The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 454: Alliance and Key (asking for monthly ticket)
"what?"

"They also want the remnant team to form an alliance?"

"No, bro, are you serious?"

"Is this really reliable? Who is trying to frame us again?!"

"Not right, not right. I don't think so. Right? Not right."

"It's impossible to form an alliance. I can't form an alliance in this lifetime. Even if I jump out of that door and die outside, I will never sign a single word on this contract."

——In a new corner far away from the garden but equally secluded, after seeing Xu Shu mysteriously bring a piece of parchment and saying that the other party wanted to form a team for joint exploration, Lu Bingwei, Xie Xiaochan and others were confused and expressed strong and serious rejection.

Everyone had just been tricked and nearly lost their lives, so when they saw the contract of "Alliance of the Remnant Team", they almost jumped up.

Xu Shu didn't feel any harm from the "contract backlash", but the nine of them were badly hurt.

It was like having my hands and feet tied to an iron bed, unable to move, with honey dripping all over my private parts and countless bugs biting and licking them. I still feel a little scared when I think about it. It's hard not to feel stressed.

Therefore, everyone rejected Xu Shu's opinion with strong words.

Seeing that no one was interested in taking risks, Xu Shu did not force them and could only say, "Well, I will go explore the Mother Goddess Church with them alone. I will come out before dawn, and we will meet outside the square here."

Everyone was stunned for a moment: "Aren't you afraid of being cheated?"

"That's a contract, a contract that can be tampered with!"

Xu Shu looked at the mermaid coiled around his waist and said seriously, "Don't be afraid. I have rich experience in this area and have sufficient methods to deal with it. I won't put myself in a passive situation. Haha, you all saw that I was able to resist when everyone else was hit."

"OK then."

Several people nodded.

Although, at first glance, it is indeed tempting to share a "key to the Dark Mother Church" and the loot inside with just a little effort.

But after all, we have just escaped from the tiger's den and don't want to enter the wolf's den again.

Money is certainly tempting, but you have to have the life to spend it. It's not that you can't trust it, but it's really unnecessary.

Besides, don’t be fooled by what that group of “anthropomorphic treasure hunters” say about the Left Hand of God. In fact, everyone knows that divine items that are quite rare even in super-large ruins, how could it be possible that they would really appear so easily in large ruins?
The treasure suspected to be left by the Black Zhen School is indeed tempting, but at most it involves gods, but how could it really be the "Left Hand of God"? If it is true, this relic cannot be capped at "Level 3".

Most likely it's something like "a ring once worn on the left hand of God", which is of course tempting enough.

However, since the other party was Xu Shu's friend, they didn't say much and just agreed to meet at the place outside the square.

Xie Xiaochan thought for a moment, then took out a pink talisman that looked like a butterfly and gave it to Xu Shu: "I won't go. Be careful."

"The previous ones haven't been used yet..." Xu Shu wanted to refuse, but seeing Xie Xiaochan's good intentions, he didn't want to spoil her mood and said, "Thank you, Sister Chan!"

After chatting for a few sentences, Xu Shu returned to the garden, ready to team up with Gu Pan and the others alone. Even though the other side had six people, Xu Shu was still quite confident. He was not afraid even if he really met the "second Zhang Runzhi". After all, he had Teacher Pan there, who was absolutely one of their own.

But after a while, Xu Shu stopped and turned around with some surprise to look at the three people who had followed him again - Xie Xiaochan, Lu Bingwei and Gu Yueming.

After they left, they each found a reason to be alone, and then followed Xu Shu alone in a roundabout way.

Now that they met again, the three of them looked at each other.

"Are you here too?"

"What a coincidence, haha~"

"The moonlight is nice today."

They greeted each other, perfectly hiding the embarrassment on their faces.

Xu Shu raised his eyebrows and looked at Xie Xiaochan first, quite puzzled, "Didn't you say you didn't want to go?"

Xie Xiaochan cleared her throat and said confidently, "Sister is worried. Even if they have nothing to hide, the church is not a safe place. After thinking about it, we decided to go together to avoid any accidents to you."

"?"

