The last time I encountered such a weird thing was 0-013, which represents the uniqueness of the scholar path.
Having followed Aya Yibon into the starry sky, all that remains with Joey is just a title page.
"Could this be another form of Him?"
0-013 said that He refers to authority, not authority itself. He is only a concrete object, which may be a book or another object.
Suspicious, carefully open the book.
What appeared on the first page made him stunned on the spot.
It was a series of formulas, as well as many weird decoded numbers and equations that had only appeared in recent years. The knowledge in it was very extensive.
It involves astronomy, geography and the center of the earth where no one has ever set foot.
These things are like opening a door to the treasure house of knowledge for Joey, making him involuntarily sink into it, eager to know more and get more.
Those tadpole-shaped symbols, put together, are a complete ritual magic.
The symbols and text are broken into several paragraphs, and each paragraph has detailed annotations, which seem to guide the truth step by step.
Joey's expression became more solemn, and he closed the book after reading only the first verse.
Much of the knowledge contained therein has only been published in recent years. It is the result of countless scientific researchers deducing it for several years, or even more than ten years.
And this seemingly ancient book has already recorded everything.
It's scary.
Imagine if it was not him who opened this book, but anyone else would not be able to resist what is depicted in it.
"Those guys who study machinery will probably go crazy if they get this thing."
What others regarded as a treasure, Joey lit it on fire without hesitation, and the fire lit up the entire space.
The octopus on the book cover seemed to come alive, struggling and roaring in the flames. He could even feel a kind of human attachment and unwillingness in this space.
Throwing the last piece of paper in his hand into the fire, it was a sketch, a huge cylinder, and two slightly smaller propellers on the left and right.
"I didn't expect to see you in a place like this." This thing is exactly the same as the rocket in my memory.
I sifted through all the books and saw nothing weird.
Joey walked through the dark stairs and returned to the second floor of the church.
Until now, the feeling of danger has not disappeared, which means that there is still something inside that he has not discovered.
Focus on anything suspicious.
"Huh? They're not running away."
Joey discovered that the 'things' that fell by the window were not trying to escape from there, but more like a sacrifice.
Five windows correspond to five piles of powder.
"There should be a table here!"
Compared with other places, the color of the floor in the middle part is obviously different.
Looking at the gap between the floors, Joey quickly concluded that there was a trap here, and he started looking around.
Finally, I found a movable wall tile under the groove of the wall lamp and pressed it down gently.
Accompanied by a "click-click" sound of the stone slabs rubbing against each other, the originally empty middle space became completely dented. After flipping around, a stone table suddenly appeared.
In the middle of the table is a half-upright arm, with its five fingers spread out like claws, holding a crystal clear glass ball.
The stone table and arms are carved with strange and complex characters, which look like scriptures or hieroglyphics from the old era.
The stone table is not the usual round or square shape, but an irregular shape with nine rhombus corners.
The nine corners correspond to the numbers 1 to 9.
The moonlight passed through the window and fell on the crystal ball.
When he looked over, many strange runes and patterns appeared in the transparent crystal ball.
It was a dazzling galaxy, with the largest sphere expanding rapidly, and then exploded after reaching a certain critical point.
The moment the planet exploded, endless wailing and crying sounds could be heard from inside.
This situation repeated itself in this galaxy, until one day, when the huge sphere was about to explode, it split itself into ten small planets.
The nine spheres rotated around the smallest sphere in the middle. As time passed, they slowly converged and finally turned into the huge planet they started with.
Aggregation, expansion, division, reaggregation.
When Joey wanted to continue looking down, his eyes felt like needles piercing his eyes, and his ears echoed with murmurs coming from nowhere.
At the same time, he clearly felt that the spiritual factors in his body were beating rapidly and uncontrollably, which was a precursor to losing control.
Some things and knowledge often make people crazy just by being exposed to them.
This state lasted for about ten seconds before stopping.
He rested his hands on the ground, gasping for air. His whole body was wet with cold sweat, and he did not dare to look at the crystal ball again.
"Just one glance almost made me lose control. If I look at it any longer, I might turn into a mythical creature."
Joey lowered his head in fear.
Take off your coat and cover the crystal ball. He began to observe the symbols carved on the stone table.
"Kind of like a dismantled potion recipe?"
He didn't recognize most of them, but he still found clues about a few characters.
And the most important thing is that these things seem to be broken down from a formula.
He also found the equation corresponding to the sequence, and couldn't help but want to continue to deduce it.
"Huh~" He took a deep breath and forced the thought down.
"Can't watch it anymore, at least not here"
Joey thought about how to get this thing out.
Whether it is a stone table or a crystal ball, it is obvious that they are both good treasures.
This thing may be poison to others, but to him, it is not.
As long as he returns above the gray fog, Joey is sure that he can avoid those risks.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel hot in my heart.
Joey feels that the mystery of the extraordinary is about to be revealed.
While he was thinking wildly, the smell of burnt things reached his nostrils.
Flames appeared out of thin air from under the stone table, and the engraved runes and formulas disappeared in the burning, as if there was some kind of power in the dark, and He wanted to erase these things.
The stone table and the arm holding the crystal ball turned into a pile of ruins in the flames.
The original location turned into a dark void.
"Shouldn't it?" Joey frowned, staring at the black hole for a moment.
Logically speaking, this is the second floor. After the stone table disappears, you should be able to see the first floor.
There was endless darkness, and in the deepest part there was a flickering light that was falling rapidly.
After estimating the distance, Joey walked towards the stairs.
He stopped on a flight of stairs between the first and second floors and looked around.
He soon discovered something he hadn't noticed before. There was a person lying near the corner.
