Returning from the abyss

Chapter 38 Repentance
Today is not Sunday, and the afternoon is not the usual time for worship.

The blond pastor led the crowd to sing hymns, and after praying, he smiled at the crowd, saluted, then turned and walked towards a side door next to him.One of the people sitting on the bench suddenly stood up, pinching the paper bag distributed at the door with an excited expression, and followed the pastor into the side door.

When Lu Ning entered the door, she also took a small bread. She immediately took it out and opened the paper bag, and found a number in the paper bag: 47.

"Girl...you got it?"

Suddenly an old man's voice came from beside her, Lu Ning shook slightly, turned her head and saw an old man with gray hair and beard, followed by seven or eight strong black suits, and the girl from the Yin family who met yesterday on the street Then he held the old man's arm beside him.

At this point, Lu Ning guessed the origins of these people, and immediately put on a respectful look: "Just curious, can the old man tell me what this number means?"

The old man laughed loudly: "It's nothing interesting, it's just a lottery."

"Draw lots?" Lu Ning pretended to be puzzled.

"The confessional here is overcrowded every day. People say that those who leave here are reborn, and there are only so many people in the Avery Church. There is no choice but to draw lots. Fifty places a day."

The corner of Lu Ning's mouth twitched: "This is really...unheard of."

"It's not easy for the child Paradell. With the few remaining old and young in the church, he has re-developed this place into such a prosperous place. But these people, how many people really believe in these things now? Just look at it. In the name of repentance and cleansing, I just want to expose what I have done before."

The old man let out a long sigh.

"You...should believe it?"

"The late priest is an old friend of mine." The old man smiled kindly. "The past is always something that we, the elderly, can't forget. I'm just asking you to talk to me."

"Talk." Lu Ning said.

"My... junior, if you want to wash your hands and quit, according to the rules set back then, you have to make a confession here and make an oath before you can leave. If you have no intention of using the number in your hand, girl, you might as well give it to him." Using it can be regarded as my favor from you."

As the old man said, he pointed at a bodyguard with a scar on his face behind him.

Lu Ning immediately handed out the paper bag in her hand.

"The favors are too polite. I'm just here for fun. Just take it, old man."

"Thank you then. I am Yin Han from the Yin family. If you want to ask me for help, you can go to any store with the seal of 'Yin' on the signboard at the door and ask their boss."

After finishing speaking, the old man took the paper bag and handed it to the bodyguard to give some instructions.The man thankfully took the bag and ran over to line up. The old man turned his head and let go of the girl beside him, and walked to the bench to rest with a smile, leaving the girl staring at Lu Ning, not knowing what to say.

"I saw you last night." Lu Ning would still do it if she just wanted to find a topic.

"Really? Last night... oh." The girl seemed to be thinking about it, scratching her head, "I just went to change the scene last night, and there was only one small incident... Forget it, my name is Yin Luo, how about you?"

"I'm Lu Ning."

"Come to Danma to play?"

"Well, my grandfather was stationed in the border when he was a soldier. He once stayed in Danma for a while, and now he can be regarded as revisiting his old hometown."

"The offspring of soldiers? They are worthy of respect." Yin Luo nodded slightly, "The location of the old barracks is [-] kilometers west of Danma, and it is now blocked. If you want to go and have a look, you can walk outside."

"The old barracks?"

When Yin Luo heard Lu Ning's question, she lowered her voice a little: "The place where the flying saucer fell was near there. Later, the investigation team and special forces sent by the country sealed off the old barracks and the surrounding area, mysteriously. Even we don't know what happened there. The blockade is still in place, and the soldiers patrolling there never communicate with us, and they don't know what they are covering up."

Lu Ning didn't expect to learn the information from 50 years ago by accident here.

"It's...strange?"

"If there is something that remains there for so many years, it cannot be moved away. The soldiers change every five years to ensure that they do not get acquainted with the locals... All in all, the place is not a good place, If you want to see it, take a few photos from a distance, and don’t get close.”

This exhortation was still in Lu Ning's ears when he walked out of the church.Yin Luo seemed to be afraid that she would approach there, but this behavior itself was very suspicious - what did she ask for?
Just as she walked out of the door, a chill rose from behind.Lu Ning suddenly turned her head and found two people in the crowd staring at her side with cold eyes.

It was the two who had been hiding in the shadows before.A man and a woman, both wearing sweaters with hoods, looked a little weird in this hot weather.Both of them had the emblems of church staff pinned to their chests, but they couldn't be seen from the outside.

