After the plastic ghost doll Upton Dupont was thrown into the castle by Fu Qinghai, he landed on his face with a "pia" sound, and the large face plate made of synthetic resin hit the floor tiles of the castle. He quickly got up and looked around. environment.
The top floor of the castle was empty, and there was no one. Doll found a stone staircase leading to the lower level, and tiptoed down quietly.
…
Outside the castle, in the narrow alley between two houses, three people were squatting here furtively.
In the dark night, there were only scattered sounds of fighting in Beertan Village. The fighting between the reincarnations had gradually subsided. No one spoke, and the scene was quiet for a while.
In the silence, Zhang Yuning suddenly asked:
"What are you going to do after you get in?"
Fu Qinghai raised his head. He knew that Zhang Yuning was asking about him, and he said:
"We will make decisions based on the intelligence fed back by Upton, but if we insist on it, we will be able to stop it if the soldiers come, and the water will cover it with the soil, that's all."
Zhang Yuning asked:
"Have you ever thought about it, no matter what the message from Upton is, we have no way to seal the demon Valak anymore. We don't have the blood of Jesus, and the monastery has been blown up. If we find the person who summoned Valak From the ancient ritual books, we might be able to deduce the knowledge about demons recorded in the books, but there are no books now.”
Fu Qinghai took a deep breath.
Yes, what Zhang Yuning said is true. The sealing method in the movie is no longer feasible.
Fu Qinghai tightened his grip on the black corrugated steel sword in his hand and said in a deep voice:
"Then kill, kill to find a way out, kill to see the dawn."
Zhang Yuning shook his head slightly and said:
"You said it yourself, the Valak steel sword in your hand can only harm Valak indirectly by killing the humans possessed by Valak, and cannot directly attack the ethereal spirits and ghosts. Valak As long as it doesn't possess humans, there's nothing you can do against it."
After saying that, Zhang Yuning gently asked another question:
"Besides, have you ever thought about this question? If Ron Bentham and I were also possessed by Valak, would you choose to kill us?"
As soon as he heard this question, Ron immediately looked up at Fu Qinghai eagerly, wanting to know his answer.
Fu Qinghai fell silent, paused, and whispered:
"Will do."
Fu Qinghai did not choose to deceive his teammates. He was not Constantine, nor was he the Warren couple, the protagonists of the Conjuring universe. Fu Qinghai did not know any exorcism skills. If the two teammates were possessed by Valak, he would choose to kill them without hesitation. Kill them.
As long as it hurt Valak.
"Uh..." Ron Bentham looked a little ugly. He knew that what Fu Qinghai said was very realistic and the only way, but it was still hard to accept for a while.
Zhang Yuning said:
"Actually, there is another way to break the situation."
Zhang Yuning had no expression on her face and said slowly with a cold voice:
"Although I have not seen the movie "The Nun", I have done some research on horror movies, including the European and American horror film category that The Conjuring Universe belongs to. "The Nun" is a prequel movie to the Conjuring Universe. I have experienced The Conjuring. As with other movies in the universe, I can tell you with certainty that the spiritual core of The Conjuring universe is a religious metaphor and the universal values of the European and American Christian world."
The universal values of European and American Christianity... Fu Qinghai chewed on these words, with a thoughtful expression on his face, looked at Zhang Yuning and said:
"Go on."
"Have you not noticed that so far, nuns, priests, monasteries, inverted crosses, suicides, the blood of Jesus... these elements are all full of strong religious flavor, and James Wan's The Soul Conjuring Universe and other films such as "The Exorcist" 》 is different from movies that satirize religions. The core of the Conjuring universe is to praise and promote the Christian faith and oppose atheism and other religious beliefs. The protagonists of the Conjuring series of movies are the Warrens, folk paranormal investigators officially recognized by the Vatican. The core weapon against evil is actually not complicated exorcism methods and rituals, but devout faith in God, which is their greatest weapon against evil."
She continued:
"Each different horror movie universe has a different way to break the situation. The core logic of Chinese supernatural horror movies is that every wronged person has his debtor, and the key to breaking the situation is to let the evil spirit give up its obsession; Thailand The supernatural horror movies of Japan are influenced by Buddhist culture, which emphasizes the cycle of cause and effect, and good and evil are rewarded; Japanese supernatural horror movies are based on its unique culture of resentful ghosts. Even if the ghosts are avenged, the ghosts still harbor extreme hatred and hatred. Evil thoughts are basically unexplainable.”
Fu Qinghai nodded frequently. Zhang Yuning's approach of jumping out of the movie plot itself and examining the plot of the reincarnation world from a higher dimension and perspective is very similar to his own. He has also used this method to analyze the Warhammer 40K universe.
But it's of no use.
Zhang Yuning concluded:
"To find a way to break the situation in the spiritualist universe that celebrates Christian faith, we must first have a very devout Christian here."
Fu Qinghai was the first to shake his head: "Let me say it first, I am not. I am a firm materialist and atheist. In my opinion, even if there is a God in the world, God is just a higher-dimensional form of material existence. .”
