After Ethan and others were rescued, they were sent back to the Forbidden City on a transport spacecraft. A week before returning to Earth, the non-humans were awakened from the dormant compartment, and then locked in the cargo compartment awaiting landing. There were only less than 100 of the 300 people left when they went there, and half of them have died. Although they have received basic treatment, it is clear that those with broken arms and broken legs cannot be cured in a day or two.
Painful groans from the makeshift beds in the cargo bay were often disturbing, along with the rumbling noise of the ship. Ethan sat cross-legged on his bed and buried himself in writing on a piece of cargo wrapping paper with a scrap of old pencil he found in the warehouse. Suddenly, the light was obscured by a figure, Ethan raised his head and unexpectedly saw Chen Zeng smiling at him.
Chen Zeng was one of the few who didn't get hurt much, just because every time he encountered danger, he would be firmly protected in the crowd by his followers, and he tried his best to cover him and make him retreat.
Ethan didn't understand how anyone would believe his great evil god to the point where they would sacrifice their lives for him. Wouldn't Chen Zeng feel scared when he controlled such a fanatical emotion
Ethan was alert and folded the paper casually, "Is something wrong?"
"I heard from Stan, you were a big hero this time and saved his life?"
Ethan groaned. It seemed that Stan belonged to Chen Zeng too... He pretended to be embarrassed and smiled, "I just got lucky and found the exit. It was Samuel and the chief of guard who saved him."
"So, have you seen those bugs?" Chen Zeng sat down beside his bed naturally. Ethan felt a little unhappy, but he didn't show any expression on his face, and still kept a polite smile.
"I see. It's scary."
"But they didn't hurt you?"
Ethan notices he's using you, not you, and his nerves twitch. If you want to stand from an outsider's point of view, things are really strange. Not to mention the sergeant and Stan whose legs were crippled, the chief guard and Samuel were almost eaten, only he took the initiative to get into the worm's lair and came out intact. If you are a conscientious person, you will find doubts at once.
He pretended to have a hearty smile, "My luck is really good this time. Maybe the previous missions were too unlucky, so let's transfer it now."
Chen Zeng's gentle, sharp eyes locked him firmly, "You were sacrificed before, and you were so lucky to get out of your body. I really thank the Lord for taking care of you."
Ethan knew that there was something in his words, so he also echoed, "Yeah, I escaped from death twice, maybe I really want to start believing in God."
"The horned people worship those worms, and the average person may not know that the horned people who are not fully bloomed but very pious believe that the worms are a nobler race than them, than the people on earth, than the people in any star country in the galaxy. , because they are the descendants of the so-called great wise men. Do you think they have intelligence?"
Ethan intuition, Chen Zeng probably knows something.
If one of him denies it, I am afraid it will only make the other party more suspicious. So he thought for a moment, unsure of the general answer, "Seriously, I'm not sure."
"Oh?"
"They attacked very strategically. They surrounded us but did not attack casually, but forced us into the underground temple. I just don't know what they are going to do when they let us go down."
"Stan said, can you read the text on the stone pillars of the temple?" Chen Zeng continued to ask.
Ethan scolded secretly, although the Stan's speech was broken, his eyes, ears and memory were obviously very good. His mind was spinning quickly, scratching his hair embarrassedly, "I don't understand, I just don't know why it looks like I've been hypnotized. Maybe it's a bit like the kind of mental hypnosis that happens on the red earth? The big one they believe in. Wise man, I think it is very similar to the Entropy God of Eve and the Great Evil God you mentioned. It may have similar abilities."
"Sure enough!" Chen Zeng looked solemn, "It seems that the Jiaoren believe in the Great Evil God. They have long known that the Great Evil God is about to come!"
Ethan shrugged awkwardly, "But we are the universe dominated by the Sequence God, and the God of Entropy cannot fully come in. This is what Tanisel said."
"No, there is a way." There was a flash of fear in Chen Zeng's calm mask at the moment, "These great evil gods have never given up on this universe. For a long time, they have been searching for their own believers in the universe and opening hell. The method of the gate is recorded in several manuscripts. Anyone who has seen those manuscripts since ancient times has met a tragic end. Some people are mad, some people disappear, and some people have a glimpse of knowledge and make up myth."
The manuscript... Ethan remembered the one the Horned Healer was holding.
"How did you know these things?" Ethan looked suspiciously at the ordinary-looking Asian man in front of him.
However, Chen Zeng suddenly put on his usual sympathetic and profound smile, "Have you forgotten that I am the messenger of God?"
Ethan wanted to roll his eyes, but since he didn't know who was Chen Zeng's brainless fan, he had to suppress himself. But he couldn't help but wonder if it wasn't that Tanisel told him again...
