Volume 2: The Church of Light Chapter 155 Self-rescue
With a puff, Xu Shen suddenly let go.
But at the moment he let go, a scimitar appeared in his hand and pierced Xu's abdomen.
The surface of the abdomen was covered with bumps like a toad, and even when it was cut open, the internal organs were exposed.
Xu Shen immediately reached out and grabbed it, pulling it out fiercely.
Na Xu screamed and retreated into the cell, hiding in the darkness, looking at the young man outside the cell in horror.
Then I saw the young man picked up its internal organs and started to eat them voraciously.
The man looked so hungry that it couldn't tell who was in the cell.
The changes here made the other prisoners who were not given food in the cells look over, and the weird and playful conversations were briefly silent for a moment.
For three to five seconds, the only sounds that could be heard were those of chewing and swallowing.
"He is eating us?" someone whispered in surprise.
The old man in the snow-white robe abused them, peeled off their skin and took their bone marrow, but they felt no fear, only anger and pain.
But the scene before them made them feel as if they saw a predator.
Food and diners.
They used to be diners, but now, they have become food in the mouths of young boys?
Under the gazes of the crowd, Xu Shen wolfed down the organs on the ground and ate them all. Then, the boy picked up the scimitar, which was the clean knife used to peel off his skin, but now it became a weapon in his hand.
His combat uniform and sword were all taken away along with the skin bag, and the only thing he could get in his hand was the torture instrument.
The fiery hunger was relieved, Xu Shen wiped the corner of his mouth, scraped off the remaining blood and licked it off.
He glanced at the distorted figure in the cage that had transformed into the appearance of a little girl. The latter had shrunk into the deepest part, covering her abdomen and looking at him in fear.
This beast was only C-level. Even though Xu Shen was restrained by the forbidden ring, his upper body could still briefly burst out some strength to clamp it.
If it were those B-level ruins, Xu Shen would not have taken such a risk.
"You guys need to eat, and so do I... But he didn't give me any food, so it's not my fault." Xu Shen muttered to himself, his eyes were lonely, his hands clasped together, and he prayed softly like the old man in the snow-white robe:
"Pain comes from the body. If you have a pure heart, you will not be afraid of pain..."
After the recitation, Xu Shen dragged his bloody body slowly back to the torture room and sat on the bloodstained chair again.
In the dark cell, as the sounds of swallowing and chewing stopped, silence gradually returned.
The next day.
In his drowsiness, Xu Shen heard the sound of prayer coming from above his head again, from far away to near, from vague to clear. Gradually, he opened his eyes and knew that a new day had come.
The next day...Xu Shen took note of it silently.
The reciting of the Bible floated into his ears. In the pain and suffering, Xu Shen could only empty his mind to relieve the pain in his body, and gradually he became absorbed in listening to the scriptures.
Xu Shen came back to his senses after the scripture disappeared. He then looked at the end of the dark cage, waiting for the old man to arrive.
After a long time, about an hour, the sound of light footsteps was heard.
An old man in a snow-white robe walked down the steps alone, carrying a lunch box .
He walked through the dark cages and looked around. He saw that nothing was wrong. In addition, there were fresh bloodstains in front of the cages that he designated to be fed, indicating that Xu Shen was indeed doing what he instructed.
He nodded slightly and smiled with satisfaction.
When he arrived at the torture chamber, he saw the young man on the bloody chair.
The latter, like a strange bloody humanoid figure, sits on this rugged chair, looking surprisingly harmonious.
He smiled slightly and said, "You forgot about it yesterday. You must be hungry. This is your meal today. Eat slowly."
Xu Shen looked at him quietly and saw the lunch box placed on the table next to him. As the lunch box was opened, Xu Shen slowly stood up. The bloodstains on his buttocks and thighs were slightly torn again, and blood was seeping out.
But after the repeated tearing yesterday, there seemed to be a layer of scab under his flesh and blood, and his flesh and blood seemed to have become tougher.
Opening the lunch box, Xu Shen saw a few simple side dishes, rice, and a large piece of braised pork.
Xu Shen couldn't tell what kind of meat it was, and he didn't care at the moment, so he just grabbed it and started eating.
Although he had eaten yesterday, it was only one meal out of three meals a day and he was not full. In addition, his body had lost a lot of blood, so how could he not feel hungry?
Seeing Xu Shen wolfing down his food, the old man smiled and said considerately, "I'll bring you some water next time so you don't choke."
Xu Shen didn't say anything and continued to swallow.
Halfway through the meal, Xu Shen looked at the old man standing quietly beside him and asked, "Do you want to feed him again today?"
"No, the 'ingredients' haven't been collected yet. Let's wait two days." The old man smiled.
Xu Shen was silent for a moment, nodded slightly, and then continued eating.
"Did you listen to the Bible lecture this morning? " The old man spoke to Xu Shen in a friendly manner, like a gentle scholar.
