Is it really normal to contain these anomalies?

This girl is one of them, and she is imprisoned in this dungeon.

And now, it seemed that because she had stayed in this place for who knows how long, she couldn't wait to leave.

"Ah! That's great! Let's go then!"

Ella was very satisfied with Bai Yu's answer. She perked up and stretched.

"It'll be troublesome if those bastards really come back! You guys definitely can't defeat them head-on with what you have now."

"Those bastards? Are you referring to the guys who kidnapped you?" Aijia asked without waiting for Bai Yu to finish his next sentence.

"No," Ella shook her head. "They just call themselves the Moon Worship Cult..."

Moon worship cult?

No one has heard of this term except Bai Yu.

"Did they just leave here?!"

Bai Yu frowned quickly when he heard this. Having completed Terraria, he knew very well what the Moon Worship Cult that the mechanic mentioned was.

They are the boss of the Meat Queen and also an extreme religious organization.

But in reality, they are just a group of lunatics who worship the ancient god Cthulhu.

They had no idea when they had glimpsed Cthulhu's true form, and from then on they worshipped him as a god, firmly obeyed his rule, and regarded the pain and fear he brought to this earth as a gift.

Thousands of years ago, a clan of ancient tree demons stepped forward. They dug out the Eye of Cthulhu, part of his bones and several pieces of his brain, severely injured Cthulhu and forced him to choose to go to the dark side of the moon to recuperate, waiting for the opportunity to come to this world again.

The dryads bought precious time, and civilization emerged again on the land of Terraria.

But that group of lunatics did not disappear. In the dark corners of civilization, the Moon Worship Cult was truly established at this time.

Even though Cthulhu has left, they still stubbornly believe that their god is about to return, and before that, they must prepare to welcome the coming of God.

Therefore, they used this fallen underground city as their base, captured the mechanic, and asked her to replicate the missing mechanical body for Cthulhu.

Yes....that sounds funny.

They attempted to have a mortal create prosthetic limbs for the ancient god.

But they almost succeeded!

This talented mechanic has almost finished her work!

Eyes, torso, spine...all that's left is to build a mechanical brain to fully restore Cthulhu's destructive power.

(Although Bai Yu questioned this, at least that’s how the original plot was written)

And now....

'If they don't leave now, we'll be in trouble...'

Bai Yu's brain was thinking rapidly. After all, the current Terraria was closer to reality. According to the logic of reality, it seemed not impossible for them to encounter these cultists now that they were in the enemy's base.

If a fight breaks out now, they will definitely be slaughtered...

"I don't know....but most of them were tricked by me into looking for a place called the Temple."

Ella smiled slyly.

"I told them the new blueprints weren't powered enough and asked them to go find that legendary place. I don't think they'll be back for a while."

"The temple...it turns out they were all led away. This is your doing..."

Bai Yu's mouth twitched.

He finally understood why the Lunatic Cultists could only appear in the dungeon after defeating the Temple Golem.

"Yeah!" Ella was very proud.

"But you still created the Three Mechanical Kings for them."

"Ah... this."

Hearing Bai Yu's calm tone, the girl finally smiled awkwardly.

"I have no choice. If I don't work for so long, they will really kill me..."

"I know, it was just a joke."

Bai Yu said that he just couldn't help but complain, and he continued to ask without any malicious intent.

"So do you know where these things you built are now?"

These mechanical bosses can be summoned with summons before the game starts, so these things are not sealed. On the contrary, they have always existed in a corner of this world... and the dungeon, their birthplace, is also the place where they are most likely to shut down and hibernate.

Bai Yu didn't want to explore here halfway and then alarm these ghosts.

But his hope did not come true, and Ella's next words did not make him feel relieved.

The mechanic just shook his head.

"I don't know. The Moon Worshipers took away their blueprints and the first generation machines... They might still be mass-producing them in this dungeon..."

Chapter 192 Residents’ Welcome

batch?!

Bai Yu fell into a brief silence.

Where the hell did the Moon Worship Cult find so much manpower and material resources?

Could it be that they really have dug out the metal mines beneath the dungeon? No! They must have Sacred Ingots in their hands?!

This mineral ingot, which can't be synthesized in the game, seems to be a drop from the three mechanical kings. Where did the Moon Worship Cult get it?!

"Are you... sure?"

Bai Yu still couldn't believe it.

If the Moon Worshipers could really produce a large number of Mechanical Three Kings before the enemy, Terraria would have been completely defeated long ago.

