Disaster Strikes.

Chapter 1109 Intelligence
the next day.

Chen Mo came to a small open space near the auction house, where many people holding task cards and doing odd jobs gathered, but the prices they charged were quite high.

There are a lot of people coming and going here.

After walking around for a while, Chen Mo came to a female scourge master who mastered white magic.

Although she had many services, Chen Mo only liked one of them, which was to make the things in his memory appear concretely on parchment.

"Hello, these are 100 energy stones. I want to materialize a person in my memory. How can I cooperate with you?"

The female Scourge who held the energy stone in her hand took out a crystal ball with an expressionless face.

"Hold it, close your eyes, and recall the image of that person."

After hearing that, Chen Mo closed his eyes as instructed by the female Disaster Creator. With a "OK", he took the leather handed to him by the other party. After seeing the lifelike image of Scarface on it, he nodded with satisfaction. These 100 energy stones were really not wasted.

The transaction between the two parties was successful, and Chen Mo brought the animal skin to the other end of the auction house.

Auctions are usually held at night and only once a month. Usually, a large number of Scourge survivors gather near the auction site, half of whom are casual workers providing various services, and the other half are employers who post various temporary tasks.

Chen Mo found an open space and sat down.

He first put out the portrait of the scar-faced Scourger, then with a solemn expression he offered up the Qiankun Tower, carefully took out an oil painting covered with a black cloth, and slowly placed it in front of him.

After marking the relevant intelligence tasks on the two paintings, he waited silently.

There is no need to say much about the portrait of Scarface.

This was a strong man who could perform B-level tasks. Judging from the situation at the time, one of his basic attributes had probably exceeded the critical value of 500 points. Coupled with his arrogant style of doing things, his strength must be considerable. It was worth Chen Mo's careful investigation, so he offered a price of 500 energy stones.

As for this strange oil painting, it is a dangerous item obtained by Chen Mo in the "Black Water World".

The Black Water World is a cursed world of black magic, filled with all kinds of bizarre black magic items, most of which have something to do with mysticism. After Chen Mo successfully completed his mission in this world, he began to practice the "Yi Jin Jing" and improve his basic skills, and didn't want to get involved.

But this time, trouble came to us.

In the small town where he lived in seclusion, all the people in an old castle suddenly died mysteriously.

Their bodies looked safe and sound, except that they had no pulse or breathing. They had their eyes wide open, as if they were frightened and wanted to say something, but in the end they all fell straight down.

At first, people in the city thought it was a plague of black magic and immediately imposed martial law.

But this did not stop the spread of the disaster. More deaths occurred in the city the next day. Everyone showed great fear and stared with their eyes wide open. This also aroused Chen Mo's great curiosity. He thought someone was secretly collecting souls, so he went to the castle to conduct a secret investigation, but of course he found nothing.

However, that evening, he finally learned what had happened to the dead.

The phantom of an oil painting appeared before him.

This oil painting is just one of the countless collections in the castle. It doesn't look special. There is only a self-portrait of a woman in the picture. The background is a blurred wheat field and sky. The sky appears to be a vortex of stars. The overall look is that there are some signs of erosion by time, that's all.

As a result, Chen Mo found himself being sucked into the illusion cast by the painting.

Chen Mo had never heard of such a strange thing.

This seemed to be a reverse summons, summoning the souls of all those who had witnessed the painting into an unknown world. Fortunately, Chen Mo's Eye of Time and Space worked, twisting and closing this strange summoning window, and then quickly went to the castle and "sealed" this dangerous oil painting.

Chen Mo offered a high price of 3000 energy stones for this and marked an abnormal danger warning.

"How is this going?"

Chen Mo had just put out the masked oil painting when a man in a black cloak stopped in front of him. He looked at the painting which was marked "Extremely Dangerous" and seemed a little curious.

"I suspect it is very likely a phenomenal weapon, or a portal to an unknown world. It requires a professional to identify it in front of me, and to bear the associated risks."

If it is an entrance to an undiscovered new world, it would naturally be a valuable treasure!

What Chen Mosuo needs to pay attention to is that the appraiser must not put the "Black Book" in front of him to contaminate it.

"Oh?"

When the man heard this, a green light shone from his eyes under the shadow of his cloak.

"I'll try."

Then, he didn't know what skill he activated, and the cloak suddenly swelled up, and his body turned into a terrifying form of countless flies, mosquitoes, ants, bedbugs, and centipedes entangled with each other. An unsettling breath rushed towards him. Chen Mo narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing that this person was indeed extraordinary.

