Shh, I'm behind you.
Shh, I'm behind you.
Sister An took Gu Ci for a walk and finally arrived at the door of a room. She pushed the door open and lit a dim oil lamp inside with a match before pushing Gu Ci in.
While An went to light the lights, Gu Ci took a quick look at the room. There was a small bed, a wardrobe and a dressing table in it. Where the window should have been was covered by a light-blocking sheet, making this area dark and depressing.
"Why are you back?"
The nun opened the oil-paper umbrella and put it aside. She carefully looked at the door and immediately closed it. She squatted on the ground and grabbed Gu Ci's hand with anxiety in her eyes. "Did that group of people force you?"
Gu Ci looked at Sister An who was holding her hand and felt as if a ball of ice was holding her tightly. She looked at An's gentle expression and lowered her head, "I..."
Seeing Gu Ci's bewildered look, An touched her face with pity, feeling a little disappointed. "I forgot that you couldn't remember. Sorry, your face must be cold. Change your clothes quickly."
An stood up and found a few candle ends on a dressing table. She lit them and placed them not far from the bed. She then stepped back to the door with a gentle look on her face. "Xiao Ci, I'm right at the door. Call me when you're done."
Gu Ci watched her go out without any reaction. Seeing Gu Ci's reaction, An just sighed and closed the door.
Gu Ci opened the box on her knees, and as she expected, there was a brand new nun's uniform in the box. Gu Ci picked up the nun's uniform, shook it gently, placed it on the dressing table next to her, and unbuttoned her own clothes.
The lights in the room were flickering, and through the crack of the door, a pair of black and white eyes appeared, watching Gu Ci's every move.
Those eyes left her only when he saw that she was really trying to support herself and put on the nun's uniform.
Gu Ci glanced at the door that was slowly being tightened, turned around and looked at the nun's uniform, feeling a little headache. Although Sister An's test was true, it was also true that she couldn't do this.
Perhaps realizing that Gu Ci couldn't do it, An's voice came from outside the door, "Ci, do you need my help?"
Gu Ci was cautious and didn't say anything. She didn't know the personality of the character she was playing, and a single sentence could easily reveal her flaws. Judging from what Sister Ann said before, Xiao Ci, as she calls him, often suffers from amnesia.
So, what should a person who often suffers from amnesia do when facing a stranger? Of course I was alert.
Gu Ci immediately grabbed his clothes and used them to block his front. After An finished speaking, he pushed the door open. Seeing Gu Ci who was on guard, she lowered her eyes and forced a smile, "Don't be afraid, you will be redeemed here~"
As she spoke, she gently put clothes on Gu Ci. Her cold fingertips touched his skin, like a piece of melting ice moving across his body.
An tidies up Gu Ci and praises her with a smile
"Ci is indeed the person in our church who resonates most with the Lord!"
An looked at Gu Ci with satisfaction as if he was admiring his most proud work. Gu Ci's sense of holiness seemed to be innate, and compared to An Bing's cold feeling, she seemed more compassionate. When people see it at first glance, they feel like a fallen angel is waving to them.
She just sat there, as delicate as a jade statue carefully carved by believers, so beautiful that she didn't seem like a product of this world.
An held Gu Ci's hand and said fervently, "Ci, let's pray together! The Lord will bless you!"
Gu Ci nodded and obediently let An Tui leave. The dim candlelight in the room went out all of a sudden after they left, and only the flickering smoke proved that someone was here just now. The sound of the wind coming from somewhere was like the silent cry of a young girl.
As soon as he went out, An returned to his previous cold and ruthless self. It was as if a smile had never appeared on her face.
Residents from the small town were already sitting on the benches. Each of them had a book in their hands, but it was unclear whether it was the Bible or some other book. Seeing the nun coming, they all stood up.
Seeing Gu Ci, who was sitting in a wheelchair, changing into a nun's uniform, the person at the car door first widened his eyes in fear, and then looked at her more eagerly than at any other time.
Before being pushed away by An, Gu Ci had not had the time to take a good look at the church. Now if we look closely we can get some clues.
The church was of ordinary arrangement, but just above the platform there was a huge cross with chains wrapped around it. Dried blood could still be vaguely seen on the cross, and the traces of being licked by flames were still there, but for some reason there was an added hint of irony.
An pushed Gu Ci to the front row of benches. She walked up to the platform and stood on the cross. The huge cross covered her tightly. From Gu Ci's perspective, it seemed as if the cross was locking An tightly, preventing her from breaking free.
There was no special ceremony or words. An stood up and said "start", then walked down and sat on the bench next to Gu Ci, looking at the little bit of light protruding from the top of the cross with a distracted look.
An was very perfunctory throughout the whole process, but the residents from the small town closed their eyes and prayed devoutly. As for whether it was true or not, who would care?Shh! I'm behind you
Shh! I'm behind you
"install?"
Gu Ci looked at Sister An and followed her gaze. "What is that?"
An turned around and sarcastically glanced at those people who closed their eyes and seemed to be praying sincerely. She smiled coldly. She looked at the huge cross and looked at Gu Ci seriously. "That's our Lord!"
host?
Gu Ci's gaze fell on the cross again, but no matter how she looked at it, she couldn't see any sacredness in it. At this moment, An's voice came from the side.
"Yes, the Lord who abandons his believers and is selfish."
Gu Ci was a little surprised to see An's mocking yet compassionate look. When she said this, she was not worried at all that the people behind her would hear it.
She looked at Gu Ci with sad eyes for a long time. Not seeing any fear on her face, she suddenly laughed and said, "I'm just kidding you. How could our Lord abandon his believers?" "
Ann's eyes fell on the light on the cross again. When it was about to disappear, she lowered her head and explained to herself.
"Yeah, how is that possible?"
Gu Ci didn't think this place was sacred. Instead, she felt very uncomfortable sitting here, as if there were many people staring at her hungrily from behind, but when she turned her head around, she saw nothing.
An also closed his eyes, but it didn't seem like he was praying, it was more like he was resting.
By the time the so-called prayer was over, the rain outside had stopped and the sky had darkened. However, the buses traveling between the town and the church were broken down, and the church was located in a remote area and it would take several days to wait for the next bus to arrive, so people in the small town had to stay in the church.
The church did not have quilts for so many people, so An directed some residents to bring out dry straw and spread a thick layer of it in several empty houses to use as beds.
Gu Ci looked at An standing aside indifferently and asked curiously, "Are we the only two here?"
