Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 594 Midra Mansion

The people outside the fog waited for a while, and then they heard a loud shout from the fog and saw a large flame flashing in it.

With a muffled "boom" sound, blazing flames shot up into the sky, even faintly transforming into several dragon-shaped shadows, dancing endlessly in the fog!

The dark fog was soon ignited and eliminated by the rising flames, and the road ahead became clear.

Everyone: "!!"

It was only then that they saw that Li You had not walked very far. The dark fog seemed to hinder perception, and even Aggie did not notice this.

On the path ahead, Li You pulled out the spiral sword, looked at the sky which had become much clearer, and shook his head, saying, "I should have done this from the beginning."

The spiral sword was strengthened again, and his own strength also reached a higher level. So, let alone facing the source of the fire, he could easily break the impact of the aftermath of the opponent's power on the environment.

He turned around and called to his companions: "Let's go, I have dealt with the monster in the fog."

If those monsters with big eyes that Li You didn't know the names of were in the game, he would probably have a hard time dealing with them. They were probably forced invincible monsters. He relied on the direct power of the spiral sword's flame to crush them, but it would be hard to say if they were ordinary faded ones.

But it's not a big problem. He should have cleared all the big eyes nearby just now. Now even the air in the forest at the bottom of the valley has become a little fresher.

So Li You and his companions did not delay any longer and headed towards the Midra Mansion in the previous interrogator's memory.

It was probably because of the leakage of the insane fire that there were few other creatures in the forest at the bottom of the valley. After Li You cleared the fog and dealt with those "monsters", there were basically no more obstacles along the way.

Soon, Li You and his party arrived at the southwest corner of the forest at the bottom of the valley. At the end of the road, they saw a mansion that had a dark appearance but was decorated in a very stylish way if one looked closely.

V unceremoniously scanned the mansion in front of him with his artificial eye, and then shared everything he saw with his companions through the mental link.

Although this was not the first time Kara entered the mental link network, she couldn't help but marvel at the convenience of this ability, which even she had never thought of.

"Aige is amazing. He has really become much stronger since the last time we met... Hmm? What is that?"

Kara noticed something from the view shared by V. In the open space in front of the mansion, there was a row of black objects, which looked like black flying birds standing in a row from a distance, but each of them had a little gold embellishment on its head.

After receiving her hint, V turned his gaze towards the row of black shadows. When the true appearance of the black shadows was revealed, everyone including Li You was shocked.

"That is……!?"

Edge confirmed that there were no other enemies nearby, only a few birds hovering in the distance, and everyone immediately gathered around.

The dark shadows on the open space in front of the mansion were not motionless black birds, but a row of neatly arranged corpses with their hands tied behind their backs, kneeling on the ground and their heads chopped off.

The clothes of these corpses were stripped off, leaving only a few dirty strips of cloth covering their bodies. A short golden stake was inserted into the broken part of each person's neck. They had been kneeling here for who knows how long, and the bodies had become stiff and black, covered with stains.

Such a row of corpses, neatly placed in front of the mansion, combined with the atmosphere of the entire forest, undoubtedly makes people feel a strange horror.

However, Li You did not feel scared at all. He came to the row of corpses and tried to check. Sure enough, he found clues on the corpses.

Aggie also saw the clue: "These people seem to be horned people. There are traces of their horns being cut off on their bodies."

"Are they all horned people?" V was a little surprised. "Could it be that someone is enforcing justice?"

"Not really." Kara shook her head. "If it was Messemo... Big Brother Mei's work, he wouldn't have carried out such an execution, nor would he have nailed the golden stake. But if it wasn't him, then who would have done such a large-scale execution of the Horned People?"

Kara seemed to remember something when she said this, and she glanced at Li You subconsciously. Coincidentally, Edge and V seemed to be thinking the same thing.

Li You: "?"

"Look at what I am doing. Could it be that I traveled through time to do this? I don't have the ability to travel through time."

Of course Kara and the others knew that this was impossible, it was just a thought.

Melina then appeared. She looked closer at the row of corpses and said, "There are traces of insanity in their bodies. It's very faint, but it's there."

"Oh?" To be honest, Li You didn't notice it, but Meimei was more authoritative about the matter of epilepsy, so he naturally believed it.

"It seems that the answers are all in that mansion."

Naturally, everyone did not delay any longer. Li You walked forward, pushed open the door, and walked into the mansion first.

As soon as he entered the door, the scene inside stunned him again.

From the outside, although the surface of this mansion is covered with stains and no one has cleaned it for many years, from the decorative details of the walls and the door, it can be seen that the owner here is obviously a cultured and tasteful person in a high position.

However, when they pushed open the door, the interior of the mansion was in chaos. Even a hurricane might be cleaner than this.

Flaked rubble was scattered everywhere, pale spider webs were all over the ground, and all the furniture in the house, even though it could be seen that it was once valuable and full of artistic atmosphere, has now become fragments of varying sizes, becoming a footnote to the past prosperity.

Passing through the entrance porch and entering the front hall, a white spirit stood at the end amidst the ruins, and slowly spoke to everyone:
"Don't get close... don't get close to the madness..."

Li You stepped forward and tried to strike up a conversation with it. It actually spoke as if it were having a conversation: "...Uninvited guest, welcome. Please also listen to the warning of my master, Midra, and don't get close to madness."

