The edge of the island, the Undead Beach. The cell man walked out of the narrow passage and saw a cliff that was eroded by waves and rain. In the gaps between the cliffs, a large number of pipes were built artificially, leading to the laboratory below the mountain wall. This is the territory of the apostates, a group of heretics who were originally expelled by the kingdom. They have been obsessed with bloody and dark "medical" research for many years and have a good understanding of cells and artificial people. In the process of studying the panacea, the collector also received some help from them and learned relevant knowledge. At this moment, the cell man came here, looking at the apostates wearing heavy red robes, but with skeletons inside and outside, and the resurrected dead who were awakened by the lanterns in their hands and attacked him. Also besieging him were the failed artificial people who looked almost exactly like him, naked, and could only attack by throwing green algae bodies. The cell man did not make any unnecessary movements, but the hand holding the shield tightened subconsciously, and the light projected from his single eye became extremely cold. He raised his hand slightly, and a blue-white lightning leaped in his hand, like a long whip. Facing the enemies who surrounded him, the cell man went forward.
...half an hour later. With a flash of lightning, the body of the last failed android standing in front of the cell man was burned to ashes, and the body that lost control also fell and decayed quickly. The cell man was about to leave, but suddenly saw a familiar symbol on the wall at the corner in front. He went over and took a closer look. It was a mark composed of four knife marks, which looked like... a horizontal cut in the middle of the king's emblem. The cell man looked at the mark for a while, and then saw the smashed door next to it. He was stunned and subconsciously complained: "Hey! This door was not kicked by me!" After a pause, he observed the door: "... something is wrong here." So he pushed open the broken door and walked in. Inside was a spacious laboratory, with flasks for experiments placed on the table, various messy design drawings on the wall, and a body support that was like a torture device to imprison people. But the most eye-catching thing was that there were straight and slender sword marks on the wall, the ground, and the restraint table. The marks seemed to be a neat cut left by cutting a gap in the space. The bodies of two apostates fell to the ground, one with a smashed head and the other with three gold-plated arrows stuck in his body. In the deepest part of the laboratory, there was a huge smashed culture tank, in which various strange plants grew, which looked extremely uncomfortable. Another apostate was hung next to the tank, with two crossed sword marks on his body. The cell man carefully inspected the entire laboratory, touched his chin, and complained in his heart: "I hate these apostate bastards... It seems that there are others who think so too." He touched the scars on the bodies and finally sighed: "... I hope I won't meet that person." He checked the strange plants in the tank again, but found nothing, so he didn't delay and left quickly. Next, he went down the cliff and found the collector's laboratory and the way to leave the beach. However, when he came out of the laboratory after spending money this time, he saw a somewhat weird scene. Beside the old cemetery along the coast, there are dark red roses planted along the road. These roses are crooked, but still stand stubbornly, extending all the way to the inside of the damaged cemetery. Judging from the growth traces, it should have been planted not too long ago.
In this originally abandoned cemetery, someone actually planted roses, which made the cell man interested. He walked along the stone steps of the cemetery and entered the damaged hall in the center. The dome of this hall was already mostly broken. There was a long scroll hanging between the two glass windows at the end. The picture showed a man in a robe, who looked a bit like the cell man. On the ground of the hall, dark red roses were planted at this moment. A man in a brown robe, a bamboo hat, and green skin was standing in the hall, watering the roses. The cell man jumped down from the broken dome and stepped on the flower field. The man who was watering the flowers immediately heard the noise, turned around, and saw the roses that were trampled to death by the cell man. The scarecrow-like man immediately let out a roar that was not like a human voice! "Ah--!!!" He picked up the sickle on the ground without hesitation and rushed towards the cell man! The cell man was slightly startled, but not surprised. On this damn island, no matter if it was alive, half-dead, or dead and resurrected, as long as it moved, basically he would kick it. The cell man certainly didn't think it was his problem, after all, these guys were obviously crazy. Facing the scarecrow's fast-moving sickle, he raised his shield to block and slap it, and then swung the electric whip to fight back. With a sizzling sound, the scarecrow's coat was charred by electricity, but he seemed to feel nothing at all. He immediately took out two short-handled sickles from his back and threw them at the cell man like flying knives! The cell man rolled to avoid it this time, but the scarecrow had already jumped high, and vines popped out from behind him and grabbed the walls of the lobby, and then he took out a pitchfork from somewhere and stabbed the cell man. The cell man was also a little annoyed, and roared in his heart: "Isn't it just stepping on your rose? Like a mad dog! People who don't know would think I stole your wife!" He rolled to avoid it, took out a flash bomb, and threw it out when he found a gap! "Buzz--" The scarecrow hit by the flash bomb fell to the ground. The cell man was about to go over to finish him off, but saw his body trembling rapidly, and the whole person went underground within two seconds. Cell man: "..." This guy is so annoying! He waved his hand behind him and threw two traps at his feet. "... Come on!" ... While the cell man and the scarecrow fought for three hundred rounds, at the Undead Beach. Li You led his companions and walked between the cliffs. Of course, they were much easier to move than the cell man. They didn't need to climb the mountain slowly, and could directly rappel. In fact, standing on the cliff of the Undead Beach, you can see the crooked lighthouse in the distance. Li You, of course, followed the footsteps of the Cell Man. He got the news from the collector that the Cell Man had found the way to the lighthouse, so he followed all the way.
