It was pitch black, there was no light, just in the absolute darkness of space, and the sound of small footsteps, with an empty echo, came from afar. The sound was faint, but in the dead silence, anyone could hear it clearly, and the even footsteps were slow, but one after another, and every time they stepped on the ground, they made a sound, as if they were close to their ears, and they seemed to be far away at the end of the world. "Step, step, step", step by step, every time you step on the ground, it is like a buckle in people's hearts, which will make those who hear it feel indescribable fears and tremors.

"Squeak", just as the sound of footsteps that seemed to never stop stopped, the sound of the doorshaft turning replaced the footsteps, filling the dark space. The rust of the door shaft is not strict, and the sound is not very loud, but compared to the dead silence and the faint footsteps, the shock is like a thunderclap. As the door shaft turned, a glimmer of light seeped through the open crack, piercing through the pervasive dead silence and shining into the space.

It seemed to be a large space, and even if the faint light stretched to the end, it could not illuminate the entire surrounding environment, only the people under the light and the ground under his feet. It was a mage wrapped in black robes, and the pulsing light floated above his head, hovering around him without any support, and fell with his steps, and on his chest, the silver base was inlaid with a golden hourglass, reflecting a cold light in the pale green light. At his feet, the cyan slabs stretched forward into the darkness, smooth as a mirror, and there were no patterns engraved on them.

Walking through this empty and dark space, even if there is a faint light, it is impossible to identify any reference. It was as if a creature had been banished to the Infinite Void, unable to find its direction or feel the movement of space. Fortunately, there was also the ground beneath his feet, and the cyan ground receded with the sound of footsteps, the only evidence that could prove moving in the darkness. One step, one step. In the darkness, time seems to have lost its meaning, and every step seems to pass only a second, and it seems that one step is already eternal. As he sneaked step by step, the surrounding darkness seemed to sound with countless strange sounds, as if there were countless creatures hiding in the darkness, staring at the fire in the darkness and whispering. However, the walker in the dark is indifferent to Yiqiē. The footsteps are slow and steady, step by step, without a moment's pause.

"Whew", the sound of flames suddenly sounded in the darkness, and dozens of flames suddenly appeared in the heights, just like the light above the black-robed mage's head, the flames also emitted a pale green cold light, dyeing the entire space with a layer of strange color. The fire flickered. Illuminates this empty and dark world. Only then can you see that this is a huge space of thousands of square meters. It seems to be the style of a temple prayer room, but it is countless times larger than a normal prayer room. The gate of the temple is ten meters wide, but it is as narrow as the door of an ordinary house compared to the size of the entire temple. Upon entering the gate, a row of columns running through the upper and lower sides of the gate supported the dome of the temple, which was more than thirty meters high. on the cylinder. Carved with a large number of bizarre reliefs, these reliefs are difficult to understand, dozens of reliefs are grouped together, and each group of reliefs shows a group of the same people. Doing different things in the same place, not doing things differently between people, but each person on each relief is completely different from their own behavior on another relief, other than that, there is no difference, even the position of the sun above the head has not changed, as if to show Xiàn, these people at the same time, each person can do dozens of completely different behaviors, giving people a very strange feeling.

At the end of the corridor made of columns, there is a high stone platform, on which is fixed a huge throne, which is made of a huge hourglass, but this hourglass is twisted, twisted into a shape that connects end to end, and there is even fine sand in the seat of the hourglass, which is driven by mysterious forces, and constantly circulates and seems to be endless.

At the bottom of the stone steps of the stone platform, more than twenty people in the same black robe stood on both sides of the throne without saying a word, everyone was dressed in the same way, and the thick hood covered their heads, covering everyone's faces, making everyone look the same. There were no superfluous people to react to the newcomers, only a black-robed man standing alone closest to the divine seat slowly lowered his raised hand, and it was obvious that the dozens of flames that suddenly lit up were controlled by him.

The new black-robed man slowly and silently walked through the black-robed believers who were silently standing on both sides, and walked behind the black-robed man standing alone under the divine seat, staring at his back. The man under the throne of God has an extremely strange feeling, his movements are vigorous and crisp, like a young man, without the slightest delay of an old man, but from him there is always a sense of vicissitudes after experiencing the precipitation of the years, as if he has spent a long time.

"Lord Priest. The new black-robed man first bowed down to the empty throne, then got up and bowed deeply behind the back of the person who was called the priest at the front, and said in a deep voice, "Brother, I'm sorry that I'm late. ”

"It doesn't matter how long or late the time is, as long as you come back. The black-robed priest slowly turned his head, and under the hood was a young and unfamiliar face, and in his young eyes, he revealed an old gaze. The priest looked at the latecomers seriously, nodded and said, "Now that the people who can rush back are all together, they can already start." Since you're going to have to get everyone together, it's bad news, right? ”

"Yes, brother. The latecomer hung his head and said in disappointment: "It's the worst news." ”

"They've found out?" the priest's voice was calm without a hint of undulation, as if no change could stir up the waves in his heart: "No, it's normal for them to find out, after all, it's the perfect Kyle, and it's strange that he can't find it." Looks like they've found out a long time ago, and they've already returned?"

"Yes, they're back, my brother. The latecomer said with some uneasiness: "Seven days ago, they suddenly returned to the plateau from Farrar and visited Samoel under the leadership of Trikais for the first time. They got confirmation from Samoel and thoroughly discovered our layout. (To be continued......)

ps: I'm sorry, friends, I think you can see it, the last chapters of this volume, is the end of an important main line in the whole text, although the general plot has been designed a long time ago, but these days spent too much time to sort out the ideas and conceive the details, but I have to say, the difficulty is really great, and my pen power is limited, a lot of things can't be written. Like this chapter, I'm afraid it's hard for you to believe that it took me more than six hours to write this simple 2,000 words. I closed my eyes and imagined in my mind what kind of environment to describe to highlight the identity characteristics and complex emotions of this person, what kind of language and actions to use to express the relationship and way of getting along with these people, and what kind of detail design to promote the development of the plot. I thought about it a lot, but I wrote very little, and no matter how I revised it repeatedly, I couldn't achieve the effect I imagined, so I could only say that I tried my best to express it. I've written so much, in fact, I just want to say, please give me another day or two to let me get through this pass, as long as I can cross it, I will be up in unison.

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