This night, Qi Le people still had a dream, and the rare thing is not a nightmare. No, in a sense, it's a nightmare. The dream is like a movie that plays automatically. It starts when he and Dr. Lu enter the novice village, and then Su He appears. Sacrifice the witch, and then jump to the castle horror. In the dream, he experienced the battle of defeating the Mad Lady in the basement again, and his dream came to an abrupt end when he was about to open the drawer containing the laptop again.
Qi Leren woke up in the middle of the night and was still in a daze. He turned over and continued to sleep, and then he had a dream again. He dreamed of Ning Zhou during the mission of sacrificing witches. At that time, he was still a woman. Get up close and personal in unmanned underground caves and explore each other's bodies recklessly until...
In the dream, he touched something that shouldn't appear on women.
Qi Leren rolled over and was sitting on the head of the bed dripping with cold sweat. It was already dawn, and his biological clock rarely stopped. Just as he was fumbling for the watch beside the pillow, he saw Ning Zhou, who was neatly dressed. Wiping his knives on the sofa by the window.
Qi Leren shuddered and immediately woke up: "Morning...morning."
Ning Zhou's gaze paused for a second on the neckline of his open T-shirt, and then paused for a second on his sleepy face, nodded lightly, and looked away.
Qi Leren encountered a little trouble, the morning trouble that a normal male would encounter since puberty, and now he has two choices, sit on the bed and wait for it to go away on his own, or go to the bathroom to solve it by himself.
Considering that there is his (gender wrong) object of his spring dream within five meters, the other party is still wiping the blade with a cold expression, while his Yuying is standing on the back of the sofa and staring at him with a crooked head, Qi Le. People feel that no matter which one he chooses, he is a little ashamed, and now he can only pray that he didn't make any noise when he was dreaming just now.
Because he was too nervous, he even thought about it, how should Ning Zhou solve this kind of trouble? He vaguely remembered that some religious rules not only forbid premarital sex, but even strictly forbid masturbation, which is anti-human in every sense.
Just when his thoughts were running wild, Ning Zhou suddenly put away his two knives and inserted them back into the scabbard on the outside of his thigh: "I'll go get breakfast."
"Oh, okay." Qi Leren sighed in relief and watched Ning Zhou leave the room with his black bird.
The trouble was solved. After breakfast, the four gathered again, studied the map of the holy city that Qi Leren bought from Chen Baiqi, and discussed their actions for the next few days. Finally, after deliberation, it was decided to walk around the city roughly, and then go to the old site of the Holy See to find out.
The holy city is still the holy city. After being closed for more than 20 years, it still looks lively, but some corners can already see the signs of the city's decline. Beyond a few main roads, many houses have been Abandoned, it is said that after the demon invasion and the new moon disaster, the existing population of the holy city is less than 10,000.
The streets are full of middle-aged men and women, and some old people with gray hair, but few young men and women are seen, and no children are seen. The four of them wandered around and inquired about the situation of the Holy City, and then set off for the former site of the Holy See.
"What did the lord say yesterday? The vicinity of the Holy See was sealed off by a mysterious force, and it was impossible to enter it?" Dr. Lu asked, recalling the information he had inquired in the castle yesterday.
Qi Leren responded: "That's what the passerby said just now. They wanted to seek shelter in the Holy See, but they couldn't get in. The lord's wife is a very devout believer and often prays near the Holy See, but she is unable to enter the Holy See. ."
"You'll know when you go there and see." Su He said.
The former site of the Holy See of the Holy City is located on a hill in the north of the Holy City. The white stone buildings built around the mountain are still holy, but it is a pool of stagnant water.
"This is a bit like the sanctuary of Saint Seiya." Dr. Lu sighed as he stood at the foot of the mountain and looked up.
When he said that, Qi Leren also felt a bit similar.
Looking up, the verdant mountain forest is covered with a long ladder composed of white stone steps, extending up along the winding mountain road. There are many religious buildings along the way. Green and white constitute the most basic colors of this sanctuary, in the blue sky. Glittering under the white clouds. The temple at the highest point of the mountain seems to have gone through a war, half of the building has collapsed, but even if only the broken walls are left, it still looks holy and magnificent, and it is fascinating.
