Scarlet Falls

"Hello……"

Outside the country known as the sacred realm, in the chaotic zone, there is a large-scale demon trading place with chaotic fish and dragons.

Wei Wei came here as if he was really visiting the market. Then he followed the address Spider gave to Xiao Liu before and came to this shop where the walls on both sides were covered with various weapons.

This is the foundation's overseas station, which is of course invisible.

The weapons that the Foundation promised to him were not handed over to him in Scrap Iron City, but were brought here to receive them.

However, the bald boss, who was lying on a worn-out gaming chair he found somewhere and listening to the radio, didn't look very polite. He was obviously awake, but turned a blind eye to Wei Wei.

It wasn't until a certain cross talk on the radio finished that he twitched the corners of his mouth and glanced lazily at Wei Wei:

"What do you want?"

"..."

Facing this unfriendly looking boss, Wei Wei responded with a gentle smile and said:

"I'm an investigator dispatched by the Foundation, and I'm here to collect weapons!"

"..."

"?"

The lazy-looking bald boss sat up with a sigh, his expression as if he had seen a ghost.

He casually grabbed the gun next to the gaming chair and looked out nervously. He made sure that the store was empty and no one would hear such a conversation, so he felt relieved.

But he still pressed the button immediately, lowered the rolling shutter door, and even turned on an electronic jamming device to prevent his conversation with Wei Wei from being eavesdropped. Then, his face turned red and he said angrily:

"Do you think you're going to the mall by yourself?"

"I'm a secret sentry here, I'm a spy, and you just come in so arrogantly and ask for weapons?"

"..."

"Excuse me……"

Seeing that the other party was very angry, Wei Wei quickly smiled and apologized: "I didn't ask him directly when there was no one around."

"What is this place?"

The bald boss was still angry and reprimanded: "Ten miles further to the east, that is the sacred realm. Do you know how many kinds of demonic forces are everywhere here?"

"There may be a pair of invisible eyes counting down the seconds for you when you go to the toilet. How can you be so confident that no one is watching you?"

"..."

"Is the surveillance so powerful?"

Wei Wei was somewhat surprised: "Why haven't I met him yet?"

"Oh, it's just that you can't find it..."

The bald boss snorted coldly, then looked Wei Wei up and down, and said angrily: "Mission code name, and what mission are you going to perform? What weapons do you want?"

It must be that he really didn't find it, otherwise he wouldn't have so many bullets left.

Wei Wei was quite confident in himself, but he was too lazy to explain to the bald boss here. He just answered honestly: "Task code 004, investigating the current situation of the Wandering Church and the response to abnormal events."

"The weapon that the Foundation asked me to come here to collect is..."

After a pause, he said in a somewhat expectant tone: "Hymn to Hell!"

"Wow..."

The bald boss reacted well at first, but he couldn't help but frown and wonder what level of task it was that actually needed to start with two zeros.

And when he heard the four words "Hymn to Hell", the chair suddenly turned over and he was thrown to the ground. He was in a hurry for a long time and couldn't get up.

Wei Wei kindly went to help him, but the other party hurriedly waved his hand and refused: "No, no, no..."

As he spoke, his body subconsciously shrank back, and he asked tremblingly: "Brother...brother, may I ask who this person is?"

"The graduate of the 13th batch of Soaring Snake Training Camp, currently the Extraordinary Sheriff of Scrap Iron City, the third defensive line of the spiritual barrier, accepted this assignment not long ago."

Wei Wei smiled gently and well-behaved, and said: "The Foundation specified that I should come here to collect the weapons that need to be distributed for this mission. There was a slight delay on the way, otherwise I would have arrived long ago."

"Scrap... Scrap Iron City?"

The bald boss's complexion obviously changed a bit. His face turned pale and his lips were bloodless. His eyes even looked at Wei Wei with some horror, and he said tremblingly:

"you……"

"Are you the legendary bloody sheep?"

"..."

"?"

Wei Wei was stunned when he heard this: "What the hell?"

"According to legend, the three most terrifying sheep in the world."

The bald boss's voice seemed to be filled with coldness as he whispered: "One is the black goat of the death demon, and the other is the white goat that once roamed the wilderness..."

"...The nearest one is...the one that feeds on demons and monsters, the blood...blood goat?"

"..."

"this……"

Wei Wei was stunned for a while, and then said: "This is all nonsense..."

