Six o'clock in the morning.

Jing Chen sat at the head of the bed, and his whole person was a little confused.

I woke up, but I didn't wake up completely, my eyes were open, and God hadn't come back.

It wasn't until someone passed by downstairs and the sound of conversation sounded that Jing Chen gradually came back to his senses,

"Hoo ......"

Raising his hand, he rubbed his face, and there were still some doubts, chagrin, and inexplicableness in his eyes.

He pondered about the affairs of Qingming Temple last night, and didn't fall asleep in a trance until the second half of the night.

Then, I had a very inexplicable dream.

In the dream, the whole world is pure white and blurry.

Not far in front of him, a young girl sat on the ground, with her back to him, her head bowed, and she was concentrating on a pile of woolen yarn and crocheting delicate toys.

In the dream, he walked over, and the girl seemed to hear the movement, and turned around,

After seeing him, the girl burst into tears of surprise, then raised her hand and handed him the knitted knitted toy in her hand.

But in the dream, he didn't know what nerves to have,

Looking at the girl and the woolen toy, there was no anger, and he stepped forward and snatched the woolen toy.

Then in front of the girl, the woolen toy was torn apart, and each yarn that had been crocheted was torn again, and the messy thread was embellished on it.

The girl watched his movements, and her face changed from surprise to surprise, but her eyes were red,

Looking at him, staring at him, aggrieved, wanting to cry but not daring to cry.

And in the dream, he just quietly watched the girl.

Until he woke up from his sleep.

now

Thinking back to the scene in the dream, Jing Chen couldn't help but scratch his hair.

What kind of dream is this?

Snatched someone's little girl's woolen toy and tore it up, is this what people do?

Thinking of the aggrieved and uncomfortable appearance of the little girl at the end of the dream, Jing Chen felt ashamed and distressed.

I'm ashamed that I have such a dream.

How can you have such a dream, and the little girl still gives you toys...... You have nothing to be angry about.

Jing Chen felt a little puzzled.

Then it was decided that I didn't want to.

It's a strange dream, after all.

However, it can't be that the power brought by the potion has been a little inflated recently, right?

Beware of arrogance and rashness, Jing Chen.

Jing Chen muttered something in his heart, then raised his head and yawned,

Touched the phone, stood up, blended into the shadow next to him, and reappeared in the living room, just after yawning.

While touching the bottle of water and drinking, he opened the communication software again and looked at the communication between Yu Huanting and Yu Chengheng before.

……

"Rina: The Apocalypse is one of the most powerful special organizations out there, led by the Great Mister of Apocalypse."

"To the ignorant, to the lowly. With their divine revelation! ”

It's really rare, Yu Huanting even added one.

"Yuanna: At the same time, we also maintain the order of the ordinary world and give them the opportunity to choose a normal life.

Yuanna: The Bureau of Abnormal Investigation, the official organization, is also in contact with us, and we will support them when they need help.

Cyber Migrant Worker: I see, I'm really honored to join Shenqi! ”

Looking at Yu Huanting and Yu Chengheng's communication records yesterday, Jing Chen's whole person was a little numb,

It can't be said that what Yu Huanting said was fake or fabricated,

It's just a little too glorified.

And Yu Chengheng, who had just entered the mysterious world, had no other sources of information to corroborate, so he really believed it.

I don't know what kind of impact it will have on this young heart.

"Well, if there's anything else you'd like to ask, I'll be able to answer it to you.

Internet Migrant Worker: Mr. Revelation passed something to me before...... A whirlpool portal...... That ability.

Rina: That's what we know, an ordinary mystical ritual. You want to ask more than that, right? Do you want to ask more about some other-than-ordinary powers?

Cyber Worker: Right.

Rina: Potions...... Potions give us a chance......"

It was as if he really had mastered other rituals.

Jing Chen didn't look any further, and the content was almost the same.

Yu Huanting is indeed explaining to Yu Chengheng the mysterious knowledge she knows,

But at the same time, it is also filled with a lot of her thoughts, such as her infinite reverence and fanatical belief in the great, merciful, and indescribable Mr. Revelation.

Putting down the phone and taking a sip of water, Jing Chenzai raised his head and looked out the window.

According to what he saw, the time of the future picture. Tomorrow evening, the scarlet world will appear.

If the Bureau of Anomalies can't stop it before then, it's probably the arrival of the 'Lord of Flesh'...... It feels like everything is going to be pretty bad.

Jing Chen thought, stood up, and thought about whether to move.

According to the picture I saw before, the most dangerous thing seems to be over there in the North City?

However, he didn't seem to be as nervous as he expected.

……

"Buzz, buzz, buzz......"

"Hey! What to call for? What's the matter? ”

Getting up early in the morning, Old Man Hong was going to go to the river earlier to give God's revelation to those who were lost.

