The night was as dark as ink, covering the silent camp. Most people were already asleep, but Lin Yi and Jerry remained awake.
When the breathing became even and deep, Jerry gently stood up from the bed and made a gesture to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi silently turned off the bed, and the soles of his boots touched the ground without even being alarmed.
He noticed the bulging outline around Jerry's waist—the half-moon stock unique to the modified flintlock.
The two of them sneaked against the wet brick wall, and Lin Yi suddenly pressed Jerry's shoulder to stop him from moving.
Just around the corner three meters away, the collision of metal armor was crisp and harsh. Two patrol guards slowly walked by, holding whale oil lanterns engraved with church emblems, and the light reflected coldness on their armor. The light.
The footsteps of the patrol guards gradually drifted away and eventually disappeared deep in the night.
A strange smell suddenly caught the tip of Lin Yi's nose - a smell of blood, but not the fresh and warm blood smell, but the old rust smell mixed with sulfur.
"What's wrong..." Lin Yi murmured in a low voice, his voice almost inaudible.
Jerry's reaction was faster than him. He grabbed Lin Yi's arm and the two of them quickly flashed into the room beside him without making any sound.
The room was dark and humid, and the air was filled with musty smell.
Through the wooden fence of the window, Lin Yi saw eight men in black robes walking by with iron cages.
A humanoid creature curled up in the cage, and its body was melting in a strange way, like a wax figure roasted by high temperature.
The viscous liquid dripped from its body surface and fell on the stone floor, making a "sizzling" sound.
Just as the two were about to step out of the back door, a cold sense of crisis climbed up his spine.
Lin Yi pushed Jerry to the pickled vegetable bucket beside him, and he slid into the shadow like a ghost against the wall.
"Dong—Dong—"The sound of silver silk boots stepping on the stone slab came clearly.
Archie McCe stood at the intersection, holding an exquisite lantern in his hand, and the dim halo shone on his sinister face. "Sir, have you discovered something?" a follower asked in a low voice, with a little flattery and fear in his tone, as if he was trying to please a poisonous snake that could bite people at any time.
Article Mc did not answer immediately, but slowly lifted the lantern, and the dim light swept across the shadows around him, as if looking for something.
Lin Yi's body was tense, and he could feel Jerry hiding behind the pickled barrel, holding his breath, and even his heartbeat was deliberately slowing down. "It's nothing." Mike's voice finally rang out, as harsh as snake scales rubbing against the glass, "It's just that the offering tonight is not fresh enough."
As soon as he finished speaking, the one behind him was The followers immediately dragged out two unconscious believers, their bodies hanging softly, like puppets whose souls were pulled away.
"Before pulling out their spinal fluid, remember to inject double dose of phantom mushroom extract."
The follower nodded and replied, and skillfully dragged the two believers to the scene. Deep in the darkness.
Archbishop Mike's eyes swept around again, and the light of the lantern stayed on the edge of the shadow where Lin Yi was hiding for a moment, as if he was testing something.
After a moment, Mike finally turned around and left, the sound of the silver silk boots gradually faded away, and finally disappeared into the night. "Luckily, the other party was not discovered." Jerry came out of the pickled vegetable bucket, his movements were a little embarrassed, and the pickled vegetable juice on his body exuded a pungent sour smell.
"I know what you are trying to do," Jerry lowered his voice, with a little helplessness and sympathy in his tone, "But don't expect those guys to solve your physical problems. If they really have that There will be no such many distorted people in the camp."
"According to my last investigation, if you want to solve the mutation, you have to meet two conditions."
"First, enter the ruins and find a special medicinal material. I don't know what it is. Second, three polluters need to be sacrificed as sacrifices. "
"This is why the church spends a lot of effort to send us people here." Jerry smiled bitterly, and his eyes were There was a deep helplessness in them, "In their eyes, we are just a group of lambs to be slaughtered."
Don't Jerry also want to leave the church? But today's Chikong Continent has long been eroded by ancient gods and is full of holes. Apart from the church, only the territory of the wall of life can provide a trace of relentless protection.
Jerry's alienation is too deep and he can still maintain his rationality. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that he has nothing to do with the Polluting Lord Church.
Staying in the territory will sooner or later be dead.
Instead of sitting there and waiting for death, it is better to come here to fight.
