Chapter 108: Win-win cooperation
The information given by the mission of the saints is vague, and there is basically nothing to refer to except the Valley of Atonement and the Church of Redemption, and it is clear that the search for these two places is also part of the mission. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Liu Minghao and Jiang Jie can be said to be blind, except for the plot of the movie, their understanding of Jerusalem is limited to the religious holy places that have been inherited for thousands of years, and the chaotic areas that have been in war all year round, and they don't know anything else, so they can only look for clues step by step according to these two names.
Hearing Hart talk about the Temple of Atonement, Liu Minghao planned to try his luck, and if he couldn't find any clues there, he would go to the city's museum to inquire about the history or legends of Jerusalem, and he would always find some clues.
Before Liu Minghao went out, he said hello to the guards at the door and informed them of the whereabouts of several people, and then followed Hart towards the south of the city.
Refugees from all over the city continued to pour in, and in a short period of time, the streets had become much more crowded, and passing through the central square, you could still see many people lying on their stomachs, as if they were performing some kind of ceremony, with a solemn atmosphere in the chaos.
The group walked with Hart through the narrow streets, and along the way, they could see very homeless refugees gathered on the side of the street, their faces full of panic and confusion, and despair that could not be concealed.
Liu Minghao frowned slightly, looked up at the sky, it was almost 4 o'clock in the afternoon, according to the plot of the movie, the plane that the protagonist was on should arrive after dawn, and then because the refugees were celebrating the rest of the catastrophe, the huge sound attracted the crazy impact of the zombies, causing the safety zone to be quickly breached and completely destroyed.
Before leaving, it is better to remind Worm Brown to strengthen the control of the perimeter of the safe zone, try not to make a noise, attract the attention of the zombies, although it cannot change the final outcome, it can be regarded as his reward for helping.
"Up front is the Church of Atonement." Hart's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Liu Minghao's thoughts.
At this time, a few people had just turned a corner, Liu Minghao raised his head, followed the direction of Hart's arm, and looked at a building on the right.
At the end of the street, there stands an old flat-roofed building, which looks indistinguishable from the houses on the side, and there is no sign that it is a temple, except for a few trees planted outside the door, adding a bit of green to the gray street.
Liu Minghao and a few people stepped into the courtyard door, and Hart, who entered first, had already walked over with an old man with gray hair.
However, the old man did not know the origin of the Church of Atonement very well, and he was even more ignorant of the heart of the saints and the Salvation Church that Liu Minghao asked, and said again and again that he had never heard of it.
After Hart's explanation, everyone learned that there had been a fire in this temple a few years ago, and most of the people were burned to death, and this old man was only in charge of guarding it, and knew little about the history of the temple.
"However, speaking of which, the people here at that time were once doubted by the believers because they predicted the catastrophe of the end of the world and demons." Hart suddenly seemed to remember something, his eyes swept over the refugees gathered in the courtyard, and a solemn look appeared on his face, "Now that I think about it, many of the words said by those people have been fulfilled. ”
Liu Minghao raised his eyebrows slightly, looked up at the buildings in the temple, and found that there were indeed many places, and he could see the traces of burning, and turned his head to look at the old man, "After the fire, are there any things like the case files and scriptures that have been rescued?" ”
Before the old man could speak, Hart interjected, "Yes, I handled the affairs here at that time, and when it was renovated, the original things were all put in the small building in the corner. ”
Liu Minghao said that he wanted to look through the scriptures, so Hart took the two of them directly to the outside of the small building, but did not follow, but stayed outside with Burns to help the old man settle the refugees who kept coming.
In the dark attic.
It seemed to be a quiet room, but it was fairly neat, with simple tables and chairs, and against the wall were bookshelves piled high with files, and the ash on the table was a foot thick, and it was obvious that no one had come in for a long time.
Liu Minghao and Jiang Jie stood in the dusty room, rummaging through the scripture books piled up in the corners, and found that there were many ancient manuscripts and documents in them, even if there was such a system against the sky, they could only roughly understand some of them, and many of the yellowed scriptures could only show the whole text of the question, and they could not be deciphered at all.
The two spent a lot of time, but still got nothing, Jiang Jie threw the manuscript in his hand on the table in frustration, splashed a cloud of dust, and immediately covered his mouth and nose and stepped back, complaining, "There are too few clues, there is no Valley of Atonement, Redemption Hall, where is it." ”
After complaining for a long time, Jiang Jie didn't hear Liu Minghao's movements, looked up, and saw Liu Minghao holding a scripture in his hand, but his eyes did not fall on it, but looked sideways in the direction behind him, his face was solemn, and his eyes flashed with vigilance.
The attic space is not large, only there is a window on the west side, which Jiang Jie opened as soon as he came in, because there are flat-roofed buildings all around, and the field of vision is quite wide, and he can see a large area of the sky.
