Chapter 118: Ritual of Terror(1/2)
That night, the moon was hazy, and a vulgar figure appeared next to the building house without notice.
The black shadow was very familiar with the nearby terrain. Using the shadow of the building, he cleverly avoided the two guards patrolling at the door. In a corner that was not easy to detect, the black shadow climbed up along the wall and tiptoed into the blockhouse.
"Hmph, I have been born and raised in this place for decades, and I can move forward and retreat with my eyes closed. Can you stop me?"
Butler Pengza looked at the backs of the two guards disdainfully and thought to himself: You guys, just rely on this ability to protect the master? Standing there straight, how could you look like a guardian!
After entering the blockhouse, Peng Za observed the situation. Several side rooms were dull and it was already midnight, and most people should have been asleep.
In the middle of the building, there was a faint light in the largest hall. Peng Za slowly slipped over the corner of the wall and stopped under the shadow of a pillar. After observing closely, he found that the doors and windows of the hall were hung with thick black cloth, which seemed to be covering something.
You can see from the gap in the window that there is light coming out, and you can vaguely see the shadows in the room, as if there is a ceremony to be held.
But the standing place is a bit far away, the sight is not good enough, and it is difficult to see clearly.
Pengza vigilantly observed the scene around him. The guards at the door were blocked by the building and could not see the scene inside.
After confirming that he would not be discovered, he carefully approached the window, squatted on the ground and listened to the movement. After hearing nothing abnormal, his head slowly rose from under the window, pulled out the hidden knife in his arms, gently used the tip of the knife to open a gap in the black cloth, and walked forward, and looked in secretly through the crack of the window.
The hall was illuminated by several butter lamps as bright as day. On a thick pillar in the hall, three people were tied with chains. Peng Za, who had a superb memory, could tell at a glance that these three people were the three missing entourages who had disappeared before.
Strangely, these three people were shackled on their feet and tied with shackles that specifically punished slaves on their necks. They were dressed in rags and their eyes were dull, and they no longer had the spirit of showing off their former power. They sat on the ground in a daze, as if their souls had been removed.
This strange scene made Peng Za’s head numb.
Suddenly, a sound came from the hall, and the three zombie-like people struggled and twisted wildly, and their mouths were heard. Although their hands and feet were trapped by thick shackles and neck shackles, the chains were still rushing by them.
Peng Za quickly turned his head and looked to the center of the hall. When he saw it, Peng Za almost scared him out of his body.
There were several people wearing white coats and masks standing next to the wooden table in the hall. One of them was holding a bright knife in his hand and was busy with something against a bloody corpse.
On the table was a body with flesh and blood off - it was the body that Tibetans took to perform the sky funeral ceremony.
The body was gone below the calf, and the upper body was tied to the chopping board with thick ropes.
The muscles on the back, thighs and arms were cut open by the Sky Burial Master, revealing the white muscles and bones inside, and some muscle skin. Most of the scalp on the head was pecked away by vultures, revealing half of the white skull.
A white coat stabbed it in the abdomen, and the corpse suddenly twisted and struggled, twisted its head, and the eyes with the remaining half of its skin turned toward him.
A "Ao" scream cut through the silent night and floated over the tower house.
Several people in the hall were also startled and quickly turned their heads to look outside.
Butler Pengza was so scared that he peed all over his pants. At this time, he ignored the traces and rolled and crawled towards the door of the blockhouse.
At this time, a man in the hall quickly looked at him, rushed out in three steps, holding a strange pistol in his hand, and commanded in Tibetan: "Don't move!"
There was nothing he could move at all. At this moment, butler Pengza was already scared and lost his soul, not even caring about what others said. He howled at the top of his throat and rushed towards the door.
A crisp gunshot sounded loudly from behind his head. Peng Za felt a hot spring on his legs, as if something had hit him hard. A sharp pain came and rolled on the ground and couldn't get up.
The man who shot came over and stepped on Pengza's neck, and the black muzzle pointed at his head. Pengza was so scared that he closed his eyes and screamed.
"Don't beat him to death, this is the toast's housekeeper." A voice stopped the man.
