Dominate the Treacherous Realm

　　 brought dinner back to the store to eat with the father, and the two talked about the funeral.

Chapter 1022 Chapter One Thousand and Four

"In the cemetery, I heard about the follow-up of the Balrog incident from an acquaintance. The church has now found traces of the cult organization [Whip of the Dead]. They don’t have a lot of manpower in Nolan, but they hide it well. , I think the encirclement and suppression plan should begin before the end of this month."

　　 It is now in the middle of March, which means that the encirclement and suppression plan will be carried out in the past two weeks.

"The tattoo on the Balrog's body has been determined to be part of the ability [Alien Frenzy]. We got some information from the black market. The Balrog only appeared in Nolan last winter, but no one knows the purpose of his coming here. As for the cooperation between the Balrog and the Whip of the Dead, we have not yet discovered the reason, and there must be some weirdness in it."

　　 These are all the information that the old man obtained during the funeral. So many things can be investigated in just one week, and the church's intelligence system is indeed amazing.

　　 In addition, Dad also heard that Bel Dylan, all the living members of the Quirk family have been arrested by the Church of the Sage. During the search, some remarkable traces of cult rituals were found in the basement of the Quik family's old house, which may involve living sacrifices.

　　 This is consistent with the information Jenkins got from the coachman, but it has not yet been discovered where Old Quick got those secret information.

　　 Jenkins hopes that the church can find the upper-class nobles and the [Tree House] joint intelligence from the Quirk family or the Antak family as soon as possible, so as to clean up the nobles of the three kingdoms and find all the people who hide in it. It's just that the [Tree House] was hidden very deeply. After Ruen's seventh-level gifter was defeated by Jenkins, and the Shire's demigod was captured by Miss Bevanna and others, they never made any more actions.

　　 "I hope everything is peaceful."

　　 Jenkins whispered.

　　 Dad didn't leave Jenkins for a long time before letting him go back. Jenkins didn't go home directly, but saw the professor in a tavern on the outskirts of the city in a carriage.

　　 The gathering of Mr. Corpse once a month is about to begin. Although he doesn't like abandoned hospitals very much, Jenkins will not give up this gathering.

　　 "I thought that the Skeleton Sword Society was related to Mr. Corpse, you know, Mr. Corpse should be the strongest gift of the undead in the city."

　　 On the way, the professor also said to Jenkins.

"I thought about it before, but Mr. Corpse is much better than Scru Pompeii. If he is in charge of the Skeleton Sword, then the Skeleton Sword does not need to be hidden. Maybe the demigods of Nolan can't beat it. ."

　　 Jenkins replied, trying to stuff the chocolate into the black robe used to hide his identity.

　　 Kitty feels left out today. Since going out in the morning, Jenkins has been busy with his social life and ignored it, which makes the cat feel sad.

　　 It thought Jenkins would play with it for a while at night, but it didn't expect to go to a boring party.

　　 Thinking of this, the cat fighting with Jenkins's hand raised his head and glanced at the abandoned hospital in the distance. In the deep night, even Jenkins' eyes could not observe those buildings from such a distance, but a small cat could.

　　 "Meow~"

　　 It knows exactly what is going on in that hospital and what is in that hospital. But the cat does not want to prompt Jenkins, because Jenkins is too disobedient sometimes.

　　 suddenly thought of the last day of last month, Jenkins was looking for a girl to invite to a family dinner. The little cat immediately felt disappointed, stopped playing with Jenkins's hand, and voluntarily shrank into the robe.

　　 "Huh? Why is chocolate so obedient? Is it sick?"

　　 This worries Jenkins.

　　 There are no other buildings near the abandoned hospital. The hospital stands in the middle of a large wasteland, so there is no existing road for the party participants to choose.

　　 Every time I go to the hospital, I need to cut the grass and go through the woods. In seasons other than winter, this is not easy, and in winter because of snow, such a journey is even more difficult.

　　 It is early spring, but the weeds in the wasteland have shown signs of frantic growth. Jenkins and the professor chatted while walking, and even sighed that the bright starry sky that can be seen in the suburbs is really beautiful.

　　 was walking, his ears caught a strange noise, and Jenkins signaled the professor not to move on. He squinted his eyes and looked at the small forest diagonally in front of him. In the dark, several figures flickered in the forest.

　　 "Bonus, two, one is level four and the other is level five."

　　 Jenkins said so, judging by the distance of those light spots, it seems that the fifth-level gifter is chasing and killing another fourth-level gifter.