An pulled up the corners of his mouth and smiled, looking at Gu Ci with a meaningful look, "There are also a few old nuns and children. They went on a long journey and should be back tonight."
Gu Ci nodded and didn't ask where these people were going. His intuition told him that something was wrong. A cold feeling spreads from the spine to the back and then to the limbs.
It was accompanied by a sticky feeling clinging to the body, as if something was staring at me.
Gu Ci pushed the wheelchair so that it was parallel to An. An glanced at her out of the corner of his eye but said nothing.
By the time they had finished laying the ground and gathered in the church, the sky had slowly darkened. Against the backdrop of the night, the church looked more like a ghost castle. The cooing of birds made this seemingly abandoned building even more eerie.
This church is in the most remote part of the town. Every time we took the bus, it took a long time, and everyone searched out a few kerosene lamps covered with thick dust from the corners.
Sister Ann picked up a small oil bottle. She gracefully placed a piece of straw in the bottle and then filled it with some oil. This thing is a valuable asset for a poor church, so it must be used carefully.
An carefully lit a lantern, covered it with a cracked lampshade, and handed it to Gu Ci.
She looked at Gu Ci, the orange light shining on her face made her look like a painting that had stepped out of an oil painting, but the wind blew through the candle wick, and the swaying light made her expression unclear and indescribably strange.
Especially that smile.
It was a polite and courteous smile no matter from which angle you looked at it, but it felt out of place on her.
When Gu Ci pushed the wheelchair forward a little and wanted to take the lamp, An withdrew his hand, looked at her thoughtfully, and walked out without saying what he was doing.
Ann left with that one light, the whole church. The light suddenly became dim. Everyone sat around in the church waiting for the other nuns to come back so that they could have dinner together.
But the church is so big, but there are very few light sources for lighting, and there are only four lamps including the one in An's hand. The pale yellow light reflected on other people's faces, making it so blurry that one couldn't see their expressions clearly.
After An left, the church, which had been somewhat noisy, suddenly became silent as if a mute button had been pressed, with only the faint sound of burning candles remaining.
It's so quiet here.
It's really too deliberate.
Gu Ci looked at everyone and checked out the passengers who got off the bus one by one. At this moment, she was surprised to find that except for her, all the passengers on the two buses were men!
Whether young or old, everything is different except gender.
This discovery made Gu Ci frown and he subconsciously wanted to step back. But it's so quiet here that any tiny sound will be amplified.
The sound of Gu Ci's wheelchair moving drew everyone's attention to her face. It was like pressing a start button. The originally silent church gradually began to be filled with some restless sounds.
Someone looked good and Gu Ci asked curiously, "Why haven't I seen you before?"
Gu Ci looked at the man who was speaking. The man was not tall, with a sallow face and a pair of triangular eyes that drooped with a lifeless look. He smiled but his yellow teeth were exposed, and especially the deliberate expression on his face made it difficult for people to have a conversation with him.
Gu Ci watched as these people slowly placed their hands on the wheelchairs and slowly slid back behind them.
"Don't be afraid. What's your name?"
Seeing Gu Ci's resistance, the other person quickly stood up and gestured to smooth things over. His face was full of kindness and he looked like the type who could make people let down their guard.
He stood up and his tall figure blocked the light source. His huge shadow was waving on the wall like a monster trying to break out of a cage.
Gu Ci watched him getting closer to his legs and stepped back a little. The man told Gu Ci not to be afraid, but the distance between them was getting closer and closer.Shh! I'm behind you five
Shh! I'm behind you five
At this moment, the man had his back to the faint light source, and his originally blurry face could not be seen clearly. While Gu Ci was controlling his wheelchair, he drew two small strokes on the blanket with his right hand.
Gu Ci looked back as if he had discovered something and slowly smiled. He let go of his hand as he listened to the footsteps slowly approaching from far away.
She raised her index finger to her mouth as a gesture of silence, and watched the man getting closer and closer. Gu Ci lowered his head and looked at the light on the ground which was becoming more and more obvious.
"What are you doing?"
Sister An's voice sounded behind Gu Ci, her cold voice carrying a hint of annoyance.
Gu Ci turned around and saw Sister An, who was holding a lamp, looking coldly at the person closest to Gu Ci and sneered with disdain. Seeing that Gu Ci didn't react much, she softened her expression.
She gave the people in the church a warning look, then stuffed the lantern into Gu Ci's hand and placed the short bamboo pole and cloth strip in her other hand across Gu Ci's body and started fiddling with it behind her.
Gu Ci couldn't see what An was doing. She looked at the people who were covering their faces in fear, then looked at the lamp she was holding as if she had discovered something.
If she had not seen it wrong, when An came over with the light and shone it on him, he reacted strongly, as if he had been hurt.
The same goes for other people. When the light appears, they raise their arms to cover themselves, as if they have some kind of light-fear setting.
Gu Ci took a look at the faint kerosene lamps and raised the lamp in her hand. She looked at the person who was the bravest and closest to her and said, "Please help me get it. My things are about to fall."
The man smiled awkwardly. He glanced at Sister Ann and then at Gu Ci who was holding the lantern and had difficulty moving. He awkwardly put his hands on his pants and took the lantern with both hands and diligently illuminated Ann. "Okay."
Gu Ci looked at the man who showed no signs of abnormality, lowered his head, held the bamboo pole, and pulled the blanket that had slipped off.
It was obvious that he was not afraid of the light, but his reaction just now was not fake.
Is it because of An?
Gu Ci handed over the short bamboo poles and cloth strips one by one and observed the man's expression, but surprisingly, the man looked normal.
Everyone is extremely harmonious.
As harmonious as if they were born from the same mother.
Gu Ci simply didn't want to wait for An patiently. When An hung the lantern above Gu Ci's head like a lantern, Gu Ci felt for a moment that he had accomplished his mission.
It's very…
Merit is complete!
Gu Ci couldn't think of any other words to describe it. She silently clasped her hands together and even curled up her toes.
"That's all right, Ci, the Lord will bless you."
An raised his hand with a raised lip as if he wanted to touch Gu Ci's head, but after hesitating for a moment, his hand fell on the back of the wheelchair and said this. He looked at the people who had been silent and nodded, "Sister Mary brought us a sumptuous meal. Let us thank them!"
An held her necklace in both hands and closed her eyes. The others followed her example and held their hands as devoutly as possible.
Gu Ci looked at the extremely pious An, and then silently glanced at the cross that was standing alone in the darkness.
"..."
Silently clench your hands.
After all, food is a gift from God and should be respected by people from all walks of life, whether in the East or the West.
