Chapter 4228

"This place is indeed a bit too old." Peter said, looking up. "The layout of this church should be at least two hundred years old. New York doesn't have this kind of church anymore."

Kate also looked up at the dome of the church. It couldn't actually be considered a dome, just a support structure built of wood. It's just that someone painted a layer of imitation stone paint on it and hung some decorative structures, seemingly wanting to imitate the magnificent temperament of the pure stone churches in Europe, but unfortunately, it wasn't successful. Now most of this paint has peeled off.

At this time, they were in the church of Big Creek Valley Town, wanting to find clues here. Both Kate and Peter had discovered from Aunt Kane's abnormalities that this family was very likely a cult. Then the church must have important clues.

"There is actually Jesus here too." Peter looked up at the cross hanging at the very front of the church and then said, "It seems this sect is based on Christianity."

"Let's sort out the clues we have now," Kate said. "Aunt Kane lives a very simple life and almost doesn't use any electronic products. At the same time, there is no study in the house; they shouldn't be reading, and there are no brewed drinks, such as tea and coffee. At the same time, we used the excuse that I was pregnant to get her to agree to our visit. This proves that she has an abnormal obsession with childbirth. And after you were injured, Aunt Kane had a big reaction to you going to the hospital for treatment, which shows that she opposes modern medicine."

Peter turned back and looked at Kate.

"You thought of it too, right?"

"Then let's say it together."

"Mormonism."

"Mormonism."

"To be precise, it's the Fundamentalist Mormon sect. It's that sect that advocates polygamy, forced child marriage, and incestuous marriage." Kate said. "Their place of origin and base camp is in Utah. It all matches up."

"They aren't even allowed to drink tea and coffee?"

Kate shook her head and said: "Extreme religious organizations basically don't allow believers to use any substances that can cause nerve excitement, such as drugs, alcohol, tea, and coffee, or even sparkling water."

"Because they hope that all the happiness of the believers comes from faith and is controlled by them, right?"

Kate nodded again and said: "That's right. This sect not only doesn't allow drinking tea and coffee, but also doesn't allow listening to music, doesn't allow artistic creation, doesn't allow reading any books other than scriptures, and doesn't allow any activities other than religious-friendly activities."

"Sounds like being in prison."

"Prison isn't this scary; after all, no one in prison forces you to have children." Kate sighed and said, "The founder of this sect was arrested and imprisoned for raping minors and still hasn't come out. Although more than 100 countries in the world have listed this sect as a cult, there are still tens of thousands of believers globally, and they are mainly concentrated in Utah."

"It seems that Big Creek Valley Town is one of them. Although I know that incestuous marriage has many harms, it shouldn't lead to population extinction within a generation. Something else must have happened for this town to become the desolate appearance it is today." Peter looked around and then said, "We must figure out who killed Aunt Kane and who is still controlling her corpse."

"I think this is not important." Kate said. "More importantly, why does the evil spirit want to control Aunt Kane's body."

Peter looked at her, slightly confused. Kate explained: "There is no doubt that the town becoming like this must have something to do with that evil spirit. If it wasn't done by him, it was also caused by him. He destroyed this town; there must be some reason."

Peter nodded and said: "That's true. Are you suspecting that this evil spirit might have a grudge against some people in the town, so he carried out this revenge action?"

"That's right, think about it, if the evil spirit is a high-level member of the Mormon sect, then he would wish for everyone to be alive, so that he can plunder wealth from them, control them, and enjoy a life of luxury. Aren't many fundamentalist members like this now?"

"However, now there are almost no living people in the small town, which obviously doesn't conform to the interests of that group of believers. Killing their own people has no benefit for them; they wouldn't do that. So it can only be their enemy. It could be some woman who was persecuted and turned into an evil spirit, wiping out the whole village."

"However, since he wants to kill, then kill everyone; why leave a few? Even if Aunt Kane and Linda are both controlled corpses, then why does he want to control their corpses to act here after killing them?"

"Could it be to seduce more people to come here and kill them?" Peter asked with a frown. "After all, even if this evil spirit was a victim when he was alive, it's hard to say whether he still has his sanity now. Maybe he controls others just to kill more people."

"That's not right either. Don't forget, when we first called Aunt Kane, she was very opposed to us coming back, so much so that I had to pretend to be pregnant. She only allowed us to come back when she learned I was pregnant. If he wanted to seduce people to kill them, shouldn't he have welcomed us actively?"

"This is indeed a bit strange." Peter touched his chin and said, "Let's look around here again to see if we can find any clues."

