Five years of collapse and three years of simulation

Chapter 674 Black Box
"Are you going to keep doing this?" Han Jiang asked Karen.

Karen took out the last gold coin in the bag and threw it back into her palm, saying, "Didn't you find that many people were very happy to receive the gold coins we sent out?"

During this period of time, Han Jiang and Karen used the list provided by Jenna to loot many treasures hidden by nobles.

A large number of gold coins were also distributed in the lower urban area. It cannot be said that every poor person has received gold coins, but it can be said that each family has received at least one gold coin.

The people at the bottom are really happy, because after sleeping and waking up, they get the gold coins that usually take months of work to get.

But if this continues, it can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.

When those people spend these gold coins, they will still return to their previous poverty.

Moreover, such a large number of gold coins circulated privately without producing corresponding productivity and goods, and the prices of goods and food on the market would increase.

But when they spend the gold coins, the price of the goods will not necessarily drop, so the people in the lower city may not be as good as before.

Karen is a bit idealistic, thinking that it would be good to distribute gold coins to the poor, but she can't think of anything deeper.

That's why Han Jiang asked this question, because he knew that it seemed to be helping the poor, but in fact it was harming them.

As for how to completely solve these problems, Otto may know, Walter may know, and Stargazing also knows, but he doesn't know now.

"Stop it, it won't do any good if it goes on like this." Han Jiang advised.

Karen was a little puzzled, "Why, the only ones we stole are those evil nobles, not others."

"Okay, don't think about it so much, let's go, let's go to Victor's mansion again today, I feel that the old guy must have other treasures that have not been found, this time the two of us go in together .”

Han Jiang shook his head helplessly, and could only follow behind Karen.

Karen's approach is undoubtedly unacceptable, I don't know Jenna and the others...

Changes cannot be completed overnight. If Karen continues to go her own way instead of choosing other methods, there is no need for Han Jiang to stay here.

After all, she is just a special phantom in the world bubble, different from Cheng Lixue and Xiao Yun.

"and many more!"

Suddenly, Kallen raised her hand to block Han Jiang behind her, put her finger on her mouth and whispered, "Look at what happened ahead..."

Han Jiang questioned, took two steps forward, and looked to the other side of the corner.

People from the Knights appeared in front of a house. It stands to reason that the patrols of the Knights seen at night will only appear in the upper city.

Even after the strange thief happened in the city, he rarely went back to the lower city except for necessary investigations.

After all, the person who can quietly steal the treasures of many nobles must not be someone from the lower city.

"They seem to be arresting people!" Karen clenched her fists and whispered, "I'll go and see why they arrest the children of civilians!"

This kind of thing also happened to Victor, arresting people in the middle of the night, and arresting women of the right age, this is too much.

"Wait!" Han Jiang grabbed Karen's wrist, "Let's see what's going on first."

Han Jiang vaguely guessed something, but he didn't think of the specific reason for a while.

Because those knights were going to take the girl away, her family not only didn't stop her, they seemed to be praying with the knights, and they could faintly hear something about healing.

Now is the period of the Black Death, maybe the church sent people to find the sick and treat them?

Otto isn't there either, shouldn't he be doing experiments or something?
Anyway, just follow along and it will be clear.

"Let's follow."

Karen nodded heavily, and said, "Well, we can't let innocent girls fall into the hands of those thieves."

Han Jiang smiled wryly, and Karen's attitude was a bit over the top.

No matter how the Knights are, in general, they exist to protect civilians.

No matter how hateful the cancer in the Church of Destiny is, there are still nobles who have good intentions for the people.

"Okay, then let's follow and see what their purpose of arresting people at night is."

The two stayed far behind the knights to see where their destination was.

On the way, members of the Knights knocked on the doors of several houses one after another.

Without exception, these families all had Black Death patients.

"Could it be that the church is conducting secret treatment?" Han Jiang asked.