Not believing in God will only make you confused, and not believing in food will hurt you both physically and mentally.
Gu Ci closed his eyes as well, and at this moment his auditory system played an important role. She could feel a damp and cold wind approaching her ears, as if someone was standing behind her and blowing air into her head.
Gu Ci suddenly opened her eyes and looked around, but it was strange that even An, who was closest to her, was standing on a relatively high ground. If she wanted to put her head next to her ear, she didn't know how long she would have to stretch her neck.
Gu Ci raised his hand and touched his ear. Just then, An opened his eyes and raised his hand. "Thank God for the gift, thank you Sister Mary."
The sound of footsteps was heard, and a fat nun with unsteady steps appeared from the corner.
She looked to be in her fifties or sixties, with wrinkles all over her face and her eyes closed. She walked slowly. A younger girl supported her to prevent her from falling.
Behind her were girls of different ages. They range from their 40s to their teens, and even seven or eight years old. However, they all lowered their heads, and the dim light made it impossible to see the expressions on their faces. The shadowed parts of their faces looked as if there were no facial organs at all, which made people both scared and curious.
The nun uniforms they were wearing were totally ill-fitting. Some of them revealed half of their wrists, while others were so loose that they had to be tied with grass leaves to prevent them from falling. The nun uniforms they wore were also tattered, but they were relatively neat.
They followed Sister Mary in the front, carrying plates and leaves in their hands. Sister Mary walked to the front, looked up at the people standing in the church, smiled, opened her arms and hugged everyone from front to back.
"Oh~ dear Lachi, good evening"
"Oh my god, Deka, you look great."
"..."
It turned out that she didn't close her eyes, but because the wrinkles on her face were piled up together, others would subconsciously think so when they saw her. After Sister Mary greeted everyone, she noticed Sister Ann who was standing at the front.
She raised a kind smile and smiled.
There was no sign of sincerity in her smile. She didn't even wait for An to speak before facing everyone. Her smile instantly became like a sunflower facing the sun.
"Dear townspeople, we have learned about your plight. It's okay. God will bless you. All we have to do is pray sincerely for God to save us."
As she spoke, she asked the young nuns to distribute the leaves that were still dripping with water to everyone and sighed, "But there has never been a precedent of so many people staying in the church. There are not enough dishes and food. But as long as we pray sincerely, the Lord will give us salvation and bring us hope!"
Sister Mary stepped aside, and a few nuns carrying baskets walked at the end, passing through the crowd and distributing food to every seemingly devout believer.
These believers devoutly closed their eyes, stretched out their hands, took the food, muttered "Thank God for the gift," and began to chew it in small bites.
There really wasn't much food, just a small piece of bread that didn't look very appetizing. It was only after Sister Mary's passionate speech that she realized that this was the place she had been looking for with the nuns nearby.
only...
Gu Ci took the bread and his eyes fell from the nun who was bowing her head in front of him to Sister Mary.
It seems like the nearest town is a long way off by car, so where do they find the ready-made bread?Shh! I'm behind you six
Shh! I'm behind you six
Gu Ci looked at the nuns who were lowering their heads again. Although they were lowering their heads, he could feel that two of them were extremely uncomfortable. Noticing Gu Ci's scrutiny, the two nuns wanted to bury their heads in their chests.
Gu Ci tilted his head and looked at the two nuns who raised their hands to cover their faces. Just as she was about to reach out and ask them to come closer, Mary's voice interrupted her.
"Xiao Ci, you're back?"
It was Mary's voice that made the two nuns immediately move away from Gu Ci, squeeze through the crowd and hide in the corner like quails. Seeing this, Gu Ci naturally raised her outstretched hand and tucked the loose hair behind her ears. She looked at Mary, who was only two or three steps away from her, and nodded politely as a greeting.
Mary didn't know why she felt particularly happy when she saw Gu Ci smiling. Even the eyes that originally couldn't see the slits could now see the cloudy eyeballs rolling around.
"Oh~"
She knocked her head in annoyance and said, "I am such a careless person. I didn't even notice you standing here just now."
She approached slowly, but with an uncontrollable smile on her face, as if what was in front of her was not a person but a mountain of gold and silver. She greedily moved closer to Gu Ci and closed her eyes as if intoxicated.
Then she opened her eyes and her whole face was red with excitement. She pushed away the little nun who had been supporting her to prevent her from falling and raised her hands like a fanatical believer, "Believers, the most sacred nun in the church is back! She has the purest soul and the body that is closest to the Lord's oracle. Our church will be glorious again!"
Gu Ci felt like she was targeting him with some things. It was as if she had gone from being a participant to being the core of the world. Everyone's eyes would revolve around her, imprisoning her in the cage of sight.
Gu Ci has not yet found out what role the so-called Sister Ci played in the whole incident and what function she played in the whole thing.
At the beginning, he was already in prison.
Gu Ci stepped back cautiously but found that her wheelchair could not be moved at all. Gu Ci looked down and saw a foot stuck in her wheelchair, preventing it from moving. Gu Ci looked up and saw Sister An standing half a step behind her. She looked down at Gu Ci with a look in her eyes that Gu Ci couldn't understand.
Her face was filled with a gentle glow, but her expression was unusually cold, creating a strong contrast. There seemed to be many emotions in her eyes, pity, disdain, nostalgia, entanglement... but all turned into indifference.
An took his hand back, held the wheelchair, and said "She needs to rest", then pushed Gu Ci away without paying any attention to Mary's drooping face.
The route was still the same as before to change clothes, but this time in the dark passage, there was a lantern on Gu Ci's wheelchair that flickered to illuminate them.
Gu Ci looked at the deformed shadow on the ground and secretly guessed the relationship between Sister Ann and Sister Mary. The two of them seemed harmonious but were actually at odds with each other. The most obvious example is that Mary ignores Ann, and Ann disdains Mary and even doesn't give Mary any face at all.
But of the two, Mary seemed to be afraid of Ann, so she was angry but dared not speak. An, who appears at the beginning, is like a thread that people need to follow to figure out the whole story and discover the secrets hidden in it.
Oh, it's really difficult.
Gu Ci couldn't help laughing.
This is so interesting.
Gu Ci listened to the sound of the wheelchair rolling. As it moved farther away, the noisy sound gradually decreased like the volume was turned down until it disappeared.
"The Lord will come and bless you!"
An sent Gu Ci to the door, lit the candles in the room for Gu Ci, left after saying this, and then left conveniently. The black skirt swayed in the afterglow and quickly blended into the black color.
