The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 468 A Lucky Man's Night (asking for monthly tickets)
"Be careful."

Faced with such a sudden change, Xie Xiaochan reacted extremely quickly. She immediately used her backhand to protect the big Xu Shu behind her, and at the same time, she pulled out the brush in her hand and pointed it forward.

Whoosh!
Surrounded by countless runes, the hairs of her brush suddenly grew, like the whisk of an experienced Taoist priest with long eyebrows, transforming into thousands of long threads, spinning out into the air, instantly piercing through the glass of the dome and piercing through all eyes!

However, before she could be happy, she found that the problem still existed.

Those eyes that were staring at him had indeed disappeared, but the scratching sounds around him not only did not stop, but became even stronger, as if they were going to be transmitted directly into his brain!

"Ah this?"

Such an attack had no effect. Where did this enemy come from?

Could it be that the same terrifying creatures as those in the temple also exist here?

Xie Xiaochan's eyes narrowed, and she felt something was wrong. She was about to shout out to attract the attention of her teammates.

At this moment, Xu Shu frowned and held the bride's pink little mouth as she was about to whistle.

Just now it was Xie Xiaochan who stopped him, and now it was his turn to stop Xie Xiaochan.

"?" Xie Xiaochan looked at Xu Shu with a slightly puzzled expression.

Xu Shu said nothing, but stood up, reached out and grabbed the back of the chair, and lifted it up with force.

boom!
His muscles bulged high, almost bursting through his cuffs, and with his powerful strength, the rattan stone chair that was more than ten meters long and seemed to be built into the floor was pulled up completely!
As some of the dirt and debris fell off, the distorted outlines in the shadows were no longer concealed and were completely revealed.

It was a large group of "anthropomorphisms" crowded together!
There were at least thirty of them, clinging to the long benches in a twisted posture that violated ergonomics, twisting themselves tightly together like a bunch of flower stamens;

Each face has rich expressions. At first glance, it looks like women are constantly copying manuscripts while enduring the pain of childbirth, giving people a strange and tearing sense of horror, eerie and terrifying, just like the ghost faces that are bound to appear in horror movies; and their fingernails are covered with black mud and sawdust, which shows that the previous sizzling sound of digging was made by them.

"Uh...?" After seeing this scene, Xie Xiaochan opened her mouth slightly with a look of astonishment, then she came to her senses.

After all this time, I realized that the eyes on the dome were just their reflections, not the real thing. I got the direction wrong! No wonder the attack just now didn't work!

At this time, the expressions of the "anthropomorphic characters" also had a relatively obvious pause.

They looked at the heavy stone chair that seemed like a feather in Xu Shu's hand, and then at Xu Shu's aura that seemed like an ancient ferocious beast, and they all swallowed their saliva at the same time:

"Hey, where is this?"

"How did you end up in the wrong place?"

"Ah, you guys are busy, we won't disturb you, we're leaving now."

The anthropomorphic figures laughed dryly and talked to themselves, then pushed each other and tried frantically to disperse from the pit.

This extravagant hope obviously fell through.

Xu Shu narrowed his eyes, revealing his "domineering" aura. Under the terrible pressure caused by the difference of two major ranks, the anthropomorphic people's limbs became limp, and several of them even began to ooze yellow liquid from their bodies, unable to escape anymore.

Then, he stroked his chin and asked with a hint of confusion: "What are you doing here?"

Seeing that he couldn't escape, one of the male personifications could only stammer, "Sir, sir, and madam, please listen to my explanation! It's like this, are you interested in learning about the great being we serve, the Dark Mother Goddess who is full of love for the world? We have been guided and are looking for people to watch the mass and see God's favor to us..."

"Watching the mass?" Xu Shu was slightly surprised and pointed to the entrance of the cathedral in the distance. There were all kinds of screams, cheers, chants, and roars mixed together there. "You mean that?"

"Yes, yes, are you interested in participating?" The personification gave Xu Shu a flattering smile that was uglier than crying.

"This..." Xu Shu seemed to be lost in thought. He always felt that there was something strange in the anthropomorphic words.

"Not interested." Before Xu Shu could think carefully, Xie Xiaochan next to him had already rejected him coldly.

She retracted the large brush with ease, and used it as a large shovel to hit the leading anthropomorphic head.

Feeling the threat of death looming over his head, the anthropomorphic pupils suddenly shrank and he almost screamed: "No! Ma'am, please wait. If you don't want to, we can discuss it. We are just following the oracle of God—"

boom!
His answer was a muffled explosion!

After Xie Xiaochan slapped the camera, the position where the simulated people were located sank several meters, as if a big pit had been dug for them.

