"It's broken. It must be because you didn't hand in the instructions in time. She came to find you."
When Zeus saw the temple guards, he immediately pulled Jiang Lu aside and hid in a dark alley.
Jiang Lu poked half of his head out of the alley and carefully observed the guards blocking the door of Zeus's apartment: "Tsk, if I were caught, I would have wasted a lot of time. Damn it, it would have been better if I hadn't opened the door twice!
Now there are only two days left. It is a bit difficult no matter how you think about it. It takes two days to find the disappeared gods, and this is also under the premise that we don't know what trouble we will encounter. "
"If you want to put it that way, there is actually not much difference between four days and two days," Zeus said weakly.
"You have no right to say such things!"
But just when Zeus was about to refute first and then think about it, he seemed to suddenly think of something: "I seem to suddenly remember something very important."
"What?"
"Opening the Starry Sky Gate requires a lot of energy, so theoretically, as long as we can forcefully open it once before the Starry Sky Gate opens, those pioneers will not be able to enter the unknown land at all, so there is actually no time. Such a rush."
Jiang Lu was stunned and said angrily: "Why didn't you tell such an important thing earlier?!"
"Forgot." Zeus said innocently.
"But even so, it still doesn't help the current problem. They are blocking the door."
"Uh" Zeus scratched his face in embarrassment: "You didn't understand what I meant. What I wanted to say is that there are still two days anyway, so we can go play something new now. Maybe they won't be here tomorrow. .”
"." Jiang Lu shook his head angrily: "You have been harmed by being played all your life!"
"They're doing a play today, Snow White and the Seven Black Men."
"?" Jiang Lu was pretending to be reserved at first, but now he really doesn't want to go: "Fuck you."
"Your conversation is really vulgar." Zeus had no choice but to follow Jiang Lu: "What should we do now?"
Jiang Lu glanced at the guards again, then turned his head and said solemnly: "They should be here to find me. I'll lead them away. You take the opportunity to go in and take E'e out. We'll gather at the central temple."
Zeus nodded: "Damn it, it's on fire!"
Then he watched Jiang Lu take a few deep breaths, and then cautiously leaned over.
But the strange thing is that the guards just glanced at him and didn't pay much attention to him.
It wasn't until Jiang Lu reached the door of Zeus's apartment that the guard stopped him.
Zeus watched them exchange briefly, and the guards opened the door for Jiang Lu. Not long after, Jiang Lu came out holding Huang Xiu'e.
As he left, he waved to a few guards.
All in all, he looked happy and happy.
When Jiang Lu swaggered back to the dark alley, Zeus, who was already puzzled, couldn't wait to ask: "What's going on?"
"It's like this. In fact, they came to arrest you." Jiang Lu explained: "The people who locked you in the basement before recognized your ugly face, so after receiving treatment, they ran out as soon as they could get out of bed. The Elk Temple is suing you."
"Uh" Zeus was stunned for a moment and cursed angrily: "This bitch!"
"It's your fault after all, right?"
"He obviously asked me to tie him up!"
"It doesn't matter, you don't need to explain to me, I don't care anyway." Jiang Lu habitually pushed Huang Xiu'e on the head: "Without further delay, let's go."
"Okay." Zeus nodded: "But they didn't make things difficult for you. Normally, they should be able to easily determine that you are related to me, and then force you to ask where I am, right?"
"Embarrassing me?" Jiang Lu sneered and shook his head, with a look of disdain on his face: "Then you underestimate me."
"Why do you say that?"
"I have to thank that pole dancer." Jiang Lu lifted up his sleeves, revealing red rashes and chancre on his hands, and smiled cruelly: "I threatened them, if they don't listen to me and open the door to me, I will kill these sick people." Infect them."
"No wonder they greet you with smiles and a humble attitude." Zeus suddenly realized.
"You must know how to use everything around you." Jiang Lu suddenly sighed and said melancholy: "This is something I learned after I was reborn. Even if it is a sexually transmitted disease, there must be a way for me to use it."