I have never heard of it at all...

And the bald boss suddenly reacted. It seemed that although this name sounded scary, he shouldn't have said it to his face...

He hurriedly punched his mouth, forced himself to calm down, and said: "Sequence...serial number?"

"HBD3577920458..."

Wei Wei thought that the mission was the most important thing, and immediately reported the order code secretly given to him by the foundation.

"It's really you..."

The bald boss confirmed something and his face turned even darker.

He seemed to want to ask more questions, but after taking a look at Wei Wei, he felt that he was not as scary as the legend said, but the less scary he was, the scarier he appeared in the eyes of the bald boss, and in the end, there was nothing. He asked, but he hurriedly got up and ran sneakily into the back of the store. After a while, he walked out with a box wrapped in a brand new oil paper bag.

Originally he wanted to hand it directly to Wei Wei, but after thinking about it, he put it on the ground and took a few steps back.

"Is there really one?"

Wei Wei's eyes suddenly lit up. Although he had been looking forward to it all the way, because he wanted it too much, he was afraid of an accident when it came to the end.

Now that I saw this dark box, my heart could not help but tremble slightly.

He squatted down, uncovered the oil paper on the box, then looked around, took a wrench and smashed it twice, lifted the nails on it, and gently opened the wooden lid.

During this process, the bald boss was originally hiding three meters away. After thinking about it, he hid behind the counter again.

After thinking about it again, I took an armed shield to protect myself. Finally, I suddenly realized sadly that it was useless, so I just stuck my head out.

"Hymn to Hell, is this what it is like?"

At this time, Wei Wei was a little surprised and excited as he looked inside the box.

Unexpectedly, what I saw in this one-meter-square box was not a pointed bomb full of technology, but a small black doll that looked a bit like pottery, but I don’t know how it was burned. About twenty centimeters long, there is only a vague human shape. If you have to describe it, it is just a crude doll, and it does not have the terrifying power as legendary.

"It can't be fake, right?"

Wei Wei was suspicious subconsciously and reached out to fiddle with it.

"Brother..."

The bald boss knelt down immediately: "I haven't married a wife yet..."

"You have no hair and you still want to get a wife?"

Wei Wei couldn't help but glance at him and felt that his idea was a bit greedy.

But he did see that the boss was frightened, so he gave up the idea of ​​testing the authenticity on the spot. Instead, he took off the head pendant and put its mouth in front of the black doll.

The head pendant closed its mouth tightly, showing no intention of swallowing the black doll.

Wei Wei glared at it. It closed its eyes tightly and didn't look like a living thing at all.

"Disobedient again..."

Wei Wei was a little helpless, but it was difficult to train it in front of outsiders, so he had no choice but to put away the head pendant, and then reached out and picked up the box.

It's actually lighter than expected.

Just as he was about to put the Hell Hymn into his Jeep and leave, the bald boss couldn't bear it any longer: "Brother... this investigator, are you going... to..."

"Where do you put this thing?"

"..."

"Um?"

Wei Wei glanced at the bald boss curiously: "Are you still responsible for this?"

"I don't want to be responsible either..."

The bald boss said tremblingly: "At first, they said they would send Hell's Hymn to me, and I thought they were joking. I didn't expect them to actually deliver it, and they actually found a legendary madman... Legend has it that the business performance has been very good, and the outstanding investigators who cleaned up the area around Scrap Iron City came to pick it up, and I realized that the Foundation was not joking... but was actually making a fool of itself!"

"You really want to destroy the sacred realm..."

"..."

"No, I just came here to investigate and record it."

Wei Wei answered honestly.

"Then maybe there's not much difference between the two things in a substantial sense..."

The bald boss murmured knowingly, and couldn't help but say: "Then you might as well tell me where you plan to release me, so that I can retreat in advance..."

"That's troublesome. Now I don't even have a good idea of ​​where to put it..."

Wei Wei explained with a smile, but couldn't help but shake the box and said, "Are there any taboos in using this thing?"

"Forehead……"

The bald boss thought for a moment and said, "The taboo is, you have to run far away before releasing it."

Wei Wei blinked, feeling that what he said meant that he didn't say anything.

The bald boss was also helpless: "I was originally asked to hand it over, but they didn't ask me to be responsible for providing the instruction manual..."

