Dead
Just when Siqi was about to lose himself, the originally dark round dome began to crumble. The golden light directly above his head made him feel a warmth again, a feeling he had experienced before.
He noticed that his body was lifted up by gusts of warm wind, rising higher and higher.
As his body drew closer to the light, he could even feel his facial features breathing.
Suddenly, the confined eyes opened. A familiar face appeared in front of him, it was Father An, who was now closing the old leather book in his hand.
"Good evening, my good student, how do you feel for the rest of your life?" Father An looked at Yu Siqi who woke up with a smile, and his expression was very peaceful.
Yu Siqi didn't respond, he was still reminiscing about his feelings, although his whole body was full of pain, but for the first time, he was grateful that he could have this feeling.
"I'm not still dreaming, am I?"
"Of course not, you're awake. However, some external injuries on his body still need to be recuperated for a while, and Ah Zhe has already gone to get you medicine. "I think it won't be long before you'll be able to get out of bed and walk around, but I must regret to tell you that, despite our best efforts to get you back from the Gate, most of your personal belongings have already been burned in that accident. β
"That one doesn't get in the way, how long have I been in a coma, I feel like I've been in that damn house for 10,000 years." Yu Siqi felt a chill in his back when he thought of that terrible dome.
"Fortunately, it's only been a week," said Father An, picking up a banana from the table next to him, "you don't mind if I eat something, I haven't eaten anything at all today." β
"Where's Zhen?" Yu Siqi tried to sit up, but found that his body was not very obedient.
"Don't push yourself, let's lie down first, and we'll talk for a while." Father An hurriedly put aside the banana that was about to be peeled in his hand, held Yu Siqi down and said, "You have broken seven ribs, massive damage to your internal organs, and severe burns on your epidermis of up to 80 percent. Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, and one of the more unacceptable things is that you might have to go through this winter bareheaded, a little cold, but I think you should be able to make do with the air conditioner on. β
Yu Siqi felt a little cool above his head.
"It doesn't matter, the hair can grow again," Yu Siqi said with a resigned face: "I care more about how you did it?" I remember I was about to go out and all of a sudden it exploded, and then I was in a room where I couldn't get out of it. β
"This is a thrilling story, I think it's better for you to concentrate on recovering at the moment, I'm afraid you'll have a little indigestion after listening to it too much." Father Ann ate three bananas in a row before he stopped eating, and said vaguely.
"I can't move anymore, isn't this state much better than I was in that damn room, can't you show mercy?" Yu Siqi rolled his eyes and stared at Father An who wanted to slip away.
"Okay, I'm really sorry for you, let's talk about what happened that day." Fr. An stood in front of the hospital bed and said, "After getting information from Azhe, we went to that terrible place, where we encountered something not so rosy. β
"What's that?" Yu Siqi asked.
"Corpse golem." Father Ann said with a somewhat melancholy expression: "Binding a man's will to his original body, and manipulating his body to achieve an ulterior purpose, this is a corpse puppet. The place you're in is a cage of bondage, and with all due respect, if we hadn't arrived in time, you might have been one of them. β
"I don't quite understand what you're talking about, I mean, isn't that an exaggeration?" Yu Siqi asked, "Is it similar to a zombie?" I thought it was only in the movies! β
"It's not like zombies, but there's one thing they do, they're not living creatures." Father Ann yawned and said, "I'm a little sleepy to be honest, but I think if I go to bed now, you'll probably have to do something out of the ordinary." And I don't want to get up and work overtime while I am supplementing my sleep, so I can take it and watch a movie. β
Seeing that Father An was holding a small light source in his hand, Yu Siqi blinked and asked, "What is this?" β
"The answers you want are all in it, take your time, I'll go first... Let's go. Father Ann let out another long yawn and turned to leave the room.
After a short silence, Yu Siqi looked at the light source that was gradually approaching him, and his heart was a little worried and excited. Soon, he was standing in a dimly lit tunnel, as if he had ever had the experience.
It was not easy to get his eyes to fit into such darkness, Yu Siqi was surprised to find that he was able to move around at will, and next to him were Father An and Xie Baozhen, who had solemn faces, and he hurriedly shouted: "Am I not lying on the bed?" β
"Yes, you do lie in your own bed." A familiar voice sounded in his ears and said, "But this is only a part of my memory, I will share it with you, it can be regarded as a little off-topic." β
"Are you Father Ann?" Yu Siqi walked behind the two and asked, "Then is he the self you remember?" β
"I'm not Father An, I'm just an echo of him, he's sleeping right now, like a gramophone, and you don't expect me to answer you anything."
"So what do I do now?" Yu Siqi asked, at this time, the memory of Father An had gradually faded away.
"Keep up, don't you want to know what's going on? There's what you want before, now... Let me be quiet, okay? I'm going to broadcast a movie! β
Why would an echo be made more difficult for him to speak, Yu Siqi didn't plan to think about it, because the scene around him had begun to blur. He speculated that he might not be able to move too far away from the memory itself, otherwise he would not be able to see anything, after all, this was the first perspective of Father Ann himself.
Thinking of this, Yu Siqi took three steps and made two steps to catch up. At this time, Father An's voice sounded near him: "Are you ready, wait for us to go in directly, it may be a little messy." Don't panic, do what I said before, and I'll take care of the rest. β
Xie Baozhen on the side nodded, looking very nervous.
