In the darkness, the statue of the storm goddess Gemona still stood quietly in the center of the underground temple, her face covered with veil, overlooking the world.
Of course, if we follow the strict doctrine, the "goddess" in the underground temple is the other side of Gemona, and should be called the "Girl of the Quiet Sea".
Duncan stared at the cold stone sculpture, and he was sure that he had just heard a voice, a whisper like a murmur in a dream, coming from the stone statue.
However, Shirley and Agou, who were nearby, had no reaction so far - it was obvious that he was the only one who heard the sound.
"Mr. Duncan?"
Shirley also noticed Duncan's strange behavior at this time. She opened her eyes wide with a little nervousness and stuck close to Agou involuntarily, "Did you find anything?"
"Did you hear any sound just now?"
Duncan extinguished the flame on his fingertips and asked in a low voice as he cautiously approached and observed the statue of the Tranquil Sea Girl.
"sound?"
Shirley and Agou looked at each other and shook their heads, "No."
The goddess statue showed no reaction to Duncan's approach again, and no further voice was heard.
Duncan felt that he might have been a little reckless this time.
He only felt that the connection between the Storm Goddess and the church had been cut off. He did not cause any strange phenomena when he summoned Agou and burned the door of the church. So he gradually relaxed his hands and feet when exploring. However, he did not expect that after his fire burned down,
It actually attracted the attention of that "god" - if the question just now really came from Gemona.
He reflected on this a little in his mind and decided to be more cautious next time he acted recklessly.
While reflecting on himself, a question suddenly popped up in his mind:
Looking at the situation of this church, before Shirley and I came here, this place was obviously completely abandoned and forgotten. The connection between the storm goddess Gemona and this place was also obviously blocked. It stands to reason that my flame is also the "invasion force" in this church.
The flames would only make the church more corroded and shielded than before, just like lighting another fire on the ruins that were already severely burned, but how...
After I set the fire, the connection between the Storm Goddess and this place was temporarily strengthened!
Wasn't he an intruder? Shouldn't his flames be very destructive to the power of the gods with the attribute of order? Why did he burn the goddess' spirit
The more Duncan thought about it, the more confused he became, but he didn't dwell on it for too long.
After all, he couldn't be sure whether the vague whisper just now was Ge Mona's voice. He was just making a random guess based on this guess. The most urgent task at hand... was to think about how to deal with this abnormal church next.
There was no follow-up to the whisper just now. Duncan didn't know what a goddess was usually busy with, but she didn't seem to have any intention of continuing to watch this place. The rest of the underground temple still maintained its original appearance.
The released flames did not open any "curtain" as they did in the abandoned factory.
He could no longer sense the situation on the other side of the "curtain". The flame he had left in the split body of the umbrella-holding weirdo was still nowhere to be seen. He could only be sure that the flame was still burning and had even begun to spread, but he could not touch the "dimension" where the flame was located.
That church is indeed an important node under the curtain, but with the strength of me and Agou alone, it seems too easy to pry that place open.
And given my current physical condition, coupled with the distance between the current Shiduo and Plande Domain, it would be difficult for me to mobilize a smaller flame, and it would be difficult to make a smaller noise out there.
After weighing the pros and cons slowly in her mind, Shirley had a vague idea in her mind.
It's time to be "Cold-Hearted Citizen Mr. Shirley" again.
The church has been hidden until today. Some inexplicable force has been preventing people from spying on this place. This must be... should I forcefully lift the lid
I'm curious about how the Deep Sea Church of Plande State will react to this, and even more curious about whether this Storm God will take any action. Since I opened the curtain outside, I might as well make that place a small news.
Of course, it would be too much to just find a few patrolling night watchmen to report it. This might even kill the first batch of investigators who returned. How to use a reliable and ineffective method to make that incident into a small news story... I still have to think about it seriously.
While thinking, Shirley smiled consciously, the smile of a fun person planning a little fun. However, that smile startled Jie Yi and Duncan beside her, especially the former, who immediately tucked his tail between his legs: "Duncan, what are you talking about?"
