Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 236 Sea Burial Pool, Masked Man

Tianji didn't have any difficulty in making a decision. He quickly walked into the door on the left and started a new exploration.

The topographic structure of this underground meeting place is actually not complicated. This may be because there is not much space for expansion under the island.

On the left road, Tianji had a relatively smooth journey forward. Occasionally, some corrupt warriors and corrupt hounds would block the way, but he dealt with them one by one.

These corrupt soldiers also embody the characteristics of the power of corruption—strong vitality and infectious ability.

If their bodies are not completely destroyed, these monsters will still be able to stand up again even with mutilated limbs.

If you are attacked by the skills of these corrupt soldiers such as [Corruption] and [Rotting Storm], the corruption effect will entangle the body of the Candle Spirit. Even if you use wax blocks to recover, it can only slow down your death, unless you recover at the Candle Spirit.

As the horizon deepened, the surrounding rooms began to become noticeably different from the previous rooms.

Most of these rooms are for single occupancy and are relatively spacious, obviously built for senior members of the sect.

In these rooms, Skyrim also collected a lot of useless things, as well as some texts, most of which were related to the Storm Cult.

After taking a quick look at it, Tianji put it away and prepared to go back and find an opportunity to give it to the storyteller.

Not long after, the sky came to a corner again.

But this time there is a clear distinction between the main road and the branch road.

In the direction of the branch road, a heavy and unique door suddenly appeared, which was obviously different from other decayed buildings and had a square groove on it.

Tianji walked forward and pushed.

You are not qualified to enter.

“…”The sky.

After thinking for a moment, he took out the [Storage Room Authentication Card] he had found in the Festering Gathering House and placed it in the square groove at the door.

The next moment, the storage room authentication board glowed faintly and the mechanism was activated.

As expected, the storage room authentication card was used to open this door. If Tianji hadn't broken the rotten meat ball, he probably wouldn't have been able to break this special door.
While he was thinking, accompanied by the movement of a heavy mechanism, the door slid horizontally, revealing the darkness behind.

But what followed was a strong smell of blood and decay.

Bang.

A corpse that was originally leaning against the door with a terrified look on its face fell down towards Tianji, making Tianji's heart tighten and he subconsciously raised the staff of the user.

After confirming that the other party had no monster information, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The atmosphere in this underground gathering place is truly terrifying.

Tianji endured the discomfort and went forward to touch the corpse.

However, he only obtained a bloody record called [Corpse Mover's Work Log].

After opening the record, Tianji frowned.

Behind the gate here is both the storage room and the sea burial site.

The corpse on the ground is the Storm Cult's corpse mover. His job is to move corpses in the underground meeting place and then bury them at sea.

Out of custom and belief, whether it is the villagers of Storm Fishing Village or the believers of Storm Sect, their bodies must be buried in the sea.

The job of the corpse movers is to place the corpses into the same burial pool as the underground gathering place, and then add special "corpse dissolving fluid" at regular intervals.

After the body decomposes, it will return to the sea under the influence of the ocean current, and the soul will go with the storm and rest in peace...

Of course, this is what those who believe in storms say.

At the beginning of the log, the corpse mover had basically no records, only some trivialities of life.

But one day, his workload suddenly increased.

Most of them were the bodies of Storm Soldiers and believers, and most of them died in a very miserable way.

The corpse mover felt uneasy, but he didn't dare to ask too many questions and could only work silently.

But the number of corpses increased, until even the necropsy fluid could no longer handle the pile of corpses.

On the last page of the diary, the corpse mover's anxiety reached its peak.

"...Storm, I feel... that these corpses seem to have undergone some terrible changes. They are decaying and rotting, but they will not disappear with the ocean currents. This terrifies me. Storm, I pray that you can take these dead people away and let their souls rest in peace..."

I don’t know whether these souls rest in peace.

Anyway, this corpse mover will definitely not be able to rest in peace.

Looking at the sharp wooden stick stuck in his neck, Tianji shook his head.

There must have been some accident that led to his death, otherwise he would have become a zombie now instead of lying at the door and scaring people.

The sky slowly moves forward.

With the help of the candlelight, he saw the storage room on the right and walked in.

