Chapter 54: Deadend
After listening to Dai Shikai tell him about the town's secrets, Betsy soon learns that the crypt is a place for evil fanatics to hold sacrifices.
"Then our arrival, is it just a sacrifice in the ceremony?" Soon, a bold conjecture came to her mind: "Once everyone is dead, it means that the ritual has been successful, and the old ruler will also wake up from his dream." ”
There was no way to leave at all, this last mission was just a cover, and from the beginning to the end, the space had no intention of letting them leave alive.
"How is that possible?" Xu Zhen was shocked, and for him, the more serious question was still to come: "After the old ruler wakes up, what will happen to the real world?" ”
"I'm afraid it will be destroyed directly." Dai Shikai said: "Cthulhu. It is mentioned in mythology that when the stars move in the right position, Lalaye will rise to the surface of the sea again, and the dark spirits of the earth will burrow out of the earth, corrupting and sneaky. They come from long-forgotten underwater caverns, and once they are present, the fate of humanity can be imagined. ”
As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at Lu Qing. Betsy's speculation was exactly what she had in mind, and the space teleported them here in order to make the ceremony go smoothly.
Lu Qing just shook his head, took out Xu Rui's diary from his backpack, took out two pieces of paper from it, slowly spread them out, and displayed them in front of everyone. The paper recorded a large number of lengthy and cumbersome English, obviously not from Xu Rui's hand.
These two pieces of paper had been acquired by chance in a certain dwelling, and the handwriting on them was neat and rigorous, and it was probably left by a learned man. As for the fact that he was once a resident of the town, devoted himself to the study of these ancient and evil civilizations and confronted cult fanatics; Or is he the Dream Breaker who was chosen last time, and now everyone doesn't know.
And what is even more unexpected is that the information recorded on this piece of paper is the real way of life. At the beginning, the letter reads:
In Laleye's mansion, Cthulhu sleeps in a dream.
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What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Abominations wait and dream in the abyss, decay spreading through the precarious cities of humanity. That moment will come - I don't want to and can't imagine!
The writer seems to have anticipated the end of the world, and once the vast Ruler of the Old Avoids from the depths of the dark ocean, the world will be filled with screams of terror and madness. Humanity will fall into annihilation in an endless collapse, and the world will return to the hands of the old rulers.
Seeing this, everyone's faces changed, and an atmosphere of despair gradually permeated their surroundings. Lu Qing unfolded the second piece of paper and motioned for them to continue reading.
It is not the dead who sleep forever, and death has its end in a long and strange time.
The sacrifice of human blood, blood, and soul can soothe the restless emotions of the old rulers.
Human fear, despair, abhorrence...... All negative emotions will be transformed into the best nourishment to satisfy the needs of the evil creature.
If enough sacrifices can be made before the final judgment day, they will be able to suppress the seals and the seabed, and continue to maintain the balance of the world.
Seeing this, beads of sweat the size of beans gradually slid down the corners of Dai Shikai's forehead, human beings, bones and blood, souls, sacrifices......
Could it be that all this time, the dreambreakers who were pulled into the space and killed by the ghosts in despair were all sacrifices offered by the space to suppress the old rulers?
Space, in their eyes, symbolizes killing, cruel evil masters, all this has been doing to maintain the balance of the latitude of reality and protect the safety of all living beings on this planet?
All along, the chosen Dream Breakers have been an extremely small fraction of the planet, and their deaths and sacrifices have been exchanged for the survival of others. Space does not interfere too much with human life, it only selects a small number of people from it, and uses their lives and souls as sacrifices to appease the sleeping ancient gods.
In the end, it still takes the sacrifice of nine people to exchange for that temporary peace.
First, there are seven people who need to meet the following conditions: unrighteousness, disobedience, lies, disrespect, injustice, sloth, and greed.
In the end, a pure virgin and a special person are required to sacrifice to open the door to the final life.
At that time, the cursed city will sink to the bottom of the ocean again, and Cthulhu will continue to sleep in its palace.
"Dong Lin, excessive greed for pleasure and indulgence is regarded as committing the crime of laziness." Lu Qing opened his mouth without emotion, as if he was reciting a text, and there was no emotion in every sentence.
"Xie Long, excessive enthusiasm for seeking financial or power superiority is greed. The two men were killed by ghouls in their room on the first day they entered the hotel. And He Hongfei in the first district killed his parents, elders and respected relatives, and committed the crime of rebellion. The death of these three people became the first sacrifices. "The clues and intelligence that Lu Qing has have greatly exceeded everyone's expectations, and it is obvious that these unknown things cannot be said by the victim himself, these ...... It should be all information stuffed into his mind in space.
Liu Dequan: Flamboyant, clever arguments, lying and deceiving people, committing the crime of lying.
Meng Yu: Treachery, framing friends, and disregarding the life and death of others is regarded as treachery.
Xu Rui: Blasphemy against ghosts and gods, a great disrespectful person.
Feng Huan: A pure virgin.
All seven of the above seven met the conditions for sacrifice, and now, there are only two people left to complete the final sacrifice. One of them was charged with indiscriminate killing.
When these eight people are sacrificed, a special person is required to sacrifice himself to complete the final step of the ritual. In this way, the door of life will be opened, and the restless old gods will return to silence.
And among all the dreambreakers, there are two who meet the sin of injustice. One of them is Lin Jie, the notorious serial killer. And the other person is the captain of the first district who once stabbed innocent hostages and then entered the space - Shan Hongwei.
"Lin Jie, isn't this guy dead yet?" Dai Shikai was extremely surprised, he thought that all the people left in the town were dead, except for Ni Ya.
"He's not dead." Lu Qing's gaze always stayed on Shan Hongwei, and his eyes burned with rage.
An inexplicable smile appeared on Shan Hongwei's face, and at the moment when Lu Qing's words fell, he slowly opened his mouth, and his voice sounded extremely gloomy: "I see." ”
"Boom ......"
Suddenly, the whole island began to shake violently, and clouds of dust rolled off the top of the wall and the edges.
"The Old Dominator is about to awaken!" Betsy was unsteady on her feet, so she could only grab Xu Zhen's arm and try to maintain her balance. At this moment, not only the town, but even Li Chenyin and Chen Zhi on the mountain also felt the fierce turmoil.
"This island is sinking!" Chen Zhi's face was like earth, and despair filled his heart. He saw the water below lapping against the shore as if it were boiling, and the monsters underneath swam around in revelry. Chen Zhi sat paralyzed on the ground, and cold sweat suddenly soaked his back: "Something, it's going to float up from below!" ”