Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

A strange, fishy smell wafted from the surroundings, carrying a plant-like stench similar to his blood, but with an added odor, like the smell of insects and eyeballs fermenting after being mashed together.

He looked down at his feet, where moss with a bluish-green fluorescence was growing on the narrow ground.

These mosses grew very lushly and robustly, with many bud-like tissues growing at their tips.

And from the "flower buds" that they had trampled, the same blue-green fluorescent liquid was flowing out.

Clearly, these are the sources of the fishy smell.

"what is this?"

Liu Zheng pointed to the moss and asked.

“I don’t know. The church has provided me with very little information about the Calculus Academy.”

Andrina admitted.

"hehe."

He curled his lips.

Amelia is really not afraid of his wrath. I'll have to squeeze more money out of her when we get back to vent my anger.

"Try to avoid the flower buds, and then try to hold your breath."

Liu Zheng gave the order.

Although we don't know what effect these mosses have, it's always good to be on the safe side.

"Yes."

The group obeyed his command and proceeded cautiously forward.

But the walkway was only so wide, and people can't stay still forever, so they inevitably inhaled some of the fishy smell of the fluorescent moss.

After walking for more than ten minutes, the group finally reached the end of the plank road.

Beyond the plank road lies the valley where the Calcarens Academy is located.

Liu Zheng was about to walk out of the plank road when someone grabbed him.

He turned around abruptly, only to find that the person who had grabbed him was Xia Kai.

"What are you doing?"

he asked.

"Hey boss, what are you doing?"

Xia Kai looked even more confused than he did.

"Of course we're going to Carlason Academy! What, you want to enjoy the lake view here?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"What do you mean by 'enjoying the lake view'? It was clearly you who suddenly decided to jump into the water, which startled me. I know you're amazing, but if there's a path to take, is there any need to swim across?"

Xia Kai complained.

"what?"

He looked in front of him and saw that it was a flat piece of land.

"So what do you see in front of me?"

he asked.

"A lake. But this lake is really big, it's like the sea. Even Dongting Lake isn't this big, is it?"

Xia Kai sighed.

"What about you?"

Liu Zheng asked the others.

"We also see that it is lake water."

The three gunpowder workshop hunters replied.

"What I saw was flat land."

Andrina said.

"Wow, so the smell of those mosses is a hallucinogen."

He immediately understood what had happened.

"But how come you didn't get infected?"

Liu Zheng asked Andrina.

It's not surprising that he wasn't affected; it could be due to his high physical and mental attributes, or it could be the effect of the black goat calf's bloodline.

But Andrina is just an ordinary person, at most a little stronger than a few gunpowder workshop hunters.

"I don't know either, maybe it's the divine blood protecting me."

Andrina thought for a moment and then said.

"Yes, that's certainly possible."

He accepted the answer.

It's less about protection and more about fighting poison with poison.

"Blood therapy" itself has the effect of affecting the mind, and the "blood therapy" that Andrina, a confidante of the High Priest, received must have been of the highest level, and she may have already developed drug resistance.

"Then you are responsible for keeping an eye on the four of them. If they make any unusual moves, subdue them and try not to kill them."

Liu Zheng gave instructions.

"Yes."

Andrina readily agreed.

She was actually experienced in dealing with this situation, after all, there were quite a few things in Tommel's dungeon that could cause hallucinations.

"Hey guys, why are you all just moving your mouths without making a sound? I don't know lip reading."

Xia Kai sounded aggrieved; he felt isolated.

"You'd better just go to sleep."

Liu Zheng extended two tentacles, one striking the back of his head and the other taking the boning knife from his hand.

"boom!"

With a muffled thud, Xia Kai's eyes rolled back and he fainted, a large bump appearing on the back of his head.

"The force is just right, leaving you stunned but not brain-damaged."

Liu Zheng was very satisfied with his move.

"You, carry him on your back."

He said to Andrina.

"Huh? Okay."

Andrina reluctantly carried Xia Kai on her back.

Liu Zheng knew she was unwilling, but there was nothing he could do.

He definitely couldn't carry Xia Kai on his back, after all, Xia Kai was the main force in the battle.

It's unrealistic to expect the three gunpowder workshop hunters to carry it, as they themselves are in a hallucination.

Only Andrina was unaffected, and Xia Kai's strength posed no threat to her.

"Let's go."

Liu Zheng took a step forward and left the plank road.

Andrina carried Xia Kai on her back and followed him out of the boardwalk.

The three gunpowder workshop hunters exchanged glances, and the machine gun hunter Yura gritted his teeth and took a step forward.

Even though it was flat ground, he seemed to have stepped into thin air and fell forward, landing straight on the ground.

"Yura has fallen into the lake!"

The other two gunpowder workshop hunters cried out in alarm.

"No, can't you see such a big person lying there?"

Liu Zheng pointed to the machine gun hunter on the ground and said.

"No, we only saw a lake."

The two gunpowder workshop hunters shook their heads.

"Good guy."

He stretched out his tentacles and lifted the machine gun hunter high into the air.

"now what?"

"Ah, Yura has been rescued, he's soaking wet."

"Oh my god, is he drowning? Should we give him CPR?"

"CPR? I'll do it!"

"That's what the young gunpowder workshop hunter said excitedly."

“No, if Yura wakes up and finds out that you were the one who gave him CPR, he will definitely kill you. Forget it, I'll do it.”

The old gunpowder workshop hunter looked like he was ready to risk everything.

"This isn't the kind of effect you'd get even if you ate a pound of poisonous mushrooms raw. Forget it, you should all just go to sleep."

Liu Zheng swung his tentacles, knocking out the three gunpowder workshop hunters as well.

"Delivery driver, I can't carry this much."

Andrina looked at him with a resentful gaze.

"I know, I didn't intend for you to carry it."

Liu searched the three gunpowder workshop hunters and found a bundle of rope.

"Okay, that's it."

He tied the three hunters together and then dragged them forward.

Andrina opened her mouth, wanting to talk to him about the dignity and honor of hunters, but in the end she said nothing and followed him forward with her head down.

Continuing onward, they came to what appeared to be a settlement.

Many houses made of wood and stone radiate outwards from the central circular plaza.

They look like they haven't been used for a long time, but they still remain basically intact.

"What is this place?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"This used to be the camp of the Academy Hunters."

Andrina said.

The hunters were once just mercenaries at the Calcarens Academy, so Master Albert naturally wouldn't let them live in the academy.

"There are quite a few people here."

Liu Zheng glanced at it and said.

Even if only two or three people live in each room, there are at least three or four hundred people here.

"Exploring the Tommel ruins is an extremely dangerous thing."

Andrina said tactfully.

"Indeed, just like tomb raiders often encounter zombies and ghosts in the light of the night."

Liu Zheng complained.

"Is that a specialty from your hometown, Mr. Deliveryman?"