The first half of Mu Qing's guess was consistent with Pastor He's conclusion. They both believed that the will that once resided in the 'skin' had not left, or could not leave.
So he escaped into the crack space, thus creating a passage for Yama to the outside of the "garden".
Whether this is the case remains to be confirmed.
But Mu Qing had another guess than Pastor He.
That will is selecting a suitable body, and the candidate is among them!
This news is far more terrifying than facing Yama.
Facing Yan Mo, the worst result is to be killed by those black people in the gap. But if you become a skin bag, just think about the message left by Lin Yu in the gap hall, and you will know that the skin bag will never have an easy life.
Aside from physical mutations, it is unknown what will happen if invaded by other wills.
Compared to these mysterious and evil things, death is a merciful and beautiful ending.
Just then, Tianyang heard some noises.
rustle-
It's like the sound of nails scratching on the wall, sharp and unpleasant.
A series of thin figures walked out from the shadow of the maintenance passage ahead. The light from Tianyang's body emitted a beam of light, which fell on a gray face with black spots.
The face covered with black spots and rotten wounds screamed in dissatisfaction. Its mouth was full of sharp white teeth, and the inverted triangle-shaped head outline reminded Tianyang of a bat.
The body is long and thin, especially the arms, but the hands have long and sharp claws.
Giant claw demon!
A group of giant claw demons screamed, took big strides and rushed towards the crowd.
"Church warriors, protect the priest!"
With a loud shout, Tianyang's star aura appeared, and he crossed a distance of ten meters in one step, appearing next to a giant claw demon.
The Yama had no time to react as Jin Feng slashed out a ray of sword light as bright as stars, cutting off its legs at the knee.
On one side of the giant claw demon's figure, its two arms were dancing in panic, and its sharp long claws scratched across the ground or wall, leaving scratches on the metal steel plates and concrete walls.
The giant claw demon fell on a piece of colorful light, and the crack space opened on a window of the base.
It propped itself up with both hands near the "window frame", as if relieved that it did not fall into the window. The sword flashed again, this time severing its two arms, and the Yama, which lost its support, screamed and fell into the window, disappearing in the colorful magic light outside the "window" in an instant.
The other Yamas all screamed.
"Why? If you like, I can give you a ride."
The young man shrugged his shoulders, suddenly flashed, kicked with both feet, and kicked a giant claw demon into the colorful spots on the wall next to him... .
The battle ended after 10 minutes.
Of the thirty-six giant-clawed demons, most were sent into the crack windows by Tianyang using various methods, and the others had their limbs destroyed or their will cages punctured.
Now, these black people in the cracks are just like their relatives in the reverse world, their bodies are decomposing and turning into black mud. In the filth, there are occasionally claws that gleam with a faint luster.
These are the remains of the giant claw demon. Tianyang obtained relevant information when he came into contact with them. He can also use the remains of the black people in the cracks, but the power of the remains of these low-level Yama demons is extremely limited.
Tianyang had no interest in using them, he just collected them and treated them as his trophies.
keep going.
He walked and stopped from time to time, and occasionally ran into a group of Yama demons, all of which were dealt with by Tianyang.
When they stopped again, there was a valve in front of them. Tianyang tried to turn it, and the wheel valve made a squeaking sound, and a lot of rust fell off near the bearing, but it could finally turn.
After turning more than ten circles, there was a slight click from the gap of the valve, and the metal door opened slightly.
“Stand back.”
Tianyang asked the people from the church to step back a little and made sufficient preparations before opening the door.
When opening the door, the boy made a lot of psychological preparations and imagined what a strange world would be behind the door. But after opening the door, he saw a street.
There are some low but continuous buildings on the opposite side of the street.
There are even trees planted in front of some small buildings, although these trees have already withered.
"this... "
Tianyang turned around and asked: "Could the gap have already expanded to the city of the opposite world?"
If this is true, the gap is expanding too quickly.
Mu Qing said in a noncommittal tone, "It's unlikely. Although the case of the gap swallowing the reverse world is rare, we have inferred from that one particular example that the gap expands slowly. If it is not stopped, it will take years to swallow the entire reverse world."
"It's just that the later the stage, the faster the swallowing will be, but it's definitely not this fast. But..."
"We can't be sure whether the expansion speed is the same every time. There is no way, there are too few cases."
Tianyang stretched his shoulders and neck and said, "Never mind, let's go out and take a look first. Wait a moment, and come out when it's safe."
The three religious warriors nodded and protected Mu Qing and Pastor Chen.
Tianyang revealed the aura of the stars and was even prepared to expose the "remains" before he stepped through the door.
