Chapter 53: Rescue
While contacting Hopper, Bob also found William from the laboratory.
Emma chose to return to Joyce's house alone because she couldn't stand the filth on her body.
After William packed his things, Bob took him to the fourth floor.
This was a monitoring room, with several large screens stacked on the table.
The scenery on the screen was moving.
"We got portable cameras from the Doctor; this is Hopper's camera position."
Bob pointed to one of the screens and explained.
William nodded and pulled a chair to sit down.
As the commander of this operation, he naturally wouldn't rush into the Upside Down.
This was definitely not out of fear!
If the entrance closed completely, William could only pray to the Lord to save him.
Moreover, there were monsters like Demogorgons inside, so he had to be careful at all times.
In case Hopper and the others were trapped, he could also provide powerful support.
So William chose to wait outside and oversee the whole situation.
At this time, Basement Level 1.
Hopper, Joyce, Brenner, and three officers were all wearing protective suits.
Coming here, Hopper understood Brenner's fear.
Silent corridors, ash floating in the air, and fluid black shadows everywhere.
They seemed to be in another world.
The strong light of the flashlight was absorbed by the black shadows, and the visibility was at most one meter.
They also had to guard against monsters that might appear at any time.
In such an environment, everyone was under great psychological pressure.
"Phew..."
Hopper tried hard to adjust his breathing.
Seeing an officer seemed unable to bear it, he hurried over to comfort him.
"Chief, can you hear me?"
At this time, the communication indicator light inside the glass mask lit up, and William's voice came from inside.
Everyone seemed to have found a backbone, and their expressions instantly brightened.
"Hey, William, can you hear us? Which way now?"
Hopper asked immediately.
"Keep to the right wall, go straight for 10 meters, then turn right."
William didn't waste time and gave specific instructions directly.
Hopper nodded upon hearing this.
After confirming that Joyce and the others also heard the instructions clearly, he took the initiative to walk in front to lead.
Joyce and Eleven followed closely behind.
Brenner was in the middle, with two officers behind him.
Just now, when he heard the voice from the communication device, his eyes widened immediately.
After confirming repeatedly that this was not a hallucination, Brenner looked even more shocked.
He looked down at the crucifix hanging on his chest, which was emitting a faint white light at this time.
Before coming down, the sheriff specifically instructed everyone to wear it.
And it was this thing that solved the problem of communication failure!
Brenner only felt his faith in "science" shaking.
And not only that!
He frowned, remembering the instruction just now.
"Can they ignore the obstruction of black shadows? How is this possible..."
That was exactly the case.
Inside the monitoring room.
William carefully identified the objects on the screen.
Under the influence of [Night Vision], he could clearly see the scene in the corridor.
For example, ten meters directly in front of Hopper's team, there was a human corpse with internal organs spilled all over the floor.
If they didn't change direction, they would definitely step on it.
Inside the corridor.
When the group stepped over the corpse, Brenner had to believe this fact.
At this moment, he was extremely curious about the man the sheriff called "William."
He wished he could return upstairs immediately to ask him.
Just like this, instructions came from the communication device occasionally, clear and concise every time.
This made Hopper's team extremely efficient, and they soon arrived at Basement Level 3.
No casualties occurred during this period, which seemed incredible to Brenner!
The last time he ordered the clearing of the laboratory underground, he lost most of his guards.
"Does the Lord really exist?"
...
The group soon crossed the entrance and officially entered the Upside Down.
It looked very much like Hawkins Town here.
Dim sky, floating ash, red light in the clouds.
The whole world seemed to be covered with a mysterious veil.
William communicated with Eleven, and the latter quickly located Will's location—Hawkins Middle School.
Joyce was moved to tears when she learned her son was still alive.
So the group quickly headed to the destination.
Inside the school, Hopper's group followed Eleven and finally found Will in an office.
It was overgrown with vine-like plants, and there were many skeletons on the ground.
Will was fixed to the wall by vines, with a tentacle-like thing inserted in his mouth.
Hopper tried to grab the end of the tentacle, and his hand immediately felt a slippery and elastic sensation.
He exerted force and pulled it out of Will's mouth, then threw it on the ground.
This tentacle looked at least 30 centimeters long; it was hard to imagine how much pain Will suffered.
Joyce's eyes were full of distress, and she hurriedly pulled her son from the wall.
