The Fool of the Gods

There was only one scream, and after that the whole courtroom fell silent again.

Since leaving the inner hall and coming to the outer courtyard, Cheng Shi no longer looked into the hall, but looked around cautiously.

He was afraid that the scream was just a trick to attract attention, and the real danger might be hidden somewhere else, so his expression was unusually solemn.

Zhang Jizu also had the same idea, but when he saw Cheng Shi's vigilant look, he tacitly moved his eyes to the hall, forming a complementary trend with Cheng Shi's alert area.

The two people just became tacit partners after a few simple tests of each other because of the relationship with that adult, and it seemed that neither of them thought that the other party would pit themselves.

Zhang Jizu came with a bodyguard mission, so it was naturally impossible for him to kill the protected object like the Grand Marshal Hu Wei. As for why Cheng Shi trusted him so much, it was probably because of the adult on the bone seat.

It was hard for him to imagine how wonderful the adult's face would be if he was killed by the chosen one of the adults. When he met him again in the Fishbone Hall and "went to court" with Zhang Jizu, he would not like the hustle and bustle, so he would not allow this situation to happen. Therefore, Cheng Shi was not worried that there was something wrong with Zhang Jizu. He was worried that there was something wrong with his other three teammates, and it was a big problem. Why did the people who had traveled with him all the way disappear after entering the courtyard, leaving only a scream for the two of them? This was too strange and unreasonable. Cheng Shi carefully sensed all the changes around him and asked quietly: "Can you sense the changes in [time]?" Zhang Jizu narrowed his eyes and shook his head slightly. "Do you suspect that Scorpio is hunting?"

"It's possible."

"But I didn't sense any remnants of [Time] deduction, at least not in the yard."

Cheng Shi frowned, rolled his eyes and said, "It's been a while, go in and take a look?"

"Okay, you go in front."

"?"

Cheng Shi glanced at him and complained in his heart:

Isn't this a trick I often used when I was a priest before, how come this guy is so skilled?

"You are not afraid of death, why don't you go in front?"

Zhang Jizu explained very seriously:

"First, I am a priest, naturally lacking means of attack, and not suitable for leading the way;

Second, even if I am His believer, I can't often make some unnecessary changes to guard the [Death] Gate for Him, which is related to the piety of faith;

Third..."

"Third, I will go in front! Master, don't read it, can't I go in front?"

Cheng Shi quickly interrupted his spellcasting and walked away with a speechless face.

I am numb, what kind of person is this, he is just like Tang Seng.

He keeps saying pious, pious, pious, I think you are not thinking about piety, but your future, right?

Seeing that Cheng Shi agreed to his plan, Zhang Jizu followed him with a smile.

So the two of them walked back from the outer courtyard along the retreat path, and when they reached the bottom of the spiral staircase, Cheng Shi looked at the dim second floor and suddenly shouted:

"Is my brother still alive?"

The hollow voice echoed in the hall for a moment, and no one responded.

Cheng Shi frowned, held the scalpel horizontally in front of him, and pinched the ring on his finger with his right hand, and stepped onto the stairs step by step.

Zhang Jizu followed closely behind, constantly examining the footprints on the stairs, and whispered:

"Something is not right.

The door of the inner hall is open, and it is not far from the courtyard. It is impossible for us not to hear such a strong footsteps. Besides, he clearly knew that there were people behind him, so why didn't he call for help when he was chased?"

Cheng Shi paused and said without turning his head:

"The first possibility is that the footprints are the end of the evolution of the [Time] Assassin. He overwrote the pursuit in the deduction to the present, so we can't hear the footsteps in another time and space.

The second possibility is that someone annihilated the sound.

But since you didn't feel the remnant of the [Time] power, it means that the second possibility is more likely.

Of course, it is also possible that Scorpio is a master and he has the means to erase the remaining power.

But no matter which one it is, it means that our tour group has disbanded.

Tsk, we were just together city walk, turned around and started fighting, people's minds are really hard to guess.

Or we liars are simple and have never had bad intentions. "

Didn't you say you were a wood elf from the Plant Protection Association? How did you become a liar?

You don't want to pretend anymore, right!

"......" Zhang Jizu twitched his eyes fiercely and couldn't continue.

The two continued to walk carefully, and soon they reached the second floor. The windows on the second floor seemed to be sealed.It came, only a little light shone through the gap of the wooden board that sealed the window, but this level of brightness could not illuminate the entire space.

