Chapter 576: Blood and Fire (Part 1)

This place is a nightmare.

Wandering among the buildings full of death and blood, Fang Zheng finally discovered the darkest secret of the Healing Church hidden here.

Here, Fang Zheng discovered that besides the hunters, the most numerous people were a group of "patients". What they have in common is that everyone's head is wrapped in a cloth bag, and they can't see what's inside at all. But Fangzheng could tell from the squirming of those cloth bags that what was contained in the cloth bag was definitely not the "head" he recognized.

As for what their heads look like...Fang Zheng wisely chose to ignore them.

And from the materials in the laboratory building, Fangzheng finally understood what the Healing Church was doing.

Although Lawrence and William broke up because of their ideas, it didn't mean that Lawrence didn't agree with William's approach. He just didn't want to give up all of this by saying "fear of the blood of the ancient gods" as William said. In fact, Lawrence's thinking is consistent with William's. He wants to elevate human beings to a higher level by improving the "inner eye" in the human brain.

In other words, Lawrence's core ideas are still William's.

To do this, they injected some of the brains with...some kind of fluid.

Of course, these people were not randomly selected. Through lengthy experiments, Lawrence found that some people showed good adaptability after being infused with the blood of the ancient gods. Fusion, produces a very strange and powerful healing effect.

Therefore, the Healing Church gathered these people, injected them with the blood of the ancient gods, and extracted "improved" blood from their bodies that was fused with the blood of the ancient gods, as the main source of "blood therapy".

After seeing this, Fangzheng finally understood why there was so much blood in the Healing Church for blood therapy... After a long time, they created a bunch of human blood banks!

It’s true when you think about it this way, after all, humans and ancient gods can’t understand each other, and you’re not sure if one day the ancient gods don’t want to give you a mouthful, and you’re done. But drawing blood from a human body is obviously safer and more controllable.

However, for those in the Church of Healing, those people are not just wasteful as a blood bank. These people's good adaptability to the blood of the ancient god means that they can better feel the blood of the ancient god to them. knowledge and mysteries. They can listen to the voice from the depths of the blood of the ancient gods, and feel the realm and level that mortals cannot understand...

From one of the big heads that can communicate, Fang Zheng learned that these people were once called "Blood Saints", they were the source of the human blood bank, and he was very convinced that they could use these powers to become a higher-level existence.

According to Big Head, after they first showed their adaptability to the blood of the ancient gods, they would be named "Blood Saints" by the Church of Healing, and they would become human blood banks, donating blood for other people without compensation. In return, these blood saintesses can be eligible to be injected with more blood of the ancient gods, and they can feel the existence, sounds and images that others cannot.

But with the increase of the blood input of the ancient gods, these blood saintesses also began to change, their heads became bigger and bigger, and became "indescribable", and by this time, they could no longer continue to live and work outside Work. They will come here as "patients" and become test subjects for the Church of Healing.

According to the records found by Fangzheng, the heads of these blood saintesses will grow bigger and bigger, and eventually they will separate from their bodies and become an independent life... Of course, they are also unsuccessful failures.

In addition, Fangzheng also learned two things.

The first thing is that there seems to be a person in charge here named Maria. Logically speaking, these blood saintesses have become test subjects for the Healing Church, and they should hate the Church. But this is not the case. The big heads that Fangzheng met, no matter whether they are rational or not, all respect and love a person named Maria. Judging from what they said, this lady Maria seems to have been trying her best to appease their pain and calm their hearts and souls...

Well, it's like a doctor who takes care of mental patients in a mental hospital.

And the second thing is...these big heads all mentioned the sounds of "deep sea", "deep and dark place" and "tick tick tick" without exception. They were attracted by this sound, and they were completely addicted to it, unable to extricate themselves.

It seems that if you want to know the secrets and truth of all this, you have to go to the lady named Maria.

And she is just around the corner.

"boom."

A blue monster with a swollen whole body fell down in front of Fang. It had almost completely lost its human form, its head and body were completely fused together, and it turned into something that looked more like a piece with arms and legs. something like a rectangular rice cake.

