The unconscious cultist lying on the ground was the old farmer who had greeted Fina before. His eyes were closed and he was unconscious. He had obviously fainted. Fang Zheng turned the other two people over and found that they were also villagers. Fang Zheng vaguely remembered meeting them before, but they had never talked to each other.

So next, let me take a closer look at Rand’s true identity.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng summoned the Whispering Announcement once again, and then looked at the old man in front of him. Soon, lines of handwriting quickly appeared on the snow-white pages.

"…Rand Joseph is a member of the Church of the Day of Destruction. He came here in hiding, secretly spreading the plague and trying to create undead terror…"

It is true.

Looking at the information emerging from the pages, Fang Zheng nodded. However, just as he was about to close the book, suddenly, another line of words appeared below.

"…Rand Joseph was an honest farmer who lived a life of working from sunrise to sunset in the village every day. Unfortunately, such an old man was involved in the conspiracy of the cultists. He was infected with the plague, died in fear, and then turned into a ghoul…"

“……???”

What's going on?

Looking at the two completely contradictory records, Fang Zheng was filled with questions. What was going on? How could this old man be both a victim and a perpetrator? How could this be possible?

However, just when Fang Zheng was puzzled, a new line of records appeared.

"…Rand Joseph is a poor unlucky fellow. His parents died when he was young and he grew up alone. However, this did not dampen his passion for life…"

"…Rand Joseph is a retired veteran. He once fought to the death with the enemy on the battlefield, but now he can only live here alone with his incomplete body…"

"…Rand Joseph is a descendant of aristocracy. He…"

What the hell is going on here?

If Fang Zheng hadn't known that the Annunciation Volume was from an angel, he would have suspected that this thing was infected with a virus. Fang Zheng only asked for information about Rand, but this damn angel found a bunch of information about Rand Joseph from somewhere. What's more terrible is that this information contradicted each other and was full of loopholes.

Not only Rand, but also the other two people around him, who were described as cultists at the beginning, but later became victims. They were described as serious and earnest at the beginning, but in the next paragraph they became lecherous and lustful... In short, Fang Zheng's head hurt after reading this series of information...

“Pah.”

Finally, Fang Zheng closed the Confessions and put it back. Although he didn't know what happened, he was sure that the Confessions was like a virus and couldn't be used at all. Fang Zheng also tried to get the answer directly through the omniscient angel, but... The Confessions didn't give any answer at all.

It seems that I can't trust my angel too much.

After taking back the Annunciation, Fang Zheng shook his head. He had already discovered that something was definitely wrong here, but he didn't know what it was, because there were many strange things in the main world, many of which could resist the search of the Annunciation.

Now it seems that this is obviously not just an ordinary cult member trying to carry out terrorist activities.

After that, Fang Zheng used the "Thought Steal" spell on Rand. From Rand's memory, Fang Zheng got the information that the old man Rand in front of him was indeed a cultist, and he was indeed the one who spread the plague in the village, but as for why he did this, old man Rand himself didn't know. He was just a low-level cultist, he did whatever the superiors told him to do, as for why he did this, it was not his turn to ask.

In this case, the only thing to do is to find the real owner and ask him for clarification.

"Let's go, keep moving forward."

Through "mind stealing", Fang Zheng also learned from Rand's mind that there was a secret base of cultists in this canyon, so he immediately got up and continued along the mountain path with the other three.

The path in the canyon was not easy to walk on, and could even be considered a bit rugged. However, this certainly did not pose a problem for Fang Zheng and his party. It did not take them long to find a cave deep in the canyon. At the entrance of the cave, two cultists in black robes were standing there motionless, apparently on guard and patrol.

"Kurumi, you and Fina, watch your surroundings. Kurumi, you go left and I go right, there's no need to leave anyone alive."

"Understood, Mr. Fang Zheng."

Hearing Fang Zheng's order, Kuang San smiled and nodded, then she quickly dived into the shadows.

Soon, before the guard standing on the left could react, dozens of arms suddenly emerged from the shadows under his feet, tightly grasped his throat and body, and pressed the cult guard against the stone wall. Before he could struggle, one of the hands suddenly exerted force and instantly broke the cult guard's throat. The unfortunate guy didn't even have time to scream, and he took his last breath.

“Well done.”

At the same time as the evil cult guard fell to the ground, Fang Zheng also retracted the giant sword in his hand and let the other idiot with his head chopped off fall to the ground. Then the two of them looked at each other and smiled slightly.

"keep going."

Strictly speaking, the fighting power of these cultists of the Day of Destruction was not bad. They all carried poisoned curved swords and crossbows, and even if they encountered a regular army, they would probably have to work hard to win. But for Fang Zheng and Kuang San, these cultists of the Day of Destruction were obviously not enough. They killed all the cultists who were ambushing and guarding on the road as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

Occasionally, they encountered a few people who wanted to call the police or escape, but they could not escape Fang Zheng's time confinement. Therefore, the journey was quite smooth for the four of them. It didn't take much effort for them to reach a cave at the end.

"It seems that this is their secret base."

Fang Zheng hid behind the stalactites, looking down carefully and muttering to himself. In the center of the cave, there was a huge furnace made of skulls and bones, and under the furnace was a blazing flame. Five Day of Destruction cultists in robes were kneeling on the ground around the furnace, and only one senior cultist in a bright red robe was standing there, praying loudly.

"We are willing to offer our blood, our flesh, and everything we have. Great Lord, if you hear my call, please have mercy on me and grant me the supreme glory!"

"call--!!"

As the senior cultist finished speaking, Fang Zheng and the others saw the flames on the furnace suddenly burst out. Then, a small glass bottle emerged from the flames and fell into the hands of the senior cultist.

“Oh…oh…oh…!!”

Looking at the small bottle in front of him, the senior believer almost cried for joy. He reached out to take off his hood, closed his eyes, and respectfully kissed the small bottle in his hand.

"Ah, thank my Lord, thank my Lord for the gift..."

"Why?"

"Um?"

However, when Fang Zheng and others saw the true face of the senior believer, almost everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes.

The reason was simple: this senior believer in a red robe was none other than Uncle Rand whom Fang Zheng had placed there before.