Moon City.

Many humans walked out of the buildings, most of which had mottled marks but were extremely sturdy. Some of them were obviously deformed, and some had undergone a certain degree of alienation.

These humans looked at each other and saw some doubts on each other's faces:

There are still two or three months before the Sun Festival. Why did the high priest summon everyone to the square?

Did something big happen? The residents of Yuecheng entered the only square from the streets with worries, fear and confusion.

At this time, the platform was empty and the convener seemed to have not arrived yet.

The residents of Moon City gathered in an orderly manner according to their respective areas and discussed in low voices:

"Why hasn't the high priest arrived yet?"

"Doesn't he like to wait, and not be waited for?"

"What happened? Why did you suddenly summon all the residents of the city except the guards?"

…

Amidst the voices, at the top of a tall tower near the square, behind the crystal glass, the high priest Nim was leaning against the wall, gazing at the square, enduring something with a distorted expression.

His gray hair stood up, and tufts of short black hair grew on his face. The flesh between his ribs and waist squirmed, forming lumps.

These abnormal changes sometimes disappeared and sometimes appeared, as if Nim was having an attack again and again. The whole person was both evil and terrifying.

After more than a minute, Nim finally calmed down, let out a long breath, and raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

He was just fighting against the madness that was building up inside of him.

In fact, no matter which extraordinary path you take, the higher the sequence, the more serious the tendency towards madness and inhumanity. This will gradually transcend one's own human nature, and one must rely on external anchors to help maintain adequate balance.

Normally, at Sequence 4 and Sequence 3, this situation is not so obvious, but at the angel level, even if there are enough anchors to "fix", they will occasionally fall into a dark, negative, and mutated state, and must endure and fight alone, waiting for relief.

It's like a sacred and solemn existence. Normally, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it. It can respond to your prayers, chat with you normally, and even make a few jokes. But at certain times, it can only hide in a dark room, hide in the shadows, tear off the surface skin, revealing the sinister side, and showing all kinds of signs of madness.

Nim suffered similar pain at Sequence 4 because he often ate monster flesh and blood, which accumulated a lot of toxins, pollution and madness.

Of course, the same will happen to those who don’t know how to act and rely on time or luck to advance to Sequence 4 or Sequence 3.

After adjusting his state, Nim turned and left the room, and with the help of an illusory door, he appeared directly on the high platform in the center of the square.

All discussions died down, and the residents of Moon City turned their eyes toward the high priest with doubt and uneasiness.

Nim looked around and said bluntly:

"The hunting party led by A'dar encountered an outsider."

Outsiders! The eyes of the residents of Moon City suddenly widened, as if thunder from the sky had descended directly into the city.

It’s the first time in more than 2,000 years that Moon City has encountered outsiders! Of course, this refers to humans who can communicate with reason and intelligence, not monsters.

Nim took a breath silently and continued:

"He claimed to be a missionary who spread the glory of the gods. He caused obvious changes to the gray mist. He cleared the pollution and toxins accumulated in A'dar and his men's bodies and cured the abnormalities in their bodies."

As he spoke, Nim nodded toward the side of the platform. Adal and Sin, who were hiding in the shadows, immediately walked past the torches and came to his side, using their own conditions to prove what the other party had just said.

"hiss……"

“Oh my God!”

"Is this A'dal and Sin?"

"They really, really ..."

Exclamations burst out one after another, and the emotions of astonishment and surprise were intertwined together, as if they were real.

A'dar and Xin looked at each other, took two steps forward, and recounted the whole story of their hunting team.

Hearing the light of fire emerging from the darkness, hearing the cross emitting clear light, hearing the staff that could cure mutations and diseases, hearing the gray mist separating to both sides and forming a gate, hearing the hunting team members' joyful description of their good condition, the residents of Moon City gradually fell silent.

Some of them had shed tears without realizing it, because they finally saw a ray of light amidst immense exhaustion and extreme depression.

The tears had a slightly mild and salty feeling as they flowed down his face, slid past the corners of his mouth, and dripped onto the ground.

In addition, those who remained rational and sober raised their arms and expressed their opinions:

“Could that missionary be a special monster in the depths of darkness?”

"Have A'dar and Xin been controlled or influenced to behave like this?"

When the wave of doubts subsided, Nim said in a low but clear voice:

“I’ve checked them, and also checked them with the seal, and I haven’t found anything abnormal so far.

"I will let them stay in the Black Tower for at least fifteen days of observation."

