Looking at the quill and parchment the gravekeeper handed to her, Vanna took a deep breath and calmed herself down. "How long can I stay in there?" She raised her head and stared at the nameless gravekeeper.
The gravekeeper lowered his head slightly. This being who possessed both life and death seemed to carefully judge the strength of the soul in front of him and gave a cold answer: "A moment, or eternity."
This answer means that the message to be conveyed from the tomb will be brief and single, but may point to a very, very dangerous "source" and the listener may die.
Vanna nodded slightly and turned her gaze away from the gravekeeper.
She walked towards the huge mausoleum not far away, and the gravekeeper followed behind her. The rotten and dark iron chains dragged on the ground, making a harsh and sharp sound, and the dark shadows gathered in the square just watched quietly, watching a chosen saint go to the mausoleum.
Fanna stopped in front of the gate of the mausoleum. She looked up at the towering pale stone gate. The ancient and desolate atmosphere conveyed by the gate touched her heart slightly.
It was not the first time she had seen the mausoleum at a psychic gathering, but it was the first time she was chosen to enter the mausoleum as a "listener."
Vision 004, "The Tomb of the Nameless King" - This ancient mausoleum located in a strange space-time rift is not a vision controlled by the Deep Sea Church, but an ancient object guarded by various orthodox churches in turn. From the outside, it is a mausoleum with a strong style of the ancient Kingdom of Yanrit, and the existing evidence also shows that this mausoleum is indeed a legacy left by that ancient kingdom - but no one knows who built it, and no one knows why this ancient mausoleum turned into a vision. "
People only know that the owner of this tomb will occasionally convey some information to the outside world. The pollution carried in this information is enough to kill mortals in most cases, but on the other hand, this information is reliable enough and can even directly reveal the "real intelligence" of some powerful anomalies and visions.
Whenever the owner of the mausoleum conveys a message to the outside world, a "tomb keeper" will come out of the tomb and select listeners to enter the mausoleum. The tomb keeper himself is a part of Vision 004. He has no name, is loyal to his duties, and keeps secrets. He will give priority to souls close to the gathering square. If there are no souls around the square, he will randomly take away the selected people from all over the world.
In the days when people had not yet concluded the law of Vision 004, such "random selection" had taken away hundreds of lives - until the appearance of a natural saint thousands of years ago, this terrible cycle was broken for the first time. That saint returned to the world alive from the tomb of the Nameless King, and announced to the world the first gift from the "Nameless King": the original list of anomalies and visions.
Everyone knows that the classification method and list of anomalies and visions is a gift left by the ancient Kingdom of Crete to future generations, but few people know that this gift actually flowed into the world in this way - the ancient kingdom left behind Vision 004, and Isochlorine 004 successfully announced the initial list after thousands of failed selections.
After that, the major churches gradually mastered the method of actively approaching the mausoleum through psychic gatherings and sending saints to become "listeners", allowing this ancient vision to be used relatively safely by people. "Enter the mausoleum and prepare to listen." The gravekeeper's low and hoarse voice came from behind, and Vanna took a step forward.
The sound of Shimens gradually closing the door came from behind, and the breath of the gravekeeper also dissipated into the air at the same time - the ancient watcher became a part of the mausoleum again, and now, he was monitoring the every move of the souls entering the tomb through invisible perception.
Pale flames burned on both sides of the corridor leading to the tomb. Fanna walked towards the depths of the tomb along the path illuminated by the flames. Her eyes swept across the walls on both sides. On the walls made of huge stones, she could vaguely see "lines" that seemed to have been scratched out with fingernails.
"Go straight ahead and don't look back."
“You must not ask the grave keeper about the identity and name of the grave owner.”
“You shall not run, you shall not shout, you shall not pray to any god.”
“Be humble and respectful, but do not kneel down.”
“Once you enter the tomb, you must not speak.”
That is the record left by countless "listeners" in the countless years of the past - in ancient times, most of the listeners died in this tomb passage, and one percent or even one thousandth of them might be strong enough to leave these "instructions" to warn future generations before they die.
