The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 247: Line up, start! (6K monthly ticket required)
"The great, omnipresent Lord, the eternal being that travels through the stars and spirits..."

"You are the embodiment of wisdom and strategy..."

"It is the beginning and the end of the disaster..."

"It is the eternal stars and moon in the sky that clear away the overlapping fog for the Lamb..."

"We offer our bodies and hearts to you with all our heart..."

"I pray to you, I pray that you will open the gate of the Kingdom of God, cast your eyes upon the world, and guide the lost sheep..."

Inside the house, the master of the Hero Society, leading a group of believers, was performing the necessary part of the sacrificial ceremony: chanting!

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"What kind of god is this?"

"I probably haven't come across it before, but it feels like the sentence structure sounds familiar?"

"Where have I heard that?"

Outside the window, Xu Shu, who was hanging upside down in the air, was watching all this, thinking secretly.

After pondering for a long time, I still have no clue. Looking back on my past and present lives, even in the life of "Arthur", who has seen the most cult sacrifices, I have never seen this set of prayers.

Xu Shu decisively gave up thinking, continued to peek, and silently calculated the time.

At this time, the master and other believers belonging to the "Heroes Association" cut their wrists with knives, causing blood to flow all over the strange magic circle on the ground. The ceremony should be almost completed.

This made Xu Shu feel extremely confused.

According to the general rules of the "sacrifice ceremony", the instruments that make up the magic circle, in addition to the common spiritual props such as human bones and internal organs, the most crucial blood should be the blood of the sacrifice.

In other words, normally they should cut the blood of a kidnapped hostage.

How do these people cut themselves?

Are they going to sacrifice themselves?
Are they out of their minds?
"Well, this is more convenient for me. I don't have to worry about how to get them into the altar. These guys will come in on their own, and I can hurt fewer unlucky guys who are captured!"

Xu Shu set his sights on the prop bag of the Taichu Volume.

What should you do if you are staying alone in a hotel and encounter a cult ritual at night?
Is there any doubt? Of course we will rob them and sacrifice them all!
There are so many people here, and the members of the Heroes' Association alone are enough to meet the needs of an altar.

However, Xu Shu is in a difficult situation now.

He now owns three altars.

One is a blue altar, and the path is "The Ferryman", which comes from an experience of transforming into a small lizard, which is not a very good experience.

The other two altars, both of which are golden epics, are "Yin God" and "Martial Artist".

Which one should I use?

Should it be blue, gold, or golden?

Xu Shu was in a dilemma.

After repeated thinking, he finally decided to use gold.

Two votes are better than one, so two votes win.

While thinking, Xu Shu saw that the sacrificial process in the room was completed, and a dark blue cloud, shaped like a crack in space, appeared under the ceiling.

It's like an eye from an unknown existence, about to open!

"It's almost time!" Xu Shu clapped his hands, chose the [Yin Shen Altar] first, quietly stuffed it in from a corner, controlled it, and began to invade the "God's Gate" that was about to open.

"It's about time!" The master also clapped his hands, signaling the people behind him to stop worshiping.

Then, he brushed the dust off his sleeves and knees in a very formal manner, and knelt on the ground very politely.

After kowtowing several times in a row, the master cautiously glanced at the "Xuanqing Eye" above his head and hesitated a little.

It feels like there's some golden light in Xuanqing's eyes today?

He quickly dismissed the idea.

All believers are aware of a basic rule, which is “not to speculate about God” and “not to tempt God.”

The master is over sixty years old this year. He has been on the rise from the forty years before the disaster to the eighteen years after the disaster. What did he rely on?
Don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask, and don’t think about what you shouldn’t think about!
Today's master is also very well-behaved.

After he finished worshipping at the dock, he waved his hand and signaled Boss Cha of the Cao Gang and Little Peony of the Human Snake Team: "The will of the Lord is about to come. If you think the lambs are pure, you can let them stand in the altar and let the Lord identify and judge them. The Lord is the most fair and will tell us who are the real qualified ones."

