Chapter 703: Chapter 683: The Dark Room
Luo Di looked at the suddenly barging in Stinky Nine beside him, feeling puzzled by his direct conclusion of disappearance.
“Disappearance? Why can’t it be that he already left the Fishing Village or went out temporarily? How do you determine that?”
“Once soone goes missing, there is always an ‘umbilical cord’ left at the site of disappearance…”
“You call this thing an umbilical cord?”
Luo Di stared at the blood-flesh fiber wriggling on the bed. It indeed had a certain tubular structure, but its surface had more thread-like substances, alive and wriggling.
Stinky Nine revealed sowhat eerie smile, saliva constantly dripping from his mouth, “An umbilical cord symbolizes new birth, it corresponds to cycles, it is the essence of the Fishing Village’s existence… With the birth of the umbilical cord, new fish can hatch, and we fishern can survive.”
“Can this umbilical cord be touched?”
Luo Di ca up with a bold idea, he actually wanted to taste it with his tongue.
Maybe through its taste, he could pin down the exact location of the red sweater, or even find the root cause of disappearance in the entire Fishing Village.
“Go ahead, touch it… No! You can’t~ Hurry up and leave here, your target has already disappeared, and it won’t appear in this world anymore.”
Stinky Nine suddenly beca sober and hurriedly advised everyone to leave.
Beside him, Wu Wen noticed sothing wrong and stepped forward, “What will happen if you touch this thing?”
“You’ll be marked, and the risk of disappearing will greatly increase.”
“This bed hasn’t disappeared, touching it with external objects should be fine, right?”
“The umbilical cord will actively seek life. Once it perceives living creatures approaching, they will start to move, try to stay away.”
Unexpectedly, before Wu Wen could make a move, Yu Ze had already co to the bedside.
With two fingers moving,
a pitch-black talisman flew out with his fingers, cutting off part of the so-called umbilical cord like a blade, then wrapping, folding, and sealing it.
In doing so, a small sample was obtained.
To be safe,
Yu Ze took out the Sandalwood Box for further sealing and pasted four ordinary talismans on the surface.
Stinky Nine looked at this nearly desecrating operation, his expression beca solemn, “Such opportunistic behavior, even if you don’t get the umbilical cord, might anger the unknown in the fog… Hurry up and leave, my guiding work is over.”
“It’s supposed to last a day, how can it be over?”
“I don’t want the rest of the money, if you want to continue, go find another fisherman.”
Wu Wen took out a bag of one thousand Corner coins, “How about doubling it? Continue to be our guide, we still need to find soone, soone who once lived here.”
Looking at the heavy money bag, Stinky Nine hesitated, eventually gritting his teeth and taking it over, “Who are you looking for?”
“Joker, he might have used another alias.
A clown-like appearance, average human height, fat body, likes to sar white paint on his body, occasionally uses balloon clones to act, he should have lived here before, right?”
“There’s no such person.”
“Are you sure?”
“Since I accepted the money, I won’t lie, at least according to your description, I’ve never seen him. I’ve never seen any balloons in the Fishing Village, and there’s absolutely no clown.”
Stinky Nine didn’t lie, this made Wu Wen doubt her own speculation, Joker might really have never stayed here.
Luo Di suddenly interjected at this ti: “Alright, just lead us to walk around the Fishing Village, making sure not to miss any Corner, that should be fine, right?”
“Alright.”
“Let’s go.”
Whether Joker really lived here or not is not important in Luo Di’s view, the main goal of this action is the red sweater.
Yu Ze has gotten the umbilical cord sample, during the tour around the Fishing Village, maybe it could effectively guide to the exact location of the target.
Besides, for so unknown reason, this fog-covered Fishing Village sparked an exploration desire in Luo Di, his curiosity wanted to know the secrets behind the Fishing Village.
“Hurry and catch up~ The Fishing Village is quite big, since it’s just a tour, let’s walk a bit faster, try to finish before nightti.”
Stinky Nine urged the team to catch up, just as he was about to reach the door.
Suddenly…
The fog outside started to flow, its density surged.
The original visibility range of ten ters with the goggles was instantly restricted to a re three ters.
Even Luo Di’s consistently normal tongue tasted a hint of bitterness, his taste was also affected.
In the fog, it seed like sothing was moving, almost like root-like things, similar to the umbilical cord, many, very dense.
