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Chapter 66: Grave Worm

"Click." As Liu Yonglu manipulated Tulua's hand, he could clearly feel that there was a machine gun tied to one end of the rope. Pulling it downwards, the operating lever on the other side had a rebound feedback and opened.

The secret door appeared again on the wall of Box No. 5, just as he had seen that night.

The two men climbed in through the secret door. Liu Yonglu was careful and found a sturdy iron bar to place under the secret door. He was afraid that the two men would not be able to find a way out and would be trapped here.

Millie Tang prepared a miniature oil lamp, Liu Yonglu held it in front of his head, and Millie Tang followed behind.

At the beginning the road went all the way down and the top of the head was very low, so the two of them could only climb along. But gradually the rock wall above their heads became higher and higher, and even simple waterproof wooden boards were pasted on the surrounding rock walls.

After walking for another three minutes, the two came to a space of 10 square meters, which was equipped with tables, chairs, and even a bookshelf, with several oil paintings hanging on the wall.

Millie Tang looked at the murals around her in the light of the oil lamp.

The first painting shows an opera singer performing on the stage, but if you look closely you can see a masked person hiding behind the curtain.

The second painting shows two men in cloaks standing in the forest, each holding a rapier in their hands, while the actress is lying on the ground with blood on her chest.

The third painting shows a man wearing a huge deer head mask standing in the forest, and behind him are burning stakes.

The fourth painting has some religious painting style and meaning. An opera singer in a white gauze skirt falls from the sky filled with holy light, and kneeling in front of her is the man with a deer head.

"Mr. Richie...it seems to be a painting about the sacrifice of antlers...we have come to the right place."

Milly Tang read the investigation report of the Sabines Forest in detail. Forty years ago, a bloody mass was held in the forest. Since then, no large-scale villages or towns have appeared around the Sabines Forest.

"This girl... looks familiar, doesn't she look like... the actress we saw that night when we turned into animals? But how does she look like Dora?"

After hearing what Liu Yonglu said, Millie Tang also remembered that although the oil painting had been affected by moisture for a long time and many blocks of color had become moldy and distorted, the facial contour and body lines of the character were indeed very similar to the projection of the god she had seen. As for Dora, it was more of a hazy feeling in some part of the facial features.

This means that the sacrifice codenamed Deer Antlers forty years ago was actually successful, but the gods summoned by the ritual at that time hid themselves.

But... according to Millie Tang's rich knowledge of mysticism, this is almost impossible in her opinion. Whether it is a god or a projection of a god, they are all affected by the original will of the universe, which is chaos and madness. A projection of a god disguised as a mortal has lived for another forty years... This is completely inexplicable.

The two also wanted to take a look at the books on the bookshelf, but after all, they were kept in such a damp cave, and the papers had long been rotten. The two could only barely make out that these were some books related to opera.

Continuing forward, the road became difficult to walk on and the terrain became lower. Liu Yonglu estimated that they had reached the basement of the opera house.

"Dong dong dong..."

A dull sound of footsteps came from the front, and both of them became alert. Liu Yonglu clenched the black stone in his hand, and Millie Tang also prepared some potions so that she could cast forbidden spells at critical moments.

They walked very slowly, trying not to make any noise, but when they turned a corner, the scene before them was beyond their expectations.

In an open rocky space, a monster with its head replaced by tentacles was dancing in a costume, and around it were a dozen dead bodies lying in a mess. The corpses were in different stages of decay, some had turned into a pile of bones, while others still had black and purple rotten flesh hanging on them. The corpses were also dressed in costumes, and some were even deliberately moved to sit on chairs.

The monster seemed to want to make a sound, but its head had been replaced by tentacles, and it could only wave its tentacles left and right in vain to perform various dramatic movements. It knelt on one knee in front of a skeleton and used its tentacles to wrap its palm, and then it bowed before a duel with one hand behind its back in front of a rotten corpse.

This grotesque scene is like a farce from hell, which is both funny and creepy.

At this moment, a group of bats suddenly flew out from the cracks of the cave behind the two. Liu Yonglu and Millie Tang moved slightly to avoid the bats, but this step aroused the monster's vigilance.

The tentacle monster saluted its dead companions, then turned and headed in the direction where the two were hiding.

Liu Yonglu was not afraid of this. He had just reached an agreement on cooperation with Toad and was going to use this monster as a sacrifice today.

Thinking of this, Liu Yonglu jumped out from behind the stone and shouted angrily:
"Mi Li'er, please stand back. I'm going to die. Wow!"

Liu Yonglu cried out and went forward on his own initiative. It was only because he didn't have a cow, otherwise he would have had to ride on Black Stone and hold the cow in his arms.

The monster ignored him and scared Millie Tang behind him. What's wrong with this guy?
The open space was quite large. Liu Yonglu ran for dozens of steps before he could stand still. He took out the black stone and slammed it against the rock wall.

