Chapter 208: Before Departure
In fact, if other modes of transportation are used, the time spent on the road can be reduced to varying degrees.
But considering that various situations may occur after getting on the starship, and second, the mission is calculated from the time when the first person leaves the Tucker Country, Li Qiu and the others still decided to take a short rest in the car first, and then board the ship after the general plan is set.
Although it is not known what specific measures the Star Rescue Association has taken on the road, all in all, the car has not been questioned or inspected in any way from beginning to end.
When the light outside the car gradually dimmed, the people in the car woke up one after another.
"Captain," the first to speak was Zhang Dahu, who woke up first and had been reading the information for a while, "I remember that the previous speculation was that the hint was related to the Crow Country. ”
"That's right," thinking of what You Sufei had told them before, Li Qiu looked at Zhang Dahu, "When it comes to the Crow Country, we have to talk about the legendary mysterious Xuanxuan Palace. ”
When Li Qiu was recalling the words of Li Zhongxiao and frantically discussing the Xuan Palace, collecting all the information related to the Xuan Palace, Liu Chujiao, who had been forced to send to the Xuan Palace, was also thinking about the Li Zhongxiao.
Of course, although they are both thinking about the middle night, the mood of the two parties is completely different.
If Li Qiu's team is excited, then Liu Chu, who is soaked in cold sweat all over his body, is infinitely depressed.
"Ah...... O great God Almighty, thou hast sprinkled thy blessings unselfishly upon the earth without expecting anything in return......"
Low, cold voices echoed over the entire golden hall, and countless hoarse voices crawled to the dome of the gods painted with all kinds of horrors like thousands of slippery and sticky poisonous snakes spitting bright red snake letters.
When the greedy and arrogant vipers crawled over the limbs and bones of those strange gods, their bloodlust and strength were all taken away, and when they returned to the devout disciples in the center of the main hall, these vipers restrained the snake letter and dispersed the whole body of wildness, leaving only the most primitive coldness and fishy atmosphere.
In the center of the glittering hall, the dense crowd of believers closed their eyes tightly, their expressions solemn, and their hands clasped three inches above their navels.
The corners of their mouths lifted up as the hymn turned into a cool snake and crawled back to their backs, and they felt baptized physically and mentally as the peculiar sour smell penetrated into all their pores.
After singing a hymn, the faces of the densely packed believers in the center of the main hall showed relaxed and happy expressions.
"Finally, let us thank God who is omnipotent, who gives us life, and He who allows us to smell the flowers, hear the birds, and enjoy all the beauty of this world, thank our God! Worm! ”
Following this clear voice to the innermost part of the main hall, behind the countless columns carved with various gods, a man in a dark brown robe held a stone in his hands reverently and motionless.
The sound of a gurgling spring flowed from under the brown robes, and the believers in the center of the hall bent slightly, listening to the divine teachings with great respect.
When the last word was sprinkled over the heads of each believer like a clear stream from a deep mountain, all the believers raised their hands in unison and praised, "Thank you, my god!" ”
At the end of the weekly meeting, all the believers stood there with their brows on their faces, silently waiting for the messenger to leave.
As the familiar hymns poured out from the top of the towering vault, the believers left the synagogue one by one in an orderly manner.
"Hey!" An extraordinarily thin man jumped next to a person who was obviously not very good at bowing down and affectionate, he rolled up the wide robe that was blown by the wind and wrinkled it nonchalantly, and put his big hand on the shoulder of the person who was not in a very good mood, "How are you preparing for tonight's exam?" ”
He shrugged his shoulders unhappily and chuckled self-deprecatingly, "I don't need to prepare for the exam, I'd better adjust my mentality and prepare for downgrading." ”
"Oh~" Skinny bent his elbow and bumped him unhappily, "Don't be so depressed?" It's just when, it's still a long time before the evening exam, we should be able to pass the assault, huh? ”
The two of them staggered left and right into a very dilapidated quadrangular building.
As soon as he entered the door, he tore off the robe on his body and was unhappy.
When the overly wide coat and hood were removed, the appearance hidden in the shadows was finally clear.
It turned out that the depressed person just now had been greeting Liu Chubao in his heart at least once a day since he came to the Crow Country.
