moon shot plan

"The murals that were erased..." An Ran suddenly thought of the murals he and Xie Yi saw in the copy of Baicheng. Two of them could not be seen due to permission issues, and they turned into a mosaic... Could it be that they were depicting The rat town scene in the church?

"What's wrong with the rat problem? Even the birth of the devil king has been revealed. Why did you code this?" An Ran didn't quite understand.

Xie Yi smiled helplessly: "The birth of the devil king is not as scary as you said, it is still very commemorative... The two murals that were blocked are not just a simple problem of rats, don't forget that those murals are based on With Santa Maria as the central figure, many other things happened during the rat infestation, so I can’t say much about it.”

"It's hard to say? Do you have to go to Baicheng to find out?" An Ran asked.

Xie Yi approached him with a smile: "Do you want to go to Baicheng so much?"

"No, no, it's a misunderstanding." An Ran waved her hands again and again, Baicheng is the headquarters of the Demon King who is jealous, and he went there because he was crazy.

Xie Yi nodded, and said with a half-smile, "Okay..."

"Hey, hey...well, we're still here." Xu Heng coughed twice, and seeing the two of them looking over suspiciously, he quickly said, "Then let's go to the church now, or we won't be able to walk the streets outside. "

However, when the few people were about to leave, a female scream came from behind the ruins. It took them a while to determine that it was from Anna. Lan Xin said worriedly: "Anna is still in the cemetery behind. Are we leaving just like that?"

"She is a quasi-sacred mother. She will command the world in the future. With the blessing of the protagonist's halo, she is better than us useless players." Xu Heng said.

But... An Ran was always worried, he had an intuition that leaving Anna alone here would definitely cause problems, the four of them would have narrowly escaped death against a group of rats, not to mention she was facing a dozen long snakes alone... Inspired The previous her was actually just an ordinary girl, probably not as strong as her...

"You guys go first, I'll go over and see if something happened." Anran rushed into the cemetery as she spoke, Xu Heng shouted from behind: "Hey! Anran, what are you doing?"

"Strange, why does he care so much about Anna? Worshiping the Virgin? Could it be that he is a pious believer in legend?" Xu Heng was taken aback by his conjecture, and then said suspiciously: "No, it was in the dungeon before. I didn't see it either, when he met the Virgin, he should have cheated."

"Let me go and have a look. It's too dangerous for him to be alone." Lan Xin also felt that An Ran's behavior just now was a bit abnormal. The future Virgin Mary is also an admirable woman, so it is not a bad idea to save her in a crisis.

"Don't move. I'll just go over and have a look. Anna should be entangled by those snakes. An Ran's lantern can force those snakes back, so there won't be any problems." After Xie Yi finished speaking, he also turned and walked towards the cemetery. But he didn't go in, just watched quietly at the door.

"Ah——" Anna pulled down a snake that was entangled with her, and threw it into the sea of ​​fire, but pulled out one, and there were four or five more, which were tightly bound to her body. Slowly tightening it up bit by bit, strangling her almost out of breath, she kept struggling and praying devoutly, but there was still no miracle——

She finally felt hopeless.

She still doesn't believe what those townspeople said is true, the angel's prophecy has been deeply imprinted on her soul, no matter how those people slander her and abuse her, she always believes that she is a monk chosen by the gods , all the sufferings she is experiencing now are just the tempering of God for her. Sooner or later, when she completes her penance in this world, she will be able to ascend to the kingdom of heaven.

However, now she is charged with bewitching young people and has become a witch that everyone hates... Now she is going to be buried in the belly of these snakes. From the beginning to the end, the gods she worships have never appeared...

There was no shelter, no revelation, just like what the townspeople said, God hated her sins, had completely abandoned her, and would come to punish her for her mistakes.

That's right, these snakes were sent by the gods to punish her. It turned out that the target of the gods' wrath was her...

The more she thought about it, the more desperate she became, and she gradually gave up struggling. Gradually, she no longer felt pain, and even the suffocation disappeared. The remaining heat quickly dissipated, and her body gradually became as cold as a snake's body...

Suddenly, a ray of soft light shone on her body, not as hot as the sun, but it made her body gradually warm up. At the same time, the long snakes wrapped around her body fell off one after another, and the burned body writhed crazily on the ground. The body quickly fled away in embarrassment.

