Ruins No. 3 is a bit similar to the previous Ruins No. 4. After entering it, you will see large areas of buildings.

Through the information from the red-robed man in Yexue, Qin Jinnian already knew the origin of these buildings... It was a 'present silhouette' of the past time and space, which was replicated and solidified by the abyss during the blood moon.

I don’t know which city in which time and space in the past…

The entire city was shrouded in the fog of the abyss, but in Qin Jinnian's eyes, there were only some inconspicuous black flames at the edge of his vision, without any obstruction.

Not long after he entered the ruins, he discovered some traces of super warriors... They were all acting as a group, hiding in the ruined buildings of the ruins, hunting some monsters that were also hidden there.

After looking at it from afar, Qin Jinnian did not pay any attention to these super warriors, but began to fly deeper.

He saw many monsters along the way, but he didn't stop...

This time he came hunting.

But the prey is not these monsters.

After walking for about half an hour, Qin Jinnian's eyes suddenly moved and looked in one direction.

Then, his brows slightly frowned...

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"Mom...I'm afraid..."

In the pitch-black fog, Gao Yujie hugged her daughter tightly. Her eyes were full of confusion and dullness, and she walked in the fog with one foot high and one foot short.

It was not until her daughter's sobbing continued to ring in her ears that she hurriedly tightened her arms around her six-year-old daughter.

"Guoguo, don't be afraid, mom is here, mom is here..."

She whispered soothingly.

With her comfort, her daughter's emotions calmed down a little, but she hugged her arms tightly with trembling hands, buried her head in her arms, and looked ahead secretly.

"Mom, where are we going?"

“…”

Gao Yujie didn't know how to answer this question.

Because she didn't know...

Just half a day ago, she should have been at her best friend's birthday party.

But now…

She looked at the black fog in the sky with a blank expression...

Her best friend invited her three days ago, inviting her and her family to attend her birthday party today.

She was her best friend whom she had known for more than 20 years. They had been best friends since junior high school and they had not given up on this relationship even after they got married. Naturally, there was no reason for her to refuse her enthusiastic invitation.

Her husband actually had something to do in the afternoon, but she still insisted that he attend the birthday party with her.

The husband was somewhat helpless, but under her strong request, he turned down the afternoon social engagement and agreed to her "unreasonable" request.

This put her in a good mood for the whole day.

She is very satisfied with her life... Her family is not particularly rich, but they have enough food and clothing. Her husband runs a small company, which is not very large, but the profit is not bad, and he earns several million yuan every year.

She and her husband are childhood sweethearts. Her husband is three years older than her and has always spoiled her since she was a child.

Her parents-in-law and parents are also old acquaintances. After she got married, her mother-in-law never let her cook or wash clothes. Occasionally, she quarreled with her husband, but her mother-in-law always stood on her side and ruthlessly suppressed her husband...

She also has a lively and lovely daughter. Her parents-in-law do not have the idea of ​​favoring boys over girls and regard their daughter as their treasure...

She is not a greedy woman, she likes her life very much. Her daily routine is to watch TV series, go shopping, and then learn a lot of various food recipes on the Internet, and work with her mother-in-law at home... In the end, she made a lot of "dark dishes" and "backstabbed" her husband, making her husband and father-in-law laugh and cry... In the end, the family went out and enjoyed real food.

What else is there to pursue? Isn't this what a woman wants in her life? A husband who loves her and whom she loves, parents-in-law who care for her, and lovely children...

She felt very happy.

I always feel that this kind of happiness will continue.

But……

But……

Gao Yujie's eyes gradually became confused.

Even though more than an hour had passed, she was still a little confused...

Feeling of unreality.

When the family arrived at their best friend's birthday party, it was around three in the afternoon and was at the best friend's villa.

In addition to her family, there were also some of her bestie's friends... She knew almost all of her bestie's friends. But what was a little surprising was that most of the people who attended her birthday party this time were people she didn't know.

This made her somewhat confused... When did her bestie get to know so many "strangers"? But before she could express her curiosity, her bestie complained to her that she had only wanted to have a family dinner, but her husband took the opportunity to invite all her business partners over... But her bestie told her not to worry, saying that they could talk about their things and we could have fun.

Her best friend’s husband is also a businessman with good financial status. After hearing this, she suddenly realized it and didn’t take it to heart.

Then I just chatted with my bestie as usual until dinner started.

Everything was normal at the beginning. Her best friend knew that she didn't drink, so she prepared her favorite drink for her. Her husband stayed with her the whole time, taking care of her daughter. Her daughter was also very well-behaved, sitting in her seat, looking around with her big eyes curiously, while eating the food fed by her father.

Everything is normal.

Until she felt a little sleepy.

This sleepiness came without any warning.

