Lu Chen stood where he was, motionless for a long time. His surroundings were silent. There was no one in this underground cavern to begin with, only a red light. Behind him, the guards of the Floating Clouds Agency would definitely not come down without an order.
So for a while, it was so quiet that it seemed like there was no life in this place, if there was no Atsu.
Atsu was originally following behind Lu Chen. When Lu Chen suddenly stopped, it also stopped. At first, it did not notice Lu Chen's strange behavior. It just stood there casually, and at the same time, it looked at the city in the distance that was bathed in the strange dark red light of the blood moon.
The light of the blood moon also fell on Atsu, who was standing next to Lu Chen. However, Atsu did not seem to have any reaction, at least it was not obvious at all. After waiting for a while, Atsu finally felt that something was wrong. It walked in front of Lu Chen and looked up at him.
Lu Chen's face did not show any painful expression, but his brows were tightly knitted, as if he was thinking hard about something. However, he still could not find the answer he wanted, and his face gradually showed a blank expression.
Atsu thought for a while, rubbed its head against Lu Chen's arm, and let out a low cry.
Lu Chen's body trembled. From the countless complicated memories of the past that were like a maze, it seemed like a sudden clap of thunder had suddenly sounded in the sky, and it also seemed like a bolt of lightning had suddenly torn the darkness of the long night, illuminating the world in the shadow for a moment. He woke up with a start, and his face was pale.
Then, he looked down and saw Atsu standing in front of him.
Lu Chen was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, his chest rose and fell, and he looked a little excited. He took a few deep breaths, then walked up to Atsu, gently hugged its neck, and held it in his arms.
Atsu was a little stunned. It did not know what happened to Lu Chen, but after so many years, it had already experienced countless life and death situations with Lu Chen. Soon, it felt that Lu Chen's emotions seemed to be not quite right.
The man's body was slightly trembling, but he quickly calmed down. His arms were a little tense, as if he was trying to control his emotions, or like a person who was too cold and yearning for warmth.
Fortunately, Atsu's body was warm. Its body temperature warmed Lu Chen's chest, and his slightly cold blood flowed again.
Ah-Tu stood there quietly. Occasionally, it would whimper, but it didn't make any move to break free. It just stayed by Lu Chen's side, using its body heat to warm him up. It even rubbed his face gently, trying to comfort him.
This was the first time in many years that this black dog saw Lu Chen show such a weak moment.
…
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Chen's body and emotions had calmed down. When he raised his head from Atsu again, the weak look had disappeared. He had once again become the strong and calm man who seemed to be wearing a thick layer of hard armor.
"I'm fine." Lu Chen patted Atsu's head and said softly.
Atsu tilted its head slightly and looked at Lu Chen, as if it did not quite believe him.
Lu Chen sighed. He did not intend to explain in detail to a dog. After a moment of silence, he turned around and walked back the way he came, which was the passage.
Atsu was a little surprised. They had just come down to the underground cave, and they had just walked to the edge. They had not even gotten close to the underground city, and now they were leaving?
Lu Chen's face was expressionless. Perhaps he was in a bad mood. He was really not in the mood to search for White Lotus's whereabouts in this large, empty, hell-like city below. Moreover, even if he went to look for her, he might not be able to find her.
However, after he took a few steps, Ah-Tu barked twice behind him. It sounded a little strange, and there was a hint of dissatisfaction in it. It seemed like even a dog had its own pride. Ah-Tu was a little dissatisfied after being dragged along for a walk for nothing.
Lu Chen sighed, but he also knew that his behavior was strange. He turned around with a wry smile and said to Atsu, "Atsu, I have encountered a problem now. It's quite troublesome. White Lotus, she …"
When he was trying to explain to Atsu, when the two words White Lotus came out of his mouth, White Lotus's figure naturally flashed across his mind, and he thought of White Lotus's appearance.
His voice suddenly stopped, and he suddenly frowned. In his memory, that beautiful girl seemed to always be a two-faced person. On one side, she was a vicious and ruthless girl with bloody hands, and on the other side, she was a beautiful and refined gentle girl. It was just that at this moment, the two completely different appearances of that girl seemed to suddenly merge into one, becoming a new and familiar person. And that face seemed to vaguely overlap with a distant and blurry face in the deepest part of his memory.
"White Lotus, she …"
Lu Chen murmured again, and he even shook his head, as if he wanted to get rid of the strange emotions and thoughts in his mind. But his voice finally stopped again, and this time, he completely fell into silence.
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Atsu was a little confused by Lu Chen. It felt that it had followed Lu Chen for so many years, but it had never seen Lu Chen acting so strange like today. Its eyes rolled a few times, and then it looked up at the high ceiling of the grotto, where the blood moon was shrouded in dark red light. It felt that Lu Chen had been harmed by the blood moon.
Was he bewitched?
Had he lost his mind?
Had he become stupid?
Atsu suddenly became a little angry, and it roared at the blood moon in the sky. It roared angrily, and it looked very fierce.
But the blood moon in the sky didn't respond to it, as if it didn't care, and it didn't seem to understand this black dog's inexplicable anger.
At this time, suddenly, a hand reached out from behind. It was Lu Chen who walked to Atsu's side. He gently stroked the soft and smooth fur of Atsu, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Let's go down. We still have to do what we have to do. Go and find White Lotus."
With that said, Lu Chen strode forward. Ah-Tu was stunned for a moment. It thought to itself, This person isn't an ordinary fickle person today … It stood on the spot and wagged its tail, but Ah-Tu still trotted after him.
The quiet underground city, in the red blood light, was like a sleeping giant beast, or a completely dead skeleton. Lu Chen and Atsu, a man and a dog, walked slowly on the street. The doors were wide open, and there seemed to be some kind of strange eyes hidden in them, staring at them.
In the quiet space, perhaps there was a terrible voice screaming, calling, and shouting, as if it wanted to drag them down into the abyss to accompany those dead souls.
Unknowingly, they walked near the statue, but they didn't find anything unusual along the way. Just as Lu Chen was considering whether to use the stupidest method to start searching nearby, there seemed to be some kind of power here that was responding to the blood moon in the sky. Suddenly, there was a soft but sad cry from a corner of this city.
It seemed to be the sad cry of a young girl, and it floated in the air, as if it had crossed many years, returned to this world from the depths of her memory, and came to Lu Chen's side.
Lu Chen suddenly turned around, and looked at the swaying and changing blood shadow in the distance.
The long street was silent, and there was no one, but at the same time, there seemed to be a strange fog quietly spreading from the street.
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