Nan Zhou returned to the church and sat with his teammates, sorting out the clues accumulated over the day.
Now, after countless lives and deaths, along the way, the non-human Nanzhou has won the full trust of the team members.
Letting him do the most critical task of receiving supplies alone is enough to prove this.
Jiang Fang put a simple topographical drawing in the middle: "I and Guan Yu looked for it along the suspension bridge. The church is surrounded by cliffs."
This is a small world that has been opened up independently, not disturbed by the world, but exclusively for Duke Shelley.
According to previous entry and exit logs, only people from the castle would come here to pray.
Song Haining asked, "Then the way down the mountain is over the suspension bridge?"
Nan Zhou: "I asked Zhao Lirui to find it. But the daily work in the castle is busy, and the duke is seriously ill and cannot be separated from others. If they want to find a way, I am afraid they will have to wait until everyone has rested before they can come out."
"Evening." Hua Xi, the most worried about in the team, sighed, "Will they be very dangerous? Don't we just work hard to live until the seventh day?"
In his opinion, nocturnal action, in any horror movie, is pure murder.
Jiang Fang reminded him lightly: "We are going to 'live' until the seventh day."
The nature of the copy is "exploration and puzzle solving".
For this, it is necessary to take some extra risks.
Only by gathering more clues can you make sure that you don't die inexplicably in a trap you didn't even notice.
Nan Zhou lowered his eyes and hid his worries about the six people on the other side properly.
He said calmly: "They will have their senses."
Banhang, a man with earrings, sat cross-legged on the ground, folded his arms and scrutinized two letters copied from memory.
He asked: "What are 'iguana teeth'?"
"Dinosaur fossils." The oldest among them, 29-year-old Guan Junliang, still has some knowledge of miscellaneous science. "I remember when the dinosaur fossils were first discovered, they were called by this name."
Ban Hang was playing with his faded earrings and muttered, "It's quite romantic."
In this era, I have the title of Duke, I am young, I am dying, I don't think about taking advantage of the last time to eat and have fun, or to cure diseases wholeheartedly, but I want to see dinosaurs
Teeth are pretty elegant.
On the first day, nothing is known.
Even if they have endless problems, they can only put their hearts on it for a while.
On the first night, Hua Xixi wanted to visit the church in the middle of the night, but accidentally bumped into Jiang Fang and Nan Zhou chatting in front of the stained glass on the roof. Just as he was about to say hello, Jiang Fang reprimanded him, "Go away!" .
Hua Xixi was scolded and turned back in place and went downstairs obediently.
After sitting on the prayer bench, he put his arms on the back of the wooden chair, looked up at the delicate paintings on the circular dome, and sighed.
Alas, the young couple quarreled, and the pond fish was affected.
His mother is religious, but the definition of "religion" is very broad, with a strong pragmatism.
His father was plagued by chronic diseases all the year round. In addition to taking care of him, his mother often took the young Xiaohua to temples, Taoist temples, and churches to pray to the gods from all over the world, so that his father's illness would be cured.
When he was young, Hua Xixi didn't understand. He was infected by the piety of his mother when he made a wish. He also followed suit and tried to replicate that piety.
When he grew up, he understood the meaning of this move, and from the results, he knew that even doctors could not cure his father, let alone God.
But he knew that his mother needed a place to put her broken heart.
Therefore, he still followed his mother to various places to make wishes that he knew could not be realized.
At this moment, facing the statue, he habitually folded his palms and made a wish.
I hope the boss and Nange will stop quarreling and have a good time with the copy.
According to his movie viewing experience, in various stories, there is always an end to this kind of unreasonable and strange task.
They can always go home one day.
… I hope so.
May they be as lucky as the people in the story.
After praying, Hua Xixi remembered only after realizing it, it's over.
Christianity does not patronize homosexuality.
He made wishes in various places and accidentally made a split.
He hurriedly folded his hands to plead guilty, hoping that Lord Jesus pretended not to hear the nonsense he just said.
When he put down his hands and opened his eyes, he was horrified to find that under the crucifixion statue, a skeleton-like Pastor Keith stood.
In the dim candlelight, Pastor Keith, who was so thin as if only a skeleton was left, had his eyes wrapped in darkness, only one pair of eyes.
Eyes, as bright as two stars of ghosts.
He looks almost to be one with the crucifixion of Jesus.
Pastor Keith faced him and opened his mouth.
He was covered in darkness, except for one set of teeth that were too white.
He asked, "Are you alone?"
Hua 偲 偲 "ah".
Pastor Keith: "You, come by. I have business with you."
Hua Xixi made another "ah" before he came to his senses. He tried to stand up in a hurry, but his knees slammed the chair back for a long time, making a harsh movement.
He is trying to ask for help.
Song Haining, who was studying the paintings in the small corridor next door, heard the movement in the main hall and hurried over: "Why...?"
Seeing Pastor Keith, her footsteps stopped.
Hua Xixi did not expect that someone was nearby, as if seeing a life-saving straw, he immediately applied for foreign aid.
He respectfully said: "Mr. Pastor, I'm afraid that I won't be able to handle the matter you explained to me alone. How about we go together?"
Pastor Keith nodded irrevocably, turned his back, blended into the shadows, and walked towards his office.
Hua Xixi and Song Haining looked at each other and followed.
After getting out of danger, Hua Xixi was still in shock. He found Nan Zhou and Jiang Fang who had just fallen asleep overnight, and told them what happened to them.