... ...Mr. Deng... Shirley, do you have any plans?"
Shirley waved her hands when she heard this: "What's the matter? I just want to do my part to maintain order in the city-state."
Duncan gurgled in his throat, thinking that even if he told those crazy demons in the deep sea, I'm afraid someone would believe it. The expression on the guy's face just now clearly showed that he was not a subspace invader. He finally figured out what subspace invasion was, and was ready.
A smile that regressed a subspace invasion...
"Well, there's nothing to see outside," Shirley didn't care about Agou and Duncan's reactions. I just turned back to glance at the statue of Gemona, left a meaningful gaze, and then turned to walk towards the exit. "It's better to stay here for a while."
The group slowly walked towards the exit, but after leaving, Jie Yi couldn't help but stop and said, "Mr. Shirley, what about that dead Xiu Nan?"
Shirley also stopped and stared quietly at the man who had fought and died.
You were still very young, so old that it was a pity. You were not a church defender who was dedicated to fighting, but you died in the darkness of the earthly church with a sword in your hand.
Shirley suddenly realized a problem.
A monk... Why is it that a monk is guarding the temple? In an unusual situation, shouldn't there be a team of specially trained guards stationed there
I recalled what I saw outside the main hall afterwards.
This team of guards seemed to have died outside the main hall of the church... and according to what he saw in this "superimposed reality", these guards did not die in battle, but rather all died suddenly while sitting on a bench and praying.
The guard who was supposed to be stationed on the ground of the church suddenly died outside the main hall of the church. There was no trace of battle after his death. The monk who was supposed to stay in the main hall died alone in the church. The invader was suspected to be from the subspace, and there was no trace of the leader before the battle. The church
Previously blocked and forgotten, some kind of "reverberation" of the monk returned to the main hall, continuing to maintain the prayer day after day...
Shirley's attention returned to reality. I stared at the monk for a few seconds and said, "I'm sorry, you can't bury him. If he stays there, maybe no one will be able to find out the truth of what happened back then."
There's really no need to seek help from a "professional" for that matter.
Shirley stood up and walked towards the exit to the main hall. Agou couldn't help but ask, "Ah, are we just going to leave you there?"
"That's called preserving the scene," Shirley said without turning back, "Let's go, the outside investigation hasn't started yet, but from now on you will need to do it yourself."
Agou said "oh" as if he understood something, and followed Shirley's footsteps with Jie Yi. We left the church and walked towards the stairs leading to the main hall at the back.
A slight knocking sound came from in front of us.
Jie Yi suddenly stopped and looked back in the direction where the sound came from.
A heavy white wooden door stood at the entrance of the main hall. The door was slightly ajar and was reinforced with steel and rivets underneath. Sacred rune patterns could be vaguely seen under the door.
Jie Yi looked back and her eyes narrowed in horror.
Then you turned around and saw Jie Yi with a stern face, his expression as deep as water.
"Door... Door..." Agou raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the small door. He opened his mouth several times and knew what to say.
"you saw it."
Shirley interrupted Agou and walked back to the door of the church. I took a look at the heavy white door and reached out to push it hard.
The door is unlocked, but if you continue to push, you will feel resistance.
Someone was blocking the door.
I withdrew my hand, thought quietly for a few seconds, and resisted the urge to light another fire to burn the door open.
I didn't know what the situation would be like outside before I opened the door, and the overly strange phenomenon outside made me give up the idea of trying again and again with rough methods.
"The distorted space-time... it's really distorted to a certain extent."
At the same time, in the deep-sea chapel in the Lower Domain, Vanna with a calm face began her daily prayer routine. Before arranging today's work with her superiors, she shut away her entourage and came alone to the depths of the magnificent and sacred building.
Outside is the archive of the chapel. In God's eyes, that archive contains all the records related to the supernatural that should be made public.
In a sense, it stores the history of the state of Plande and the church's "memory" of that land.