Calis nodded silently and walked inside.

A heavy smell of moisture and musty came to my face. He subconsciously raised the back of his hand to cover his nostrils, and saw that it was a spacious room, with a wooden candlestick with a lit candle against the wall, and a workbench made of cement and bricks in the center. Two men in white clergy robes were busy, wearing hoods and leaving only two small holes in their eyes to look outside.

Lying on the platform was a young man in his twenties.

He was naked, with his hands and feet spread out, lying flat in a "big" figure. The wrists and ankles are chained, and the waist is held firmly in place by two leather pouches connected to the platform, which can be shaken but cannot be broken.

Joseph stuck the torch in the metal pedestal on the wall near the door and walked slowly. Calis followed in his footsteps, and he soon noticed the young man lying on the platform, staring misty, as if awakened from sleep.

"How reverent is he?" Joseph asked.

The white-robed man standing on the left replied, "The evaluation value is eighty-four percent, which is already the standard of a fanatic." ”

There was a smile on Joseph's stiff face like a dead man, perhaps with kindness, or perhaps he wanted to be more gentle, but his appearance and temperament determined that he was destined to be deprived of all kinds of beautiful words, and this smile was especially terrifying to Calis: "Injection! Let the Duke see what he's going to do next. ”

After a pause, he added, "This is what Your Majesty meant." ”

The white-robed man standing on the right turned around, pulled open the closet across the platform, and pulled out a pre-prepared syringe.

Calis is no stranger to this thing.

The great kingdoms mastered the technology of glass firing from a very early age. The overlap between genetic memory and reality is what makes such a thing as a "syringe" possible. It is not difficult to make a closed glass tube, the key is to create a hollow needle. At present, there are only four blacksmiths in the entire southern continent who are capable of making hollow needles, and the radius of the needle barrel is more than five millimeters.

A thick needle pierced into the young man's body, and under the force of the white-robed man's fingers, he injected all the light gray liquid of a full syringe.

The needle was pulled out, and after a few seconds, the young man with a shriveled expression suddenly opened his eyes, as if he had been stimulated by some kind of stimulus, he pulled the iron shackles that locked his hands and feet like crazy, the muscles on his naked body bulged, and thick blood vessels bulged from under the skin. He opened his mouth and made a "whoosh" sound of unknown significance.

As a duke, Calis had seen many things that were classified to ordinary people. It was not difficult to tell that the young man had been injected with some kind of stimulant drug, such as Migael Agent 44.

Nevertheless, the Duke approached Joseph and asked, pretending to be horrified, "What is wrong with him?" ”

"The Holy Lord is putting his piety to the test." Joseph replied lightly: "As long as he survives this level, he can become a powerful warrior." ”

"You mean the Holy Army?" Calis reacted quickly, and the word he had heard immediately flashed in the depths of his mind.

Joseph turned to the side and looked at him: "The Holy Cult Army is the most powerful army of the Holy See, and all the soldiers are the strongest warriors. Originally, I shouldn't have told you this, but since it is Your Majesty's will, I can only obey. ”

"Praise be to the Holy Lord." Calis knew that he had to be especially pious on such occasions.

"Praise be to the Holy Lord." In the same sentence, Joseph said dryly and without emotion: "The guardians outside are the Holy Cult Army." Without His Majesty's permission, they never left their station. Your Excellency, you are fortunate that this is a secret that none of the kings knows. ”

Calis was horrified by Joseph's later words. He then shifted the topic to the young people who were constantly howling and struggling: "If the transformation is successful, what level of combat effectiveness can they have." ”

"It's similar to the giants of the north, and some individuals are even stronger." Joseph replied quickly.