After making the promise, Nim paused and said:

"The missionary named Gehrman Sparrow will practice asceticism near the gray fog for a while. He allows us to go there to feel the glory of the god he believes in and listen to the corresponding teachings. He will perform purification and treatment every day when lightning is most frequent.

"Everyone can choose to go, but they must report in advance and follow the arrangements. They cannot act on their own and affect the defense of the city-state. And those who go there will be quarantined for fifteen days after returning, just like Adar and Xin."

The residents of Yuecheng were all silent. You looked at me, I looked at you, unable to make up your mind.

At this time, Russ, who had returned to the city to inform the high priest but failed to be purified and treated, and another member of the hunting team stood up:

"High Priest, I want to go!"

"Okay, I will lead this team tomorrow..." Nim nodded slightly and agreed.

He had been planning to give such a team a name, but he couldn't think of a good description, so he could only stutter and skip it.

In his heart, there is actually a name, but he dare not say it out loud. It is:

Pilgrim.

With Russ and his group taking the lead, several Moon City residents stepped forward and expressed their willingness to take the risk.

When the frequency of lightning changed from low to high, a new day came. A team from Yuecheng consisting of seven or eight people, holding animal skin lanterns, began to trek in the darkness towards the edge of the gray fog.

After darkness and light alternated countless times, a flash of fire suddenly appeared in the eyes of Russ and others.

It was a slowly burning bonfire. Gehrman Sparrow, who was wearing strange clothes and a strange hat, was sitting on the other side, holding a long iron-black skewer and roasting something.

Around the bonfire lay corpses of monsters one after another. All kinds of strange things grew on these corpses. Some were pure white and plump, and it seemed that if poked, semen would spurt out. Some were black with blood-colored filaments and fat patterns inlaid. Some were covered with golden spots, and the lids on top were the size of a palm...

These things are densely packed, covering different parts of the monster's body, with a weird and seductive beauty.

After walking a few steps forward, High Priest Nim discovered that what German Sparrow was roasting was one of those strange things. Drops of fat fell, making sizzling sounds in the fire, making the light more obvious and letting out an alluring aroma.

Gulu, the Moon City residents in the team swallowed their saliva instinctively and developed a strong, uncontrollable appetite.

Every cell in their body is screaming madly:

I want to eat!

I want to eat!

Give it to me!

Klein, who was sitting on a rock, raised his head and pointed at the brightly colored things growing on the corpses of the monsters around him. He said in a low voice:

"They are called mushrooms, and there are different types. If you want, you can pick and eat them yourself, but you cannot touch the completely black ones, and they must be ripe enough before you can eat them, otherwise you will encounter a terrible curse."

Moon City High Priest Nim thought for a moment and answered on behalf of the others:

"We want to first listen to the teachings of your Lord and feel His glory."

Klein nodded slightly, and as he turned the barbecue skewer he summoned from the pores of history, he spoke:

"You can sit down and listen."

When the seven or eight Moon City residents sat down opposite the campfire, he said solemnly:

"I come from the 'Giant King's Court'."

This was a term that all Moon City residents were familiar with. They immediately perked up and turned their attention away from the food roasting on the bonfire and towards Gehrman Sparrow.

Next, Klein described the status of Silver City and the situation outside the Cursed Land as before, and talked about the city-state ruins he had seen along the way.

Hearing this, the residents of Yuecheng sometimes sighed, sometimes yearned, sometimes felt unbelievable, sometimes felt empathy and were overwhelmed with grief.

Klein suddenly stopped talking halfway, took back the long iron-black skewer in his hand, put it to his mouth, and bit off a mushroom.

The rich gravy then oozed out, washing his mouth with a slightly hot feeling.

——After more than half a year in the God-Forsaken Land, Klein had overcome his aversion to mushrooms. After all, Danitz often had to be assigned by him to do things, and he couldn't carefully prepare food for sacrifice. The gaps in between could only be filled with mushrooms.

Closing his eyes in satisfaction, Klein handed out the iron-black long stick in his hand and said with a smile:

“You can give it a try.”

While the high priest Nim was still hesitating, Russ had already reached out, picked up a mushroom and put it into his mouth while thanking him.

He ate so fast that his mouth was burned, but his expression twisted for a moment and then suddenly froze.

Then, his expression relaxed little by little, gradually revealing a feeling of intoxication, enjoyment, and desire.

At the end, Ruth's tears flowed unconsciously, and he said in a low sobbing voice:

"This is the most wonderful, most wonderful food I have ever eaten..."

Even though their taste for food has changed over the generations, humans are simply unable to adapt to that kind of toxins and madness, and they crave sugar and fat.

At this moment, all the residents of Moon City could hear Ruth's emotion.