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Chapter 455: Deep Sea Soil, Underground of the Church (asking for monthly ticket)
"Fuck, be careful!"

This sudden change made no one expect that even with the key in hand, they would still encounter danger.

The dispersion of the black mucus around the locks just now was actually a feint, actually it was for the purpose of this bite!
Especially Xu Shu, who thought that even if he got the key, he would still be attacked by the door. Didn’t he get it in vain?
Fortunately, Lu Bingwei was obviously prepared. She jumped far away when the insertion happened just now, so she was not bitten.

The tentacles were out of reach, so they curled up and turned their heads back, just licking and chewing near the silver key.

Crunch~Crunch~
Amid the teeth-grinding sound of friction, the surface of the door lock burst into blue light like ripples on the seabed, and the entire lock was minced into something like minced meat, gradually merging with the surrounding tentacles, black mucus, and so on, and there was no longer any sign that there was a big hole here that could not be closed.

Immediately after all this, the bronze door began to twitch like a muscle, with dense tumors bulging on top and scarlet texture pulsating underneath.

At first glance, it looked like a giant with its skin stripped off, lying on its own operating table undergoing a tumor removal operation. When it convulsed, every huge pore emitted a hoarse scream like a woman giving birth.

Everyone present was a third-level expert who had seen the world, so if it was just this kind of visual and auditory shock, it would be fine.

However, an odor like rotting vomit began to emanate, and the stench was unbearable.

This made all the onlookers except Xu Shu feel a little sick. They all took a few steps back and tried to escape, including Lu Bingwei who seemed to have all the traps under control.

——【As for the reason why you are excluded, it is very simple. The "deep sea soil" in front of you is indeed suffocating, but compared with the poop of Fushi, it is just the same.】

[And you, you are a true hero, who dares to face the bleak defense and dares to challenge the dripping arrows! ]

[All this is thanks to the efforts of "Yang Shen Fu Shi" for you. Hurry up and say: Thank you An Lan. 】

"...No need to emphasize this stuff!" Xu Shu moved the Taichu Scroll aside unhappily, but he pondered it in his mind.

Deep sea soil?

Is this the name of the black goo up there?
This sounds a bit mysterious, like a good fertilizer, and Gu Pan said that those anthropomorphic creatures would like to eat this as a reward...

Why don’t you give more hints about the Taichu Volume? Or take some back with you and see if you can find an expert who knows the stuff to study it?
Well, it seems to involve the church of God. The level of these teammates is still too low. Maybe Sister Tiaotiao will know something...

Xu Shu's eyes rolled, and he quickly followed the guidance of his heart, reaching out to scoop up a lot of the black mucus "deep sea soil" that splashed over.

He put the foul-smelling turbid mucus in a glass container, filling up half a jar. He sealed it tightly to make sure it would not leak out, then stuffed it into the lace inner compartment and pretended nothing had happened.

It is worth mentioning that because everyone's attention was focused on the bronze gate that was constantly spewing feces, no one noticed the existence of Xu Shu, the "historian digger".

The "Bronze Door Spraying History" did not last long, about forty seconds, and the entire bronze door was completely melted.

Instead, there was a deep, dark hole that slowly rotated with a rather psychedelic color.

"Why does this look like the entrance to a secret place?"

Xu Shu muttered cautiously.

Judging from the appearance alone, this rotating black hole cannot be said to be exactly the same as the entrance to the secret realm that was opened when entering Qingshan Temple before. There is almost no difference.

Lu Bingwei nodded imperceptibly and said, "Hehe, Jing... Let's go in. The interior of this church is an independent space. Let's go."

After saying this, the "Heavenly Master" did not hesitate at all and took the lead to rush into the whirlpool-like door.

The rest of the people looked at each other and realized that there was no way they could back down at this point, so they lined up and entered one by one.

They all pinched their noses, retracted their hands and feet, and avoided any contact with the door frame.

Xu Shu was the last one again. He stroked his chin and looked around, secretly making some plans in his mind.

