I understand it in my heart.

"Father Phil!"

The man who came was Father Phil, and his appearance was exactly the same as the previous priest who was dominated by sin.

However, the expression on the face of the person in front of me is not so cold and ruthless.

At least one eye remained clear.

The other eye was filled with viciousness and cruelty, just like the one Father Phil Lin Mo had seen before.

Apparently, the real Father Phil hasn't completely lost control.

He is still holding on.

But it's clear that it can't hold on for much longer.

Sin was constantly corroding his body, leaving only a small part with normal skin color, while most of the rest of his body turned blue.

Like a corpse.

However, as the most powerful being Lin Mo has ever seen in the three-level dream, Father Phil is indeed powerful.

At this moment, as his original form, the aura emanating from his body makes people shudder.

And the source of evil dragging behind him is even more terrifyingly huge.

It's like a train carriage, stretching backwards, no one knows how long it is.

More like a scary human centipede.

Father Phil glanced at Lin Mo and asked, "Are you the one who read my notes?"

Lin Mo nodded.

Father Phil looked at the fragments on the ground again, shook his head and sighed.

"Sophia, I had high hopes for you. I wanted you to be my successor, but you actually got ahead of me."

Wow, isn’t this what Lin Mo had inferred before?

I guessed it right.

However, Lin Mo also heard from Father Phil's words that Sophia was indeed destroyed.

She died of her own regret.

Come to think of it, the essence of regret is that the hatred towards oneself has reached a destructive level. Sophia had left her regret here before because she was afraid that it would backfire on herself.

But man proposes, God disposes, and in the end, the regret still fell on Sophia.

The damage done in that moment far exceeded the attack on Father Phil.

So even the powerful Sophia died instantly.

Father Phil also asked these questions, and Lin Mo told him what had happened.

For a moment, the priest was also sighing.

But there is nothing we can do.

At this time, the evil ghosts behind the priest began to make strange noises, cursing, screaming, crying, and laughing, as if they had arrived at the most dangerous mental hospital in an instant.

"Hey, it starts again!"

Father Phil's eyes changed, but his expression remained calm, except that there was some deep helplessness.

It seemed like he encountered this kind of thing often.

It's nothing new.

But soon Father Phil thought of something, his expression became serious, he looked back, and said helplessly: "It just happened to be at this time, this is trouble."

It was obvious that Father Phil was in some trouble.

Lin Mo doesn't like trouble and doesn't want to cause trouble.

So he didn't ask anything.

Father Phil glanced at Lin Mo and couldn't help asking, "Aren't you curious?"

"What are you curious about?"

Lin Mo asked back.

"Didn't you hear what I just said?" Father Phil asked again.

“I heard it.”

"Oh, I understand." This time Father Phil suddenly realized: "You are a smart person, not the kind of hot-blooded madman who wants to save the world at the first sign of anger. So, I have to change the way I talk to you."

The next moment, Father Phil pointed.

A terrifying and evil ghost immediately pounced on Lin Mo.

Lin Mo did not hesitate and swung his knife to chop.

The ghost was cut into two pieces.

But this thing was like a ball of black mist, which suddenly wrapped around Lin Mo.

This is a sin.

Lin Mo could feel it.

Moreover, this sin was much greater than the sins he had been plagued by before.

All of a sudden I felt uncomfortable.

"What are you doing?" Lin Mo looked at Father Phil.

Logically speaking, if the other party wanted to kill me, he could do it. After all, he was a top existence in the third level of dreams. Although I was also strong, I was only a top existence in the second level of dreams.

There is still a distance between us and others.

So Lin Mo was very curious about what Father Phil was going to do.

"Please help me with something." Father Phil did not hide anything.

He realized that when dealing with a smart person like Lin Mo, he couldn't do anything pretentious. It was best to say what he wanted to say directly without beating around the bush.

"If you have something to say, just say it. Why bother with all this?" Lin Mo pointed at the evil power on his body.