At this time, the sunset is obliquely shining, the whole sky is glowing with brilliant red glow, in the open window, there is a slender figure, although the body is covered with a heavy black cloak, but you can still see the delicate undulating curves, the gorgeous glow falls on the curly eyelashes, flashing with a faint halo, as if plated with a layer of soft color, the eyes are flowing, with an indescribable charm.
"It's you again." Jiang Jie was stunned for a long time, and suddenly shouted, but he didn't act rashly, even if he didn't fight head-on, he knew that Ye Xue's strength was above him, and he didn't even notice when the other party appeared, so he knew that he would give it for nothing if he went up.
Ye Xue didn't pay attention to Jiang Jie at all, looked at Liu Minghao expressionlessly, suddenly raised his hand, palms up, five fingers closed, and a silver light suddenly flashed, instantly illuminating the dim attic.
With her movements, an extremely strong energy spread, and a faint light also appeared around her body, and her momentum changed suddenly, from cold and indifferent, to aggressive and strong, as if she could jump up at any time and give the enemy a fatal blow that he could not resist.
Liu Minghao stood silently in place, still holding the scripture that was almost falling apart in his hand, facing Ye Xue's eyes, and his aura around him did not fluctuate in the slightest.
Just when Jiang Jie's heart had already mentioned his throat, Ye Xue suddenly moved slightly, the light in his hand suddenly disappeared, and the momentum around him suddenly changed, and he returned to his previous coldness like ice and snow, and said coldly, "Let's talk about a deal." ”
"We don't have much to talk about." Jiang Jie immediately wanted to speak, but Ye Xue's cold gaze suddenly swept over, full of deterrence, Jiang Jie couldn't help but be slightly shocked, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.
Ye Xue coldly retracted her gaze and turned to Liu Minghao, "I'm not interested in talking nonsense, to put it bluntly, without my help, you will definitely not be able to find the gate of the Holy Hall, and you will not imagine what kind of enemies you will encounter." ”
"How do you know?" Liu Minghao raised his eyebrows slightly, and his tone was steady and authentic.
Jiang Jie's face became a little ugly, the saint badge he successfully triggered represented this task, only he and Liu Minghao knew, even if others knew the existence of the badge task, it was impossible to know the specific content of the task.
"And why should we trust you?" Liu Minghao put down the scriptures in his hand, still maintaining a relaxed posture, and looked at Ye Xue, "You don't just want to say a few words to move us to cooperate with you." ”
Ye Xue's brows moved slightly, and her voice was still very calm, "I can tell you that the Valley of Atonement is in the lockdown zone, and I can also tell you that without our help, you will definitely not be able to destroy the spirit of the Demon King, let alone the heart of a saint." ”
Jiang Jie's face became more and more solemn, Ye Xue's words were simply repeating the content of their mission, there was no need to say more, it had already been very straightforward to show that she had more relevant information than they knew.
"What price are we going to pay in exchange for this information?" Liu Minghao has always been very calm, Ye Xue and the yellow-eyed man are obviously one side, although she has never had murderous intentions against Jiang Jie, nor has she snatched the saint badge, but it is impossible not to know about it, since she dares to come alone to negotiate the conditions at this time, she is obviously very sure, they will not refuse the offer to cooperate, let alone take the opportunity to attack her.
"As long as you cooperate, I will naturally tell you all the necessary information." Yexue said dryly, "Otherwise, I can guarantee that you won't get any clues." ”
If there was a glimmer of possibility, she would not ask for cooperation, thinking back to the information she had just gotten, Yexue's willow eyebrows hidden under the hood couldn't help frowning slightly.
The Valley of Atonement is a place where sinners repent like gods, and the exact origin is unknown, and the Valley of Atonement, located in a valley outside Jerusalem, is the place where a saint killed demons thousands of years ago, because the strength of the demons was too strong to be completely destroyed, the saints used their bodies as a vessel to communicate with the gods, and their hearts were used as a magic weapon to suppress the eyes of the array, imprisoning the demons in the Valley of Atonement. According to the information that Yexue has, the entrance to the Salvation Church is under the valley where the demons are suppressed, and as long as you can destroy the demon spirits and get the hearts of the saints, you can find a way to open the Salvation Church.
And Yexue's goal is the demon heart in the temple, in order to destroy the demon spirit to enter the temple, she has done a lot of preparation work in advance, the most important part of which is to obtain the zombie virus gene sequence, and this work, only Kenny can complete.
The reason why she didn't take the opportunity to hijack Kenny into the experimental base was because Yexue knew that the experimental base was very dangerous, and now that Huang Tong and the bald head were both killed, only the tattooed man was left by her side to help, and the split man and the short man could only barely protect themselves, once they entered it, they couldn't guarantee Kenny's safety at all, let alone collect information and crack the virus.
Yexue weighed left and right, knowing that something could not be done, so he took the initiative to come to Liu Minghao for cooperation as a last resort.