"It doesn't matter what I said to the bishop. What matters is that I hope we can get along well with each other during the next period of time."
Tianyang picked up Xiao Xitong and pushed her on the butt. The little girl happily ran to Yueguang.
Yue Guang knew that he had something to talk about with the people in the church, so without saying a word, he picked up Xiao Xitong with one hand and left the room.
Tianyang sat down, Xingluo, Qiumo and Alice came quietly behind him. Xingluo was a resident, and the other two stood on his left and right, lined up in a row.
"sit."
Tianyang smiled and nodded.
Yin Meng and Ye Xiao exchanged glances, then sat down on two single sofas.
Tian Yangcai said, "You guys must have had a hard time these past few days, right?"
Ye Xiao nodded imperceptibly, subconsciously agreeing with Tianyang's judgment. They had indeed not had an easy time these past few days.
Ever since arriving at the War God Castle, Guan Feng had obviously had doubts about them. The bishop asked them to stay in the church headquarters and secretly sent people to monitor them, which was tantamount to house arrest.
It was not until last night that they were called to the room and asked to deliver the passes to Tianyang today and to temporarily accept Tianyang's command for the next period of time.
Yin Meng said in a deep voice: "What do you want to say?"
Tian Yang leaned back in his chair and said in a leisurely manner: "I have reached some agreements with your bishop, and from this moment on, we will try to cooperate with each other."
"I won you over as part of our cooperation. Now in Guan Feng's mind, whether you betrayed the church or him is no longer important, so you are able to sit here."
Yin Meng frowned and said, "Apart from helping you cover up, we have never betrayed the church or the bishop."
Tian Yang spread his hands and said, "From the moment you started to cover up for me, Guan Feng already considered you as traitors. But he has no evidence for the time being, and he doesn't want to cause too much trouble in the Western Continent and in the War God Castle, so he didn't take any further action against you."
"You are the Silver Crown Knights, don't you know that?"
Ye Xiao glanced at Yin Meng and said with a dry cough: "He has a point."
Yin Meng lowered his head and did not argue.
Tian Yang continued: "Under this premise, Guan Feng sent you here today. Can't you interpret his deeper meaning?"
Yin Meng bit her lip lightly and glanced at Tian Yang: "He already thinks that we are yours."
"From the beginning, you asked us to help you cover up, and now you are asking the bishop for someone. It turns out that everything you did was to emphasize this point to Guan Feng. At the same time, you want us to have no place in the church. Apart from standing by you completely, we have no other choice."
Tian Yang shook his head: "No, you do. After the War God Festival is over, you can choose to return to the church, or not, or even leave me. I will not stop you."
"But are you willing? Are you willing to do this?"
Ye Xiao frowned and said, "Then if we stand on your side and serve you, what benefits can we get?"
Tian Yang was waiting for this sentence. He smiled and said, "I have something on hand that may help your Bishop Guan Feng take the position of Archbishop of the East Court."
"So if you are willing to serve me and show enough loyalty, I think it should not be difficult to ask the future archbishop to help you become a Holy Silver Knight."
"Of course, that depends on your luck."
Yin Meng and Ye Xiao's eyes lit up at the same time. They knew that becoming a Holy Silver Knight was not easy.
A Holy Silver Knight needs to be at rank 7 to be promoted, but there is a risk of failure in being promoted to rank 7, and moreover, a level 7 sublimation medium is already a strategic-level resource.
Even in the War Church, it is not so easy to obtain.
Although there is a risk of failure in promotion, now they at least have a chance to try to reach Rank 7.
Once they become Holy Silver Knights, bishop-level personnel can no longer directly command them. Even the archbishop must maintain sufficient respect for the Holy Silver Knights.
This is completely different from the Silver Crown Knight!
After the two exchanged glances several times, You Yinmeng asked, "Then what do you need us to do?"
Tian Yang smiled and said, "Tomorrow I will enter the Reverse Realm to hunt down a kind of black people called 'Dense Fog Tree People'. I want to obtain its tree heart. You can use the authority of the Silver Knight to check the location of this tree person in the Reverse Realm, so that we can achieve twice the result with half the effort."
"As for the future, we'll talk about it later."
Yin Meng answered simply, "Okay, then we'll meet at the transfer platform tomorrow morning."
"no problem."
After reaching an agreement, the two Silver Knights left the inn and returned to the church.
It's late at night.
However, a convoy drove out of Fort Ares and quickly entered a military restricted area along the highway. From here on, except for the troops of Fort Ares, no other personnel, even the management of Fort Ares, were allowed to enter without permission.
