Mystery: Lucky One

Chapter 162 Chapter 36 Doubts
After completing the task, Evelin happily returned home and reported her results to Mrs. Greenland.

"Briel promised me!" Evelin reported excitedly, "By the way, Mom, have you heard of 'jiaozi'?"

"'jiaozi'?" This question came in unison, one from Mrs. Greenland and the other from Mr. Greenland who was sitting on the sofa.

He has rough and bold facial features, but his beard is cleanly shaved, leaving only stubble, and his hairstyle and clothing appear to be tailored.

When he spoke, he was looking at the mother and daughter gently, with unconcealed curiosity in his eyes, and his dark blue hair was slightly reflective.

"Yes, Brielle said..." Evelyn repeated the "three steps of making dumplings" she had heard from Alice, as well as the small tradition of wrapping coins in the dumpling fillings.

Mr. Greenland suddenly frowned in discomfort and asked: "Did she tell you how the 'jiaozi' skin and 'jiaozi' filling are made? And how are they wrapped?"

Evelin shook her head hesitantly and replied: "It seems not...but Brier said that the made 'jiaozi' should look like this."

Evelin stretched out her hand to make the shape of a dumpling.

Mr. Greenland nodded thoughtfully and said no more.

"Ah, by the way," Evelin suddenly remembered something again and added, "Burrell also said that it is best to use another kind of tableware to eat 'jiaozi', that is, just... uh..."

Evelin struggled to organize her words: "Just use two thin wooden sticks of the same length. She calls these 'chopsticks'."

Mr. Greenland's brows knitted together deeply.

……

In the dim candlelight, the exploration team passed through corridors, halls, and rooms, going deep into the underground area of ​​the temple.

Suddenly, a half-open gray stone door appeared in front of them.

There are clusters of beautiful mushroom-shaped things growing outside the gate. They are the size of a palm, with white handles, bright red umbrella covers, and dotted with dark golden spots in the crystal.

As soon as they saw these "mushrooms", the members of the exploration team felt a strong appetite. They just wanted to rush over, pull out one and stuff it into their mouths.

"Gulu gulu." Many people swallowed their saliva, and Derrick was no exception.

Wait, are there... other sounds?
"Help me... help me..."

A childish, frightened, dry and helpless voice sounded quietly.

Suddenly, Derrick felt like he was hit by someone. He saw a team member rush out of the team and rush towards the "mushroom".

A long whip swung out like a snake and wrapped around the ankle of the team member. He fell to the ground and woke up.

— is Chief Colin Iliad.

The team member immediately got up in shame and said apologetically: "Sorry, Chief, I just..."

Colin shook his head, glanced at them, and said in a serious tone: "Be more vigilant and don't touch anything you shouldn't touch."

The team member agreed with shame and returned to the team.

At this time, Joshua stood up and warned: "That's rotten flesh and hairy scalp."

Derrick suddenly felt a severe nausea.

Joshua stretched out his red-gloved left palm and pointed it at the door.

With a flash of light, the blazing fireball quickly took shape and shot out, hitting those extremely attractive "mushrooms".

Boom! The ground trembled slightly, and the flame wave spread two meters in all directions.

When the fire subsided, all the mushrooms had disappeared, leaving only scattered pieces of flesh and blood.

The team member who had almost jumped out suddenly covered his mouth and started retching violently.

……

Derrick shook his head suddenly, woke up from his deep sleep, and saw the quietly burning fire in front of him and the team members who were guarding the camp dutifully. "Demon Hunter" Colin, who was sitting cross-legged next to a stone pillar, opened his eyes and said in a deep voice:
"Leave after 50 lightning strikes."

……

Behind the altar.

Derrick looked at the little boy who called himself Jack with a tense expression, as if he had seen the most terrifying monster.

In the minds of the residents of Silver City, anyone who can live in pure darkness for so long is definitely not a human being. Maybe it once was, but it certainly isn't now.

What's more...

Derrick looked at the frightened and helpless Jack and thought of the innocent Miss Destiny at the Tarot Club.

"Demon Hunter" Colin's eyes seemed to brighten a little because of Jack. His hand holding the sword became harder, but his voice was calm and steady: "What are you doing here?"

The little boy with yellow hair who called himself Jack replied with a slightly painful expression: "We are looking for the Lord's sanctuary."

"The Lord's sanctuary?" Colin asked.

The little boy Jack looked sideways at the dark cross and the hanging figure, and replied:
"right.

"I remember that my father took me sailing on the sea. We sailed on the boundless sea for a long, long time. I don't remember how long it took...

“My father told me that as long as I keep going in the direction where the Lord’s eyes are looking, I will reach His sanctuary.

"We kept moving forward, and kept moving forward, until one day we encountered a huge storm..."

……

Derrick looked up at the sky. The frequency of lightning had not increased significantly, and darkness was still the master of this land.

Thinking of the city-state he was about to arrive at and the temple of the fallen Creator, he couldn't help but feel nervous.

After spending some time to calm down, Derrick ate quickly and regained his fighting spirit.

He didn't know what would happen in that temple... Holding the "Hurricane Ax", he came to the middle of the team.

In the camp, lanterns covered with thin animal skins were lit one after another.

……

The little boy with yellow hair who called himself Jack replied: "They told me that as long as I go in the direction where the Lord's eyes are looking, and keep going, I can reach His sanctuary."

"They? Do you have companions?" Colin's eyes rolled around on their own, revealing the bloodshot whites, and then returned to normal eyes.

After taking in all the surrounding situations, Colin then asked: "Where are they?"

Hearing this question, the little boy Jack was obviously stunned for a moment.

Suddenly, he held his throat and said with a confused expression:
"I am so hungry……

"So hungry...

"So hungry..."

While talking almost in sleep, the little boy Jack raised his head and looked at Joshua who was wearing red gloves.

"So hungry..."

He grinned all the way to the base of his ears, his white teeth were neatly arranged, and slightly sticky saliva continued to flow out.

"Tick...tick..."

The sound of saliva dripping on the ground was so weird in this environment that Derrick, who had been looking for the shadow of Miss Destiny on Jack, was immediately stressed and raised the hurricane ax to strike out like a reflex.

(End of this chapter)