Under the dim sky, the huge head cast a vague shadow, and the shadow quickly extended forward, swallowing the travelers who were looking up and paying attention, and as the head approached, a heavy rancid smell mixed with the fishy smell that had been smelled before came to the face, from the nose to the top of the head.

In the shadow of her skull, Matilda stopped her dancing shaking, shouting anxiously, her voice mixed with the loud friction of her tentacles around the bridge, and she struggled to make sense of it.

"Idol, idol."

Bang, another tentacle smashed next to the travelers, and the fishy wind blew the hem of several people's clothes to hunt and fly, but before the giant mutant could make the next move, Monica had already pulled out the long-sealed idol backpack in her handbag.

However, as soon as Monica took it out, the figure next to her flashed, and the backpack was snatched by Babu, who lifted the backpack and was about to raise it to show it when a hand reached out from behind and snatched the backpack back, and was kicked over from behind by the way.

"Grab something, you can touch it."

The kick was quite hard, kicking the bab away several steps, and at the same time moving a few steps in the opposite direction and pulling a long distance from Judy, only then he roughly and quickly pulled out the heavy idol and raised it in the direction of the giant head.

However, as soon as she took out the idol, she felt that her shoulder had been bumped, and when she squinted, the Babu, who had just been kicked open, came up again, and although she did not grab the idol again, she squeezed beside her, and pressed close to her shoulder to shoulder. Monica held the idol in one hand, and raised her elbow with the other arm and slammed it viciously on the ribs beside her, but her face was slightly red, and her eyes were crooked to hide a sweet smile.

The vertical pupils turned around a few times, stopping at the statue held high, and in the sound of the clattering tentacles, the head came closer, and the fishy smell became heavier. Such a huge mutant could only look up, at this time, not only poked not far in front of him, but also bent his tentacles to lean closer, and the travelers felt as if they were watching a tall building collapse towards them up close, and the huge pressure came to their faces, and the pressure was overwhelming.

"Trust me once, don't do it."

The pressure was too great, just when the bottom line in Babu and Monica's hearts was about to be broken and they couldn't help but make a move, Matilda's shout came again, which made the two look at each other with hesitation, and finally gritted their teeth and stopped the counterattack, standing shoulder to shoulder, each other's body muscles were tightly tensed, and Babu's other hand was already attached to Anna's back, giving people the illusion that they could fall into it at any time.

The head stopped in mid-air, and the vertical pupils stared at the idol motionlessly, pausing for only a second, and in the eyes of the three travelers, it seemed to be longer than a lifetime,

"Goo, goo, goo, goo."

The giant head suddenly lifted up, letting out a disgusting roar into the sky, and then except for a few tentacles that supported it, the rest of the tentacles were raised at the same time, slapping around the travelers, shaking them almost unsteadily. After the slap, the monster slowly turned its head as if it had lost its nature, and the tentacles squirmed and began to shrink under the bridge, and just when everyone thought it was all over, the tentacle that was dragging on the last tentacle suddenly lifted, and spewed out a large pool of disgusting mucus from the suction cup, and poured it on the travelers.

"Goo, goh." In the roar, the last tentacle also retracted under the bridge, and then the rumbling ground shook sound, gradually getting farther and farther, looking up, you could see dozens of tentacles poking out of the riverbed, waving and swaying away gradually.

"Anna, shall we go kill it?" Covered in slime, Babu was silent for a moment, gritting her teeth as she wiped the stains on the little thing. Of course, the little thing couldn't hear it, but it seemed to feel that the feeling of being covered with mucus was particularly intoxicating, and he smiled and touched his body with two hands, and then wiped it all on Babu's face that was not injured in time, dancing with his hands, looking very happy about the mutant leaving, but all the movements deliberately avoided the idol in Monica's hand.

"How could this happen?" Monica and Babu are also immersed in the close-up and face-to-face of the top Lords

In the stimulation of the mutant, his mind didn't have to think deeply, but Judy behind him had already reacted, her tone was full of disbelief, and even her voice was trembling, staring at the direction where the mutant left, and stammered, "This, this, this is unreasonable, how can the mutant react like this?" It's a lie, no, you have to write it down, it's weird."

Judy couldn't care about anything anymore, and while muttering, she took out a pen and paper, lay on the ground and began to take notes. And Babu and Monica glanced at each other, and finally reacted, and they both saw the shock on each other's faces.

