Broken Ridge Plateau Temple Territory, main temple area.
Shaye was upset for a while while waiting, and her patience was worn out.
Why haven't you come out yet? !
Originally, she wanted to see what Colin looked like when he came out. She had been standing here for several hours just for this side. The looks from around her made her feel uncomfortable, as if she was dancing by herself in a serious war conference room. , both awkward and unsociable.
I can't bear it anymore.
Taking advantage of the sky getting dark, she walked quickly inside, probably saying that she was here to say goodbye, yes, say goodbye! As an angel from another branch, you should say hello to the temple lord before leaving.
This made her pace faster and faster, passing huge stone pillars standing one after another, and quickly completed the open-air passage.
At this moment, the door to the underground corridor on the left opened, and several people stepped up the steps and saw Shaye parked there.
"Who are you?" asked an angel with short light blue hair.
"Leader of the Holy Fire Plateau Temple, Shaye Valkyrie," Shaye glanced at Colin quietly, and Rowe showed her the corresponding information. She would never mistake that face, "I Come to say goodbye for my visit.”
"Oh," the blue-haired angel frowned, "Okay, then please do."
Not planning to say anything more to her, they stepped on the steps and continued walking outside the temple.
As she passed by, Shaye looked at Colin intently for two seconds. The latter slowly turned his head and showed a gentle and humble smile.
"etc."
After passing by, Shaye called out to the group of people.
Turning around, the blue-haired angel looked at her without any emotion or anger, "I am Moira, the fourth Dominion, the chief war officer of the temple leader here. What can I do for you?"
Shaye couldn't help but smile.
I specially put the fourth one first. This old woman is really confident. She must have lived for hundreds of years.
Resisting the urge not to use the tea art on this woman, Shaye said slowly: "I'm just curious about why there are humans in the temple. He doesn't seem to be a godhead, right?"
Moira turned her head and glanced at Colin.
"This is the craftsman we invited, not a member of the temple."
"Hello, I am a member of the Crownless City Craftsmen Guild," Colin bowed his head to greet her, "You can call me Colin."
Shaye ignored him and continued to look at Moira, "Why did you invite the craftsmen?"
This immediately made the Lord Angel a little unhappy.
Didn't you say you were here to say goodbye? What's the point of asking so many questions when you have to leave? And what does this have to do with you?
"Of course we are looking for craftsmen to do craftsman-related matters," Moira said with her displeasure written on her face, "There is no need for angels from other temples to interfere with our internal affairs."
This was the first time she had seen an angel who was so idle and not polite.
After saying this, without even bothering to wait for a reply, Moira turned around and left with the people.
Shaye stared at Colin's back, always feeling that the other person's behavior was too normal. Compared with what Luo Wei told her, there was no moodiness underneath the surface.
At this moment, a black flame burned fiercely, and Colin who was standing there screamed.
"Ah——! Ah——!!"
Moira and several angels turned around in shock and watched Colin burn to ashes among them.
What! ! !
After staring at the wreckage on the ground for three seconds, Moira raised her eyes and walked quickly towards Shaye.
"you!"
Only then did Shaye react. She was stunned for a moment and said, "I didn't do it."
Moira shook her head violently.
"No, I mean, did you know in advance that something would happen to him!!? Why?"
Only then did Shaye think of the conversation just now. She had obviously mentioned something about this craftsman, and as soon as she finished asking, something happened to Colin, as if he had some kind of precognitive ability.
She looked at Moira confused, "No, I didn't know in advance. What was going on? Why did the flames ignite from inside his body?"
He had been staring so he could see it very clearly, without any additional magic flow, and black fire suddenly erupted in Colin's body.
And even though he was the fourth person with a divine core, the main angel in front of him couldn't figure out what was going on.
Moira frowned and looked at her for a long time.
"Forget it," the Lord Angel seemed to understand that she was wrong. "You can go back, you have nothing to do here."
Seeing them looking for someone to seal off the scene, Shaye stood there without intending to stay any longer, but the more she thought about it, the more strange she felt.
Colin... just died like that?
"Shaye! Shaye, can you hear me?"
The sound of sound-transmitting jewelry came, and she was slightly stunned for a moment, then immediately returned.
Shaye: "You hear me, is it over so soon?"
Isn’t it still several days’ journey from the Golden Church to the Crownless City?
Luo Wei: "Where are you now? We are at the entrance of the temple. Now put down everything you have on hand and come out quickly!"
What?