At this time, a team of toast guards outside rushed over. Peng Za's screams alarmed the subordinates of the toast nearby. Seeing someone pointing at the butler with a gun. Everyone was shocked.
The housekeeper lay on the ground and howled, with tears on his face and tears on his nose, and a pool of blood or urine under him.
After all, these subordinates are well-trained. Seeing that the situation is wrong, they raised their guns in their hands and pointed them at foreigners.
At this time, the other entourages in the blockhouse were also awakened and came out one after another. They aimed the strange guns in their hands at the guard team. The two sides confronted each other, and it was inevitable that the fire would be fought.
Heinrich Halle shouted loudly in German and Tibetan: "Don't shoot! Don't shoot!"
After a while, Lazi Toast came with a large group of people holding bright torches.
"What's going on?" The toast looked at the butler lying on the ground, shocked and angry. He also had to look at the owner when he beat the dog. He would hurt the butler like this without calling him!
The butler was lying on the ground and was shocked and hurt, but his life had already gone 70% to 80% of his life. When he saw the master coming, he seemed to have suddenly had a backbone. He didn't know where the strength came from, so he climbed over with his hands on the ground.
While crawling, he cried and shouted: "Master, Master, they are holding evil rituals. They are evil ghosts. They are stealing our souls. They..."
He was confused and cried and shouted, but he didn't say anything.
After all, it was his first time to experience such a thing. He had no experience and didn't know what words to use to describe it.
"Master Toast, let's talk." Heinrich Haller took off his white coat and said calmly to the toast.
"Master, please don't listen to him, he wants to harm you." Pengza finally climbed to the toast and hugged the toast's calves with both hands.
"Master Toast, here." Heinrich Haller walked towards an open space next to him, indicating that there was no weapon in his hand.
Humph, Master, I have many people and many guns, so I don’t dare to do anything. At this point, Master Toys still doesn’t believe that these sincere guests will harm him. He shook his feet and threw away Pengza, walked up to see how this Hale explained this matter.
Haller bowed his head to the toast's ear, and the two were whispering something.
The remaining two groups of people stared at each other with big eyes, and no one dared to breathe. The weapons in their hands pointed at each other. They were afraid that the master would open fire and both the enemy and us would splatter blood on the spot.
It is obvious that the Tushi Master is crowded, but the people on Halle occupy the favorable terrain. Some of the members hid behind the door and some stood on the second floor and were condescending. Judging from their posture, they were all well-trained soldiers, with calm expressions and no look of panic like the guards.
The gun in his hand was also very strange, much shorter than their fork guns. He held both hands and was just in front of his chest, which looked very intimidating.
After Haller whispered to the toast, the toast's expression became more and more serious, but it was obviously not as angry as before.
He waved his hand to his subordinates and signaled to put the gun down. Haller also signaled his entourage to put away the gun.
Halle whispered to Master Toast again. Master Toast looked into the hall vigilantly through the open door.
You can see the scene in the hall at this angle. A wriggling body lies on the chopping board, and three struggling "zombies" are locked on the pillar.
Master Toast took a few steps back. Obviously, this scene shocked Master Toast very much, and he shook his head and waved his hand repeatedly.
It turned out that this Halle explained to the Master Toast that their entourage encountered evil demons in the mountains and were stained with filthy things. They were trying to find a way to heal them. If Master Toast gives them time, he would find a way to deal with evil demons and help the Master to eliminate evil demons to prevent future troubles.
The toast master looked solemn, obviously he didn't buy into these words.
After whispering a few words to Haller, he ordered his subordinates to withdraw from the building house - but he was surrounded by nearby people and no one was allowed to enter and exit.
He looked at Peng Za lying on the ground and arranged for someone to carry the butler out for treatment first.
The torches of the guards illuminated the lights around the blockhouse, and the chieftain transferred more people to the blockhouse, which made the blockhouse surround it.
Haller realized that the situation was not good, and the toast master was really angry. It seemed that he could not stay here for a long time, so he had to arrange his entourage to pack up his things and prepare to leave.
From a distance, the tower house was full of people and busy.
