Volume 3: The King of Waste Chapter 285: Subjugation
2051, early summer.
“The sun also visits filthy places, but it is not defiled by them.”
"I can't bear to see the light being buried."
“Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”
“It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.”
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Waves of deep and loud prayers rang out from the majestic and solemn church, like thousands of torrents converging, causing pedestrians on the street outside the church to stop and bow their heads to recite silently.
Not all travelers have found their own faith, but in the Black Light District, hearing the prayers of the Church of Light and choosing to ignore them is considered a blasphemy against the Sun God.
Blasphemy will be punished.
Even the dogs barking in the street lowered their heads and scratched the stones in front of their feet with their claws, as if the shapes of the stones became interesting under the prayer.
This is not an exaggeration—
At this moment, all the barking dogs had been slaughtered.
The morning prayers were followed by only the silent sounds floating on the streets, penetrating the fog.
In this silence, the rustling sound of two footsteps seemed a little harsh.
"Is this the palace built by the captain of the guard, the largest force in the Black Light District?"
One of them looked up and was a little surprised to see the people walking on the street. He looked up at the sharp and steep church and felt that the black roof outside the church was a bit hideous.
"This is a church, not a palace," the middle-aged man next to him corrected.
"It is a church for fools and a bedroom for wise men." The old man smiled and said, his eyes showing the wisdom of seeing through the world. He said slowly:
"Miss Fanny asked us to examine his case, and it seems that her suspicions were not wrong."
The middle-aged man nodded slightly, without commenting: "I heard that this church was originally called the Black Light Religion, which is consistent with the Black Light District. Your Highness also knows about this religion, but considering the gods and beliefs promoted by the church, it can maintain the peace of the bottom city and manipulate the thoughts of those rich and petty bourgeoisie, so you indulge it."
"But now, the captain of the guard seems to be a little too ambitious."
“Hehe, have you heard of the Sun God? I have only heard of three main gods: the Moon Lord, the Goddess of Night, and the God of Mist, but I have never heard of the Sun God.” The old man chuckled.
There was a hint of ridicule and contempt in his words.
In his long years, he had seen people trying to create a god out of thin air.
But none of them ended well.
Various religions sprang up like mushrooms after a rain, creating the goddess of wisdom, the goddess of hope, the god of love, the god of war, etc., but they all disappeared in the end.
You know, the religious system of the bottom city is built on the religious system of the inner city.
The Goddess of Night, who was originally worshipped and followed by the Black Light Cult, was also transplanted from the Moonlight Cult in the inner city. The Moonlight Cult's scriptures were slightly modified and then used.
This can also be regarded as indirectly promoting the faith of the Moonlight Cult.
That's why the inner city was not attacked.
Although the big forces in the inner city don't care about the bottom city, if the news gets out that someone in the bottom city offends them, it will definitely be a thundering strike!
Religion and belief have always been firmly controlled by the Inner City. Even in the Inner City, several major religious forces have been fighting each other all year round, using the gods they believe in to rub against each other, with no clear winner.
If other forces want to interfere with religion, they are seeking death.
"Sun God, the sun burns the night. Is this an attempt to go against the goddess of night?"
The middle-aged man next to him said with great interest, "It's very strange. The original believers here all believed in the Goddess of Night. Why did they suddenly change and believe in a god that is obviously different from their original beliefs, and a god that they have never heard of."
"Maybe it's a change of concept. For example, the companion of the Goddess of Night is the God of the Sun, or in the eternal night created by the Goddess of Night, there is a God of the Sun who controls the sun above our heads... Haha, I've heard too many such statements. Generally speaking, any belief is not fabricated out of thin air. Its initial birth relies on... fraud!" said the old man with an expression of an experienced person.
"Bumping into someone?"
"Of course, it's difficult to fabricate faith out of thin air. We can only touch other faiths first and then slowly peel them off."
The old man's eyes sparkled as he said, "But no matter what, this is a huge undertaking and requires a lot of brainpower. Only those with big enough ambitions would have the time to do this."
The middle-aged man nodded and sighed, "So this captain really has rebellious intentions. I just don't know if he has joined forces with the Night Rat King."
"Let's go and talk about it later."
The old man said.
The two of them immediately quickened their pace, walked along the street, came to the church, went straight in from the door, and switched silently to the ruins.