The corner of Xu Shu's mouth twitched, and he thought that this guy must be lying, but he was not in a hurry to get to the bottom of it.

I will open a "continuation of the legend" and review it at any time. I will be her real "stomach worm" and test her little

What on earth are you thinking today?

Then Xu Shu looked at the "Heavenly Master" who was not very happy: "Master Lu, what are you doing?"

Lu Bingwei replied coldly, "Wealth and honor are sought in danger, and treasures belong to those who are capable. Ha, although the church access key is not a unique item, it is also very precious and the price is not low! Since the other party is willing to spend money to buy combat power to help, I don't mind taking a risk and picking up this bargain."

"good taste."

Xu Shu gave a thumbs up. He highly recognized the combat effectiveness of No. 314 on the human list. It would be great if the other party was willing to cooperate.

It is said that this church is full of treasures, so you don't have to worry about spending a penny.

Finally, Xu Shu turned his gaze to his aunt Gu Yueming, frowning and saying nothing.

Didn't she have a falling out with Gu Pan? I just tried to persuade them and acted as a peacemaker to avoid a fight, so how dare she follow me?
Could it be that she knew some secrets of the Dark Mother Church, so she was unwilling to give up the opportunity to enter? So the "other personality" in Gu Yueming's body was someone who once belonged to the Black Chastity School?
It's not impossible... Well, when Gu Pan mentioned that she suddenly had a "split personality" before, her language style became stuttering, very much like the people of the Western Continent. This just happens to coincide with the origin of the "Black Zhen School"...

While Xu Shu was speculating, Gu Yueming smoothed a strand of hair from her forehead and said softly, "Auntie is also worried about you, so we have to come together to protect you."

"..."

Xu Shu narrowed his eyes, speculating a lot in his mind, but his face did not show any of it. He smiled and said, "Okay, let's go together."

They hurried back to the garden where they had been before, which was in a mess.

Just now when Xu Shu and Gu Pan were fighting, it caused a bloody storm here, and many "humanoids" nearby were affected and died on the spot.

The air was still filled with strange smells of dirt and burning, as if silently telling of the cruelty of the battle just now. Therefore, this place was quite secluded, and no other anthropomorphic beings dared to approach for the time being. When facing this kind of battle, which was considered a high-end game among the third-level ones, whether it was an "anthropomorphic being" or a real human, they were like platycodon in the ground, which would fall down at the slightest gust of wind, and were so fragile that no one would come to cause trouble.

This is the situation of the weak in front of the strong. Life and death are not in their own hands. And seeking good fortune and avoiding danger is not a talent unique to "rogues", but the instinct of all living things. It's just that the former have strengthened this ability to the extreme.

However, Xu Shu did not feel arrogant or complacent because of this. In his opinion, this relic was full of weird and incomprehensible places, such as the previous "City of Wrongful Death". He was far from being able to truly crush it. Now it was only because he had not encountered a truly powerful personification.

After seeing Xu Shu and his four companions, the six people in the pavilion stood up at the same time.

"Jun Mo Xiao" Gu Pan stood at the front, vaguely the leader.

She glanced down: "Where are the others?"

"They are not interested in the treasures inside, so the four of us will join them." Xu Shu tried his best to act as if he was not that familiar with "Jun Moxiao".

Gu Pan nodded. Although he was surprised, he didn't mind it. He asked everyone to sit down and introduced a few friends to him: "Ning Xin, the butcher, Qianfa, the soul catcher, Huang Lili, the evil apostle, and Shen Chongyang, the warden. There is also another dragon elephant. Oh, by the way, he is Ning Xin's brother."

Xu Shu was slightly surprised: "Isn't he worthy of having a name?"

"Too bad, not important." Gu Pan whispered to Xu Shu, expressing her true feelings. She had wanted to say this for a long time.

However, Gu Pan did not directly mention Ning Zecai in front of everyone. He gave his sister face. At least this "butcher" lady played a good role along the way.

When strangers form an alliance to do something, some greetings are inevitable. On Xu Shu's side, Xie Xiaochan, Lu Bingwei and Gu Yueming also informed each other of their names and extraordinary occupations.

