Scarlet Falls

The moment Wei Wei walked in front of this city, he felt the spiritual power of the entire city, swaying like a vast ocean.

I felt that there seemed to be something coming in an instant, a shadow that penetrated the entire city. Even my heart contracted hard at this moment.

He could move forward without being stabbed in the heart by something.

You can also go back, but your investigation on this trip will be suspended because of this.

As a result, he didn't seem to even have time to think, and his foot on the accelerator didn't relax in the slightest, but walked straight forward.

He entered the city and felt like nothing had happened.

There was only the head pendant on the rearview mirror. He opened his horrified eyes and looked around quickly.

It seemed to want to remind Wei Wei of something, but Wei Wei's unchanged face made it a little suspicious. It didn't know whether it should open this mouth and say this.

While it hesitated, the modified jeep drove onto the wide road into the city.

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"It's really strange..."

After all, this is the realm of God, known as the most terrifying place in the entire wilderness.

Wei Wei imagined that he would be blocked by powerful forces as soon as he entered the city, so he placed his gun within his reach in advance.

But in the end, there was nothing.

He didn't even need to rack his brains to get past the checkpoints entering the city, because this city was really open to the public, with straight roads extending in all directions, seemingly undefended.

Not to mention checkpoints, there isn't even a toll booth...

At this time, he couldn't help but think of some of what he had seen after entering the wilderness. From the perspective of many people living inside the spiritual barrier, the life they lived in the wilderness was like that of savages. Their civilization collapsed, order did not exist, and they lived without food. In the precarious days, wandering knights, strange ghosts, evil demons, and depraved monsters will emerge from the shadows to eat people at any moment.

But some people have said that life in the wilderness is actually closer to life in pre-civilization times.

After all, the mental barrier plan was proposed and built by the Foundation, and the concept of the super city was promoted by the Foundation and the Administration Office.

Nowadays, the people inside the spiritual barrier are like living in a big turtle shell, isolated from the world, but the people in the wilderness are actually living a civilized and conservative life as before.

Of course, such a statement would seem like a joke in Scrap Iron City.

There are too many forces and strange creatures outside, making the place smoky and devoid of any civilized temperament.

But now, as Wei Wei goes deeper into the wilderness and sees more and more things, he can't help but start to feel that this statement has some truth.

And this feeling reached its peak when he entered the sacred realm.

It's really civilized...

There are no toll booths to extort passing merchants...

...This kind of behavior will happen in Scrap Iron City, and Captain Ouyang can also gain some people from it.

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With this thought in his mind, Wei Wei slowed down the car and walked slowly on the streets of this bustling city. He saw bright street lights, clean buildings, and neat plane trees on both sides of the road. He imagined the barbarism and Evil does not exist at all. There is only cleanliness and tranquility that is incomparable to Scrap Iron City. You can even see polite customers dining in bright shops.

Different from Scrap Iron City, perhaps due to the influence of the church, people here like to wear robes with a strong religious temperament, which are incompatible with their own jackets and canvas pants.

However, Wei Wei did not change his clothes, so he drove his jeep and wore his traveler clothes, quietly walking through the city.

Crunch…

The modified Jeep parked in front of a high-end and luxurious hotel that looked like a palace.

After thinking about it, Wei Wei stepped on the accelerator again, moved forward a few steps, and arrived in front of a less luxurious hotel.

The province is the province, the flowers are the flowers.

He has a huge sum of two million within the spiritual barrier.

But in the wilderness, people might not recognize the money, so Wei Wei was sure that all he could use were scattered and beautifully decorated silver coins.

These silver coins were all given to Wei Wei by some of the knights, fanatical believers and the like whom Wei Wei met. After being persuaded by him to change their ways, they voluntarily offered them to Wei Wei.

It was really a self-sacrificing effort.

When Wei Wei reached for their wallets, none of them refused.

"Hello, guest, may I ask..."

"Get a room, ask for the best...ordinary double bed room!"

"..."

Even the waiters were so polite. They did not show contempt at all because of Wei Wei's career. Instead, they showed a smile full of goodwill and a spring breeze, but the eyes were too poisonous. He took the initiative to suggest Wei Wei Don't book such an expensive room. I recommended him a suitable standard room with a bathtub, telephone and satellite TV, but guaranteed that he would be the only one staying here.