Li You knew without guessing that the Cell Man should be communicating with the Scarecrow, and the results could be separated at any time. But even though time was a bit tight, he still came to the laboratory that the Cell Man had discovered before. Li You looked at the traces left in the laboratory, especially the sword marks on the wall, with a serious face. Aggie also came to him and said in surprise: "These...are the marks cut only by sword energy?" After experiencing the world of Sekiro, Aggie has some knowledge of this area. Li You nodded and confirmed her guess: "Yes, the person who left these sword marks must be a real top swordsman. Such sword skills have touched the threshold of space slash, right?" He was not very sure, after all, he himself had never seen anyone with sword skills that reached that level. Even the sword saint Ashina Isshin, who has studied the secret sword technique for decades, can only reach that level in theory. Although Li You has also learned this move, he is still at the entry level. It's not that his brain is not working well, it's just too difficult. That's the prototype of the Dimension Slash! If he can master the space sword technique so quickly, he can kill Gojo Satoru in seconds, and he can probably go to Devil May Cry to compete with Brother V in the next world? As for the person who left these sword marks on the wall, Li You estimated that he must be better than him in sword skills, but a little worse than his brother Isshin. But he is already very strong. Of course, there are also those who are dissatisfied. Ye Ge flew in the air and hummed in dissatisfaction: "That's all! If I release my full strength, I can... no, I can do better!" Li You said "yes, yes, yes" and looked at the other traces of battle in the room again, confirming that this was just a one-sided killing. Ignoring Ye Ge's dissatisfaction of "You are just perfunctory to me", Li You thought quietly. Who did this scene? The answer is obvious. Those sword marks that almost distorted the space were left by the queen herself. As for the smashed skulls and the gilded arrows stuck in the bodies of the apostates, they came from the three guards of the queen, each of which left obvious marks. The mark at the door is the queen's personal emblem. As for what they came here to do, it is not difficult to guess that it should be to rescue the scarecrow used by the apostates for experiments. The scarecrow was originally a world-famous botanist. Before the sudden change in the kingdom, he was invited to the island and opened a botanical garden here for the royal family and dignitaries to relax. Among the nobles of the kingdom, the queen likes the scenery of the botanical garden the most. Her favorite flower is the red rose. The queen often comes to the botanical garden to relax, and the king also comes here from time to time. They are all friends with the botanist. But they don't know that the botanist gradually fell in love with the queen. Naturally, he did not speak, but kept his feelings in his heart. Later, the strange change occurred, and the collector found that its source was related to the plants on the island, so the king, who was suspicious, immediately ordered the burning of the botanical garden. The botanist resisted this matter because he knew that the queen liked the scenery of the botanical garden very much. Unfortunately, he could not resist the guards of the kingdom alone. Even in the chaos at that time, the botanist was killed.
However, he did not die, but because of the plague infection, he climbed up later, groped all the way, and finally came to the Undead Beach. He asked for help from the apostates here, and it seemed that he did get some help. But in the end, for some reason, he still became an experimental subject. Later, the queen who heard the news came with her guards to rescue him and destroyed the apostate's laboratory. It is not clear what happened later, but the queen should not have any feelings for the botanist beyond friendship. So after she rescued the botanist, she went to the lighthouse, extinguished the flames, and fulfilled her duties as a queen. Perhaps that is why the botanist, who had transformed into a scarecrow, had nowhere else to go and decided to stay near the queen and continue planting her favorite red roses for her. Even in the game, if you use a special method to avoid stepping on the Scarecrow's roses on the Gloomy Cemetery map, then he will not attack, allowing you to hit him at will. This may be a game bug, but it does fit the setting. Li You and his party continued to move forward and also came to the gloomy cemetery. Looking at the roses all over the place, Aggie couldn't help but be surprised: "Why are there flowers here?" Li You briefly explained the story behind it to Ai Ji, and the emotional girl was very moved: "This botanist has forgotten so many things, but always remembers the flowers she likes... This is really..." Li You nodded: "Yes, it's really Tom's behavior." Ai Ji: "?" Li You explained: "Oh, Tom Cat is an anime character from my hometown. He is characterized by being devoted and able to give everything to his lover. He is a very classic character." Aiji's face was expressionless: "Yes, and he has no brains, he is a licker." "Please, Li You, this animation also exists in our world." Li You: "Ah this..." Ai Ji rolled his eyes at him: "Let's go and see how the Cell Man and Licking Dog are doing." Li You could only spread his hands and walk towards the hall ahead. Arriving at the edge of the hall, Li You saw through the damaged outer wall that the Cell Man and the Scarecrow were indeed fighting. However, the winner is about to be decided. Cell Man raised his shield for the last time, deflected the shovel swung by Scarecrow, and took the opportunity to swing his electric whip! The electric whip penetrated the scarecrow's defense and burned his face fiercely! The Scarecrow let out a scream and struggled to retreat, but the Cell Man had already picked up the short-handled sickle he had dropped on the ground and chopped it down with all his strength! The short-handled sickle pierced the Scarecrow's hat and his head directly, ending all the Scarecrow's resistance. As Cell Man let go of his hand, Scarecrow fell to his knees with a thud, falling in front of Cell Man. The Cell Man did not relax his vigilance and turned towards the entrance again, raising his shield. Li You immediately walked out and waved: "Don't be nervous, it's me!" Cell Man's eyes flashed, he paused, then put down his shield and electric whip, and waved to Li You.
