[Comprehensive horror] I am convinced of this system task

What is there?

After hearing what Heather said, I still don't know anything.This time, none of her insisted on going ahead, but reminded me: "Pay attention to your steps."

I nodded and shone the light of the flashlight on the road under my feet.I couldn't help but look back again.Heather was right behind me, and Triangle was further back.I saw that he didn't come down and huddle with us, but he was relieved.

The further down I went, the more I felt like I was going deep into the heart of the earth.At the same time, the heat that can be felt all over the body is getting more and more uncomfortable.I wiped the sweat off my forehead and drank two sips of water.Twist the lid on and hand it back symbolically, asking Heather if she wants it.Of course, she would not pick up what I drank, and waved her hand reservedly, I put the water bottle back into the bag, and the little triangles actively helped me arrange it.

This passage is not straight, but spirals downward. If you walk in it for a long time, you will completely lose your sense of direction.I have no way of estimating where we are now, just walking, and the passage in front is slightly lit up again.

It was that fire again.I turned my head slightly: "Hey, do you still have to go down? Does this passage lead to the fire? I already feel that my skin is going to be crispy."

Heather just nodded slightly: "Go on, it's okay."

I had no choice but to trust her.

The fire was getting brighter and brighter, and I really thought I was going to go in right away.But Heather didn't stop, so I could only grit my teeth and continue walking.

The eyelids felt so hot that they couldn't open them, and even covering them with hands could barely leave a gap.Fortunately, I forced myself to look at the road, otherwise I almost fell into the flames.

When the triangle head wanted to reach out to pull me back, I had already noticed it, stopped and took a step back.

The fire was so bright that I didn't even notice that we were out of the passage.Now we were on another, smaller platform, also closer to the burning bottom of this whole cavern.

No wonder it's so hot.The secret that Heather wants to show me is not just to let me know that there is a big fire pit at the bottom of Silent Hill?

I turned to look at her, only to see that she was looking past me at something below.I followed her gaze and looked down, only to find what I had overlooked just now, a stone tablet.

To say that it is a stele is too flattering.It is estimated that it has not been polished at that time, and it is very rough. If you don't look carefully, it is a slightly smoother stone, not to mention that you can still see the words on it.

"That's it!" Heather's voice sounded a little excited.She said that she had never been here before, and it was the first time she saw this stone just like me.It took so much effort along the way, just for it.I squatted down to see what was written on it.

The stone was covered with dust, and just as I was about to rub it with my hands, Heather handed me a handkerchief or something from the side. I took it and wiped it seriously, and finally, the words on it became clearer. .

"Thank you!" I handed the handkerchief back to Heather.But she just touched it lightly, and the handkerchief fell, fluttering, and was engulfed by the blazing flames under the platform.Even before touching the flame, it was reduced to ashes.

I swallowed.I was pretty sure I was holding it steady, so Heather must have dropped the handkerchief herself.

I guess she thought it was dirty, so I didn't continue to ask.Instead, he turned his attention back to the stele and looked at the words that reappeared after an unknown period of time:

contract

silent hill is cursed

Those who are born here must never leave, committing the crimes of the chaotic world

Only God can break

Make a contract with the church

On the day when the true god descends, the underground flames are completely extinguished

"curse"? !Doesn’t that match what the priest said in the church before?

It turns out that the curse really exists, and its content is to trap all the people in Silent Hill here. This terrifying place where monsters are rampant and there are corpses from time to time, if they can't be solved, and they can't escape, it's really miserable.

But what is "True God"?What does it have to do with the "God" mentioned by the priest?If you want to save the people in Silent Hill, how can you let it "fall"?

After just reading a few sentences, I can ask hundreds of questions.I hope to get more hints, but when I read on, I can't see the rest clearly.

There is still a large part behind, which is densely carved on the stone, but I can't understand it anyway.In addition to being vague, the parts I can barely make out seem to be written in a grammar that I don't understand at all.It feels like nothing substantial, more like a mantra.

I looked hard for a long time, and my eyes were almost right. Finally, I closed my eyes and took a rest, and shook my head helplessly: "Forget it, there is no way, I really don't understand."

Useful information is only those parts that have been interpreted before.I touched my nose and looked at the two people behind me.

