The group walked through the network for a long time, trying to find a way out of the large network as they moved forward and explored.

Qin Mo's idea was to go straight to Long Lin Xing, and he not only stared at it himself, but also let Vic and Sal perceive any possible path like a fork in the network as much as possible.

After a moment of progress, the group stopped, unable to take another step forward.

It's not because you've encountered an enemy hiding in the tunnel, or you've encountered another crazy person, but you've encountered wanderers.

The prowlers of the Mad Inquisitor wander along the path of the group, as seen on a map, and they are constantly wandering and walking according to certain rules, and if you look down at them, you will see that they are carving some strange symbol.

The Inquisitor of the Mad said that there was not only one team of prowlers in the channel, and it would not be surprising to run into a team of prowlers, but the problem was that the number of people in the team of prowlers in front of him was eighty-one.

"The prowlers we saw on the map earlier?" Killiman subconsciously pulled out the Emperor's sword, "We obviously deliberately bypassed them......"

Qin Mo also felt doubts, deep doubts, layers of doubts.

Who helped Vashtor obtain the Three Artifacts?

Why is there no garrison in this network?

Was everything that happened so far deliberately arranged by Vashtor, and what was its purpose?

Before entering the network opened up by the Discord Engine, Qin Mo had expected everything that might happen next, but he expected that he would fight a fierce battle and fight his way through Vashtor's lackeys to destroy the Discord Engine, instead of walking in the large network that seemed to have been forgotten by Vashtor and then encountering one incomprehensible strange thing after another.

However, Qin Mo had another feeling that all of this was not planned by Vashtor.

The number nine is the holy number of Tzeentch.

Qin Mo guessed that there might be a deal between Vashtor and the Dark Gods, which was something that he, Kiliman, and Ryan all thought was possible.

After all, even the Iron Warrior's iron ring, the number of planets bound by it is the number seven, which is the holy number of Nurgle.

In the real universe, Qin Mo would not feel that his planet was invaded by the evil god just because he saw the number of evil gods appearing in the signboard hanging on the street, but at this time it was not in the real universe.

In the eye of fear, Qin Mo didn't believe that there were any coincidences or unintentional actions here.

"It's definitely a ritual going on here." Qin Mo turned around and looked at the Titan, "Sal, ask your prophet ......"

"There's no need for him to ask, it's a ritual going on here," Vic said, slapping the living rocket launcher in his hand, which immediately transformed into a form similar to a hand-held probe.

Vic then took a liveness detector to investigate the "prowlers".

Since then, the tools in its hands have changed several forms.

The uses and effects of those strangely shaped devices were beyond Qin Mo's ability to recognize and perceive, and they were obviously based on psionic investigations.

In the end, the tool in Bick's hand turned back into a weapon and looked at Qin Mo: "The effect of this ritual is not to summon a more powerful subspace entity, nor is it for sacrifice, nor is it for cursing...... It acts like a switch waiting to be turned on, and it has the effect of monitoring. ”

"It's too general, can you tell me what the significance of this inexplicable ritual is here?" Qin Mo said.

Vic shook his head, "I'm sorry, if it's my other kind of person who is good at investigating, maybe it can." ”

Qin Mo looked at the Spirit Clan Titan behind him.

"It goes into more detail than the prophet said." Sal said.

"Who laid it out?" Kiliman asked.

"Not Vashtor." Vic replied, "If it were Washtor, we would see a demonic technological device, not a ritual that would have functioned like a device, because as I said, the ritual was meant to be a switch and monitor, but I don't know exactly what to monitor, what is hiding its essence." ”

Hearing this, Qin Mo lowered his head and thought carefully.

He habitually took a piece of crystal out of his pocket, tore off the protective paper with the demon thumbs up printed on it, and then stuffed the crystal into his mouth and tasted it carefully.

At this time, he will feel that his craving is being satisfied and gradually calm down.

"Vashtor is definitely working with Tzeentch."

Qin Mo suddenly said to the others.

"Everything we experienced after entering the network made us involuntarily guess everything, and if this strange ritual was not done by Vashtor, then it is clear that it came from someone who is good at and used to performing rituals."

"It's a puzzling speculation, and with the number nine times nine, it's hard not to think of Tzeentch."

After listening to Qin Mo's words, Kiriman recalled that he had passed through the maelstrom and was captured by the black-hearted king Huron.

At that time, there were nine by nine Tzeentch demons in the battleship.

Killiman also agreed with Qin Mo's speculation, but it was also difficult for him not to have a question: "Cooperation, this is not like what subspace creatures of different affiliations would do, will Vashtor cooperate with Tzeentch?" I think they should be more of a relationship of mutual hatred, and besides, it is a secondary god, and I am afraid that it is not qualified for one of the four gods to join forces with it. ”

"Yes." Qin Mo tilted his head and stuffed another piece of crystal into his mouth, but after pondering for a while, he objected: "Its power is related to technology, and the soulless scholars in the star sector think that it may have some profit-seeking and pragmatist qualities, and it is not surprising to cooperate with other subspace creatures. ”

After speaking, Qin Mo thought about it again and continued to speak.

"As for whether Tzeentch will take a fancy to it......"

"We shouldn't have the logic to think about Tzeentch's affairs, what if it just wants to have some fun while the other three gods are beating us?"

Killiman nodded, feeling that it made sense.

"Anyway, since the function of this ritual is to monitor, we are constantly circling around this ghost ritual in the network of Vashtor as if we had encountered a ghost hitting the wall."

"The people of these investigation teams are definitely going through horrific torture, and they don't look like they are still in danger of being rescued, so I don't think we should try to activate the ritual or gamble their chances of being rescued to prevent us from stepping into Tzeentch's trap."

"Even if we're not quite sure that this ritual is Tzeentch or its Changeable Lord, we should be careful."

As he spoke, Qin Mo threw the chainsaw sword up, grabbed it with his backhand as it fell, and looked at Killman: "I think we should directly destroy this ritual." ”

Kiriman thought for a moment and took two steps back.

Qin Mo plunged his sword into the ground, and the surging flames instantly engulfed the eighty-one people in front of him.

Vic picked up the rocket launcher and fired two more shots, turning the ceremonial site into a completely empty area.

Thrall in the Titan heard the prophet's whisper - the ritual was destroyed.

Everything around them changed, the terrain began to change, and the road ahead was no longer dark and unrecognizable.

I don't know if it's an illusion, although I have always known that I am in the network of Vashtor, but Qin Mo still has a feeling of changing the location when he sees the path of change now.

The group once again set out on the road to search for the net, and as they thought, they never ran into the eighty-one people again, nor did they encounter the ritual that seemed to have no other purpose than to make people wonder.

(End of chapter)