Cheng Shi looked out and found that the entire second floor was extremely dark. There were several rows of large bookshelves near the staircase that blocked the view. Through the gaps between the overlapping bookshelves, he could vaguely see something on the ground inside, and there seemed to be some decorations on the ceiling.

There were several messy footprints next to the bookshelf. It seemed that Gou Feng rushed behind the bookshelf and turned back, and then rushed in again.

The superposition of the footprints showed his shock and uneasiness. Cheng Shi paused and shrank his head slightly when he saw this.

There might be something behind the bookshelf.

He turned back to signal Mimi to be more careful, and then took out a spherical magic lamp from his portable space, threw it high, jumped over the top of the bookshelf and smashed it into the depths of the second floor.

The ball lamp hit the ground with a "thump thump" sound, and then it suddenly lit up after rolling to a corner and hitting the wall. For a moment, the bright light instantly filled the entire second floor. Cheng Shi had already prepared to cover his eyes to avoid being dazzled by the light, and then quickly put down his hand and looked forward.

But who would have thought that this one look would make his back sweat.

"This is..."

Looking inside through the gaps between the bookshelves arranged like a maze, he immediately found that the ceiling of the second floor was densely hung with one after another of the dead bodies of babies. They were curled up like fetuses still in the womb, with things like umbilical cords wrapped around their ankles, and then hung upside down on the ceiling.

The space was closed and windless, and these strange babies would not shake, but as the sound gradually sounded, they actually shook slowly with the sound waves, like a string of creepy human wind chimes.

Cheng Shi was really frightened. He instinctively took a step back, but someone held his back and pushed him back.

Zhang Jizu frowned and walked up. He looked at these upside-down weird babies. There was no shock in his eyes. Instead, he said with more doubt:

"Evil babies?

That's not right. Didn't you say that the evil babies were split and burned?"

"......"

It was this sentence that almost exposed Cheng Shi's lie, which instantly purified some of the fear in Cheng Shi's heart and made his toes unconsciously dig into the floor.

He didn't dare to look back for fear of being discovered, so he had to walk forward with an embarrassed look, saying as he walked:

"......That was just a punishment method in a certain era. Maybe it has changed now."

"It seems to make some sense." Zhang Jizu nodded lightly and followed his pace.

"However, since the evil babies represent the Church of Divine Education's denial of faith, why do they still hang these things here and not destroy them?

No matter how I look at it, I feel that this is more like a sacrificial ritual of evil worship, rather than a means of dealing with evil babies."

Cheng Shi couldn't answer this question, so he could only laugh:

"You think too much, what if it's not that complicated?

Maybe the court was not treated well after being abandoned, and the staff here just want to dry some bacon to eat. You see, isn't this more reasonable?"

Zhang Jizu didn't refute, but just continued:

"The dried meat should be ventilated with windows, and it's a bit illogical to seal the windows."

"..."

No, brother, I'm just joking at this time to relieve my mood, you don't have to be so strict...

Cheng Shi twitched his mouth, and didn't say anything else, shifting all his attention to the "human wind chime" above his head.

The arrangement of these hanging dead babies is obviously regular, with the same distance between them, and even faintly forming a symbol.

Out of consideration for prudence, Cheng Shi did not touch them, but he wondered if someone was really blaspheming [Birth], and this place was a secret blasphemy site.

But he thought of the Divine Education Church again. This church that advocates "pregnancy" does not seem to attach as much importance to the status of newborns as the [Birth] believers who advocate "birth". In addition to the crime of "evil baby", maybe they really deal with evil babies in this way?

After all, I didn't understand what was written in the file.

Brother Zui is the same, and he has refused to say anything until now.

Cold-blooded! Ruthless!

If this is really the way the Divine Education Church deals with evil babies, then this method is indeed a bit rough.

But it is also reasonable. After all, the civilization of the Life Era has never been refined, they have always been rough.

As [Memory] said, the gods of [Life] are also rough.

When Cheng Shi looked up and looked at the top of his head, Zhang Jizu was not idle either. He squinted his eyes and pushed Cheng Shi forward, walking and looking around.

Just as they passed through the bookshelves and came to the empty back, the two people's figures suddenly stopped.

Because they suddenly found a huge pool of blood on the floor in front of them!

And in the still warm pool of blood, a severed hand fell alone to one side, and the body that should have been connected to it sat on the floor between two rows of bookshelves, leaning against the wall and had already closed its eyes.

"!"

When the two saw the body, their eyes fixed and their faces sank at the same time.

Gou Feng!

This believer of [Birth] seemed to have not been able to survive even half a day in the trial sent by his benefactor.

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