American Celestial Master

Chapter 7, Getting Started

The four of them came out of the chapel.Walk towards the grove where the crowd just passed by.Some fires could be faintly seen behind the grove.The four of them walked along the path through the grove, and behind it there was a small square with a pillar erected in the middle of the small square. The Indian boy had been tied to the pillar, and firewood was piled under it.All around are cultists holding torches.

The cultists formed a circle around the pillar, and the bishop dressed in blood red stood in the middle, shouting something with his hands raised up.Every time he yelled, the people around him shouted together: "Amen!"

"Mr. Lin, although I know this is just an echo of history, but after seeing this, I still... wish I could shoot the leader of the cult. Well, I can prove with full confidence that it was he who first attempted to assault the police and attacked my Security poses an immediate threat."

Police officer Silva who was still helping Lin Qiusheng carry the SKS said.Considering that he also seems to be a Latino (most Latinos in the Americas have a little Indian blood), Lin Qiusheng felt that what he said should be credible. After all, according to the previous bishop’s remarks, Silva should also be eliminated. of evil.As for proving that the guy tried to assault the police first, even if he doesn't know how to do that, he is worthy of being an American policeman?

"From now on, it is no longer a projection of history." Lin Qiusheng said, "Want to know more? If you want to, you can pay me for consultation."

"Mr. Lin, I owe you forty dollars." Silva said immediately.

"Ah Feng!" Lin Qiusheng said.

At this time, Zhang Feng found out an IOU and a signature pen from nowhere, and handed them to Silva.He also took out his mobile phone and turned on the flashlight to shine a light on him.

"Mr. Lin, what do you mean they are not all historical projections?" Silva asked while signing the IOU.

"The fire many years ago was only half of a sacrificial ceremony. The environment of the world back then was different from now, and some ceremonies could not be fully completed. However, with the help of some special items, this ceremony can be The people and things involved in the ceremony are frozen and sealed in a small space, until the entire environment of the world allows their ceremony to continue, the ceremony and the people involved in the ceremony will be unfrozen and completed. the whole ceremony.

In the process of 'unfreezing', the past situation will appear in the form of 'echoes of history', but if something that shouldn't be mixed in the 'echoes of history' - such as us, then the following rituals will naturally be will be affected.As for the impact, it is not certain.But if their ceremony is fully prepared, then they will certainly not welcome us 'variables'. "

"So, the ghost that forced us into here at first..." Locke next to him suddenly said.

"Officer Locke, your thinking is correct." Lin Qiusheng nodded.

By this time they had come closer, and the bishop's voice could already be heard.

"Gentlemen, today will be a new beginning, because today, after we have performed a righteous deed that will please God, the gates of God's temple will be opened to us."

"Amen!" The believers next to him cheered together.

"Okay, it's time. Ludwig, go and light the fire." The bishop turned around and said gently to Ludwig who was dressed in black.

Ludwig answered, picked up a torch and went to the post to which the child was bound.

"Can I shoot them now?" Silva has SKS up. Although SKS is not an American gun, it is quite common in the American civilian market because of its low price and high quality. Silva is also very familiar with this gun.

"No, it's useless. That child died decades ago. After a while, there may be a time when you need to shoot, but not now." Lin Qiusheng stretched out his hand and pressed the muzzle of his gun down.

At this time, Ludwig had already extended the torch to the wooden sticks piled below, and soon the pile of wooden sticks began to smoke.More cultists also gathered together and threw the torches in their hands on the pile of firewood.

The Indian child tied to the post should have been unconscious, but at this time he might have been smoked, and suddenly coughed loudly, and then the cough turned into a scream, because the fire was raging under his feet. 's burning up.

"Praise God, may your kingdom come!" Looking at the blazing flames and the burning sacrifices, the bishop raised his hands and shouted.

"Amen!" The surrounding believers also cheered together.

At this time, the building that may be the student dormitory also caught fire, and then the teaching building also burned.

