Chapter 1777

Just now, the boy John provided a valid clue. After Xia De shared it with the witch beside him, Audrey also believed that the two missing girls might have encountered that door which occasionally appeared by the river.

So the two continued walking forward. Not long after arriving at the area pointed out by the boy, Megan shared the colorful mushroom potion with Xia De, and they each dripped it into their eyes.

Because it was a diluted version of the potion, it certainly didn't have as good an effect as eating the mushrooms directly, so they couldn't fully see the black cracks in the air; they could only see some distorted light and shadows, and because they couldn't observe them thoroughly, they couldn't touch them.

Continuing forward, carefully observing the areas on the riverbank where a door might appear, Xia De originally thought this would take some time, but to his surprise, in less than five minutes, they both saw the door standing abruptly.

The street was much higher than the riverbank, and every mile or so, a small opening would appear on the riverside, with steps leading down to the actual riverbank. This was both to facilitate the transfer of goods and for the City Hall to maintain the river channel.

And at this moment, at the end of the small pier at the very bottom of the steps, a wooden door stood quietly in the thin sunlight, as if it were attracting those who saw it to open it.

"Whisper Element."

Xia De said softly, and Audrey nodded gently:

"Yes, a relic. I can't be sure what it is yet, let's get closer and take a look."

Following the narrow stone steps downward, they stepped onto the pier's boardwalk and reached the end. The door was a wooden door painted with white paint; it looked quite dilapidated, the surface color was mottled, but it blended into the environment very well.

By the time he realized the danger and lowered his head, what he saw was a pitch-black chain erupting from his chest.

"I roughly guess what this is, but I can't be entirely sure. Open it—no, don't use your hands to open it, don't make direct contact."

The "Bully Hansen" mentioned by the boy John had by now stumbled up seven or eight steps, but suddenly heard a sound of breaking air behind him. Because he had been trapped inside the door for too long, his stagnant thoughts failed to let him react in time.

"Can it really grant wishes? Or... use it to kill people? That's too much trouble. Not all relics can develop so-called positive traits, so most relics can only be contained."

After translating these texts, he told them to Audrey, who was thoughtful:

"The data describes it as being like a big mouth. This door will randomly appear in any scene related to water, and it possesses the ability to tempt people to open it. Once someone uses their skin to touch the doorknob and open the door, then even a Ring Mage must make an extremely difficult choice to break free from the impulse to walk into the door."

She gave an example: "How did you die?"

"For example, if some people want food, then we throw delicacies into the door. But this method cannot save those whose desires are too abstract."

The whole room became resplendent because of this, but the eleven-year-old girl, who was lying on the corpse of a skinny boy and gnawing on it, seemed out of place in that scene.

Xia De said to the girl beside him, then asked softly:

Megan sighed and drew a crack in the air. The gap of death opened, the skinny boy's soul bowed slightly to Megan, and then walked toward the mudflat illuminated by the Underworld Moon behind the crack.

For example, if Xia De were trapped inside, he would find it hard to imagine what he could throw in to save himself.

"Choked to death by him."

With just a light flick, the soul was thrown back into the door, and then the door was closed.

Inside the door, he saw the interior of his own home; it was the view of the living room on the second floor of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square. The furniture, layout, and even the view of the square outside the window were exactly the same as at home. If it weren't for the "Desire" mermaid oil painting hanging on the wall turning into a blank canvas inside the door, Xia De would have almost thought this door was a portal connecting to space.

Xia De did not comment on Megan's actions. That great witch of knowledge and wisdom looked curiously at the crack that was "healing":

"That's not a bad idea."

Megan asked curiously, and Xia De

thought for a moment: "How should I do it?"

"You opened a spatial rift! You can still do that kind of thing in Audrey... wait! Is that real death? It's incredible!"

In any case, the sun sank to the west, and the cloudy city of Audrey welcomed another evening. More than half of spring had passed, and the daylight hours were getting longer. When the carriage carried Megan and Xia De to the hotel, the gas street lamps on both sides of the street had not yet been lit.

"I saw my own home." Megan continued to ask, and Xia De shook his head:

As for Megan, what he was actually most worried about was Dr. Schneider, who also lived in the Audrey hotel, encountering the two brothers from the 【Mirror Society】 who had come to the hotel to attend the banquet. The brothers' blindness had a direct connection to the doctor. Although Megan was very sure that the two brothers combined would certainly not be able to beat the current doctor, he was very worried that if they came into conflict with the doctor, it would ruin the doctor's and Megan's plan to find the demon.