"Obviously he is the most reliable intelligence agent placed by the Foundation in the hinterland of the Wandering Church. Why does he look so unprofessional now?"

Wei Wei felt helpless. He went out first and threw the box on the passenger seat, and then came back, ready to ask the boss for some basic information. However, the bald boss was already packing his things and said without hesitation: "Specific information." , I have a lot of people outside, but I really don’t know what’s inside. It’s all a world of fanatical believers, and the foundation’s attention is only on me at most..."

This answer made Wei Wei feel a little curious: "The foundation has such great capabilities, but it can't even place an internal spy in it?"

"Even inside the spiritual barrier, there are many people from the Wandering Church!"

"..."

"Of course we have the manpower deployed, but we don't dare to use it casually, because it is too easy to be incited to rebel."

The bald boss said: "In the past, I basically planted a wave of people, and then I was instigated to rebel. It didn't matter whether I was sent in to perform a task or was sent in to find out information. Later, they all disappeared. To be honest, it was just a betrayal and a conflict with the fund. It will draw a clear line between the two, but it will not be realistic, and the information conveyed will be false, but it will severely deceive the foundation."

"Later on, the foundation learned to be smart and stopped sending talents to others."

"..."

"Is there such a magical side to the sacred realm?"

Wei Wei thought about it and suddenly couldn't help but smile: "Then if I go in, wouldn't it be possible for me to be incited to rebel?"

"What kind of hellish joke is this..."

The bald boss couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Perhaps the foundation thinks that sending you to the other side's camp will be more conducive to completing the cleanup of the wandering church?"

…

…

Previously, Wei Wei had only regarded this investigation of the remaining forces of the Wandering Church as an easy task similar to traveling.

Only now do I understand that this is actually a problem that is plaguing the foundation.

And now he is about to enter the most dangerous sacred realm for Foundation personnel and any normal human being, but he has no information or auxiliary tools...

...That’s not right, at least I have a Hell’s Hymn in my hand.

I felt a little strange, but I quickly accepted this situation, and generally did some homework from the bald boss.

The Holy Realm is the area most affected by the Wandering Church who fled to the wilderness and is basically under direct control. It is spread across a dozen large cities.

If the First City Defense Line is the core of the Foundation's power, the Sacred Domain is the core of the Wandering Church.

Most of the people living here were the first batch of people to flee with the Wandering Church, or the first believers in the wilderness to fall into the arms of the Wandering Church. They were all loyal believers of the Twelve Gods and the most loyal warriors. For this vast wilderness, , for believers all over the world, these people who live in major cities in the sacred realm are habitually called "saints of the divine realm".

The group of people closest to God.

To a certain extent, the Foundation allowed itself to investigate the reaction and current situation of the remaining forces of the Wandering Church after losing the archbishop, and it was not just about investigating the people in the church.

These fanatical believers in the core areas are also key targets of investigation.

After loading the Hymn of Hell, writing a receipt for collection, and writing the seat belt on the wooden box to ensure safety, Wei Wei stepped on the accelerator and drove forward.

The mission begins.

Behind him, the bald boss who was placed closest to the headquarters of the Wandering Church and became the most important intelligence officer with his excellent observation and judgment skills watched the jeep slowly drive out of the Devil's Trading Ground and headed straight for In the sacred area known as the most dangerous place, he was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly ran back to the shop, and then began to pack up his things in a hurry.

No more, withdraw.

The foundation must be planning to take action against the Wandering Church, so it would send such a monster here, right?

Talking about investigating the response and current situation of the Wandering Church, I think letting the madman bring the Hell Hymn into the sacred realm and detonate it is their real purpose, right?

Although he has not received the order to retreat, he must go.

If you withdraw without an order, they will lock you up for twenty years at most, but if you continue to stay here, you will die...

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…

"It has been said before that the Wandering Church represents fanatical lunatics, while the Foundation represents the final sanity. But who would have thought that the Wandering Church's ability to instigate rebellion is actually stronger than the Foundation?"

With this somewhat absurd idea in mind, Wei Wei approached the first big city in the sacred domain just as night was about to fall.

Unexpectedly, the sacred territory with such a famous and even scary reputation is not significantly different from the surrounding wilderness. There is neither barbed wire nor checkpoints specially set up here.

Compared with the mental barriers that have always been vigilant against the wilderness, this place is actually not fortified at all.

