Chapter 23 God in the Sewer

As soon as he entered the dark sewer, an indescribable stench hit his nose. The dirty water that covered his ankles reflected a layer of green and purple oily light on the water surface under the light of the entrance.

Chen Ke stepped into the dirty water, causing waves and ripples on the calm water surface. The stinky water poured into Chen Ke's shoes and socks, and his feet suddenly felt icy cold.

The sewage system of the lower city of Opportunity City is part of the upper city. There are no special sewage cleaning facilities in the lower city. The dirty water of the whole city will flow here after being treated, and finally pour into the river channel of Xiaoyao River from the port of the lower city.

This water has gathered the essence of so many dirty things that Chen Ke's toes are greasy and slippery. He cursed in a low voice and deliberately avoided the garbage floating on the water, while holding up the Glock 17 and moving forward into the depths of the sewer with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

After Chen Ke walked in this sewer for about ten minutes, he found that the water surface of a certain fork in the road emitted an unnatural green dark light, as if there were unknown microorganisms under the water surface.

This waterway matched the road in the female diner's memory. Presumably, the female diner also followed this green light waterway that was like a signpost to find the monster with tentacles.

Chen Ke stared at the green light waterway for a while, and no information about the alienated objects popped up in his vision. It seemed that this green light came from the microbial community.

In a rotten and humid environment, microorganisms will breed in large numbers, most of which are scavenging bacteria or small insects. These glowing scavenging insects gather in a large area, which means that there are a lot of corrupt and rotten things there.

Chen Ke walked cautiously along the green light waterway. The air was still filled with the stench of decay, but unlike the previous shit smell, the smell in this fork was closer to the stench of corpses.

The water level slowly rose and was already above the knees. Chen Ke felt that he had kicked something. He slowly moved around and saw a few bubbles popping out of the green water surface, and suddenly half of a man's face floated up.

Chen Ke took a few steps back. He was not afraid, but felt sick. A cool breeze blew from the exit of the passage in the distance, and the light became stronger.

"It's here." He said secretly. Chen Ke walked to the entrance of the passage and found that he had come to a sewer central water collection chamber.

This is a circular square of 500 to 600 square meters, where eight passages converge. The green water is like a lake, illuminating the entire space, and there are many human remains floating on the water surface. The green light sinks into the darkness from bottom to top, like a sky abyss.

At the entrance of one of the passages, totems composed of various garbage and remains are placed on both sides, which look absurd and terrifying. Chen Ke avoided the human remains on the water surface and came to the entrance of the dark passage.

It was very quiet, and there was no sound. Chen Ke looked into the dark passage curiously, but it was too dark to see anything.

"Kneel down."

Suddenly, a voice that was neither male nor female came out of the dark passage, hitting the wall of the water collection room and circling up into the darkness.

Chen Ke stared at the dark passage, hesitating whether to go in and take a look.

"Kneel down." The voice sounded again, and Chen Ke heard the impatience and surprise in it.

"Kneel down, your mother." Chen Ke cursed at the darkness.

"If you don't serve me, you will be eaten." The voice said.

The surroundings became quiet, but Chen Ke knew that thing must be angry, and there must be some danger brewing in the passage. He slowly retreated, holding the Glock in his right hand, aiming at the dark passage, guarding against something rushing out.

"Gurgle..."

An unsettling sound came from the darkness, as if a person with half a mouthful of water was clearing his throat constantly.

"+1 hour"

"+1 hour"

"The lifespan has reached the upper limit!"

"+1 hour"

"The lifespan has reached the upper limit!"

Here it comes!

As information kept jumping in the upper right corner of Chen Ke's vision, a half-meter-thick, knobby purple tentacle suddenly stretched out from the black passage.

Just as the tentacle was about to roll up Chen Ke, Chen Ke's left arm suddenly flashed with white light, and a round shield appeared!

The tentacle slammed into the shield, and the huge impact force threw Chen Ke into the air. The shield also flew out of his left arm, drew an arc in the air, and then turned into a small diamond, falling into the water with a splash.

"Pah!"

Chen Ke fell into the water, dirty water poured into his neck along his collar, and a sour taste came out of his mouth.

"Pah! Damn!" Chen Ke climbed out of the sewage, fumbled in the water for a while, picked up the Glock 17, and a gray finger was still hanging in the trigger sheath.