In a daze, she saw her husband staggering, and then he plunged into his daughter's bowl...

And my daughter seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep a long time ago.

She turned her head in confusion, and in the last moment before she fell into a coma, what she saw was her best friend's expressionless face.

When she woke up again...she was already in a dark world.

The endless mountains, the desolate environment, and the faint roars of animals made her confused.

Before she even figured out what was going on, a cold voice spoke up.

The cold voice told her that if she wanted to survive, she should be quiet and not make any noise.

Only at this moment did she realize belatedly that she was not the only one around her.

At least hundreds of people appeared here.

They are all women...

besides……

child.

She was startled awake by the crying of the children.

Where's her daughter?! She looked around frantically, and the scene she saw... was why she still felt it was unreal.

She saw her daughter, she was crying, her hands were covered in blood, and she was pushing a figure beside her...

That's her husband.

This husband always looked at her with a doting smile, would deliberately show a frightened expression to tease her when he was "backstabbed by her food", and would hold her hand tightly every time they went out.

But at this moment, he was lying in a pool of blood, his eyes wide open, and his face was frozen with a look of fear that she had never seen before...

He is dead.

At that moment, she felt her brain go blank, and something seemed to shatter in an instant.

Then, her emotions fell into an indescribable state of confusion and unreality.

The sounds around me seemed to become hazy all of a sudden, as if the whole world had a sense of alienation.

Then she realized... it seemed that the people who died around her were not just her husband, but many others.

At this time, the people who were still alive around seemed to have discovered the bodies.

Then, the world suddenly became chaotic.

Some were screaming, some were hysterical, exclamations and cries filled the whole world in an instant.

Until a cold voice sounded, telling them to be quiet.

The next moment, a beam of fire suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and the person who was crying the loudest was swallowed by the flames. His shrill screams stunned everyone.

They looked in horror at the woman who was engulfed by flames, then screamed, struggled, and rolled in the flames, and finally turned into a burning corpse...

The scene suddenly became quiet.

All that was left was the crying of an ignorant child.

Then the cold voice said, Find your own children and calm them down. You have ten minutes.

After a brief moment of confusion, everyone came to their senses in horror and began to look for their children.

She walked to her still crying daughter absentmindedly and picked her up. The daughter turned around and saw her mother, who seemed to have found her backbone and saved her. Under her subconscious comfort, she gradually stopped crying.

Finally, the daughter asked her why her father ignored her... The daughter was only six years old and didn't understand the meaning of "death".

She herself was still at a loss, and did not respond to her daughter's question. She just stared blankly at her husband's face...

After that, she could no longer remember what happened.

She only remembered that she mechanically followed the guidance of the cold voice, trekking through the wilderness, and finally entered this place filled with black fog...

She looked dazed and walked unsteadily.

Every step feels like walking on clouds.

It's so unreal.

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Qin Jinnian looked at the team in the distance.

His brows were furrowed.

There were probably hundreds of people in the team, all women and children.

Around the team, there were a dozen people in black robes, walking around the team and looking like they were escorting them.

And on these men in black robes, he saw a faint black mist.

The black mist on their bodies was connected to each other, faintly shrouding the entire team.

Just by seeing this scene, Qin Jinnian already understood the identities of these people.

A blood sacrifice? He looked at the crowd... all women and children, most of them looked confused, a few were panicked and terrified.

The children looked around with confused eyes, but their eyes had no focus, probably because their vision was blocked by the fog of the abyss.

Qin Jinnian looked at them silently, then glanced in the direction they came from...

Apparently, he came in from another entrance.

Most of the ruins have several entrances. He flew for more than half an hour and arrived at another entrance.

The space within the ruins should be much larger than the current space.

He thought to himself.

Suddenly his expression changed and he looked in another direction.

A convoy appeared in the field of vision.

There are also vehicles among the ruins.

This has been confirmed in the previous "unfinished" bloody altar.

There were about ten vehicles in the convoy, four or five of which were large passenger buses, and the rest were off-road vehicles.

The drivers were all dressed in black robes.

If the man in red robe did not lie, then these people should be from the Vacuum Church.

After narrowing his eyes, Qin Jinnian decided to follow first.

These people must have come to receive these "sacrifices", so we can just follow the clues to find out the real reason.

He had several experiences with the Vacuum Church members. It was difficult to interrogate them and force them to confess.

They have a very devout faith and have no fear of death. In this respect, they seem to be more terrifying than the End and Nightblood.

Well, Nightblood didn't count... After all, their god had abandoned them for some reason, which was probably what led to the collapse of the Red Robe's faith.

But he did force the female academician in the end to reveal some information.

But later he found that almost all of the followers of the Vacuum Sect committed suicide when they were interrogated... They encouraged the "divine blood" in their bodies to self-destruct, which Qin Jinnian was unable to stop.

