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"Woo............"

When the girl opened her eyes, she found herself lying on the ground.

What happened?

The girl opened her eyes and recalled carefully. She only remembered that she was resting at home before, and then an earthquake suddenly occurred. Before the girl had time to escape, she was knocked to the ground and hit her head and fainted.

Fortunately, she was lucky.

The girl walked out of the door and looked around. The whole world was dark. She raised her head and looked at the sky, and then the whole person froze there.

"Oh my God, what is that!?"

The girl looked at the sky in shock, and saw a mysterious, ancient, indescribable weird city hanging upside down above her head. It appeared from the clouds as if it was about to fall from the sky, and seeing this unimaginable terrible scene, the girl felt unspeakable fear.

"What happened here?"

The girl barely came to her senses and tried to call her family, but the phone was completely unreachable. She stumbled out of the house and looked around. All the houses were either collapsed or in a damaged state. There was no one on the street, and this weird atmosphere made her feel scared instinctively.

Must, must leave here as soon as possible! Where to go? School? Shelter? Or hospital?

Although the girl's brain was in a mess, her body still instinctively started running. Even if she didn't know where to go, her instinct told her to continue to escape from here, escape from everything!

"Haaah... Haaah..."

The girl ran forward desperately, and finally, she saw several figures appear on one side of the street. So the girl ran over without hesitation.

"Sorry, disturb you!"

As she ran over, the girl asked loudly. Hearing the girl's call, the group of people turned their heads and looked at the girl.

"Ah---!"

After seeing the faces of those people, the girl screamed in fear.

No wonder she was so terrified, because those people's faces---are not human faces at all!

Tentacles emerged from their mouths, ears, and eyes, twisting constantly. Behind these people, the girl also saw several women tied up by tentacles. They were ragged, their eyes were dull, and they were abused like puppets!

"Ah——————!"

Seeing this scene, the girl turned around and ran away in fear, but at this moment, a tentacle suddenly stretched out, wrapped around the girl's legs, and pulled her over. The girl turned her head in horror and saw those twisted, inhuman monsters walking towards her. At the same time, tentacles emerged from their mouths and lower bodies, and pounced on the girl like an octopus.

"Help, help, help... Woo woo woo ..."

The girl's cry for help was completely blocked by the tentacles. She widened her eyes in horror and tried desperately to struggle. But the tentacles had already climbed onto her body. All the girl could do was to watch those strange and weird figures slowly approaching in despair—and then completely devour her.

For the people in this city, this nightmare has just begun.

Standing on the rooftop of a high-rise building, the masked man stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the scene below with a smug look.

"It's so wonderful. Nothing is more interesting than the struggle of mankind before destruction. Don't you think so? Mr. Mayor?"

The masked man said as he turned his head and looked behind him. Not far behind him, a middle-aged man was sitting on a chair and tied up. The latter was staring at the masked man angrily, gritting his teeth.

"What on earth do you want to do? You bastard!"

"You don't understand at all, Mr. Mayor."

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him, the masked man chuckled.

"You cooperated with us to try to consolidate your rule over this city. It was a foolish and petty ambition. But even you have the qualifications to be the protagonist of this drama, right? Queen Cassilda?"

"You lunatic! Don't forget that if I hadn't allowed you to spread in this city, you would never have reached this point today! But you've gone too far! You were also the ones who attacked the Jiumen family, right? What on earth do you want to do?"

Facing the mayor's roar, the masked man bowed slightly.

"Your Majesty, this is ridiculous. I wasn't the one who planned the conspiracy, so why would I want to overthrow your dynasty? The end is coming, and soon the King in Yellow will come and establish his eternal and fair rule."

"……………………What are you talking about? Damn it, answer me! What on earth are you lunatics planning to do to March City!"

Seeing the masked man's pretentious appearance and listening to the strange and incoherent lines he was reading, the mayor became more and more angry. However, the masked man didn't care and just continued to speak.