　　 Their position is not in the direction that Jenkins and the professor are moving forward. After discussing with the professor, they don't plan to worry about this nosy.

　　 thought that he might be implicated in the future, but the person who evaded the pursuit did not run to the two passing by. On the contrary, after a dull sound, the light spots of the two gifters disappeared at the same time.

"what's the situation?"

　　 Jenkins and the professor looked at each other, they both heard the sound just now, but the professor couldn't see the light spot, so they didn't know the disappearance of the two gifters. Although Jenkins was able to see the light spots, he knew very well that the light spots should be extinguished a little bit at the time of death, rather than disappearing so quickly.

　　 In the end, the two really couldn't restrain their curiosity, and after getting ready, they moved forward to the place where the sound was just made.

　　Walking through the woods, the white light quickly attracted the attention of the two. After approaching, I realized that it was a white aperture standing in the forest, and endless white light was emitting from it.

Around the white light gate, all the trees that should have existed disappeared. The trees a little further away seemed to have been bitten by an invisible beast. There was even a tree with only one side left, and the section was extremely smooth. Can't make such a trace.

　　 Jenkins guessed that this was the spatial change when the entrance of the treacherous realm appeared, destroying the nearby material. In this way, the two who disappeared should have entered the treacherous realm without luck.

　　 "It's really unlucky."

Professor 　　 said the same, and stretched out his hand to Jenkins:

　　 "Let’s leave, and report here to the rendezvous after the party is over for a while. I found that in recent years, Nolan’s frequency of deception has become higher and higher."

　　 Jenkins also feels this way. Since he was in this world, he has encountered treacherous situations almost twice a month. Moreover, in most situations where he encounters a treacherous situation, the light door will appear "just" in a position where he can't hide, as if fate is joking with him.

Chapter 1023 The One Thousand and Five Chapter Umbilical Cord

　　 Although the two moons tonight are not in the state of a full moon, they can still illuminate the gloomy grove. In fact, professors and Jenkins don’t need moonlight either, after all, the light from the entrance to the treacherous realm is comparable to high-power gas lamps.

"It's around seven o'clock. I guess we will arrive at the church around eleven o'clock at the end of the party. I don't think there will be people with bad luck entering here during this time, so it should be fine to ignore it for the time being. However, we should find a better reason to explain why we are here so late."

　　 This is the professor's suggestion to deal with the entrance to this treacherous land. Like Jenkins, he doesn't want to immediately go back and give up the party and return to the city.

　　 The entrance to the treacherous realm itself is a powerful source of spiritual pollution, and this characteristic has led to the end of the apartment building at the time of collection close to being completely wiped out. But both the professor and Jenkins are extremely determined people, and it is impossible to attract them to take the initiative to walk in.

　　 Even though the two are so close to the entrance that emits bright white light, they don't have the urge to enter. Jenkins's soul and spirit are extremely powerful, and the professor has received enough enlightenment in his dreams.

　　 During the conversation between the two, there were footsteps in the woods behind them. They turned around and saw a fat man with a beard walking towards this side with staring eyes.

　　 He wore a white uniform like a chef, which was particularly dazzling in the dim woods. Before Jenkins and the professor asked questions, he took the initiative to speak:

　　 "Have you seen my friend?"

　　In other words, one of the chasers and those who were chased just now should know him. And according to the strange composition of the magic light spot, he should be the companion of the hunter.

　　 "We have just arrived here too, maybe your companion has strayed into the paradise."

　　Professor pointed to the white light door behind him. Those white lights reflected Jenkins and the professor's robes almost white.

　　 "It is indeed possible, thank you very much...but I'm sorry, since you saw my face..."

　　 originally thought he was a polite person, but when he said that, he suddenly got into trouble. When he uttered the first word, his body suddenly increased and became bigger. When the word "may" was uttered, he had become a giant nearly 20 feet (about 6.09m).

　　 He rushed towards Jenkins and the professor, very fast. Although both of them were preparing to start fighting, they couldn't escape in a hurry and could only resist.

　　 Jenkins and the professor are both powerful. Even if the fat man dressed as a chef becomes a giant, he may not be able to compete with either of them alone. But Fatty's plan was not at all to suppress the two of them in strength. He hit it like a cannonball, and then the professor and Jenkins fell into the paradox like a bottle knocked down by a bowling ball.

　　Even if the wind does not fall in strength, not many people can maintain their balance under such an impact.

　　 "When I go out, that fat guy will be dead!"

　　 The space between reality and the slyland is full of bizarre color blocks, and falling into the slyland, the hatred of the fat man just now was the first thought of Jenkins who was still in a state of vertigo. He leaned on the tiled floor and tried to get up, and then realized that the current clean and tidy environment was very different from the old and dilapidated crypts in the past.

　　 was still confused, and suddenly heard a strange sound behind him. When I turned my head, I happened to see two strange men fighting together. The dagger in the hands of the squatting man was facing upwards, piercing the abdomen of the man who was leaping over. The tip of the cane in the hand of the man who jumped directly into the chest of the squatting man.

