After hearing Qiu Gongyue's words, the expressions of the other three people suddenly became solemn.
They had heard Qiu Gongyue mention the dangers in the dream world many times. If the real moon god sacrifice was held here, the degree of danger could be imagined.
Dang, Dang, Dang!
The bell outside rang again, breaking the silent night. This was the bell urging everyone to go and participate in the sacrifice.
"Can we not go?"
Dinah said with some fear. She couldn't stand this eerie atmosphere: "Don't horror movies always warn the audience that when in danger, it's best to stay where you are and don't run around?"
The three of them did not comment on her words. If they did not want to find the truth about this place, then staying in the room was indeed a good choice.
But obviously this place did not give them a chance to make a choice. Suddenly, there was a rapid knock on the door, startling all four of them.
Qiu Gongyue has been exploring this dream world for twenty days, and she has never encountered anyone knocking on the door.
Indo Rika was closest to the door. She immediately walked over and looked out through the peephole.
The next second, she turned back with a shocked face and said to the three people in a silent tone: "There is no one outside."
Bang bang bang.
But the knocking on the door continued and became faster and faster.
Yin Fulin whispered: "Are you urging us to attend the Moon God Sacrifice?"
The four of them looked at each other. What would be the consequences if they let it go and did not attend the Moon God Sacrifice?
In the real world, both Nina and Ellie have taken the trouble to remind them that they must not miss the Moon God Sacrifice, otherwise the consequences will be serious.
Qiu Gongyue was deep in thought, listening to the increasingly urgent knocks on the door outside, and suddenly made up her mind, and told Yin Tenglixiang and Dinah: "You two stay in the room, I will go out with Yin Fulin."
Although under normal circumstances, it is taboo to act separately, Qiu Gongyue also has difficulties.
Because Rika Indo's strength is really a bit weak, it would be difficult for Akimiya Yue to take care of her when she is in danger. Although Dinah's strength is strong enough, she does not have much experience to deal with such a complex environment, and she I am also very resistant to going out.
During the twenty-day exploration of Qiugong Yue, the room was considered the safest place. It was far safer for them to stay here than to go out with them rashly.
The knocking on the door outside became more and more urgent, even causing the entire door to vibrate violently.
"Okay, no matter what happens, you must come back soon."
Indo Rika and her sister could only agree to Akimiya Yue's proposal.
Qiu Gongyue and Yin Fulin put on their pointed hats again, then prepared themselves mentally and suddenly opened the door in front of them.
The knocking on the door stopped suddenly, and the room was completely empty, not to mention any people, not even a ghost.
Dinah was so frightened that she hid behind Yin Tenglixiang. Qiu Gongyue and Yin Fulin walked out of the door together and came to the empty and gloomy corridor.
The two looked at each other, Yin Fulin closed the door and left along the corridor with Qiu Gongyue.
A few minutes later, the two returned and Yin Fulin knocked gently on the door.
"Are you guys OK?"
They walked back, mainly to see if there would be a knock on the door if Rika Indo and Dinah were left in the room.
The room quietly opened a crack, and Yin Tenglixiang and Dinah put their heads together and said nervously: "Fortunately, there was no knock on the door after you left."
"That's fine, just stay in the room and don't run around."
After closing the door, Yin Fulin and Qiu Gongyue turned around and left in tacit agreement, heading out of the garden.
The two of them walked in the dark corridor. Yin Fulin raised her head and looked at the oil paintings hanging in the corridor. She had heard Qiu Gongyue mention these paintings many times.
The oil painting depicts the waxing and waning of the moon, which is said to change every night.
"Well, this is?!"
Yin Fulin suddenly made a sound of surprise and stared at one of the oil paintings.
This painting shows a full moon, and a clear figure appears on the Moon Mountain.
The figure on the moon gave her a sense of fear that came from nowhere.
Qiu Gongyue also noticed this, with a solemn expression: "When I observed it last night, the black spots were still very similar."
Today it has finally turned into a clear human form, and tonight happens to be the Moon God believers' sacrifice to the moon. It's hard not to think of them together.
Yin Fulin suppressed the feeling of sadness in her heart and asked, "Is this the god on the moon?"
Qiu Gongyue was about to answer when she suddenly felt something. She raised her finger and pointed it at Yin Fulin, making a shushing gesture.
At the corner of the corridor in the distance, two pointed hats slowly passed by.
