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Chapter 1388: Fall (Tired and Sleepy)

When the gourmet detective woke up and opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a large bed that looked luxurious and old. The bed sheet, which was supposed to be white, was now covered with bright red velvet, and felt soft and comfortable.

“What on earth is…?”

The gourmet detective sat up in confusion and looked around. He clearly remembered that he fell asleep in a hotel room, but the room in front of him was completely different from his own room. This room lacked decoration, was shabby and decayed, and there was a long sword and a tapestry hanging on the wall. There were strange patterns embroidered on the tapestry, and perhaps because of the embroidery, the gourmet detective could not see clearly what was depicted on the tapestry.

  Where is this? This is not my room!

The food detective sat up from the bed, and then walked down. What he felt on his feet was not the soft carpet of the guest room, but the cold stone slabs. The hard stone even made the food detective feel pain in his feet. He subconsciously took a breath, raised his foot to avoid the stone, and then the food detective opened the door, walked out of the room, and looked around.

Then, his eyes widened in surprise.

In front of the food detective, it was not the familiar hotel, nor were there any busy roads or tall buildings. All he saw were rows of low stone buildings that did not look like those of this era, and tall towers and palaces in the distance. The food detective looked up and saw two pink moons clearly visible above the night sky.

  Wait, where exactly is this place?

The food detective continued to look up, and saw countless stars twinkling in the dark night, and even gathered into a Milky Way flowing forward - no! That was not starlight!

Above his head was a city hanging upside down! The Food Detective could see the tall buildings emerging under the night sky, and even the cars speeding on the road!

The moment he realized this, the Gourmet Detective felt his body suddenly begin to float up, and even his center of gravity shifted at this moment. Then, he watched himself falling towards the upside-down March City in the sky!

"——————————————!"

The food detective suddenly stood up and jumped out of the bed. He kept panting and looking around. This time, what appeared in the eyes of the food detective was a standard hotel room as usual. The bed he was lying on was not a velvet bed, but an ordinary hotel Simmons mattress.

"call……………"

The food detective reached out and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

What a strange dream...By the way, I'm a little hungry.

The food detective looked at the watch, then picked up the phone to order a midnight snack. After all, people have to eat their fill to have the strength to continue fighting.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, and the food detective walked to the door and asked.

"who is it?"

"Room service, the midnight snack you requested."

"Oh."

Hearing the greeting, the food detective also walked to the door, opened it, and then looked at the waiter in front of him...

"Whoa!"

The next moment, the gourmet detective was suddenly startled and stepped back.

The waiter who appeared in front of the food detective was not the waiter in hotel uniforms that he remembered. Instead, the waiter in front of him was wearing an exaggerated costume that looked like something he would wear on stage. His face was also painted pale with white powder. He was just holding a gun in one hand and a plate in the other, staring at the food detective.

"Excuse me, what's the matter with you, guest?"

“Oh, no…”

The food detective shook his head, closed his eyes, and then opened them again - however, the waiter in front of him was still dressed in this strange outfit. He swallowed and reached out to take the tray.

"I just had a nightmare and I'm a little confused."

"Okay, have a good night."

The other party didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with his dress, he just nodded and handed the plate to the food detective, then turned and left. After watching the waiter leave, the food detective hurriedly closed the door, then quickly locked it, and then put the plate aside and leaned against the door to take a breath.

Is there something wrong with me or is there something wrong with this world?

The food detective is completely confused.

Forget it, let’s eat first.

While thinking, the food detective opened the plate, took out the burger inside, and then took a bite and started eating. It must be said that the delicious fried meat patty exploded in the mouth, coupled with the fresh sauce, it felt really good.

“Mmmmm… hm?”

  While the food detective was enjoying the food, he seemed to see something strange about the burger in his hand with the help of the light outside, so he reached out and turned on the light. Soon, the originally dim bedroom was illuminated by the light, and at this moment the food detective also saw that in the burger in his hand, a group of snow-white maggots were twisting and wriggling in the meat patty. He could even see the remains of the half-bitten meat patty that were still wriggling!

“Woooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!”

At this moment, the food detective could no longer bear it, dropped the burger in his hand, ran to the bathroom and hugged the toilet to vomit desperately. He even felt a numbness in his throat, as if maggots were crawling into his throat! !

After holding the toilet and vomiting for an unknown amount of time, the food detective, who was almost exhausted, finally came to his senses. He barely rinsed his mouth with water, then walked indignantly to the burger he had thrown away, wanting to take the burger to the hotel to ask for an explanation. However, when the food detective picked up the burger, he found that everything was normal.

"Hey?"

The rotten meat patty that was infested with maggots had completely disappeared, and instead there was a steaming hot, delicious meat patty wrapped in bread, lettuce and sauce. It looked completely normal and there was nothing abnormal about it.

