Crown of Silence

Two muffled footsteps came down the stairs, and the slovenly man held a candle in his hand to illuminate the dim space.

"...50,000 will be allocated."

"Is there so much oil and water this time?"

"It is said that the buyer is a very well-connected person. He named the little girl... That little girl is so beautiful that Boss Zizi drooled when he saw it. It's a pity that he can't touch it. Someone will come and take her away at dawn tomorrow..."

"This time, the ghost mother took people to go there in person. It is said that they suffered a big loss. Even one of those monsters died."

"Shh! Don't say such things behind your back, be careful not to be overheard."

"What are you afraid of? Apart from those monsters, there is only feed here. Can anyone eavesdrop?"

"Have you forgotten what happened to the person who was talking nonsense behind his back? Don't tell me you want to fill that vacancy."

The other man shivered and stopped talking.

Ye Qingxuan listened silently, and for some reason suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: Very good, she is still here, she has not been sent away yet... She is still alive.

so good……

He closed his eyes and listened quietly to the footsteps approaching slowly.

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"It's really unlucky. Let's feed those monsters." The dwarf holding the lantern cursed a few curse words.

"Who's to blame? Didn't you, an idiot, get the lottery? I've been tricked by you." His companion kicked him: "The person who came to feed those monsters last time couldn't eat for several days. It was so disgusting! "

"Hey, don't be angry."

The dwarf laughed and took out a palm-sized tinfoil bag from his arms. He held it heavily in his hand, making his companion's eyes light up: "Mandala? When did you get this?"

"Those new people from Tianzhu paid filial piety and paid tribute to good things. They are called 'Krishna'. It is said that they have added seasonings to make them extra strong." The dwarf chuckled: "Those guys gave away so much at once...such a gift The small bag is enough for us to smoke for a year. "

As if he was addicted, the companion with the scar on his face swallowed and said: "Give me some."

"Nonsense, otherwise why would I take it out?"

The dwarf carefully opened the tin foil bag and looked at the snow-white powder inside. His hands were shaking a little: "Let's have a good time first to build up our courage. When the monsters come out to eat the feed, we will pretend we didn't see it."

"How about feeding that little bastard first?"

Scar glanced at the boy who was hanging in the air behind the fence, and said with regret: "It's a pity, he's so pretty, he could be worth a lot of money if he was sold as a rabbit."

"I'm almost dead. Is this useful? Wait..."

The dwarf glanced at the deep well behind the fence. When he saw the young man above the well, his eyes lit up: "This kid hasn't been searched yet."

Suspended by the iron chain, the boy's body was silent and motionless as if dead. On his chest, a large hole in the wallet exposed the green paper.

That's the color of the money order!

This is the balance payment given by the seller after the delivery is completed. It is a large-denomination money order issued by the cult. It is a thick stack, at least 40,000 to 50,000 pounds!

"Where did this kid steal so much money?"

The dwarf swallowed and couldn't move his eyes away.

"So much money,

Are they all money orders? Scar was also stunned: "Am I crazy?" "

"What are you waiting for?" The short man kicked Scar: "Those things will come out in a while, not to mention the money, even the clothes will be eaten up. Take out the money first, and we will tell you how to divide it later."

Scar was stunned for a moment, then quickly took off a bunch of keys from the wall and opened the thick iron fence. He grabbed the iron hook next to him, stepped carefully on the edge of the well, and hooked towards the iron chain hanging on the young man.

"Wait a minute!" The dwarf suddenly grabbed the hook and said, "You are so careless, what if it falls off! I'll do it!"

Scar glared at the dwarf angrily. This guy just didn't trust himself to get the money. But the hook had already been snatched away. He cursed something in a low voice, took two steps back angrily, and let him tinker with it.

"Be careful." He snorted coldly: "Don't fall into the well and become fodder."

The short man chuckled, hooked the iron hook on the chain, pulled the hanging boy over, and reached out to touch his chest; "You are so prosperous, so much money..."

Before he finished speaking, a hand was placed on his wrist. He was stunned for a moment, looked to the side, and found that Scar was still outside the fence, and then froze.

Whose hand does that belong to?

At that moment, he saw the boy who was supposed to be dead raise his head, his astonished face reflected in his dark eyes. The darkness was like a whirlpool.

The vortex is full of decisive darkness.

Then, a sudden force pulled him into the fence, leaving him no time to react. The young man grabbed the iron hook with his hand and relied on the strength of pulling to drag the iron chain and jump out of the fence.

Amidst the screams, Scar suddenly turned around, only to see the young man flying towards him and the ever-expanding iron hook.

Bang!

The screaming iron hook hit Scar's head, causing his vision to go dark and he fell to his knees. In the sudden severe pain, he felt the iron chain wrapped around his neck, and he suddenly pressed down and tightened.

It was only then that the door that had been knocked open on the iron fence slowly closed, and then suddenly closed under the push of the young man.

Ye Qingxuan gasped, stepping firmly on the struggling scar under his feet, and slowly tightened the iron chain in his hand. The extremely short iron chain had just gone around a circle and had already reached its end. Scar was pressed against the fence, almost burying his head inside.

