Chapter 490 Another “former company employee”?
"The 'Eternal Night' ritual involves praying to a stone tablet symbolizing darkness within the train, then pouring a large amount of blood from hunted aberrations as a sacrifice..."
"When the atmosphere is about the same, let one-third of the selected people enter."
"In it, the 'night' is called upon to fall. The ceremony usually lasts three to seven days. The specific duration depends on the number of 'Beyond Ones' who appear and die..."
"Gaining power just like that..."
Colin licked his lips, feeling that the ceremony was also simple and crude.
Interestingly, before entering, these one-third of the candidates will have some gold implanted in their bodies to carry the power of darkness in the mysterious realm. This way, even if the Beyonder dies in the future, they can still inherit the power by recycling the gold in their bodies. The only difference is that it will not be as good as the original, and there is no possibility of improvement.
To Colin, this is a bit like installing a battery in the body.
“To be honest, it’s quite magical and incomprehensible that gold can shine so brightly in the field of mysterious materials and be used in these places…”
Colin continued to examine the contents of the "Eternal Night" ceremony, and from time to time he spoke, asking Akashi and other people present for some details.
According to tradition, the "Night Party" is basically determined to start the "Eternal Night" ceremony tomorrow.
Because starting tomorrow, there will be a period of time when the sky will be cloudless...
That’s the best time for the ceremony.
Of course, these people are not unable to choose to push it back, but this push may be a bit too much.
Because no one knows when the next "cloudless day" will come.
Queen Akahi, who was sitting next to Colin, said, "If we're lucky, we might see it within a month. If we're unlucky, it might take a year or two. The longer it takes, the more pressure we'll have to deal with food..."
“After all, we have just survived a period of natural disasters, and our inventory is limited.
"If we continue to hold on, people's complaints will be very high, and the public's mentality will be impetuous, which will be even more detrimental to the ceremony."
"I see..."
Colin nodded. He had never expected that the "believers" here could actually complain...
If it were some other heretical churches, with orders issued by the higher-ups and the name of "Lord", the crazy believers would probably endure until the day they starved to death.
here……
I am quite free in thought.
"Then we'll start the day after tomorrow morning."
After briefly setting the time , Colin looked at Queen Akashi again. At this moment, her body had been basically restored.
After taking off his black robe, he looked very outstanding, with long, smooth black hair, dark eyes, and three-dimensional and soft facial features.
"By the way, can you think of what to do when the time comes?" Colin asked.
At present, it seems that after he joins, there are good chances of destroying the ceremony and liberating the train. However, he has no idea how to make millions of people obey at once, which makes him a little worried.
Hearing this, Akahi tilted his head, thought for a few seconds, and finally shook his head: "I'm sorry, I just have a feeling that I know what to do when the time comes, but I can't tell you exactly how to do it."
"All right……"
Colin pursed his lips and could only hope that nothing would go wrong.
Otherwise, even if the ceremony was destroyed and the train was freed, he probably wouldn't be able to get away easily. After all, with all the rules and regulations of the "Bonfire Company", even if he really had no conscience and chose to ignore them, he couldn't just drive away.
Once caught up in this mess, Ke Lin was exhausted just thinking about it...
But no matter what, the mission still needs to be done.
After praying again that the lady chosen by "Ms. Rabbit" would be reliable, the next round of discussion began.
Hand over some mission details, such as who will destroy the "Eternal Night" ceremony, who will destroy the train shackles, etc.
Colin was inclined to stop the ritual himself, and then everyone else, including the two D-class who followed him, would go and destroy the "thorn binding device" on the train.
After all, the ceremony will definitely have the largest number of participants.
Plus, the power of "Night" descends...
If I leave it to these misfits, I'm afraid I won't even have to think about leaving this world in this lifetime.
After everything was discussed, the sky gradually darkened and the communication stopped.
"The sense of crisis has increased a bit, but there haven't been any abnormal phenomena beyond our comprehension. It's okay."
Colin glanced outside the carriage. At night, some worlds, such as "World No. 13", would be shrouded in an inexplicable sense of darkness and oppression.
He had tried to find out, but there was no definite answer.
Shana couldn't explain it, but the "King of Mad Sound" told him that it must be some special containment mechanism at work.
But the specific situation, probably only B-level clearance can know...
