The marks from where his neck had been strangled had been erased,
The Crow Kerosene Lamp hung before him, while he carried the suitcase in his other hand and advanced deeper inside.
Following the stepped secret passage, he arrived at a spacious underground area supported by eight stone pillars. Not far away stood a somewhat oversized stone chair bearing a Fetal Church Seal.
"Is this where new members are received? How can such an important area have no one here at all..."
Yi Chen moved to the highly suspicious stone chair,
Before he could inspect it, he caught a fishy stench coming from beneath the chair,
With the visual enhancement provided by Little Grape, he quickly locked onto the mechanism at the back of the chair. He reached out and turned the circular umbilical cord on the Fetal Church Seal. After turning it a full circle,
Click-click!
The stone slab beneath the chair automatically slid aside, revealing a vertical stone passage leading deeper underground.
The New Life aura pouring out from below was more than ten times denser than the umbilical cord when he had faced the village chief. Combined with the church area being completely deserted, this was enough to prove that the church's final secret was hidden below.
"No one was left outside, and there's such an obvious chair and mechanism. Clearly, they're luring me down—or rather, allowing outsiders to enter.
"Just as the village chief said, am I too late?"
Yi Chen had already decided whether to go deeper, but he had to confirm one more thing.
"Little Grape, are you sure you want to go down with me? Things may have already reached the point of being uncontrollable. Once the entrance is sealed, we may not even have a chance to escape, let alone carry my