All of this was suppressed by Xie Xiaochan like a dud, making almost no noise. Her skills were astonishingly high, and she killed without blinking an eye.

However, the next second, Xie Xiaochan looked closely and found that a large number of anthropomorphisms were all intact.

They were protected by Xu Shu with a huge iron wall and copper wall. Because Xu Shu and Xie Xiaochan were also protected by the incense burner, this hit did not cause any harm to Xu Shu at all.

However, after experiencing this, each of the anthropomorphic people looked pale and obviously frightened. They even had tears in their eyes when they looked at Xu Shu.

"What do you want to do?" Xie Xiaochan asked in confusion.

"Wait a minute." Xu Shu looked at the pale-faced anthropomorphic figures thoughtfully, muttering to himself that these guys were really "into the role" and acting exactly like humans, and then he spoke carefully:

"You just said that someone guided you here?"

The people were extremely grateful to Xu Shu for escaping death. They replied, "Yes, sir, we are here because of a divine oracle!"

"What oracle?"

"Oracle of the Mother Goddess, I only know that we need to find people to attend the mass, feel the miracles, and spread the gospel. Sir, everything I said is true, we really have no ill intentions!" The personification cried.

"No ill intentions? If you have no ill intentions, why are you pretending to be a ghost and scaring people here?" Xie Xiaochan laughed out of anger when she heard this.

The anthropomorphic leader shrank back and said, "Madam, this is indeed the request of the oracle. We really did not lie."

"Oh, God wants you to scare people, right? Okay, then I'll send you to see Him." Xie Xiaochan picked up the small pen and prepared to beat them to death.

Obviously, because she had just failed, she felt humiliated in front of Xu Shu, so she was angry and resentful. At this moment, she was unhappy with the way the anthropomorphic people looked at her.

But Xu Shu stopped her again.

"I'd like to go and take a look," Xu Shu said.

Xie Xiaochan said: "What's so interesting? It's just an evil sacrifice. Maybe they want to trick us into being sacrificed."

"I can watch from a distance, so just let them go. Killing these guys won't produce any crystals anyway." Xu Shu said.

"Strange, didn't you just kill a bunch of them? How come you have become so kind? Could it be that you are attracted by the beauty of these guys..." Xie Xiaochan glanced at the crowd below, and saw several female anthropomorphic figures with long legs and seductive eyes. She suddenly became suspicious.

Xu Shu was speechless: "What are you thinking, am I that kind of person?"

"That's hard to say. You're a pervert." Xie Xiaochan rolled her eyes at the mermaid on his body who kept rolling her eyes.

Xu Shu could only say: "Actually, I feel something is a little strange. Next time, we should not kill monsters recklessly, lest we cause some changes that we cannot handle."

"Have you killed enough?"

Xie Xiaochan curled her lips in annoyance, wondering who was it that wanted to bully the anthropomorphic person outside the church before, and wanted to beat the anthropomorphic person to death in the aftermath of the fight after entering the church? Now, he is teaching me a lesson?
"I was young and ignorant before. This is a different time now." Xu Shu said calmly. He thought that since he had never died before, he didn't know much about this place, so he didn't control his strength. But now he really knows that there is the Eye of the Mother Goddess in this church, he should be more careful, right?
As the saying goes, when beating a dog, you have to look at its owner!
By the way, there is the eyeball of the Mother Goddess in one of the secret prayer rooms. Could it be that the Mother Goddess was dismembered and placed here?
If that was the case, this church was too scary. Fortunately, Xie Xiaochan didn't barge in randomly last time. Otherwise, if Wang Teng encountered things like "Mother Goddess's Left Hand", "Mother Goddess's Jade Feet", "Mother Goddess's Nana" and the like in some small church halls, he would probably die here... He thought with lingering fear.

Seeing Xu Shu was so persistent, Xie Xiaochan thought about it and said helplessly: "Now that you put it that way, it seems to be true. Then I will go with you to have a look, but you have to listen to me and don't move."

"Row."

The two reached an agreement, and Xu Shu said to the anthropomorphic leader, "Lead the way."

The anthropomorphic people were anxiously waiting for the "verdict". When they heard this, they knew their lives were saved. They were all grateful to Xu Shu and said with tears in their eyes: "Okay, okay, thank you sir, you are a good person, may the Mother Goddess always bless you."

"I hope He doesn't."

Xu Shu secretly discussed with himself, and together with Xie Xiaochan, they followed the crowd and walked to the square in front of the church.