Huang Yuliang casually threw the two yellow robes into the washing machine and jumped onto the bed, a long and melodious sigh came out of his mouth, and his breath was full of warmth and brightness that was completely different from that in the Zan Hall before, "Da Chu, I'll sleep for two hours first, and you can call me when the time comes." ”
Liu Chuzhu sat cross-legged in the center of the other bed, flipping through the booklet in his hand, which was only about two coins thick.
Two hours later, Liu Chuzhuo put down the fifth booklet with a numb expression, bent down and skillfully pulled out a sixth booklet that looked exactly the same as the previous booklet from under the bed.
"Da Yu," Liu Chu pushed Huang Yuliang, "It's time, get up and endorse." ”
"Oh......" Huang Yuliang sighed and rolled on the bed for a while before getting up.
"Tuk-tuk."
A knock on the door that they hadn't heard in a long time rang in the ears of the two of them.
Huang Yuliang opened his mouth wide and asked Liu Chuluo with his mouth: "What's the situation?" ”
Liu Chuluo swallowed nervously and shook his head to indicate that he didn't know at all.
"Tuk-tuk."
The knock on the door rang again.
Huang Yuliang took a deep breath and jumped up from the bed.
After walking to the door, Huang Yuliang stared at Liu Chuluo behind him with wide eyes, and when he got the latter's affirmative look, Huang Yuliang stabilized his mind, and his right hand pressed down slightly, and the yellow-brown door was opened with a "squeak".
Liu Chubao struggled to overcome the fear in his heart and tilted his head to look at the person behind the door.
Well?
Is it a brown robe?
In the Palace, only messengers who convey the divine precepts of the great god can wear brown robes, while those who inform the situation and carry out decisions are in black robes.
Could it be that something special happened?
Liu Chuluo cautiously got out of bed and walked towards the door, he pulled out Huang Yuliang who was hiding behind the door as if pulling a radish out, "Hello respected messenger," Liu Chuluo took Huang Yuliang and saluted the messenger respectfully.
The messenger, whose appearance and figure were covered by the robes, were motionless and accepted the salute of Liu Chubao and Huang Yuliang.
After Liu Chu and the two of them got up, the messenger took out a stone from his wide sleeve that was very similar to the stone in the hand of the messenger in the Zan's hall before.
"O God Almighty!" The messenger earnestly held the ordinary-looking stone in his hand, "Please attach the light of your integrity to the holy relic!" ”
After the messenger finished shouting, the three of them stood in silence for three minutes.
"O great and selfless God! Your most loyal believers hereby pay their most devout tribute to your generosity. ”
The Courier placed the stone, which had not changed much from before, back into his sleeve.
"Among you, who is Huang Chu?"
Liu Chuzhuo chuckled in his heart: "I," he bent down, "It's me, the honorable messenger." ”
"Hmm," the messenger beckoned to Liu Chu invisibly, "come with me." ”
Even though it was a messenger who came to pick him up, even though it showed that he would not be executed at least, Liu Chubao still couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat with nervousness.
Unlike the feeling of cold sweat all over his body in the Zan Hall before, although he was in a cold sweat this time; But the top of the head was cold and hot.
At a certain moment, Liu Chubao felt as if he had been forcibly divided into two people.
The soul and body were torn apart, and only a small amount of meridians and flesh were still trying to connect the left and right halves together.
"Da Chu!"
Liu Chubao turned his head sharply.
Huang Yuliang was wearing a yellow robe that had obviously just been taken out of the washing machine and was still dripping wildly, and stumbled towards Liu Chu.
The yellow robe, which was fully wet with clear water, outlined Huang Yuliang's figure very clearly.
If you look closely, you can even count the ribs in your abdomen.
"Da Chu," Huang Yuliang grabbed Liu Chu's arm, and his low voice came out through the cool mist and thin clothing, "I'll wait for you to come back." ”
Liu Chuluo looked seriously at this young man who was smiling when they met for the first time, as if he was not afraid of heaven and earth, and looked at this classmate friend who had lost weight in just a few months, and his heart swelled with infinite sourness.
"Don't worry," Liu Chuluo held Huang Yuliang's hand tightly, "Wait for me, I'll be back soon." ”
There are strict hierarchies in the palace, and there are three levels from top to bottom.
The highest level of personnel consists of the Worm Bead named the Child of God, as well as a small number of Gods' acolytes.
