Beihan Town.

This is a city that should not exist in the real abandoned city, but only appears in novels about ancient capitals.

According to the normal journey, it should take Lu Ban and his team another day and a half to reach Hanxu in the north of the abandoned city. But now, after almost a whole night of travel, they arrived at this small town.

Lu Ban could tell there was a problem just by looking at his knees.

"Here is the manuscript paper."

Xia handed the manuscript she had just found under the seat to the two people in front of her.

The manuscript paper was stained with dirt, engine oil, and Xia's vomit. Lu Ban hesitated for a moment and spoke.

"You come and read it."

"?"

Trist looked at the manuscript paper mixed with the beautiful girl's vomit, and his face looked a little ugly.

"You are a local, so you can better understand the author's writing style. Maybe you can even gain some insights from the novel."

Lu Ban explained seriously.

"What if there is something horrific and terrifying in here that makes me lose my sanity and then I go crazy and attack you?"

Drizzt didn't take the manuscript, but glanced at the vomit on it.

"Then I will take the responsibility of knocking you out, don't worry!"

Lu Ban spoke righteously.

"You two..."

Xia glanced at the two useless men and could only take back the manuscript and read it herself.

Although the foreign texts were converted in the Silent Land so that she could read them easily, the things on the manuscript paper still gave Xia an inexplicable sense of weirdness.

The content on the manuscript was obviously a continuation of the one they found in the house. The detectives and their team set out on the journey to Beihan Town. On the way, the vehicle was attacked by monsters and encountered strange phenomena, but they finally arrived at their destination, Beihan Town.

The buildings in Beihan Town have a very unique structure. Unlike most abandoned cities that tend to be modern in style, this place is like the medieval castles in knight novels, with pointed churches and towering walls. The people in the town wear dark suits and hats. Although they look different, they give people the feeling that they were cast from the same mold.

At the end of this section, the detectives heard the church bells ringing in the town. A group of suspicious-looking guys gathered towards the church, and the detectives decided to enter the church to find out what was going on.

"The bells are ringing..."

After a whole night of driving, Drizzt was a little tired. He continued driving, preparing to find a place to park, and then asked the townspeople about the town and the ancient capital.

As soon as the car entered the town, the three saw the townspeople.

Click——

Drizzt's heart skipped a beat, because the townsman was wearing a black suit, a hat, and holding a briefcase, just like an ordinary office worker, but his wooden expression made him look like a puppet, giving people a strong sense of incongruity.

The townspeople were exactly the same as those I had seen before arriving here.

Lu Ban finally understood what it meant to look different but seem like they were carved from the same mold.

Because of this numb and indifferent look, no matter what you look like, the impression you give is the same.

"Hello, is this Beihan Town?"

Lu Ban shouted at the other party.

When the man heard Lu Ban's question, he looked at him warily and then left.

When he left, his eyes were still fixed on Lu Ban. As his body moved, his head seemed to be fixed in the air, motionless. Only his neck twisted and twisted continuously, and then more than ninety degrees, his entire neck twisted into a knot, which was extremely horrifying.

"He doesn't seem very friendly."

Lu stumbled back.

"…This isn't a question of friendship or not, his neck has become like that, that's the biggest problem."

Drizzt complained.

"I think everyone can do that after training."

As Lu Ban spoke, he twisted his head, trying to turn it more than ninety degrees, but quickly failed.

"Pity."

"You're not sorry, there's something wrong with this town, we might have entered some strange place."

Drizzt continued driving as he murmured reminiscingly.

"Legend has it that in the abandoned city, some cities were not destroyed, but were hidden by some supreme beings. The structures of these cities and the citizens were distorted by those supreme beings, and eventually became forbidden areas. Could this be one of them?"

"You make it sound like we're going to become ordinary office workers wearing black suits and carrying briefcases."

Lu Ban said something, and then a voice interrupted him.

Bang——

It was the dull sound of a heavy object hitting thick metal, which inexplicably resonated with the human heartbeat and was heart-wrenching.

Bang——

There was another sound, and Lu Ban saw that there were more people on the street.

Those "people" wearing black suits, carrying briefcases, and with indifferent and weird expressions walked onto the street and headed towards a tall building with a pointed roof.

During this time, these people's eyes stayed on the car, their necks were twisted, and each of them looked like a corpse with a broken neck.

The way they walked was also very strange, they walked on tiptoe, as if they were doing something secretly, nimble and quick.

"church?"

Xia recalled the description in the novel.

"Shall we go and take a look?"

Lu Ban opened the car door and walked forward two steps, imitating those people.

"?"

Drizzt looked at Lu Ban's confusing behavior, then looked at Xia.

"There shouldn't be any magic here that can make people's brains go haywire, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xia closed her eyes seriously and remained silent for a moment before opening her eyes and answering.

"Probably not."

“…”

Trist pulled out the car keys, opened the door and got out.

He hesitated for a moment, then followed Lu Ban as usual.

Xiaya put away the manuscript and followed.

The townspeople who walked in a strange way walked forward. Some crossed the grass, some stepped over the fence, and more took small steps on the road. Lu Ban imitated them and walked stealthily.

Everyone's eyes were sometimes on Trist, sometimes on Xia, but no one seemed to look at Lu Ban.

"Could it be that by imitating them I can hide myself?"

Trist thought this idea was really stupid, but seeing Lu Ban's appearance, he also tried to imitate those people and walked a few steps.

Unexpectedly, the townspeople's attention was focused on Xia at the same time.

Xia also began to follow the steps of the townspeople.

Suddenly, everyone's heads turned back and faced forward.

"...It actually works. Does this mean that those who don't follow this method are outsiders?"

Trist didn't understand what was going on. He saw in front of the crowd a magnificent church with classic stained glass and a spire. However, the stained glass depicted humans suffering and being tortured, and even being transformed into monsters.

"church……"

He thought of the description in the novel.

Lu Ban had already followed the group of people into the church.