The location for the circus's performance this time was the Hydatoncus Mountains in the Old World, also known as the Tumor Mountains. As the name suggests, the mountains here are shaped like tumors.
Since it is a tumor, it must be related to the Cancer Palace. However, the mountains are far away from the Cancer Palace, and even taking the black worm train will take more than two days.
In addition, the Tumor Mountains did not exist since ancient times, but were formed during the invasion war that caused the old world's pattern to change and its rules to be blocked.
At that time, a team of 30 Zunlu Knights deliberately lured the enemy here in order to buy time for the main force. The fierce battle lasted for two days and three nights, far exceeding the expected delay time. However, the knights were completely surrounded and had no possibility of escape.
In the end, all the knights chose to "transform into cancer and self-destruct", determined to destroy as many enemies as possible even if they died.
After detonating the pathogen core called "Zun Tumor", the knight's body immediately underwent irreversible super-proliferation. The madly spreading tumor instantly occupied the surrounding area, devouring the enemy's flesh, and eventually formed thirty tumor-like mountains.
After the war, the Cancer Palace also sent people to mourn the thirty brave and courageous Knights of the Cancer Palace and built a memorial monument at the foot of the mountain.
As time went by, the old world gradually revived, and the Tumor Mountains slowly developed into a famous tourist attraction.
There is also a small neighboring town that has developed rapidly thanks to the tourism industry and has now become a large neutral city, renamed from the original Cassi Town to Water Tumor City.
The most famous product here is the "Knight's Spring".
The spring water collected from the Shutu Mountain Range has a faint red hue and a faint fishy smell, which is very much to the taste of most patients. Some people will even deliberately wait for it to ferment and become smelly before drinking it.
Therefore, many patients come to the mountain to seek relief, either for tourism or to taste the real spring water in the mountains. There are even some treasure hunters who try to go deep into the mountains to find war relics that have not yet been excavated.
Today is clearly the off-season for tourism, and Shuliu City has not held any mountain climbing ceremonies or activities, but the number of people leaving the city to head to the mountains exceeds that of the peak season. Even some locals who stay at home every day have joined in the mountain climbing.
There are even some outsiders who pass by the mountains, who, as if possessed, change their original routes and choose to climb the mountains.
This anomaly immediately attracted the attention of the Lord of Shuilu City, and he immediately sent several subordinates disguised as ordinary tourists to investigate in different directions up the mountain.
However, after a day, more than a dozen capable subordinates who were sent out all lost contact and were unable to send back even a single piece of information.
The city lord decisively pressed the hidden button on the bookshelf, and a secret room with multiple layers of seals was slowly opened.
In addition to various treasures hidden here, there is also a peculiarly shaped telephone. This fleshy phone covered with cysts is a biotech product of Cancer Palace.
A fixed and proliferating cancerous flesh line is buried underground and connected to the cancer uterus. Even if the telephone line is accidentally dug or damaged, it can repair itself in a short time.
The city lord grabbed the receiver with his fat hand. There was no need to dial at all. This special landline was already connected to the information processing department of Cancer Palace.
There was also a stern voice from the other side, "Excuse me, is there any emergency that needs to be reported?"
The city lord had just come to the point of explaining something.
Buzz! The tinnitus is disturbing.
A nightmare flower in black and white bloomed on the surface of his brain. He forgot all the abnormalities he wanted to report, and he didn't even remember what he was doing. He just wanted to go back to bed and have a good sleep.
"It's okay, it's okay... I just want to verify whether the line is open. After all, I haven't been in touch with Cancer Palace for a long time."
"Please hang up the phone."
"good."
After the city lord hung up the phone, he ran back to the bed with his belly full of fat and water.
My brain is already feeling drowsy as if I hadn't slept for several days in a row. I'm afraid I won't be able to wake up for several days and nights if I continue to sleep.
However, the Cancer Palace Information Department did not ignore this matter.
There are many neutral cities related to the Cancer Palace, and there are many bases of the organization, but only 5% of them can be given "dedicated telephone lines".
