Detective Agency of the Bizarre
Chapter 667 - 667 One hundred and eighty-six of them cover the earth

667: One hundred and eighty-six of them cover the earth.

667: One hundred and eighty-six of them cover the earth.

Anna hoped that Lu Li would return: the fall of the Royal City of Arlen was just the beginning, much like the destroyed Belfast was merely the first unlucky city to be preyed upon among countless others.

Elm Forest, with Anna’s protection and the presence of other companions, was the safest place.

Lu Li wanted to go to Waynefort County to deal with the Evil Spirit Sara and Adam’s True Body.

The outside world was becoming increasingly dangerous, and he needed to finish everything outside while it was still safe during the daytime.

“After we return to Elm Forest, I can go to Waynefort County to end them myself, carrying redemption with me,” Anna did not want Lu Li to take risks at this time.

“Moreover, Lilia, Aidanvoya, and Mother of the Marsh are still waiting for us.”

Anna thought this would persuade Lu Li to return, but she forgot one thing.

“We need to be together,” Lu Li said.

Although Anna knew that Lu Li, a symbol of rationality, was trying to express that his own essence could mask his humanity, the indifference in his eyes still quietly dissipated, and she tilted her head slightly with a soft acknowledgment.

He unfolded a map from his suitcase, locating Waynefort County in the eastern part of the Arlen Kingdom, a distance of one and a half Ailen Peninsulas: 500 miles.

Without damaging the carriage, they could arrive there in the afternoon, still one to two hours before dark, which was slower than Anna flying, but more stable.

However, Amber was too eye-catching, and it was not guaranteed that they wouldn’t encounter migrating caravans causing trouble.

So it was left at Ryko Farm, waiting for them to come back and take it away.

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Aileen irritably pushed away the unfolded newspaper in front of her.

The first piece of news ruined her mood for the entire day—who knew how hard it was to maintain a good mood in a shelter.

“Would you like me to read it for you?” Lulu asked.

Aileen did not respond at first, but after a while, she nodded.

Despite her reluctance, she needed to know the situation described in the news.

Looking around the dining table, most people showed expressions of sorrow, but there were also some who felt relief, glad that they had found refuge in the shelter.

Undisguised disgust flashed in Aileen’s eyes.

“Lier Fort in the Arlen Kingdom was also invaded last night, as well as Manolock Island, Kande Classical City, Matt Sarylun Port, Weinerlag Fort, some villages lost contact, towns around Tronmans Swamp, towns around the Sahi Highlands, Delronas Eid City, Flarend City…” Feeling Aileen’s growing irritation, Lulu skipped over the remaining two pages of place names: “They were attacked by strange invasions, suffering heavy losses.”

“Have they started?”

Aileen, who was eating oatmeal, asked indistinctly.

“If I may speak frankly, yes,” Lulu answered.

Crash—

Tesla beside her put down the newspaper and began to eat the bread.

Looking at him, Aileen hesitated for a moment before asking, “I want to send a letter outside, how can I do that?”

Tesla tore the bread into small pieces and put them into his oatmeal, wiping the porridge from his stubble at the corner of his mouth: “It’s impossible now.

With the havoc, the shelter will forbid any contact with the outside world.”

The envelope for Lu Li was a privilege gained through Tesla’s identity—most shelter residents and staff had no right to communicate with the outside world.

“We are like prisoners locked up,” Aileen said angrily, pulling Lulu from behind her to sit down beside her to have breakfast too.

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“But for many people, it’s better to live in a dungeon-like environment than to die on the surface,” Tesla replied, scooping up the thoroughly soaked bread with a spoon and putting it in his mouth.

Tesla quickly finished his food without leaving a trace, stood up, walked to the edge of the dining room to pick up a pickaxe, and crossed paths with two shelter personnel as he left.

He stopped and looked back as they posted a notice on the bulletin board where everyone could see it.

[In the evening, we will host a banquet in the open-air restaurant where abundant food and fine wine will await the shelter’s residents]

Tesla understood the significance of what the shelter was doing, and it worked.

People looked up, and the previously sorrowful ambiance of the dining room became lively once again.

At least in terms of environment and freedom, this place was much better than a dungeon.

…

This gray plain had its own name — Tranquil Plains.

At least before the bizarre took over, it was indeed as tranquil as its name suggested.

But now…

At the edge of Tranquil Plains, hundreds of meters above the ground, Lu Li and Anna looked into the distance and saw a sudden, almost city-sized, deep hole in the plain that was too deep to see to the bottom.

Driven by the instinct to avoid danger, Anna circumvented the giant abyss, which was about a dozen miles in diameter.

She did not want to know what was inside, and neither did Lu Li.

“That is Lier Fort, the third largest city of the Arlen Kingdom,” Lu Li said, his eyes moving away from the newspaper.

The city symbol marked on the map was now replaced by the terrifying vast abyss.

Only the darker-colored roads gathered towards the abyss like a spider web, indicating that a city once existed here.

“So it’s not just the Royal City of Arlen that has been destroyed,” Anna remarked with a sigh.

The speed at which humanity was being erased from this world was faster than imagined.

They safely avoided any attacks from the beings in the abyss as they circumvented its periphery, possibly because it was daytime.

Anna increased her flying speed, and by around eleven in the morning, they reached Waynefort County.

Waynefort County was one of the northeastern counties of Main Affinity Continent, belonging to Arlen Kingdom, but like Ailen Peninsula, it was granted as a fief to a certain Grand Duke.

“That Grand Duke’s name is…

I can’t quite remember,” Anna recalled from the knowledge she learned when she was around twelve or thirteen.

“We need to look for Flarende Sanatorium in the notes.”

“It should be here,” Lu Li said, pointing to Flarend City on the map, which was less than fifty miles away from them.

Anna looked down at the map and compass in her lap, made a slight adjustment to the direction, and flew towards the yet to emerge Flarend City.

Twenty minutes later, the outline of a city began to appear on the distant horizon, along with some disgusting, fear-inducing tiny beings.

Blood Dandelions.

The Blood Dandelion that had landed in the Royal City of Arlen might have been just a fluke that drifted there, their main force still far outside Tranquil Plains in Waynefort County or perhaps these were the offspring of the dandelion group…

The wind brought them along, and the billowing twists of pale red enveloped them in the sky, only to be blocked by the protective barrier formed by Anna’s breath.

Apart from affecting visibility, making everything outside seem draped in a layer of blood-colored gauze, they caused no trouble for Lu Li and Anna.

But their appearance was not a good sign.

Because these Blood Dandelions were drifting from the direction they were heading towards, Flarend City.

They might originate from there, they might pass through there, but either way, it indicated that conditions in the city below were not good.

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