"you......"

　　 They made this sound at the same time. The person who was stabbed in the chest by the stick was killed instantly, while the person who was stabbed in the abdomen was lying on the ground, and was pressed by the body of the other person. The blood flowed out from the wound, and the amount of bleeding was so large that people wondered if the dagger was accompanied by a "heavy bleeding" curse.

　　 Jenkins wanted to treat him, but he didn't dare to act rashly considering the special rules of the eclipse.

The man raised his head with difficulty, seeing the professor who was still a little far away, the young man at close range, and his wide-eyed cat, his trembling hand reached into the pocket hung around his waist, The dirty glass bottle full of turbid liquid stretched out towards Jenkins.

　　 "Don't trust anyone, don't let anyone know that it is with you. It is desire, this is power, this is a bridge, this is..."

　　 Before he could finish his words, he swallowed his last breath. Jenkins was taken aback, and then quickly picked up the glass bottle before the chocolate sprang out of his robe.

　　The bottle that is less than a palm is filled with a turbid grayish yellow liquid, and you can see the blood like a tapeworm swimming in it. But the most eye-catching thing is the dark thing in it, it's hard to describe what it is.

　　 It floats in a spiral in the liquid, it does not seem to be solid, and the cross section at both ends is not flat. Dense lumps that are almost invisible to the naked eye are distributed on the surface of the black band, and what can be observed with the naked eye are small nail-sized pits that are evenly distributed.

　　 "The umbilical cord?"

　　 The slight nausea and dizziness aggravated the headache of Jenkins, who had not recovered from the space transfer. He had never seen the umbilical cord. Now he subconsciously thinks it is the umbilical cord, which is really strange. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that "instinct" was telling him what it was, just like "omniscience" in a deified state.

　　 Seeing that the professor who had fallen in the distance was about to recover, Jenkins hesitated and stuffed the small bottle into his robe. He doesn't know what it is for the time being, but the bright golden, white and black aura shows that there is definitely a big problem with this thing.

　　The reminder of the dead man may be of some value, and Jenkins decided to study the umbilical cord by himself. This is not a decision made by greed or arrogance. Jenkins believes that if this thing is dangerous to him, then the danger to others is even greater.

　　 More importantly, he thought it was the umbilical cord at a glance, which showed that this thing directly played a role in Jenkins's divine nature. As a result, Jenkins is even more sure that this umbilical cord is not trivial. Maybe he will hand it over to the church in the future, but at least not today.

Professor 　　 also recovered quickly. He noticed the two corpses here, and Jenkins also whispered to explain what happened. Although it is a pity that two teammates were lost as soon as they entered the paradox, the two who died were strangers, so Jenkins and the professor didn't care much.

　　 simply searched the corpse, and found the tattoos of the cult organization [Whip of the Dead] on both of them, and there was nothing else on their bodies, which made them even less worthy of sympathy.

Chapter 1024 Chapter One Thousand and Sixth Rogue Things (Part 1)

　　 The environment where Jenkins and the professor are currently located is like the living room of a high-end apartment. Different from the shabby, decayed, and dirty places in the past, this time the environment is quite "civilized", and it is almost impossible to tell that this place is.

　　 Because the curtains were pulled tightly, the two of them didn't know what was going on outside. The lighting in the room is based on the gas lamp on the wall, but the shape of this gas lamp is different from any contemporary gas lamp, and it is different from the lamp that seems to be made of fine gears in the "future". The lamp here It's just that the level of mechanical craftsmanship is even more superb.

　　 The living room is really quiet, except for the click of the clock on the fireplace, there is no sound.

　　 "Hello, two, welcome here."

　　As if the voice of nails scratching the glass sounded from behind, Jenkins and the professor immediately turned their heads to look at the clock behind them. The time displayed at this time was twelve o'clock, that is, the hour and minute hands coincide with the second hands.

　　 The dial is in the shape of a human face, with a bumpy nose, eyes and mouth, but no ears. Naturally, it was this watch that was just talking.

"The end will come in 60 seconds, and you need to live in the basement for 24 hours. If you are alive after 24 hours, you can leave here safely. In these 24 hours, you will face countless troubles and challenges, so 60 seconds before the end of the day, please find enough things in the house that can help you survive, good luck~"

　　 It giggled suddenly, the voice made Jenkins and the professor dizzy. When the professor recovered, he happened to see Jenkins rushing upstairs holding the cat. He was taken aback and turned to check the living room.

