Into the Depths

[Rewind to one hour ago]

The team is still exploring the last street.

When you see that the streetlight's bulb is broken and it can't light up,

Gaa!

The crows cawed.

Luo Di immediately used his tentacles to insert into the crow's body to achieve shared vision.

You won't know until you see it.

The eyes, bestowed upon Oculus, the most unique being among the Seven Demon Kings of the Spine, and revered as the Eye of Hell, have effects beyond imagination.

This visual effect is unique to this corner; it's a special perspective exclusive to hell.

The field of vision appears as a dull gray, and ashes drift down in the field of vision.

All hidden matter will be revealed beneath the ashes.

This includes the hidden note in the sewer opening, the writing formed by red blood inside the note, and the existence associated with this red color.

The clown has arrived... and is hiding somewhere here, waiting for his chance.

Just as Luo Di was about to share this important information, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye and moved his gaze toward the building next to him.

As the ashes moved with his gaze, they drifted into the building through the cracks in the window, allowing Luo Di to glimpse a boy with a cleft lip drawing on the floor with chalk.

"There are two monsters lying in ambush here... Did the clown know that we are under close surveillance by the headquarters, so he specially called for help?"

He must have been absolutely certain to risk coming here to continue targeting me. I don't know the specific reason, but there's no need to drag Yu Ze and Miss You Zhen into this.

The clown alone could kill the three of us. If another monster came, we wouldn't have a chance to survive, and we wouldn't even last until reinforcements arrived.

That's the only way... I believe that with Yu Ze's help, Miss You Zhen will definitely survive.

As for my own affairs, I'll handle them myself.

Luo Di made a quick decision.

Yu Ze asked Yaju if he had seen the clown, he did not answer verbally, but simply gestured that there was no danger, and then went past Yu Ze, the "captain," to retrieve the note from the sewer opening on his own.

Yu Ze naturally noticed this lack of caution and began to formulate a plan.

The incident at the Regent Grand Hotel has ended.

Unlike Yu Ze, who was trapped in the guest room and locked in the monster's confined space, Luo Di easily unlocked the door and returned to the hotel lobby.

The owner who had been standing behind the counter was nowhere to be seen, and the entire floor felt Death Qi.

Not only that,

Even Yu Ze and You Zhen, who were following behind Luo Di, were just as Death Qi, walking without the slightest bit of vitality.

As Luo Di stepped down the hotel stairs,

The "teammate" did not follow.

They simply stood at the edge of the stairs waving goodbye, a mechanical and repetitive gesture.

When Luo Di walked past the corner of the stairs and looked back, his teammates were gone, and only two red balloons were floating there.

call...

Take a deep breath.

Luo Di's eyes were closed, and his eyelids were covered with various tentacles. His vision had been completely blocked and filtered, and he was no longer being Mind Pull of the red balloon.

The crow no longer perched directly on his shoulder, but was swallowed by Luo Di. His lips were slightly parted, and one could vaguely see his black beak and a black eyeball.

Walk down the stairs and leave the building.

Let's go back to the streetlight with the broken bulb.

Sizzle!

The sound of the ballast came from above, and the damaged streetlights were repaired.

But what falls is red light, a brighter red light than the other streetlights.

The red light not only illuminated the present moment, but also revealed an additional street.

A street directly opposite the Regent Grand Hotel, a "Fifth Street" that had never been discovered before, a street glowing with red light.

Faced with the crimson street that appeared out of nowhere, even a fool could see that something was wrong; it was clear that the Joker had created this extra space using some kind of power.

Once you step inside, you might get completely lost, or even leave your current corner area. Even if the Exploration Bureau arrives with support, they might not be able to find Luo Di.

But right now it seems that this is the only street to choose from.

Because the streets on both sides of Luo Di were already blocked, all the pedestrians who had been wandering around had gathered together, forming a human wall, forcing Luo Di to choose the red street in front of him.

Their faces, covered in black hair, faintly glowed red, and one could vaguely see a balloon-like face.

Luo Di did not choose to carry out a massacre, but instead fought his way out.

They didn't even try to use their speed to break through the human wall and escape.

He simply walked forward calmly toward the newly added red street.

Or perhaps he had other ideas.

The streets, bathed in red light, were not much different from before.

The pedestrians here are all holding a balloon, all the streetlights are covered with balloons, and balloons are floating inside all the shops.

The only place on this street without balloons is the bus stop.

An old-fashioned bus stop sign stands there, with the name of the stop and the bus numbers that will pass by painted in white.

Of course, the name and license plate number were both garbled and unreadable.

Luo Di's purpose was clear; he arrived at the bus stop and paused briefly.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before an old-fashioned bus slowly pulled up, its open front door facing Luo Di.

Stepping up the stairs into the cold carriage felt like entering a metal coffin reserved solely for Luo Di.

The interior of the bus was lit by Incandescent Lamp.

There was no ticket collector.

No passengers.

There wasn't even a driver.

There are currently no elements related to the color red.

Luo Di boarded the bus and, as usual, sat in the last window seat.

The vehicle started quickly, carrying Luo Di deeper into the street. As they crossed the street, Luo Di had the exact same feeling he had when he left the train station.

The bus has left the current corner area and is heading deeper into the area.

The scene outside the window turned completely black. The bus appeared to be traveling horizontally, but in reality, it was moving deeper and deeper. This bus was heading straight into the depths of a corner, even deeper than the headquarters of the Exploration Bureau.

Just as Luo Di's gaze shifted from outside the window back into the carriage...

There was already an extra passenger in the seat in front of me, which was separated by a row of seats.

Mushroom-shaped haircut, white shirt, familiar overalls, and those round-toed leather shoes on the ground.

Luo Di felt relieved when he saw the clown.

At least he alone lured the clown away, Yu Ze and the others only needed to deal with one monster and hold out long enough for reinforcements to arrive.

Luo Di initiated the conversation:

"You clearly know very well that our infiltration into this remote corner was being watched by the Exploration Bureau. You could have waited until I conducted my normal exploration before causing trouble."

Why be so persistent? Why be in such a hurry?

As Luo Di asked the question, the clown sitting in front of him had vanished, and at the same time, a strange sensation came from beside him.

Someone sat down next to him, their arm close to his.

The feeling coming from my arm was strange; it didn't have the soft, firm texture of human flesh at all. Instead, it felt like I was pressed against the surface of a tight, cold balloon.

and,

The other person's head was rotating at a constant speed.

As if wound up, it slowly turned around, tilting its head 90 degrees to gaze at Luo Di.

On the face painted with red and white paint,

The smile was stretched to its maximum.

Keep your facial muscles taut.

He just stared at Luo Di at such close range, without saying a word, just looking at him.

Although Luo Di had blocked his vision and filtered out the red, he could still clearly feel the discordant smile, the smile that was so familiar to him, a smile that was etched deep in his heart.

In an instant,

A deeply buried memory surfaced, as if I had returned to when I was fifteen, back to that summer vacation day.

Luo Di, still just an ordinary man, stood at his doorstep, looking into the house filled with bright red, and at the clown with the same smile.

He was not afraid.

Instead, he stared at the other person with his Red Vein Through Eye, his entire body conveying an extremely strong obsession.

I will definitely kill you!