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The two men stepped forward and walked towards the stairs leading underground, and the light around them began to dim.
Alger then asked, "Mr. Gaota, do you know who is in this mural?"
Edward did not answer, but looked at Phoenix who had followed him all the way: "Phoenix, do you know Him?"
Phoenix stared at the portrait of the ancient sun god for a moment, then shook his head, "I don't know him."
Edward didn't ask any more questions and said, "Remember when I mentioned the concept of the Angel King to you?"
"...You said at the time that the Angel King served the Ancient Sun God...the leader of all angels...the eight angels closest to the throne of God."
"The one in the middle of the mural is the ancient sun god."
Alger was surprised: "The ancient sun god? Mr. Gaota, who is this god? You only mentioned him briefly last time."
"As I said before, He is the Lord who created everything, the omniscient and omnipotent God, and the pioneer who ended the world being ruled by crazy mythical creatures. If it weren't for Him, perhaps humans would still be ruled by various mythical creatures and become their food and slaves."
This was the first time Alger had heard of such a statement. His previous understanding was that "the Creator woke up from chaos and broke the darkness... He transformed into all things. His body became the earth and the stars, and one of His eyes became the sun and the other became the red moon..."
The seven righteous gods were transformed from the body of the Creator. They rescued mankind from the crazy world and brought peace to people.
But according to Mr. Hightower, the Seven Gods' claims were all lies? In that case, what role did the Seven Gods play in this?
The two of them quickly walked up the stairs and came to a doorway with an arch. Alger finally couldn't help but ask:
"...Mr. Gaota, in the time of the ancient sun god, what were the seven gods doing at that time?"
Edward thought for a moment and gave an ambiguous answer, "Some of the Seven Gods are angel kings who serve the ancient sun god, and some are subordinate gods."
Alger was shocked: It turned out that the seven gods who were now high and mighty were once angels or subordinate gods serving others?
If this news gets out, I will definitely be executed as a blasphemer immediately!
"Be careful, there should be something in here that can turn people into stone.'2-八\看·书`茫! -耕.薪?最,剁ele·"
Edward suddenly pointed at the doorway in front and said, there were two stone statues standing on both sides of the doorway, both of them were grayish white, one was wearing a bucket-shaped full body armor, and the other was wearing a more modern jacket. Both had painful expressions, and their eyes were bulging, as if staring at something.
These were all petrified by the attack of the six-winged gargoyles hiding here.
"No wonder Qi Lingos escaped from there in such a panic."
After passing through the doorway, the surroundings fell into complete darkness. As usual, Edward transformed several lanterns to surround them, and then lined up a dozen lanterns in a row in front of him, dispelling the darkness and leading directly to the corridor in front.
Although this ability did not demonstrate any great power, it still made Alger marvel at it, and he lamented that the ability that Mr. Hightower possessed was indeed amazing.
As the two walked forward, they discovered stone statues of various species one after another, but they did not encounter the gargoyle that appeared in the original book until they reached the end of the corridor.
"By the way, we didn't encounter anyone being petrified on the way here. The gargoyle was most likely scared away by the noise of the previous battle."
Alger stared at his surroundings with heightened vigilance, his eyes quickly sweeping across the murals on both sides that recorded the ancient sun god's salvation of the world, telling of the greatness and holiness of the ancient sun god.
Edward then took Alger and used [Open Door] to pass through the gray-white door at the end of the corridor and came to the burial hall where a row of coffins were placed.
There was water seeping from the high places of this tomb hall, making it appear very damp. The interior was divided into two parts, each containing twelve grayish-white dark sarcophagi. There was an empty circular area in the center, and there seemed to be an exquisite and complex painting on the corresponding ground - it was the scene of three angels sharing the food of the ancient sun god and the black baby, the birth of the true creator.
The moment Alger saw the painting, his body trembled slightly: "This painting... depicts the one being eaten..."
"It is the ancient sun god." Edward sighed, "and the ones who share his food are the three angel kings who serve him."
Although he had known this plot in the original book, seeing the mural in person still frightened Edward - it was conceivable that the real scene that happened that day might be even more bloody, cruel and desperate than the one in the mural.
"!!!"
Alger was stunned for a moment, then looked at the painting on the wall again, his face turning pale.
The King of Angels who served the Ancient Sun God...died the Ancient Sun God?
etc!
Alger's pupils shrank, and he remembered what Mr. Gaota had just said. Among the Seven Gods today, there are Angel Kings and Subordinate Gods who serve the Ancient Sun God. Does this mean that some of them participated in eating the Ancient Sun God...
He didn't think about it any further, but a sudden realization occurred to him: So, this is why Mr. Fool asked the tower to come to this primitive island?
What role did Mr. Fool play in this "Betrayal Banquet"? (Fool: I don't know, I was hung up like bacon to dry)
Chapter 431 Adam is dying
Compared to Alger's shock and panic at the moment, Edward looked at the stone coffins with burning eyes. If he remembered correctly, the dead person lying in one of the coffins had the Tyrant card hidden on his body.