After all, we will be exploring together, and at least our teammates should know their basic abilities and what they can do.

After reporting their names, as expected, Ning Xin and others who had originally regarded themselves as "masters" became a little restrained.

Obviously, Lu Bingwei's reputation as "314 on the Human List" is very valuable, and Xie Xiaochan is also well-known as "the strongman killer, the black-hearted rose". The obvious gap in strength makes everyone a little nervous, especially their "Dragon Elephant".

During this period, Xu Shu looked at the "butcher" Ning Xin several times, his eyes were sharp and undisguised, staring at her almost straight.

It was not until the latter began to dodge Xu Shu's burning gaze and her brother Ning Ze blocked his view that Xu Shu looked away. Of course, what he cared about was not her hot and attractive figure, nor her Taoist dress, but because she was a "butcher" - Xu Shu was guarding against whether she was the "second Zhang Runzhi"!
But then again, does the curse of the "rogue" path have the effect of having a hot body? It seems that the female rogues I have seen all have good bodies, such as Tang Ying and Hong Yan, who all have almost perfect curves... Xu Shu thought so without any lust in his heart, and made a fairly fair evaluation. At the end, he smiled at Ning Xin as a gesture of goodwill.

"..." Ning Xin's expression was tense, her fists were clenched tightly, and her nails almost dug into her flesh.

Obviously, Xu Shu's good intentions were misunderstood.

This "butcher", who had often been stared at by passers-by because of his outstanding appearance since childhood, had already regarded Xu Shu as a rather vulgar, perverted and lecherous man.

The kind of person who would deliberately squeeze behind a pretty girl on a crowded bus and take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of her, and might even go a step further and do something even more obscene and dirty because the girl is too embarrassed to shout!
"But why did Jun Moxiao just now..." While Ning Xin was resisting and disgusted in her heart, she was more confused. She couldn't accept that Jun Moxiao, whom she had always had a good impression of, would actually have a very good relationship with such a person.

It even seems to be better than ordinary brotherhood!

She didn't dare to think too much and could only endure the aggressive gaze of this "perverted pervert" while praying silently, hoping that things were not as she thought.

At the same time, Shen Chongyang and Huang Lili silently took a half step back, trying to reduce their presence;
Gu Yueming and Lu Bingwei looked around, the former with doubt and seriousness, while the latter looked down at the ground with coldness and confidence;

Xie Xiaochan glanced at Gu Pan, then at Gu Yueming, with an inexplicable scrutiny and vigilance in her eyes.

For a moment, each of the ten people present couldn't stop their eyes from rolling back and forth. It was a rather alternative "visual battlefield".

Gu Pan obviously didn't notice these little actions of her new and old teammates. She was very focused and once again told everyone's plan to explore the depths of the church together.

"Do you understand?" Gu Pan looked around, and after everyone nodded, she was the first to set an example by signing and dripping blood on the parchment - the covenant was mainly based on "blood", so it didn't matter whether the signature was real name or not.

With her leading the way, the others also shed blood, followed by chanting spells and swearing oaths, which roughly meant that traitors would be struck by lightning, and finally a blood contract was signed into the body.

Everything went quite smoothly, the contract was completed successfully, and a closed loop was formed.

Of course, this time during the stage of blood imprinting and filling the strange light ball, Xu Shu also let the mermaid take the blame.

It’s not that Xu Shu is narrow-minded, it’s just that the little blood ball is not strong enough. Just like before, it can’t integrate into his blood tissue.

Gu Pan smiled and said, "Okay, the alliance has been formed. From now on, we must work together and take care of each other! Let's go, there is no time to lose, let's go into the church as soon as possible."

Hearing these familiar words, the smiles of Lu Bingwei, Xie Xiaochan and Gu Yueming disappeared for a moment as they recalled some not-so-good memories.

The group of people moved quickly, and soon they arrived at the steps in front of a side door on the right side of the church not far away.

It was a bronze door carved with deep-sea tentacles, and in front of the door was an ancient corridor more than ten meters long.

People filed in one after another. The friction sound of their shoes rolling over the frosted metal steps made people feel teeth aching. The pale moonlight seeped in from the cracks above their heads, passing through the rusty pipes, casting spider-web-like shadows.

