The distant and mysterious bell suddenly rang in the town, and even the archbishop of the Eternal Sleeper couldn't help but get nervous because of this sudden change, and the three archbishops, including Daniel, raised their heads in unison, looking for the direction from which the bell came, and Selena noticed the change in the town for the first time-

From the far end of the street, the houses that were originally closed and dark inside turned on one after another as the bells rang out!

It was as if there were suddenly inhabitants in those abandoned houses, as if the dead town was rapidly waking up.

Seeing that the house with lights on was rapidly spreading in this direction, Selena Gel immediately reacted and shouted to the hut behind her: "Withdraw immediately!" ”

The three priests who were inquiring inside the hut didn't seem to hear the bell at all before, but after Selena shouted the order, they rushed out and returned to the street with a hint of confusion, watching the lights quickly spread from afar.

In just a few seconds, the soft and warm light lit up in the hut they had been exploring, and the door that had just been opened seemed to be pushed by an invisible hand and slammed shut.

There was a faint sound of conversation, the sound of moving, the sound of moving tables and chairs.

This strange and terrifying scene made the people on the street look at each other, and the three high-ranking priests wearing owl masks couldn't help but pull their collars, revealing a hint of fear.

Gawain frowned, and went to the window of the hut where the lights had just been turned on, and looked through the gap in the wooden planks of the window.

An Eternal Sleeper priest wearing an owl mask also leaned over, as if he also wanted to observe the movement in the house through the crack in the window, and Gawain stepped aside slightly to look at the inside of the hut with the other party.

The Eternal Sleeper priest knew nothing about it.

In the hut, the lights were warm and bright, but there was no one in sight, only a bright lampstand placed on the square table in the center of the hall, and the empty house was filled with faint sounds.

It's weird—Gawain thought.

"It's weird," the high-ranking priest who was observing the situation inside the house with Gawain retracted his gaze and reported with a hint of nervous vigilance, "There are no residents inside except for a light lit up, and the sound is coming out of thin air. ”

“…… It could be the echoes of memory, the remnants of voices and mutilated visions of the collective consciousness in the abandoned mental space, looped over time," Archbishop Yuri calmly analyzed, "Considering that this is a spillover contamination area, it is quite possible that something like this will happen. ”

“…… There doesn't seem to be any additional changes. Selena Geldin nodded after hearing Archbishop Yuri's analysis, and turned her gaze to look at the street - a warm and soft light spilled through every window and door, and the iron-black street lamps on both sides of the road were all lit at some point, and the abandoned town shrouded in clouds was still empty, but it was already lit by the lights, but the seemingly warm lights did not bring people the slightest sense of security, but made every visitor feel a chill in their hearts.

But apart from the lights and the inexplicable noises, there really hasn't been much change in the town, and nothing dangerous has appeared.

Selena retracted her gaze and asked the high-ranking priests who had gone to inspect the house before, "Did you find anything inside?" ”

"It was empty, the archbishop, and there was an 'atmosphere' that had been abandoned for a long time, and we suspect it was some kind of residual emotional resonance......"

"There is almost no dust on all the utensils, there is still water in the water bottle, and the flowers have not withered, it seems that there are still people living in it one moment, and the next moment it suddenly disappears, and this is somewhat contradictory to the 'atmosphere' that has been abandoned for a long time, I don't know why."

"The light is suppressed inside, and the illumination can only illuminate a few meters away, and the edges are blurred."

"The dark shadows in the corners of the room are eerie, and it is difficult to see any details in the shadows, giving the impression that there is a hidden void inside, and a bit like those undefined areas in the city of dreams."

Listening to the priests' reports, Selena nodded and turned her gaze in the other direction of the street.

Her gaze froze suddenly.

"That church over there...... "Did you have it before?" she frowned, pointing to the small square at the end of the street with the lantern in her hand. ”

Several eyes were cast in the direction Selena was pointing at the same time, and everyone's eyes widened in astonishment—

A quaint gray-and-white church with a spire and two small towers stood quietly in the field of vision, the interior of the church was dark and quiet, in stark contrast to the surrounding lighted houses, but the church did not seem to be completely dark, through a glass window in front of it, Gawain seemed to faintly see a faint light in the depths of it.

It doesn't matter what the church itself looks like, what matters is - it doesn't exist at all until the bell rings!

It was just an empty square!

The three archbishops couldn't help but exchange glances, Yuri immediately stretched out his hand and pressed it in the air several times, and a shimmering rune appeared around him, when Gawain guessed whether this rune was some kind of more powerful psychic protection spell, he heard the archbishop with an elegant temperament speak: "Monitoring group, are there any new mental fluctuations around us?" ”

The rune group rippled through the air with a circle of shimmering, and a young female voice came from the shimmer: "Report Archbishop - no new psychic fluctuations observed. ”

Yuri nodded to Selena beside him, "It seems that this thing was not sent in from the outside, and there is no new spillage. ”

Selena frowned, stepped forward to the runes and asked, "Then have you observed the phenomenon of consciousness awakening or second dreaming?" ”

"Report to the archbishop, and it hasn't been observed - the surveillance shows that there is no large-scale spiritual upheaval on your side."

Selena thought for a few seconds before responding: "Got it, keep monitoring." ”

After dispersing the runes, Yuri hesitated and asked, "Do you want to check that church?" ”

Selena looked at the hands she brought, then at the lantern in her hand, and nodded, "Check it - we've never seen such an anomalous change in the spill projection before, and it's a 'church'...... That might shed light on the current state of Sandbox One. ”

The Eternal Sleeper team began cautiously towards the church not far away, and Gawain blinked behind him.

