Chapter 52: Three Ways to the Other Side
Another silver star-shaped firework representing the deceased rose into the air with a low "boom" and then hung above the sky, becoming one of the stars that had been used before the day. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Daddy didn't go to heaven! I just met him! The little boy shouted.
Hearing Applejack's only son's words, Hong Yuesheng suddenly realized something, squatted down and grabbed the boy's shoulder: "Where did you just say you met your father?" ”
"It's in the ghosts flying over there." The little boy said and pointed to the air behind him.
Hong Yuesheng looked in the direction of the little boy's finger, and there were many white ghosts floating in the sky outside the Governor's Palace, hovering in the air under the guidance of a huge robot disguised as an undead extraditer.
"Hoo! What happened to you? "Emily, they came over at this time.
"I don't have time to explain! Green Snake, you come with me! Hong Yuesheng got up and assigned tasks.
"Master Chief," he also looked at the confused red-haired Arya, "please protect Lady Miei and the child." Also, please inform Captain Brunhild to raise the security level of the venue! ”
"What's wrong? I can't just ask the Captain to raise the security level of the Governor's Palace based on your feelings! ”
"I'm not sure yet, but hopefully my instincts are wrong." Hong Yuesheng said goodbye and turned to leave.
"Where are you going?!"
"I'll go get things straight."
"Hey!" No matter how much the red-haired Arya called him from behind, Hong Yuesheng pushed aside the crowd and left without looking back, and Arya's voice was quickly muffled by the transcendent scriptures chanted by the Yaning monks.
"Om-Repair-Repair-。。。Repair-Repair-T
The green snake kissed his newlywed wife Bonnie on the forehead and hurried to follow Hong Yuesheng.
"What the hell happened to Captain Hong?" Mei Ying hugged Xiaojie, I don't know why.
"Master Chief, what are we going to do?" Emily, Bonnie looked at the red-haired Arya, and the Tank Girl waited silently for the next order. Arya gritted her teeth and walked towards the VIP area where Brunhilde was.
"The second is in charge!"
As soon as they left the Governor's Palace, Hong Yuesheng and the Green Snake bumped into the White Tiger who was locked up outside the Governor's Mansion because he had lost his security card, and the Green Snake did not forget to slap the White Tiger's head angrily, and the White Tiger shrank his head into his huge body aggrievedly.
Hong Yuesheng silently rushed into the crowd of people wearing undead masks, and as she walked, she looked up to notice the white ghosts floating up and down in the sky - these ghosts with a length of nearly two and a half meters were actually remote-controlled skeleton-shaped robots equipped with magnetic levitation devices, covering the outside of the machine's body with a layer of gray-white cloth, and dragging a long strip of rotten cloth on the tail; Green light shines through the eyes, and there is an inexplicable strange feeling. The ghosts themselves are not really artificial intelligence, but just float and dance in the air according to the instructions they receive - on closer inspection, Hong Yuesheng found that despite their different movements, all the white ghosts were hovering around a central point in the air, and that central point was a giant ferry boat in the air not far away that was pulled by the black-robed undead extraditerr.
In Yaning folklore, the only way to cross the boundary between life and death is to take a "ferry", so it is naturally a place of undead spirits. Viewed from the ground, the ferry boat carved with delicate blood-yellow waves exudes a strange demonic aura.
"That's it." Hong Yuesheng said to herself.
"What did you say?" Green Snake asked.
"Immediately notify the Lionheart team to activate the MechHeart Mech and assemble near the ferry." Since the mirage was under the jurisdiction of Victor's Security Bureau, Nakahisa's troops were on standby in the warehouse, and there was no plan to dispatch them. Hong Yuesheng finished giving instructions to the green snake, lowered her head and closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Lisa, can you connect to a ghost near me?" ”
After Hong Yuesheng's artificial heart CPU received the command, the speed gradually increased, and if it weren't for the noisy voices outside, the buzzing sound could be heard by everyone near Hong.
A white ghost just floated down from the air and wandered above the crowd, suddenly it seemed to sense something, the skull nervously twitched and swayed a few times, and the mouth like a steel fence turned to make Lisa's trademark "cooing" sound, and then turned towards the crowd and plunged down, causing people on the street to exclaim, making way for a way, the white ghost saw that it was getting closer and closer to Hong Yuesheng, Hong not only did not hide, but grabbed the white ghost's neck, like conquering a wild horse that had escaped and jumped on the back of the white ghost.
"Listen to my orders!" Hong Yuesheng shouted to the green snake and the white tiger in the air, and then patted the ghost on the back, "Lisa, go!" ”
The White Ghost let out a "Goo! After a long roar, he flew towards the air ferry, which was surrounded by many people of the same kind.
In the Doge's Palace, after hearing the red-haired Arya's report, Brunhilde frowned.
