Chapter 24 Night Worship
The hidden way out was not difficult to find, because those people had not done anything to cover their tracks. Following the various clues, we found a passage covered by stones in a corner of the rock wall.

The sound of their footsteps, with almost no change in rhythm, echoed in the tunnel, and Anti held up his stone hammer as a torch without looking tired.

There were no more cursed bodies encountered in this passage, making this road seem very quiet.

until……

An Ti and Nie Hong sensed the strong energy at about the same time.

Accustomed to the half-dead energy of the cursed body, this was the first time the two felt such a strong energy in this mine.

Nie Hong paused slightly, but An Ti moved forward without hesitation, so Nie Hong had nothing to be afraid of and followed closely.

Suddenly, the view in front of me opened up to a spacious cave.

After entering, you can smell a strong smell of blood and decay, as if you have entered the lair of a wild beast.

And in fact, it is indeed a beast.

A wolf and a bear lived in harmony in a cave, sharing a cursed collective.

They wear metal protective gear that covers all vital parts of their bodies. Their forelimbs are extremely slender, and the wolf's front paws have five clearly differentiated fingers.

The beast standing...

As An Ti and Nie Hong approached, the wolf reacted first. He shook his head, threw away a bone in his hand, and stood up from the ground.

The bear was a beat slower, but also stood up like the wolf. However, the bear's hind legs did not evolve as much as its front legs, so it could not stand upright and could only stand like an orangutan. Even so, the half-standing posture of the bear was very oppressive.

The wolf bared its teeth at the two approaching creatures, while the bear just roared.

"Can you speak?" When Nie Hong was nervous, An Ti waved his hand and greeted her.

The bear didn't react, but the wolf paused, pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head.

"It doesn't matter if you don't know. We want to go over. Can you give us some convenience? It's right behind you." Anti pointed behind them.

The wolf folded his arms across his chest, assumed a human-like posture, and began to think.

"Roar!" The bear was still roaring, and then was slapped by the wolf who was thinking next to him. Then he lowered his head and shrank back in grievance.

The wolf looked distressed, and then made a series of gestures to An Ti and Nie Hong, with meaningless roars coming from his mouth.

Nie Hong scratched his head: "How can we understand this?"

"Yeah, as expected. You were originally just wild beasts in the mountains. You were controlled by the people in the town and brought to this mine as coolies. After they left, they left you here to guard the tunnel to prevent the high-risk cursed bodies here from escaping. Yeah, it's very hard work." Anti nodded and translated their meaning.

Nie Hong was dumbfounded, his eyes widened: "You guys can understand this?!"

Anti gave him a look that looked like a fool: "You don't even understand this?"

Nie Hong held his head in his hands. Whose fault was this? Was he worse than the wolf in front of him?
He looked forward and saw the bear holding his head in a simple manner behind the wolf.

The man and the bear hugged each other and looked at each other, as if they had found a friend of the same level.

The wolf gave the middle finger to the passage behind it. No one knew where it learned it from. Then it called out to Anti a few times and hooked its finger.

Anti nodded: "Toll, right? OK."

Then he turned to Nie Hong and said, "Go and move the big spider monster over here."

"I?"

"Awoo!" The wolf shouted to the bear behind it. The bear, which had shrank its head, came out obediently and came to Nie Hong, looking at him obediently with its bright eyes.

This time, Nie Hong also understood.

He took the bear with him to move the goods.

Anti looked at the wolf, thinking about how to get words from this wolf that had followed the cult through the depths of the mine.

But this wolf is pretty smart, and it feels like it might take some tricks to pry its mouth open.

Thinking about it, Anti walked forward and said, "Well, I have some questions to ask you."

The wolf, with his arms folded and a serious look on his face, leaned against the wall and watched Anti approach with an inexplicably arrogant expression.

Seeing that Anti wanted something from it, it still stretched out its hand and hooked its claws.

Anti thought about it, calmed himself down, then reached out and pulled the sword out of his body.

Wolf:?!
Just when the wolf thought that Anti was going to attack, Anti lifted his clothes, compared it, and cut a piece of meat from his waist. His body trembled with pain, and a twisted smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He stretched out his hand and handed it to the wolf: "Is it enough?"

