Arkham, west of the city.

"Okay."

Lily clenched her fists.

For tonight's investigation into the "Haunted House Truth", Lily is (as she thinks) fully prepared.

She changed into a tight-fitting, easy-to-move outfit, and her blonde hair was tied into a neat ponytail. She brought enough water for the night, a simple meal, as well as a blackout lantern and a lock pick, as well as bandages.

Before she started, she interviewed nearby farmers. Last night's aurora was really dazzling - fortunately it happened in the middle of the night, and most people were already asleep, so it didn't cause much commotion, and even the newspaper reports were only small tofu cubes. biquge.biz

But Lily was keenly aware that the location of the haunted house had a slight connection to one of the places where the aurora occurred. After spending twenty cents to "unblock relations", a nearby farmer described to her the horror of that light:

From afar, it looks like it's just upside down. If you look closely, you can see the uncanny entanglement of pure yellow, magenta and indigo in the scorching bright light, dyeing small patches of the sky in a colorful color. A frightened cow breaks through the fence and runs half a circle around the farm, waking the family up to a horrified witness of what the aurora looks like before it dissipates.

"Maybe the man's madness had something to do with the light." Lily thought and reached for the big house.

……

Not far from the small hill.

Qin Yixian and Qin Lingxue brothers and sisters took Ceci Lu and looked at the "haunted house" on the top of the mountain.

The shadow of the hill provides a natural cover for the old house, which is completely invisible from the direction of the city, hidden behind a small hill. Dense grass and shrubs almost flooded the old house, and the dilapidated roof was covered with leaves and moss.

However......

【Cecilu Lucky Test 2/60 Great Success】

"Bingo." Cecilu whistled.

"A natural sniper point." Xiaoxue is also satisfied with everyone's luck.

In the 19th century, when building this home for himself, the 19th-century Bigby had a variety of requirements in mind: safety, secrecy, and, if necessary, an escape route. However, no matter how shrewd he was, he would never think of it......

There will be snipers from the 21st century, wearing night vision goggles in the middle of the night, holding Barrett filled with old prints and pointing at his door.

The view from the grass on the ridge is excellent, and the whole house is unobstructed. Knee-deep grass hides itself well, and whether the target exits through the front door, the back door, or even any window, the sniper is enough to kill with one shot.

The armor-piercing incendiary bullets used in the heavy sniper rifles and the sniper rounds used against people have been inscribed with the old seal of "Old Seal Enlightenment", and the great Helena uses "Projectile Enchantment" ("Oh, this thing is used to strengthen small stones and bows and arrows, are you sure you want to use it against bullets?"). Performed a secondary enchantment.

Chen Qiang asked Shogoth to capture Gepu and estimated that even if he was an adult Shogoth, he would inevitably suffer heavy damage if he unsuspectingly ate this armor-piercing incendiary bomb fired by an anti-weapon weapon.

Qin Lingxue, who was in charge of guarding, finally checked his pistol and spare gun. Qin Yat-sen even prepared an improvised grenadier canister, as well as flashbang and smoke grenades. A Beyaky, controlled by Mrs. Meghan, crouches in the grass, ready to respond to threats from the air, or flee with the trio.

Wearing a gas mask, Chen Qiang carried his backpack (which contained his full set of investigative equipment, including a Swiss army knife, instant glue, bungee cord, windproof lighter, flashlight, miniature camera, bugging device, mini wire saw, small crowbar...... Walk to the back door of the mansion.

"It's hard to be prepared." Chen Qiang sighed in his heart.

If the enemy really had received some of the power of the "Dust Traders", the threat of bullets would be useless.

It is precisely because of this that for Chen Qiang, who has "mythical interference" and "transformation belt", acting alone is more free.

[Mr. Chen,] Cecilu's voice sounded in his ears, and someone approached the room from the main entrance. 】

[Is it a camel?] 】

[No, it's a girl.] Xiaoxue is also staring at this side with a telescope.

……

[Lily stealth test failed 60/50]

[Lily listened to the 98/80 test and failed]

Lily didn't notice that her every move was clearly seen by Cecilu under the sniper scope. She was also unaware of Chen Qiang's existence.

[Lily's Locksmith with Reward Failed 39/21]

The main door was locked, and Lily took her lock pick and casually touched it a few times: it couldn't be opened.

But that didn't bother her.

She walked to the window to the side. The bright moon hung high, and she could clearly see that the wooden window frames that had fallen into disrepair had long since decayed.

[Lily's Strength Test with Punishment 37/45 Success]

When she lived with her biological father, she did a lot of hard work. The rotten window frame couldn't stand the toss at all, and with a little force, she removed the whole thing, making a loud noise.

Lily stuck out her tongue and smiled apologetically at the unknown owner of the house, then the cat bent down and crawled across the window.

[Lily's agility check 70/60 failed]

When she was drilling through the window, she was accidentally scratched by broken glass, and blood oozed from her arm. The wooden floor creaked when stepped on, a few clouds obscured the moon, and the room was dark.

Lily regretted why she hadn't lit the lantern before entering the house, or had simply brought a flashlight. The pain in her arm made her frown even more.

[Lily's Investigation with Punishment 1/52 Success]

It was the living room of the house, and Lily could see the couch completely rotten, and the musty closet. The stairs were rotten, and the dusty doors were still closed. The air smelled of dust, and a few open cans were scattered outside the fireplace not far away, looking new.

In the end, Lily decided to take the bandage out of her small backpack and bandage herself. Wound infections are no joke. But just as she was rummaging through her bag with her head down, her eyes fell on the ground, clinging to the window, where she had just landed.

It was a pool of freshly dried blood, and it smelled of blood. In the center of the bloodstain was a fine sandy dust.

【SC0/1】

[Lily sanity test failed 93/70, current sanity 69]

Lily shuddered and took two steps back into the room.

A breeze blew through and blew away the dark clouds that obscured the moon.

“……”

Lily jerked her head up.

In the clear moonlight, a man with a strange mask stood across the window. He carried a large backpack, but the bells and whistles (body armor and camouflage uniform) made it difficult for him to see in the grass, as if he had appeared out of nowhere.

The moonlight was like water, and the strange belt around the man's waist shone with a strange light. The two sides looked at each other.

【SC0/1D4】

[Lily's sanity test failed 80/69, 1D4=4, current sanity 65]

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