The three of them walked around the stairs and saw the statues and murals on the walls that Adam's diary said had excited Lily. The statues on the walls are all carved out of stone, and the carving people must have a good skill to bring these animals to life. The statues on the walls are roughly seven appearances: a red-eyed bat with wings about to fly, a golden-eyed toad with its mouth wide open and almost swallowing an adult's fist, a green-eyed lizard lying on its stomach with a hideous expression, two tightly intertwined snakes spitting letters, a purple-eyed crow standing quietly, a black-eyed cat with blue eyes that blows up its fur and a fierce expression as if it was being stepped on by someone, and a wolf that seems to be howling.

Jun Yao looked at the seven statues carefully, nodded unconsciously, and said, "The craftsmanship of this carver is really wonderful, these things look like they are real." Having said this, Jun Yao reached out and wanted to touch the statue of the snake, but before he could reach it, his wrist was already grabbed by Xu Qingran, and his expression was extremely serious, "Don't mess with these things." ”

Jun Yao was frightened by his stern reprimand, Xu Qingran had already let go of her hand, but she was stunned and didn't move, Lin Mo whispered in her ear, "These statues are full of resentment, and some of them have the smell of witchcraft, don't touch them." ”

"Ah...... I know. Jun Yao nodded, withdrew her hand that stopped in mid-air, and followed Xu Qingran and Lin Mo to continue walking up, only took a few steps, she turned around and glanced at the statue of the snake just now For some reason, she always felt that she had seen this statue somewhere before, and it was because she felt very familiar that she wanted to touch it. It was almost a submissive action, if Xu Qingran hadn't grabbed her hand in time to stop his next move, maybe he really touched the statue like a ghost.

Jun Yao retracted her gaze and walked forward again, but as if she remembered something, she turned back to look at the snake statue again.

Is it a delusion? Why did she think the heads of the two snakes seemed to move?

When Jun Yao was wondering whether it was his own illusion or whether it was really moving, Lin Mo in front of him let out an exclamation, Jun Yao raised his head and saw an extremely shocking scene.

Mural.

The beautiful murals, vivid colors, and very special painting styles are endless, and I don't know where to end for a while.

This sense of shock is no less than seeing the Dunhuang murals with your own eyes, or even more so than the feeling of the Dunhuang murals.

At the beginning of the mural, there is a line of small characters engraved with a layer of gold dust, which is particularly eye-catching.

“But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.”

Jun Yao read this sentence out, "From Matthew 6:6 in the Bible." When you pray, go into your closet, close the door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. Your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. ”

Lin Mo looked at her, as if he didn't expect Jun Yao to know the Bible and be so familiar with its contents, Jun Yao just smiled at her, and then focused on the mural.

The mural begins with a woman with long black hair and a long dress as red as blood, kneeling on the fire-scorched earth, holding a book in her hand, her royal blue tears sliding from the corners of her eyes, her expression sad and desperate. In the distance, the sky flashed brightly, and the golden divine light sprinkled on the entire land, and the holy sound of blessing echoed, and everything showed signs of recovery. The woman tossed the book she held at her feet, and she looked at Shenhui with sarcasm, until the light enveloped her, and a scepter appeared in her hand, and struck the ground, the black scorched earth and the tender green new grass against each other, forming a very sharp dividing line. Shenhui suddenly stepped back, and the woman pressed forward step by step, actually driving Shenhui back to the place where it appeared. A crown fell from the sky, and in the fall the crown was shattered, and when it fell to the ground, it was shattered to slag, and the woman bent down to pick up the fragments, as if in pity, and threw it out, and the fragments grew in the barren land, and the beautiful flowers grew in the barren land. All the debris just floated out like that, and everywhere they went, they were endless. The earth was restored to its original appearance under the guidance of the woman, so it became the territory of the woman, people embraced each other, animals gathered, flowers and trees, mountains and rivers, blue sky and white clouds, and under the grand ceremony, the coronation ended. Spring goes to autumn, years have passed, one day thunder thundered, purple shackles broke through the wind, women struggled to resist, the two sides were deadlocked, the familiar divine light quietly fell, and punishment fell on this perverse territory, the pale yellow barrier was tightly wrapped, and no one could escape. The woman withdrew her scepter, looked up to the sky and smiled, waved her hand to create a forest, and disappeared into the verdant greenery.

A long, long time has passed like this, so long that the original woman has long ceased to be known, and it has been so long that the dust has settled, and there are no more variables. One day, a blonde girl broke into the forest, chasing the looming castle and trying to find its true body, when a crow fell in front of the girl. The crow with its wings stained with blood distressed the girl, so she tore her cherished skirt and carefully bandaged it with the hem of it, and the crow obediently rubbed her palm as a token of her gratitude. The girl ran again, and walked through the deep forest, until she finally came to the gloomy castle. The heavy door was pushed open, and the girl laid the crow on the soft couch for it to rest, and she walked around the castle, but could not find anyone. The girl returned to the hall disappointed, only to find that the crow was long gone, leaving only a pitch-black feather to show that it had existed, and the girl left the forest to meet the setting sun.