“Anyone who can pass the test will bear the mark of the Lord.”

This statement is actually very clear, that is, the ones with a brand mark are of better quality, and they will pay 25 yuan for them. The rest can only be sold at 15 yuan each.

The price is fair and no one is cheated.

Little Peony raised her phoenix eyes. She glanced warily at the "Xuanqing Eye" that brought her a strong sense of fear, and asked tentatively: "Leaving a mark? Will this attract the attention of the city defense army? Let me make it clear first, if you can't enter the city because of the problem of the mark on your body, we will not be responsible!"

The lawyer stroked his goatee and said contentedly, "Don't worry, I will pay you and deliver the goods to you next time. I won't owe you a penny."

"That's fine."

After getting the promise, Little Mudan didn't say anything more.

Xu Shu, who was working at the altar, was a little surprised.

Are they going to send these victims into the city to be slaughtered?
You are quite brave!

He had always believed that these human traffickers were eyeing the internal organs of the hostages, so they would "stock up" outside the city in advance. When they were transported into the safe zone, they would just be some spare parts that would not be easily discovered.

Now it seems that they actually dare to transport living people into the safe zone!
This is no ordinary big deal.

Aren’t you afraid of being discovered when passing through the city gate?

It seems that there is a traitor in the city defense army and there are bad people among the masses!
Xu Shu remained expressionless and continued to operate.

In the room, Xiao Mudan and his men walked around among the group of kidnapped hostages on the ground, picking and choosing, and finally selected more than 30 people.

"These people should be tested first." said Xiao Mudan.

She knew very well that these people had just come out of the safe zone and were absolutely "clean goods".

As for the others, they were naturally wasteland refugees captured from some shelters.

These wasteland refugees are naturally of inferior physical quality compared to the "scavengers" coming out of the safe zone, and may have some diseases, big or small.

"Come on, brothers and sisters, don't say that I, Little Peony, have let you down. Once you pass this hurdle, you will follow us and eat delicious food and drink delicious drinks. You will have endless good days and endless blessings." Little Peony cast a seductive look, twisted her charming waist, and drove people into the altar.

Most of the victims were young and middle-aged laborers. They struggled in fear like wriggling maggot babies.

"Don't move, or my knife will have no eyes!" A thug from the Human Snake Team viciously grabbed the skinny and pale little girl who was called "the girl with stinky blood" and stabbed her in the stomach with a knife. Blood spurted out, and the rest of the people were scared into silence.

The master frowned and cursed: "You bastard, don't pollute my altar with this rubbish! If you offend the Lord, none of you will survive!"

He quickly wiped it on the ground, kowtowing and apologizing, "Please forgive me, Lord," while wiping away the little girl's blood.

Seeing this, Xiao Mudan gave a look, and the subordinate immediately understood. He picked up the little girl who kept whimpering in pain, walked to the window, and threw her out, leaving a mother in the room with her eyes wide open and screaming in pain.

He didn't even look outside, as if the person he threw down the building to death was not a living life, but a stray dog ​​on the roadside.

So, he didn't notice that the girl fell two floors and got caught in a spider web.

The little girl who survived the disaster endured the severe pain in her abdomen and looked up. She saw a strange man with eight spider legs on his back, pointing a finger at her.

Xu Shu: "Shh!"

little girl:"……"

She was so scared that tears were about to come out, and she nodded desperately.

Xu Shu rescued her casually, and seeing that she was very smart, he said nothing more and continued to look around the house.

[Yin Shen Altar] was almost completely occupying that strange space crack, just a little bit more, and one could feel a little power from the other party being transmitted over, as if trying to resist.

However, under the threat of the Star Tower and Xu Shu's insistence, this resentment and anger had no effect at all.

Finally, the "Xuanqing Eye" could only tremble. It was completely inserted and lost its original function. Finally, a howl full of unwillingness and anger was heard.

Woo! Woo! Woo!
The little wind howled, this was its last wail.

The master looked up and saw the trembling cracks. He could not help but urge: "Hurry up, if you offend the Supreme Will, no one can bear the consequences!"

