Under the darkness, a group of men armed with knives, crowbars, water pipes, and even bricks rushed into Mark's rare antiquities shop.

They smashed through the doors, smashed the counters, smashed the utensils, and all of them were full of anger.

"Did you find Mark?"

Andre put his arm around his woman and strode into the store.

He had a bald head, a nose ring, a thick gold chain around his neck, and only a small vest on his body, brawling his strong pectoral muscles and neat eight-pack abs.

And his woman, a woman with heavy makeup and long breasts and thighs, was holding his arm tightly, peeking around nervously.

A knife-wielding brother saw the boss come in, and hurriedly leaned over and said, "Boss, not yet." This shop is only two floors, and we have already turned it over, and there is not even a shadow. Did you say that guy heard the wind and ran away? ”

Another little brother with a stick also came over and said, "Yes, boss." I went to his school two days ago and he hasn't been in class this week. And it seems that we are not the only ones who have come to inquire about his whereabouts. ”

Hearing this, the woman holding Andre's arm couldn't help but tremble.

Then Andrei thought that his woman was scared, and hurriedly comforted: "Tina, don't be afraid! That kid can't escape, and when I find him, I'll take him in front of you and crush his eggs!" ”

After speaking, he also shook his hand very vividly, and his finger bones "gurgled".

But the woman only smiled reluctantly, and lowered her eyes.

A flash of contempt flashed.

……

Underground Vault.

As soon as Su Xianfang heard the sound, he sensed that something was wrong.

He quickly put down the body, glanced at the entrance of the secret room, and walked over lightly.

This chamber is hidden underneath the antiquities shop.

On the first floor of the antiquities shop, there are three rooms, one is the exhibition hall used for general goods on the outside, the other is the living room used for entertaining guests and resting inside, and the small room located under the middle staircase is the washroom.

As for the valuables, warehouses and bedrooms, they are all on the second floor.

The entrance to the secret room is hidden in the bathroom on the first floor.

Su Xian walked to the entrance of the secret room, pulled down a rope on the side of the wall, and a pipe hung down from above.

The tube is in the shape of a "Z" and is a periscope made by specular reflection.

The other end of the periscope is hidden in the wall of the exhibition hall on the first floor.

Through this periscope, Su Xian can clearly see the situation in the exhibition hall on the first floor.

"A gang leader?"

He frowned, trying to remember.

"I remembered. The guy's name is Andre, and he is the leader of a small gang in the East End, and Mark once met him at a party. But who is the woman next to him? It's as if he knows Mark, but Mark clearly doesn't remember this person. Is it because of a lack of memory? ”

"I originally thought that the people who came to visit late at night would be Mark's enemy, but these people clearly have nothing to do with Mark."

"Thankfully, the chamber hasn't been discovered yet......"

……

But this glimmer of joy had just been generated, but the woman with lowered eyes suddenly raised her head, her emerald green eyes as smart as a cat's eye flashed with a faint light, and she actually looked straight at the lens hidden in the wall!

"Discovered!"

Su Xian's heart tightened, and he suddenly withdrew his gaze.

But he immediately thought that he was using a periscope, and there was no situation where the line of sight was opposite, so he went back again.

But when he looked at it, he found that the woman had said a few words in Andre's ear, and the gang leader waved his hand, and several gang members came over with a smirk, raised their weapons and slammed them against the wall where the camera was!

The strength of these gang members seemed to be much greater than the average person, and the inner wall of the antiquity shop could not withstand such violent smashing by them, and it collapsed two minutes later!

The wall collapsed, revealing the periscope buried in it.

Andrei unscrewed the pipe and burst out laughing: "Sure enough. Dig down for me, that guy must be hiding underground! ”

"Yes!"

The gang members were also excited, and one by one, they looked like hyenas locked on their prey, staring fiercely at the floor.

……

"It's really a bad year."

Su Xian straightened up helplessly and strode towards his corpse.

Although he didn't think that Mark and this Andre had any irresolvable hatred, reasoning with the gang was like conspiring with a tiger - no matter what era it is.

He bent down and grabbed the corpse's shoulder once more, and the same sound came again.

"Blind evasion, unsurmountable doom, despicable egoists, forced self-sacrifice...... The ultimate salvation, the reversal of the hanged man......"

……

"I thought that the whisper that appeared in my ear was the parchment used to deceive people, but I didn't expect to hear a similar sound when I touched this corpse. It seems that the source of the voice is from myself, not from the parchment and the corpse. ”

"Rarity is value, offer a sacrifice to God, and God will give you back and give you favor. The rarer it is, the more ...... the favor of the gods will be—this is the description of parchment. ”

"Blind evasion, unsurmountable doom, despicable egoists, forced self-sacrifice...... The ultimate redemption, the reversed hanged man - this is the description of this corpse. ”

"When I come into contact with something special enough, I hear these descriptions of yes and no."

"It's a description that only I can hear."

"Based on these descriptions, I was able to properly use parchment for sacrifice."

"Mark didn't use the sacrifice, or used the wrong sacrifice and the wrong way of sacrificing, but I'm different, I have ready-made sacrifices—there's probably no rarer sacrifice in the world than my corpse!"

Offering one's own body as a sacrifice to God.

If you think about it, it's still a little repulsive.

But in the end, it has to be disposed of, and it is better to make the best use of it.

Su Xian made up his mind and began to try to sacrifice.

Everything is ready-made, and the kind-hearted Mark has everything ready for him.

Altars, symbols, and offerings, and the rest are prayers for supplication.

It's a pity that Su Xian has nothing to do with this, and Mark is not a believer.

But time is running out, and at this time I can only forcibly make up for it.

After dragging the corpse to the edge of the long table, Su Xian pressed one hand on the parchment and the other on his corpse, endured the shame, and said aloud: "Take my corpse...... Offer the 'Reversed Hangman' as a sacrifice and ask God to give back to me and grant me a favor! ”

There are two keys to sacrifice.

The first is to sacrifice "rare things".

The second is that you can't specify a certain goal when praying.

The so-called favor of God is the favor given by God to man, not the favor that man asks from God, so there is a difference between the host and the object, only seeking favor, not specifying the one, so as not to provoke God and suffer God's punishment.

After the prayer is over.

Su Xian closed his eyes and waited for the result.

The touch on the left hand has disappeared, indicating that the "Reversed Hangman" has been successfully taken away by the gods as a sacrifice.

But then, a faint voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Offer the 'Reversed Hangman' as a sacrifice, please ......"

It was his own voice.

"What the hell?"

He opened his eyes suddenly, only to see that he was no longer in the secret room.

……

[PS: "The Hanged Guy" is a card in the tarot card, this card symbolizes self-sacrifice, fearless hardship, overcoming obstacles, and being reborn from the ashes. The card depicts a warrior hanging upside down with his hands tied behind his back, and a faint angelic halo has appeared on his head. 】

[PS: "The Reverse Hangman" is a card in the text because Mark was "killed" by himself, but the protagonist was redeemed. It contains Mark's soul and the main character's body. The card is a "hanged upside-down" with a reverse view. It symbolizes blind avoidance, selfishness, inability to endure suffering, lack of self-sacrificing courage, and inability to be redeemed. 】