Atlas of Heaven and Earth-Chapter 361: Sun Source Ritual

When Chen Chuan drove to the scene, Ren Shu and the others had already arrived. They also encountered a staff member sent by the Government Affairs Hall to be responsible for this matter.

This person heard that Chen Chuan had come from Central City and was an Executive Officer from the General Bureau, so he was very polite. He said that the scene was well under control, and it had been blocked by the local Security team since the incident was reported, and no one had been inside since.

After Chen Chuan chatted with him, he asked Ren Shu and the others to wait outside, and he went into the hostel where the Expedition team was temporarily staying by himself.

The Expedition team of twelve was divided into five rooms. The team members lived in four of them, the wealthy businessman who funded the team had a separate room, and the two Security guards shared a room. For easy protection, the two rooms were next to each other.

Whether it was a coincidence or not, twelve years ago, it was also a wealthy businessman who brought two private Security guards and nine Expedition team members here. So when these three people first came out, no one felt anything was wrong.

After all, they were wearing goggles, and in the eyes of many people, foreigners look the same.

If there hadn't been strange changes later, no one would have cared about what was going on with them. After knowing the truth, it would have been regarded as a strange anecdote at most.

Chen Chuan first walked around the rooms of all the missing members of the Expedition team, and did not find any signs of Second Self fading.

Then he focused on checking the three people who had returned as skeletons. There were also no discoveries on the two team members, but when checking the wealthy businessman's belongings, he suddenly felt something was wrong. At this time, Second Self showed a faint sign of fading, but this faintness caused almost no damage to the human body.

He flipped through it and found that the source of this sign was an Amulet, which was engraved with a statue of a person with his arms around his body, squatting, wearing bird feathers, and a sun behind him.

He was not sure where this thing came from, so he put it aside first, and then checked other items, but one thing he found very strange, because the entire Expedition team had almost no written records left.

This was a bit abnormal. For this kind of adventure activity, in addition to recording the location, characteristics, types, sizes, and shapes of the caves, at least the route and environmental conditions should be recorded, as well as noteworthy places, and at least there should be a map and related reference Data.

But now there was nothing. Could it be that it was left in the cave?

He checked it carefully again, and finally found an abnormality on the waterproof bag they were carrying. He turned it over and found a heavy vortex-shaped pattern inside. He couldn't help but have an idea in his mind. He sorted things out and walked out of it, and said to the staff member:

"I need the Data of these people, including the Data of the Expedition team from twelve years ago, if possible."

"No problem."

The staff member agreed very readily, and soon sent the Data that had already been sorted out to him.

Chen Chuan looked through it and found that the funder who wanted to follow the Expedition team this time was actually the son of the wealthy businessman from twelve years ago.

The relationship between these two as father and son, this matter must not be a coincidence, but has a kind of inexplicable connection.

So this Anomaly situation is very likely not a Supernatural Entity, but rather some kind of Secret Ritual.

He couldn't completely draw a conclusion, but fortunately there were professionals, so he immediately used the hotel phone to call Bureau Chief Lei and explained the situation here.

Bureau Chief Lei listened to his analysis and said, "Your guess is very reasonable, I will bring people over immediately."

After waiting for more than an hour, the people from the Secret Cult Investigation Bureau arrived and took full control of the matter.

Bureau Chief Lei looked at the Amulet that Chen Chuan handed over, and then glanced at the waterproof bag, and said, "Student Chen , you are right, these people are indeed members of the Secret Cult.

The cult they believe in is the Floberi Cult, which translates to the Sun Worship Cult. Although this is a legitimate belief that is allowed abroad, it is strictly prohibited in China."

"Sun Worship Cult?" Chen Chuan thought for a while, "This cave is called Sunset Cave, is there any connection between the two?"

Bureau Chief Lei said in a deep voice: "These people are likely to want to use this place to hold a Sun Source Ritual."

He explained, "The so-called Sun Source Ritual is that the followers of the Sun Worship Cult believe that the sun reincarnates once every twelve years, and during reincarnation, they can steal the Strength of life and true nature in dark places that are difficult for sunlight to reach.

The followers of this sect highly respect the number twelve, and the team formed this time has exactly twelve people, but the ritual requires life sacrifices, so many of them should be used as sacrifices for the ritual."

Chen Chuan thought for a while and said, "Of the people who came up this time, only the wealthy businessman himself and two Security guards are left. If this is the case, then the other adventurers are sacrifices?"

Bureau Chief Lei said: "Judging from the number of people and the ritual composition, it should be so. This time they are very likely to have made a mistake in some steps during the ritual process, or were affected by some additional Influence, so a problem occurred, not only failing to obtain the Strength they wanted, but leading to their own death."