"Do you have any way to enter the ruins?" Lin Yi asked bluntly, not caring about Jerry's previous words.
Jerry frowned, and his alienated arm twitched unconsciously.
He lowered his voice, with a hint of vigilance in his tone: "No. Although the periphery of the ruins is vast, the fog is not a joke. That thing... is not an ordinary fog at all, but a certain A living creature. It will swallow the reason of all intruders and even distort their bodies. Without special guides, those who enter will most likely lose their way and will never come out again." >
"It is said that only the Archbishop is qualified to use that thing, and we are not even qualified to take a look."
At this moment, a heavy footsteps came from afar, accompanied by the sound of metal armor rubbing. .
The two of them looked at each other, closed their mouths tacitly, turned around quickly, and returned to the room quietly.
Jerry is still thinking about pulling Lin Yi to his camp for the time being. For him, having one more helper is equivalent to having one more point of strength.
And in Jerry's eyes, the person played by Lin Yi is stupid. If there is a problem, he can push Lin Yi out and get out in time.
Thinking of this, Jerry's mouth raised slightly, and his alienated arms trembled slightly under the cloak, as if he had seen the scene of himself retreating.
When Jerry relaxed, Lin Yi left a soldier from the Shadow Corps lying on the bed, and he played a way to escape from the cicada.
Without Jerry, the existence of dragging his legs, Lin Yi's actions became more secretive.
Every time the patrol team approaches, he can always perceive and blend into the shadow in advance.
Lin Yi's goal is very clear - the villa area where Archbishop Mike is located.
As one of the twelve archbishops in the church, Mike's status is extraordinary.
Even in this ghost place where ancient gods are eroded and birds do not shit, his treatment is much better than that of most people in the territory.
The villa area surrounded by high walls, the gorgeous buildings form a sharp contrast with the dilapidated surroundings, as if they were two completely different worlds.
In order to avoid making sounds, Lin Yi installed a special device on the sole of the shoe, which can completely absorb the sound caused by the broken glass even if it is stepped on the broken glass.
When he arrived at the villa where Mike was, Lin Yi noticed that there were three teams of guards patrolling the villa outside the villa area.
Even in the center of the church's camp, Archbishop Mike did not relax his vigilance.
Instead, he stationed a large number of elite church forces near his residence.
This almost paranoid defense is obviously not without a reason.
Before becoming the Archbishop, Mike offended too many people.
His path to power was full of blood and betrayal, and countless people fell at his feet, becoming a stepping stone for him to climb to the peak of power.
Those who were trampled by him, their relatives, friends, followers, and even some surviving enemies, still hate him to the core.
Even if he is now an archbishop, it is difficult to avoid someone trying to find an opportunity to kill him.
Lin Yi's vision first locked in the first team - this team is mainly responsible for patrolling the front of the villa and the courtyard.
Their actions are extremely regular and they will conduct a thorough inspection every five minutes, like a sophisticated machine.
Lin Yi noticed that this team was extremely vigilant.
Just now, a bug that flew from somewhere fell on a leaf in the courtyard, and the leaves swayed slightly.
It was such a trivial movement that immediately attracted the attention of one of the soldiers.
The soldier carefully inspected the area and did not return to the team to continue patrolling until he confirmed that there was no abnormality.
The other team is at the back door of the villa, which is a fixed post.
There are twelve people in this team, divided into three classes, with four people in each class taking turns to watch.
The guarding time is half an hour each time, and there is almost no gap during handover, which is obviously to ensure that the back door area is always under strict monitoring.
There is another team that is specially arranged in this area by the camp. They have a wider range of tasks and relatively low patrol frequency - they only come to the villa area to patrol every hour. , each stay is about fifteen minutes.
This means that within 45 minutes after the team leaves, there will be a short "window period" in the defense of the villa area.
Lin Yi's eyes stayed in the direction of the back door of the villa for a moment.
Although the members of the fixed-post team would not move at will, Archbishop Mike had obviously designed the back door defense to be clear.
All the windows were sealed by some special means, and even a trace of gap was left.
What's even more troublesome is that Lin Yi noticed that there were a large number of scattered purple particles scattered on the ground near the back door.
Lin Yi is very familiar with this thing - this is an explosive spore. Once someone steps on it, the spores will immediately detonate.