"It's strange, they're not surprised by this mutant at all, it's like an old acquaintance." Monica sighed, and found that Matilda and Mondo were still chanting something in the same position as before, and the caravan in the distance also began to turn around and return to answer, and her calm reaction confirmed her suspicions, Monica lowered her voice and whispered, "It's definitely not the first time they've seen this thing, they must have seen it a lot before." Contrary to common sense, no wonder Judy reacted so much."

"I just remembered something." Compared to the two women, Babu was much calmer, not at all shocked by subverting common sense, only a little surprised, while Matilda and they were not finished, Babu thought and whispered, "You should remember the huge pile of corpses you encountered in Donggu City a few days ago."

"Of course, hiss......"

"Well, it seems that you also thought about it, what will happen to Donggu City if you don't succeed in the end of the crusade against that thing?" Babu pointed in the direction where the mutant had gone, "Presumably, after a while, the citizens of Donggu City will all know about its existence, and they will become more and more familiar with it. At that time, their reaction was not as calm as Matilda's, but they were not too surprised to meet them."

"But their reaction wasn't like the relationship between East Valley Castle, it was a relationship of peaceful coexistence." Monica shook her head, "Mutants don't have any consciousness at all, and they act on the hostility of normal creatures based on the instincts and polluted energy that remain before death, it's an iron law, but it's amazing that they can appease this monster, I don't even know if I should trust my eyes."

"Hmm...... It's still the mutant of the corpse pile, the second time we got to the edge, he ran after you because of his high heels, and then he ran after me, right?" Seeing Monica nod in confirmation, Babu continued, "But, later, when Matthew and the others led the team back to the present world, it suddenly let us go and turned to chase down those soldiers. Later, Abby vaguely mentioned that most of the disobedient actions of the corpse pile were done under the guidance of Ronak."

"Huh? You're saying that this thing was led by their god Jeru, to have the reaction just now?" Monica sighed in fear, "It's good that you weren't impulsive just now, otherwise Anna might have been discovered by Jero."

"yes, I think it's possible." Babu nodded, "The most notable thing about that statue is the tentacles, this mutant seems to be similar, it's not impossible that there is a connection between them, shh, they're here, just ask them."

As the Báb had said, Matilda and Mondo had finished their strange chanting and were returning to the travelers, and the caravan was approaching, and the three young men looked anxious until they were sure that everyone was safe and sound.

Before she could get closer, Matilda bowed apologetically, lowered her head and said guiltily, "I'm really sorry, but fortunately you reacted in time, so there were no irreparable consequences, otherwise we really don't know how to face you." It's hard for you to be able to judge calmly and accept our advice in that situation."

"It's not a big deal, with it like this, the other mutants will naturally be scared away, and there is no need to worry about the process of crossing the bridge later, let's talk while walking." Babu smiled easily and waved his hand casually. The travelers were no longer on high alert, but quickened their pace, and led the others towards the other side of the bridge, and after a few steps, the Babu suddenly asked casually, "That one, Jeru, called it back?"

"Wait, you know it?"

"It? We certainly don't know about it. But I've seen something like this a few times, and it's not shocking enough to lose my mind." Báb understated

"The edge is so big, I've always seen a few similar aliens, and I don't know enough about them, but at least I know what they are. We're professionals, and if we don't even have the ability to deal with such an emergency, and we don't have the most basic knowledge and are overwhelmed by the insights, then we're not qualified to work with you, right?"

As she spoke, Babu raised an eyebrow at Matilda, which made her blush, and she lowered her head in embarrassment, explaining awkwardly, "Hey...... I'm sorry, but we didn't mean to create an emergency, and we didn't expect it to come out of nowhere and stop you, and it scared us out. Thanks to you". z.br>

Babu didn't ask anything, just smiled noncommittally, and waited for the other party to take the initiative to explain without saying a word.

"It's Lord Jeru's pet, its exact origin is unknown, but it's been around since the founding of Midnight City. Under the orders of Lord Jeru, it usually wanders around the edge of Midnight City, it is very quiet, it is rarely seen, and it rarely attacks passing travelers, and as for the inhabitants of Midnight City, because they are somewhat tainted with the breath of Lord Jeru, they will not be attacked by it." Matilda didn't doubt it at all, and explained in passing, "It's just that yesterday the idol was lost, and the god was angry, and its state became agitated, looking around the entrance for the breath of the statue, and those thieves and their responders should have been killed by it, but in the end the idol was picked up by you. In fact, we don't know exactly why it is blocking the way, it has never run so far before, we really don't know in advance, we don't understand what it was stimulated today, maybe it's because of the statue, no way, after all, it's a mutant, even if it is guided by the gods to weaken the hostility, it's not something we humans can understand."

