Chapter 116 You are the real lunatic
Ferdinand's physical condition has recovered at this time. Although the death of the original space-time creature caused him some damage, the energy fluctuation level was low after all, so this minor injury was not a big deal.
When Ferdinand saw that several believers led by Gao Jingwu did not train their synaesthesia abilities, but used conventional methods to enhance the power of genetic and mechanical pathways, he could not help but frown again. He had found a new breakthrough.
"What's wrong with these people?"
"The conditions for joining our Spacetime Knights have always been very strict. Only those who have mastered the ability of synesthesia and have a deep connection with time and space can be absorbed into our Knights Order and become believers. Our Knights Order has always attached great importance to the purity of the organization."
"These people clearly don't have synesthesia, but they still became followers of the Knights. This is totally inconsistent with the principles of our Knights!"
Grantham smiled and scoffed at his statement.
"I believe that anyone who agrees with the ideals of our Knights can be included in the Knights' ranks and help us fulfill Master Epsilon's legacy."
"If we, the Knights of Time and Space, want to accomplish this great goal, we must absorb as many talents as possible. Moreover, after my ideological transformation, these people have completely agreed with Master Epsilon's ideas. Their will is even stronger than that of many believers. I don't think it is the right approach to reject such people simply because they don't have synesthesia."
Ferdinand couldn't help but sneer, "You said these people's faith is stronger than that of ordinary believers?"
"How can this be?"
"All of our firm beliefs are based on the knowledge of space-time connections and synaesthesia. These people have no understanding of the power of synaesthesia. How can they dedicate their lives to the great cause of the Space-Time Knights?"
"Keeping them here will only turn into a huge hidden danger. They may rebel at any time and cause serious damage to our Knights."
Grantham sighed softly, "Well, in that case, I'll prove it to you."
He brought two other priests to Gao Jingwu and others who were in training, and then looked at Ferdinand, "Choose a member of the church who you think has the weakest will."
Ferdinand couldn't help but frown slightly, wondering what Grantham was up to.
He scanned the area, trying to find flaws in these people through the space-time connection, but the problem was that he had just arrived and had not yet established a solid space-time connection with these people, so he could not see the colors on these people.
Judging from the current situation, since these people have been in the Time and Space Knights for such a long time without trying to escape or tipping off anyone, they should have been initially controlled by Grantham.
But Ferdinand didn't think that Grantham could keep these people who didn't have synesthesia under control. Once they encountered extreme situations, these people would inevitably reveal their true colors.
Ferdinand first looked at Gao Jingwu, who was in the lead, and wanted to choose him, but then he changed his mind and thought that this person was the strongest and might be Grantham's confidant, so he just pointed at an ordinary and inconspicuous believer in a corner.
The believer came over immediately.
Ferdinand stared at him and asked, "Are you willing to dedicate your life to fulfilling Master Epsilon's legacy and changing the entire Old Land?"
The believer nodded immediately, "I do!"
"Then prove it to me," said Grantham.
The church member pulled out a pistol, pointed it at his chest, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
"boom!"
With a gunshot, the church member fell to the ground and died!
The other believers seemed to be accustomed to this and there was no reaction at all. They continued with their daily training and didn't even glance over here.
Meredith and Ferdinand were both shocked.
They first looked at each other, then looked at the body lying on the ground. After confirming again and again, they found that the body did not show any signs of synesthesia activity and was not controlled by Grantham.
This member of the church, without being transformed by any synaesthesia power, seems to have absolute loyalty to Grantham, and he can sacrifice his life without hesitation under any circumstances.
And judging from other people's reactions, it seems that all the knights and believers in the entire Dawn City Space-Time Knights branch are in this state.
The entire branch seemed to obey Grantham's orders completely, without any questioning or hesitation under any circumstances, and everyone was ready to sacrifice their lives at any time, as if this was a very common thing.
This state can only be found in a very small number of real elites in Meredith and Ferdinand's branch!
The Knights of Time and Space itself is an organization built on fanatical beliefs. Although they are called lunatics, most of these so-called lunatics are knights or priests with certain strength.
These people continue to grow in terrorist activities, becoming more and more crazy and extreme. On the one hand, it is because of what they do and the subtle changes in their thoughts, and on the other hand, it is because their life forms are also changing in the process of their continuous research on synaesthesia knowledge.
However, most of the ordinary believers who have just joined the Space-Time Knights do not have such awareness.
There are basically two ways for these priests to control ordinary believers. One is to use the psychology of fear to let these believers know that there is only one result of leaving the Knights of Time and Space, and that is, life is worse than death. Under this fear, they are tightly bound to the Knights. The other method is to use various synesthesia knowledge to manipulate minds or brainwash, and transform the believers into fearless human bombs.
But even so, there are often believers who find ways to escape or turn against the church at the critical moment. How to ensure the consistency and purity of the ideology of the entire branch has always been a huge headache for these priests.
But now, in the Time and Space Knights of Dawn City, they actually saw a perfect solution.
Even ordinary people who have no knowledge of synaesthesia and whose life forms have not changed at all are so devoted to Grantham and have the same belief.
How is this done?
Although they were reluctant to admit it, the naked reality was right in front of them and they couldn't help but believe it.
Grantham smiled slightly, as if mocking these two country bumpkins who had never seen the world.
