Forces of Temptation

Nan Zhou returned to the church and sat with his teammates to sort out the clues accumulated over the day.

Nowadays, through countless lives and deaths, along the way, Nanzhou, a non-human being, has won the full trust of the team members.

Let him do the most critical task of receiving supplies alone, which is enough to prove this.

Jiang Fang put a simple hand-drawn topographic map in the middle: "I and Guan Yu went along the suspension bridge. The church is surrounded by cliffs."

This is a small world that has been opened up independently, not to be disturbed by the world, but to serve Duke Shelley.

According to previous entry and exit logs, only people in the castle will come here to pray.

Song Haining asked: "Then the way down the mountain is over the suspension bridge?"

Nan Zhou: "I asked Zhao Lirui to look for it. But the daily work in the castle is busy, the duke is seriously ill, and they can't do without people. If they want to find a way, I'm afraid they will have to wait until everyone has rested before they can come out. "

"Evening." Hua Xi, the most worried about in the team, sighed, "Will they be very dangerous? Don't we just work hard to live until the seventh day?"

In his opinion, nocturnal action, in any horror movie, is pure murder.

Jiang Fang lightly reminded him: "We are going to 'live' until the seventh day."

The nature of the copy is "exploration and puzzle solving".

In order to do this, it is necessary to take some additional risks.

Only by gathering more clues can you make sure you don't die inexplicably in a trap you didn't even notice.

Nan Zhou lowered his eyes and hid the worries of the six people on the other side.

He said calmly: "They will have their sense."

Banhang, male with ear studs, sat cross-legged on the ground, folded his arms and scrutinized two letters copied from memory.

He asked, "What are 'iguana teeth'?"

"Dinosaur fossils." The oldest among them, 29-year-old Guan Junliang, still has some knowledge of miscellaneous science, "I remember when the dinosaur fossils were first discovered, it was called this name ."

Ban Hang was playing with his faded earrings and muttered, "It's quite romantic."

In this day and age, I have the title of duke, I am young, I am dying, I don't care about eating and playing in the last time, or I am wholeheartedly cured, but I want to see dinosaur teeth , quite elegant.

On the first day, nothing is known.

Even if they have endless problems, they can only put their hearts on it for a while.

On the first night, Hua Xixi wanted to visit the church in the middle of the night, but accidentally encountered Jiang Fang and Nanzhou chatting in front of the stained glass on the roof. Jiang Fang scolded "Go away".

Hua 偲偲 was scolded and turned back, and went downstairs obediently.

When he sat on the prayer bench, he put his arms on the back of the wooden chair, looked up at the delicate paintings on the circular dome, and sighed.

Alas, the little couple quarreled, and the pool fish was affected.

His mother is religious, but the definition of "religion" is very broad, with a strong pragmatism.

His father suffers from chronic diseases all the year round, while his mother takes care of him, he often takes young Xiaohua to temples, Taoist temples, and churches, begging the gods in the world to make his father heal from his illness .

When she was young, Hua Sixi didn't understand, and was infected by her mother's piety when she made a wish, and she also followed suit, trying to replicate that piety.

When he grows up, he understands the meaning of this move, and from the results, he knows that doctors can't cure his father, let alone God.

But he knew that his mother needed a place to put her broken heart.

So, he still followed his mother to various places to make wishes that he knew could not be realized.

At this moment, facing the statue, he habitually put his palms together and made a wish.

I hope the boss and Nange will stop quarreling and have a good time with the dungeon.

According to his movie viewing experience, in various stories, there is always an end to this kind of unreasonable and chaotic task.

Someday they can go home.

…I hope so.

May they be as lucky as the people in the story.

After praying, Hua 偲偲 thought about it later, it was over.

Christianity does not protect homosexuality.

He made wishes in various places and accidentally made a split.

He hurriedly folded his hands to plead guilty, hoping Lord **** pretended not to hear the nonsense he just said.

When he put down his hands and opened his eyes, he was horrified to find that under the crucifixion statue, a skeleton-like Pastor Keith stood.

In the dim candlelight, Pastor Keith, who was so thin as if only a skeleton was left, had his eyes wrapped in darkness, only a pair of eyes that lit up like two ghosts.

He looks almost as one with the crucifix.

Pastor Keith faced him and opened his mouth.

He was covered in darkness, except for one tooth that was too white.

He asked, "Are you alone?"

Hua said "Ah".

Pastor Keith: "You, come here. I have something for you."

He is trying to ask for help.

Song Haining, who was studying the paintings in the small corridor next door, heard the movement in the main hall and hurried over: "Why...?"

Seeing Pastor Keith, her footsteps stopped.

Hua 偲偲 did not expect someone to be nearby, as if seeing a life-saving straw, he immediately applied for foreign aid.

He said respectfully: "Mr. Pastor, I'm afraid that I can't do it alone. How about we go together?"

Pastor Keith nodded indispensably, turned his back, blended into the shadows, and walked towards his office.

Hua 偲偲 and Song Haining looked at each other and followed.

After getting out of danger, Hua Xixi was still in shock. He found Nan Zhou and Jiang Fang who had just fallen asleep overnight, and told them what happened to them.

