Chapter 415

Maria habitually pulled the front of her white coat, and when she caught the air with her hands, she realized that she was not wearing a white coat for office and experiment today, but a plain casual dress.

She has spent most of her life in the laboratory. For her, she rarely wears clothes other than a white coat. She has devoted her entire life to the Truth Society, but today she is going to meet a special person .

Maria touched the fragment of the stele in her pocket, and could feel the strong breath of life in it.

As a mortal, Maria, who had suffered from bottlenecks for a long time, was eager to break through herself, and finally chose to go to the lower city to gain experience, and finally withstood the pollution there, achieved a breakthrough, and obtained the fragment of the life witch.

This is all her capital and courage. Relying on this fragment, she survived in the deep lower city full of countless pollutions.

Maria pushed up her glasses, and her long black hair fell behind her like a waterfall. In front of her was Block 23.

With her hands in the pockets of her gray windbreaker, she looked at the old bookstore that didn't even have a signboard.

The boss was sitting on the counter talking to a girl. According to intelligence, this girl should be the assistant of the owner of the bookstore... and at the same time, another leader of the Sun God Cult.

"Boss Lin, the new store is ready, and I can officially go there today."

When Mo En said this, Lin Jie nodded, told her a few things, and told her to be careful on the road.

Maria stood at the door, hearing only the end of such a conversation.

— that sounds normal.

But considering what the information said, that branch was occupied by a large number of high-ranking members of the Sun God Sect on the first day it opened.

Mo En finally nodded and walked out of the bookstore.

The moment she turned around, her calm eyes saw Maria, and Maria subconsciously met her gaze.

At that moment, Maria's body stiffened, as if seeing an ancient dark night sky.

After Mo En completely passed her by, she still stood still and did not dare to move.

The shards in the palm radiated a warning heat.

"Did you fancy something? You're here, why don't you come in and take a look? You seem to have been standing at the door for a long time."

Lin Jie was only here to close the door, but he didn't expect to see a man outside.

Now that you have arrived at the door of my shop, you are my customer.

Adhering to this principle, Lin Jie showed a business smile and opened the door wider.

Maria's stiff body relaxed, and her original confidence and aura were broken by Moen's warning, and she became weaker for no reason.

To be able to use this level of power for my own use...

This bookstore owner, perhaps, is a little stronger than she imagined.

But Maria has never been afraid of power and terror. On the contrary, she has the courage to challenge, even when she went to the downtown area, and she also came to the bookstore today.

As the president of the Truth Society, and even as a relative of Hood, there are some things she must figure out.

Maria stepped forward and walked up to the owner of the bookstore.

"Hello ma'am, what book would you like to buy?"

Lin Jie said with a smile.

Maria raised her head slightly and looked around the bookstore.

"I am a member of the Truth Society. I heard that Boss Lin in this bookstore is knowledgeable, so I came here to visit."

Maria took a deep breath and said with a smile.

Lin Jie couldn't help but retreat from the tactics. More and more members of the Truth Society came to the bookstore. I don't know who promoted him and praised him. He was really discerning.

I think it's only Andrew, oops, it just inspired his research on alchemy, as for... I hope there will be more!

Lin Jie waved his hands again and again, and said modestly: "It's just a few more books, how can it be regarded as having a lot of knowledge."

"Boss Lin is being humble."

Maria didn't smile, but her eyes turned cold: "It was my nephew Hood who said that he was educated by you once, which changed his whole being."

The mutation and power in Hood are too similar to the pollution in the lower city... This Lin Jie must be inseparable from the lower city.

Lin Jie smiled and said modestly: "It's my nephew who is smart. I just enlightened him, and he has already undergone amazing changes. He is very talented."

He thought to himself, so this is Hood's aunt, the president of the Truth Society who is in retreat.

I'm afraid it's not because he came to the door to inquire about the crime, so let's praise Hood first. Anyway, Hood is now his own person. He didn't care about the incident of stealing things from the store before. He tied him up and beat him up. Let's go like this...

He said: "In the past six months, Hood's progress has been obvious. I think it has something to do with his love of reading. Are you also interested in the books he reads? Why don't you buy a copy?"

"I'm not here to buy books."

As Maria spoke, she subconsciously looked up at the bookshelf behind the bookstore owner. It seemed to be an endless vortex, which made Maria feel a tremor from her soul.

The trick of the owner of this bookstore is probably to send books to the chosen person. The book contains huge power. The chosen person can't restrain the desire for power and accepts the book, but the moment he accepts the book, he will be swallowed by the book and become a bookstore. The master's companion.

It's a clever trap for a wisher to take the bait.