He didn't waste any more time as his [Chaos] ability swept out, rushing towards the twenty-four dark sarcophagi on both sides like a whirlwind.
Accompanied by crackling sounds, these sarcophagi that had experienced a long time instantly turned into rubble in the chaos, revealing the bones of the dead inside.
Most of the sarcophagi contained only incomplete skeletons, but three of them were highly decayed, revealing the bones inside, but they still retained the appearance of zombies overall.
As the coffin shattered, the three silent corpses began to move. They stood up with distorted shapes. One of them had eyes all over his body, one's flesh and blood turned into tentacles, and another's body was covered with brown vines.
These three zombies were extraordinary beings from the Storm, Sun and White Tower (Reader) paths in their lifetime, but after death they all became zombies with some of their paths in life - and since they are zombies, they are naturally suppressed and controlled by the Death path.
Just as Alger took out his weapon, Mr. Hightower's messenger flew out again, freezing the three zombies in place before they could take action. Edward waved his hand, "Come here, Blasphemy Card!"
Nothing happened.
Yes, it seemed that Russell had done something special with the Blasphemy Card, so he flashed forward to the zombie wearing a pirate hat and used Distortion + Chaos again, breaking the tattered brown jacket on his body into pieces. He could see at a glance that there was a card stuck in the position of his heart.
On the front of the card is a man with his hands raised high and wearing a triple crown on his head. Believers are crawling in front of him, and behind him are lightning, dark clouds, strong winds and waves!
In the upper left corner of the portrait of Roselle dressed as the Pope, a line of words condensed from the bright starlight:
"Sequence 0: Tyrant!"
The invisible hand immediately pulled out the cards, and Edward dodged backwards at the same time. Fierce fire burst out, like a raging fire meeting hot oil, instantly igniting the three zombies, and under the dual influence of distortion and magnification, quickly burning them to ashes.
"What is that..."
Alger only had time to say a few words before his eyes froze, and a flame of greed suddenly ignited within him. Having seen two Blasphemy Cards from Mr. Fool, he immediately realized that this one was the Tyrant Card.
In other words, all the recipes for Storm Path are recorded here!
"Got it!"
Edward was of course in a very good mood. Before coming here, he was worried that this Tyrant Card was specially prepared by Adam for Klein. The biggest gain of his trip was only the extraordinary characteristics of the undead.
Unexpectedly, everything was the same as in the original book, nothing changed.
Next, should Adam follow the procedure and let out a sigh to "scare" them away?
"Why..."
As soon as the thought came to mind, a sigh filled with unspeakable vicissitudes of life came from the deepest part of the church.
Alger felt his entire body go cold, and boundless fear rose from the bottom of his heart. He wanted to say something, but his movements and expression suddenly froze.
The next second, everything around began to distort.
Edward felt dizzy before his eyes, and dark stone pillars rose up around him, supporting a magnificent church.
In this church, every pillar, every arch, and every dome surface is inlaid with bones of different races. They are densely packed, surrounding a huge cross.
In front of the cross, a priest wearing a rather simple white robe and with a thick light blond beard covering the lower half of his face was looking at Edward calmly.
This is the Church of Adam's Bones!
Edward was not at all surprised that Adam took the initiative to meet him. After all, among the three "people" involved in the uniqueness of the gate path, he had already met Mr. Gate and the real creator, and now the only one missing was Adam.
Perhaps, I can learn the truth from Him today?
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Adam in front of the cross suddenly said in a gentle voice:
"I'm going to die."
"???"
Edward's breath caught.
From the first day he came to the mysterious world, he had thought about the scene of meeting Adam one day. After experiencing so many things and secrets, he also imagined what Adam would say to him.
But he never expected that the first words Adam said to him would be: I'm going to die!
"Are you... kidding?"
Edward forced the question out of his dry throat.
Adam's expression was dull, his eyes were as still as water, and he repeated:
"I'm going to die."
In a short period of time, Edward's mind flashed through questions one after another, making his thoughts extremely confused, but in the end, he only summed up one sentence: "Why?"
"Because only my death can save the world."
impossible!
If that's the case, why didn't you die in the original book?
"The death you are talking about, is it the death I understand, or... the 'death' in the mystical sense?"
"It's no different."
Adam said, "After I die, there will no longer be an 'Adam' in this world."
"…"
He continued in a calm but suffocating voice, "So, before I die, I will do my best to arrange everything for you who are still alive, in the way I think is best."
Edward's heart was shocked. "The arrangement you mentioned..."
"It's just what you think."
Edward suddenly thought of the series of things he had encountered since he set out to sea, including the sudden appearance of Admiral Hell, the coincidence of meeting the man in black windbreaker and learning about the conspiracy between the Poseidon Cult and the Spirit Cult, Danitz's good luck, and obtaining the Poseidon Scepter...
No wonder my recent experiences seem so strange, sometimes inexplicably dull, and sometimes suddenly urgent...
What else?
How many other things are arranged by Him?
Besides me, how many other people and things has He arranged?
"What do you want to do by arranging these?"
Adam said: "I don't know either. I just followed my hunch and made some arrangements before I died, striving for a better outcome."