Based on the church structure inferred from some exploration, Dong Zheng successfully found a dark room nearby and instructed Dong Linhai to hide it.
The darkroom is about ten square meters, long, and is on the edge of the church. If Dong Zheng did not survey and map the internal and external structure of the church from the inner core, it would be difficult to find such a mezzanine.
Dong Linhai sat down against the wall. On the wall above his head was an upside-down metal cross on which Jesus was nailed head down. This was the mechanism to open the dark room from the inside. Dong Zheng had seen exactly the same thing at the door of the dark room where the woman was. .
Seeing that Linhai's condition had deteriorated to such an extent in just half an hour, Dong Zheng's heart was crushed like a huge stone and he couldn't breathe. They only entered the box for more than an hour, even if Cui Zuojing was killed at the beginning The pagan in the kitchen, the body can't possibly have that level of decay, and the "plague" circulating in the church may be more serious than all of them imagined.
Is this the "curse of the pagans" mentioned in the blood book on the coffin
The situation is not very optimistic, but Dong Zheng still tried his best to appease Linhai before leaving, saying: "Don't worry, it will be alright, I will find Victor as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, brother." Lin Hai nodded, his voice had become hoarse, panic and fear of death peaked at the first hemoptysis, and then slowly fell.
After staying here for three years, he had already realized that he would die in the pure white world, especially after Alan's death. Seeing the tragic death of his partner in the snowy field a few hours ago, Dong Linhai suddenly realized that such a fate may fall on everyone's head anytime, anywhere.
Dong Linhai can only try not to let himself affect Dong Zheng, brother is still fine, he must not pull him into the water.
"Okay, then I'll go." Dong Zheng was about to turn around and leave, at this moment, Dong Linhai reached out and grabbed him: "Wait a minute! What's on your face?"
"What?" Dong Zheng raised his hand and touched his face, but he didn't feel anything at all.
Dong Linhai stared at him, the dark red lines were slowly creeping up from the neck to Dong Zheng's cheeks, like the faces of criminals in the Middle Ages, which would never disappear.
"There is a pattern on your face..." Lin Hai wanted to reach out and touch the growing brand, but thinking that he had probably become a large pathogen, he withdrew his hand halfway, his face was solemn, and he said, " As a holy son, I have seen this pattern in the dark room when I woke up, and it represents the unpardonable sin."
"Have I committed a crime?" Dong Zheng suddenly realized something and took out the Pinocchio puppet he had been carrying. The puppet boy's nose was much longer than when he first obtained it.
"You lied?" Dong Linhai was astonished, "Where is it? Is it okay to comfort me? Is this also a lie?"
"It's too late to deal with so much, I'll go to Victor, be careful yourself." Dong Zheng couldn't think about what kind of variables the appearance of the brand would bring. He raised his hand and touched his face, and the brand image appeared directly in the In his skin, he couldn't feel it at all.
Watching the door of the darkroom close from the inside, Dong Zheng immediately set off to look for the traces that Victor might have left. The appearance of the brand made him uneasy. He had come to repent of his sins, but he committed new sins. It's definitely not a good thing to meet him.
He quickly walked down to the first floor. The entire church had been explored, and only the mark of Cui Zuojing had been found. He needed to go to the rose field and the cemetery outside to check the situation.
Dong Zheng ran towards the back door, the pink sky outside was still unchanged, he stopped when he passed the window, and saw the mark on his face through the image reflected in the glass.
The sound of heavy footsteps loomed into his ears.
Dong Zheng looked vigilantly in the direction of the sound, the footsteps were going down the stairs, accompanied by the sound of dragging, as if someone was dragging a very heavy thing.
He ducked and hid in the unlocked small room next to him, opening the window so that he could jump out of the window at any time, and the sound was getting closer and closer, coming in his direction.
When the black fog supporting the armor appeared in Dong Zheng's line of sight, Dong Zheng immediately judged that the thing was not something he could handle. Soul fire, cold and inorganic.
