Volume 4, Demon Raven Demon Palace_Chapter 26, The Means of the Bone Cult
"When did you start knowing these things?" I asked.
Wang Shun hesitated for a moment and said, "I was sent here to work in an office three years ago, and this office was originally set up for Yaling Fort. 507 has set up offices in many places, and the places set up basically correspond to some blessed places or evil places with mysterious origins. Because the more mysterious the place, the more likely it is to hide secret treasures, and when I first took office, I thought this place was an idle job, because Raven Ridge Fort has been abandoned for many years. But when I got here, I realized that the office was a non-existent office, and the local villagers were very unfriendly, not the feeling of excluding outsiders. When I first arrived in town, there were five people in the office, and I later learned that four of them were already Bone Cult members......"
I was also taken aback when I heard this, the 507 Institute still has high requirements for personnel, first of all, it cannot be a member of any sect or family, and the background of the people working in the 507 Institute will be investigated very clearly. Only those with clean ingredients and simple backgrounds can pass the preliminary assessment, and once it is found that the members are people of a certain force, they will be immediately removed.
Although the office is not the headquarters of the department, and the requirements in this regard may be relaxed, it will not allow these people to join the cult.
I was about to open my mouth to ask for details, when I suddenly heard the people of Group Zero 2 in front of me shouting loudly, and we hurried over, only to see everyone surrounding a large tree.
"What's going on?" I asked. The former Li Yulang turned back to me and said, "A body was found. β
Looking up, under the flashlight, a corpse was hanging from a tree, it was highly decomposed, and bones were exposed in many places on its body and face, judging from the clothes she was wearing and her hair was very sparse but still very long, it should have been a woman, and her gray hair indicated that it was an elderly woman.
She had hemp rope around her neck, her feet were not occupied, and she was obviously hanged.
"Forehead ......" A few little children in Group Zero 2 reacted to the corpse in front of them, covering their mouths and taking a few steps back. This group of little kids has not been forming a team for a long time, and there are not many tasks to do, and there are still too few dead bodies or similar horrific and disgusting scenes. Although the cowhide was blown very loudly before, it still exposed his childish side at this time, in contrast, the golden fox was calm and looked like he was observing the corpse.
"Observationally, it must have been a while since I died, otherwise the body wouldn't have decomposed like this, but why would I be hanging here?" One researcher muttered strangely to himself.
"They were hanged by the Bone Sect......" At this time, Wang Shun, who was standing in the back, suddenly shouted, attracting the attention of all of us.
"Hanged by the Bone Cult? What do you know? Judging from the conversation just now and the current situation, Wang Shun obviously knows some inside information, but there is no reason why he does not dare to say it.
Wang Shun hesitated again, and said that he couldn't say clearly, at this time, other members of the second group of Zero found corpses on several nearby trees one after another, but the methods of death were not the same, some were cut off and the corpses were thrown on the ground, some were directly buried alive, and some were burned to death, and all kinds of deaths were staged one by one, although there was silence here, but everyone who had seen these scenes had a trace of cold wind in their hearts. Where is the earth, it is more like the abyss of hell.
Raven Ridge Fort didn't look so eerie and terrifying originally, but when they saw these corpses, everyone seemed to feel a pair of invisible hands reaching out from the Crow Ridge Fort to grab everyone's soul.
"Let's go in......" In this situation, the golden fox still advocated leading the team into the Raven Ridge Fort first, but several researchers were obviously a little frightened with embarrassed faces. Seeing that no one moved, the golden fox immediately urged: "What's wrong?" Scared? With me, there won't be a big problem. β
She's still so confident, though that confidence seems ridiculous to me.
"I think it's better to observe the periphery first, I'm afraid it will be dangerous to enter rashly. And a few of your men are not in good shape, so they need to adapt and rest. I advocated that it would be safer to observe the periphery before entering, but I didn't expect that this proposal would be immediately opposed by the Golden Fox, she looked at me and shouted: "My people are not so vulnerable, now is the best time for us to enter the Raven Ridge Fort, and everyone is very high." If you're frightened by these corpses, then you can stay out and I'll take the researcher inside. Of course, if I'm done, don't try to take credit from me. In addition, I would like to reiterate that I will not act on your orders, I have my own style of doing things. β
After saying that, she stretched out her hand, and the people of Group Zero II immediately began to walk towards the gate of Yaling Fort, and although several researchers were also a little scared and did not dare to enter, they were taken away by the people of Group Zero Group 2 half-coerced and half-forced.
I, the former Li Yulang, and Wang Shun stayed outside Yaling Castle, watching the golden fox lead people open the iron door and walk in.
"Ba Xiaoshan, aren't you afraid that they will steal the credit?" Qianli Yulang hurriedly walked over and asked a little anxiously. And I smiled and said, "Grab the credit? It would be nice if they didn't die in it. β
The former Li Yulang looked stunned and looked at me strangely. I turned my head, smoked a cigarette and asked Wang Shun, "You should know something, right?" Now we can tell us about the Bone Cult and the corpses. β
Wang Shun also lit a cigarette, but the hand holding the cigarette trembled slightly, and his eyes were a little fluttering, and after thinking about it, he said, "These people ...... These corpses were used by the Bone Cult to establish authority, in fact, the Bone Cult has been using this method to intimidate people in nearby villages and towns for a long time. The corpses were locals who did not want to join the Bone Cult or find a way to escape from Raven Ridge Fort, they were killed by various methods, and then the corpses were placed near Raven Ridge Fort to the horror of those who still disagreed or wanted to escape. β
I also thought of this, nodded and then asked, "Then no one cares about the local area?" Just let them kill people at will? β
"Huh...... I thought so when I first came to work in the office here, and there were five people in the office at the time, but all but me were members of the Bone Cult, and I told the head of the office in private. He said that they didn't really want to join the Bone Cult, but that if they didn't, they would be killed, and several agents had died before me. I didn't think much of it at the time, thinking that with the support of 507 behind it, what could a broken cult do. Later I realized how naΓ―ve I was. I was sorting out what I was seeing and what was happening, but the phone calls didn't work, the letters were intercepted, and even my own freedom in life was monitored. The Bone Cult sent people to me, and they said to give me a choice, if I didn't want to die, I would join the Bone Cult and be baptized by the ancient gods. I initially refused and asked the head of our office for help, but he told me that if I didn't agree, I would probably be in trouble even for them. That's when I realized how serious the problem was here. Not only me, but most of the people in the nearby villages and towns were actually threatened and intimidated at the beginning, and the followers of the Bone Sect controlled the news channels here, so that no one could tell the outside world, in the eyes of outsiders, Yaling Fort was an abandoned ancient castle, in fact, we locals knew very well in our hearts that the Bone Cult had long since revived......
I frowned and asked, "Since you know, why didn't you notify us when you knew we were coming?" β
"I ...... I don't dare, in fact, when Team Zero came before, it was another person in our office who told the secret, and Team Zero was attacked by the Bone Cultists. Of course, this is not the only way for the Bone Cult to control people's hearts, after being intimidated and forced to join the Bone Cult, they will prepare an immortality ritual for the new followers, and when they pass the immortality ritual, the followers will die. β
"Rites of eternal life? What is that? I asked curiously.
"The Rite of Eternal Life is a terrifying ritual personally presided over by the Leader of the Bone Cult, during which you can hear the voice of the ancient god of the Gate and feel its blessings......"