Chapter 163 The Truth of God
“The Plague Cult and the Dream Cult are both extremely dangerous cults. They believe in terrible evil gods and have made a mess of the world. They are people who cannot resist temptation and betray the truth.
As for the followers of the God of Plague, I can somewhat understand their motives, but the followers of the God of Dreams are simply a bunch of cowards!
Sorry... I'm a little excited, but what I said is true. Those guys betrayed the truth and lost their conscience... Those two horrible evil gods are turning all humans back into beasts. "
"I understand." Su Ming smiled.
"I'm sorry, I complained too much. Since you two are not husband and wife, I will arrange two rooms for you. Although our village is simple, there are still many empty houses."
"Thank you, but no need. We can live together." Su Ming said immediately.
Sara blinked and looked at Flora, who nodded, "We can just sleep in the same room."
"Okay, call me anytime if you need anything. Just go out and say Sarah to them, or say High Priest to them, and they will bring you to me. Although they don't understand Chinese, I have taught them these two words."
"Thank you for your help."
"You're welcome."
The door closed by Sarah made a slight sound and the room returned to silence. Alice squatted quietly at Su Ming's feet, observing the ants crawling on the ground.
Alice was very well behaved during this trip. She never said anything extra and just followed Su Ming silently without causing any trouble.
Alice noticed Su Ming's gaze, raised her head, stared at Su Ming with a sweet smile. Su Ming also smiled and touched Alice's head.
To be honest, he had thought that it would be very inconvenient to move around with Alice, but now it seemed that he had overthought. It was not a problem at all to bring Alice along. The only problem was that Alice moved slowly.
But this problem is also easy to solve. Alice is petite and light. Su Ming, who has broken through the limits of his physical body, can run wildly with Alice on his back without slowing down.
"There is a fire- type mutant. Let's take away his power." Flora said.
“……”Su Ming was silent.
He remembered what Sylvie had said at the beginning. Perhaps Sylvie's point of view was correct, and his right choice in the Black Gate was to kill those children.
Although common sense suggests that those children are innocent, the other party posed a threat to their lives.
And now, he faces a new choice: to kill the fire-type mutant and take away his superpowers, or to uphold his own justice and not kill the other party.
This choice is much more difficult than the previous choice at the Black Gate. The young man named Anthony did not pose any threat to them and was much more innocent than those children.
In fact, he could have avoided this situation. In the beginning, he paid too much attention to the coordination between the superpowers and kept the water superpower and the mist. In the end, because of the appearance of [Xia Xiaoyu Exclusive], he had to give up one of them, which eventually led to the replacement of all the superpowers.
Now think about it, if I had listened to all the prisoners' abilities in advance and then attacked them in order, I would have been able to keep the one with the strongest attack power, [Use Fire].
This was a strategic mistake made by Su Ming. If it hadn't been for this mistake, he wouldn't have to worry about whether to kill someone.
But Su Ming also knew that even if he escaped the choice this time, the same choice would appear before him again and again in the future, and there would always be a time when he could not escape it.
He thought of Ye Xing that Sylvie had mentioned, a legendary figure like him, a good old man... but he died in the end.
Will I end up being like him?
This mission was no more dangerous than the previous ones. He was not the only one facing the threat of death. If he died...
Su Ming looked at Xia Xiaoyu silently.
"Su Ming?" Flora pushed him.
“Once you have found out the weaknesses of the dreamer and the plague messenger, then take action.” Su Ming said coldly.
He made a decision.
He is no longer righteous.
…
In the evening, Xia Xiaoyu came back.
Su Ming had asked Xia Xiaoyu to leave with the high priest before, just because he wanted to see what kind of work this so-called high priest did in this village, but he didn't expect that the information Xia Xiaoyu brought back was far more than he imagined.
"Important information! They are using us!" Xia Xiaoyu said as soon as she entered the room. "I don't know why, but those two people were communicating in Chinese in private!"
"Communicate in Chinese?" Su Ming frowned in confusion. "Why are they using us?"
"These people actually hope that we can help them fight against the Oneiroi Cult and the Plague Cult. Their words are very vague, and I can only understand them according to my own thoughts.
From what I heard, it seems that every god in this world is hostile to each other, and the God of Plague and the God of Dreams are the two most powerful gods, and there is an ongoing war between the two sides.
Compared with these two major religions, the Church of Hope is just a small religion. The other two religions are too lazy to attack them, but I think if people from the other two religions accidentally discover their existence, they will probably choose to destroy them.
That’s why they want us outsiders to join the Church of Hope to deal with the people from the other two sects.”
