The whole of Luan is like a ghost town, a ghost town that is still alive but lifeless.
Hao Ren and his entourage walked deeper into the city along the Central Avenue. The few pedestrians they saw along the way avoided them like the plague. Even if Lily ran out and forcibly detained two or three passers-by who had no time to escape, the other party also
Completely immersed in unspeakable fear and hostility, the illogical nonsense was completely out of order and could not convey any valuable information, so in the end I had no choice but to let it go.
Most of the houses on the roadside were occupied. However, whether it was Calasius or Hao Ren who knocked on the door, the negotiations failed. Hiding behind the door were gloomy and wary voices. These residents were not even willing to open the door, and even more so.
Let alone tell the strangers outside the door what happened here. When Carathius suggested that he could help, he was even viciously driven away and cursed. An unreasonable hostility and anger enveloped the city.
Hao Ren couldn't help but miss the days when the data terminal was around him: Although it was both useless and unreliable, at least its functions were quite useful. If it could be detected with a life radar, it might be possible to collect data from urban residents.
Find out what the reason is.
The other knights and monks also dispersed, looking for locals in the streets and alleys with whom they could talk and ask. After the appointed time, everyone gathered on the avenue. It could be seen from the disappointed faces of everyone that everyone
The negotiations were not smooth.
"No one wants to talk to 'outsiders,'" a monk said with a frown. "Even if I reveal my identity as a senior priest to them, they will guard us like thieves."
Another knight also shook his head: "I feel an atmosphere that turns the people in the city into a seriously xenophobic group. They seem to regard everyone who does not belong to them as a threat. I don't know.
Where did this mentality come from?”
Karasius drew a religious symbol on his chest: "Goddess bless me, is this still a glorious Holy Land person?"
Hao Ren turned to look at the mysterious woman who had been silent since entering the city: "An, you always know a lot, so do you know what the situation is now?"
An shook his head and said calmly: "Don't think of me as knowing everything."
After all, the church soldiers brought by Calasius were still unable to break in, so the investigation and negotiations suddenly reached a deadlock. When no one could find anyone to inquire, they could only start with magic detection.
Start and finish: Several monks took out the holy objects they carried with them and began to check the flow of magical power in the city. Calasius believed that when the atmosphere in the city was so weird, they could probably capture the shadows of dark creatures. Since the residents in the city have
If you can't get started, then you might as well catch a few wraiths and the like and ask.
Hao Ren took advantage of this moment to find a quiet place and open communication with the "outside world".
As expected, the communication was established extremely quickly, and the signal strength reached the highest level since he arrived in the world of Koro.
"Hey, partner," the voice of the data terminal rang in my mind, "Hey, wait... you have another II over there? Why is the signal so good this time?"
"I'm in the Sanctuary now," Hao Ren said quickly, "The situation in the Sanctuary is very wrong. It has become semi-chaos."
"Sacred territory?" Vivian's voice interjected, "Is it the place where the goddess of creation left her miracles as you mentioned? Isn't that the center of sacred power in the world of Koro, the place where the power of order is strongest?"
"It used to be, but something went wrong now," Hao Ren quickly told the other party that the light of Asuman in the sanctuary has been continuously weakened in the past few months and was finally completely extinguished, "...the extinguishing of the light of Asuman
I will investigate the reason, so you don’t have to worry about this. The important thing now is to test whether physical matter can be transported to my side. According to the previous guesses of me and the data terminal, the divine power of the Goddess of Creation is the bridge between the Kolo space and the external space.
As the core of divine power, the Holy Domain is the foundation of this bridge and is the place where the two spaces are most closely connected. The strength of the communication signal between me and you can also prove this: here, the connection between Colo and the external universe is very strong. So.
Testing of material transport can already begin."
The voice of the data terminal rang: "Received, this machine will start the crack generator that has just been completed. It is expected that the first round of testing will take twenty-four hours. However, since it is a test run, the timing of material transmission cannot be accurately controlled here.
The landing point can only be guaranteed to be within a certain range around you."
Hao Ren nodded: "No problem, I will pay attention to the phenomenon here."
After the data terminal took the order, Vivian's voice rang again: "By the way, is the big dog still obedient?"
