Chapter 951: Chapter 949: Moon Gazing
Although Yi Chen knew that William must have some secrets and must have done something significant in an earlier period, achieving some purpose before suddenly choosing to leave.
But Yi Chen did not make things difficult for him, nor did he stop him, because doing so would be meaningless.
Given the current situation, the conclusions William reached and the results achieved are fairly good. To truly escape from the ‘web’ woven by William, one must acquire more formidable strength, the power to behead everything.
Now, Yi Chen already has a clear direction and goal,
the direction is based on the Hanging King’s Sunken Death Temple, heading towards a deeper death, while the goal has just been set a short time ago.
That is to slay the “Disaster” imprisoned at the bottom layer of the Seventh Heaven.
After leaving the restroom, the team headed to a nearby café with private rooms, looking for a chance to approach the locals and understand the general situation.
On the way to the café, Reagan also transmitted his voice separately, “William has left, right?”
“Yes, he left with Little Grape. Our overall vision will significantly decrease, and Reagan, you need to pay more attention to perception.”
“Hmm… Little Grape’s Evil Sun is an absolute counter to Lorrian’s New Moon Illusion, being taken away indeed troubles us a lot, I will concentrate more on perception.”
“Have you discovered anything yet?”
“Not yet, any creature passing by us has been completely scanned by me, including checking their brain cells, everything is normal… even a bit too normal.”
“Normal is correct, it’s enough to show this is Lorrian’s handiwork, the Moon is cautious, unlike Evil, which is more crude.”
[Green Shade Coffee]
Coffee is something quite nice as long as you don’t add sugar, using only pure milk and coffee beans. Yi Chen often drank it when he was alive; it keeps the mind awake, allowing more information to be thought out in a shorter time.
“Wow! So bitter…”
Usually, Lene drinks a kind of pure natural ‘honey water’ every day in the Forest of New, which is excessively sweet but doesn’t cause weight gain, and also nourishes the womb to keep their reproductive ability and desire young.
No matter how many times she tried, she couldn’t drink coffee after being used to sweets, so she ended up happily eating the free sugar cubes beside her.
However, just after everyone had tasted the coffee for a while, the waiter who had taken the order came again, holding a special flyer in his hand.
“Excuse me for a moment! You all don’t seem like locals, perhaps even tourists from abroad.
For safety reasons, I solemnly recommend joining the [Moon Sect].
You don’t need to worry; this is definitely not some strange church. It’s a new church recognized by our country, a real religion ensuring we are not disturbed by nightmares, much more useful than that God who just watches a show.
No membership fees, no gatherings required.
All you need is to have this mark etched onto any part of your upper body, preferably on your head.
Once the mark is etched, you’re considered a member, and please make sure to complete it before tonight, otherwise, things will become very troublesome.”
Saying this, the waiter took off his hat, revealing a symbol carved in the center of his head.
“What kind of trouble?”
“Without the Moon God’s protection, you will fall into incredibly real nightmares and might even die within the dream.”
“How should we etch it?”
“Any way is fine, even drawing with a pen will work, as long as you ensure the integrity and general similarity. Of course, it would be best to go to a tattoo parlor or buy a stamp.
If you consume three cups of coffee here, a stamp will be given for free when you leave.”
At this moment,
Yi Chen suddenly released killing intent tentatively, like a Consciousness Slash falling toward the other.
The frightened waiter instantly stepped back, panting heavily, feeling that any more stimulation would make him lose control, which was a completely normal reaction of a person.
Reagan also brainwashed him simultaneously, making him feel like nothing happened, and turned to leave.
“Indeed normal, the lowest survival instincts of the creature did not trigger any anomalies, Lorrian has hidden well, it seems only by diving into dreams can we meet him.
Reagan, what do you think?”
“No rush, tonight we can stay up all night, see this world’s situation, and then consider whether to Dream. I don’t particularly trust Lorrian, after all, he initially stood on the opposite side of humans.”
During their conversation, Lene seemed to discern something.
“Moonlight? When I first met William, we encountered the Village Chief then, who was a formidable enemy capable of completely killing the two of us, but in a dangerous moment, a beam of moonlight pierced through the tall wall of plants and fell on William, immediately reversing the situation.
At least from that perspective, the moon might be good.”
The incident Lene spoke of, Yi Chen certainly knew, but it was hard to assess Lorrian’s current state.
“Let’s not sleep today, see what happens tonight.”
In the remaining time, they wandered around the area. Though they saw many things related to the moon and every household worshipped this new sect, everyone appeared normal, neither delaying work nor performing any seemingly evil church rituals.
No wonder the Main Material Plane couldn’t determine the specific status here through remote World observation.
Nightfall came.
The bustling streets instantly became deserted; even the homeless had their own residences, returning home early to prepare for sleep.
It’s just that the sleep here was slightly different,
everyone would wash thoroughly and change into all-white or silver-tinted clothing, exposing the marked parts as much as possible, even reapplying makeup to be more exquisite than during the day.
All curtains were removed, windows cleaned of dirt to allow moonlight to easily pour in.
All beds were positioned close to the windows, and people entered sleep with smiles.
The strangest thing was, the entire town synchronized sleeping at [21:00], and moonlight fell upon their marked bodies.
Buzz!
A strange sensing thus formed, and collective sleepwalking began.
Everyone rose in a sleeping state, climbing out the windows and gathering as high as possible on rooftops, hilltops, and other open high places. The higher the place, the denser the crowd.
Elders unable to climb gathered in streets unshaded by trees.
Kneeling with both knees down,
facing upwards to the moon,
mumbling words even Reagan couldn’t decipher,
under the collective mumblings of all the world’s sleepers, the moon hanging in the sky began to shed its skin,
shedding its pure white outer layer to reveal a bloody red blood moon, with a grotesquely twisted face that seemed to be a twisted gate leading to the inner Church Court.
A layer of Illusion Realm simultaneously spread out, preventing observers outside the World from seeing the anomaly here.
Blood light spread,
all illuminated residents had nerve structures similar to tentacles protruding between their eyes, deepening their dream connection with the moon, and an aura of chaos emanated from their souls.
When the light of the Blood Moon shone on Yi Chen and the others, unable to establish a connection because they hadn’t Dreamed, the surrounding resident believers immediately noticed this group of ‘heretics.’
Supposedly, they would go berserk and attack, but what happened next was beyond imagination.
These people gathered in front of the ‘heretics’ without any Killing Intent.
They aligned themselves in order, then lay face down, stacking human flesh stairs, layer by layer, spectacularly reaching up towards the Blood Moon.