21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 577 - 573: Old London (Please Subscribe, Request Monthly Tickets)

If Paris is called the City of the Dead because of the several million bones buried underground, then London is known as the most famous Ghost City in the world due to its myriad of eerie, dark, and bloody legends.

The Black Death, the Great Fire of London, Jack the Ripper, Bloody Mary... These thrilling or terrifying incidents all occurred in the city of London, shrouded in dense fog and filled with the strange and the horrifying. Even the Western celebration of Halloween originates from this haunted city.

To this day, London is still rife with various rumors of ghosts and monsters, while countless spirits and ghosts continue to roam this ancient city.

For the average person, these might just be topics of casual conversation after tea or novel experiences during a visit, but for transcendent beings who can touch the other side of the world, London truly is a city inhabited by ghosts.

When Chen Yu and his wife, along with Gilles de Rais, rode the train into The City of London, the entire city was enveloped in dense fog, reducing visibility significantly. This led the train to slow down to avoid any dangers.

However, when the train entered the station, Chen Yu and his wife had disappeared from their seats, and Gilles de Rais, who had been sitting opposite them, was also nowhere to be seen.

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"Where is this place?" Jounouchi Hiromi looked around, still shrouded in dense fog. She took a defensive stance and at the same time, expressed her doubts.

Chen Yu extended his senses but the feedback he received was quite bizarre, making him frown as he recalled what had just happened.

After the train entered the fog-covered area of the London city area, the Human Skin Book that Gilles de Rais had taken out responded, emitting strong fluctuations as if answering to something, which even caused a disturbance in space and time.

With Chen Yu's strength, he could have easily suppressed these fluctuations, but out of curiosity, he did not stop the Human Skin Book's reaction. As a result, he, Jounouchi Hiromi, and Gilles de Rais were all swept up by the temporal disturbance and brought to this place shrouded in fog.

"This place... still seems to be London." Gilles de Rais, as a vampire who had lived for six hundred years, naturally had visited London and was familiar with the surroundings, "Is this an 18th Century gas lamp? Shouldn't these have been phased out a long time ago?"

Gazing at the dark, lacquered lamp post beside the road, Gilles naturally recognized this traditional and ancient street light.

"Does that mean we are still in London?" Jounouchi Hiromi tried to call Xiao Lan, but she couldn't transmit her voice, as if she was too far away to be heard. If not for the link of souls still being present, Jounouchi Hiromi would almost think something had gone wrong.

"This isn't the London we were headed to." From Gilles de Rais's words, Chen Yu confirmed his judgment and explained to both of them, "This place should be a once-existent London."

"A once-existent London? Does that mean we've gone back to the past?" Gilles de Rais understood Chen Yu's words, thinking they had traveled through time, "I never expected time travel to be possible! Could I return to even earlier times, for instance..."

If it were possible to travel through time, Gilles de Rais thought he might be able to return to the era when Joan of Arc was still alive and save his Holy Maiden.

However, Chen Yu ruthlessly shattered his fantasy, shaking his head as he explained, "Sorry, we haven't traveled through time. This place is a once-existent London, but it is not the past London, there's a distinction. To be precise, we should be in the London of memories."

"The London of memories? Whose memories?" Seeing that Chen Yu seemed to understand what was going on, Jounouchi Hiromi, who had initially been somewhat panicked, also calmed down.

"The memory of The City of London." Chen Yu was curious about the present situation and found the city in memory very intriguing, "Humans have memories, so do cities. They record the events that have happened here. Usually, it's difficult to release such memories. This place seems to have been transformed by a spell, meshing memories from different eras together, creating a London in temporal chaos. The purpose might be to seal the ghosts and monsters in The City of London that cannot be purified or exterminated."

"So you're saying this is a seal? Then how did we come in?" Gilles de Rais was not concerned about what this place was. He was more concerned about how they had gotten inside.

Chen Yu pointed at the Human Skin Book in Gilles de Rais's hands.

"This book?" Gilles de Rais felt a surge of surprise but also some understanding, after all, he had seen the reaction of the Human Skin Book himself.

"This book has resonated with something in this area, probably another part of it. Plus, the earlier fog must have been when the barrier between this area and the real London was thinnest, and someone was sealing something into it. Influenced by that, we were dragged into this area," Chen Yu answered Gilles de Rais's question, while admiring the surrounding buildings with interest. In contrast to the real London, the London of memories they were currently in had even more of a Victorian era feel to it.

Upon hearing Chen Yu's explanation, Jounouchi Hiromi instinctively asked him, "So what do we do next? If this place is a seal, can we get out?"

"Getting out isn't hard, but I am actually interested in exploring this area. It seals the ghosts and monsters that the United Kingdom has accumulated over hundreds of years, some of which have reached Legendary-rank. To a Necromancer like me, they are undoubtedly a vast treasure trove!" Chen Yu smiled slightly, apparently finding the ghosts sealed here a great fascination.

With Chen Yu's reminder, Jounouchi Hiromi suddenly realized the situation as well, though she still had some concerns, "But if we delay too long here, won't time..."

"Don't worry about time. This area belongs to the city's memories, which means we are currently in the past. Moreover, this place is a mix of memories from different eras, with time confused here. Even if we stay for a long period, when we return, it will still be the time we just entered," Chen Yu had already figured out the situation of the area and smiled at Jounouchi Hiromi to dispel her worries.

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Seeing Jounouchi Hiromi reassured, Chen Yu turned to Gilles de Rais and asked, "Mr. Gilles, are you familiar with London? Find a place for us to settle down first."