These precious "instructions" have now been written into the scriptures of major churches for training saints. Vanna knows them by heart and dares not forget a single word.
But at this moment, Fanna suddenly became curious. She had heard that there were instructions left by the ancestors in this tomb passage, but she didn't expect that there were only these instructions. What about those hysterical people, those who fell into madness, those who lost hope in despair and begged desperately or even destroyed madly? Didn't they leave any traces in this tomb passage
Human nature is complicated. Before the major churches successfully controlled the vision 0⒁4, the gravekeepers had brought hundreds of people here. Among those people, there must have been people who had lost their minds, people who complained about everything, and people who left crazy words and even curses on the walls of the tomb passage... But along the way, all Vanna saw were the encouragement and exhortations left by her ancestors, as if...
It seems that only those strong and noble souls are allowed to leave traces here.
Vanna was a little confused, but in the end she didn't call the gravekeeper to ask her questions.
Theoretically, she could talk to the gravekeeper in the tomb passage, which did not violate the "rules" of the mausoleum. The gravekeeper himself did have a record of responding to visitors and actively answering questions. But this was Vanna's first time entering here as a listener, and she was very cautious and did not dare to do anything unnecessary.
With her nerves tense, the young Inquisitor finally reached the end of the tomb passage. In the flickering light ahead, she could already see the "Tomb of the Unknown King" at the deepest part.
She stepped through the stone door at the end of the corridor.
—A spacious and ancient tomb appeared in her eyes.
Inside the huge pyramid-shaped room, the sloping pale stone walls on all four sides were engraved with unclear lines. There were two rows of dark brown metal braziers on both sides of the entrance. Pale flames burned in the braziers, and piercing smoke rose up. However, there was no coffin or anything like that in the center of the tomb - there was only a stone chair, and sitting on the chair was the owner of the tomb.
It was a headless body that looked like a tall man - its limbs were tightly bound by chains, and its arms and chest were covered with thick black hair like an animal. Its feet were deformed and twisted, like deformed animal limbs, and seemed to have been burned by flames, appearing charred and festering.
The body just sat quietly on the throne, seemingly without any reaction to Vanna's visit.
Zheng Huo remembered what she had learned. The moment she saw the "Unknown King", she took out her parchment and quill pen. She concentrated on dealing with the impending divine pollution while preparing to record what she heard... Vanna opened her eyes.
She saw herself lying flat on the ground of the assembly square, with those distant and towering broken pillars connecting the chaotic sky and the broken ground, and further away, groups of dark shadows gathered. Several of them were walking towards her, one of them seemed to be Bishop Valentine.
"You're awake, leave now."
The gravekeeper's hoarse and low voice suddenly came from the side. Fanna raised her head with difficulty and astonishment, and found herself at the door of the strange vision. From the corner of her eye, she saw the tall gravekeeper turning around and walking into the stone gate of the mausoleum. Then there was a loud tremor - the huge mausoleum building sank rapidly beside her and disappeared into the ground of the square.
Before Vanna could react, several shadows came to her side. One of them spoke in the voice of Bishop Valentine: "Vanna, are you okay? I saw you faint at the door after you came out of the mausoleum." "I... Vanna slowly supported herself up, feeling as if all her strength had been drained away. But now her strength was gradually returning, which gradually cleared her mind. "How long will I be in there for?"
"In a split second," the shadow of another saint beside him said in a deep voice, "you entered the gate, then the gate closed for a moment, and then you walked out again."
Vanna was stunned for a moment, and then she heard Bishop Valentine say: "Where is the parchment? Look at what you wrote."
"Oh, oh yes, parchment!" Vanna finally woke up completely, and then felt that she was holding something in her hand. She quickly raised her hand, but the next second, her gaze froze.
The intact parchment in her hand was somehow reduced to bits of torn paper. On the small pieces of paper, which were only a few centimeters long, there were only a few numbers and letters scribbled on them.
"Anomaly 099-Doll."