Chapter 357: The Chapel Inside the Gubao

"It seems there's no movement outside the door anymore..."

Wang Han pushed open the room door, quietly walked out of the room where he had been hiding, and looked at the empty hall, his attire looking quite strange as he remained constantly vigilant.

At this moment, he could be considered fully armed, his entire body covered in Abnormal items provided by Li Yuning; he wore a Straw Circle around his neck, a Bone Ring on his wrist, Shackles at his waist, held a Bone Hammer in his hand, and his pockets were stuffed with several Marbles that could help him improve his spirit vision.

Li Yuning was not to be outdone, as she also had quite a few things on her; the hairpin she wore was made from a beauty's rib, around her neck she wore a Triangle Talisman covered in "Blessing Spell Text", she held a Fire Token, wore a pair of bright red shoes that were actually soaked in blood, and in other unseen places on her body, she had actually hidden various strange little objects.

It wasn't that Wang Han didn't want to carry more Abnormal items for protection, but he couldn't memorize the usage of those Abnormal items in a short time; it was good enough to have a few powerful ones that he could use with ease in a crisis, as being greedy for more would easily lead him to a dead end, so it was better to leave them for Li Yuning, who was well-versed in using the items.

"It couldn't get in before, so it might have gone somewhere else for now... Hmm." Just as Li Yuning finished speaking, she heard the scream of a strange man coming from inside the Gubao; the scream became more and more miserable, reaching a peak within a few seconds before the sound gradually faded away.

This sound made both Wang Han and Li Yuning fall silent; they looked at each other, their heartbeats accelerating, as it seemed there was more than just them inside the Gubao.

Thinking about it carefully, it made sense; how could the gathering of that group of lunatics be short of materials like "sacrifices"?

Knowing that the man they heard screaming was likely in grave danger, the two dared not delay any longer; the later they broke the situation, the more chances the scourge in this Gubao would have to harm people.

Returning to the place where they heard the chanting when they first entered the Gubao, they crossed the dilapidated gate and entered the room, only for the two to discover that this was actually an indoor chapel, though the scene inside the chapel was even more chilling.

The room had no windows and was airtight; although it was actually quite spacious, it felt incredibly cramped and oppressive, and the eerie blood-colored symbols and strange wall decorations all around magnified the sense of oppression infinitely. At the end of the podium was a pattern symbolizing the church's faith: a blooming Blood Rose, with a scantily clad woman growing from the center of the flower. These drawings all used the white wall as a background and were painted with blood-colored pigment; it was clear that the drawing had been redrawn and was still fresh, freshly dripping with blood.

Of course, the most eye-catching part was the choir loft on the podium, where more than twenty stunningly beautiful women stood; they had been dead for a long time, but their manner of death was extremely tragic.

Their stomachs were propped open by thorns and tree branches, their upper bodies were almost arched backward, and their lower bodies were tightly wrapped by tree branches growing from their abdomens, then fixed and pierced into the floor beneath the choir loft. Flowers grew from their Seven Orifices, and blood flowed from the edges of the petals, setting off the flowers to look delicate and dripping with life.

"That person, I seem to have some impression of her; she seems to be the President Leng of a major local pharmaceutical company in Baizhou City. I once saw her at a business banquet where celebrities gathered four years ago." Wang Han dared not walk too far forward to observe, but when he saw the appearance of one of the women clearly, he was shocked. "I have a deep impression of her; she was an optimistic person with an open way of speaking and no airs. I didn't expect her to have joined this organization..." His tone carried some regret.

"People are easily bewitched." Li Yuning thought Wang Han was interested in the other party and offered a word of comfort, "Perhaps she wasn't willing at the beginning, but later her spirit was affected by those things, and no one could save her in time; she sank deeper and deeper, and it ended up like this."

Wang Han felt the other party might have had some misunderstanding and explained, "No, I didn't mean that; I just simply felt a bit sad. After all, she is someone I know. Think about it, seeing someone you know suddenly die a violent death, it's inevitable to feel some sighs and emotions."

"The rabbit dies, the fox grieves." Li Yuning understood well.

"..." Wang Han shut his mouth, not intending to argue too much with this little girl who had a strange way of thinking.

The two's gazes turned to the Strange Array on the floor of the podium; it was not the common pattern based on a circle, but a square one, filled with regular shapes and strange characters inside.

Li Yuning had seen this Strange Array in Zhao Qian's basement; at that time, Zhao Qian was standing on this kind of array during the process of gradual Alienation, but this array was clearly larger and had more details, so it was likely that the array's power was greater and more complete, used to transform more organization members at once.

Wang Han looked at Li Yuning and found that Li Yuning was observing carefully, seemingly able to read the characters on the array, so he asked if she had any discoveries.

Li Yuning: "This array is used to transform people into an Abnormal creature called a 'Lurking Blood Shadow', and then send them into the Shadow Dimension."

"What kind of place is the Shadow Dimension?"

Li Yuning shook her head; this was not something she knew, and she had never heard of what kind of Abnormal race the "Lurking Blood Shadow" was, but in any case, it should be a kin of the Alien God of Chaos.

Subsequently, Li Yuning continued to look at the characters above and said: "This array also superimposed another array, used to summon the giant centipede we saw earlier... So that's it, the success rate of transforming humans into Lurking Blood Shadows is not one hundred percent; those who cannot be successfully Alienated will become sacrifices for the other array... The name of that centipede is the Messenger of Chaos."

"I don't understand; why, when it is clearly known that He is the Avatar of the Alien God of Chaos, would they give Him another name?" Wang Han could not understand this.

"An Avatar is a manifestation of an Alien God's power and emotions, a manifestation of a facet; simply put, it's 'the same person with different faces'. It's somewhat like human split personality, except that the Alien Gods are truly split in body and mind. Precisely because their faces are different and the authority they hold is different, their attitude toward people may also be different. It is not that there are no Alien Gods in this world who can understand humans and actively release friendly emotions toward them; there is a high probability that it is an Avatar of a certain Alien God. Moreover, there may be a competitive relationship between Avatars of the same origin but different authority and personality, just as there may be competition between personalities in a person with multiple personalities. If they exclude each other, they will not recognize each other's identity, and naturally, they will distinguish themselves." Li Yuning confessed, "This is what Boss's brother told me."

Wang Han suddenly realized, and immediately took the metal Marbles out of his pocket and asked: "Lurking Blood Shadow sounds like a ghost-like existence, so can we use these to see them? They must still be active inside this Gubao, right?"