Chapter 277: Signs of Life
At first, Wang Zhengqing didn't understand what I said, but then he suddenly realized.
"You mean this stone statue ......?"
I nodded and said, "Although for Tianquan, the Conjuring Banner is the focus, after the sacrifice is successful, all the Essence Sacred Dew is transmitted to the Blood Jade, so they just need to protect the Conjuring Flag, but the role of the stone statue is not only for worship, but also for suppression, they need to use the stone statue to suppress all kinds of aura nearby." ”
"After the death of ordinary people, the soul body of the revenant will slowly return to natural chaos after wandering for about two days, but the function of this stone statue is to extend this time, as long as their runes are strong enough, they can extend this time indefinitely."
"Why are they going to extend so long?" Wang Zhengqing asked me with a puzzled expression.
"Only by detaining all these revenant souls can we ensure that the surrounding aura will not change, as for the purpose, we don't know for the time being, then you should remember that snuffbox, right?"
Hearing me say this, Wang Zhengqing quickly nodded and didn't ask me if I suspected that this matter had something to do with the snuffbox.
I said yes.
"The appearance of snuff bottles on the altar is very unusual, so there are only two possibilities."
"Which two?"
"One is that snuff bottles need to use the power of the group to complete some kind of ritual sacrifice; The second and most likely, I suspect that Tianquan doesn't know that the snuffbox I found at the beginning has that black fog inside, they want to use the snuffbox through the altar to collect something, this thing, it is very likely that it is the black fog. ”
Hearing me say this, Wang Zhengqing instantly became interested, and he boldly asked me: "Do you mean that that black mist is likely to be the almighty Lord that Tianquan prayed for?" ”
I nodded: "You can say that, but at the moment we don't have any evidence, everything is based on speculation, but if he hacks me, it's really that magical, it's impossible for Tianquan not to know, and after he knows that this thing is lost, it's impossible not to come to us for trouble." ”
After saying that, I took out the snuffbox again and asked him, "Do you think it could be a coincidence that this thing appeared on the altar?" Or maybe he's useless? ”
You must know that the altar of heavenly power is already very simple in form, almost unnecessary things have been removed, only runes, incense cases, sacrifices, stone statues, and the extra cross this time have been retained.
After that, I focused my eyes on the snuffbox in my hand again: "Now do you think this snuffbox could be that unimportant thing?" What's more, their high priest even sent someone back to find this thing. ”
I've made it so clear that even a fool should understand, and if these revenant spirits were conscious, I guess they would have understood.
But Wang Zhengqing still couldn't turn around, and he asked me: "I understand the truth, but if Tianquan is going to use this snuffbox as a carrier, then why didn't they notice it after that black fog appeared?" ”
I shook my head helplessly and said, "How do I know this, why don't you ask if the snuffbox is full of sand this time?" Can you explain it? Not at all, we just explore, as for the real secret, only the people behind the scenes of the Heavenly Power know. ”
Hearing me say this, Wang Zhengqing had no choice but to nod and continue: "Okay, I originally wanted to find out the secret of the snuff bottle, but now it seems that it is impossible for a while." ”
After speaking, he looked at the undead spirits around us, and in the moment we had just spoken, there was another circle of these revenant spirits, and now there were as many as fifty.
"Every one of these spirits is a life?" Wang Zhengqing asked me.
I nodded: "Yes before, not now." ”
"And what are they coming together for now?"
I looked at him, smiled slightly, and couldn't help but say with some pride: "To thank us." ”
This frightened him, and he said to me with a frightened face: "Thank us? ”
I nodded: "If you are tied up and someone else gives you freedom, don't you want to thank the person?" ”
"Are these souls still conscious?" He asked again in surprise.
I said I don't know, it stands to reason that no, but the subconscious mind still has it, they can realize that we gave them freedom, but this form doesn't last long, they are bound by the stone statue for too long, so soon these spirit forms will slowly dissipate and return to natural chaos.
As soon as my words fell, the spirit of the revenant began to drift away naturally.
First it slowly rose into the air, and then the rolling thunder flashed down, but it didn't hit anything, but in the roar of thunder, all these undead souls turned into nothing.
They...... Gone, and finally liberated.
After so many days, we finally did the right thing, not to mention the power of leading the heavens, at least compared with the six altars in front of us, the souls of these victims after death were thrown into chaos, and they did not have to suffer in life, but they also had to be restrained and tortured by the power of the altar after death.