"So that's how it is. I understand!" Su Ming suddenly realized.
The problem that had been bothering Su Ming was solved. He knew why the old man's two answers were contradictory.
The first answer is that the old man lied because he wanted to take advantage of outsiders like them, so he felt that his behavior did not help them, so it was considered a lie.
As for the second answer, the old man replied that he really wanted to help them, and because his assistance could help them escape the pursuit of the other two cults, it was indeed a kind of help, so he did not feel that he was lying.
In the eyes of the believers of Hope, these outsiders should be in a relationship of mutual benefit.
"What else did they say?" Su Ming asked.
Xia Xiaoyu: "The other thing... seems to be talking about things in the village. It seems that in addition to this village, there are other villages not far from here, but now some villages seem to have lost contact. There are also other things they said, but those words were all spoken in the local language, so I couldn't understand them."
"It doesn't matter. We have enough information. I'm afraid those villages are also in danger, just like the tree house village we came from." Su Ming said.
The connection between the villages, the relationship of mutual benefit, in an instant, Su Ming thought of more.
Assuming that they entered here through the white fog, if it was a natural phenomenon, then the outsiders should be a resource that the three major sects are competing for.
But the current situation is that both the Plague Cult and the Oneiroi Cult want to kill outsiders, so the only hope is for the Cult to win over outsiders.
The answer is obvious. The first two sects believe that outsiders like them have no possibility of becoming believers because they are people who hope to be pulled in from another world by the sect!
"White mist... should be something created by the God of Hope." Su Ming said softly, and he also said this to Flora.
Flora and Xia Xiaoyu both showed surprised expressions and fell into deep thought. Then not long after, they almost simultaneously showed expressions of sudden enlightenment.
Because Flora couldn't hear the information Xia Xiaoyu said, she could only think about the conclusion drawn by Su Ming. After a long time, she nodded in agreement.
"Indeed, this seems to make sense! The timing of the old man's appearance was such a coincidence!" said Flora.
"That's right. The other two sects are hunting us. They probably assume that we are the enemy. If we hope to pull God in, then it would be clear," said Xia Xiaoyu.
"The cause of the white fog is the God of Hope, and the white fog is still spreading, which shows that the power of the God of Hope is still getting stronger." Su Ming said.
"How do the gods in this world become stronger?" Flora asked.
Su Ming glanced at the other party and said, "Didn't you hear the high priest mention the divine contract before?
Look at the people we met before, they are all skinny and malnourished. They have enough food and drink, but they are willing to starve. There are also traces of self-mutilation on the arm of the high priest, as if some rune was cut on it. "
Flora touched her chin and frowned. "Now that you mention it, it's really strange. That person also said that the extremely simple lifestyle is God's will."
"What a bullshit God's will. Don't you think it's very similar to the devil's?" Su Ming sneered.
Flora reacted and felt a chill on her head.
Demon? Could the devil develop into a religion that covers the entire world?!
To the extent that a demon that sucks away the lives of people all over the world can become...
Flora couldn't imagine that in the original world, demons of the level of Chaos Demons alone were enough to cause headaches for all alliances, and the three demons here actually regarded all the humans in this world as nutrients!
It's unbelievable!
Xia Xiaoyu, who was standing nearby, had a look of doubt on her face. Su Ming's guess was too bold. She had never heard of such a demon who established a religion all over the world.
"No way, this is too exaggerated." Flora couldn't believe it.
"I feel that this is the case." Su Ming said.
"How powerful can such a demon be?" Flora's originally fair face turned pale in an instant, "We can't possibly win!"
"Calm down, we are not here to kill demons, we are here to solve the white fog incident."
"How to solve it?" Flora looked up and asked.
"I don't know yet. I have to investigate first before I can come up with a solution."
…
The next day, Su Ming asked Sarah about the weaknesses of the believers of the other two gods and learned some key information.
Among the many believers under the God of Plague, the largest number are the infected. These infected people are relatively easy to deal with. Ordinary people with good organization can easily deal with those infected people.
But if an infected person disguises himself and sneaks into a town, it may very likely lead to the destruction of the town.
However, it is also very simple to prevent and control the infection. All you need to do is to keep people on alert in real time, kill the infected people from a long distance before they get close, and then burn them with flames.
More troublesome than the infected are two other more common types of higher-level followers, creatures known as Plaguebringers and Corrupters.
These two creatures are almost invincible and it is impossible to fight against them with human power. The former manipulates thousands of poisonous insects to reap lives, while the latter directly devours living things.
