Chapter 43 Section 21

"Oh my god..." Zornar stood up in shock, his mouth was open but unable to speak due to nervousness and fear. Falcon saw Zollner check the date on his watch.Already guessed it.He said, "Today is the sixty-sixth day!" "Ah..." Shangguan Yun covered his mouth in astonishment, "The date of that 'ceremony'?" "Yes." Zuo Na's forehead and back were covered with cold sweat, "It's already half past ten, and the 'sixty-sixth day' will be over in one and a half hours!" Shangguan Yun said in horror: "That ceremony has already been carried out?"

"No, it's not over yet." Falcon said, "Maybe we can stop it now if we rush." "After the ceremony, the Destroyer will be fully resurrected, and the world will be reduced to hell—" Shangguan Yun read these words silently, looking at Zuo Na, "What will happen?" "I'm afraid we don't have time to discuss it. But I'm sure it's something very bad," Zollner said. "We'd better get to your house right now, maybe there's a glimmer of hope." "That ceremony will be performed at my house?" Shangguan Yun said in horror, "What is the content of the ceremony?"

"We really don't have time to guess." Zoller said anxiously, "Hurry up and drive to your house to have a look!" Shangguan Yun realized the urgency and seriousness of the matter, she stopped asking and guessing, and immediately went out with Zuo Na and Falcon.After taking the elevator downstairs, he drove the car all the way and rushed home. At eleven o'clock, Shangguan Yun's car arrived home.Shangguan Yun took out the key and opened the door.Three people pushed the door and entered. In the huge house, no one can be seen now.Shangguan Yun didn't know if Xia Lan had already fallen asleep, she was galloping all the way just now, she didn't dare to be distracted and call her husband.At this moment, she anxiously shouted: "Xia Lan!"

no respond. Ten seconds later, Butler Jin came out of the bedroom on the first floor in his pajamas.He saw Shangguan Yun and two strangers standing in the living room, he didn't know what happened for a moment, and asked in a daze, "Madam Shangguan... what happened?" Shangguan Yun asked eagerly, "Where is the sir?" "Sir and the young master went out together." Shangguan Yun turned pale with shock: "When did you go out?" "About an hour ago." "What are they doing out there?" "I don't know. Sir didn't tell me."

Shangguan Yun looked at Zuo Na anxiously: "What should I do?" Zollner reminded: "Call your husband immediately." Only then did Shangguan Yun realize that she immediately dialed Xia Lan's cell phone.But a minute later, her hand holding the phone slowly slipped down: "It's turned off!" "This is bad." Zollner clenched his fists. "If we can't get in touch with him, it's impossible to know where they are now!" "They are performing a ceremony in a hidden place. An hour has passed..." Shangguan Yun felt dizzy. When he was at a loss, Falcon said from the side: "Maybe, with my ability, I can find out their location."

Zuo Na and Shangguan Yun looked at him together.Zollner asked, "Aren't you only able to sense numbers? Positions are fine too?" "I can't perceive the location. However, I may be able to sense how many meters are the straight-line distance from their current location to us, and then..." Before Falcon finished speaking, Zuo Na excitedly took over and said: "Then center this house on the map, and the radius is the straight-line distance you sensed—there must be their addresses in such a circle!" "That's it." "Quickly sense it! Don't make a mistake, Falcon."

Falcon closed his eyes and gritted his teeth.Butler Jin looked at them blankly, instinctively feeling that the matter was of great importance, and did not dare to ask or interrupt.Half a minute later, Falcon closed his eyes and said a number: "3679." "The straight-line distance between them and us is 3679 meters!" Zuo Na immediately took out his smartphone and turned on the map query function.While operating, he muttered, "Using one kilometer as a unit, the buildings in the circle of 3679 meters have..." After searching for a few minutes, he opened his mouth and cried out; "Oh! I should have thought of that!"

"What's wrong?" Shangguan Yun asked. "On the circle with a radius of 3679 meters, there is a church!" Zoner shouted: "An abandoned church on the outskirts of the city!" "It must be there!" said Falcon. "That's right. In fact, I should have thought of it earlier! Satan is a fallen angel. For him, the church is not a sacred place, but a place for him to revenge and profane. It is the best place for the resurrection ceremony!" "But why did he take my husband with him?" "Your husband is the apostle chosen by Satan and his father in this world. He is a crucial figure."

