Death Valley.
This place was named Death Valley because some powerful deathclaws were once active here.
Death Valley is about 50 or 60 kilometers away from the Southern Cross. It was a mining area before the catastrophe, and was later abandoned. It was reactivated decades ago, and was abandoned again due to active corpses underground and some strange events.
Now it is one of the underground bases for mystical activities.
In the underground mines of Death Valley, a group of mystics wearing retro black robes were worshiping at the weird altar on the top. (Note: Radiation itself has elements of the Old Gods in its background.)
What is enshrined in the center of the altar is a black substance, like a wriggling living thing, with some tentacles extending from the corners, like a huge black piece of meat. When anyone under the altar sees Him, their expressions are one of fanatical worship and dependence. They chant weird prayers, which are a bit like a fusion of multiple languages. It makes people feel mentally depressed and at the same time. Get some kind of relief and release from the depression.
This squirming black piece of flesh is very slow to respond to everything from the outside world. It seems that it is not a host body, but some kind of immature man-made thing.
At the front of the altar are the statues of gods worshiped by mystics.
The mother of all old gods.
The conceived mother of the old gods, the mother goddess in charge of powerful reproductive power, the goddess of darkness and fertility, the supreme mother goddess, the black goat who gave birth to thousands of descendants.
The outline of the statue is a black goat with a humanoid appearance. Of course, this is not the appearance of the god itself, but the image of the god that can be observed by human mystics and created based on a certain imagination space.
There are faint wisps of fluorescence floating throughout the entire underground mine. There is no doubt that this place is also shrouded in serious radiation pollution.
But these mystics didn't care. Even in such a highly radioactive environment, they looked like ordinary humans and did not produce any mutated reactions.
I don’t know when the weird sacrificial ceremony ended.
Suddenly, the huge black piece of flesh on the altar squirmed, and the tentacles on the surface of his body swayed slightly, as if making some sounds that ordinary humans could not hear.
But the mystics below suddenly became commotion.
Then, a priestess came out of the crowd. She said in a sharp voice to the mystics below: "A new one will be born soon."
“Listen to the gospel of God.”
"Accept the gift of the gods."
All of a sudden, all the mystics knelt on the ground.
Then, I saw slender tentacles extending from the black flesh on the altar. It slowly swam through the crowd. Every mystic who was touched by the tentacles was trembling all over, fearful and excited, dumbfounded. Staying motionless in place.
Suddenly, all the tentacles rushed toward a man in the crowd. In the man's excited, frightened, and excited eyes, they penetrated into the other man's mouth. Suddenly, they saw that the man's mouth was stretched to the limit. It was so big that it seemed like it was going to tear the entire face apart.
The man twitched and became silent in the blink of an eye.
A few minutes later.
The skin on the surface of the man's body squirmed like earthworms, and then tentacles extended from his mouth. Those tentacles were like human beards, pouring out of his mouth, falling gently, and then slowly The ground swayed and squirmed.
"Retrieve the Gospels."
At this time, the man's vocal organ had been completely distorted. His voice seemed to be produced by black tentacles extending from his mouth. He stood upright with a cold expression. It was the kind of straight and upright posture that suddenly stood upright from lying on the ground. Standing up without even bending his knees, he said slowly: "Catch those blasphemers!"
"Sacrifice them."
"Let them find salvation in the arms of the Supreme Mother."
Every time the man took a step, the skin on his body was peeling off, and his hair was falling off. After only a dozen steps, the surface of his body had turned into a cuticle-like skin that looked like an aberration.
When he walked to the entrance of the mining area, his hands had turned into three thick black tentacles.
If Su Ziyu was present at that moment, he would definitely be quite shocked, because when he first saw his abnormal appearance through spiritual vision, it was 60-70% similar to the change that happened to the man in front of him, except that Su Ziyu had The fish's telescopy change does not include black tentacles extending from the inside of its mouth.
All this happened shortly after the LN ship launched a nuclear bomb.
Almost a few minutes after the nuclear bomb launched by the LN ship sent the group of mystics who were chasing Su Ying into the sky, the ceremony to select new God's favored ones began here.
It seems that there is some hidden existence that has been controlling everything.
In the wilderness.
"run."
"Can't stop."
Su Ying's figure ran wildly in the wilderness. She did not look back at the rising mushroom cloud, nor did she have the energy to care about whether the nuclear explosion would affect her own people. She only knew that she must run with all her strength now, no matter what the cost. The golden record in hand was sent to a safe place.
Because the moment she came into contact with the essence of the Gospels, she already knew that there was not much time left for mankind.
Madness is not a recent phenomenon.
