The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle-Chapter 348 - 235 I am guilty of a terrible sin!

348: Chapter 235 I am guilty of a terrible sin!

348 -235 I am guilty of a terrible sin!

In the dim space, amongst the stench of rot and disinfectant, there was also a thick scent of blood.

Clearly, this place had long existed.

An old man in a white robe stood with his arms outstretched, “Venerable, the great Venerable is guiding us all.”

“We, who are deeply sinful.”

“Every one of us bears an endless burden of evil consequences.”

“Rather than say that all the pain originates from the black lines on our bodies, it’s that we have not let everything go.”

His voice echoed through the space, almost like a holy sound around the ear.

The congregation appeared devout, looking up with serene smiles, hands clasped together as if listening to scripture.

The old man looked on with satisfaction at those present; most had arrived about three months earlier and had now become newly reborn.

His gaze also fell on Su Qi and the young boy.

“Do not be frightened by everything here, the so-called instruments of torture are but to suppress your past sins, only in this way can you be baptized and be reborn.”

His voice was hoarse, yet filled with emotion, the abrasive tone gently spreading:

“All of you hold hope, the hope of new lives ready for change.”

“And now is the time to cleanse oneself of all sin.”

The old man’s words had just finished.

“Boom!”

The heavy hammers on the dome struck the heavy bell!

The violent vibration burst into everyone’s ears, drilling into their brains!

A trace of madness appeared in their eyes!

The bell…echoing, shattering, as if ten concert-grade speakers surrounded Su Qi, the air itself violently trembling!

The young boy gave a slight start, his expression initially uneasy and tense but now under the bell’s resonance, he slowly found a different kind of tranquility and involuntary serenity.

He even shook as he raised his hands, clasping them together under the incessant tolling of the bell.

“It seems to be…

psychological influence…” Su Qi also slowly brought his hands together, after all the old man, though spreading his arms wide, was watching them with a faint, almost imperceptible focus.

He himself would not be influenced, his right eye, the Spiritual Eyes, was not for show, Su Qi was unaffected.

Nor was he like the young boy, now mumbling and following the old man in chanting the word ‘Venerable.’

At that moment,

Su Qi also saw the actions of the others.

Everyone gently pulled back their clothing, revealing areas where the black lines spread, and with each inch, under the intense bell tones and the old man’s chanting of the Venerable’s name!

The black lines seemed to come alive!

They emitted a strong evil aura, anger, restlessness, murderous intent, all bursting forth in a torrent!

Su Qi also looked towards his own chest.

The black lines on his chest were also bursting and spreading!

The middle-aged man had mentioned earlier that these black lines could cause unbearable pain, like a Small Knife scraping against your flesh and bones, everyone feared these black lines, and only the daily baptism could alleviate the pain.

But only Su Qi could see.

The true face of these black lines, he now did not move to debunk them but complied with his hands clasped, his face bearing a harmless smile towards the old man.

As if he too had fallen into tranquility.

The old man calmly observed him and the young boy before slowly retracting his gaze.

“Now…

the baptism begins!”

“Bang!”

The surrounding walls suddenly lowered, revealing a series of prison-like enclosed spaces, inside were creatures wholly black…

covered in black like mummified Monsters.

Densely packed!

Astonishing!

Su Qi skims through the sight!

These mummy-like monsters, perhaps numbered in the thousands.

They wriggled like insects.

Their bodies reeked of a disgusting scent and radiated endless evil.

“These are the forms of sin,” the old man began softly:

“Now….”

The old man continued in a gentle, soothing tone: “Eliminate the evil consequences, punish the sin, cleanse oneself.”

“Let your sins disappear with their utmost pain, and have all your evil consequences meticulously removed from within.”

And in this gloomy space with hundreds of people…

apart from Su Qi nearly everyone was sporting a smile, as if they were truly listening devoutly to these words.

“What can I say…”

Su Qi found it hard to judge.

This rhetoric was full of holes, even worse than the pyramid schemes he had once busted.

However.

Su Qi could understand, the world here was full of insidious influences, psychological impacts, from the worship that began in the church, the peace and pleasantness of the violin, the warmth and cordial encounters along the way, plus this thing on the chest, like boiling a frog in warm water, various uneasy emotions would be plucked out bit by bit, leaving only warmth and calm in the heart.

The cages had not yet opened, and everyone was showing excited, bloodshot eyes, their hands eager to do something.

This was their baptism!

Once it was all done, their pain would subside, their hearts would gain greater peace, and they’d feel true happiness.

The dungeon slowly opened.

The crowd rushed in impatiently!

Even the young boy bit his lip, and after some struggle, began to move.

Yesterday, he could still reject all this.

But today he had already fallen into it.

Everything in this world was like boiling a frog in warm water, no matter who entered this world, in the end, they would all…

uniformly dressed in white, uniformly showing smiling faces, devoutly chanting the name of the Venerable.