Some weapons, equipment and books in the storage room were glowing faintly. Without a doubt, they were props that could be picked up.

[Obtained: Storm Prayer Book × 1]

[Obtained: Wuzu Manual × 1]

[Obtained: Storm Ring (Excellent)]

[Obtained: Wuzu Wrap (Excellent)]

[Obtained: Believer's Long Cloth (Excellent)]

[Obtained: Believer Robe (Normal)]

[Obtained: Wuzu Leather Armor (Excellent)]

[Obtained: Wuzu Headscarf (Normal)]

【…】

The series of acquisition prompts were worthy of the name of [Storage Room], and Tianji's originally bad mood finally eased a lot.

However, it seems that the only set that can be picked up in Tianji is the one hanging on the wall, and many of the remaining weapons and equipment cannot be picked up.

After leaving the storage room.

Tianji looked down the downhill road ahead. There was also a door here, but it was ajar and obviously accessible.

The moment I opened the door, an indescribable stench hit me.

Fortunately, Tianji's senses had already been adjusted to the appropriate level, so he could still bear it.

But after taking only two steps, he stepped on something sticky with a "pop".

Looking down, the sky's expression suddenly twisted.

[Rotten Slug], an ash-level monster.

Although they are not very powerful, their disgusting appearance made of rotten black mud and the fact that there are dozens of them at a glance is really enough to make one's scalp numb.

Fortunately, Skyrim is a bucket, so there is no need to chop these disgusting things with a big sword like chopping meat.

After a burst of bloodstone explosions and Wei Luyan's attack, the road finally became a little clearer.

The milestone spirit candle also appeared in a relatively quiet area ahead.

But after lighting the spirit candle and taking a few steps forward, Tianji's footsteps suddenly stopped.

"Roar……"

"Da da……"

He heard two voices.

One was the roar of a monster like phlegm stuck in the throat coming from the front, and the other was the sound of footsteps coming from behind.

After a pause, Tianji raised the user's staff and looked back vigilantly.

"There really is someone here..."

"Are you a firewood gatherer?"

As the dim flames flickered, a masked man with clothes similar to but different from those of the Storm Soldier appeared in front of the sky holding an oil lamp.

【Masked Man】

[Explanation: The masked man whose origin is unknown, you can ask him about his origin and purpose through communication, or you can make corresponding decisions according to the situation.] "Who are you?"

Tianji did not reply to him but asked a question instead, without changing the way he held the weapon.

Upon hearing this, the masked man slowly raised the U-deng, revealing his face wearing a blue mermaid mask.

"It doesn't matter. If nothing unexpected happens, we will most likely just be passing visitors. You just need to know that I have no ill will towards you."

As he spoke, the masked man took out a long staff wrapped in cloth strips.

Seeing Tianji raising his weapon, the masked man was not angry, but just shook his head at him.

"I said, I have no intention of being your enemy. If possible, please make way. I need to go to the front to take a look."

Tianji frowned slightly, thought for a moment and then said, "I want to go too."

"Then let's go together." The masked man said calmly, as if he didn't care.

Tianji watched him walk past him and indeed had no intention of attacking him.

After a moment's silence, Tianji followed suit.

On the way, Tianji also tried to ask the other party about his origins and purpose, but he was unwilling to even reveal his name, and only responded with a puzzling sentence.

"Although I won't be your enemy, I don't want to get involved with you either. This is very troublesome. I hope you know this."

The masked man was polite, yet a little cold.

Hearing this, Tianji no longer tried.

This is obviously an NPC with a dynamic plot. He has no hostility towards me for now. I will just wait and see what he wants to do...

The two of them moved forward in such a strange atmosphere.

The surrounding environment began to become worse and worse.

Dried blood, corrupted flesh, rotting internal organs, slugs that appeared from time to time, and the horrible smell... everything was impacting the Sky's ability to endure.

But this situation did not last long.

Because Tianji saw something even more disgusting, which was also the source of the roar that sounded like phlegm stuck in the throat.

[Corruption Cluster], a charcoal-grade monster, its body is composed of rotten meat and various mostly rotten internal organs.

The original sea burial pool was occupied by it and completely blocked.

And in front of it was a shallow pool of corrupted slime.