Let them, the ignorant and the lowly, feel the greatness of the Goddess.

At this moment, he was having breakfast with his wife, but his son called him at this time.

He picked up the phone, turned on the speakerphone, and asked a little loudly and impatiently.

"Dad...... What did you say...... Oh, Dad, I just want to care if you have anything going on lately. ”

I don't know why, the phone signal seems to be a little bad, and the other side doesn't seem to be able to hear him clearly,

He listened to his son's voice, which was also a little choppy,

"Didn't you ask me before...... Asked me for some money, did I want to move? ”

"I haven't asked you yet, have you moved, where have you moved, Dad, you ...... Didn't say a word to me...... You have to tell me, otherwise I won't be able to find a home when I come back with Xiaoying...... And you live alone, if it'......"

"Moved...... Still waiting for you to ask. What can I do with me, I'm fine. Able to eat and sleep. ”

Old man Hong was a little irritable and impatient, always feeling that his son couldn't listen to what he was talking about, and wanted to hang up the phone directly.

However, hearing his granddaughter's name, Old Man Hong still responded patiently and a few more words,

"I moved to Mingding Community...... As for my granddaughter, I heard her say two words......"

The chopsticks of the wife on the opposite side stretched out with the vegetables, and put a chopstick dish into the old man's rice bowl.

Old man Hong looked at it, smiled and picked up the dishes, and ate two bites before talking to his son on the other end of the phone again.

“…… Xiaoying, come here, grandpa's phone, come and say a few words to grandpa. ”

On the other side of the phone, his son was shouting, and he followed closely, and then he heard another voice approaching,

"Grandpa!"

A crisp voice came out through the mobile phone, and Old Man Hong's face was full of red light.

"Eh, my granddaughter is there...... Your grandma is here, too, call grandma again. ”

Old man Hong had a smile on his face, and he answered his granddaughter's voice before continuing

“…… Grandmother? ”

Then on the other end of the phone, the original excitement disappeared suddenly.

There was a sudden silence and a pause, before the little girl's voice sounded with some doubts.

“…… Xiaoying, you can go over and eat first......"

Then there was the sound of his son beckoning his granddaughter away on the other end of the phone.

"Huh...... What are you doing, my granddaughter hasn't said a word yet. ”

Old man Hong was a little angry,

But his son on the other end of the phone asked something else,

“…… Dad, is there anyone else over there besides you? Neighbor? ”

His son's voice was hesitant.

"What neighbors! I'm having breakfast with your mother, who do you say! ”

Old man Hong was even more angry, and replied a little impatiently.

Then, it was quieter on the other end of the line.

For a long time, there has been some noise, it seems that the signal is not good in the intermittent call,

A rare clear voice sounded again,

"Dad, isn't Mom dead a long time ago?"

His son's voice was tinged with fear.

"Nonsense, what nonsense are you talking about! What a word! ”

"I don't think you're awake! Be careful that when you come back next time, your mother's broom will be broken! ”

"Early in the morning, I see that your skin is itchy, and your mother is sitting here alive, dead! I think you're just going to die! ”

Old man Hong listened to his son's bastard words, and he was angry.

The whole person stood up, took the phone, and scolded at the other end of the phone,

Just in response to him, there were no words from his son, only the sound of the phone being interrupted,

"Toot ......"

"This bastard, you dare to hang up on me...... Old woman, don't worry, he will come back next time, I won't break the belt! ”

"Damn, it's really the opposite, early in the morning, to say such bad things......"

Holding the mobile phone, Old Man Hong still had an overflowing anger on his face, and said a few more words, but he never heard his wife's response,

"Old woman?"

raised his head, but Old Man Hong didn't see the old man who was sitting across the table before, serving him vegetables,

After looking around, I didn't see a figure, and I didn't know where the people had gone, but the bowl for eating was still on the opposite side of the table.

The anger on his face gradually faded, and there were some doubts in his eyes.

"Old woman?"

Old man Hong turned around and shouted as he searched the house.

He went into the bedroom, and there was no room in the bedroom, under the bed, and under the wardrobe door.

In the bathroom, the door was open, and there was no one.

The kitchen is even more visible, and there is no figure.

Old man Hong moved his feet and returned to the living room, his steps faltering, with some confusion in his eyes.

Where do people go?

I was eating with him just now.

It's just a phone call, why is there no one?

Old man Hong was a little flustered again,

Moving his feet back and forth, looking around the living room,

Finally, it fell on the statue of the goddess.

"Goddess...... You are the weaver of all fate, you are the embodiment of all fate......"

"Please give me some inspiration...... Give me a little guidance. Where's my wife......"

The helpless and confused old man Hong knelt down in front of the idol and prayed sincerely towards the idol.