"Yes!"

The others also seemed to feel a little uneasy.

Driven by them, the first wave of "hostages" entered the inspection phase.

"Has it started?" asked the pretty little Peony.

"Don't talk too much, the Lord's will has been examining all of this!" The master saw a layer of light covering him, so he was very confident.

However, more than ten minutes passed and none of the victims showed any reaction, showing the so-called mark of passed quality, or "certification of qualification."

Upon seeing this, the leader of the Cao Gang, Cha Jinqu, was immediately furious: "Little Peony, I gave you face by calling you Sister Peony! And yet you gave me these things, passing them off as inferior goods? I suspect that these are all sick refugees. You really took advantage of our Cao Gang!"

Not even a "qualified mark"!

Cha Jinqu didn't know what the Hero Society wanted these people to do specifically, but he knew that the "Master's" verification method could detect whether these people had any diseases.

He had seen with his own eyes that anyone who was relatively healthy and did not have many illnesses would be left with an eye-like mark.

These thirty-plus people didn't have a single mark left on them, so how sick could they be?

The physical quality of this batch of goods is too poor!

Little Peony's eyes widened as well, and she retorted, "Impossible! Apart from anything else, these guys are top-notch people who just left the city, and they all have IDs. How could I lie to them?"

"Then why didn't anyone pass?"

"Maybe the brand is quite deep and needs to be checked carefully. You guys go and have a look, check them one by one, and don't make any mistakes!" Little Peony sent his men over.

"You go and check too!" Cha Jinqu brought people in, fearing that the other party knew the inside story and deliberately forged the brand.

Two groups of people came forward and stripped the hostages naked. No one was willing to give in, fearing that they would miss anyone.

After checking around, the young ones came forward to report.

"Master Cha, there is no brand!" said the Cao Gang members.

"Sister Mudan, didn't you see the brand?" The trafficker from the human trafficking team also said so.

"Little Peony, what else do you have to say now?" Cha Jinqu was very proud and proud. Little Peony was in the wrong, so she pouted and said, "Who knows if your test method is effective?"

Over there, the Heroes Association's advisor looked over and said in panic, "Don't blaspheme the gods! These hostages are no good. Let's check the next batch."

"How much do these cost?" Little Peony asked the main question.

The master shook his head: "We cannot accept things that the master doesn't like. If we accept them, it will affect Qiansui, and that is something we must never do."

"I don't care how long your mother lives, if I can't accept her? Then I've worked in vain!!"

Little Peony frowned, she knew her own business, if these thirty or so were not up to standard, then the remaining refugees who could barely afford food would be of no good quality.

What are these damn bastards going to do?
Are they so demanding?
Is this business going to lose money?

impossible!
She slapped a knife on the table, her face lost its charm, and sneered, "Master, you are really a jokester. You said the quality is not up to standard, so it is not up to standard? Okay, it's okay if you don't accept the goods, but since you came to me, you have to pay for the goods whether you accept them or not!"

Cha Jinqu laughed loudly: "Little Peony, have you gone mad? Are you trying to cheat with our Cao Gang?"

Little Peony curled her lips and said, "So what if I eat you? What's so great about the Cao Gang? Not all of them are masters of the Human Ranking! I want to see how capable you are!"

As soon as the words fell, the two groups drew their knives and guns and instantly confronted each other.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense and it seemed that an internal conflict was about to break out.

The believers of the Hero Society wanted to withdraw, but they were blocked by two groups of people and could not move forward or backward.

The master looked up, but saw that the "Eye of Xuanqing" was shaking more and more violently, almost disintegrating. He couldn't help but shout in fear: "Don't blaspheme the gods! Stop it, don't blaspheme the gods!"

at this time.

Everyone heard a man's voice.

"Okay, stop fighting, it's time to get going."

Who?
Everyone turned around and saw a sunny and handsome young man climbing in through the window, with an unconcealable smile on his face and a very casual mask that only covered his mouth and nose.

