Deep, depressing, the darkness compressed the space narrower and narrower, but the heartbeat became stronger and stronger, as if it couldn't wait to tear open the chest and jump out to breathe the turbid air.
The people from the funeral office followed the abandoned staircase, going deeper and deeper into the abyss, like a group of fat people voluntarily running into the mouth of an ogre.
Each of them turned on the shoulder lights of their protective suits, even Liz who was held on Ash's back. However, the beams of light they shot out could not break through the blockade of darkness. The visibility was less than five steps, and the darkness beyond five steps was as active as jelly.
"ah!"
Everyone was startled and turned to look at Ash and Liz behind them. Liz stammered, "Just now, the wind blew into my clothes and tickled my neck..."
After all, Liz is just a child, and the environment here is enough to test the bladder of an adult. It is normal for Liz to be startled. No one knows what to say, so they can only comfort her with a few words and continue walking.
However, after a while, there was another heart-wrenching scream.
"ah!"
Everyone dispersed at the speed of light. Igula stared at the screaming Ash and asked, "What happened to you?"
"I, I, on my back..."
Ash's whole body was shaking, and every word he said could be seen: "I-I have a heavy load on my back! Look, is there a corpse riding on my back?!"
The tense atmosphere was swept away. An Nan turned the Second Young Lady back into earrings. Pan Ji also put down his Ice Curse Guns. Harvey, who was carrying the coffin, spread his hands and said, "Ash, there is no such good thing as a corpse crawling on your back. You should at least prepare a coffin for them."
"Dad! Dad!" Liz tightened her grip around Ash's neck and said angrily, "I'm behind you! And Liz isn't heavy! Damn dad!"
"Let go, let go, I'm dying, I'm dying..."
Igula said calmly, "I didn't expect that you, Ash, have learned to be sarcastic and swear. I can give you 90 points this time. By the way, Liz, do you still want Ash to carry you?"
Just now when they were in the car, Liz kept pestering Ash, and because the road in the forest park was very bad, if Liz walked by herself it would seriously slow down the team, so Liz pestered Ash to carry her.
Liz rolled her eyes and said, "It's so dark here and I'm so small. I might get lost as soon as you turn around. So let Dad carry me."
Igula laughed: "Oh, there is such a good thing as you getting lost?"
Ash slapped Liz's butt hard before she let go. He panted and said, "Then let Aunt Borgin carry you. Your Aunt Borgin has a soft body, good skin and body fragrance. It will be much more comfortable for you to let her carry you. If all else fails, you can find a mature and beautiful beauty like Miss. I am at most your third choice, right?"
An Nan glanced at Ash with a strange look: "Why am I only the second choice? Is Igula so much better than me?"
"My lady, ordinary humans like us shouldn't compare ourselves to Veela."
"I'll say it again, the Veela tribe has always only existed as females, I just have a little bit of Veela blood!" Igula gritted his teeth and retorted. However, he glanced at Liz, and suddenly a soft and kind smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He opened his arms and said, "Forget it, since Ash is begging me like this, let me carry Liz."
When Liz saw Igula's smile, she almost got goosebumps all over her body and a chill ran straight to the top of her head.
The malice beneath that smile was so obvious that the little witch felt like every hair on the trickster was bent at an angle to try to crush her. She instantly clung to Ash like a facehugger, "No, no, no, I, I, I, I only want daddy."
This is no joke. As the little witch who is best at detecting the good and evil in people's hearts among the sisters, she has a strong premonition that if she falls into Aunt Borgin's hands, she will really find an opportunity to kill her!
I don't even need to fall into his hands. As long as I act alone, he will definitely find a way to get rid of me!
Only by holding on to dad can I guarantee a chance of survival!
"Well," Harvey raised his hand and made a very heartwarming suggestion: "There's still a little space in the coffin. Alice wouldn't mind squeezing in with Liz."
