Not long after, when this little episode ended, the darkness of the night quickly disappeared in a gradual manner.

The hazy light floated again in the fog.

Colin took out the parchment and looked at it. Today, the number of survivors in the regional channel was 451, and the number of deaths was less than 100, which was a great improvement over the first day.

It is foreseeable that a group of lords will come to surrender to him today, which is also an opportunity to expand.

"...For other survivors who come to seek asylum and surrender, they are unwilling to hand over the three cores and hand over the items before using the "Shield of Justice" to establish a relationship with Mr. Collin. They cannot bring this territory..."

"They can be placed in several other temporary stations and given them basic life guarantees. Even if they are handed over, they must be kept under strict supervision."

"We still don't know what form of disaster will come, so the 'betrayal' of survivors must also be included in one of the precautions..."

This is the arrangement that Roger applied to Colin in yesterday's discussion. He wanted to ensure that Colin's back garden would not be mixed with unsafe factors and provide support for Colin ahead without worries.

Regarding those unfamiliar lords, Roger believes that everything needs to be based on "loyalty".

They can be good people, but not bad people.

Danger is coming, and they don’t have more energy to deal with those extra “interpersonal relationships”, everything must be in their hands.

If those people want to join Colin and share their gains, they are unwilling to give "loyalty".

Then help them be loyal.

...

At this time, with some preparations over, everything was running as planned.

Colin and others got into the chariot and escorted to the church by six chariots.

After less than ten minutes, they arrived at the church and quickly entered the church without hesitation.

[A tunnel leading to multiple dangerous areas, after you observe, you find that it is no different from yesterday.]

It seems that the so-called sight has nothing to do with this...

Colin carried a lantern with rare blood, looked at the tunnel five meters wide below, and made a simple judgment before giving the order.

Soon, four servants holding shields jumped into the entrance.

The material used for this wooden shield is made of benches tied in the church. It is one meter wide and one meter high, and the defense effect is quite good.

After getting the shield, they held the shield in front and set up towards the direction of the tunnel.

Then five more servants jumped into the tunnel, holding sharp axes, and followed behind.

Finally, No. 1 also jumped into the tunnel with a big wheel on his back and a deputy.

With the deputy hand lantern, they first started walking about ten meters ahead.

It was not until this time that Colin nodded and said, "It's time for us to go down."

Including him, there are eleven people left in the exploration personnel.

There were still four shield-holding hands going down first, lined up in front, with several servants behind, followed by Colin Shana Li Chou...

This time, the exploration team was divided into two parts, one was led by No. 1 and walked in the front, while the other part was about ten meters away.

In addition to the narrow underground passage and the susceptibility to trampling, the purpose of this is to ensure that the team behind can have more reaction time when a sudden attack is encountered in the front.

Otherwise, once the chaos starts in such a place, the outcome will probably not be very good.

At the entrance of the church, there will always be two "Light Holders" teams stationed, and at the door further out are two combat vehicles, as well as a "Light Holders" team that is constantly rotating around the church.

In the fog, the church underground, the territory center, underground rivers, mining areas, and Collin's personnel and resources were mobilized, operating in an orderly manner like a huge machine.

At this moment, in the tunnel, Collin's hand lantern was less than a meter above his head.

On his left and right sides are Shanna and Li Chou.

The tilted downward tunnel is paved with blue-black stone steps, but it is not flat. When you step on it, you can only feel unevenness.

It's a bit like a stone road in the countryside.

In the prompt, Colin discovered that... the history of the authentic existence is much longer than the church outside.

It was here first that the church was...

This surprised him. He thought the road was built by the priest, but now this speculation can be overturned.

After about five or six minutes of leaving, Colin narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the exit ahead, feeling a little surprised.

Outside the exit is a very spacious hall. There is no light in the hall, but you can see from the light of the horse lantern, there is no trace of fog there.

On the floors of the main hall, walls and other areas, dry and thick roots are covered with thick roots.

[You find that these roots have withered and died for a long time and are not active, but they seem to have grown and spread from a certain direction.]

Although the prompt did not give danger, Colin still did not dare to be careless because he felt a "eye" like a predator peeking in secret.

At this time, Colin raised his hand and made a gesture. No. 1 immediately walked into the hall with the wheel in his hand.

During the process, Colin kept his eyes open and staring at them.

Once there is danger, he will immediately give "electric eyes to force people". No, it is "mental puncture" to provide assistance.

But unexpectedly, there is no danger...

After a brief hesitation, Colin and others walked into the hall without grey fog.

After the light in the lantern disappeared from the gray fog, it almost instantly illuminated most of the underground space, allowing Colin to see the place clearly.

An underground space as big as a football field, where the tree roots are twisted and the roots are densely packed.

Whether it is the ground surface, walls, or ceiling, almost any gaps are covered by it.

After looking around for a while, Colin's eyes locked in one direction. He could feel that all the strange sources were coming from that direction.

There, it is also the direction where all the roots meet.

After a brief hesitation, Colin decided to go over and find out what was there.

However, what surprised him was that no accident happened along the way.

But this is no longer the time to care about this.

Because, Collin had seen what the source that had been emitting an unsettling atmosphere was.

At the end of the tangled roots, a three-meter-high stone statue stands.

It is also lifelike and has a very picture impact, but the image it carved is not the image of the "mistaker" with disheveled hair, thin body, and bound in an extremely abused way.

Instead, a young woman in a veil was carved.

The female statue kneeled on both knees, leaned back, her hands were sagging, and a black long sword wrapped around her thorns was inserted into her chest.

Colin could feel that the terrifying aura that filled the entire hall at this moment came from this black long sword.

Without hesitation, his eyes were concentrated on the black thorn sword and activated the prompt.

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Chapter completed!