"Will he be in danger?" Shangguan Yun asked worriedly. "We knew it as soon as we got there, but..." "What's wrong?" Shangguan Yun looked at Zuo Na who hesitated to speak. "I suddenly felt something was wrong." Zuo Na frowned. "It's already not right." "No, I mean..." Zollner opened his mouth, not knowing how to express it. Falcon looked at the time: "It's twenty past eleven, and there are still forty minutes." "Professor, we don't have time to hesitate. I must see my husband right away." Shangguan Yun walked towards the door.

Zollner sighed.Follow up with Falcon. The white Porsche is speeding on the dark road, just like Shangguan Yun's heart that is about to leap out. The history of this church is estimated to be hundreds of years old.Mottled stone walls, incomplete tower tops and damp moss describe its vicissitudes and desolation.It is impossible to estimate when it was abandoned.This place can be said to be a wilderness now.There are no street lamps, no passers-by, no other buildings, only the long dialogue between the wind and the gutter, and the old church is their only audience. The white luxury car drove up to the dilapidated church, forming a stark contrast.And the three anxious people who jumped out of the car did not match the stability and solemnity of the church.In less than twenty minutes, it was twelve o'clock in the morning.

"Day 66" has only the last fifteen minutes left. Shangguan Yun hurried to the door of the church, and when he stretched out his hand to open the door of the church, Zuo Na suddenly grabbed her.Shangguan Yun stared at him in surprise. "Don't you think it's too rash to just break in like this?" "Then how should we go in?" Shangguan Yun shook his head and said, "There is no time." She paused, "How about I go in alone, professor, you wait for me outside." As she spoke, she shook off Zona's hand, pushed open the door of the church, and entered inside. "That's not what I meant... hey!" Zuo Na stomped his feet and walked in quickly.Falcon followed closely behind. The interior of the church is dark and deep, and the prayer benches on both sides can be vaguely seen. At this moment, a passage in the middle does not seem to lead to a sacred hall, but it seems to extend to the abyss of hell. Shangguan Yun and Zuo Na tried their best to restrain their nervousness and fear, and took a few steps forward tentatively, when they suddenly heard a "boom" behind them.Surprised, they turned around. Falcon closed the church door.And, he took out an iron lock as if by magic, and locked the door. Zuo Na only felt that his eyes went dark, and his heart seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar.He stared at Falcon and said, "That's it... I understand, all my anxiety before came from you!" Shangguan Yun looked at Falcon in astonishment, and then at Zuo Na: "What's going on?" Zuo Na stared at the falcon sharply: "I had a faint feeling that something was wrong before, but because I was always in a state of tight time, I couldn't think about it carefully. Now, all these things are wrong!" Zuo Na pointed at the falcon, and said to Shangguan Yun: "Think about it, when we went to his house, what was he wearing? Short-sleeved shirt and casual trousers. A young man who is alone at home, why would he dress so neatly and formally?" , as if knowing that there will be guests visiting tonight? This is the first strange thing. Then, he offered to cooperate with us fully, which made me feel that things went a little too far. When we planned to get from him When the family left, he expressed his desire to go with us. And, what did he say?—"Maybe my special ability will help you too",—in fact, we did rely on his proposal and special ability , I found this place. Everything, in retrospect, proves one thing - he knew we would go to him tonight! And, he is leading us to this place step by step!" Zuo Na punched his thigh: "It's a pity that I have been analyzing and thinking about Satan before, and I didn't have time to think about these things. I realized it now, it's too late." "Yes, you are right!" Falcon said coldly. "My purpose was to bring you here. My mission is accomplished." Shangguan Yun looked at Hua suspiciously: "Who are you?" "Do you still need to ask?" Zollner said with a tense face, "We judged wrong before. Your husband is not Satan's apostle. The real apostle is him!" Shangguan Yun opened his mouth wide in astonishment: "But...how did he know that we will go to him tonight?" Zollner stared at Falcon: "Would you like to answer this question?" "Why not? At this point, it doesn't matter if you know the truth." Falcon walked up to Zuo Na and Shangguan Yun, staring at them, "When I opened the safe and looked at the people inside—from that moment on , I know what my mission is, what I exist for, and the true use of my special ability, I understand everything." "So, you didn't run away immediately, but left with your 'master'." Zuo Na said coldly. "That's right, he let me know that I was born, and my special abilities, to welcome his coming at that moment. I am the only apostle he has chosen among billions of people around the world. He also Tell me. My mission is not over. On the night of the sixty-sixth day, two people will come to me. And my mission is to lead