the gravekeeper.

"We don't want to fight these things? Let's not talk about whether there is enough time. With so many ghosts, we only have two of us..."

Jenkins said with embarrassment, especially in the strange world, everyone will be restricted to one ability that can only be used once, and fighting is even more difficult.

"The terrain here is very complicated. In addition to the horizontal plane, there are countless spaces intertwined in the vertical direction, and the terrain changes every time it cycles. This is also the first time I have found this manor. To be honest, I don't think I will have this luck to come here again next time. This should be the most complete building nearby. Mr. Candle, we only have one chance, let's try it!"

After that, the gravekeeper in a black robe rushed to the building standing on the edge of the hill in the courtyard, and Jenkins took out his cane and followed him closely.

Just as they expected, as soon as the two began to run on the hill, the ghosts flew over like flies smelling stench. The gravekeeper raised his hand to prop up a coffin to protect the two people underneath. When the ghosts hit the coffin, the illusory coffin became more solid.

"This is our divine power. The attacks of undead creatures will only make the defense stronger and stronger."

But the price of stronger defense is that the gravekeeper has to pay more and more to maintain its existence. Before he walked halfway, the gravekeeper was already sweating all over his face and almost had to rely on Jenkins' support to walk.

Chapter 1377 Chapter 1354 Keys and Maps

The number of ghosts was too large. Jenkins had no choice but to praise the sage in his heart and temporarily dispersed the overwhelming ghosts with the light of divine power, so that the gravekeeper had time to take a breath and recover. The two reluctantly entered the manor's western-style building.

The ghosts were reluctant to disperse outside the building, but they did not dare to enter here. Ten minutes were about to end. Jenkins and the gravekeeper took a look at the interior of the building illuminated by the red candles, and didn't know where to start.

"The light we saw just now seems to be at the back of the building. Let's look for a back door first. Look separately, it will be faster."

Jenkins immediately suggested, and the gravekeeper turned to the stairs on the left side of the gate, probably thinking of climbing out of the upstairs window. The purple light in Jenkins' eyes flashed, and he walked inward along the living room corridor facing the gate, and saw a rusty iron door at the end of the corridor.

In front of the iron door, an inverted pentagram was drawn with blood, and a candle was lit at each of the five corners of the pentagram. The light of the candle swayed with Jenkins' arrival.

"It's here!"

Delighted, he adjusted his posture while running, and with the blessing of the Titan's power, he ran sideways towards the iron door. Unexpectedly, almost the same force surged from the door. The iron door was fixed so it only made a muffled sound, and Jenkins was thrown back and rolled on the floor twice before stopping.

"What's going on?"

He stood up in a somewhat embarrassed manner, looked at the candle in front of the door and the door, and then found that there was an extra note in the center of the inverted pentagram candle.

[A key is needed to open the door. ]

"Of course I know I need a key, but where do I have time to find the key now?"

He asked the air angrily, then looked around, and of course he didn't find the key.

Although it was a bit too coincidental to find the final destination in an instant, Jenkins believed in the power of [Destiny Stage] and his weird luck. The weird door in front of him might be the final answer, but he didn't know where the key was, and he was not even sure if the key was in this house.

So he thought about going upstairs to find the gravekeeper and ask him if he had any clues. The gravekeeper in the bedroom was trying to open the sealed window. After hearing Jenkins' discovery, he shook his head and said that he had never seen anything like a key along the way.

He spent the last two minutes searching for the key, and then the floor collapsed before his eyes, and then he fell into the bottomless abyss.

When he woke up again, he had returned to the sacrifice site again, but this time there was no new gifter, and the companions just now had all returned.

Seeing that everyone was awake, they discussed their gains this time. Mr. White Cat did not find the manor, but as he continued to go downhill, he actually entered the deep pit underground and found a spear surrounded by buzzing flies in the center of the deep pit.

"That is undoubtedly a gift, but unfortunately if we want to have it, in addition to finding it again, we also have to find an exit."

He said regretfully.