The price was actually really cheap, it only cost three silver coins, and there was still a lot left in the bag!

After learning that the prices here were not as exaggerated as he thought, Wei Wei felt relieved and asked the front desk for the best food package to have delivered to the room.

Half an hour later, after taking a shower, wearing a nightgown, and sitting in the room enjoying a delicious meal of lobster, fine steak, peanuts and Erguotou, Wei Wei was surprised.

It's actually normal food.

There were no nails or unidentified hairs found in the steak.

The lobster looked over and over, and was very sure that it did not grow a human eye or an octopus tentacle.

"What are you doing?"

"You guys are so normal, it makes me feel so abnormal..."

"..."

With some dissatisfaction, Wei Wei slowly opened the lobster's claws, revealing a shell full of white and tender shrimp meat.

He started eating very unsatisfied.

"You seem very hungry?"

The sound of eating woke up the head pendant that was hung on the hanger nearby. Even the ghost lady who was released to clean the house stood there in confusion, not knowing what to do.

"How can you not be hungry after traveling in the wilderness for so many days?"

Wei Wei replied helplessly: "It's a pity that I always feel like I can't eat enough..."

The head pendant had closed its eyes, but suddenly opened them and asked warily: "Then what do you want to eat?"

"Can't tell!"

Wei Wei picked up the steak and brought it to his mouth, shook his head and said, "These things are not enough anyway."

"That's not enough, but the food is quite clean..."

The head pendant complained in a low voice, obviously feeling that he was not qualified to discuss this issue with Wei Wei now, but he was reluctant to shut up, and whispered: "Devils all feed on souls, and use their power to pollute every soul. Their souls are their food, but you have never dispersed your scarlet power. Until now, only the three of us have been affected by scarlet..."

"It is said that Scarlet feeds on demons, but it is just a description. Anyway, I have never seen you eat a few..."

"Have you ever done some introspection from time to time? It seems that there is a big difference from the scarlet before?"

"..."

"Are these things important?"

Wei Wei put down the pliers in his hand and said, "Anyway, the application for the establishment of the Scarlet Civilian Discussion Organization has been approved, right?"

As he spoke, he stood up, washed his hands, and changed into his own clothes.

Seeing that he was about to go out, the head pendant hurriedly asked: "Where are you going?"

"Go for a walk around the city."

Wei Wei reluctantly glanced at the remaining lobster tail, then picked up the remaining piece of steak and put it into his mouth, saying, "Look for something really edible."

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Walking on the late-night streets of the city, Wei Wei once again felt the difference between this place and the spiritual barrier.

Although they have the same clean and tidy streets and pedestrians with less aggressive faces, there is still a huge difference between the two at a deeper level.

Within the spiritual barrier, spiritual power is everywhere, but demonic power is very small. Even if there are some extraordinary people, most of them are accustomed to condensing their power and pretending to be ordinary people.

But here, Wei Wei could clearly feel the presence of demonic power.

They are like iron chains, lying between the major buildings, intertwined vertically and horizontally, like wires in another sense.

However, these demonic forces, which are different in nature but not weak in strength, actually have a distinct feeling. They exist with each other but do not affect each other.

Wei Wei could take the initiative to face these demonic forces, but he felt that he should not take the initiative to stir up trouble, so he put his hands in his pockets and walked silently on the street, letting the street lights on both sides draw his shadow. By the time it was very long, my ears had stood up, but I didn't hear too many murmurs. It seemed that here, the devil's whispers were much less numerous and peaceful than in the wilderness and the spiritual barrier.

This feeling of unsatisfied demands made Wei Wei's hunger even stronger.

It was only when this feeling of hunger made his stomach twitch that he realized that he had not been satisfied for a long time since Miss Lily.

That time was one of the rare times he failed a mission, and from then on, he began to feel hungry.

However, since then, I have not dared to hunt and enjoy without any principles like before.

With this idea in mind, he walked on the street for a long time, and felt that the silence here made people feel crazy.

However, at this moment, he inadvertently raised his head and couldn't help but smile.

