Ye Jinghong's caution was necessary.
After all, none of us could predict the dangers behind those two doors.
This church was also under the Holy See's control, and we had long known what the people of the Holy See were like.
A Tai said, "Let me do it!"
But Ye Jinghong stopped him as well. "I'll do it."
A Tai said nothing and pulled Jiang Xiaohui aside.
Ye Jinghong signaled for me to step back two paces as well. Then she reached out and pushed open the doors. The instant they opened, she leaned to one side and took cover by the wall.
But apparently, we had been overly nervous. None of the danger we had anticipated appeared. The church was filled with people who seemed to be praying. Two rows of choir members stood at the front, and the singing we had heard came from them.
Our entrance seemed to have startled them as well. They all turned to look at us.
Silence. Not a single person spoke.
It was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. I could even hear my own heartbeat.
But soon, the singing began again, followed by the stunned looks on their faces as they stared at us.
The Twelve-Second Rule had appeared again.
Only this cycle had been rerecorded by us.
Originally, the twelve-second loop had consisted of their singing. Now, it included several seconds of silence after we barged in.
I immediately spotted the priest standing in the center. If I wanted to understand what was going on here, I could only ask him. Besides, I knew that even if I broke the Twelve-Second Rule, I could only buy a minute and a half.
And once that minute and a half was used, it could not be used again.
That