It has existed since the beginning, a long time ago, but it is only now that it has completely exploded.
Because the old god had completed his ritual, the strange whisper had enveloped the entire earth. She didn't even dare to look up at the sky now. She was afraid that the moment she looked up, she would see the huge black shadow, stretching out Endless tentacles emerged, covering the entire earth's sky.
The last rites of the Old God have been initiated.
Madness is a sign of the beginning of the ritual. The sudden outbreak of madness around the world means that the "whispers of the old gods" have covered all places and corners of the earth.
She didn't know when the ceremony would be completely completed.
But she knew that there was not much time left for humans, because the incarnation of the gods could briefly come to reality.
— "Whispers of the Old Gods: The blasphemous whispers created by the Old Gods through human voices can continuously erode human reason, deprive them of reason, and allow madness to emerge. The more sensitive the mind, the easier it is to hear the whispers of the Old Gods. All humans affected by the Whisper of the Old Gods must make a Will save every 8 hours, otherwise their spirits will be further eroded by madness.”
Because of Su Ziyu's last mental barrier, Su Ying was temporarily immune to the influence of the gospel in her hand.
She didn't know how long she ran until she heard other people's calls and the sound of helicopter propellers above her head. She panted and stopped.
"never mind."
"You are safe."
A woman wearing rimless gold-rimmed glasses jumped out of the plane. At a height of nearly twenty meters, she landed easily. After raising her hands to indicate that she was not in danger, she said to Su Ying: "I am from the academy. The person in charge.”
"You are safe."
"Give me what you have in your hands, and I will send someone to escort you to a safe place."
Seeing the opponent's outstretched palm, Su Ying took a step back decisively, raised the pistol and said, "No. It's very dangerous."
"You can't touch it."
"I can only give it to the Brotherhood, or the people from Beidou."
Su Ying's move suddenly caused the androids around her to raise their guns. They aimed at Su Ying in front of them, waiting for the woman to give orders.
Because of her childhood experiences, Su Ying has always distrusted people in the academy, or her past experiences have made her distrust any outsiders. She can trust the Brotherhood because the Brotherhood has a relationship with her father and has helped her. She can trust Beidou because the people of Beidou have proven their faith with their lives.
But she didn't trust the academy, and was even afraid that this thing would fall into the hands of the academy.
The woman suddenly frowned because of Su Ying's actions. She stared at Su Ying in front of her, her expression gradually became cold, and her raised hand might fall down at any time.
drop.
But at this moment, a gentle male voice sounded in the woman's ear.
"Dr. A." The woman's expression suddenly became respectful.
The man called Dr. A obviously knew everything that happened here. He whispered: "Send her to the LN ship."
"You don't have to give this thing to us."
"But it can't be handed over to the Brotherhood either."
"You escort her to the LN ship. The Beidou people will know how to deal with it."
"careful."
"Gaia has discovered through satellites that multiple forces are approaching your location."
"Godmother Isodel has also appeared."
News of the Gospels leaked.
I don’t know which force revealed it, but all the forces knew about the existence of the gospel and were convinced that it had some kind of magical power.
"Get on the plane."
"We will escort you to the LN ship." The woman closed the communication channel.
Su Ying nodded when she heard this, sealed the black bag in her hand, and said in a solemn voice: "Okay. But don't get too close to me."
"I'm worried you might be contaminated by it."
The woman couldn't help but chuckle when she heard this. She looked at the other person's bag carefully, raised her hand and glanced at the pocket watch on her wrist and said, "That thing has a certain amount of radiation contamination."
"I suggest it be stored in something more airtight."
"I have brought the most determined warriors, you can rest assured."
The helicopter soon took off.
Su Ying sat in the back cabin very vigilantly with the gospel in her arms, not allowing anyone to get too close to her.
A team of people escorted her towards the location of the LN ship. After being temporarily safe, Su Ying couldn't help but let out a long breath and relaxed a little.
But don't know when.
The pilot in front of the helicopter suddenly made a strange gesture of listening.
He felt like he heard something, but he didn't seem to hear anything.
He couldn't help but mutter to himself in a very weak voice, and then he flew the helicopter seriously. But at some point, the corners of his mouth began to curl up slightly, and the arc became more and more obvious. In the end it turned into a very clear smile.
He was grinning, smiling, and suddenly looked up at his reflection in the windshield.
It was a weird smile with a hint of fanaticism.
“Listen to the gospel of God!”
He whispered in a voice so weak that it was almost inaudible.
Su Ying underestimated the willpower of Beidou's soldiers, while the woman overestimated the willpower of her men.
… … …
(End of chapter)