A thick layer of fog blocked in front of everyone, almost as thick as a wall. Hao Ren stopped in front of the thick fog and looked to both sides. He found that the fog wall extended to the end of his vision and gradually closed up in the distance.
The thick fog blocked the entire town, and there was no road ahead.
"I'm afraid this is the border of the town." Vivian also stopped. She carefully put her hand into the thick fog, and a strange, slippery and warm feeling came from the fog. "The scope of the mysterious realm is limited. There is no way forward."
"Why are you guys not moving? Hurry up, hurry up — "Heimerwin's voice came from the side. He was about to step into the fog when he found that Hao Ren and the rest had stopped." Hurry up, hurry up, the demon may run away … "
"Can't you see such a thick fog?" Hao Ren pointed to the fog wall in front of them. "No matter how you look at it, you shouldn't be going in."
Heimerwin was a little stunned. He turned to look at the thick fog at the border of the town. "Fog? What fog? Is there any better weather than this? I can see the shadow of the old mill from here. "
Everyone was stunned. This' ghost 'could not see the thick fog at the border of the town.
Just when Hao Ren wanted to ask something, Heimerwin had already stepped into the fog wall. Then a magical scene appeared.
As Heimerwin stepped forward, the thick fog around him slowly receded as if it had a life of its own. Shadows of roads and vegetation gradually appeared in the fog. These things seemed to be born out of the fog and extended forward along with Heimerwin's footsteps.
Hao Ren did not know what happened, but he still pulled Vivian's arm. "Everyone, keep up."
The thick fog seemed to have no end. It covered the sky and the earth, completely sealing off the entire space outside the town. After entering the thick fog for a few minutes, they could no longer see the direction they came from. They could only see the endless fog rolling in all directions a few meters away from the team, and the road stretched forward in this extremely limited area. In this chaos, Lily grabbed Hao Ren's sleeve anxiously. "Mr. Landlord, are we going to get lost?"
"Can't you lower your head and smell it yourself?" Vivian rolled her eyes at Lily. "As a canine, you're afraid of getting lost. You've spent all your talent on eating spicy sticks?"
Lily blinked and rubbed her nose. "You're right."
"It's okay," Hao Ren comforted her. "I've left a beacon transmitter at the entrance of the fog. Don't get lost. We can teleport back."
Nangong Wuyue looked at Heimerwin who was walking in front and tugged at her brother's sleeve. "How can a ghost open a path in the thick fog?"
"Because he 'remembers' this." Nangong Sanba frowned. "Although I'm not sure of the principle, it seems that this town is composed of two parts: the main body of the town is the real world, and all the supernatural parts, such as the spirit, the soot, Heimerwin himself, and the thick fog that sealed the town, these parts come from 'memory.' The whole town is regarded as a giant consciousness, and the remnants of its memory that happened to it become the phenomena we see in front of us. Because memory is always unstable, these phenomena are basically supernatural. "
Hao Ren looked at Nangong Sanba, puzzled. "How did you suddenly know so much?"
"I've learned nothing in the past hundred years except how to deal with the world of ghosts," Nangong Sanba said proudly. "I can't beat the werewolves, and I can't mess with the Blood Clan. If I want to make a living, I can only help people to catch ghosts. However, this is the first time I've seen a Spirit Realm as large as this one. But no matter how large it is, the basic principles are the same. Matter, memories, and souls form a supernatural space, which is what we're seeing. "
"Oh," Hao Ren said, wondering how Nangong Sanba could confidently say that he could not beat the werewolves, and the Blood Clan could not mess with them.
Everyone followed Heimerwin into the depths of the fog. After walking for some time, Hao Ren noticed that the road under their feet had become uphill. The team should be climbing up a small flat plateau. Hessiana asked the temporary guide in front of her impatiently, "Heimerwin, how much further?"
Heimerwin was startled by the sudden voice behind him. He shrunk his neck and pointed ahead. "Oh, it's just in front, just in front. We can see it now. The black house is — ah, it has become like this after just waking up."
The others could not see where the 'house' in Heimerwin's eyes was, so no one said a word. After walking for a while, the gentle slope gradually became flat. The team walked out of the slope and came to an open flat land. They finally saw the so-called 'wizard's hideout'.
A dilapidated old house stood alone in the open space in front of it. It was surrounded by a thick fog, which made it look even more eerie and eerie. The structure of the big house was very simple, divided into two floors. Except for a small horse peng, there were no other additional buildings around it. But judging from the size, it should have been a building belonging to the rich. At least, at that time, civilians could not afford to live in such a house.
Heimerwin shrank back a little in fear and pointed to the entrance of the big house. "He lives here, almost no one gets close."
Hao Ren nodded and looked at the exterior of the house curiously. He found that except for the front door, all the windows of the building had been nailed shut with wooden boards. Occasionally, a few of the broken window boards could be seen through the gaps, and behind them, thick and old black cloth could be seen. The whole building was in a highly enclosed state. Normal people would never live in such a house.
Vivian glanced at Heimerwin. "You haven't been in there?"
"Yes … once," Heimerwin said, a little scared. "It was full of filthy and blasphemous things. All kinds of deviant books were piled up on the table."
"Now it sounds like you are very resistant to the 'Scholar'," Hao Ren stared at Heimerwin's expression. "But according to our investigation, you trust the 'Scholar' to the extreme. You almost want to hire him as a consultant, and you two often discuss problems together."
Heimerwin was startled, and his face quickly showed a disgusted and uneasy expression. "I was bewitched! It was magic, the power of black magic! The demon used magic to brainwash me. I can't even remember what I did when I was under his control. But I'm awake now, and I can remember some of what happened at that time … It seems that you are right. The demon is really dead, and the magic he cast on me has faded. "
"Maybe so." Hao Ren nodded perfunctorily and dragged Heimerwin into the house. "You come in too, we need you to continue to be our guide."
Heimerwin resisted a little, as if he was still afraid of the house. But when he saw the evil look in Kassandra and Hessiana's eyes, he lowered his head and cooperated obediently.
"Squeak!" Hao Ren pushed open the dusty door, and immediately a lot of dust fell from the door frame. He took two steps back, and when the dust settled, he was the first to walk in.
Lily once again took out her Flamejoy as a light source. The moment the weapon appeared out of thin air, Heimerwin gasped in surprise, and Turcan poked him with the hilt of his rapier.
The interior of the big house was very messy. Big tables and wooden shelves filled with all kinds of equipment were placed everywhere. Fortunately, the objects and scrolls on the tables and shelves were obviously related to black magic. This was indeed the place where the wizard used to live.
"The fog doesn't seem to have invaded this house," Lily sniffled as she looked at the furnishings in the house. Her nose was very sensitive to the thick fog outside, and she sneezed a few times outside. Now that she was in the house, she felt much better. "And it's strange, there's no dust here."
There was a thick layer of dust everywhere in the house, but there was no black ash. It seemed that the strange ash phenomenon only existed in the town.
The team began to look through the materials and books left on the table by the wizard. Heimerwin found that no one was paying attention to him. He sniffled, found a corner, and sat down carefully like a stone statue.
Hao Ren saw a big open book on the big table in the middle of the house. The first sentence on the book caught his attention.
"On the other side of the door, the secret knowledge of the Twisted Kingdom."
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