But when I turned around, I was taken aback by the expression on Heather's face.

I really don't know how to explain that expression. If I want to use my first feeling, it is horror, and there is no other suitable word.

I take back what I said earlier.Before, I really felt that she was a very ordinary girl, at most the neat and capable type.But now she was standing there, motionless, her expression, apart from the deterrent force of anger, also made people feel...frightened.

She stared at the stone.The flames at the bottom of the cave were burning crazily, dyeing each of our faces and even the entire platform red, but there was no light in her eyes, even brighter than the pair of brown eyes I noticed before. To be profound.

I don't know if it's a hallucination, but when I looked at her expression, for a moment, I found that her eyes turned black, as black as a bottomless abyss.

But before I could ask my question, there was a sudden, creepy, "creaking" sound in my ear.

I swallowed, and followed the voice to look over.That sound actually came from the bottom of the cave.

Under here, what else is there?

Is there anything else that won't be burned to ashes by this raging fire?

I became nervous, stood up and wanted to see what it was, hesitated for a moment, first drew out the pistol and held it in my hand, and then slowly moved towards the edge of the platform.

I suddenly felt a tightness in my neck, and I knew it was the little triangles.Probably as nervous as I am now, anyway, when they get nervous, they will grab my collar or other clothes, I am used to it.So I still turn my attention to my feet.

The phone didn't ring the alarm, but it didn't affect the increasingly obvious and urgent sound, which gave me a bad feeling at all.

I was afraid that I would fall and get the same fate as the handkerchief, so I didn't dare to take big steps, but kept moving to the edge of the platform in small steps.

Before I could lower my head to look down, a few black shadows suddenly jumped up from below, very fast, so close that they were about to cut off my nose.

I really didn't expect it, but fortunately, I reacted quickly, so I quickly took a step back.Then, the thing quickly turned and came towards the platform.

Only then did I see clearly the true face of that black shadow.

It was some entangled metal, like thick steel wire, but full of barbs, twisting like wildly growing thorns, making a harsh sound unique to metal twisting.

I was stunned by what I saw.Although the temperature here is so high, but the back is cold.

That thing seemed to be alive, and the weird creaking sound before was from it, or from them.

I raised my gun, but had no idea where to aim.When she was backing, she accidentally bumped into Heather, the impact was not heavy, but she was still motionless as she is now, as if she had turned into a statue in just a short period of time.

Suddenly my arm was pulled by someone. In this situation, I almost screamed out of fright, only to find it was a triangular head when I turned around.He pulled me to his side, as if he was afraid that those things would be against me.

The barbed nets were coming at us, and I fired a shot, but it did no harm.And those barbed nets didn't really attack us. Instead, they entangled the stone full of words round after round.

They got tighter and tighter, and the metallic sound became more and more harsh.So sharp it makes me want to plug my ears.

In the end, that not-so-small stone was directly in front of my eyes, and it was strangled by those barbed nets.

The stone made a "click" sound and turned into countless stones, some fell on the platform, and some rolled down directly and fell into the sea of ​​flames.

Those barbed nets also seemed to have completed their mission, like a snake that was frightened and burrowed into a cave, and quickly retracted under the platform without moving.

And I, facing such a big change just now, have not slowed down yet.To be precise, it was because my mind couldn't turn around, and I couldn't figure out the reason why all this happened.

I looked at the other two.Needless to say, Triangle Head, I don't expect him to make any movement.Heather, who had been stiff just now, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and returned to her previous state.Her eyes also changed back to the normal way they saw before.

I suddenly reacted: "This, this is what you did?"

Heather didn't confirm or deny, just looked at me and said something completely irrelevant to my question: "Do you remember everything written on it?"

I nodded dumbly, and saw Heather turned her head calmly and started to walk back.

"Wait, wait a minute!" I hurried to catch up, and followed her to re-enter the passageway up, with the triangle head following me, "This is what you brought me to see? Is this the secret of Silent Hill?"

Heather said "hmm".

"What do you want me to know?" I really didn't want to be driven crazy by those messy confusions, so I asked in one breath.

Heather stopped suddenly and turned to look at me: "To let you know what the church is. Also, the original 'origin' of everything."

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