Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 632 Ancient Crimson

C has already mentioned enough veiled information.

Milo had already become aware of the content regarding the movement of stars and the ballads of the celestial bodies, but he was still unsure about the so-called New Milo and Old Milo, as well as the Pilgrim Butterfly embryo born in the New Milo laboratory and its words.

The old Miyun University has only just fallen, so how could there be a new Miyun University...?

...

C seemed to completely ignore Milo's warning. He looked up at the sky, his expression bewildered, and sighed:

"You can't even imagine how fast the enlightenment spread; before the blood-red moon even descended, a cult of the moon had already been born..."

Be wary of those who rush headlong towards the moonlight.

Then——

puff!

C's weathered face, which had been wearing a calm smile, suddenly cracked open just a few meters away from Milo.

His whole body looked as if he had been split in two from the top of his head.

The shattered body melted completely within seconds, leaving only the investigator's briefcase lying flat on the ground.

...

Just like when he witnessed Yan's sudden death last time, Milo couldn't find the source of the murderous malice at all.

However, the difference is that Yan's death was just an illusion, while C really died, just like the Blood Saintess of the Church.

"This isn't right..."

Many things happened inexplicably, even giving Milo the feeling that he was still in the abyss.

One step forward reveals a red mountain range that has been turned upside down, vine-like substances originating from the earth, pilgrimage butterflies whose will has been sealed for millennia, and a completely isolated church. Everywhere the eye can see is absurd.

Taking a step back, on the other side of the dividing line, lies the slumbering Nanwei City, shrouded in darkness, seemingly unchanged from before.

……

Milo opened C's briefcase.

But the box didn't leave him any important clues as is customary in the plot. There were only a few unwashed, smelly shirts and socks, a pistol and some ammunition, and a badge from Miskatonic University, which might be the last badge of a Miskatonic University investigator.

...

In fact, Milo's heart was not greatly affected by C's sudden death.

His thoughts were more focused on the words C had said before he died—

"Oh, by the way, if you see any cultists trying to summon Doros, remember to kill them before the ritual ends."

"Because this might be the only chance..."

...

Dolos.

Isn't that a scene that played out once before in the Abyss World?
In that absurd world, Milo and Emma are a cult couple who, after a passionate night, summon the Outer God-level Steel Wire Ball Doros by reciting incantations from the scriptures.

It was a ritual that could not be interrupted; the summoner had to recite all the incantations completely and without error.

Otherwise, it will turn out like the story in the abyss.

The investigator, clutching a small pistol and hiding in the darkness, shot the cultist in the head, successfully interrupting the ritual. In the end, Doros began to expand infinitely, and with His Outer God Order, He brought about the destruction of that world.

...

This made Milo begin to wonder if the C from earlier might have come from the abyss.

But then I thought again, that doesn't make sense. That world has already been destroyed by Doros, and C, who belongs to the Abyss world, should have returned to chaos as well.

So, this is yet another nonsensical line.

Who would summon Dolos in a world of lucidity?

What does summoning Doros have to do with the Blood Moon? ...

So far, those who have been quarantined or killed have said some strange things to Milo.

But one thing is for sure: Daisy was the smartest one. She didn't start spouting nonsense like the other two.

Although the message conveyed through dream interpretation is more subtle than direct words, it also allowed Milo to perceive the authenticity of the message.

Daisy's life was thus saved; she wasn't instantly crushed by the mysterious force, but she was still isolated on the other side by the mountains. As for what kind of will was driving all of this, Milo still needs time to investigate.

But the Blood Saintess and C were not so lucky.

The forgotten real name.

The Pilgrim Butterfly of Geheros.

And interrupting Dolos's summoning ritual.

These clear messages, one after another, brought about their own deaths.

...

Even if one is blinded by their own involvement, Milo would have to wake up at this point. Only those with exceptionally special Eyes of Thought survived after transmitting the message. And these messages from them did not belong to this current point in time, or even to this world, yet they were inextricably linked to this place.

"It could be the past, or it could be the future."

Furthermore, Milo cannot be certain that this is simply a matter of time sequence.

After all, only Daisy was targeted by the hounds, which at least shows that the information revealed by the Blood Saintess and C did not violate the order of time.

...

"It's mind-bending."

Milo scratched his head.

After returning from the abyss, many things gradually became absurd.

"Perhaps this is the consequence of forgetting one's real name."

He could only attribute all these incomprehensible things to this.

But something even more mind-bending soon happened.

A tall, slender figure slowly descended from the towering, massive mountain range.

At first, its shape was completely shrouded in the crimson hue of the background environment, and even Milo had difficulty seeing its outline clearly with the naked eye.

It wasn't until it got closer to the side of the night that Milo could fully see what this thing was.

But after seeing it clearly, he still subconsciously uttered that sentence:
"What the hell?"

...

This is an extremely abstract creature.

Its upper body has the skeletal outline of a human, but it is pale and terrifying and has no trace of human skin texture. Its head has facial features similar to those of a human, but there is a strange object protruding on the top of its head that extends backward and bends, with many sunken black holes on both sides, densely packed.

As for the lower body, it's hard to describe. It's the genitals of some kind of arthropod, with about twenty pairs of insect legs distributed on both sides, moving rhythmically like waves when walking.

It's something like that, from the front, it does look somewhat human, but from the side, it looks like a giant worm.

Like the snail-like beings of R'lyeh in ancient timelines, they possess a quality that makes people feel physically uncomfortable just by looking at them.

...

After the insectoid pupa arrived in front of Milo, it looked down at Milo with its head, which was nearly three meters tall.

Then, syllables of an ancient language emerged from those small black pores in its abdominal cavity—

“O worm from another world, now that you have enjoyed the Holy Communion, you are one of the apostles. Now that you face the ancient crimson, why do you not bow down and worship?”

(End of this chapter)