No, it's not a mask, it's just a face mask.

He was naturally Xu Shu.

Such a simple "mask" can protect ordinary people, but it cannot protect against the experienced eyes of extraordinary people.

Little Mudan recognized Xu Shu immediately, licked her lips and said, "Little brother, it turns out to be you. Didn't you promise me not to run around at night? It's very difficult for me to deal with you running up here like this."

"Difficult? Then don't do it at all." Xu Shu chuckled.

He made the sign of the cross to the thirty or so hostages in the middle, and then put his hands together and bowed: "Don't blame me, blame your bad luck. Brother, my strength is limited, I can only save as many as I can."

His words were full of sorrow, as if he was mourning for them.

Seeing this strange scene, everyone felt something was wrong.

Especially Cha Jinqu, an axe suddenly appeared in his hand, and his whole body swelled up as if inflated, and he instantly turned into a giant nearly three meters tall, with surging momentum.

boom!
He swung the axe forward, and the air instantly made a tearing sound, and a visible air wave was created along the mark of the chop!
"ha?!?"

Xu Shu leaned back suddenly, looking a little shocked.

No way? So strong?
The opponent only revealed his full strength at this time. Xu Shu felt somewhat familiar and reacted immediately.

This guy turned out to be a transcendent who was on the same path as himself, and judging from the aura he displayed, his level was even higher than his own.

This is actually a Level 3 strongman, "Dragon Elephant"!
The third level dragon-elephant of the strongman, as the name suggests, has the power of a dragon and an elephant in his body. With a wave of his hand, he can destroy mountains and break peaks.

If this attack was real, Xu Shu judged that with his current strength, he would be in great danger and that "Jingwei Filling the Sea" could only withstand it for a while.

However, facing such a powerful attack, Xu Shu did not move, nor did he activate the "Jingwei Filling the Sea" technique.

He went to help up an old lady who was tied up next to him, without even looking at Cha Jinqu.

Boom!
A sound like a beating heart was heard, and Cha Jinqu's attack came to an abrupt end.

When he rushed to the edge of the altar, his body was suddenly restrained. Golden threads pulled him to the middle.

Xu Shu smiled coldly, having expected this.

Because the 'Xuanqing Eye' in the sky had long been completely replaced by his Yin Shen Altar.

Without complete preparation, will Xu Shu show up?

of course not.

At this moment, what appeared before everyone was the sacrificial scope of the epic altar.

Their enemy was not Xu Shu, but the array that received the sacrifice signal and began to absorb the sacrifice!
"Altar, start!" Xu Shu laughed inwardly.

As if in response to Xu Shu's call, the threads penetrated into Cha Jinqu's body, swelled up quickly, and began to suck heavily.

With a whoosh, Cha Jinqu's strong and terrifying body, like pure milk that was quickly sucked dry, turned into a piece of dry human skin and died on the spot.

At the same time, a large amount of golden silk threads were plundering everywhere within the altar, sucking anyone they saw!
"what!"

"Damn, what's going on?"

"No, what happened!"

"It's a sacrifice! This is a sacrifice! You have angered the Lord, and this is the Lord's punishment. Come and pray with me, and ask for the Lord's forgiveness..."

"Ah, what are you doing? Great Lord, I am your loyal servant, you can't do this, you can't do this~~"

The screams continued, and Little Peony next to her screamed. She wiped the corner of her mouth with her finger and then rubbed it on her two subordinates.

The bellies of the two sturdy men suddenly swelled up, just like pregnant women who were pregnant for ten months, and were carrying triplets!

Googling!Googling!
Their stomachs burst open, amniotic fluid splashed out, and six devilish humanoid monsters with double horns on their heads and eyes spewing fire emerged from inside.

"Hey, your method is..."

It allows men to get pregnant and lay eggs in the same place, no, to give birth to babies in the same place?
Xu Shu was startled by her. Information about various professions quickly flashed through his mind and he made a judgment.

