Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 511 [Chapter of Hidden Abyss] 55: Desperate Trust
Chen Yan looked at the others.

He wanted to stay here, but why did the other people present continue to risk their lives to stay here for his sake?
Just because he knew how to get out of here, did he have to do what he wanted?

Chen Yan believes that if in the face of today's weird environment, if only "threat" rather than "trust" is what maintains the comrade-in-arms relationship between people, the source of danger will most likely come from the "dark depths" To "your side".

What's more, except for Jack Baldo, neither Weber nor Paul Kim Walker knew the relationship between the spherical Tunguska and the underground, nor did they know the identity of the investigator of Chen Yan's Anomalous Biological Investigation Bureau. In the few words in the dialogue of the spherical Tunguska, it is known that the spherical Tunguska "seems" to know the underground road.

For his teammates, Chen Yan had to explain clearly, and ruled out the suspicion that he "wanted to find the city of mountains from the beginning" - Chen Yan believed that this was very important.

More importantly, in order to maintain the trust between himself and his teammates, Chen Yan believed that he had to explain clearly why he knew Cyborg Quinn and the "colleague" relationship between himself and Cyborg Quinn.

After quick thinking, Chen Yan said to the others:
"It's a long story, and now I can only tell you that this lunatic was originally the chief of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Northern Federal Bureau of Anomalous Biology Investigation, and for some reason was involved in underground affairs—the building we are in now Laboratory—yes, you heard me right, this damn place itself is a laboratory, located in the Miskatonic University Research Institute 20 years ago."

Chen Yan looked at Jack Baldo, who had turned into a living corpse and stood up:

"Jack, you've heard about Tungus Spherical about the underground, and you know about it."

Jack Baldo made a reluctant voice with his dilapidated throat:
"Yes, I can attest to that."

Hearing Jack Baldo's words, not only Paulkin Walker was relieved, but even Solal was relieved.

Huh?Why does Solal trust Jack Baldo so much?Because they are all undead?
Chen Yan didn't have time to think deeply about this question, so he pointed to the direction of the ceiling and continued:
"This surface above our heads is where the Miskatonic University campus is located.

And where we are now is the empty area under Miskatonic University, named [Waste Abyss]. "

"Some kind of unknown event happened here 20 years ago, which caused the laboratory to be abandoned in the [Waste Abyss], and later fell here because of Cyborg Quinn's stupid operation."

Chen Yan looked into Solal's eyes:

"My teammates and I entered the Omega mining area purely for the purpose of mining. What happened later was completely accidental—if we want to enter this ghostly place for exploration, we should prepare armor and more powerful firepower That's right, it's not just one person carrying a gun, it's no different from courting death."

After looking at each other briefly, Solal said:

"I take your word for it."

Solal didn't know that Chen Yan had anything to do with what happened in the city of mountains before. Through the conversation just now, he vaguely heard something, so he asked Chen Yan:

"Do you know the way out?"

He didn't ask "what do you know", but asked "do you know the way out", which meant that he didn't want to inquire about the city of overlapping peaks from Chen Yan, and he was not interested in it.

Solar has always had a clear purpose.

Chen Yan said:

"I know, but now we can't leave immediately. I want to investigate here, but I promise that after completing the investigation, I will definitely take everyone out of here and provide sufficient compensation."

When the words were spoken, everyone more or less showed some astonishment.

Out of trust in Chen Yan's previous actions, Chen Yan's teammates quickly broke away from the stunned state and accepted this fact.

Solal glanced at the two fellow miners beside him, and said to Chen Yan:

"We can help you, and leave together later."

Things have come to this point, and there are not many options for them to choose. They don't know how to leave the city of mountains. The three of them alone will be arrested if they go out. Right now, they can only gather everyone's strength and leave here together.

The two miners were of course very scared, but out of years of trust in Solal, they resisted this fear and followed his advice.

Chen Yan didn't know where Solar's trust in him came from. It wasn't until Solar came to Jack Baldo, who had turned into a living corpse, that he realized that Solar didn't trust him, but Jack Bardo.

Thinking of this, Chen Yan suddenly realized that according to Jack Baldo's character, he would definitely not leave Solal and the others here.

Solar, he knew, must know Jack Baldo.

When did they meet?

I saw Solar came to Jack Baldo and took out a strange "ghost" from his arms——

The thing that looks very "ghost" is half the size of a palm, and it looks like some kind of "floating" black substance as a whole, such a thick fog-like black substance is surrounded by a dim white halo.

Solal crushed it, and the ghost-like black substance adhered to Jack Baldo's body, and a dim "mist" spread over his face.

When the fog cleared, Jack Baldo's face, which was just like a living corpse, had returned to normal human flesh and blood.

"thanks……"

Jack Baldo looked at Solal, not knowing what to say for a while, he felt that he vaguely knew the "ghost", but couldn't remember what it was called for a while. 【Note 1】

"I am Solal from Astra, and everything else has been abandoned."

Solal looked into Jack Baldo's confused eyes, and the words he spoke again were inexplicable:
"The light and heat of the sun illuminate and warm the whole world. Selfless dedication does not ask for anything in return. This is the creed that the Sun Knight should abide by."

Chen Yan suddenly remembered that Jack Baldo seemed to have said that he was the "Sun Knight"...

Jack Baldo didn't seem to have completely escaped from the state of the living corpse, he just stumbled and said:

"I... I'm Jack Baldo from Catalina..."

Solar asked him:
"Where's Catalina?"

Jack Baldo replied:

"exist……"

He couldn't remember, so he said in frustration:

"I forgot..."

Solar said:
"The memory of the past is not important, the important thing is always the future... Where is your sword?"

Speaking of this, Jack Baldo, who had just escaped from the state of a living corpse and was not yet very clear-headed, raised the rifle in his hand and smiled:
"This thing is much easier to use than a sword!"

　[Note 1] What is the "ghost" in Solal's hands?
　　It is [Humanity], which can help the undead recover from the state of living corpses to the state of normal people.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)