I don't know if it was destiny, but before his eyes, a sacred and clean church appeared. The colorful glass reflected the blurred light.

Wei Wei slowed down and walked towards the church.

But before he could get closer, a car suddenly overtook him and was in such a hurry that it almost knocked him over.

Wei Wei frowned, and before he could say anything, he saw the car rushing to the door of the church, and a pair of young parents hurriedly got out of the car.

Holding a swaddle in their arms, they stumbled to the church and banged on the door:

"Father, help, Father..."

"..."

The door of the church was quickly opened, and with a large amount of light pouring out, a man wearing a white priest's robe appeared at the door of the church.

"Child, it's a child..."

The man who came with the child in his arms cried bitterly: "The child is dying again. Father, we really have nothing to do. We love him so much. Please, please, please..."

"I said, his disease is incurable."

It seemed that this was not the first time the priest had seen the child. He stretched out his hand to try the child's forehead and found that it was already cold.

He frowned and whispered, "Are you really unwilling to give up?"

"do not give up……"

The woman screamed: "Father, please save him. He is only two years old. He has not grown up yet. He is destined to be a mother..."

"All right……"

The priest seemed to have struggled for a long time before sighing softly.

The child was held in his arms, and his parents knelt in front of the priest. The priest sighed softly and slowly stretched out his palm. At this moment, the lights from the church illuminated his whole body. Full of holiness, the white priest's robe seemed to be glowing faintly. Then, his clothes were suddenly torn, and at the same time, the flesh was torn, and several squirming tentacles of flesh and blood protruded from the body.

These two tentacles penetrated into the chests of mom and dad respectively, biting their hearts.

The third one squirmed and reached the child's forehead.

Something was drawn out, poured into the priest's body, and then poured into the child's body bit by bit.

"Wow……"

I don't know how long it took, but the child's sonorous voice suddenly sounded. There was a different kind of health and strength in that voice.

The child's parents were obviously much more haggard, with some wrinkles crawling out on their young faces, and even their hair was graying and falling off.

But on their tired faces, you can see the look of surprise. They hugged their children, were moved to tears, and bowed to the priest again and again.

"Thank you, thank you Father..."

"You saved the lives of our whole family..."

"..."

"..."

Wei Wei watched this scene unfold and felt a strange feeling in his heart.

He was in the midst of intense hunger, and he saw the emergence of demonic power, which was still the demon of life that he hated most.

However, he just stood there quietly and had no desire to draw a gun.

When the tired parents picked up their children and got back into the car, the priest standing at the door of the church did not leave, but raised his head curiously.

As soon as he raised his head, he saw Wei Wei in the shadows. His expression seemed a little strange. When he looked closely, his face suddenly changed drastically, and bright red blood flowed from his eyes.

Wei Wei's eyes were calm and did not even contain any hostility.

But the intertwining eyes of the priest and Wei Wei were like the cutting of electricity. Blood seeped out of his eyes, and his expression became frightened and painful.

Sizzling...

Countless sparks flew, and Wei Wei suddenly saw different scenes, like fireworks appearing in front of his eyes.

"Father, I don't understand why I ended up like this..."

He saw a hunchbacked and old man, kneeling in front of the statue of the god, crying bitterly, telling about his kindness and diligence in his life, but he didn't understand why he ended up alone. He prayed that he would also There can be a woman to spend a lifetime with, so when he went out, he accidentally met a haggard woman, and the two people's eyes met unexpectedly.

He saw a man covered in malignant sores and came to the priest for treatment.

But the priest sternly rejected him. When the man staggered out of the church, he let out a cry of sincere repentance and regret that he had never experienced in his life.

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"This city is nice, isn't it?"

A voice with a smile sounded softly in Wei Wei's ears.

Wei Wei slowly turned around and saw a young man wearing a red priest's robe with a smile on his face, standing under the sycamore tree on the other side of the road.

In front, the priest in white robes had fled back to the church and closed the door.

"Who are you?"

Wei Wei did not move, but looked at the young man curiously.

This young man wearing a red priest's robe seemed to be under great pressure under his gaze, but he could still keep his expression unchanged and smile politely:

"Dear Your Excellency, my name is Xiao Chi, the head of the Second Order of the Holy Cathedral. I came here specially to greet you..."