Then, in order to persuade him, the "King of Mad Sound" said something very reasonable - since a mechanism is currently functioning normally and there are no major flaws, there is no need to explore it excessively.
Otherwise, if something goes wrong just by taking a look, that would be bad.
But fortunately, there is no such headache-inducing stuff here.
At this time, Akahi called out, "Would you like to eat something first?"
"You guys eat."
Colin declined the invitation to use food from other worlds, but he was quite curious about what kind of food could be grown in such a mysterious place. Because when he came here, he felt that the crops grown by the people in this world seemed a bit strange...
So I followed him to the nearby fields to take a look.
Just as I arrived, I heard a series of noises coming from the farmland...
"No, it's not a sound. It's some strange spiritual fluctuation transformed into a sound? What's going on?"
Colin looked at the crops and could vaguely hear some shouts.
"I want to drink water, I want to drink water, I want to drink water ..."
"Add some soil to my roots..."
"Hurry, hurry, my fruits are ripe! If I don't pick them now, they will be too late to eat them!"
"I want nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. I want nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium!"
"The seeds next door are stealing my water. I'm dying of thirst..."
“…”
Strange spiritual fluctuations, like the sounds of bullfrogs, came from all over the fields. Some figures wandered among them, planting according to the "sounds" emitted by these plants.
"Hiss, what kind of monster farmland is this..."
Colin opened his mouth and listened to the sounds of the farmland, his eyes a little dazed.
"Oh my god... I feel a little depressed. Are these things really edible?" The orange cat couldn't help but take a breath. It felt that what was planted in this field was not food, but a bunch of monsters.
“Isn’t this just a normal plant?”
Akashi said something in confusion, and at the same time stretched out his white hand, picked a newly ripe fruit, which looked like some kind of nightshade fruit, and put it into the basket he was carrying.
"I'm afraid you're the only ones who think this is normal?"
Colin didn't reply, but silently made the flames on his body brighter, and then took a look at the plants.
Generally speaking, they are all familiar plants...
There are some crops like rice or wheat, and some fruit trees like apples.
And one thing is... they are extremely productive.
For example, Colin saw a plant about three meters tall, about the same size as a banana tree, but it looked like a rice plant. There were dozens of ears of rice hanging on it, and each ear was very large. It seemed that this plant alone could yield at least 100 kilograms of rice.
And just when Colin arrived, the fire on his body seemed to attract these crops.
"Look at me, look at me... I'll give you black grapes to eat..."
"Shine on me! Oh! Shine on me, I can..."
"Come to me soon, I'll give you a sweet, big, chicken-flavored mango..."
“Ah, it’s so hot…”
"Mmmmm, so comfortable, hissing hissing, so hot, heat it up a little more, ah, I'm done!"
Various mental fluctuations that make people lose their sanity are coming.
"hiss……"
Colin suddenly felt a little scared and wanted to burn all the crops. He paused in his steps as he followed Akashi.
"It seems they all like you very much!" Queen Akashi turned around and said with a smile.
I'd rather they didn't like it, these things are so abstract...
Colin grumbled in his heart, but said calmly on the surface:
"Where do you get these plants from?"
"You can redeem them with points from the 'company'. You can also save the seeds yourself, but if you save the seeds and plant them yourself for a few generations, they will stop working properly. Their voices will get smaller and smaller, and eventually they won't be able to speak at all. Then we won't know what to water them with, and it will affect the harvest..."
It’s normal not to be able to speak!
Colin and the other two employees said this in their hearts almost at the same time.
"The things sold in the 'branch' mall are a little different. Shana's has some black bread and water, while here we have crop seeds."
Colin thought about it in his heart.
Most of the contents of the branch's mall here are related to strange and talking seeds, and each one has a huge yield, a very short planting time, and can be planted repeatedly for several rounds.
Even in this kind of world environment, the first batch of fruits can be obtained in just over a month at the fastest and no more than six months at the slowest.
After listening to Akahi's explanation, Colin began to feel a little moved and wanted to exchange some "seeds" to go back and study them.
But unfortunately, I am also worried that these seeds may carry some "virus"...
After all, talking crops are quite weird.
But at this moment, a line of information popped up in my mind...
[Event 1: Collect three of each plant seed encountered during this mission.]
[Requirement: Trade with Ms. Akashi and hand over 9,000 points.]
[Note: After returning, you will receive a batch of seeds and the corresponding points will be returned.]