She turned her head quickly, lest her will be tempted... It seemed that the verbal confrontation could no longer be maintained, and Maria tightened her pockets subconsciously—it was time to let him know whether she was being deceived or not. Who's sheltered.

"Is there anything else?" Lin Jie asked suspiciously.

Maria raised the corner of her mouth, and slowly took out the fragment from her pocket.

"You... probably know this thing?"

Maria's eyes flickered.

In her mind, she had already foreseen Lin Jie's loss of composure and frightened appearance after seeing the sign belonging to the life witch.

After all, the Life Witch is his natural enemy no matter what he thinks. If he is really from the lower city, then the flame lit in the darkness is the light that can disperse the pollution——

Maria slowly awakened the fragment, and the power was injected, and the power resonance like a heartbeat gradually agitated, making her more excited.

Lin Jie blinked, seeing the very familiar fragments, his smile froze.

Maria snorted coldly in her heart, seeing Lin Jie's sham smile broken like a mask, she felt very happy.

"It's actually this..."

Lin Jie was stunned for a moment, then twitched the corners of his mouth: "What a coincidence, I was still telling the guest yesterday that, like a miracle of fate, this third fragment will come to me one day."

Maria opened her eyes wide and watched in disbelief as Lin Jie reached out to take out two boxes from under the counter and opened them.

Then, like mass production, two fragments came into Maria's eyes.

"You...how could it be?!" Owning the treasure that I almost paid for with my life? Besides, this is the mortal enemy of those pollution, if it is the existence of those in the lower city, it should be feared!

Maria felt that the world was spinning in front of her eyes, but the fragments in front of her eyes were indeed genuine, containing the vigorous power of a life witch.

The agitation like a heartbeat was getting faster and faster, which made Maria's heartbeat also speed up, and she even felt a little uncomfortable.

"They were all given by the guests." Lin Jie played with the two fragments and said, "Speaking of which, I have been studying these two fragments for the past few days, and I have indeed achieved some results."

"It seems that you are also here to discuss the fragments. It seems that you are both a scholar and an archeology enthusiast?" Lin Jie smiled: "Look, this one was sent by the Plague Church."

"Oh, by the way, do you know the Plague Church?" Lin Jie seemed to remember something, "They are a church in the lower city, and they also came to ask me about these fragments, and hoped that I would give them a lecture in the past. What did you say that you must use all the strength of the entire church to find this last fragment."

"But look, the last one came just as soon as it was said, so the fate is so wonderful...Hey, what's the matter with you, guest?"

Lin Jie looked at Maria's pupils constricted in surprise and covered her mouth, as if thinking of something scary.

"I... I'm fine."

Maria shook her head with difficulty, pretending to be calm and said.

Even though it had been several months since she left the Lower City, the cruelty and darkness of the life of the Plague Church and the residents of the Lower City still made her feel a little nauseous just thinking about it.

Those people live underground that never sees the light of day. The muddy water in the quagmire never reaches their calves. What flows in it is not muddy water, but internal organs and minced meat. The dead cannot be buried in the loose and slippery soil. Mining hoes are smashed together and become part of the underground ecology.

Those people... Maybe they can no longer be called human beings. Their infinitely degenerated eyes are narrow and full of malice, their skin is hard and rough even with scales, and most of their heads have turned into tentacles. She can't always see their faces clearly. Complete appearance, or maybe because they each have their own deformities.

But one thing is the same, they always look up at the soil layer above, as if waiting for something...

She once speculated that the Plague Church, which worshiped this mutation, might be waiting for the return of the source of the mutation. Their desire to return to the ground has never disappeared.

And now, the owner of the bookstore said that he wanted to give lectures to people from the Plague Church?

Those monsters from the Plague Church are waiting for the owner of the bookstore to go to the lower city... Could it be that... the man in front of you is what the Plague Church is waiting for? !

Maria felt as if her heart was being clenched tightly, feeling suffocated.

The passage supervised by the Truth Society was destroyed. At the same time, the Ash Chamber of Commerce claimed to have dug a second passage. Now, the ambition of the Plague Church is clearly revealed. It is not a coincidence, but a long-planned conspiracy!

"It's fine."

Lin Jie said, and then prepared to take the third fragment.

Maria opened her eyes wide, fear spreading like a tide, and she held the fragment tightly in her hand as if she had grabbed a straw when she was drowning, and at the same time quickly wanted to take back her hand.

However, she suddenly found that she couldn't move!

"Um... don't... no, no..."

Maria was sweating coldly, seeing the shadow reflected on the wall moving slowly, and as if her hand was controlled by the shadow, she slowly sent the fragments in the box to Lin Jie like offering a treasure.

No—Maria yelled in her heart in horror.