These people all live in the palace in the very center of the palace, and unless something major happens, they generally do not appear easily.
The highest-level personnel do not have any external constraints such as dress, diet, etc., their itineraries and preferences are highly secret, and they are directly connected with the king of the Raven Country, and belong to the most mysterious and noble existence.
The second level of the Xuan Palace is the main area where Liu Chu captures them and is extremely competitive.
The main area is divided into grades based on the results of each exam, and the different levels of believers vary in clothing, food, shelter, and other places.
Among all the regulations, the most troublesome for Liu Chu is the regulations on accommodation in the main area.
Although I don't know why the palace rules are formulated like this, even if Liu Chuzhuo is dissatisfied with this kind of palace rules that have lasted for countless years, he can only endure it silently in order to survive.
According to the rules of the main area of the palace, the accommodation conditions of all believers will be changed according to the situation of the exam every day, and the roommates of two consecutive days cannot be the same.
This regulation directly caused Liu Chubao to be unable to quickly get acquainted with others and take the opportunity to talk.
Originally, when he saw this Huang Yuliang, who he had already known before he came to the Crow Country, yesterday, Liu Chuluo felt that his opportunity had come.
However, who would have thought that the news of the surprise unified examination would be smashed along with the good news.
That's right, in addition to the daily routine exams, they also have three or five times from time to time, and they can never guess when the surprise unified exam will appear.
Unlike regular exams, which only change the class and external environment, this kind of surprise unified examination must be passed.
Only if they pass the surprise unified examination, they can be placed in classes again according to the comprehensive scores of the regular examination and the unified examination, and once they fail the unified examination, the believer will lose the opportunity to continue studying in the Xuanxuan Palace.
No one knows where the believers who lost their learning opportunities have gone.
Officially, those people were disrespectful to the gods.
According to the rules of the palace, anyone who disrespects the gods should be immediately punished with capital punishment and his soul thrown into the endless abyss, so that he will never be reborn as a human being.
But because the gods have the broadest mind and the most tolerant mind, for these people who can't understand the gods, there is a special mention in the palace rules, just send them back to the place.
Just four words, back to the back and forth.
On the bright side, it's about sending them home, but if it's in the bad direction, isn't that a tactful way to send them on the road?
In fact, there is a theory circulating in some very hidden forums.
Those who did not pass the exam were all stripped of their skin and cramped into living Gu, if someone can refine ten thousand living Gu, that person can obtain eternal life.
Thinking of this, Liu Chuluo nervously grabbed a handful of sleeves and tried to squeeze all the cold sweat on his hands into the thin fabric.
To the left, behind the numerous rolling mountains, there are rare and low buildings.
When he first came to the Xuanxuan Palace, Liu Chuzhuo spent his first night there, which was the lowest level of the Xuanxuan Palace, the Santu Palace.
The Sanshu Palace is mainly divided into two parts, one part is used for those Sanjiao who come from various galaxies to worship the true god of the Xuan, for these disciples, because they are only here to worship, they do not need to go through many examinations, and there is a special person to lead them to the holy places of the Xuanxuan Palace.
And for "fanatical" believers like Liu Chuluo, whose purpose is to officially join the Xuanxuan Palace and voluntarily dedicate their lives to serving the true god of Xuanxuan, they are going to another part of the place that is diametrically opposed.
The day he came to the Crow Country was the day when Liu Chu's mood changed the most drastic so far in the Crow Country.
In the morning, he brought the earth's specialties from the Star Rescue Society's Tucker stronghold and the Star Rescue Society's friends in the Crow's country to have fun.
In the afternoon, he frantically recited the palace rules in an almost suffocating atmosphere.
And in the evening, after passing the exam, he endured a whole night of "teaching" in a cold and damp unknown place.
If he hadn't gotten some information in advance, Liu Chubao felt that he would definitely not survive that night.
The "teaching" that carried out spiritual abuse in the name of cleansing the soul made Liu Chubao unable to eat and excrete normally for the entire second day.
The group of them just smirked at the soup flowing from the corners of each other's mouths, their eyes glazed and their movements sluggish.
Liu Chubao clearly remembered that he regained his normal mobility in the middle of the night of the next day.
It was a sweltering night, as if everything had been forcibly held down by the all-powerful god.