Gu Ci looked for a long time before going in and closing the door. She raised her hand and made a few unnamed gestures in the air, then drew two strokes in the air. The red light condensed into lines in the air and turned into two inconspicuous stick figures. They are only the size of a finger, and when attached to objects it is difficult to see them.
The little man was sketched with a simple stroke, and had a big smile on his face, looking very happy.
The two little men swam happily in the air and then stuck to the two handles of the wheelchair. The bulky wheelchair became extremely flexible as if it had its own thoughts.
Gu Ci looked around the house leisurely and searched slowly, but he didn't see any clues after searching the whole house.
This shouldn't be the case. Is it that I can't find it somewhere?
Gu Ci stuffed the dusty drawer back into his pocket, and his eyes involuntarily fell on the bed. The bed was extremely simply furnished, with a narrow bed frame that could accommodate one person, a layer of straw, and a thicker cloth on top, with nothing on top except a thin quilt.
Gu Ci drew a few strokes in the air, and a few finger-long little men jumped a few times in the air and then walked towards the bed in funny steps. They worked together to shake the quilt open and hang it on a little man.
The quilt was propped up in the air like a ghost hanging in the center of the room. The little man covered by the quilt struggled for a moment in dissatisfaction and then worked as a hook without complaint.
The other little people came to the end of the bed and worked together to lift up the mattress on the bed. An almost inaudible chattering sound was heard, and then the mattress was slowly raised. When it was almost sixty degrees, one little person inadvertently glanced down, and his originally oval mouth instantly turned round and he screamed.
Fortunately, it was quiet at night to hear its tiny scream. The little man covered his mouth and eyes and trembled. The two little men next to him didn't know what happened. The little man in the middle had his eyes wide open, and it was obvious that he was very angry.
He supported himself on the cushion with one hand and pointed at the little man with his eyes covered with his other hand. From his constantly changing mouth, it could be seen that his curses were very ugly. The scolded villain looked very aggrieved. He covered his eyes with one hand and pointed downwards with the other hand to indicate him to look down.
The little man also lowered his head in confusion. After a moment of silence, the tiny screams rang out again. Several little men let go of their hands aggrievedly, covered their eyes, and floated towards Gu Ci pitifully.
The originally round mouth turned into a straight line, and one of the little men pointed at the bed and shook his head in fear. His mouth moved as if he was saying something.
"people?"
Gu Ci looked at the narrow bed and reached out his index finger to touch the heads of several little figures. The little guys nodded and rubbed Gu Ci's hand obediently, showing a happy expression.
Gu Ci pushed the wheelchair forward. She wanted to see what the person hiding under the bed looked like. However, before the wheelchair could roll, a pair of hands with bright red nails grabbed it from behindShh! I'm behind you seven
Shh! I'm behind you seven
The person behind him let go of the wheelchair and signed: "Just in case, I'll go first"
Gu Ci nodded, and the person behind him immediately went up and lifted the mat neatly without sensing any danger. Several little people were hugging each other and trembling, not daring to look. She turned her head and listened to the sound to make sure that Gu Ci was next to her, and then continued to gesture: "What is it? Is it a person?"
Gu Ci looked at the thin layer on the straw and shook his head, "No, it's cloth."
The person lying on the bed was made of a piece of black and grey cloth, but it was cut into the shape of a person looking dry and painful, and the details on the face were so detailed that one would be scared at first glance.
Several little men breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. The most ferocious little man poked the cowering little man and seemed to be a little disappointed with him. It fell on the cloth but was stuck to the grease and dust on it and couldn't move.
He looked at Gu Ci for help. The next second, the lines of his legs began to fade and disappear. When he flew into the air, the legs that had disappeared reconnected.
Gu Ci smiled and said, "Although it's not a real corpse, I didn't say what it was for. It's covered in grease and dust, just like a person lying here."
The little man froze in the air for a moment as if struck by lightning, then floated in the air like a piece of paper as if he had lost his breath, and finally landed on Gu Ci's legs, with an expression on his face that said: I am dirty and unclean.
Gu Ci's hand flicked over the little man and it disappeared. The other little men looked at it and hid aside, covering their mouths and trying hard not to laugh.
Gu Ciqu raised his hand and knocked on the wheelchair, "Get to work."
The little people moved away from the bed and crawled into any corner they could find, looking for hidden clues.
The chattering sound disappeared, and Gu Ci put away his expression and looked at the blind girl with golden light floating beside him and said, "Have you seen any children in this church?"
The blind girl tilted her head, thought about it, and then shook her head decisively.
Gu Ci felt that things were not going well. Her spell to summon spirits could attract some of the surrounding undead and transform them into a little man, but she did not deliberately expand the range just now and just tried it casually.
Unexpectedly, several ghosts were pulled in, which means that several people have died in this house, and they were all young children. Looking closely at the figures of those who came to church today, the youngest is only seven or eight years old.
Gu Ci looked at the cloth on the bed. He couldn't guess why there was so much grease on it and why it was placed on the bed. Who would cover something with a cushion in order to hide the truth?
At this moment, another little man came out from a corner, dragging a dusty piece of paper from behind the dressing table. The moment he saw Gu Ci, he danced with joy. He patted the dust off his body and happily threw himself on Gu Ci's legs to show her.
It looked like a graffiti, but it was hard to tell what was in it because of the heavy dust. Gu Ci shook it and put it on the dressing table to look at it later.
As if she had discovered something, Gu Ci looked curiously at the object faintly visible in the middle of the cloth. She looked at the blind girl whose half face was hidden, then looked at her own hands and sighed.
She stretched out two fingers and raised them upwards. Then she made a few simple movements with one hand. After that, the straw on the bed automatically flew and tangled, turning into a cute little scarecrow.
The simple scarecrow pulled the cloth flat and then flipped it over. However, there was no clue underneath, but a dagger made of yellowed and white wood. It is simple without any patterns and rough like a child's toy.
There was also a necklace wrapped around the dagger.
Gu Ci poked the dagger, and the blind girl beside him gestured: "What is it?"
Gu Ci took a look at the dagger wrapped around the necklace and was about to speak, but she turned around to look at the person next to her who was gesturing and fell silent for a moment.
"Blind Girl"
The person next to her tilted her head in confusion, as if asking why she was called.
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
Gu Ci felt something strange just now, and she originally thought it was because of this room. It turned out that the culprit was right next to him! Gu Ci was silent for a moment and then raised a fake smile
"Blind girl, you just can't see. Why are you making gestures? Speak! No wonder, no wonder! I felt something was wrong just now, and it turns out that the problem is you!"