"Help! Help!"

In the deep well, the dwarf grabbed the edge and climbed up with difficulty, but something was pulling him and he was about to be pulled down.

"Shut up!"

Ye Qingxuan pointed the iron hook at his fingers holding the well edge, and the dwarf's face turned pale instantly.

He pulled Scar's chain hard and suppressed the burly man. No matter how he struggled and tore himself, he would never let go.

He gritted his teeth, slowly withdrew his strength, raised his head and asked the dwarf:

"Where is this?"

The dwarf's lips trembled and he couldn't speak. Ye Qingxuan's pupils turned cold, and the iron hook suddenly hit one of his fingers, causing him to almost fall into the well and scream.

"Tell me, where is this place?!"

"I'll tell you! This is an abandoned manhole at the bottom of the Avalon sewer. The ghost mother found this place and used it as a pasture... Invisible ghosts are raised here and will not be discovered."

The dwarf screamed and replied: "Pull me up! Pull me up quickly! The time is almost up!"

"Ghost mother?" Ye Qingxuan was stunned for a moment: "The woman who raises demons in the legend?"

"Yes, it's her! It's her... She has runes to control those monsters, and those monsters listen to her!" The dwarf was about to cry, "Please, pull me up quickly!"

"Why do you want to capture Bai Xi?" Ye Qingxuan asked coldly.

"I heard that an oriental man paid a large sum of money to capture her... The shaman refused to help, so the ghost mother took over the job. I said, really, I told you everything I know!"

The dwarf cried: "Help me quickly... They, they..."

The sound of boiling water drowned out his screams.

In the deep well, the originally foul-smelling dead water rolled strangely, as if countless piranhas smelled blood and started to stir wildly.

The boiling dead water was rising, and in the sewage, a dozen blurry things emerged. They looked like melted human figures, climbing up with the rising water level.

In the deepest part of the well, the sound of the tide came.

The tide is rising...

That is the 'invisible ghost' that Bai Xi once mentioned, one of the thousands of offspring raised by the natural disaster 'Dark Earth Mother'.

Many people think that they are dead souls, but they are just living monsters that feed on blood and their faces will become the appearance of the blood provider. Sometimes they will hide in the cemetery and share the corpses. After leaving the tomb, they will be regarded as the souls of the dead and enjoy respectful worship... or before that, they will devour the discoverer.

Some people are afraid of their power that is like a possessed evil spirit, but in the church's books, they have the terrible ability to become 'atomized'.

When they are frantic or angry, their bodies will spread into thick fog. Living creatures shrouded in the fog will feel the fear of being on the verge of death, and become food in the abnormal madness.

Such monsters that regard humans as food are actually being raised by people?

Soon, a rolling white in the boiling sewage stung his eyes.

Those were broken pale bones, perhaps with fragments of half a head. Those broken bones rolled in the muddy flow, like. But he finally understood how they raised these monsters.

"You feed them with living people?" Ye Qingxuan looked up at the dwarf.

"All dead! All dead!!"

"Me too?"

Ye Qingxuan asked back, which made him stunned. His panic expression was stunned, and then slowly became ferocious: "Little bastard, let me go up..."

Ye Qingxuan looked at him coldly and remained silent.

Under his clamp, the suffocated Scar finally stopped struggling, his body limp, and fell into shock. He took two steps back, picked up the lantern on the ground, and prepared to leave.

The expression of the dwarf who had been cursing changed.

The turbid current was slowly rising, and the invisible ghosts in the water were surging.

"Come on!"

He screamed towards the door: "The little ghost ran away!"

Ye Qingxuan's expression also changed. He held the iron hook and stared at the dwarf's forehead. His hands were clenched and indulged, but in the end he still did not make up his mind.

The roar of the dwarf attracted footsteps in the distance. There was a faint voice shouting: "What are you doing? Such a loud noise!"

"They are coming out!" The dwarf tried hard to hold the invisible ghosts under his feet, and he almost cried: "Save me! Save me!"

Ye Qingxuan was silent, as if he heard nothing.

He just looked around silently, looking for things around him, and finally picked up the tinfoil bag that fell on the ground and twisted the white powder that came out from the corners.

Mandala, a famous banned drug, is a powder extracted from plants in India. It was originally used as an analgesic for the army. In the war against Asgard, it was found that this thing has a huge addictiveness. The psychedelic feeling after taking it will make people indulge in it again and again, and it has become a taboo since then.

Just based on the feel, I think something is added to it? Styrax? Or white orange leaves?

No matter what is added, it seems to be useless.

He sighed and heard the heavy footsteps getting closer and closer. The dwarf's expression became excited, staring at Ye Qingxuan with resentment, and his voice became louder and louder.

Ye Qingxuan stood at the bottom of the stairs, quietly listening to the footsteps behind the door, slowly approaching, slowly approaching... until finally, the door opened.

The moment the sharp friction sound was heard, the young man under the stairs jumped up.

He ran forward, stepped on the moss-covered stairs, and rushed upwards!

In an instant, he walked from the light into the darkness. Before the man who pushed the door in could see the room clearly, a burning wind lantern hit him in the face!

Bang!