moon shot plan

Ji Ying's eyes moved slightly, without speaking, she walked slowly past him.

"I'm sorry, my father, it's so late, I don't know if I've disturbed your rest..." After saluting, she sat down opposite, with an elegant posture and a natural expression, "I'm here to ask you something about tomorrow's rally. Sometimes there is also a ceremony to welcome His Highness, but I know very little about these."

Tomorrow's rally?The ceremony to welcome His Highness?

What is this all about?

Although he heard them mention it many times, An Ran really didn't know what it was. He looked at Xie Yi and saw that the other party was also silent, so he guessed that he didn't know too well, so he hurriedly tugged on his sleeve to show that he was perfunctory. Just don't talk too much.

Xie Yi nodded obediently, and then said to the people outside: "Just listen to my arrangement tomorrow."

"Okay, I see..." Ji Ying hesitated to speak, hesitated for a while and asked again: "Is it like when Lu Xichao sacrificed to the Virgin Mary in red? Should I just do what he did?"

Lu Xi worshiped the Madonna in red?

What is she talking about again?

An Ran was still not sure, so she simply asked Xie Yi to send her away with a casual "hmm".

The next day was February 2th, the only time they had a chance to leave here.

On that day, Xie Yi changed into a spotless white religious robe, with a dark red outer robe still on top, looking holy and dignified.In order to hide his appearance, he put on the mask with the cross star pattern, which added a bit of grotesque color to the whole outfit.

As for An Ran, he himself wanted to hide behind quietly, but the venue of the assembly was very tightly sealed off, surrounded by many believers, he really had no way to hide inside ahead of time, and finally Xie Yi found him a set of ordinary monks Clothes, let him pretend to be his entourage and follow behind.

At 22:00 in the evening, the assembly will start on time.

There were unexpectedly many believers attending the rally. As soon as they entered the venue, they saw snow-white eyes. Countless believers knelt down piously on the ground, clasped their hands in front of their chests, as if they were praying to someone, and their faces were without exception. All wear mysterious and grotesque cross-star masks.

Suddenly, as if they had sensed something, they all raised their heads and looked out. An Ran was taken aback by their movements, and subconsciously looked in that direction, only to see a pure white beauty. come here--

Ji Ying...

She is still wearing a white dress today, but it is obviously more gorgeous and solemn. Unlike others, she does not wear a mask on her face, nor does she apply any makeup powder. Looking at it from a distance, she is elegant and refined, with an extraordinary air , actually reminded An Ran of the Madonna statue she had seen on the murals.

She passed those who looked up at her, as if the Virgin had passed her believers, and those people were indeed looking at her with fanatical eyes. It is not difficult to guess what they are eagerly looking forward to.

An Ran stood behind Xie Yi, took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and waited with bated breath for her to step up to the stage step by step.

The moment she stepped onto the altar, the black curtain suddenly fell, revealing the red cross hanging high.

The believers knelt down on the ground one after another, chanting words, listening quietly, and could vaguely catch several words with deep meanings such as "Saint Anna", "sacrifice", and "advent".

Ji Ying knelt down on the ground slowly, crossed her hands on her forehead, then parted her lips slightly, and began to chant unknown spells.

what is she doing?

An Ran looked at the cross hanging above her head, and felt that the dark red color was very ominous.

He didn't know the specific process of the sacrificial ceremony. He only knew that the purpose of today's gathering was to welcome the arrival of "His Highness", and the so-called "His Highness" was the Virgin in White, that is, the Santa Ana whom he knew a little bit about in the previous copy. .

But he remembered that Xie Yi had said that the Holy Mother was dead...then how would they welcome her coming?

And the Hallows Cross, where is it?

An Ran scanned around calmly, but did not find anything that could be called a holy artifact.

He couldn't help but look at Xie Yi, but the other party just pressed his hand, signaling him to be calm.

At this time, the audience suddenly fell silent, and An Ran turned her head to look, only to see that Ji Ying had raised her head at some point, staring at the cross above her head, her lips were tightly closed, her brows were furrowed, her expression was tense and painful, There were fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

Although it was certain that no one was speaking on the field right now, there seemed to be the sound of chanting scriptures and prayers echoing in An Ran's ears.

Suddenly, it seemed that the bowstring that had been tense suddenly broke, and there was a "click" sound from the top of the head. Countless mahogany fragments were scattered in all directions under the impact force. The edges of those wood fragments were very sharp, and the speed was really fast. Only then can barely dodge the past.

