Motel

With the main objective already clear, Han Dong wasn't in a hurry at all. He just needed to travel to the 'center' at night under the escort of bodyguards.

But the Dragon City Squad on the other side was clearly more anxious.

After leaving the farm, they immediately found a car on the road... and drove and rested in a different way, only pulling over when resting in Yu Wu.

He had an initial encounter with Mary Shaw in the tunnel.

Yu Wu will make better use of his hearing to reduce the possibility of being misled... After a full twelve hours of driving along the endless asphalt road, he finally arrived at the area where he was about to reach Derry Town.

A large billboard stands by the roadside, featuring chainsaws and trees as a backdrop. "Welcome to Derry Town, the Hometown of Lumberjacks"

Meanwhile, not far from the billboard, there was a motel with its lights on.

At this depth, it's practically impossible for anyone to survive... A motel with its lights on either means there's no one there, or some Terrifying Existence is living inside.

Huo Ziping and his companions naturally wouldn't stop here. They stepped on the gas and drove past the motel, heading straight for Derry Town.

We drove for two hours on the unobstructed asphalt road, and although we should have arrived in Derry Town long ago, we still hadn't seen any sign of the town.

At this moment.

A familiar billboard appeared again by the roadside.

Similarly, fifty meters ahead of the billboard, there was still a brightly lit motel.

In Nine Provinces, there's a local term for this situation. "Being Ghost Wall."

Let's be reasonable.

Yu Wu had already encountered a similar situation in Mary Shaw's tunnel, and having already spread his hearing, he shouldn't be affected. Unless...

"Captain, there's no sensory noise. I suspect it's a spatial loop... To enter Derry Town, we must find the 'loop node,' which might be in this inn."

Boom!

The car stopped in front of the hotel.

Thunder roared, and a torrential downpour began.

"Let's try again. Gongsun Hao, drive. Everyone, use all your sensory abilities..."

Continue driving through the torrential rain.

Still nothing was noticed, and there were no strange noises. Two hours later, they returned to the billboard and the motel.

"Spatial loops... are such a hassle."

There was no choice.

The four had no choice but to brave the torrential rain and enter the hotel.

As expected, there was nothing in the hotel... After all, even areas a hundred kilometers away experience large-scale disappearances, so it was impossible for anyone to survive in an area so close to Derry Town.

However... the unmanaged motel was unusually clean, like a brand new motel that had just been renovated, and there was no smell in the air.

"Yu Wu, do you hear any background noise?"

"Not at the moment..."

Yu Wu's expression was not good. The fact that there was no noise in such a strange motel was obviously abnormal.

"Conduct a comprehensive search of the hotels."

Ma Taotao, let's connect everyone with silk... so that we won't be separated by unforeseen circumstances.

"Good."

A single thread connects the four members of the team, as they cautiously embark on a comprehensive exploration of the inn.

Outside, a torrential downpour was underway, with raindrops the size of beans pounding against the windowpane.

After searching for a while, nothing was found, and there were no living creatures in the inn.

But Huo Ziping's heart was far from at peace.

The camera then shifts to Han Dong.

While driving at night on a mountain road, a large elderly man suddenly emerged from the woods, dragging a large number of Corpse Bag, resembling some kind of corpse collector.

He attempted to obstruct the car's progress by throwing corpses, then turned all the people in the car into zombies, adding them to his army of corpses.

Brother Han Dong was very polite. When he saw an elderly person crossing the road, he stopped his car to let them pass and even got out of his car to help the elderly person cross the road.

Everyone got off the bus and moved to the old man's side without any intention of attacking him.

This behavior naturally angered the old man.

His true form materialized, and the old man Transform Into a gigantic corpse monster covered in dark, blood vessels. Claws imbued with the aura of death sprouted from his hands, and he suddenly lunged at the three of them.

However... the old man didn't notice a detail.

The three of them stood slightly to the back, deliberately avoiding the area illuminated by the moonlight, while he himself had half of his body exposed to the moonlight.

The next second.

The old man's sharp claws struck a man wearing Skin Mask... The difference in hardness... Crack! His sharp claws were snapped off.

"Residents of the village!"

The old man tried to escape.

What followed was a flurry of knife strikes.

His arms, legs, feet, and spine were cut open separately...

The old man had a special body; his injuries were not fatal... and the missing parts could be replaced by the body in the Corpse Bag.

But... all three strikes landed.

The "Moonlight Imprint" on the old man's neck shone with a white luster.

Execute!

This was also the first time Han Dong and his group had witnessed Miles ' ultimate move being triggered, and the actual situation was several times more terrifying than they had imagined.

The old man who collected the corpses was pinned down by the muddy pile of flesh, forming a guillotine made of pure malevolent energy, with his neck wedged right into the gap of the guillotine.

The blade fell, instantly decapitating the victim!

The severed head and body were immediately swallowed by the swamp of fleshy mud, turning into Michael Miles's "evil energy components"... There is no such thing as regeneration.

Absolutely lethal.

This scene caused Han Dong to break out in a cold sweat, a sign of respect and affirmation of the bodyguard's abilities.

While the body collector was being executed, Han Dong and his two companions had already circled around to their car and continued driving...

During the two-day drive, five people who blocked the way were executed.

Han Dong highly praised the bodyguard's work and even considered inviting Miles to ride with him, but Miles was too big to fit.

"They should be arriving soon... The Dragon City team should have arrived in Derry Town a little over a day ago."

We drove onto a wide, asphalt road.

Han Dong also saw a huge billboard with the English name of Derry Town on the roadside, as well as a motel not far away.

Without any warning, a torrential downpour began.

Han Dong did the same thing, ignoring the hotel and continuing to drive.

Two hours later, they returned to the starting point, and Miles, the bodyguard following behind the car, also went in a circle.

Unable to avoid the "Ghost Wall" situation, Even Though Han Dong used his crow ability to mark multiple sections during the journey, he still couldn't find the exit of the Ghost Wall or the root cause of its formation.

It's like this stretch of highway is inherently circular; no matter how you go around it, you'll eventually return to the starting point.

Finally, the car stopped in front of the hotel.

While the Ultimate Human Demon Miles was still a hundred meters away, the group hurriedly entered the motel.

"Etc..."

Ignoring the torrential rain, Han Dong stood on the entrance steps of the motel and looked behind him.

Miles, who had chased the group for hundreds of miles, suddenly stopped on the asphalt road, showing no intention of continuing the pursuit... It seemed that there was someone in the motel who made him wary.