Only then did Shaye realize that her sound-transmitting jewelry was not as far away as Vermeer. If she wanted to contact her, she had to get closer. They actually came directly to the entrance of the temple?
Okay, I just want to report what happened here.
The four of them met outside the temple gate.
The first thing they did when they met, Luo Wei asked Vermeer to explore and purify Shaye's whole body, and even used materials to arrange a ceremony on the spot.
"What are you...doing?" Shaye looked at their anxious faces, feeling a little at a loss as if something terrible had happened to her.
"Have you met Colin?" Luo Wei asked calmly.
"seen."
"Are you sure it's him?"
Shaye: "?"
Why do you need to confirm this? Shouldn't he be asking what happened or where he is now?
"Are you sure? What's wrong?" Shaye asked doubtfully, "Didn't you show me the photo? And he also calls himself Colin, a member of the Craftsmen's Guild."
Wei Mier's face turned pale.
Vermeer: X﹏X
Woohoo...this isn't true...
She unconsciously shrank towards Luo Wei, and Ayi Ning's expression also changed.
This made Shaye even more confused, "Do you already know that he is dead?"
Vermeer was even more frightened. She grabbed the hem of Luo Wei's clothes with her fingers. The cold wind blew a chill down her back. She was weak and pitiful and was afraid of being shocked, so she didn't dare to shrink into his arms.
Luo Wei's face darkened, "Tell me what you found."
On the snow-covered steps, Shaye quickly recounted what had just happened. After hearing this, the three of them were a little shocked.
"Are you sure it happened shortly before I contacted you?" Luo Wei continued to ask.
"Yes... only three minutes."
Ayi Ning took a deep breath slowly and looked at each other with Luo Wei.
The time doesn't match up.
They teleported Shirley from the Golden Church to the Wailing Valley, then used the teleportation channel of John's Workshop to return to North Artisan Street, and went straight out of the city to the plateau of the Temple Territory, which took a total of about two hours.
"What's wrong with you? That's all I found. Can you explain it?"
Facing Shaye's doubts, Ayi Ning slowly spoke:
"In fact, we also met Colin at the Golden Church."
Shaye: "!!!!!"
After hearing the whole incident from their side, Shaye finally understood why Vermeer behaved like that.
This is too weird!
A person appeared in two places at the same time and died at different points in time. The way of death was extremely bizarre.
She looked at Ayi Ning and said, "I heard you say before that there is some kind of clone in Dongfang. Is it that kind of thing?"
"No," Ayi Ning shook her head, "Clone is just an illusion. It is unreasonable to completely transform a person into two separate physical existences that are so far apart."
"What about...the twins?"
"Like my sister and I did?" Ayi Ning asked, "I don't think this kind of thing has been planned since birth. Of course it is possible, but today we received the news about these two things at the same time and dealt with them. But it’s the same person’s problem.”
Shaye's brows moved slightly.
This is even weirder!
It was as if they were deliberately allowed to find two Colins at the same time!
Vermeer almost fainted listening to their conversation, but seeing Luo Wei lost in thought, she knew she shouldn't disturb him at this time.
"I have a somewhat uncertain conjecture," Luo Wei opened his eyes and said after reviewing the clues of the entire line in his mind. "The method of verification is very simple."
Under the gazes of the three people, he took out the crystal he got from "Colin" and used the resonance device to resonate.
Ayi Ning asked: "Are you trying to find if the black-robed angel is in the temple?"
Luo Wei shook his head, "I'm looking for an answer that maybe we misunderstood."
After completing the resonance, he held the dark golden egg in his hand and raised it high on the southern cliff.
Swish——
A large number of black lines point downward, almost all of them inside Crownless City.
A small part of it points to the mine.
But the vast majority of them pointed to North Craftsman Street in Wuguan City.
"The answer is out."
Luo Wei closed his eyes, savoring the taste of the truth being revealed, and smiled with a gloomy expression.
In the eyes of the three of them, it was unclear whether the expression made them tremble at the truth or whether his upcoming plan made the truth tremble.
Ayi Ning looked back specifically and saw that there was no black line pointing to the Lan Temple, which meant that the black-robed angel was not inside. However, considering the distance, it might be better to verify again in a few days.
"What on earth did you find?" Sha Ye suddenly looked at him, "Speak now!"
Luo Wei slowly opened his eyes, his eyes colder than the cold wind on the snow-covered plateau:
"I think we misunderstood the message we saw in the Golden Church."
Facing the puzzled looks of the three people, Luo Wei searched in his arms and took out the note from the box where the Lieyang Divine Gun was kept.
