Chapter 609

Seeing Priest Montserrat pose as if holding a baby in the empty room sprinkled with crimson moonlight, and shaking gently, while there was nothing between his arms, Lu Lu Jianuo's scalp tingled, and a chill rushed from his tailbone to the top of his head.

Is this holding a child?

An invisible child?

That so-called divine child?

After being scared by the corresponding association until his teeth were sour, Lu Lu Jianuo tried to close the door again before the owner discovered him, like someone who had walked into the wrong room, and left quietly.

Just at this moment, Priest Montserrat's voice rang in his ears:

"Are you here to pray?"

Lu Lu Jianuo's eyes narrowed, and like a bristling wild cat, he turned his body and ran wildly toward the stairs.

At this time, the only thing he could think of was his powerful employer!

But what entered his eyes was darkness; there was no wooden staircase at all.

In the darkness, clusters of dark, plump-eared weeds were swaying quietly.

Lu Lu Jianuo's body froze, not knowing what would happen if he ran into such darkness.

"Why are you running away?" The weeds parted, and Priest Montserrat, holding an invisible baby, appeared before Lu Lu Jianuo's eyes. Behind him was a near-illusory, unusually huge oak tree.

On the part of the oak tree close to the weeds, tumors were dense, forming an unusually simple and quite evil life holy emblem.

Seeing Priest Montserrat, wearing a brown priest's robe, less than three meters away from him, Lu Lu Jianuo swallowed his saliva and instinctively told a reason that had no persuasiveness:

"It's too late, I don't want to disturb you."

Priest Montserrat still bent his arms, carrying a faint smile:

"What did you see?"

Every hair on Lu Lu Jianuo's neck stood up, and dense cold sweat oozed from his back.

He pointed with difficulty at Priest Montserrat's empty arms:

"Why are you doing this?"

Priest Montserrat answered meaningfully:

"We are all the mother's children."

Lu Lu Jianuo didn't dare to ask further, nodding frequently:

"Yes, yes, yes, we are all the mother's children."

Priest Montserrat didn't give him a chance to muddle through, specifically adding:

"'Great Mother's' children."

"Great Mother"... Although Lu Lu Jianuo had guessed this answer, when he really heard it, his heart almost stopped, and his mind went blank for a short time.

Seeing Priest Montserrat pick it out himself, Lu Lu Jianuo had to ask even if he didn't want to:

"You, aren't you a believer of the earth mother?"

Priest Montserrat had no sense of guilt for betraying the Church of "Mother Earth," maintaining a gentle smile:

"The earth mother is a side of the 'Great Mother,' a projection. She pays attention to the land of betrayal with this identity, paying attention to us children who have left the mother's embrace."

Gulp... Lu Lu Jianuo swallowed his saliva instinctively, not knowing how to refute Priest Montserrat.

He had only joined the Church of "Mother Earth" for one day and had only heard two sermons; where would he have profound theological knowledge to refute this heretical theory?

Of course, he could also deny it directly. After all, the explanation of this priest sounded very evil—if it were really as this priest explained, with the resources and power of the Church of "Mother Earth," that so-called divine child would have long been born in the real world, and the "Great Mother" would have long returned, but the facts were not like this.

The current scene and the invisible pressure made Lu Lu Jianuo close his mouth, not daring to deny it at all.

What if Priest Montserrat was completely enraged?

Priest Montserrat continued:

"All living things in this world are children of the 'Great Mother.' Some were born from her pregnancy, some are descendants of these divine offspring, and some are directly transformed from the flesh and blood of the 'Great Mother.' Both you and I are in the latter situation. We have the closest connection with the 'Great Mother'!"

I was born by my mother, not transformed from the flesh and blood of the "Great Mother"... Lu Lu Jianuo refuted instinctively in his heart, but said with a smile that was uglier than crying on the surface:

"Don't you think the believers of the 'Great Mother' are very evil and terrifying?"

Priest Montserrat said with a smile:

"Don't worry about the return of the 'Great Mother.' Which mother hates her own children?

"You perhaps don't know that outside our world, there are many worlds. The living things in those places are growing healthily under the gaze of the 'Great Mother,' constantly reproducing offspring. I haven't heard of any species being destroyed because of this, and the number is getting larger and larger.

"Besides, that is the 'Great Mother' who gave us life. If she really wants to take back the life she gave us, it is also her right, and we should cooperate fully."

Cooperate with your mother's sow! Lu Lu Jianuo wasn't bewitched, suddenly pulled out the hidden pistol, and fired two shots at Priest Montserrat.

He didn't check if the shooting had any effect, turned his body quickly, and ran wildly toward the edge of the dark grass full of black weeds.

Although the depths of the darkness didn't know where it led, and perhaps hid great danger, staying here was even more dangerous!

"Wa!"

Suddenly, a near-illusory baby's cry rang in Lu Lu Jianuo's ears.

That was exactly the same as the one he had heard several times before.

