Chapter 242 The Savior

In the half-collapsed temple, only a few stone pillars are still intact, supporting half of the main hall together.

At the front of the main hall is a cracked altar, and in the center of the altar stands a dark, huge cross.

On the cross, hangs a naked man hanging upside down. His ankles, his thighs, and his body have obvious rust-colored iron nails exposed, accompanied by bright red blood.

Derrick knew clearly that this was the statue of the "Fallen Creator", but he still couldn't help lowering his gaze, sizing up the target's face.

He saw the face of the god statue, the nose, mouth, ears, etc. were all blurred, but the eyes were carved very clearly.

The "Fallen Creator" closed his eyes tightly, as if he was bearing guilt and pain.

"Turn your eyes away and don't study the statues of evil gods!" "Demon Hunter" Colin reminded in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Excellency Chief." Several members of the exploration team quickly withdrew their gazes.

——Before today, although the City of Silver discovered many destroyed cities and found some written records pointing to the evil god during previous explorations, most of the residents had never seen the so-called statue of the evil god.

The remaining part of the temple on the ground is not wide, and the exploration team quickly completed the inspection in groups of two or three, and found no abnormalities.

Seeing this, Colin, the chief of the "six-member council", thought for a few seconds and said:

"Go underground."

While speaking, he quickly pulled out one of the two swords on his back, and smeared silver-gray ointment on it.

Immediately afterwards, he took off a metal vial in the dark compartment of his waist belt, pulled out the stopper, and Gulu drank the potion inside.

At this moment, Derrick felt that the chief's light blue eyes seemed to become brighter.

The members of the exploration team made the most careful preparations one after another. Under the illumination of the four animal skin lanterns, they walked along the steps on the left side of the statue to the underground area step by step.

Derrick switched to the position of carrying the lantern, walked in the front left, and cautiously entered the darkness.

He heard the footsteps of himself and his companions echoing far and wide from the stone steps.

The echo was undisturbed,

It showed the absolute silence below, but in the hearts of the members of the exploration team, it was like knocking on the door, trying to open a secret that had been buried for an unknown number of years, and this made their spirits extremely tense.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Derrick finally saw the road ahead become smoother, and he also saw the newly discovered mural described by the polluted Dak Riggins.

Those murals exist in large swaths on the walls on both sides, simply painted some colors, it looks old, vicissitudes, and gloomy.

Derrick glanced casually, and was attracted by one of the murals:

On the left front wall, a pure white cross stands in the center, surrounded by sea-like black, drowning many humans struggling to stretch out their arms.

On the cross is the "Fallen Creator" hanging upside down. The rusty iron nails and bloody stains are no different from the statues of gods outside.

But in this mural, the "Fallen Creator" is suffering from the erosion of blackness, so that parts of the pure white of the cross become pitch black.

In addition, the cross supports a hazy land, and countless human beings are kneeling and praying to the "Fallen Creator".

Around the screen, in the deepest part of the darkness, there are figures like the evil gods of the six paths.

In the upper left corner is a girl in a black classic long dress. Her clothes are layered but not complicated, inlaid with many stars-like lights. Her body is relatively blurred, showing signs of ripples, and her face is blurred. , seems to be wearing a mask without facial features.

Around her, darkness was surging, and strange eyes loomed.

Directly above was a young man in a pure white robe, his face was painted pure gold, and radiant tentacles grew out.

He held the rotten green book and the condensed spear in both hands, and his chest and vest were reversed.

In the upper right corner is a monster holding a trident. It has an octopus-like head, wide-open eyes, and a body wrapped in lightning.

The feathers of countless birds formed its cloak, and the darkness turned into waves that supported its feet.

On the lower right is a plump and feminine lady, her chest is bulging high, she is naked outside her clothes, holding a baby with a rotten face in her arms, black ears of wheat wriggling under her feet Springs, oozing herbs and wild mating animals.

Directly below is an old man with a hood showing his mouth, wrinkled and white beard.

The old man holds an open book with an eye symbolizing omniscience above it.

At first glance, this old man is the most normal, but the smile outlined on the corner of his mouth is indescribably strange.

In the lower left corner is a giant warrior in tattered armor, holding a long sword and sitting on a throne, against the background of a bleak dusk.

The meaning of this mural is that when the cataclysm came, the evil gods crawled out of the abyss, and the "Fallen Creator" suffered most of the guilt and pain in order to save the world, and because of this, the symbol was eroded and the image changed... However, I think He is the biggest evil god... Derrick held the animal skin lantern, looked at the murals on the wall while walking, and found that it was basically consistent with Dak Riggins' description, and the core theme was that the area where he was located was not blocked. Abandoned by God, he was blessed by the "Creator" and maintained civilization in the apocalypse.

