The group of congregants whose names were called quietly walked into the solemn inner room one after another.
Although the heart is nervous and excited, the most basic etiquette must still be strictly observed. After all, this is the most sacred place in the Dome Church, where all the holy relics and statues of the Popes of all dynasties are enshrined.
Under normal circumstances, only the Pope and Saintess can enter here, not even the seven apostles can easily enter.
Although they didn't know what to call themselves here, they already had unparalleled pride and pride in their hearts - being able to enter the inner chamber of the central church is enough for these ordinary churchgoers to boast for a lifetime.
in the inner room.
The silver embryo is enshrined in the central white altar, and the surrounding niches are filled with statues of popes and other sacred objects.
Majestic and solemn.
The Pope, who was wearing an exquisite tall white hat, a gorgeous robe, and a golden scepter in his hand, stood on the steps in front of the altar overlooking the crowd.
Rodney looked at the rows of priests who were kneeling down and saluting neatly, with the usual kind smile on his face, and said warmly in an old voice: "Get up, don't be too restrained, all the people who are blessed by the moon, just They are all my children, and I treat you all the same."
The priests felt a sense of intimacy in their hearts, and the tension in their hearts was gently eased by an invisible spiritual force, and their worship and admiration for the Pope suddenly deepened.
Rodney looked at the crowd with a smile on his face, and his smile deepened when he saw the vaguely raised and wriggled marks on their faces and necks.
He took two steps and raised his voice: "You must be wondering why I called you here."
The priests did not answer, and no one dared to answer.
Although His Excellency the Pope is so kind and kind, it can only make them more respectful and fearful in their hearts, and cannot reduce the sense of distance.
Rodney did not intend to let them answer, he continued: "You should all know that this is the holiest place in the church, enshrined with three holy relics and statues of popes of all dynasties, ordinary people can't step on it, and you today I'm lucky enough to be here because you have one thing in common that is different."
Different things in common
These seemingly contradictory words made the dozens of believers standing below look a little puzzled, but the days of cultivation in the dome church were lackluster, and there was not much difference. Immediately, some people thought of themselves recently. The only difference.
One of the congregation was excited and said cautiously, "Sir Pope, is it because of the 'Holy Moon Brain'?"
Rodney nodded, his smile unchanged: "Yes, first of all I need to tell you the truth of 'Saint Moon Brain'."
He turned around and paced around the altar, stretched out his hand to gently stroke the silver placenta, and said in a low voice, "The 'Holy Moon Brain' is nominally an aid for meditation, but in fact, it is used to screen out aptitudes. The raw material comes from the sacred object... From the first time you used the 'Holy Moon Brain', someone has been secretly observing the changes in you until now."
The disciples heard that they were being watched, but there was no resistance in their hearts, only the joy that they had been watched by the upper management all the time, and all their emotions were ignited by the next sentence—
"Congratulations to everyone present, you are the lucky ones and the chosen ones."
Rodney said loudly: "Today, you will be fortunate enough to have a chance to touch the holy relic!"
Touch... Relic? !
All the priests present were stunned when they heard this sentence, and their expressions first turned into disbelief, and then turned into extreme fanaticism.
It was like a dream that they could not only step into the inner room, but also touch the sacred objects. It was as if the commoners suddenly had the opportunity to enter the palace and touch the dragon chair with their own hands. It was full of incredible dreaminess.
And the material for making the Holy Moon Brain actually came from a sacred object, doesn't it mean that they now have a sacred object in their bodies, God, this is an unparalleled honor!
For a split second, they all felt surrounded by great happiness, and their faith in the Church and the Moon was at its peak.
Following the first priest to kneel, the rest of the congregation fell down in unison, reciting the christening reverently.
Rodney smiled and said, "The moon will always bless you."
"Now, come here..."
The priests, who were overwhelmed by this huge sense of happiness, and their emotions were extremely high, did not even realize that their beloved Pope only said that the "Holy Moon Brain" screened qualifications, but did not say what qualifications to screen for, and why? To be screened, why should the screened people touch the holy relic.
Under the guidance of the saintess, they formed a circle around the altar with a devout and fanatical heart of faith, and stretched out their hands to the central silver placenta.
Exactly seven people.
Not long after everyone pressed the placenta, the placenta suddenly emitted a silver light, and in that light, there was a faintly psychedelic colorful color.
Rodney stood not far away, watching this scene, the smile on his face did not change.
He raised his hand, with the "ancient ring" one of the three sacred objects on his fingers, and chanted the incantation: "Follow the ancient oath, when the moon is full, the sleeping child of the moon will be resurrected here, the placenta, the fetus. , The fetal palace is ready, the channel is established, please open the eyes of the moon, please stretch the body of the moon, and please the moon to breathe.”
He recited it seven times in a row, using a different moon phase each time.
Every time you recite it, from the central altar, a circle of complex runes will light up and spread around, quickly spreading through the entire inner room, and finally disappearing at the very center of the circular ceiling.
At the end of the last pass, the entire inner chamber was covered with glowing runes, and only at this time, if someone overlooked the entire inner chamber, he would find that it resembled the shape of a woman's womb.
The inner chamber of the entire central church is simply a complete large altar!
The seven priests were in the center of the light, unable to move.
The strange silver light emitted by the placenta was like a living creature, entangling their bodies, leaving only puzzled and terrified expressions.
"What, what's going on?!"
The only priest who dared to speak, said a word at this moment in a daze and with difficulty, and the blindfold on his face fell as he struggled.
Rodney ignored it and just said, "It's time to start, please come."
Before the priest could react, he heard extremely mournful screams coming from his side.
He couldn't turn his head, he could only try his best to turn his eyes to that side. In the corner of his vision, there was a picture he would never forget in his life.
A nun held by the light, her whole body swelled like air, bloodshot, like a red balloon filled with pus-yellow water, and wriggling marks protruded from time to time on her skin, as if there was something in her body. Swimming between skin and flesh.
These creeping marks are becoming more and more obvious. It seems that there are hundreds of them. They are moving, crowding, and eating. The nun turned into a human skin filled with these tentacles in the screams It was so strange that she didn't make a sound until her round eyes were squeezed out of their sockets and fell to the ground.
At the same time, it was also the last picture the priest saw in his life.
He felt severe pain, lowered his head, and saw that his stomach had split open, his intestines seemed to be alive, and he was writhing frantically in it...
Vaguely, he saw his intestines open their eyes and look at him.