　　 The seconds of the clock began to turn, and the sound of "click" can be heard anywhere in the house. Jenkins, who rushed to the second floor, saw a room layout similar to his own structure. He knew that sixty seconds would not be enough for him to take too much, and it was not even enough for him to go back and forth twice, so he needed to get as much as possible at once. s things.

　　 "But what is useful?"

　　 Jenkins glanced briefly at the door patterns on both sides of the corridor, and then said to his cat:

　　 "Chocolate, you go to the basement first! I just saw it, the entrance to the basement is behind the stairs!"

　　 He put his cat on the ground, and then ran to the bedroom at the end of the corridor without looking back. The cat tilted his head and watched Jenkins disappear into the door of the room, then strolled around and walked to the other side of the corridor.

　　 "Oh, God~"

　　 As soon as he rushed into the room, Jenkins was startled by the mummy lying on the bed. The mummy's head tilted toward the door, and it happened to meet Jenkins who opened the door.

　　 Jenkins was so frightened that his heart was pounding, but his legs kept walking into the door with his body, and then the real eye saw the black aura all over the room.

　　 In fact, Jenkins has already noticed that there are black auras in all corners of the eccentric world, but the brightness is extremely low, so it is difficult for him to see it at low levels. And the black aura at this moment comes from most of the items in the room, that is to say, most of the items here are scams.

　　 "**"

　　 Very rare, Jenkins said a very dirty and nasty word. This is in the memory of the original owner, he heard it from a sailor who visited the Williams shop when he was a child. Little Jenkins later learned this word to Robert and Mary after dinner. Since then, Robert never took Jenkins and his brothers to the store to play.

　　 "It was a trap from the beginning, this slyland is too strange!"

　　 Generally speaking, the slyland starts to be a period of absolute safety, especially for the slyland with complicated background and complicated rules. And although there are indescribable terrifying objects and creatures in Concealment, Jenkins has never seen so many at once.

　　 "This must be something wrong!"

　　 He, the professor and the chocolate have come to pass through the treacherous land more than once, and the problem is definitely not them. So, the problem was probably with the two dead men in the living room. Somehow, Jenkins thought of the bottle in the pocket of his robe.

　　 "The appearance of this treacherous state is not related to the umbilical cord, is it?"

　　 Reality didn't have time for him to think more. Seeing that the room was full of tricks, he was heartbroken and still rushed into the room.

Immediately, densely packed hands peeked out from all corners of the house; two twisted human faces appeared in the fire of the gas lamp; the corpse on the bed began to tremble; the closet in the corner of the house creaked with a crack; a small crack opened; on the window sill The two dead plants turned into snake-like vines and crawled to the floor; the distorted human figures in the children’s chalk drawings on the wall shed blood and tears; the dirty tentacles stretched out from the teacup on the desk; the book that was buckled upside down On the cover of the book, the title of "Book of the Dead" turned black a little bit; in the shadow on the bottom of the bed, the ugly flesh was squeezed out; in the mattress under the corpse on the bed, the overlapping human skin was gradually scattered Floating...

Jenkins couldn't manage that much, he stepped out of his body and turned into the form of fire element. Seeing that the only thing in this house is the pen on the desk, the whisper in his ear and the influence of the dark shadow spreading to his body, He took the pen in his hand with difficulty, and then jumped out of the room with a big jump.

　　 The crooks seem to have a recovery process, unlike the real world that can work at once. Therefore, under the influence of double-digit crooks, Jenkins still managed to escape from the room with difficulty. The moment he jumped out of the room, the door closed behind him with a bang, and the embarrassed man was lying in the corridor panting.

　　 "Meow~"

　　 Chocolate came out of the room on the other side of the corridor, and the beautiful cat tilted its head and looked at the man. The cat had a white feather in his mouth, which was exactly the same as C-01-5-8222 [Angel's Resurrection Feather] owned by Jenkins.

　　 "19 seconds, I can enter two more rooms!"

　　 Jenkins tried to get up, put his pocket watch and the pen into his pocket, and then slammed open the opposite door.

　　 That is actually a study room, the curtains are also tightly closed, only the candlestick on the magnificent table still provides light. As soon as the door was pushed open, the books with black aura tremble at the same time.

　　 Jenkins widened his eyes to look for something that was not a trick, and then, as before, after catching the broken-arm woman statue on the table and the black chess piece at the corner of the table, he fell out of the room again embarrassedly.

　　 The moment the door closed automatically, he saw a terrifying human figure made up of countless pages, and he was reaching out the door.