"Well, it's better to have some insurance. What should I do if you run away?"

Lin Mo realized that Father Phil was the same type of person as himself.

"What's the matter?" Lin Mo asked.

"Go ring a bell for me!"

"What?"

"Ring the bell!"

Lin Mo stared at Father Phil, then pointed outside and gestured with his hands.

"Yes, that's what you think."

"Isn't it your job to ring the bell?" Lin Mo frowned, thinking about the possible traps and conspiracies here. Yes, Father Phil is a good man, but good people may not necessarily not do bad things.

"I can't move now. I was a little excited when I saw Sophia die just now. I failed to suppress the source of evil. Now they are making a fuss. If you don't ring the bell, I will lose control. Then..."

The priest didn't say the following words, but the effect was the same as if he had said them.

Lin Mo understood why the other party wanted to cast a sinister ghost image on him.

This is because he is afraid that he will run away.

"Then will there be any danger if I ring the bell?" Lin Mo felt he had to ask clearly.

"Of course it's dangerous." Father Phil said matter-of-factly, "For ordinary people, it's a life-or-death situation. If you're lucky, you can survive."

"Then I won't go!" Lin Mo quickly shook his head. When he heard about the risk of death, he knew that this was not a good job.

"If you don't go, you will die!" Father Phil smiled.

Just staring at Lin Mo.

The two looked at each other for three seconds.

"Helping others is the basis of happiness. You have to tell me how to knock, how many times to knock, and what to use, right?" Lin Mo compromised.

If he doesn't compromise, he will be killed immediately by Father Phil.

This old guy is not a good person either.

"There's no time. Go now and I'll take you to the clock tower."

"Hey, wait a minute..."

Before Lin Mo could finish his words, he was swallowed by darkness. When the darkness dissipated, he was already inside the clock tower.

This place is quite familiar.

The internal structure of the clock tower is basically the same as that in the painting, with thick walls, narrow passages, and traces of time on every brick and stone.

Lin Mo could even guess which floor this was.

Since the structure is the same as the bell tower in the painting, Lin Mo knows that the device for ringing the bell should be the same.

This way I know how to knock.

Then let's hurry up, Father Phil seems to be quite anxious.

However, ringing the bell means a life-threatening situation, and Lin Mo currently does not quite understand where the danger lies.

He worked his way up and reached the top of the clock tower with relative ease.

This place is indeed the same as the clock tower in the painting world.

Even the Wall of Sin is the same.

Lin Mo knew how terrible the Wall of Sin was, so he didn't even go over to take a look at it this time.

So as not to cause other troubles.

Just ring the bell.

Because he looked at his pocket watch, it was indeed time to ring the bell.

Standing on the top of the tower and looking around, it was shrouded in fog and the outlines of the buildings below could be vaguely seen, stretching to the end of the haze, as if they were all mixed together in chaos and indistinguishable from each other.

Lin Mo walked to the joystick at this moment, thinking that this was a very strange thing.

Who would have thought that one day I would come here to ring the bell.

You have to know that when you first came to the third level of dreams, this bell represented absolute mystery and absolute strength, and it was the most terrifying existence here.

But now, I have to ring the bell myself.

There was actually a feeling that I had been given a great mission.

Lin Mo thought about delaying time.

But he could feel the priest was watching him. If he was lazy or played tricks, he would probably be killed soon.

Then shake it.

Lin Mo also focused his attention and began to shake the pendulum device.

One lap, two laps.

The huge bell continued to swing, and then the first chime was heard.

Because the distance was very close, Lin Mo's ears were hurt by the vibration.

But nothing happened.

No monsters, no attacks.

What happened to the life-threatening situation you promised me?

Could it be that Father Phil was trying to scare me on purpose? Impossible, because there was absolutely no need for that.

Continue shaking the device and the second bell rings.

