Welcome to the Nightmare Live

Chapter 179

Shaoyao's voice was very low, slightly trembling, and it reached his ears clearly.

Wen Jianyan suddenly froze.

Was the coffin still closed before Shaoyao left?

That is to say, during the time she was away, the cover of the sarcophagus was pushed open, by whom? The corpse inside?

One after another, guesses popped up in my mind, leaning in a direction that was gradually dangerous.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath, her eyes fell on the open sarcophagus in the distance, and she whispered:

"I gonna go see."

"Wait...what?" Shaoyao was startled and seemed to want to say something, but Wen Jianyan shook her head and stopped her:

"Just wait here."

Wen Jianyan's sanity is clear, he will not do stupid things that are tantamount to suicide.

First of all, they have been in for a while, but there is no sign of being attacked. Second, Luce's team has been able to do two tasks near the sarcophagus without incident. Moreover, if they want to complete the task, they have to get close no matter what. The sarcophagus, then, even if the contents of the sarcophagus are dangerous, they will not be so dangerous that they will be instantly killed when they are seen.

However, just in case, he still turned his head and instructed Su Cheng and Huang Mao a few words, and then stepped forward and walked towards the coffin.

The entire catacombs were shrouded in a dark shadow, and the heavy shadows swayed in the weak light, floating on the icy sarcophagus. Go to the pulpit.

Soon, Wen Jianyan was only one step away from the open sarcophagus, as if he could see the stone texture and floating dust on it.

He took a deep breath, carefully and slowly walked up the steps, then probed into the sarcophagus—

Behind them, Su Cheng and the others held their hearts tightly, lowered their voices and asked:

"How about it?"

"..." Wen Jianyan stood up straight, turned her head and shook her head at the crowd: "empty."

He leaned down, stretched out his hand toward the lid of the sarcophagus, and picked up something: "This is the only one."

Several people were stunned and stepped forward one after another.

What Wen Jianyan held in his hand was a small black book the size of a palm. The cover of the book was stamped with gilded words.

【BIBLE】

"Wait, is this..." Shaoyao was startled, her eyes widened slightly.

Wen Jianyan nodded: "It's an ordinary hidden item."

The moment his fingers touched the prop, a familiar system sound rang in his ears, confirming his guess.

At that time, in the dean's room, they found two ordinary-level hidden props. Luce and Wen Jianyan each took one, and the one in his hand was the prop that was taken away by Luce.

After getting the affirmative answer, Shaoyao's face paled even more.

Generally speaking, after the anchors die, the hidden props they carry will fall naturally. After seeing the Bible in Wen Jianyan's hand, she realizes that her teammates may have long been evil.

The other two looked into the sarcophagus.

Sure enough, Wen Jianyan didn't lie, except for the bible that he had taken away, there was nothing in the heavy sarcophagus, none of the horror pictures they imagined appeared, only a small cold and empty space.

Su Cheng and Huang Mao, who had just been extremely nervous, could not help but breathed a sigh of relief for a while.

Looking at the props in his palm, Wen Jianyan's expression did not relax at all.

If something really attacked him just now, no matter if it was a carrion or a living corpse, the threat would not be too great when all of them were on guard.

But... the empty coffin is different.

Wen Jianyan raised her eyes and looked around the huge underground tomb.

Empty, cold and dead, each sarcophagus stayed silently in its place, with nowhere to hide.

He frowned slightly and looked up at the taskbar beside him.

After signing the subordinate contract with Shaoyao, the activated epic-level item quests and the quest process have all been shared with him logically. You can see on the floating quest panel that this quest has been completed 2/3, Only the last step is left to get the final task reward.

That is, next, they must complete the last sacrament here.

It must be very dangerous to complete the task, if something goes wrong in the middle...

Wen Jianyan narrowed her eyes, her expression solemn.

"What about us next?" Su Cheng looked at Wen Jianyan and asked.

Wen Jianyan retracted her gaze and took a deep breath:

"Quick fight."

Although this empty coffin is an unsolved hidden danger, there is not much time left for them. Even if there is a risk, they have to bite the bullet.

Among the seven sacraments, the Luce team has completed two, and they chose repentance in the last one, but almost all of them were involved in it.

Wen Jianyan turned her head to look at the confession room beside her.

The confessional room is not big, it is a dark wooden structure, it looks a little old, and it exudes a long-standing bloody smell. The heavy dark green curtains hang down, completely covering the windows on both sides, leaving no gaps, sinners. The confession's small room was half-open, but the priest's room was closed.

Shaoyao noticed Wen Jianyan's gaze, and she said, "That room can't be opened, we tried it."

On the floating task bar, the way to complete the project is written: the only thing the anchor needs to do is to walk into the confession room and sincerely confess the sins he has committed to the priest.

All eyes were on the closed room.

That is to say... In this dead silent, silent little space, is indeed sitting a priest who doesn't know if it is a human or a ghost, listening to the sinner's confession?

This imagination made everyone shudder.