He did not explain much, but took the two priests to the last area.
Here, those who have mastered synaesthesia continue to exercise this ability to the point of losing control.
Black space-time matter was seen oozing out of these people. Their mental state was also extremely unstable, with the energy fluctuation level rising and falling, as if they would suddenly lose control in the next second and turn into terrible space-time creatures, or trigger a small-scale space-time explosion.
Meredith and Ferdinand were both horrified at the sight.
"Watch out! These people are about to get out of control!"
They almost subconsciously retreated, trying to get away from the area.
They are all strong in the synaesthesia channel, but the synaesthesia ability has a weakness, that is, once it gets out of control, it is likely to cause a chain reaction. Once these people really lose control, even if Meredith and Ferdinand can suppress their out-of-control state, their own strength will be greatly damaged.
Therefore, once these people see this out-of-control situation, they will try to avoid it as much as possible, for fear of implicating themselves.
What's more, the consequences of so many people losing control at the same time are likely to be completely out of control.
Grantham, however, just looked at them, as if laughing at their fuss.
He came in front of the believers who seemed to be on the verge of losing control. They immediately stopped losing control and stood up in unison. "Master Priest!"
Grantham nodded, "It's alright, you guys continue training."
These believers seemed to be used to it. They had just recovered from the state of being on the verge of losing control, but now they sat down again and soon fell into the state of being on the verge of losing control again.
Meredith and Ferdinand were so shocked that they were speechless.
If the scenes seen before could be explained, then this scene was simply unbelievable.
After all, the high affinity and perfect control over space-time creatures can still be explained by talent, and the mind control of ordinary people can also be achieved through some other means.
However, the grasp of the out-of-control state is simply like a fairy tale. In the knowledge reserve system of these two priests, there is absolutely no way to explain it!
Meredith's voice was trembling. "Mr. Grantham, what are they doing?"
Grantham smiled slightly. "It's simple. They are actively trying to master this out-of-control ability."
"When on the verge of losing control, their energy fluctuation level can be greatly improved, and they can gain extremely powerful strength from the space-time world. Maintaining this state of being on the verge of losing control can greatly improve the overall combat power of the entire branch."
"Being able to control this state of being on the verge of losing control means that the knights can choose the most appropriate time and place to enter the state of losing control. In this way, losing control can be the last means of attacking the enemy."
"This exploration is still in its early stages, but we have already achieved certain results with this ability. If it weren't for this ability that is on the verge of losing control, we would not have been able to defeat the powerful investigation team."
Meredith and Ferdinand both felt like they were hearing a fairy tale.
The ability to lose control can actually be controlled?
This is just crazy!
Neither Meredith nor Ferdinand had imagined that one day they would use the word crazy to describe other people.
As priests of the Spacetime Knights, each of them controls a branch of the Spacetime Knights in a big city. In the eyes of ordinary people, the two of them are veritable lunatics, absolute terrorists, and terrible figures who pose a serious threat to human society.
They have indeed committed many sensational and horrific acts, and they truly deserve the title of lunatics.
But they themselves are very clear that what they are doing is actually still within the framework of the Knights of Time and Space.
Compared to ordinary people, they are indeed crazy, but within the Knights of Time and Space, compared with the red priests, the yellow priests and Epsilon who has already gone to the time and space world, they are all normal people who cannot be more normal.
After all, "madness" also has a reference system.
But now that they saw Grantham, they knew what a real madman was.
After coming to this branch, everything Grantham did was subverting their cognition, whether it was perfect affinity with space-time creatures, or making ordinary people wholeheartedly and unwaveringly loyal and faithful to the Space-Time Knights, or making all the believers actively practice this ability that was on the verge of losing control...
Everything was unbelievable to both Meredith and Ferdinand.
Other branches of the Spacetime Knights would only be in danger of death when launching large-scale attacks or large-scale battles. Both priests, Meredith and Ferdinand, were already accustomed to this life of dancing on the edge of a knife.
But after seeing Grantham, they realized that they were actually living in a greenhouse.
Because this branch of Grantham, even in the absence of any war, is always associated with loss of control, madness and destruction!
Only a madman knows what true madness is.
So the way Meredith and Ferdinand looked at Grantham changed. They finally realized that the other party was not the same kind of person as themselves.
How could the Liming City branch defeat the official investigation team? Obviously, the entire branch from top to bottom is full of real lunatics, just like the subordinates in Epsilon's ideal, who completely disregard life and death, leaving only the most firm belief and the purest madness.
And Grantham, as the leader of this branch, is undoubtedly the craziest person.
Even Meredith and Ferdinand could see the shadow of Epsilon in Grantham.
This feeling was so chilling that even the two priests who were feared by the outside world felt shocked and terrified.
The hostility and defiance in Ferdinand's eyes completely disappeared.
He originally obeyed the orders of the Yellow Priest and wanted to find ways to interfere with Grantham and seize the position of the Black Priest.
But after seeing everything in the Dawn City branch, Ferdinand's thinking changed fundamentally.
He understood that it was impossible to stop Grantham from seizing the position of the black priest. Even though Grantham's current energy fluctuation level was not high enough, the crazy qualities he displayed were no longer something a black priest could stop. He was even qualified to be the chief priest!
Are you afraid that your death won't be miserable enough by going against such a person?