This...... It turns out that there is a team in charge of monitoring in the rear to assist them when they are moving?

A hint of exclamation came to his mind, and Gawain shook his head and walked to keep up with Daniel and the others, who were already at the door of the church.

The small church with its gray-and-white façade stood quietly at the edge of the square, but behind the dim windows there was a faint and illusory light, and the team of the Sleepers came to its door, only to find that the doorway of the church was empty, revealing a gap.

All the houses in the whole town seem to have closed doors and windows, except for this church, whose doors are hidden.

This unusual situation only made people more vigilant, and Selena and the others did not rush in, but began to collect information about the church from the outside, trying to guess its situation.

Selena shook the lantern in her hand slightly, and the mysterious and elegant pattern of the lantern emitted a calming white light, through which she approached the door of the church, carefully observing the lines on the quaint door and the patterns on the walls on both sides of the door.

Gawain looked a little curious, and Daniel immediately stepped forward and asked, "Archbishop Selena, what are you looking for?" ”

"The Holy Sign," Selena replied indifferently, "this is a church, and there should be a Holy Mark to indicate which god it worships - perhaps, we can figure out where the pollution from Sandbox One came from." ”

Gawain instantly understood Selena's intentions, and also learned a new piece of information - it turned out that the Eternal Sleepers still hadn't figured out which god was polluting the No. 1 sandbox?!

He was also curious about this, and began to follow Selena to inspect the patterns and symbols on the doors and walls.

Sandbox No. 1 is supposed to be a "world" where there are no gods, and the mind that enters the sandbox has also been strictly adjusted and amnesticized to ensure that no one retains the memory of the gods and has the idea of worshipping the gods, so theoretically, there is no such thing as a "church" in the No. 1 sandbox.

In other words, as long as the projection leaking out of Sandbox 1 contains a church or other similar "sacred element", it must have something to do with the god contamination of the sandbox!

However, upon examination, neither he nor Selena saw any sacred emblems that matched their memories.

They only saw a fresco on the wall on the side of the church, which depicted a palm covering the sky, and the earth beneath the palm.

This mural is also found on the walls of every house in the town.

Gawain couldn't help frowning—could it be that this picture is actually a "sacred symbol", a religious symbol of the "residents" of this town?

While he was thinking, Selena and the others had completed their exploration of the exterior of the chapel, and after some deliberation, they decided to enter the interior of the chapel.

Gawain had no choice but to put aside the doubts in his heart for a while, and walked to keep up with Daniel and the others.

Pushing open the hidden door, the wooden door that looked like it was some years old made no sound, and Daniel followed Selena and Yuri into the church, only to hear a few footsteps echoing in his ears.

The old mage looked up and was slightly relieved to see the "Wanderer of the Territory" beside him, strolling leisurely through the dimly lit church.

Several masked high-ranking priests walked around the three archbishops, some lit up the illumination technique, and some activated the mental protection spell, and in the hazy flickering light and shadow, the scene in the church came into everyone's eyes—

Rows of empty chairs lined the modest church, the old wooden floor was slightly pitted, and at the end of the chairs was a platform one step above the ground, on which was placed a wooden bookstand for reading sacred books, and next to the desk stood a black lamppost, on which a candle seemed to be about to be extinguished, burning silently, illuminating a small area around the pulpit.

And in the flickering candlelight, Daniel and the others saw a figure in a gray-and-white robe kneeling in front of the pulpit, as if praying silently.

Due to the dim light, no one had noticed that there was a figure that looked like a priest kneeling there!

Everyone immediately raised their vigilance, Archbishop Yuri appeared in his hand with a pale golden rune light and shadow, Daniel also appeared in his hand with a simple staff, and several masked Eternal Sleeper priests either took out their staffs, or took out magic balls, or silently prepared spells, or unfolded the spell book that recorded spells, although they only looked at a lonely prayer, but in this strange "overflow projection", everyone was like a great enemy.

But with the necessary caution and restraint, everyone did not rush into attack.

Selena gestured to the others to be vigilant, and she slowly walked towards the figure kneeling in front of the pulpit, holding a lantern in hand.

The latter reacted only when Selena was only a few paces away, and the gray-white robe shook for a moment, and the robed prayer man slowly stood up, and in the nervous state of everyone, the figure turned his head and saw the uninvited guest entering the church.

It was an ordinary-looking and kind-eyed old man, with white hair and wrinkled face, as if he did not feel the tense atmosphere around him, but only smiled with some surprise and some joy: "Ah, there are guests, and on the days when the bell rings, it is not often that visitors come to the church." ”

"Suspiciously communicative minds," Archbishop Yuri, who summoned the golden runes slightly back from the Eternal Squad, whispered as if to himself, "pause the reset process." ”

Gawain gave Yuri a faint look.

On the other side, Selena stood calmly in front of the old man in the gray robe, the lantern in her hand emitted a soft glimmer that made people immerse herself, and she asked in a natural tone, "What kind of church is this?" ”

The old man in the gray robe seemed to be confused for a moment, and then spoke: "Of course it is...... Church dedicated to the gods......"

Selena frowned, "God? Which deity? ”

The old man's eyes became even more confused, as if someone had greatly violated his three views by asking this question, but after a short hesitation, he still slowly replied:

"Gods...... Yes, of course...... Upper-level narrator ......"