Name: Chen Lun

Race: Human (eastern continent)

Template: npc (countdown to version 1.0 public beta: 407 days, 5 hours, 18 minutes and 7 seconds)

Level:3

Experience:0/120

Health: 26/40 (hunger, hindbrain damage)

Stamina:40/60

Sanity:4/5

Main occupation: None

Sub-profession: [Fisherman lv3]

Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 6, Endurance 5, Intelligence 3, Faith 3

Special attributes: Charisma 7(2), Willpower 5, Insight 3, Luck 3

Skills: quick eyesight lv1 (passive), sea balance lv1 (passive)

Combat strength: 4

[Evaluation: A somewhat handsome young fisherman, but otherwise useless, a piece of trash.]

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"——Uhhhhh!!"

A shrill scream woke up Chen Lun.

He quickly got up from the ground, looked up from his knees, and saw that the woman in the prison opposite was wailing in pain, with half of her body hidden in the darkness, and moving eyeballs popping up on her legs exposed to the firelight.

son.

Densely packed and terrifying.

"Go back! I'll break your bones again!"

With a scolding, Chen Lun's sight was blocked by a tall and thin black figure.

When he raised his head, he found a guard standing in front of him across the prison cell, lowering his head. Under the backlight, the guard's cold and malicious eyes made Chen Lun very uncomfortable, but the situation was stronger than the other person, so he had no choice but to lower his head.

Without saying a word, he returned to the corner of the prison and sat down.

"Ignorant idiot! Poor thing! Don't be so curious about everything..."

The guard looked around at the other people in the prison, his mustache slightly raised.

"You are not allowed to look outside! Just take one look and chop off one of your fingers!"

He held the dagger at his waist, and the guard and scabbard rubbed slightly, making a crisp sound.

Everyone in the prison backed away in fear and turned their heads away from the scene outside.

The guard snorted coldly, then turned around with satisfaction, but he was still cursing. Chen Lun vaguely heard his complaints about Brother Will.

"Quick! Move faster!"

"The sacrifice of Group 4 is deformed, take her away and deal with it quickly!"

Crowds of footsteps sounded in the corridor outside. Chen Lun kept his head lowered and raised his gaze to observe with his peripheral vision. Three or four guards in fur coats and brimmed hats picked up the woman in the prison opposite and threw her into a sack.

gone.

They moved very quickly, without wasting any time. It seemed that if they were slower, something terrible would happen.

Chen Lun slowly exhaled the turbid air in his chest. He had actually secretly guessed the truth.

According to his many years of game experience, that woman was probably contaminated by a mysterious thing and her body was deformed. When her sanity value dropped to 0, she would completely lose control and turn into a monster.

The person will definitely be dead by then, and all that will be moved is her body, a piece of rotten flesh containing a crazy will...

"what to do……"

Chen Lun began to think.

Because he was in the dungeon at the moment, he had no idea what time it was in the outside world, but the evening sacrifice was definitely getting closer.

Sacrifice!

This word is not difficult to understand, but in "The Age of Secrets", a magical world that includes Cthulhu and New Weird Tales, it is just a general term, not a sacrifice to God in a simple sense.

Chen Lun knew very clearly that the objects sacrificed by the Red Apple Church were "weird objects" that they spent a lot of manpower and material resources to collect, and the sacrifices were various living creatures, including living people.

But in a sense, this so-called sacrifice is more like a kind of research.

The Red Apple Church has been secretly researching the "weird objects" in an attempt to fully grasp the mysterious power contained in the "weird objects".

Chen Lun's identity at this time is that the "sacrifice" of the "strange thing" that Brother Will's group is responsible for in the guard's mouth!

[Weird objects] can be understood as spiritual treasures and magic weapons in the fantasy works of Xianxia in "The Age of Secrets", but unlike spiritual treasures and magic weapons, these [weird objects] are more bizarre and uncontrollable.

Its birth method is unknown, its effective mechanism is unknown, its characteristics and usage methods are all unknown...

Even the form of existence is unclear.

Small objects can be seen everywhere, such as pens, coffee cups or guns... slightly larger tables, chairs and even houses and cars. Of course, they may also be animals, such as bugs, kittens and puppies, flying in the sky and swimming in the sea.

...even it could be a person.

And no one would dare to use these [weird things] unless a lot of human life is spent on research and trial and error, because it is very likely that you will die inexplicably before you start using it.

Seeing the abnormal performance of the woman just now, Chen Lun thought of a famous [weird object]. The characteristic of the person polluted by it is that the whole body is covered with eyeballs, and that [weird object] also comes from the red apple.

church.

"If it's really that thing..."

Chen Lun wiped away the cold sweat and had a bad feeling in his heart.

In his previous life, he was not a powerful player. Unlike most people, he was not keen on the pursuit of strength. He was only in the middle echelon. Instead, he was more fascinated by things like the background story and world view in the game.

His favorite thing, apart from digging out side stories in the game and traveling around to experience the local customs, is reading through various interesting posts about the world of "The Age of Secrets" on the forum.

Chen Lun remembered that he had read a detailed introduction about the Red Apple Church, which contained information about the [Trick].

[A-level magic potted plant with back sun]

The transformation of a saint who abandoned his belief in the sun after his death has a strong repelling power, especially for extraordinary beings in the solar system.

According to legend, the Tourmaline City of the Cuisul Empire underwent a reconstruction, and it was the culprit.

This [Trick] belongs to Sister Floy, one of the bosses of the Red Apple Church.

"The rain of blood rained down on me, and I watched the sunflowers bow their heads after the rain, and the sunflowers watched the sun burn and die." - Floy

…

"I hope [Sun-Back Potted Plant] won't be here..."

Chen Lun felt that he was sweating more and more, his back was soaked, and he felt a bit cold.

“I don’t want to be unlucky enough to be buried with these people!”

"We have to find a way to escape quickly!"

According to the timeline, the [Back Sun Potted Plant] at this time has not yet been completely mastered by the Red Apple Church. They will definitely continue to frantically invest in living people for trial and error, but the problem lies in the danger level of this [A-level monster]

It's too high, like a nuclear bomb that could explode at any time.

It's okay for these damn lunatics to keep testing on the verge of destruction, but they can't become a fish in the pond.

Chen Lun controlled himself to calm down, took a few deep breaths, and thought seriously.

He remembered that he was in a coma due to the loss of sanity after witnessing the woman's deformation, and it seemed that he had activated his panel at the last moment.

"Yes, panel!"

Chen Lun quickly called out his character panel, intending to find a way to save himself.

After spending a few minutes browsing it carefully, he frowned tightly.

The first thing that caught his attention was his NPC template and the countdown to the open beta.

The original surprise due to the appearance of the panel faded away in an instant, because he seemed to have lost his identity as a player and the ability to resurrect as the fourth natural disaster.

This also means that he only has one life.

The countdown reminds Chen Lun that the current time point is before the game begins, that is, one year before the 1.0 version of the Red Apple Church wreaks havoc on the empire.

This means that the Red Apple Church is still dormant, and its strength is far less than it was when it was at its peak.

On the other hand, because the Red Apple Church is headquartered in the Royal City, they do not dare to so unscrupulously invest a large number of human lives in trial and error [strange things] under the eyes of the royal family, so Chen Lun guessed that the prison he was in was probably in a church branch in a remote area.

department.

"This also means there is a shortage of manpower here, which is good news."

But Chen Lun has not let down his guard, because he does not yet have any extraordinary abilities, he is just an ordinary person.
To be continued...