To be more precise, it was a mummy. There was an angle there, so it was difficult to find it without light.
He was wearing a robe unique to the church, with a cross necklace hanging on his chest.
The mummy was sitting with its back against the wall, arms folded, curled up into a ball.
The clothes under the robe had turned into rags and were stuck to the body.
There are also some fallen metal buckles and tie clips nearby, which are enough to prove that this is a man.
Each priest will bring his own code of law.
Joey pinched his nose, trying to find identification items from the corpse.
"Yes~"
In the pocket under the left breast, a small notebook was found.
It was covered with a sticky liquid, perhaps something produced by the decay of flesh.
The notebook papers were stuck together, and because they were corroded, Joey didn't dare to move too much, otherwise they would be damaged if he wasn't careful.
It took a lot of effort to open the first page.
The moment he saw the first line of words, he was stunned.
There is a name clearly written on it, 'Hiiragi Yunus'.
That homeless man is like Yunus.
"Yunus turns out to be just a surname. What is the relationship between that homeless man and this person? Are they relatives?"
He may have known about the existence of this corpse for a long time. Why did he bring me here? Or is there any secret about this corpse?
etc?
Hiiragi?
Why does it feel familiar? Where have you heard it before?
Joey thought with a solemn expression.
"No, Hiiragi, isn't she Duke's missing sister?"
His mind was getting more and more confused. This mummy was clearly that of a man.
Continue to scroll down the notebook.
'On May 3, someone came to report the case again. This is the fifth case of missing women in Leah.'
'July 6, two months later, we searched the entire Port of Leah and found no clues. I'm going crazy. No, maybe those parents who lost their daughters have already gone crazy.'
'On January 4th, one year has passed and we still don't have any clues. I submitted the case to my superiors, and they actually said it was an ordinary missing persons case, stupid.'
Some papers are stuck together and cannot be forcibly separated, so they can only be read by jumping.
"Why did a priest of the church die in the church?"
A huge cloud hung over his head, and Joey's face became more and more serious.
'These despicable guys are hiding people in the basement of a church, damn it'
'I don't know who betrayed the Holy Church, so I can only pretend not to know all this'
'Crazy, crazy, they are planning to hold a grand calling ceremony in the church, I have to stop it'
The handwriting became increasingly sloppy, and the change in style was difficult for Joey to accept.
Comparing before and after, they look exactly like two people.
'This feeling is so amazing. It's the extraordinary power I dreamed of. I got it just by sacrificing a girl. I need more power and more women.'
'I might be contaminated~, my hands are covered in blood, no, I shouldn't have done that'
The following notes were stuck together, making it impossible to read them. He had no choice but to wrap them up in a handkerchief and throw them into his arms.
Joey looked at the mummy, a golden light flashed across his eyes, and he turned on his spiritual vision.
In this state, you can see many things that are difficult to discover.
Five minutes later~
Joey's frown deepened and he murmured:
"Something's wrong. As a priest of the church, he cannot be an ordinary person. He is at least a Sequence 9. Why can't he sense the slightest bit of extraordinary aura?"
"Extraordinary characteristics will not disappear"
In this body, he did not find the characteristics of a transcendent being.
The only explanation is that it was taken away.
"Hiiragi Yunus, Yunus, is it him?"
at this time.
Joey suddenly felt that the surrounding temperature was rising sharply. A smell of burning objects came from the second floor, and the heat wave was spreading downwards.
Without time to think too much, he turned around and ran to the first floor.
While the man was still running, a huge wave of heat swept behind him, knocking him upside down.
It hit the ground, splattering thick dust.
"This is not over"
After sweeping around, I found small piles and small piles of flames igniting around me.
There was no place to run, and the closed door was the only way out.
But Joey still remembered the previous scene, that door was inaccessible.
He ran with all his strength, large swaths of flames ignited around him, and heat waves burned his skin.
The door is right there, right in front of you, but you can't get close to it.
In a trance, he saw that the huge moon outside the window no longer emitted silvery white light. It turned red and turned into a huge fireball.
In the red ball, there is a bright red eyeball that is turning, as if it is looking for something.
With just one glance, Joey's mind felt like he was struck by a muffled thunder.
Tinnitus, deafness, and stinging pain in his eyes caused him to lose his vision.
Unable to see, I could only run forward based on instinct.
Although he couldn't see it, he could clearly outline all the surrounding scenery in his mind.
And the distance to that door is getting closer.
"what happened?"
Although he didn't know what happened, this situation gave him hope.
Just as he was about to be engulfed in flames, he hit the door.
Immediately, a cool feeling washed over my whole body, and the feeling of my skin being burned disappeared.
There seemed to be many people talking in my ears, and the stinging sensation in my eyes disappeared at night.
He opened his eyes blankly. This seemed to be a room.
While he was still dazed, the door opened.
Turning his head to look over, Norm and Duke looked at him in astonishment.
"It's you~"
Norm: "Joy, you're okay"
Duke: "You're out"
After more than ten seconds, Joey was sure that he had come out. Outside the open door, there was golden sunshine and busy pedestrians.
How did I get out? Didn’t Yunus say he couldn’t come out? He looked down at his body, and his clothes were stuck to his body with sweat, which showed that what he had just experienced was real.
"Joy, what happened?"
Norm looked at Joey with a complicated expression. He and Duke had been looking for it all day without any clues.
He had been looking for this house from the very beginning and found nothing.
Originally, we were planning to go back first and come back the next day, but then Duke proposed to come again. Unexpectedly, we would have unexpected gains this time.
"Some accidents happened, don't mention them in advance." After saying this, he paused and looked at Duke with a strange look, and said with a smile:
"Should you explain, for example, your sister, Hiiragi Yunus?"
