Chapter 453 Capel Castle(1/2)
Luo Lie stood at the window and observed the intersection leading to the flea market through a telescope. Lin Geni left here just now. Luo Lie guessed that Lin Geni's trip should be related to the base. As a member of the base, she must abide by discipline. In order to meet the so-called confidentiality principle, she politely declined her request to go with her.
Seeing Lin Geni's slim figure finally appeared at the intersection, Luo Lie felt relieved and he put down his telescope.
Not long after, Lingeni returned to the hotel and took off her golden wig: "It's so hot!"
Luo Lie said: "Have you had breakfast yet? I bought you a hamburger."
Lingeni took off her high heels, ran over barefoot, hugged Luo Lie and kissed him on the lips: "You are so nice to me."
Luo Lie noticed the vinyl record she brought: "It was bought from the flea market?"
Lingeni nodded, then opened the envelope and found a mini data card from it. She first interpreted the data card using the computer.
A video of Lu Mingxiang being hijacked appeared on the computer. Luo Lie and Lin Geni looked at the video and felt a heavy feeling. Lin Geni said, "What should I do?"
Luo Lie said without hesitation: "Go and save people!"
Luo Lie's decisive attitude moved Lin Geni. She thought that Luo Lie made such a decision because of herself. She whispered: "Uncle Lu saved me and raised me again. Thank you for understanding me."
Luo Lie smiled and said, "I did this not just for you. In fact, you, Uncle Lu's grandfather, was once my friend of life and death. No matter what, I can't watch something happen to his younger generation." Lin Geni smiled and said, "If you don't say it, I forgot that you are so old."
Luo Lie smiled and said, "I dislike me."
Lingeni shook her head: "You are not old at all, you should be stronger."
The two met and both understood the meaning of this sentence. Lingeni blushed: "I'll go for a meal."
Luo Liedao: "I'll check the information about this Capal Castle."
Lin Geni and Luo Lie came to the parking lot according to the guidance on the vinyl record. Lu Jianyang gave them the right to choose freely. They could choose to go to the Capal Castle to save people, and they could also choose not to go. In fact, Lu Jianyang knew Lin Geni. He knew that Lin Geni would definitely go, but he didn't know about Luo Lie and could not be sure whether Luo Lie would take risks for his own affairs?
Lingeni pointed to the ragged Ford Raptor. The pickup truck should have a history. Although the car was old, it was washed clean and the thick tires had just been replaced. Lingeni threw the key to Luo Lie. Luo Lie opened the car door, came to the driver's seat to sit down, started the car, pressed the opening and closing button of the trunk, and the baffle of the pickup truck's cargo box slowly rose. Lingeni stood in front of the cargo box, and she cheered, and there was a small arsenal hidden in the cargo compartment.
Lu Jianyang made sufficient preparations for their infiltration this time. Lin Geni signaled Luo Lie to close the cargo box quickly. For fear of attracting other people's attention, she came to the passenger seat and sat down, pressed the password to open the glove box, and took out a black box from it.
Lingeni opened the box, which contained a pair of grey bracelets of guns. She couldn't control the surprise in her heart and let out a whimpering cheer.
Luo Lie glanced into the box, and he couldn't see anything worth surpriseing about the pair.
Lingeni said: "This is the top armor on the base."
Luo Lie said: "Don't we have bulletproof vests?"
Lingeni said: "This is a nano armor. I have participated in the development. I thought I was still in the development stage. I didn't expect that they had already made samples."
Luo Liedao: "Sample?"
Lingeni said: "You must not underestimate this set of armor. It is made of special materials. The cost of each set of armor is as high as 100 million US dollars. If you include previous research funds, it will be even more inestimable."
Luo Lie said: "Oh, it's quite expensive. You mean, if you wear this armor, you will become a billionaire."
Lingeni smiled and said, "So that's it." She put on a bracelet. After turning on initialization, the bracelet began to automatically match her nervous system.
Luo Lie focused on driving and looked at Lin Geni from time to time. After nearly half an hour, he still didn't see any nano armor appearing on Lin Geni's body. He couldn't help but wonder whether this armor was in the experimental stage or might have failed.
Just as Luo Lie was thinking secretly, silver armor pieces appeared on Lin Geni's left arm. These armor pieces quickly combined together to completely cover her left arm. Lin Geni just tried to defend locally. She activated her helmet again. Luo Lie sighed and said, "Don't interfere with my driving."
Lingeni said: "I think we should take a break." There are still three hours left before the agreed time. According to their current progress, they can arrive at Capal Castle one and a half hours in advance. Lingeni has to take an hour to get used to this set of nano armor with Luo Lie.
The Capal Castle is located in the north of Prague. This castle has a long history but is not very famous. It stands alone in the wilderness. There are no farms within a radius of ten kilometers. The residents around it rarely come here, let alone tourists.