Several followers were holding guns and looking at everyone coldly from the window of the building room, but both sides were still tense.
In a tense atmosphere, I finally waited for the sunshine to rise at dawn.
After dawn, the toast who had finished washing and the butler who was carried on a stretcher came to the door of the blockhouse with his entourage. Peng Za was not seriously injured, and the bullet penetrated his calves, which was a piercing injury, without hurting his bones.
It seems that the shooter is very accurate and has a very decent shooting.
Although it was a minor injury, it took a lot of time for the servants to clean Peng Za's feces and urine.
Halle also brought several people from his side to appear at the door, and the two sides officially began negotiations. It was not so much a negotiation, but a toast announced the order:
“你们这批异教徒私自踏入神山,惹怒了神灵,因此神灵降祸于尔等,这三个不人不鬼的人就是惹怒神灵的下场.土司命令你们迅速离开这里,避免神灵发怒.”
Pengzatun paused and said, "You have moved our Tianzang's body without authorization and desecrated their souls - this behavior is a great offense to the respected Master Toast!"
"Considering the friendship you expressed before, Master Toshi will no longer pursue you for offending authority and hurting me - the gods will punish you as due! Some of you have been possessed by evil spirits, and you must leave here immediately before the gods bring greater punishment!"
Peng Zha lay on the stretcher, read the notice in a stern manner, and looked at Haller and others with a arrogant look, which was very different from yesterday's embarrassing image - after all, there were the toast master and hundreds of people in the hospital guard behind him.
Haller expressed his deep apology to the toast, and hoped to give some more time to pack his luggage and supplies so that they could safely take away the possessed people - of course, they would provide a large amount of compensation.
The toast shook his head and gave a death order, "You must leave here before the sun reaches the center of your head."
It seems that no matter how sincere you are, you cannot change your attention. Toast is also a very principled person.
Haller and others had to turn around and continue to pack up their things in a hurry. During this period, they collected a large number of precious samples and materials, and it would be difficult to take them all away.
Moreover, in this situation, it is unlikely that the toast master would borrow a few more animals.
They had to pack a few large boxes of important things, plus necessary food and water. The other entourage staff could bring more.
Finally, before the sun rose above his head, Haller and his group of more than a dozen people drove a few mules and horses and left under the surveillance of the toast guards.
The three "entourages" who were shackled and shackled were wrapped in black pockets and placed across the mule and horse's back.
After leaving the toast's building, Haller looked back, his eyes full of reluctance.
This expedition made unexpected discoveries. In a Himalayas called "Sacred Mountain" by the locals, they accidentally discovered a mysterious substance that could make people "immortal".
Such a discovery will definitely shock the world. What is the "Divine Army" that the head of state was thinking about day and night? He can help the head of state form an "undead legion"!
However, he needed time to study this mysterious substance.
Unfortunately, at the critical moment, butler Pengza suddenly appeared and destroyed his research plan. If I gave me some more time, I would have the opportunity to crack Shambala's secret, Halle thought regretfully.
Now that they have offended the Tusi, they have been expelled from the Tusi's sphere of influence, and can no longer get close to Shambara, and cannot obtain more samples. The only information in their hands is these three infected "ministers".
Haller looked at the back of Peter Ofschnette in front of him, and anger rose in his heart.
He became more and more angry with his companion. If Peter Offsnett hadn't shot and injured the housekeeper Penza, there might be room for maneuver. He could use the remaining treasures to win the trust of the toast and gain more time to study Shambara.
Heinrich Haller and Peter Ofschnett had been in a long time, and Haller had always been unable to stand Peter Ofschnett's arrogant aristocratic attitude. This guy was a Prussian nobleman and an elite SS. He never took himself, an Austrian-born civilian, seriously - he didn't take anyone seriously at all.
In theory, Haller was the captain of this expedition, but Peter Offschnette was the military commander of their team. Everyone had to obey his orders. There was no way, who made him Himmler's confidant?
Peter Offschnet, who was at the forefront of the team, was filled with anxiety. Although this adventure made unexpected discoveries, it also came to a lot of price.
To be continued...