these two people to a certain place - now it seems that, of course, it is here." "So you're lying to us about being haunted by nightmares. You're just trying to gain our trust?" Falcon was silent for a few seconds: "No, that's true. If I fail tonight and fail to attract you, I will die in my last nightmare." Falcon looked up at them with a sad look on his face . "So you understand, I'm just here to save my life. And you should believe that all of this is predestined. As you said, professor, we are all part of the fate track. Why did the child Died at a special moment? Why did I have the ability to guess the password of the safe? And the gathering of the two of you, including finding me later—if all this is just a coincidence, rather than the guidance and arrangement of the mysterious power in the dark, Do you believe it?" Shangguan Yun's mind was buzzing, and the world was spinning around before her eyes.She really wanted to refute him and scold him angrily, but she just remembered something - she and Xia Lan hadn't had children for so many years, why were they suddenly pregnant?And this child happened to have three "6"s in his birthday.If it is true as Falcon said, then the birth and death of this child are also for the same purpose - to welcome the birth of Satan. This child was destined not to belong to them.He is just a tool, and his mission will be completed on the day of his sixth birthday.And it was these people around him who continued this matter. God, is it true?I, Xia Lan, Zuo Na, Falcon...all the people involved in this incident are an indispensable part of Satan's resurrection?Is this what we live for? At this time, Zuo Na asked sharply: "Falcon, what is your purpose in bringing us here?" "One of the two of you is very important." Falcon said, "This person is inseparable from tonight's resurrection ceremony. It's a pity that you don't know what the resurrection ceremony is about until now." As soon as the voice fell, the candlesticks on the walls around the church suddenly had a magical power to light up dozens of candlesticks at the same time.Shangguan Yun and Zuo Na were shocked to see that the cross in front of the church had been replaced with the symbol of Satan—the Sabbath goat—an evil pattern composed of a huge pentagram and the head of a ram. When Shangguan Yun saw the person standing directly in front of the altar, his breathing stopped suddenly. Xia Qing—her former son—now stood naked in front of him.The jumping flames made his face and body change shades of light and dark. If it wasn't an illusion, his body was radiating a strange and terrifying black light to the surroundings.And on the left side of his body, there was a person standing - Xia Lan! Shangguan Yun's whole body trembled violently, and she rushed forward recklessly, shouting loudly: "Xia Lan! Are you alright?" "Don't come here..." Xia Lan said weakly.But it was too late. When Shangguan Yun was less than five meters away from the naked boy, she suddenly felt as if she was being drawn by a gravitational force.Her whole body was suddenly weak, and her limbs slowly walked to the right side of the boy as if under control. Zollner's heart beat faster and his breathing became short of breath.He was about to move closer, when Falcon behind him reminded, "Professor, if you don't want to lose your life, you'd better stay where you are." Zollner turned and asked, "What is he going to do with them?" Falcon said blankly: "In the early morning of the sixty-sixth day, kill the parents and wash the body with their blood. Satan will be fully revived in the boy's body and gain complete power." "Ah..." Zuo Na was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat.But when he saw Shangguan Yun who ran over, he stood obediently in place like a puppet, and realized that even if he went up, he was destined to be controlled by that terrifying force.He could only watch the "ceremony" proceed. It was twelve o'clock in the morning. The boy closed his eyes and murmured something, as if he was chanting some spell. In Shangguan Yun's weak consciousness, he finally understood why "Xia Qing" hadn't said a word since he came back. His voice and language were completely strange and indifferent.Shangguan Yun squinted at the immature and lovely face they had touched before, which was full of coldness and sin at the moment, and suddenly remembered what Zuo Na said - an angel, after falling, becomes an evil fallen angel - in the In this life, does he still want to continue this trajectory? The boy finished singing and opened his eyes.He faced Shangguan Yun and stretched out his right hand diagonally upwards.Shangguan Yun saw that his fingers were as sharp as the tip of a knife, aiming at his heart.She became completely immobile when the boy faced her.Shangguan Yun knew that her death was approaching, she closed her eyes in despair.And at this time, an unexpected situation happened. Just when the boy's knife-like fingers were about to stab Shangguan Yun's heart, Xia Lan behind him suddenly stood in front of his wife.He grabbed the boy's hand and dragged it toward his chest, and that hand sank deeply into his heart.He grasped that hand tightly, and said to his wife behind him with all his strength, "Yun... run..." When