Failed product...

Seeing the monsters in front of him turned into pus and blood, Fangzheng murmured to himself that he had already learned from the information that these four strange monsters were the ultimate messengers used by the Healing Church to contact the ancient gods, but unfortunately they also failed. While transforming and losing their human form, their thoughts have also transformed into existences that humans cannot understand.

And this sunflower field on the top of the building is their final destination.

Glancing at the failed product that was completely dead, Fang Zheng withdrew his gaze. Whether it was a nightmare or not, he had seen enough monsters along the way. Although up to now, Fangzheng still doesn't know why he came here, but according to William, he should go to the center of the lake to eliminate Rom and end the endless night of hunting.

But here, it is obviously another completely different world.

Perhaps the biggest secret of the Healing Church is hidden here, but what does this mean to Fang Zheng? He is not interested in the secrets of the Healing Church. In fact, any organization has its dark side, and no matter how noble the ideal is, it will inevitably be stained with blood and darkness. The same is true for Fangzheng's Tiandao Palace. He basically entrusts the Zerg to do all the dirty work. In fact, what the Zerg do in the Jagged World is no more noble than the Healing Church, and it will not be greater because of it. In essence, there is no difference between the two sides, except that Fangzheng did not choose the same race as the experimental subjects like the Healing Church.

After all, all this has passed.

"Squeak——"

Fangzheng stretched out his hand, pushed open the door in front of him, and walked into the room. In front of him was a wide hall with candles lit on both sides, and a huge metal clock was inlaid on the wall directly in front of him. A woman with beautiful blond hair in a hunter's suit was sitting on a chair, watching Fang Zheng quietly.

"A visitor? Unexpected."

Her voice was calm and steady, like a warm spring breeze. Looking at the woman in front of him, Fang Zheng asked tentatively.

"Are you... Ms. Maria?"

"Yes."

The woman nodded slightly, then she looked at Fangzheng.

"Welcome to this nightmare, how do you feel when you see the bestial patients and the filthy wards of the church? I know what you did to them, it's not your fault, the nightmare took hold of them , and now, they are finally freed. And you? How do you feel about all this?"

"How do you feel...?"

Hearing Maria's question, Fangzheng thought for a moment and shrugged his shoulders.

"I think...it's okay."

"………good?"

Facing Fangzheng's unexpected answer, Maria couldn't help being dumbfounded. She had already prepared herself, waiting for angry accusations or scolding from the other party about the dirty and dark secrets inside the church, but she never thought that the young man in front of her would give herself such an unexpected answer.

"It's okay... what do you mean?"

"It's just okay."

Faced with Maria's rhetorical question, Fangzheng spread his hands.

"Any organization has its dark side. Only naive children think that everything is bright and beautiful, but we are immersed in darkness, isn't it just to protect those children's good expectations of the world? And, say To be honest, I have seen more cruel experiments than the Church of Healing. Maybe for you, what the Church of Healing has done is unacceptable. But in my opinion, at least all of these are based on mutual consent It may be crazy, it may be ugly, but at least the people who make the decisions are adults with self-judgment ability, right?"

"This………"

Hearing this, the woman couldn't help being speechless.

"That's true, but... the pain they endured..."

"The pain they endured was also the result of their choices. In all honesty, at least this choice was made by themselves. Ma'am, your so-called evil and darkness are nothing compared to what I have seen. It’s not worth mentioning, have you ever seen those innocent and immature children being sent to the operating table under the malice of adults? In order to record the process of turning them into monsters, these adults will hurt their bodies again and again, exhausted Torturing them in various ways, just to record some data? Those children are suffering and suffering, but they can't even get the slightest sympathy. Not only researchers, but even ordinary people can abuse and hurt them wantonly. Instead of worrying about being punished? Those children’s cries and prayers were just hurt again and again? Have you ever seen this?”

“……………………”

Hearing this, Maria was completely stunned and didn't know what to say.

Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"So you see, it's nothing compared to what I'm saying."