Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 112 Memory
"I don't care about that nonsense."

Milo had no intention of tracking down the white ghost.

He knew where Kai's children would go when the "curse" took effect.

Mogot seemed to have some kind of obsession with the white shadow in the mountain stream. Before seeing the white ghost, he behaved normally in all aspects, but after the ghost appeared, he became obsessed, and his excited emotions gradually replaced his rationality.

However, the white ghostly figure in the ravine vanished in an instant. Below, it was pitch black, with dense low bushes, making it impossible to see which direction the ghostly figure had fled in.

But he knew very well that the general direction of the mountain stream was opposite to the direction of the underground cave in Milo's memory.

"It's distracting us."

Milo shook his head at Rebecca and said:
“Kay and Walker aren’t over there. Come with me.”

……

Rebecca ultimately chose to trust Milo's judgment.

But Mogot wasn't so rational.

For over twenty years, he roamed the desolate mountains, hunting down these ghosts that shouldn't exist in the human world—at least that's how it was in his insane worldview. Sometimes he couldn't tell whether the Delaman family members were dead or alive, and naturally, he would mistake the white shadows in the desolate mountains for some kind of ghost.

That's probably how the gunshots the Galids heard at night coming from the wilderness.

What the citizens of Galid didn't know was that Mogot wasn't simply going mad; the bullets he fired from his rifle were indeed aimed at some sinister creatures that actually existed in the desolate mountains.

……

Milo knew he couldn't stop Mogot, so he didn't stop him and let him chase after him towards the end of the ravine. He then took Rebecca and headed towards the entrance of the underground cave.

They soon entered an abandoned mining site, which was probably the original area where copper was mined, but Solomon Mining has now shifted its mining focus to other areas.

The vegetation cover has been reduced significantly. Large areas of mine shafts have riddled the mountains with holes. Even with some backfilling, the underground mine structure will still collapse after the internal mortise and tenon support frame is corroded by groundwater seepage. As a result, many mountain structures have large, discordant pits, which are all collapsed mining areas.

This is distinctly different from the mining site that Milo saw "earlier" today.

Because what he saw earlier was footage from almost three years ago...

……

Flies were buzzing incessantly in the jungle.

When Milo first arrived in Galid, he was very annoyed by these little creatures.

But now, when he hears a buzzing sound in the air, he feels a little relieved.

The real fear hidden deep within him did not come from the ghostly figures in the desolate mountains, nor from the ancient gods in the underground caves, but from the "corruption" mentioned by the red-robed witch.

Just a few days.

Milo has been lost in Karl's undead perspective several times in a row.

If he hadn't come to his senses at the last moment, his thoughts might have faded away along with Karl's memories of death.

This is what Milo is truly afraid of.

He didn't want to relive the tragic experiences of Karl, Robben, and others over and over again; he didn't want to forget who he was.

In particular, the thought of unknowingly falling into the perspective of another person's spirit again when he knows his physical body is still alive in the real world is terrifying. Three years ago, Galid had no flies.

Karl killed too many people in the underground caves, and after they turned into nutrients, the excessive fungi rotted and spawned flies.

So when Milo can hear the buzzing of flies in the air, it means that he is still Milo, in his id state, and has not fallen into the perspective of other people's undead.

He can only feel at ease when he can hear the sound of flies.

……

There are traces.

Upon entering the abandoned mine, the vegetation-covered surface turned into a gravel ground, where Rebecca found clear footprints stained with blood.

And there was more than one; there were also traces of bloody hands that had touched the ground.

"The bloodstains have almost dried. Did they go into the collapsed mine shaft?"

Rebecca still doesn't know what's buried beneath the mine.

But Milo didn't have time to explain to her.

The collapsed mine site was surrounded by many ghostly pure white flowers. In the dead of night, the scene was so tranquil that it was impossible to imagine the filthy and abhorrent things hidden dozens of meters underground.

Mogot had disappeared. Milo stopped and said to Rebecca:

"Two things: First, don't separate from me. The roads below are very chaotic. If you get lost, you'll never get out again. Second, don't linger in the fight. Judging by the timeline, those children will recover soon. Just protect them and help them escape."

Rebecca paused for a second, then nodded emphatically without raising any objections.

She could sense Milo's seriousness and solemnity. Although she didn't know why Milo was so familiar with this unfamiliar, desolate mountain, Milo's attitude indirectly proved the severity of the situation. She rarely saw Milo with such an expression, except in a truly critical moment.

……

Following the collapsed mountain crater, Milo and his companion entered the deepest part and found the mine leading underground by the trail of blood.

The first half of the mine has collapsed a lot, and the interior space is very narrow. The gloomy environment is enough to evoke the deep-seated claustrophobia in people's hearts.

However, the downward-sloping, collapsed mine shaft is only the very beginning. It is only when the inclined mine shaft reaches a flat rock layer that it truly enters the realm of underground caves.

"laugh!!"

Rebecca took out a simple kerosene lamp, struck a match to light the wick, and tied the lamp to her waist.

With the help of a faint light, the two could see the cold, ancient stone walls surrounding the cave, as well as the eerie murals on them.

Directly ahead was a fork in the road, with paths leading to the left and right. Inside, it was a deep, terrifying darkness, and nothing could be seen.

"This way."

Everything on the surface has changed dramatically compared to three years ago, but the underground cave remains unchanged. The ancient, dark, and cold stone walls gleam with an eerie luster under the dim light of the kerosene lamp.

The traces left by Raven and the others were no longer visible on the stone wall, but Milo... to be precise, Karl, Karl had memorized the correct route to every fork in the underground cave, because at the beginning, he still held onto a glimmer of hope for escape.

These memories are now proving useful to Milo.

(End of this chapter)