Tower, bottom floor.
Liu Chengzi's face was tearful, and Ruan Qingyun's expression was also ugly.
They returned less than two minutes after entering the color domain. The guide didn't even have time to leave. When he saw Bai Wu and others appear, he showed a puzzled expression.
After Bai Wu and others left the stone tablet, she waited there for a while, thinking that she could get "Dad's" praise again after "Dad" came back from the Color Realm.
But now she found that she seemed to have worked in vain. At the same time, she noticed that Ruan Qingyun and Liu Chengzi's expressions were not right.
"Why did you suddenly come back?" asked the guide.
"I suddenly remembered something very important, so I'm very sorry. I can only give up the deal with you. This is really a pity."
Compared to Ruan Qingyun and Liu Chengzi, Bai Wu was much calmer. He could even give an apologetic smile to others:
"The Color Domain is a wonderful place. There are countless graceful women living in the gorgeous fortress. The misty hot spring village is very attractive to me. I hope we can trade again next time. After all, I still want to eat delicious food. But now I have to take care of some things."
"What is it?"
"Some business, I'm afraid I can't tell you the details." Bai Wu was very polite and courteous.
The guide never expected that there would be a man who could resist temptation after seeing that kind of scene.
Bai Wu didn't think the scene was erotic. He deliberately ignored the anger in the guide's eyes and left with Liu Chengzi and Ruan Qingyun.
It would take a while before the next exit from the tower, so Bai Wu planned to settle down Ai Sao and Liu Chengzi first. On the way to the second floor, he calculated the risks of the fortress.
"From the information given by the eyes, in the process of these women becoming evil, a considerable number of them actually became ugly during the process of becoming evil, but these evil ones... are very likely to have been dealt with."
"The area that was dealt with is the Food Domain... According to the fact that all the women in the Sex Domain are evil, the food in the Food Domain is probably also closely related to evil."
"The Eye mentioned that it is almost impossible to destroy this area. This also means that there may be some terrifying monsters hidden in the Food Domain and the Color Domain."
Liu Chengzi walked in a daze for a while, and after a while, the three of them arrived at the second floor. On the way to the Survey Corps branch, Liu Chengzi said:
"Brother, Sister Ruan, I'm sorry... I didn't follow the instructions just now outside the tower."
"You must have been hallucinating, right?" Bai Wu did not blame Liu Chengzi.
Liu Chengzi nodded.
Purple thread grass outside the color range can cause hallucinations and increase some of a person's emotional desires. Planting it outside the color range is a reasonable defense.
If the companion force is not strong enough, perhaps you will end up like Liu Chengzi and Ai Sao, who are already in a state of intoxication before even entering the fortress.
"Hmm... I heard the voices of Moon and Chestnut. Do you think... they will be there?"
Bai Wu was not sure whether Li Zi was there or not, but Chen Shuyue, also known as the evil beauty with a mole, was definitely not among them.
Bai Wu comforted Liu Chengzi:
"They are not there, don't think too much about it. What you need to do now is to forget about it quickly."
"How many girls are hiding in that place? That's just the outer perimeter of the fortress..." Ruan Qingyun's tone was filled with fear and anger.
Bai Wu shook his head and said:
"Over the past six or seven hundred years, even if a hundred people disappear every year, there would be tens of thousands of them. What we see is really just the tip of the iceberg."
"What kind of person would build a place like this? Is it possible to solve the case of the missing girl from the lower class?"
Thinking about the looks of those evil creatures begging for help, Ruan Qingyun's hands were shaking.
She also realized that the person who could do such a thing was probably not an ordinary criminal.
Perhaps the other party's identity... is more transcendent than previously estimated.
Bai Wu shook his head:
"It's better for you not to know some of the details of this matter, but the captain and I will definitely solve this case."
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The second floor of the tower, the Survey Corps branch.
After Wujiu received Bai Wu's call, he immediately returned to the captain's office of the Seventh Team. When he came in, he found Lin Wurou, Yin Shuang, Wang Shi, and Shang Xiaoyi were all there.
