This place was a nightmare.
Strolling among the buildings filled with death and blood, Fangzheng finally discovered the darkest secret of the Church of Healing hidden here.
Here, Fangzheng found that apart from the hunters, most of the people here were a group of "patients". Their common characteristic was that each of their heads was wrapped in a cloth bag, making it impossible to see what was inside. But Fangzheng could tell from the wriggling of the cloth bags that what was inside was definitely not the "head" he knew.
As for what their heads looked like … Fangzheng wisely chose to ignore it.
From the information in the laboratory building, Fangzheng finally understood what the Church of Healing was trying to do.
Although Lawrence and William had split up due to ideological differences, this did not mean that Lawrence did not agree with William's approach. He just did not want to follow William's advice and give up everything just because he was "afraid of the Ancient God's blood". In fact, Lawrence's thinking was the same as William's. He wanted to elevate humans to a higher level by improving the "Inner Sight" in the human brain.
In other words, Lawrence's core thinking was still the same as William's.
To achieve this, they injected some people's brains with … some kind of liquid.
Of course, these people were not chosen randomly. Through a long period of experiments, Lawrence found that some people showed good adaptability after being injected with the Ancient God's blood. Not only that, their blood seemed to be able to fuse well with the Ancient God's blood, producing a very strange and powerful healing effect.
Therefore, the Church of Healing gathered these people together and injected them with the Ancient God's blood. They also extracted the "improved" blood from their bodies after fusing with the Ancient God's blood as the main source of "blood therapy".
After seeing this, Fangzheng finally understood why the Church of Healing could have so much blood for blood therapy … It turned out that they had a bunch of human blood banks!
After all, humans and the Ancient Gods could not understand each other. If one day the Ancient God was unwilling to give you a slap, you would be finished. However, it was obviously safer and more controllable to extract blood from human bodies.
However, for those from the Church of Healing, it wasn't just a waste to use them as blood banks. Their adaptability to the Ancient God's Blood meant that they could better understand the knowledge and mysteries that the Ancient God's Blood brought to them. They could listen to the voice that came from the depths of the Ancient God's blood and feel the realm and level that mortals could not understand …
From one of the giant heads that could communicate, Fangzheng learned that these people used to be called the Blood Saintess. They were the source of the human blood bank, and they believed that they could use this power to reach a higher level of existence.
According to Big Head, after they showed their adaptability to the Ancient God's blood, they would be conferred the title of "Blood Saintess" by the Healing Church and become a human blood bank, donating blood for others without compensation. In return, these Blood Saintesses would have the right to be injected with more Ancient God's blood. They could feel existences, sounds, and images that others could not.
However, with the increase of the Ancient God's blood, the Blood Saintesses began to change. Their heads became bigger and bigger, becoming indescribable. At this point, they could no longer live and work outside. They would come here as "patients" and then become the experimental subjects of the Healing Church.
According to the records that Fangzheng found, the heads of these Blood Saintesses would grow bigger and bigger until they eventually separated from their bodies and became an independent life … Of course, they were also unsuccessful failures.
In addition, Fangzheng also learned two things.
The first was that there seemed to be a person in charge here named Maria. Logically speaking, these Blood Saintesses should hate the Healing Church for becoming the experimental subjects of the Healing Church. But that was not the case. The giant heads that Fangzheng met, whether they were rational or not, all respected and loved a person called Maria. From what they said, Maria seemed to have been trying her best to soothe their pain and calm their hearts and souls ….
Well, she was like a doctor taking care of mental patients in a mental hospital.
The second thing was …. all the giant heads mentioned the "deep sea", the "deep dark place", and the sound of flowing water like "drip, drip, drip" without exception. They were attracted by the sound. They were completely addicted to it and could not extricate themselves.
It seemed that if he wanted to know the secret and the truth of all this, he would have to look for the woman named Maria.
And she was right in front of him.