When the existence of these things was perceived, Luo Di’s tongue curled instantly, reaching a state that seed to be cramping.
Team mbers responded accordingly, Yu Ze imdiately took out the Invisibility Talisman and pasted it on everyone.
Such a change frightened Stinky Nine as well, however, his seemingly bloated body had a quick reaction, hurriedly pouring out all the fish in the bucket, piling them at the door.
He imdiately lay flat on the ground, imitating the shape of a fish and moving across the surface.
Ti passed gradually,
The dense fog slowly thinned out, returning to its original state.
Stench Nine was utterly exhausted, panting heavily: “Phew~ Your money was well-spent, we nearly summoned the ‘missing’ just now.
I told you not to touch the umbilical cord, but you wouldn’t listen! Once you’re missing, everything is lost.
Quickly follow , let’s take you through it once.
The fog just cleared up, the next fog will likely be tonight…”
The cliffside Fishing Village is divided into seven levels.
The top four levels are mostly temporary accommodations for monsters seeking refuge, with many vacancies. As you go lower, you reach the fishern’s hos, with most of the houses occupied.
Stench Nine’s ho is on the lowest level, a dwelling reserved for veteran fishern. His daily life is simple, fishing by day, then taking an elevator outside the village to sell the catch.
Most monsters eager to take refuge in the Fishing Village know the value of these live fish and are willing to pay for them, as the prices aren’t too high.
Fishern have a few days of free ti each month; Stench Nine would visit the nearby city to enjoy himself.
In his view, this life is very comfortable. His desire to grow as a monster had been thoroughly suppressed, and he wished to live out his life in peace.
Clang!
The elevator arrived at the bottom level of the Fishing Village.
This place is barely a hundred ters from the coast, the sound of the sea is clear, but it’s sowhat different; besides the sound of waves crashing, there are various strange noises mixed in.
Stench Nine pointed to a wooden house at the entrance, decked with fish, “This is my ho… To live on the bottom level, you must be a veteran fisherman. Walk another few dozen ters and that’s it, the Fishing Village isn’t that big.
As I said, if you don’t plan to beco fishern, you should leave quickly.”
“Since we’re so close, let’s finish the walk.”
“Alright.”
The team soon reached the end of the village, facing a barren cliff with no more wooden structures extending.
At this mont,
Luo Di suddenly turned his head and looked toward a wooden house located at the edge of the village, next to the sea.
The pendant hanging around his neck began to emit a faint reaction, slightly moving even through the Iron Maiden’s seal.
“Who lives in this house?”
“Lan Chang… like , he’s an old fisherman. Every morning, he goes out to sea at the sa ti as I do. But yesterday and today he hasn’t been fishing, maybe he took a vacation.”
“Yesterday and today? That aligns with the ti of Joker’s death… Can we go in and have a look?”
“It’s best to get Lan Chang’s permission, I’ll call for him.”
After calling out several tis with no response, just as Stench Nine was about to speak, Luo Di had already walked inside.
At first glance, the interior showed no anomalies, just a normal fisherman’s dwelling, but with a heavy fishy sll.
However, as the team inspected the wooden house, Yu Ze discovered a hidden compartnt chanism within the wall, pressing hard on it.
Buzz!
A hidden stone door opened at the side.
Upon entering the secret passage, a familiar scent of mixed paint and rubber wafted in.
When they reached the innermost part,
A fisherman’s “floating” body was there, with his brain swollen like a balloon, skin deathly pale, ready to explode at any touch.
His abdominal cavity was open, with many rotten intestines hanging outside, in line with his nasake.
Apparently,
This Lan Chang had long been turned into a puppet by Joker, living hidden in the Fishing Village without anyone’s notice.
With Joker’s death the day before, Lan Chang had beco this condition.
The hidden chamber was filled with traces of Joker’s life, various balloons, circus crafts, amusent park models, and more,
Many jars containing mist and dead fish samples were on the bookshelf or hung from the ceiling with balloon strings.
Joker seed to be researching the village’s secrets before his death.
Luo Di’s attention was drawn to a wooden desk in the corner, the drawer specially locked, with a balloon film stuck to the lock.
However, with Joker’s death, the film beca ineffective, easily opening.
Inside lay a special diary sewn from fish skin, and as Luo Di carefully opened it, the first page’s content made his eyes widen.
“This is fantastic! I’m almost certain the legendary monster is here.”
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