"Fuck! You are simply a master tactician!" Zeus gave a thumbs up: "Did you know? You can't live without sexually transmitted diseases, just like Jackie Chan can't live without a furniture city."
Central temple.
As the time for the opening of the Starry Sky Gate approaches, the investigation becomes more stringent.
But unlike last time, this time both of them had priest badges certified by the Elk God Religion. They did not encounter any obstacles from beginning to end. They went straight up the circular ladder on the high platform and quickly reached the top.
But when they stepped firmly onto the huge square around the temple, they discovered a new problem.
That is, the Starry Sky Gate is directly above the temple, and the entrance to the altar is in the temple. But now the temples are filled with bishops from each temple, and each entrance is guarded by temple guards who are above all temples. , you will definitely not be able to enter a certain temple just by being a priest.
So the two of them had no choice but to blend in with the pilgrim priests in the square and squat down by the flower bed to discuss.
"what to do?"
Zeus obviously did not expect that the guards would be so tight, because he usually did not come to such a place. Compared with the major entertainment venues in Hybrier, he even knew very little about the central temple, not much better than Jiang Lu.
"You ask me?" Jiang Lu felt funny: "You are a local and you ask me?"
"The main reason is that I don't come here usually. I don't know. Is it normal?"
"Alas." Jiang Lu sighed: "Now that things have happened, I have to fly up."
But just as Jiang Lu was about to let Huang Xiu'e switch to fighting form, Zeus stopped him.
"No way." Zeus shook his head crazily: "You have to enter from inside the temple. All other ways will attract griffons."
"You mean?" Jiang Lu looked around, then pointed at the griffin-headed and lion-body creatures perched on the outer walls of Hybrier in the distance: "Those things?"
"Yes, if there are demi-humans or magical wizards who use magic randomly or fly into the air to disrupt order, then the griffon will launch an indiscriminate attack on the disruptor."
"What Colossus of Justice?" Jiang Lu complained first, and then asked: "Then what level is this gryphon? Is it very powerful?"
"To be honest, I don't have much impression. After all, they are only used to pull carts in Mount Olympus." Zeus replied: "But in this era when gods do not appear, they must be considered the top combat force in Hyberil. At least we definitely can’t beat it.”
"E'e should be able to deal with it, but maybe it will make a big noise. Unless it is absolutely necessary, I still hope that the master's training base of Xibril will not be destroyed." Jiang Lu thought for a while and gave up. Fight! Have fun!" This is the last resort.
"Master's training base?" Zeus expressed confusion about this statement.
"Yes, I am a Catholic believer in Florence who is considered a junior college graduate. Because Hyperion is originally the kingdom of God, it is considered a master's training base. I was trained in places like your Mount Olympus and my underworld. Only then can one be considered a doctor." Jiang Lu classified the believers into three, six or nine grades in a few words.
Zeus was surprised by this statement: "Is there any other statement like this?"
"Yes, for example, the Florentines, let alone gods, have never seen an angel and have no experience at all. Reading the Bible for a lifetime will only make you feel like that, and you will end up working as a pope.
However, the priests of the temple in Hybril could at least meet the lower gods of their faith in the past. They had a mentor who was familiar with the business.
Mount Olympus is different from the underworld. Basically, as long as you graduate successfully, even if you are not a god, you are a direct subordinate of the god. This is amazing. Not only you have rich work experience, but you also know everything and can make arrangements easily. This kind of thing is very rare. "
"Then tell me again, according to your logic, what kind of religious group is Vocational High School?" Zeus became interested.
"Original batch." Jiang Lu looked serious.
"oh."
"Anyway." Jiang Lu brought the topic back: "If you can't do it hard, then you can only go soft."
"What kind of soft law?"
"I have a plan!" Jiang Lu smiled mysteriously.
Inside the temple.
The bishops of various temples have gathered here half a month in advance, praying under the Starry Sky Gate with different beliefs every day, waiting to open the Starry Sky Gate when the transition from extreme day to extreme night occurs.