* Bang *
A swollen, blue monster fell in front of Fangzheng. It had almost completely lost its human shape. Its head and body had completely fused together, turning into something that looked more like a rectangular rice cake with hands and feet.
"Failed product …."
Fangzheng muttered to himself as he watched the monster in front of him turn into pus and blood. He had already learned from the information that these four strange monsters were the final emissaries that the Healing Church used to contact the Ancient Gods. Unfortunately, they also failed. During the transformation, they lost their human forms, and their thoughts were also transformed into existences that humans could not understand.
And this Sunflower Field on the roof was their final home.
Fangzheng glanced at the completely dead failed product and retracted his gaze. Whether this was a nightmare or not, he had seen enough monsters along the way. Even now, Fangzheng did not know why he was here. According to William, he should have gone to the center of the lake to eliminate Romm and end the Endless Night of Hunting.
But this place was obviously a completely different world.
Perhaps the biggest secret of the Healing Church was hidden here, but what did it mean to Fangzheng? He was not interested in the secret of the Healing Church. In fact, every organization had its dark side. No matter how noble an ideal was, it would inevitably be stained with blood and darkness. The same was true for Fangzheng's Tendo Temple. He basically handed all the dirty work to the Zerg. In fact, what the Zerg did in the Predator World was not more noble than the Healing Church, nor would it be any greater. In essence, there was no difference between the two sides. It was just that Fangzheng did not choose his own race as experimental subjects like the Healing Church.
After all, it was all in the past.
* Creak *
Fangzheng stretched out his hand, pushed open the door in front of him, and walked into the room. In front of him was a wide hall with lit candles on both sides. On the wall in front of him was a huge metal clock. A beautiful blonde woman in a hunter's uniform was sitting on a chair, quietly watching Fangzheng.
"A visitor? How unexpected. "
Her voice was calm and steady, sounding like the warm spring wind. Looking at the woman in front of him, Fangzheng asked tentatively.
"You are … Lady Maria?"
"Yes."
The woman nodded slightly, then looked at Fangzheng.
"Welcome to this nightmare. How do you feel when you see the bestial patients and the filthy wards in the church? I know what you did to them. It's not your fault. The nightmare controlled them, and now, they are finally free. What about you? How do you feel about all this? "
"What do I feel …?"
Hearing Maria's question, Fangzheng thought for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders.
"I think … it's not bad."
"… It's not bad?"
Maria could not help but be dumbfounded by Fangzheng's unexpected answer. She was already prepared to be scolded or criticized by the other party for the dirty and dark secrets within the church, but she did not expect the young man in front of her to give her such an unexpected answer.
"It's not bad … What do you mean?"
"It means it's not bad."
Facing Maria's question, Fangzheng spread his hands.
"Every organization has its dark side. Only naive children will think that everything is bright and beautiful. But aren't we immersed in darkness to protect the beautiful expectations of those children for the world? And to be honest, I've seen more cruel experiments than the Church of Healing. Perhaps to you, what the Church of Healing has done is unacceptable, but in my opinion, at least everything is based on voluntary participation. But in my opinion, at least everything is built on the basis of both parties' willingness. Maybe it's crazy, maybe it's ugly, but at least the people who make the decisions are adults with the ability to judge for themselves, right? "
"This …."
Hearing this, Maria was stunned speechless.
"That's true, but … the pain they go through …"
"The pain they go through is also the result of their choices. To be honest, at least this choice was made by them. Madam, your so-called evil and darkness are nothing compared to what I've seen. Have you ever seen those naive children sent to the operating table under the malice of adults? In order to record the process of them becoming monsters, these adults will hurt their bodies again and again, and use all kinds of means to torture them, just to record some data? Those children are tortured and suffering, but they don't even get the slightest sympathy. Not only researchers, but even ordinary people can abuse and hurt them without fear of any punishment? Those children's cries and prayers only get them hurt again and again? Have you ever seen any of this? "
"…."
Hearing this, Maria was completely dumbfounded. She did not know what to say.
As for Fangzheng, he shrugged.
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