It only took less than two hours for Lin Ze to master the three flame skills, but he was limited by the fact that the flame power scale was too low, and the power was quite disappointing.

With his current physical fitness, the damage of a casual punch is much more terrifying than the so-called flame bullet.

"But for me, it doesn't matter if you have a fire skill or anything, what matters is that you get permission to manipulate the flames. ”

If the amount of fire elementals controlled increases significantly, the power of the Red Lotus Flame will also increase.

"So at this stage, we have to find a way to increase the scale of the flame power. ”

Lin Ze recalled the information in his mind.

In the Fire Infant Sect, the power of fire is given by the gods, and the higher the status of the member in the sect, the more power of fire will be granted, so if you want to increase the power of fire, you can only increase the level of members.

And if you want to increase the level of members, the only hard rule is to pass the strength test.

For example, Lin Ze is now a fire-level official god disciple, and if he wants to be promoted to the flame level, he must pass the two-star strength test and prove that he has two-star strength before he can be promoted.

That's not a problem for him.

Even if he didn't use the soul knife and aura, just relying on his physical fitness and fighting skills, his strength had already surpassed that of a warrior, and a two-star god disciple like the young man just now, dozens of them were not enough for him to kill.

And there are many people in the Fire Infant Sect who have inhuman physical qualities and are good at physical arts, and there are even those who have not mastered the power of flames and have reached a four-star high-level divine disciple by taking the fighting route, compared to a mere two-star divine disciple, it is particularly unremarkable.

Coming out of the public hall, Lin Ze first handed over the skill watch, then returned to the ninth floor, submitted an application for a two-star strength test on the terminal, and then turned to leave.

The application needs to be approved, and it will take at least three days to conduct the assessment, and he plans to take advantage of this time to visit Chihuo City and familiarize himself with the city, although he has the background information of Chihuo City in his mind, but it is only approximate, and it is not as detailed and familiar as what he has seen with his own eyes.

Back on the third floor, Lin Ze changed his uniform, went down to the parking lot in the civilian clothes he came, and prepared to drive away.

This is a rule of the Fire Infant Sect, and members of the Sect are not allowed to wear uniforms outside except during missions.

This regulation is a bit strange, and the information in Lin Ze's mind does not explain it.

There are many similar strange regulations, the most puzzling of which is a provision on late-night operations.

All members of the Fire Infant Sect must go to bed before 12 o'clock in the evening, and if they do not fall asleep for special reasons, they are forbidden to leave the house, no matter what movement is heard outside, no matter what happens, they are not allowed to go out until 6 o'clock in the morning, and those who violate the sect are expelled from the sect and are sentenced to death.

The death penalty for going out after twelve o'clock at night is appalling, but it is one of the most important rules of the Fire Infant Sect.

Lin Ze was also very surprised when he learned of this rule, but the Fire Infant Sect also did not explain this, but only required all members to strictly follow the rules, otherwise they would bear the consequences.

So he didn't dig deeper, anyway, he didn't know what was going on until after twelve o'clock in the evening.

In the following time, Lin Ze drove around the city, familiarizing himself with the situation of Chihuo City.

What you see along the way is almost the same as some big cities in reality, except for the presence of the Fire Infant Sect, so you can often see various images and logos of the gods.

Although the name of the fire baby has the word baby in it, the image is a burly man with raging flames all over his body, his face is as hard as a knife and an axe, his expression is indifferent, and there are six fireballs suspended behind him, forming a semi-arc.

I don't know if it's because it's been processed, or if the image of the fire baby itself is extremely special, but at a glance, this image has a strange charm that makes people break their hearts, and it is undoubtedly very suitable as a propaganda for the gods.

When passing by a large square, Lin Ze saw many tourists standing under the statue of the fire baby in the center of the square, praying with their eyes closed, and their demeanor was very religious.

Similar scenes were not uncommon, and he became more and more deeply aware of the powerful dominance of the Fire Infant Sect over Red Fire City.

It wasn't until eleven o'clock in the evening that Lin Ze returned to the apartment where he lived, took a leisurely shower and ate supper.

When the time was close to twelve o'clock, he sat on the sofa in the living room, staring intently at the wall clock on the wall, with the summoned soul sword red lotus in his hand, and began to concentrate on guard.

The moment the three hands of the clock point to the 12th scale at the same time, the whole world falls silent for a moment, as if all the sounds have disappeared.

Lin Ze got up from the sofa, felt it intently, and found that not only the sound, but also the breath of all living creatures had disappeared.

Originally, in his senses, there were still a lot of residents in the entire building, but in that moment just now, the breath of all living people disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

Frowning and groaning for a moment, Lin Ze turned around and came to the window, pushed open the window and looked out, the street, which was still very noisy and lively during the day, had become dead and gloomy at this time, and not only did not see half a figure on the big street, but not even the tail lights of the car.