Although Hybril claims to have countless faiths, in fact, among the hundreds of temples, there are only twenty-one temples that are truly powerful.
These twenty-one temples are sorted by the names of the Twelve Titans and the Nine Muses, and the rest are collectively called the Three Thousand Dream Gods. Let’s just send them in a random order.
The rankings in the temple are also divided according to this order. The twelve most powerful temple bishops sit in the center, surrounding the altar, and nine bishops are divided on both sides. No one cares about the other hundreds, just making up the numbers. .
There are only two days left before the Starry Sky Gate opens.
Almost all the bishops were worried.
Unlike those low-level priests or civilians who think that as long as they pass the pioneer selection, they can change their destiny, they all know that there is already something wrong with the Starry Sky Gate and it has lost the anchor point for teleportation.
But they relied on this to build a huge religious empire. For the sake of the stability of Hybril, it was impossible to make this kind of thing public. Fortunately, the Star Gate manned space flight was going against the will of heaven, and it would have died midway. It was commonplace, so even though fewer and fewer pioneers survived each time, it didn't arouse any suspicion.
The bishops can only choose how long they can keep it secret, and take chances, hoping that one day the anchor point will suddenly be opened, so that the previous events will be as if they never happened at all.
The bishop of the Elk Cult should have been as uneasy as the people around him, but his daughter, Castalia, brought him good news one day ago - a priest in the temple brought back the anchor point, and The priests have recorded and deciphered it successfully.
After being in disbelief, the bishop was overjoyed.
The Elk God Cult is still among the Nine Muses. If it regains its connection with the Elk Goddess, it means that the Elk God Cult will soon enter the ranks of the Twelve Titans, and will soon become the number one sect in Hyberil.
It’s a monopoly, so there’s nothing to say.
So when other bishops were nervous and afraid to face it, he already had the urge to open champagne.
From time to time, he took the initiative to talk to the bishops around him. The corners of his mouth that could not be suppressed were like the twisted mentality of a fisherman who tries to wait for others to discover him after he catches a big fish.
When people asked him why he was so happy, he would say it was nothing and just keep making a fortune.
At the same time, Jiang Lu and Zeus sneaked into the temple.
"Is it really useful?" Zeus was quite surprised by Jiang Lu's operation.
He thought Jiang Lu was talking softly by buying off the guards or some other way to lose the bottom line, but he didn't expect them to walk in so arrogantly carrying a wooden ladder.
"We were notified to repair the wall."
With these words, the two of them could get through without any obstruction, and the guard even thoughtfully helped them hold the door.
"Learn more, this is a secret skill that I don't teach to others."
Jiang Lu leisurely said: "The Thirteenth Law of the World, as long as you carry a ladder, you can freely enter and exit any public place."
But when he walked to the periphery and looked at the bishops of various temples surrounding each other, Zeus still felt a little guilty: "What should we do now?"
"Don't worry, as long as we are confident enough, no one will doubt us."
After that, Jiang Lu carried the ladder and pulled Zeus towards the central altar.
"Excuse me."
"Please give way."
"Be careful of hitting your head."
"Pull your legs back."
While shouting, the two pushed through the crowd and walked inside.
When the bishops first saw the two of them, they all planned to stop them, but after seeing the ladder, they subconsciously moved to the side.
Their subconscious tells them that they should not fight against the person carrying the ladder, just like the person sweeping the floor must lift his feet when he sweeps in front of them. This is a natural law of nature.
Even Zeus didn't expect that they would arrive at the altar so smoothly.
But as they went deeper and deeper, the status of the bishops in Hybrier became higher, and finally someone raised questions.
"There is nothing that needs repairing here." The Bishop of the Elk Cult, who was keen on being a conspicuous bag at this time, frowned.
"Uh." Zeus's experience was only for women. Faced with this embarrassing situation, he was obviously a little stretched. He immediately looked at Jiang Lu, hoping that he could do something.