This image looks weird no matter how you look at it, especially when combined with the depressing atmosphere outside, which adds some psychological pressure to everyone.

Extraordinary people are also human beings. When facing unknown existences, they will also feel fear and tension. This is an innate instinct of human beings.

Especially when faced with buildings, objects, etc. that clearly involve the existence of terror.

A psychologist once did a survey with a large sample size and concluded that this sense of tension will continue throughout the entire exploration process until the other party reveals its true face and claws.

At that time, for the majority of ordinary people in the world, this was a sign of the end, and death and madness were the only outcomes.

But for the extraordinary people, this will make everyone feel relieved - the enemy's health bar is showing, and the next step is to see whether it is a mule or a horse, and the real test will be in their hands.

Faced with these extremely terrifying and strange existences, the extraordinary people are able to fight. This is the confidence that the practice of spell seals brings to everyone.

"But why don't we go through the front door?" Xu Shu asked with some disgust and hesitation when he saw the black mucus with a salty smell oozing out of the gap in the metal door.

"There are multiple keys to enter the church, and the key I carry corresponds to this entrance."

Gu Pan fell a few steps behind and deliberately walked side by side with Xu Shu, and continued in a deliberately cold manner: "Actually, it's your fault. You could have gone through the main entrance and entered from inside the church, which would have reduced some of the embarrassment during the entry process.

"Why blame me?" Xu Shu frowned.

Gu Pan said as a matter of course: "You killed the guide."

"Guide?" Xu Shu was stunned and said, "The group of people who claim to be looking for the Left Hand of God?"

"Yes. According to some secret intelligence, if you agree to the invitation of these guys, if you don't have the key, they will take you to a monster den to attack you, but if you bring the key, they will help you deal with the corrosive slime at the door.

"It's like this slime is their reward for leading the way, but they have to go through some rules and procedures that comply with this place before they can eat it."

"Eat?" Xu Shu raised his eyebrows.

“Well, the intelligence said they would eat, but of course I don’t know the details, after all, I didn’t have time to see them, and you killed them.

"In exchange, they will not only clear the way for us, but also give us some extra things. Of course, this may only be attractive to second-level extraordinary people."

"Speak clearly, teacher."

“It’s just not worth the money.”

"How do you know this?"

"I'm doing my homework."

"Oh...but you also played a role in killing them, you can't blame me entirely." Xu Shu nodded and suddenly protested.

"Okay, step back a little."

Gu Pan did not respond, but searched his pockets.

Click~
With a slight click, she pulled out a huge silver key as thick as a baby's arm!

Without waiting for Xu Shu to continue asking questions, Gu Pan began to ponder the door.

This thought took ten minutes.

After a long silence, Xu Shu asked, "You don't know how to use it, do you?"

"Stop talking nonsense, studying doesn't take time?"

Gu Pan felt a little annoyed.

Just when she was about to go forward and give it a try, Lu Bingwei behind her suddenly said, "Let me do it."

"You?" Gu Pan hesitated slightly, glanced at Lu Bingwei, and then subconsciously looked at Xu Shu.

"Can you?" Xu Shu asked, turning around.

"Ah."

"Okay, it seems that Fellow Daoist Lu has to take action." Xu Shu nodded and made a gesture of invitation.

Seeing this, Gu Pan narrowed his eyes slightly, but did not hesitate and made way.

Lu Bingwei stepped forward and took the key from Gu Pan without any physical contact with "Jun Moxiao".

She immediately walked up the stairs, and waves of air reappeared around her body, pushing away the sticky black liquid near the door.

For a moment, the mucus began to gurgle and wriggle, as if it was not real liquid, but the flesh and blood of some animal.

After the ripple-like vibration spread, the door lock was revealed, and a round black metal hole was exposed.

Seeing this, Lu Bingwei picked up the big key and thrust it into the keyhole all the way in, then nimbly stepped back.

Hiss!

Almost instantly, the originally scattered mucus seemed to come alive, turning into long strips like octopus tentacles, with white suckers with wriggling sharp teeth, and pounced towards her together.

(End of this chapter)