The Cancer Palace has extremely strict regulations on dedicated line calls. The dedicated line can only be dialed when the situation is critical or there is an incident of interest directly related to the Cancer Palace. It is obviously unreasonable to call just to confirm whether the line is unobstructed.
Moreover, Tumor City is a relatively important city under the Cancer Palace, and it can pay a considerable amount of funds every year.
A few minutes later, a team of three Zuntu Knights who were good at rapid exploration had already boarded the boat and crossed the Pus Lake.
When the ship docked, they threw out a tennis ball-sized tumor tissue one after another. When the tissue fell to the ground, it quickly began to proliferate in a certain direction and turned into a mount that matched their own characteristics.
Different from the dead horses that are standard equipment for the Knights of Death and Plague,
The mounts of the Tumor Knights are specially induced from their own daughter cells and have various shapes.
The three mounts currently formed are a large wild boar with a tumor, a diseased sika deer with tumorous horns, and a mammoth that is much larger than the mounts of the first two people.
"Is there a suspected crisis in Tumor City? If nothing else, I can go traveling. I haven't been out for a long time."
"That is the battlefield of our predecessors. Be respectful and respectful."
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Circus of Fear-Kitchen
William, who fell asleep with his head resting on the chopping board, was not just taking a simple nap. He slept until the next morning and slept for a full ten hours.
On the contrary, Chef Timmy, who had unloaded his burden and returned to his room early, was so angry that he couldn't sleep the whole night. He really couldn't understand why William could sleep peacefully.
Timmy stared at the monitor with bloodshot eyes. "There's only one day left. Let's see what you are going to do."
Unexpectedly, the surveillance footage that followed made Timmy so angry that he almost rushed out without even having time to pull up his pants, wanting to hang William up with his tongue and whip him.
After a whole night of sleep, William still did not join the busy kitchen work.
Instead, he rinsed his mouth and washed his face as usual, still without any sense of time pressure. After briefly checking the ingredients prepared by Poker Face, he actually left the kitchen directly.
At one point, Timmy thought that William just rashly accepted the opportunity given by his boss, and chose to play badly due to lack of time.
In fact, William did not waste any time at all. He went back to the magic area, found Jan, asked for a magic box with special functions, and then turned back.
When I returned to the kitchen, I happened to run into Timmy at the door.
"Good morning, Chef!"
"What the hell! What are you doing? Why are you wandering around outside? Why don't you hurry up and prepare for the show?"
"I took the opportunity to have a 'two-person communication' with my own consciousness last night before going to bed, discussing the details of the performance. One of the details involved a key prop that I needed to borrow from Mr. Jaan."
William also took the initiative to show the black box in his hand.
"What's this?"
“The completely enclosed raffle box will be used to liven up the atmosphere and is an essential prop for the halftime show.”
Listening to William's explanation, Timmy slowly calmed down and tried to believe the young man who had brought him many surprises.
"What are you going to do next? Today is the last day, should we start cooking?"
“No rush. If I cook now, the food will go bad tomorrow. Even if I freeze it, it will lose its freshness… I plan to continue sleeping, and then get up in the early morning to cook it. This way, the time will be just right.
With the efficient work of the "Poker Face" team, the processing of raw materials can be easily done even without my help."
"You still want to sleep!? Didn't you sleep last night?"
"Hmm? Did Chef Timmy come into the kitchen last night?"
"Ahem~ The staff just told me that you slept all night."
"I see~ The official performance is unusual after all. I already have time to arrange the details. I might as well adjust my mental state to an excellent state and put all my bets on my on-the-spot performance.
Moreover, resting in the back kitchen environment can help you get into the right state faster. When you wake up in the early morning, you can fully devote yourself to the preparation of dishes. Maybe you can come up with some better ideas that are more suitable for performance. "
"You..." Chef Timmy had nothing to say, so he waved his hand with his tongue taut, "Go and have a rest. I look forward to your performance tomorrow. Don't let anything go wrong."