the boy was controlled by Xia Lan, his strength seemed to weaken.Shangguan Yun found that he had regained his self-control!But when she saw the scene in front of her, her heart was broken, and she exclaimed: "Ah—— Xia Lan, Xia Lan!" The boy found himself being held tightly, showing a hideous expression.He roared incomprehensible words, trying to pull his hands out of Xia Lan's body.Xia Lan's vision has blurred.He couldn't see the person in front of him clearly, he only knew that it was his son in a trance.Tears rolled down from his eyes and dripped onto the boy's arms.He said deeply: "Son, I killed you. Let me bear it alone." After saying these words, he hugged his former son tightly and pressed him close to him.His hands were like iron tongs, tightly holding his son's body. The boy screamed wildly, looking angry and frightened, as if he was afraid of something.When Xia Lan's last tear rolled down on him, he let out a piercing scream, and then opened his mouth as if to vomit.A few seconds later, Shangguan Yun saw clearly that a thick black mist spewed out of his mouth with a strange cry that seemed to be alive.After whistling and hovering over the church for a moment, the black smoke disappeared. At this moment, Satan's apostle - Falcon - shook his body twice and passed out on the ground. His special ability is gone forever. Shangguan Yun suddenly felt as if all the strength in her body had been drained. She burst into tears and knelt down helplessly. And at this moment, Xia Qing in Xia Lan's arms slowly opened his eyes, a tear overflowed from his eyes, and the familiar and immature voice called out clearly: "Dad..." "Qingqinggou..." Xia Lan smiled, "You're back." They hugged each other and closed their eyes forever. "Ah... ah!" Shangguan Yun burst into tears, heartbroken.She knew that this time, they would never wake up again. everything is over. Zollner silently sat down on the bench, he didn't want to disturb the finally reunited family.At this moment, a warm current surged through his heart. After counting everything, Satan still failed to figure out that the tears of his biological father could dispel and purify his sinful soul. No matter how evil things are in the world, they will collapse in the face of love. Everyone originally possessed the most powerful power in the world. How did we not know this before? Zollner took off his glasses, took a deep breath, and tears blurred his eyes.He glanced at Xia Qing's small body, feeling sore and aching in his heart. There was no trace of evil on the boy's face at this moment.He fell asleep peacefully in the arms of his parents. He finally returned as a "human". (End of the tenth story)
After Arakishu's story was finished, his story achieved an unprecedented effect—almost all eleven listeners present had moist eye sockets and agitated hearts. Yes, there is no doubt that Nan Tian can see this - this suspenseful and thrilling story not only shocked and terrified everyone, but also moved them and made them think deeply, my God, Nan Tian took a deep breath, how delicate and Can a story with wonderful content and rich connotation be so touching?Araki Zhou, the leading figure in the suspense novel world, is indeed not in vain! Nan Tian was obviously not the only one who gave high praise to this story.Xia Houshen couldn't help applauding at this moment, and praised: "Mr. Araki's story is truly convincing. In this game, I am so convinced!" "Indeed, being able to hear such a wonderful and touching story is not in vain being trapped here for several days." Ryoma said, "For a moment, I even thanked the organizer for 'inviting' me here. " Everyone spared no expense of praise and praised the story of Araki Zhou.Even though Araki was proud, facing everyone's sincere praise, he couldn't help being elated and elated, and his arrogance subsided a lot. After some comments, Beidou said: "Let's rate Mr. Arakishu's wonderful story." After speaking, he stood up, took out pens and paper from the cabinet, and distributed them to everyone.After a while, everyone wrote down a number on paper, and Ryoma was responsible for collecting it.However, when he received it from Sajia, he found that Sajia's expression was astonished, her face turned pale, and she seemed to have been hit by something—she was holding a pen and paper in her hand, but she didn't write the score. Ryoma asked. "Saga, what's wrong with you?" Sajia shuddered all over, slowly raised her head, looked at Ryoma hesitantly, she opened her mouth, but said nothing. At this time, everyone noticed that Sajia had a strange expression and looked at her together. Ryoma asked again: "What's the matter with you? Is there any discomfort?" Shakyamun shook her head in a naive manner, biting her lower lip tightly, as if she had some unspeakable difficulties. Looking at Sajia's appearance, Nan Tian felt strange, suddenly he remembered the story that Sajia told him in the afternoon, and couldn't help but yelled "Ah!" Everyone looked towards the southern sky.The white whale asked, "What's the matter with you?" "Shajia, you told me a story this afternoon..." Nan Tian opened his mouth wide, as if he had just woken up from his sleep, "I was fascinated by Mr. Araki's story just now, and now I remembered——the story