"I heard it." Xu Shen nodded, "It makes sense."
The old man's eyes lit up and he smiled: "It seems that you are very insightful, worthy of being the Ghost Moon Warrior of the Jiang family. It's a pity that the Jiang family has fallen, otherwise you would not have the opportunity to receive the grace of our Lord."
Xu Shen was silent.
The old man chatted a few more words about the scriptures in the morning. Seeing that Xu Shen had indeed answered the questions, he knew that Xu Shen had not lied and had really listened to the teachings. He immediately turned around and left with satisfaction.
After the old man left, Xu Shen finished eating and returned to his chair.
His face was hidden in the darkness. The copper lamp on the wall was dim. In the dark cage under the church, the only sounds were the whispers of the people and the occasional strange noise.
Time passes while waiting.
Xu Shen was unable to tell the time and could only judge by the prayers heard above his head every day that it was a new day.
Day after day.
Day 5…
Xu Shen listened to the prayer silently. He fed the Xu again yesterday, but the other Xu were already alert and would not approach him easily.
There were still some places that still tempted Xu Shen, but they were Class B places, so Xu Shen did not take the risk.
The old man only comes once a day to deliver a meal.
For several days in a row, Xu Shen was often hungry, and became hungrier and hungrier.
In hunger and cold, Xu Shen discovered that listening to scriptures became the most relaxing time of the day for him and even became something he looked forward to every day.
Because after the prayer, the old man would bring him food.
Today's prayer ended again, and Xu Shen looked towards the end of the cage.
Not long after, the old man appeared again with a lunch box.
Seeing that the blood and flesh on Xu Shen's body had stopped bleeding and the epidermis had gradually healed and scabbed, forming a bloody flesh membrane, the old man smiled slightly and said, "After a while, you will be able to grow a new epidermis. Although you are not a reconstruction-type ability user, the regeneration rate brought by the power of the ruins is far beyond the reach of ordinary people."
Xu Shen heard the tone of his words and it seemed that he was sincerely happy for himself.
He also smiled, but only he knew the meaning of the smile.
"Is someone looking for me?" This time, Xu Shen was not in a hurry to eat, but stared at the old man.
The smile on the old man's face suddenly faded, and he said, "Are you still thinking about leaving? I didn't tell you before that... the power behind the Light Chasing Society in the inner city is our Moonlight Religion."
Xu Shen was stunned, and the glimmer in his eyes froze at this moment.
"The Light Chasing Society... is pursuing our Moonlight Religion." The old man said , "Otherwise, how could we have found your information so easily? If there really were other big shots in the inner city backing you up, they would have come to pick you up long ago."
"Oh, yes."
He suddenly thought of something and smiled at Xu Shen: "You are from the bottom city and don't understand the structure of the inner city. Many cats and dogs in the inner city are big shots in your eyes, but... in the inner city, we in the Moonlight Religion are the real big shots."
There was a deep light flashing in Xu Shen's eyes. He thought of the way Mu Wang shook his head at him before he left, and the messages that the other party secretly sent to him. Could it be that these were just to stabilize him and prevent him from rebelling and causing trouble, thus implicating Mu Wang?
His heart was sinking, as if sinking to the deep, freezing cold seabed.
"If you had shown your mask to prove your identity earlier, I might not have brought you here, but unfortunately, it's too late now."
The old man shook his head slightly, and then said: "I hope I won't hear you mention this kind of thing again. This is a blasphemy against our Lord, the Moon God. You have listened to the teachings of our Lord for five days, but you still want to betray our Lord. This is really foolish..."
Having said that, he shook his head and turned away.
As the old man's back completely disappeared, Xu Shen stood in the darkness. The dim light of the surrounding copper lamps seemed to dim at this moment, and boundless darkness surged.
It is like standing in the middle of a dark lake with a bottomless abyss at your feet.
Only the beasts around were talking in whispers.
for a long time.
for a long time.
Xu Shen's eyes returned to dullness and he picked up the lunch box and started eating.
The food was already cold, but he still ate quickly.
After finishing eating, he returned to his chair.
Xu Shen slowly closed his eyes, calling out to the mysterious spiritual world in his mind.
Soon, his soul seemed to fly out of his body, passed under the darkness of the church, passed through the clouds, and came to the brilliant and magnificent spiritual world.
27 brilliant balls of light are suspended like stars.
Xu Shen glanced around and saw that the detective was online, and Wolf No. 7 was also online.
"Number 10."
When the detective saw Xu Shen, he immediately smiled and greeted him: "Why haven't you come for so long? I have heard some news about the Jiang family that you asked me to pay attention to last time."
Jiang Family... Sister Li... Xu Shen was silent for a moment, then said, "Let's talk about this next time. I need to find Number One for something."
"Looking for number 1?"