She glanced at the block, then at Zhongjiu in the hall and at her father who was speaking on the balcony, and bit her lip to finally make a decision from the tangled: "Notify_each_unit, enter_the_emergency_alert, but_don't_disturb_the_guests. )”
“Yes!_Lieutenant... (Yes!) Captain... Red-haired Arya saluted.
"Where's_MrsJie? )”
In_the_honored_family_area, with_Emily. (Right in the Honorable Family Section, Emily is with her.) )”
Take_me_to_her(Take me to her.) Brunhilde didn't understand why, and he chose to believe the "little mouse".
After Hong Yuesheng flew above the air ferry with the white ghost, she let go of the ghost and jumped down.
As soon as she landed on the deck, Hong Yuesheng smelled a strong scent of Manzhu Sahua, and the winter sun became dim due to the fog, and things five meters away were no longer visible. Hong Yuesheng cautiously walked towards the entrance of the cabin, the reflection of the mast and the square sail hanging above it brushed his body like a bloodless dry hand, the raven let out a hoarse hiss, and the shadow of a white ghost loomed around.
As soon as the hatch was opened, a chill hit me, mixed with the howl of the wind as it passed through the cracks in the hull, like the painful screams of the undead who could not be reincarnated. Hong Yuesheng took out the pistol from behind and lit it with the flashlight on the gun: the huge machine gear inside the ferry kept rotating at different rates, and each time the gear engaged, it would emit "Guang! Guang!” The sound of steel crashing.
Spinning down the whirlpool-shaped path, Hong Yuesheng gradually heard some whispering sounds coming from behind the iron gate with a glimmer of light in front of her.
He clenched his gun and pressed close to the door, his murmuring getting louder and louder...
"Bang!" Hong Yuesheng slammed open the iron door, and in front of him was the command room of the ferry, which was also the largest cabin in the ferry, the size of a small auditorium. At the key point where the crew should normally be seated, stood a group of red-robed monks, each wearing an "extradide" mask on their face, according to the tradition of the sacrifice of the dead, and the voice of the voice was the scripture they were reciting.
The monks glanced sideways at the intruder, but did not care, and soon turned their heads again, closed their eyes and went to chant. Only from the mask can be seen that the abbot with the lotus symbol on his forehead walked towards Hong Yuesheng from the central console.
"Is there anything wrong with the donor?" The abbot's voice was electronically magnetic, and in the swaying light, it was impossible to see the eyes behind the presiding mask.
"I'm chasing a suspect." Hong Yuesheng put down the gun in his hand, took out the badge of the Lionheart team from the inside of the formal suit, and showed it to the abbot to prove his identity. As he spoke, his eyes still searching the corners of the cabin, where incense was lit and the flames flickered.
"Then donor, I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place, there's a super-French ritual going on here." The abbot folded his hands and replied respectfully to Hong Yuesheng.
Through the large hanging window on the side of the command room, Hong Yuesheng could see that the sacrificial ceremony was also going on in the garden of the governor's palace.
"Isn't the French on the ferry on deck?" Hong Yuesheng remembered that when he took Emperor Yue's float, he saw the monk on the deck throwing plum blossom petals under the boat, "Why did you move inside?" ”
"Donor, you don't know." The abbot generously guided Hong Yuesheng to walk slowly along the central console, so that Hong Yuesheng could see what was going on, and explained at the same time: "According to the "Dizo Bodhisattva Sutra", after death, mortals must be guided by our extradition to cross the Three Paths River, and there are three paths of different depths, namely the path of fire, the path of blood, and the path of sword. Only by passing all three of these paths can you ascend to Elysium. The French and flaming red flowers on the deck of the ferry ship before, that is, the "fire road". Now the ritual in the flesh of the ferry, and the second way: "The Bloody Path". ”
At the end of the explanation, the circle of the cabin was over, and Hong Yuesheng nodded to the abbot: "Sorry to disturb." ”
"The donor is very polite." After the abbot made a gesture, he sent Hong Yuesheng to the iron gate when he came and opened the door for him.
At the moment when Hong Yuesheng was about to step out of the door, he suddenly grabbed the abbot's hand holding the deadbolt.
"Donor, you...
"Speaking of the three paths," Hong Yuesheng's face slowly turned to the host, and the eyes behind the mask were reflecting the aromatherapy lights in the cabin: "Since you are the abbot, you know very well that different aromas will be used every way, right?" ”?“ Well? The abbot hesitated slightly.
"The incense of fire will make the deceased have a dream about "other", the knife incense is the dream of "shore", between "other" and "shore", it is the blood fragrance that represents "fate", the three fragrances are connected together in three ways, and it becomes a beautiful dream. "Few people know that in the past, when they were still living in the old city of Mirage, Hong Yuesheng would take his sister Hong Lingzi to a nearby temple for fasting every New Year's Day, which could solve the problem of one meal for two people, and secondly, the abbot in the temple was also one of the few people who was full of kindness to their brother and sister. It is precisely because of this that Hong Yuesheng is familiar with the complicated process of Yaning's religion, and even knows much more than the Yaning people who have received higher education.
