Chapter 131 Chapter 131 “It is not allowed here…
"Buying and selling are strictly prohibited here. You were so close to the stall just now, creating a stampede and a safety hazard. Therefore, everyone should be locked up. It doesn't have to be for long, but you must acknowledge your mistakes before leaving," Captain White Wolf said, pointing his hand at them one by one. "At least write a confession of at least 3,000 words. Only after it's confirmed to be correct can you leave. And remember not to do this here next time. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, you'll be the ones to die!"
A young man in the crowd was a little frightened. His face was pale and he looked like he was about to cry. He forced himself to hold back his tears, his eyes red as he asked cautiously, "So what did we do wrong?"
"Buying and selling is prohibited here," Captain White Wolf sighed. He ground the food into crumbs and mixed it with water, feeding it to the bird as if it were a baby bird. "It's also a hazard to public safety."
There are actually a lot of rules, but most of the time, they're not that strict. If you really look at it, there's always one that suits you. You can't escape it.
What's more, the distance is so close that it is indeed dangerous.
The crowd quieted down, lowered their heads, like a bunch of quails that had just been splashed with water, their fur and eyes wet, and followed the white wolf into the cursed city.
Captain Bailang was also preparing to leave, but before he did, he glanced at Bai Tianming and said to him with a half-smile, "You are very perceptive, but please don't use your perceptiveness in the wrong place. I will be watching you."
Sounds like a ghost.
Deborah frowned, as if she had seen a piece of bubble gum stuck to the ground. She said to Captain White Wolf, "If you want to target me, just say so. Why are you pretending to be so righteous? There's nothing glorious about a messenger of justice doing unjust things."
Bai Tianming held Deborah, a little surprised that she would actually speak up for herself. He was also worried that she might rush out and be locked up. He smiled and said, "They will be gone soon anyway, so who cares?"
"If you ever go back into the Cursed City," Captain White Wolf raised his eyebrows and stared at Bai Tianming. He wasn't angry, but there was a playful look in his eyes, like a cat playing with a mouse. "We'll meet again sooner or later."
Bai Tianming ignored him and turned his head away, pretending not to hear. He laughed and went into the city.
The city gate was empty.
Bai Tianming and Deborah later entered the city.
The city walls were covered with colorful molds and climbing vines. As the breeze blew, the leaves of the vines swayed, revealing what was underneath: pink flesh and blood, rising and falling slightly like breathing, as if the whole city was alive.
The rats scurried across the ground, squeaking as they dove into the sewers or ran into dark alleys and soon disappeared.
"This is weird," a passerby said, looking around as he walked by, wondering, "Isn't this place clean? Why does it look so dirty? And there are rats everywhere?"
A white wolf standing at the door listened to him and replied, "The rats are cursed. Even if you kill them, they will pop up again. It doesn't matter how many you kill, unless you destroy the city.
But if it is really destroyed, the rats in the city will run out, so the city simply lets the rats run around.
The number of rats has now reached a balance with other things in the city. It will not suddenly increase or decrease in a short period of time, so it is safe to walk around normally.
But if someone insists on touching the rat and gets cursed, it's not our fault. We won't interfere. You should know that here, life and death are entirely your own responsibility."
The passerby nodded, pointed at what looked like a colorful mural on the wall, and asked, "Are those molds?"
White Wolf took a look and replied, “That is the curse of the painter. It manifests itself as a colorful mold covering the entire wall. The mold will look like a painting by a famous artist, but in fact it is just a copy of an unknown painter who went mad.
Hidden inside are the souls of the nameless dead painters, not just one or two, but the souls of all the painters who were cursed and died as a result.
No matter how they were when they were alive, they will go mad after death. Their souls will move around in another world, and traces of their activities will be reflected on the walls, recorded by colorful mold.
"What is that?" The passerby raised his hand and pointed upwards, where there were green vines and big red flowers, and asked again.
The flowers are in full bloom, emitting a lingering sweet and fishy smell. When a mouse crawls over, they will suddenly swallow the mouse.
After a while, the flowers reopened and the mice disappeared. A golden, rich, sweet liquid, like honey, would flow out of the flowers. However, after being exposed to the air for a period of time, this liquid would turn into a soft pudding-like consistency.
Theoretically, honey cannot turn into pudding, so it should not be real honey, it just smells and looks like it.
