Inside the half-length Buddha statue, it was really hollowed out.

Bai Xiaoyi's spiritual body penetrated the stone wall and entered the half-length Buddha statue.

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After advancing about ten meters inside the stone wall, Irin's "eyes" suddenly became clear.

In front of Bai Xiaoyi, there was a passage that led to nowhere.

The passage was dug in such a rudimentary way that it looked like a hole had been dug out by an excavator to accommodate only one person.

On the walls of the passage, wires were pulled from nowhere, and they stretched all the way to the depths.

Above the passage, an old energy-efficient LED bulb hangs from time to time, providing a limited light source.

Irin noticed that around the passage, there were also quite a few exhaust windows, in which there were shadows of fans turning.

"The facility looks old, but given the difficulty of excavation, it shouldn't be able to be completed in a short time. It seems that this should be one of the secret strongholds of the Dawning Sect, at least for several years. ”

Yi Rin and Bai Xiaoyi have a heart-to-heart connection, and let Bai Xiaoyi float deep along the passage.

But after drifting out for about 30 meters, Irin could already feel a tingling pain in his eyebrows.

Obviously, this distance is already the limit of what he can carry.

Yi Rin reluctantly took Bai Xiaoyi back.

The interior of the Buddha statue was transformed into a fortress.

The people of the Dawning Sect should be hiding inside.

If there is no accident, the missing people in Litai City for the past three months should also be there.

Bai Xiaoyi floated beside Yi Rin, her expression full of curiosity.

After all, I haven't come out to breathe for so long, and this bubbling seems to have something going on with the owner, which is ...... It's quite exciting.

Phew! How unremarkable life is, how passionless!

"By the way, master, I think I heard some strange noises."

While Yi Rin was thinking about the next countermeasure, Bai Xiaoyi suddenly said.

"Huh? What was that? Do you hear what it is? ”

What Yi Rin and Bai Xiaoyi really share is only the "vision", and they can't completely share the five senses, so Bai Xiaoyi inside the passage may be able to listen to the strange chanting sounds more vividly than Yi Rin outside the bust Buddha statue.

"There seem to be many, many, many people in there."

Bai Xiaoyi tried to open her hand, wanting to vividly depict "a lot".

"They seem to be shouting some kind of slogan, as if they are ......"

Bai Xiaoyi seriously recalled the strange voice that echoed inside the Buddha statue, she lowered her voice and whispered:

"They're demons...... We are God's servants...... Well...... What kind of wake-up, what pain...... Dawn or something. ”

Bai Xiaoyi's cultural level is limited, and he can only think through a little bit.

"Embrace the dawn?"

Yi Rin remembered the slogan that Sheng Chunrou had repeated over and over again.

"Uh-huh, it seems to be this! Master, you're amazing! ”

Bai Xiaoyi is very witty, and by the way, she shoots a low-key sycophant.

Irin frowned, his expression solemn.

Bai Xiaoyi could only hear a few words clearly, and he couldn't provide much information.

Demon?

Servant of God?

Who do "they" refer to?

Awaken? Pain?

Irin suddenly had a bad feeling.

He felt that it was getting more and more weird.

There is a feeling that the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings.

Oh no......

Irin wiped the rain from her face.

It's raining right now.

Irin thought back to the AVI she had seen at Sheng Chunrou's house.

It's the little video that Sheng Chunrou made out shoddy when her mental state is not normal.

"Sheng Chunrou, she already knew that there was something wrong with this Dawn Sect, but she still plunged into it."

"At first, she thought that as an apostle, she would not be here to make trouble."

"It is estimated that she didn't know enough about reality, and she was careless, and finally put herself in."

"It seems that she is for that 'painting', but what is that 'painting'? Could it be a prop left behind by the apostles? Or maybe it's a psychic weapon? Otherwise, Sheng Chunrou was promoted to an apostle, and he would not have taken such a risk for the sake of that 'painting'. ”

"By the way, she once said something in the video......"

"They're running out of time."

"Why is there not much time?"

"That's why, someone in the Dawning Sect, knowing that we're investigating this matter, took the risk to continue to kidnap humans from the territory of Litai City?"

Just as Irin was thinking.

"Let's go!"

"Keep up!"

In the distance, a few shouts were faintly heard.

Yi Rin's heart moved, and he hurriedly put Bai Xiaoyi away.

Like a shadow, he hid in the shadow at the feet of the Buddha, motionless.

A few minutes later.

In the darkness, the light of several flashlights appeared.

As the lights appeared, several figures in raincoats walked quickly towards this side.

"Those six people?"

Irin stared.

I never expected it.

He was actually still in front of the six people, and rushed to the feet of the big-bellied Maitreya Buddha one step in advance.

Is it because he has better physical strength?

Irin quickly figured out a reason.

Sure enough, people and human constitutions can't be generalized.

When Irin climbed in the dark in the mountains, he was still worried that he was too far behind, and he didn't have a moment to rest along the way.

Yi Rin thought about it, and in the dark, he silently turned on the [Shadow].

In this environment, the effect of "Shadow" is exerted to the extreme.

Unless the other party's flashlight happened to stick to Irin's face.