Ai Jilian connected with him and began to send a message: "Why are you here?" Li You replied: "When I was looking for alchemy materials on the island, I found the traces you left, so I chased you all the way." Cell Man nodded: "I see... I'm going to the lighthouse over there to check out the situation. I think that might be a way to escape from the island. Do you want to come with me?" Li Youyou: "Of course." The two reached an agreement, and Ai Ji and Yu Zi also nodded to the Cell Man. Only Ye Ge looked unhappy: "Why are you bringing this useless guy? We can kill him ourselves!" Let's kill each other together, right? Li You almost complained, but he still held it back. After all, Ye Ge would have to quarrel with him for a long time after saying these words. So he just said: "Then let's go. Do you know the way?" Cell Man raised his finger and pointed behind him: "Just go this way." After passing through the narrow cave and continuing down the cliff gap, the group came to an extremely old small pier. Judging from the smelly dead fish piled here, you can tell that this was originally a small port for fishing. At the pier, a dilapidated wooden boat was docked. A fat tentacle monster wearing a yellow raincoat was sitting on the boat, waiting for the arrival of the Cell Man. Li You and his group came to him, and he glanced at the strangers and said: "...Do you have any companions?" Cell Man nodded and gave a thumbs up. The fat tentacle monster didn't say anything, and just said: "It's okay. One more person will give you more strength, as long as they are indeed companions." After hearing what he had pointed out, Li You also looked at him. But the face of this fat tentacle monster was covered by a raincoat and hat, making it impossible to see clearly. There was only a faint spot of light. He didn't seem to notice Li You's gaze, and just continued to ask: "So, are you ready? Say it and we will set sail immediately." "But remember, what's lurking in that wreck is really unsightly even by my standards. You'd better be careful." Cell Man looked back at Li You and the others, but Li You and the others had no reaction. Everyone immediately got on the boat. Surprisingly, this small wooden boat, which looked dilapidated and ancient, was very strong. It carried two heavyweight passengers, the tentacle monster and Yuzi, and could actually transport Li You and the others. The tentacle monster used two tentacles to pull up the anchor, and the other two tentacles paddled the water. The boat quickly sailed towards the gloomy and ruined shipwrecks in the distance. On the way, Aggie was also a little curious about how the tentacle monster could row so fast with just two tentacles, so he wanted to take a look at the end of the boat. But the tentacle monster warned: "Miss, be careful? This boat has a limited carrying capacity. If you accidentally fall into the water, you may encounter some ferocious carnivorous fish." Ai Ji was a little confused at first, but Li You pulled her up expressionlessly and brought her back to him. Before she was pulled away, she glanced around and seemed to see a huge shadow under the water, under the boat, undulating, causing little splashes of water. Aiji swallowed, sat quietly next to Li You, and stopped looking around. She took a moment and then used her mental link to whisper to Li Youyou: "Under this boat, could it be..." Li You remained expressionless, and answered in the mental link: "It seems so. So, we'd better not provoke this guy."
