“Ugh…”

Su Zhou expressionlessly tightened the belt in his hand, and then stopped looking at the two corpses in front of him, their necks strangled by his belt. They were completely lifeless and no longer struggling. He nodded thoughtfully.

“The Holy Serpent Liran Society? I didn't expect such an organization to exist in modern society.”

On this planet, ancient religions had all self-terminated a thousand years ago. According to the last generation of clergy, 'Our historical mission has been completed. From now on, the earth no longer needs gods.' After that, they collectively disbanded and disappeared, leaving only some buildings and books as cultural remnants.

However, although religion disappeared, the 'mystery' hidden behind, and even suppressed by, many religions did not completely dissipate.

Whether it was Western exorcism or Eastern mountain clearing and temple breaking, most of the ancient mysteries were completely eliminated, but some survived. One part of this was the predecessor of the organization called the Holy Serpent Liran Society, which the two dead men had mentioned.

As the name suggests, this mysterious organization called the Holy Serpent Liran Society is an ancient secret society that worships the 'Holy Serpent Spirit'. They pursue mysterious knowledge from other worlds, engage in free love, and seek eternal life. For the past few hundred years, the Liran Society has been persistently communicating with the great existences in the 'Void', intending to trade with Him for various mysterious powers and knowledge.

This organization's power is not considered large, but it is deeply hidden. Like the two corpses at his feet, they were both farm owners in the central United States. They usually didn't communicate much with others, nor did they go to big cities, so no one would suspect their identities. Occasional trips abroad were just for tourism, which was not strange at all for Americans.

What's more, behind this organization, there are a large number of wealthy people and high-ranking officials who want to live forever.

Of course, in addition to the rumored 'eternal life', many people joined in order to obtain 'transcendence' and protect themselves in the new era of the future.

In recent millennia, the laws have become obscure, religions have declined, and the myths and legends of the past have all turned into urban legends, or even melted into history, with their inheritance cut off.

However, within the Holy Serpent Liran Society, an ancient prophecy has always been preserved:

[One day, the departed will return, the silent will be resurrected, and those who once left will surely return to the earth again]

This prophecy is essentially useless, because the world has been very peaceful for the past thousand years. Even the Liran Society can only hide and conduct rituals secretly. As for the success rate, it fails ninety-nine times out of a hundred. The remaining one time can only be said that no one died.

Logically speaking, the Liran Society should also gradually dissipate in time.

However, in the past fifty years, a large number of spiritual entities have been born and evil creatures have reappeared all over the world—similarly, it was from this time that the success rate of rituals greatly increased, spells began to take effect again, and the Liran Society also had a visionary leader who led the entire organization to absorb a large number of members around the world during this period, and organized rituals to obtain a large amount of mysterious knowledge.

The two unlucky guys who were strangled to death by him joined the organization because they witnessed the power of the Liran Society and were attracted by the future announced in the prophecy.

“According to these two guys, the past ten years have been the most intense ten years of transcendent awakening. From '04 to '14, these past ten years, even ordinary people who die without resentment may condense into spiritual entities and wander in places with dense spiritual energy.”

Su Zhou corresponded the information he had extracted to his own experiences and immediately discovered the key point—ten years ago, wasn't that when he began to see ghosts and hear spiritual sounds?

He was actually among the first ordinary people to notice the awakening of transcendence?

In short, Su Zhou knew that the Liran Society was opening the Void Ritual this time in order to hold the last large-scale ritual before the revival of spiritual energy, communicate with a great existence, and obtain the 'Blood of the Holy Serpent Spirit', which is also known as the 'Blood of Eternal Life'!

For this purpose, all major branches around the world have joined forces to provide all kinds of resources, all in order to make this transaction successful.

According to the leader of the Liran Society, this sacrifice is very important, and the offerings can be not only intelligent creatures but also mysterious objects full of spirituality. Therefore, many members in various regions could not come in person for various reasons, so they sent a large number of extremely precious mysterious objects in order to get a share of the 'Blood of Eternal Life'.

The American branch, where the two people Su Zhou killed were located, sent two mask-like sacred objects. But even so, these two mysterious objects were not the most precious. In the European branch, they even obtained more and rarer mysterious objects from the ancient ruins of the Canaan region thousands of years ago.

For example, a small piece of mysterious wood fragment, and a small section of tree branch that had already fossilized.

“This place is really strange.”

Su Zhou didn't completely believe what the two white members had blurted out. For example, now, although they cried and told the location of the Liran Society's warehouse and armory, Su Zhou was still wondering if it was a trap, and whether the reported location was a gathering place for combat personnel or something like that.

But it didn't seem like it—these guys, who were obviously ordinary members and couldn't stand a little torture, might not know much real information, but if they did know, they shouldn't be lying so naturally.

“In any case, this place is indeed the ruins where the ancient Shan people sacrificed to the 'Seven-Headed Serpent God'. The Liran Society is using the huge residual spirituality here to communicate with the great existence in the void.”

Thinking of this, Su Zhou turned his head to look into the depths of the cave. The long cave was extremely deep, and it was hard to imagine how ancient people could identify directions and hold sacrifices in such a cave. His expression was serious: "Most of the tourists have been taken as offerings for the transaction and placed in the rooms next to the prayer hall… It seems that saving people won't be so easy."

—But so what? Charge in first!

Saving people is difficult, but first of all, he must stop these damned bastards and never let the Liran Society's ritual succeed!

Otherwise, even if he rescued the people and escaped from this primitive jungle, the Liran Society, which had successfully traded and greatly increased its power, could easily catch them back.

He must not allow the enemy to accomplish what they want to do. Therefore, Su Zhou has put the task of 'stopping the Liran Society from completing the ritual' first, and it is also a prerequisite for all his goals.

He had already made this resolution to be an enemy of an entire great mysterious organization when he got into Sukra and others' car.

Dragging the two corpses, he came to a sinkhole leading to an unknown place. Su Zhou threw them into the depths of the sinkhole, and then pushed the cart as if nothing had happened, continuing to walk towards the bottom of the sinkhole.

At this time, Su Zhou could hear a lot of people walking and moving supplies in the depths of the cave… The Void Ritual had not yet begun. As offerings for the transaction, the tourists should not have been killed yet, and there was still a chance.

Therefore, before taking action, he wanted to go to the Liran Society's material storage and armory according to the route mentioned by the two unlucky guys to see if he could find something that could create greater chaos and a way out.

Even if it was a trap, there was no other way. The benefits and risks were offset, and a choice had to be made.

Along the way, he encountered several members of the Liran Society, but because of Su Zhou's disguise and the natural greetings and actions when pushing the cart, they subconsciously ignored this guy who looked a bit dangerous. As members of the Liran Society, even if they didn't know magic, they were themselves highly spiritual and knew that it was best not to provoke 'dangerous' people.

Of course, there were also some who suspected this unfamiliar face. Even if Su Zhou's appearance wasn't as beautiful as Pan An, he was definitely at the level of a school heartthrob. Plus, he was so young, there was no way they would not remember him if they had seen him.

However, just as several Asian faces frowned, seeming to want to step forward and ask Su Zhou about his origins, a bell suddenly rang from the depths of the cave.

The bell was soft and ethereal, as if from a distant time and space.