Chapter 392: A fish slipped through the net
“What do you mean, I’ll jump in on you?”
“Stop fucking thinking about this!”
"Okay, who hasn't dreamed of a mythical beast mount? Then tell me, is there any other way to enter the dreamland."
"You should know about ghouls, right?"
"I know."
"Lead the way."
......
Marshall is indeed a native cat from Dreamland.
At least Milo has never heard of a connection between ghouls and dreamland.
"In fact, ghouls are one of the major races in the Dreamland."
Marshall gave Milo a lot of secrets along the way:
"Strictly speaking, they can be considered your Human beings' close relatives can be transformed into ghouls, and some ghoul groups will abduct human cubs and bring them back to the group to train them into new ghouls. The abducted human cubs will follow along with them. As time goes by, the appearance and characteristics of ghouls will gradually appear. "
"Because of their habit of eating corpses, their lairs often have caves that connect the two worlds, and they are usually relatively close to you. Where humans gather, such as schools, cemeteries, hospitals, etc., they are often not found in sparsely populated areas, because dead humans are also one of their food sources."
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Milo thought thoughtfully:
"Is this so? Then why is it okay if they dig a channel, but if you tear open a space channel, it will cause so much trouble?"
"You will be fine in a while. Just know it."
Marshall gave up.
……
Under the leadership of Milo, the two came to the outskirts of Nanwei City.
We are very close to the Golden Rule Church. If you raise your head, you can see the lights above the church bridge.
The wilderness is very quiet at night. If it weren't for the dense tombstones surrounding it, the environment would still be somewhat peaceful.
“Speaking of which, this group of ghouls originally planned to settle here, at least that’s what their knowledgeable leader said, but not long ago I found that they had moved, and they didn’t even say hello. There was no sound.”
Milo took Marshall to the entrance of the ghoul cave.
After removing the stone slab blocking the entrance to the cave, there was silence and darkness inside.
However, he did not rush into the cave. Instead, he stood at the entrance of the cave and said to Marshall:
“Since everything around him may have been created by Imnar’s fractal rules. Imitation, is it possible that this cave is fake?”
“Of course it is possible”
Marshall dug at the inner wall of the cave with his claws and said without thinking. The entrance to the dreamland at the bottom is definitely not fake, if that entrance really exists.”
"There are still some things in the fractal world that cannot be imitated and replaced, just like you and me, right?" Milo nodded.
He took a small kerosene lamp from his waist, took out the wick and lit it, then hung the kerosene lamp on Marshall's back, and then asked:
"What do you think? How far has this replacement gone? As a cat who was almost replaced."
Marshall reluctantly pulled the strap of the kerosene lamp twice, but Milo finally agreed. This action, and replied:
"In fact, I can't explain clearly. Its imitation and replacement rules are very strange. It is not as simple as just killing the original owner and then walking in the world in his place. You made me Before I woke up, I felt like I had just had a very real dream. The so-called replacement may not kill the original owner immediately. Imitation through fractal rules is just a process, but the real goal is actually Fraud.”
"The real purpose is fraud."
Milo repeated Marshall's words, feeling that it was very reasonable, and then said:
"In any case, its current fractal world There must be omissions, we don't know about this world of imitators How big is the scope and what is the ultimate goal? The answers should all be found in the Chronicles of Nas."
As he murmured, he walked into the cave first and pressed it with his two fingers. He held his own neck, and after confirming that the surroundings were safe, he motioned for Marshall to follow.
But Marshall suddenly asked: "Do you think Rebecca has been replaced?"
"Counting you and me, we all know that if the real Rebecca is trapped in a dream in the real world, then she is not replaced, even if there is another Rebecca in the city now. Maybe you can understand it this way." Milo shrugged.
"You're quite reasonable. No wonder I haven't heard you mention your family since you realized you were in the fractal world." Marshall shook his head: "I still feel that your soul subconsciously ignores those ordinary lives. "
"Then should I cry anxiously and then find a way to solve the problem?" Milo asked.