Qiu Gongyue and Yin Fulin held their breaths and watched them disappear into the darkness. Before they had time to breathe a sigh of relief, they saw the two pointed hats turning back again.
They stood quietly in the darkness, staring at Qiu Gongyue and Yin Fulin, their eyes scanning their hands.
Qiu Gongyue noticed that the eyes of the two pointed hats began to become bloodshot and gradually turned blood red, and they began to walk towards them.
The experience of many explorations made her know that this was a sign that Pointy Hat was starting to go crazy.
But Qiu Gongyue really doesn't want to do anything, because the strength of these pointed hats is increasing every day, and now any pointed hat has the strength of a fourth-level ability user.
Not only is it time-consuming and laborious to fight, but nothing is gained. Moreover, these pointed hats cannot be killed at all and will resurrect in the blink of an eye.
Just as the atmosphere became more and more solemn, Yin Fulin at the side suddenly took out the statue representing the moon, which was what Ellie had given them before.
Qiu Gongyue realized something and immediately took out this thing.
Seeing this scene, the two pointed hats stopped, and their bloodshot and red eyes gradually returned to normal.
They quickly turned away and disappeared into the darkness.
Qiu Gongyue secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said to Yin Fulin: "How did you think of it?"
Yin Fulin lowered her head and glanced at the moon symbol in her hand: "I found that their eyes had been observing our hands, so I decided to give it a try."
Dang, Dang, Dang!
The bells that resounded throughout the castle rang again. Qiu Gongyue and Yin Fulin could only go on the road in silence. Soon they found many pointed hats in the dark corridor, moving towards the garden.
Different from the relaxed and pleasant atmosphere in reality, these pointed hats walked with heavy steps, no one communicated, no one said a word, they just moved forward silently in the corridor, gradually gathering into a crowd.
Qiu Gongyue and Yin Fulin mixed in and followed the crowd to the garden outside. Thousands of pointed hats had gathered here, which meant that there were at least thousands of level four ability users.
There was no commotion or whispering. All the pointed hats were arranged silently. Qiu Gongyue and Yin Fulin hid among them. They looked up at the altar and found Mia on the altar.
And the huge moon, which seemed to be within reach, hung in the night sky, making her look like she was standing on the moon.
The atmosphere was so solemn that it seemed to turn into substance. The cold air had dropped to below zero, and every breath would bring out white mist.
Qiu Gongyue and Yin Fulin both held their breath and did not dare to breathe, because only two of them were spitting out white mist, while the other Moon God believers were like dolls that did not need to breathe, standing quietly and motionless.
After a long time, Nina appeared, followed by a group of pointed hats carrying stretchers with struggling male sacrifices tied to them.
"Praise the moon, great Luna, Lord of the Silver Moon..."
In Mia's pious prayers, these struggling sacrifices were disembowelled alive, and their bloody hearts were put on trays and sent to the altar.
Although Yin Fulin had already heard Qiu Gongyue describe it, this was the first time she saw such a bloody scene, and she still frowned subconsciously.
Seeing the other Moon God believers kneeling on the ground fervently, the two of them could only follow suit.
Soon, just like what Qiu Gongyue saw last time, as the ceremony progressed, the moonlight in the sky condensed a languid figure, "walked" down from the moon, and touched Mia's raised hand. Together, the two instantly blend into one.
Qiu Gongyue's eyes were fixed on this scene. The last time she was accidentally interrupted, this time she wanted to see what would happen in the end of this sacrifice.
After blending in with the mysterious figure coming down from the moon, Mia turned around and faced the thousands of Moon believers below.
Her face was expressionless, her eyes radiated bright moonlight, and her whole personality changed drastically, making her look as high as a god.
The Luna believers knelt on the ground enthusiastically, looking crazy, and kept praising and pleading to Mia.
Being in this atmosphere, both Qiu Gongyue and Yin Fulin felt shuddering.
The moonlight emitted by the moon in the sky became stronger and brighter, and finally it was like the sunshine at noon, covering the whole world.
In the endless bright light, Qiu Gongyue's consciousness gradually faded.
When she came back to her senses, she found that she was standing on the balcony of a villa on an island, with the continuous coast below. The setting sun was about to set on the horizon, dyeing the sky blood red.
The waves are roaring, the breeze is blowing, and it's a perfect sunset picture on the beach.
"here it is……"
Qiu Gongyue frowned slightly, feeling that her thinking was a little confused, and she couldn't figure out where she was for a while.
"Don't catch a cold."
