MMB Chapter 402 Sacrifice to the Moon Mother
Chapter 402 Sacrifice to the Moon Mother
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Several dull thuds!
Lin Qiye casually tossed a few soldiers into the room.
This sudden action caused everyone in the room to change their expressions once again!
They stared in horror at their unconscious companions, then at the indifferent young man at the door, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
Lin Qiye's gaze calmly swept over the women in front of him, who were already terrified, and he said indifferently, "I have no intention of hurting you."
"Just cooperate obediently."
The female doctor in the lead was taken aback when she heard Lin Qiye's words, and then a struggle flashed in her eyes.
But when her gaze met Lin Qiye's eyes, which were devoid of any emotion.
She swallowed hard, and finally nodded slowly.
"……good."
Seeing this, Lin Qiye didn't say anything more, but calmly spoke.
"Come out with me."
After saying that, he turned around and slowly walked back the way he came.
The medical staff exchanged glances, all seeing the same fear and helplessness in each other's eyes.
They helped the pregnant women who had difficulty moving, and carefully followed behind Lin Qiye out of the basement where they had been hiding.
However, when they emerged from the underground and returned to the hospital lobby, and then walked step by step out of the hospital and onto the square that had long since fallen into silence, everyone's steps suddenly stopped!
They stared blankly at the hellish scene before them, their pretty faces already ashen white, devoid of any color!
On the wide streets and squares, they saw their familiar companions everywhere.
Now they lay scattered on the cold ground, bleeding from all seven orifices, unconscious, with bloodstains everywhere!
When their gazes fell upon the black tower in the center of the city, which once symbolized the supreme authority of Jingkong City, they all gasped in shock, their pretty faces turning ashen!
The once majestic tower that pierced the sky like a sharp sword is now in ruins!
The entire top of the tower was forcibly shaved off in half by an unparalleled and terrifying force!
Thick smoke billowed into the sky from the broken top of the tower, and you could even see specks of fire flickering in and out of view!
This……
What does this tell us?!
A terrifying truth that they couldn't believe but had to accept instantly flooded everyone's minds!
High Priest...
We lost!
Lin Qiye's main purpose in bringing them out was to let them see reality with their own eyes, so that they would no longer have any unrealistic fantasies or make any futile resistance.
Clearly, looking at their faces filled with terror and despair, Lin Qiye knew he had done the right thing.
The rest was straightforward.
Lin Qiye was very interested in these pregnant women and the reproductive methods of this strange city.
He quickly got the answer from the doctors and pregnant women who were already terrified.
"Every...every year...on the day of the Blood Moon..."
The female doctor at the head of the group explained, her voice trembling.
"The High Priest...will hold the sacred...blood moon sacrifice ceremony...at the top of the tower..."
"A sacrificial ceremony?" Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Yes...yes..." The female doctor nodded with difficulty, "To sacrifice the 'Defiled One'...to the great Blood Moon..."
"As long as...as long as they are exposed to that blood-red moonlight...they will...become pregnant within a month..."
Hearing these words from the doctor, Lin Qiye was stunned for a moment.
Blood Moon?
This is the abyss!
There was only the eternal, dim twilight overhead; where was the moon?
Blood Moon?
However, when his gaze swept over the pregnant women beside him, he was surprised to find that they all nodded in agreement.
His face also carried an undisguised... fanaticism?
Looking at their almost fanatical expressions, Lin Qiye's doubts deepened.
"What do you mean by 'filthy one'?" he pressed.
The female doctor trembled, a flicker of fear crossing her eyes, and her voice lowered even further: "It's... a man..."
man? !
Lin Qiye's pupils suddenly contracted!
He finally understood why there wasn't a single man to be seen in the city!
It turns out... they were all used as sacrificial offerings!
"A sacrifice to the Blood Moon...and then you'll get pregnant?" Lin Qi-ye's voice turned icy. "What exactly is this Blood Moon?"
The female doctor and the pregnant women around her answered the question without hesitation.
"The blood moon is the source of our life!"
"It's a miracle that allowed Jingkong City to continue!"
"It is a gift from the Mother of the Moon!"
Mother of the Moon?
It seems to be another evil god...
Lin Qiye asked again, "Sacrificing men? Were all the men sacrificed? I can't see any other men here."
Upon hearing this question, the lead doctor immediately shook his head, a look of horror on his face, and hurriedly explained, "My lord! Of course not! Not all men are sacrificed!"
"Where are they?"