The blind girl was silent for a moment and then smiled awkwardly, "I thought you couldn't find it. I was so immersed in the performance that I forgot about it."
"..."
Gu Ci didn't know what to say.
The blind girl smiled rather embarrassedly. She slowly approached Gu Ci and put her hand on her shoulder. "Look, we are indeed a family. The mute is mute, the blind is blind, and the disabled is disabled. We are a perfect match."
Gu Ci pushed the chatterbox aside and picked up the dagger and necklace. "It's a prop."
Props? The blind girl took the item but couldn't find anything special about it. "What's it for?"
Gu Ci watched her waving it in front of his eyes seriously. If he was not sure that she couldn't see, he would have thought that she just couldn't see clearly and was a myopic person.
"The necklace seems to be a favor item that can make certain NPCs have a certain favor towards you. This dagger is nothing special."
Gu Ci tied the necklace and dagger together to make it safer.
"Oh~"
Blind girl leaned on the dressing table out of boredom, groped for a mirror in front of her and smiled at herself in the mirror. A slender, bright red hand wanders on the mirror, the red-lipped mouth shows a strange smile, the veil covering half of the face is pale, and the golden tassels move without wind.
No matter who sees it, they will think it is a weird picture, but the blind girl seems not to feel it and still touches the cold mirror happily, as if she can feel her own existence through the mirror.
The little people found many useful things from the corners one after another. They carefully swept away the dust on them and opened and arranged the things they found.
When they were sure that there was nothing left, they sat obediently on the blind girl's shoulders and happily swung their feet on the edge of the dressing table.
The quilt hanging next to him moved in dissatisfaction. At this time, the little boy who was resting remembered that he had a companion. They quickly flew over, grabbed the corner of the quilt, folded it in half in the air, and folded the quilt. After the scarecrow finished looking for something under the straw, it found that there was indeed nothing there, so it pulled out the black cloth and re-laid the mattress.
After doing all this, it sat in the corner without any conscious control, as quiet as a dead object. The other little people put the quilts away and returned to where they had just sat, and greeted the little person who had been acting as a hook with a smile.
The little man angrily put his hands in his pockets and stomped his feet in the air. He was very angry that his companion had forgotten about himShh! I'm behind you eight
Shh! I'm behind you eight
Gu Ci picked up the little man and put him on his shoulder. The wheelchair moved and took Gu Ci to the dressing table. The blind girl was already standing in the position to make way for Gu Ci.
Actually, these are not really clues, just some pictures and some strange characters. The content of the painting is even more bizarre.
The first painting shows a lot of stick figures holding hands and smiling under a big tree. There is a frame behind them that frames all of them, and a cross at the top of the frame, which should represent the church. The little people holding hands should be the children and nuns in the church.
The second painting seems a bit nonsensical. A stick figure is lying on the ground with a painful expression. The ground is constantly being painted black with rotating black lines. There are many people surrounding him, and no one knows what they are doing. The cross behind him that is bold, black and enlarged should represent the cross in the church.
The third one looks more refined, probably written by an older child as there are some simple characters on it.
The third painting shows a frame filled with people with sad faces, while outside the frame are people looking at them with smiles on their faces. There are two different atmospheres in the painting, and at the top there should be a few crooked words written in thicker charcoal: Redemption? No!
The last stroke was so long that it went directly outside the paper. I don't know why it happened.
The last thing is a small black box with a button on top. After the clacking sound of electricity passed, some innocent and tender voices of children came out
"Wash and greet the believers on Monday morning
Tuesday morning...
Wednesday noon...
Thursday..."
The constant sound of electricity made it impossible to hear what the children said. Only the first sentence was very clear.
Gu Ci pressed the button again to turn it off. After trying a few more times, he found that it was still the same as before, so he simply turned it off and put it aside.
A deep bell rang out, and the originally quiet little ones seemed to be frightened by something. They covered their mouths, screamed, and quickly disappeared.
As the bell rang, the flames in the room, including those on the lanterns, went out in an instant, as if even the air was afraid of the sound of the bell. After the bell, a sound rang out, like a sad melody sung by an unwilling soul at night.
When night falls completely, people's senses become dull. The blind girl took a step back and whispered in Gu Ci's ear that someone was there. Then he carried her to the bed and quickly disappeared into the night.
Gu Ci had slept on a pile of dead bodies before, so she naturally wouldn't care about these things. Even if there was really no one sleeping under the mattress, she just wanted someone to give her some warmth. She quickly pulled the quilt over herself and closed her eyes, listening carefully to the noise outside.
Footsteps sounded, and An Youyou's voice became clearer.
"Monday started with a prologue, heavy rain fell and embraced the gloomy rainy day. The Almighty God accepted the believers' prayers, but the believers had no way to go home.
Tuesday's rainy day was a prelude, as isolated believers prayed in the church that their all-powerful Lord would redeem them, and they repaired the church in the hope that the Lord would see it.
The rainy weather continued on Wednesday, and disease, hunger and cold attacked like demons. Many people fell down but there was no way to save them. The devil plants seeds in the heart but no one notices.
Thursday..."
An walked past Gu Ci's room in a strange tone as if praying. As the voice became farther and farther away, even Gu Ci could not hear clearly what was being said next.
So what the nun said to those children actually matches up. Although I couldn't hear clearly what happened later, the content on Monday was exceptionally clear.
Monday is the day that the residents of the town came to the church to pray, but because their car broke down, they had no way to go back. So what An just said was that the believers did not go home, which is what he meant.
And that group of kids should be mainly from their perspective. On Monday, the people in the church got up early and cleaned themselves up. Sister Mary took some of the nuns out to look for food, which explains why Mary came back so late.
But the biggest question now is why these foreign believers are all men? And those two sneaky nuns, is this church hiding some secret?
Gu Ci thought of the bell sound just now again.
When the bell rang, the little spirits dispersed in fright as if they had heard something terrible.
This bell sound may be the key point that triggers some event.
No information was obtained on the first day, so Gu Ci simply lay down to rest and prepared to look for more clues tomorrow. After all, this was the beginning of this copy and clues would not appear so quickly.
As long as you can find the task specified by the system as soon as possible and meet the requirements, you can leave. But this task is not as easy as it seems.
Gu Ci closed her eyes, and in the darkness there seemed to be some heavy breathing sounds in her ears, not just one but many. Gu Ci ignored it, and as time passed, the sound of his breathing faded away.
