This aura is deadly

Jacob slid down the rope. When the length of the rope was exhausted, he gently swung to the railing on one side, turned over and jumped into the corridor.

He pressed against the masonry wall and heard rapid footsteps coming from the stairs in the corridor. It sounded like there were about ten people.

Jacob approached a door next to him and gently turned the handle, unlocking it. He took out a throwing knife, opened the door to a gap, slid in, and quickly closed the door.

The guards outside ran through the corridor holding crossbows, and no one noticed that there was an intruder on this floor.

Jacob ducked into the door and raised the flying knife in his hand as a warning. He saw that this was a laboratory. There was no one in the room. There were small kerosene lamps hanging on the walls and many glassware on the table.

He got closer to the vessels and looked at them carefully, guessing that the red liquid inside was all blood.

He smelled an unpleasant rotten smell and couldn't help but cover his nose, resisting the urge to cough. After searching the house for a while, he found nothing useful.

Jacob came to another door in the house. It was obvious that this was a connecting room, and the rooms were connected from the inside.

He heard movement behind the door, so he gently turned the door handle and peered through the crack into another room.

Jacob saw an old man wearing a white church robe talking to three men in black suits.

Under the illumination of the kerosene lamp, the face of the old man in white robe appeared shrunken and withered, like a mummy that had been dead for a long time but could still stand and talk.

"This batch of new blood is not enough." The old man said.

"We are... working hard to find a new source of blood, Master William. A few days ago we bought more than a dozen child workers in the ironworks." The man in the suit answered, his tone a little nervous.

"Have you ever been to an orphanage?" The old man named Master William pinched his chin and asked.

Jacob held his breath, and the expression on his face became tense. The group of children he was looking for were here.

"The children in the orphanage have a relationship with the Philip family. We don't want to be exposed..." the man in the suit said cautiously.

"Well... I know that they have been running that business, which is why they always have new girls... but I don't care." Master William said.

"What if they discover our research?" the man in the suit asked.

"Then let them see the true horror." Master William said.

The three men in suits looked at each other with dull expressions on their faces.

"There are rats in the sewers, and I hear the commotion continuing." Master William changed the subject.

"The intruders are extraordinary. They are not drunks or vagrants, but more like they came prepared." The man in the suit explained.

"Could it be organized by the Keeper of Secrets?" Master William asked.

"I don't know. We probably didn't alert them... I have arranged for more mothers to go to the sewers. There is no way he can leave alive." The man in the suit assured.

"If the intruder is really sent by the Keeper, I will let Florence deal with him." Master William said, turning around and preparing to leave.

"Master William, we will continue to look for new blood sources." The three men in suits bowed slightly to Master William.

"Well... I will leave for the sanatorium on the south bank... After all, there are more and more rats here..." Master William said. After speaking, he glanced at Jacob.

Jacob was stared at by this look and was so frightened that he quickly closed the door gently and took out his revolver. However, Master William ignored him and slowly walked out of the house.

Chen Ke, who was being grabbed by a large group of monsters, struggled hard, and his body was instantly wrapped in black knight armor.

The black knight armor emitted high temperature, turning from black to dark red, then to red, and then exploded into a hot flame explosion.

This is a unique ability of Angele's Elegy Armor, but for Chen Ke, who possesses Angele's Ashes, it is not very useful. On the contrary, the feature of "fire immunity" is more useful.

The flame explosion burned all the monsters holding Chen Ke into black dried meat, and an unpleasant burnt smell filled the air.

But Chen Ke didn't give up. Then, he stretched out his right hand and shook off the white ashes, causing the surrounding temperature to suddenly rise to 1,000 degrees.

This temperature caused the sewage under the feet to boil, and all the monsters around them shrank due to the high temperature. They made a "chirp, chirp, chirp" sound and dived into the water. Some monsters had open flames coming out from behind.

The high temperature was transmitted along the drain pipes, causing a deflagration effect in the semi-enclosed space. The sewer manhole cover above Chen Ke's head flew into the sky with a bang due to thermal expansion and contraction.

Not only that, the grease on the wall that hadn't been cleaned for thousands of years was made brittle by the high temperature, and large pieces fell off.

"Why is it so hot all of a sudden?" some pedestrians on the street wondered.

Of course they didn't know that there was a psyker beneath their feet.

Chen Ke did not release the high temperature again, but it would take some time for the temperature to dissipate. He stepped into the water wearing a knight's armor and stared at the monster remains on the ground. At this time, Xu Jing walked in from the passage behind.

"I'm glad you're not dead yet. I was really wrong just now." Xu Jing said.

She had a new outfit, again in the 19th century style, this time in red.

"Aren't you infected by a memetic infection? Can you be cured so quickly?" Chen Ke looked at Xu Jing and took off the armor on his body.

"I... uh..." Xu Jing looked at Chen Ke with an unfinished smile on her face.

Chen Ke was caught by the monster just now and was disheveled. His shirt and windbreaker were torn to pieces, and his chest and abdomen were exposed.

"Is this considered even? You missed the best part." Chen Ke lowered his head and straightened his clothes.

He touched the bullet hole scars on his abdominal muscles and couldn't help but wonder, since the life countdown can use up lifespan to heal all injuries and even regenerate limbs, why can't Lin Mo's old injuries be restored at the same time?

Xu Jing knew what Chen Ke meant. He had also accidentally seen her body in a cafe.

"When this matter is finished, you can talk to me alone... I know there is a hotel here. The double room has a floor-to-ceiling window, facing the Thames..." Xu Jing said with a smile.

"You haven't answered my question yet." Chen Ke reminded.

"You mean memes? Have you forgotten? In this reality, I am already dead." Xu Jing said.

"Can it still be like this?" Chen Ke snorted.

"Your three friends are still being treated by the foundation. Generally speaking, it will take at least four months to recover." Xu Jing said.

"Sam...will you let them come back after they are cured?" Chen Ke asked.

"Of course, if you want, we will erase their memories of entering the foundation and 2006, and then release them back to 2009." Xu Jing said.

Chen Ke nodded, although this also meant that Sam and the others no longer recognized him.

"Let's continue what we are doing, Chen Ke. I think we have alerted the enemy." Xu Jing took out her advanced pistol and walked to Chen Ke.

"You mean...no need to hide anymore?" Chen Ke asked.

"Kill everyone who sees us, leave no one alive." Xu Jing nodded.

"Go find Jacob first, and then see what's down here." Chen Ke said.

He took a deep breath, put on the full set of Black Knight armor again, then put the moonlight sword on his shoulder, and walked towards the depths of the dark corridor with clanking steps.