…
"Okay, okay, it looks like 'Ms. Rabbit' wants these seeds too. But with 9,000 points for these crops, I'm not sure if I'll make a profit or a loss."
"Well, it's not my money anyway, the points will be returned, I'm just helping with the shopping..."
"As long as I can make some money, that's enough."
Colin grunted and then made a deal with Ikashi.
The other party was stunned for a moment, but still accepted the transaction, and then couldn't help but say that in fact, if you buy more than a thousand kinds of seeds three times, you will only need about 3,000 points at most... This is several times more.
"It doesn't matter. It's not a big deal."
Colin waved his hand, indicating that as long as the problem could be solved with points, it was not a big deal.
After a simple transaction, the picking continued. However, as they began dinner, Colin gave the two D-level personnel some life-saving measures and warned them not to wander around freely. Then he left the territory alone...
Because some new tasks emerged.
[Event 2: Go to an area in the "World of Lost Data" where a broadcast from an unknown former company employee is being sent out.]
【Note: Complete before daybreak.】
…
"A former company employee? Rosen? That shouldn't be the case. His information is clear, indicating that this response is indeed an unknown employee."
Colin's thoughts flashed through his mind, and he became curious about who this "former employee" would be this time, and whether he was dead or alive.
Then, after collecting his thoughts, Colin began to concentrate on his journey.
Although most places in this distorted world are not very dangerous, you still cannot be careless. Otherwise, if you really fail here, you will become another "former employee of the company" and then send out a distress signal, waiting for others to come. That would be a lot of fun.
In the desolate darkness, Colin kept moving forward, controlling the light of fire.
Along the way, many abnormal and deformed creatures attacked.
However, most of them didn't pose any major threat to him, he just felt a little troubled...
“There are so many of these things.”
Colin transformed his revolver into a sword and swung out a stream of sword energy, instantly killing a deformed creature that had been emitting lightning and chasing him all the way. He then couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.
Maybe when we get to the place where the former employee sent the signal, we can figure out some of the reasons.
It takes about four to five hours.
Colin came to a deep area that the employees of the "branch" had never reached. There were mountains everywhere, and in the middle of one of the mountains, he saw a magnificent stone gate.
“Did you hollow out a mountain?”
Out of curiosity, Colin landed here.
Two deformed forms of flesh and stone came forward, holding spear-like weapons.
"Leave! This... is... the gate to the Holy Land! Mortals... are not allowed..."
"You can actually talk? Can we communicate? Hello..."
Colin tutted, looked at them for a while, tried to have a conversation but to no avail, then shook his head in disappointment. Then, without any hesitation, he stretched out his hand, clenched his fist, and punched them twice, knocking one of them to pieces with each punch.
Make some preparations and activate all the equipment.
He walked to the door, raised his foot and kicked it hard.
With a rumbling sound, the door was pushed open a little bit. Colin increased the strength of his foot, leaned forward, pushed hard, and pushed the door further open.
That's the moment the door was opened...
Before I could see what was inside, countless deformed people wearing unique style of clothing came out in waves.
Colin stretched out his hand and the flames in his hand turned into a ball, which he threw like a bowling ball.
After the flames left his hand, they rolled forward and expanded...
All the deformed bodies crushed by the flames melted into a ball of blood mist and evaporated.
"Hmm? Not burnt or charred? There seems to be something inside."
Colin raised his eyebrows, then put his hands in his pockets, stepped forward, and walked in step by step.
The inside looked like a religious or palace-like place, and it was not dark at all, because there were a large number of strange gems emitting orange-red light that illuminated the interior.
Despite being dilapidated and desolate, the building is still quite well preserved...
Following the increasingly vague instructions as the mission got closer, Colin went deeper into the ruins while eliminating the surrounding deformities.
"It feels like there's no trace of life left. So, it's been sent too?"
Colin was not surprised at all.
But in comparison, this place of death is much better than Brother Rosen's little shabby church.
I just don't know what death looks like...
After strolling for about ten minutes, Colin walked into a hall.
He discovered that the blood mist formed by the aberrations after their death seemed to drift in a certain direction...
Following this direction, he came to an extremely spacious hall.
In the center, there is a pyramid-like platform.
He raised his head slightly, looked over the upward stairs, and saw the things on the platform.
Colin raised his eyebrows and blurted out a word:
“6.”
