Leo bent down and picked out the thing he had just discovered from a pile of rubble, put it in the palm of his hand, and looked at it carefully. The look of surprise on his face became more and more intense, and finally reached the point where it was beyond words.

I saw that the thing placed in the palm of Leo's hand was a crystal the size of a rice grain. Although it was small in size, it emitted real light, making it particularly eye-catching in this dark environment.

"It's actually a negative energy crystal?" Leo looked at this familiar crystal and couldn't help but be surprised.

In the universe of the Earth Federation, although the subspace is full of unpredictable dangers, various cosmic civilizations and countries, including the Earth Federation, have never stopped exploring and researching the subspace, and negative energy crystals are among them.

one.

Negative energy crystals are a special ore produced in subspace. Before Leo came to the world of Velen, Earth Federation scientists were unable to find out the cause of the formation of negative energy crystals. However, ignorance of the source of negative energy crystals does not hinder

The use of this subspace ore by various civilizations in the universe.

In fact, the use of negative energy crystals by various civilizations in the universe at that time was very extensive. For example, the star destroyer cannons used in weapons, antimatter bombs, etc. all required negative energy crystals. The most widely used place was actually the navigator of the subspace spacecraft.

, without negative energy crystals as navigation materials, any spacecraft entering subspace may lose its way, and the final destination may be tens or even millions of light years away from the expected destination.

However, Leo seems to have accidentally found the answer to the cosmic problem that is plaguing countless scientists in the universe where the Earth Federation is located. He has faintly discovered the secret of the formation of negative energy crystals.

Obviously, this negative energy crystal is the product of the soul bonfire rune just now, and its raw material is likely to be the remaining negative spirits after the bonfire purifies the soul, such as despair, pain, regret, etc.

At this time, Leo couldn't help but think of the tragedy scene he had seen before. The victims had been tortured so cruelly before they were alive. He originally thought it was just a necessary part of some evil ritual, but now it seems that maybe this is just a necessary step.

In order to increase the negative spirits such as fear, pain and despair, the murderer used the runes from the abandoned capital city to condense the negative energy crystals.

Thinking of this, Leo felt that he needed to go back to the scene to check, maybe he could find more useful clues. His strong curiosity also made him interested in tracking down the murderer who had been hidden for many years.

After putting the negative energy crystal, which was of unknown use, into his storage space, Leo observed the situation of the negative energy crystal in the storage space, and then tried to use it to contact several other important items in the storage space.

Items, such as feathers, turned out to be normal.

Leo was slightly disappointed and turned his attention to the real world. He walked up to the three unconscious believers of the Eye of Truth Church and checked the items on their bodies. Two of them were just ordinary scavengers.

Most of them carry some items commonly used by scavengers, and the other believer whose body has become a family member should be a true believer of the Eye of True Church. Not only was the badge of the senior preacher of the Eye of Truth found on him, but also a

This holy book of the Eye of Truth.

Leo ignored the two ordinary believers, but picked up the family members and walked towards a habitable ruined house he found on the road.

This ruined house is the first floor of a small building. The upper part has been destroyed in the bombing, but the house on the first floor is still standing. It is very suitable for a temporary residence to shelter from wind and rain. It is so good

The reason why a location has always been vacant is mainly because it is located on the edge of the bow area. Although it is not within the scope of the influence of the psychic magnetic field, no one dares to live here or even come close to it.

, so it seems very quiet here, and no one will disturb you when you do anything.

Leo threw the members of the family members on the ground and used a cleaning technique to clean up the dust in the room. Then he sat on a relatively well-preserved chair and said to the members of the family members lying on the ground:

"How long are you going to lie down?"

There was no reaction from the people on the ground.

Leo continued: "A person may be able to fake the breathing rate while sleeping, but it is difficult for him to fake the heartbeat. Your heartbeat rate tells me that you are awake now, and you are very nervous and scared."

After hearing Leo's words, the Familia cultist could no longer pretend to be unconscious. He opened his eyes, stood up from the ground, and took off the hood on his head, revealing his appearance with obvious changes in the Familia.

Said: "Bayes has met the wizard."

Leo looked at the mutated organs on the members of the family in front of him, and saw some tentacles with scales growing out of the corners of his eyes. His eyeballs had no pupils, and were all white, which looked very weird. Although, the psychic energy on the opponent's body fluctuated.

It was still very weak, but Leo could clearly feel that this spiritual energy fluctuation was exactly the same as the spiritual energy fluctuation of the Eye of Truth back then. From this, Leo couldn't help but think of the burial place of the Eye of Truth that had turned into a lake.

"That was given to you by the Eye of Truth?" Leo said without mincing words, pointing to the other person's mutated eyes.

"My Lord's gift." Bayes knew his current situation very well, so he didn't dare to hide anything and responded honestly.

Leo asked another key question: "Has the True Eye Church been merged into the Snake Mother Church?"

Regarding this issue related to faith, Bayes quickly explained: "My lord has only formed an alliance with the source of the snake, not been annexed."

"Hasn't it been annexed?" Leo said with a slightly contemptuous smile: "A person like you who has received the blessing of the Eye of Truth should have a certain status in the Church of the Eye of Truth, right? But an ordinary member of the Snake Mother Church can

Directing you to do things, this way of forming an alliance is somewhat novel."

Bayes's face immediately became extremely gloomy, and there was a wave of hatred in his eyes that could not be concealed, but he didn't know whether this hatred was directed at Leo who exposed the scar, or at the Snake Mother Church who oppressed them.

However, Leo is not in the mood to pay attention to Bayes's emotions now. He has already obtained the clues he wants from the conversation just now. The body of the Eye of Truth should have been taken away by the Snake Mother Church, and it seems that Snake

The Mother Church also makes use of the Eye of Truth. Not only can it control the believers of the Eye of True Church, it can even bestow divine grace on the believers and turn them into families. This is almost equivalent to the Mother Church of Snake having mastered an eighth-level

The power of higher beings above psychic ability.