After going through a series of strict security measures, the convoy was allowed to enter and, in accordance with the application they submitted, arrived at Zone 48 of the restricted area.
After the vehicle stopped, the door opened and people wearing full-body protective suits walked out. They carried large and small bags and walked quickly to the lifting platform not far away.
Several soldiers who had just finished their shift were about to return to the dormitory. When they saw these people, they couldn't help but discuss in a low voice.
"It seems to be from the biology laboratory. Don't they need to sleep at this late hour?"
"They may have come here to collect specimens. After so many years of research, they still haven't found a way to completely exterminate the evil spirits. It's just a waste of manpower and resources."
"Let's go, stop talking. If we get caught by the captain, he will send us down to accompany them into the nest to collect samples. When that happens, you will all cry!"
A gust of cold wind blew, causing the soldiers to shrink their necks and trot in quickly.
At the lift platform, when the researchers walked down, they had arrived at an underground base 50 meters underground.
This base is not far from the lair of the evil gods. Once the evil gods start a riot, the base can respond quickly. If it cannot be stopped, the base will be detonated to close all exits to the outside world, so that the evil gods cannot enter the War God Castle.
After entering the base, the researchers got on several special vehicles and began to head towards the nest of the evil spirit. Over the years, thanks to the work of the War God Fortress to sweep the nest every period of time, the nest of the evil spirit has been cleared out to create a safe area for people.
The biological research institute of Fort Ares would enter the safe zone every month to collect specimens and test data, so Lin Ke had become accustomed to such things.
Lin Ke is a team leader. He usually leads a team and stays in the safe zone of the nest to monitor the movements of the evil spirits.
When researchers need to enter the safe zone, he is responsible for protection. He received a notice tonight that a research team was coming, so he led his people to the base early.
Stand by in the field.
Sitting in the car now, Lin Ke looked back at the biological researchers from time to time. The soldier who was driving the car next to him said, "Captain, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, I just feel weird."
Lin Ke whispered, "Mr. Wei Zhong used to lead the team, but he didn't come tonight. Is he sick?"
Wei Zhong is the director of the Biological Research Laboratory in Fort Ares. He is a rigorous and serious person, and he personally leads the team when collecting specimens.
But this team of people tonight seemed to be made up of strangers, and Lin Ke didn't recognize any of them.
"Never mind, Captain. We just need to get them in safely and bring them back safely. The rest is none of our business." The driver said with a smile.
Lin Ke laughed: "That's right."
Soon, they came out of a tunnel, passed through three independent security gates, and entered the lair of the evil god.
This evil lair of the War God's Castle is located underground, dozens of meters away from the ground. The interior of the lair is interconnected with many passages, and it is easy to get lost if you are not careful.
Even after so many years, the Wargod Castle only controls the edge of the nest and controls less than a hundred passages.
The scope left for the biological research laboratory's activities is only two or three passages.
After arriving at the destination, Lin Ke got off the car, gestured and said: "Everyone, you can move freely here for 20 minutes, please do not leave our sight."
"If you get lost here, the consequences will be very serious. Finally, please strictly follow the nest code of conduct. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me."
After the researchers agreed, they dispersed at the request of their team leader and began to collect specimens here.
Seeing that everything was the same as usual, Lin Ke returned to the car, took out his radio, contacted his wife, and told her that he would not be going home tonight.
At this point, one of the researchers raised his hand and said, “I need to pee.”
The two soldiers looked at each other, then pointed to the depths of the lair and said, "You can go there to relieve yourself, but don't go too far."
"Okay." The researcher nodded and left with a suitcase.
The two soldiers continued to look around without paying attention, but they didn't know that the researcher who claimed to need to urinate came to the end of the passage, squatted down, entered the password into the briefcase, and took out a black box from it.
He carefully picked up the box and stuffed it into a nearby hole. Finally, he adjusted the instruments on the box, moved a stone to block the box, and returned to his original place.
20 minutes passed quickly, and Lin Ke turned on the car radio at the right time to notify the team to pack up.
After a while, the place returned to silence, with only the surveillance equipment above the passage still working.
In the quiet passage, the black box that was stuffed into the hole, the light on the instrument turned from red to green. Then with a snap, finger-width gaps opened around the box.
In the gap, under the dim light of the indicator light, a clump of black mycelium poked out. It was like the tentacles of some creature, carefully touching the ground and exploring the surroundings.
After a while, a dark fungus that occasionally flashed blue light crawled out from the crack of the box like a worm...