Chapter 192: Exploration
The salty sea breeze blows, Mu Lan looks at the small white church in front of her, there is a trace of fire dancing in the round window at the top of the spire, and the lights of the whole town are extinguished, and the atmosphere here is surprisingly quiet under the cover of night.
Mu Lan exuded spiritual power to perceive the buildings left and right, except for those abandoned empty houses, most of the townspeople were sleeping, and everything seemed to be normal.
"Going to bed so early?" Lin Yiyi next to him whispered.
It's about eight o'clock in the evening, and when I live in Newport, the factory workers have just eaten, and they'll crowd into cheap pubs to order the cheapest low-quality beer, and the nightlife is just beginning, and the noise and noise will stay until eleven o'clock.
In contrast, the people in Herzros Town have a lot of regular schedules, Mu Lan and Lin Yiyi are walking on the street at will, strolling in this kind of ghostly town, there is a strange sense of excitement.
Ah Feng was not with them, this person may be alone, and when he came out of the hotel, he flashed into the alley on the other side.
Mu Lan and Lin Yiyi's route is the area on the south side of the hotel, which looks more prosperous, and those shops and restaurants appear on this side.
She chose this direction to explore with a purpose, and the Leon family, who could afford the high cost of medical treatment, was unlikely to live on the abandoned and dilapidated north side.
Judging from these shops, the town of Herzros is actually running normally, and there are several old fishing boats crowded on the wharf, indicating that the fishing industry is still thriving, although the residents here are pitiful, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a village, but although the sparrows are small and complete, Mu Lan observed the kung fu and saw a much neat mansion, with a three-story structure, and a rice flag hanging on the roof, which should be the administrative body here.
The buildings behind the mansion are much more magnificent, they are built on a high ground, far away from other buildings, they all have multi-storey structures and large courtyards, and some courtyards have stone fountains, but they have long dried up, and when Mu Lan used detection to perceive, he sighed in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Lin Yiyi touched the bow and arrow behind her back, thinking that there was danger.
"The underground structure here is not right." Mu Lan frowned tightly, and exuded her spiritual power to probe underground, there was a large space under these buildings, and the structure was extremely complex.
"What's underground? Dr. Bourne? Lin Yiyi asked.
"...... under the building," Mu Lan said hesitantly, "There is a bottomless hole. ”
"Holes?" Lin Yiyi was surprised: "Very deep hole? ”
"That's right." Mu Lan was puzzled, "My detection range is about 600 meters, and the hole below has exceeded this distance, and the further down it goes, the wider it becomes......"
Feeling the huge cave like an abyss, as deep as connecting to hell, Mu Lan considered the wording, "Maybe the depth of the cave entrance is far more than 1,000 meters, or even deeper." ”
"What are they doing digging such a deep hole?" Lin Yiyi's mind opened, "Didn't you say that their fishery resources are very abnormal, did they dig to the bottom of the sea!" Fishing straight from the depths? ”
Lin Yiyi has always been imaginative, and everyone usually doesn't take it seriously when she listens to her nonsense, but this time Mu Lan feels that it is very possible, and this conclusion is very consistent with the current reasoning.
Walking lightly outside the walls of the house, Mu Lan wanted to get closer and continue to perceive with mental power, and when she was just concentrating, a tall and thin figure was running quickly in her direction.
From the magic detection, it could be seen that the person was Ah Feng, and Mu Lan was a little strange how he came over suddenly.
Lin Yiyi didn't have a mental power spell, but she reacted quickly, and immediately drew the desolate short bow and set up the arrow to aim at the rear.
"It's me!" Ah Feng said in a deep voice.
Lin Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief and said dissatisfiedly: "Big brother, your situation is too scary, I thought that the monsters in Herzrose Town had finally appeared!" ”
Ah Feng's steps were very hurried, and the sound of stepping on the ground was not small, Mu Lan had seen his skills and knew that he did not deliberately hide his footsteps at this time, otherwise Lin Yiyi would definitely not have discovered him so early.
Facing Ah Feng's eyes, Mu Lan asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"Something happened to Professor Leonard."
Mu Lan looked at him suspiciously, didn't Professor Leonard sleep in the hotel, the actions of the three of them were carried out in secret, deliberately concealing Professor Leonard, thinking that he was staying alone in that gloomy hotel, could it be that the innkeeper had done a trick?
"I walked around the slum on the north side, and then I wanted to sneak into the white church, and I always felt that the atmosphere was wrong." Ah Feng quickly recounted: "As a result, I saw Professor Leonard inside, and his behavior was a little abnormal. ”
"This little old man is not honest, he is secretly acting without us!" Lin Yiyi said immediately.
The three of them no longer hesitated, and immediately rushed to the white church, Mu Lan's perception of the huge cave was getting farther and farther away, and he couldn't think of a sudden accident, so it seemed that he could only go back and explore this place again.
The White Chapel was the tallest building in Herzros, but the fire on the spire had faded away, and when the three of them walked around the pillar reliefs to the front of the hall, they saw seven candle-holding townsfolk surrounding Leonard, dressed in black robes, their white eyes unfocused, but from the point of view they looked down, they should all be staring at Professor Leonard lying on the floor.
Professor Leonard held the silver-white tiara, his posture reverent, and he was whispering something in his mouth.
From those strange words, Mu Lan could roughly distinguish things like "Lord", "Truth", and "Saratos".
Whether it's the "black robes" described by Officer Cole or the words Leonard whispers at this time, the clue to the cult group is clear, and the town of Herzross is indeed related to these things.
And this white church is very likely to be one of the dens of the cult group, thinking of this, Mu Lan looked at those black-robed people vigilantly, once they moved, the wind blade would come out.
As if he hadn't seen Mu Lan and the others, Professor Leonard began to kowtow at this time, and a dull crashing sound sounded in the church.
"Forgive my sins......"
"You are the eternal place of the world......
"Great Saratos!"
His strength is getting heavier and heavier, as if he is about to smash his head, Mu Lan glanced at Ah Feng, he nodded, and then came to Professor Leonard in silence, wanting to help him up.
But Leonard glanced at Ah Feng with a resentful expression, dodged his hand, and fell to the ground again.
"Is this little old man crazy?" Lin Yiyi looked at his strange behavior and was a little puzzled.
Leonard's chanting grew louder and more frenzied, and then he began to dance, and the chants became more and more obscure.
"Stars...... Ocean!"
"Abandon ...... Shell!"
The candlelight flickered slightly, and those black-robed cultists also began to chant loudly, their expressions were also hideous and fanatical, and a strange cult ritual began in the originally quiet town.