"………………………"

The food detective stared at the burger in his hand silently, thought for a long time, then gritted his teeth and threw it into the trash can.

To be honest, after what happened just now, he has completely suffered from psychological trauma.

In the next few days, the three of them were still running around.

Duanmu Huai has already finalized the plan. Since the people here hope to unlock the seal and summon the King in Yellow to this city, he will just wait for the other party to summon the King in Yellow, and then kill him. Of course, this does not mean that Duanmu Huai will just sit there and wait. On the one hand, he still needs to swallow a lot of information as a trump card to fight the King in Yellow. On the other hand, Duanmu Huai also wants to force the other party to act as soon as possible. After all, after the other party knows that someone is tracking them, they will naturally speed up the progress in order to complete the plan. And Duanmu Huai has been tracking down the whereabouts of the mayor with the other two detectives these two days.

Fortunately, the mayor was very capable and had not been caught by them. If Duanmu Huai and his men had really caught the mayor, it would have been even more troublesome.

It’s okay if you can’t catch it.

Duanmu Huai and the others were having dinner in the restaurant after a busy day. Duanmu Huai was drinking coffee while reading the newspaper in front of him. The food detective next to him was eating heartily, which made the idol detective a little overwhelmed.

"I say you've eaten too much, one, two, three, four, five, six... this is the seventh plate! I feel full just looking at it!"

"Hey, there's nothing we can do about it."

After finishing the dinner in no time at all, the food detective sighed.

"After all, with the city like this, I can only eat normal food when I'm with you guys... So, are we eating normal food?"

It's no wonder that the food detective is so depressed. As he said, as time goes by, the situation in March City becomes more and more weird. Not only the food detectives, but also the idol detectives can see the changes that are happening in the city. Many times they will see the original skyscrapers become strange palaces and castles, and the towering chimneys become high towers.

Even the people walking on the street are like actors on stage, wearing makeup and exaggerated and weird costumes. Not only people, but also cars and subways are the same. Sometimes they see horseless carriages running on the street, and they also see huge underground monsters with their mouths opened like earthworms in subway stations...

Not to mention the food.

Only around Duanmu Huai would everything return to normal, otherwise they might have trouble eating and drinking in the next few days.

"I say, Mr. Duanmu, is there really no solution at all?"

The idol detective asked Duanmu Huai in a somewhat coquettish manner, but Duanmu Huai just shrugged his shoulders.

"I told you, the information of this city is gradually merging with Carcosa, so it is undergoing this change."

"But no one else reacted at all."

The idol detective watched a maid walk by—her face was smeared with pale powder, she was wearing funny clothes like a clown, and she was jumping and hopping on the ground like a frog. Although the tableware in her plate fell to the ground and smashed, neither she nor the people around her saw it.

"This is normal."

Duanmu Huai turned the newspaper again.

"When you look at the lunatics in the mental hospital, you know they are lunatics. But do you think the lunatics know they are lunatics?"

"………………………"

The idol detective was completely speechless.

"If you want to be like them, just take off the pendant, and then you can return to the normal world."

"Then what will I look like in your eyes?"

As he spoke, the idol detective looked at a man on the other side who was only wearing a leather coat and shuddered.

"Forget it, I think this is fine. No matter what others say, at least I won't go along with these guys."

“It’s like that famous joke.”

The food detective couldn't help but joke as he started to finish the next plate of food.

"When everyone in the world becomes crazy, then who is crazy, you or they?"

"Anyway, at least I'm sober now."

The idol detective didn't fall for it and shook his head vigorously.

While listening to the quarrel between the idol detective and the food detective, Duanmu Huai read the newspaper and secretly sensed the spread of the shadow network in his heart. After the shadow people and the shoggoths fought several times, the shoggoths changed their direction and placed the infected area in the city center. Duanmu Huai did the opposite and asked the shadow people to block all entrances and exits of the entire city, allowing all personnel to enter but not leave, and all those who wanted to leave were replaced by shadows.

And according to the information sent by the shadow man who infiltrated the interior, the progress over there is also very fast. It seems that it is only a matter of time before the ceremony really begins...

“Boom, boom, boom!!!”

At this moment, suddenly, there was a thunder outside, which startled everyone. They turned their heads and looked out from the floor-to-ceiling windows. Then the idol detective widened his eyes in surprise and pointed to the sky.

"Look there!"

There was no need for the idol detective to remind them, as everyone had already seen that the phantom city, which had always been as blurry as a mirage, was gradually becoming clearer. It was hanging upside down and slowly falling towards March City.

"Well, it seems the other party can't wait any longer."

Duanmu Huai stood up.

"Then let's take action too."

(End of this chapter)