The spirit could only repeat this sentence, and it seemed that it had no remaining consciousness. Li You gave up on continuing to communicate with it, but Aiji had already discovered something.

"Come and see."

On the left wall of the hall, there is a large painting, which shows the distant view of Midra's mansion. However, unlike what everyone sees, the mansion in the painting is full of flowers, surrounded by green trees, and the mansion itself is also full of sunshine, a scene like a paradise.

"Is this the Midra Mansion of the past?" Li You couldn't help but take a few more glances. The gap between the scene in the painting and the reality today was too great.

"...Is this place like this because of the insanity?" Edge couldn't help but ask.

Melina had been following everyone since she showed up. She said, "Judging from the traces here, it's probably true, but it shouldn't just be caused by the insanity."

Kara nodded: "The insane fire will melt everything, but it will not turn this place into ruins like bandits passing through."

V probably guessed something: "It's a man-made disaster after all, right? Don't forget the horn-man interrogator we met before. I'm afraid the insanity was just the trigger."

Yuzu listened quietly and nodded quietly.

Li You: "......"

You have already said all the words, what should I say?
"...Forget it, let's go. Isn't this painting just an illusion wall?"

Li You really had nothing to add and was feeling very uncomfortable, so he could only step forward and touch it, breaking the illusion and revealing the corridor behind it. It was still in ruins and even more messy.

Kara and the others were quite happy to see him get humiliated occasionally, and followed him into the corridor.

The group then explored the mansion along the way. After getting rid of some black ghosts of horned people and the spirits of horned warriors, Li You found some notes left in the large study in the mansion.

As they walked along the road, the most common thing they saw was bookshelves. Midra's mansion could be described as a small library, but unfortunately all the books had now become pieces of paper. It was only when Li You sensed a trace of lingering magical energy that he found these broken notes.

The notes seemed to be left by a later person, and one page recorded his experience of encountering the "forbidden old man". From the description, Li You knew that the so-called "forbidden old man" was the monster with big eyes that he had burned to death.

According to the notes, if you can use a tool to push away the old man's staff when it falls, you can destroy their body protection and cause damage to them. Li You suddenly realized: it turned out to be a mechanism monster that was meant to be countered.

In addition to the records about the forbidden old man, the remaining notes also mentioned that the owners of this mansion were Midra and his wife Nanaya. Midra was originally a great scholar of the Horned People.

There are also portraits of Midra and Nanaya in the mansion. Midra looks like an old sage as most people imagine, sitting upright on a chair. Although he is a horned man, his features are not obvious. Nanaya stands beside him, with a hood covering the upper half of her face, and her temperament is gentle.

From these records and portraits, we can also see that this mansion was once peaceful. However, later, for some unknown reason, the power of insane fire appeared in the mansion, and soon after, the torturers of the Horned People came here.

The notes ended abruptly here, but Li You knew what happened without even thinking about it.

The emergence of epilepsy is the source of everything. The notes do not mention where it comes from, but anything related to it will not have a good result.

As for the future, just as Kara and V had analyzed, the insane fire would only burn everything, and would not smash and rob like bandits. Only a human could do such a thing.

"Pfft-"

Behind the bookshelf where Li You was standing, the mantis knife pierced through an interrogator. V pulled out the knife, kicked the body down, and said, "There's more over there."

"Qiang——!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the broom flew over and pierced through the two interrogators who had just come out from behind the bookshelf in the distance.

"boom!"

At the back, Edge punched another approaching torturer, and golden energy exploded, shattering the other's horned head into flesh and blood.

Finally, a loud roar came from the open area of ​​the library in front. Yuzu's body grew bigger, and he roared as he lifted a huge and round chief interrogator from the ground, then slammed him against the wall with a "bang". The other's fat body was half squeezed into the wall and stopped moving on the spot.

The interrogators in the library had been cleared out, and Li You had just finished reading the notes in his hand. He put away the remaining notes and said to his companions, "Thank you for your hard work."

He took a few steps forward and found something near the open space where Yuzu had crushed the Chief Torturer, and hauled the grappling hook up to the second floor.

Here, a female mummy in a yellow robe sits at a desk, holding a torch made of a spine, with a dirty yellow flame burning on the top that is about to go out.

Melina, who was following him, almost responded: "This is... insanity!"

Li You nodded: "Although it is about to go out, it is indeed a mad fire."

Everyone gathered around at this moment, looking at the torch in Li You's hand: "This thing is..."

Kara had seen the mad fire before, and even without getting close to it, Yuzu, Edge, and V could sense the unspeakable madness and chaos from the dying flames.

"This is Nanaya, Midra's wife, the hostess here." Li You explained simply, "As for why she has this torch, I don't know. But..."

Li You pulled out the spiral sword, ignited the flame, and touched the spine torch. The dirty yellow flame was immediately suppressed by the spiral sword fire after it approached.

Li You threw the torch into the campfire created by the spiral sword. An extremely large black gas suddenly exploded from the sword, but the crazy fire had been completely extinguished.

Melina's eyes lit up: "This sword can really suppress the insanity!"

"It's just the dying embers of the Mad Fire. If we really run into the Mad Fire King, I'm afraid it won't be that easy." Li You was not blindly optimistic, but his guess was also verified. "But at least, the flames of the spiral sword can indeed suppress the Mad Fire, and that's enough."

He looked at his companions beside him and said, "I don't think I need to say more about what happened here. Let's go and meet the owner of the mansion."

(End of this chapter)