"Sizzle......" Calis couldn't help but gasp, and he immediately became interested in it: "How strong can it be?" ”

"Twenty-eight percent more than an adult northern giant." Although stereotyped and aloof, like an emotionless robot, Joseph is particularly sensitive to data and has a keen reflex ability to quickly identify the parts he needs from memory: "This is the highest record of experiments to date. ”

Calis ignores the rich word "experiment." There are living examples in front of you, and anyone who is not a fool can understand that the young man locked on the cement platform is actually an experimental subject. As for the specific source...... One key word mentioned in the conversation between Joseph and the white-robed man ———— piety.

Compared to the common people, the aristocracy was superior to them in terms of intellectual level and personal opinions. Therefore, on the issue of god worship, the logic and understanding of the nobility and the commoners are completely different.

After thousands of years of brainwashing by the Church, as well as various "miracles" deliberately performed by the Church, coupled with large-scale foolishness and missionary work, the common people have long believed that there are gods in this world. The difference is that the kingdoms of the Rhine, Plantagenet, Saxon, and Vikings worship the Holy Lord, the only deity advocated by the Holy See. The kingdom of the Lord is different, and the gods they worship are called "Lords", hence the name of the country.

The war between the Four Kingdoms and the Kingdom of God would have continued without the mediation of the Holy See, which persuaded the countries to temporarily settle the dispute and work together against the northern giants.

Both the Lord and the Lord are the supreme beings who must never be disobeyed and must obey in the eyes of their respective believers.

The kings were well aware that although there were some strange events in the world that were beyond the scope of normal logical explanation, on the whole, there was no such thing as a "god". Moreover, the kings did not like the gods at all, which meant that the power in the hands was questioned, and there were even large-scale rebellions among the common people who preferred to obey the will of the gods and refused to obey the king's orders.

Countless wars, countless war dead, in front of the mountains of corpses, the originally resolute attitude of the Holy See finally chose to give in. The pope and the kings made an agreement and promised that the clergy stationed everywhere would no longer preach "the superiority of the divine power" while preaching, but would try to downplay or even mention the slightest mention of it. At the same time, the Holy See has an obligation to help the kings stabilize the situation and consolidate their rule. In exchange, the kings allowed the Holy See to levy "tithes" in various places, and hired high-ranking clergy as court advisers to assist the government as "spokesmen of the gods."

Calis was the duke. A high aristocrat like him was, in a sense, as powerful as a king. Although the ancestors of the family were very religious, Calis was skeptical about the existence of the Holy Lord. After all, no one had ever seen the Holy Lord, and he himself knew very well what those so-called "miracles" were all about———— water turned into ice because of a substance called "miscanthus salt"; Cutting off the body can still move, and after the "holy light" irradiation and splicing, it becomes a complete living person again, but it is just a trick to use the box and light to play; There are also those little tricks of swallowing long swords and three small balls coming and going in the bowl so that people can't guess where they are...... With the passage of time, many of the "miracles" that the ancients could not understand more than a thousand years ago have now been proven to be street juggling, or even just magic tricks that arranged props and sets.

It sounds funny, but no one can deny that it is true, and it has happened in history. But it is undeniable that these crude and ridiculous methods worked well when the Holy See was first created, attracting a large number of believers.

In Calis's position, he believes that "piety" should refer to a person's faith, perseverance, and dedication to a goal.

The Holy See has too many secrets.

The Pope said lightly: let yourself see the four and six.

In this room, marked "Four" with white paint, there is an experimenter whose comprehensive strength has reached or even possibly surpassed that of the Northern Giant.

Thinking of this, Calis suddenly felt a cold sweat on his back, and his bones were terrified.

"Someone like him ......" Calis asked Joseph, pointing to the twisting and struggling young man lying on the platform, "I mean the Holy Cult, how many of them are there?" ”

Joseph, dressed in a black robe, did not feel very comfortable, and he let out the ugly, hoarse dry smile of an owl catching a mouse: "Your Excellency, this question is beyond my normal explanation. His Majesty only said let me show you the number four and the six, and did not ask me to tell you more details. ”

Calis rubbed his hands together and sneered, "That...... Well, let me change the question: will all those who have undergone all the tests and survived become Holy Cult Army? ”

Joseph thought for a few seconds and nodded slowly: "Yes." ”

Apparently not intending to give Calis a chance to continue asking questions, he turned around and walked towards the door: "We've been here for too long. Let's go, now I'll take you to see Number Six. ”

……

Following Joseph to the end of the hallway, Calis saw another staircase.