According to the information found by Ringeni, the Capal Castle is called the Curse Land. Before the 17th century, it once belonged to the Duke of Capal. It was surrounded by large vineyards and five farms that made a living by vineyards. However, a Black Death that swept across Europe caused all the residents of this area to die from illness. In the 18th century, a nun came to Capal Castle to rebuild the monastery. At most, there were nearly fifty nuns in the monastery. However, on a Christmas night, all the nuns died bizarrely.
The Holy See specially sent people to investigate, and all the people who came to investigate died mysteriously without exception. The incident became more and more evil. All the residents who originally lived around the Capal Castle moved away and soon abandoned the place.
After the end of World War I in the early 20th century, a wealthy man took a fancy to the surrounding scenery and bought a large area of land including the Capel Castle to repair the castle. He hired workers at high prices, but a murder occurred shortly after the start of construction. A craftsman took advantage of the other workers' sleeping, and then he hanged himself in front of the monastery.
This incident shocked the local church and even alarmed the Holy See. The Holy See sent the most powerful exorcist, but this time it ended in tragedy. The exorcist hanged himself at the place where the craftsman hanged himself. The rich man no longer dared to approach the castle. On his way back to Paris, he encountered a train crash, and the rich man's family died in a bad life.
The Capal Castle was once again an unwelcome place. Until after World War II, a group of archaeologists came here to explore the truth, but members of the archaeological team also had accidents one after another, either going crazy or getting infected with a strange disease. From then on, the Capal Castle was regarded as a forbidden area, and no one dared to approach within a radius of ten kilometers.
Until twenty years ago, someone bought this place, and everyone was waiting for the tragedy to come. But the mysterious buyer not only did not encounter any curse, but instead repaired the Capel Castle. However, few people dared to visit this place in the past twenty years, and no one received an invitation from the owner.
Luo Lie and Lingeni drove into the gate of this wasteland. This wasteland was surrounded by rusty barbed wire. Inside the barbed wire was a forbidden place and a curse place in the hearts of the locals.
The pickup truck came to the front door and opened slowly. Lingeni said: "The barbed wire is just a appearance. There is a detector every distance, which can detect any creature within twenty meters of the surrounding area."
Luo Lie drove into the gate. The road was paved with gravel, and the large tires of the pickup truck crushed on it, making a rustling sound, as if it was raining. Luo Lie did not see fresh ruts on this road, and whispered: "It seems that no one else is here except us."
Lingeni shook her head and said, "Maybe there are other passages, maybe they are passing through the air." According to the air detector installed in the car, it was determined that the air outside had no toxins, and it was even much fresher than the air in Prague. Lingeni fell down the car window and let the evening wind blow in from the car window.
It was already 8:30, and the sky was not yet dark. The sunset gradually sank into the distant horizon and night was about to fall.
Luo Lie said: "We are here, will they let Lu Mingxiang go?"
Lin Geni showed her eyebrows and frowning. According to her analysis of previous kidnapping incidents, the possibility of the kidnappers being released is not high. Now they only hope that the hostages are still alive. Lin Geni said: "I hope Ming Huayang is here."
Luo Lie glanced at her. Lin Geni said a lot about her past these days. Luo Lie knew that the person Lin Geni hated the most was Ming Huayang, and her greatest wish was to kill his enemies with his hands to avenge his parents. Luo Lie also hoped that Ming Huayang would appear. He did not want to kill Ming Huayang, because only Ming Huayang could continue the life that Lin Geni had left.
When she first met Lin Geni, Luo Lie felt that her appearance was somewhat similar to Lan Ximei, but in fact her temperament was completely different from Lan Ximei. Lin Geni suffered too much and learned to endure since she was a child. However, she was jealous of evil and could not rub a piece of sand in her eyes, while Lan Ximei was much more flexible. Lan Ximei had no concept of good and evil in her heart. She had her own temperament in her work. If the biggest similarity between the two was that they were extremely persistent in their relationship, but they met the same self.
The afterglow of the setting sun gradually dimmed, and several figures were shaking in the distant fields. Lingeni picked up the telescope and observed it. She found that the people were walking slowly and their eyes were dull. She whispered: "Maybe they are zombies!"
Luo Lie said: "Don't pay attention to them, we just need to arrive at the place on time."
The road ahead suddenly became narrow and the pickup truck could no longer move forward. The two had no choice but to get off the car and walk. After choosing weapons, they continued along the path ahead. When they walked into the woods ahead, the night suddenly fell.
Luo Lie turned on the hand lamp to illuminate the road. Lingeni found that the two bottles of tree trunks were peeled off, and strange symbols were painted with blood-red paint.
Luo Liedao: "Bluffing, deliberately scary."
Lingeni heard that he was deliberately comforting himself and smiled and said, "I am not that timid. Besides, with you by my side, even if there are lonely ghosts running out, you can still protect me."
A shrill howl suddenly came from the woods. Luo Lie and Lin Geni turned their heads at the same time. The two of them suppressed their curiosity and walked quickly towards the castle. After all, their main task tonight was to rescue Lu Mingxiang, and they should not be attracted too much attention by other things outside.
