Chapter 1301 The Gradually Collapsed Prison

What the old bishop said went beyond the most bizarre expectations of everyone present, so that no one said a word for half a minute after the old man finished speaking. Finally, Hao Ren was the first to break the silence: "You mean, the entire God Has the city disappeared?"

"Ninety percent of the city has disappeared, and only a small part of the circular area closest to Asuman's sacred mountain - the side of Divine Will, including the Icon Palace and several ancillary palaces. Due to the obstruction of the power of chaos , the reconnaissance team we sent out was not able to get closer to investigate at close range, but just from the outside observation, it can be determined that the holy light of the Icon Palace has been extinguished, and there is not even any breath of life visible in the entire building."

Karasius couldn't help but take a breath: "Goddess!"

The high-ranking bishop's hands involuntarily clenched and then let go convulsively. It was obvious that this too shocking news suddenly made him lose control, so that he felt at a loss.

In this situation, only Hao Ren, who always maintains a third-party perspective, can still ask as usual: "Have you sent people to explore outside again after that? Are there any remaining urban areas around the City of Gods? Are there still areas in the wilderness outside? Are there survivors? Maybe that can tell us what happened."

The old bishop shook his head feebly: "Of course we have thought about what you said. However, the repeated attacks of the nightmare forces have made the remaining priests in Luan City exhausted. It is already a miracle that we hold on to this cathedral. How is it possible? We still have enough energy left to send out a second group of teams. In fact, the first team suffered a lot of casualties. At that time, we organized the reconnaissance team with the idea of ​​desperately breaking through and asking for help from the Holy City, but now the entire City of Gods is not If it flies away, it will be impossible for a new reconnaissance team to set off."

Hao Ren glanced at Calasius beside him. He was still in shock and grief at this moment, but the senior bishop still calmed down with his extraordinary willpower. He took a long breath: "We must go to Asu immediately. Man...Mr. Hao Ren, do you have a plan?"

Until now, Calasius has not forgotten the decree he heard from the Pope when he set out. He firmly believes that Hao Ren's "miracle" from the Cassuan Temple is the hope of saving Asuman. Even if the situation worsens, he will still do so. Believe in it - because this has almost become the only reason for him to continue to persevere. Now that the City of Gods has mysteriously disappeared, he needs a pillar of faith to support his actions.

However, Hao Ren did not answer immediately. He just thought carefully and suddenly asked: "Bishop Holzman, did the City of Gods cut off external contact before chaos completely enveloped the earth?"

He heard a suspicious detail from the old bishop's description just now, so he couldn't help but ask further.

The old bishop nodded.

"The City of Gods had not 'disappeared' at that time?"

The old bishop continued to nod: "That should be the case. At that time, the light from the Holy City could still be observed, and the existence of the Holy City could also be confirmed through divine divination, but all communication channels were cut off."

"In other words, at least before the first nightmare began, the City of Gods was safe and sound, but it was completely blocked at that time, and then it mysteriously disappeared. No one knows what happened in the process."

Calasius looked at Hao Ren doubtfully: "What did you think of?"

Hao Ren said lightly: "I suspect that someone took the initiative to cut off the connection between the City of Gods and the outside world. This person can only be the ruler of the city."

"His Majesty the Pope? This is impossible," Carathius said immediately, "Why would he do this?"

"There are many reasons. Maybe he was controlled, maybe he wanted to protect the Holy City, or maybe he wanted to protect other cities. Maybe he wanted to prevent some kind of evil force from spreading through the magical connections between cities?" Hao Ren raised his eyelids and said, "I didn't say anything else."

As he said that, he looked at the man standing in the corner and said silently: "An, do you have anything to say?"

This woman said before that she had an important mission and had to go to the Holy Land. However, now that she actually arrived at the Holy Land, she became as silent as a puppet, as if this place had nothing to do with her. Hao Ren was curious and thought Hear what she has to say.

An seemed to be wandering in the sky, until Hao Ren called her again and suddenly woke up. Her hood moved, and a hoarse voice came from it: "Before going to Asuman, I want to take a look at those people who are trapped in nightmares." What exactly is it like?”

Hao Ren and Karasius' eyes fell on Bishop Holtzman, and the old man nodded happily: "Of course."

Although the surviving priests of Luan City are currently trapped in the cathedral, they have never given up on finding a way out of the predicament, so the research on the nightmare phenomenon is always ongoing. They found people trapped in nightmares from the city and brought them to an annex behind the cathedral to try to find a way to cure the nightmares and reverse the erosion, but so far they have made no progress.