Karen thought for a while and said, "Impossible. If it is for treatment, it can be done during the day. Why do you hide from people?"

As the knights continued to move forward, the last place they went to in the upper city was actually the same as the destination of Karen and Han Jiang.

The knights brought the three sick girls to Victor's door, and Victor was waiting at the gate.

The two of Han Jiang looked at each other. If it was a secret treatment, it should be taken to the church, not this place.

"Let's go in too." Han Jiang put on the mask Jenna gave him, and looked for an opportunity to enter with Karen.

In front of Victor's mansion, the knights slowly entered with the girl on a stretcher.

Tuoketuo stood in front of the door and looked at the faces of several girls, looking thoughtful.

"Hurry up and carry them all to the basement, if you delay the work, you will all be executed by the archbishop!"

After entering the mansion, Victor followed him all the way, walking all the way to the secret door under the mansion.

Han Jiang and Karen are very skilled, and they can follow behind these people without making a sound.

"There seems to be someone?" A knight following Victor suddenly turned around and asked.

These knights are experienced in many battles. Although their personal abilities are not outstanding, they are definitely good players.

Even if he didn't see the two of them, he still vaguely felt something.

"I said don't be impulsive, first see what they are going to do before it's too late to do it!"

Han Jiang just grabbed Kallen's arm. Just now, Kallen was too excited to restrain her emotions, and was almost discovered by others.

The knights soon reached the secret door in the basement. After Victor stood in front of the secret door and operated it for a long time, the steel secret door opened, and the group of people entered one after another.

Han Jiang and Karen glanced at each other and quickly came to the secret door. Han Jiang had noticed Victor's actions just now, and it didn't bother him to repeat it.

The lock on the secret door has many mechanisms, and each mechanism has corresponding numbers and symbols, more like a Rubik's cube.

Being able to design such a high-end door lock shows that there are many capable people in the Church of Destiny.

After waiting for a while, Han Jiang opened the secret door and entered quietly with Karen.

After entering the basement, Han Jiang was slightly surprised.

The basement is not small, but very large.

At first glance, it feels much more marked than the mansion outside.

Han Jiang quickly analyzed the data collected by the data horizon, and got the specific value after a few seconds.

The underground space is much larger than the mansion outside. Judging from the size of the space, it is likely to be an important place of the Church of Destiny.

The two groped forward in the empty basement, and soon found the trace of the girl who was taken away by the Knights.

It was a huge hall-like room, surrounded by cages.

There are many strange creatures in the cage, some wild boars, bears, tigers and lions.

The only thing in common is that these animals have thick cuticles on their bodies, and there are stripes on their bodies that exude red light like blood vessels.

"It's the Honkai Beast." Kallen exclaimed softly, "They actually caught so many Honkai Beasts."

Han Jiang glanced at them. These are all Honkai Beasts produced by animals after being eroded by Honkai Energy. There is only one real Honkai Beast imprisoned here.

In addition to the Honkai Beast, there are many dead soldiers in a row of cages on the other side.

"Those...what are those..." Kallen looked at each of the imprisoned dead men and asked.

"That's a dead man, a creature created after human beings were corroded by the Houkai energy. They have no thoughts, can't speak, and can only kill."

"Honkai Neng...how do you know this?" Karen showed a surprised expression at Han Jiang's words, "This is the top secret of the Church of Destiny, and even I know very little about it."

Han Jiang was also a little surprised by Karen's words. This world was in the 16th century. Has the name of Houkai Neng been determined so early?

And the Church of Destiny has already carried out relevant research on the Houkai energy. It has to be said that the overall consciousness of Destiny is relatively advanced.

In this era, there are also people in China who are doing research, but they are all represented by individuals, and no organized research has yet been born.

According to Han Jiang's understanding, Fu Hua seems to have an apprentice or something doing research, and he has completely ruined himself.

"Who!? Who are you!?"

Suddenly, a shout sounded in the empty and quiet basement.