"She..." Hao Ren turned his head and glanced, and saw Lily wandering around not far away looking for strange-shaped stones. After feeling the sight keenly, the husky girl immediately turned her head and smiled cleverly,
The fluffy triangular ears stood up energetically, and the tail was still swaying behind him. He was obviously in a good mood. "It's quite obedient. To be honest, I can successfully find a lost husky. I'm quite content. Yes."
Now, do you still have the herbal soup you made to promote hair growth?"
"Hair growth soup?" Vivian asked curiously, "Yes, there is. One or two of the herbs cannot be collected now, but I can use magic or other potions instead. Anyway, the main effect is my blood magic. But you want
What’s this for?”
"Lily's tail is bald..." Hao Ren curled his lips, "But don't laugh at her casually after I go back, it will hurt your self-esteem."
"She still has her own self-esteem... Okay, okay, I understand, please be safe and come back soon."
The call was hung up, and Hao Ren smiled silently and shook his head. At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a figure moving in the dark corner of the street.
In this city infected by dark magic, shaking figures are not uncommon, but Hao Ren immediately discovered that the figure not far away was somewhat different from the pedestrians he had seen before.
The figure walked very slowly. He was not in a hurry or running away in panic like the pedestrians he had seen before, but he also did not look like a normal person because he moved slowly and walked in a strange and stiff manner.
"There really isn't a normal person in this place..." Hao Ren muttered in a low voice, stopped his footsteps, and followed quietly.
The passers-by walking in front had no sense of being followed from behind, and just continued to stagger forward. Although the steps were frivolous, the distance of each step was almost exactly the same.
Hao Ren moved closer, but the other party still didn't respond.
Seeing this, he simply leaned forward and even deliberately made the sound of his footsteps a little louder.
However, the other party still had no response.
Hao Ren had already arrived in front of this man who looked like an ordinary civilian. He saw that the man was wearing a black short coat, with dirty hair sticking to his scalp. Although the clothes on his body were not cheap, they were dirty.
, it seemed that it had not been washed for many days. The expression on the man's face was dull, and he walked forward along a fixed route step by step. Hao Ren was standing a few meters away in front of him, but he seemed to turn a blind eye.
It's like the soul is out of body.
Hao Ren is no stranger to this situation. He has seen many similar phenomena in various secret realms and cursed places, but the key is what triggered this phenomenon. This man who seems to have lost his soul and the people in the city who are wary
, what connection does it have with citizens who are full of hostility and rejection?
Others finally noticed the movement here. Lily and Calasius ran over. They all felt a chill after seeing the swaying local. Lily pulled Hao Ren's sleeve: "Landlord, what's going on here?"
What's wrong with people?"
"It seems to be an out-of-body experience or hallucination," Hao Ren said in a low voice, "I tried, but it can't be awakened."
Carathius made a decision after a brief thought: "Follow him."
A man who seemed to have lost his soul walked on the dark and deserted street, and a group of people with vigilant and murderous faces followed him not far or near. Everyone lowered their voices and were cautious, shrouded in darkness.
In the city, the atmosphere of this scene is extremely strange.
"Where is he going?" Hao Ren asked in a low voice.
Someone among the Sanctuary Warriors knew the situation in Luan City better and replied in a low voice: "It seems to be heading towards the cathedral in the city center."
The man who had lost his soul continued to walk leisurely. Suddenly, Hao Ren saw another figure with a similar situation walking out of a nearby intersection.
"Look over there, another one!"
Lily also shouted in a low voice: "Landlady, there are some here too!"
As we get closer and closer to the depths of the city, one zombie-like figure after another comes out of the forks and shadows of the streets.
At this point, those panicked and frightened citizens could no longer be seen in a flash. All that could be seen on the street were the walking corpses one after another. One after another, soulless bodies were shaking on the avenue, gradually forming a dark wave.
The flow of people slowly moved towards the cathedral in the city center.
There is no sound.
Lily's ears and tail suddenly became fluffy: "Landlord, it's so weird!"
At this moment, the majestic shadow of the cathedral in the city center has appeared in the square at the end. The last ray of light of order is emitting a faint light on the top of the church, like a candle, shaky.
The silent crowd is still rushing forward, like mud, slowly but persistently trying to swallow up the last piece of pure land here. (To be continued.)