"They want to sacrifice all the Indian students!" Silva shouted.

"Yes, they have actually been preparing for this for a long time." Lin Qiusheng said, "Perhaps, they built such a school at the beginning for this purpose. It's just that the time they waited for has not yet come, but the United States The law is about to change. The civil rights movement has brought many changes to the United States, one of which is that Indians have obtained full citizenship rights. If such a sacrifice is carried out after this bill, there will be some surprises The problem.

I don't mean legal sanction or anything - these cultists don't care about the laws of the world.Just according to our Taoist point of view, the country's laws and regulations also have a considerable impact on mysterious events, and this cannot be ignored.That's why they carried out this sacrificial ceremony in advance, and then used special means to freeze it.Wait until the changes in the world allow this ritual to be completed, and then continue to complete it completely. "

"Mr. Lin, what do you mean by the changes in the world? Well, I owe you forty dollars!" Locke asked.

Without Lin Qiusheng speaking, Zhang Feng had already handed over the IOU and the pen.

"You see, many years ago, there were many legends about gods and ghosts in the world, right? But later on, such things seemed to be less, but in recent years, such things have begun to increase again. Although the mainstream The media is reluctant to mention these things for some reason, but—isn’t today the proof? This is what I mean by the world’s changes. Well, yes, maybe in the future, you police officers will have the opportunity to encounter Things like this. Here is my business card, you can contact me if you have anything to do. I can provide you with professional services, of course, the services will be charged.”

Just as he was saying this, a sudden change occurred in the small square. The Indian boy who had been tied to the pillar had already burned, and his whole body was surrounded by flames.At this time, the child stopped crying, and even his burning skin began to fall off piece by piece.However, with the collapse of these skins, a monster appeared in front of everyone, it was a pale, humanoid monster with antlers.

"Wendigo, this is Wendigo!" Silva trembled all over.

"Wendigo" is a kind of man-eating ghost in Indian legend. It is said that it was transformed from Indians who ate the same kind of Indians in hunger.

"They locked the child together with the corpses of his fellow clansmen, did not give him anything to eat, and forced him to eat the corpses of his own kind in extreme hunger, so that he could transform into a monster. But this change was unexpected My prediction, I may have overestimated these cultists. It seems that their supernatural powers, including the power of the midway sealing ceremony, do not come from their own abilities, but from external objects that they cannot really control. I knew this , I can do it myself..." Lin Qiusheng thought.Thinking of the 64 hexagram formation and the price of using one of his hole cards, Lin Qiusheng felt his heart ache.

The Wendigo screamed, and many cultists around covered their ears in pain.However, the screams were far less thrilling to those who came in from the outside, because after all, they were just echoes of history.

At this time, the bishop in blood-red clothes raised up the weirdly shaped cross in his hand:

"I through the living God, the true God, the holy God

Destroy you, you most unclean beast, enemy of faith,

Enemy of mankind, guide of death, father of lies, source of evil,
Tempter of mankind, maker of pain.

I, in the name of our God,

Destroy you cursed dragon,

May the thunder of God destroy you, devil! "

A blood-red light began to flash on the cross, and when the light shone on the Wendigo, the Wendigo screamed miserably.At the same time, swirling black-red clouds began to appear above its head, and thunder seemed to be brewing in the middle of the clouds.

The wendigo seemed to feel that disaster was imminent, and struggled desperately, making the chains that bound it rattle.

At this moment, a black-red lightning flashed down from the middle of the swirling clouds.There was a snap on the pillar, and black and red lightning crackled on the broken chain.But the wendigo that was originally chained was gone.

"Ah!" There was a scream, and the cultist named Ludwig was suddenly caught by the Wendigo.

The wendigo was the size of a child, and it grabbed Ludwig's head with its claws and stepped on his shoulder.Ludwig screamed in horror, reaching out his hand to tear the wendigo off his head.