"Snapped!"

After waiting for a while... there was no response around, the rock wall was still the rock wall, and the wild island did not appear.

Oh, I said the words last time, but I missed them this time.

"Beep!" After waiting for a few seconds, there was still no response. "Woohoo!" Still no response.

"Wait a minute!"

The monster didn't care about Liu Yonglu and pounced on him directly. Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Yonglu grabbed the black stone in his hand and ran away!

As he ran, he held the black stone in his hand and muttered. At first, he was very talkative and willing to negotiate:
"Golden Toad, Golden Toad, please show your power quickly, please show your power quickly!"

Later, when the dreamland didn't appear, Liu Yonglu hit his thigh with a black stone and cursed:
"You unlucky toad, you dog food, come on, come on! If you don't come on, I'll be dead!"

But the black stone is still the same black stone, nothing has changed.

Liu Yonglu was so angry, this wicked toad! Didn't they say everything was fine in there last time? Why didn't they come out this time?

In other words, this monster had no eyes and relied on the tentacles on its head to explore the way forward and backward when walking. There were also many stage props and decorations on the open space, so Liu Yonglu was able to hide here and there and was not caught by the monster for a while.

Millie Tang was stunned at the back... He saw Liu Yonglu rushing over alone with a "Wow!", then he found a wall and started hitting stones, then he put his hands on his hips and muttered, and finally he started running. This didn't seem to be a forbidden spell.

She didn't hear what Liu Yonglu was muttering because she was far away. She watched for a while but couldn't figure out what was going on. She thought, let me do it. Millie Tang found a fresh female corpse that was relatively far away, selected a few potions from the bag and threw them on the corpse.

Gradually, milky white maggots appeared on the dark brown flesh of the corpse. The maggots madly gnawed at the rotten flesh of the corpse. Slowly, they grew bigger and bigger, and some of them had transformed into flies.

"Buzz!" Ten or so seconds later, a swarm of flies rose into the sky, covering the sky. With a glance from Millie Tang, the flies pounced on the monster, and after landing on the softest folds of its body, they began to lay eggs. Those eggs gradually turned into maggots. After being born, the blind maggots followed their instinct to eat the meat in front of them. After a while, the monster with tentacles fell to its knees, unable to get up again.

This is where Millie Tang's strength lies. Not only does she know a lot, but she is also quick-witted and knows how to adapt to local conditions. The dark fly maggot disease she is using now is the fastest and least costly means.

In the next three days, when Millie Tang eats, the food in front of her eyes may turn into illusions of maggots.

"Mi Li'er, the old lady's menstrual period - you are amazing, you have two hands."

"I'm in that state today, I read tuan, so forget it (don't say it, I'm done)."

"I don't know what's wrong with this unlucky stone. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't."

"Mr. Rich, you just got this ancient relic. You may not be familiar with it yet."

If someone else said this to Liu Yonglu, he would have to say a few words to save face, but Millie Tang was now his partner who had been in trouble with him, so Liu Yonglu didn't hide it and told her everything that happened behind the scenes of the Red Workshop.

"Mr. Richie, there needs to be a triggering condition to open the dreamland through ancient relics."

"Trigger conditions?"

"Yes, for example, some ancient relics require others to touch them in order to enter the dreamland, while others require seeing or smelling them. Of course, there are also more hidden and complex conditions."

Millie Tang thought to herself, my necklace is more hidden, and it can only be opened when others have ill intentions towards me.

Among the people in the room last time, Larde had dug his own eyes out, so he couldn't have seen it, and the black stone didn't have any special smell... He probably heard it, and the noise was so loud that a small sound wouldn't work.

Hey, it was a coincidence today. There was a big monster without ears, but it could chase me so far without ears.

"Don't worry, you'll know after trying a few more times."

The two of them were discussing the dreamland, but they didn't delay their business. Aren't there more than a dozen dead bodies lying on the ground? The two of them easily found Mintz's body based on the height, facial features and other features recorded in the file.

The corpse was badly decomposed, after all, the cave was too humid, but at a glance, there were no obvious signs of external injuries on the body, and the larynx was normal and not black. The two were also confused about the cause of death.

Liu Yonglu used Tulua's hand tied to his wrist to open the corpse's clenched fists. There was a small note inside with a line of words written on it.

"A dangerous mass ceremony is about to take place in the Sabines Forest, and the key to its destruction is the grave worm."

It’s Wednesday, the most boring Wednesday. I’m tired from work. There are still three days until the weekend. Let’s hold on for a while and have some fun reading a book.

Many people may say that I let Lao Liu suffer a small loss in this chapter today. But don't worry, there is no need to rush. I will take a big job tomorrow!

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(End of this chapter)