"The curse of the big red flower," the white wolf guarding the gate replied calmly, his expression as if he had said this thousands of times before. "Red flowers will bloom on green vines, and any animal that comes into contact with them will be devoured. After being devoured, the flowers will secrete a honey-like liquid. This liquid is highly poisonous and will kill any ordinary animal that eats it."
"What about that?" Bai Tianming pointed forward. There was a row of teeth hanging on the city gate, sharp and white wolf teeth.
The white wolf guarding the gate looked at the teeth with a gentle gaze and a look of reminiscence on his face. He slowly replied, "Those are the teeth of the white wolf that once died here. They have a protective curse—"
That is, it is a curse born from a curse, a curse for protection. Specifically, when the wolf fang is hung, other curses will be suppressed and cannot spread outward.
If the tooth is hung on an individual, it will both protect and curse that person, protecting the individual from fatal harm from other curses, but cursing the individual to die suddenly.
Because these teeth cannot leave here, nor do they want to, and the owners of these teeth died here when they were alive."
Bai Tianming nodded and asked, "No matter what the curse is, it can stay here, right?"
"Sure." The white wolf guarding the gate looked at him leisurely, wanting to see what he could come up with.
He took out the Curse of the Rats in the Wall and threw it aside. The round bead broke and countless rats emerged from it, squeaking and rushing out.
Some of the rats ran into the sewers, some climbed up the walls, and some rushed into the dark alleys and soon disappeared.
But everyone could vaguely feel the squeaking sounds of the mice in their ears, as if a mouse had rushed into their ears and taken up residence while they were not paying attention.
The passerby frowned, gritted his teeth, shivered all over, rubbed his ears, shook his head vigorously like ringing a bell, and walked away staggering like a tumbler.
The white wolf guarding the gate also rubbed his ears, but when he put his hands down, he gave a nonchalant expression, holding his head high and saying, "I thought it was something amazing, but it turns out it's this! We already have it! Don't worry, it won't be long before the curse you just cast will dissipate into nothingness and merge with the original curse here, and you will never be affected again."
Bai Tianming nodded: "I understand."
"Can we still stay here later?" Bai Tianming asked tentatively.
"Of course you can," the white wolf at the gate replied, "but you can't stay too long. Without the curse, it's unsafe to stay here. You'd better leave as soon as possible. There's an inn just ahead. If you stay at the inn, someone will come to remind you to leave on the seventh and thirtieth day."
Bai Tianming nodded: "Then I'll go and take a look."
Deborah went with him, and they both went into the inn and found a room to rest during the day, with Deborah staying next door to him.
Bai Tianming felt very sleepy as soon as he lay down on the bed, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep. Whether it was an accident or the influence of the curse, he dreamed of something that happened a long time ago.
A long time ago, there was a forest on the Plains of Ten Thousand Beasts. He caught a Shoggoth as a pet and kept it with a rope. Because the Shoggoth had a huge appetite, he had to feed the entire forest to the Shoggoth.
The Shoggoth actually ate it all, but he still felt unsatisfied after finishing it. He kept burping, and his stomach bulged like a small hill. He was reluctant to walk and had to be dragged by a rope, which eventually broke because it was too heavy.
Bai Tianming was so angry that he kicked him hard. He whimpered and turned into a man as big as a hill. Bai Tianming squinted his eyes and couldn't even see his face clearly.
He also realized that he was a little too big, so he tried to become smaller, and accidentally turned into a little boy of eight or nine years old.
He was stunned for a moment, looking at his very young hands. He originally wanted to look like a teenager, but after becoming a little boy, he couldn't change back. He was angry and scared, and burst into tears.
Bai Tianming was so annoyed by his noise that he asked him to shut up. He looked at Bai Tianming with tears in his eyes. He looked pitiful, with a pale face and a slightly frown, as if he was really a child. But he had obviously lived for a long time and was nothing like a child.
Bai Tianming became increasingly annoyed as he watched. He picked up the broken rope from the ground and said to him, "Go find food for yourself! Don't come back until you're full!"
Shoggoth was crawling on the ground, trying to find prey far away. Bai Tianming shouted at him from behind, "If you want to crawl, turn into a dog! Don't act like a human! If others see me, they'll think I'm a pervert!"
Shoggoth turned around, barked, and turned into a big furry yellow dog. It ran on the ground and soon disappeared. After a while, it brought back something.
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