Chapter 17: Clues

"No, just because we're companions, please tell me honestly, okay?" Xia Cen still insisted on not giving in. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Yan Feng, it's okay, it's not something unspeakable," Chen Yu said calmly, "To be honest, it's a pure coincidence that I met you, since I came here, I have always lived with my uncle, but after he died, I became a lonely person, because no one in the church wanted to pay attention to me at all."

"I've tried to find other people, but they all think I'm a nuisance and won't accept me."

"Why?" Yan Feng was puzzled.

"I don't know, maybe I've always come across as unreliable, right?" Chen Yu's eyes suddenly looked into the distance, and he continued to spit out his sincere words: "Actually, I am really happy that you are willing to be companions with me."

"Nonsense, what's wrong with you?" Fumizaki slapped him the back, "You are my savior, it is they who have eyes and don't know Taishan, don't think too much, have confidence in yourself!"

"Yes, Fumizaki is right," Xia Cen smiled at him, "What I'm most curious about is why the others don't have a small group like us?" Unity is strength!"

"Oh, I've asked this question before, and the answer I got is that because I'm fed up with betrayal and saved my companion but was victimized by my companion in the end, I just went it alone, and it was easy."

"I see," Xia Cen finally understood, "Sure enough, people are unpredictable."

"yes, you're done asking about the side dishes now," Yan Feng suddenly said, "Should we start getting into the subject?"

"Yan Feng, you really know me," Xia Cen looked at everyone, "I think you should all noticed, right?" The beheading demon Mike called Yan Feng a ...... for Miss Jun."

"I don't think he's so blind that he thinks a man is a woman, right?" Chen Yu replied first.

"I think when he says that, it feels like he's talking to himself." Fumisaki second.

"Isn't it like living in your own memories?" Xia Cen frowned, thinking carefully.

She always felt that there seemed to be some important factor missing in addition to this reason, but she hadn't found it yet.

"That's right, just like you said," Fumizaki nodded immediately, "as if immersed in his own old past, repeating what he did back then......."

"By the way, this is it," Xia Cen shouted suddenly, startling everyone on the spot, "Fumizaki, you've got to the point, everyone listen to me carefully."

"I think I've discovered the key to this," Xia Cen continued, "I'm guessing that the demons who hunted us down are still alive in their own memories, and what they do now is what they did in their lifetime."

"In other words, the one hundred and first victim that McHe killed before his death was a woman named Xiaojun?" Yan Feng also seemed to have something in mind.

"By analogy, wouldn't everyone in the church now become stand-ins for the victims of those demons?" Now, even Chen Yu gradually understands a little.

"Oh my God, what the hell are you three talking about?" Fumizaki was still confused, completely confused about the situation, "Why am I the only one who understands or not?"

"Fumizaki, I'll make a summary of what we just discussed, you have to listen carefully," Xia Cen's expression was very serious: "Judging from the signs of these recent events, those demons who chased us are still alive in their memories and still living their lives, and we, very lucky, were chosen to be the stand-ins for those demon victims, I say this, do you understand?"

"What did you say?" Fumizaki was shocked, his face turned pale, "I can understand the helplessness of facing demons here, because this is the reality. But why do we have to be someone else's scapegoat unconditionally?"

"Xia Cen, you told me," Fumizaki grabbed her arm with both hands, and was very emotional, "Why the hell is this?"

"Fumizaki, don't get excited," Yan Feng quickly explained, "It's just our speculation at the moment, and it hasn't been confirmed yet, maybe, it's not what we think. Either way, the truth will come out one day, and then the answer will come out."

"Yes, Fumizaki, even if you force her now, she won't be able to answer you!" Chen Yu also spoke.

"Ah, that's what I'm saying—Xia Ceng, I'm sorry, I'm too excited," Fumizaki said with an apologetic face, "I'm so angry for a while, my emotions are a little out of control, I'm really sorry......

"It's okay, are you alright?" Now it was Xia Cen who was starting to worry about her.

"I'm fine," Fumizaki sighed, "just a little homesick."

"Well, everyone here really wants to go home," Xia Cen comforted her, "It's because we want to go home that we have to cheer up even more, I believe that there is no way to go home, as long as we continue to work hard, we will definitely be able to find a way to go home, let's cheer together!"

Yan Feng put one hand on Wen Qi's shoulder and cheered her on. Chen Yu also walked over and followed suit.

Xia Cen looked at everyone with a firm look in his eyes and a smile.