His intuition told him that Microwave was very familiar with the entry procedures here, and she might have come here more than once like she said... In addition, this church also gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

This is not the kind of familiarity of "style and appearance seem familiar", but a feeling that one has been here before.

Could it be that he has been here before in the legend?
That's not right. Whether it's [The Ruins of the Dead] or [The Collapse of Kyoto], I don't remember there being such a place as Death Ridge, not to mention the "Cathedral of the Dark Mother" that doesn't exist at all in the legend.

But the more I eliminate doubts, the more familiar it feels.

Strange... I must have been here before, but I forgot. Could it be that this is a renovation of a place I’ve been to before?

This doesn't seem impossible...

Xu Shu secretly kept a close eye on it and looked for a long time but couldn't find anything that could evoke his memory.

Finally, he gave up thinking, quickly followed, and sank into the vortex.

squeak squeak~
After passing through the narrow, tight and soft passage, you will enter the interior of the church.

The moment he landed, the passage behind him suddenly closed, and a sound of flesh and blood growing was heard.

"Come here quickly." Xie Xiaochan and others had been waiting at the door for a long time. They greeted Xu Shu after seeing him.

Xu Shu didn't say anything. He walked over to join the group and observed the surrounding situation.

In front of you is a church with a very strong Gothic style.

There were stained glass windows that glowed inexplicably, murals depicting giant whales covered in barnacles swimming and dragging cities on the seafloor, twelve huge stone pillars covered with scaly protrusions that supported the ceiling, and various wallpapers and carpets that expanded and contracted with the rhythm of their breathing.

The bloody furniture does not quite match the mysterious architectural style: the rows of benches in the hall are made of white bones, and the backs of the chairs are inlaid with various dead people's eye sockets and luminous jellyfish; there are also a large number of pendants woven with human intestines on the ceiling, and each section of the intestine is sealed with a half-melted baby head.

This weird and bloody scene can be said to be extremely vulgar, sweeping away the sacredness and glory that a church should have, leaving only depression.

Opposite the side door was an altar with a rotten cross hanging upside down. The original sculpture of the suffering god had been replaced by a bloated half-human, half-fish creature, with gill-like folds bulging between its ribs and its abdominal cavity filled with various fish carcasses.

There are two tall headless statues on the left and right sides. The arms of the left one are octopus tentacles, and each tentacle ends with a human hand. The one on the right is a female sculpture wearing a headscarf.

Two headless statues stood on either side of the altar, where some kind of blasphemous mass was being celebrated.

"Hiss... I've heard that the Black Virgin School is an extremely crazy cult. Now I see that it's really true."

"Is this the image of the Dark Mother Goddess they worship?"

Ning Xin, Ms. Xifa, and the others frowned and talked in a tut-tut manner, their tone revealing the brilliance of knowledge and undisguised disgust for this place, but they did not seem to be very surprised.

After all, after the fall of the Cathedral, a large number of branch churches in the world converted to various strange cults.

The Black Virgin Church, as a church that existed in ancient times, most likely participated in the religious riots of the time. It is not surprising that their church had such a messy "heterodox worship", which is completely understandable.

Not many people were too frightened by the scene.

This "horror scene" made purely of human flesh and blood is not artistic at all, and is not enough to scare a group of mid-sequence third-level transcendents - if they are willing to do it, they can completely rely on their own strength to create a church atmosphere that looks more hellish, more brutal, and more terrifying than this.

However, Xu Shu was an exception this time. When everyone thought it was normal, he was a little scared!
As a super "sacrifice king" who has personally participated in quite a few cult sacrificial activities and witnessed hundreds or even thousands of different evil idols, big and small, Xu Shu can be said to be a well-read person.

So, when Xu Shu saw the idol on the altar for the first time, his heart skipped a beat.

He recognized the owner of this statue!

Damn, this is "Alsace"!
The image of "Pale Death Arthas" is enshrined in this church!

It is not the fused "Hokkaiji" that appears in reality today.
But the earliest real and pure pale god of death!