The two began to search separately. First, it was the auditorium, then the confessional and the prayer room. Immediately after, in the pastor's residence behind, Peter saw a somewhat strange book. But this confirmed their guess, because the cover of this book said "Book of Mormon".

Peter had no interest in the doctrine, but he still picked up the book and looked at it. And the moment his hand touched the book, a memory flashed through his mind.

"He's coming soon, we don't have time." A voice said. "We must do this, we have no choice."

"That damn Borg!!! He wanted to escape back then. If it weren't for Kane, he would have betrayed us long ago; we should have executed him at that time!"

"It's too late to say anything now. That little bastard has occupied his body, and he is coming to take revenge on us. Let's go."

Peter saw that he was following a man walking through an underground tunnel. No, that looked a bit like an air-raid shelter built during the war. They shuttled quickly in the darkness, and then, arrived in a room, and then went all the way down. However, this section of the road could be seen that it should be a tunnel they dug themselves, which was completely different from the style above, appearing somewhat crude.

All the way down and down, this tunnel seemed to run through the entire mountain range. Until arriving at the very bottom, Peter saw a strange magic circle. But just at this moment, he felt someone push him from behind. He fell headlong onto the magic circle, and his eyes were blood red.

He woke up from the hallucination, and Kate also happened to find him. Peter said: "There are clues. Your uncle, that is, Aunt Kane's husband, is his surname Borg?"

Kate nodded and said: "Yes. My aunt is Mrs. Borg. It's just that my mother, that is, my aunt's sister, was very opposed to this marriage and firmly refused to call her husband's surname."

"I just saw a memory." Peter briefly told Kate what he saw and then said, "The destruction of the town has something to do with your uncle. Do you know when he died?"

Kate shook her head and said: "Maybe a few years ago. But I don't know the specific situation. Our two families haven't been in touch for a long time."

"He must know something." Peter said. "Maybe we can go to his grave and see; maybe we will have discoveries."

The two rushed to the cemetery without stopping; fortunately, there was only one cemetery here. They soon found it and began to search among the graves.

"What are you doing?!" They suddenly heard a roar.

Turning their heads, they saw Linda rushing towards them. Peter subconsciously pulled out his gun. Kate stopped him and then said: "Hello, Linda, we want to find your father's grave. After all, I couldn't make it back for his funeral, and we want to visit him."

Linda's eyes were cold enough to make one shudder. She said: "You don't want to visit him; you want to get something from him."

"What do we want to get?" Peter asked.

"No matter what you want to get, you won't succeed." Linda suddenly showed a weird smile at them and then ran away again. Both of them watched her back, feeling a chill down their backs.

"That evil spirit controlled her." Kate sighed and said, "Let's find the grave first."

There were not many tombstones standing here. They soon found two marked Borg, one of which had been dug open, and only one remained.

"Fortunately, it was dug from the outside in. If it had been dug from the inside out, I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight." Peter made a joke.

Kate turned around the tombstone with the big writing. Her hand touched the top of the tombstone, but she didn't feel anything. After thinking for a while, she said: "We have to dig open the grave. I know, this may be very impolite, but we must do this."

"Alright," Peter said. "Then let's dig."

There were utility rooms next to the cemetery, where some equipment for weeding would be placed. They found a shovel and a hoe, and the two began to dig like this. Peter's head had been broken and bled a lot before, and now it hadn't been sutured, and he had already shown some symptoms of excessive blood loss; when he used the shovel with force, his body swayed slightly.

"You go over there and rest for a while, I'll dig." Kate said.

"I'm fine." Peter pursed his lips tightly and said, "I can hold on for a while longer. Let's continue."

Peter was about to reach out to lift the coffin, but Kate stopped him. She said: "If the current situation of the town is really related to Borg, we can't take such a risk. What if opening the coffin triggers his pursuit?"

"But without opening the coffin, I'm afraid we will never know the truth." Peter said. He looked at the grave that had already been dug open and then said, "If opening the coffin really angers the evil spirit, then someone has already done so before."

Peter meant that maybe some plot characters had already done so. This means the plot is ahead of them again. And they must strive to catch up in order to obtain more information before danger arrives.

Kate was still a bit hesitant, but Peter had already started to act. Peter inserted the shovel into the gap of the coffin and pried it hard; with a creak, the coffin was opened with a small gap.

But immediately after, Peter felt his eyes go dark. When he woke up again, he found himself appearing on a sunny street. A faint scent of lily of the valley drifted in the air.