Come to the street.
The streets were deserted, but the sky was not dark. Although the piles of gray clouds overhead looked equally dignified, surprisingly, the light on the street was enough for Tianyang to see clearly.
Just like the cloudy sky, Tianyang saw a cold and quiet small town scene.
Occasionally, a crack would appear in the clouds in the sky, and behind that crack, one could clearly see the colorful and hazy magical light of the world in between.
Looking at the neighborhood, the street width is no more than ten meters, and the buildings on both sides are mostly low-rise buildings, the lowest is two stories high and the highest is five stories high. Most of the buildings have signs of damage and burning.
In mild cases, the windows are broken and the exterior walls are peeling and cracking; in severe cases, only a frame is left and the area has even turned into ruins.
The road surface was far from flat, with cracks and even arches. The lower parts became slopes, and the higher parts became cliffs, blocking the road.
There were signs of destruction everywhere, with civilian vehicles, what were obviously military tanks, collapsed street lights and toppled buildings lying casually in the middle of the road.
These things turned the town into a maze.
From afar, black smoke was floating in the town, indicating that this place had experienced one or even multiple battles.
Not far away, Tianyang saw several corpses. They were nailed to wooden stakes and walls. These corpses had human features, but they were obviously not human.
They have claws, bristles, odd skin and scales, and no two are alike.
On the wall not far from these corpses, someone used burnt wood to write a line of anti-worldly words on the wall: People with demonic disease... get out.
There are two words in the middle that Tianyang can't understand, but it is not difficult to understand the meaning of the sentence.
Demonic disease
The young man immediately recalled the base report he had read at the Beidou base that day, in which the stationmaster Luo Kai had recorded that a series of changes had begun to take place in the Reverse Realm at that time.
The humans on the surface of the earth have been afflicted with a disease called "demonization," and are gradually transforming into monsters.
From this point of view, the town in front of us is what it looked like before the world of reversal was formed. Then what happened? Was it time travel backwards? Or was it a time-space intrusion
Tianyang suddenly felt that he needed to read more books... if there was still a chance.
Backing up to the main gate, looking inside, the door still looked like a maintenance passage. But from the outside, Mu Qing and the others were in a small building.
Tianyang made a gesture: "There is no danger for the time being, you can come out."
The church members walked out of the gate, and when they saw the town, they were even more shocked than Tianyang.
At this moment, the scene of the maintenance passage inside the gate flickered like an electronic screen with poor signal. After a moment, the maintenance passage disappeared, replaced by the scene of the dark living room of the small building.
"There is no way out now." Tianyang murmured.
Next to him, Priest Chen stepped back in surprise and bumped into Mu Qing. The priest grabbed the priest and said, "Priest Mu Qing, what is going on? There is no record of such a thing in the Book of Secret Covenant."
Mu Qing gently took his hand away and sighed, "The world is so big, and the universe has countless mysteries. We are so small and ignorant, how can we possibly explain all the phenomena?"
"In this situation, I can only think of one possibility."
Mu Qing reached out her hand and gently touched a withered tree nearby. When she touched it, several pieces of dry and cracked bark fell off and turned into powder before they fell to the ground.
"It is very likely that this town was pulled into the gap for some reason. It has been drifting endlessly in the gap and has been preserved to this day."
Mu Qing emphasized: "Of course, this is just a guess. Although we can touch entities, human senses are actually the easiest to deceive. Maybe what we see, touch, and feel are all fake. It's just our brain that makes us think they are real."
"It's both real and fake, both a dream and an illusion. After all, we are already in the gap now. No matter how strange the phenomenon is, there is no need to be surprised."
Tian Yang looked around and said, "A scene like this wouldn't happen for no reason. Everyone be careful. If there really is something that wants to take over our bodies, it might be in this town right now."
Mu Qing kindly reminded: "Regarding this issue, I have read relevant descriptions in the Book of Secret Covenants. You must remember that when you feel your mind is being invaded, you must have the thought of 'rejection'."
"Moreover, the strength of one's will has nothing to do with the size of one's body or strength. Believe in your own heart and don't be deceived by what you see, hear, or feel."
"Be firm in your will and refuse threats, deceptions, and temptations. Then you may have a chance to escape the invasion."
These words don't sound very confidence-inspiring... Tianyang sighed in his heart.
ah-
From nowhere, a scream floated in. The scream came so suddenly, and the voice was full of fear, making everyone's scalp tingle.
Tianyang's heart sank. He originally thought that they were the only ones in the town. Now it seems that this is not the case...