Richard tracked the administrator and the strangers who secretly entered the mine, and finally discovered their identities and purposes.
This group of people are all cultists, affiliated with a cult called the Branch Davidians, and have inextricable ties with the Bronte Mining Company.
Cultists came to the remote town of Centralia to summon the evil god in the mines.
Richard himself is a man with a sense of justice, and he also feels that this is a test given to him by his mother's body, so he prepares to stop the summoning ritual of the cultists.
However, the cultists are in no hurry to start the summoning ritual. They have not yet found the most suitable location in the mine.
At the same time, Richard, an outsider, also aroused their vigilance.
After all, in a remote town like Centralia, which is also a place specializing in the mining industry, it would be strange for a writer to suddenly come and settle there.
Richard realized that he had aroused suspicion. In order not to be driven away, he began to pretend to be crazy and stayed in the town.
After monitoring him for a long time, the mine manager decided that this guy was indeed crazy and paid no extra attention to him.
After a year of this, the cultists finally found the most suitable location in the mine, which was the location of the door.
This position came from a revelation received from a well-respected prophet in their religion.
The Davidians secretly developed a senior executive of Bronte Mining Company into a believer. With the help of the other party, they were able to successfully enter the mine through the administrator.
Otherwise, mines in this era were the private property of mining companies, and workers even had a large number of firearms. If they broke in, they would be fed peanuts.
One day in mid-1962, the Bronte Company specially gave the mine workers a day off, and hundreds of cultists quietly entered the mine.
Richard also secretly followed into the mine and watched as the cultists dug the mine deeper, found the door, and built an altar on the spot.
Richard originally wanted to stop them directly, but there were many people armed with weapons, and he was also curious about what kind of scene this group of cultists would create, so he chose to watch patiently.
Then, he saw a scene he would never forget.
The cultists started the summoning ritual and successfully made the door appear in prototype.
As soon as the door appeared, even though it had not yet been opened, the terrifying power of the evil god seeped out from inside the door.
The cultists who gathered in the mine were all immediately transformed into monsters under the pollution of the evil god's power.
The power of the evil god spread outward along the mine and began to cover the entire town of Centralia.
When Richard, who was in the mine, realized something was wrong, it was too late to run.
The evil god's power invaded his body and polluted his mind.
At the last moment of death, his mother's body gave Richard a glimmer of hope of survival.
Using him as a medium, the power of the mother's body was released, turning into a monster to attack the polluted residents of the town, and finally ignited an underground fire and destroyed the entire town.
But this can only deal with the power infiltrated by the evil god, but cannot deal with the door discovered by the cultists.
In the end, the mother's body turned into a semi-independent subspace, wrapping the town of Centralia in it. Richard's own ability to control time was also discovered, putting the town into a state of endless reincarnation, thereby preventing the door. of opening.
Although Richard survived, as a price, he could only stay in the town of Centralia forever and could not leave, because the reincarnation here was built based on his abilities.
However, the mother's body is not powerful enough and can only create a semi-independent subspace. As a result, part of Centralia Town is still in reality, and people from outside can enter Centralia Town through this part.
So the investigators sent by the Homeland Security Bureau fell into it and spent half a century with Richard.
After listening to Richard's explanation, Fang Cheng and Isis finally understood why he refused to tell the truth or hand over his mother's body.
The situation here is of high value to the outside world, whether it is the mother body or the door.
Richard was worried that Fang Cheng was from the government or a cult. Either way, it might bring him trouble.
The mother's body is the basis for Richard's survival. After he was contaminated by the power of the evil god, he relied on his mother's power to keep alive through time reincarnation.
Handing over his mother's body and closing reincarnation means that his life will come to an end.
After knowing the truth, Fang Cheng and Isis did not feel relaxed.
It seems impossible to force Richard to hand over his mother's body or stop reincarnation. After all, he relies on this to stay alive.
But if they don't stop reincarnation, it will be difficult for Fang Cheng and Isis to find the right time to go out.
Now the time when the entire town of Centralia is connected to the outside world is messed up. Richard himself can't leave, and he doesn't know the time when he is connected to the outside world.
While Fang Cheng and Isis were thinking about countermeasures, Richard took the initiative and asked, "Can you tell me how long it has been outside?"
Fang Cheng replied casually: "It's been sixty years."
Afraid that Richard wouldn't believe it, Fang Cheng even took out his cell phone to show him the time and explained its function.
Richard played with the phone curiously for a while, and after handing it back to Fang Cheng, he suddenly became very disappointed.
"It turns out... more than sixty years have passed..."
Instead of feeling happy that he had lived for more than sixty years, he felt sad that he had been trapped in this place for so long.
Especially I don’t know how long this cycle of reincarnation day after day will last.
Fang Cheng and Isis are very observant of details, and Richard's current mood cannot be seen anywhere.