Although the priest didn't have the chance to meet Cheng Zeng, since he was able to talk to Samuel before and knew the approximate position of his mutated self at that time, it was not impossible to talk to Chen Zeng. Moreover, with Chen Zeng's current status in the Forbidden City, as long as he knows a little bit, he can ask those guards who believe in him to help him find the information he needs. Maybe, he also has a manuscript in his hand...
What does the priest want to do? Ethan was sullen in his heart.
Probably already getting the information he wanted, Chen Zeng stood up, reached out and patted his shoulder, "I have a hunch that you and I will have a deep relationship. When I pray every morning and evening, I will pray for you. of."
Ethan watched Chen Zeng turn and leave inexplicably, and after a while he took out the piece of paper from his pocket.
On the paper is a letter he wrote to Taniser. His words were very euphemistic, and he didn't write his signature, so it shouldn't be seen through. He hesitated, wondering if he should save the piece of paper into a ball or tear it to shreds.
His spiritual connection with Taniser has been silent for more than two weeks. He needed to know if Tanissell was well, and he needed to see the priest. Now Samuel and Schneider are in a situation that even he can't predict. He needs the guidance of the priest.
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Schneider quietly entered the cargo compartment. At this time, most of the people on the spacecraft were asleep, and the cargo compartment was also quiet. He pretended to be patrolling and walked slowly through the temporary bunks, then turned a few corners, and went down two floors along the metal escalator. He saw a person in the medicine storage room. He was leaning against the door, stunned with a cigarette in his mouth.
"You want to see me?" Schneider said, taking the cigarette he picked up today out of his pocket. This is the code they agreed upon. If Samuel needs to find Schneider for something, he will leave a cigarette in the elevator connecting the upper floor and the warehouse.
Samuel glanced at him and took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket, "Can you help me with a letter?"
Schneider hadn't seen a "letter" written on paper for many years, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Who is it for?"
"Ethan gave it to the priest of Eve." Samuel said the words "priest of Eve" as if he was a little unhappy, and handed the note to Schneider. The moment the latter took it, the dark eyes covered by the eyelashes seemed a little sad.
Samuel did not let go of the hand holding the note. Schneider looked up at him in surprise.
"What's the matter with you kissing me in that temple?" Samuel asked.
Schneider was most afraid that he would ask this question, but he still couldn't escape until now. He pulled back the note forcefully, and said in a hard voice, "Don't think that I will take special care of you because of this."
"Aren't you already taking special care of me?"
"...I just pity you."
"Do you have pity on me or pity on yourself?" Samuel slowly approached him, obviously of a similar height, but Schneider somehow felt that Samuel was pressing him at this moment, which made him feel a deep threat. He didn't want to step back and show weakness, so he had to endure the awkwardness and embarrassment in his heart, facing Samuel's scrutinizing eyes.
Samuel had entered his personal space, even forcing him back a few steps, knocking over a cardboard box with his calf. Samuel's meaningful gaze made him unable to move, and the deep voice made him almost want to fight.
"No one will be nice to another person for no reason. You have been helping me before because you want me to have sex with you?"
There was no contempt but no euphemism in the questioning, and Schneider's slightly darker skin was faintly blushing. He turned to leave, but Samuel grabbed his arm.
"I'm asking you very seriously." Samuel said, "I've always been blessed by you, and I'm also very embarrassed."
Schneider couldn't bear it any longer and looked back at him, "So you're going to be my bitch?"
"Don't say it so ugly. And from the position of the two of us last time, how can you say that you are my bitch?" Samuel laughed.
"Don't think that if you have my handle in your hand, I won't hit you." Schneider squeezed these words out of the gap between his teeth viciously. However, Samuel quickly apologized and said, "I can't speak. I mean, we both know each other's secrets now, and it's not a big deal to help each other vent occasionally. If that's what you want, I do not mind."
"I mind!"
"Uh... You're so angry, you mustn't really love me." Samuel said half-jokingly, as if he didn't believe that the other party would really fall in love with him. But Schneider's silence made him slowly open his eyes, "You shouldn't really..."
"This discussion ends here." Schneider stopped what he didn't say with a look full of contradiction, nostalgia and sadness, "I heard that the priest named Taniser has been taken back to Eve. I'll find a way to give him this piece of paper."
Looking at the back of Schneider leaving, Samuel felt inexplicably heavy.
Originally, Ethan said that Schneider liked him, but he didn't believe it. But that kiss in the temple could not be erased from memory. Samuel didn't like debts, especially human debts. He owed Schneider so much, and he was always uneasy in his heart. So he thought, if Schneider was just carnal for him, there was nothing he couldn't satisfy. Anyway, the last time the two of them happened in the basement... It's worth remembering.
But if the other party wants something that is truly luxurious, can he really afford it
In the forbidden city, how can there be such a naive thing