Sure enough, Babu and Monica looked at each other and smiled, it seems that this city does hide a lot of secrets about the unknown world of gods, and it is not in vain that several people have decided to risk getting involved in the internal affairs of Midnight City. As for Judy, she had already climbed into the carriage first, lying on the floor and continuing to write quickly, as if it was no different from before, but from time to time she glanced at Matilda, which already explained what she was recording.

Kiln, Kiln.

Without a trace, Babu quietly turned his head and looked at the bridge behind him, and just as he was exchanging glances with Monica, he seemed to hear a faint voice. The sound is like nothing, light and fluttering, like hearing insects and ants crawling in the ears in the silent midnight, faint, but can not be ignored, the sound of fine fragments is like countless insect claws scratching in the heart, making people itch and almost crazy.

However, when he turned around, he saw nothing, there was nothing unusual on the bridge, there was silence in the red mist, and the sound just now seemed to be just a hallucination of Babu.

"What?" When Babu turned around, he was met by Monica's questioning eyes, which others might not have noticed, but Monica was still keenly aware of Babu's abnormality.

"Seems to be something, but not sure, look again." Babu whispered a few words in Monica's ear before smiling again and saying to Matilda, "Don't worry, we don't blame you for hiding it from us, how to do mutants, none of us can be prepared in advance, well, we understand. Moreover, this kind of thing is contrary to the common sense of the public, and it is too troublesome to explain it to people who don't know, and it is normal for you not to take the initiative to explain, and there is no need to apologize. So, you actually asked Jerew for advice, and Jeru's calmed him down? The attitude of Jeru's God toward our coming......

"Huh? We don't have that ability. Communicating directly with the gods, that's something that only the legendary apostles can do, normal people can't bear contact with the gods at all, just fall into madness, are you all apostles in contact with before?" Matilda's expression was a little stiff, and her tone was unconsciously respectful, and she replied honestly, "We just used the mark of Lord Jeru on our body to calm its restlessness, and then used the idol to make Lord Jeru pay attention to everything that happened here, and as for the aftermath...... Huh?"

Kiln, Kiln.

The same sound sounded again, and this time Babu did not hesitate, and immediately jumped on the roof of the caravan and looked at the bridge deck in the fog, which was about to cross the bridge in front, and behind, the bridgehead on the opposite bank was already hidden in the fog, and the sound sounded from behind

, which doesn't sound far away. When Babu first turned around, he seemed to see a few vague shadows, but before he could make them carefully, the shadows had already disappeared in a flash, and even the sound had disappeared again, and the surroundings had returned to peace.

"It can't be a delusion, I can't have misheard it twice in a row."

"It's not an illusion, because I've heard it too, and there is indeed a sound, and I can't tell it if I don't pay attention to it."

The two of them did not hide it this time, and directly said it publicly, but it made Mondo, who was in charge of security, stunned for a moment, and repeatedly checked around several times but did not find the enemy, so they had to ask: "Your Excellency, can you describe the sound you heard?"

"The crawling sound of a bug is not noticeable," Báb explained.

"Yes, it's light." Monica thought for a moment and added, "But since we can both hear it in this environment, it should be louder than real bugs crawling."

"It shouldn't be bugs, it can't be bugs on the edges." Judy poked her head out of the carriage and said with a fluttering look in her eyes, "Something that is too small to withstand the mutation effect of polluting energy, and it can't form a mutant at all, which is probably the only comforting feature on the edge."

"Oh, I hope you're right." Babu sighed and turned to Mondo, whose eyes were twinkling, "Captain Mondo, you seem to know something."

"There shouldn't be any problem, but to be on the safe side, let's hurry up and get back to Midnight City as soon as possible." Mondo smiled apologetically, "Since the master has decided to cooperate with a few people, then we won't hide anything more, but this matter is more complicated, and it is not clear in a short time, so I will have the opportunity to explain it to several Excellencies in detail after returning to the city."

"It's fine." The travelers exchanged words in a low voice for a moment, and finally Monica nodded, "Then go back and talk about it, I hope I can go back safely."

Kiln, Kiln.

As the team gradually accelerated, the sound of creeping sounded again, and in the red mist, there seemed to be countless black shadows wriggling.