Bayes quickly suppressed the hatred in his eyes, lowered his body, and asked Leo like a humble servant: "Your Excellency, capture me, what do you want me to do?"

Although he had obtained the information he wanted from Bayes, Leo felt that he might be able to get more useful information from this underground church member, so he thought for a moment and said: "I don't need you.

What are you doing? I just have a few questions to ask you. After you answer them, you can leave."

"You ask! I will answer truthfully." Bayes nodded quickly.

Leo asked in a deep voice: "Are those Observer churches that are appearing now also a branch of your underground church? Why have I never heard of them?"

Hearing that Leo's question was not related to the secrets of his own church, Bayes immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said truthfully: "These churches are not members of our underground church, and I have never heard of them before.

Several churches. However, there is news from the Snake Mother Church. Do not easily enter the refugee areas controlled by these churches. I heard that it is because these churches have imperial support behind them. Once there is a conflict with them, the imperial army may be attracted.

.”

"What do you think?" Leo asked.

"My opinion?" Bayes asked in confusion: "Is it your opinion on these emerging churches?"

Leo nodded.

Bayes was silent for a moment and said: "I think these churches should be tools sent by the empire to divide the Miria refugees. As long as they join these churches, those Miria refugees will become vassals of the empire.

The people have plenty of food and safe shelter. As for the others, they are those who are unwilling to surrender. Once the war on the front lines subsides, the empire will definitely take care of these unwilling people."

After hearing what Bayes said, Leo also had a certain understanding of the True Eye family member in front of him. He knew that the other party should have learned some knowledge from the True Eye Church and could make some analysis of current affairs, but it was hindered by his vision.

The problem is that the analysis results have no reference value.

Seeing that Leo could not get more information about the Emerging Church of Ancient God from Bayes, he asked another person who wanted to know: "Do you know where the Ring of Plague is?"

This question made Bayes silent for a moment. It was obvious that this matter had already involved the secret plan of the Church of the Eye of Truth, but Leo did not press the question, but just looked at the other party quietly, and there was also a vague radiance on his body.

The bursts of power put a certain amount of pressure on the opponent's psychology.

"The Ring of Plague is in the hands of the blood wizard." Bayes finally couldn't bear the pressure and told the answer he knew.

After hearing this answer, Leo was stunned, but soon figured out why the underground church thought that the Ring of Plague was in the hands of the blood wizard. However, he had no intention of explaining it to Lawrence Hillman, but instead changed

topic, and asked the third question: "Do you know about the tragedy that happened in the fish market?"

"Tragedy?" Bayes was stunned, a little confused. After all, the fish market is the safest place in Miria City now, but that is only compared to other places in Miria City. In the fish market every day

There were many people who died due to various reasons, and there were countless things that could be regarded as tragedies, so he was not sure for a while which tragedy Leo was talking about.

"Skin it off and sacrifice it." Leo gave a hint.

After hearing this, Bayes's face immediately changed. His expression was full of fear and panic. He quickly defended: "This is not what we did. We no longer engage in sacrifices when preaching. That was a long time ago.

, now our method of preaching is no different from the methods used by churches in the Orthodox Church. It is just because of the propaganda of the Orthodox Church that we have the reputation of being evil believers."

It is not difficult to see that Bayes regarded Leo as a bounty hunter or night watchman chasing evil cultists, and quickly defended his church. However, he was obviously not a senior member of the church and did not know about the Church of the Eye of Truth.

The top core leaders will still conduct large-scale sacrifices from time to time to please their masters, just like the sacrifice that was destroyed by Leo and others.

"I know you didn't do it." Leo refuted the other party's excuse, indicating that the other party should not panic, and said: "I'm just asking, do you know who did it?"

Bayes' mood stabilized a little, and he recalled it carefully, and said: "I heard from the old man in the church that the murderer who committed this case did not appear recently. He also appeared in the past, and he appeared

If such cases are committed several times in the future, they will be hidden, and in a few years, when everyone has almost forgotten about it, it will appear again..."

"Wait!" Leo suddenly stopped Bayes. He seemed to be inspired by Bayes' words, and his face showed a look of contemplation. After a while, he said to himself: "Could it be that

Is this the purpose of what he did?"

After saying this, Leo raised his hand to indicate that Bayes could leave.

Seeing Leo's gesture, Bayes was stunned for a moment. He couldn't believe that the other party let him go so easily, but soon he realized that Leo did not continue to ask other questions. So he carefully

He walked backwards out of the ruined house. He didn't turn around until he had gone a long way, and ran for his life in an unidentified direction, which seemed to mean escaping from death.

Bayes' departure did not affect Leo's thinking. At this moment, he had obtained some inspiration and clues from Bayes' words just now, and could vaguely deduce who the murderer was who committed these murders.

Bayes just said that this is not the first time that this murderer has committed a crime. Every few years, when people are about to forget those murders, he will strike again and commit murders to arouse people's horrific memories of that murder.

In Leo's opinion, this casual remark may have been the murderer's purpose, so the murderer wanted to create long-lasting and intense fear.

Fear is the same as other ordinary human emotions. Once experienced too much, this emotion will become numb, and even worse, it will no longer be possible to feel fear.

However, when the fear is temporarily forgotten and there is still a trace of impression, and the fear is reawakened, the fear emotion generated in people's hearts will become stronger and last longer.

And for the murderer, not all fears are useful, because in the current city of Miria, the emotion of fear is generated all the time. If the murderer only needs fear, there is no need to commit such a murder, so the murderer needs

Fear can only be fear of him.
Chapter completed!