And Jiang Lu did not live up to his expectations. He immediately asked more forcefully: "This is routine maintenance. Are you responsible if the Starry Sky Gate cannot be opened?"
"Well"
Perhaps Jiang Lu was too confident, and Bishop Elk suddenly felt a little out of breath.
He asked the bishops around him in a low voice: "Does the Starry Sky Gate need maintenance?"
"I do not know."
"But he brought a ladder, and I thought I should listen to him."
"Look, his hands are covered in red rashes that look like syphilis. He must be a professional engineer!"
"So that's it." The bishop soothed his expression and nodded to Jiang Lu: "Then go ahead."
"Hmph." Jiang Lu snorted coldly, proudly put the ladder up on the altar and began to climb towards the Starry Sky Gate.
Zeus had long been amazed: "He is indeed the Jackie Chan in the sex and disease world!"
The two of them climbed to the base of the Starry Sky Gate in front of all the bishops. Some of the enthusiastic bishops even took the initiative to help them hold the ladder.
"Careful, engineer!"
"Shh! He's starting to lube! Don't disturb him."
Jiang Lu looked back and asked softly: "Is it time?"
"Arrived half an hour ago."
"Yeah, it's embarrassing!" Jiang Lu nodded, not even looking back at the bishops holding up the ladder.
[Open the door], start!
boom!
The color of Hyberil's sky and earth changed.
The starry sky gate, which had been silent for a long time and was as dark as ink, began to emit a bright luster.
Dark clouds gathered, and the storm carried lightning, pouring energy into it continuously.
The people of Hybril didn't know what happened, and even the bishops had no time to react, and everything returned to calm.
It's just that the two people and the cat in front of the Starry Sky Gate have long since disappeared after the hurricane that blew people's eyes away.
The bishops who were closest to the Starry Sky Gate and were knocked down by the power of nature climbed up from the ground. Looking at the lonely ladder, they always felt that something was not right.
"Where are the people?"
Bishop Elk looked around: "Where have they gone?"
Someone rubbed his chin and thought: "This is probably debugging, right?"
"Have you ever debugged this step before?"
"I don't know, but they brought a ladder, so I think I should trust them."
"It makes sense. They must have their reasons for doing this."
"In this case, we can only believe them. After all, we are just laymen."
Jiang Lu and Zeus slowly opened their eyes and observed their surroundings.
They were now in a primeval forest, with a dark cave in front of them.
Neither Jiang Lu's impressive trident nor Nodens were in front of them.
"Where is this?" Jiang Lu scratched his head in confusion.
But Zeus didn't reply.
Jiang Lu turned around and found Zeus staring at the cave in front of him with a heavy expression.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"This is not a dreamland!" Zeus seemed to think of some unpleasant memories: "I have been here! I have been here! This is the entrance to the dreamland, the Ghoul Cave!"
"Ah?" Jiang Lu was startled: "How could it be? Don't I have an anchor point?"
"I probably understand." Zeus took a deep breath: "It must be that the Starry Sky Gate is supposed to be opened when the polar day and polar night change. We came two days early, which caused its energy to be insufficient and did not send us. Get to the exact location!”
"I seem to understand." Jiang Lu asked thoughtfully: "It's like if you guide too much, you can't shoot far, right?"
"Your metaphor is really refreshing and refined." Zeus looked at him deeply, then nodded: "But that's right."
Now Jiang Lu also realized the seriousness of the problem: "Damn it, the current situation is worse than being reborn as an orphan! This is just like. It's just like..."
Fear appeared on his face: "It's like being reborn in the women's bathroom of a vocational high school!"
At this moment, Huang Xiu'e, who was lying listlessly on Jiang Lu's head, suddenly felt threatened, suddenly her hair exploded, and she started roaring at the entrance of the cave.
The next moment, countless pairs of green eyes appeared in the cave.
I finally finished writing it at the end, Happy New Year! ! Let me rest for a few days to adjust before starting~
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