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Xia Ren was sitting on the edge of the roof of the hotel, looking at the sunset gradually sinking into the clouds in the distance, his eyes didn't know what he was thinking.

Lily still rested her head on his lap, sleeping soundly with her eyes closed, just like when she was a child. Her mouth was slightly opened, and she breathed softly, like a quiet little animal.

Her green hair hung down and was blown away by the breeze from the roof, and a few strands fell into Xia Ren's palm.

He looked down at Lily's sleeping face, and a subconscious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but then he thought of something again, and his expression became a little heavy.

"It would be great if every moment could be as relaxed as it is now. No one disturbs me, even if I just sit, I feel extremely satisfied."

He seemed to be talking to himself, and he seemed to want to talk to someone.

In the evening, he was about to face an uncertain battle, and he wondered if he could get out of danger this time as before.

Lily hummed dreamily, making a lovely nasal sound.

Then he opened his sleepy eyes, opened his mouth, and yawned.

Xia Ren patted her on the head lightly: "Go on to sleep if you are sleepy."

"not sleepy."

Lily yawned again, turned over and continued to rest her head on Xia Ren's lap, imitating his example and looking into the distance.

"What a big sun."

After a while, she marveled.

Xia Ren was thinking about other things in his head, and asked, "Isn't it like this before?"

"It didn't seem like it used to be, and the moon didn't seem to be as cold as it is now."

"Before...how long ago?"

"Lily can't remember."

Xia Ren was silent for a while: "What will this world look like in the future?"

Lily blinked, but said nothing.

This question is doomed to have no answer, and even the doctor who holds the silver key cannot accurately predict what will happen in the future.

……

……

At night, the sky is full of stars, but there is no trace of the moon.

On the night of the new moon, come.

Xia Ren opened the invitation letter and stared at the magic circle on it. Lily had turned into the ghoul from last night. She also separated part of her own tissue to attach to Xia Ren's body to help him disguise. They are no different from real ghouls. Even if they stand face to face in front of ghouls, the other party may not be able to see their true identities.

They were all wearing black cloaks to cover their faces and figures, and waited nervously and anxiously. Niu Changshou stood not far behind them, looking at the two with worried eyes.

Suddenly, the magic circle lit up with scarlet light, and then burst into flames.

In the light of the flames, the air in front of them twisted, and the space in front of them, like soft dough, was being rubbed by a pair of invisible big hands, and a dark passage suddenly appeared in the open space in front of them.

The inside of the passage is like a whirling vortex, bottomless, as if leading to an endless deep place, and the trembling death waves emanate, heralding the danger ahead.

Xia Ren took a deep breath: "Are you ready?"

Lily nodded slightly.

Xia Ren held her dry and hard arms tightly, and walked into the passage together.

After the two entered, the continuously rotating pitch-black vortex suddenly stopped, and the next moment, it completely disappeared, as if it had never appeared before.

Niu Changshou couldn't help much, he could only pray for them in his heart.

"You must come back alive."

……

……

Accompanied by a long period of dizziness, a somewhat dim light gradually appeared in the field of vision.

Countless weeping voices reached Xia Ren's ears. He opened his eyes and saw a bonfire lit in the dark cave.

A humanoid creature in a black robe kept walking past him, heading for the end of the cave, but under the robe, there was a foul mucus that exuded a pungent smell.

Deep in Xia Ren's mind, he suddenly felt an inexplicable throbbing, as if he had seen the exact same scene somewhere.

The next moment, he finally recalled it.

Back in the Dawn Center, when he first became aware of the existence of ghouls, he had seen the same illusion!

The difference is that this time, he is standing here in person, and everything around him is no longer an illusory dream, but an irrefutable reality.

"It turns out that what I saw at that time was the picture of the dark festival."

Xia Ren felt a bit of unspeakable fear in his heart.

As early as a few months ago, he had actually seen his own future with his own eyes. However, how could it be possible? He neither has the ability to travel through time and space like a doctor, nor the ability to affect the flow of time like Nyarlathotep , How could it be possible to see the picture of the future accurately while being in the past.

The scene in front of him made him have uneasy doubts about his own existence, and even the laws of the world.

Xia Ren froze in place, looking a little eye-catching in the line full of ghouls.

When some ghouls passed by him, they turned their heads and looked at him.

Lily pushed his arm to bring him back from his thoughts.

Xia Ren noticed the gazes around her and understood Lily's intentions. In order not to attract too much attention, he could only follow the team and walk forward.

There were murmuring whispers from the black robes around him, and the ghouls were communicating in the language of their tribe, making it impossible for Xia Ren to understand their intentions.

In this case, even if he was exposed, he would not be able to detect it in time, which made him even more nervous and vigilant.

Fortunately, there is no danger for the time being. Not all the ghouls who came to the festival, and some wizards and witches were also mixed in. The human body shape is easy to distinguish. Xia Ren has seen several wizards along the way. .

"I don't know if Liu Fusheng is inside."

Xia Ren kept his eyes on those humans, but unfortunately, the black robe wrapped their figures tightly, and nothing could be seen from the outside.

They followed the procession through a passage lit by bonfires.

Although it is dark here, it is not humid, and the cave is not completely closed. From time to time, a gust of cold wind flows along the ankles, which means that this cave has more than one exit.