musicians of old

"Oh, here we come."

Fan Ning immediately put away his phone and turned around to respond.

There was a slight crackling sound in the distance, as well as the sound of birds chirping and flapping their wings.

On the mountains as far as the eye could see, several huge banyan trees with lush branches and leaves that blocked the sky slowly fell down, and dense flocks of birds and crows returned to the thick clouds west of the sun.

Fan Ning, who was not surprised by this, had already turned back and walked towards the front door of the camp where the firewood and boiler were placed.

Durk and Jacob were stirring the pot with spoons, Ivan was tracing the route on the map, Alpha was holding a thick book, and Tukweil climbed out from under the car and wiped it with a rag. He frowned and threw the maintenance tools aside.

Everyone's clothes have lost their recognition.

Gradually deeper into the no-man's land, only a limited amount of cleanliness is maintained. Even with the convenience of a few extraordinary means, the clothes are covered with dirt, pollen and scratches, and are stained green by highly dyed berries.

"What did you do tonight?" Fan Ning approached and sat down and smelled a strong aroma of food.

"Stew," Jacob replied.

"The improved food is worth looking forward to." Durk fanned out the burning wood pile with his robe.

"If there are no major errors in the estimation of the direction and distance of the trip, we may enter the narrow boundary of B-105 around this time, and we may not have the leisure to do such slow and detailed work later." Jacob smiled.

Several other people also sat around one after another.

"How's your research going?" Tukweil asked Alpha.

"There is important progress." Alpha spread the book on the ground and showed another page of notes filled with writing to the team members. "These secret rituals or tributes performed by the Divine Advent Society can be divided into two major categories. One is One class is called 'White Mass' and one class is called 'Black Mass'."

"The 'White Mass' has a relatively mild effect on spirituality, and it is a method that is performed most frequently. Ringing of bells, singing of joyful songs, initiation ceremonies, and salutes in ordinary gatherings are all basically 'White Masses' '.The 'Black Mass' often causes drastic changes to both the performer and the person being performed. The most representative examples include the 'Soul Crucible Ritual' and the 'Worm Tantra'."

Fan Ning, who was sitting aside, listened to Alpha's explanation without saying a word, feeling that he had indeed learned new valuable information, but at the same time, he gradually became aware of a strange sense of dislocation.
As a bishop, Tukweil is repairing a car, as a sergeant, Alpha is studying the occult, and two high-ranking priests are making a fire for cooking?

"Andrew, how much food do we have left?"

Fan Ning thought of another thing, stood up and walked to the car where the dry food was stored.

Speaking of which, there have been several "sudden thoughts" after waking up.

Andrew temporarily stopped crying when he heard the question, climbed up, and used the key to open the rear hatch of the car.

"Creak-" a tooth-gripping sound of metal friction sounded.

Although I had brought as much as I could when I set out, most of the dry bread, canned meats and dried vegetables in the dozens of storage boxes were empty.

After all, it has been so long and it is consumed all the time.

And
"Canned goods and dry goods?" Fan Ning still squinted his eyes after the rear hatch was closed.

Behind him, Jacob picked up the stacked military water cups one by one, scooped out the steaming, crispy and bone-free soup with a large spoon and poured it into them. Set off by the floating vegetable leaves and fat, They are a faintly bright green.Several people took it in turn, blew a few breaths in a hurry, and brought it to their mouths to taste it.

"Wait a minute!" The speed at which Fan Ning summoned the invisible power of the "key" phase was faster than the speed at which he turned around.

Four people who had already put the broth to their lips suddenly had their large military drinking glasses pulled out of thin air.

The soup sloshed and splashed all over their hands and faces. Several people blew on it to stop it from burning and looked at Fan Ning with surprised eyes.

But Fan Ning made the decision too late, still a little late. There were five people preparing to drink soup, and he only moved the hands of four people.

"Goo-dong, coo-dong"

Jacob, who was spooning out the thick soup, had his Adam's apple squirming. He raised his head and swallowed with satisfaction, then used his fork to stir the soft, rich and fresh meat inside.

"Where did you get the meat?" Seeing that he had already eaten, Fan Ning could only frown and ask.

"There are animals in this place, but the deer deer hunted this time are rare. It took a long time to worship the deer in the reed swamp." Jacob smiled, looking quite enjoying it, "Hurry up. Eat it, there's still some in the pot, if it's too cold it will affect the taste."

Before he finished speaking, green mucus began to leak out of his mouth and nose, and he even wiped it with his arm without seeming to notice.

"What about you?" Several people nearby picked up the firearms beside them and quickly took a few steps back.

With a few puffs, several unhatched "hairy eggs"-like things pushed Jacob's head in half and split open. Various pitted organs with red and green rotten flesh opened up one after another. His ribcage and entire upper body.

"Thud, tug, tug, tug!!!!——"

The distortion occurred instantly, but everyone in the investigation team was well-trained and very decisive. For a moment, the sun broke through the clouds, and several rays of clean sunlight fell on those densely nested deformed organs, with the blessing of holy light. Several beams of submachine gun bullets poured out from all directions like shuttles.

Before the aberration could jump up, it fell forward in a charging posture and hit the ground heavily.

"boom!"

Fallen leaves rose into the sky, torn pieces of flesh and mucus were splashed everywhere, and smaller organs and eggs were still foaming from the inside out.

When the deafening gunfire stopped, the mouth of the pipe turned red, and gunpowder smoke floated out, the entire cooking place had become a mess, and it was unbearable to look at it.

Judging from the threat of the aberration itself, it is not a big trouble. The trouble lies in the occurrence of the mutation itself - another team member died unexpectedly.

"The Secret Cult of Immortality?" Fan Ning, who had been observing with cold eyes, suddenly uttered a phrase.

There are various animals and plants in the Abnormal Zone, and hunting and cooking meat is not a taboo matter. Fan Ning felt that there was something wrong with the color of the pot of broth before, so he started to speak out and stop everyone.

But he wasn't sure of anything at that time, and was just about to stop and take a closer look. It wasn't until Jacob's mouth and nose began to overflow with mucus that the fact of contamination was certain.

Asking for "gifts", sharing flesh and blood, the light and shadow of the "cocoon", and various factors of distortion and division like Professor Lorraine before, what is the Tantra of Immortality if it isn't it?
But Fan Ning felt extremely confused and confused besides being horrified.

The Tantra of Immortality has been extinct in the world for hundreds of years, and the ruins of the "Great Palace School" have completely collapsed in the movement. What's more, this deep no-man's land is probably older than the time of the Tantric of Immortality. If it were earlier, how could the pollution characteristics of "split pupa" appear?