"Ugh... Let me go!"
"You were just trying to kill me, and now you're telling me to let you go? Miss, don't you think you're being a bit delusional?"
"Hmph—" Mo Sheng quickly calmed down after a brief moment of panic. "If you have the guts, then kill me. What, you don't dare?"
"Don't think I'm afraid to make a move." Jiang Ran leaned closer, applying pressure that hurt Mo Sheng a little. "I can tell you without any hesitation that if there were no restrictions, you wouldn't have a chance to talk to me right now."
Jiang Ran grabbed Mo Sheng's crossbow and threw it aside: "Let me think about how to deal with you."
boom!
Jiang Ran kicked the bookshelf next to him, and the bookshelf collapsed instantly without the support at the bottom, falling on Mo Sheng!
"Well......"
Mo Sheng groaned, a sweet taste in her throat, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth. Jiang Ran's control over the force was just right; the impact was not enough to exceed that limit, but it was enough to keep the bookshelf firmly pressing her down here!
"Stay here for now, don't worry, it won't be long."
Jiang Ran first retrieved her own soul lamp, and then searched around in the corner of the study. Finally, she found Mo Sheng's soul lamp. No one knew where the little girl had found it, but she had covered the soul lamp with a completely opaque black cloth.
[Rule 1*: The Soul Lamp is the only item that can illuminate the Black Mist. Under no circumstances should you let the Soul Lamp in your hand go out. The Soul Lamp burns with the power of the soul. Soul Merchants will roam the island, offering "bounties" to exchange for lamp oil. Soul Merchants do not accept credit. If you anger them, you will contribute to the production of lamp oil.]
The purpose of the Soul Lamp is to provide illumination, but it cannot be treated as a tool that only provides illumination. Don't forget that this rule is marked with an asterisk, which means that it is a completely correct rule!
No matter what, please don't let the soul lamp in your hand go out!
Even if you don't need the Soul Lamp for illumination, it's best not to let it go out, because that would mean you've violated the first rule!
"Goodbye, Miss."
Jiang Ran smiled, then picked up Mo Sheng's soul lamp and poured the lamp oil into his own soul lamp. Even as the lamp oil overflowed and dripped onto the ground, Jiang Ran did not stop until there was not a single drop of lamp oil left in Mo Sheng's soul lamp!
Bathed in the eerie green light, Mo Sheng felt that Jiang Ran looked exactly like a demon at this moment.
"Since you arrived at this holy church before me, perhaps you've made some other discoveries. Tell me, and I'll let you go."
"No need. I don't trust you, and I have nothing to say to you."
Mo Sheng closed his eyes and quietly awaited death.
Since she had decided to kill Jiang Ran, she had naturally considered the consequences of failure.
After entering the church, Mo Sheng used her ability a second time and successfully found a fragment of a cross, but she hid it and did not carry it with her.
The letters engraved on the bookshelf are the secret code she and Han Xiaodong agreed on. As long as Han Xiaodong deciphers the code, he will know where the fragment is hidden. The method to decipher it is known only to the two of them and can never be known by anyone else!
"Han Xiaodong, we've pinned all our hopes on you..."
[The Strange Tale of the Land Where the Sun Never Sets: The Death of Master Mosheng...]
Jiang Ran wanted to press the reset button, but according to the location sensor, Yu Cheng was already very close to the Holy Church, while Han Xiaodong was a bit further away. If nothing unexpected happened, Yu Cheng would be the next person to arrive at the Holy Church, so pressing the button wouldn't make much sense.
He could meet up with Yu Cheng in a few minutes. The gargoyles in the hall had been dealt with, so there was no need to worry. Jiang Ran then picked up his lantern and continued exploring the study.
Another cross sculpture caught Jiang Ran's attention, and this one had a stone snake coiled around it.
In some cases, the snake represents wisdom.
Jiang Ran noticed something fishy about the sculpture. He pressed it down, revealing a hidden compartment. Inside was a yellowed Bible!
If you see any books in the church, close your eyes and stay still for at least two minutes until you open your eyes and can no longer see any books.
Jiang Ran did as instructed, and two minutes later, when he opened his eyes again, the dark compartment was completely empty; nothing was there anymore.
Perhaps it wasn't never there in the first place, but was taken away by someone!
Jiang Ran had searched Mo Sheng's body before but didn't find anything useful. It's unlikely that anyone else had arrived here before them. It's highly probable that Mo Sheng hid that thing!
"It's alright. In fact, I should thank you for the talent you gave me."
Jiang Ran immediately used the [Range Observation] tool she had copied from Mo Sheng, and quickly located the position of the cross fragment she had hidden.
"You actually hid on the top floor? Don't you find it tiring?"
Before leaving, Jiang Ran added a few more letters after the ones Mo Sheng had left behind, and then used a short knife to scratch all the letters, making them difficult to distinguish.
"Well, that's about right."
"Brother Jiang Ran!"
Yu Cheng finally met up with Jiang Ran. The two shared a spot, so they didn't have to worry about the person in front of them being an illusion. They just didn't know how their last teammate, Ye Ye, was doing now.
"By the way, Yucheng, did you hear any unusual sounds in your head when you came in?"
Jiang Ran was worried that she would have to open the door herself to get the hint, so she asked the extra question.
"Yes, it seems to be about collecting four fragments of a cross. Brother Jiang Ran, you must have heard it too, right?"
“Yes, what we heard should be the same.” Jiang Ran looked up. “I’ve found out where one of the fragments is. Let’s go get it.”
"Jiang Ran, go and get the fragments you know of first." Yu Cheng opened his palm, and a firefly flew over. "I'll go find the other fragments!"
After saying that, she staggered, her body clearly unsteady.
"Damn... the items we're looking for are different, and the consumption is different too. This little fragment is really something else."
Perhaps it's because this is an SS-class world, but in any case, Yu Cheng doesn't dare to overuse his abilities, for fear of accidentally collapsing to the ground.
This would indeed increase efficiency, but the church was full of unclean things, and Jiang Ran was a little worried about Yu Cheng's safety.
Are you sure everything will be alright?
"Don't worry, Brother Jiang Ran, you're more than capable of protecting yourself!"
"Alright!" Jiang Ran pointed to the door at the end of the hall, which led to the back hall. "After we find the fragment, we'll meet in the back hall!"
"Um!"
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