Hollow Knight: Hallownest

The incident in the abyss did not become known to everyone, but the palace became more tightly guarded. Even the elevators going down to the ancient basin were heavily guarded to prevent outsiders from suffering this unreasonable disaster.

Even so, many residents still speculated that something must have happened to the palace, because the clear water flowing in the city's waterways, from downstream to upstream, was dyed black at some point, and not just in one place, but in the entire city's waterways. That's all.

"What on earth are these... they are as dangerous as acid..."

The workers in the royal sewer couldn't help but feel numb as they looked at the bodies floating on the dark water. Just now, one of their companions accidentally fell into the water while working, and he ended up in this miserable state before even taking a breath.

Everyone watched him sink slowly into the water and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"I...I saw it just now. He seemed to have lost his soul as soon as he fell into the water. He didn't even struggle, he just sank in blankly..."

"I...I saw it too. From what you said, this black water looks like something that can eat worm brains..."

The acid crisis has just passed, and now new troubles have arisen. The leading captain had to manually divide the isolation zone again, but this was also a fluke. He didn't know whether this move would be useful, but it could always prevent more troubles. Many people stumbled and fell into it.

"Boss! Boss! Come and take a look!"

The workers in the distance staggered to the leader's side, swallowed their saliva and said, "Boss! The acid...the acid pool is fine!"

"Is everything okay? What's okay?"

"Acid...the acid pool is not polluted!"

The leader frowned and ran in the direction he came from. Sure enough, as he said, the water in the pool where the acid erupted before was still the same, unlike other clear water pools that were dyed black.

"Well, is it possible that this acid... can still resist the black water?"

As the two of them ran along the streets of the City of Tears, they could hear doubts from the residents from time to time.

"Hey, I heard that several people have drowned in the east of the city. They didn't even struggle. It's strange."

"That's not what I'm worried about now. The water source is polluted. What will we do in the future?"

"Then you might have to go to the Blue Lagoon to fetch water."

Many people stopped next to the black water, shaking their heads and sighing, with sad looks on their faces that could not be dissipated for a long time.

Murong originally wanted to rush to the White Palace, but he would also pass by the waterways in the city on the way. Hearing the gossip of the residents, he couldn't help but focus on those waterways and his pupils shrank.

When he first traveled through time and saw Qingshui in the city, he didn't think much of it and just said it was normal, and then went to do other things.

Looking back now, there is no clear water in the City of Tears. The waterways everywhere are black pools formed by void matter.

Combined with the information Ida received before, the mutation in the City of Tears must have been caused by the abyss.

Thinking of this, Mo Rong's footsteps became even more hurried, and before long, the two of them were about to reach the elevator under the Watcher Tower.

"Hey, do you know? The changes in the waterways in this city were caused by the Master of the Soul Sanctuary capturing an ancient remnant."

"Isn't it because of changes in the palace?"

"Hey, those things you heard are just hearsay. I saw with my own eyes that the sentries escorted a dark short man into the Soul Sanctuary with a snail shell on his head."

"I heard from other explorers that the things on those survivors are exactly the same as this black water."

"Ah? Isn't this black water deadly? How can they be okay?"

"You ask... Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing!"

Mo Rong grabbed the passerby by the collar. His movements were so large that the cloak covering his face fell down. He glared at him and said, "What did you say?!"

The man was not happy to be treated like this, but after looking at Mo Rong's face for a moment, his mouth opened involuntarily and he said blankly: "You, are you the champion of this session? "

Then he seemed to have thought of something again, with a look of fear in his eyes and his body trembling continuously.

"Don't... don't kill me, I... I'll say anything... say anything!"

Ida didn't know why Mo Rong suddenly lost control of his emotions, and quickly stopped what he was doing. If the patrolling sentry saw it, the two of them would inevitably be delayed for a while, not to mention that they were at the bottom of the Watcher's Spire.

"Dude, let go! What the hell is going on?"

Hearing Ida's shout, Mo Rong realized what he had just done and immediately let go of his hand, but did not retreat. Instead, he covered the man's mouth with his hand.

"I'm sorry, brother, I..."

"Woo...Woo! Woo!"

The man shook his head wildly, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes because of fear. Mo Rong didn't know why this man was afraid of him, but if he wanted to stop his current fear, he had a good way.

The sharp bone nail was placed on the man's neck, frightening another passerby so much that he was about to shout, but after seeing Mo Rong's sharp eyes, he suddenly stopped making noise as if his vocal cords were strangled.

"If I ask and you answer, I won't hurt you, do you understand?"

"Of course, if you say something else after I let go, I won't mind doing what you said."

After seeing the man nodding desperately, Mo Rong slowly let go of his hand.

"You just said that the master of the Soul Sanctuary captured an ancient survivor from outside? Or was he covered in black and carrying a snail shell?"

"Yes...yes!"

"Are you really right? Or did you hear it from elsewhere?"

"Champion...Master Champion, it's absolutely true! Even Gio hiding in the cracks of the floor can't escape my eyes, let alone such a big person?"

"Then do you know where they arrested them from?"

"This, I really don't know."

The bone nail was raised slightly, frightening the man, and he hurriedly struggled and said: "Spare your life, spare your life! I say!"

"I...I also heard it from others. I don't know if it's true or not. Well...it seems like they were captured from the other side of the road..."

The man didn't dodge his gaze when he spoke. He was just trembling with fear. Mo Rong thought that he wasn't lying, so he pushed him away. When the man saw this, he ran away, for fear of being caught again. Caught and questioned.

"Soul Master, you damn...are really tired of living."

The fingers were embedded in the palm of his hand due to excessive force. Mo Rong could no longer suppress his anger. He originally thought that the soul master would restrain himself after the incident with Senior Wu Lie, but he did not expect that this time he actually reached out his hand to Wu Si's head.

He won't hesitate any longer.

"Ida, please go, I have something to do."

Mo Rong's uncharacteristic behavior forced Ida to notice the unusual nature of what he asked just now. But now that he had a mission, he had no choice but to ask: "Brother, are you okay?"

Mo Rong nodded and showed him a forced smile.

"Don't worry, you can go. The palace still needs you. I will go find you after finishing this matter."