Apocalypse Arrival - chapter 222

Rongcheng Base was overcrowded. At the moment, basically behind the windows and doors of every house, there were countless peepers. Everyone looked at the struggling teenager on the courtyard floor but no one dared to make a sound.

The ever-noisy courtyard was uncharacteristically silent.

Yue Wenhua’s scolding sound was particularly abrupt.

Everyone looked at the prisoner in the corner who had his hands handcuffed and tied to a pillar.

“Who is he?” The head priest asked the people behind him.

“He’s just a prisoner, some people brought him in when they entered the city.”

The well-dressed priest raised his eyebrows slightly.

With a pitiful look on his face, he stretched out his hand from his robe, touched the top of the tied young man’s head, and said loudly, “This child will go to the North Cave. His sacrifice is great, and he will let the people live a peaceful life. God will protect his soul and lead him to the Land of Bliss.” He smiled at the young man, “Thank you for being such a selflessly dedicated person. Our three major churches have also done their best to raise funds for the families of devotees.”

Behind the doors and windows of each house, there was a slight voice of discussion. This kind of thing had happened more than once in the base. Every month, Rongcheng Base would select several “volunteers” to send to the North Cave. Through such a dirty transaction, the Blasphemers in the North Cave would not harass the base.

“That’s ridiculous! You are a believer of God. Instead of following God’s will to eliminate demons and defend the way, you sacrifice living people to demons?”

Yue Wenhua squatted on the ground paved with red bricks. His shackles sank on his knees, under his thick black eyebrows were eyes burning with anger.

“As a priest of Shennai, you dare to do such an anti-doctrinal thing here without the knowledge of Father?!”

The priest with the winged logo on his shoulder turned around, slightly surprised, “Are you also a believer of our Shennai?”

He took two steps forward, “How can a sinner understand Father’s distress? Father often says that God’s love is great love. Sometimes, in order to save all beings, personal sacrifice is also necessary.”

“Nonsense! How can the Holy Father say that?!” Yue Wenhua was angry, and the chains of the shackles clanged as he struggled.

His heart was a little flustered.

He recalled the days when he had just been received by the church. When Father had received him, who was about to collapse, he organized a large number of medical staff and used precious Holy Blood to maintain his brother’s life.

Wenhua, your brother will definitely wake up, and we will not give up on our brothers who believe in God. The priest always said that to him gently and lovingly.

The priest at that time was almost his pillar, his faith.

Now there were cracks in his firm belief, and doubts couldn’t help growing in his heart.

The priest looked at him condescendingly with a look of compassion.

“I, I also feel that this is wrong.” Song Ping beside Yue Wenhua swallowed, and mustered up the courage to say what he was holding in his heart, “If we sacrifice our compatriots and give them to demons, the demons will only become stronger. He wants us to send a person once a month now, but what after that? It may turn once every half a month or a week in the future. At that time, we cannot refuse at all.”

A girl’s timid voice came from behind the window on the second floor, “I… don’t think it is right, this child is too pitiful.”

“Let this kid go,” a crack in a door on the first floor quietly opened.

The buzzing discussion began to become noisy.

The priest’s face sank.

“How did Yurong Base collapse, how did Jin’an Base be broken by demons, everyone forgot so soon?” He smiled, spreading his hands and pacing in the atrium, “Of course it is good to be able to destroy the demons. Who wants to go to the blasphemer’s lair? Can you stand up and let me see how many people are there? Come, all stand up and let me see.”

The surroundings were silent for a moment, and the opened door on the first floor quickly closed.

“You people!” Song Ping stomped angrily, and the person who was willing to stand up and say a few words immediately chose to retreat when it came to his own safety.

The priests gave him a mocking look, and led the team with the young man on the ground, and turned and left.

“Don’t go!”

An invisible barrier was pushed from behind, and everyone caught off guard was pushed down by a huge force.

The third-order ability holder whose movements were restricted by shackles displayed his defensive barrier.

***

Chu Qianxun and the others returned to Rongcheng Base, and the well-equipped and energetic squad passed through the busy and crowded streets.

“I heard they went to Lujia Village.”

“That haunted Lujia Village?”

“These mercenaries are really amazing. They came back unharmed after they went to that ghost place.”

“You see, none of them are missing.”

“It seems there is one more, isn’t it?”

People on the street whispered.