It is certainly difficult to obtain a part of the sludge monster.

Stone, who had once fought side by side with the mud monsters, knew very well that these monsters looked like mud everywhere, but in fact, each mud dot was a complete individual and would never leave any traces while moving, not to mention that the mud monsters in this mansion might no longer be the original ones.

The mud monsters that Lu Ban saw in Nanhua Private Renji Hospital, in the wasteland, and in the abandoned city were obviously not the same kind, and there was a constantly improving relationship between them.

For example, the original inhabitants of the wasteland were native species, directly derived from the original followers of the Old Ones, but after being transformed and integrated by humans, they developed powerful mimicry abilities and were even able to disguise themselves as humans and transform into a swarm of insects.

The Nanhua Private Renji Hospital has evolved the ability to create a certain type of alien space, through which it hunts humans and seizes their souls.

As for the ones in the [Glass Flower] mission, they are already able to communicate and cooperate with humans to a certain extent and become tools of humans.

These types of mud monsters may have evolutionary selection relationships in different directions, and Lu Ban is not sure which one appeared first.

The ones in this Stormy Villa are obviously more heavyweight, at least they are closely related to Taoist Heming. And according to Lu Ban's understanding, Taoist Heming has also seen another Old One who suffered serious pollution. The mud monsters created or summoned by him are probably far beyond the previous level.

"We're having trouble finding it with this part of the sludge, but there's something else."

Stone said.

"God's body."

"…You mean, his internal organs?"

Xia suddenly realized.

"That's right. Gode is dead, and his internal organs are missing. They must have gone somewhere. If that mud monster devoured him, then by tracking Gode, we can locate his internal organs."

Stone said that even if the internal organs had been assimilated by the mud monster, they were still God's internal organs. Since the mud monster was watertight, they could only start from this poor dead man.

Thinking of this, the three of them immediately came to Gaode's room.

The corpse did not disappear, still lying on the bed in that miserable posture. As a whole night had passed, and it was windy and rainy outside, and the environment was humid, Gao De's corpse had begun to decay, emitting a strong stench in addition to the smell of blood, like salted fish that had been left on the chopping board and forgotten to be processed for several days. If you smelled it once, you would immediately vomit.

The smell had spread even into the corridor.

Stone frowned slightly, took out a mask and gloves from his coat pocket, put them on, and walked to the body.

Then, the booklet materialized in Stone's hand, and at the same time, his gloved right hand reached out towards Gode's body and grabbed a piece of rotten meat.

“So disgusting.”

Lu Ban commented.

"Don't talk too much."

Stone glanced at Lu Ban. The rotten meat in his hand had already rotted for more than half and turned into a semi-solid paste. The sight of it sticking to his hand was extremely disgusting. In Lu Ban's world, once a normal person touched these things, he would probably have to wash for three days and three nights to still not be able to eliminate the psychological impact.

But at the same time, a few lines of text and sticky drawings appeared in the notebook in Stone's hand.

Stone soon discovered that this was the structural diagram of Stormy Villa, and the place indicated by the structural diagram was the underground wine cellar.

In the wine cellar, Gode's internal organs were placed.

As for the condition of the internal organs, it is hard to say.

The three of them looked at each other.

It was still morning and there were still several days until the Summoning Night, so they had plenty of time to investigate.

Stone first found the old butler, expressed his desire to investigate the Stormy Villa, and asked for the key to the underground wine cellar.

The underground wine cellar is located downstairs. Every manor has such a wine cellar. Sometimes, the wine in these cellars is itself part of the value of the manor. Some wealthy people will buy the entire villa specifically for the precious wine in the wine cellar.

But there is obviously no such saying in Stormy Villa.

The wine cellar here is ordinary, even simple. The further you go down, the more humid it becomes. You can clearly see moss and peeling wall paint in the corners.

The further you go down, the stronger the fishy smell becomes, as if the building was fished out of the sea. It seems that this place is soaked in sea water, and even the air has become humid.

Lu Ban simply didn't believe that fine wine could be stored in such an environment.

It's good enough if it doesn't get moldy.

However, in the Middle Ages on Earth, wine was indeed consumed on a large scale by the rich and nobles in order to prevent it from spoiling in water. But the wine at that time was more like juice mixed with water, bland and tasteless. So, there might really be some fine wine in this cellar.

When he arrived at the door of the underground wine cellar, Lu Ban only smelled the lingering salty and humid smell of the sea, but no smell of blood or rot.

Using the key to open the old and heavy wooden door, the three of them saw a wine cellar full of oak barrels.

The air here is even better than outside, with a faint scent of oak and dust.

Mr. Browning probably didn't like drinking much.

Lu Ban knocked on one of the barrels of wine with his hand, and got a dull echo.

It's filled to the brim, making you want to open it and taste what's inside.

The three of them took a quick look around the wine cellar, and it was obvious that there was no trace of Gode's internal organs or the mud monster.

Stone opened the phantom notebook in his hand.

His eyes moved from one barrel to another, and finally he set his sights on an oak barrel in the middle of the shelf.

Taking out his revolver, Stone gestured to the oak barrel with his eyes.

Xia raised her hand directly, ready to release magic at any time.

Lu Ban took out [Last Words]. If the other party dared to resist, he would decisively sing the Hymn of the Old Ones to the other party and make it more realistic.

"I'll do it."

Xia said, as the most powerful of the three, she walked in front.

The oak barrel looked ordinary and no different from other wine barrels.

Xia first used a detection spell, but the feedback was not obvious.

Xia cautiously came to the wine barrel and placed her hand directly in front of the barrel. The air in her palm was distorted.

[Mystra's Void Explosion]

A spell of incredible destructive power suddenly hit the oak barrel.

Before Stone could react, the barrel exploded.

But there was no wine splashing, and Stone saw a person curled up in the barrel.

The man looked to be about thirty years old, thin, with high cheekbones and withered yellow hair. He looked like he had been forcibly stuffed into a wine barrel and jumped out because of the barrel's explosion.

When he saw Lu Ban and others, he immediately raised his hands and made a gesture of surrender.

"Don't kill me, I'm here by invitation, my name is Byron."