You know, since Wen Jianyan has inherited the progress of Luce's tasks, he only has the operation requirements of the current project in his task bar.

However, these seven sacraments are not imitations or reproductions of reality. Each project has unique "operational requirements", that is to say, the anchor cannot skip the system prompts and directly rely on the process of the sacraments in the real world. understand, and directly complete another task.

Moreover, according to Shaoyao, their task was taken in front of the sarcophagus. Now that the lid of the sarcophagus is open and the "being" inside is gone, even if Wen Jianyan wants to give up the progress and start over, it may be It can't be done either - giving up the current progress may be equivalent to directly abolishing the only way to obtain epic items.

The only way before him is to complete "repentance".

Wen Jianyan turned to look at Shaoyao: "Everything that happened after your teammates entered the confessional room, tell me exactly what happened, don't miss any details."

Shaoyao nodded and began to tell the story carefully and carefully.

After choosing the item "Confession", the way to complete the task will appear on the task bar. Since there is no prompt, the first of them can only be hard-pressed under the condition of smearing both eyes. Walk into it with a scalp.

What followed was a long and agonizing wait.

Ten minutes later, the tightly closed door of the confessional room suddenly seemed to have lost its restraint, and slowly slid open again, revealing a narrow gap.

Luce found that something was wrong, and immediately activated the prop to try to pull the person out, but the prop failed, and the door of the confession room was dead silent.

The confessional room was empty.

The first person failed. Luce was unable to contact his teammates, nor did he know the reason for the opponent's failure. He was outside the confessional and could capture very few clues, but he still tried his best to make relevant inferences, and activated the general information accordingly. The life-saving props that may be used can almost be said to be fully prepared.

But, ten minutes later, the confessional door slid open.

It was empty inside.

The narrow wooden space is closed and dark, but it seems to hide an invisible mouth, swallowing the figures of two people one after another, and then slowly opening it again, waiting for the next victim to enter.

Paeonia was afraid.

She knew that there was a terrifying power hidden in this confessional chamber, and if she entered it, she would never survive, so...she fled without any hope.

Having said that, the expression on Shaoyao's face darkened, and she subconsciously bit her lips, her expression both ashamed and sad.

However, no one has the right to rebuke her cowardice.

This is a confessional room that can only swallow two senior anchors one after another, especially Luce, who entered it as the second one. Before entering, he had already made all the preparations he could. It couldn't have been better, but it still disappeared inside silently.

In this case, rushing in is tantamount to dying.

And it is very rare that Shaoyao has the courage to come back.

According to the clues provided by Shaoyao, Wen Jianyan fell into contemplation.

There is not much information in the quest bar on how the sacrament of "Repentance" should be accomplished.

The only thing he can do now is to get in touch with reality.

In the sacrament of penance in the real world, believers must confess their sins to the clergy, express their remorse and determination to change, and finally be forgiven by the clergy.

That is, repentance, confession, and forgiveness of sins.

The first few people may have failed because they were not pardoned in the end.

If Wen Jianyan were to design this level himself, he would let the sinner re-experience his sins in the confession room and be tested to detect whether the crime was concealed, whether the confession was made in good faith, or... Atonement for their sins?

"..."

Wen Jianyan lowered her eyes silently, her long eyelashes blocking the look at the bottom of her eyes.

The entire catacombs were shrouded in a dead silence.

The rest of the people watched him with bated breath, waiting for the other person to finish thinking.

After a long time, Wen Jianyan raised her eyes, as if she had finally made a decision.

"I'll go in next," he said slowly.

Although he had guessed Wen Jianyan's answer, Su Cheng couldn't help but take a breath. He suggested uncomfortably, "Then, do I need any props..."

"No." Wen Jianyan shook her head and said, "You don't need to do anything."

Luce's preparations were sufficient, but it still did not change the result.

This is also a reminder in a certain sense - the use of props to take shortcuts and stay behind will not work. If you want to leave the confessional alive, you must return to the task itself, that is to say, the key is to complete the ritual, not "Successful escape".

"According to the information provided by Shaoyao, we will see you in about ten minutes."

Wen Jianyan said calmly, "If I didn't come out, there's no need for you to go in either."

"The next goal is to accumulate points for completing the task, try to accumulate enough points for completing the task before the next bell, and leave the dungeon."

"..."

Su Cheng opened his mouth dumbly, but in the end he swallowed the rest of the words.

After a few seconds of silence, he nodded: "I understand."

After explaining everything, Wen Jianyan stepped forward and walked towards the dark wooden confessional room in front of him. The dark wood seemed to glow red under the dim light, exuding a strong, blood-like breath. Dark green curtains hung down, blocking the windows on both sides, making it impossible to see what was inside.

He raised his hand and opened the wooden door.

The wooden door creaked open easily in front of him, revealing the small, narrow, enclosed space inside.

The simple wooden chair, although it can completely cover the faces of both sides, it allows the sound to penetrate through the small wooden window.