The detective was a little surprised. Could it be that Xu Shen already knew what he was about to say? Was he going to ask No. 1 to deal with it directly?
"Then you just need to stare at his secret call. He will sense it if he is free." said the detective woman.
Xu Shen nodded slightly and stared at the dark red spiritual secret of No. 1.
He called softly, feeling that his thoughts seemed to be slowly touching the other person's spiritual secrets.
Not long after, a bright light appeared from the dark red secret.
No. 1 is online.
Xu Shen stared at his spiritual secret in the same way as No. 1 last time. The spiritual secret light balls of the two of them suddenly changed slightly, moving out of the circle surrounded by 27 spiritual secrets and gathering together to form a secret isolation circle in which they could have private conversations.
"No. 10, do you have something to talk to me about?" No. 1's voice was still majestic and steady, and he was a little surprised that No. 10 would look for him.
"I need your help." Xu Shen said in a low voice.
No. 1 raised his eyebrows slightly. Could it be about the Jiang family?
He had heard about the relationship between No. 10 and the Jiang family from the detective's wife. Could it be that the other party was ready to take action now?
But based on his judgment of the Jiang family, now is not the best time for them to intervene.
However, if No. 10 forced him to take a shot, he could only take one shot.
Just with this move, he and No. 10 no longer owe each other anything.
"Can you help me rescue someone from the Moonlight Religion?" Xu Shen said in a low voice.
"Moonlight Religion?" No. 1 was surprised. How did it get to this religion? He asked, "Who are we trying to save? How are we going to save them?"
Xu Shen was silent for a moment, then said, "He is one of my trained subordinates. If possible, I hope you can get him out of the Moonlight Religion in an upright manner. He is now imprisoned as a criminal."
No. 1 raised his eyebrows. Just a subordinate? Could he be an extremely important confidant?
However, this is a rare opportunity, and perhaps we can find out some identity information about No. 10 from the identity of the person we rescued.
If you knew his identity... No. 1 narrowed his eyes slightly.
He said, "No problem, but I have some problems with the Moonlight Religion. You have seen my mission. It would be a pleasure if I could chop off the head of the Moonlight Religion's Pope! Now that the Moonlight Religion has imprisoned your men, they are also our enemies. If we just rob them, it would be easy, but if I want them to come out openly, I need to use a lot of connections..."
"Can you do it?" Xu Shen stared at him, "If you can solve it, the reward for the last mission will be written off."
Number 1 was waiting for this sentence and said with a smile: "Yes!"
The king's favor is not easy to repay. If No. 10 asks him to intervene in the Jiang family's affairs, that would be the most troublesome thing.
As for rescuing a subordinate, it only requires the use of interpersonal relationships.
And there is no need to call on too high a level of connections.
He also expected that No. 10 might not come after him just for simple robbery. After all, the other party could do it if it was a simple robbery.
Walking out with integrity means clearing the name on him and having a gold medal to protect him.
Since No. 10 is unable to do these things and turns to him for help, does this also mean that No. 10 is indeed just the king of the bottom city?
Although previous detectives, including him, had deduced that the other party was the King of Dicheng based on the clues and information from No. 10, no one knew whether this was a false impression revealed by the other party.
Just as he pretended...
But the fact that such an important favor can be used now is enough to prove that it is difficult for the other party to reach the inner city.
Could it really be the queen ant...? No. 1 narrowed his eyes slightly.
The queen ant is female, and No. 10 has a male voice, but voices can be faked.
"how long?"
Xu Shen asked.
Number 1 came back to his senses and thought, "I need to find out the situation first. Which church is he being held in? What does he look like? What is his name?"
"I don't know which church it is." Xu Shen said, "His original identity was the leader of the Termite City Chasing Light Society. His name is Xu Shen. He was arrested six days ago. Can you follow this to find out?"
It's Termite City again... No. 1's eyes flickered, and he became more certain about No. 10's identity. He couldn't help but feel curious. What kind of person would make No. 10 ask him for help even at the risk of exposing his own identity?
"With these clues, that's enough. I'll send someone to investigate right away." said No. 1.
"I hope you can do it as soon as possible." Xu Shen said in a low voice: "You should be clear about the methods of the Moonlight Religion. If you use human beings to feed the ruins, I am worried that something will happen if it is too late."
No. 1's eyes were slightly stern. These things had been more or less heard among the top forces in the inner city, but the kings of the lower cities might not be clear about them.
After all, it is also a secret of the Moonlight Religion.
Usually, there are at least bishops in such "markets". The bishop of the Moonlight Religion is the king. With the king's protection, it is difficult for ordinary kings to infiltrate and investigate.
This number 10...
No. 1's eyes flickered slightly. No matter what, he should investigate the person who was to be rescued first. Maybe he could find some clues from him.
The two didn't talk much more. After a simple goodbye, No. 1's dark red light ball dimmed and he went offline to do his work.