If you think about it carefully, you will understand that being trapped in this poor place for more than sixty years, repeating the same things day after day, is something that even the most homebound person cannot bear.
Richard's current mood was clearly an opportunity that, if taken well, could resolve matters directly.
Fang Cheng made a decision immediately: "If I give you a chance to live, will you be willing to hand over your mother's body to us?"
Richard looked at him in astonishment and subconsciously blurted out: "Really?"
When he said this, Richard realized something was wrong, but it was too late.
Fang Cheng smiled slightly: "Of course, no problem."
He directly made a trade request to Richard, exchanging his life for his ability to control time.
Richard was slightly startled when he noticed the transaction.
He didn't know if he would lose a life in exchange for his own abilities, but at least Fang Cheng didn't lie to him.
Seeing Richard fall into silence, Fang Cheng did not rush him.
Now, after knowing the whole truth, Fang Cheng is no longer anxious at all.
Even if Richard refuses to agree, Fang Cheng can still use the system's annual forced transaction opportunity to take away Richard's ability to control time.
Without the ability to control time, the reincarnation in the town of Centralia will be automatically terminated.
Richard didn't know that Fang Cheng already had a backup plan in mind. He was silent for a while and then asked: "Can you tell me your origins?"
Although he was completely tired of this endless reincarnation, he did not want to hand over his mother's body to the cultists.
If Fang Cheng and Isis turned around and opened the door after getting their mother's body, then Richard would be a Muggle, and his persistence for more than sixty years would be meaningless.
Fang Cheng knew what he was worried about and explained his identity.
Without going into details, just tell him that he and the evil god are sworn enemies.
Richard believed it, or in other words, he wanted to believe it and found a reason to explain it to himself.
"I hope you can properly resolve the door issue."
Richard sighed: "I'm already tired, and I really can't hold on any longer."
After that, he agreed to Fang Cheng's trade request, using his ability to control time in exchange for his life.
The deal was completed instantly, and the ability to control the endless reincarnation of Centralia town suddenly came to Fang Cheng.
Life: -1
Remaining: 11460
Time control +1
Fang Cheng instantly felt the connection between himself and his mother's body, and the ability to cross the cracks also came to him along with the transaction.
The situation in the entire town of Centralia, tens of thousands of reincarnations and time points, all appeared in Fang Cheng's mind.
He didn't hesitate and ended the reincarnation forcefully.
The entire town of Centralia immediately undergoes drastic changes.
Time passed quickly, and the residents quickly resurrected and then turned into monsters. Then underground fire appeared and engulfed the town.
As the flames gradually extinguished, the town that was burned to ruins was surrounded by poisonous smoke.
Tens of thousands of reincarnations and time points disappeared with Fang Cheng's forcible end. In the end, only the original shape and the only town of Centralia remained, returning to the normal time point.
However, the town of Centralia is still wrapped in a semi-independent subspace embodied by the mother's body.
After losing the ability to control time and the power of his mother's body, Richard, who was contaminated by the power of the evil god, blackened his eyes and fell directly into death.
However, the life Fang Cheng traded for him immediately took effect, quickly resurrecting the dead Richard.
"It's actually true..."
The resurrected Richard looked down at his hands and kept stroking his body, with ecstasy on his face.
For so many years, he has been threatened with death. Now that he is finally free from the threat, you can imagine his mood.
But he still looked at Fang Cheng and Isis warily, fearing that they would regret it.
Now he does not have the ability to cross the cracks at any time. Without the help of his mother's physical strength, his strength has dropped to around B level.
Let alone Fang Cheng, even an ordinary investigator can easily kill him.
Fang Cheng, however, had no interest in taking action against the non-threatening Richard.
Even if this guy was so angry that he was itching his teeth before, Richard had stayed here for more than sixty years and delayed the opening of the door. He was considered a meritorious person to the earth.
Under Richard's alert and uneasy eyes, Fang Cheng waved his hand and sent him directly out of Centralia Town.
Unlike Richard who was controlled by his mother's body, when the roles were switched, Fang Cheng directly took control of the town of Centralia.
Not only Richard, but also Dulu's group of investigators who were trapped in Centralia Town were also sent out.
Outside the town of Centralia, on the dilapidated road, a group of people including Richard and Drew appeared at the same time.
They stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes, and then looked at the surrounding environment, each one was confused.
Is this... coming out?
After holding on for half a century, are you escaping from reincarnation?
Dulu pinched himself as if in a dream, but an investigator next to him collapsed and cried.
The mood of the others was not much better either. Some started shouting, and some lay on the ground and kept kissing the ground.
Richard, who had been mentally prepared, got into the dense forest beside the road and left quietly. If he continued to stay, when the group came to their senses, they would have to tear him, the 'mastermind behind the scene', into pieces.
However, he didn't run far before he was caught up by Dulu and stopped him.
Looking at Richard, whose strength was obviously reduced to nothing, Duru sneered: "Aren't you going to explain it to us properly?"