"Your Majesty, I am only repeating the teachings of the Order. This teaching has existed since the time of your father, your grandmother, and even the time of the Lord of Kings. I am only reminding you that your dynasty rules by the will of our God. Harry prophesied that our God will one day come as the King in Yellow and rule personally. That time is imminent, and I do not need to overthrow anyone."

"Madman, madman, madman!"

The mayor stared at the masked man angrily.

"You are all crazy! What gods rule over mankind? What era is this? You still believe in such words? You can try! March City is just a small city. Even if you control it, you can't change anything. You will be hit and suppressed soon. Your tricks of pretending to be gods are no match for guns and cannons!"

"You have fallen into your wrong idea that only reason is real. This world is not so reasonable."

The masked man looked at the mayor and smiled.

"Look, you disappeared for so long, but did it affect this city? No, not at all. Your enemies think you chose to escape, but your friends... like me, know that you will be here and dedicate everything to a great cause. Your persistence and stubbornness will become the most shining light in this drama, to set off how ignorant and unreachable human beings are!"

The masked man said this and raised his hands high.

"Look, the yellow seal is here! Everyone who sees it will be extremely happy!"

"Bang!!"

At this moment, the closed door on the rooftop was kicked open, and the food detective and the idol detective rushed in breathlessly. They held their weapons tightly and looked at the masked man in front of them. The latter shook his head and turned to look at the two.

"Ah, you are finally here, you are so slow. I have been waiting for you, because you will eventually make a choice."

As he spoke, the masked man pointed to the mayor tied to the chair.

"Now there are two enemies in front of you. He is greedy and wants to completely rule the city. For this, he sold his soul to our Lord, but now he regrets it. And I... am the spokesperson of God. I came here and brought God's will here. Now, choose! Me, or him?"

"Stop your weird ritual immediately! End it all!"

The food detective raised his pistol angrily and aimed at the masked man.

"You have no right to do this!"

"No, of course we can. This is a prophecy! It predicts everything!"

The masked man shouted and raised his hand again. Only then did everyone see that he was holding a tattered robe in his hand, dancing with the whistling wind.

However, in the eyes of the food detective, he could see the shining yellow mark on the robe. This made him feel a headache.

"Woo... Woo ah ah ah!"

"What's wrong with you?"

Seeing the painful look of her companion, the idol detective was stunned for a moment, and then she saw the food detective suddenly raised his pistol and aimed at the masked man. The latter stared at the food detective. Although the mask had no facial features, the idol detective seemed to see through it and saw the weird smile hidden under the white mask!

"Don't...!"

"Bang!!"

The idol detective rushed forward, and at the same time, the food detective had already pulled the trigger. As the gunshot rang out, the masked man fell backwards, his hands still raised high, grabbing the tattered coat. A scream with laughter rang out, echoing in the dark rooftop.

"You slaughtered the truth, and the old lie finally won! Everyone can realize their desires in my royal court, but in the end it is all meaningless!"

"Ding!!!"

The sound of a bronze gong rang out.

The gourmet detective came back to his senses and saw the idol detective looking at him with a pale face. At the same time, a purple light fell from the sky and shone on the rooftop. The ground around began to tremble, and yellow marks appeared one by one, and then the light changed to yellow again.

Then, a being appeared.

It was about three meters tall, wearing a ragged robe and hood, and its face was hidden behind a billowing yellow silk veil. Its hands were covered with yellow hoods. And under the yellow robe, countless tentacles could be seen flowing out like a skirt, flapping with its movements.

"……………Finally here."

Standing in the hall full of blood and corpses, Duanmu Huai raised his head. Just now, the three of them rushed into the city hall. In order to stop those monsters, Duanmu Huai chose to stay here to attract the attention of those monsters, allowing the food detective and the idol detective to continue moving forward. But this is just Duanmu Huai's trick. The reason why he didn't go with the two of them was to avoid being discovered by the King in Yellow. After all, he is also an Old One, and the King in Yellow might not come if he finds out that he is here.

If that's the case, then this play would be in vain.

But now……………Since it has appeared, it's much simpler.

Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand, and with his movements, the shadows around him began to surge.

"Liberate."