After Tian Mo got up, he met Xiao Ao and others and found that they were not in good spirits.
"What's wrong? You look very tired." Tian Mo asked.
"Did you hear anything last night?" Xiao Ao asked.
Tian Mo thought for a moment, "When I first fell asleep, I did hear a little noise, but I fell asleep quickly."
"It's not an ordinary noise, it's like a voice talking in your ear." Xiao Ao described it carefully.
Tian Mo shook his head. He heard nothing after he fell asleep.
Alfred also came downstairs at this time. There were dark circles on his face, and he didn't seem to have slept well.
In the subsequent chat, Tian Mo learned that except for himself, Lucia and Nandena, no one else had slept well, and even the hotel owner looked tired. They all said that they heard sounds in their ears, but when they got up to check, there was nothing. They could only treat it as auditory hallucinations.
Tian Mo knew that this matter was not simple. How could so many people have auditory hallucinations at the same time?
After a day of investigation, Tian Mo and Xiao Ao found that almost everyone in Elusa did not sleep well last night, which was a problem. At the same time, they discovered that the stranded cult members they met yesterday did not stay in any hotel, but were stationed far away from the center of the town. There is also a cross erected in their camp. This should have been erected last night. Next to the station was the car with the black cloth on it.
It was already daytime when Tian Mo and the others discovered this station, so they could only observe from a distance. There are blood stains on the cross. If you look closely, you will find that these blood stains should have appeared just last night.
Those cult members seldom come out for activities. When they noticed Tian Mo, Xiao Ao and others, they returned to the tent, as if they were deliberately avoiding something.
After returning to the hotel, Tian Mo had an idea, "Don't you realize that the cult members are at work because you didn't sleep well?"
Xiao Ao also had this idea, because after they came to Elusa, they had always slept very well. It was quiet and safe here, and it was a rare place to rest. But since those cult members came here last night, there have been unprovoked auditory hallucinations at night. This kind of auditory hallucination makes it difficult for most people to sleep, as if someone is talking in their ears, but they cannot hear clearly what is said. In short, it is very uncomfortable.
"Let's go investigate at night." Xiao Ao suggested. He also felt that these auditory hallucinations were related to cults, and if they were not investigated carefully, they might continue forever. And Xiao Ao doesn't know if there will be any problems if he is disturbed by this kind of auditory hallucination for a long time.
Xiao Ao's proposal was responded to by everyone.
At night, they deliberately wore black clothes to go out for concealment.
They slowly approached the camp of the cult members. Not far from there, they discovered the light of a fire, and there were figures shaking around the fire. Sure enough, these cult members were not resting. They seemed to be planning something. Because they were far away, Tianmo and the others couldn't hear clearly. Then the cult members began to kneel on the ground and pray silently.
Tian Mo and the others did not get any closer so as not to scare the snake.
After a period of observation, it was already very dark and it was late at night. This is the time when ordinary people sleep. Those cult members also started new actions. They stopped praying, and several people gathered around the cross, each standing in a certain position. The other two people went to the car with the black cloth and they pulled a woman out.
Tian Mo told Xiao Ao and others yesterday. That car contained a female. This time they saw it more clearly.
It can be seen that this woman was very reluctant and was dragged down by the cult members. Under the illumination of the fire, Tianmo and the others gradually saw a lot more clearly. The woman was only wearing a robe with a cult totem on it, and her mouth was gagged. Bloody scabs can be seen on the woman's hands and feet. It seems that the woman must have been subjected to inhumane abuse. Due to the pain, the woman was unable to walk and had to be forced out of the vehicle by several cult members.
Bruce wanted to rush in and rescue the woman. Little Ao pulled him back and said, "Wait a minute, now is not the time." This made Bruce reluctantly calm down.
The cultists brought the struggling woman near the cross. A cultist walked over with nails and hammers, an evil look in their eyes.
The cultists did not engage in direct violence at first, putting aside the nails and hammers first.
They first tied the woman to a cross. Then start praying. Sometimes he folds his hands on his chest, and sometimes he points his hands to the sky.
Tian Mo and Xiao Ao did not understand the meaning of this ritual, so they just observed silently. After about a few minutes, Xiao Ao and others began to have auditory hallucinations in their ears.
He looked at the others, and Bruce and Alfred also indicated that they were hearing hallucinations. Lucia and Nandena have no influence, and Tianmo's influence is also very small.
"It seems that the noise that keeps people awake at night is caused by these cultists." Xiao Ao said. It's just that the noise in their ears is still very small now, and they can resist without mental defense.
Then the cultists began their next move. A cultist picked up a hammer and nails and walked towards the struggling woman tied to the cross.
The woman was obviously scared, but couldn't get away, with a look of horror on her face. If her mouth hadn't been sealed, she would have shouted loudly.
The cultist looked indifferent, put the nail in the woman's hand, and drove it in with a hammer. The huge pain suddenly made the woman's face look ferocious. "Woo" moaned.
At this moment, the auditory hallucinations in Xiao Ao's and others' ears suddenly became intense. It seems that these cultists relied on this woman's pain to amplify the influence of auditory hallucinations.