The chain retracted into Megan's sleeve, and the tightly closed door stood motionless by the river. The two left the place while talking. As for the crystals left after the body exploded, they had already melted into the air silently.

"I know what it is. A location-type relic, Secret Keeper level—【Door of Ask and Receive】. Opening the door, you will see the scene you desire most in your heart. Gold, silver, treasure, power, beauty, strength, wisdom—whatever you want, you can get, and it's all real. But the price is that you can only possess them by entering the door, and once you step inside, you can absolutely never get out on your own."

This door had no keyhole, but it had a slightly rusted golden doorknob. Audrey pondered what this was, while Megan went around to the back of the door and saw that although the mottled details of the front and back door panels were slightly different, the shape was the same. And on the side door frame, he found a line of carvings:

"What did you see?"

Light shone out from the door, illuminating Megan's and Xia De's faces. Both of them widened their eyes. Megan believed that what Xia De and he saw were definitely not the same scenery.

Pink crystals appeared around the penetrating wound, and without even being able to leave behind a wail, the cannibal girl's body exploded into a pile of pink crystals on the spot.

"After it stays in a certain area for a period of time, it will move on its own, and it cannot be stopped by any method. However, we can set up a ritual on this small pier to drive away idlers who might walk by, or make them unable to see this place, just like now. Of course, the best way is to report it to the church and let the church seal this place before the door leaves."

The chain flew back with a 'whoosh', binding the pitch-black soul. Under Xia De's control, the soul corrupted by the Whisper Element was not infected by the pink crystals.

"Additionally, if it's someone who hasn't been trapped in it for long, although they absolutely cannot get out on their own, we who haven't entered the door can try to save them. Although this doesn't benefit us, it should be able to fill in the blank in the records about this relic. You can probably guess that few people are willing to meddle in such business."

Audrey spoke subconsciously, but immediately closed her mouth cautiously. She glared at Megan very unreasonably, then closed her eyes, and Audrey turned into Xia De.

"I saw..."

He heard the sound of the door opening and turned his head sharply. The dried blood around his mouth made that face incomparably terrifying. Seeing the door open, and that outside the door was a familiar city, the eleven-year-old tall girl rushed out at once. Megan and Xia De made way for her, letting her rush toward the steps leading to the street, and then Megan asked the skinny soul that appeared behind the girl, which was the girl whose corpse had been gnawed on:

It was a dilapidated house, with nothing but a table and a bed. But on the floor, the bed frame, and the tabletop, it was covered with banknotes, coins, and gold bars and bricks.

The soul said dryly, and Xia De added: 【Open, satisfy all dreams.】

"That story is a bit long. That's a story from last autumn. Let's talk about it when we get back."

She made a gesture of pulling the door from a distance, but the door remained motionless. Then she looked at Megan. Megan nodded, the chain flew out of his sleeve and grabbed the doorknob, and then with just a light pull, the door was opened.

"No lie. I—"

face of surprise:

"These are all negative traits. Does the data say whether this door has any beneficial effects for us?"

However, Megan could also see that Xia De was willing to do this, and his curiosity should have played a greater role than his kindness.

As she spoke, she looked at the scene inside the door:

Being able to go out for a walk before dinner was indeed helpful for improving one's mood. At the very least, when Xia De and Megan returned to the cruise ship together, the bad mood influenced by the family story had already disappeared. However, considering the family banquet tonight, Xia De, who originally hadn't planned to dress up, still specially prepared his attire.

And Xia De completely ignored Xia De's previous topic:

Xia De carried many toys on him, so he first threw in some cooked food and fruit, but the scene inside the door didn't change. Then, he threw out a large handful of coins. When the coins landed on the floor with a clatter, the interior view of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square in Megan's eyes finally changed.

"Guess what the person trapped inside the door desires, then throw the corresponding desire into the door, and you can temporarily reveal the scene that belongs to their desire."

"Can this door be contained?"

"If I hadn't seen that nun, I would definitely have thought you were the Chosen One of Death. Opening this kind of passage requires more than just power; it requires authority. Death is willing to let you use its power, otherwise, even the Witch Emperor would not have the qualifications to interfere with real death. How did you master this kind of power?"

This is completely unimaginable in our era.

The scheduled gathering time was 8:30 PM, and when Megan and Xia De arrived, it was only 8:00 sharp.