Passing through the gate outside the church and avoiding the guards at the door, the two saw a large hall inside the church filled with believers wearing the same robes with a golden sun at the center of their chests.
The edge of the black robe was bordered with gold, and there was a phantom of light behind it, as if the sun was illuminating the dark shadows within the body.
From the design of the robes to the prayers recited, they are all filled with hints and guidance of faith.
"Um?"
The two people who were looking at the believers in the church suddenly felt a pair of sharp gazes coming at them.
The man with that gaze was sitting in the middle of the church, under a solemn pulpit. He had a burly figure and sharp eyes.
"We've been seen." The middle-aged man looked calm, not surprised. It was normal to have Ertai in charge here. Besides, they came here to talk to the captain of the guard.
The old man walked towards me with a smile on his face.
"Who are you two?"
Shi Lei, who was sitting in the audience, stood up and his body also disappeared into the world of ruins.
"We are the Queen Ant's secret guards. We have come to discuss something with Captain Xu. Where is he now?" the old man asked with a smile.
Shi Lei was slightly stunned. He had only heard of the Queen Ant's secret guard in rumors. It seemed that they were outstanding two-formed soldiers selected from the Queen Ant's personal guards. They were a sharp knife under the Queen Ant's command.
"The Pope is not here. He went out for something." Shi Lei said after thinking it over.
He did not rashly start a conversation with the person in front of him. After all, he was the Queen Ant's subordinate. It would be better to wait for Xu Shen to come back before dealing with him.
"oh?"
The old man raised his eyebrows. Could it be that they knew about their arrival and fled far away in advance?
He chuckled and said, "Where is he? Let's go find him."
"I don't know. The Pope didn't say." Shi Lei said.
The middle-aged man next to him took a step forward slowly and said, "I hope you know what's good for you."
Shi Lei's eyes changed slightly, and he felt a slight sense of oppression from the other party, but he did not retreat. Instead, he stood up straight, his majestic figure like a brown bear standing upright, looking at the two of them with disdainful eyes: "I'm sorry, I don't know the whereabouts of the Pope, and I have no right to disclose it."
The old man couldn't help but laugh when he saw his appearance.
"It seems that the little fellow from the outer district has lost his respect for His Highness."
A few minutes later.
Shi Lei, who was covered with hair and had already transformed, lay dying on the ground. His body was covered with wounds and blood was oozing out like a spring. His originally tall height had reached nearly four meters after the transformation.
Like an upright humanoid monster.
But now it was full of holes, its arms and feet were broken, and one arm was twisted into a knot.
"He's quite a tough guy. He doesn't even say this." The old man clapped his hands, looking at the two bodies on the ground that were on the verge of death, and couldn't help but sigh and shook his head.
The middle-aged man next to him wiped the sweat from his forehead, exhaled lightly, and said, "What should we do? Go to the Xumi Bureau? That's also his lair."
The old man was about to agree, but suddenly his expression changed slightly and he laughed: "No need, a new friend is here, I'll ask again."
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Black light zone, border.
A towering wall stands on the border.
On the other side of the wall is outside the city.
There are shells wandering aimlessly everywhere, which is extremely dangerous.
Xu Shen stopped and looked up at the towering wall. His sight suddenly changed, as if an electric current passed through his pupils. The wall flickered and jumped, and suddenly it turned from a wall into a dilapidated enclosure.
The wall was not high and was nothing compared to the high wall in front of him.
The wall was painted white and there was nothing around. There was only a figure hugging an old tree beside the wall, smiling foolishly.
Is he a patient in the hospital?
Xu Shen was stunned and couldn't help but slap his head twice.
The world before my eyes suddenly flickered and jumped back again, as if the signal was bad .
The towering walls are still there.
Outside the high wall is the town monument that shows that Xu Shen had once been here.
Xu Shen's gaze penetrated the Zhenxu Monument and saw a huge figure crawling underneath.
The figure had a head as big as a cow's, with horns growing on it, and seemed to be sleeping soundly.
As if aware of the gaze, the figure's eyelids moved slightly, as if about to open.
Xu Shen's eyes flashed and he slowly walked towards the other party.
This figure was slightly different from the first time he saw it, and the town monument seemed to have been repaired. It was most likely that No. 1 in the Lingmi Mutual Aid Association had taken action.