After the six strongest members of the vanguard group gathered again, Bai Wu talked about a case he encountered shortly after entering the tower.
The case of a missing girl from the lower class.
At first he thought these girls were captured by people like "gambling dealers" for gambling.
Later, Liu Chengzi narrated his own experience. Later, he saw this case again when Cain set up a scam of a military exercise between the two armies.
If Bai Wu hadn't saved Ruan Qingyun at that time, Ruan Qingyun's greatest possibility would be to be sent to the Zhong family on the fifth floor. Her fate would most likely be the same as those hot spring girls, becoming a plaything in the sex domain. The difference is that she might be placed in a more luxurious area in the sex domain because of her peerless beauty.
Later on, Bai Wu discovered that the case had never been solved and was even complicated by many issues.
For example, Violet, the disciple in the Play House Manor.
As Bai Wu talked about what he saw and heard in the fortress, anger appeared on the faces of every member of the vanguard group.
"This is a case that spans seven hundred years. From the time I joined the Survey Corps until now, this case has always been unsolved, but it has never been solved. Now we finally have a clue, but let me make it clear that this place is very dangerous. If you don't want to go, I can understand. The danger level of this area is probably no less than any investigation we have participated in before."
"I want to go!" Wang Shi was already furious after hearing this.
Yin Shuang also suppressed her anger: "I'll go too."
"Then I will definitely go. Without me, you won't be able to achieve anything." Lin Wu Rou said.
"I... I want to do my part, too." Shang Xiaoyi expressed his opinion.
Wujiu said:
"Have you found out who is behind this case you mentioned?"
Bai Wu nodded:
"Yes, what I am going to tell you next is the most important news. The danger of leaving the tower this time is secondary. The biggest problem is that if we really destroy this place, it will cause many consequences."
"What could happen next?" Lin Wu Rou thought this was just a simple journey to enforce justice.
Bai Wu looked at the captain:
"The enemy we are facing is a ruler. He is not just a ruler who lives on the fifth floor, but a ruler of this tower, one of the pinnacles of power."
Yin Shuang opened her eyes wide, and Wujiu frowned at the first moment.
Wang Shi has lived among the nobility since he was a child, and he is very clear about the power represented by the three words "ruler".
During the seven hundred years of the Tower Era, the bottom, second, and third floors had all rebelled against the system and the rulers.
But in the end, there was only one result - absolute suppression. Not everyone would be as curious as Bai Wu about what was on the sixth floor.
Most people believe that the fifth level is already the realm of God.
There are so many rumors about several rulers, but without exception, these rulers have terrifying power.
After a long silence, Wujiu looked at Baiwu:
"Fighting against the ruler is a very dangerous thing. You have to think about the significance of this action. If it is just to simply enforce a certain kind of justice, then it is not necessary, because the price of offending the ruler is not something we can afford, not even the Survey Corps can afford."
Wujiu was not rejecting Bai Wu, but reminding Bai Wu that he must be cautious in this action and be fully prepared.
At the same time, Wujiu also responded:
"Your mask is nice. I have wondered before whether the Survey Corps will have to cover their faces one day. Will there be a time when they will need other identities? I didn't expect that day to come sooner than I expected."
Something that Bai Wu did not expect happened. The captain actually took out five masks. The patterns of the masks were similar to Bai Wu's smiley face mask, but the colors were slightly different.
Looking at these smiley masks of different colors, Bai Wu also took out his own mask. After he took out his mask, Lin Wurou, Wang Shi, Yin Shuang, and Shang Xiaoyi also picked a mask.
After distributing the masks, Wujiu said:
"We have the masks, but we still need the corresponding equipment. You guys figure it out. Meet at the eastern square on the ground floor at 4 a.m. tomorrow."
This familiar command made the pioneer group members excited.
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Outside the tower. Unknown land.
In the blood-red fog, a huge nine-headed snake slowly opened its eyes.
It seemed like some kind of prehistoric giant beast, and every movement made a huge noise. As it woke up, some of the scales on its back began to loosen.
A few months ago, it met a man with three crows who came to visit and invited it to go somewhere, but it refused.