There was a haunting voice from behind, and she looked back and saw Xu Cheng walking in from the bedroom.
Qiu Gongyue subconsciously replied: "It's a little hot in the house, come out and enjoy some air."
She remembered that this was a famous resort somewhere, and she and Xu Cheng had just arrived here a few days ago.
Xu Cheng came over, hugged Qiu Gongyue from behind, and cheek to cheek with her, looking at the sea view below: "Do you like it here?"
"like."
"Then let's stay a little longer."
"Ask me now, have you made your decision?"
"Oh, I won't tell you when I see it."
Their hands were intertwined, with a pair of wedding rings on their fingers.
Memories emerged in her mind, Qiu Gongyue remembered that after she took revenge on the Senate, she relieved herself of all burdens and had been married to Xu Cheng for several years.
The two live in Japan, but travel around the world every year.
Xu Cheng's hand gradually went down, stroking Qiu Gongyue's slightly protruding abdomen, where a new little life was being gestated.
Qiu Gongyue pressed her hand, her heart filled with happiness: "Have you decided on a name?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. Let's think about it together."
Xu Cheng said as he continued to reach down.
"Stop it."
Qiu Gongyue let out a soft snort and wanted to stop Xu Cheng, fearing that it would be bad for the child in her belly, but her attitude was not firm.
Xu Cheng naturally understood what his wife meant. Her hand moved down firmly and touched the mysterious rune when she touched her abdomen.
"ah!"
Qiu Gongyue trembled all over, and for a moment she felt an electric shock-like sensation, causing severe pain in her body and head.
Countless pictures flashed through her mind. They were of her and Xu Cheng's happy and sweet married life. All the pictures were like paintings thrown into a shredder, cruelly and ruthlessly torn into pieces, and finally turned into darkness.
In the endless darkness, I don't know how much time passed, Qiu Gongyue slowly opened her eyes and found herself lying on the grass covered in sweat.
She struggled to get up, panting and looking around.
Bolt Castle, outside the gardens.
Thousands of Moon God believers were kneeling on the ground. Although they were wearing pointed hats and could not see the expressions on their faces clearly, they could feel the aura of extreme joy and happiness from their bodies.
Qiu Gongyue thought of everything she had just experienced, and suddenly realized what situation these Moon God believers were in now.
That kind of extreme happiness makes people unwilling to wake up at all.
If it weren't for the mysterious runes on her body, Qiu Gongyue wouldn't even be able to find herself in the false state of happiness.
Yin Fulin was kneeling on the ground motionless, obviously she had also been hit.
Qiu Gongyue was about to check her condition when she suddenly trembled and suddenly looked up towards the altar.
Mia stood on the altar like a high god, her eyes emitting moonlight, and she looked down at Qiugong Yue quietly and condescendingly.
Qiu Gongyue reached out and grabbed Yin Fulin, suddenly stood up from the ground, turned around and ran away.
A terrifying mental power burst through the air in an instant and blasted into Qiu Gongyue's brain. The murderous intention wave automatically counterattacked, but like the paper lake, it was torn into pieces in an instant.
Qiu Gongyue let out a groan of pain, and her brain felt like it was being torn apart.
"heresy!
"
Suddenly, roars came from the left and right sides, and dozens of Moon God believers came to life, roaring and pounced on Qiu Gongyue.
Their strength has reached the peak of the fourth level, and their speed is as fast as lightning.
Qiu Gongyue endured the severe pain in her brain and used breathing techniques. The fierce energy erupted from her body, trying to blow away these Moon God believers.
However, the originally fierce Gangfeng seemed weak and weak at the moment, and was easily broken through by the Moon God believers. Not only did their strength have been enhanced, but Qiu Gongyue's own strength was obviously limited by the environment.
Seeing that she was about to be beaten by dozens of people, Qiu Gongyue, who felt severe pain in her head, suddenly opened her eyes, and the mysterious runes under her belly became slightly hot.
puff! puff! puff!
The bodies of all the Moon God believers who rushed up were suddenly in pieces, like torn tattered dolls, and a large amount of blood spilled on the ground along with their broken limbs.
Qiu Gongyue didn't care to figure out what was going on. She gritted her teeth and used Shadow Raid, leading Yin Fulin to escape from the garden, towards the castle, and arrived at the window in a blink of an eye.