In the previous battle, Lin Yi had suffered several losses and had a particularly deep memory of this kind of thing.
Just as Lin Yi was thinking about a countermeasure, suddenly, a slight commotion came from the woods not far away.
Several birds flew up in fear and rushed into the night sky with their wings.
Lin Yi's pupils shrank slightly. With his years of intuition to fight, he immediately judged that someone was approaching.
So Lin Yi chose to retreat dozens of meters to avoid being discovered by people from afar. Sure enough, not long after, several figures in black tights appeared from the woods.
They were extremely cautious in their movements, and they were careful in every step, obviously also coming to Archbishop Mike's villa.
Lin Yi's heart moved and he followed quietly.
He found that these people cooperated tacitly in their actions, and were obviously well-trained killers. "It seems that Archbishop Mike's life is not the only one who wants." Lin Yi followed these people, ready to move forward according to their route.
The group quickly arrived at the side of the villa area, but the killers were not in a hurry to act. Instead, they crouched tacitly in the dense grass, as if waiting for the arrival of a certain opportunity.
Time passed by minute by minute, and the night became heavier.
About thirty minutes later, the patrol team in the camp arrived as scheduled and slowly approached along the established route.
One of the patrol team looked at each other briefly with the leader of the killer team, then nodded, as if he had reached a tacit understanding.
Immediately afterwards, the patrol team continued to advance according to the established route and went straight to the side of the villa area.
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The guard post on the front of the villa noticed the patrol movements, and the originally tense surveillance efforts suddenly relaxed a lot.
Obviously, the appearance of the patrol made the post mistakenly believe that this area has been fully inspected, thus relaxing its vigilance.
The patrol captain's eyes flashed and he quickly met the killers lurking in the dark.
The next moment, a member of the killer team suddenly raised his hand and threw a pack of objects into the villa.
A deafening explosion suddenly sounded, and the fire rose into the sky, and the hot air waves swept around, shattering a corner of the walls of the villa area.
The huge explosion echoed in the night sky, instantly attracting the attention of the other two patrol teams.
"Who?!"
Lin Yi noticed that only four people came to the guards at the back door, and the other eight people were still not moving at the back door.
At the same time, the guard team at the front door divided most of the forces to rush to the explosion site.
The captain of the patrol team deliberately commanded loudly, pointed at a killer who had quickly escaped in the distance, and shouted loudly, "Chasing! Don't let him run away!"
There was a hint of eagerness in his voice, as if he was really pursuing the killer with all his might.
Under the cover of the squad leader, the other guards did not notice the killers who were still lurking under their noses.
The guards at the front door left several people to guard the scene, while the rest followed the patrol team to chase the "fugitive".
Soon afterwards of the explosion dissipated, the flames gradually faded, and the area fell into dead silence again.
Six guards stood beside the collapsed wall, their faces filled with fatigue and helplessness.
One of them couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "This is the third time this month. How many people have Archbishop Mike offended? If this continues, we will have to take our lives!"
Other One person sighed and shook his head and said, "Say a few less words. Who asked us to eat this bowl of rice? Be careful, don't let those madmen take advantage of the loopholes."
After a few people relaxed their minds. In an instant, the killers lurking in the dark suddenly rose up!
The cold light suddenly appeared, and as the sword fell, the six guards fell into a pool of blood before they even screamed.
The killers' actions were neat and neat, without any delay.
They quickly cleaned up the scene, dragged the body into the bushes beside them, and covered the blood with dead branches and leaves.
The whole process was smooth and it was obvious that they were already familiar with this kind of task.
After doing all this, the killers continued to go deeper into the villa.
Lin Yi used the power of shadow to cover up his own traces, and then followed the group of people and entered the villa area.
The group soon came to the main building of the villa. The killers stopped and the leading killer took out a wrinkled drawing from his arms and studied it carefully through the faint moonlight.
The drawings are densely marked with the internal structure of the villa, and there are even several routes drawn with red pen, which are obviously carefully planned offensive routes. "The target is on the third floor and there are guards on the second floor. Remember, once surrounded, you will commit suicide immediately and must not fall into the hands of the enemy." The captain of the killer team recounted it to his subordinates.
These killers are obviously not ordinary mercenaries, but dead soldiers carefully trained by a big man in the camp.
They only have one goal - kill Archbishop Mike at all costs.
