"It failed, right?"

The other party spoke first, their hollow, echoing tone carrying an indescribable divinity, which made Wuxiang lower his head.

"Your Holiness, we have failed."

"The first and third bishops are dead, and the remaining two have been arrested."

"Your Holiness, that Qin Tan is not easy to deal with. What should we do now?"

He recounted the entire situation in one breath, eagerly seeking the other's guidance, speaking quickly without giving the other a chance to interrupt.

The man known as the Pope lowered his gaze upon the statue.

As Wuxiang spoke, his gaze gradually shifted from doubt to indifference, but returned to calm when Wuxiang looked up.

"You mean, of the five bishops, only you returned safely?"

"How did you escape Dawn's pursuit? Since they saw you, how did you manage to enter the First District safely?"

"Wu Xiang, have you ever considered the reason behind this?"

The Pope's voice was angry, and the disappointment in it made Wu Xiang very anxious.

But his mind was also awakened.

Yes, how come he was the only one who escaped unharmed?

Even the journey back to Zone 1 went so smoothly.

Everything seemed to have been arranged in advance.

Someone was using him as bait. Unsurprisingly, the area outside the pork shop was already packed with Dawn's men, all hoping to find the Pope on their own.

"Wu Xiang, now that you understand the current situation, you should know what the best course of action is."

"Remember, death is not the end."

"We will eventually meet again in the embrace of the true God."

The Pope's voice disappeared, and the statue's features became blurred.

Moreover, the clay statue gradually cracked and eventually crumbled into a pile of fragments.

Some of them struck Wuxiang, causing him sharp pain.

Wu Xiang felt utterly lost.

He realized that he had been abandoned.

Thinking of what the Pope had said, Wu Xiang stood up, looking at the debris on the ground with a resolute expression.

Behind the basement wall, faint sounds came from behind. After a violent collision, a huge mother Gu appeared in the basement.

At the head, the face that looked exactly like Wuxiang was roaring.

On its body, countless human faces struggled, trying to break free of their restraints.

Wu Xiang touched the mother Gu's body, and before he could figure out what to do next, he heard chaotic footsteps above.

Someone's here.

The basement door was blasted open, and the weapons were pointed at Wuxiang.

Wu Xiang coldly observed those people, especially Fifth Dawn's face.

"You can't escape now."

Even if it were true, Wuxiang didn't want to hear it come out of the other person's mouth.

"You did not win."

Wu Xiang's expression was strange. This time, he had no urge to run away and stood in front of people as if he had been relieved.

He and the mother Gu acted together.

But with the Fifth Dawn already appearing, it was impossible to let the opponent have any chance to escape.

Without surrendering, fighting alone will only result in death.

As the corpse of Wuxiang lay together with the mother Gu, Fifth Dawn carefully examined everything in the basement, remaining silent for a long time.

That's too easy.

Although they had laid the plan well in advance, it was only natural that the other side would fall into the trap.

But things ended too quickly.

And then there is this formlessness.

That final attitude gave him the illusion that everything was just beginning.

No other ambushes were found.

Xia Shuang kicked a piece of the statue. She picked it up and could still feel the pollution of the abyss from it.

The things hidden here by the other party must have a special origin.

It's shattered so badly that it will take time to piece itself back together.

"Okay, let's call it a day."

Fifth Dawn wasn't too greedy either.

They captured two of them alive, and extracted quite a few secrets from them.

For example, the strongholds of the other four bishops in District 1.

It won't be long before we can take it under control.

That is indeed the case.

When Qin Tan returned to the First District at full speed, he received the latest report.

Each of these bishops has a different personality.

From those strongholds, they found the remains and even specimens of many victims, including some who had been imprisoned and used as food.

During their rescue operation, they discovered broken clay statues in those locations.

At dawn, Qin Tan looked at the restored statue and shook his head.

"It's not Him."

There is no trace of that person's presence here.

"The director means that there should be some connection between these statues."

"There are people guarding those outposts, and so far no problems have been found."

Sometimes, the biggest problem is not having any problems at all.

Because nobody knows what their next move will be.

Given the capabilities of the Church of the Abyss, they will not give up so easily.

Even without five bishops, as long as the core Pope remains, the Abyss Church can continue to develop.

To catch a thief, you must catch the king.

As long as the Pope lives, the Church will never perish.

What's troublesome is that they've extracted a lot of church strongholds and secrets from the two bishops, and have destroyed quite a few of them in the past few days.

But news about the Pope was extremely scarce.

They told us that they communicated with the other party through the idol, and none of them had ever seen the Pope's true face.

"They said that the Pope would notify them in advance before each gathering of the five, and the location was not fixed."

"That's the only thing they have in common."

Xia Shuang pointed to the statue.

During this time, the people of Dawn's Pivot scattered to search the area and destroyed many strongholds that possessed idols.

But the other party seemed to have no limits, and they couldn't figure out what was going on.

Xia Shuang disliked the feeling of being adrift and unable to control her.

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