The dim glow of the street lamps illuminates the street, creating a long shadow over the garbage cans on the opposite side.

Looking at it, the shadows of the building floors in the distance are very blurry, and they look at countless ghosts and ghosts with teeth and claws, wanting to choose people to devour.

The late-night city scene in front of you is really eerie, in stark contrast to the bustle and liveliness of the daytime.

"That's why the Fire Babies Sect forbids members from going out?"

Looking at the strange scene in front of him, doubtful thoughts flashed through Lin Ze's mind.

Calming down, he turned and left the house and went out into the hallway.

The elevator was unexpectedly out of service, so Lin Ze had to walk down the stairs, looking for a room on each floor, violently breaking the door and going in to check, and sure enough, no one was there without exception.

To his surprise, many of the suites still had traces of the owner's sleep on the beds, as if the residents had suddenly disappeared in their sleep.

Lin Ze became more and more surprised, and quickened his pace to the street outside.

It was silent, except for the faint sound of footsteps as he walked.

On the way, Lin Ze found a few more buildings to investigate, but still didn't find half a figure.

"It seems that everyone has really disappeared Well, it's not accurate to say this, it should be that ordinary people have disappeared, at least the people from the Fire Infant Sect should still be there, otherwise the rule of prohibiting going out after twelve o'clock will be meaningless. ”

Walking slowly on the lonely street, Lin Ze probed around step by step, while contemplating secretly.

He still didn't understand why the Fire Infant Sect made a rule prohibiting members from going out after twelve o'clock, was it because there was a potentially huge danger in the Red Fire City that changed after twelve o'clock, or was there something that people couldn't see?

In addition to doubts, Lin Ze even had the idea of rushing into the sect headquarters to find out, but this thought was only fleeting, and then he pressed it down.

At present, he still has to rely on the Fire Infant Sect to increase the power of the flames, and he can't break with it and conflict with it.

Thinking of this, Lin Ze turned his steps, no longer swaggering in the middle of the street, but hid in the shadows on the side of the road, walked forward with the help of the shadows, and carefully patrolled around.

Because he was worried that there might be people from the Fire Infant Sect patrolling the city, he couldn't let go of his hands and feet, and the efficiency of the investigation was not high, until it was dark, he only inspected the area within a radius of nearly a kilometer of the building, but unfortunately he didn't find anything.

"The rules prohibit going out from twelve to six o'clock, so Chihuo City should return to normal at six o'clock. ”

Seeing that the time was approaching six o'clock, Lin Ze had no choice but to turn around and return to his residence, sit on the sofa and wait quietly.

Sure enough, when the clock on the wall came to six o'clock, the whole world seemed to come to life in an instant, and all kinds of sounds and the breath of living people returned in an instant, appearing in Lin Ze's induction, so that he was a little uncomfortable for a while, and it took four or five seconds to come back to his senses.

He stepped over to the window and looked out, and couldn't help but be amazed.

The streets had reverted to the same hustle and bustle as yesterday's daytime, with cars and people coming and going, as if the silence of a few minutes ago was just an illusion on his part.

After staring for a moment, Lin Ze retracted his gaze, turned around and left the room, and took the elevator to the underground parking lot.

Although he hadn't slept all night, he was still in good spirits, and he planned to go out for a ride and visit Chihuo City, and by the way, he would find out what places of interest were there, and wait until after twelve o'clock in the evening to investigate.

As a result, as soon as he drove the car out of the underground parking lot, Lin Ze received a notice from the Fire Infant Sect, asking him to rush to the sect headquarters immediately.

"It can't be because of last night, right?"

Hanging up the phone, Lin Ze muttered secretly in his heart, and immediately denied his guess.

If it was really the sect that had violated the rules last night and had known about it, there would have been more than one phone call.

When he rushed to the sect headquarters and asked, it was really not because of last night's incident, but the content also surprised him slightly.

"On a mission?"

"Yes. ”

The person in charge of receiving Lin Ze was a handsome clerical girl wearing glasses and belonging to the peripheral organization, just an ordinary person and not a god.

Staff like her abound in the sect's headquarters, several times as many as the members of the Divine Cult.

In the face of the official members of the sect, even if they were only the lowest-level fire-level gods, the clerk girl still looked very respectful, and patiently explained with a smile: "It's a mission to clean up heretics. ”

"The city police discovered the hideout of a group of heretics, and it was expected that there might be a large number of heretics with extraordinary abilities, and in order to avoid startling the snakes, they did not act immediately, but only secretly monitored, and then immediately sent people to the sect for help. ”

"Deacon Fu Cheng accepted the call for help from the city bureau and is now mobilizing manpower to prepare to eliminate that gang of heretics. ”