It was as if he was looking at the scene of the Infernal Church's sacrifice.
It was too horrible to look at.
In the huge space behind the door, everything in sight, the walls, the ceiling, and the floor, were distorted marks painted with blood.
It was like a mural painted when one was mad, or something written with the last glimmer of hope in despair.
But it was difficult to tell what was written.
All the words had been distorted.
Only the hallucinatory laughter lingered around, making one's hair stand on end.
Huai Shi held the Hateful Water tightly and looked around. Even though the detection equipment had found the existence of air outside, he still dared not to remove the heavy defense.
Was all this an illusion or something else?
He couldn't tell.
But Garland Deon was right. As the furthest location from the central engine, the outflow layer, the Kingdom's Gate was the safest place.
Everyone knew that.
Including the alchemists on Helios.
Therefore, they chose to flee. They fled to the place furthest away from the nightmare.
Unfortunately, the edge of the nightmare was still just a nightmare.
The ground was a mess, as if a dozen beggars had lived here for a long time. Old clothes, garbage, and even excrement were everywhere.
There were also corpses.
The corpses of the dead.
Huai Shi could only take a quick glance and stop looking.
It was too strange. Some had already become skeletons, some were still vivid and lifelike, perfectly retaining every bit of their appearance before death, and there were even some that were a combination of both. Some had become seedbeds of plants, and some were completely petrified.
The only similarity was that on those distorted faces, the corners of their mouths curled up into a smile.
A smile from the heart.
It was as if he could empathize with them and understand their happiness.
But their eyes were scarlet and had long dried up. There were still traces of blood tears, and the pain had already turned into a substance overflowing.
The joy in the world was no longer there.
Long before death, the indescribable sorrow and joy had torn the souls of these survivors.
Without exception, they died of madness.
Huai Shi held the Hateful Water and picked up the precious materials and border relics on the ground. He looked through them one by one, looking for the remaining clues. When he looked around, he was puzzled from the bottom of his heart.
"Why did they take things so hard?"
He scratched his head through the helmet. "Could it be that someone on Helios organized a group viewing of 'Beast Girl Zoo'?"
And it's even two seasons in a row, the kind where you can't sleep until you've finished watching it?
Wasn't this a little too cruel?
Unfortunately, no one seemed to understand the joke used to liven up the atmosphere.
In the stiff atmosphere, everyone's expression was cold, full of vigilance and caution. They took out all kinds of defensive tools and relics and carefully checked the situation around them.
As for those alchemists from the Stonecauldron Society, they were like mindless machines. They didn't waver in the slightest as they watched this scene.
After the initial investigation, he quickly took off the standard flamethrower from his back, skillfully filled it with blocks of Rongsu, and pulled the trigger at the wreckage all over the ground.
Then, green tongues of flame spurted out like living creatures. They followed the will of the user and slowly swam, burning everything in their path to ashes.
Decomposing into the final dust.
Rachel's reaction was slow, and he was almost caught in the flames. He quickly threw away the border relic that he had just picked up and hid to the side.
However, he did not dare to say anything and only cursed vaguely.
Soon, half of the trash and wreckage in the hall had been burned to ashes.
At this moment, the Russian Alchemist Valery, who had reached the edge of the hall with his bronze staff, suddenly exclaimed and attracted everyone's attention.
"Survivors!"
Valery shouted in the public channel, "There are still survivors …"
Everyone paused for a moment and looked at the pile of boxes at the same time.
Valery raised the bronze staff in his hand and lightly knocked on the floor. Suddenly, the pile of boxes in the distance made a dull sound.
Huai Shi sharply sensed the process.
Just like his own Supreme, it relied on the material to transmit the impact force. The power of a battering ram was imbued into a small strike and transmitted into the distance, completely destroying the layer of sticky disguise.
Then, everyone saw the hunched back of the figure.
A skinny man with a bare upper body was sitting in a pool of blood.
His hair had been violently pulled out, and only a few strands of hair were still stuck on his swollen scalp. His body was covered in filth and stench, and it had been a long time since he last bathed.
On his body, under his feet, and even around him, there were layers of horrifying secret apparatus smeared with fresh blood.
At this moment, he numbly tore off the blood scabs on his body. His fingers dipped in the dried blood, and over again, he repaired the faded and peeling marks on his body.
He muttered to himself.
He did not notice the existence of the group of intruders around him at all.
He only muttered to himself and sealed himself in the secret apparatus.
But what was more eye-catching was that he was almost completely covered in equipment.
Necklaces, jewels, necklaces, earrings, and a string of blood-stained amulets on his belt. There were even all kinds of accessories that were carelessly wrapped around his body with tape.
Huai Shi was almost blinded by the waves of Origin Substances.
He resisted the urge to take a deep breath. He suddenly wanted to f * cking kill him …
Those were all border relics!
That guy's entire body was covered in at least a hundred border relics!
And they weren't cheap goods produced in some workshop assembly line. Rather, they were high-quality goods that had been painstakingly crafted by real alchemists.
Among them, there was no lack of treasures that were ranked in the top hundred of the relic catalog.
With just a quick glance, Huai Shi recognized quite a few priceless treasures — Protective Seal, Fire Charcoal Crystal, Gaia Knot, Blood Oath Green Eye … …
These were precious relics that should have been kept close to his body or displayed in a tightly guarded display window. But now, they were densely packed together and hung on a madman's body.
Were all the people in Helios this rich?