Otherwise, even if you accidentally walk in front of Irin, you may not be able to detect Rin's existence.

Click.

After the six people arrived at the foot of the pot-bellied Maitreya Buddha, they walked directly to one of the "toes" without stopping.

Although it is a "toe", it is much taller than Irin and is equivalent to a flat stone wall.

I saw one of the leaders, a man who looked to be in his thirties and had a sturdy skeleton, fiddling with the stone wall somewhere. In the darkness, Irin heard only the sound of grinding stones.

From Irin's point of view, it was a pity that he couldn't tell what the man had done.

It's just an entrance.

Irin didn't bubble up right away, and stopped the men.

It doesn't make sense.

Most likely, these people are just minions of the Dawning Sect, and they can't get into the deeper secrets.

After a few minutes, the light of the flashlight disappeared, and the movement of those people completely disappeared from the front of the pot-bellied Maitreya Buddha.

After Irin's confirmation that the men had entered the half-length Buddha statue, he stepped out of the shadows.

"It should be here."

Irin walked over to the toe they were facing the wall.

Sure enough, in a very hidden recess, there was a compass engraved with words.

The compass is about the size of a palm, and from the inside to the outside, there are 9 layers, each of which is engraved with many words.

"A, B, C, D, ......"

"One, two, three, four......"

"Metal, wood, water, fire, ......"

"Huh? It's an old mechanism, huh? ”

But Irin's thought about it, maybe it was this ancient mechanism that could keep any outsiders from prying eyes.

No matter how high-end the password lock, or fingerprint, iris, and face verification, as long as it is a program, there will be loopholes.

As we all know, the AI programs that are now popular in the real world are all pseudo-artificial intelligence, not artificial intelligence that can really think and evolve on their own, and there is a possibility of being hacked.

Just like Olele, he once threatened that there is no program in the world that he can't crack.

Of course, he cheated and cheated, which cannot be measured by pure technology.

On the contrary, it is this ancient combination lock that makes people at a loss.

It's useless for Orala to come.

Irin smiled, "But I don't need to pick the lock." ”

While talking to himself, Irin searched the neighborhood earnestly.

A moment later.

Irin found the gap.

The entrance was as if some kind of instrument had been used to cut the stone wall alive, and after the mechanism had been made, it was put back in its original form.

If you hadn't witnessed the six people entering the inside of the half-length Buddha statue from this position, a cursory look might have mistaken you for the texture of the Buddha statue itself.

"Shadow Kill."

Irin's body twisted abruptly, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared in place.

After activating the skill, Irin turned into a flexible shadow, up and down, left, right, everywhere, everywhere, as long as it is a terrain that can leave a shadow, theoretically there is no dead end for Rin.

The shadow that Irin turned into after activating his skill instantly burrowed into the crack and disappeared.

Behind the gap, sure enough, it was a passage.

On both sides of the passage, as Irin saw in "Bai Xiaoyi's Vision", there are simple LED lights hanging on the passage, which are not too dark.

Yi Rin didn't cancel the skill, after all, after entering the "shadow state", he could completely afford the consumption of 3 psionic energy per second.

Inside the Buddha statue, the route of the passage is not very complicated.

A few simple forks in the road leading to several areas.

In the "shadow state", Irin's rapid exploration of the interior of the bust Buddha statue.

In one area, caverns large enough to accommodate a single person were carved out on either side of the passage, and the caves were sealed by thick iron bars, which served as prisons.

Irin quickly moves inside the statue.

Passed by the cafeteria...... Dormitory...... Relaxation area......

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Irin'd hard believe that this big-bellied Maitreya Buddha ruins had been developed into such a small fortress with all kinds of organs.

A moment later.

The sound of chanting reverberating inside the Buddha statue became clearer and clearer.

Irin was following this strange sound, crawling forward.

It's getting clearer and clearer.

The voices of countless people whispered together, like whispering, like prayer, like singing.

Inexplicable, unclear words, under the emotionless chanting, combined with the eerie surroundings, bring people a kind of creepy horror.

In the shadows, Irin was shocked.

He moved quickly.

After a while.

Irin's eyes lit up.

It's a spacious space.

If you don't guess wrong, it should be in the "belly" of the big-bellied Maitreya Buddha.

Tick Tick Tick –

Overhead, from time to time, water droplets seeped out and dripped from the cracks in the stone ceiling...... It's raining outside.

Irin glanced at the remaining psionic energy on the Apostle's panel, quickly turning back into a "human" form, curled up in the shadows.

In the lobby.

One by one, the "people" with hollow eyes, thin bodies, and ragged clothes were prostrate on the ground.

And at the moment.

Irin lurking in the shadows finally heard what they were chanting—

"They destroy all beings,"

"We save all beings,"

"Ah,"

"The Great Lord of the Void, the Light of Dawn, the imprisoned gods,"

"We are willing to give our humble flesh and blood,"

"We beg for your coming,"

"Bring pain to this foolish world,"

"We will wake up the world,"

"We will bring infinite light to this world with our blood,"

"Embracing the Dawn ......"

"Embracing the Dawn ......"

"Embracing the Dawn ......"

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