It read: "Beware of the Craftsmen Guild!"
"Now it seems that it was not a warning for us to be careful about betrayers in the Craftsmen Guild."
Luo Wei stood on the edge of the cliff where the sky was about to darken, looking down at the majestic city built in the disorder of the earth.
"Rather let's be careful of the whole guild of craftsmen."
…
night.
Wuguan City, East Craftsman Street, Fenghua Tea House.
The four of them rummaged through the information sent by Lewis under the candlelight, raised their heads one after another, looked solemn and shook their heads.
No.
There is no replacement record.
Luo Wei had already expected this result. When he first contacted Lewis, he asked the other party for the cadre information of Wuguan City Craftsmen in the past ten years. On the one hand, he wanted to confirm which core members were acting suspiciously, and on the other hand, he wanted to Find the two people who left the note in the Golden Church - the person who could give such important information is most likely an internal member of the Artisans Guild. From Shirley's description, the two people were covered in blood and left in a hurry. I'm afraid He won't live much longer.
However, the Wuguan City Craftsmen Guild has not had any personnel changes in nearly ten years.
There were some who were promoted, but none of them were removed or died or disappeared for some reason. This once allowed Luo Wei to rule out the idea that those two people were members of the Craftsmen's Guild. Now it seems...
That's not me at all.
Not only those two people, but also most of the current cadres of the Craftsmen Guild in Wuguan City are no longer human.
Luo Wei still doesn't know the specific principle, but he learned from Colin's incident that the other party has a way to create a "substitute" exactly like himself, and even the death of one party will not affect the actions of the other party.
How many of the nights did Caroline fall asleep without her husband?
"In other words, most of the current members of the Craftsmen's Guild are not the same ones as before?" Vermeer held the tea cup in both hands and pondered. Compared with the strange extra person for unknown reasons, knowing the truth made her less afraid. .
"The members who wanted to expose all this were 'replaced' in this silent way, and no traces could be found from the intelligence." Ayi Ning added.
The dead are alive.
By being replaced in this way, the Craftsman Association eliminated the whistle-blowers and used the extra people to plan the operation secretly, but on the surface they had a perfect alibi.
But the reason why the trap has never been exposed is not only due to caution, but also because Wuguan City itself is an independent city without a political system, and there is no corresponding organization to take care of this matter.
"What exactly do they want to do?" Shaye asked doubtfully. This did not happen overnight. Judging from the density of those black lines, I am afraid they have been planning for ten years, no, it should be longer.
Caroline and Colin have been married for more than ten years. If Colin had been involved in this matter before the marriage, then this was at least a huge plan that had been running for more than ten years.
"There will be answers in the mine." Luo Wei closed his eyes and said.
Many black lines point to the depths of the mine. The core members are probably doing something there. As an excellent hiding place to hide the truth, plus the clues of the Fallen Angel and the Fierce Sun Spear, Luo Wei is now beginning to determine that Crownless City The destruction must be related to the Craftsmen Guild itself.
only.
Nodes where two Colins appear at the same time were deliberately selected.
Why did the black-robed angel reveal this information to them?
Luo Wei shook his head, looked at the few people who looked a little tired, and leaned over to close all the information on the table.
"There will be no results if you think about it dryly. I have been busy fighting all day today. Don't delay the exploration until tomorrow. Let's discuss it tomorrow."
Afterwards, several people sent Ayi Ning to the inn and teleported back to the Lamenting Valley.
…
late at night.
Shaye tossed and turned in bed unable to sleep.
Thinking of what happened today, he rushed over without stopping when he learned that Colin had two. Is his own safety so unworthy of being reassured?
The eager gesture at that time always felt as if I owed him something.
Really...
She hugged the pillow and covered half of her face, then sat up again, hesitating whether she should do this or not.
But I couldn’t sleep at all!
Shaye couldn't help but feel annoyed, worrying about others and making others feel guilty and unable to sleep. Anyway, he could always succeed in the end!
Distraught, she stood up, hugged the pillow and walked out of the tent quickly. The thought of her doing this made the other person's proud face irritated.
"You better not mean it!"
After turning a few corners, she arrived at the entrance of Luo Wei's tent, but she suddenly bumped into Vermeer, who turned out at the same time and was also holding a pillow.
Shaye: "...!"
Vermeer: "...!"
The two stopped at the entrance of the tent and were stunned for a while.
Now how to do?
A big chapter of 4000 words, you will understand the next chapter
(End of chapter)