Soon, the eyes on the huge bull head opened, and immediately met Xu Shen's gaze.
In an instant, the bull's eyes suddenly condensed, and then revealed a strong murderous aura, which swept over like a raging wave, making people turn pale and terrified.
But Xu Shen did not stop and continued to move forward.
Xu Shen stopped only when he was 30 meters away from the town ruins monument, and stared quietly at the ruins in front of him.
This creature was also staring at Xu Shen, and the murderous look in its eyes turned into a hint of suspicion.
It saw Xu Shen’s physical problem, which was just a two-state condition, not a king’s condition.
The king's body is as introverted as ink and cannot be seen through at all, while Xu Shen's body is illusory in many places, which means that the internal force is not sufficient, which is not the sign of a king.
But... a mere bimorphic human being can actually see himself?
"Boy, can you see me?"
The minotaur stared at Xu Shen with some suspicion.
Xu Shen said quietly: "I can release you, do you want to follow me?"
Get straight to the point.
There was no need to exchange pleasantries with Xu, Xu Shen spoke very directly.
The minotaur was stunned when he heard this. Xu Shen could indeed see it and hear its voice!
"Hahaha..." The Minotaur couldn't help but laugh. The human in front of him was a bit interesting.
"Follow you? No problem, as long as you can let me out."
The minotaur licked its tongue, with heat and hunger in its eyes. After releasing the juice, the first thing it wanted to do was to taste the delicious snack in front of it.
"Once you agree, you are not allowed to regret it." Xu Shen said.
These words sound like an innocent child making a promise with an adult.
The Minotaur laughed even more happily and said, "No problem, I'll keep my word and do what I say!"
"Then give me your heart, and I will believe you." Xu Shen said.
The Minotaur's expression suddenly turned into a sneer: " Boy, are you kidding me?"
"What do you mean by joking?"
"Come here, I'll teach you."
"Just say it."
"Boy, I told you to come here!" The Minotaur growled, his eyes became evil, and the deafening voice seemed to carry some kind of command.
A dark shadow passed by Xu Shen, and Mo Wei emerged, suddenly raising his hand to cut off some kind of thread-like object.
Xu Shen's expression remained calm: "It seems you are unwilling."
The minotaur's eyes became ferocious and angry. He didn't expect that the kid in front of him was so capable.
"I promise you, the heart, right? I'll give it to you right away." The ferocious look instantly converged, and the Minotaur suddenly opened his mouth and spit out a bloody heart.
Xu Shen took a quick glance and said, "That's fake, I want the real one."
The Minotaur said angrily, "How do you know it's fake?"
"Guess."
Xu Shen smiled.
"You'd better not irritate me." The minotaur's eyes turned cold.
Xu Shen was about to speak when the voice of the communicator suddenly rang out.
He picked up the phone and was stunned for a moment when he heard the message.
He nodded immediately: "Wait for me to come back."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Then he looked at the minotaur in front of him, still smiling, and said, "I'm a little pressed for time, so let's get down to business. Either you follow me and get food and lodging, or you get eaten by me. You choose one."
"You? Eat me?"
The Minotaur seemed to have heard a huge joke and almost died.
Xu Shen also laughed.
As he smiled, thick black silk appeared on his shoulders. The silk was fluffy and spread like mist to an area of more than ten meters in a blink of an eye, covering the left half of the sky to Xu Shen.
Thick blood oozed out of Xu Shen's chest and flowed down, gathering into a pond under his feet, followed by a river, extending to an area of dozens of meters.
Such a strange scene made the Minotaur unable to laugh at all.
Its pupils contracted slightly and it looked at the young man in front of it in horror.
Two Xu...parasitic on its body?
No, it's three!
A little girl emerged from the blood and looked at him with a smile.
The Minotaur felt a chill in his heart.
"Choose one." Xu Shen said softly.
The Minotaur's face looked grim. With the situation like this, is there any other choice?
It felt a strong threat to its life. If the blockade was released, it might still be able to fight, but if it was blocked, it could only become prey and be slaughtered at will.
"We can discuss this."
The Minotaur said somewhat aggrievedly.
I actually gave in to a small snack.
"I'm short on time, please choose quickly." Xu Shen said.
