World Occult Usage Guide

Chapter 136 Underworld Tea Party

At the end of the corridor was an elevator, which rose about 15 feet, and Lin An entered a circular hall.

The indicator light flashed, guiding him until he arrived at a wall covered with ivory-colored mesh.

Lin An felt that this was somewhat like a research department corridor. He tentatively reached out and pressed a protruding metal detector. After two "beep" sounds, the hidden door opened and closed, revealing the room inside.

The decor here is much better than the lower floors; it's styled like the foundation's staff quarters.

The moment he entered, the door slammed shut. Lin An turned around and found that there were no control switches inside; he would have to wait for someone else to remotely control it to get out.

Lin An tried, but there was no signal in the room.

It was getting late, so he yawned and went to sleep.

Since we're in a fragment of time, there's no way we could be in any danger.

He stayed in the room all night, and the next morning, the door was finally opened.

Lin An walked out and found that the slightly dark and empty circular corridor had completely changed.

The view was bright and open, as the ceiling had been lowered, merging the upper and lower floors into one. The black and blue tables and chairs were connected to the floor, and there was a flash of electricity. A transparent cylinder in the center was particularly eye-catching.

It runs through the entire "smart" area.

Non-humanoid robots walked around, one of them carrying a metal plate that hissed as it walked back and forth on the carpet. The plate contained only water.

Lin An wasn't the first person to arrive in the hall; a familiar face had already taken a seat.

He had been staring blankly with a gloomy expression when he heard footsteps. Suddenly, he stood up and laughed like a face-changing act in Sichuan opera.

"Hello, are you also a deacon selected by Team Leader Joshua through the 'White Dove Certification'? We'll be colleagues from now on. My name is Guy Agnimo, may I ask how I should address you?"

Hey, Brother Ji, long time no see.

Lin An gave a few perfunctory replies, and soon the third person arrived. He was the short old man who had been confronting Lin An.

Guy went to greet him as usual, and the old man tacitly chatted with him, keeping silent about the bloody nightmare, as harmonious as two people who met for a walk in the park.

The fourth one to emerge was the arrogant carjacker, followed by Hill and the short woman...

The "White Dove Certification" is over; they are the future inspectors.

Although Joshua's instigation was the biggest reason, their own personalities were also somewhat selfish and bloodthirsty, otherwise they would not have been able to resonate with the "judge".

If they had lived out their lives peacefully, that would have been fine. But after such a huge shock, the dark side of these people was completely awakened, and they became increasingly fearful, jealous, and hateful of the integrity and kindness on the other side.

However, the moral standards of these people varied, as can be seen from the order in which they left the room and the scars on their bodies.

Guy felt almost no pangs of conscience. He was agile and had no scars, so he must have acted swiftly and cleanly without being beaten. He was filled with anticipation for becoming a "superior man" and was now having a lively conversation with the old man.

No wonder they started carrying out missions for the aristocratic families just over ten days later.

The last to leave the room was a distraught Efron. Seeing him limping with a cane and looking utterly dejected, Guy pulled out a chair.

"Deacon Reuben, are you alright? Please have a seat."

Efron looked up, a gruesome scar running down his upper lip, revealing his blood-red gums and muscle tissue.

“Oh, you need treatment…” The short woman was startled.

Efron shook his head and muttered to himself, "It will forever remind me of that...my...victim."

“Sigh, their background was worthless, and the team leader kindly gave them three months, but they didn’t show any value worth mentioning, so they died,” Guy comforted him.

"He was only 18 years old, still a teenager. What reason could there be for his death?"

“If you’re thrown into the deep sea and refuse to swim, you’ll drown.” Guy raised his thick eyebrows. “Keep swimming, what do you say?”

"Boom!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Guy was struck on the back of the head.

"Steward Lin, what are you doing?" he said with a forced smile.

“I heard this is how people greet each other in the Kingdom of Isban,” Efron explained seriously, then slapped Guy across the face. “Ora.”

"..."

Guy is 100% certain that no country would greet someone like that.

Taking advantage of the gathering of the butlers, Lin An drew his wand from his waist, the red gem shining brightly, and delivered a light but not heavy blow to each of them in a clockwise direction, except for Hill Catherine.

The owner of the MGM Grand Casino is suspected to be "The Seeker of Knowledge." He took away Hill's mystery. Although Lin An still has many questions, he decides not to take action against Hill in the past to avoid the possibility of making enemies of this person over a fragment of "Misina."

At this point, the task of rewinding time is halfway complete.

It will only take 72 hours.

Upon discovering that Lin An was still alive, Efron's mood seemed to improve, and the other deacons, sensing Lin An's nonchalant attitude, also relaxed somewhat.

"Why are you deliberately ignoring me?" Hill tossed her long blonde hair, revealing the back of her fair neck, and forced a lighthearted conversation. "Hello, can you see me?"

“No, you are too beautiful, I can’t bring myself to do it.” Lin An bowed to his “ex-wife”. “Good morning, dear Ms. Hill Casselli, may all the birds in the sky sing for you.”