It was his sin that drew it. Dong Zheng is clearly aware of this, and the next thing he will deal with is the pursuit of this thing.
Dong Zheng no longer hesitated and jumped out of the window. At this moment, he heard a scream and was at the back door not far away.
anyone
Dong Zheng estimated the time it would take for the armor to reach him, and took less than half a second to make a decision. He quickly ran to the direction from which the cry came. The jumping window was only 100 meters away from the back door. When Dong Zheng ran halfway through, he saw a black figure flying out from behind the pillar like a meteor!
A tall man with short platinum blonde hair immediately appeared from behind the pillar. He strode up to the man in black robe who fell to the ground, grabbed his collar, and smashed it up on the pillar!
The man in black robe trembled several times like an electric shock, and a bloody arrow spewed out of his mouth. He struggled to break free from Victor's iron pincer-like hand, but he couldn't shake the Russian man in front of him at all.
"Victor!" Dong Zheng was overjoyed. Hearing the familiar voice, Victor turned his head and saw Dong Zheng running.
He let go of his hand, and the man in black robe slid weakly to the ground, almost limp. Victor's strength was very good, and he had the power of the master of his body. Those who fell into his hands would only be beaten badly. There will be no danger to life.
Victor noticed the mark on his face and said in surprise, "This is—"
Dong Zheng glanced at the pagan who couldn't get up with his head down for a long time. Without any nonsense, he said in a low voice, "Linhai has been infected with the plague and needs treatment."
Dong Zheng's words seemed to have turned on a certain switch, and the pagan suddenly raised his head. He looked at Dong Zheng in horror, with an imperceptible... pity in his eyes
"Can you understand our words?" Dong Zheng squatted down, looked into the pagan blue eyes, and asked, "Did you bring the plague?"
The pagan let out a mocking laugh, and he opened his mouth in a string of indecipherable syllables.
Seeing that he couldn't ask anything from this man for the time being, Dong Zheng had to give up. He couldn't waste time here. The footsteps in the corridor were close at hand. He gave Victor a look, and the two ran to Dong Zheng. The position of jumping out of the window left the pagans who could not get up for a while and a half.
When the two of them were about to turn over the window and re-enter the church, the armor propped up by the black fog also reached the back door, and when they saw the pagan lying beside the column, the soul fire in its eyes jumped, and it swung that incomparably heavy sword—
"How is the situation in Linhai?" Victor followed Dong Zheng to the dark room where Dong Linhai was hiding.
"I had a little cough at first, then started to have fever and hemoptysis. He became ill very quickly, and it became very serious after only half an hour." Dong Zhengdao, "We once found the mucus left by the infected person in the coffin in the nave. , and the body of the infected person in the kitchen, Linhai may have accidentally touched it."
Victor frowned. He had been investigating in the cemetery behind the church before, and just as he was about to enter the church to explore, he encountered a man in black who wanted to attack him. He didn't find any of the clues Dong Zheng investigated: "You Are you sure it's the plague?"
"I can't think of anything else but this."
Victor: "But it takes a certain amount of time for the virus to enter the body, invade cells, and replicate and multiply. Ebola, the most virulent virus known so far, takes at least one to two days from infection to onset. For an hour, this rate of infection does not meet the medical rules."
Dong Zheng also felt that it was too fast: "Is it possible that Kether moved his hands and feet?"
"Let's go and see Linhai first. If it's a plague, it's easier to deal with, I'm afraid it's something else."
The two used the fastest speed to get to the place where Dong Linhai was hiding before. Dong Zheng found the mechanism to open the secret door. With the operation of the machine, the secret door slowly opened.
But there was no one in the dark room.
"Linhai?" Dong Zheng walked in, he looked around, but found no trace of Dong Linhai.
There was a pool of blood on the ground, revealing an ominous message. The inverted Jesus and the cross were quietly on the wall, unable to tell them anything that had happened here.
