Hao Ren and Nangong May walked silently and quickly in this deep and long cave, they had already bypassed several intersections and the relatively spacious cavern, judging by the direction and distance of this journey, Hao Ren thought that he had entered the depths of a certain peak on the south side of the Longji Mountain Range.There are obvious traces of artificial excavation on the stone walls on both sides of the cave, and torches or light boxes embedded in the stone walls can be seen at regular intervals, but these flickering lights do not bring much light to the whole cave, but make the atmosphere more gloomy and depressing.A cold wind was blowing from the depths of the cavern, strong and weak, as if to warn the intruders not to approach.In the cave room that had just passed, Hao Ren and Nangong May saw some messily placed stone benches and stone tables, those things looked quite ancient, and the style was different from the utensils Hao Ren had seen in other places in Halletta, I don't know what age they left over.The further she went, the more Nangong May felt that an unsettling atmosphere was gradually coming, and she couldn't help but grab Hao Ren's arm and follow carefully behind: this kraken has a powerful female boss in the sky, but at the critical moment, she has a fight with the "roll" at home......
At this time, Hao Ren suddenly saw a half-hidden iron door appear in front of him, and this iron door suddenly appeared in the stone cave, making him subconsciously stop, and then he felt that there seemed to be a faint human voice behind the door: "Wait a minute, there is movement ahead!"
”Nangong Wuyue lowered her body, followed Hao Ren and approached the iron gate, looking inside through the crack in the door.Surprisingly, behind the iron gate was a large stone chamber of great magnificence, which was so spacious that it could be described as a hall.It was a boxy room, about a few dozen meters long and wide, and the stone walls on all sides were inlaid with crystals that glowed with a pale red light, and the large braziers that were lit up and shaded throughout the room made the entire stone room permeate with an unsettling red glow.The four walls of the stone chamber are carved with grotesque reliefs and texts, depicting various strange creatures crawling on the ground, and in each of the four corners of the stone chamber stands an obsidian statue standing with a sword, the statue has no face, instead depicting a large mass of twisted symbols in the position of the original facial features, which looks terrifying and reveals a madness.In the center of the room, an altar was set up, and a group of people in red and black robes were worshipping the altar, and in front of the altar stood a tall and suspicious figure with a black and red mask on his face, apparently presiding over this mysterious and strange ritual.The shape of the altar is roughly round, with a depression in the middle to form a bowl, and there are zigzag dents around the altar that extend all the way down to the ground.The ground was also depicted with strange patterns, and Hao Ren looked closely, and found that dark red liquid was constantly seeping out of the stones, going up against gravity in a way that defied gravity, and finally converged in the "bowl" in the center of the altar.Nangong May tugged at his sleeve and gestured to the altar, indicating that the dark red liquid was the "signal" she was pursuing.That's right, the remains of the missing soldiers - transformed by some hidden evil ritual that has turned to pus and blood!
At this time, the worship service of the black-clothed people was almost over, and the masked man standing in front of the altar raised his hands and preached in a low and magnetic voice: "Brothers and sisters!
The Goddess gazes upon us, and she has received our devout prayers and is comforted by our respectful offerings.We gather here to listen to the true teachings, to enlighten our minds, to raise our heads from this filthy world, and to take another step closer to the majesty of the Goddess......"
The black-robed men who were worshipping at the altar raised their heads one after another, but still knelt respectfully on the ground, and Hao Ren saw that there were men, women, and children, and some of them had little corners and ornaments under their black robes, which even indicated that they were rich and soldiers.However, these people all knelt here with fanatical expressions, and their eyes seemed to be only the masked man standing in front of the altar, surrounded by strange magic.“…… What we hear, what we say, what we do, and what we believe is the true will of the Goddess, and we are pioneers awakened from ignorance, wise and brave men awakened from lies......"
The masked man kept his hands outstretched, and recited a sentence that I did not know whether it was a scripture or an impromptu lie......
We act according to the will of the Goddess and will turn mortals from hypocrisy.
"We will take back the authority of the gods from the wicked who stole the power of the goddess and sacrifice it at the feet of the goddess, we will punish the sinners who blind the goddess and expose their sins, we will redeem the world blinded by the illusion, and lead them from the filthy world to the kingdom of God......
"We will pay everything for the sins of ten thousand years ago, we will pay back our flesh and blood to prove our piety ......"
The masked man said these crazy words in a strange tone,......
At this time, he suddenly took out a dagger from his arms!
And with his action, the other black-robed people kneeling on the ground also took out the same knives from their arms, and a large group of people raised their daggers as if they were enchanted, and shouted in unison: "We will repay our flesh and blood to prove our piety ......" only to hear a series of knives stabbing into the flesh with a muffled sound of "puff puff".
The disciples stabbed their daggers into their arms, and blood flowed profusely, but everyone pulled out their daggers as if they were not in pain, and still shouted in unison: "We will repay our flesh and blood to prove our piety!"
”One group of people fell down, their blood flowing on the ground, immediately absorbed by the strange patterns on the floor, flowing backwards to the altar and mixing with the thick blood plasma, which began to radiate a bright golden-red glow as if it had really been blessed by the gods, and the believers immediately fell into an even greater frenzy when they saw this, and some even began to harm themselves even more severely: "Pay back our flesh and blood!"
Prove our piety!
”"The Goddess has heard you!
She will reward you!
”The masked man shouted in an excited tone, and then poked a dark red staff into the altar, and the surging blood plasma immediately hissed, and layers of red mist diffused from the altar, penetrating into the bodies of all the black-robed people, they all excitedly thanked the goddess for the gift, and lifted the sleeves of the robe, and the scars left by the previous stab were all gone.The black-robed man nodded with satisfaction: "The healing of your wounds proves the goddess's recognition of you, and also proves the Radiant Evil.
False and blind, they have stolen the power of the gods, and we are here to take it back into our hands.Now let us offer the sacrifice of tonight and return the purest flesh to our Lord to cleanse the filth that has entrenched in this wicked land. ”After the masked man finished speaking, he saw two black-robed believers stand up from the crowd and run to the corner of the room to carry out a wooden box.The moment the wooden box was opened, and the two believers took out the things in the box, Hao Ren's eyes were instantly as sharp as knives.It was a sleeping child!
This is the purest flesh and blood, and they want to "return" the sacrifice to the goddess - these psychotics want human sacrifice!
The masked man placed the child, who looked to be only three or four years old, on the altar, raised the dagger and staff in his hand, and chanted aloud in an almost mad tone: "O Supreme Creator Goddess, You are the origin of life, You are the beginning of all things, You are the first flesh and blood of all animists!"
You are the purest Chaos Origin!
Your faithful and humble servant offers pure flesh and blood to return to your bosom this clean thing that has not yet been polluted by mortal dust!
In the name of returning, please give me ......"
A loud shout came from the side at the moment when the dagger was about to fall: "I give you the second master!"
”The iron door of the secret room slammed out as if it had been bombarded by a heavy cannon, and the heavy iron plate that was twisted and deformed instantly smashed into the hands of several cultists who had not yet reacted, and then a strange thing that flashed blue light flew towards the masked man with a scream that pierced the air, and the latter subconsciously raised the dagger to block, but the blue light directly bypassed the dagger with incredible agility and smashed into the evil with a bang.
On the mask of the sect leader, he instantly smashed the latter out of the air for at least ten meters!"
Have you ever seen a brick with automatic navigation?"
Hao Ren carried a giant alloy stick taken out of his personal space (this thing was originally used as a building material), and walked towards the group of cultists murderously, "You are making trouble behind you for a long time!"
”(To be continued.) )