Lin Mo could feel that at this moment, all the nightmares in the entire three-layer dream, this foggy city shrouded in smog, became restless.

You can even hear various roars and screams.

The same goes for the sin that plagued me, but what’s strange is that the emotional and physical burden caused by the sin has actually been reduced.

It seems that the bells do have the effect of suppressing sin.

That's why Father Phil insisted on doing this, so that he wouldn't lose control.

Then Lin Mo discovered that the bell-ringing device was actually automatic.

In other words, the frequency of the bell and the number of times it rings are all set, and all it needs to be done is for someone to start it.

Lin Mo was still tense.

He was still waiting for the narrow escape that the priest had mentioned.

The bell continued to ring, and Lin Mo was on high alert.

However, until the bell stopped ringing, Lin Mo was not attacked.

It's just weird.

Now Lin Mo thought that Father Phil must have remembered it wrong, or his situation was different from his. It was dangerous for him to ring the bell, but he was not.

That's the only thing I can think of.

Lin Mo didn't go anywhere and just waited here for Father Phil.

Father Phil finally arrived several hours later.

It can be seen that the other party is already struggling.

The sin dragging behind you is like a burden that you can't get rid of.

After the meeting, Lin Mo said that there was no danger at all. If he had known this would happen, it would only take a few minutes to come over and ring the bell. There was no need for coercion or inducement.

"The narrow escape from death I'm talking about is not now," said Father Phil.

Lin Mo asked him to explain it quickly.

Time was tight before, but now there is plenty of time. Father Phil seemed to want to speak, so he started talking to Lin Mo.

First, there was the matter of ringing the bell.

"This clock is no ordinary clock!"

Lin Moxin said, "Isn't this nonsense? Can an ordinary clock make the nightmare of the whole city like a shot of chicken blood?" Then Father Phil started the story from the beginning.

It is said that this clock was made in the church laboratory.

"And the big explosion at that time must be related to the church laboratory." Father Phil said.

Big Bang, Church Laboratory, these words are very unfamiliar to Lin Mo.

But after Father Phil told a very long story, Lin Mo already had an idea.

The people here were once alive.

Lived in the Great Eagle Country more than a hundred years ago.

This is the same as Lin Mo’s previous judgment.

Everything changed after that big explosion.

"That night, a loud bang broke through the sky, and the lights in the house went out in an instant, and then all of us came to this place. I knew that we might have died a long time ago, and even Dunkeng City might no longer exist."

Father Phil said.

Lin Mo interrupted him and said that Dunkeng City was still there.

Father Phil did not object.

Maybe this matter is no longer so important to him.

But things changed dramatically after that day.

This place seems to be isolated from the outside world.

The smog is worse and there are too many scary monsters.

But things didn't get completely out of control.

The people in the church laboratory maintain a certain balance and order.

"That group of people started to become mysterious and usually hid in the laboratory and didn't come out. I was too lazy to care about them. The city was still running, and everyone gradually adapted to the life here. And I became the bell ringer. It seemed that everything happened a long time ago, so long that I have forgotten the time, but if I look back, it seems to have just happened, as if it happened yesterday."

Father Phil describes a state of confusion.

The senses are disoriented and the memory is confused.

Even Father Phil didn't remember everything.

Especially after being entangled in sin, he felt like he was drunk every day, his mind was cloudy, and he didn't know how he got through most of the day.

The time spent awake is getting shorter and shorter.

"First, after you ring the bell, something will be contaminated on your body. People in the church laboratory said that it is a signpost that will attract terrible things in the future. But it should be fine in the short term. Look at me, I have been ringing for so long and nothing has happened. But I can't say what will happen in the future."

"And I can't hold on for much longer in my current state. Sophia is dead. I need a new helper to end my life in the future and prevent the evil from spreading further."

At this point, the priest glanced at Lin Mo and said, "I've made up my mind. I'll just make do with you!"

(End of this chapter)