Of course, Dak Riggins only briefly mentioned it before, far less detailed than the mural itself.

During the whole process, Derrick did not relax his guard. He was always on guard against accidents and prepared for the first response after being taught the lesson of being stupid.

In the dim candlelight, the exploration team went through corridors, halls, and rooms, deep into the underground area of ​​the temple.

Suddenly, a half-open gray stone gate appeared in front of them.

There are clusters of mushroom-shaped beautiful things growing outside the gate. They are the size of palms, with white handles and bright red canopies, dotted with dark golden spots in the crystal.

Seeing these "mushrooms", the members of the exploration team had a strong appetite, and just wanted to rush over, pull out a stalk, and stuff it into their mouths.

Gulu Gulu, many people swallowed their saliva.

However, most of the people who can enter the exploration team have rich experience and relatively good sequences. After being reminded in advance, someone immediately stood up and said in a low voice:

"It's rotting flesh and hairy scalp."

Derrick knew this teammate, and knew that his name was Joshua, and he had a magical item obtained and successfully exchanged during a certain exploration.

Joshua stretched out his left palm wearing a red glove, aiming at the gate.

With a flash of light, the blazing fireball quickly took shape and shot out, right in the middle of those very attractive "mushrooms".

Boom! The ground trembled slightly, and the flame wave spread two meters in all directions.

When the flames subsided, those mushrooms had all disappeared, leaving only dots of flesh and blood, which made the Extraordinary, who could barely control himself before, feel sick.

"Demon Hunter" Colin did not interfere with the actions of the team members, and watched quietly, nodding his head from time to time.

"How can there be mushrooms turned into flesh and hair? Where did the flesh and hair come from?" Joshua retracted his left palm and murmured to himself in doubt.

Another team member boldly guessed:

"The original residents of this city?"

It's possible... maybe their death is just turning into pure flesh and hair... Derrick agreed in his heart.

After a brief discussion, the exploration team was divided into several groups to clean up the hall outside the Huishi gate.

Having done all this, they regrouped and slowly passed through the gate, ready to fight.

Behind the gate, there is an altar-like place, and the area that is hard to be illuminated by the surrounding light is deep and dark, and it is unknown what is hidden.

On top of the altar, there is also a dark cross and a "Fallen Creator" hanging upside down.

Derrick, who was carrying an animal skin lantern, was the closest and glanced instinctively.

His eyes froze suddenly, because he found that the statue of the "Fallen Creator" here was different from the outside world.

Its eyes are open!

With blood-colored whites and black eyes, they stared straight at the intruder in front of them as if they were alive.

Da da da, Derrick heard the sound of teeth colliding.

He originally thought it came from a team member, but soon realized that it was himself who was trembling!

Although he didn't know enough about the dangers of the evil god, his teeth were trembling instinctively at this moment.

Da da da.

His teammates had similar reactions.

At this moment, a bit of powder floated up, and "Demon Hunter" Colin clenched his fist.

Boom!

The sound of thunder echoed, and Derrick and the others suddenly woke up, getting rid of the previous nightmare state.

Before they had time to look around, the sound of weeping suddenly came from behind the altar.

"Woo, woo, woo..."

"Woo, woo, woo..."

In the sour silence, "Demon Hunter" Colin ordered calmly:

"Derrick, Joshua, go around and take a look."

Derrick carried the animal skin lantern with some chills in his body, and held the "Hurricane Axe", and together with Joshua, walked slowly around to the back of the altar.

As the darkness was gradually dispelled by the light, they saw a black shadow curled up behind the altar.

Two steps ahead, the black shadow showed its original appearance.

It was a child of seven or eight years old, with soft yellow hair.

He closed his eyes, seemed a little uncomfortable with the light, and shouted excitedly in his mouth:

"Help me, save me..."

Derrick's pupils shrank, thinking of the cry for help he heard in the pure darkness before, he subconsciously raised the "Hurricane Axe".

At this time, "Demon Hunter" Colin, who had already come to them, took a step forward and asked solemnly:

"Who are you?"

The child stopped calling for help, and said as if recalling:

"My name is, my name is Jack..."

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After dinner, Klein put on his coat and hat, ready to go out.

He is going to find Miss Sharron to solve the problem of a certain baron digging a tunnel, and ask the mermaid for clues by the way, trying to complete this matter before Detective Sherlock Moriarty goes south for "vacation".

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