Wolf:!!!……

"Finally we've moved it back. This stupid bear was only thinking about stealing food on the way!" Nie Hong couldn't help complaining after he and the bear transported the giant spider monster back.

The bear was even gnawing on the hands and feet of a spider monster.

Then Nie Hong noticed that the standing wolf was comparing its waist with a suspicious look on its face, and then it kept glancing at Anti who was wiping his sword with an awe-inspiring look.

"I'm finally back." Anti stabbed the sword back into his body, stood up and said.

The wolf also looked over and seemed a little surprised to see such a big spider monster. He went up and slapped the bear who was secretly "eating his hand", then turned back and made a few gestures to Anti, and pointed in the direction of the exit.

Anti thanked him: "Thanks for your help, would you like some more?"

As he said this, he reached into his body again.

The wolf quickly shook his head, pointed at the big spider monster next to him, made a cross, and then quickly pointed to the exit with both front paws without even looking at Anti.

Nie Hong looked confused, but Anti didn't continue teasing the wolf. He thanked him again and left. Nie Hong hurried to follow him.

The wolf looked at Anti's back, comparing it with his own waist meat and recalling the taste. He felt an inexplicable chill and shook his head quickly.

……

"What did you do to the wolf?" Nie Hong asked An.

"It's just a small tip, but for a beast that has just come into contact with advanced intelligence and is in the process of shaping its worldview, it might be a bit too stimulating. But it's good to see that it can eat it, otherwise I would doubt my own ability."

What An Ti said was confusing and Nie Hong was bewildered.

So what on earth did you do to refresh the worldview of an intelligent beast?

However, Anti didn't intend to elaborate, because this might also refresh Nie Hong's worldview.

After going uphill for a while and crossing a rugged and poorly maintained road, a passage paved with neatly stacked stone bricks suddenly appeared in front of us.

Nie Hong immediately perked up, it seemed they had arrived.

After passing through this obviously man-made underground road and walking up a neat flight of stairs, a door facing upwards appeared in front of us.

Nie Hong looked around, found a lever mechanism and pointed at it.

After An Ti nodded, Nie Hong went over, grabbed the lever and pulled hard.

Boom——

A dull sound came from the wall, as if some mechanism was operating.

The object blocking the way out in front slowly moved away.

Finally, they came outside and found that what was blocking their way was not a door, but a strange sculpture. When they came out, they were in a simple and small church.

Anti looked at the sculpture, which was a featureless human figure with three pairs of wings spread out behind it and wrapped around its body, and its head was decorated with the symbols of the sun, moon and stars.

[Andenite's worship sculpture: Known as the existence of "Night", Andenite is said to control the darkness of the world and is a dark fairy. It can be everywhere, so it can peek into countless secrets. Peeping is also a way to pursue knowledge. It is it that gave humans the inheritance of the night eyes and helped the rise of mankind. But after the era of the Forty-Four Pillar Gods, its traces of activities decreased sharply until it disappeared, and only the eyes carrying its legend were left in the world. Some people speculate that "Night" Andenite is also one of the Forty-Four Pillar Gods, but this statement is regarded as a boring and ridiculous rumor. ]

【--What do you think?】

"Why are you asking me if you like to play so much?" Anti said speechlessly.

Nie Hong turned around again in confusion: "What did you say again?"

Anti shook his head, too lazy to think so much.

I came to the door of the church and looked outside.

It was night again at this time, and the densely packed buildings outside looked like ferocious silhouettes under the moonlight, which was a bit creepy.

Judging from their location, there was no doubt that they had come directly from the depths of the Gross Mine to the interior of Gross Town.

Nie Hong said: "That's good. We have finally found the enemy's base camp. This town is not big but it is still a town. Finding the pendant is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

But Anti didn't care: "I believe that the devout believers here must remember very clearly about the exploration of the mine ruins, so if we can't find it, we can humbly ask for help. The enthusiastic believers will definitely tell us the answer."

Nie Hong looked at An Ti strangely: "Are you serious?"

Then he saw Anti throwing up the stone hammer and reaching out to catch it: "Yeah, very serious."

(End of this chapter)