Detective Agency of the Bizarre
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159 [We have tried to minimize the distorted content and contaminants in the text and images as much as possible; most of the information is harmless, but a small portion remains, and reading it may lead to a reduction in Sanity Value or transient auditory and visual hallucinations, with adverse effects disappearing within a few hours to a dozen hours.

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[The decrease in Sanity Value caused by the newspaper information is the True Sanity Value, which is irrecoverable.

However, do not worry, this decrease is very slow and usually only slightly perceptible after reading more than 100 newspapers.]

The first things that caught his eye were two straightforward advisories.

The newspaper material was just ordinary single-sided paper; even the investigators were not extravagant enough to use Oblivion Paper as an expendable item.

In today’s terrible environment, where knowledge equals madness, having a relatively safe newspaper to read was quite a luxury.

Like a normal newspaper, the headline of the Investigator’s Weekly was “Immortal Giant,” but it contained more details that should not be known to the general public.

Such as the true reason behind the disappearance of the Immortal Giant and the loss of contact with Tillage Garden.

Its headline inexplicably sent shivers down his spine, provoking an indescribable fear and unease.

[The Time for the Stars to Return has Come]

Pausing briefly, Lu Li bypassed this article and first looked at the weather forecast at the end of the newspaper.

The major cities of the Earlen Peninsula Duchy and the Main Affinity Continent were listed above, with forecasts for the coming week, but the suffixes after their names were not weather.

Or rather, not weather as understood by ordinary people.

Belfast: Lightless Night; Mutant Rain;

These were the weather conditions displayed for Belfast, noteworthy that Lightless Night appeared as a suffix for every city without exception.

The suffix Mutant Rain was present in more than half of the cities, and Mist of Strangeness was the least frequent, only appearing in two adjacent coastal cities.

If Lightless Night represented a disaster of darkness, then Mutant Rain and Mist of Strangeness would represent two other types of disasters.

Lu Li recalled a scene he had experienced in a gallery: bells echoed over Belfast, and an eerie fog drifted over from the sea, enveloping the entire city.

The lights dimmed almost to extinction, and the dark, foggy streets seemed to gain something extra.

Was that what the Mist of Strangeness was?

This weather forecast could perhaps be termed an apocalyptic prophecy.

There was also an inconspicuous line of information indicating that the number of strange occurrences in the Earlen Peninsula region had increased by 14.3% compared to last month.

After a glance, Lu Li returned his attention to the news about the Immortal Giant.

[The Time for the Stars to Return has Come]

The situation was far more serious than we had imagined.

Charles and I have been here for three weeks now, and the Mist of Strangeness still envelopes all of Tillage Garden and the adjacent waters, making it inaccessible.

We often hear strange sounds coming from the fog, unceasing.

Two days ago, I saw a naval ship from the Lennon Archipelago Duchy pass by; they would not heed warnings.

Those people living in the land of silence seemed entirely unaware of the seriousness of the situation, venturing into the fog and disappearing just like the Immortal Giant, visible until today.

Let’s hope there were no colleagues aboard that ship.

Valentine returned to resupply, and I asked him to bring back some information and past events related to Tillage Garden, and guess what I found?

Tillage Garden has never had an incident involving an Evil God.

We all know that Evil Gods are omnipresent.

Faith causes them to emerge from the void, contaminating people’s thoughts.

But in Tillage Garden, we have not found a single report of Evil God’s Territory.

Before this, we had assumed that the lack of cultural development among the natives of Tillage Garden was the cause.

However, now, let me boldly speculate—could there be a deeper possibility: is there an existence on this land more terrifying than the Evil God, deterring it from intervening?

From the materials brought by Valentine, I learned some secrets.

For example, long ago, the residents of Tillage Garden had worshipped certain entities, but for some reason, these entities suddenly disappeared.

Occasionally, there would be people who claimed to hear these entities whispering in their ears, but often, not long afterwards, those who claimed to hear the whisperings would go mad or disappear.

Feels like déjà vu, right?

The last local people who remembered them eventually recorded this and claimed that when the stars realign, these entities would return and descend.

I am not saying that the ‘realigning of the stars’ is now, but it seems like there might be some connection between the two.

If any of you are interested, you might want to look into the history of Tillage Garden.

Investigator Fenson, Senior Investigator Charles, Valentine reporting to you.

The article ends here.

While reading this segment, the Sanity Value Counter on Lu Li’s wrist did not tick; knowledge-based content is not within its sensing range.

This article is somewhat baffling.

Considering Fenson has been in Tillage Garden for three weeks, and Lu Li only bought this week’s newspaper, this situation is quite normal.

Just as Lu Li thought, the disconnection of Tillage Garden and the disappearance of the Immortal Giant relate to the strange.

Lu Li pulled out a blank piece of paper from the drawer and wrote down several items in sequence: Lightless Night, Mutant Rain, Mist of Strangeness, old beliefs of the Seaview Cliff locals.

When the merchant arrives, he will attempt to obtain information on these keywords from him.

Picking up the newspaper again, Lu Li looked at the second piece of news.

[The tragedy in Dwarf Gold Town has been resolved]

The Evil God’s Followers who were ravaging Dwarf Gold Town were all killed on Saturday evening, and the investigators who executed the event have left the area, leaving only Alliance and Night Watch personnel to handle the remaining tasks.

So far, aside from thirty-seven townspeople who were yet to be sacrificed in the basement and a sibling pair hiding in the attic, no other survivors have been found in Dwarf Gold Town.

The clues of the Evil God’s Followers point toward the Main Affinity Continent.

The initial Follower had come from the interior, hiding in Dwarf Gold Town to gather believers, and when the believers were strong enough, they sacrificed the entire town.

Investigative organizations have already dispatched to investigate the event.

While reading the news, Lu Li turned to a map and geography books.

Dwarf Gold Town is a small town located in the central part of the Allen Peninsula, over a hundred miles from Belfast, with a population of around 1,000 people.

Only thirty-nine townspeople survived.

The deaths of a thousand people occurred just over a hundred miles from Belfast.

Lu Li continued reading in silence.

[Mysterious silhouettes spotted moving along the coast of Insmouth Town at night, chaotic webbed footprints found after daylight]

[A man-eating house on Elm Street in Belfast, which emits chewing sounds when a person enters, and after a while, clothing and other objects are spit out the door]

[A vortex with a diameter of several tens of meters appeared at Zainster Port, disappearing after a brief ten seconds at noon, preventing any passing ships from being dragged in]

Over the past week, various strange events in the Allen Peninsula region have been reported in the news, providing readers with a clear understanding of what’s happening around them.

All things considered, the Investigator’s Weekly Report is worth the price.

If only it were a bit cheaper.