"Emm, maybe. After all, the size of my design is too big. Let's see how fast they can manufacture it."

Ella continued to explain briefly, but soon didn't want to talk about it anymore.

"Let's go first. After all, compared to the ones that haven't been activated yet, you should pay more attention to the curse of the dungeon..."

Click...

Suddenly, there was some noise coming from the stairwell below her feet.

"what's the situation?!"

Leonce, who was standing aside and had no idea what Bai Yu and Miss Ella were talking about, was the first to react.

He took out a few glow sticks from the coarse cloth backpack behind him and threw them into the deeper road again.

And under this green fluorescence, several skulls emerged from the shadows.

"Wow! They're coming after me!" Ella hurriedly pulled out the giant wrench from behind her. "Quick! Let's run!"

But beside her, the five Lobotomy Corporation employees didn't react much.

The Abnormalities in the company were much scarier than these monsters... so much so that they even thought these enemies looked somewhat amiable.

Bai Yu walked down very quickly.

In front of him, these skeleton monsters were still too slow.

Before they could raise their arms, which had turned into dry bones, Zhengcai would cut directly at the joint of their necks. With a little force, he could separate the bodies of these monsters.

"No need to run."

In less than a minute, they dealt with the group of enemies that wanted to go upstairs.

Everyone stood on the broken skeleton and looked back at Ella, then spoke calmly.

"nailed it."

"You guys are pretty awesome..."

Ella sighed somewhat angrily. She couldn't remember how many times she had tried to escape but was caught by these corrupted skeletons of the Moon Worship Cult.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Moon Worship Cult always ties her up before leaving.

"Ms. Ella, please continue with the curse you're saying."

Bai Yu glanced at the plate armor on the stairs.

They were all wearing the simplest plate armor and seemed to be just civilians mobilized for war.

"Oh..."

Ella finally reacted.

"You can't stay here for too long! Without the Moon Worshipers' special potion, you'll be corrupted by the dungeon if you stay here for too long!"

"You mean the curse of the dungeon?"

Bai Yu is not quite sure about this thing. After all, the plot does not clearly explain what this curse is.

As a player, he has never seen his game character being corrupted.

"Yes," Ella said without hesitation, "Life here will only gradually move towards death."

"But we've been here for nearly two hours, and we haven't seen any accidents."

"A few hours is definitely no problem, but if I really stay here for ten days or half a month..." Ella said slowly.

Over the years, she had witnessed many Moon Worshipers being completely transformed because they did not drink the potion in time.

"We certainly won't stay this long."

Bai Yu felt that if such a long time span was required, then the curse would not be a problem at the moment.

"All right..."

The girl also felt that she was talking too much. How could adventurers need their concern?

Thinking about this, she just asked for her final request.

"Could you give me some torches?"

"Are you planning on returning to town alone?" Aika, clearly understanding the underlying meaning, advised, "It's night outside now. You know how dangerous it is to walk back from here."

This attitude is completely different from how we treat fishermen.

After all, although NPCs can be resurrected directly in the town after death, she still felt a little reluctant to let a young girl like Ella die.

"It's okay, I have this!" Ella clapped the giant wrench in her hand vigorously. "It's enough to deal with ordinary zombies."

“It’s still too dangerous…”

"Will you come with us, then?"

Bai Yu suddenly interrupted Aijia and threw a bottle of memory potion from his inventory to the girl.

Even though this thing is basically useless now that he has the magic mirror, he still likes to carry two bottles with him to prevent such emergencies.

"This is a Memory Potion. If you want to leave, just drink this potion and you can return to town."

"Of course, we still need to continue exploring. It would be great if we had a 'guide' who is familiar with the dungeon's terrain."

Bai Yu really wanted to persuade this talented mechanic to stay with them. After all, there were many traps down there, and with her around, they could probably avoid many of them... But if she really just drank it and left, he could accept it.

“…”

Ella looked at the transparent potion in her hand in silence for a few seconds, but she finally just put it into the pocket that was most convenient for her.

She really wanted to go home directly, but she raised her head and made some kind of determination.

"Okay, but when the danger comes, you can't blame me for running away!"

"of course."

Bai Yu didn't expect the mechanic to have much combat power.

He rearranged the formation and discussed with Lyons whether to descend - after all, there was obviously nothing worth exploring on the upper level, so they had to continue descending.

"Thank goodness you were able to climb this far..."