There were other strange things he had never seen before.

It was a steel platform of over fifty square meters, surrounded by a metal fence, and the railing facing the corridor had been bent, apparently caused by some violent impact, and had sunk inward, forming a cracked metal hemisphere.

Torches planted in the walls on both sides illuminate part of the swarthy walls on the inside of the platform. Through the gap between the platform and the fence, the Duke was surprised to find that the bottom of the platform was only connected to the wall by the outer corners, and that the bottom was empty and bottomless.

Seeing that he was bent over to stare at the metal platform, Joseph shrugged his shoulders and said lightly, "There's nothing strange about it. You can think of this as a special "well". Of course, there is no water here, and it is not a passage to hell. ”

It is still the same spiral staircase as the upper floor, and the steps are all large pieces of stone Pucheng. Walking all the way to the ground floor, Calis found that it was extremely empty, especially in the open space where hundreds of huge rectangular metal boxes were stacked.

The Duke glanced at Joseph and saw that the other party had no intention of stopping him. So he walked over and raised his hand to touch the rusty metal box, and his fingertips were suddenly stained with a dark rust.

Joseph, the dead-faced man, made a hoarse voice: "There's nothing to see here, let's go!" ”

If Tianhao was present, he would definitely find that the metal platform was actually a lift.

As for these dilapidated metal crates in the open space, they are large containers that have been eroded by the wind and frost of time.

"Old Mama" is right: the asteroid impact on the earth did not destroy everything, and there is still a part of the well-protected base intact. As for what exactly can be found in the remnants of these civilizations...... Everything can only depend on luck and the vision of those who come after it.

……

Calis followed in Joseph's footsteps and gradually entered the depths of this underground complex.

He was shocked to find that this place was extremely large. Because there are so many rooms, this floor is even equipped with horses and carriages, as well as special drivers. Sitting in an open-top carriage, Calis saw a lot of things that were very different from the earthly world. In the case of walls, for example, the material that composes it is not the familiar plaster and stone, but something similar to metal, and perhaps even metal itself. Its surface is smooth and soft, reflecting a harsh glow in the light of the fire.

The road was wide enough for ten carriages to run in parallel. Wooden wheels crush the smooth road, making a rhythmic turning sound. Occasionally, several guards can be seen, dressed in the same uniform as the Holy Cult Army guarding the ground entrance, equipped with the best weaponry. The most striking feature is the long-handled battle axe they hold tightly in their hands. In contrast, a musket carried cross-body on the back was clearly not a common weapon, but rather a spare.

Why is this happening?

The Duke fell into deep thought.

He had a feeling that the answer should lie in the vast underground complex itself. Although the musket is advanced, it has many advantages over cold weapons. However, as long as there is strong strength and combat skills, regardless of factors such as preemption, first hit, and distance, the destructive power of a fierce cold weapon such as a tomahawk is actually much higher than that of a lead bullet.

The young experimenter in Laboratory Four made a deep impression on the Duke. But he still felt that the secrets hidden in this underground structure should be far more than he knew. As the carriage went farther and farther, the Duke silently counted the time and distance, and was shocked to find that the scale of the underground structure was even larger than that of Gabriel on the ground.

If there are people in these rooms along the way, if these rooms are full of supplies, if these rooms are all secretly experimenting...... Calis felt a cold sweat dripping down his back, and he couldn't even think about it. It's horrible, it's crazy.

Joseph, who was sitting across from him, stared at him and asked suspiciously, "You don't seem to be feeling well?" ”

The Duke barely managed to squeeze out a smile: "Maybe it's too stuffy here, and I feel a little hard to breathe." ”