Hollow Knight: Hallownest

After leaving the Weaver's Nest, Morong originally planned to return to the White Palace and then go all the way back to the City of Tears. However, not long after walking, he discovered that he did not have a tram pass with him. Even if he arrived, it would be in vain. He simply went all the way up in the deep nest.

"Hi~, where is it on the deep nest..."

With the dim light of the light fly lantern and the constant defense, Mo Rong encountered no accidents along the way. The danger that threatened him most at the moment was that he seemed to be lost.

"...No, you've been gone for so long, why haven't you left the deep nest yet?"

Mo Rong looked into the darkness below, convinced that he was going all the way up, but what made him most uncomfortable was that there was no dead end. He would always see similar local features when he went around.

Rumble…

The stones scattered on the ground beat slightly, and a mechanical sound suddenly came from the silent cave, making Mo Rong pause involuntarily.

"This sound..."

Mo Rong ran in the direction of the sound, fearing that the faint sound echoing around him would disappear. Soon after, he finally found out the source of the movement.

"It's indeed a train."

Several guards in blue helmets slowly got off the tram and came towards Mo Rong.

Fortunately, Mo Rong moved very quickly. When he saw the tram, he took the lantern back and hid behind a boulder, so that he did not reveal his figure.

In Mo Rong's impression, Shenchao did only have the tram that he and Bumblebee got here before. Although he was a little confused at first, he soon recalled that there was indeed an abandoned tram station in Shenchao. , and if he remembers well, there is an NPC nearby.

"So these guards are here to find the mask maker?"

......

When Ida came out of Jiji's place, she was still a little confused. It took her a while to realize that Jiji said she wanted rancid eggs.

"Rancid eggs?"

It's not like Ida has never seen this thing before. During the time when he was transporting goods, there would always be a lot of bugs gathering together to chat and fight on the boring road. This was also because the team had always recruited transporters who met the requirements from all over the world. They are all recruited, so even though he has never seen them, he still heard a lot of strange things.

This includes things like rancid eggs.

"Where should I find something like this?"

Ida looked distressed. He had heard from the well-informed porters that things like rotten eggs had been circulating in the market a long time ago. At that time, some bugs had nothing to eat, so they used such things to satisfy their hunger. Although it is extremely cheap, the taste is really unspeakable, and long-term use can be harmful to life and health.

Because of these shortcomings, the rancid egg was subsequently submerged in the torrent of time as Hallownest continued to develop. After all, there are better substitutes, who would eat that sour and smelly thing?

"Brother Ida?"

A joyous exclamation came from not far away. Ida raised her head and raised the corners of her mouth a little.

"Mato? Long time no see."

"Why are you here?"

As they walked together on the path, Mato was obviously a little confused, but he came to his senses after Ida pointed to the ground.

"Oh! I forgot, you are here to support Crossroads."

Ida nodded, but the doubt in Mato's eyes was still not completely gone.

"Then why are you here? Didn't I remember that the isolation work in the town was completed long ago?"

Ida opened her mouth and subconsciously wanted to tell Mato about her visit to the confessor, but in the end she gave up the idea.

"Stop by to see if there is anything left behind. This kind of thing needs to be more rigorous."

"Too."

The topic suddenly stopped, and the sudden quiet atmosphere made Ida somewhat uncomfortable. The rotten egg had not yet been found, and Mato's figure fell into the corner of his eye, so he wanted to try to ask, although he knew that Mato and the others The brothers don't go out often, but it never hurts to ask.

"Mato."

"Ok?"

"Do you know anything about rancid eggs?"

"Rancid eggs?"

Mato raised his head slightly, memories flashing in his eyes.

"Is it the kind of thing that looks yellow, smells sour and sour, and has a sticky liquid flowing outside?"

As soon as I finished speaking, Ida turned to look at Mato, and asked with some surprise: "Have you seen it?"

Mato's descriptions were similar to what he remembered the porters saying. They should be rotten eggs.

"Uh... I've seen it."

Some not-so-good memories came to mind, and Mato nodded awkwardly.

"My master has this thing. He said it was a souvenir he brought back from his previous trip to Hallownest. Although I'm curious why he would take it as a souvenir, and he can't eat it..."

"What about Master Sly? Where is he?"

"Oh, he went back to the library first. Do you want that thing?"

"Ok!"

So Ida got the rotten egg from Sly, on the condition that she would bring one back for him later. As for the location, Sly also told him that it was in the Deep Nest, but he couldn't remember the specific location. Ida went to find it herself.

......

"So you came here?"

Mo Rong looked at Ida in front of him, and he really didn't expect to meet him here by such a coincidence.

"Well, because of the mission, I happen to be the captain of the team, so I have some free time."

Ida's eyes were a little dull, and she stared blankly at Mo Rong in front of her. The mouth under the mask opened and closed like a machine, like a question and answer machine.

"That's it...your mission is..."

Mo Rong opened his mouth and wanted to ask again, but turned around and saw Ida's dull look, so he waved his hand in front of his eyes and said with a smile:

"What's wrong? Can't you take your eyes away when you see my brother becoming more handsome?"

Ida didn't answer him, there was only one thought in her mind.

Mo Rong is not dead, what Jiji said is true, Mo Rong is not dead...

Seeing that Ida looked wrong, Mo Rong frowned and slapped him on the face.

"Hey, is your kid also infected?"

Looking at him like this, he was really similar to the walking dead in my memory, except that the orange light was missing in his eyes.

Ida finally came back to her senses after being slapped, but she still spoke in a daze.

"Ah...oh...me? I'm not infected..."

Looking at Mo Rong in front of her, Ida felt that she was a little abnormal.

It's so abnormal.

These days, he has been looking forward to the stars and the moon, hoping for the good news that Mo Rong is alive. Now that the facts are happening before his eyes, why don't he feel anything at all?

"I was shocked. I thought you were infected too. Hey, what are you doing here?"

"Due to the disease riot, the palace's reserve of masks is insufficient. I received an order to come and get some."

"Okay, let's go, I'll go take a look with you."

"Wait, aren't you afraid of being discovered by them? You..."

Before Ida finished speaking, Mo Rong patted his mask and said with a smile:

"Forgot? You were doubting my identity just now."

"Moreover......"

Mo Rong walked up to Ida and patted Ida's chest with the back of his hand.

"Aren't you the captain? Don't I have to listen to you? I just want to humiliate myself during this period and let you be the big brother. Let's go!"

After saying this with a smile, Mo Rong patted him again, turned around and walked towards the path that the guards took not long ago.

"Who wants to be your big brother..."

Ida straightened up, murmured in a trembling voice, looked at the suddenly blurry back not far away, and moved slowly.

normal now.

It's normal this time.

Bits of crystal followed his cheek and hit the gravel, blending into the land.