Although the statue in front of him was slightly different, for example, it was missing two arms and the scepter in its hand.

But Xu Shu was absolutely sure that he would not make a mistake. This was the "King of Infinity" who once hunted down "Ksitigarbha" and gave Arthur power!
"What the hell, why is the statue of Arthas here?"

"Isn't this the Church of the Dark Mother Goddess?"

"I remember when I first met Suki Herrera, the Dark Mother Church in Storm Mountain Villa, the Dark Mother Goddess worshipped was a headless female statue covered with a headscarf..."

"Well, that maid statue on the right couldn't be Him, right?"

"In the Dark Mother Church, the main seat is dedicated to a pale god of death, and the real Dark Mother is made a maid next to her???" "This is really the opposite of Tian Gang!"

"Are the people who run this church really not afraid of death, or is it that, in a certain era, the Dark Mother Goddess was really the handmaiden of the God of Death?"

"Not really... The eyeball that the Dark Mother Goddess gave to Suki can cause me damage comparable to 'facing the forbidden existence'. Obviously, the Mother Goddess is more powerful and more ancient..."

At this moment, Xu Shu's heart was filled with turbulent waves.

But he couldn't tell his teammates.

After all, he couldn't explain why he recognized the true image of "Alsace". He couldn't tell everyone that "Alsace" was my immediate superior when I was undercover, right?

Who would believe this!
While Xu Shu was shocked, he noticed that Lu Bingwei next to him looked at the waiter at the altar with a complicated look, and murmured a rather strange syllable: "XX"

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Xu Shu suddenly became alert, raised his eyebrows and whispered: "What did you just say?"

"Oh, I told everyone to be careful when exploring, and not to touch the walls, handrails, etc. here directly with your palms - Jun Mo Xiao!" As Lu Bingwei spoke, a piece of talisman paper flew out and turned into a burning paper crane.

The paper crane knocked away Gu Pan's hand that was about to touch the wall, and the torn plaster and wallpaper peeled off, revealing densely packed amber eyeballs underneath.

These eyeballs embedded in the wall rotated simultaneously, with their pupils split into six petals, staring quietly at everyone in the church, reflecting their distorted figures.

"Damn?!" Gu Pan quickly withdrew his hand embarrassedly and nodded to Lu Bingwei with some fear.

Lu Bingwei nodded and said coldly: "It seems that some seemingly insignificant things may trigger some mechanism once touched, and the flesh and blood will cause them to mutate."

After saying that, she took the lead and began searching everywhere in the church, knocking here and there, using a small bamboo stick as an extension of her arm to avoid direct contact when rummaging through boxes and cabinets.

Seeing this, other members of the team followed suit and took out various scratchers, scabbards, snuff bottles, small brushes, etc., and began to explore the church, maintaining a high level of vigilance.

According to some intelligence guides, instead of being attacked directly by monsters in the secret realm, you should be more careful because you never know if it is hidden in a treasure chest.

Among all the people, only Xu Shu did not explore the surroundings.

He squinted his eyes, looked at Lu Bingwei's back, moved the corners of his mouth slightly, and muttered to himself, imitating the syllables that the other party had just uttered.

The two words she said were - "Leo"!
"Strange, what Leo? Ultraman? Could it be that this waiter is from the planet L77 in Leo?"

"But this sculpture doesn't look like Ultraman... and Ultraman's unearthed artifacts are rarely seen in the wasteland. Even if you see it, you won't use it in this kind of occasion, right?"

Xu Shu looked at the strange headless octopus tentacle sculpture that Lu Bingwei had been staring at for a long time without saying a word.

The strange accent of "Leo" gave him a familiar feeling, but he couldn't remember why. This feeling of inspiration being in his mind but not being able to grasp it was simply maddening. (Note 1)

[Oh, you think there is something wrong with Lu Bingwei! But it doesn't seem to be a big problem, because it's not more than an A cup, so I guess you are not very interested.] Taichujuan commented.

“…That’s not what I’m talking about.”

Xu Shu rolled his eyes speechlessly and secretly kept it in mind.

