Before Lin Jie could read the book's content, he was first made up by this man's skin cover so that his face was not very good-looking.
In that village with the custom of making human skin drums, it was out of respect and longing for the souls of the deceased that they used the human skins of the backs of people who had just died to make drum surfaces, and used specific sacrificial ceremonies to evoke the soul.
They believe that the human soul leaves the body from the back, so the human skin on the back is the portal of the human soul to the underworld, which has the function of psychic.
Moreover, these human skins are all hand-held by the old priests in the village, who are skilled in business and full of ceremonial sense.
Therefore, although this custom sounds strange at first glance, it is actually a primitive manifestation of death culture, and it will not make people feel too unacceptable...
Of course, this is just Lin Jie's personal opinion. After all, he has studied folk customs for so many years, has experienced many battles, has extensive knowledge, and has seen even more bizarre customs.
For ordinary people, this thing is still a bit creepy to think about.
But this personal book is different, it comes from Congreve.
The guy who made a secret deal with the Dome Church to come up with something like the "Holy Moon Brain" is for profit, and naturally it is impossible to pull out any culture. It is unclear whether the source of this human skin is a dead or a living person know.
From Qili's description of Congreve, Lin Jie thinks the latter is more likely.
Thinking that this human skin might come from an innocent person and was the product of a tragedy, Lin Jie felt that the book in his hand became a little heavier.
Whether it is using addictive substances of unknown raw materials to control the congregation, using the so-called gods as a cover for wanton killings, or the Congreve who trades with them and uses human skin as a book cover, they are already beyond the level of normal cognition. Evil sin.
"An organized and purposeful evil organization, a perverted murderer."
Lin Jie read silently and opened the personal book.
Bella's further detailed explanation supports Lin Jie's inner thoughts: "We can't read the words on it, but the book itself has been studied almost once, and this book is completely made of human skin. ."
"The cover is made of the back skin of a middle-aged man, two pieces are put together, and each 'paper', in order to maintain the similarity with the texture and thickness of the paper, is made of a baby..."
When Bella said this, she found that the voice of the young man behind the counter was gone, and the sound of the entire bookstore disappeared during this pause, leaving only a frightening silence.
Inexplicably, she froze in her heart and looked at Lin Jie, who looked at the book opened in her hand and said nothing.
However, I don't know if it was Bella's illusion. The dark eyes that reflected the pages of the book were like the sky before the storm. Although the incomparably heavy lead cloud was stagnant, it was actually brewing violent storms and thunder.
"Mr. Lin?"
Lin Jie nodded and smiled slowly: "You continue."
Bella looked at Lin Jie's usual indistinguishable smile, and felt a chill on her back for some reason. An idea suddenly popped into the head maid's mind: Mr. Lin was angry.
But Lin Jie said let her continue, Bella took this as a warning, did not dare to think too much, cleared her throat, and continued to tell the situation.
But for some reason, the voice subconsciously lowered a little.
Lin Jie looked back at the pages of the book.
Of course he was angry.
This personal book is a list of innumerable crimes, and the bloody cruelty behind it is simply outrageous.
"Huh..."
Lin Jie took a deep breath in his heart, suppressed his emotions, and read the contents of this book with a deep heart.
"Um?"
When his eyes touched the first character, he recognized it, which was the text used by the inscription on the holy sword he had placed on the second floor.
At the same time, it is also a common script used by elves.
In terms of time, this is already the language of the second era. After that dark age, it has long been annihilated in the long river of history. It is no wonder that with the financial resources of Qili, there is no one who can translate this book.
Of course, it probably has something to do with not letting too many people know about the existence of this book. If the scope can be expanded, I believe Qili should be able to find such a linguist.
For example, the king.
But now that he is going to the undercover blood banquet, he probably has nothing to spare.
Fortunately, Lin Jie received Candela's memory in the dream. Although most of them are incomplete, at least the language is packaged as a gift.
Lin Jie read it carefully and found that the content of the book was very different from what he imagined.
This is not some kind of black magic that the average person's book would associate with.
The handwriting on the human skin is as bright as blood, and the words written are like a person's self-talk. There is no answer to the question, no question to the answer, sometimes it is a long speech, sometimes it is a simple order.
It's like talking to someone who doesn't exist.
The tone is very condescending, but the words are full of bewitching.
It feels like a diary of a pervert murderer fighting his own spirit every day.
"Is Congreve crazy?"
Lin Jie recounted what he saw, and Qili and Bella immediately looked at each other, unable to understand what trick Congreve was playing.
And this thing is not a big surprise, and it is far from the "real reliance of Congreve" they expected, which can't help but disappoint.
Qili said: "But at least, we can know that he really intercepted that batch of goods and gave it to the Church of the Dome."
The book clearly mentions things about the Dome Church. The whole process is very clear, and there are also places where the two sides meet. As long as the transaction is still going on, they can follow the clues and completely expose all the sins.
Do not.
Lin Jie suddenly narrowed his eyes - this is probably not written by Congreve.
He turned from the beginning to the end again, and finally sorted out his thoughts.
The tone most used by those who wrote these words was commanding and bewitching, in addition to mentioning "the Ash Tree Chamber of Commerce is just like that", "helping your superior to kill Qili", "for a great cause" and similar words.
It is obviously unreasonable to say that Congreve is crazy. The bewitching of the long-winded speeches here is too objective and too logical.
Lin Jie immediately thought, isn't this a pyramid scheme
Then another way of thinking, if this personal book is something like a "magic mirror", it is Congreve who is talking, and the human book automatically "writes" these words to talk to him, then everything says Got it.
However, he is not sure yet. It is also difficult for him to translate so much content in a short period of time, and there are many places that he does not understand.
And these are some scary conjectures, unconfirmed, it is better not to say it casually to scare the two girls.
"Leave this personal book with me first. I haven't fully translated some parts. You should start investigating their joint locations and see if you can find any clues."
Lin Jie also introduced Claude, saying that he is next door now, and you can go to him for help.
He watched the reluctant Qili and Bella leave, put the human book aside for a while, and his eyes fell on the box containing the fossil heart again.
He didn't notice that, on the human skin book he put aside, a line of blood slowly oozes out from the end of the last page—
"Find."
"arrive."
"you."
"Yes."