It's almost the same as the real world.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath.

He went in and sat down on a chair.

The door of the confession room closed automatically behind it, blocking all the light behind it, and finally made a soft "bang" sound and locked it tightly, leaving no gap.

In the dim condition, where it was almost impossible to see anything, Wen Jianyan slowly put his forehead against his crossed fingers, in a standard, believer's posture, leaning over in front of the baffle in the dark.

"Father, I am guilty."

The youth's voice was calm and clear.

There was dead silence within the partition.

"God said that the devil is the father of lies, and I must have turned away from the gods long ago,"

Even the talents derived from the quality of the soul represent the vicious fruit of lies.

He closed his eyes, his silver-white eyelashes drooped in the darkness, and beneath his thin lids were trembling eyeballs, and he calmly said an almost arrogant conclusion:

"However, I am not prepared for any repentance."

[There are six things that the LORD hates, and seven things that he hates. Haughty eyes, lying tongues, hands that shed innocent blood. A heart that plots evil, feet that run away to do evil, a false witness that utters lies, and those who sow discord among the brethren]①

Arrogance, lies, killing.

Wen Jian said his sin was unforgivable.

"What I repent to you is not the sin of lying, but the sin of murder."

The young man leaned into the darkness and spoke in a calm, rational voice that almost renounced all emotion.

"This is my only, self-confessed crime."

"..."

There was silence in the ears.

Wen Jianyan maintained this almost pious posture, quietly waiting for everything that might happen next - would he be judged to fail and be thrown into that bloody space like the other two? Or will he be tested and let him relive his sins, or will he unearth long-buried memories and let him pay the price for his actions one by one?

Or……

Will the gods speak and forgive his sins?

The last possibility made Wen Jianyan unconsciously feel a little ridiculous.

He never believed in God.

Even if there is, it will be an evil god who is indifferent to human beings, and even takes pleasure in suffering. He is even more willing to get along with evil pseudo-gods like Wu Zhu, and he is not willing to believe in the one who is repeatedly praised in every religion and who saves the suffering. Savior.

There will be none in the real world, let alone in this dungeon world full of killing and madness.

Suddenly, without warning, a familiar system sound rang in my ears.

【Ding! Detected the existence of key props]

"...?" Wen Jianyan was startled.

key tool?

Before he could think about it, he just listened to the system voice and continued:

[Congratulations to the anchor for triggering a special scene: Playing Game]

【Progress: 0%】

The next second, he saw two health bars, health and sanity, appear above his head.

[If the health value returns to zero, the anchor dies and the live broadcast ends. If the sanity value returns to zero, the anchor will become part of the copy and the live broadcast ends]

Wait... pretending to be a game?

What mode is this? He has also experienced chase battles and hide-and-seek before, and the trigger scene this time is something he has never experienced before...

Moreover, the 'special' scene, that is to say, the other two probably have not experienced it?

Wen Jianyan was stunned for a while, then raised his head involuntarily.

He was still sitting in the small confessional room, surrounded by tight enclosures, so that no light could penetrate, but the strange thing was... it seemed that something had changed.

Wen Jianyan seemed to suddenly realize something, and looked down at herself.

"!"

Although he was already mentally prepared, he couldn't help but be startled.

The clothes he was wearing became the priest's clothes for some unknown time. The dark fabric tightly wrapped every inch of the skin on his body without revealing a single trace. He wore a white priest's stiff collar around his neck. Straightforward and ascetic, full of holy connotations.

There was a bright cross on his chest, which swayed slightly with his movements.

This is……? !

Wen Jianyan seemed to realize something suddenly.

He reached up and touched his pocket.

The fingertips touched the hard, thick little book.

It is that Bible.

Could it be that the [existence of key props detected] refers to these two props?

A Bible and a cross, that is to say, only when the anchor has these two props at the same time will they be pulled into this special scene?

If this is the case, then it is no wonder that the other two did not trigger. After all, these two items were kept separately by the two teams in the dean's room. If it wasn't for Luce's disappearance now, his life and death are unknown, causing this item to be removed from his Wen Jianyan picked it up after falling from his body, and he couldn't gather the two props together.

This condition is so harsh, no wonder it is called a "special scene".

Wen Jianyan knew clearly that if he looked at it in his current form, he might have entered a completely different path from the other two, and the next test waiting for him would also be completely changed, and even completely exceeded his previous expectations.

While Wen Jianyan was thinking about it, suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the confessional room.

"Duh duh."

"...!"

Wen Jianyan was taken aback, she raised her head abruptly, her body was slightly tense, she looked in the direction from which the voice came, and waited vigilantly.

A muffled, dry voice sounded from outside the door:

"Father, are you there? The dean needs you."

"The next exorcism ceremony is about to begin."

"..." Wen Jianyan calmed down and said tentatively, "I understand, here we go."

At the moment when his voice fell, the progress bar of [0%] above his head jumped and came to [5%].

Wen Jianyan narrowed her eyes.

That's how it was played...

understood.