Duru didn't come up and take action directly, which surprised Richard. After all, these people hated him.
Now that the town of Centralia has nothing to do with Richard, he naturally will no longer keep the truth a secret and quickly confesses everything.
"It's not that I don't want to let you go, it's that I don't have the ability myself."
Richard defended weakly: "I misled you just to give you a hope of living, otherwise you would all have died long ago."
Although Drew was shocked by the truth in Centralia Town, he was not surprised by Richard's defense. Instead, he snorted: "If it weren't for this reason, you would have died the moment we met just now. "
Richard looked at him blankly: "You already... knew about it?"
A trace of tiredness flashed in Dulu's eyes: "After so many years, I can still guess."
He had already guessed that the pursuit plan would not succeed.
It's just that I didn't say it out loud in order to let the people around me stick to their belief in living.
In fact, it is not that no other investigators guessed it, but after they guessed it, they all chose to commit suicide without exception. Only Dulu persisted.
Richard was very shocked. He could persist for so many years only if he knew the truth.
And Dulu didn't know anything, and had to hide it from the people around him. He was able to keep a desperate secret for so long.
"Feel sorry……"
Richard apologized softly, guilt written all over his face.
Dulu smiled: "No need to apologize, you have good intentions."
Richard shook his head: "No, I just want you not to die so quickly and to stay with me."
If it weren't for Drew and the others, Richard didn't know if he could have persisted for so long by himself.
"Well, there is no right or wrong in this matter. We are all victims."
Drew was very free and easy, and even took the initiative to reach out to Richard: "Are you interested in accompanying us to survive together in the strange era half a century later?"
Richard was silent for a while, then slowly stretched out his hand and held it tightly with his palm.
…
Fang Cheng didn't know what was happening outside the town of Centralia. After sending away the irrelevant people, he would start to solve the door problem.
"How are you going to solve it?"
Isis asked from the side. There is no time reincarnation, and the opening of the door seems inevitable.
"I have a half-baked idea."
Fang Cheng muttered: "But we have to try. If it fails, we can only continue to use time to solve the problem."
After seeing the door that could not be closed in the crack on the seabed, Fang Cheng had been thinking about how to solve it.
After such a long time, he really thought of an immature solution.
Now is the time to try it and see what the success rate is.
The two quickly returned to the mine. Fang Cheng did not let the blazing underground fires disappear. These underground fires were equivalent to an isolation zone, which could eliminate the power of the evil god seeping out from the door.
Above the altar, the circular door was already looming. Without the power of time reincarnation, the opening of the door seemed inevitable.
Isis stood aside and watched quietly as Fang Cheng tried his 'immature' method.
Fang Cheng flew directly to the edge of the door.
Looking closer, the darkness inside the door seems to have an inexplicable suction force, sucking in everything around it.
A faint black color is spreading from the door, these are the power of the evil god.
Although it is nowhere near as large as the one under the sea, if left unchecked, sooner or later it will become exactly the same.
Two doors that can't be closed make my scalp numb just thinking about it.
Fang Cheng took a deep breath and then opened the crack in the subspace.
He did not rush to get in, but continued to widen the scope of the crack.
The shape of the crack looks like an infinitely thin two-dimensional plane. It looks like a twisted seam from the front and is not visible at all from the side.
Fang Cheng stretched the crack to the limit and approached the door in the air.
His method is very simple, which is to drag the door into the subspace through the cracks in the subspace, and use the power in the subspace to suppress the opening of the door.
There are two uncertain problems with this method. One is whether the crack can pull the door in, and the other is whether the power in the subspace can suppress the second door.
Now we are ready to verify the first puzzle. The subspace crack is two-dimensional, while the door is three-dimensional. No matter which direction you look at, you will see the front of the door.
When the subspace crack approached the door, Fang Cheng and Isis became nervous and stared intently.
The three-dimensional circular door gradually transformed into two dimensions under the pull of the subspace crack. In just a few seconds, it turned into an infinitely thin plane, and was finally pulled directly into the crack and disappeared.
Success?
Fang Cheng and Isis looked at each other, neither of them expected it to be so easy and simple.
"Just wait a moment."
Fang Cheng left a message to Isis, and then followed him into the subspace of the Lord of Demons.
After entering, Fang Cheng saw that the door he had pulled in was quickly returning to a three-dimensional circle.
He immediately controlled the power of all the demons in the subspace and suppressed it towards the door.
The two subspaces of the Lord of Demons and the King of the Undead correspond to the prototypes of two gates, which were suppressed by the mother's power and were not opened.
He didn't know if the power here could withstand the second door.
While Fang Cheng waited nervously, the door, suppressed by the power of the demons, gradually began to shrink, and finally shrank into a black dot and disappeared.
Fang Cheng waited for a while, and after confirming that no accident occurred, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
Finally solved.