During this period, he did not forget to instruct his teammates on relevant matters. If these anthropomorphic monsters came, they should not kill them casually unless the other party took the initiative to attack. Everyone naturally agreed.

It is worth mentioning that among the others, Lu Bingwei also received a group of anthropomorphic "evil gaze"-style invitations, and she was making thunder gestures with her hands, ready to send the other party to see God.

Fortunately, Xu Shu arrived in time and stopped her, thus saving the anthropomorphic people from disaster.

"Let's go and take a look together? I think it would be better to just go along with them and not create conflicts." Xu Shu suggested.

"Oh, okay then." Lu Bingwei maintained a cold expression, but actually listened to Xu Shu's suggestion and agreed.

The three of them walked forward together, and amid the increasingly noisy screams and howls of the "anthropomorphics", they arrived at the crowded front yard.

There were countless believers kneeling on the ground, each of them maintaining an extremely pious posture, kneeling with their heads down in pilgrimage towards the church, constantly chanting words like "Praise the Mother Goddess", "Thanks for God's favor", etc. It was extremely lively and noisy.

Just looking at the scene, Xu Shu felt that this place was quite similar to the scene at the entrance of the secret "Kiyomizu Temple" temple.

The only difference is that it is broad daylight in Kiyomizu Temple, while it is late at night in the Mother Goddess Church, and the former is more orderly while the latter is quite chaotic. Apart from that, there is not much difference.

"Our mission is complete, so let's deliver it here."

"Thank you sir for saving my life. I will pray for you all my life!" As soon as they arrived at this point, the two teams of anthropomorphisms ran away in a flash.

Obviously, they were all still in shock from being almost beaten to death by Lu Bingwei and Xie Xiaochan, so they expressed their gratitude to Xu Shu, their "benefactor", when they left.

Xu Shu looked at this with some emotion.

They have even learned to be grateful and repay kindness. These “anthropomorphic” creatures are really very similar to humans…

He remained silent, with "Tianshi" and "Xuannv" standing on his left and right respectively. The three of them stood side by side outside the crowd and watched silently.

Within sight, in front of the anthropomorphic figures, under the relatively crude statue of a headless goddess, a mass was being held that could be described as extremely evil and bloody.

They left a clearing and seven "anthropomorphic" believers, either male or female, were thrown in front. They were all tied up and showed extremely extreme emotional expressions.

A wealthy businessman with a big belly was laughing crazily. Every now and then, a person holding a steel whip would suddenly appear and whip him, leaving his skin torn and flesh exposed. But he would laugh even louder and be extremely happy.
There was a skinny old woman sitting on the ground, cursing and spitting everywhere, extremely ferocious, shouting that she wanted everyone to die together;

In addition, there was the poor student girl who cried and begged everyone to let her go;

There are beggars whose bodies are rotting and oozing with pus, but whose faces are filled with satisfaction, as if they are enjoying it;

There are patients with hateful eyes who wish to bite off a piece of flesh from the people around them;

There was even a man and a woman hugging each other, openly and crazily worshipping the religion in front of the statue, in front of everyone's gaze. One had eyes full of love, while the other just regarded this as a way to enjoy her desire.

Both of them were hit with all kinds of rotten eggs, and the sticky egg white liquid was all over them, looking disgusting and obscene.

There were many such examples, seven people in total, all showing extremely strong emotional expressions.

After several hours of torture, the seven "anthropomorphisms" chosen as sacrifices all died.

Their flesh and blood were attracted and seeped out directly from the pores on their body surface, along a special route, to be absorbed by the statue.

In the end, only a thin, sticky layer of human skin was left on the ground.

It's so thin that it almost looks like body paint.

More similar outline paintings can be seen deeper underground. It can be imagined that the evil sacrifice held here is definitely not just once, but a cumulative total of thousands and thousands of times.

All seven sacrifices disappeared, but the believers gathered around them not only did not disperse, but instead praised the gods even more vigorously.

"Tsk." Xu Shu was secretly amazed at the extremely high quality of these "anthropomorphic" people.

You should know that in the entire cult mass process, there is no "host" as described in cult movies.

All the anthropomorphisms present were maintaining order spontaneously and abiding by certain rules.

Such a high level of self-discipline even made Xu Shu feel ashamed.

If it were real humans, they would not be able to be so uniform, and there would definitely be different, even opposing and questioning voices.

However, perhaps this is the essential difference between "anthropomorphisms" and humans, they will never learn the essence.

Rebellion and questioning are the inherent driving force of human beings, and are also what truly deserves praise. It is because of this that human beings can continue to progress and gain a foothold in this terrible world with their bodies that are countless times weaker than those of the monsters...