Then he briefly lifted the black cloth and uttered a cry of surprise. A large number of insects quickly fell off his skin, and he quickly covered his skin with the black cloth again.

"How about it?"

Seeing that he was somewhat famous, Chen Mo couldn't help but feel curious.

"This is a seal. It is already a bit damaged, and the power inside is spreading out. That thing is very dangerous. It is definitely not something we are familiar with. It is very likely a strange thing that came in during the old invasion." Looking at the man's depressed state, Chen Mo was silent for a moment.

"You should know that this is not the answer I want. You must at least give me a clue to solve the problem, otherwise I will not be able to pay you the corresponding reward."

"It's ok."

The man said calmly: "You have already paid me for letting me see this weird thing."

Then, under Chen Mo's gaze, this strange man walked away step by step.

Chen Mo shook his head. This guy also made him feel very dangerous.

After a while.

Several more people came to Chen Mo and asked about the oil painting.

After Chen Mo's brief description, most of them left with caution.

These people were obviously relevant professionals who had gathered here from various gathering places. They did not make blind and arrogant attempts, but were more aware of the dangers they would face than others. However, it was not known whether the matter had spread in the relevant circles, and gradually more and more people came here from all over the Evil God City.

"what?"

An old acquaintance came, the appraiser from the auction house named "Lark".

"It's you, why are you here?"

"I heard from others that a rather mysterious and dangerous old object appeared here, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect it to be you again."

As Lark spoke, she looked solemnly at the painting covered with black cloth. She did not try to uncover it, but muttered to herself, "No wonder so many old guys returned empty-handed. It is indeed a terrifying and evil thing. Where did you get it?"

"Darkwater World."

"No wonder. That world was invaded by the mysterious world before, leaving behind many pollution factors of the rulers and strange items from the old world community. It seems that this is most likely an item from the mysterious world. The people of that world will frequently throw some dangerous things out of the mother world, and outsiders who want to enter this world must bring back an item from the mysterious world."

After the lark finished speaking, it circled around the painting for a long time, but finally sighed and did not dare to lift the black cloth.

However, when Chen Mo heard the information about the mysterious world, he seemed to have thought of something.

"So, this thing is very valuable?"

Combining his experience in the black water world, he showed surprise.

Could it be that the legend is true? That city was originally a place in the mysterious world in ancient times, but later somehow became a part of the Black Water World? Doesn't that mean that there are likely to be other relics appearing there? No wonder a disaster occurs every few years.

wrong!

Then Chen Mo thought of a horrifying fact. Since the mysterious world would constantly throw things that they considered dangerous out of the mother world, doesn’t it mean that in the eyes of the people in the mysterious world, the city itself is extremely dangerous?
And I have lived there for more than ten years, but I didn't notice anything.

Now that I think about it carefully, there are indeed many details in this city that are full of horror.

For example, the calmness of the residents when facing danger, their extremely regular schedules, and their attitudes towards outsiders, why does it feel like... it feels like another twisted town! !

Thinking of this, Chen Mo couldn't help but get goose bumps.

This means that during the more than ten years there, I might have broken into another twisted town created by something, and spent such a long time with some "regular creatures", and I didn't even notice it!
fine……

During the period when he activated his talent as a time traveler, he behaved regularly, put himself in the shoes of the locals, and fully integrated into their lives. Otherwise, he would probably have become a part of them by now. The people behind the scenes there were definitely not people Chen Mo could contend with.

Chen Mo's face was a little pale.

For more than ten years, the person behind the scenes might have been secretly observing me.

"Thank you very much. This is your reward."

"Giggle."

The lark, who was about to leave, looked at the reward in his hand and smiled helplessly: "I dare not take this kind of money. Many old guys are watching in secret. Even Master Sofei was seriously injured by this thing of yours. I don't think anyone in the Demon Eye City will easily open this thing again."

After the laughter, the lark suddenly became serious.

"Since you are an interesting person, I'll give you a hint. The mysterious world can be regarded as one of the most dangerous worlds. According to the words of those in the technological world, it is a black hole. The time and space inside it will frequently become disordered. Mirages reflecting various wonders of the world will emerge in an endless stream, and all kinds of bizarre creatures will inexplicably fall into this world. In addition, the ancient and old worlds have frequent contacts, and the sages who once pursued holiness have caused a catastrophe because of their research on unknown black magic. Tsk tsk..."

At the end of her speech, she kept shaking her head.

"Anyway, entering this world is already an A-level mission. If you enter a time-space disorder area, it will be fatal."

"Then...thank you."

After the two added each other as friends in the address book, Chen Mo watched the other person leave.

(End of this chapter)