"..."

"Head of the Priesthood?"

Wei Wei looked at him intently, with a gentle smile on his face, and said, "I know this, I've eaten it before."

The expression of the young leader of the red-robed priesthood changed obviously.

The smile on Wei Wei's face became gentler, and at the same time the hunger in his heart became stronger. He smiled and said, "What are you using to greet me?"

“Use the city.”

The head priest smiled, gently moved his hands, looked at Wei Wei seriously, his eyes seemed to be full of respect, but not fearful, and said softly: "Since our stupid archbishop because of that The unrealistic desires died in Scrap Iron City. The remaining people in the Holy Church have many ideas. Some people plan to attack the spiritual barrier, and some people plan to plan a wave of demons that will destroy everything and fight against you..."

"But I never thought so. I think I can talk to you."

"Actually, I have always believed that the Twelve Gods should not be Scarlet's enemies. After all, although Scarlet is unsociable, he is not an unreasonable existence."

"..."

Wei Wei looked at him quietly, the anger in his eyes seemed to be less, and his expression became gentler.

"For example now..."

The head of the clergy's voice became softer, and it was clear that he was full of sincerity: "I came to greet you just to invite you to see this city."

"You see young parents who can't let go of their children and are willing to give them their lives."

"You have also seen that kind man, using his loyalty in exchange for a love given to him by God... Of course, don't get me wrong, that woman's performance in this city was not good before. She She has deceived many people, many of whom have lost their families and lost their lives. She has a vicious nature that is watery, but the power of love can reverse her wrong mentality and make her willing to live peacefully for the rest of her life."

"And that man..."

"Perhaps you still don't know that he is a chaebol in this city with a strong personality and huge assets. He has done very bad things to some people. However, he has professional legal advisors. This So that no one can do anything to him, especially his enemies, only a disabled child is left, but it will never be possible to inflict any substantial punishment on him..."

"But this child can curse it. The God of Curses heard his prayer and helped him complete his revenge..."

"..."

He quickly finished telling what happened in soft but not verbose words. The smile on his face became stronger and his voice became softer:

"That all makes sense, right?"

"..."

"I believe you are a reasonable person, and you are in a position where you can see all this clearly."

He looked at Wei Wei for the last time. There was no respect in his eyes, only a calm gaze, and even a little questioning:

"Children who haven't grown up yet, people who have been kind all their lives, and people who should have been punished..."

"Do you think there's a problem with that?"

"Many people in this world have different views on us. Some people think that we are fanatical believers, some think that we are the devil's lackeys, and some think that we are just a group of lunatics trying to destroy the world..."

"But in fact, we are just pursuing fairness."

"The world has always been unfair, and there is no hope of true fairness."

"So, we believe in the power of God. The power of God can soothe some desperate souls and make this world no longer so unbalanced that it makes people despair..."

"at this point……"

His eyes when he looked at Wei Wei suddenly became sharp: "Do you agree?"

laugh……

As he spoke each word, Wei Wei had a very strange feeling. He felt that his heart was being touched, as if an invisible force was kneading this city. A kind of estrangement and heavy power, and at this moment, he could feel that the spiritual power of the city was becoming substantial, and something invisible was quietly awakening with his words.

Swish swish swish...

Different eyes suddenly appeared in various places in the city, like a galaxy, densely packed, looking at him at the same time.

Wei Wei suddenly felt a huge hole in his heart. When he looked down, he saw a spear that had pierced his heart at some point and penetrated his body firmly.

This spear is becoming more and more real.

His own blood was flowing out along the spear, soaking the ground under his feet red.

The squirming blood threads in the blood seemed so weak at this moment, completely unable to do anything to the spear.

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"Is there a problem?"

The young head of the clergy already had a confident smile on his face.

He knew he had won.

He had already won when he threw the Spear of Truth, and all that was left was to wait.

"Oops……"

Also at this moment, in the hotel, the head pendant opened his eyes suddenly, and even his eye sockets were red with fear at this moment, and he was anxious and angry:

"I've said before, you can't use this kind of question as a test for yourself..."

"They will not let go of any of your weaknesses..."