The bishop again aimed the cross at the Wendigo:
"Enemy of man, I expel you in the name of God,

Get away from this servant of God! "

The wendigo tilted its head to look at the bishop's cross, opened its mouth wide, showing a mouth full of fangs and a mocking smile, then its claws clenched tightly, and its feet also pressed against Ludwig's. With a kick on his shoulders, he jumped up like a big frog and disappeared into the darkness.

Ludwig's headless body swayed for a while before falling to the ground with a snap.It turned out that when Wendigo jumped up just now, he forcibly pulled Ludwig's head off his body!

"Ah!" The screams sounded again, and another cultist was dragged into the darkness.Some of the cultists drew their guns and fired randomly into the darkness, but they missed nothing.

"Back to the church, back to the church!" The bishop shouted, and even his voice was obviously flustered.

"Master, these cultists look really good." Zhang Feng said softly to Lin Qiusheng from the side.

"It's really good enough. Although in the environment of the 60s, basically everyone was good, but they... the cross in his hand is really a good thing. That's right, it's worthy of this treasure. The teacher is destined."

Speaking of this, Lin Qiusheng glanced at the cross in the bishop's hand again, and felt that although he had paid a considerable price, the future harvest was still satisfactory.

The gang of cultists surrounded the bishop and began to retreat towards the chapel.Officer Anderson led others to join Lin Qiusheng and the others.

"Lin, what do we do now?" Anderson asked.

"Everyone, don't panic." Lin Qiusheng said, "The echoes of history are about to end. The next thing will enable us to change, and will also affect us. But this is also the moment for us to escape, now I need everyone to strictly follow my orders and act on my orders."

"Mr. Lin, what do you need me to do?" Andy asked.

"Protect yourself." Lin Qiusheng said, "Soon, the ghosts outside the wall will come in, and its target is the chapel. And in the chapel, new ghosts are also appearing. Their first target is not you , but neither of them will be kind to you. What is your religion, child?"

"I..." Andy hesitated for a moment, "I used to think that I, like my parents, believed in Christ, but..."

"What you just saw is a cult. I'm not familiar with Christianity, but I think their explanation must be some kind of distortion, right?" Lin Qiusheng asked.

"Yes, it must be!" said Andy.

"Then pray to the god you really believe in." Lin Qiusheng said, "I will set up a maze in the woods, this maze can cover your tracks. As long as you don't move, it will be difficult for ghosts to find you .”

Lin Qiusheng said to Sheriff Anderson again: "Sheriff, you have to stay here to protect them. Generally speaking, ghosts can't see you. I asked Ah Feng to stay here too. You can ask him what's the matter."

"What about you, Mr. Lin?" Sergeant Anderson asked.

"I'm going to break this ghost domain." Lin Qiusheng said.

"Will it be dangerous?" Andy asked.

"Son, this question is free for you." Lin Qiusheng said, "Of course there is danger, very dangerous."

"Then you must come back."

"No, Andy, you can't say that." Lin Qiusheng frowned, "In the movie, if I say this, I will be more dangerous. Well, time is running out, I have to work."

Lin Qiusheng took out a few pieces of yellow paper from his side, pasted them in different directions, and said, "Come into the circle and don't move around. No matter what you see, don't move. Do you understand?"

Everyone nodded to show that they understood.

But Lin Qiusheng was not at ease, and he added: "This is just a phantom array, so that the monsters outside can't see us, hear us, smell us, and even distort their senses to let them bypass We. But this phantom formation is defenseless and cannot withstand shocks. The child who died yesterday was attacked by ghosts because he shot through the phantom formation. Some of you are I have seen that scene with my own eyes. Learn the lesson, don’t be impulsive, and if the situation outside is really scary, you can close your eyes.”

"Lin, don't worry, I will take care of them." Sergeant Anderson said.

Lin Qiusheng nodded, then turned and went to the chapel.

(End of this chapter)