If you step into it, you will inevitably be corroded by accumulated corruption.

"Roar--"

The corruption-filled body had countless cracks all over it, and it let out a horrible roar from its mouth, while also spewing out disgusting, sticky pus. Its appearance was even more despicable than a pile of dung corpses.

"Heh... As expected." Looking at the monster in front of him, the masked man sneered and clenched his fists.

"Come with me and attack it, and everything will be yours."

The masked man sighed and turned to look at the sky.

"Okay." Tianji nodded.

After getting Tianji's consent, the masked man raised his cloth staff and was about to launch an attack.

But he soon stopped.

Because Tianji directly came up with a set of smooth and powerful combos.

The power of fire was suspended high in the air, and arrows swirling in the air and powerful bloodstone explosions fell one after another, carrying out a high-intensity bombardment on the corruption cluster.

After a while, the cluster of corruption let out a wail and exploded with a loud bang.

"The power of fire?" The masked man was a little surprised and confused: "You..."

But Tianji looked up and interrupted him, looking at the sea burial pool in front of him: "This thing is not dead yet."

Tianji did not receive any kill notification.

This can only mean that the corruption clustering before us is not dead yet.

As he said that, Tianji took two steps forward and took another bite of recovery wax, preparing to make another move.

But the masked man was not surprised by this and interrupted him: "You can't kill him like this."

Having said that, he walked straight forward and came to a place in front of the sea burial pool where rotten flesh and blood were clinging.

As the flames of war burned, he swung his fist, and the rotten flesh fell off, and his long staff directly pierced into the mechanism below.

After a soft sound.

The entire sea burial pool area began to shake violently, as if there was an earthquake.

The masked man quickly ran uphill to the back, and reminded Tianji as he passed by: "Hurry up, unless you want to be washed to the bottom of the sea."

Tianji glanced at him when he heard that, but didn't ask any more questions.

call……

The waves hit the walls, and then slowly receded, leaving behind wet walls and ground.

When the two looked back, they saw that the sea burial pool that was originally occupied by [Corruption Cluster] had been replaced by deep blue sea water, with nothing left.

Tianji turned to look at him: "Everything belongs to me?"

The masked man smiled and said, "Yes, it belongs to you."

As for whether there is or not, I don’t know.

Tianji shook his head in his heart, but didn’t care too much about it. Instead, he narrowed his eyes.

"You seem familiar with this place?"

The masked man looked up at the sky after hearing this. Perhaps as compensation for playing a trick on him just now, or perhaps because he was impressed by the power of fire displayed by the other party, he nodded as a response to the other party's question.

"Can you do me a favor? The things will still be yours."

"I remember you just said that you didn't want to have anything to do with me." Tianji touched his chin and looked at him with a smile.

"Let's put it this way." The masked man looked calm, not feeling embarrassed at all: "I guess a powerful Fire Blessing Master won't need my favor."

This NPC is interesting...

"No, of course it can be used." Tianji shook his head: "I can help you, just answer my previous questions."

The masked man frowned slightly when he heard this, but after thinking for a moment, he nodded.

"Okay, but we have to finish the work first."

"Tell me, what's the matter." Tianji asked.

"You agreed to it without even asking what it was about?" The masked man looked at him in surprise.

Tianji didn't reply.

If it were reality, then one would certainly have to consider the pros and cons, but as a player, one should naturally follow the option of "do something when there is something to do, and find something to do when there is nothing to do". Even if it is a dung spoon, one should taste the saltiness.

If a side quest is placed in front of you, why would you not do it?
Seeing this, the masked man didn't ask any more questions. As long as Tianji could help him, it was enough.

"I need you to help me find the bishop of this place, and then help me control him for a period of time at the right time."

[You received a special mission from the masked man: Control the bishop]

[Task requirements: Find the bishop in the underground meeting place and control him at the right time.]

[Task reward: unknown]

"Okay, I understand. Let's go." Tianji turned around and returned the same way.

It seemed that because Tianji agreed to his request, the masked man took the initiative to ask Tianji on the way.

"You firewood gatherers, what are you investigating here?"

The Storm Fishing Village dungeon is a detailed supplement to the big map, so it is not long, and there is probably one more chapter to finish.

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