151: Chapter 151 Deformed People

As Su Qing continued reading, her voice grew increasingly shaky toward the end.

The information ended there.

A gust of chilling wind blew past, causing the dilapidated window frame to clatter loudly.

It also made the only candlelight in the room seem as if it were about to be extinguished at any moment!

Little Fatty was sweating profusely as he listened, trembling as he said, "Could it be that these siblings crossed the boundary of being siblings?"

The couple beside them wore expressions of disgust.

"What exactly is this dungeon trying to tell us? First that hermaphrodite, and now this forbidden love, it's disgusting! I have never encountered such a disgusting dungeon before!"

"Weren't you two the ones who wanted to get an S-rank? Why are you backing down now?" Jiang Xinyi mocked.

"You!" Boyfriend wanted to retract his own flag, but that would be too cowardly.

Lu Chengfeng held his chin, pondering, "This looks a lot like a case of sexual entrapment."

"There are two types. One is taking pleasure in guiding others to commit sexual assault, or doing it for revenge."

"And the other is committing the rape oneself, leading the victim step by step into acceptance, or even submission."

"But based on the story, logically speaking, the Circus leader shouldn't have known the victim, so the first possibility is more likely."

"Combined with what was said earlier, after this pair of siblings went to the Circus, the things they saw were all people. Could it be that they were also siblings who had been sexually entrapped?"

"No, that's not right either. Siblings who have been sexually entrapped being put on display for tourists—while that is perverted, most people definitely wouldn't be willing to pay to watch that."

"The people who came to watch were at least middle-class, or likely even higher. Judging by the background, it seems to be around the time the American War of Independence broke out; back then, ordinary people couldn't even afford bread."

"The living standards of the middle class would have dropped significantly; they wouldn't have the money or the mood to watch such perverted performances, so the tourists were at least from the upper class."

"When war breaks out, only ordinary people suffer, while the upper class can still indulge in pleasure."

"But upper-class people have one more thing to consider than ordinary people: reputation."

"Even if they were to enjoy such perverted things, it should be in a private residence, not at a Circus, because that would expose their true nature."

Hearing Lu Chengfeng's analysis, Chen Mo discovered Officer Lu's hidden attribute.

"The effort-based type—template-based case solving!"

"As long as it's something he has seen before, he can apply previous cases to make deductions. But if it's an original case, Officer Lu seems a bit useless."

Chen Mo wanted to remind everyone that two conjoined demons were previously hanging from the ceiling of the church.

Could they represent this pair of siblings?

However, the others couldn't see the demon sculptures, so Chen Mo didn't say anything more.

At this moment, Meng Zhou suddenly spoke up, pulling a small slip of paper from his pocket and signaling for everyone to look.

"This is a note I collected earlier in Peters Town; it contains the self-narration of a frog-man."

"Combined with the 1812 background, it's not hard to deduce that it's very likely the people weren't watching a forbidden love between siblings, but the product of the siblings."

"The product?" Hearing this, everyone looked puzzled.

"You should all be very clear about what happens with intermarriage within three generations."

"There is a high probability that the children born will be deformed, so... I'm thinking, what the Circus leader was showing everyone..."

Meng Zhou stopped abruptly at this point.

The rest of his words were simply too hair-raising and too perverted for him to say out loud.

The atmosphere suddenly became deathly silent.

Hearing Meng Zhou's analysis, Chen Mo looked back at the two pieces of information he had previously obtained.

One Doberman-headed Monster, one fish-man.

Meng Zhou was right; it was very likely that these mutants were actually humans, and the Circus leader was the culprit responsible for producing these monsters.

"Meng Zhou's deduction is very likely correct," Chen Mo suddenly broke the silence.

"The main background here is still the US, and this Wang Family Village seems to have been added by someone on purpose to make up the numbers."

"But there are similarities between the two."

"A hermaphrodite is essentially a type of deformed person, so the true theme of this dungeon might be deformed people."

"It's just that our culture is different from the US."

"In our China, because deformed people have unique appearances, they are easily regarded by people as saints or god-like beings."

"For example, Duke Wen of Jin, Chong'er; the kingdom of deformed people in the 'Classic of Mountains and Seas'; or the rumored Liu Huangshu, whose arms hung down to his knees."

"These people were considered to have innate talent because of their unique appearances."

"But in the US in 1812, there were already many modern disciplines; they would consider it a disease, a monster!"

Hearing Chen Mo's words, everyone nodded one after another.

In short, the core theme of the dungeon had been roughly figured out, and exploring further according to this theme felt much easier.

"Su Qing, what is the other note?" Chen Mo asked.

Su Qing showed the note to Chen Mo.

It wasn't text, but a set of patterns.

In the center was a cross, and below the cross was a string of tiny numbers.

[12-6]

"A very obvious hint. Let's go! We're going to the church!" Chen Mo said.

Everyone immediately walked out of the house.

Just as Chen Mo and the others stepped out of the humble dwelling, the palace maid wax figures they had been sitting around suddenly began to move on their own.

They stood to both sides, clearing a path.

Immediately after, the head of one of the palace maid wax figures suddenly swelled up like a balloon, and its face twitched and deformed.

It quickly transformed into a man's face.

The pupils, glowing with a yellow light, opened, revealing an eerie smile.

It split out from the wax figure and quietly followed behind the group.

Boyfriend and Little Fatty had never been to Peters Town, so they had no choice but to follow.

While Meng Zhou and Jiang Xinyi remembered the location of the church, they discovered something different after crossing the Chu-Han Border.

Originally, after crossing the riverbank and walking straight ahead, the first building seen upon entering the town should have been a bakery, but now it had turned into a renovation shop.

And the wax figures from the daytime had also changed their actions and positions.

For instance, the gentleman wax figure in front of the group, which should have been standing straight with its cane propped on the ground, was now leaning forward at a 45-degree angle, with its cane stuck into the center of its forehead, supporting its torso.

Such changes made everyone feel uneasy.

"The positions of the wax figures and buildings have changed. Are they trying to deliberately stall for time?" Meng Zhou frowned deeply.

"Su Qing, give me your tablet."

"Oh, oh!" Su Qing complied and handed the tablet to Chen Mo.

Turning on the screen, sure enough, the 'cheat' mentioned by the Management Group was because Su Qing's tablet could display the complete map of the dungeon.

So even if the buildings shifted, Chen Mo could quickly locate them.

Sliding his finger, he successfully found the church and circled it in red.

He said, "Follow me. This place will keep changing, so make sure no one gets left behind."