Chapter 32 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

Soon, they reached the first location.

Zhou Zhenguo and Chu Chongtian didn’t bother going in to search at all, because there was only an empty shell there. Even the walls of the house didn’t exist anymore.

In other words, it was an old and dilapidated house that had been abandoned for years. Just a light push from Zhou Zhenguo was enough to make it crumble.

They didn’t suffer any attacks from people who were possessed.

Apart from the crash caused by the collapse of the house, the surroundings were still in total silence.

“Looks like this isn’t it,” said Zhou Zhenguo.

Bang!

Right at that moment, a sound, not very loud but exceptionally crisp and clear in the silent night, rang out.

Tang Luo jumped onto the roof of the house on the other side.

In the dim light, he saw someone running into the streets some distance away. The person was firing at the shadows in a panic.

A shadow charged out and dived towards him, followed by a second, third, and fourth shadow.

More than ten shadows, as though a pack of wolves out on a hunt, dragged the man from under the light of the streetlamps into darkness.

Right after that, the shadows ran in a certain direction.

Tang Luo surveyed the surroundings. A few leaps later, he jumped onto the tallest building nearest to him.

What entered his sight was a scene where a lot of people were already out in the streets, which were originally as quiet as a mouse.

A small group of them was being pursued. The majority was probably under Jack the Ripper’s control and were hunting others.

In addition, after killing their prey, all of them rushed towards the same direction.

“Master, what did you see?” Chu Chongtian shouted from below.

“The Ripper has made his move. A lot of people have been possessed and are under his control. They are running towards the church.”

Tang Luo jumped down and landed on the ground, blasting away the snow around him.

A black circle of ground appeared around him.

“The church?”

Zhou Zhenguo didn’t understand why the Ripper would possess other people and direct them to the church.

Shouldn’t he be coming over here to give them trouble instead?

“I have a theory. I don’t know how true it is, but we can go over and see how valid it is. What do you guys think?” asked Tang Luo.

“What theory is it?”

Tears almost streamed down Chu Chongtian’s cheeks.

‘Master, you’ve finally started to think.’

Tang Luo asked with a smile, “Is Jack the Ripper really human?”

His smile was very mild and warm, yet it caused shivers to go down Zhou Zhenguo and Chu Chongtian’s spines.

This didn’t have anything to do with Tang Luo himself. Rather, it was because of what he had said.

‘Is Jack the Ripper really human?’

Wasn’t that pure nonsense? Was he a ghost then, if not human?

But why couldn’t Jack the Ripper be a ghost instead?

Chu Chongtian swallowed hard, looked at Tang Luo, and asked, “Master, what you’re saying is?”

Tang Luo didn’t answer. Instead, he looked at Zhou Zhenguo.

Zhou Zhenguo nodded with much difficulty. “It’s possible. Those two failed missions of mine turned out like that because we had encountered ghosts. Missions that lean towards the supernatural genre are very tough.”

“This monk would like to go to the church to take a look. What do the two of you think?” asked Tang Luo.

He was simply so democratic, asking for everyone’s opinions in every matter.

While grinding his teeth, Zhou Zhenguo replied, “Let’s go.”

They had made a mistake.

From the moment they had treated Jack the Ripper as a human and based their deductions on this assumption, they had been wrong.

From that point on, the mission had already been progressing towards the most dangerous deadlock.

“Let’s go, then.”

Tang Luo started walking in the direction of the church.

That place was where everything had begun when they had first descended into this mission world.

A crypt, a graveyard outside the crypt, a church near the graveyard, as well as Li Liang, who had met with danger right on the first night.

The place was silent. A few kerosene lamps were hung outside the church.

No one knew where the residents of the city, who were running here, had gone.

Similar to the first night, the doors of the church were slightly open, rather than fully closed and locked.

Tang Luo pushed open the doors and walked in.

Zhou Zhenguo brought up the rear. He closed the doors and latched them, blocking out all the wind and snow in the surroundings.

A few candles were still burning in the church, such that the interior wasn’t completely shrouded in darkness.

Just like before, there was nobody here. There was only flickering candlelight inside.

Just how similar was this scene to that of the first night?

It seemed like the three of them were going to complete the final mission in the place where everything had begun?

“It’s probably this way.”

Tang Luo stood in front of a small black door.

Back then, everyone had also discovered this small black door, just that it had been locked tight.

None of them had thought of forcing their way in to take a look either.

But this time, Tang Luo struck it lightly and directly smashed and overturned the seemingly small but in actuality, relatively solid door onto the ground.

A passage with steps leading downwards was revealed.

The passage wasn’t particularly long. One could vaguely see the light of flames in there. The blurry shadow of a human was illuminated in the light.

At the same time, they could hear prayers, which sounded like sleep-talking, coming from inside.

After stepping onto the door slab, Tang Luo walked into the unexplored underground chamber.

Before long, the prayers stopped.