Hollow Knight: Hallownest

The Royal Sewer is the main gathering place for the garbage produced by the City of Tears.

Under normal circumstances, there would be insects specifically responsible for cleaning to move and process the accumulated garbage. Even so, the environment here would not be much better, especially the foul smell that lingered around and penetrated every pore, which really kept most insects away.

Mo Rong opened the manhole cover with a simple key and climbed down quickly and neatly.

Although it is a sewer, the environment is not that dark. Since this is also the place that supports the operation of the main city, and because of the different time periods, the infrastructure such as lighting is much more complete than in Mo Rong's memory. Except for a few corners that cannot be seen, the surroundings are almost visible.

This place was not unfamiliar to him, but it was also familiar. For a moment, he really forgot how to get there. He only remembered that it was on the left.

Walking down along the pipeline, I saw many repaired areas along the way, which looked very familiar.

What he didn't expect was the extent of the acid corrosion here.

There were hardly any formed acid pools here, and the largest one was only twice as wide as his body. It seemed that the previous crisis had been contained.

This reminded him of the situation in the teachers' archives. So far, the acid in these pipes has been showing a trend of being transported in a certain direction. Where did such a huge amount of acid come from?

He had also been to the Teachers' Archives. Could it really hold so much acid?

The boring journey always brings up some unanswered thoughts to pass the time. Fortunately, Mo Rong didn't have to wait for long. He encountered a few small flukes along the way and reached the other side of the garbage pit.

There was still a pool of water below. Although it was turbid, it did not have the pungent smell of acid.

Unlike in the game, the road leading to the top of the garbage pit has not been damaged and is very wide. It is no problem to put several bug cars running side by side. Unfortunately, Mo Rong, who was walking on it, did not see what he wanted on the surface of the garbage pit.

Could it be that he was buried inside?

He shook his head, dismissing the outrageous idea.

It can be seen at a glance in the ruined Holy Nest, so there is no way it could be buried underneath now.

His heart sank at the thought.

Could it be that the timeline is wrong and it hasn't drifted to Hallownest yet?

Mo Rong quickened his pace and rushed forward, jumping straight into the garbage pit. He stood on top of the garbage pile and looked around below with his eyes wide open, not wanting to miss any place.

In addition to domestic garbage, there are also many abandoned boxes, stone statues and shells piled here, reflecting a silvery-white light under the dim light.

Just as these pieces of silver-white came into his eyes, a ray of copper-yellow suddenly flashed through them.

Mo Rong followed the light and opened the tattered boxes piled on top. Without their cover, a copper coffin half-stuck in the garbage heap, shaped like a pupa shell and tied with chains on the outside was suddenly exposed to the air.

Attuning to the Source of the Gods—the Godseeker’s Coffin!

Looking at the coffin that was twice as big as himself, Mo Rong felt his body getting hot.

That’s right, everything he had done before was for this moment, or in other words, to seek another possibility through the God Seeker in front of him.

Psychic!

Only a god can defeat a god.

The only way left for him now was to find ways to obtain supreme power, and if he wanted to stop the gods, he could only rely on the power of the gods.

He wanted to use the Godseeker to achieve his own goals.

Yes, what he wants to rely on is the supreme being that is the origin of this body of his—the God of the Void!

Mo Rong pulled down the God Seeker's Coffin that was sticking out on the hillside of the garbage dump, placed it at the bottom, took out a simple key from his side, and opened the coffin with a "click".

At the same time, the simple key was completely broken inside.

slam-la-

The chain slid down the outer edge of the cocoon shell, making a loud collision sound, but it still did not react at all, as if it was really a coffin with a long-dead soul buried in it.

"no response?"

Mo Rong raised his eyebrows and looked around the coffin, but didn't find anything special.

not open?

Take my nail!

The moment the bone nail touched the coffin, the latter exploded like a balloon that had expanded to its limit, and the pupa shell broke into pieces and scattered all over the ground. Only the bottom layer remained intact.

When the outer shell peeled off, the bloated body inside it lost its support and fell to the ground, swaying with a loud muffled sound.

At the same time, an object shaped like a water drop fell out of her body and rolled to the side.

Just as Mo Rong was about to walk over to pick it up, the head with the brass mask on top of the bloated body raised its head and said weakly:

"Reptile...don't...don't touch it..."

This sentence seemed to have exhausted all her strength. After she finished speaking, her head drooped completely and there was no sound anymore.

Mo Rong paused, but still picked up the thing on the ground. The moment he held it, a golden light suddenly appeared in the center of the teardrop-shaped device, which was so bright that he could hardly open his eyes. After a few breaths, it slowly converged into the circular engraving in the center.

After these changes, Mo Rong carefully felt the changes in his body and suddenly found...there seemed to be no changes at all.

"...It's just a progress record, isn't it?"

He turned the God Tuner over and over again, and even used the Dream Nail, hitting it several times.

The result was naturally nothing.

Mo Rong put the God Tuner into his arms with a little disappointment, and looked down at the God Seeker who had fainted on the ground beside him.

Although he had some questions, it seemed that he could not get the answers now. If he wanted to make any progress, he had to enter the abode of God first.

If I remember correctly, it seems that the Godseeker will only completely regain his sanity when he passes through the second or third Pantheon, so the most urgent thing is to go to the God's residence first.

Hopefully, in that place, he can get the power he wants.

The Dream Nail came out at the moment it was called upon, and the moment it hit the God-Seeker's body, a large amount of dream particles poured out from her body, submerging Mo Rong in infinite white light.

This was the first time that Mo Rong used the Dream Nail to enter other worlds after traveling through time. It felt much better than being actively pulled in by the radiation before. The latter gave him a tearing sensation as if the soul was forcibly pulled out of the body. It took a long time for the pain to dissipate from his head after he woke up that time. If it happened a few more times, he might not be dead yet, but he might become mentally disturbed.

In a daze, the outline of the building gradually appeared in his eyes. The world with golden color as the base tone did not shock Mo Rong, because he was shocked by something else...

He heard the sound of a chainsaw.