Speaking of this, his expression became serious, "But if this is the case, that's okay. There is also a problem that needs special attention. Anyone who holds a Sun Source Ritual must carry a special ritual materials. This thing is very important and is the core of the ritual, called the Sun Wheel Stone.

This thing is of great value, and all countries are prohibited from exporting it. The specific purpose is unknown, but it has a certain danger and will cause relatively serious Influence to the surrounding people and animals. Therefore, if possible, we must find a way to bring this thing out. If we can't find it, we must find a way to block this area and report it to the higher authorities for handling."

Chen Chuan thought for a while, looked up and said, "Bureau Chief Lei , this cave is very dangerous. It is famous in Yang Zhi, and it is difficult for ordinary people to enter and exit normally. Let me handle this matter."

Walking in underground caves will encounter many dangerous situations. Ordinary people will get injured or lose their lives if they are not careful, but these do not constitute difficulties for him.

Bureau Chief Lei thought for a while and said seriously: "Okay, Little Chuan , I won't be polite with you, I'll leave this matter to you.”

He knew that doing so was the right thing. His team was very professional in Secret Rituals, but if they entered the cave to find something, they would be no different from ordinary people. It would be better to ask Chen Chuan for help. The survival ability of a Third-Limit Martial Artist is definitely not comparable to ordinary people.

If Chen Chuan can't do it, then almost no one in Yangzhi City can do it.

He quickly took out some paper, noted the possible composition of the ritual, and some places that needed special attention, and handed these to Chen Chuan .

Chen Chuan took it and carefully noted it down, prepared himself, mainly carrying some water and Nutrition Paste, as well as lighting and necessary tools, and then walked into the cave under the gaze of everyone.

He had been to the first part of the road a few days ago. It was relatively wide, and the gravel on the ground had been cleaned up. The light was still bright, but after passing this section, the further he went, the narrower it became, and the light gradually dimmed, making it difficult to walk. So he turned on his headlight.

Because so many people had been down there before, and the traces of people walking were very obvious in his eyes, he only needed to follow them.

Originally, he had made all kinds of preparations to overcome difficulties, but when he actually did it, he found that it was Anomaly simple. He jumped up at will in some places that needed to be climbed, jumped down from high places, and turned lightly in corners, which was not an obstacle at all.

In fact, the biggest difficulty was the light problem.

Not to mention carrying a probe light, he also had keen Senses. Even if he didn't use his eyes to see at all, he could feel the way forward with temperature, airflow, and sound feedback. Not to mention there were traces left by people, so his Speed was extremely fast, and he had penetrated more than two miles in less than five minutes.

On the way, he found several rest stops opened by people, and also found a package discarded at the bottom of a pit. He found Data in it. He didn't have time to look carefully, so he took it and continued to explore.

After going down another two kilometers, he finally came to a relatively spacious cave. The ground here was relatively flat, the top was about seven or eight meters high, and there was a space of about three or four hundred square meters.

After sweeping around with his headlight, his gaze narrowed when he looked in the middle. There were people kneeling there, surrounding a circle, with a number of about twenty. There were also many scattered skeletons on the ground. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

He walked towards it and found that most of the kneeling people were mummified corpses. Only three of them had breathing that was so weak that it was difficult to detect, like animals entering hibernation, and their bodies were wrapped in a layer of cloth, on which dense ritual symbols were painted with bright red paint.

He ignored the three people and looked directly at the ground surrounded by the circle. There were also ritual symbols on it. By comparing it with the temporary drawings given to him by Bureau Chief Lei , he could confirm that this was the "Sun Source Ritual'.

In the very center, there was a pit in the ground, and a strange stone was placed in it. This stone was red, but it looked more like a crystal. When light shone on it, it seemed that its interior was also glowing slightly. It should be the Sun Wheel Stone that Bureau Chief Lei mentioned.

Chen Chuan glanced around, confirmed the surrounding situation, and walked towards it.

As he approached the ritual circle, especially when he approached the Sun Wheel Stone, signs of fading appeared on Second Self . The closer he got, the higher the degree of fading. When he reached the center, the degree of Influence he received was no less than that of a general Supernatural Entity.

Just as he was about to pick up the thing, the Snow Emperor Blade he was carrying vibrated slightly, and strands of white mist emerged, surrounding the red stone, but this situation only lasted for a moment, and the mist quickly dissipated.

At the same time, Chen Chuan noticed that the originally strong signs of fading had suddenly weakened, almost to a harmless level.