However, those believers knelt on the spot motionless. Not only did they not hide, they even cheered and exulted because of the shattering of the cross, and opened their arms to welcome the fragments of the cross that fell from the sky.

Yes, the loud noise just now was the sound of the cross suddenly splitting from it.Countless thin and sharp fragments whirled and fell, stabbing many people, even Ji Ying was stabbed several times, and blood oozed out little by little, wetting her snow-white clothes.

what is this?

Wasn't there an accident?

Why are they still so happy?

An Ran looked up in amazement, but saw that the place where the red cross hung high was now only a mass of darkness, and there was a silver light flashing in the darkness. Before he could grasp what it was, he heard a sneer—— —

"Surprised to see this kind of scene for the first time?" Ji Ying squinted at them, with a sarcastic smile on his lips: "My fake priest?"

An Ran was taken aback, and almost suspected that she had heard it wrong, but how could she hear it wrong?

Did Ji Young find out they were fake?

When was it discovered?Why did you say it now?

Aren't they holding some important ceremony now, if they break it now, wouldn't they be afraid of a fight between the two sides?

Or...she has mastered the magic weapon to win?

An Ran raised her head and looked up again, and sure enough, she once again found a light flickering in the darkness.

That is……

The believers in the audience looked at each other and panicked when they saw their actions. Someone boldly asked, "What's going on? What kind of fake priest? Was the ceremony successful or not?"

Ji Ying smiled, stood up slowly from the ground, and opened his arms towards them, as if embracing his own people: "As you can see, the wooden box has been opened, and the holy artifact has been revealed."

After she finished speaking, she grabbed her right hand back, and everyone saw a bright silver arc across the air. When they blinked again, they found that she was holding a tool that looked like a sword but not a sword, and seemed to stab but not stab.

It looks like an elongated cross, or a deformed four-pointed star...

This is the doji!

The presence of the cross star seemed to indicate that the ceremony was successful, and most of the believers present felt at ease instantly, but someone still asked, "Why do you say our priest is a fake?"

"It's very simple, because he didn't even know that this was the first advent ceremony...It's ridiculous, isn't it?" Ji Ying played with the sharp point casually, and her tone was still gentle: "Our fake priest even does the basic homework. I didn't do it well, I casually said 'like Lucy offering sacrifices to the Madonna in red', he didn't realize that there was a big problem in it—"

"First of all, everyone knows that we have never had a sacrificial ceremony before. Today is the first time we have tried to sacrifice to the Virgin Mary for divine power. There is no such thing as offering sacrifices to the Virgin Mary in red; secondly, even if there is a sacrificial ceremony, it is not Lu Xichao's turn." Ah, he's not even close."

She smiled and glanced down for a week: "I hope he's not here now, otherwise this may hurt his heart - although what I said is the truth."

As soon as the words fell, there was an uproar in the audience, and a believer in the back row stood up excitedly and shouted: "Yes, they are fake! They asked me to go to the confession room yesterday, but they asked me a lot about Lu Xichao's past! I don't even know Lu Xichao once suffered from depression, how could it be possible! The priest had already asked all the questions when he was in the nursing home!"

What?So it turns out that what they said yesterday has already been exposed?

An Ran forced herself to calm down, called out the dagger and held it in her hand, staring nervously at Ji Ying opposite.

I saw Ji Ying raised the cross star high, and began to chant: "The most chaste and pure Saint Anna, please grant me the power to judge evil and execute sinners..."

"Ah—" Her gentle tone suddenly twisted, and her face turned pale. At the same time, the temperature in the venue suddenly rose, and everyone seemed to be in a stove.

But what was even more frightening was that they watched the blood-red spots crawling up her skin little by little, and the swollen blood vessels couldn't bear the high pressure, and suddenly ruptured, and the bright red blood gushed out. Soaked through the snow-white clothes.

The believers in the audience screamed in panic after a brief freeze. This time it was probably not a necessary step, but a real accident. An Ran couldn't help asking in a low voice: "What's going on?"

Xie Yi looked at Ji Ying who was kneeling on the ground due to pain, and his voice didn't fluctuate at all: "She probably thought that after the sacrifice, the Madonna in white would be ushered in, but it's a pity that she invited the one in red. "