Drew was not targeting Richard alone during this half-century.
Or it should be said that except for Richard, the identity and background of the remaining thousands of residents have been thoroughly explored by him.
Ninety-nine percent of these thousands of residents are employees, and only one mine manager also lives in the town.
It was from the mouth of this manager that Dulu learned the purpose of these cultists, which was to use the cover of mining to prepare to summon evil gods in the mines.
One of the jobs of the managers is to protect these cultists from being discovered by ordinary people when entering and exiting the mines.
As for the origins of these cultists and their relationship with the mining company, managers are not able to know.
However, he did reveal a piece of news. Before the fire, these cultists gathered in the mine. After the fire, they all died inside because they had no time to take them out.
Dulu has always suspected that the sudden fire may have been caused by these cultists, and also suspected that this town that kept reincarnating had something to do with these cultists.
It's a pity that they all turned into monsters and couldn't communicate at all. Drew could only target Richard.
Fang Cheng obtained Dulu's memory and felt that only Richard could know the truth, not these monsters who only had the instinct to kill.
He and Isis walked quickly through the mine, surrounded by underground fire that was enough to melt steel. A humanoid monster rushed out of the flames, waving a weapon at the two.
Although they look scary, the level of these monsters is only around B level, and even Dulu's investigators can deal with them.
Fang Cheng's vector control formed a repulsive force field outward, and all the monsters that rushed towards him, including the high-temperature flames, were repulsed.
The blood he spread quickly traveled throughout the mine, searching for Richard's whereabouts.
Under the high temperature, the area of the mine continued to expand, and a huge underground labyrinth gradually took shape.
But after searching the entire mine, Richard's figure was still missing.
If it weren't for reading Dulu's memory, Fang Cheng would almost suspect that he was lying.
However, when the mine expanded to a certain extent, Richard finally appeared.
He was in the deepest part of the mine, and the flames around him seemed to be avoiding him, forming a fireless zone several meters in diameter around him.
Even if it is not affected by the flames, the high temperature and lack of oxygen are still extremely deadly.
Richard remained unharmed, ignoring these deadly threats.
He slowly turned around and looked at Fang Cheng and Isis who appeared in front of him.
"What's happening here has nothing to do with you."
Richard said calmly: "I guess you should have a way to leave, why don't we just say goodbye, okay?"
Isis observed the situation around Richard and said, "Give us your mother's body and we will leave."
Richard looked at the two of them calmly: "I said, that thing is very important to me and I can't give it to you."
"Then what else is there to say?"
Fang Cheng took action directly, his eyes flashing red.
Richard felt his body tighten, and when he looked down, he saw that his body had been tightly bound by chains by three ghosts and gods who suddenly appeared.
Fang Cheng's eyes had already emitted two hot sun rays.
The power of the sixth-level solar rays made Isis on the side feel terrified.
At the moment when he was about to be penetrated by the sun's rays, Richard disappeared again.
The sun's rays struck a deep hole in the ore behind.
"Run away again!"
Fang Cheng felt very unhappy. This Richard didn't look very strong, but his ability to escape was top-notch. It was difficult to keep him.
Isis whispered: "Isn't there another chance?"
Fang Cheng was not so optimistic: "He slipped away so fast. If there is no way to limit it, it will be the same a few times again."
It's normal to think about it. A group of Dulu investigators have been busy for half a century but still failed to get rid of Richard. He must have special escape skills.
It's just that in Drew's memory, after trying thousands of times, they succeeded in killing Richard the first two times he showed up.
Why did Fang Cheng run away when he came here?
Is he worse than the ace Dulu?
The underground fire is becoming more and more fierce, and the area of the mine is also rapidly expanding.
Not long after, Dulu chased in with several of his men. There were only six people in total including Dulu. Only these six people had special abilities and could withstand the high temperature, flames and lack of oxygen.
"Kill Richard?"
Drew asked eagerly as soon as he came up.
Fang Cheng was too embarrassed to tell him that he ran away and tried to change the subject: "When did Richard show up for the third time?"
Dulu gave Fang Cheng a strange look, haven't you already got my memory?
But he still replied: "It will have to wait a while, but we must hurry up and kill him before the fire burns down the town of Centralia."
In the past, every time Dulu's group failed in pursuit, they were defeated by time and failed to kill Richard before the town of Centralia was destroyed by fire.
Now that he has two more masters, his confidence has greatly increased.
Fang Cheng pretended not to notice Richard's expectant look, but quietly sent a message to Isis: "If you start with me later, I won't believe he can run away again."
Isis showed a faint smile and nodded slightly.
With Fang Cheng here, the surrounding flames, high temperatures, and monsters can't get close, which makes Dulu and the others feel much more relaxed.
In the past, when they were chasing Richard, they had to fight against these deadly threats at the same time. In the end, only two or three people could stand in front of Richard.
As time goes by, the area of the mine is getting larger and larger, and a huge maze has begun to take shape.