"All men...are...are forbidden to remain in the Pure Land... lest they pollute us..."
Just then, a piercing alarm sounded, mixed with the roar of intense battle, suddenly coming from the direction of the western city wall!
"Boom—!!!"
Upon hearing this sudden commotion, the female doctor's face turned deathly pale!
She looked toward the city wall in terror, her voice filled with barely concealed panic!
"It's...it's the crystal mine! The men in the crystal mine...they've rioted!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow and instantly connected all the clues.
"You mean," his voice held a strange tinge, "that all the men have been sent outside the city... to mine?"
This city is completely cleared of air...
Upon hearing this, the female doctor nodded with difficulty, her eyes filled with fear and unease.
Looking at her like that, Lin Qiye was at a loss for words.
All the men were driven to the crystal mines outside the city to perform the most dangerous and arduous labor.
Then, on the so-called "blood moon day," a group of "lucky ones" are selected and sacrificed as offerings.
The rest continue to provide the city with a steady stream of resources.
This is simply...
Lin Qiye shook his head, a sense of inexplicable absurdity welling up inside him.
Just then, the sounds of battle coming from the direction of the city wall grew increasingly intense!
Faintly, one could still hear roars filled with anger and hatred, as well as... the screams of the female soldiers!
Clearly, the male miners, who had been oppressed for who knows how long, finally seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity after noticing the changes in the city and the failure of the defense system, and launched a long-planned uprising!
Lin Qiye's figure flashed, and he silently appeared on the top of a nearby building that was still relatively intact.
He looked into the distance and saw that outside the city wall to the west, in a vast open-pit mine, flames were already raging and shouts of battle were deafening!
On that chaotic battlefield, one figure stood out.
He was a burly young man.
He was shirtless, his bronze skin covered with crisscrossing scars!
In his hands, there was no decent weapon, only a huge, heavy pickaxe stained with blood!
However, this simple tool, in his hands, became the most deadly killing weapon!
He charged into the female soldiers' lines like a tiger among sheep!
With each swing of the giant pickaxe in his hand, a piercing shriek tore through the air, carrying the force of a thunderbolt!
Any female soldier struck by his terrifying giant pickaxe was as fragile as paper, instantly having her bones broken and flesh and blood flying everywhere!
"Brothers!"
He let out a roar like thunder, his voice filled with indomitable fighting spirit and boundless rage!
"The female demon is dead! Reclaim Jingkong City!"
"kill--!!!"
Under his leadership, the thousands of male miners behind him, like powder kegs that had been lit, roared with hatred and madness and stormed into the city!
However, at that moment...
boom--!!!!!!
An indescribable, boundless, and terrifying will descended from the heavens like a majestic divine might descending from the highest heavens, without any warning!
The golden ocean of will, with its tyrannical and unreasonable manner, instantly and completely submerged the entire chaotic battlefield!
Whether it's the male miners who are fighting bloody battles and roaring, or the female soldiers who have already suffered repeated defeats and are struggling to hold on!
Whether they are charging into battle or putting up a stubborn resistance!
At this moment, they were all completely enveloped by that terrifying will, which was like the descent of a god!
"Ugh—!!!"
In an instant, the battlefield was filled with agonizing screams!
Those male miners, who had just been like tigers unleashed from their cages, were as vulnerable as lambs to the slaughter in the face of that blazing golden will!
They didn't even have time to react before their mental world was completely overwhelmed by that terrifying torrent of will!
Blood gushed from their mouths and noses, and the pickaxes and shovels in their hands fell to the ground with a clatter. They then collapsed limply to the ground and instantly lost consciousness!
The female soldiers, who were already at their limit, couldn't even muster a decent resistance before being completely crushed by the overwhelming torrent of will. They too bled from all seven orifices and collapsed unconscious!
Even that brave and unparalleled young tyrant was no exception!
His overwhelming fighting spirit, which had just reached its peak, was as fragile as a sheet of paper in the face of that terrifying will that was like divine punishment descending, and was torn to pieces in an instant!
He felt as if his spiritual world had been struck by a burning meteorite falling from the sky, creating a monstrous wave!
"puff--!"
He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his burly body trembling uncontrollably. He could no longer grip the giant pickaxe in his hand, and it crashed heavily to the ground with a loud thud, kicking up a cloud of dust!
With great difficulty, as if using all his strength, he slowly raised his head. His eyes, which were always full of indomitable spirit and fighting will, were now filled with horror and... disbelief!