"No need." Marshall shuddered: "The tear offensive of adult men will make me feel sick."
After one person and one cat went deep into the ghoul cave, they found nothing special along the way.
The scene was similar to what Milo saw when he came in not long ago. The ghoul group had moved away all the usable things, leaving only some human tombstones used as tables and chairs.
The kerosene lamp on Marshall’s back magnified its shadow countless times and projected it on the inner wall of the cave.
So the cat is still a cat after all. Although it won’t fight with its own shadow like an ordinary cat, Marshall still couldn’t control his playfulness and faced the giant cat’s shadow on the wall. Shadow repeatedly made some moves that he thought were cool, and roared like a monster, "Woohoo~".
Milo could only shake his head helplessly.
...
“At first I thought the ghouls were scared away.”
Milo suddenly mentioned.
"Why do you say that?" Marshall did not stop pretending to be a monster. It seemed to enjoy the more "huge" figure on the wall. After all, it was usually black, and the visual effect looked similar to There isn't much difference in the shadows.
“The underground caves they dug extended almost in all directions, and even underground rivers were dug. An underground river was also dug under the Opera Garnier. Finally, the construction team built a huge underground river under the foundation. The reservoir was used to store water from the underground river. At that time, an underground digger swam into the reservoir of the Opera House and interfered with the construction process. Later, it was the thing that the ghoul helped me find. "Milo. recalled.
"Do you think they were driven away by Imnar?" Although Marshall's head is small, it is very useful.
"Maybe they sensed something and didn't want to be replaced, so they moved early." Milo shrugged.
In the deepest part of the cave, he and Marshall saw the crack in the earth's crust that revealed bursts of cold air.
In fact, as an underground cave that has been blocked for a period of time, coupled with continuous heavy rains, the depths of the cave should be in a state of thin air at this time, but in front of this crack, Milo And Marshall smelled a strange air that was incompatible with their surroundings.
The reason why I say it is strange is that the air is mixed with some unpleasant smells, not to mention foul smells, but very bad anyway.
"Starting from here, if we go deeper, we should soon reach the depths of the Dreamland." Marshall's tone suddenly became solemn, and he turned around and said to Milo:
" Are you ready?"
"Is there anything to prepare?" Milo spread his hands.
"Have you forgotten what I said, that there are many wills in the dreamland that do not want to see you?" Marshall's face suddenly turned a little foul, but because it is a black cat, so The expression on his face was not clear at all.
“What’s the matter, is there someone blocking the door?” Milo narrowed his eyes.
"It's hard to say. I'm just giving you a reminder. Of course, the passages dug by the ghoul lair are all connected to the most polluted areas of the dreamland. In that world, whether it is humans, other races or even the old gods, They don’t want to step into it either, so it shouldn’t be a big problem,” Marshall said.
"That's good, what are we waiting for?" Milo asked.
But the next few seconds passed, and he did not get a response from Marshall.
In the dark cave, Marshall stood in front of the crack in the earth's crust, and its body began to tremble slightly.
Then, it slowly opened its mouth and said something that did not answer the question:
"The next thing to do is to clear out the fish that have slipped through the net. Let me see where you are hiding..."
...
The tone and tone of this sentence are consistent with Marshall's usual speaking tone was completely different, and even his old smoker's voice became a bit shriller.
Looking at the hairs that suddenly stood up on the back of Marshall's neck, Milo knew that what he just said must be Imnar's thoughts.
“Let’s go.”
He picked up Marshall and jumped into the gap in the earth's crust leading to the dreamland.
......
Milo thought Imnar was following the two of them. After all, the term "fish that slipped through the net" was easy to understand.
However.
At this moment.
In Nanwei City, which was created by the fractal world, there are actually other fish that have slipped through the net.
Not everyone has been replaced by fractal rules.
For example, a young female law enforcement officer who has just joined the job is still immersed in the pleasure of investigating the case. She has no idea that everything around her no longer belongs to that world.
……
(End of this chapter)