Is this the holy place in the eyes of the old believers
"Sure enough, it's closed." Su He stood on the steps and stretched out his hand. His palm seemed to touch some kind of strange barrier, and ripples spread from the position of his palm, filled with ominous black.
"The power of the devil." Ning Zhou also stepped forward and said with certainty.
"It's the power of demons, it seems that they sealed the Holy See..." Su He thought for a moment, then continued, "In the historical legend, the demon king who led the demons to invade the human world for the first time should have been sealed here."
Dr. Lu's expression distorted, and asked a painful question: "We won't accidentally release it, right?"
Su He smiled: "It shouldn't, because it is said that the inheritance of demon kings is not the same as that of human beings. If the old demon kings do not die, the new demon kings will not be crowned and recognized by the demons. Now new demon kings have been born. I'm afraid the old devil is really dead."
"You mean the three demon kings of power, slaughter and deception?" Qi Leren remembered that Su He once gave them popular science, "But can three demon kings be produced at the same time?"
"This... I don't know." Su He smiled helplessly.
Because they could not enter the Holy See, the four of them searched near the foot of the mountain and found a cemetery surrounded by flowers and green trees next to a stone step.
"The Garden of the Holy Tomb." Qi Leren stood at the entrance of the cemetery and read the inscription.
It is said to be a cemetery, but the Garden of the Holy Sepulchre is full of flowers. These beautiful flowers are blooming lushly even today when no one takes care of them. If it weren't for a few tombstones interspersed in the sea of flowers, people who come here would hardly feel it. It's a cemetery.
"I'm starving to death, rest for a while and then investigate the clues in the afternoon." Dr. Lu's stomach was already rumbling.
"Okay, I'm hungry too." Qi Leren didn't eat much for breakfast, and after a morning of running around, he was already hungry. Although this is a cemetery, the scenery is still good, and the four of them rested here.
The lunch was prepared by the maids in the lord's castle. The forty or so maids carefully packed the bread and wine in a large basket, along with jam and bacon. The taste was much better than the dry food they prepared. Spreading out the tablecloth in the basket, the four of them sat on the lawn, enjoying their lunch in the sunshine.
After coming to the nightmare world, Qi Leren hadn't been so relaxed for a long time. He left the depressing mechanical city and the never-falling sunset in the Land of Twilight. At this time, the sun and air here made him relaxed and happy. Ning Zhou's Yuying also liked this kind of environment very much. He got out of his pet luggage, grabbed a large piece of bacon, and fled with his wings flapping. Now there is no bird shadow.
After eating and drinking, the Qi Le people circled around the Garden of the Holy Sepulchre. There was a huge tree in the corner of the garden. To be precise, it should be the remains of the huge tree, because its interior had been rotten and hollowed out, and it was in a thunderstorm again. It was chopped down in the middle, and the part more than one meter from the ground has fallen. Hengchen has become a lifeless piece of dead wood on the grass, but even so, this broken tree with a diameter of two meters is better than standing on it. The Qi Le person in front of him is taller.
The roots of the tree trunks left by it have also been hollowed out, but the interesting thing is that green weeds grow out of the hollowed wooden stumps, and the space in the tree stumps is like a natural open-air bed.
This season, the flowers are blooming just right, and the surrounding treetops are also full of flowers, most of which are blue and white. When a gust of wind blows, the petals fall down one after another, and land on the hollow wooden stump. On grass, it looks soft and comfortable.
Qi Leren, who was full and a little sleepy, simply climbed into the tree stump by stepping on the exposed tree roots, and sighed contentedly, leaning on the fresh weeds and the scented fallen flowers.
The stump of the severed giant tree became his nap bed, just enough to sleep a person. Qi Leren lying in it closed his eyes and let the sun shine on his body, making his face flush. Yes, the blood of the whole body is flowing with the taste of sunshine, warm.