Hao Ren and his party saw the sleeping citizens of Lu'an. There were more than a dozen people in total, lying neatly on both sides of a long room. Several low-level assistant priests were taking care of these "living corpses". The scene in the whole room was like As weird as a morgue.

This building was originally a medical clinic attached to the cathedral.

People eroded by the Chaos Nightmare look no different from ordinary people. They just lie quietly, breathing extremely slowly, but their heartbeats and other vital signs are normal, as if they have fallen into a normal sleep. Some tubes of unknown purpose extended from their bedding and were connected to the metal equipment next to the hospital bed. There were milky white halos and runes floating in the equipment. These seemed to be medical equipment based on divine power used by the church.

Since the old bishop still wanted to stay in the underground palace to take charge of the overall situation, Father Bernstein, who had received everyone before, once again served as the guide and commentator. He explained the situation of sleeping citizens: "People who fall into nightmares are like this. They look like ordinary living people, but their souls are wandering between reality and illusion. Their bodies lie here, and from their spirits The shadows born in the world are wandering in the city outside, much like the soul is out of the body, but ordinary summoning magic or tranquilizing magic cannot have an effect."

An An walked slowly among these "living corpses", carefully checking the condition of one or two of them from time to time without saying a word.

Hao Ren couldn't help but asked her: "Did you find anything?"

"Their souls have fallen into the 'other side'," An said in a low voice. "What is wandering in the city outside is not their souls, but just phantoms refracted from the 'other side'. They are more nihilistic than souls. The dream is even weaker. However, those illusory shadows pose a huge threat because they carry the aura of the 'other side'. This is a precursor for the imprisoned to break free and pass through the barrier. The more those shadows move in the real world, the more the barrier becomes. The more fragile it is, the more breath will leak out, which will greatly accelerate the collapse of the prison."

Hao Ren didn't expect An to be able to say so many words as soon as he opened his mouth. He was immediately confused by the long and unclear words that the other party was talking about. He stared and said, "Can it be translated into common language?" What's on the other side?"

The dark hood was slightly raised: "The other part of Kolo's folded up, the cage of eternal exile, the abyss of oblivion where Rock Marton is imprisoned."

Father Bernstein, who was standing behind Hao Ren, took a breath.

"You said that these people who fell into the nightmare were actually sucked into Lockmarton's prison?!" Hao Ren stared at An, "Then their actions in the prison were projected into the real world and turned into shadows lingering in the city. ?”

"exactly."

Lily couldn't help but poke An's cloak: "Hey, how do you know so much?"

"When Asuman comes, I will confess everything, but now is not the time."

Lily rolled her eyes: "Hey, I don't like to talk."

Hao Ren looked at the sleeping citizens and gently touched Lily's arm: "I wonder what the connection is between this sleeping phenomenon and the nightmare monster you caught."

"Why don't you bring it here and ask?" Lily's ears twitched. "It was able to communicate normally last time. But most of the time it has to take the initiative to speak, and it doesn't seem to respond much to outsiders' inquiries."

Father Bernstein keenly heard the word "monster" and immediately asked: "Nightmare monster? Have you ever caught the culprit that caused nightmares?"

"It was caught in Ansu Continent. The attack on the border of Talos Kingdom is related to that kind of monster," Hao Ren briefly explained. "When we came here before, we were not sure about the situation in the city, so we arranged it first. The monster has been imprisoned in the woods outside the city and can be brought over at any time."

The priest became nervous when he heard this: "Outside the city? Guarded by people? Will there be an accident?"

Nowadays, the dark magic in the Holy Land is rampant. Although the power of Chaos has been temporarily forced outside the barrier, the claws of Chaos have penetrated everywhere. The city is not safe, let alone the wilderness outside the city that is far away from the protection of various temples. Therefore, the priest is shocked.

Hao Ren smiled slightly: "There can be no problem, they all have magic weapons on them."

Isn't it a magic weapon? Each person has a handful of dog hair.

But it might be that Hao Ren was having bad luck today. As soon as he finished speaking, his portable communicator suddenly lit up.

After the communication was connected, a burst of panicked shouts immediately sounded: "Ouch, oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

Hao Ren was just wondering when Lily snatched the communicator away with her hand and said, "Send someone who can speak human language!"

There was confusion on the other side of the communicator, and then a church knight spoke in a hurry: "Head Wolf, that monster is in trouble!"

Hao Ren really wanted to slap himself in the face: This is a slap in the face! He couldn't explain the problem just now.

"What's the situation?"

"It's... evaporating!"