In the midst of this joke, the funeral office successfully reached the end of the passage. What they saw was neither a blood-stained and corpse-filled devil's cave nor a Harvey's Happy Cave with thousands of graves. If they had to describe it, it was more like a park square that had been in disrepair for a long time.
It is still a very lively park square.
A little girl is sliding down the slide, several kids are chasing and playing, a handsome man is walking with his head held high, a beautiful and quiet girl is reading a book on a bench, a cute boy who is interested in gunplay is disassembling a pistol, a serious and diligent swordsmanship girl is practicing swinging the sword... Most of the girls are lazy and doing nothing, lying on the lawn. Although the lawn is dozens of meters below the ground, it creates a scene of sunshine and peace.
Ash suddenly remembered a sentence: As long as there is an ocean in your heart, everywhere is a beach.
This sentence is very appropriate here - although the light cannot penetrate the dozens of meters of strata, these "people" can actually emit light by themselves, illuminating the entire underground space, making it as bright as day.
"These are..." Igula murmured.
"These are Houttuynia cordata." An Nan pointed to the lifelike glowing figures on the street and introduced: "The cat grass cigarettes you smoke, Harvey, are extracted from these."
"Miss," Harvey tapped his mask, "I can't smoke with the mask on, please don't tempt me with such words."
Even the well-informed Purple Moth was choked by the necromancer's reaction. She suddenly realized that in this era, there were no ultimate evolved creatures that could keep up with Harvey's aesthetics.
Ash walked up to the 'girl' closest to them and looked at her carefully. When he got closer, he could indeed see the texture of plant fiber through the 'girl's' skin. However, this made it even more terrifying - the 'girl's' every smile, every move was so real and natural, not at all like the 'Ginseng Fruit' that was far-fetched and not quite real. Instead, it was as if there really was a girl who had become a vegetable, which made people shudder.
Ash even had the illusion that the 'girl' was coming alive to strangle him, and his throat was strangled to the point where he could hardly breathe...
"Don't strangle me when you're scared!" Ash slapped her back, and the little ghost shuddered: "I'm scared too!"
However, Harvey, who was so excited just now, looked sour after observing for a while. He stretched out his hand and slapped the "beauty" closest to him into a pile of grass leaves.
"Ugh." He said with disgust, "It's really disgusting."
It was so new to hear such sentiments from the Necromancer that Ash couldn't help but ask, "Harvey, are you still picky about food?"
Igula looked at the endless square in the distance. The bustling and silent flow of people made the fraudster feel a chill in his heart.
"The Six Emblems turned the dead tribesmen into mermaids?" Although it was a question, Igula used a declarative tone.
"I'm now very curious about what you think of this place, Mr. Harvey." An Nan said, "I only know the general situation of this farm, but I don't know the specific details. I thought you would like it here, Mr. Harvey, but your reaction now is really beyond my expectations."
"This is a sinful place that insults life, desecrates corpses, and distorts souls," Harvey said word by word.
Hearing Harvey say such nonsense, Ash and Igula couldn't help but look at each other, and their expressions became serious.
Ash suddenly said, "My ideal is to create a miracle stand that will support me. The top three words I hate the most are work, society, and sports."
Igulla said: "I like stupid people and hate smart people. My ideal is to travel and explore after I have countless wealth."
Liz also joined in the fun: "I like my father and sister who are good to me, and I hate bad people who are not good to me. My dream is to grow up quickly."
An Nan looked at them strangely, not understanding why they suddenly started introducing themselves. But Ban Ji realized something and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Well, it seems that our mental states are normal and our personalities have not changed drastically." Ash pondered, "Does this mean that the mental attacks here are only aimed at people with the darkest skin..."
Igula said: "I think it is aimed at those with the most abnormal aesthetics. Ash, you are lucky this time because you have Harvey at the bottom."
Liz was not so mean and proposed the most reasonable hypothesis: "Is it possible that Uncle Harvey's brain was damaged by smoking?"