he told The story is very similar to the one Sajia told me this afternoon..." Everyone was shocked.Araki's expression also instantly became dumbfounded.But after all, he was calm and old-fashioned, and he didn't yell out immediately, but just stared and said: "Where are the similarities, please tell me clearly." Nan Tian glanced at Sajia, then turned to Araki and said, "In the story Shajia told, there is also a father and son—and the father in the story is the same as Xia Lan in the "Return" you just told, and the son It has a wonderful telepathy. What's more, the protagonist in Sajia's story also has the ability to sense 'numbers'!" Hearing what Nan Tian said, Beidou couldn't help shouting: "You mean, there is a serious 'similarity in conception' between Mr. Arakishu's story and the story Sajia told before?" "Shut up!" Araki Zhou couldn't calm down anymore, a layer of sweat had already oozed from his forehead.At this moment, he stared at Beidou viciously, "Are you reminding everyone that I fouled? What are your intentions!" Beidou stuck out his tongue, and said, "That's the truth, I didn't mean to say that on purpose..." After a while, Araki Zhou tried his best to control his emotions and keep himself calm. He looked at Sajia and said, "You and Nan Tian said that my story is similar to what you told this afternoon. Is there any evidence? Everyone has watched it these days. Come out, the two of you are very close, obviously the relationship is unusual. If the two of you collude to frame me, then it doesn’t matter if I commit a foul or not—tonight, we can find out the organizer!” When Sajia heard what Araki Zhou said, she stood up indignantly, looked directly at him and said, "Mr. The two of us know. The reason I was feeling lost just now is that I will be the one who will tell the story tomorrow! The plot I have conceived, so coincidentally similar to your story, means that I will not be able to tell this story again-- I didn't expect to make you foul at all, so why did you wrong us to frame you?" Speaking of this, Sajia took out a few pieces of paper from her coat pocket, walked over and handed it to Araki Zhou: "Don't you want evidence? This is the outline of the story I wrote in the afternoon——Look, is it true? What did you say tonight? ” Arakishu stared at Saka, as if reluctantly took the manuscript paper, Lake and Goth, who were sitting beside him, poked their heads together, and browsed the contents of the paper together with Arakishu.After a while, all three of them showed expressions of astonishment.Other people don't need to read it, they also know that what Sajia said is true. Araki threw the paper to Sajia and said, "Even if it is true, you told Nan Tian a similar story this afternoon—but don't forget, I am ahead of you, and I will tell this story first tonight." Tell it, so it can't be my story and yours repeated." Hearing Arakishu's words, Beidou frowned and said, "Mr. Arakishu, you seem to have forgotten what the organizer said - the winner of the final game will combine the 14 stories he heard with what we have heard. What we have experienced is itself written into a book—that is to say, all our current experiences are actually a 'big story'. So as long as Sajia tells a similar story before you, it will be objectively cause you to foul." Araki Zhou couldn't keep his reserve and calm anymore, he roared angrily: "Damn it! Then how do I know that she happened to tell a similar story this afternoon? She didn't tell me!" "Can this be my fault?" Sajia said, "I didn't hear your story at night, so how did I know it would be similar to mine?" Dark Fire wrinkled his shoulders at this moment and said: "Have you ever thought about a question—is this incident really just a coincidence? Why did Saka and Arakishu, whose numbers are next to each other, think of such a similar story at almost the same time? ? Is there anything strange about this?" For a while, everyone was silent.But after a long time, no one can give an answer. Among the twelve people, the one who felt the most unbelievable at the moment was Nan Tian. He knew very well in his heart that the subject matter of Miaojia's story was actually provided to her by himself.However, how could it be possible that Araki Shu also happened to think of the same subject?Is it really just a coincidence?Or, unknowingly, we fell into the trap of the sponsor? Nan Tian was thinking hard, and suddenly found a very unreasonable thing - a person who would always express important opinions when encountering such things in the past, unexpectedly didn't say a word tonight. Chris. Nan Tian looked at Chris who was sitting diagonally across from him, and found that the genius boy was resting two fingers on his chin, staring at his chin, as if he was concentrating on thinking about something. Nan Tian looked at him for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Chris, why didn't you say a word tonight?" Chris raised his head slowly, stared at Nantian, then looked around the crowd, and said something that surprised everyone: "Through the incident just now, I seem to know who the sponsor is." What? Nan Tian's heart shook violently.What he said, is it true? Could it be that on the night of the 10th day, the mystery will be revealed?