"This is..." Anna didn't expect that the one who saved her was that young man whom she had met once. He was holding an exquisite glass lantern in his hand. There is a feeling of spring breeze on her body.

"The Lamp of the Stars." An Ran held up the lantern and showed it to the original owner. Seeing the other party's curious and envious look, he thought it was quite interesting. To make the original owner of the prop envious, he must have achieved an achievement.

"It's really a powerful holy artifact. It has a name that matches her." Anna couldn't bear to take her eyes off the lantern. She swore that she had only seen this kind of light in the starry sky, called [Stars] The Lamp] really lives up to its name.

"The monastery has been burned down, and other places in the town are also in danger. We must go to the church. Come with us, and I will take you there." An Ran was really worried that she was here alone, and quickly suggested.

"No, I won't go. I have to wait for Bishop Philip. He will come here soon. I can't leave this cemetery alone. I promised the head nun that I must guard the souls of those people." Anna said. declined.

An Ran hurriedly said: "Don't be stupid, it's been so long, if the bishop wanted to come, he would have already arrived. Now there are monsters everywhere in the street, the bishop won't come here on purpose, besides, those undead have turned into snakes, One by one is slipping so fast, there is no need for you to guard them."

"...That won't work, this is my mission, I can't just leave like this." Anna still couldn't listen to the persuasion. Going out, Anna struggled and said, "I can't go!"

Just as An Ran was about to say something, she saw Xie Yi standing at the gate of the cemetery and staring at him expressionlessly. To be precise, he was staring at his hand pulling his sleeve. An Ran was shocked, and immediately let go of her hand, standing at attention on the spot in fright. , explained again and again: "Well, I just... I just want to take her to church, no, nothing else."

Xie Yi raised his eyebrows noncommittally: "Really?"

"Really, really." An Ran didn't know why she was so guilty, and she didn't know why she had to explain to Xie Yi, but her strong survival instinct told him not to do this, and the end would probably be indescribable...

"...Well, I believe you." Xie Yi carefully admired his face full of desire to survive for a while, and then came over with a smile and hugged his shoulders, as if he was as intimate as usual.

No, all right?Xie Yi isn't angry?

An Ran's heart relaxed a little bit, but he still didn't understand one thing, why did he care so much about Anna?

Could it be that he really likes her—this idea was rejected by An Ran as soon as it came up. Although Anna's appearance and temperament were far better than the girls he had seen before, she was a virtual character in the game. How could he treat NPCs like her? What about that feeling?

But the worry about her is true. He has tried very hard to control himself not to think about her anymore. Anyway, she is the quasi-sacred mother, the proper owner of the protagonist's halo, and she will not die if anyone dies. Think so much It's useless... But when he thinks that she is in danger, he can't help but want to save her... Why?Could it be that he was really a Madonna worshiper subconsciously?

When An Ran was thinking wildly, Xie Yi pulled him into his arms a little more, and then said to Anna: "This is An Ran, he is usually so helpful, and he will save you only because he is kind."

"..." An Ran was silent, was he really talking about himself, could it be that his image in Xie Yi's heart was so glorious and majestic?

Anna snorted coldly: "I can tell, don't worry, I won't mistake him for admiring me, I can distinguish these different feelings."

"You just think those legends were very powerful when I was young, right? But that's only when I was young, and you should listen to what those townspeople say, maybe they are right." When she said this, her voice was low again go down.

"Don't say that, your future legends will be even stronger!" As an 'experienced person', An Ran must cheer for the little virgin, today is too scary, okay, when she was entangled by those long snakes, An Ran was motionless Almost thought she was dead, hearing her tone so lonely, don't give up struggling again next time.

An Ran kindly reminded her, but Xie Yi pinched his shoulder lightly. Just when he wondered if it was his own illusion, he heard Xie Yi say: "Okay, she knows it well."

"Okay..." An Ran was taken away in such a dizzy manner, and when she reached the gate of the cemetery, she realized that she hadn't persuaded Anna to join them. He lowered his head and dawdled behind them, noticing his gaze, and turned his face away in embarrassment, pretending not to care.

"Well, this Holy Mother is quite arrogant. Could this be the legendary—" An Ran originally wanted to say, 'He said no, but his body is very honest', but considering that a big guy like Xie Yi probably wouldn't I like this kind of domineering president's goblin style, and I swallowed it when it came to my mouth, and changed it abruptly: "...Duplicity."

Xie Yi glanced at him with a half-smile, and replied: "You can talk."