Standing on the altar, Mia silently watched Qiu Gongyue fleeing. The moonlight all over the earth suddenly condensed into several ribbons, which instantly penetrated the long distance, tightly bound Qiu Gongyue's hands and feet, and dragged her. return.
Qiu Gongyue's outstretched hand was less than ten centimeters from the window.
At this critical moment, a hand suddenly reached out from the window, grabbed Qiu Gongyue's wrist tightly, and pulled her and Yin Fulin forcefully into the window. Several ribbons formed by the moonlight were torn directly.
"Finally willing to come out!"
Mia's eyes suddenly enlarged, and her whole body turned into a pale moonlight, instantly flying into the castle, and quickly wandered around the corridors and halls to search.
Qiu Gongyue felt that her wrist was tightly grasped, and she kept running fast in the castle.
She raised her head and saw a petite figure from behind.
Kelly!
Twenty days later, she finally appeared again, still at the Moon God's sacrifice, and once again saved Qiu Gongyue.
Kelly looks like an ordinary person, but her running speed is extremely fast, and she even has the effect of shrinking into an inch. She keeps running around in the maze-like castle with Akimiya Yue.
There was a clear whistling sound from behind, like a strong wind blowing. It was the sound of Mia chasing them.
Her whole body turned into countless rays of moonlight, which almost illuminated the entire dark castle. Every corridor and every room was filled with bright light.
Kelly and Qiu Gongyue escaped through the gaps in Mia's search, and each time they escaped dangerously and narrowly.
At the closest distance, the two sides were only separated by a corner.
In the end, Kelly relied on her familiarity with the environment and superior positioning to successfully escape Mia's pursuit and escape back to the room.
"Bang!"
Kelly closed the door hard, then sat down on the chair, put her hands on her knees, and started breathing heavily.
The severe pain in Qiu Gongyue's brain had eased slightly. She endured the discomfort and lowered her head to check Yin Fulin's condition.
After taking off her pointed hat, Yin Fulin closed her eyes tightly and smiled slightly, clearly looking happy.
Obviously, she was trapped in some false illusion of happiness just like what Qiu Gongyue had experienced before.
Qiu Gongyue began to try to wake up Yin Fulin, but no matter what actions she made, Yin Fulin fell into a deep sleep and had no reaction at all.
"it's useless."
Kelly suddenly spoke. She poured herself a glass of water on the table. After drinking it down, she took a deep breath: "People who enter this state cannot be awakened from the outside world."
Qiu Gongyue looked back at her: "Then is there any way to wake her up?"
"Unless you can enter her spiritual world and lift the veil of falsehood for her, she will not be able to wake up on her own."
Kelly shrugged: "Don't look at me either, I don't know how to help you enter her spiritual world."
Qiu Gongyue reached out and touched Yin Fulin's forehead and asked, "What will happen if she continues like this?"
"Don't worry, she will wake up on her own after the Moon God sacrifice is over."
Kelly glanced at Yin Fulin and chuckled: "But by then, she will become a devout believer in the Moon God. If you don't want to turn against your companions, the last step is to kill her now."
Qiu Gongyue thought of those crazy Moon God believers outside. If Yin Fulin became like that, how could she do it?
Only then did Kelly complain in a dissatisfied tone: "Didn't I ask you to leave the castle quickly before? Why are you back again?"
"Sorry, we have a reason to stay."
Whether Qiu Gongyue resurrected her parents in order to regain the power of the Shadow Goddess, or the Yin Fulin sisters followed their ancestors' last wishes and searched for the goddess's heirs, they must stay to find the truth.
Only Rika Indo was truly innocent and was involved.
Qiu Gongyue expressed gratitude to Katie: "Thank you for saving me twice."
Kelly waved her hand indifferently: "You're welcome, I don't have anything to do anyway."
"Miss Kelly."
Qiu Gongyue looked into her eyes: "What is going on in this place? What exactly is the Moon God Sacrifice? Can you tell me?"
Kelly was silent for a while and then said: "Just think of this place as a very special place. People here can't leave, but people from outside can come in. As for the moon god sacrifices, of course they believe in the moon, and the moon gives Reward, but this reward comes at a price, as you have seen.”
Qiu Gongyue vaguely understood what she meant. The moon's reward probably refers to those intoxicating false happiness, and the price may be mental disorder.
She asked strangely: "Why are you willing to tell me this now?"
Last time, Kelly refused to say anything and kept urging her to leave.