This "little peony" is actually the third level of the Mother Goddess of Life Path, the "Evil Apostle"!
He had been curious about the wet nurse of the Mother Goddess and why the first level was called "Veterinarian", and he had searched for relevant information, so he knew some news about the "Evil Apostle". The extraordinary people in this profession are nicknamed "Midwife", who can make people pregnant anytime and anywhere, and are the real nemesis of infertility!
This guy is actually also a third-level existence!

"kill!"

Little Peony commanded two newly born strange humanoid demons to lead the way and charge towards the edge of the altar.

She wanted to rush out.

Her intuition told her that it was very dangerous in there and she could not stay there any longer or she would die. The power that seemed so bright, sacred and great was actually like the scythe of the god of death, reaping everyone's life easily.

Cha Jinqu was a third-level "Dragon Elephant". He couldn't even withstand three seconds of practice and died instantly!
If I continue to stay here, I will definitely die!

Bang bang bang!
The humanoid demons were at the edge of the altar, as if they had hit an invisible wall. Several golden threads stretched out, as if they were alive, and lashed the humanoid monsters with disgust, beating them into pieces.

Little Peony was so frightened when she saw this that her special move was so weak!
She hurriedly stopped and looked back, and found that at the place where the "Xuanqing Eye" was originally, in the center of the altar, there was a golden altar standing in the void.

Its aura is so vast and majestic, connecting to an unimaginable great existence that people dare not look directly at it.

Those people thought that this was a punishment from the "evil god", but Xiao Mudan knew very well that this was not the power of the evil god at all.

She knew what the great presence behind the altar was.

She experienced this when she became a transcendent.

I experienced it myself when I entered the ruins.

Touched it while "flying" on the Star Tower.

That is……

That is……

That's an array!
It's the breath of the array!
It is the array that protects the human race that is killing people!
"Little brother, no, brother, good brother, please, let me go!"

"If you let me go, I can sign an agreement with you. I will do anything you want me to do. Really, please!"

Little Peony was so frightened that her face turned pale and she collapsed to the ground, with a clear liquid slowly flowing out from under her skirt.

She was so scared that she peed.

The beauty's eyes were filled with tears and she begged bitterly, as if he could make her his exclusive lover by just beckoning his finger. However, Xu Shu was unmoved and thought in his heart that it was a close call.

In fact, he was almost scared to death when Cha Jinqu made his move just now, but he held it back because he was mentally strong.

Damn it, that bastard. He had expected that the other party was a transcendent, and of a high level, most likely level two.

I didn't expect that I underestimated them.

They are actually two third-level masters!
Fortunately, I was cautious!
If I had rushed in rashly, I would definitely have died here.

"You fucking bastards, a third-level expert becomes a human trafficker, do you have any shame?!"

"A third-level transcendent has fallen to such a level?"

Xu Shu cursed in his heart.

But if you think about it carefully, according to the price they just discussed, there are hundreds of people here, and if you calculate it based on an average of 200,000 per person, this deal would be 20 million!
Where there is a huge reward, there will always be brave men. No wonder two third-level masters would take the risk.

Yes, if you want to earn 20 million by killing monsters, how dangerous and troublesome is that?

There are no monsters in the wasteland worth so much money for you to kill.

You have to go to the wasteland or enter the ruins.

The wasteland and the ruins, both are extremely dangerous places.

And now, they can earn 20 million by taking a slight risk of being wanted by the Astronomical Society!
What a relaxing and comfortable experience!
If it were me, I would choose the latter!
Xu Shu's heart was moved, but he quickly suppressed it.

As a human being, you must have a bottom line!
Of course, in reality, Xu Shu had no ability to stop all this.

The sacrifice has begun, and the array will not stop until all the 'humans' on the altar are eaten up.

This is a machine that, once started, has no pause button.

"Die."

Jin Xian did not let Xiao Mudan go just because she was a woman, nor did he despise her because she was frightened to the point of incontinence. He treated everyone in the array equally and did not let any of them go.

On the top floor at midnight, a group of kidnapped hostages followed Xu Shu and watched the sacrifice quietly.

(End of this chapter)