Pastoral meeting.

This is the name of a group.

In the new world after the nightmare, people go out less often, and travel far less often, so online communication has become the most important social channel.

Various groups, chat tools and platforms have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

People gather online based on hobbies, regions and topics and become close friends online.

The Pastoral Club group sounds ordinary, but in fact, it is extremely difficult to join the group.

This is a very small circle.

To join the club, one must pass several tests.

The first two tests are simple and can be completed easily, but the difficulty will increase as you go along.

But every time you complete a challenge, you will get a reward.

Those who are not in this small circle have no idea what the rewards are, but as long as they join the Pastoral Club, no one wants to leave.

The final test to become a full member of the Pastoral Society is to sacrifice a close relative.

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Zhang Yun is very nervous now.

She knew something was wrong.

Although the people from the Security Bureau didn't say anything, Zhang Yun knew it.

She was being targeted.

This is a woman's intuition.

Zeng Xue is dead.

She already knew this.

The fire was so big at the time that many people saw it. She was next door, how could she not see it? Zeng Xue was the only member of the Pastoral Club she knew. Although no one had told her the details, she knew something must have gone wrong.

Zeng Xue was burned to death.

It wasn't done by the Security Bureau.

But Zhang Yun knew that it was impossible for Zeng Xue to burn herself to death.

Although Zeng Xue made a special "self-immolation bag", this was a task issued by the leader of the Pastoral Association group. Making it and using it are two different things.

Zhang Yun also followed the method given by the group leader, but she didn't bring it this time.

She thought it was a bit dangerous.

Because there are button batteries and some circuit boards mixed in the gasoline bag, if a short circuit occurs accidentally, it will ignite on the spot.

So she didn't bring it.

Looking back now, this is correct.

Zeng Xue brought it, because Zeng Xue had an almost crazy worship for the group leader. If the group leader ordered her to do something, she would do it most of the time.

Zhang Yun’s nervousness and fear actually did not just come from the fact that she was being targeted by the Security Bureau.

Also because of Zeng Xue’s death.

This way of dying is too extreme.

It was very similar to the sacrificial method she was familiar with.

No, it's exactly the same.

And if it was a sacrificial death, then it is obvious who killed Zeng Xue.

This is what Zhang Yun felt scared about.

She is quite courageous. Most men would not dare to do the things she has done.

But she knew the way of death in sacrifice was very horrible, so she was afraid.

Fear of being silenced.

It must be the group leader who killed Zeng Xue.

Why choose Zeng Xue?

Perhaps it was because Zeng Xue was carrying a self-immolation bag, or perhaps there were other considerations. As for the purpose of this incident, Zhang Yun boldly guessed that the group leader wanted to expose Zeng Xue and cover up others.

This other person is definitely not yourself.

Zhang Yun didn’t know who the group owner was. In fact, in the Tianyuanhui group, she only knew Zeng Xue in the real world.

Because they are classmates.

She didn't know the other members of the Pastoral Society, and she wouldn't be able to recognize them even if she met them in the real world.

But she knew that the so-called mysterious deaths and disappearances in Ice City were actually "sacrifices".

In other words, among this group of so-called "family members", there must be members of the Pastoral Society.

I just don’t know how many there are.

Perhaps, the group owner is also in it.

As soon as this thought came to her mind, Zhang Yun felt that this must be the case, otherwise there was no way to explain why Zeng Xue died inexplicably.

Because the leader of the group has to sacrifice one member to protect himself.

As the saying goes, a hero cuts off his own wrist, and Zeng Xue was the wrist that was cut off.

Zhang Yun didn’t dare to think about anything more.

If Zeng Xue could be killed, then so could she.

Even if she didn't have the self-immolation bag in her hand, it would be easy for the mysterious and powerful group leader to kill her, because she had used the power of the group leader to get rid of several people.

On one side is the Security Bureau, and on the other side is the leader of the Pastoral Club.

Quite dangerous.

Just at this moment, the door opened.

Two people walked in from outside.

She looked up and then lowered her head.

To be honest, Zhang Yun really wanted to confess, but she was more afraid of being sacrificed by the group leader.

That would be a terrible death.

Wasn't it the same way how she sacrificed her own boyfriend? So she knew very well how terrifying this mysterious and strange power was.

And from another perspective, Zeng Xue's self-immolation was actually a deterrent and threat to her and other members of the Pastoral Society who were imprisoned here.

The truth is actually very simple.

The group leader wanted to tell her and other members in this tragic and horrific way.

If you can sacrifice Zeng Xue, you can sacrifice them.

Keep your mouth shut, say what you should say and don’t say what you shouldn’t say.

Because if you don’t tell, the security bureau won’t kill you, but if you tell, the group leader will definitely kill you.

It's just that simple.

So Zhang Yun wouldn't say anything. She had made up her mind not to say a single word.

It wasn't because she was so loyal to the leader of the Pastoral Society, but because she didn't want to end her life in that way.

Zhang Yun didn't know that Lin Mo didn't actually expect her to confess anything.

Even if he confessed, Lin Mo actually didn't believe it.

He believed more in the information obtained by Xiao Liu and his elder brother.

So when they came in, they got straight to the point without any nonsense.

Without Lin Mo's greeting, Xiao Liu walked over, first holding Lin Mo's hand, and then pressed his other hand on Zhang Yun's head like lightning.

Before Zhang Yun could react to what was happening, she was pulled into the spiritual world.

This time, Xiao 6 wanted to explore her memory in detail.

In previous investigations, we checked our memories at eight or sixteen times the speed, just like watching a movie at super fast speed.

Even if there were any details, they were not visible.

This time we need to use normal speed, and Lin Mo also plans to bring his brother over to take a look.

Only Xiao Liu can do this kind of thing.

What Lin Mo and the others saw next was Zhang Yun’s past memories.

Xiao 6 flipped through the insignificant parts like turning the pages of a book and only read the most important parts.

That is, it started when Zhang Yun went to college and got a boyfriend.

It was normal at first.

Youthful campus, innocent years.

There have been hands held on the path and confessions made under the moon.

But later, Zhang Yun's mentality changed.

Some more extreme ideas influenced her cognition and occupied her main thoughts.

She began to feel that her boyfriend was not good in this way or that way.

If the other party could not provide her with some expenses, Zhang Yun would have kicked him out long ago.

Later she met Zeng Xue. The two had similar personalities and became good friends who could talk about anything.

Just a while ago, Zeng Xue told her something mysteriously.

Pastoral meeting.

At first Zhang Yun was not interested, but when she saw the benefits Zeng Xue gained from the Pastoral Club, she was moved.

The benefit is that you can get a nightmare.

In an era when nightmares are coming full circle, the way to make a person feel absolutely safe is to make him believe that he has the ability to protect himself.

Obtaining a nightmare that represents fear and power is undoubtedly the safest way to make people feel safe.

She started applying to join and completed the first few rounds of tests.

She got a nightmare.

The nightmare took the initiative to find her and was willing to obey her orders.

There is no doubt that this gave Zhang Yun great satisfaction.

But if she wants to keep having this nightmare forever, she must complete one final test, which is to sacrifice a man who is close to her.

right.

This damn sacrifice has strict gender requirements.

The object of sacrifice must be a man.

To be honest, Lin Mo was also shocked when he saw this. He knew that all the victims were male, but he didn't expect it to be because of this reason.

"Could it be that all the members of this Pastoral Society are women?"

Lin Mo made a blind guess.

As it turned out, Lin Mo guessed right.

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