Black feathers fluttered in the sky, and the blonde girl stood in front of the castle, hesitating, she pushed open the door, and met the black-haired woman in the white dress on the stairs on the second floor. The brunette gave the scepter to the blonde maiden, and then vanished, the blonde girl fell to the ground, leaving a royal blue tear.

At the end of the mural, two royal blue tears merge together and gradually become a clock, distorted time mixed with sacred prayers, never to be heard again.

“Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me.” At the end of the mural, there is still a sentence, covered by gold dust, but it looks so blurry, as if this sentence has been carved and then touched countless times, and finally fell off.

"Psalm 51:2, wash away my iniquity, and cleanse me from it." Lin Mo stretched out his hand and gently stroked the sentence, word by word, as if he was going to rub it into his body. Her voice was soft, like a sprout breaking ground, implying hope.

"The beginning of the mural is prayer, but at the end of the mural is repentance......" Jun Yao shook her head helplessly, the whole mural expressed too much content, she couldn't digest this huge amount of information for a while, so she continued to walk up for a while, to a gentle platform, Jun Yao tried the angle, made sure that all the murals could be seen here, and then sat on the ground, from the gap in the escalator to watch the mural again. Seeing this, Lin Mo and Xu Qingran also came over to sit down and rest, and the three of them did not communicate verbally for a while, but just looked at the mural in silence.

It seemed that a long time had passed, and Jun Yao finally turned around and looked at the two people behind him, "The first half of this mural can't be the legend of Eternal Sleep Town that was painted, right?" ”

"Legends?" Lin Mo didn't react to Jun Yao's meaning, but Xu Qingran nodded, "It's very likely...... Lin Mo, do you think that when you went to ask the lady of Lily's family back then, didn't she mention the time curse? There is also a source about the town of Eternal Sleep. ”

"Eternal Sleep was a miracle a long time ago, it belonged to a certain god, and then because of something, the god lost his power, and the miracle he left behind was punished for the existence of the past." The words of the lady of Lily's house suddenly became clear in her mind.

"When you think about it this way, the first half of this mural is very much like the legend that the lady said." Lin Mo nodded, affirming Jun Yao's guess, so Lin Mo smiled, "Let's analyze this mural, shall we?" First of all, this woman in black, what is her identity? At the beginning of the painting, she looks sad sitting on the barren land, so why is she sad? What is the basis for her position? ”

"I think she's the god, and then you see the light appears, and the scepter appears in the woman's hand, and she's fighting against the light, and she's pushing it back. Then the crown fell, and it became shattered. In my opinion, the scepter is not something that ordinary people can have, only people of high status can hold it. Because in Europe, the scepter is in a sense a symbol of power. And when this heavenly light appeared, it was to restore the vitality of this land, and we can understand the heavenly light as the power of God, right? This woman is able to fight against the light of the sky, that is, against the gods. I don't think that ordinary people can fight against gods, but if she has this ability, even more than Skylight, then she should also be a god, or maybe her status is higher than that of a god. Jun Yao quickly answered Lin Mo's question, Xu Qingran nodded in agreement, and then he also spoke, "You also said that the crown fell and became broken, I think this crown is something more symbolic than the scepter, and it fell from the sky and became shattered, just in response to what the lady of Lily's family said that the gods had lost their power because of some things. When the crown is broken, the strength is gone. ”

"But it's strange that women haven't lost their strength, have they? You see, she picked up the fragment of the crown and threw it out, and then flowers and young grass grew where the fragment was touched, and this power was more powerful than the light of the sky. When the light of the sky shines on the land, it only makes the grass grow here, but the woman can also make the flowers grow here. If the broken crown means that she has lost her power, then where does the woman's power come from after that? Lin Mo asked rhetorically.

"Is it possible that the broken crown represents the loss of identity? Maybe the woman fought against the skylight and was punished by the punishment and lost her status as a god, but the power is still there. You see, the woman used her power to restore the whole earth to its original appearance, and then there was a grand ceremony, which was a coronation ceremony. Perhaps through this coronation, she regained an identity. Jun Yao paused, "It's just that this identity obtained through the coronation ceremony is not necessarily a god. ”

"Actually, I think that the identity obtained through the coronation ceremony should be the identity of the god. However, if we extrapolate in this way, this woman has lost a higher status than a god before. Xu Qingran frowned, he felt that it didn't seem to make much sense to be entangled in what this woman's identity was now, the first half of the mural was the origin of Eternal Sleep Town, and this origin had nothing to do with their mission, but the second half of the mural was more in line with the background of their mission.

Because Xu Qingran thinks that this blonde girl and the blonde girl are the same person, and they are people they know well-

Elizabeth.

"Our focus should be on the second half of the mural, who do you think this blonde girl is?" Xu Qingran asked.

Before Jun Yao and Lin Mo could answer, a song suddenly came from the top of the bell tower.

It was a very ethereal singing, the voice of prayer in the church.

Lin Mo suddenly stretched out his finger and put it in front of his mouth and made a "shhhhh

Jun Yao and Xu Qingran didn't make a sound.

For all of them heard a voice, the sound of metal scraping against the ground hidden in the song.