In the deepest part of the mine, the coal was ignited by flames, peeling off under the high temperature, and soon a pyramid-shaped altar with steps and patterns was revealed.
Fang Cheng was certain that he had never seen this altar in his previous searches.
The number of monsters transformed by the cultists around the altar was even greater. In the past, Dulu and others had a huge headache when facing these monsters.
At this moment, all these monsters were easily killed by Fang Cheng's repulsive force field, and the surrounding flames were squeezed away, forming a wide fire-free zone.
Only half of the altar was exposed before stopping, and half was still embedded in the ore.
On the top of the altar, Richard's figure appeared again.
"Do it!"
Fang Cheng's voice instantly sounded in Isis's ears.
Isis directly used spiritualism to restrict Richard's body, including the space around him.
Fang Cheng's speed was also maximized, time seemed to stand still, and everything around him seemed to have pressed the pause button.
Only Fang Cheng was able to move freely. He rushed towards Richard on the altar, and in a blink of an eye, he passed through the tens of meters of violence and raised his hand to reach for his head.
At such a terrifying speed, Richard couldn't even keep up with his thinking, let alone react.
Fang Cheng's hand successfully touched Richard's head, but at the moment of contact, his body suddenly twisted and gradually fell into the space like a swamp.
It turns out to be a subspace rift!
Fang Cheng finally understood how Richard disappeared every time.
He subconsciously wanted to follow, but the subspace crack opened by Richard had a strong repelling force on him, repelling his entry.
After Richard disappears into the warp rift, time returns to normal.
In the eyes of others, Fang Cheng suddenly teleported to the altar, while Richard on the altar suddenly disappeared.
Dulu and his men all widened their eyes in surprise: "Did they kill him?"
"No!"
They looked at the flames around them, which showed no sign of disappearing.
Fang Cheng ignored these people's surprise and looked back at Isis with a solemn expression: "Do you feel it?"
Isis nodded. Like Dracula, she had the ability to open subspace cracks. She used this method to disappear in front of Fang Cheng when she was in Mechanical City.
Now it is natural to feel that Richard used the same method and opened the subspace rift much faster than Fang Cheng and Isis.
This is difficult to do. If you can't follow Richard into the subspace he opened, there is no way to kill the opponent.
Dulu and others had noticed Fang Cheng's solemn expression and immediately realized that tonight's operation had failed again.
They couldn't tell what they were feeling, and they were used to being disappointed.
But two more masters still failed, making tonight's disappointment all the more bitter.
Fang Cheng's eyes fell on Dulu and others again, and suddenly he appeared in front of them, raising his hand to touch the heads of the two men beside Dulu.
Dulu was startled and subconsciously wanted to stop him, but found that his body could not move again, and this time he could not even open his mouth.
Isis came over and asked, "Did you find anything?"
Fang Cheng shook his head helplessly: "No, their memories are the same."
He read the memories of the men around Dulu one after another and found that their memories were almost the same as Dulu's.
After killing Richard twice in the first two times, the success failed only in the third time. I have experienced it thousands of times and I can't remember it wrong.
It had never happened before that Fang Cheng had Richard run away three times in a row.
If the memories of Dulu and others have not been collectively tampered with, it means that Richard was killed by them on purpose, or had to be killed by them for some reason.
Otherwise, it is unexplainable that Richard could escape in Fang Cheng's hands, but died in the hands of Dulu, a group of investigators with the highest level who only have ace cards.
If it weren't for the fact that his mother's body was in Richard's hands, Fang Cheng really wouldn't want to get involved in such a complicated and confusing matter.
He took Duru and the others and left the mine with Isis and returned to the town.
The entire town of Centralia has been devoured by fire, and neither the monsters, residents, nor Dulu's men can escape the flames.
Duru looked at this scene with numbness in his eyes and no unnecessary fluctuations, because he had seen it countless times.
After the flames engulfed the town, they gradually spread around.
Fang Cheng, who had seen the memories of Dulu and others, knew that this was the end of reincarnation.
Sure enough, the figures of Dulu and others quickly disappeared, leaving only Fang Cheng and Isis, and the flames were surrounding them.
If left alone, Fang Cheng and Isis may also fall into this reincarnation.
Under the unclear situation, Fang Cheng did not take risks, but chose to open the rift in the subspace and pulled Isis into the subspace.
After Isis came in, she looked up and looked at the dazzling aurora above her head, and asked: "Is this the subspace of the Lord of Demons?"
"That's right."
Fang Cheng nodded: "I'm going to take a look outside the town. Do you want to follow me?"
Being able to enter and exit the subspace at will means that he can leave the reincarnation of Centralia Town at any time, so Fang Cheng is not very nervous about this problem.
Isis did not hesitate: "Let's go together."
Fang Cheng reopened the crack and took Isis out of the subspace.
When coming out of the subspace, the night suddenly turned into day, and the town of Centralia returned to the way it was originally seen, with poisonous gas filling the air and charred buildings looming.