Hill blushed slightly, Guy chuckled and brushed it off, and the old man seized the opportunity to start a new topic. They had to keep talking, or they would break down in the silence.

Lin An played a game of wrestling for a bit, then sat down in a corner.

Laughing and talking with a group of people who are either dead or on their way to death in real life is too eerie, giving him the illusion that he is in the underworld.

Besides, he killed half of them himself.

Especially Efron and Guy, Lin An can still recall their disfigured corpses!
Damn, this is so weird.

Unexpectedly, a group of deacons followed them. Each of them was trying hard to maintain normalcy, but in reality, their rationality was already like a taut string, on the verge of breaking at any moment. Only when they were close to Lin An, who was truly relaxed, did they find a little comfort.

Surrounded by his former enemies, whose voices and appearances were still vivid in his mind, Lin An was overwhelmed with emotions that were hard to express.

Fortunately, the eerie feeling didn't last long; the cooing of pigeons echoed across the ceiling screen.

"Cuckoo..."

The large screen projected a cathedral that resembled a snow-white giant, with sharply defined buttresses surrounding a tall, six-panel window. The tightly closed archway consisted of three vertical shafts, superimposed on a slightly shorter, wider molded archway, engraved with an ancient and difficult-to-pronounce inscription:
I am who I am.

Against a backdrop resembling a dome mural, Joshua's bust appears.

Everyone tensed instantly, all other emotions gone, staring in terror at the man who had brought them a lifelong nightmare.

Joshua was pleased with this and cleared his throat before speaking.

"Welcome, people of Mount Sinai. Your presence here is of great significance, and I think you understand that. You are a select few chosen from among many. You stand at the pinnacle of humanity. Today, you begin your journey to fight for world peace."

His eyes gleamed with a fanatical light.

“My name is Joshua, and the organization you are about to join is called the St. Anilof Foundation, or more precisely, the supervisory group that manages it.”

Joshua gave a brief introduction to the Foundation and the Inspectorate's responsibilities, as well as the "Comers" world and divine mediums, leaving the deacons speechless with astonishment.

Joshua then told them that the sacrifice of those people was not meaningless, because they would bear the burden of death and contribute to the peace and prosperity of all the people of the Eagle Kingdom.

These words ignited a glimmer of hope in the deacons' dim eyes, as if they had found meaning in their future lives amidst the emptiness.

Lin An raised an eyebrow slightly. Joshua's eloquence was impeccable, but his words could easily brainwash the deacons, making them quickly forget their fear and hatred towards him, which was undoubtedly due to some mysterious influence.

It had no effect on him at all.

Could it be that Joshua's prototype is...?

After the speech, Joshua asked the group to wait where they were, as he would meet with them privately.

The church arches projected onto the ceiling suddenly lit up, revealing the upper passageway. The even stronger light blended 2D and 3D together, blurring the lines between reality and virtuality, as if the gates of true heaven had been opened.

Inside the glass cylinder connecting the entrance to the circular hall, a spherical elevator rose and stopped at a position parallel to the group. Joshua was the first to call out Guy's name.

Guy quickly took the elevator to the upper floor, and Joshua's image disappeared, replaced by an ethereal and pure hymn that played continuously from the speakers, holyly surrounding the room.

Two hours later, Guy came down from the elevator.

As soon as the iron gate opened, Lin An saw the panel and data of the reader displayed on his face.

He officially became the Mystic.

Lin An noticed the sheen of the davitate oil (olive oil) on Guy's forehead and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

The still-wet oil is used to create a special symbolic pattern, signifying that the anointed one is separating from worldly sins through the anointing.

Moreover, Guy was soaking wet, presumably after undergoing a purification ritual called Ablution, somewhat similar to baptism by the Saviour Church.

Water symbolizes the belief that sins can be washed away, and also represents a person's awareness of their own "filth," making it an important part of the ritual to open a new state of consciousness, power, and existence.

The speakers happened to be playing a passage of scripture.

"The Holy Spirit will cleanse him of all his sins through his soul’s humility toward all of God’s commandments, and his body will be cleansed when it is sprinkled with holy water and sanctified in flowing water."

"He will firmly follow his steps, fully obey all the ways of the Mishnah, and follow God's commands regarding the regular festivals, never deviating from any of His words."

“Then he will please God with a pleasant atonement, which will earn him the covenant of eternal community.”

After Guy, the other deacons were called up to the upper floors one by one. Lin An waited listlessly for the wand gem to take effect, his stomach growling with hunger.

There is nothing else to eat here except water.

Fasting is also part of the ritual.

From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Joshua spent a full 12 hours awakening the mystery in the six deacons. Only after the last petite woman left the elevator did Joshua finally call out Lin An's name.

Due to the effects of the worm curtain, the deacons gradually experienced varying degrees of discomfort and returned to their rooms to rest early. Hill Catherine kept trying to chat with Lin An, but was ruthlessly rejected by him.

He didn't want to be intimate with a "dead person".

"Shh."

The elevator came up, the doors opened, and Lin An squinted slightly in the bright light before he could see Joshua's appearance.

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