When Fu Qinghai was digging the grave, he pulled out a cross and used it as a hoe. How could he believe in God?
"Me neither." Zhang Yuning said lightly.
The two men's eyes immediately turned to Ron.
Ron Bentham hesitated and said hesitantly:
"Uh... I actually believe in God, but I only believe in it occasionally and think about it when encountering terrible things. My previous thought was that there is nothing to lose if I believe in it anyway, but if I don't believe in it, I may encounter ghosts. You won’t be protected.”
"You are not even a light believer." Fu Qinghai concluded.
"You belong to Pascal's theory." Zhang Yuning said.
"What is Pascal's theory?" Fu Qinghai asked.
Zhang Yuning said: "The theological theory of the 17th-century French philosopher Blaise Pascal, the original words are: a rational person should believe that God exists and live by it, because if God does not exist, then those who believe in him will not There will be no loss, but if you don’t believe in God, and God really exists, then the loss people will suffer is very great, because everyone who doesn’t believe in God will go to hell.”
Fu Qinghai understood. This is a bit similar to some Chinese aunts who burn incense and worship at temples. It is equivalent to doing an investment risk-return analysis.
None of the three people present are devout believers, so there is no way to solve the problem of summoning the universe.
The scene fell silent again.
At this time, the sound of rustling water suddenly attracted the attention of the three people.
Fu Qinghai stood up, walked out of the alleyway, and looked into the street.
On the streets of the village, in the cracks of the houses, and in the depressions of the stone slabs, thin streams of crimson blood were constantly flowing out. These thin streams of blood slowly gathered together and turned into trickling streams. The stream is approaching the castle.
It's blood, the blood in the bodies of all the dead villagers and reincarnators in Beertan Village!
Fu Qinghai looked horrified.
Fu Qinghai stretched out his foot to step on the blood flow, and the blood flow automatically crossed the upper of his shoe and continued to flow towards the castle.
You can tell with your toes that when such a vision occurs, someone must be performing some evil ritual in the castle.
This game is finally closing in!
…
At the same time, inside the gloomy and dark castle.
A short plastic doll with a big head was leaning against the wall, carefully walking out of a dark corner step by step.
He stood on tiptoe and slowly approached a hall.
In the hall, a middle-aged man with a pale face and a sleek slicked back hair, wearing a well-dressed windbreaker, was kneeling in front of a tall ghost nun and whispered:
"Lord Valak, the ceremony has begun. Please enter my body. In this way, as I promised you before, you will give me supreme power, and I will take you out of this universe and go to Promote the omniscience and evil of hell to more universes.”
The ghost nun with a dark and ferocious face looked down at the man kneeling in front of her, with a satisfied smile on her lips and said:
"Very good, Rusfan. Although the Dracula bloodline in you is weak and mixed, and you are a pitiful and ridiculous low-level vampire, but based on your stronger execution and determination than the Duke of Santa Carta, I don't mind giving you more power. The power, the pure power from hell, the evil power far more pure than the power of Dracula in your blood."
Rusfan, who was kneeling on the cold marble floor, heard the words and his shoulders trembled slightly with excitement. Although Valak's words of "low-level vampires" made him feel a little humiliated, if he could obtain more powerful power, all this planning would be possible. All this layout is worth it!
Upton Dupont, who was hiding behind the corner, opened his red mouth wide when he heard it.
Suddenly, the ghost nun raised her head, looked around, and said in a deep voice:
"I feel that there is a soul here besides you."
There is another soul... Hearing this, Rusfan immediately stood up from the ground and looked around.
This is an empty gray-white stone hall with a high dome supported by several thick columns.
Rusfan's gloomy eyes searched around the empty hall. He moved very fast. After a while, he found and picked up a doll behind a corner.
The workmanship of this doll is a bit rough. The brown hair is stuck one by one on the synthetic resin head. The face is dull and stiff, not lively and cute.
A plastic doll appeared in an old stone castle where no one lived?
It does seem very abrupt.
Rusfan's first thought was that this might be a bug or a monitor. He pinched the plastic doll's body with his fingers. The synthetic resin felt soft but not hard. There were no bugging electronics inside. He looked at the plastic carefully. There is no pinhole camera in the doll's big light blue eyes.
There are no batteries in the battery slot on the back of the doll.
"Strange……"
Rusfan said doubtfully.
He suddenly remembered what the ghost nun said: There is still a soul here.
"Soul..." Rusfan muttered to himself thoughtfully as he looked at the plastic doll he held up in his hand.
Seeing that he was about to be discovered, a ferocious smile suddenly appeared on the stiff face of the plastic doll. He took out a sharp knife from his overalls and stabbed it into Ru Sifan's face. On hand.
"Ah!"
Although the ghost doll was small, it was powerful. This knife pierced Rusifan's mouth. He let go of the hand holding the plastic doll, covered his hand and screamed.
The plastic ghost doll fell to the ground, moved quickly with its two short legs, and ran away with a giggle.
Rusfan hunched over and looked at the blood flowing out of his hands. He yelled angrily and prepared to catch up.
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