But it was obvious that there were many different styles and factions among them, and they were from completely different eras. Even the degree of usage was different.
The one-time use Gaia Knot had been infused with the blood of alchemists. It was limited to the creator, and it would only take effect within a month. It reflected curses and protected souls.
It was impossible for them to be of the same origin … …
When he thought about the messy state of the corpses around him, it wasn't hard to see where these things came from.
After a bitter struggle, the last survivor had survived.
But I'm afraid … … it didn't make any sense.
Just as the other explorers were looking around vigilantly, the spiritual pendulum used for detection vibrated wildly and glowed, pointing to the location of the back figure.
And he was still immersed in his fanatical writing. His other hand was hugging something tightly, hiding it in his arms like a swaddling cloth.
His mouth was focused and numb as he chanted something.
The words were too vague, and Huai Shi had never learned it. He could only tell that it was Sanskrit by the scribbled Tiancheng language on the ground, but he knew nothing else about the content.
He could only make out a few nouns.
'Indra', 'Yama', 'Varuna', 'Suriya' … …
Those were the gods inherited from the Indian genealogy, calling on the power of the gods of the past to protect them. But no mystery could be detected at all. At best, they were just chanting scriptures.
They were praying devoutly to the gods and Buddhas all over the sky. Who could reach out to the survivors in the desperate situation?
Who could save him from the sea of suffering?
But he didn't respond to the rescuers behind him.
Garland Deon's disciple polished the oil lamp again, but this time, for some reason, the light from it was quickly extinguished.
It was as if there was no signal after leaving the base station.
There was no way to get advice.
For a moment, everyone fell into a strange silence.
"It's hopeless." Izzy shrugged and shook his head. He took off his helmet without a care and shook off the ashes. "Someone, please give him a quick death."
As he said that, he looked at Huai Shi.
And Huai Shi was looking up and admiring the ceiling of Helios above his head.
Well, it was indeed different from the ceilings in other places. It was plain and unremarkable, but there was a kind of grace and mystery that was different from other places. At first glance, it was no different from an ordinary ceiling. Was this the so-called concealment of a divine object?
Anyway, he just stared blankly.
Although he didn't play many horror games, he knew a lot about clouds!
He was too familiar with this scene. In an inexplicable and strange scene, there was an inexplicable person doing something with her back to you. If she wasn't crying, she was laughing. It was as if she was looking at something very interesting that attracted you to come over. Kang Yikang.
What was this?
This was a plot kill!
This was a lightning strike in the opening scene!
Anyway, he was definitely not going to jump into this pit. Whoever wanted to go, he could go. It was fine if he spilled his blood for the Present Realm, but why would he risk his life for the Stoneforge Academy?
Seeing that Huai Shi wasn't moved and didn't even move, the others looked at each other.
One of Garland Deon's disciples seemed to say something, and one of them stepped forward and carefully wiped away the secret instrument on the ground. He raised his hand and waved it in front of the praying person, but there was no reaction.
The spirit pendulum and various detection devices didn't detect any abnormalities.
Finally, the leader looked at Rachel and said something in the private channel. Rachel's expression suddenly became reluctant.
He carefully went up, turned the person's eyelids, and checked the vital parts. He came to the same conclusion as Izzy.
The source was exhausted, the soul was broken, and there was no hope.
But at least he could use some of his remaining strength.
Tell them what happened here …
Soon, he raised the syringe gun and injected the purple-blue medicine into the praying person's neck, causing an unexpected reaction.
The praying person's movements came to an abrupt stop, his eyes violently rolled back, and his body twitched violently. Rachel was so scared that he fell back and retreated on all fours.
It was only now that everyone realized that the survivor was holding tightly in his arms … was actually a clock?
That's right, after some unknown bumps and bumps, the brass clock that had long been covered in dents was now stained with layers of blood, but it was still running.
It made a crisp sound.
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock …
A hoarse moan sounded.
When the survivor woke up from his nightmare, his first reaction when he saw the explorers was not surprise but panic as he looked at the clock.
Watching the clock's hour hand move towards the final tick, with only a few minutes left, he let out a sharp cry and lay on the ground, muttering the names of the gods, trying to repair the secret instrument on the ground.
But it was too late.
Because the dried blood stains had already been wiped away.
In his panic, he got up crazily and rushed to the door on all fours.
He didn't care about the extremely cold vacuum outside …
One step, two steps, then he fell to the ground, wriggled, and exhausted the last of his source.
He died just like that.
Huai Shi didn't even have time to go up three times in a row.
He was gone.
In the dead silence, everyone looked at each other. Only the sound of the clock was so clear. It gradually became louder and louder, like a loud roar.
It resounded in everyone's ears.
It was at that moment, in this dead and empty space, in the ruins of the Helios workshop, it ushered in a meaningless time boundary.
— — Midnight came!
At that moment, the light from all directions instantly disappeared without a trace, replaced by an indescribable darkness that swallowed everything.
Screams rose one after another.
"… Damn, which bastard turned off the lights?"
Huai Shi froze in place, feeling a mud-like chill emerge from his heart and spread quickly, bringing with it uncontrollable panic and sadness for no reason.
Even the friendly puppy in his arms let out a whimper.
Despair spread together with the darkness, swallowing all sounds.
Soon, in the public channel filled with the sound of electricity, only Rachel's choking voice was left.
In the darkness, the pharmacist knelt on the ground, crying bitterly, hammering the floor powerlessly, and asked in a sorrowful voice,
"So, love will disappear, right?"
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