Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 1039 One hundred and six. The second time

   The depths of the mist are shrouded in darkness.

   The dim oil lamp gradually lights up, dispelling the darkness, and a figure with an oil lamp emerges.

  Looking at the strangely textured floor on the soles of his feet, Lu Li held up the oil lamp.

   The dim yellow diffuses outward, revealing more things hidden in the darkness.

  The ceiling fan stands at the feet, the living room table and chairs are glued to the ceiling, the uncleaned messy bowls and spoons are thrown on the dining table, and the door extends along the floor.

   Lu Li, who was standing on the ceiling, walked to the window and peeked out through the dusty window——

  The dome-like ground extends forward, and the house hangs upside down from the dome. The darkness under your feet is bottomless, and if you step out of the house, you may fall into the sky.

   Upside down the world and let Lu Li know where he is: the filthy sewer.

   Rotten sewers are an outlier among the three forbidden areas.

  Whether swampland or strange jungle, people set foot in it, establish safe areas, explore and understand. Only the filthy sewers are not included, and little is known about it—

   But Lu Li's status allows him to know the deep truth: the filthy sewers are a forgotten place.

  The March Tournament will place the second stage in the filthy sewer, and let all players enter here... Does it have any deep meaning?

   And two of the three forbidden areas became the first two stages of the competition, so in the distant third stage, is the last monster jungle waiting for them?

   Leaving the window, Lu Li bypassed the ceiling fan and returned to the living room, calling out to Will Ken in his heart. The old exorcist didn't respond. After confirming that the parchment on his chest was still there, Lu Li took out his eyeballs and summoned the businessman Anthony.

   It’s just that the situation of the filthy sewer is more troublesome than imagined: Lu Li and businessman Anthony could not understand each other’s words, and the written content was not only reversed, but even formed strange and unrecognizable characters.

   But the gesture to let it go is still recognizable.

   After the businessman Anthony left, Lu Li walked to the dining table.

   A note covers the dust on the desktop. Reach out and take it off, with the words that Lu Li can recognize on it.

  【Congratulations to the second level】

  【I hope you can still understand the note, otherwise you may miss this tip】

  【What you have to do is very simple, stand in front of the window and see the exit of the filthy sewer in the distance? When you get there you will enter the third level]

  【Remember, there will be no rewards for eliminating other players, this is a cooperative level】

   After looking at the note that was not abnormal, Lu Li took out the pen and tried to copy it. It's just that no matter how correct the mind's cognition is, the written content becomes an upside-down text that messes up the brain.

Snapped--

  Lu Li looked down at his feet, and there was a sound coming from the second floor.

   stopped copying, Lu Li put the note back where it was and walked to the stairs.

  The stairs were turned upside down and turned into decorations. The only way for Lu Li to reach the second floor was to jump down.

   Confirmed that the ceiling would not collapse due to the weight, and fell into the void-like sky, and Lu Li jumped down from the stairwell.

  !

  The dust trembled with the shaking of the ceiling, and the shadows swayed with the swaying of the oil lamp.

  嘭——

   Another sound of bounce sounded from the depths of the corridor.

   Stepping on the ceiling that made a "squeak" sound, Lu Li walked along the corridor to the end, briefly sensed the space behind the door, and Lu Li pushed open the door.

   At the same time, another stone got into the room through the open window, and fell on the ceiling, rolling several times.

  This is a guest room, the windows have long been broken, the glass is scattered on the floor above, the breeze blows the curtains like gauze, and five stones lie quietly around the broken glass.

   Stepping over the threshold-like partition above the door, Lu Li entered the room and walked to the window.

   In another house more than ten meters away, the window on the second floor was open, and a figure suddenly emerged from the edge, holding a stone in his hand.

   When he found Lu Li, he was delighted that his call was answered, but it was no accident that Lu Li could not understand his words, and neither did he.

   At this moment, the shouting figure suddenly made some kind of surprised shout, as if to recognize Lu Li, shouting indistinguishably, trying to express something.

   Then he came up with a solution, and showed a behavior that Lu Li couldn't understand: he waved his hands in a circle in front of the window like a madman, pulled out the dagger, motioned to Lu Li, slowly changed his mouth shape, and opened his neck with the dagger.

   The expected blood gushing scene did not happen, and the figure behind the window suddenly disappeared.

  Lu Li vaguely understood the meaning of his expression from the last mouth shape of the figure.

   "Death restores condition," he was saying.

   Lu Li frowned, thinking whether the outline he saw was a delirium or a madman.

  The former may be low, unless you hide the delusional ability of [Lighthouse], the latter may be close to the truth, but it is difficult to explain that it suddenly disappeared like a bubble.

   Quietly observe the opposite window, when Lu Li was about to leave——

   Squeak.

   In line of sight, the door of the house against the rock wall was opened from the inside, and the figure hanging upside down on the rock wall walked out—or in other words... the figure was walking on the ground in correct perception.

   Not long ago, Lu Li's figure was reminding him to observe the street carefully, but he didn't notice Lu Li. After confirming that the street was safe, he rushed into the opposite house, and the figure disappeared.

  's return to normal made Lu Li recall what he said before: "Death can restore the state."

   Stayed in front of the window for a while, the figure no longer appeared, Lu Li stepped out of the "threshold" and returned to the corridor.

  There are also two rooms on the second floor of the house, one is the utility room and the other is the bedroom of the owner of the house.

  Standing on the ceiling directly above the bed, Lu Li looked at a book on the bedside table—as here, it was upside down and unrecognizable.

  If this house has clues, it should be in this master's bedroom—

   At this time, his chest was slightly warm, and Lu Li suddenly heard the voice of Will Ken, who had been silent for a long time.

   "Lu Li...integrates...the way...feigned death, in order to...get rid of...trust Will."

  Normal, understandable, old voices sounded as if from afar, forming broken words intermittently. But with what he saw in the guest room on the second floor, Lu Li pieced together the truth: the way to blend in with the surrounding environment is to fake death... Trust Will.

   Coincidentally, Lu Li thought of Claire's mother, and some of the "gadgets" that the vice president gave them included an eternal sleep pill.

  Lu Li didn't think the situation was that simple, but he did not leave the house. He turned the world upside down and made the house under his feet look like an island in the deep sea.

   And Will Ken had no reason to lie to him.

  Before killing himself, Lu Li released a sapling projection to confirm that it was not an illusion or an illusion, and then took the potion.

   The white pills took effect quickly, and when the heart stopped beating, a thought uncontrollably emerged in Lu Li's mind - had he "died" before that?

  …

   The depths of the mist are shrouded in darkness.

   The dim oil lamp gradually lights up, dispelling the darkness, and a figure with an oil lamp emerges.

   The dim yellow diffuses outward, revealing more things hidden in the darkness.

  Lu Li raised the oil lamp and saw an old living room that had been neglected for a long time. Ceiling fans hang from the ceiling, unpacked dishes and spoons are left on the dining table, and the windows are covered in veil-like dust.

   (end of this chapter)