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The crowd had no time to think it over.
They ran toward the old man carrying the ultraviolet lamp and panicked as they squeezed into the tiny doorway of the confessional.
To everyone’s surprise, the space inside was much larger than they had thought it’d be.
In fact, it was not a small confession room, but an entrance hall about ten meters wide—in front of which was a staircase sloping downward for two people to walk.
After everyone had escaped, the old man closed the bars of the confessional with a bang and dropped a thick wooden block across the door to keep the Skeleton Monsters out that were chasing them into the church.
“Fellow friends, please follow me.”
The tall and thin old man raised his hand, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his wide sleeves, then twisted out the ultraviolet lamp. He took out an ordinary lantern from a closet, lit it, and smiled kindly at the seven people huddled in the foyer.
“There is no wiring down there, so we can only rely on the lantern for lighting. It may be a little dark, so please watch your feet and be careful not to fall.”
With that, he turned around and took the lead to go down the steps slowly.
Only after recovering from his initial shock and fright was Ji Dong able to notice that the old man was wearing a black robe similar to a priest, but a long bright red silk scarf was tied at the neck and the two hemlines were embroidered on one side. The two pendants were embroidered with a sun on one side and a moon on the other—exactly the same as the emblem directly above the church arch.
The crowd took out their flashlights, turned them on, and followed the old man down the steps.
They had arrived at this [Film] with five people in Rose’s team and three in Ji Dong’s team, but after only half a day, the two Xiong brothers and Linglong were gone, leaving just six players out of the initial eight.
As for the “local” special force soldiers of the [Film] who were responsible for escorting them, they suffered heavy casualties. Now there were only two of the ten people left. The remaining eight, had likely all turned into those human-eating monsters outside with only a set of dead bones.
——By the way, when I was outside just now…
Ji Dong held up a flashlight and quietly moved his eyes to the red-haired beauty walking diagonally in front of him.
He was sure he was not mistaken; Rose was indeed bitten on the arm by Xiong Er who had just mutated into one of the Skeleton Monsters.
And, if these monsters were mutated in the same manner as the zombies in those horrible zombie movies, wouldn’t that mean she would soon also……
Ji Dong felt a chill run through him as he thought about this.
He was very worried that Rose would turn into a Skeleton Monster soon if she had really been bitten.
Ji Xiao’niao didn’t want to watch this scenario, but what really terrified him was that if she truly mutated in a confined space, wouldn’t everyone around her at the moment be vulnerable to her attacks? Wouldn’t they be placed in a perilous situation?
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Ji Dong’s heartbeat twice in a row, and he almost missed a step.
Ren Jianmo stretched out his hand quickly and grabbed his arm.
“What’s the matter?”
He asked again.
Ji Dong quickly stabilized his steps, did not answer directly, and only raised his chin towards the back of Rose.
Ren Jianmo was such a smart person, naturally, he understood.
But his face was calm, and he didn’t seem concerned that one of their peers was on the verge of becoming a monster. “Don’t be anxious.”
He said, “Trust me.”
Hearing those two words was a comfort, allowing Ji Dong’s high-hanging heart to return to its original place.
He nodded, said nothing more, and silently followed the old man down a flight of stairs and through an iron door to a place like a cellar.
———————–
The cellar was quite spacious, there were already six people, four dressed as civilians, and two wearing the same camouflage uniform as Rose and Mo Tiangen. It looked like they were the survivors from the first two groups of soldiers.
“Wait.”
Without waiting for the old man to turn around and close the door, the two soldiers stood up and stopped in front of them, one of them spoke in a stern tone and said, “We need to make sure that you are not injured!”
His words were extremely straightforward and merciless.
Ji Dong couldn’t help but turn his eyes to Rose’s body.
“Yes, yes ……”
Fatty Huang covered his soaked pants and looked timidly at his captain, his voice as thin as a gnat, “I, I think I saw…… see Rose you, you were bitten……”
Although his voice was small, the two soldiers and the old priest who led them heard it. The expressions on their faces changed greatly, and they turned to stare at the red-haired beauty with vigilance and caution.
There was a jagged tear on the right sleeve of Rose’s camouflage uniform, not stained with blood but still too obvious to ignore.
The redhead looked around the circle, sweeping her gaze over the faces one by one, and let out a soft sigh.
“Don’t worry, I’m not hurt.”
She said, neatly unzipping and taking off her camouflage jacket.
Inside Rose’s jacket was a black I-beam undershirt, with a close-fitting cut and stretchy fabric outlining the contours of her beautiful body.