Lu Lu Jianuo's expression froze instantly, and his running movements slowed down rapidly.

His eyes gradually became hollow, and his body turned back, walking step by step toward Priest Montserrat, who was holding an invisible baby, toward that huge, illusory oak tree.

"That is our mother...

"The mother who gave us life...

"She is willing to accept every repentant person, every child who goes home...

"If she wants to take back the life she gave us, let her take it back. She gave it, she has the right to ask for it back..."

Listening to Priest Montserrat's voice, which was unusually drifting but seemed close at hand, Lu Lu Jianuo gradually produced a strong, heartfelt approval:

Yes, that is my mother...

How could she harm me?

She gave it, she can take it back...

Lu Lu Jianuo walked faster and faster, arriving at the position side-by-side with Priest Montserrat.

He then felt warmth and peace of mind; that was the smell of a mother's embrace.

Gradually, he had an indescribable sense of wetness, just like a kitten being licked by a mother cat.

So comfortable... Lu Lu Jianuo half-closed his eyes.

Just at this moment, he heard the nursery rhyme his mother loved to sing the most.

That came from behind him.

Why is mom behind me, shouldn't she be in front? Lu Lu Jianuo thought vaguely.

He then heard his mother calling out one by one from behind:

"Don't go over!

"Don't go forward!

"Danger!"

Don't go over... don't go forward... danger... Lu Lu Jianuo suddenly shivered, and his hollow and dazed eyes regained a certain spirit.

He saw the position he was in, saw that huge, illusory oak tree, saw that moist and warm squirming flesh petals grew on the oak tree, and he himself already had half of his body wrapped by the flesh petals, pulling inward bit by bit.

This was the mother's embrace he had just experienced.

Lu Lu Jianuo's pupils dilated, and the chill rushed to the top of his head, his hair standing on end.

He used his hands to push hard inside the sticky flesh petals, and his whole person retreated outward quickly.

Priest Montserrat, holding the invisible baby, appeared beside Lu Lu Jianuo, smiling gently:

"Go back, return to the mother's embrace, return to our original appearance."

Lu Lu Jianuo felt a burst of despair.

He wanted to fight this priest, but sadly discovered that he, who had taken the two potions of "Planter" and "Physician," besides having great strength and being skilled in using farm tools and scalpels, had no Beyonder abilities that could be directly applied to battle. Whether it was predicting the weather, distinguishing and cultivating seeds, or "treating serious illnesses," "treating wounds," "sewing souls," "giving life," and excellent surgical ability, none could be used for battle.

—Before, Lu Lu Jianuo mainly relied on the fighting skills and shooting ability he learned when he was a bounty hunter to cooperate with the power of "Planter" and thermal weapons to fight.

But no matter what, not resisting at this time meant death. Lu Lu Jianuo, who had also killed people as an adventurer, started shooting at Priest Montserrat with great fear and took out a sharp scalpel.

…………

Inside Lu Mian's first-class suite.

Lu Mian, who was still reading the Dutan language textbook under the kerosene wall lamp, heard a "dong-dong-dong" knocking sound.

He stood up in doubt, opened the door, and saw it was Ludwig.

Ludwig, wearing gray-white plaid pajamas and pants, no different from a child, said earnestly:

"Lu Lu Jianuo encountered an accident, you go save him quickly."

Accident? Lu Mian raised an eyebrow.

After knowing that Lu Lu Jianuo would still hear the baby's cry, he had secretly strengthened his monitoring and attention to this servant, including just now.

But wasn't Lu Lu Jianuo in the prayer room of the "Mother Earth" church?

Would an accident happen here too?

Ludwig continued:

"After he entered the prayer room, I couldn't sense his aura anymore."

"What aura?" Lu Mian vaguely had a guess and asked casually.

Ludwig didn't feel there was anything strange and answered:

"The aura of food."

Lu Mian moved his neck and wrists, looked at Ludwig, and asked thoughtfully:

"You actually specifically sense his aura."

Ludwig had an expression of "what's so strange about this" on his baby-fat cheeks:

"If he dies, and you go do other things, who will help me collect food?"

"Also." Lu Mian laughed.

…………

In the darkness full of black weeds, Lu Lu Jianuo's scalpel slashed at Priest Montserrat, but only poked the air.

"Wa!"

The baby's cry rang out again, and Lu Lu Jianuo was dazed, almost losing control of himself again.

Montserrat, holding the invisible baby, appeared on that huge, illusory oak tree, smiling at Lu Lu Jianuo:

"Don't resist, we come from the mother, and we will return to the mother."

As soon as this priest, who had clean eyebrows and a gentle smile, finished speaking, a "dong-dong-dong" knocking sound suddenly rang out, echoing in this darkness that seemed to have no edge, echoing among the weeds with a large number of plump ears.

Hearing the knocking sound, Lu Lu Jianuo inexplicably produced a thought:

Quite polite, actually knocking at this time...

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