In addition, after careful calculation, I have not found the knights or some slave traders for a long time after approaching the sacred realm. Before, I had to take away one or two weapon dealers and confiscate them while walking. bullets to replenish his ammunition depot, but in the past few days, the only weapons store he has entered is the one placed by the foundation next to the sacred field.

Here, there is actually an environment and order that is more reassuring than a spiritual barrier?

This is really an effective comparison...

With this playful mood, Wei Wei drove straight towards the brightly lit city in front of him. He had already taken out the black short gun and placed it next to the steering wheel.

At the same time, what he didn't know was that when he approached the first big city from this direction, the other end of the city was built in the highest manor on the mountain. At this time, there was also a man wearing a Wearing a black robe, the young man who looked like he was just sitting there relaxedly, but always gave people a sense of sacredness and solemnity, was also smiling and raising his head.

Across a city, the direction he was looking at was Wei Wei, who was approaching the city.

"It's really here..."

His eyes narrowed when he smiled. For a man, he had a rare kind of handsomeness, or beauty.

"Compared with his predecessors, this Scarlet is obviously much more courageous..."

"Even the previous Scarlet, the ninth incarnation known as the most powerful, did not dare to step into the realm of gods head-on when he was only at the sixth level..."

"..."

Speaking slowly, he took out a 1.5-meter-long box behind him, with its surface covered with fine and intricate lock patterns.

From this box, you can see the two temperaments of mystery and technology. The shape is obviously ancient and full of mystical meaning, but the structure is full of an amazing sense of technology.

He opened the box through fingerprint comparison and saw an indescribable spear inside.

This spear is lying quietly in the box, but people are not sure whether it is a real thing, because the spear is composed of runes with weird shapes one after another. The interweaving, penetration, and entanglement formed the shape of a spear. Rather than saying it is a real existence, it is better to say that this spear is just a strange projection, projected into reality by a mysterious power.

"Spear of Truth..."

Looking at the spear, the assistants around him couldn't help but feel their Adam's apple rolling.

This is the Spear of Truth that once killed a generation of Scarlets and represented the strongest power of the church.

And this kind of holiness, because it is too powerful, has to make people feel horrible, and it is just displayed in front of him.

The young priest casually grabbed the spear.

He looked very relaxed, smiled and said to the two assistants beside him: "Within three seconds after I threw the Spear of Truth, only two things could happen."

"One way is that I die immediately."

"If this is the case, you should run away immediately and run towards the spiritual barrier. The secrets you hold will make the Foundation willing to forgive you and save your lives."

"The second kind..."

"..."

He paused, as if thinking. After a while, he didn't say anything, but suddenly made up his mind, raised his hand and threw the spear.

The Spear of Truth, which was not like a tangible thing, was released in an instant. And the moment it was released, the spear had lost its original shape and turned into a string of various talismans. Each rune clearly has an extremely simple shape, but their twists and turns seem to contain indescribable meanings and inspire everything around them.

The city seemed to form a whole at the moment the spear was thrown. The thoughts, breathing, and memories of everyone in it were briefly solidified under some subtle power, and then flew away again. The long throw tore and pierced, but then, like the separated water, it quickly gathered together, completing the perfect unity and integration with the spear, as if nothing had changed.

The Spear of Truth has disappeared. It penetrated this huge city in an instant, penetrated the spirits and memories of countless people, and disappeared into the thick night.

The two assistants were startled by his behavior that seemed almost rude and reckless, and did not dare to move.

The young priest who threw the spear had a slightly solemn look on his face for a moment, but he just straightened his back, sat still, and waited quietly.

On the wrist, an exquisite mechanical watch seemed to be under invisible pressure. Every vibration of the hands seemed to match the frequency of the world.

This tremor made me feel more uncomfortable than it had been in a year, and it happened three times.

Three seconds have passed.

The young priest finally breathed a sigh of relief and touched his forehead. There were no bullet holes there. He touched his neck and his head was not separated from his body.

His lips suddenly trembled and he quickly recited a piece of information that he had prepared long ago.

He recited it completely without missing a word, which finally made him sure that there was no problem with his memory and self-understanding.

This made him suddenly laugh excitedly and close the empty box.

Then he said to the two assistants: "Inform the Holy Court that the Spear of Truth has hit the enemy, and I am still alive."

"They should prepare the coronation ceremony..."

I’m back in Qingdao and starting to retreat.