The idol was indifferent and did not change in the slightest.

But at this moment, there was a rustling outside the door again,

Someone took the key to open the door, walked in, and knelt next to Old Man Hong.

“…… Wife, are you back? ”

Old man Hong turned his head and looked at his wife beside him.

"I thought you had run somewhere."

"I saw you were on the phone, so I went downstairs and threw out the trash."

"That's ......"

Old man Hong responded, and then kowtowed to the statue of the goddess.

"The Great Goddess...... Bless me......"

After the old man Hong prayed again, he stood up with the support of his wife,

After breakfast, it was time for him to go out to tell fortunes, just looking at his wife in the house,

There was hesitation in his eyes, and he stopped talking.

"What's the matter, I'm old, but I can't live without me? I was in a hurry to go downstairs and throw out the garbage in such a short time. ”

"Now that you're about to go out, look at me and don't move?"

The wife smiled and said to him again,

"Okay, okay...... Just went out to buy some groceries...... So let's do it, I'll go out with you today, and I'll set up a stall with you first. ”

"That's a good feeling."

Old man Hong showed a smile on his face again, and responded.

……

“…… The pollution of life in this withered branch seems to be different from that of Qingming Temple. ”

"I was polluted by Him, and my whole body was torn into pieces, but this one was hard to knead for me......"

This withered branch is indeed very resistant to His contamination...... However, the polluted effects of the dead branches are also somewhat in conflict with my main potion of filth and plague. ”

"I can only use this dead branch for a short time."

Not far from the foot of the North Mountain, in a makeshift ward.

The mouse pinched the dead branch in his hand, and spoke again, and his voice was much calmer than before.

The cracks on his body that had torn the flesh into pieces had regrown, but the exposed skin on his face and neck had become more filthy and dirty, to be precise, the flesh of the rat's face had rotted and worms were burrowing inside.

The three main types of pollution collide in the body and spirit of the rats, making the rats a little painful.

Although the voice of the words was steady, the pauses from time to time, and the involuntary twitching of some muscles in his body from time to time, still showed this.

“…… Then use it intermittently. The worst thing you have in you right now is the contamination of the Lord of Flesh. ”

"Hmm...... In addition, I seem to see a benevolent, vague image in my mind...... My consciousness told me it was like my mother...... I can't have any ill will towards Him. ”

"The body and mind unconsciously let go of all guards...... I even had the idea of walking towards her...... Draw near to Him. ”

The mouse's eyes were in a trance, and he said aloud,

Immediately after, the voice suddenly changed,

"Why resist...... Don't you foolish feel the greatness of God? ”

"He is great, and you are only lowly, not enough dust...... Isn't it a joy to be close to God, even a little? ”

"Is it because of that useless consciousness?"

Then the mouse paused again,

"That's what it said."

The mouse smiled and spoke out to the other investigators at his bedside,

Then he put down the pants in his hand, and the rot that gathered on his face quickly spread to his whole body.

Some of the flesh on his body began to tear again.

"That's right...... After using this dead branch, I feel that my skin is a little better...... Seems to be getting younger? ”

The mouse said with a smile, and then looked at the investigators beside the bed,

“…… Let's all go out for a while, I have something I want to talk to Lao Chen about alone. ”

Lao Chen looked at the other investigators,

The noblewoman, the reptilian, and the Mao did not speak,

But the noble lady stepped forward, put away the dead branches for the time being, and then went out of the room one after another.

Wait for the other investigators to leave one after another.

The smile on the mouse's face faded, and the gentleman showed some pain,

Then he struggled, sat up, and looked at Lao Chen,

"Lao Chen, you feel it too, right?"

"Hmm."

Lao Chen nodded.

He knew that what the rat was talking about, washed by the pollution of the conflict between the dead branches and the Lord of Flesh,

The independent thing that stands out from their bodies.

"There's something in the body that you can't control, I don't know where, something that belongs to the Lord of Flesh and Blood."

"Hmm...... It may be that the dead branches react so strongly to our contact with us, and it is not just a simple pollution in our body...... And that thing that clearly belongs to the Lord of Flesh and Blood. ”

The mouse nodded, then looked at Lao Chen, and paused again,

"Lao Chen, do you remember?"

The monk said...... We are all members of his Lord. ”

The mouse looked directly at Lao Chen.

Lao Chen also looked at him.

“…… You say, what is that thing in our body? ”

Lao Chen was a little silent and had no answer.

The mouse leaning on the head of the bed raised his head, his eyes were a little dazed,

"In addition, I don't think it's a good idea to try to find out what is behind the dead branches, or try to let him come down and confront the things in the Qingming Temple."

"Even if they are in conflict, then what...... What happens in their confrontation? ”

"Perhaps, we have another way."

The rat said.