When the surroundings calmed down, the clouds were gone, the thunder was gone, and apart from the smell of burnt altars being smashed, it was no different from before, the stumps and severed arms on the ground had not been removed, only their dead souls had wandered away.
But the aura of the entire bamboo forest seemed to be cut open in an instant, and the depressed feeling before could no longer be felt.
Despite this, there is one point, these stumps and broken arms on the ground, as well as bursts of rancid stench, make this a real purgatory on earth, and there is no difference compared to just now, and even the atmosphere at the scene has become even more terrifying.
But it was completely two feelings, one was the depression of panic, and the other was the fear of the numbness of the scalp.
Soon the logistics team notified by Agent 7 would come over to clean up the scene, but just as we were about to leave, my phone rang.
I thought it was Lao Gou or Mo Xiaoyun calling, after all, it was getting late, although it was through the phone before, but this time they should have called to ask when we would go back.
But the caller ID is not Lao Gou or Mo Xiaoyun's number, but the number 7.
I looked at Wang Zhengqing, I always felt that there was something wrong with this call, and it was too timely, just after our end of the call, he called.
One front foot, one back foot.
"Take it, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble, and when they come to the door in person, there will be a lot of trouble."
I nodded and answered the phone.
"Hey, it's us, what......"
I didn't even give me a chance to finish this sentence, and Wu Dezhou's voice came from there, and there was a little nervousness in this voice.
"Did you just do something?"
I turned on the speaker, so Wang Zhengqing could also hear what he said.
It's weird, are they spying on us, or what's going on?
Or maybe there was an accident on their side, so they suspect our side......
I guessed it was like that, and I said, "That's what you're doing, right?" ”
"Come on, I'm not kidding you anymore." As soon as Wu Dezhou's words fell, the voice of Agent No. 7 came from the other end of the phone: "Zhang Yao, did you do anything over there, this is very important." ”
From the voices of these two people, it can be heard that they are very anxious, something must have happened, so they will make this call.
I looked at Wang Zhengqing and asked him.
"Let's talk about it, let's put our attitude first."
I listened to Wang Zhengqing's suggestion, so I said that we had just broken the rune array of the mass grave and destroyed the stone statue.
"Stone statues? That Bodhisattva statue on the altar? ”
"That's not a bodhisattva." I corrected, "Or not a bodhisattva in the strict sense of the word." ”
"It doesn't matter what he is, anyway, Lao Tzu doesn't believe in these things, you add me to WeChat, let's open a video, it's this mobile phone number."
After speaking, Wu Dezhou's urging voice came from there, and Agent 7 hung up the phone directly.
I was a little overwhelmed when I was hung up, and I didn't know what they were doing at all, but I still added his WeChat as he said on the phone.
The WeChat profile of Agent No. 7 in this matter is a child, and Wang Zhengqing can also tell me that this is the son of Agent No. 7.
Yes, I like the contrast.
I didn't think too much about it, and after filling in the remarks, I clicked Add.
It was almost a second over there, and in addition to the system's greeting message, he called me directly for a video without saying a word.
I hesitated, but took it anyway.
Since the light on our side is not very good, our side is basically invisible, but through the light on the screen, we can still see that I am with Wang Zhengqing.
And Agent 7 also appeared after the screen went black for a while, and... There are also some staff members, all wearing work uniforms, and the style of the uniforms looks like what is in the laboratory.
Even Agent 7 was wearing a mask, and after the video was connected, he took off his mask and said to us in a panic: "Just now, all the stone statues on our side were shattered in an instant. ”
As he spoke, he turned his camera and turned directly behind him.
Only then did I see that in the direction of his camera, there was a large area blocked by a cordon, and the staff in uniform were still walking around, as if collecting samples of the debris on the ground, but within the cordon, the ground was full of debris fragments, five or six stone statues were shattered, and the heads were clearly visible.
"You're working on these things?" I was stunned, this is just an ordinary statue, what is there to study.
Agent 7 nodded: "I should tell you, don't touch that stone statue, logistics will bring it back to the laboratory for testing, see if it has it." ”
"Does it have anything?" I hurriedly asked, "This is an ordinary statue, the function is to trap the surrounding qi, and the spirit of the dead will not be ......."
"No, it's not."
Agent 7 looked at the camera, and didn't know what to say for a while, but at this time, when the camera turned, it was Wu Dezhou who took the mobile phone, and his beard was still a little funny in the camera, but what he said next didn't make me funny at all.
"There are signs of life in these statues."