Hasse ordered some demon hunters to stay in the family hall to monitor whether there were any remaining Shades of Chaos in the place. He led a few elite demon hunters, including White Flame, to the resting place of the Ancattero family's ancestors with Hao Ren.
Led by Andaherr, they came to the location of Ancattero, which was the unusually large obelisk that Wayne had mentioned earlier.
The obelisk was located in the middle of an empty square. It was three to four hundred meters tall and had a dignified and imposing three-story structure. Each story of the obelisk would shrink inwards a little, and at the top of the obelisk was a huge metal device that floated in the air. There were no buildings around the obelisk. There were only some neat and sparsely distributed golden columns on the empty square. The columns were surrounded by light, but Hao Ren could not tell what they were.
This was the resting place of the Tannaeans. Hao Ren thought it would be a more gloomy place. After all, it was a super large cemetery. But the atmosphere here did not feel that way at all. It was full of warmth and light, a bit like a large landscape building. From the setting of this place, it could be seen that the Tannaeans attached great importance to funeral matters.
Unlike other otherworldlings, the Tannaeans had a relatively short lifespan. Although they still lived far longer than humans, compared to demon hunters or vampires, they were still a short-lived race. That was why there were such large mausoleums in their family territory and very formal funerals. In the demon hunter's culture, funerals were relatively weak. Most of them died in battle in their old age, and their bodies were usually difficult to preserve. So their funerals were simple and plain. Vampires are the race that loves tombs and coffins the most. They spend more time and effort on researching all kinds of coffins and mausoleums than humans do. However, they usually use these things for sleeping, so we will not discuss that...
"Their hiding place is underground," Andaherr said, leading them to the obelisk. "It will be difficult for you to find the place without a guide."
Hasse looked at Andaherr in surprise. "I didn't expect them to tell a demon hunter about their secret sanctuary."
Andaherr looked gloomy. "A month ago, under special circumstances, we couldn't care less about the difference between the demon hunters and the otherworldlings. We had to keep the survivors alive so that we could tell others what had happened. "
"Did you meet with the Ancattero family to discuss the innate hostility?" Hasse asked. "You did this behind the back of the Council of Elders. To be honest, I always knew that Elder Amatura had a unique way of thinking, but I didn't expect him to go this far and bring so many demon hunters with him at once."
"We couldn't have done anything if we didn't hide it from the Council of Elders," Andaherr replied frankly. Judging from her attitude, it was clear that she was one of the strong supporters of Amatura's theory. It could be seen that the demon hunters, who were stubborn and united in the eyes of the outside world, actually had many different schools of thought, many of which were deviant. "And Amatura did not act on impulse. He had read a lot of information and conducted thousands of experiments on the blood of the demon hunters and the otherworldlings. We just didn't expect the problem to be more fundamental."
"So you paid a huge price," Hasse said faintly.
Andaherr did not say anything. She just quietly came to the base of the golden obelisk and put her hand on a wall that looked no different from the surrounding. The wall shimmered, and alien characters and various symbols appeared on its surface. This should be the touch screen made by the Tannaeans. Andaherr entered a series of instructions on the wall, which must have been given to her by the Ancattero family.
With a slight mechanical sound, the golden wall slowly opened on both sides, revealing a slanted staircase.
"What is the purpose of the blood exchange ritual that you guys performed?" Hao Ren asked curiously as they walked down the long staircase. "Is it related to Amatura's research?"
"It's not a blood exchange, but a purification ritual using the blood of both sides. The purpose is to try to artificially terminate the innate hostility. According to Elder Amatura's research, the innate hostility between the various races is something hidden in the bloodline, and it is non-physical, "Andaherr replied." He felt that it was an implant from a third party, a ticking time bomb buried in our bloodline, so he wanted to solve this uncontrollable factor no matter what. His research has not made much progress in the past thousands of years, but there has been a dramatic change recently. "
"Is it because of the sudden weakening of the innate hostility between the races in recent months?" Vivian asked casually.
Andaherr nodded slightly. "Yes, that's it. The significant weakening of the innate hostility finally provided us with enough data. So Elder Amatura completed part of his research and came up with the blood purification ritual. He decided to let some of his demon hunters and members of the Ancattero family carry out the ritual first. Many of his demon hunters have been deeply affected by the weakening of the innate hostility. The Ancattero family is a relatively mild one among the otherworldlings, which fits the criteria and allows us to work together without worrying about fighting. In fact, we were going to ask the sirens for help. They are milder than the Ancattero family, and the demon hunters have almost no hostility toward them. But they are elusive and hard to find. "
Hao Ren thought that this was the downside of keeping the information secret. If the demon hunters had contacted him earlier, the situation would have been different. The two sirens in his house had nothing better to do. Ayesha had a restaurant, and Nangong Wuyue had nothing better to do now. She had dyed herself green to scare people.
"Did the Shades of Chaos appear after you had carried out the ritual?" Hasse asked.
Andaherr was silent for a moment and then nodded. "The ritual went well at first. The demon hunters and the members of the Ancattero family who had undergone the blood purification completely got rid of the influence of the innate hostility. But soon things began to get out of hand. We found that the innate hostility was quickly disappearing. Even those who were farthest from the ritual were affected, including Elder Amatura and Patriarch Vogus. At first, I thought it was the ritual that had gone too far, but Elder Amatura soon realized that it was not the blood purification ritual but something else in the hall: we had triggered a switch. Elder Marduk tried to stop the ritual, but it was too late. The Shades of Chaos suddenly emerged from under everyone's feet, and we had no time to react. "
At the end of the long steps was a lift. Andaherr led everyone to stand on the platform of the lift and pressed the button to let everyone go deeper underground. Andaherr continued to describe what happened a month ago. "The first to lose control were Abaddon and Chloanne. They stabbed Elder Marduk, and things got out of hand. The demon hunters and the Ancattero family not only attacked each other but also began to kill each other. Finally, Elder Amatura regained his senses. He asked me and Patriarch Vogus to retreat. We were the only ones who had not been corrupted by the Shades of Chaos. "
When the lift came to the depths of the underground, Hao Ren saw a heavy metal gate in front of him. On both sides of the metal gate, the seemingly sturdy walls were inlaid with large glass windows. Behind the glass windows, there were some gray and white shadows neatly arranged.
"During the evacuation, we found that the Shades of Chaos had leaked out and kept emerging from all corners. People came from all directions of the city and started fighting in the city center. The situation was completely out of control. Patriarch Vogus tried his best to summon the people who were still conscious. We came to this sanctuary and began to think about how to avoid the attack of the Shades of Chaos. "
Hao Ren came in front of the huge glass windows. A gust of cold air seemed to be coming out of the windows. He tried to distinguish the scene on the other side of the glass window and finally saw neatly arranged transparent containers placed vertically. A white mist floated between these containers. Judging from the ice around the containers, the temperature of the room inside was extremely low.
"People who have stopped thinking will not be attacked by the Shades of Chaos," Andaherr said, pointing to the gate. "My Mind Shackle spell has a limited range, so we used this room. Vogus said that this is a hibernation facility. I hope I did it correctly. "
Hao Ren looked up at the alloy gate and saw a line of text above the gate:
"Frozen Hibernation Chamber Four."
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