Hearing Qiu Gongyue's doubts, Kelly spread her hands: "Because you have been completely trapped here and can no longer leave. As an unlucky guy like you, of course I am happy to tell you the situation."
After speaking, she observed Qiu Gongyue's face, but did not see the expected panic or nervousness. Qiu Gongyue's expression remained calm.
"You're not panicking at all. Do you don't believe me?"
"No, I believe what you say."
Qiu Gongyue shook her head: "It's just that I have been mentally prepared for this situation, so I am not surprised."
In her short life of more than 20 years, she had experienced countless life-threatening dangers. Now this situation is just a small scene.
For this kind of psychological quality, Kelly could only give her a thumbs up to express her admiration.
"Miss Kelly."
Qiu Gongyue was still thinking about the other two people: "I have two other companions who are hiding in my room. Is it safe there?"
Since Kelly said that their group was trapped here and could never get out, Rika Indo and Dinah would not be able to leave even if they hid in the room until the next day. If they were not notified in time, they might leave the room. .
Kelly didn't seem surprised that Qiu Gongyue had two other companions: "That's hard to say. You'd better stay with them and take care of each other."
Qiu Gongyue looked down at Yin Fulin and said, "I want to go back. Can I leave her here with you?"
"This is not okay."
Kelly waved her hand quickly: "I may not be safe here either."
Akimiya Yue felt that the situation was difficult for a while, and the consequences of her previous separation from Indo Rika and the others were revealed.
But if they had not separated, and the four of them were participating in the Moon God Sacrifice together, I am afraid that none of them would be able to escape now.
Kelly's words were immediately verified. Not long after she finished speaking, there was a fierce knock on the door outside.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Kelly's expression changed: "You came to the door so soon?"
She rushed to the window and pushed it open.
Qiu Gongyue also quickly picked up the unconscious Yin Fulin and ran over.
The knocking outside turned into a banging on the door. The whole door shook violently and was about to be knocked open.
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Qiu Gongyue and Kelly jumped out of the window together, and heard a loud bang from the room, and the door had been knocked open.
The two fell out of the window, and outside was a dark corridor.
Kelly reached out and grabbed Qiu Gongyue's arm and said nervously: "Follow me closely, don't get lost."
Qiu Gongyue held Yin Fulin in one hand, followed closely behind Kelly, and started running in the dark corridor.
The howling of the wind came from behind, the moonlight kept flickering in the darkness, and Mia was catching up.
"Haven't you had enough of hide and seek?"
Mia's angry voice came from behind: "Stop!"
Boom!
With her voice, the entire castle began to twist, countless rooms and corridors rotated like building blocks, the sky and the earth hung upside down, and the space was divided layer by layer.
Sudden suspension appeared under her feet. Qiu Gongyue suddenly lost her balance and fell downwards with Yin Fulin.
Her reaction was extremely fast, and the soles of her feet instantly spurted out Qi, lifting her up into the air again.
But in the blink of an eye, Kelly had disappeared.
There was a roar from behind, and Qiu Gongyue could only hug Yin Fulin and continue to run forward.
In the past twenty days, she had completely memorized the environment and all the paths in the castle, but the entire space in front of her was changing violently, and her memory was useless.
Qiu Gongyue didn't know where to run, so she could only keep avoiding the pursuit from behind.
Fortunately, the target of Mia's pursuit seemed to be Kelly instead of Qiu Gongyue. After running away for more than ten minutes, Qiu Gongyue finally escaped from Mia's hunting range.
Standing in a relatively flat open space, Qiu Gongyue was lost for a while.
The top of the head becomes a row of doors, with the ceiling on the left and intertwined corridors on the right.
Now she felt like she was not in a maze, but in a Lego toy that had been smashed and pieced together in a mess.
In desperation, Qiu Gongyue could only hold Yin Fulin in her arms and rely on her intuition to continue walking forward in the dark in this messy environment. She walked for an unknown amount of time, but in the dead darkness, a slight gasp attracted her attention. .
In this weird world, those Moon God believers cannot breathe, just like dead people. The only ones who can breathe are people like them who run in from the outside.
Qiu Gongyue groped over following the subtle breathing sound, and in a blink of an eye she came to a strange room surrounded by various torture instruments. It should be a torture chamber.
A naked woman was hung in this torture chamber, with countless hideous wounds all over her body, which was shocking.
The sound of slight breathing was coming from her mouth and nose, she was not dead yet.
Looking at the tortured woman in front of him, Qiu Gongyue guessed her identity in an instant.
