Above the gray fog

Lin Shan waited in the alley for nearly an hour.

It was not until the red moon appeared that Yan Renren and Yan Xingxing appeared on time.

"Lin Xianfeng, are you here so early? Sorry we are late." Yan Renren said timidly. Lin Shan said that they would gather when the red moon appeared. She thought they had to gather at this time and stayed in the surrounding streets for a long time before coming.

Yan Xingxing stood behind her sister with an awkward smile.

"No, it's on time." Lin Shan said calmly, "Let's go to the City Lord's Mansion."

If nothing unexpected happens, the 'Nine Cities' will definitely go to the 'Cat Workers' United Party' to cause trouble today.

The 'Cat Workers' United Party' will definitely deny it, because it was not them who did it.

Walking through the dark space all the way, they soon came to the top of the City Lord's Mansion again.

"Is it the same as yesterday?" Yan Renren asked, looking at the large area of ​​ruins below.

"Yesterday, only buildings were destroyed but no one was killed. Today, only people are killed but no buildings are destroyed." Lin Shan said softly.

Then a red light flashed, and the three disappeared. When they reappeared, they were already deep in the courtyard.

"Where does the city lord live?" Looking at the dense buildings in front, some of which were burned and some intact, Lin Shan asked in a low voice.

"Zihuayuan." Yan Xingxing suddenly said, "We only know that the place where the city lord lives is called 'Zihuayuan'. We don't know the location. We know very little about the city lord's mansion."

"Yeah." Lin Shan nodded, "It's okay if you don't know, you don't have to kill him."

"Follow me, be careful, this time we are here to assassinate, not to cause trouble. After what happened yesterday, they must have made some arrangements."

Lin Shan led the two women through the large ruins in the front yard. The strange thing was that they didn't meet anyone along the way. There were only a few crystal lanterns hanging on the high pillars on both sides of the road.

Walking all the way to the backyard, the front began to become brightly lit, and all the buildings were intact. Lin Shan's previous destruction did not spread here.

On the crisscross road ahead, a group of cat people came towards them. They were all cat women. They were dressed coolly and held special glass lanterns in their hands. The light outside the lanterns flickered and looked particularly beautiful.

The two women behind him began to get nervous, "It's the lantern-holders. In the cat tribe, these people represent the light in the dark night. Each lantern-holder is a woman carefully selected by the cat tribe. In the cat tribe, this is a sacred profession. Unlike the ancient Chinese palace maids who have no status, lantern-holders will be given some face even by high officials."

Yan Renren finished speaking and added in a low voice, "Because they are believers who offer sacrifices to the gods."

Lin Shan looked at the group of cat women coming towards him. There were exactly five of them, walking towards the location where Lin Shan and his friends were.

The location where Lin Shan and his friends were was shrouded in darkness. These cat women did not notice it at first, and when they found it, it was too late to exclaim.

Five tiny flame needles were shot at the five cat girls. The extreme high temperature melted their hearts instantly. They fell to the ground without any pain. Then, the flames spread from their hearts to their bodies. In just a few seconds, only a pile of fine ashes remained.

"'Ice Flame' is more convenient than 'Blood Wings'. It has the function of destroying corpses and erasing traces." Lin Shan said to himself.

Even though these women are goddesses in the cat tribe, they are just enemies in front of Lin Shan, and he came here today to kill people.

Lin Shan's killing of these cat girls was within the expectations of the two women, but the killing method still made them shudder.

As if thinking of something, Lin Shan suddenly asked in a low voice, "Do cats believe in gods?"

He had been guessing where the power of faith of the cat tribe went. At present, there seem to be only two ways to deal with the power of faith of the race.

One is to transfer it to the tribe members. This method is more difficult. The human race does this because they are all pioneers. Their contributions are all recorded on the tribe instruments, so it is easy to operate. It should be difficult for other races to transfer their faith to the tribe members.

The other is to believe in the real gods in the gray fog. These gods generally look down on the power of faith. They only use faith as a guide, similar to a spiritual mark, to mark believers. What they really need is spirituality or life.

Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages. If you believe in your tribe, your tribe can use the power of faith. If you believe in gods, your race can borrow the power of gods through rituals. As for whether these two methods can coexist, Lin Shan does not know.

He even does not know how to believe in gods. At least so far, the human race has not come into contact with gods, or no gods have come into contact with humans.

Seeing that Lin Shan was thinking, Yan Renren did not interrupt him. When Lin Shan came back to his senses, she whispered, "The god that the cat tribe believes in is called the God of Lights. The full name cannot be said, as it will create some strange connection."

"The God of Lights? What kind of god is this? It should not be on the same level as the gods such as the Lord of the Void and the Lord of the Night..." Lin Shan thought secretly. The name of the god should be a very important part of the gods. The God of Lights... Just hearing the name, it feels that the status is definitely not as good as the two gods he heard before.

"Since they have gods they believe in, they must also have mastered the ritual of borrowing the power of the gods. Why haven't they used it?"

Shaking his head, he didn't think too much, and secretly warned himself to be more careful next time.

"Keep going." Looking at the brightly lit buildings in front of him, Lin Shan said calmly.

"Hmm?"

Looking at the dense lanterns in front of him, Lin Shan suddenly thought that the lanterns everywhere in the cat tribe's territory might be related to the God of Lights...

Try to avoid places illuminated by lights, Lin Shan brought the two girls to a hall.

Half an hour later.

The dozens of people in this hall have all turned into ashes on the ground, but... these people are all ordinary people.

Unlike before, when Lin Shan and the other two walked out of the hall, the hall was still intact.

The three walked into another hall next to it and used the same method to clean up everyone in the hall.

"It's going so smoothly, can't we massacre the entire City Lord's Mansion tonight? Tomorrow, we can use this method to massacre the 'Cat Workers' United Party'... We don't have to fight this battle."

He, a Sequence 8, went to assassinate Sequence 9 without any difficulty. Everyone turned into ashes without even having the chance to resist. If he continued to kill so smoothly, it is possible to massacre the entire City Lord's Mansion.

At this time, Yan Renren and Yan Xingxing followed behind Lin Shan, their expressions were numb, they had never thought that killing the enemy was such a simple thing, and the one killed was not an ordinary cat, who could live in the City Lord's Mansion and must be a person of status in the cat clan, but at this moment he died so quietly.