It was not until the next morning when a little nun knocked on the door that Gu Ci suddenly realized that he had slept so deeply the previous night and his head was still groggy as if he had stayed up all night.
Gu Ci asked the nun who knocked on the door to come in. The nun who came in was a thin and weak little nun with a pointy face, who was only eight or nine years old.
"Sister Farewell!"
The little nun saw that she was very happy and immediately smiled. However, she was so pale and thin that the bones on her face were sticking out, and she didn't look that cute. But her eyes are clear and bright, showing that she is a little girl with a lot of vitality.
Gu Ci nodded at her. It seems like everyone in this church knows themselves. But the first day has passed and I haven't found any clues about my identity. Should I look somewhere else?
The little nun stepped forward to support Gu Ci. When she touched her hand, she couldn't help but frown and looked at her with worry. "I'm so sorry. It was really cold yesterday, but there were too many people in the church, and there were no extra quilts for you. I'm really sorry."
The little nun lowered her head, deeply immersed in regret. But he also understood that how could there be extra quilts when there wasn't even enough straw for so many people? Moreover, the church was so dilapidated that many parts were damaged, and there was even moss growing on the broken bricks and tiles.
The nuns here all wear very worn-out nun uniforms, and each of them only has a small piece of bread. This shows how poor this church is.
"It doesn't matter. God will bless us and help us get through this difficult time."
Gu Ci comforted the little nun by imitating the way the nuns spoke, and he could see some admiration in her excited eyes.
! I'm behind you nine
Shh! I'm behind you nine
"Ci, you are worthy of being the nun chosen by the Lord. They all say that you are Mary sent by the Lord to save us. They are really right! You are really kind! But they said that you are leaving soon, is this true?"
The young nun didn't understand all the twists and turns. I just feel that the nuns chosen by the Lord are sacred and inviolable. But she didn't understand why the Lord sent the nun to lead them and then asked her to go back.
?
Gu Ci's heart skipped a beat.
She could only lean on the little nun's hand and put her weight on the bed and slowly moved to the wheelchair. While the little nun was tidying up her clothes, she pretended to ask her casually:
"Leave? Why should I leave? The Lord is here and I am not going anywhere."
Gu Ci spoke very firmly, as if the so-called Lord was her faith, her spiritual support, and everything to her.
Gu Ci was gambling, gambling on the position of the Lord in these people's hearts.
The little nun exaggeratedly raised her hands and clenched them on her chest. She was deeply impressed by Gu Ci's firm belief, so she spoke to him without any guard.
"But every time the nuns chosen by the Lord will leave! According to Sister Mary, the Lord will choose the most talented nun every three months as the successor to His will. These nuns will receive the best support. Because their souls and even bodies are loyal to our Lord. According to Sister Mary, these nuns chosen by the Lord are tested by the Lord and go to larger churches to become believers."
The little nun shook her head with some regret, "But my qualifications are too poor. I have been in this church for more than a year and have not been favored by the Lord. But you are different!"
The little nun's eyes were shining. "You and Ann have only been in this church for three months. And you were chosen by the Lord in the second month! This proves that your faith is pure and flawless and can be accepted by the Lord.
Sister Mary said a few days ago that you will be tested by the Lord and will leave the church for a while. Can you tell me what test the Lord has given you? If possible, I would also like to be the main selected person. "
The little nun looked at Gu Ci eagerly, hoping that she could give her an answer.
"..."
Um, what to say?
Gu Ci blinked, raised a smile and gently rejected her.
"I'm sorry, but the Lord gives different instructions for each person's test. This is a secret and I can't tell you."
The little nun nodded frantically to show that she understood.
The wheels of the wheelchair kept turning and making noises. The little nun behind him also fell silent and pushed the wheelchair quietly. Her small body was only slightly taller than the wheelchair, and she had to raise her hands with great effort to push this huge object.
The Lord would choose a nun every three months and take these nuns away under the pretext of going to a larger church. There is definitely something wrong with this Lord, but it is hard to say what the problem is.
Also, Sister Ci and Sister An came to this church together!
Gu Ci recalled that when he came here yesterday, An's attitude towards him was indeed different, whether it was personally reasoning about the wheelchair or his attitude towards him. Although it did not show explicit goodwill, it was indeed special.
Gu Ci recalled a series of details from yesterday and slowly shared them. One of the more obvious details is that when An lit the candle for Gu Ci, he subconsciously stepped back a little bit, and did not get closer to the light source afterwards.
Although he was a person who didn't like light very much, he found that kind of candle to light for her. There were obviously not enough lights in this church, so she specially tied a lantern to her for lighting. The relationship between Sister An and Sister Ci was definitely not ordinary.
When Gu Ci arrived, she found that others had already arrived. She attracted everyone's attention as soon as she appeared.
"Oh~ dear Ci, did you sleep well last night? You should know that our church is really too shabby, but fortunately you will have a better life soon. I hope God will bless you."
Sister Mary, with her fat, bloated body, moved closer to her, talking even more than she had the night before. But her words seemed to be a reminder of something intentionally or unintentionally.
Gu Ci looked at An sharply and saw that An's expression had indeed become even uglier. His already cold face seemed to be covered with frost, making people shiver.
Ann didn't say anything, just looked at Mary coldly, distributed some bread like yesterday to everyone, and then led everyone to pray towards the empty cross. As for what we are praying for, no one knows.
Everyone had their eyes closed, but Gu Ci bravely opened his eyes and looked at everyone. After all, no one would slack off in front of the so-called master. But Gu Ci is different, she has a main idea in her heart but no master.
Gu Ci just looked at them openly. The residents of the town and the nuns who had returned last night were all here, and there was no mistake in the number of people.
but...
Gu Ci looked at the two nuns who were trying to reduce their presence on the edge and felt it was a bit weird. If yesterday's distribution of food was a way of bowing our heads in respect for the food, there is nothing much to say.
But these two people kept their heads down deliberately and hardly ever raised them. Their sneaky appearance made it hard not to think too much.
And their body shapes are really too strange. Most of the nuns here are slim and slender. Except for Sister Mary who looks like a ball, the others look malnourished. But both of them had broad backs and thick waists, and their nun uniforms were creased.
Gu Ci didn't want to alert the enemy. After all, there were six players this time, but no player had been exposed so far.
Gu Ci looked at the sky outside and saw that it was still very gloomy. It seemed like it was going to rain again in a while, so she just sat there and waited. Anyway, this prayer will not last all day.
