Cassius walked down the mountain with a slight heaviness on his feet, and as he left the mine town by bus, he couldn't help but glance at the fork in the tunnel, and there was a heaviness in his heart that was shrouded in shadows.

He took out the piece of paper that Duchamp had given him, and it turned out to be a speculative text about the worship of the Abyss.

Based on various vague and obscure documents, as well as vague metaphors in the sacred texts of the Seven Jewels, the following conclusions are drawn:

1. The Seven Jewels Sect believes that the world is divided into the sky (the realm of gods), the earth (the realm of man), and the abyss of hell (the realm of demons), and between the three, there are countless spaces as barriers.

2. The popularity of the Abyss Sect is that after the collapse of the ancient civilization, some people wanted to gain power by changing their faith, which prevailed in the dark ages.

3. In order to flatter the demons, these people also demonized their hearts first, resulting in the anti-human form of abyssal sacrifice. It has been exterminated many times in history.

4. In the sanctuaries and ruins built for the goddess, they are always built to be higher than the ground in order to move closer to the sky.

5. In this way, in order to get closer to the demons, the places where the abyss sacrifices recorded in history will also be preferred to go deep underground, gloomy, with cliffs, large pits, and deep caves nearby, and even build huge pits similar to the abyss as altars, and the colors tend to be gloomy, bloody, and mysterious.

6. In the Middle Ages, a number of ruins appeared, often only two or three floors above the ground, but many floors deep underground. These relics of the Alchemy Age are obviously not to pay tribute to the sky of the goddess, but may be to pay tribute to the alchemist himself, and the place to go down is not to pay tribute to the abyss, but to be close to the place where the underground Qiyao veins are active, in order to absorb energy. With the desolation of the alchemical civilization, these ruins may also be chosen as places of abyss sacrifice after they are deserted.

7. Demons are not gods, but they are also existences with some powerful abilities, and the altar they choose for them will definitely be ceremoniously selected according to the logic that the demon likes, such as the darkness and the dark river flowing underground (the legend says that the underground of the abyss is the dark river of fire), and the place with the Yao Vein underground is also the first choice, because the Yao Vein can be regarded as a dark river, and the Yao Vein is conducive to arranging the formation and forming a special aura. In addition, places full of blood and evil spirits, which are easy to cause mental fear and stress, will also become the first choice of places, such as ancient battlefields, abandoned buildings where terrorist events have occurred, etc., and ruins, because they look gorgeous and grand, are perfect as altars.

8. Sacrificing to demons may eventually obtain a part of the demonic power, but at the same time, it will also be assimilated into demons, abandoning human logic, values and reason, so in the medieval classics, there will be a puzzling phenomenon of alienation that has been repeatedly extinguished. And once it reaches this point, only an expert who has gained the ability of the goddess can solve the problem.

9. It is possible that these anomalous changes that have occurred today are based on some ancient obscure legends, or they are resurrected according to the remnants of some exterminated Abyss Sect that were suddenly discovered, or it cannot explain why they suddenly became so active.

After reading this page, Cassius turned the paper over and saw that there were still words on the back:

Known Colony Statistics:

The monastery of the moon outside the town of the Mines of Amaynz, type, abandoned ruins, anastomotic features, with a deep cliff next to it, the bottom should be connected to the mine's Radiant Vein.

Sun fortress near the village of Almolica, type, abandoned ruins, anastomotic features, near the ancient battlefield. In addition, it has collapsed and no entrance can be found.

C Cave on the outskirts of Altair, type: natural cave. Location unknown.

D Paradise. Man-made modern building located on the water 30 minutes by boat from Angoriwen.

After returning to the city, Cassius went to the police station and asked the police officer at the front desk about the movement of his younger brother Arios, and it happened that Arios did not go out, and the two found a quiet place to sit outside the police station.

Arios, apparently seeing that Cassius seemed to be in a bad spirit, asked with concern, "You seem to be a little tired." ”

"It's a bit stressful."

Arios looked at this senior brother who had been famous on the continent for a long time, and rarely heard such words from his mouth, he asked, "What's wrong?" How can we help? ”

Cassius looked at this junior disciple who was even more talented in swordsmanship than himself, and tried to ask, "There seems to be a ruin on the side of the Mainz mine, do you have any information about it here?" ”

Arios didn't expect him to ask this, and said casually: "That ruin has been abandoned for a long time, it is already a dangerous building, and the guard has a barricade at the door. Occasionally, tourists come to the door to take a look out of the distance. At the end of February, there was an accident, as if someone wanted to break into the ruins to explore the treasure or something, met the monster outside the gate of the ruins, was seriously injured, looked at the traces of the scene, crawled hundreds of distances, climbed from the gate of the ruins to the path outside. Early in the morning, the police station received a report from a citizen that the roadblock had been damaged, and that I had gone to investigate the scene. ”

After saying that, Arius looked at Cassius and asked, "Is this what you are talking about?" ”

When Cassius heard this, his brow furrowed even more, he obviously knew the truth of this matter. He continued, "Is there a bridge at the entrance of that ruin?" ”

"Have you been? There is a very spectacular stone arch bridge, and below the bridge is a cliff with an indistinct depth, and the terrain is very dangerous. ”

Cassius said word for word: "You must not go to explore that ruin, and even if you do, you must not step on that bridge." ”

When Arios heard this, he was surprised and said, "Why? ”

Cassius continued to instruct in a low voice: "I will tell you the reason later, and if anything strange happens there in the future, silently pay attention to it and write it down, but don't take the initiative to investigate, let alone cross the bridge, and don't let people know that you are paying attention to this, and if you find anything wrong, notify me immediately." ”

Seeing that he had spoken it twice in a row, Arios naturally wrote it down solemnly. The two gossiped to each other again and left.

Returning to the partisan branch, Cassius went upstairs to the lounge area, sat down at his desk, and began to draw up a work plan:

1. To report to Her Majesty Queen Liber on the serious consequences that may arise from the civil strife in the Republic of Calvard, and to consult with other friendly neighbours.

2. Negotiate with the branch of the Guerrilla Association in Calvard about emergency measures and the search for a 'paradise'.

3. Strengthen information exchange and cooperation with experts.

4. Strengthen the attention and intelligence analysis of officials in Calvard who deliberately delay the situation.

When he wrote the words intelligence analysis, he suddenly remembered the mysterious S, and he didn't know what he was doing at the moment.

(The Zongzi Festival is here, and the festival will be finished early tomorrow morning)