As Father Ann pushed open a heavy protective iron door, several black muzzles were pointed at them.
A somewhat playful voice said, "Hello, Father, what a pleasure to see you again." β
"Is that you, Peter?" Father Ann looked at the man holding the gun at him with a little surprise and asked, "Aren't you dead?" I was watching you when you were hanged! β
"You remember, Father, you seeβthere's still that lovely mark!" The man named Peter pulled his neckline open a little, and Yu Siqi noticed that the man had a deep rope strangulation mark on his neck.
"Now that I think about it, you really made up the device in that toilet." Father Ann said calmly.
"Yes, do you like the little toys I left for you?" Peter motioned to the people around him to put down their guns and said, "I've put a lot of thought into my old friendship!" β
"I'm happy to see that you're willing to use your brain, but it's a little sad to see you now." Father Ann looked around and saw seven mercenaries, including two acquaintances - John and Bob.
They didn't seem to know that Father Ann had eavesdropped on their conversation.
"Isn't this time to worry, Father, don't you know your situation?" Peter whistled and said, "You have fallen into our trap, and let in the girl who is hiding outside, for we already knew you were there."
"How did you notice us, and while I admit it was a bit of a big accident, I don't think you'll know where we are so quickly." Father Ann pondered quickly, and the thoughts in his mind began to become clearer.
"Oh... Do you think we're going to say it, or do you think we're going to let you go like 'everybody acted like nothing happened'? Peter said in a strange way, "Sorry, Father... Ever since I felt that feeling, I don't want to believe in you anymore, I've given up... Like us 'living dead' who have given up on ourselves. Now, you too will join us. β
"That's not good, Peter." Father An glanced at Xie Baozhen, who was slowly walking into the room, and said, "Look, since we are friends anyway, can't you tell us where you have arranged for those victims before we die?" How did you get underground? Why do you want these civilians to join your ranks? β
"There's a hidden elevator, Father, and as for the unlucky ones, isn't it right next door? They don't have long to live, and their masters are just waiting for them to be completely converted. Peter said coldly, "Perhaps you are clever, or perhaps you are calculating something, but I am not a fool, and I am not obligated to tell you more, so now go to your God!" Fire! β
"Ah Zhen, it's now." Father Ann's voice drowned out Peter's voice, but the seven assault rifles still fired heavy fire. Just when Siqi exclaimed that the big thing was not good, Ah Zhen threw out a white ball, and there were words in his mouth: "The sky is round and the place is boundless, the enchantment is open!" β
As if time had been suspended, the bullets fired at them disappeared like mud cows into the sea as the white ball began to spin.
"Good fellow, Father, you are really prepared! Brothers, change the magazine. BF bounced away. Peter stopped his men from pouring fire on them in an instant, and they all pulled out a magazine full of red bullets from their waist pockets, and after loading, they even smiled wickedly and pressed the trigger again.
"Father, their bullets have wreaked havoc on my barrier, think of a way." Xie Baozhen tried to maintain the rotation of the white ball, but as the bullets shot more and more, the height of the white ball became lower and lower, and soon, it was less than a meter above the ground.
"Don't rush me, I'm busy here!" Father Ann opened the old leather book and sang solemnly:
"The minions of chaos walk by day,
With compassion,
I will do merciful works,
Evil intentions will cease to exist,
Moans of pain,
The glorious light of the Holy One will shine here,
And you will dispel all darkness,
The time of birth has come, and this is the judgment that will change everything! β
As Father Ann finished chanting, a golden pillar of light descended from the sky and spread out to everyone.
Xie Baozhen, who was originally a little out of strength, suddenly felt full of strength, and Peter, who was originally laughing arrogantly, suddenly opened his eyes in horror, and soon they collapsed to the ground like a kite with a broken string, and the flesh on his body began to decay at an accelerated pace. For a moment, the whole room was filled with the smell of rotten flesh.
Then Fr. Ann, who had closed the book, approached Peter, who was already dying, and said, "This time it will be a farewell, my old fellow. β
"I'm really... Didn't expect... I was able to see the real gods. Peter said intermittently, "I didn't lose unjustly, this kind of scene is not something that a little man like me can handle." β
"Mind answering me a few questions before you die?" Father Ann asked expressionlessly, "If you don't want to say it, I won't force you." β
"Forget it, you ask." Peter looked at the group of companions around him who had turned into corpses, and said in a somewhat urging tone, "Then you have to hurry up, I'm afraid I won't last long." β
"Who is your master? Who made you like this? Fr. Ann asked.
"That's a terrible fellow, Father, and though you're great, you're certainly not going to beβ" Peter spat bloody, but he didn't want to spit out his whole tongue and never speak again.
"It's a pity," said Father Ann, looking at Peter, who had mixed with the blood around him, "Let's go next door and save people, you're doing a good job, Jane." β
"Thank you," Xie Baozhen was very energetic, but her body was a little tired, and she saw her quickly step over the pool of blood, stuff the ball back into her waist bag, and follow Father An out of the room.
"Okay, that's it, the next thing is how to transport you back, it's not much to see." The echo of Father Ann rang in Siqi's ears again, catching him off guard when he was immersed in the fantastical fight scene just now.
Then, his mind returned to the bed, feeling the pain in his body and thinking about what he had just seen. I didn't even notice that the light had drifted out of the room and was heading towards the second floor where Father Ann was.