Chapter 76: Entering the Twenty-fourth District
Su Xiao entered the dark hole and immediately caught a bad smell.
This hole went down at a slight incline.
When they had walked quite a long distance, they saw that the passage had become slightly smaller — only five meters high and seven or eight meters wide.
No one knew how long it took the ghouls to dig a passage of this size.
Su Xiao quickly discovered that even though they were underground, it wasn't too dark, and even without the light, you could see your fingers.
There were often dense roots on the ceiling, with strange flowers growing on them.
These flowers gave off a faint white light.
Drops of water occasionally dripped from the ceiling, but Kisho Arima and Yuna stayed away from them.
— Don't touch the liquid, it's actually the juice of the flowers of light, it's very toxic, " Yuna immediately said to Su Xiao, and Su Xiao nodded.
— Don't be reckless, more than 50 investigators have died from the juice of these flowers, " Yuna told him.
— Well, thank you.
Although Yuna was a little nervous, she was quite reliable.
After walking a few hundred meters they arrived at a metal gate.
— With that, Kisho Arima pulled out a gold key necklace and stuck it in the hole.
The metal gate slowly opened...
— Every time I pass through this gate, I get the feeling that I won't be able to get out again. What kind of bastard would even put them in a place like this, " Yuna muttered.
It was a barrier that was put up by the Ghoul Control Department a long time ago, according to the idea, it did not allow ghouls from the 24th district to enter the outside world. There were only two keys: one was in Arima Kisho's possession, and the other was in Matsuri's possession..
A fetid smell wafted to their noses as the gate opened...
Right after the gate, there were two different paths, and after and before this iron gate, there were two completely different worlds.
The walls after this metal gate were no longer made of soil, but of a dark red something.
Su Xiao took out his sword and the tip of his sword stabbed into that meat wall...
*Pouf*
Immediately, the wound started to close up and try to swallow the sword.
— Arima, which way are we going this time?
Yuna and Kisho Arima were very familiar with each other and were longtime partners.
— Kisho Arima looked at her.
Yuna took out a coin and flipped it. — To the right.
Kisho Arima nodded.
Su Xiao looked at them with some doubt. Didn't they have a regular route? — It's a bit strange to choose a route like this.
Yuna looked at Su Xiao with a smile.
— You don't have a regular route?
— No, it can't be compiled.
Yuna's words made Su Xiao even more confused.
— All this is not permanent, everything changes often, just like the intersection in front of us. Sometimes we have two paths, sometimes three, and sometimes up to five. This is the reason why the 24th district cannot be explored, because it is " alive».
After listening to Yuna's explanation, Su Xiao frowned.
— How can we get out after we go deeper into the 24th district? With that said, we may be trapped.
— We naturally have a way, as long as we have this thing, we will return back without any problems, " Yuna said and showed the compass.
Kisho Arima added — " This time, we will be exploring the 24th district for two days. If we don't get the harvest in two days, we'll come back.
Kisho Arima thought for a moment and then added, " Investigator Byakuya, what are you best at?"?
Kisho Arima wanted to know more about Su Xiao.
— Frontline battles, enemy assessment, and surprise attacks.
— All right, " Kisho Arima said, adjusting his glasses.
— I'll be in front, Yuna in the middle, and you'll be behind.
Su Xiao didn't have any objections about it, but Yuna pouted.
— I'm not a newbie. Why will I be in the center? Yuna looked at Su Xiao, but quickly realized that she wasn't his opponent, so she decided to focus on the mission in the end.
The three-man team started moving deeper into the 24th district.
*Ar-r-r!*
They hadn't even gone far when they suddenly heard someone roaring.
— Damn it, what bad luck! Yuna whispered and immediately turned around.
Kisho Arima reacted the same way — he didn't hesitate to turn around and run back.
— In fact, Kisho Arima didn't even need to say this, for when Su Xiao saw that they were starting to run away, he also turned around and started running with them.
— What was that? Su Xiao asked Yuna.
— This is a "monster". The twenty-fourth district and the fourteenth district are different from each other. There are more than just ghouls here.
Soon, a group of three people ran back to the intersection.
Although the terrain of the 24 districts changed, these changes were cyclical. As a rule, the terrain changed significantly every seven to eight days, and the rest of the time there were only minor changes.
— The right passage is closed to us, the blood eye is located there, " Yuna quickly gasped and looked in horror at the hole on the right side.
Su Xiao couldn't help but frown. What kind of monster could make even Kisho Arima run away?
— Blood Eye isn't sleeping, can we retreat? Yuna asked.
— No, blood eye isn't that vigilant, let's explore the left passageway — " Kisho Arima took the initiative, and the three of them entered the left passageway.
They hadn't even seen the ghouls yet, and this area already made Su Xiao surprised.
Poison dripped from the ceiling, a monster that was so powerful that even Kisho Arima had to run for her life...
But after that, they started exploring the 24th area without any problems. After several hours of traveling, no problems occurred. Not a single ghoul appeared in their path. This caused Su Xiao to have some doubts. Weren't there a lot of ghouls in the 24th district?
*Boom!*
A loud sound rang out. There was an explosion ahead of them and dust rose.
— Blood Eye is starting to go crazy, "Yuna's face became a little ugly, and she seemed to be afraid of the creature called" blood eye».
— He's entered a molting period, I fought him last week — " Kisho said Arima was surprised by Su Xiao. It turns out that he had already fought this monster before.
After another hour of traveling, Su Xiao was at a loss.
No wonder this area was called the labyrinth. If you include the first fork, they've already passed at least a dozen other similar forks.
And there was a fork in the road ahead again...
— Stop, " Su Xiao said suddenly, and Yuna and Kisho Arima looked at him.
— What is?
Yuna's body tensed.
— The smell of blood, very fresh, just around the bend.
Yuna looked at Su Xiao doubtfully, but cautiously approached the corner.
Yuna peeked around the corner and nodded at the two of them.
Kisho Arima looked at Su Xiao and the two of them slowly approached her.
After Su Xiao looked around the corner, he saw two ghouls eating something.
Judging by the red eye, they were eating ghoul.
Su Xiao saw the 24th district ghouls for the first time. The ghouls here were very different from the ghouls outside.
They didn't look any different, only dressed very differently.
The two ghouls were wearing grass skirts, and one of the ghouls had a necklace of teeth around his neck.
Su Xiao was stunned. Had they encountered primitive ghouls?
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