Finally, the morning prayer was over and lunch was served. However, the lunch at noon was only slightly better than those two pieces of hard bread, with some vegetable leaves added.
She could sense that when the residents of the town saw the lunch, their expressions began to change subtly. They didn't say anything, but just looked at the nun's food and compared it with their own. After finding that they were the same, they started eating without saying anything.
But these residents are all men with big appetites, and eating just a little can only temporarily relieve their hunger. Leaving aside the taste, the portion is definitely not enough.
"BOOM!"
There was a flash of thunder outside, followed by heavy rain that crackled onto the church. The gloomy weather made the already dimly lit church even darker.
"What can I do for you?"
The strangely dressed nun was blocked in a quiet corner by Gu Ci and asked her calmly, but his trembling body and deliberately muffled voice could not deceive Gu Ci.Shh! I'm behind you
Shh! I'm behind you
"man?"
The girl's cold voice almost made Zhou Yan's heart stop beating.
Discovered?
"no"
Zhou Yan bit his lower lip and held his voice, not daring to look up. He tried hard to make his voice sweeter, but the sound of his voice was too weird, which made him dare not explain more.
His eyes were fixed on the pedal of the wheelchair in front of him. The clean and tidy nun's uniform paired with the incomplete wheelchair only made people feel pity and pity.
But he didn't dare to think so. After all, he saw this nun sitting in a wheelchair with a sinister smile last night. She looked like a ghost ready to attack in the dark.
Don't mess with me.
Moreover, she was also the first one to stare at them. It was because of her that when he returned to the nuns again, he found himself being stared at a lot.
The identity exposure coefficient is directly raised to a higher level.
It's even more troublesome.
Moreover, this Sister Ci looks very strange, maybe she is about to transform.
Gu Ci had no idea what the person in front of her was thinking. She could only feel his body shaking more violently and his head lowering even lower.
"Player?"
Gu Ci tilted his head and looked at him, giving him a polite smile and trying his best to show his harmlessness and sincerity.
Zhou Yan felt as if his heart had stopped beating. The girl's words "player" kept ringing in my ears.
Oh shit!
The NPC saw through it so quickly?
Zhou Yan looked up in shock, only to find that the girl in the wheelchair in front of him had her head tilted to one side with her shoulder as if her neck was broken, and she was looking at him with a weird smile.
I really recognized it!
Zhou Yan felt that his heart was almost stopping, and even his breathing seemed to be controlled by his brain.
? ? ?
What's going on?
Gu Ci looked at the man in front of him with his eyes wide open, a look of fear on his face, and clinging to the wall. His body looked stiffer than a zombie, and he didn't understand why he was like this.
It was absolutely impossible for her to imagine that she was an absolutely terrifying existence in the mind of the person in front of her. After all, the human brain is good at conceiving, and will beautify or fill in the gaps in its imagination.
Zhou Yan is the kind of person who over-imagines.
"Hello?" Gu Ci had no idea why this man was like this. Looking at him, his body was stiff but he slowly rolled his eyes and closed them, she could only wait for him to calm down a little before speaking.
Two sentences and four words knocked down a strong man.
No matter where this incident occurs, it will appear extremely shocking and unprecedented.
Zhou Yan didn't know how long he had been unconscious, but he seemed to vaguely see an NPC discovering him. It seems that she has also discovered her identity.
It must be a dream!
Zhou Yan relaxed his body in a daze, but suddenly he fell down and woke himself up. When he opened his eyes and found that the NPC was still staring at him, no one understood how scared and shocked he was.
Gu Ci watched the man fall to the ground, rub his head, slowly open his eyes, and then faint again. This process actually didn't take much time, it could even be said to be very short, she didn't even have time to lend a hand to help him.
?
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Gu Ci was even more puzzled. It couldn't be that he was so ugly that he scared him to death, right?
Zhou Yan fainted several times, which made Gu Ci even more puzzled. She even found a mirror to look at herself, and found that there was nothing wrong. She thought that there was something terrible around torturing this fragile player, so she deliberately walked around, but found nothing.
Finally, Gu Ci summarized the reasons:
This player is sick!
Of course!
After fainting several times, Zhou Yan still felt quite ashamed, but it was during these times that his psychological endurance was greatly improved, and at least he would not faint again.
I saw this NPC still staying here and refused to leave. He just wanted to see what she would do.
"Hey, are you okay?"
Gu Ci waved his hand, which earned him a roll of the eyes and a "tsk".
Gu Ci leaned forward a little, but the player just shrank his legs in the corner and turned his head away from looking at Gu Ci.
Gu Ci blinked, not understanding why things turned out like this. She really just wanted to ask him a question and get some clues.
This is really difficult to deal with now.
Zhou Yan felt strange. This PC had clearly guessed his identity, but it seemed as if nothing had happened around him for such a long time.
Zhou Yan looked around carefully and indeed nothing unusual had happened. A bold idea emerged in his mind.
"Are you a player too?"
Gu Ci blinked as a reply.
"Why didn't you say so earlier? Please, it's really oppressive for you to come here wearing all this clothing and push me into this corner. I'm almost scared out of my wits."
Zhou Yan breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the ground without any image. He looked at the beautiful girl in front of him who looked like a doll. I don't understand why I was so blind as to think she was a monster.
If he could get out of this game alive, he would definitely write a book outside. He had just thought of the title of the book, which was called "The Day I Was Scared to Death by My Teammate Who Pretended to Be a Ghost"
Gu Ci didn't plan to talk to him too much. After all, she had already wasted a lot of time coming out. She had to go back after finding out about his situation.
Zhou Yan stood up and patted the clothes that didn't fit his body shape, looked at Gu Ci's clothes with envy, which were obviously not of the same quality, and then started exchanging messages.
After getting all the information, Gu Ci confirmed it several times. Zhou Yan was also afraid that he had not explained the details clearly, so he thought about it over and over again, and finally told Gu Ci with certainty that this was it.
After Gu Ci told him about his situation, he separated from him and hid in a dilapidated building. From this position, he could see the collapsed wall on the opposite side and a tree with only half of its body left, turned into dead charcoal. He didn't know if it was the one in the painting.
According to Zhou Yan, he was already in Mary's team when he entered the game and was on his way back. The name on his ID card was Sister Yan in the church. As for clues about his personality, they were found in the room last night.
Clues to what this identity likes and dislikes are hidden in different places. He doesn't have a separate room like Gu Ci. He lived in a large room with several nuns. But he was lucky, because they all slept soundly last night, probably because of the long journey. So it was easy for him to find clues.