Fang Cheng discovered something was wrong. Although there were a lot of dust particles accumulated on the ground, there were far fewer dust particles than before. There was only a thin layer.
Fang Cheng released the blood and checked the situation in the entire town of Centralia and its surroundings. His expression suddenly changed.
Isis noticed the change in his expression and asked aloud: "What's wrong?"
Fang Cheng took a deep breath and said solemnly, "You'd better see for yourself."
He reached out and grabbed Isis's arm, teleported, and took her outside the town.
When they saw the situation outside the town, both of them looked shocked.
The town of Centralia has only one road leading to the outside world.
When they came here before, both Fang Cheng and Isis saw the dilapidated appearance of this road that had been in disrepair.
But now, the road has a new look, not that it's brand new, but it looks like it's been maintained regularly.
The originally thick weeds on both sides of the road also disappeared and were replaced by low shrubs.
A road sign was inserted on the side of the road with the words 'Centralia Town, 500 meters ahead' written on it.
If that were the only thing, it would not be enough to surprise Fang Cheng and Isis.
However, at this moment, the road outside the town has been blocked by a barbed wire fence.
There were many vehicles parked inside and outside the barbed wire fence, and there was a camp consisting of more than a dozen tents in an open space not far away, with many people in uniforms busy among them.
Whether it is these vehicles or the clothes of these people, they are all in the style of the first half of the last century.
This scene made Fang Cheng and Isis have a thought in their minds at the same time.
Did they come half a century ago?
The town of Centralia was destroyed in 1962, and the Department of Homeland Security discovered that something was wrong here and sealed it off for about three and a half years.
If these people outside are real, it means that the two came three and a half years after 1962.
Fang Cheng and Isis looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
Isis couldn't help but ask: "Do you have the ability to travel through time?"
Fang Cheng thought for a moment and replied, "Does it count when you stay in bed in the morning?"
Every time I want to sleep for another ten minutes, two hours pass in the blink of an eye.
Isis deserves to have lived for more than two hundred years. Although she was shocked, she was still able to remain calm and calm: "If it's not your problem, then it's Centralia Town's problem. Are we still unable to leave reincarnation?"
"Ask first if it is, then if it is possible."
Fang Cheng flew directly to the camp outside the town and flew back ten minutes later.
At this moment, he had read the memories of the investigators outside, but the group of people outside half a century ago did not notice his actions at all.
"It's 1962."
Fang Cheng sighed: "The fire that destroyed the town of Centralia happened two months ago. Heywood Drew, the special investigator of the Security Bureau, just led people into Centralia yesterday. Leah town and then disappeared.”
It was difficult for both Fang Cheng and Isis to confirm that they were really back half a century ago.
Originally relying on the subspace crack, they thought they could leave at any time, but their attitudes were quite calm.
I didn’t expect that it would be possible to leave, but the time would be so wrong.
Seeing Fang Cheng's solemn expression, Isis couldn't help but chuckle: "Half a century's lifespan should be nothing to you."
Fang Cheng said angrily: "There are a lot of people in my family waiting for me to go back, unlike you who are single and don't care."
Isis was ridiculed and had no interest in refuting him: "Let's try and see if we can go back."
Fang Cheng nodded, reached out and grabbed Isis's arm, reopened the crack in the subspace, and returned to the subspace of the Lord of Demons.
Instead of offering Isis's hand, he took a deep breath and opened the rift again.
The two returned to the town of Centralia.
The sky has turned from day to night, and the surroundings are still filled with poisonous gas, but the dust on the ground has turned into a thick layer.
Fang Cheng immediately ran outside the town to check with blood.
The dilapidated roads and rusty warning signs made him feel friendly, especially the words "Danger ahead, please stay away" written on the sign.
It was obvious that they had returned from half a century ago, back to when they first entered the town of Centralia.
The only thing that made Fang Cheng feel unhappy was that there was still darkness outside the town. It was obvious that the entire town was still surrounded by subspace cracks.
Fang Cheng did not believe in evil and tried several times, but each time he used the subspace crack to leave, he went to a different point in time, and the most recent one was more than thirty years ago.
"It seems the entire town of Centralia is out of time."
Isis pondered: "If we want to find the right way to leave, we can only solve the problem of Richard."
Fang Cheng said with a headache: "Every time I want to make a move, he just runs away. How can I catch him?"
With his current strength, he is not afraid of a head-on battle. He is just afraid of someone who won't fight you head-on, but will only hide and seek with you.
Isis comforted: "Nothing is perfect. There are always flaws. We need to observe more. Those investigators persisted for half a century and did not give up. Are you even worse than them in perseverance?" .”
"Haha, if you let me persist in this ghost place for half a century, you might as well kill me."
Although he said this, Fang Cheng had no better way.
The time soon reached twelve o'clock at night.
Along with clang! clang! clang! The bells sounded, and the entire town of Centralia began to revive again.
