I have a ghost diary

During the rest of the journey, guided by the little girl, Chu Jiang and his companions mostly avoided the main roads and tried to walk in areas not covered by bricks and stones.

After passing through a small garden in the church, they finally arrived near the right transept.

Actually, Chu Jiang and his group didn't necessarily have to come here to enter the sewers, but if they entered from other places, no one would help them clear the mines.

As for whether the little girl herself would be the biggest problem, to be honest, Chu Jiang really hoped that she could lead his side to the false god.

At the entrance to the side hall, two stone statues stand, dressed in ancient Greek-style armor, with wings on their backs, one holding a spear and the other a sword; like real statues, they stand motionless in place.

However, as Chu Jiang's ghost domain covered them, they immediately "came to life".

To be honest, Chu Jiang wasn't afraid of the stone statues; what he feared was the unknown, so he was quite cautious when facing the nun.

But the stone statues are different. People from BRPD sent back some information, and Chu Jiang has a basic understanding of them.

These stone statues are like loyal soldiers, devoid of emotion and fear, and virtually unkillable, and there are a great many of them. However, the combat power of a single statue is not particularly high, and their behavior is rather rigid.

Perhaps a large-scale attack could wear down many ghost masters, but that would definitely not include Chu Jiang.

Chu Jiang was more interested in the mechanism of the stone statues. Why didn't the false god control these ghosts like he controlled the nuns, but instead chose to seal them into the stone statues and use them?

You should know that doing it this way is definitely not as flexible as the nun's method.

Chu Jiang even suspected that the ghosts should be dormant under their sealed state, just like the ghosts in Ghost Diaries.

In that case, it's not the ghosts inside controlling the statues, but rather a false god issuing commands remotely, with the ghosts acting more like the power source for the statues.

Is it because those nanochips are difficult to manufacture and consume too much energy? Or perhaps, the false god has only just developed this method and is not yet proficient in it.

After all, the angel statue was likely a creation of the BRPD before it became an electronic god; moreover, the existence of the nun was completely unknown to the BRPD.

P.S.: The surgical site is healing fairly well, but I'm experiencing writer's block again, resulting in only a 3049-word update today... The writing speed gets slower and slower as it progresses, I'm so frustrated.

Chapter 361 Is God Good?

In the blink of an eye, the stone statue holding the gun caused the surrounding air to become rapidly humid. The cold moisture seeped into the lungs of the two living people, as if to drown them alive on the ground.

The stone statue holding the sword exerted a strange disintegrating force on Chu Jiang and his companion, attempting to sever their heads, limbs, and all joints, turning them into a pile of scattered human parts.

But as soon as the two stone statues activated their abilities, Chu Jiang instantly appeared in front of them and smashed them to pieces with a single punch each!

Chu Jiang's power was almost invincible. Even though the stone statue was made of a very special material and was constructed with supernatural power, it could not stop Chu Jiang's violent destruction.

The moment the statue was destroyed, the power that had just been activated came to an abrupt halt.

But a bizarre situation occurred: the statue shattered, only to return to its original state the next second. This was one of the major reasons why the BRPD was wiped out.

Moreover, as Chu Jiang and the two stone statues began their battle, all the angel statues in the entire Terrell Church rioted, and they flocked to this place in droves.

Then... unable to invade Chu Jiang's ghost realm, they could only wander around outside like headless flies.

Chu Jiang was not surprised at all; he had now reached an extremely high level. Apart from a few special vengeful ghosts, the choice of whether or not to fight was entirely in his own hands.

As soon as the two stone statues were restored, Chu Jiang smashed them again, as he was searching for where the two ghosts were sealed.

And so it went, restored, shattered; restored again, shattered again... After repeating this cycle more than ten times, Chu Jiang finally discovered some clues.

Although the inside of the stone statue appears empty after it is shattered, each time it is reassembled, it is based on a small fragment.

The two stone statues are different from the core fragment; one is located three inches inside the brow bone, and the other is located on the left humerus.

After Chu Jiang shattered them once again, he used the power of the Ghost Domain to transfer the two core fragments out and immediately wrapped them in the blood of the Blood Hand Ghost.

At first, the other stone statue fragments chased after Chu Jiang, but Chu Jiang kept flashing, and they couldn't catch up no matter what.

As the blood's suppressive power gradually took effect, all the stone statue fragments slowed down little by little, eventually turning into a pile of debris that fell to the ground, unable to move any further.

Although Chu Jiang has made initial progress in understanding the sealing mechanism of the vengeful ghost, he is unable to extract the ghost from the two core fragments.

Even if he crushed the core fragments again, he could only get a small pile of core debris, as if there were no ghosts at all. It has to be said that the false god's methods were very ingenious.

But wait, regarding sealing domains, the Ghost Diaries also possesses corresponding power...

Thinking of this, Chu Jiang tried feeding one of the core fragments that had self-restored to Ghost Diary.

This worked perfectly. The Ghost Diary was swallowed whole, and the Ghost Painting appeared as well.

Chu Jiang originally thought it was a water ghost, but it turned out not to be. It seemed to have no specific shape and looked more like a mist composed of countless water droplets.

Although the Ghost Diary has eaten another ghost, there is no Prophecy Diary; there can only be one entry per day at most.

Looking at the other fragment in his hand, Chu Jiang chose to put it away first rather than feed it to this good-for-nothing who only eats and does no work.

After obtaining the information he wanted from the angel statue, Chu Jiang looked at the statues outside that were wandering around like headless flies, and did not choose to let them in one batch to kill them.

