The bishop is unfathomable.

Clearly, Wagner had wanted to bring this up for a long time.

After all, this is a real, life-threatening crisis, and there's no such thing as friend or foe identification.

At this juncture, with the entire area under martial law and entry/exit prohibited, fleeing is no longer an option.

The only hope is to disrupt the ritual and prevent it from functioning.

Li Wei took a deep breath after listening.

This is indeed a deadly and enormous crisis.

Just like Wag said, no matter whether the ritual succeeds or not, these "sacrifices" are definitely doomed.

Li Wei dared not gamble on whether the library's security measures could save his life.

After all, the fact that the esoteric practitioners knew the exact location and storage of a forbidden book proves that Curator Barris's statement was correct.

The existence of the Forbidden Book Archive is more likely to convince the public that banned books are blocked and guarded, rather than that all banned books are actually guarded.

You still have to rely on yourself.

I need to think of something to save my life.

After a brief moment of thought, Li Wei looked at his eight underlings, who were now quite convinced of his identity, and said, "Clearly, there is only one path left for us."

"Wag, do you know the area where their ceremony is set up?"

Wag nodded: "I know. But I only know one place."

"Although this kind of divine initiation ritual is complicated and cumbersome to set up, it is also relatively easy to break."

"If the goal is simply to prevent the divine descent, then destroying the integrity of the ritual array will suffice."

"But to prevent the sacrifice from taking place, the core needs to be destroyed; otherwise, even if the ritual ultimately fails, the offerings within the ritual area will still be sacrificed."

"The only thing that can be confirmed at the moment is that since the entire city has been included in the scope of the ceremony, then according to the basic rules of the ceremony, the core should be near the very center of the city, or in the four corners of the city."

"There are only five possibilities!"

"Mr. Li Wei, rest assured, I will lead my comrades to the designated location as soon as possible and then destroy it!"

After listening to Wagner's analysis, Li Wei felt a little more at ease.

So that's how it is. Is the core location relatively fixed?

It's much more convenient to have only five areas designated as core areas than to search for them in the city like looking for a needle in a haystack.

However, Li Wei shook his head: "No. You only need to find the approximate location."

"Leave the destruction to me. You all hide and behave like ordinary citizens for a few days."

"I don't want any more people to get hurt."

After speaking, amidst the varied gazes of the eight people, Levi looked up at Barney.

This seemingly ordinary middle-aged man always made Li Wei feel that there was something unusual about him.

How should I put it? They seem different from other survivors; they have a unique kind of self-confidence.

Moreover, he was the first person besides Wag to come up to him and talk to him.

From this perspective, both Wag and Barney should be considered capable assistants to the True Faceless Ones, as they have frequent contact with each other on a daily basis.

"There's one more thing."

"While searching for the ritual, let's see if we can find out where those children of the sand are going."

"And, confirm who the mole is in the Supervisory Bureau."

After saying that, Li Wei walked over to Ma Wei, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Come on. Take me to the alleyway near the main road, and then you can come back by yourself."

Ma Wei quickly asked, "Don't you need me to take you where you need to go?"

"No. You've already drawn too much attention. You've had too much contact with me. For the next while, you won't be driving the carriage anymore; someone else will take over."

After Li Wei finished explaining earnestly, he walked out the door first, and Ma Wei belatedly followed him, leaving the bar together.

After the two left, whispers suddenly broke out in the bar, mostly about Li Wei's personality changes.

They felt that the bishop seemed much gentler today. Was this really their bishop?

Could it be that, as the broadcast said, His Holiness the bishop is already dead?

Just then, Barney tapped the table with his knuckles to draw everyone's attention, and then said, "I know. To you, His Holiness the Bishop's reaction seems a bit off."

"But you haven't been members of the Order long enough, and you haven't spent much time with His Holiness the Bishop."

"He values ​​his companions more than you think. He just doesn't usually show it."

"The side effects of the transformation spell made his mind unstable, and the long-term transformation into other people's appearances and images also blurred his self-awareness."

"That's why he became cold and unpredictable."

"But there is one thing that has never changed: he never abandons his comrades and subordinates who are willing to follow him."

"That's why I, and Wagner, am willing to follow him."

"Don't try to guess what that person is thinking with your limited understanding, and don't easily believe the lies of the Supervision Bureau."

"At such a difficult juncture, we have no other choice."

"The lies and conspiracies of the Son of Sand have left us with nowhere to go."

"Now, our only hope of escaping danger lies with the undiscovered bishop. Moreover, he is only one step away from obtaining the forbidden book he has been searching for for so many years. If we can get that book..."

Seemingly remembering something, Barney stopped speaking and began to give orders: "Now, as His Excellency the Bishop instructed, form four groups of two to explore the city."

"Vag, the rest is up to you."

Wag nodded: "No problem, Barney, the deacon."

……

"Phew, finally out..."

Walking down the street, holding three white papers in his hand, Li Wei looked up at the twilight that was appearing at the end of the street.

We've finally managed to get through one phase.

However, we still have too little information at hand.

The only breakthrough should be that guy named Ma Wei.

He didn't have in-depth conversations with the others, but the bald Wag and the mustache-wearing Bani were clearly intelligent men, and it probably wouldn't be easy to get information out of them.

Judging from their reactions, I think my performance was fine.

A cold, taciturn, and expressionless cult leader.

It perfectly matches my imagination of the Tantric organization.

A gathering place for a group of gloomy, love-starved, attention-craving extremists.

Even the timid Ma Wei, on the way here, was eager to show off some of the cases he had committed.

For example, eyeballs are plucked from living people and used as fresh ritual materials.

Thinking of this, he looked down at the three white books in his hand, and the note inside the books that recorded the location of the banned books.

"Ultimately, it comes down to one's own strength."

"Otherwise, we wouldn't be so worried."

Then, Li Wei flagged down a horse-drawn carriage and headed to his temporary residence, 11 Buck Street.