"Ha, haha, is that right..." He should take it all as a compliment, although he doesn't know why Xie Yi said that...he should be right just now, why does it feel like Xie Yi has heard his inner complaints? ...

After reuniting with Xu Heng Lanxin, they immediately set off for the church in the east. Anna still fell far behind and followed at a distance. The others did not object. Lan Xin joked: "This blood month has a lot of benefits, we Did you achieve an achievement—escape with the Virgin?"

"Hahaha……":

Behind them, the dilapidated monastery was still in flames, and a black figure came out from the shadows. He had been lying in ambush in the cemetery for a long time, and he was almost wiped out by the chants. The purpose... is to stand up at the moment before the snake strangles Anna, but who would have thought that a demon hunter would come out halfway...

He stared at the back of a group of people going away, and slowly sneered—it doesn't matter, anyway, this town will be destroyed soon, and the girl with the most chaste and pure body will eventually fall into his trap. Among the heavy nets laid...

"Help, help!" At this time, the town was in chaos. Countless people rushed out of their houses and ran in panic on the street. Behind them, there were countless mutated mice. When the next piece of meat came, the townspeople were dizzy, they would only crowd each other when they got together, and they were powerless to resist these fierce monsters. Seeing that the road ahead was blocked, An Ran turned back and asked the others:

"What do you think we should do? Make a bloody road or..."

"Just burn them all to death, they will definitely not be able to escape." Xu Heng said.

"No, those people are all residents of the town, how can you kill all these innocent people to find a way?" Anna immediately objected when she heard them say they were going to burn them.

An Ran felt that there was no need to adopt this method until the last moment, but it still surprised him that Anna would say that. So in Anna's eyes, those people were all 'innocent'. Ask the bishop to burn her.

"In short, those people are not guilty of death. Although we can't save them now, we can't hurt them anymore. Let's go to the bishop now. Only he can save this town!" Anna said again.

Lan Xin said: "I understand what you mean...but now the roads are blocked, even if we want to find the bishop, we can't get through."

"Come with me, I know a small path that leads directly to the church." Anna said, then turned and walked towards another narrow alley. The remaining four looked at each other, and finally chose to follow her.

This was indeed a shortcut. Although it was extremely narrow and dark, and the ground was uneven, they managed to see the iconic spire and bell tower after turning around. It seemed that the church was close at hand.

"It's amazing, how did you know this way?" Lan Xin asked in surprise.

Anna said lightly: "It's nothing. Few people know this road. Every time I go to church, I take this route because I don't want those people to point fingers."

"They slandered you so much, aren't you angry?" Lan Xin asked tentatively.

Anna smiled: "It is said in the scriptures, don't argue with foolish people. When you are crowned supreme, they will naturally be convinced."

"Besides, how do you know that I was wronged?" Anna turned her head and smiled slightly.

"This, this..." Because that's how it was written in the blood moon history.

Lan Xin was at a loss for words.

"Okay, turn around that exit, and outside is the door of the church—listen, someone is calling the door."

Everyone turned the corner, and they saw the gate of the church. A dozen townspeople who were covered in bruises finally rushed out of the encirclement, ran to the front of the church with all their strength, and knocked on the door vigorously: "Bishop, bishop, save us! A man-eating rat!"

"It's not a mouse, it's a monster, it's a monster! No mouse can grow so big, no mouse can jump so high, no mouse can be so vicious! They're monsters from hell!"

"No, it's a monster made by a witch with potions! She's taking revenge, yes, it must be Anna, she must be taking revenge!"

Anna just smiled when she heard this.

"Bishop, save us, save the town!"

They begged bitterly, but there was no movement inside the door for a long time. At this moment, there was another sound of running for help behind them. It turned out that another group of people ran out, but unfortunately, they still brought Many pursuers came.

"Bishop, bishop, open the door, those monsters are coming!"

People screamed and shoved into a mess, banging on the gate desperately to rush into the church, but suddenly a white light flashed, and a group of people near the gate felt as if they had been electrocuted, and then fell powerlessly to the ground , was trampled mercilessly by the people behind, the monster had already rushed up, but none of them could hide in the shelter...

"Barrier? Bishop Fei Li set up a holy barrier?!" Anna looked at the white circle of light that appeared out of thin air outside the church, and the blood on her face turned pale. She asked incredulously, "...What does he want to do?"