Now is not the time to waste time. Even if he needs these "semi-sealed" ghosts, he should wait until he deals with the false god.

Jade had become somewhat numb to Chu Jiang's performance. This man was stronger than she had imagined, even abnormally so. No wonder the gods valued him so much.

"Let's go, let's go down and take a look." Chu Jiang called out and walked into the right side hall first.

Jade patted her cheeks with both hands and quickly caught up.

This is a side hall, divided into several rooms, including a prayer room, a rest room, a kitchen, and even a cellar with an access port to the sewers at the bottom.

Chu Jiang and his companions entered following the little girl's directions, but once inside, she could no longer guide them.

"I don't know exactly where I am, and the sewers are huge with many paths. Where do you want to go?"

Upon hearing this question, Chu Jiang replied without hesitation, "Where do you think is the most dangerous place, and the place you should least go?"

The little girl hesitated for a moment, "I can sense that God might be lurking below this fortress. I don't know what He wants to do. It seems like He has been preparing here for a long time."

"It's okay. Just tell me its exact location, and I'll go take it down and rescue you."

Chu Jiang's words surprised the little girl: "Why should we defeat God? God is good."

"Is that so?" Chu Jiang countered. "If God is good, why does He allow nuns to attack outsiders? Why does He turn his own believers into stone statues?"

"Finally, since God is good, why don't you ask God for help? He should be able to save you from that dark, gloomy, and cold place, right?"

"I, I, I don't know..." The little girl's voice was filled with pain, and her volume was much lower than before.

Theoretically speaking, the two sides should be much closer together now.

This made Chu Jiang pause for a moment; the little girl's condition was probably not optimistic.

After a long while, the little girl spoke again, “If you are looking for God, go to the bottom of the fortress, to the very center. He has always been there and has never left.”

"Okay." Chu Jiang didn't need to ask the other party for directions; he had already memorized the layout of the sewers in his mind, so he could just go directly there now.

Jade only half understood what she was hearing, and she was a little nervous. "Are we just going to go straight there?"

"Of course, you'll have to pray to your god to protect you next. When you face the false god, I won't have the energy to take care of you."

Jade nodded vigorously.

......

On their journey, Chu Jiang and his companions gradually discovered some astonishing things.

There wasn't a drop of water in the sewer, and it was filled with electronic cables and pipes. The location where they first came down wasn't obvious, but the deeper they went, the denser the cables became, even blocking some passages, forcing them to change their route.

Chu Jiang has inspected these pipelines; they are all physical, not virtual.

Moreover, they seem to be connected to the city's electrical and network lines throughout El Paso. I wonder what the False God is trying to do by connecting so many lines. Is he going to build a core server?

Chapter 362 The True Form of the False God

This immediately reminded Chu Jiang of his experience in the electronic world. The church was an absolute forbidden zone there; anyone who dared to enter or investigate would have their data deleted because the most important core server was located there.

In retrospect, churches in the electronic world are very likely based on churches in the real world.

Even that entire electronic world may very well exist based on these lines and servers set up by the false god, rather than simply being formed by its own supernatural power.

Chu Jiang frowned slightly as he pondered this. If his guess was true, then things would get very troublesome.

If the battle between Chu Jiang and the false god destroys the sewer area, or even the entire church, then this server will also be damaged.

At that time, all the surviving citizens of El Paso will likely die instantly, with no chance of their consciousness returning to the real world.

Well, let's take it one step at a time. Chu Jiang doesn't want to drag this out for too long.

If this drags on any longer, all the residents of El Paso will die from starvation and thirst.

......

The journey was going smoothly, so smoothly that Chu Jiang became somewhat suspicious. What exactly was the false god doing?

This wasn't the first time Chu Jiang had faced an S-class vengeful ghost. Back when he faced the Black Sun in Luohe City, it was nothing short of desperate, and every step he took was a fight to the death.

However, this time when facing the false god, the sense of oppression was much weaker. This was related to Chu Jiang becoming stronger, but it was also related to the inaction of the false god.

When Chu Jiang and his group first entered the electronic world, this was the best opportunity to eliminate this group of people.

After all, they were just data at the time, and their lives were completely in the hands of the false god. Even Chu Jiang regretted that he shouldn't have stepped into this city so easily.

However, the false god did not attack them. Instead, Jade summoned the power of [Whispers], enabling them to escape successfully.

After returning to the real world, Chu Jiang sealed one of the nun's clones; upon arriving at the church, he further corrupted the nun in her full form, forcibly turning her into his own ghost.

At this moment, the false god still did not react. You should know that Chu Jiang not only defeated its subordinates, but also destroyed the nanochips it created. Did the other party not notice anything at all?

Finally, and most absurdly, Chu Jiang seemed to act on instinct as he charged in, whether it was the nuns or the angel statues, and they didn't seem to be able to stop him effectively.

There was also a little girl who provided voice guidance throughout the entire process, acting as their "guide."

All of this made Chu Jiang begin to suspect that he might have walked into a trap.

Is this still an electronic world? Like in Inception, where you wake up to find one layer after another? An endless nesting of layers?

But it's not like that. He looked around and didn't feel that strange feeling he had in the electronic world. And his delirium wasn't so easily fooled by a false god, was it?

Chu Jiang's head throbbed with worry. He could only tell himself to be cautious, cautious, and even more cautious, and to observe carefully before taking any action.

On the other side, Jade was praying silently. She was mentally prepared to die here and only hoped that God's purpose would be achieved.

......

About ten minutes later, Chu Jiang and Jie De, after taking a long detour, finally arrived at the underground facility in the very center of the corresponding church.