In the quiet garden of the Holy Sepulchre, Qi Leren could still vaguely hear the voices of Doctor Lu and Su He talking, but their voices were pushed further and further away by sleepiness, and he fell asleep.
"Why are roses carved on this tombstone?" Dr. Lu asked, pointing to a tombstone.
After taking a closer look at the tombstone, Su He said, "The key should not be roses, but the number of roses. There are exactly seven roses, which here means 'I love you', which should be for the lover. tombstone."
Dr. Lu beat his right hand with his left hand: "Yes, I remember you told me and Leren during the castle mission."
The conversation between the two attracted Ning Zhou's attention. He also saw this tombstone, which contained the name and life of a Vatican believer. Her name was Susan, a devout believer. She disappeared in the night of the new moon. Her husband held a funeral for her, praying that her soul could be redeemed by God, and the rose relief on the tombstone was painted white and lifelike.
"White roses are pure love." Ning Zhou said. Maria loved white roses, so he remembered.
He still remembered that Maria told him about the Garden of the Holy Sepulchre outside the Holy See. When she was a young girl, she planted a lot of roses here. They were colorful, and she liked white the most. There was a towering tree in the corner of the Garden of the Holy Sepulchre, where she hung a swing and played alone in the evening wind. It was an innocent, carefree time.
More than 20 years later, the roses planted by Maria have survived tenaciously, growing in the corners of the Garden of the Holy Sepulchre, while the tree she hung on the swing...
"Hey, where did Le Ren go?" Dr. Lu asked strangely.
"He seems to have wandered over there." Su He pointed to the corner of the garden.
Ning Zhou strode over, and sure enough, he found Qi Leren in the corner of the garden. He was lying on the hollowed stump, with grass and petals on his head, taking a nap in the warm afternoon sun. A naughty petal rolled down the wind and fell onto his hair, then rolled towards his face and got stuck in his eyelashes. He seemed to feel itchy, wrinkled his nose and muttered, and the breeze took the piece away. The petals were rescued from the eyelashes. It rolled and bounced and landed between his lips. The blue and white petals made the already rosy lips even more vivid. Ning Zhou stared for a long time, staring at...
"Qile people - where did you go?"
Dr. Lu's cry came from a distance, and Qi Leren, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened and opened his eyes suddenly, as if something was blocking the sunlight... He lay in the petals and raised his head, his eyes fell on a blue sky , that is bluer than the sky, clear and pure, hitting the heart. He was in a trance for a moment before realizing that it was not the sky, but Ning Zhou standing beside the tree. He looked at him quietly, still so cold, as if the gentle blue he saw just now was him. An illusion that hasn't woken up yet.
"I fell asleep?" Qi Leren opened his mouth, and he ate the petals that fell between his lips. He quickly sat up and looked around to find the source of the sound just now.
Dr. Lu trotted to his side and exclaimed in amazement, "This bed looks so comfortable. It's pure natural and original. You really know how to find a place."
Qi Leren jumped out of the tree stump and patted the petals and grass clippings on his clothes: "Do you want to lie down for a while?"
Dr. Lu looked at the tree stump for a while, but gave up: "Forget it, let's go eat a small cake. I brought it from the Land of Twilight, and it's delicious."
Qi Leren glanced at the comfortable tree bed reluctantly, and finally followed Dr. Lu to the picnic place. Su Hezheng sat casually on the grass, smiled and raised the goblet filled with wine to greet them. Qi Leren turned around as they walked, and Ning Zhou was still standing by the tree stump, looking at them silently.
He didn't expect that he would turn his head, a tiny surprise appeared in his blue eyes, and there was some kind of hidden emotion that was too late, restrained to the point of self-abuse, reserved, restrained, and silent, it was always too easy to miss. There were too many details at that moment, so many people ignored it before they could sort it out. In the warm sunshine of the afternoon, Qi Leren raised his hand with a smile and waved to Ning Zhou: "Come together!"
So he only hesitated for a moment, then walked straight and firm towards him.