All of a sudden, thoughts about the origin of the universe, the future direction of mankind, and so on, emerged in his mind, causing him to fall into deep thought and engage in an intense brainstorming session.

Following this great idea of ​​"considering the long-term interests of mankind", Xu Shu lowered his head and shook the mermaid to clean her up.

In a corner where no one was paying attention, the mermaid was sticking out her tongue and spitting out a lot of turbid saliva, which dripped onto the ground.

Because there were so many people around, Xie Xiaochan didn't notice the mermaid vomiting. She only saw Xu Shu shivering, so she misunderstood and said, "Oh, I told you not to look at it, but now you feel disgusted? But this kind of sacrifice is actually nothing. There are many sacrificial methods that you have never seen before, which are much more disgusting, evil, and disgusting than this."

"Yeah." Xu Shu responded calmly and sighed, like a true wise sage.

The waiting time always seems to be very long, but fortunately, with the end of the mass, there were no more accidents in the second half of the night.

As the sky brightened, a hint of paleness appeared in the east.

boom!
There was chaos in the whole church.

The anthropomorphic people were almost "impatient" to finish their prayers and rush out of the gate in a bustling manner.

As devoutly as he had prayed at night, he stood up as quickly as he could, as if he was afraid of walking too slowly.

Moreover, each of them left here without saying a word, with extremely cold expressions on their faces, and with deep vigilance and hostility towards each other.

It seemed that the fanatical believers who called each other brothers and sisters and were as intimate as a family last night were not them.

"It's just as I expected. I went there to see it the same way before. These guys ran away at dawn. This Sigaoling Ridge is really weird!" Xie Xiaochan said excitedly.

"Well, it's really weird. They seem to be not the same person at night and during the day." Xu Shu was also confused. This feeling seemed a bit like the wasteland at night in reality. It was okay during the day, but at night a large number of monsters would emerge and besiege the safe zone.

Could it be that the status of the Mother Goddess Church in the ruins is equivalent to that of the Star Tower in the wasteland, and that it is the guardian of this world?
But I always feel something is weird, I can’t explain it…

and……

[After some exploration, you escaped and survived until morning.] On the Taichu scroll, a line of golden words shone brightly.

Xu Shu couldn't help but frown.

Strange, what's going on?

Somehow I escaped again?
real or fake?

Could it be that he was talking about the mass?
It seems that there is indeed a problem. If I had intervened without permission before, I might have been attacked?

Xu Shu shook his head and thought to himself that it was right to be cautious. It was a pity that he couldn't get more information without in-depth exploration. It was a mixed bag of pros and cons.

He was too lazy to think about this lack of information, and strode forward and said, "Let's go! Let's meet up outside!"

At this time, Xie Xiaochan heard Lu Bingwei walking behind her sighing with sadness: "Xu..."

"What are you hushing about? Is there anything else unusual?" Xie Xiaochan suddenly became alert, and her twin ponytails almost stood upside down.

Lu Bingwei shook her head: "Nothing, don't make a loud noise, I think there may be danger here."

As she spoke, she walked quickly forward and headed towards the door first.

"Hiss, Xu Shu, do you think she is weird?" Xie Xiaochan suddenly asked suspiciously.

“You just discovered it…” Xu Shu was speechless.

I've long noticed that this guy is abnormal. His understanding of this place fluctuates. Most likely he has mastered some special secrets, but unfortunately we're not familiar with him, so we can't get to the bottom of it.

At this moment, as the crowd poured out, one could see that the two axe gatekeepers who were originally on guard facing inward had disappeared.

This made Xu Shu a little disappointed - according to the rules, they could not be attacked at night, otherwise they would be swallowed by the darkness, so he had wanted to try whether he could attack them during the day.

What a pity, they managed to escape.

He didn't think about it anymore, didn't make any more trouble, and quickly left this terrifying Mother Goddess Church.
……

……

Inside the silent Gothic dark church.

The place where Xu Shu and others had been.

The statues of "Death" and his right attendant stand tall, as if they have never changed.

Only the left attendant "Spirit King" has undergone obvious changes. A large piece of his back is missing, and the "head" sealed in it is missing.

After a long period of dead silence, a ethereal murmur suddenly sounded in the empty hall.

Thick darkness suddenly enveloped the entire hall.

The headless statue of the right attendant, "Nereilis", trembled slightly, and murmured in an incomprehensible and complex language:

"The exploration is over..."

"…No abnormalities… were found…"

Along with the whispers, the darkness receded like the tide, and it was as if nothing had ever happened.

……

(End of this chapter)