Chapter 46 Baptism
The clergyman and several people behind him looked at me with stiff and gentle smiles on their faces.
"I... I'm a little tired. I wonder if there's a place to rest." I made up a lie.
Judging from what happened just now, the spatial relationship in this mirror world cannot be understood using the logic of the real world. In this case, it might be better to find an opportunity to be alone first.
After hearing this, the clergyman smiled knowingly and bowed his head in apology, saying, "Sorry, it was my oversight. I will arrange a rest room for you all right away. Please follow me."
I used the eye in my arm to look around through my clothes again, but still couldn't find any clues. I had no choice but to nod and follow the clergyman vigilantly.
The clergyman led us to different rooms and nodded to me, saying, "If you need anything, you can come downstairs to find me anytime. I'm in the room downstairs. I won't disturb you anymore. Please have a good rest."
After saying that, he politely closed the door and left.
I listened carefully to the noise outside and after confirming that he had indeed left, I immediately searched the room inside and out.
I searched every cabinet, drawer, bookshelf, and bathroom, but found nothing.
Finally, my eyes stopped on the retro mirror in the bathroom.
If I came in through a mirror, can I also go out through a mirror?
Thinking of this, I studied the mirror carefully, and then touched the mirror surface lightly with my hand.
However, there was no reaction, it was just an ordinary mirror.
Recalling some stories and legends about mirrors that I had heard before, I tried several methods again, but without exception, there was no response.
However, this ending was also within expectations. If I could really get out through the mirror so easily, they probably wouldn't have put me in a room with a mirror so easily.
I recalled when I was pulled in, and at that time Song Nanxing and I looked at each other in the mirror.
Now I think about it, the mirror fragment in my hand was placed flat, with the mirror facing the ceiling. Logically speaking, at that angle, it was impossible for Song Nanxing to look me in the mirror.
In other words, the person looking at me in the mirror was indeed not Song Nanxing.
In other words... a mirror alone is not enough, or there is a lack of an opportunity. This opportunity may be that the person outside the mirror notices that I am being pulled in, and at the same time establishes some kind of connection with me.
For example, looking at each other through a mirror.
Thinking of this, I took out my pager. If it were possible to contact the outside world, things would become much easier.
However, I called countless times and no one answered, and I sent messages but no response.
I felt a little desperate. Not to mention whether they could notice that I was missing and associate me with something, the key point was that I didn't know what the situation was outside.
If I just disappeared, they would definitely investigate immediately, but what if there was also a copy of "me" outside?
It seems that if I want to get out, I have to find a way myself.
There are still many things that need to be solved urgently. The problems are huge and there is no point in panicking.
Comforting myself in this way, I began to sort out my thoughts.
Judging from the look of the clergyman just now, he was not worried at all that I would find the mirror. It was obvious that they were absolutely sure that I could not get out.
That's fine. We're going to investigate the Apocalypse Sect anyway, so I might as well take a look at what secrets this place holds.
But now that things have come to this, there are no clues for the time being, the situation is still unclear, and I dare not act rashly. I simply fell on the bed and went to sleep.
When I woke up again, I was woken up by two nuns. They urged me to go out, half inviting me and half forcibly taking me to the hall where I was yesterday.
Not only me, but also the fake teammates who came with me yesterday were brought here. Many people in the hall were already seated, seemingly waiting for something.
I was a little confused, and then a nun pulled "Song Nanxing" to the platform in front. A man who looked like a priest stood on the platform, and next to the priest was a round container.
I couldn't see what was inside from the bottom, but my intuition told me that it was not good.
But when the believers sitting on the benches below saw the basin, they all showed pious expressions.
"Song Nanxing" was almost dragged in front of the priest. The priest-like man recited a prayer to him, then took a few drops of water from the round basin and splashed it on "Song Nanxing"'s head.
After completing this gesture, the priest tapped his chest several times with two fingers and continued chanting:
“O Lord, who loves my soul, when darkness falls and the night falls, our thoughts turn to Him.”
“We will give our all to pray for His coming.”
"He grants us supreme divine power, making us invincible. The most devout believers will gain endless life..."
I was listening absentmindedly below, but suddenly caught a piece of key information.
Endless life... Endless life?
I chewed over this sentence over and over again, and suddenly a light bulb went off in my head. I remembered the photo I saw at the Investigation Bureau at that time.
Now I have confirmed that An Xiaowei does believe in the "Apocalypse Sect". If the person in the photo is really An Xiaowei, then as a fanatic, it is easy to understand why she has not aged.
I turned my gaze back to the platform in front of me. After the priest finished reciting the prayer in a mumbling voice, the body of "Song Nanxing" on the stage twitched unnaturally for a few times, and then slowly calmed down.
Then, "Song Nanxing" recited a prayer somewhat mechanically:
“The Lord alone is supreme, the Lord alone is exalted.”
“Almighty and all-loving, most holy and pure God.”
A "baptism" has been completed.
Afterwards, the fake Chen Yubing, the fake Gang Jue, and the fake Wang Meng also came on stage one after another to complete the "baptism".
However, they are originally the people in the mirror image, do they also need to be baptized?
Is it because they were copied from the real world, or are these people deliberately putting on a show for me?
I was thinking with my head down when the nun next to me suddenly pulled me to her side and pushed me towards the platform.
"It's your turn, go!"
She pushed me and urged me on.
“No…I…”
Before I could say anything more, she interrupted me.
"Once you are baptized, you become one of us."
I was a little angry and shook off her hand. Just as I was about to say something, I saw that all the believers present turned their heads stiffly and stared at me.
I swallowed back what I wanted to say.
I was pulled out by those two nuns in such a hurry that I didn't have time to bring any weapons. I also didn't know the specific principles of this mirror world. If I acted rashly, I couldn't guarantee what accidents might happen.
But you absolutely cannot go up there. Who knows what the consequences will be if you accept the "baptism".
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