But at this time, no one was in the mood to appreciate her beauty and good figure. People’s eyes were like X-rays, scanning her, again and again, trying to determine whether there were any bite marks.
However, there was not a single wound on her entire body.
Ji Dong clearly saw Rose had been bitten by the Skeleton Monster on her right forearm, but her little arm was now spotless, with no teeth marks, blood, or even a sliver of skin damaged.
This time, everyone was relieved.
“All right, it’s good that you’re not hurt.”
The two soldiers dropped their serious and ruthless expressions and smiled in a friendly manner.
“Please come over here. We’ll tell you all what’s going on in this town.”
The people went into the cellar as they were told, and each found a place to sit on the ground.
Rose deliberately sat down next to Ji Dong and explained in a lowered voice.
“My ability is partial skin hardening.” The red-haired beauty spoke quickly. “The degree of hardening is roughly equivalent to an alloy plate, and the range of hardening each time is not large, about two palms wide, but it was still enough to withstand a bite from Lu Ming.”
——That’s how it is.
He remembered that when they had just entered the [Film], Rose had said that there were three abilities in her team.
Now he knew that Linglong’s ability was healing, Fatty Huang was controlling small objects to move in mid-air, and Rose was localized skin hardening. This confirmed the other party had told them everything and was sincere in their cooperation.
“Okay, I get it.”
Ji Dong replied softly and exchanged a glance with Rose. The two of them weren’t entirely truthful with their words, and naturally looked away and sat down.
“Looking at your outfits, you must have been sent by the Research Institute.”
The old priest walked to a small table, and put down the carrying lamp in his hand. He sat down on the only chair in the cellar, his eyes analyzing the white working clothes on Ji Dong and the others, and shook his head helplessly.
“Alas, it’s a pity, it’s too late.”
Ji Dong was just about to ask what “too late” meant when the sound of wood rubbing against stone suddenly came from behind.
Everyone had just been chased by a group of withered Skeleton Monsters and even lost some companions. When they heard this movement, their souls were frightened, and they all jumped up as if they had been sitting on an electric floor and began drawing their knives and guns.
“Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid!” The priest immediately comforted in a loud voice, “It’s our people! It’s our people!”
As soon as he spoke, a standing cabinet in the corner suddenly slid open.
Only then did everyone realize that there was a small hidden door hidden there.
A woman with chestnut-colored hair, came out of the door with one hand against the door panel, the other holding an ultraviolet lamp, and a mirror under her arm.
“This is Annie. She made the purple light on the clock tower you saw outside just now.”
The old priest explained to the crowd, “We heard a gunshot here and knew that people must be coming from outside, and we were afraid that you wouldn’t be able to find a hiding place, but we didn’t dare to go out. Instead, we used the mirror to reflect the light, so that you would know that you should run this way.”
“In that case ……”
He was really concerned. The wooden door did not appear to be particularly sturdy. At the very least, it appeared to be considerably more fragile than the iron fence welded by thick iron and steel outside. Those Skeleton Monsters still possessed problem-solving skills and IQs that were not low. Would they truly not infiltrate the cellar against the clock tower’s path?
Ji Dong stared at the narrow doorway, “This door can lead to the bell tower?”
“Don’t worry.”
The brown-haired woman named Annie seemed to see the worry on Ji Dong’s face and took the initiative to explain, “Those things outside can’t climb up the clock tower, and…” She paused, put down the ultraviolet lamp and mirror in her hand, and added, “When you know how they hunt, you’ll know they can’t get in.”
Ji Dong and the others actually wanted to know immediately what the hunting mode of those monsters really was, but the priest in black robes was going to start at the beginning.
“Ten years ago, something was dug out of that mine behind our town.”
The old man said to them.
“It was twins of light and darkness, a treasure given to us by the Sun and Moon Gods, and a test at the same time.”
Ji Dong: “…”
——Here we go, the mysterious special deceptive lines! A classical bridge in horror movies!
He mocked in his mind.
First of all, no matter what the haunting demon thing was, as long as it had something to do with religious themes, it was necessary to make an opening statement with God’s mysterious secret language. Throw all the pots to angels and demons. But they just never tell you how to deal with them!
At this moment, he had an impulse—just rush up and pull the red scarf under the old man’s collar, and shake out all the information from him!
AHHHH ANOTHER CHAPTER!! I wasn’t expecting it to be so soon ^-^. Thank you for the chapter!
Thank you for the chapter！
Wait, Ji Dong! What if the scarf is like the red ribbon in the fairy tale? What if his head falls off?😂
Calm down boy! Don’t forget he’s a priest!
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