Chapter 1 The House

The iron-faced Dong Fengpo said softly at the corner of the corridor, "This is the room."

The wooden door in front of them was easily two people tall, ancient, heavy, and substantial.

The round brass doorknobs on both sides were engraved with intricate and gorgeous patterns, vaguely resembling some kind of deer.

On the walls on either side of the door were embedded iron openwork brackets, on which were placed two extinguished torches covered with dust and cobwebs.

It was a bit like the door that appeared in the transition of a Conan animation.

"The embryo, the last of the abnormal organs, remains."

Forest Cat stared at the wooden door and said quietly, "Judging from the clues we obtained before, the Reindeer God in this script mission ultimately aims to revive himself.

But why does he place these organs in different areas? Wouldn't it be more advantageous to gather them all together?"

Li Ang, who was studying the doorknob, turned his head and said, "That may be because he wants to draw on the power of the mansion itself.

The wood in this mansion is all transformed from the bodies of the Senmin (Forest People), and it carries a negative energy that can be nurtured."

"Hmm."

Forest Cat frowned and said, "That makes sense.

But along the way, we haven't encountered much danger other than the abnormal organs.

That's strange. If the Reindeer God has merged with the mansion, why doesn't he actively attack us?

And we've already cleared seven abnormal organs, can he still perform the ritual normally?"

Stonemason said quietly, "Now the heart, kidneys, intestines, torso, head, limbs, and lungs are all in our hands. The Reindeer only has one embryo to manipulate.

It is possible that he only needs to use the embryo to be reborn."

"Then let's hurry."

E Wu Nian frowned and said, "What if he revives if we delay any longer?"

According to his personality, he should have stepped forward and pushed open the wooden door at this time.

However, the near-death experience in the elevator shaft was too deeply imprinted on his mind, making him afraid to act rashly. He could only stand in place, seemingly encouraging his teammates.

'So far, I haven't found any other clues about the woman's phantom I encountered before.'

Li Ang pondered silently, 'According to the handwriting left by Mrs. Leslie, the descendants of their family will return to the mansion under the call of the Reindeer.

That woman is very likely a descendant of the Leslie family.'

He shook his head, did not explain to his other teammates, just waved his hand and said, "There is no point in thinking about it any longer, we always have to face it head-on.

Let's go."

Li Ang stretched out his stone arm and pressed against the wooden door. As a jerky creaking sound rang out, a gust of cold air surged out from inside the door.

The space inside the door was much larger than everyone had imagined, similar to a standard soccer field.

The floor near the entrance was paved with neat, dark green square stones, cold and solid.

The walls were covered with fish-scale-shaped red ceramic bricks, pieced together, uniform, looking like the scales on the surface of some kind of behemoth.

The only light source in the room came from countless pale blue cold light lamps embedded in the ceiling.

These lamps flickered, sometimes bright, sometimes dim, decorating the huge space like a brilliant galaxy.

Upon closer inspection, everyone realized that those so-called lights were actually a pile of straight, drooping cylindrical worms growing from the ceiling.

Those light spots were actually the glowing trunks of the worms hanging down.

The closer to the middle of the hall, the dirtier the bluestone floor became. Bizarre and unidentifiable types of flowers, plants, and vines grew tenaciously from the soil, overturning the heavy bluestone bricks, and spreading wantonly.

The liquid sliding down from the glowing worms accumulated in shallow pools among the flowers. Mosquitoes and other insects fluttered lightly above the pools, and were preyed upon by spiders and other predators lurking in the grass.

This scene was like a vibrant grassy swamp.

"What on earth is that,"

Forest Cat felt a chill rush from the top of her head to the soles of her feet, "thing?"

Dozens of iron chains as thick as wrists extended from all over the walls, crossing the house and piercing through a huge, translucent sphere, suspending it in mid-air above the swamp.

The sphere was more than seven meters in diameter, covered with a layer of pale membrane, and the inside was filled with murky water.

With the help of the faint light, everyone could clearly see that in the sphere, a vague human-shaped outline, huddled into a ball, was floating and sinking with the flow of water.

Light, pure and holy light, escaped from the sphere, gentle and peaceful like an embrace.

Everyone felt a dizzy spell, and the expressions on their faces froze.

Li Ang smelled the fresh grass and wood fragrance permeating his nostrils, heard the rustling sound coming from his scalp, his skin was itchy, and the pores all over his body were wriggling, as if something was about to grow out of his pores.

Chai Da Xiaojie (Miss Chai), who was dwelling in his body, hurriedly shouted at him (inaudible to the outside world).

Li Ang came back to his senses and saw that emerald green moss was slowly growing on the surface of E Wu Nian's body.

All kinds of mushrooms grew rapidly on Dong Fengpo's hands and feet.

Even a large pink flower grew on Stonemason's chest.

"Don't look at him!"

Forest Cat's expression changed drastically, she tore off a string of obsidian bracelets that had begun to mold and rot from her wrist,

Took out a necklace she made from the backpack column, strung together with eight stones with hemp rope, and put it on the necks of herself and teammates like Li Ang.

These rare quality stone necklaces have the effect of protecting the mind. Once activated, they can only last for fifteen minutes—if they encounter strong mental pollution, the time limit will be further shortened.

In the real world, Forest Cat would have to hang these functional equipment on the forum for nearly a thousand game coins, and would never give them away for free.

It's just that the human-shaped shadow being conceived in that sphere was too terrifying, forcing her to take out the props that could have been sold for money and give them to several teammates.

In case several teammates hang up unclearly like this, she can only bury herself with the props.

As the stone necklace was placed around their necks, E Wu Nian and others instantly regained their clarity, hurriedly扒 pulled off the various plants growing on their bodies, and felt a strong sense of fear.

They almost became vegetative people covered in plants.

E Wu Nian's face turned blue, and he said with palpitations, "What the hell is this?"

"A weakened evil spirit trying to revive, possessing a trace of divinity."

Forest Cat said expressionlessly, "Those who look directly at God will be punished by God. These necklaces can only last for fifteen minutes, let's go quickly."