It only took less than two hours for Lin Ze to master the three flame skills. However, the flame power scale was too low and the power was quite disappointing.
With his current physical condition, the damage caused by a casual punch is much more terrifying than the so-called flaming bullets.
"But to me, fire skills don't matter. What's important is gaining the authority to control fire."
If the number of controlled fire elements increases significantly, the power of the Red Lotus Flame will surely increase accordingly.
"So at this stage, we must find ways to increase the scale of the flame power."
Lin Ze recalled the information in his mind.
In the Fire Infant Sect, the power of fire depends entirely on the gift of the gods. The higher the status of a member in the sect, the more power of fire is given. Therefore, if you want to increase the power of fire, you can only upgrade the member level.
If you want to improve your membership level, the only hard and fast rule is to pass the strength test.
For example, Lin Ze is now an official disciple of the Fire level. If he wants to be promoted to the Fire level, he must pass the two-star strength test and prove that he has two-star strength before he can be promoted.
This is not a problem for him.
Even without the use of soul knives and spiritual energy, and relying solely on physical fitness and fighting skills, his strength has exceeded the warrior level. Even dozens of two-star divine disciples like the young man just now are not enough for him to kill.
There are many people in the Fire Infant Sect who have inhuman physical fitness and are good at physical arts. There are even some who have not mastered the power of fire and have taken the physical fighting route to reach the level of four-star high-level divine disciples. In comparison, they are only two-stars.
The disciples of God appear to be particularly inconspicuous.
After coming out of the public hall, Lin Ze first handed back his skill watch, then returned to the ninth floor, submitted an application for a two-star strength test on the terminal, and then turned around and left.
The application needs to be reviewed and approved, and it will take at least three days to conduct the assessment. He plans to take advantage of this time to visit Chihuo City and get familiar with the city. Although he has background information about Chihuo City in his mind, it is only a rough idea, and it is not as good as seeing it in person.
What you see is detailed and familiar.
Back on the third floor, Lin Ze changed out of his uniform and went down to the parking lot in his casual clothes, preparing to drive away.
This is a rule of the Fire Infant Sect. Members of the sect are not allowed to wear uniforms outside except when performing tasks.
This rule is a bit strange, and the information in Lin Ze's mind did not explain it.
There are many similar weird regulations, the most puzzling of which is a regulation on late-night operations.
However, members of the Fire Infant Sect must fall asleep before twelve o'clock in the night. If they do not fall asleep for special reasons, they are not allowed to leave the house. No matter what noise they hear from outside or what happens, they will not be allowed to sleep until six o'clock in the morning.
They are not allowed to go out, and those who violate the rules will be expelled from the sect and sentenced to death.
If you go out after twelve o'clock at night, you will be sentenced to death. This rule is simply shocking, but it is one of the most important rules of the Fire Infant Sect.
When Lin Ze learned about this rule, he was also very surprised. However, the Fire Infant Sect also did not explain this, but only required that all members must strictly follow the rules, otherwise they will be responsible for the consequences.
So he didn't go into details. Anyway, he would know what was going on after twelve o'clock in the evening.
In the following time, Lin Ze drove around the city and became familiar with the situation in Chihuo City.
What you see along the way is almost the same as some big cities in reality, except for the presence of the Fire Infant Sect, so you can often see various images and logos of gods.
Although Huoying's name contains the word "baby", his image is that of a burly man whose whole body is burning with blazing flames. His face is as tough as a knife and an axe, his expression is indifferent, and six fireballs are suspended behind him, forming a semi-arc.
I don’t know whether it’s because of the processing, or because the image of the Fire Infant is extremely special. At first glance, this image has a heart-wrenching and strange charm, and it is undoubtedly very suitable as a propaganda for the gods.
When passing by a large square, Lin Ze saw many tourists standing under the statue of the Fire Infant in the center of the square, praying with their eyes closed, and their demeanor was very pious.
Scenes like this were not uncommon, which made him realize more deeply the powerful dominance of the Fire Infant Sect over Chihuo City.
It wasn't until eleven o'clock in the evening that Lin Ze returned to the apartment where he lived, took a leisurely shower and ate supper.
When the time approached twelve o'clock, he sat on the sofa in the living room, staring intently at the wall clock on the wall, with the summoned Soul Knife Red Lotus in his hand, and began to concentrate on alert.
When the three hands of the clock pointed to the 2 mark at the same time, the whole world fell silent for an instant, as if all sounds had disappeared.
Lin Ze got up from the sofa, felt it carefully, and found that not only the sound, but also the breath of all living creatures had disappeared.
Originally, according to his induction, there were still many residents in the whole building, but at that moment, the breath of all living people disappeared without a trace, as if they had never appeared.
After frowning and pondering for a moment, Lin Ze turned around and came to the window. He opened the window and looked out. The street, which was still very noisy and lively during the day, had now become dead and gloomy. Not only was there not a single person on the streets of Nuo Da, not even a single person was visible.