"Indeed ... The benefactor is really knowledgeable! The abbot hurriedly answered, beads of sweat sliding down his neck from under the mask.
So why do you continue to use fire incense even though you have reached the "blood path"? During the questioning, Hong Yuesheng's hand became tighter and tighter, and the wrist in the abbot's long sleeve was hard, obviously not human flesh and blood.
The abbot pulled his hand back suddenly, but Hong Yuesheng grabbed hard, and the abbot's red long sleeves were torn apart by the wrestling, revealing the black mechanical arm inside.
"You're not an abbot at all!" Hong Yuesheng yelled and pulled his pistol from his waist again.
"Buzz!!" A high-frequency electronic signal was emitted from the mask of the fake abbot whose identity was revealed, and the body size of the other monks in the room hidden under the red robe changed dramatically, and the eyes behind the mask shot out of ice blue, instantly shattering the clothes and pounced on Hong Yuesheng, who was actually a Yaksha!!
The communicator in the green snake's hand flashed a rapid red light, which was the assembly signal agreed by Hong Yuesheng and his subordinates.
“No_equipment_can_be_let_in_without_permission! (Your equipment can't be released!) At the security checkpoint outside the palace mountain, seven military armored vehicles commanded by Green Snake and White Tiger were detained by the soldiers of the Security Bureau in charge of security.
“Base_on_what? This_is_an_emergency_deployment_running_by_Lion_Heart_Team!(Why didn't you let it go?) This was urgently deployed by the Lionheart Squad! "Green Snake asked angrily.
"On_what_do_you_base_your_action? (Why?) The Security Service soldier asked rhetorically:
My_boss_wants_me_to_show_you_this_video(Let me show you this video above.) )”
As he spoke, he pressed the video switch at the security checkpoint, and a holographic video was played, recording what Hong Yuesheng and Silver Fox said when they confronted each other when they were arresting the remnants of the Fuxing Society a few days ago:
“Ever_since_the_new_Security_Act_issued_by_Governor_William,Colonel_Victor’s_Mirage_Security_is_in_charge_inside_Mirage,and_we_Lion_Heart_Team_take_care_of_outside. I_suppose_you're_perfectly_clear_here_is_out_of_Mirage. (Since Governor William enacted the new security law a year ago, Colonel Victor's Security Bureau has been in charge, and we have been in charge of the Lionheart Squad, and I think you are well aware that this is an area outside of the Mirage.) )”
After the video was played, the soldiers of the Security Bureau sneered and sneered in Hong Yuesheng's tone: "We_suppose_you're_perfectly_clear_here_is_inside_of_Mirage. (We think you're also well aware that this is the area within the mirage.) )”
"You!" The white tiger couldn't hold back his anger and got out of the car directly to do it. But no sooner had he walked up to the soldiers than a squad of heavily armed Security Service soldiers surrounded him and seven King Lionheart armored vehicles.
In the garden of the Governor's Palace, the miniature microphone in the ears of the silver fox, who was dressed from head to toe and wore a black "hakama", received the message, she looked down and listened for a while, and then silently approached Colonel Victor in front of her and whispered:
"ZhongJiu's_deputy_is_taking_action. (Zhongjiu's deputy has action.) )”
Victor continued to look up at his father, who was speaking on the balcony, and quietly commanded, "Keep_an_eye_on_him. (Look at him.) )”
The silver fox turned his head and looked out of the palace mountain, where the mechanical white ghost was like a swarm of bats, surrounding the huge ferry floating in the air...
Bang! Bang!
A Yaksha that pounced from the air flipped on its side as it was hit by a series of bullets, and fell heavily to the ground. However, it was difficult for ordinary bullets to completely suppress the Yaksha's movements, and before the Yaksha could get up, more Yaksha rushed up and protected the false abbot behind him, while one of them had already blocked the exit.
Hong Yuesheng hid behind the steel column, quickly replaced the new magazine with his hands and feet, and then immediately turned around to shoot and then switched positions to dodge, a year of professional tactical training allowed him to attack and defend in one go, but finally hid at the end of the cabin, the end of the road.
When he hid in a giant locker as a cover again, due to the heavy impact on the cabinet door, several humanoid objects inside fell down beside Hong Yuesheng with a bang.
Hong Yuesheng looked at the objects on the ground, and it turned out to be several hideous-looking monk corpses covered in blood! Too late to lament, Hong put on the last pair of magazines and pressed the siren on his body desperately.
"Come on!" He gritted his teeth and watched through the gap in the bunker as the fake abbot was walking back towards the center console.
In an inconspicuous building not far from the ferry, a sniper rifle is adjusting its scope, through the giant hanging window of the ferry, putting Hong Yuesheng's face in the center of the crosshair.