The master of the three crows believed that there was only one evil creature, Hydra, in this area, and even suggested allowing other evil creatures to move in.
But was rejected by the Hydra.
There are actually others in the area, they are just hiding beneath the scales of the giant hydra.
At certain times, strange conversations would be heard in this silent area, just like now.
"The meeting that woman mentioned is coming soon. Can we finally end the wait?"
Twenty-four figures were seen in the bloody fog, riding on some huge unknown beasts. The leader's voice was trembling slightly.
"It's possible that she lied to us. Maybe she just found an excuse to keep us alive." Another questioning voice sounded.
"Everything... will wait until tomorrow."
"If it's a lie... should we keep waiting? Ninety years have passed... will that person really come to take us away?"
"Go to sleep, I will wake you up again."
The last one to speak was the giant Hydra.
As its voice covered the entire area, the "knights" standing on the giant snake scales fell into silence.
Then they returned under the snake scales and fell into a deep sleep.
The blood-red fog still shrouds the land, even though the owner of the fog was killed by a group of people ninety years ago.
To be exact, he was killed by a masked weirdo in an unstoppable manner.
But the story about this land does not end there.
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Outside the tower, unknown area.
Liu Mu looked at the mask worn by the masked man in front of him and felt that it was familiar, but the masked man was different from the one he had seen before.
The reason why he became evil was because of Cain who was wearing a mask. Cain's mask was somewhat similar to the mask of the masked man in front of him.
But the temperament of the masked man was completely different from Cain. He did not have that evil aura at all.
"Human? Interesting, there's an aura about you that makes me very uncomfortable."
The person who spoke was not Liu Mu, but Nie Chongshan behind Liu Mu.
It spread its black wings, and a fighting spirit emerged in its eyes.
Liu Mu, whose whole body was as black as a rock, was devouring a vicious thigh.
Unlike Nie Chongshan, Liu Mu is belligerent but will not attack humans. Nie Chongshan is not bound by these constraints, and his disgust for humans is even greater than his evil.
"Ah, why are you here suddenly? Sorry, sorry, I'm just passing by. Bye!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the masked man ran away.
He didn't know the two people in front of him, but it was obvious that he had seen this kind of scene many times.
This is a disease of his.
A disease that causes you to appear in different time and space when you wake up. Before going to bed, you were still on the subway tracks of Shudu 70 years ago, but after waking up, you might be in Baichuan City 3 years ago.
But it can only appear in the past, not in the future.
This disease is very mysterious.
The masked man was also very depressed. Time suddenly became a maze for him. He might wake up and find himself in an alley in the past.
All this is related to the mask he wears. He has met two masked weirdos in his life.
A masked monster saved his life and gave him the mask.
Another masked man, before dying, contracted a disease that would cause him to appear in an unknown time and space upon waking up.
This time he didn't know where he appeared.
Seeing this strangely dressed human start to run away, Nie Chongshan flapped his wings and chased after him with the air currents.
Liu Mu threw away the roasted thigh meat of the evil beast in his hand and started running wildly. Under Nie Chongshan's training during this period, his speed had become very fast and he was no longer just good at defense.
But a scene that shocked Liu Mu appeared...
Nie Chongshan didn't catch up with this masked weirdo! The masked weirdo's speed was so fast that he didn't even look like a human!
The distance between them was getting farther and farther.
Nie Chongshan and Liu Mu were actually thrown off by the masked man, and soon... they disappeared without a trace.
After the masked man disappeared, Liu Mu said:
"If his voice hadn't matched Wujiu's, I would have suspected he was Wujiu. This is the first time I've seen a human being that fast."
Nie Chongshan snorted coldly:
"Humph, you are just a piece of trash who can only run away."
Liu Mu didn't say anything. He had gradually gotten used to the fact that Nie Chongshan liked to call people trash.
Meeting a strange masked man was just a small episode for Liu Mu and Nie Chongshan.
They didn't know that this meeting was just a precursor to some kind of fateful intersection.
(I finally finished it before midnight.)