Walking out of the woods, you will see the ancient castle in front of you. The castle is a typical Gothic building. The spire of the building is like a sharp sword pointing to the dark night. The sky is covered with clouds, covering the moon and not seeing stars. From here, you must first pass through a suspension bridge. The suspension bridge is as long as the castle is like an ancient castle. The rusty iron chains are whirling back and forth, and the wooden boards under your feet also make a squeaking sound, making people worry that the wooden board may break at any time.
Below the suspension bridge is a nearly dry riverbed. It has not rained recently. There are only a few puddles left in the riverbed. You can see the spots of white bones in the riverbed. I don’t know if it is the bones of humans or some kind of animal.
The gate of the castle was closed, and there was no light in all the windows of the castle, which made them wonder if there was anyone here?
Luo Lie raised his wrist and looked at the time. There was still one minute left before the agreed time. He and Lin Grenni gave their eyes, and they decided to wait until the time came.
Time passes in a second and a second while waiting.
The two of them never felt that a minute seemed so long.
A huge crow flew past them with a loud chirping sound.
Luo Lie glanced at his watch again, and the bell of the monastery in front of the right rang on time.
When the minute hand and hour hand become a standard right angle, the gate of the castle slowly opens.
The disrepaired door shaft made a low and harsh friction sound, which seemed to come from hell.
Luo Lie noticed that a window above the castle had lights on. The lights were pale, making people feel the warmth of light at all. Instead, an inexplicable weirdness emerged from the bottom of his heart.
The passage behind the gate also lit up lights, and they heard the sound of slow footsteps. A man in a black robe walked slowly towards them with an old kerosene lamp in his hand. Because he was carrying a cloak and lowered his head, he could not see his face clearly.
The man stopped about two meters away from them and said in a low German language: "Come?" He slowly raised his head, and the light illuminated his pale face, his hair and eyebrows were white, and even his eyes were grayish white. This was clearly an albino.
Luo Lie said: "Here you come!"
The albino said, "Master is waiting for you." He turned around to guide the two of them.
Lingeni said: "Where are our people? We want to prove that he is still alive."
The albino raised his head and looked at the tower in the distance. Luo Lie and Lingeni looked along his gaze and saw a person hanging on the cross of the tower. The figure of the man was shaking with the night wind. Lingeni took out the telescope and confirmed the identity of the man.
Lin Geni soon verified that the person hanging on the cross was Lu Mingxiang, and more importantly, he is still alive.
The albino said, "Can you leave now?"
Lingeni insisted: "You let him go first!"
The albino said, "Don't worry, he doesn't matter."
Luo Lie nodded to Lin Geni. The other party would not release Lu Mingxiang now, because Lu Mingxiang is still a useful card to them, and maybe he would use Lu Mingxiang's life to threaten them.
The two followed the albino and walked into the castle. The heavy gate behind them slowly closed. They first passed a small square, and then entered the corridor from the stairs on the left. The structure of the castle was like a maze.
Without the guidance of the albino people, they would have to spend some time to find the location of the castle hall.
Lingeni quietly started the detector and used the detector to outline the terrain of the castle, in order to prepare them to leave here.
Luo Lie was a little surprised. Until now, they had not seen anyone else appear, except for the albino who led the way.
The door of the hall was also closed. The albino came to the door and stopped. The door slowly opened. Lingeni believed that the door should have sensing devices, because they were deliberately mysterious and deliberately creating a terrifying atmosphere.
The albino stopped moving forward and signaled Luo Lie and Lingeni to walk into the hall by themselves.
Luo Lie smiled and said, "The owner here is very mysterious." After saying that, he walked in with his head held high, and Lin Geni followed him closely.
The hall was dimly lit and oil paintings were hung around it. This was a portrait of the members of the Capal family. They did not see the figure of the owner as soon as they came up, but a full-body portrait in front of them suddenly moved. Luo Lie thought he was dazzled, but after looking carefully, he found that the person was standing in front of the oil painting.
This is a woman wearing 18th-century court costume. Her hair is as white as frost, her skin is not a trace of blood, her eyes are a little red, and she looks at the two guests coldly.
Lin Geni thought the owner of this place was Ming Huayang, but she didn't expect that she was just an albino woman. She couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. She looked at the white-haired woman and said, "Are you the owner of this place?"
The white-haired woman looked at them with her eyes alertly, and a strange roar appeared in her throat. She stretched out her hands, her fingernails were extremely long, and she grabbed it in the air and said, "You will all die here. I will take out your heart, I will eat your heart!" The bright red tongue stretched out from her lips. Her tongue turned out twice as long as an ordinary person, dancing in front of her like a poisonous snake spitting a letter.
Luo Lie whispered: "Monsters, all of them are monsters."
Lingeni said: "Where is Ming Huayang? I hope you can keep your promise and let that person go!"
To be continued...