Xing Ze quietly came to the village hall. This building is probably the largest in the whole village. It is backed by the cliff at the east end. It has two floors. One of the rooms on the second floor has a light on.
Fortunately, there were no guards near the village hall. Xing Ze walked around it and checked the windows around it.
The east window was blocked with bricks, and the westmost window had a blind that seemed a little loose. Xing Ze tried it, and opened the window as expected. He tried to reduce the sound as much as possible to avoid disturbing the people in the room.
Xing Ze jumped inside. It seemed that this should be the villagers' meeting room. He turned around and closed the window. Then he walked quietly and slowly. He didn't know the structure of the room, so he could only explore slowly.
But in this case, the risk is too great. Maybe at the next corner, he will meet other people in the room, and it will be too bad.
So Xing Ze decided to go to the room with the electric light on and ask someone for directions. It was better than wandering around here. It didn't take long for Xing Ze to find the room.
He listened carefully, and there was some movement in the room, like the sound of books being turned. After thinking for a while, Xing Ze turned the doorknob and walked in.
This room was divided into two. The outermost part looked like a reception room, and the innermost part was probably a study room. The sound of turning the pages of a book came from there.
Xing Ze gently closed the door and walked to the door of the study in small steps. Looking from here, he could just see a man dressed as a priest sitting behind the desk and reading a thick book.
The man was so fascinated that he didn't even notice that someone had entered the room. Xing Ze picked up the wand, cast a silencing spell in a low voice, and then walked into the study.
Only then did the man raise his head and look at Xing Ze. He stood up from his seat in panic and reached out to open the drawer on the side.
But Xing Ze was much faster than him. He waved his wand quickly and the man was pushed back to his seat by invisible pressure.
"Let me guess, Clyde Winters?"
"A wizard, a wizard, haha. We are short of wizard materials."
"Okay, maybe before that, you can answer a few questions for me. Where are the latest batch of people you captured?"
Venters showed a sly smile, "I won't tell you anything, I won't betray my gods."
"Actually, I probably don't need to ask you." Xing Ze strode up to Winters and reached out to hold his head.
Black particles poured out from his arms and poured into Venters' body. Xing Ze patiently controlled the particles to find out the information that Venters knew.
Ten minutes later, Xing Ze took back the particles. He quickly sorted out the memory fragments in his brain. After eliminating most of the unimportant content, he found the place where the investigators were detained.
On the ground floor of the village hall.
They built a laboratory similar to an underground palace to imprison specific people and conduct some bizarre experiments, or rituals.
The entire village is equivalent to a testing ground. The residents here are taking potions created by the snake people. This potion can not only change a person's physique, but also affect their mind.
This also explains why the whole village has become so crazy. As for the senior officials of the Old Record Gang, they have long been associated with the snake people, which is also the reason why they can rise so quickly in Liverpool.
Venters' brain was turned into mud. This kind of barbaric memory robbery would be too damaging to ordinary people, but Xing Ze didn't want to waste too much time on him. The sky was already white, and he had to hurry up now
Go to the bunker to save people.
With the help of his memory, Xing Ze rushed to the bunker while bypassing the guards and servants in the room. Not long after, he came to the door leading to the bunker.
There were two guards at the door, but it was obvious that a night of guarding had made them a little depressed. Xing Ze used his wand to cast a spell in a low voice. When the spell was completed, he quickly jumped out from the corner and fainted, hitting one of them with the spell.
guard.
The other guard suddenly woke up and immediately reached for his gun, but Xing Ze's left hand had already strangled his neck.
Arbogast was right, these guards were indeed very professional, and their emergency response capabilities, response and speed were far superior to ordinary soldiers.
Just like just now, after seeing his companion fall to the ground inexplicably, the other person did not show too much panic, and he immediately took appropriate response measures. It's just a pity that he was not facing ordinary people.
After dealing with the two guards, Xing Ze took out Venters' pass and swiped it on the door lock. With a beep, the iron door opened and he quickly walked in.
As you go down the stairs, the uneven and moss-covered rock walls gradually replace the cement walls, and the steps under your feet become slippery and steep.
Finally, he came to a damp underground cave filled with stalactites and stalagmites. Some weird lichens gave off a dim light, making the surroundings not completely dark.
Xing Ze frowned and looked around. In this seemingly natural cave, traces of artificial excavation can be seen in many places. However, the people who built this place maximized the use of the natural terrain and only used it when necessary.
provided some construction supports.
Obviously, this cannot be the work of humans. This place is too humid for humans, and the weird fungi that cover the cave roof and rock walls make it slippery and difficult to walk. If humans want to move quickly here,
I'm afraid I need to cheer up.
Xing Ze was not clear about the structure of the bunker. Well, to be precise, it should be an underground cave. The relevant memories were damaged during the exploration process, so he could only move forward gropingly.
Fortunately, there are not many people down here, and there are only some rustling sounds around, probably from some animals living here.
The further you go, the smoother the rock wall becomes, the moss and fungi on it are deliberately cleaned, and some complex carvings begin to appear.
Judging from the carvings, these carvings did not take too long and should have been carved in recent years. Among them, snake patterns occupy a dominant position.
Looking at the strange carvings, Xing Ze gradually stopped and took out from the ring the local rumors and some photos that Edwin and Reko had collected from the Everglades.
Among them, there is a photo of a mural, the patterns on it are quite similar to these carvings, and some of the twists, turns, and repeated carvings look like some kind of text, and some of them are repeated.
According to Venters' memory, one of the spiral carvings represented a name - Yig. But his memory was too crazy. In order not to affect his own mind, Xing Ze decisively gave up when accepting this crazy knowledge.
A lot.
Therefore, Xing Ze had no way to get any further information about the deeper meaning of this name. He put away the things at hand, stopped worrying about the carvings on the rock wall, and continued to move forward.