Aside, the officers also found another missing person, Barbara, who was already in a very weak state.
Now that the goal had been achieved, the group relaxed a lot and decided to return immediately.
At this time, William's voice came again.
"You haven't returned safely yet, so you can't let your guard down, especially don't have thoughts like 'take a hot bath later'."
Several officers looked at each other.
This was also one of the many safety guidelines they couldn't understand.
"Let's go." Hopper patted his colleague.
"Second thing, pour gasoline along the way back." William said.
Since the Upside Down was too big, there was not enough time to purify everything with holy water.
So before coming in, William planned to use fire attack, which was also the weakness of Upside Down creatures.
The officers immediately opened the caps of the oil barrels and poured gasoline on those vines.
"I really fantasized about burning the school when I was a student." An officer said excitedly.
Soon, the group returned to the underground laboratory along the original route.
Chief Hopper took out a match, lit it, and threw it on the gasoline.
A flame ignited instantly, rushing into the Upside Down along the entrance.
"Time to let the guys in this world suffer a bit." Hopper said in a deep voice.
Inside the Upside Down.
The scorching temperature ignited the vines, and these creatures struggled and twisted on the ground.
At the same time, a bolt of lightning flashed across the distant sky.
A black shadow over a hundred meters tall (The Mind Flayer) appeared under the night sky.
Its body was composed of fluid black shadows, with a long and narrow head.
When it discovered the source of the fire, it issued a command.
Soon, several running figures appeared in the darkness.
Slender limbs, petal-shaped mouthparts, exactly the monsters that abducted Will at the beginning—Demogorgons.
The Demogorgons soon arrived at the entrance connecting the two worlds.
But Hopper had already set up holy artifacts according to William's instructions.
Plus Eleven's ability, these monsters couldn't step into reality at all.
At the same time, Brenner also turned off the particle accelerator.
The crack at the entrance became smaller and smaller. Before closing completely, everyone heard a heart-rending low roar.
Losing the influence of the Upside Down, the creatures remaining in reality soon lost their power, and those black shadows gradually disappeared.
Only then did everyone truly breathe a sigh of relief.
...
A few days later.
Hopper, Dustin, Joyce, and others saw William and Emma off at the intersection of the town.
Hopper stuffed a thick envelope into William's hand; this was a token of appreciation from the town residents.
Joyce hugged William enthusiastically to say goodbye.
On the night leaving the laboratory, William performed a full-body exorcism on Will.
After spitting out a few wriggling worms (slugs), Will recovered very well these days.
Nancy also stepped forward to hug William; this priest saved her most important friend (Barbara).
After her, Dustin and the other three also gathered around.
William emphasized the "Anti-Bullying Code" to them again and urged them to keep it in mind.
After saying goodbye to everyone one by one, he got into the car with Emma.
As for Dr. Brenner, he was controlled by Hopper after closing the entrance to the Upside Down, and should be drinking tea in some "non-existent department" now.
For such a dangerous element, William certainly wouldn't let him wander around.
The car soon drove away along the road.
...
On the night William left.
A black-robed man came to Hawkins Laboratory.
This person was hidden under a hood, but from the faintly exposed stubble, it could be seen that he was a male.
He came to the location where William purified the spider monster.
"Traces cleaned very thoroughly, such pure power."
The black-robed man muttered to himself.
At this time, a vibration suddenly came from his pocket; he took out a black mobile phone.
After connecting, a voice came from the other end: "Samael, did you get the Mind Flayer's vessel?"
Samael said in a deep voice: "Purified cleanly. Judging from the traces, at least 20-year-old holy artifacts."
"Which old man from the Church came out?" The voice on the other end showed surprise.
Then continued:
"This is the sacrifice for the ritual; we must get it. Something went wrong with Abaddon; he is being targeted by the Church, might need to find more children."
Samael snorted coldly: "He is still so useless."
The voice on the other end continued:
"Trouble you to look again, even entering the Upside Down is fine. I authorize you the power of 'Release'."
"By the way, investigate the background of that exorcist guy."
Samael raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: "Got it."
After speaking, he hung up the phone and ran toward the laboratory in the dark night.
Where he was standing was at least 50 meters from the building.
But in just an instant, Samael arrived at the door.
In the next second, he disappeared into the darkness.
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