Having someone lead the way now could save him a lot of trouble.

Thinking of this, he did not show up, but continued to watch from high in the sky...

Sure enough, not long after, the convoy met up with these people. The women and children were forced into the cars by the men in black robes, and then the vehicles drove deeper into the ruins.

Qin Jinnian followed along the way and encountered some monsters along the way. But every time a monster approached the convoy, it just took a look and turned away...

It should be because of the black mist on these black-robed men.

It seems that the red-robed man Yexue did not lie. Ordinary relic creatures will regard evil cultists who also possess the abyss aura as their own kind and will not actively attack them.

In this way, the vehicle continued along the streets in the ruins... This fragment of the world that had no idea where it came from had roads. Although the ground had cracked a bit, most places were still passable.

I followed him like this for nearly an hour.

Finally, Qin Jinnian raised his head and looked forward...

There, a large group of believers with black mist in their bodies appeared in Qin Jinnian's sight.

At the same time, there also appeared a large number of...ordinary women and children.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

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This is a base built on the basis of the original urban houses in the ruins.

There were a large number of people in black robes in the base. Some of them were on guard at key locations, while others were walking in groups of two or three.

At the same time, there were waves of strange prayer sounds that filled the air all the time... In some houses, people in black robes were praying devoutly. In front of them were small statues of gods, the strange statue with nine hands and a huge belly.

These statues are eerie at first glance... because they are made of copper, but they give people the feeling that they are alive...

It is completely different from the giant statue of the Nightblood Cult.

Although those who were praying were all in black robes, one could tell just by listening to their voices...

This is a group of young children.

Although they are not very old, their voices are full of piety, just like the most devout believers in the world.

In addition to the base on the surface, there is also a complex underground palace.

There were traces of people in black robes everywhere in the underground palace. Most of them gathered together to chant and pray. Some of them wandered around the underground palace, as if they were patrolling.

There is also a prison in the underground palace.

And in this prison, there are a large number of people imprisoned.

The vast majority are women and children.

They were unkempt and most of them looked dull and numb.

And deeper inside, there are altars.

At this moment, the altars are empty, and there are a large number of complex symbols and patterns on the ground.

And at the deepest point, there is a huge statue.

It also has nine hands and a big belly, but this statue looks more bizarre than all the others. If you don't look carefully, you can seem to notice that the expression on its face is constantly changing.

At this moment, a man in a red robe was sitting on a cushion in front of the statue.

He was not wearing a mask, revealing his face. He was an old man who looked somewhat hale and hearty, with his eyes closed and a pious look, even with a somewhat kind look.

He murmured a prayer, and the strange syllables showed that it was not any language that existed on Earth.

Beside him, there were some men in black robes standing on both sides. They were wearing masks and stood there solemnly, not saying a word and not moving a muscle.

At a certain moment...

The praying old man in red robe seemed to have finished his prayer, then he opened his eyes and spoke calmly: "Wusheng, has Hunxu come back?"

The body of a man in black robes suddenly trembled, and then a voice sounded from his abdomen: "Sir, Lord Hunxu is still in Canglan City, and is planning to go to several altars to check the situation."

This made him frown slightly, "Is that Zhang San so difficult to deal with?"

"It's not that he's difficult to deal with, but we haven't found any information about him yet. The organization behind him, called 'Dawn', is also very mysterious... Today he destroyed an altar in the End. Lord Hunxu is worried, so he has to keep an eye on it to prevent Zhang San or the people from 'Dawn' from destroying the altar when he's away."

"They seem to have secretly acquired a lot of information about the End... The End also knows about our altar."

"The end? What a bunch of rubbish."

The old man shook his head, thought for a moment and then said, "How is the preparation of the sacrifices at the altar going?"

"It's in progress and everything is going smoothly. Five groups have already arrived at the base successfully. The sixth group is on the way... At this rate, it won't be difficult to complete the mission before the next blood moon."

"Didn't it alert the night watchman?"

"Don't worry, sir. This was all done by followers who have been observing for at least five years. I've been watching the entire process. There won't be any accidents."

"It's better this way... The 'primer' was taken away by the night watchmen, which alarmed the Daxia leaders, and the gods were really angry. If the high priest has problems again... we really won't be able to explain to the gods."

"yes."

"Okay, go ahead. If anything happens, report it immediately."

"yes."

After the man in black robe finished speaking, he bowed.

Then his body trembled slightly and returned to calm.

The old man looked at the statue in front of him, his eyes flickering.

"Dawn..."

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Qin Jinnian looked down at the base below, and when he saw the praying 'children' through perspective, he fell into deep thought.

Then he let out a breath.

No wonder it is so difficult to get real intelligence about these evil churches.

It turns out that their backbones are trained by themselves?

(End of this chapter)