Can't even see the taillights.
The dim light of the street lamp shone on the street, casting a long shadow over the trash can opposite.
Looking around, the building floors in the distance are very blurry, and they look like countless shadowy ghosts with teeth and claws, trying to choose people and devour them.
The late-night urban scene in front of us was truly eerie, in stark contrast to the lively and lively scene during the day.
"Is this why the Fire Infant Sect prohibits members from going out?"
Looking at the strange scene in front of him, doubtful thoughts flashed through Lin Ze's mind.
After regaining his composure, he turned around and left the house, coming to the corridor outside.
As expected, the elevator was out of service, so Lin Ze had no choice but to walk down the stairs, looking for a room on each floor, violently breaking open the door to check, and sure enough, no one was there.
What surprised him was that in the bedrooms of many suites, there were still traces of the owners of the house sleeping on the beds, as if these residents had suddenly disappeared in their sleep.
Lin Ze became more and more surprised and quickened his pace to the street outside.
The surroundings were extremely quiet, with only the sound of his own footsteps echoing softly as he walked.
On the way, Lin Ze checked several more buildings, but still found no one.
"It seems that everyone has really disappeared. Well, that's not very accurate. It should be that ordinary people have disappeared. At least the people from the Fire Infant Sect should still be there, otherwise the rule prohibiting going out after twelve o'clock will be meaningless.
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Walking slowly on the lonely street, Lin Ze looked around, thinking secretly.
He still doesn't understand why the Fire Infant Sect has made a rule prohibiting members from going out after twelve o'clock. Is it because there is a huge potential danger in the red fire city that changes after twelve o'clock, or is there something that cannot be seen?
In addition to his doubts, Lin Ze even had the idea of rushing into the sect's headquarters to find out what was going on. However, this idea only passed by for a moment, and he suppressed it later.
At present, he still has to rely on the Fire Infant Sect to increase his flame power, and he cannot break away from it and cause conflicts.
Thinking of this, Lin Ze changed his steps and no longer walked struttingly in the middle of the street. Instead, he hid in the shadows on the side of the road, using the shadows to move forward and carefully patrolling around.
Because he was worried that there might be people from the Fire Infant Sect patrolling the city, he could not let go of his hands and feet, and the efficiency of the investigation was not high. Until it was dark, he only patrolled the area within a radius of nearly a kilometer of the building. Unfortunately, there was no trace.
Discover.
"The regulations prohibit going out from twelve o'clock to six o'clock, so Chihuo City should return to normal at six o'clock."
Seeing that the time was approaching six o'clock, Lin Ze had no choice but to turn back to his residence, sit on the sofa and wait quietly.
Sure enough, when the clock on the wall came to six o'clock, the whole world seemed to come alive in an instant. All kinds of sounds and breaths of living people returned in an instant, appearing in Lin Ze's senses, which made him feel a little uncomfortable for a moment.
After adapting, I was stunned for four or five seconds before I came back to my senses.
He stepped to the window and looked out, and couldn't help but marvel.
The street has returned to the same bustle and bustle as yesterday during the day, with vehicles and people coming and going continuously, as if the silence and no one there a few minutes ago was just his illusion.
After staring for a moment, Lin Ze withdrew his gaze, turned around, left the room, and took the elevator to the underground parking lot.
Although he didn't sleep all night, he was still full of energy, so he planned to go out for a drive, visit Chihuo City, and explore some noteworthy places, and then investigate after twelve o'clock in the evening.
As a result, as soon as he drove out of the underground parking lot, Lin Ze received a notice from the Fire Infant Sect, asking him to rush to the sect's headquarters immediately.
"Could it be because of what happened last night?"
After hanging up the phone, Lin Ze muttered secretly in his heart, and immediately denied his guess.
If the sect really knew about the violation of rules last night, it would have taken more than one phone call.
When he arrived at the sect headquarters and asked, it turned out that it was not because of what happened last night, but the content also made him slightly surprised.
"Performing a mission?"
"Yes."
The person in charge of receiving Lin Ze was a pretty clerk girl wearing glasses. She belonged to the peripheral establishment and was just an ordinary person rather than a divine disciple.
There are many staff members like her in the sect headquarters, and their number is several times that of the members of the disciples.
Facing the official members of the sect, even the lowest fire-level disciples, the clerk girl still looked very respectful, and patiently explained with a smile: "It is the task of cleaning up the heretics."
"The city bureau police discovered a group of heretics hiding out. It was expected that there might be a large number of heretics who had mastered extraordinary abilities. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, they did not take immediate action. They just kept a secret surveillance and then immediately sent people to ask for help from the sect.
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"Deacon Fu Cheng accepted the city bureau's request for help and is now mobilizing manpower to eliminate the group of heretics."