Although Wu Meng's sacrifice more or less affected them emotionally, they could only silently pray for him in their respective hearts, hoping that he could rest in peace.

"Thank you," Fumizaki blushed, tears rolling in his eyes, "I feel better now."

Xia Cen didn't say anything, walked over directly, and opened his hands to give her a warm hug.

"It's okay." Seeing her regain her spirits, Yan Feng was also relieved.

"So, halfway through the discussion just now," Yan Feng glanced at Xia Cen, "Now let's continue—"

"Well, for now, the demon is now living in the memories of the living, and we are the stand-ins for the victims at that time, if we can't kill them, we will be killed."

"The next question is the Ghost Cry Stone," Xia Cen paused, "I remember, Yan Feng said before that if you use the owner's own weapon to kill the owner, then the owner of the house will become the Ghost Cry Stone after death, this situation seems to be true, and we all gambled with our own eyes just now."

"To put it simply, as long as we can get the owner's weapon before we are killed, and use it to sanction the master, the master will become a ghost crying stone when he dies." Xia Cen first came here to conclude and make a summary.

"The question now is, even if those demons turn into Devil's Crying Stones, so what?" Chen Yu was a little unimpressed, "We still can't escape from the Valley of Ten Thousand Evils!"

"Chen Yu is right, and, putting aside the issue of escaping from the Valley of Ten Thousand Evils, what I am more curious about now and want to know is what is the secret hidden behind the Devil's Crying Stone?" Xia Cen pondered for a long time and finally spoke.

"Xia Cen, how can I not understand what you said?" Fumizaki interjected at this time, "Could it be that the Devil's Crying Stone has any other secrets?"

"Okay, then let me make it clearer, let's think about it carefully, why did we get into the Valley of Ten Thousand Evils for no apparent reason? What is the reason for this?" Xia Cen asked everyone.

"Isn't it our own Devil's Crying Stone that brought us in?" Fumizaki had a serious expression.

"Yes, that's right," Xia Cen nodded, "Suppose we are the lucky ones chosen by the Devil's Crying Stone on our bodies, no, it should be said that we are unlucky ghosts, and then we are brought into the Valley of Ten Thousand Evils by it, and then we live a life of desperate struggle with demons every day. If you don't die and you're lucky, you can get a Demon Crying Stone for no reason."

"Think about it, if you put everything together, have you noticed what kind of message the whole incident reveals?" As soon as Xia Cen's words were finished, everyone immediately fell into deep thought.

「…… Conspiracy," After pondering for a long time, Yan Feng was the first to speak: "An unknown conspiracy."

"How?" Chen Yu and Fumizaki were curious and wanted to know.

"Yan Feng got to the point, that's right, it's a conspiracy." Xia Cen nodded approvingly at him.

"We are the ones chosen by the Devil's Crying Stone," Xia Cen said solemnly, "I ask you, the stone is an inanimate ore body composed of a variety of minerals, which itself neither constitutes nor has any ability to think, in this case, how does it identify and choose the right person?"

"Ah, I understand," Chen Yu suddenly realized, and suddenly enlightened: "It's a person, it's a person who gives it the ability to choose, just like the truth that a Taoist priest of Maoshan uses spells to make a straw man move."

"Yes," Yan Feng nodded, and continued, "So, we are all candidates who have been selected by the people behind the scenes, to put it nicely, warriors who are specially used to deal with demons."

"Moreover, only demons who die at the hands of warriors can meet the conditions for turning into demons and ghosts." Xia Cen continued.

"How so?" Yan Feng looked at her in surprise.

"The reason is very simple, since we are the chosen warriors, in the process of fighting the demon, if we can successfully grab the opponent's weapon and kill him in turn, won't the demon automatically shrink into a demon and cry? Naturally, only the devil who dies in our hands can fulfill the fact that the devil cries."

"Oh~ I see." Fumizaki nodded like garlic on the side, and now she finally understood the whole story.

"Could this be the secret behind the devil's cry?" Chen Yu scratched his head, "Is it really that simple?"

"It's definitely not going to be that simple, Chen Yu," Yan Feng interjected, answering for Xia Cen, "It's just that the part that can be determined at the moment is that we are being targeted by the mastermind behind the scenes, and the other party uses the Devil's Crying Stone to bring us into the Valley of Ten Thousand Evils, forcing us to tear us apart with the demons, and if we don't succeed, we will become benevolent. As for what the Demon Cry really does, we're curious to know."

"Also, if that's the case, then the reason for the existence of this church can be reasonably explained." Xia Cen said.