Would Dong Linhai leave the secret room when he was already sick and promised Dong Zheng to wait for him
The answer speaks for itself.
Linhai... Where have you been
He didn't show it, but Victor could still feel Dong Zheng's panic at this moment. He raised his hand and pressed Dong Zheng's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "If Lin Hai took the initiative or was forced to leave, he would definitely find a way to help us. Leave a mark."
Dong Zheng nodded. He took a deep breath and searched the small dark room with Victor. Soon, they found an organ in the corner near the ceiling.
As the organ was activated, a secret passage appeared in front of the two of them. The secret passage was so narrow that adults had to climb to pass, and it was dark inside.
Victor turned into a cat and went to investigate the situation first. After two minutes, he ran out and said, "It's sealed inside."
The only hope turned into a bubble in the sun, Dong Zheng clenched his fists beside him, he still clearly remembered that his brother was sitting here twenty minutes ago, let him go with confidence, and will wait for him to come back.
But he lost Linhai.
Dong Zheng couldn't say a word for a while. He had never been so clear about a reality - this was a box in which the queen and heirs would definitely be involved, and in the last box that was intervened by Kether, he lost Alan .
After a while, Victor said in a low voice, "Look elsewhere."
Dong Zheng took a deep breath, the brand on his face was still there, the armor would not stop chasing him, and apart from Linhai, he had other companions whose whereabouts were unknown.
He closed his eyes hard, and when he opened them again, the sadness and fear were gone.
"Let's go."
"Cough... cough cough!"
Dong Linhai was woken up by the blood gushing out of his mouth.
He opened his eyes and found that the surroundings had changed.
After Dong Zheng left, his burning became worse. Although he knew that he must not close his eyes in this situation, Dong Linhai still fell asleep in a daze.
There seemed to be something else in the coughed up blood. Dong Linhai looked around with difficulty. Compared with the dark room he was in before, this was a small but slightly spacious room. A corpse in a priest's robe was sitting. In front of him, most of the body from the neck has appeared dark green rot.
This is a... Confession room.
The priest has a cross pendant around his neck, and the pink skylight casts from the window behind Dong Linhai, casting his shadow on the floor.
... how come here
Dong Linhai wanted to stand up and leave here, but he couldn't exert his strength at all. The indescribable pain was tormenting him, as if all the bones in his body were about to melt and turn into blood together with his internal organs.
He started coughing again, and there was something in the blood. Dong Linhai stared at the blood on the floor for a while, and finally realized that it was his internal organs.
It seems... not anymore.
Consciousness gradually blurred. Dong Linhai didn't know how long it had been since Dong Zheng left. Brother found Victor and went back to the dark room. Seeing that he was not there, he must be very worried, right
Dong Linhai leaned against the wall, the moon white robe was already soaked with blood, and he gasped for breath in the face of the priest's dying corpse.
The air entered his nose, organs and lungs, slicing through the delicate tissue like a knife, bringing out patches of blood.
Dong Linhai could imagine that he is now like a cloth bag, with a fuzzy pool of flesh and blood in his skin, which will be broken with a poke.
It hurts so much.
He never thought that humans could endure such pain without dying.
The wrist guards on the forearms of both hands fell off, and the silver-white metal slowly turned into the shape of a pistol in the trembling hands of the boy. Two bullets were made and loaded into the magazine. I don't remember who I heard said that if you want to prepare glorious bullets, you must prepare two, anyway, just do it.
After doing all this, he was paralyzed there for a while, and he did not recall those important scenes in his life, as the literary works said, because the pain had occupied all his nerves.
He grabbed the gun and managed to shove the muzzle into his mouth.
Pull the trigger with all your strength.
The author has something to say: The plot has been a bit cruel recently, but it will be fine soon!
Happy New Year's Eve everyone! There is one more update in the evening, I will accompany everyone to celebrate the New Year while typing. hhhhh