The shadows are gradually fading.

For the camp, for Lu Li, for the Knight Squad, for Kenny.

Dawn is breaking over the camp; Lu Li has mastered the power to fight the strange; the Knight Squad no longer fears being expelled;

Kenny has returned to the embrace of human society.

This is the name of the flesh sac oddity, after being "rescued," it crookedly drew it on the earth with its feet.

It was sent to the Mother of the Marsh's other courtyard, where the Mother of the Marsh asked for its story.

As night fell, the Twisted Cultists returned one after another, but half of the cultists still hunted outside. The night had little impact on the cultists, only that they needed rest.

Lu Li broke the promise to make Kenny the sixth strange resident — it was the seventh. Evelyn was the sixth, and she even gained a profession earlier than the Knight Squad, who hesitated to become exorcists: Research Scholar.

Responsible for being researched by scholars.

However, before the Mystical Studies of the Land of Light reached the level of Midnight City, Evelyn's mimicry adaptability would not be needed temporarily.

This night was not tranquil.

The ripples spread across Agate Lake, with murmurs occasionally emerging from the lake bed and drifting towards the residents' huts on the lake's opposite shore, where they entered their dreams.

After Elena wanted to become a new god, the Twisted Cult needed to increase some sacrifices.

Lu Li sat under the Annie Tree, which rustled in the wind, focusing on the cursed title that had been released.

[Dreamwalker]

[Strange and magnificent, eerie and fantastical, brilliantly colorful. From the survival of hyenas in the wilderness to the giant beasts lurking within nebulas, they all have dreams. In this dimension, this is the sole point of sheer fairness — who knows if dreams are not another world?]

[You can enter the dreams of those around you, experiencing either wondrous or terrifying nightmares until lost in the depths of the dream]

[— The scorching dream will either melt you or the dreamer]

Like the progression of Speaker of the Trees, brand-new content surfaced afterward.

[*Dreams are your second world, your paradise, your domain, and also your demise]

Compared to the miraculous auxiliary cursed title "Speaker of the Trees," the warfare-focused cursed title "Dreamwalker" aligns more with the rumored description of the Curse Title Master: Capable of single-handedly destroying Weird Lairs and opposing Strange Residents.

Lu Li simply tested this power when creating dreams for the Elena sisters.

For a long time, Lu Li only unearthed its surface: He could control dreams and freely manipulate those stepping into a dream, as long as their strength did not exceed a threshold.

Then, a sudden gust of wind blew into the room from the terrace, causing the curtains to flutter, but Lu Li felt no breeze.

It was at that moment Lu Li realized that entering the dream realm meant no longer facing real-world assaults —

It was still unclear if this "dream entry" could be broken.

The murmurs no longer drifted from the shattered, shimmering starlit lake surface as Lu Li returned to the wooden cabin, added a few logs to the fireplace, and slowly fell asleep.

Nightmares no longer surfaced, and Lu Li awoke to a cool dawn with an extinguished fireplace.

Before heading to the Mother of the Marsh's other courtyard for breakfast, Lu Li went to the piled-up slaughterhouse to harvest humanity, and humanity returned to a single portion.

Guided by the maid, Lu Li arrived at the bedroom terrace. The Twisted Shadow was already there, along with Elena, who was conversing with two deities in curling language.

"Elena is asking how to unite faith."

The Mother of the Marsh translated Elena's words for Lu Li.

The God of Vortex perished along with its authority, so it's not complex for Elena to rebuild the Vortex Church.

The problem lies in the surviving Vortex People who avoided disaster because they refused to believe in the God of Vortex; Elena must make these non-believing Vortex People her believers.

Temporarily, Elena could only beguile and tempt them, using body restoration and avoidance of death to make some Vortex People believe in her.

Thankfully, she has the aid of two Alien Gods.

"Have you truly decided to leave me..."

The Twisted Shadow asked her for the last time

"I've never meant to leave you, sister." The Mother of the Marsh relayed Elena's answer: "The vortex exists relying on the ocean, right?"

Before the feast ended, the Twisted Shadow painted a map of Old Belfast for Lu Li. Excluding the Land of Vortex, the Twisted Cultists had already cleared about one-tenth of Old Belfast.

Including one-tenth from the Land of Vortex, two-tenths of Old Belfast now belong to the Land of Light.

Yet, it was disappointing that the camp could only clear but not occupy.

Returning to the Lake Heart Island wooden cabin, Lu Li dealt with the day's new matters.

Merchant Anthony had just taken away a notebook when the Mother of the Marsh informed him of new allies arriving.

They were not from the Midnight City survivors, nor from the Plant Habitat, but Shadow Cultists from the stone forest outskirts of Himfast, who believed in Anna and Lu Li.

The Twisted Shadow raised the Divine Fire, and on the same day, they left the stone forest, heading toward Sugard Mountain to support and protect Agate Lake Camp. Yet, no one expected the short-lived destruction of the Land of Vortex in one morning.

Lu Li settled them in a detached mansion adjacent to the Twisted Church and Vine Church. Seeing them, Lu Li felt the surrounding faith grow more intense due to their prostration.

"What do you plan to do with these believers of yours?"

"What is your advice?"

"I suggest maintaining the status quo; their faith will sense Anna's presence."

Lu Li's eyes subtly dimmed: "And if Anna... is dead."

"You know the outcome..." The Mother of the Marsh whispered.

That would give birth to a new Evil God called the "God of Shadows."

Just like Elena replacing the God of Vortex.

A constant flow of prey was sent to the slaughterhouse, and the slaughtered prey was dragged by the Six-legged Monsters to the Mother of the Marsh's other courtyard. These bodies would be put to full use, made into fertilizer piled under the roots of the Banyan Tree Guardian or turned into meat dishes served on the resident tables.

In the afternoon, Lu Li was invited to "The Ladies' Tea Time."

A parchment map lay unfolded before Lu Li, marking the regions of Old Belfast cleared by the Twisted Cultists up to that point.

The Twisted Cultists' cleared regions were no longer evenly spread from the morning. The northeastern cleared zone stretched down to two-thirds of Old Belfast, marked with the district name: Sailor District.

The Twisted Shadow greeted Lu Li.

"You brought Elena back for me, this is my humble gratitude."

...

After 25 years, Lu Li returned once more to the Sailor District, to what had once been... home.

Time and the sea breeze and oddities had eroded everything here, and the collapsed houses were barely recognizable.

Mrs. Phelin's bakery had vanished, and no children were chasing and playing.

Crunch—

He stepped on glass shards mixed with sand and stone, looking up at the dilapidated building before him.

Luckily, the Long House still stood, but the sign of the "The Weird and Multicolored Detective Agency" was long gone, as were the windows and the chaotic rooms.

A bizarre halo unfolded behind Lu Li, and through the dream realm, the dilapidated Long House was restored anew, the sign of the The Weird and Multicolored Detective Agency standing beside the door.

Behind the window reflecting the scene, a phantom figure curiously gazed out.

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