Aggie was silent. The boat soon arrived near the wreckage. The fat tentacle monster put Li You and his party down and said, "Then I will send you here, and you can only rely on yourself for the rest of the journey." With that said, he punted and left, as fast as flying on the water. Li You and others, including Cell Man, looked at each other for a while before Li You said: "...let's go." Everyone nodded, especially Ye Ge, who had never spoken a word since seeing the Fat Mansion Tentacle Monster. At this time, it was swaying continuously, almost shaking the topaz from its eyeballs. The group immediately entered the infected shipwreck. Although this area is called a shipwreck, it is actually much more than that. It is actually the product of several shipwrecks of different sizes combined with seaside cliff caves. Even in the game, it is one of the top maps in terms of size. one. The monsters wandering here are also all kinds of strange. In addition to the infected people we have seen before, the main enemies are the rebel crew members resurrected by the disease, and a predator lurking in the dark-the armored shrimp. Similarly, the actual appearance of this thing has basically nothing to do with "shrimp". It is more like a sea urchin covered with thorns, with several spiked tentacles extending from its body to attack. They are huge and like to hide in the cracks of shipwrecks. Once prey passes by, they will suddenly pounce out to hunt. But fortunately, with Aiji and Yuzu here, this kind of creature that relies on disguise to make a living can't afford to make any waves. Everyone pushed forward and eliminated all the enemies they saw, and the dropped items were divided equally between Li You and Cell Man. As for the lurking armored shrimps, they were all discovered by Aiji in advance. Then Yuzu stretched out his tentacles and pulled them out of the gaps, pulled off the sharp spines, and chewed them. Even the cell man looked at it in a daze: "Isn't he worried about infection?" Li You said, good question. In the game, it is true that after five cells, there will be a negative status of "epidemic", which is very troublesome. So Li You was well prepared, and he and Aiji never took off their gas masks during the whole process. As for Yuzu, he is not afraid of ordinary infections at all. These mutated creatures chew as much as they want, and the viruses will only turn into nutrients for him. With such high efficiency, Li You and others moved forward steadily, and after making a long circle, they finally found the way to the lighthouse. Even Li You, who had a systematic 3D map, had to say that the road was really difficult and dirty. His hunter suit, as well as Aggie's robes, were now covered in disgusting slime and exuded a strange smell. Although their clothes can clean themselves, Li You was also irritated by the smell and frowned. Fortunately, we have gotten out of this maze of shipwrecks. All the way up from the underground passage, when we finally saw the light again, a towering but broken lighthouse had appeared in front of everyone. This is already the end of the island, and beyond the lighthouse is the vast sea. Li You looked up and saw that the top of the lighthouse was still shrouded in night. The flame that was supposed to burn out all year round and guide the ships passing by had gone silent. Li You thought for a while, and then asked the cell man in a procedural way: "Do you want to light the lighthouse to attract ships from the outside world?" Cell Man nodded: "This is the fastest way to escape from this island."
Li You pondered for a moment and said, "...Let's go then." Cell Man glanced at him without leaving any trace, and replied: "Let's go." Walking along the wooden trestle on the seaside to the lighthouse, climbing along the base to the door, the cell man stepped forward and opened the door. In the lighthouse, a queen's attendant was standing quietly in front of a torch decorated with a statue of the king. She was wearing a white short robe, a black bottom coat, a white mask on her head, and she was dragging a huge meteor hammer with each hand. She hadn't noticed Li You and the others at first, but when the Cell Man kicked in the door out of habit, the vibration caused shook off the old chandelier on the top of this floor, and the lamp stand filled with burning candles was pointing towards the bottom. The torch fell over! This is a fixed performance in the game, because this level is actually a parkour escape BOSS battle. It is essentially a tribute to the classic Silver Tree level in another independent game, Ori and the Dark Forest. On the way to escape, this level has to face the queen's three guards at the same time, so it is considered by many to be the most difficult map in the entire game. So Li You was determined not to do this. Three tentacles and a grappling hook flew out, and they all caught on the falling chandelier. With a little more force, Yuzu pulled the chandelier back and threw it into the sea outside. Li You said that I would skip parkour directly. However, although the fire of the lighthouse was avoided, the battle with the queen's three guards was inevitable. At this moment, the attendant in front of everyone shouted angrily, pulled the chain, and threw the two meteor hammers, which were almost half a meter in diameter! Li You and the Cell Man dodged one after another, while Yuzi roared back with a louder roar, clenched the naginata, rounded it and swung it hard! Just like hitting a ball, Yuzu smashed the bolas back. The iron chain pulled the Queen's valet back several steps before stopping. She looked at Li You and others, and realized that she might not be an opponent on her own. She immediately took out a whistle and blew it hard! As the whistle echoed in the dilapidated lighthouse, two figures wearing the same attendant uniforms rushed over from above. Euterpe, holding a gilded bow, Clio, using a pair of bladed crutches, and Calliope, who was dragging a huge meteor hammer in front of him. These three people are the queen's attendants, and are also her most trusted and strongest subordinates, equivalent to the king's hand to the king. Although there was originally a fourth person, she should have used a long and short sword, but no one knew what happened and she had long disappeared. But this is also a good thing. If the queen's four attendants really gathered together, the strength they could exert would probably be far beyond the state of the three. Looking at the three attendants who were eyeing them, Li You drew his knife, and the others were also ready for battle. "——Come on."