Chapter 27: The Fear of the Unknown

"Crazy? Are you going to church? ”

When Yin Xiong made this suggestion, he was immediately refuted by Liu Dequan: "Don't you know that there may be a monster hidden in the darkness?" ”

Yin Xiong looked coldly at the stupid old man in front of him who liked to rely on the old and sell the old, and showed disdain: "This town is almost overturned by us, do you have a clue to survive?" ”

"He's right." Meng Yu, who had been silent in the team, also spoke: "It's been five days since that group of people went up the mountain, and there has been no news so far. I don't think it's likely that they will survive, and the fog on the mountain seems to be getting closer and closer to the town. ”

At that time, once the town is surrounded by thick fog, the consequences may be unimaginable.

"Are we all going to die here?" Zhou Qiong looked at Feng Huan with tears in her eyes.

She was reminded of a movie called "The Mist," in which man-eating monsters hid behind layers of mist. However, in the movie, the most terrifying thing is not the monster.

There are two things in the world that cannot be looked at, one is the sun, and the other is the human heart.

The atmosphere of desperation will drive people crazy, once the remaining people have contradictions, in the case of the failure of the props, women, as a vulnerable group, the end can be imagined.

The night before, they had eaten the last can. Although there is a lake in the town and fresh water resources are abundant, there is nothing left for the people to eat other than water.

Feng Huan realized that if they continued like this, there was only a dead end waiting for them.

"I also agree with Yin Xiong's idea." She began, "There may be an important clue hidden in that cellar, and we can't sit idly by. ”

Soon, Ni Ya and Xu Rui also agreed to go to the church to look for clues, and Lin Jie, a dangerous element who everyone respected, always leaned aside with his head in his hands, and didn't say a word when they discussed.

Liu Dequan blushed, but he didn't expect that no one stood by his side this time. He secretly glanced at Lin Jie, and then plucked up the courage to speak, "Hey...... You, you also say, do you want to go to church? ”

Lin Jie was the object of everyone's fear, although everyone rejected him and was always wary of each other, but they had to give him some supplies.

The reason is very simple, before leaving, Chen Zhi had warned them that this man was more than ruthless. The hands are spicy, the IQ is extremely high, and even the skills are much more powerful than ordinary people. The reason why he followed the team quietly was also because Shan Hongwei was there, and the other party did not dare to make a mistake. In addition, there are Li Zeyan, Dai Shikai, Lu Qing, Chen Shuo and others, and Lin Jie will not do anything out of the ordinary.

But now it's different, all the strong people who can suppress him have left, and now in this group of people, if he really wants to fight, I'm afraid no one is his opponent. Therefore, Lin Jie's opinion can influence the entire team, if the other party is united with himself, no one else will go.

However, Lin Jie didn't even bother to raise his eyelids, and lazily turned over and said, "Well, wait until noon when the light is the most sufficient." ”

At this time, Liu Dequan's face was blue and red, he looked at everyone, and just wanted to say something, but Xu Rui took the lead: "If you don't want to go, you can also choose not to go." We don't force you. But if we find something in that cellar, you don't expect to get half a point. ”

"You...... Do you treat the elderly like this? Young man, I'm about the same age as your grandfather......"

"There's no distinction between young and old, everyone is a dreambreaker, it's as simple as that. If you want materials, you have to pay, and relying on the old to sell the old is useless. Xu Rui said with a cold face.

Not only him, but several other people didn't say anything, but it could be seen from the expressions on their faces that everyone was very supportive of Xu Rui's idea.

"Okay, count yourself ruthless." Liu Dequan didn't know what they were thinking, in case of danger, as the worst physical strength in the team, he must be the most dangerous. Even if they can only play a role in dragging their feet in the team, at the critical moment, their death can still give them some chance to escape.

But if there was food in the cellar, he would be the only one to leave the group, and it wouldn't be long before he died in the town.

Liu Dequan's old face fell, and he nodded resignedly: "That's okay, I'll go with you!" ”

Everyone took stock of the remaining supplies, and now there are still two flashlights with electricity, one each held by Lin Jie and Xu Rui. The rest of the people wrapped strips of cloth around the branches, doused them with gasoline and lit them, and lit them with torches.

Lin Jie and Yin Xiong had followed Shan Hongwei and them in to investigate the situation a month earlier, so they quickly led them to the chapel where the cellar was hidden.

On the way here, everyone saw that the surrounding walls were old and yellow, and the wall skin was peeling off to reveal gray cement. What was even more shocking was that they saw extremely hideous scratches on the wall, each of which left a deep mark of about four to five centimeters on the wall......

Liu Dequan looked secretly frightened, and could only keep praying that the monster would not attack him in the light, or that it would have left here a long time ago.

The cellar was located in the easternmost corner of the chapel, Xu Rui handed the flashlight to Zhou Qiong, bent down to study the lock, took out a wire from his pocket and inserted it into the lock cylinder, ready to open the lock.

"You can't do it, it's all so much work, why hasn't this lock been opened yet?" Liu Dequan looked around, and the orange fire shone on the wall, pulling the shadows of several of them extremely long and weird.

There was silence in the dark corridor outside, and in addition to the sound of burning torches, he could even feel his heart beating wildly in his chest. Darkness, like a magnifying glass, can infinitely magnify any subtle sense of fear in the human heart.

"Click"

With the crisp sound of metal popping, the rusty iron lock in Xu Rui's hand was finally opened by him.

"Xu Rui, good job!" Feng Huan patted him on the shoulder.

"I'm so tired, the lock is so rusty, and there is a fly spinning around next to my head, which seriously affects my efficiency." Xu Rui moved his arm and glanced at Liu Dequan.

"You ......" Liu Dequan wanted to say something, but it was estimated that no one would help him, so he had to shut his mouth stupidly.

Yin Xiong and Lin Jie pulled the iron door open, and the air was filled with thick dust and a musty smell, and everyone covered their mouths and noses. Lin Jie shone a flashlight downward, and found that there were two large boxes of ash under the cellar.

They walked down the stairs to the bottom, only to find that this place was an open area, and it turned out to be a huge secret room built under the church! Xu Rui shone his flashlight around, only to see that there were many strange pictures of all kinds painted on the wall, and there were many words that they couldn't understand.

"Sister Feng, I'...... I have a headache. Looking at these murals, Zhou Qiong turned around, and suddenly felt that her legs were weak, her brain seemed to have suffered a heavy blow, and her back couldn't stop breaking out in a cold sweat.

Not only her, but others also began to feel abnormal after entering the underground. Soon, they discovered the source of the horror - in the middle of the empty chamber, there was a statue about three meters high. The statue is covered with a thick black cloth, and the white marble pillars below are faintly visible.

Even through the black cloth, everyone can still deeply and clearly experience an ancient, mysterious, and shuddering fear.

In the face of this terrifying sense of fear and oppression, for a moment, Xu Rui, and everyone present, including a cruel perverted killer like Lin Jie, felt that he was as small and helpless as an inconspicuous grain of sand in the universe in the face of this huge panic that was difficult to describe in words.

It's a horror they've never experienced before. Unlike the oppressive feeling of monsters such as ghosts and ghouls, this oldest fear, the unspeakable unknown, has a thought in everyone's mind: escape!