Suddenly, the man made a mouth shape to Lu Ning. He couldn't tell what he was saying, but he could tell the threat just from his expression.

But in this way, Lu Ning didn't panic anymore.

She slightly compared the still indifferent face of the woman next to her, and she already had some calculations in her heart.

This church... really has a problem.

There is nothing of value in the Clock Memorial, at least the so-called Damned Clock that cannot be discerned with the eyes.Since Lu Ning had no intention of playing, it was still early when she walked out of the memorial hall, enough for her to go to the history museum to have a look.

When passing by the commercial street in the city center, a video started to play on the promotional screens of several buildings at the same time, starting from the Frost Day celebration 30 years ago, which was recorded in video, quickly switching pictures and numbers, all the way to this year, and then As the digitalization exploded into fireworks, several stars appeared on the screen at the same time, followed by highlights of the preparations in each area. In short, it conveyed the message that everything is going well and everyone can look forward to it.

People walking on the street stopped to watch and cheer, Lu Ning also stopped, took out her phone and turned on the video recording function.

The length of the promotional video was only 15 minutes. Lu Ning waited for a while, and after 15 minutes, there was another replay. She was well prepared this time and recorded the entire promotional video.

I just don't know how many people are like her among the crowd holding up their mobile phones and cameras?

Lu Ning quietly left.

When returning to the Phoenix Stone Hotel from the History Museum with nothing, a fierce quarrel was taking place in the lobby.

After only one day, Ye Fei and Song Baoguo couldn't stand Yuan Xi anymore.

"Can you stop being so high-profile?"

"High-profile? Who was taken away by the police car last night?"

"Isn't that a factor of force majeure? Or is it our responsibility?"

Ye Fei blushed and glared at Yuan Xi, but the other party did not show any weakness, and stared back arrogantly with his hands in his hands. If it weren't for Song Baoguo and Xiao Shifan pulling the two of them, they would have had to fight.

The quarrel seemed to have just erupted. The hotel manager rushed over quickly, asked a few words in a low voice, and then helped to persuade the two of them, finally calming down a little bit.Lu Ning watched the commotion, and was a little curious about how they got into a fight.

Lu Ning had guessed the identities of these people for a long time. Although Ye Fei and Song Baoguo were well dressed, their words and deeds did not match those clothes.It was the first time she met Yuan Xi and she was not good at commenting. Xiao Shifan was simply held back by the two of them.

But this is not to say that Ye Fei and Song Baoguo's ability is not good enough. Even if they have only experienced the test field once, Lu Ning will not despise everyone who survives, especially... these people must have survived more than one test Field is even more of a skill.

As Ye Fei and Song Baoguo boarded the elevator and left, the group seemed to be completely broken.Xiao Shifan was still with Yuan Xi, both of them looked displeased, they walked out of the gate to relax under the persuasion of the manager, and the original order was slowly restored in the lobby.

When the manager was about to leave, Lu Ning hurried over and asked, "Manager, what happened here just now?"

"It's... I can't say anything about the guests. We can persuade the big family." The manager made a tactful tai chi.

"Thank you."

Lu Ning thanked her and left, leaving behind a dazed manager who didn't know what she was thanking.

Back in the room, Lu Ning dug out her laptop from the luggage, began to transfer the video from the phone to the computer, and searched for a name by the way.

Shen Wenhao.

A professor of the History Department of Nanxiang University, a backbone of the academic school, has published many research papers on folk festivals, vocal music and dance, and social structure.Four years ago, I came to Danma to experience the Frost Day Festival and lost contact.

It was not a trivial matter for a professor to disappear at the time. His family also posted a lot of information asking for help on the Internet at that time, but time quickly covered up this matter, and they probably gave up now.

Who would have thought that this person would crash into the elevator in an inexplicable way four years later, and both the form and the cause of death would become a mystery?
Lu Ning opened the notepad and entered Shen Wenhao's situation in her memory.

To be honest, I thought that the [-]-day time limit would be enough time to search for clues, but Lu Ning felt a killing intent from the entire testing field after being dismounted on the first day.

After copying the video, Lu Ning downloaded an editing software, and after loading it, began to study the content frame by frame.Of course she saw Shu Xingruo appearing in the video, but what was more important was the historical clip about the Frost Day celebration.

The flickering cut at the beginning will give people a feeling of being dizzy, and no one pays special attention to the content inside. Only Lu Ning slowly looks at it like this, and will discover the mystery hidden inside.

(End of this chapter)