After a little thought, he simply followed Lu Bingwei.

Lu Bingwei rummaged through a wooden box and walked away. Xu Shu followed and rummaged through it as well.

Lu Bingwei lifted up a piece of wood to check if there was a secret passage underneath. Xu Shu waited for her to leave and then went over to step on it.

While all the teammates were exploring the secrets hidden in the church, Xu Shu followed Lu Bingwei closely. Whatever she saw, he would repeat the same action, playing the role of doing nothing and doing useless work.

After more than ten minutes, Lu Bingwei finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"What are you doing following me all the time?" Microwave Master looked at Xu Shu angrily.

"I'm here to protect you." Xu Shu said with a righteous look on his face.

Lu Bingwei: "Do you think I will believe you?"

"Why don't you believe it? Brother Lu, you can't do this. I saved your life! How can you talk to your savior like this?" Xu Shu said righteously.

"..." Lu Bingwei's mouth twitched, and she pointed to the second-floor corridor next to her and said, "Why don't you check the area over there?"

Xu Shu spread his hands and said, "I don't have anything to stretch with. I can't work. I'm afraid it will ruin things."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Bingwei's eyes were naturally attracted to the bulging and extra-long mermaid's breasts on his waist, and she silently lowered her head to take a few glances.

Seeing this, Xu Shu also lowered his head and looked at the mermaid.

“?” The mermaid blinked her eyes and opened her mouth slightly, but closed it immediately.

Although she didn't express an opinion, her fish face was very expressive and it looked like she was probably saying "look at your mother."

Xu Shu and Lu Bingwei were both embarrassed and the atmosphere froze in an instant.

After a dozen seconds of silence, Xu Shu added, "I'm afraid you can't see it clean, so I'll help you check it again. Do you mind?"

Lu Bingwei looked at Xu Shu deeply, then looked away and said lightly, "As long as you are happy."

Then, she continued to rummage through the drawers and Xu Shu continued to follow her.

This strange stalking lasted for several minutes, and Lu Bingwei was almost unable to bear it. She couldn't help but ask, "What do you want?"

Seeing that she seemed to be about to get angry, Xu Shu said, "Actually, I've been wondering what the Leo you just mentioned is... Do you recognize the octopus waiter sculpture?"

"..." Lu Bingwei glanced at Xu Shu, then looked around, helpless like a wife being coerced, and said in a low voice, "Okay, I'll tell you, but this news may not be accurate, so don't tell anyone."

"Okay." Xu Shu's eyes lit up.

"That thing is said to be a spirit..."

Lu Bingwei had just opened her mouth when she was suddenly interrupted by a rumbling sound of a machine.

Not far away, Xie Xiaochan jumped up with a slightly dazed expression and an innocent look on her face.

She had just been poking and prodding the cover on the ground with a brush, and when she walked under the mural behind the altar, she stepped on a bone that had emerged from the crack in the ground and crushed it.

It turned out that the ground beneath the bones was not tiles at all, but dark red fleshy tissue.

The crushed bones were like a signal. They immediately rose and fell violently. The flesh threads kept sticking together and gradually cracked into a big gap, revealing a secret door in the passage that was oozing blood!

Inside the secret door is a downward spiral staircase, and three statues of angels holding swords stand on the platform at the entrance.

They had wings of flesh on their backs, octopus tentacles wriggling in their faces, and hundreds of dried humanoid creatures skewered on their sword blades - the curled up limbs retained the posture of their last prayers, and the blood that had long since dried formed all sorts of meaningless symbols on the ground.

"Alas?"

"This is……"

"There is actually a honey path?"

Everyone gathered together quickly, and Lu Bingwei's eyes lit up and she jumped over quickly.

At this moment, the three sword-wielding angels suddenly opened their eyes that were glued together, and made a screaming sound in their throats, a super high-frequency voice that sounded like the continuous vibration of a machine.

This is the language that Xu Shu can understand.

They say:
"Flesh and blood are weak, but the spirit can soar!"

(End of this chapter)