Han Jiang and Karen turned their heads at the same time, and Victor walked over from another passage and saw them.

Karen snorted, strode over, grabbed Victor's shoulder with one hand, and put her other hand on Victor's back.

"If you don't want to die, don't talk. I ask you a question and you answer it."

Victor applied to swallow his saliva in a panic, "Who are you, what are you doing here!?"

"Are you that strange thief? Tell me what treasure you want, and I'll find it for you right away. Don't kill me."

Han Jiang took two steps forward, pointed to a wall and said, "There's something behind that."

"I don't know!" Victor suddenly wanted to harden himself.

"I don't know?" Han Jiang asked with a smile, "Then you can start calling people now."

After being told by Han Jiang, Victor did not dare to struggle and gave up his plan to call someone.

"Oh, you're pretty smart. I just wanted to see if you were quicker to get someone to come, or if we did it faster."

Karen asked puzzledly, "What's behind the wall?"

Han Jiang pointed to the ground and said, "Look at the traces on the ground, the wall can be rotated, but I just searched and didn't see the mechanism."

The dust below the wall has several curved lines, which are traces left by the rotation of the wall.

Victor looked at Han Jiang in horror, and tremblingly said: "What are you going to do, this is the top secret of the church, if you..."

Han Jiang took out a dagger and put it on Victor's neck, and said, "Go on, I want to see what else you want to say..."

"Gudong..." Victor's Adam's apple rolled, "You can't enter from the front, you come with me."

With that said, Victor turned and walked towards the passageway he had just come over, Karen followed closely behind him to prevent Victor from escaping.

Walking in the aisle, Victor pretended to be calm and was still reasoning with Han Jiang and the other two.

"I know you guys. The first time you stole it was my mansion, and I also know that you distributed gold coins to the poor, but I think it's best for you not to know the secrets here."

"Oh, are you warning us?" Kallen asked.

"No, it's not a warning." Victor quickly explained, "This is the church's secret against the Houkai. Do you know about the Houkai?"

"The Black Death that swept across the city this time is the source of Honkai. We are studying how to fight Honkai. If you destroy this place, the church will continue to trouble you, and the people of the Holy City may not survive much!"

At this moment, Karen was a little stunned. Is this place really set up to rescue the civilians in the Holy City?

"Then what are you doing to catch those sick girls? Could it be treatment? What kind of treatment can't be done on the ground!?"

After the two followed Victor for more than 20 meters, they encountered another gate.

There is a sign of the Church of Destiny on the gate, and Victor still opens the gate under the threat of Karen.

After the door opened, there was a room that was relatively smaller than the hall just now.

There are crosses in several corners of the room, each supporting a young girl.

In the center, there is also a girl kneeling for a child, and a black box emitting light is placed in front of the girl.

Han Jiang was startled suddenly, he felt the power of Corroding Herrscher on the black box.

This power is exactly the same as that of Higokumaru, but it is actually much weaker than Higokumaru.

Han Jiang immediately understood that this world bubble is a projection, and the various forces here are also simulated.

"This is..." Kallen looked at the girls who were tied up distressedly, and asked fiercely: "Isn't it a cure? What did you tie them up for!? Let the girls go!"

Victor shook his head, "No, this is an order from the bishop, and it cannot be let go."

"Have you seen the box in the center? If we can unlock the secret of the box, the Black Death can be cured, and the Honkai can be completely solved by us!"

At this time, Victor became a little tougher, because he knew that he would die if he disobeyed the bishop, but he might not be safe in front of these two strange thieves.

"What are you talking about!?" Kallen questioned: "Impossible, how can a small box completely solve the problem!"

Although Karen lost her memory, she knew that her most important person died in front of Honkai.

That man was an upright man, that man was the master of Kaslana's family, the master of the divine artifact Heavenfire Sacred Order.

Even such a person died in front of Honkai, how could it be possible to fight against Honkai with only these weird formations and a box!

(End of this chapter)