He looked around, and the shield was gone.

"I knew it wouldn't be that simple..." Chen Ke muttered to himself. Using a shield requires a strong physique and strong arms, as well as professional training, otherwise you will end up like Chen Ke.

His shield fell into the dirty water covering several hundred square meters, and it had already been restored to a small diamond, making it extremely difficult to find.

Although this was a hasty and unsuccessful defense, the spikes on the shield still played a role. After the tip of the tentacle shed purple blood - if it was blood - it slowly rolled back into the darkness.

"You are very strange, human." The voice said.

"Speak properly." Chen Ke was fed up with the monster's flowery way of speaking, and replied.

There was a gurgling sound again in the darkness, and Chen Ke bent down slightly in alertness.

Waves of water rippled out of the passage, and a fat flipper stepped out of the darkness first, followed by another one, and then Chen Ke saw a huge belly, and finally, a toad head emerged from the darkness...

This huge toad was at least as tall as four adults, purple-gray all over, with tumors all over its skin, dirty water, microorganisms and garbage all over its body, two huge eyes narrowed into a line, and its cheeks kept bulging-shrinking-bulging-shrinking...

"I just started practicing the way the ancient people of Feihuang speak recently, and I want to improve my status in front of the servants." The big toad said, and his tone sounded quite proud.

"You can still learn the ancient language of Feihuang here? How did you learn it? Did you read books?" Chen Ke said in surprise.

"No, no... I can learn it by eating people... You look like a Feihuang person, maybe if I eat you, I will be more stylish..." The big toad smiled, it opened its mouth slightly, and its long and thick tongue shot at Chen Ke like a bullet.

Here we go again!

It turned out that the tentacle was the tongue of the toad. Chen Ke had always thought that the body of this monster was something like a squid that loved diving...

Chen Ke dodged suddenly and fell into the dirty water, and a big mouthful of water went into his throat. But how could a human's reaction compare to the tongue of a toad? His ankles were still entangled, and the whole person was hung in the air, flying rapidly into the mouth of the toad.

Chen Ke raised his gun and fired, and 9mm flame bullets poured out and drilled into the mouth of the toad. Because of the silencer, the gunshot was not loud.

Perhaps it felt threatened, and the toad tongue that wanted to swallow Chen Ke swung and threw him into the water far away, but the bullet had already hit its flesh.

Chen Ke climbed out of the dirty water, feeling that his body was about to fall apart. His left hand was supported on the ground, and he felt a little bit of hand-down. He picked it up and saw that it was a diamond.

He looked up at the big toad, and the other party was actually unharmed, staring at him curiously with wide eyes.

"This bullet tastes wrong. You are not a genuine investigator, but you are doing private work?" said the toad.

As he said that, the toad spat out the bullet.

"You are really knowledgeable." Chen Ke took out the giant python and fired six shots at the toad. The large-caliber flame magnum bullet whizzed towards the toad.

Before hearing the gunshot, the toad saw the revolver in Chen Ke's hand. At the moment the bullet flew out, it closed its mouth and its belly swelled up.

When the flame magnum bullet hit the toad's belly, something unexpected happened to Chen Ke. The flaming bullet was completely absorbed by the belly, leaving nothing behind.

The toad spat out a few more bullets, and its tongue stretched out from its mouth and slid for a while, as if it had just tasted delicious food.

"It's a pity, don't think that you can defeat me just because you have a gun and a shield that can fire. I have eaten many investigators. Although you are different from them, you are doing great." The toad said approvingly.

"Do all you toads like to talk dirty?" Chen Ke turned the Colt Python's cartridge away, took out six Magnum bullets from his bag, and loaded them one by one.

"I know this doesn't conform to your common sense. How can a toad not be afraid of fire? How can a toad talk? Quack, quack, quack... But you have to know that when you face a god, all the unreasonable things will become part of the common sense." The toad shook his head while speaking, and did not stop Chen Ke from loading bullets. After all, that thing could not threaten it.

"I know this doesn't conform to your common sense. How can humans not be afraid of monsters? How can humans resist God? Balabala, balabala... But you have to know that in my eyes, you are just a bigger toad... who can talk dirty. All toads can be fucking killed." Chen Ke said while moving the hammer.

"Are you imitating my speech?" The toad was a little angry.

"Do you dare to roll me with your tongue again?" Chen Ke provoked.

Here it comes!