617: Chapter 606: A Person’s Small Town 617: Chapter 606: A Person’s Small Town Wen Wen was quite certain that the nature of the Endless Stairs was that of a powerful containnt item capable of perfectly constructing an Illusionary Realm, and it might also, to so extent, manipulate the space within the church.
The Illusionary Realm it constructed was so convincing that even Wen Wen took such a long ti to see through it, which ant it had to be at least on the Upper Sequence Level.
If it had so other abilities, its rating might even rise to the True Sequence Level.
Such a containnt item’s level of danger would far exceed that of the re Endless Stairs.
If Wen Wen was not mistaken, at least one hundred ters of depth in these stairs was real, because after he delved two levels deeper, although the temperature was changing slowly, it fluctuated within that specific range.
It was the combination of reality and illusion that constructed such a powerful Illusionary Realm.
Wen Wen said coldly, “I’m very curious about what your goal is in constructing this false image of the Endless Stairs.
All the Demon Hunters who ca to explore left safely, so your purpose isn’t to trap those who co here for exploration.”
The elder ford by the Mud Monster replied, “I do not know its purpose, because what you see now is actually just an illusion, a chanism that appears when soone sees through the Illusionary Realm.”
Wen Wen asked curiously, “Now that I have seen through this chanism, what do you want to do with ?”
The elder shook his head and said, “You are very powerful, there’s nothing I can do to you, but I can ask you to leave and prevent you from entering here again.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Wen felt a shift in space, and the next second he appeared outside the staircase, facing the church’s main entrance, as if it was indicating that he should leave the church quickly.
Wen Wen turned to look at the dilapidated wooden door and charged in again like a gust of wind, but this ti, he only ran a short distance before reaching the end because what he saw was just an ordinary, completely unexceptional basent.
“This church is not just of Upper Sequence, it must be a containnt item of at least the True Sequence Level.
Once you enter its range, you will adventure through its Illusionary Realm, and if you encounter sothing uncontrollable, you will be expelled…”
Wen Wen’s expression was uncertain.
Although this object did not show any obvious malice, one couldn’t rely assign a semi-retired old Demon Hunter to watch over sothing with such capability.
After returning, Wen Wen would inform the Association about this place, so the Association would send professionals to deal with the church.
They could no longer allow Demon Hunters to venture in carelessly.
Wen Wen pushed open the church’s main door, wanting to find the old Demon Hunter and get his two thousand Demon Hunting Coins back, as he had legitimately passed twenty levels of the Endless Stairs, which were an illusion.
To Wen Wen’s surprise, the old Demon Hunter was not sitting at the doorway as he had been before.
There was indeed a chair at the doorway, but it was covered in a layer of dust…
Wen Wen frowned, “Was the old Demon Hunter I saw at the doorway also an illusion?
This thing’s power is indeed strong…”
“Wait, when exactly did the illusions start happening?”
“Am I still in an illusion right now?”
A chill of sweat suddenly broke out on Wen Wen’s back, and he had a terrifying suspicion: could it be that since entering this town, he had always been within an Illusionary Realm!
He spread out his perception fully, ticulously searching every inch of the land nearby, and then he felt not a single living person’s aura!
All the villagers, Tao Qingqing, and the Three Cubs had all vanished.
It was as if he were the only one existing in this town!
…
The old Demon Hunter sat in the chair, waiting for those inside the church to finish their challenge.
At the entrance of the church, there was a small sign indicating the number of levels the challenger had passed.
He watched as the person who had just gone in passed twenty-one levels and couldn’t help but gape in amazent.
“My freshly acquired two thousand Demon Hunting Coins, not even warm in my hand yet, and now I have to give them back…”
“Clearly a strong person, yet he disguises his strength and puts on a weak front.
This guy definitely won’t be able to find a wife in the future.”
Amidst his sympathy, he saw Wen Wen, who looked sowhat disheveled compared to before, dejectedly walking out from the church and then leaving its vicinity, not ntioning anything about those two thousand Demon Hunting Coins.
The old Demon Hunter smacked his lips and said, “He left on his own, it’s not because I refused to give it to him.
Such a generous Demon Hunter will definitely find a beautiful wife in the future…”
Inside the hotel, Tao Qingqing was fiddling with Wen Wen’s laptop.
When Wen Wen left, he had told her the password and the channels he used to check ssages, hoping she could thoroughly investigate that case.
To earn Wen Wen’s trust, Tao Qingqing took her investigation seriously.
First, based on those suction cups, she suspected that the killer might be an octopus or a similar monster.
Such a type of monster would require water or a moist environnt to survive, and Tian Family Town only had a small stream nearby.
She carefully explored along the stream but found no traces of the monster’s presence.
Her investigation had hit a dead end, but she didn’t just focus on Third Master Tian’s case; she collected information on all the recent murder cases around the town.
As she combed through the information, Tao Qingqing’s brows progressively knit together.
“What’s wrong, did you find sothing?”
Wen Wen’s voice ca from behind her.
Tao Qingqing turned around and saw that Wen Wen had returned to the hotel at so point.
Tao Qingqing explained, “I’ve noticed that the frequency of death incidents in the town has been unusually high in the past few days.”
“Suicides, traffic accidents, vendettas, accidental deaths…
and so on, there have been over thirty cases in a row.
Each case seems explainable on its own, but the frequency is more than ten tis higher than a normal small town.”
“Such a high frequency only points to one possibility—that there’s a monster secretly killing in the town.”
“But what confuses is that no matter what, I can’t find even a trace of a supernatural aura.
Even if there is no monster here, there shouldn’t be a complete absence of any traces of superpower strength…”
Wen Wen said to Tao Qingqing in a voice so sweet it was cloying, “Qingqing, don’t be discouraged.
The purpose of a puzzle is to be solved by you.
Just find that monster, and I’ll be right there with you to deal with it.”
Tao Qingqing looked at Wen Wen skeptically.
Why had this guy suddenly beco so disgustingly considerate?
Shouldn’t he be acting more like Zhou the Flayer…
Even though she did truly want Wen Wen to behave like this towards her, when he actually did, she felt sowhat uncomfortable.
“Why are you looking at ?
Is there sothing on my face?
If you’ve found sothing, spill it!”
No sooner had she entertained that thought than Wen Wen’s deanor beca harsh again, and he scolded her.
His abrasive attitude dispelled her doubts and made her feel more at ease.
This was the normal Wen Wen.
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