The door of the villa is closed, and the thick wooden doors appear particularly tight under the moonlight.
This is nothing more than a piece of cake for the killers. A killer took out a delicate tool from his waist and inserted it into the keyhole skillfully.
After just a few seconds, a "click" sounded and the door lock opened in response.
The killer gently pushed open a crack in the door, listened with his ears for a moment, and after confirming that there was no abnormality, he quickly gestured to his companion behind him.
When the last killer entered the villa, Lin Yi flashed and followed him quietly.
As soon as he stepped into the villa, Lin Yi's eyes were attracted by a corpse on the floor.
It was a servant in a servant's compassion. His head was twisted by 180 degrees, and there was still a trace of undissipated doubt on his face. At the moment before his death, he still couldn't understand what was going on.
Lin Yi pricked up his ears, but found that he could hardly hear any footsteps.
The killers took every step very lightly, for fear of making a sound.
When the killers came to the entrance of the stairs, the leading killer suddenly raised his hand and made a stop gesture.
He made several gestures and signaled his two subordinates to go up the second floor to explore the way first.
The two killers nodded, quietly stepped onto the stairs, and disappeared into the shadows on the second floor.
But a guard on the second floor happened to get up and get up and get up. Unexpectedly, he collided with two killers. The fierce fighting immediately alarmed the guards on the entire second floor. "Enemy attack! There is an assassin!" the guard shouted loudly, his voice echoing in the quiet villa.
The killers on the first floor heard the movement and their faces changed suddenly. The killer in charge signaled everyone to support the second floor immediately.
The killers rushed up the stairs quickly, trying to turn the situation around.
But there were too many guards on the second floor. Even if the Killer Team was better, in front of this group of carefully trained guards, these killers were defeated. "The mission failed." Looking at the guards around, the killer team understood that this mission had failed.
Before he finished speaking, it took out a pack of explosive spores from his arms to detonate it.
In an instant, the dazzling white light swept across the second floor with a deafening explosion.
The hot air waves instantly swallowed the surrounding guards and killers, the walls were shaken to pieces, and fragments splashed everywhere.
The corridor on the second floor turned into a purgatory on earth, and flesh and blood intertwined into a terrifying picture.
Four charred killer bodies entangled with the guard's remaining bodies, forming a strange symbiosis.
The purple mycelium wriggled like a living creature, swallowing the surrounding organic matter frantically, making a creepy "hiss".
The killer captain who was blown up was actually a sixteen-year-old girl who survived in the camp a year ago.
When her father was executed in public by the church for offending the Archbishop, the knight burned the seal of eternal slavery on her collarbone.
And those "someone" who trained the death warriors were the wardens who were in charge of the execution back then.
He used these deprived children of hope to train them into ruthless dead soldiers and become the sharpest blades in his hands.
Although the warden has a high status in the church camp, he is still like an ant looking up at the giant elephant compared to the archbishop.
The position of the Archbishop has long been firmly controlled by the hands of power. If the warden wants to take the lead, he has to take risks.
For this, he spent a huge price and vowed to get rid of Mike.
Mike's identity was originally a scapegoat introduced by the top leaders of the church. His enemies were everywhere. Killing him would not arouse the alertness of other archbishops, but also clear the obstacles for the warden.
After all, with Mike's background and ability, he is not worthy of being the Archbishop at all. "It's the third time this month. I really don't know who the Archbishop has offended." A guard said with lingering fear at the corpse on the ground.
As soon as he said that, he was slapped hard by the captain behind him.
"Don't talk nonsense. Don't let others hear this, otherwise you can just wait to end up with the test subjects in the basement." Hearing this, the guard who was still complaining just now closed down immediately. He got mouthed.
"Okay, everyone else is cleaning up the scene here. I'll go up and report to the adults about the situation here." The captain of the guard sighed.
To be honest, he didn't want to get involved in these troubles of Mike, but he had to obey the church's orders, otherwise his fate would not be much better.
Hearing the guard captain say this, Lin Yi followed him to the third floor.
As soon as he stepped into the third floor, Lin Yi noticed that the other party took out a token and stuck it to the wall. Then, a pattern flashed across the ground on the third floor.
It seems that Mike has taken more than one floor to protect his security measures, and he has also made many precautions on the third floor. (This chapter ends)