Although it attracted a lot of attention last night, fortunately it was not exposed. And even though it was so obvious that I was dressed as a woman, they didn't seem to be able to tell the difference.
That's what role playing is.
They enter the game as if they were wearing a suit that these NPCs are familiar with. But if the filling leaks out at any point, it will be torn into pieces, leaving no residue.
Shh! I'm behind you eleven
Shh! I'm behind you eleven
Gu Ci looked at the puddles that were constantly rippling and the strange feeling in his heart continued to bother him.
According to Zhou Yan, this kind of disguised clues are usually not hidden too deeply. Maybe it's a piece of paper, a painting, or even a diary. To get useful clues, guess and think.
Moreover, these clues are usually partially explicit and partially implicit. I won't be like Gu Ci who has nothing. Gu Ci also searched the room thoroughly and almost took apart everything in the room.
Mary, who pays great attention to her, and Ann, who has a close relationship with her...
"Ci, are you okay?"
When I think of An, An's voice appears in my ears.
Gu Ci looked back and saw An, who was dressed in a nun's uniform, standing not far away and looking at her coldly. Her standing there seemed to make the air a lot colder. From Gu Ci's perspective, An looked like he had crawled out of a grave, his face was terrifyingly pale and solemn.
Everything around was in dark tones, except for An, who was particularly prominent. His eyes were staring at Gu Ci with an indescribable weirdness.
"Did you enjoy your stay?"
An slowly walked over, put her hands on the wheelchair and stood beside her. On the surface, An was looking at the big tree outside with Gu Ci, but if you look at An from another angle, you will find that her eyes were staring straight down at Gu Ci.
Something is wrong.
Gu Ci listened to the friction sound of An holding the wheelchair tightly and rotating slightly.
Did An discover something?
"like?"
Gu Ci raised his head and looked at An with no expression on his face and asked An, "Should I like it?"
An was stunned for a moment, and his stiff expression relaxed a little. She seemed to have not expected Gu Ci to ask her this, and it seemed that this answer exactly matched the answer in her heart. Inexplicably, all the irritability in An's heart disappeared at this moment.
"What are you doing here?"
The atmosphere was relaxed for a while but An's question came again, but this time it didn't carry the pressure and temptation as before, as if she was just asking casually.
Gu Ci moved forward a little, but the wheelchair was pressed against the broken bricks and could not move forward any further. She reached out her hand to catch the raindrops and replied, "Let's feel it."
The rain outside was not heavy, but the water droplets condensed on the eaves fell one by one like pearls, then hit the ground hard, splashing water and splashing onto the blanket that Gu Ci was wearing, bringing moisture.
An frowned and said nothing. She looked at Gu Ci's back suspiciously and shook her head to deny her own judgment. Looking at the small water droplets condensing on the blanket, An forcefully pulled Gu Ci back, said something casually, and walked in another direction.
Gu Ci knew that An had not gone far. This church was shaped like a U.S. character, and the corridors inside were all connected. If An left and she followed closely, she would most likely be exposed. As for the consequences of exposure...
She really didn't know that Sister Ann, who might come around the corner, would catch her on the spot, ruthlessly break her neck, and hang her on the cross in the church to deter and warn other players.
It's quite interesting to think about.
And Gu Ci had no plans to leave. If she went back, she would probably stay there and pray. She didn't have the habit of suffering.
Gu Ci leaned lazily in the wheelchair, watching the rain gradually subside until it stopped before going to other places to look for the clues Zhou Yan mentioned. This was quite important to her.
An's occasional probing showed that her behavior was different from that of the so-called nun.
If a danger warning value means that they will be discovered, then they will find that Gu Ci's danger warning value will always be red and approach the top from time to time. Occasionally it will drop once or twice and then rise again quickly.
But...
The point that puzzled Gu Ci the most came.
She searched every place in the church, big and small, and read almost every book in it, but she couldn't find any clues about the nun's resignation.
Perhaps, Sister Ci does not exist?
But that wasn't right. This morning, the little nun Lei told her that An and Ci entered the church together. Unless Lei lied to her, judging from Lei's expression, Gu Ci was more inclined to believe that Sister An had hidden or destroyed all of Sister Ci's things.
Things would be much easier if we could clarify the relationship between Sister Ann and Sister Ci.
But she doesn't trust anyone here! Whether it is Lei or An, they will give her wrong clues based on their own subjective ideas. So she still felt like going to look for it herself.
Gu Ci summoned many little people. These little people were different from those summoned by spiritual consciousness yesterday. They were not afraid of the things here and could better help her find clues.
After doing all this, Gu Ci ran to the church to be with An and all the nuns. Isn't this a perfect alibi?
The night fell as expected, and the lights were still dim, but An did not stay in the church with them tonight. It seemed that An had disappeared since meeting Gu Ci in the afternoon. Where did An go?
Gu Ci held the bread in his hand, which was obviously much smaller than the one he had at lunch today and was as soft as a rock. He looked at the people around him who were obviously showing impatience on their faces, and put the bread on his lap.
Some even threw the remaining bread on the ground after taking two bites, cursing, "You can give people anything to eat. I've gotten tired of eating this in the past two days. Hunger is constantly torturing my body and destroying my mind!"
The leader looked at Sister Mary, his face showing fatigue and impatience. "Is there nothing else to eat in the church? It's cold, but if I don't have anything to eat, I think I'll go crazy."
Although the others didn't say anything, their silence represented their thoughts at the moment.
Sister Mary looked at the man with a smile. She didn't know if it was because of the angle at which Gu Ci was standing, but she saw a strange layer of black air appear on Mary's face, and the smile on her face was filled with a sense of pleasure.
She waved her hand to signal everyone to be quiet. "Food? Yes, food! Don't be in a hurry to trust the church. There will be food. Tomorrow morning we will have delicious bread and fresh warm milk!"
Mary looked at everyone and was the first to worship the empty cross. "All this is brought to us by our Lord!"
The people in the town obviously didn't believe Mary's words. The first person who took the lead looked at Mary suspiciously at the dilapidated church.
"Why do you say that? The heavy rain is still falling. At this rate, the low-lying roads will soon be flooded by the river at the foot of the mountain. Even if we go out to look for food now, we won't be able to return to the church..."
But before the man could finish, Mary interrupted him with a smile, "No, no, no, you have to believe that the Almighty Lord is omnipotent! It's just that our Lord needs to hear sincere prayers before he can wake up."
Mary pulled the man and made him look at the empty, huge cross under the dim light with a fanatical look