Nan Zhou asked, "What did he ask you to do?"
Hua Xixi patted his chest and said, "He said that the flowers he planted are blooming, and he asked me to get up early tomorrow to pick a dozen of them, come back and dry them to make a flower bag, and give it to Mr. Duke in a few days."
Song Haining was kidnapped by him and walked away. He laughed at him and said, "It's just such a trivial matter, you can see how scared you are."
Hua Xixi waved his hands again and again and affirmed: "If I go alone, I might not be able to come back tonight!"
Song Haining patted his face: "You bah bah bah!"
Jiang Fang repeated softly, "Flower bag?"
Nan Zhou looked at him: "What's wrong?"
In order to be cautious, Jiang Fang did not say too much: "They are a little too close."
Not only Pastor Keith's heart to make flower bags for him, but also the coquettish tone of the Duke's letter, intentionally or unintentionally.
But Nan Zhou seems to have no doubts about this: "It's not like they told us from the beginning that they
Are you a friend? "
Jiang Fang shrugged.
Nan Zhou does not understand complex interpersonal relationships, which is understandable.
He wrote this down temporarily, and turned to Hua Song and the two of them: "Is there anything special in the office?"
According to Song Haining, they investigated almost all the rooms in the church that could be investigated, and only a few rooms with dusty locks could not be opened.
There is also the priest's personal bedroom, which is also his office.
He must be locked when entering and leaving, obviously because he does not want others to peep into his private affairs.
The only access to the office is the door.
Even the place where there should have been windows was bricked to death.
I don't know how the priest is working and sleeping in this coffin-like room.
"No." Hua Xixi replied, "We came out within a minute of going in. The furnishings inside are fine from the big picture. Others... I didn't have time to see anything."
Having said that, the four of them looked at each other in silence.
It takes a minute to say something as trivial as making a flower bag.
It really wasn't worth the trip to call someone into that closed office.
... Hua Xixi may have really escaped death just now.
Although even Hua Xixi didn't know what taboo he violated, he was targeted by Keith.
He thought about it, and his heart fluttered slightly.
Wouldn't it be his inner wish that Keith heard
Is Keith God Himself
Or did Keith feel like he was blaspheming the god he believed in
On the other side, Nan Zhou noticed Hua Xixi's inexplicably tense expression, and thought he was nervous. He couldn't help but sigh and said solemnly, "If only I could unlock the lock."
Jiang Fang smiled.
His ability to change the subject and try to relax is still poor.
But at this time they had just quarreled, Jiang Fang's smile was only half unfolded, and he took it back.
He said warmly but politely: "You can learn slowly in the future."
Song Haining found that the atmosphere between the two of them was different, and they were not as natural and intimate as usual, so she couldn't help but look at Hua Xixi.
Hua Xixi gestured at her and told her not to ask.
On the first day, there was only this seemingly insignificant storm.
All night.
The next afternoon, it was Zhao Lirui who came to the suspension bridge to take over.
two people
Check the item in your hand.
Today, the pastor brought a bottle of white wine, two pieces of bread, and a letter.
The letter is still dryly comforting, let him endure the pain, he is trying to find a way.
The Duke sent another origami animal with a message. He drank the wine he sent and added sleeping pills. He slept well last night, his headache got better, what did he eat today, and how far he traveled.
They are all short, daily chores for parents.
And, he is looking forward to seeing "Iguana Teeth" with Mr. Pastor after he recovers.
Two days, four letters, enough information.
Two people, all the topics focused on the "duke's illness".
The duke wanted to be healed, and the priest wanted to heal him.
Hua Sisi, who had been watching the movie, was the first to ask a question according to common sense: "Isn't Keith trying to summon a demon?"
There are similar plots in many religious movies.
The pastor had an unfortunate childhood, or had an urgent wish to fulfill, but God and angels did not answer his prayers, so he simply dedicated himself to the devil and let the devil do things for him.
His friend Duke Shelley is mortally ill, and Reverend Keith may be willing to give everything for him, whether out of friendship or love.
The plot development in front of me fits perfectly with the movie.
And in these kinds of movies, there are always some hapless people who are sacrificed to the devil.
They might be the unlucky one.
Today, they have also found evidence of this.
Of course, clues were not found in locked rooms, but in their carry-on "luggage" as replica characters.
Judging from the local postage stamps found in churches, although they recruited churches in nearby towns, they all have one feature in common:
They are not natives, but come from faraway villages to work here.
This also means that even if they disappear in this outlandish place surrounded by cliffs, no relatives will be able to find them in time.
This simply put the word "conspiracy" on his face.
As the story progressed to this point, the other four breathed a sigh of relief.
According to their experience, since they already know the purpose of the boss, they only need to act together, not to die, not to get along with the boss alone, and to adapt to the needs of the boss.
Use props locally for self-defense, and you will be fine until the seventh day.
In their luggage, there was a professional exorcism cross.
Jiang Fang was noncommittal.
He asked Nan Zhou, "Have you found the way down the mountain?"
"There is a way down the mountain from the castle." Nan Zhou replied, "They walked halfway up the mountain and saw the town from a distance, but they didn't try it, for fear of going out of the dungeon range and breaking some taboos."
At this point in the discussion, everyone felt a lot more relaxed.
This should be a simple copy.
However, there is still one question lingering in everyone's mind.
Why "don't cross the bridge"
This request was clearly placed there, like a temptation, and like a sharp sword hanging over their heads.
Should they heed the request
Or, that voice is actually a kind of conspiracy