Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 1616: Chapter 1611: Netherworld Severed Flow (6)

Can your analogy be any more disgusting?

Expert Fu’s meticulous thinking undoubtedly reassures people, making him highly persuasive.

But the more it is like this, the final touch enters one’s mind with imperceptible ease, slippery and silent.

Even as her heart complains at first glance, Lisa can’t help but examine that strange shadow, now blocked by the building, again in her consciousness.

Are you sure it also has diarrhea?

If it really happened, given its body structure, do you think it would be filled with that eerie green glow or just a pile of bone fragments—Stop!

Lisa instinctively held her breath, forcefully restraining the urge to slap her head, deeply feeling the horror of mental contamination.

”Should we hurry up?”

The next moment, she chose to bite her lip and urge, forcibly diverting her attention.

”Yes, after all, this place does look a bit deep.”

Fu Qian remained amicable, seemingly oblivious to having done anything inappropriate.

At this moment, the two had reached the side of the broken window. Lisa followed his gaze and found he was indeed right—the layout beyond the window was somewhat different from elsewhere, surprisingly a narrow passage.

This didn’t seem like good news.

”So the time that thing wasted here earlier was just because the journey was longer?”

Lisa looked at Fu Qian with slight disappointment, proactively analyzing the pessimistic situation.

”We can’t rule out that possibility.”

Fu Qian nodded.

”Do we still need to go inside? It feels like even for Lost Souls, the probability of living in such a place isn’t high.”

”Of course, even considering this road, I feel it took a bit too long.”

Acknowledgment aside, facing Lisa’s lack of confidence, Fu Qian displayed his leadership manner, nodding towards the passage.

”Also, compared to the road we came down, do you notice anything special about it?”

”...Other than being narrower, what else is there?”

Lisa frowned for a moment, scrutinizing with effort, but unfortunately, there really wasn’t anything special.

Lacking decorative carvings as well, some bottles and jars in the corners were also quite ordinary, not much different from those in the previous rooms.

”It’s just those scattered things on the ground, don’t you think their arrangement makes the corridor less monotonous? I seem to feel a love for mundane life in it.”

Noticing her gaze, Fu Qian glanced over and commented.

”I don’t think so...”

With this excessively outlandish description, Lisa felt her brain was strongly resisting following his line of thought.

”Sorry for interrupting.”

Unfortunately, clearly beyond her control, she mumbled as Expert Fu had already given up on entering through the window, instead moving to the door, knocking earnestly before opening it.

...

The door wasn’t closed, nor did Lisa have a choice.

Forced to follow Fu Qian into the passage behind the door, she even really observed the placement of those bottles and jars.

But alas, before she could savor anything, the passage was already finished.

The end was a space much smaller than the adjacent room, seamlessly tight, as if carved directly from a stone.

At a glance, not only was there no human figure, but the setup was extremely crude.

”Here!”

However, this time, Lisa once more proved herself.

Based on her experience dealing with Fu Qian, unpleasantness was one thing, but he evidently seldom did meaningless things.

So at the moment she saw the scene at the end, not only did she refrain from making a hasty conclusion, but she also searched every corner with keen eyes.

And her diligence paid off; soon she lifted a heavy cover from a corner, revealing smaller stairs below.

Too seamless, combined with the pervasive mysterious glow everywhere, it really wasn’t obvious.

At the same time as she acted, the distinctive scent, present since the start, suddenly intensified.

”It seems there really is something...”

And just from a quick glance, Lisa turned to look at Fu Qian, who was approaching, with an expression of incredulous wonder.

...

The hidden space beneath the cover was no more spacious than the one above.

When Fu Qian followed her down, Lisa was already staring blankly a little away from the steps.

This basement-like place evidently had more furnishings than above, even small-sized tables and chairs.

And what Lisa was looking at was the scene surrounding the table.

There actually were two human corpses, one large and one small, lying prone there.

And though dry as if deprived of all moisture, from the long hair and clothing on the larger body, it was still recognizable as a woman.

This wasn’t even the most shocking aspect.

Apart from these two seemingly asleep at dinner time, another corpse was on the opposite side of the small table—strangely slumped there, with two conspicuous curved horns on its head.

It was a sheep.

Lisa was very sure of this.

From those twin horns downward, that body had no human characteristics visible.

Even though it was decently dressed.

And sitting there like that, they truly resembled a joyful family of three.

”What do you think... is going on here?”

Despite being an extremely bizarre scene, it inexplicably evoked sadness.

Seeing Fu Qian approaching, Lisa suppressed her emotions, asking in a slightly somber voice.

”Firstly, it seems our guess was correct; that thing was indeed looking for corpses.”

Fu Qian did not refuse, carefully observing and first affirming himself.

”Indeed, and from this perspective, that thing isn’t really smart, acting based on instinct.”

Oddly relieved, Lisa agreed with Fu Qian’s view.

Now it seemed that the White Bone Centipede lingered here for long probably because it ’smelled’ something, but unfortunately, its perception wasn’t enough to discover the way downward, so eventually, it gave up and left.

Sensible, but now it seemed that wasn’t the main point anymore.

”So there really are corpses here, and they appear to be ordinary people... what’s with the sheep?”

”What’s so strange about that.”

Fu Qian seemed to find her surprise unwarranted.

”In some legends, humans can transform into animals.”

”Perhaps they are a family, finally reunited in this manner after death.”

”...So do you think this is really the Netherworld? And what about these corpses that died again?”

Instinctively suppressing certain bizarre thoughts, Lisa decisively posed the unavoidable paradox.

”What’s so hard about that, just like why that Stone Gargoyle turned to stone—because the Netherworld died.”

Nevertheless, the special guest of this trip continued replying fluently.