Nan Zhou asked: "What did he ask you to do?"

Hua 偲偲 patted his chest and said, "He said that the flowers he planted are blooming, so I will get up early tomorrow to pick a dozen of them, come back and dry them to make flower bags, which will be delivered in a few days. To the Duke."

Song Haining was kidnapped by him and walked away, laughing at him: "It's just such a trivial matter, you can see how scared you are."

Hua waved her hands again and again and affirmed: "If I go alone, I might not be able to come back tonight!"

Song Haining patted his face: "You give me bah bah bah!"

Jiang Fang repeated softly: "Flower bag?"

Nan Zhou looked at him: "What's wrong?"

In order to be cautious, Jiang Fang did not say too much: "They are a little too close."

Not only Pastor Keith's heart to make flower buns for him, but also the coquettish tone of the Duke's letter.

But Nan Zhou seems to have no doubts about this: "Didn't you tell us from the beginning that they are friends?"

Jiang Fang shrugged.

Nanzhou does not understand complex interpersonal relationships, so it is understandable.

He wrote this down temporarily, and turned to Hua Song and the two of them: "Is there anything special in the office?"

According to Song Haining, they investigated almost all the rooms in the church that could be investigated, and only a few rooms with dusty locks could not be opened.

There is also the priest's personal bedroom, which is also his office.

He must be locked when entering and leaving, obviously he does not want others to peep into his private affairs.

The only access to the office is the door.

Even where there should have been windows was dead.

I don't know how the priest works and sleeps in this coffin-like room.

"No." Hua 偲偲 replied, "We came out less than a minute after entering, and the furnishings inside look fine from the big picture, and the rest...I didn't have time to see anything. "

Speaking of this, the four looked at each other in silence.

Small things like making a flower bag can be said in a minute.

It's not worth the trip to that closed office.

...Hua Xixi may have really escaped death just now.

Although even Hua Xixi didn't know what taboo she violated, she was targeted by Keith.

He thought about it, and his heart trembled slightly.

Is it not his inner wish that Keith heard?

Is Keith God Himself?

Or did Keith feel he was blaspheming the **** he believed in?

On the other side, Nan Zhou noticed Hua Xixi's inexplicably tense expression and thought he was nervous, so he could not help but sigh and said solemnly, "If only I could unlock the lock."

Jiang Fang smiled.

His ability to change the subject and try to relax is still poor.

But at this time they had just quarreled, Jiang Fang's smile was only half unfolded, and he took it back.

He said warmly but politely: "You can learn it slowly in the future."

Song Haining found that the two of them had a different atmosphere, not as natural and intimate as usual, so she couldn't help but look at Hua Xixi.

Hua Xixi gestured at her and told her not to ask.

On the first day, there was only this seemingly insignificant storm.

It was a good night.

In the afternoon of the second day, Zhao Lirui was the one who came to the suspension bridge to hand over.

The two looked at the items in their hands.

Today, the pastor brought a bottle of white wine, two pieces of bread, and a letter.

The letter is still dryly comforting, let him endure the pain, he is trying to find a way.

The duke sent another origami animal, with a message, he drank the wine he sent, added sleeping pills, slept well last night, and the headache got better, what did you eat today, How far have you traveled.

It's all a little bit of parenting, daily chores.

And he is looking forward to seeing "Iguana's Teeth" with Mr. Pastor after he recovers.

Two days, four letters, enough information.

Two people, all the topics focused on "the Duke's disease".

The duke wanted to be healed, and the priest wanted to heal him.

Hua 偲偲, who was watching the movie, was the first to ask a question according to common sense: "Keith is not going to summon the devil, right?"

There are similar plots in many religious movies.

The pastor was either unhappy in his childhood, or had an urgent wish to fulfill, but God and angels did not answer his prayers, so he simply dedicated himself to the devil and let the devil do things for him.

His friend Duke Shelley is mortally ill. Whether it is out of friendship or love, Pastor Keith may be willing to give everything for him.

The plot development in front of me fits perfectly with the movie.

In this type of movie, there will always be some unlucky people who are used as sacrifices for demons.

They may be the unlucky one.

Today, they also found evidence of this.

Clues were found not in locked rooms, of course, but in their "luggage" as dungeon characters.

Judging from the local letter stamps found in the churches, although they recruited churches in nearby towns, they all have one common feature:

They are not natives, but come from faraway villages to work here.

This also means that even if they disappear in this outlandish place surrounded by cliffs, no relatives can find them in time.

This literally puts the word "conspiracy" on the face.

The story progressed here, and the other four breathed a sigh of relief.

According to their experience, since they already know the purpose of the boss, they only need to act together, not to die, not to get along with the boss alone, and to use props properly for self-defense, honestly to the seventh God will be fine.

In their luggage, there is a professional exorcism cross.

Jiang Fang was noncommittal.

He asked Nan Zhou, "Have you found the way down the mountain?"

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After this discussion, everyone felt a lot more relaxed.

This should be a simple copy.

However, there is still one question that lingers on everyone's mind.

Why "don't cross the bridge"?

This request is clearly placed there, like a temptation, and like a sword hanging over their heads.

Should they obey?

Or, that voice is actually a kind of conspiracy?