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Under normal circumstances, in a country where theocratic authority is supreme and classic idol worship is practiced, the most important building in the city must be the temple, and the most important decoration must be the statue of the god. It can even be said that the function of the statue of the god has far exceeded the function of city decoration.
, and rose to the level of the spiritual pillar of the people. In this city, the statue of the God of War is located in the most prosperous area, and we happened to come across it.
It was a giant rock statue standing at the intersection of three city avenues. It was nearly ten meters tall and lifelike. The whole sculpture had obviously been blessed by some kind of sacred ceremony. It was obviously just a stone, but it was filled with a layer of pale gold from top to bottom.
This layer of holy light, which is not dazzling, spreads evenly and softly throughout the small square, filling the place with a peaceful atmosphere. The noise of the public gathering just a few dozen meters away is also sacred here.
The tranquil force field is perfectly isolated. The sculpture is located on a hexagonal base, and the image it represents is a fully armed and powerful warrior. This energetic young warrior is wearing solid and thick armor with carvings on it.
It has mysterious and elegant patterns, and a long cloak behind it. The cloak is flying, showing a lightness that is difficult to express in its stone carving material. This sculpture even has clear and detailed wrinkles on the cloak. It can be seen that the carved piece
The craftsmen of the art work worked with piety and all-out efforts when carrying out this project. The warrior in the sculpture holds a large half-body shield in his left hand, blocking it from his side. His right hand holds a sword decorated with ornate wings.
The giant sword is slashing forward, and the entire body of the sculpture is leaning slightly forward, about to pounce - this artwork shows the image of a warrior in battle.
When my eyes moved up and finally focused on the face of the sculpture, what I saw was a handsome face with perfect edges and corners like an ancient Greek handsome man. Well, it was so handsome that it was a bit tragic. And in order to show the bravery of the warrior, the sculpture
I also deliberately showed the hidden anger and the infinite bravery when facing the enemy on this face, which basically maximized the remaining value of this face. I can say with confidence that just with this face,
, take it out and show it in public. You can seduce a girl who has strengthened your company. You would rather do nothing than have something happen to the owner of this face...
I am quite familiar with this face, but what I see most often is its second version: neither heroic nor strong, nor angry when facing battle. On the contrary, as long as the owner of this face opens his eyes,
Eighty or ninety percent of the time every day, I spent squatting at the door or lying on the window sill, facing the sunshine outside with a pure and clean smile, saying hello to the girls and wives passing by like a slut...
The remaining 120% of the time is busy eating and has no time for other things.
Of course, he still behaves like a second-rate person when eating. He is the only one among the adults in the family, except Qian Qian, who can shamelessly compete with the little girls for pudding. He has been doing this regardless of rain or shine for the past six months.
I remained leaning out of the car window for several minutes, staring dumbfoundedly at the sculpture of the God of War carved in cowhide in the square, and repeated in my mouth: Your uncle’s 123...
I'm actually in that guy's territory. So what's the point of all this fuss between Shandora and I, and all the fuss at home?
"Um...this is really...it's really a script that only happens once with Arjun." Sandora also saw what was outside, and after being stunned with me for a while, she scratched her hair and revealed a bit of
A troubled smile, to be honest, I quite cared about what she said - why is it called a script that only happens when you are with me? Do I have my own cheating aura and the effect is +10 for each level?
"Come on, we can hope to go home," I shrugged. I was about to activate the mental connection to report the "good" news to Lin Xue, but as soon as I entered the mental connection, I found that I couldn't get in touch - it wasn't that I couldn't get in touch at all, I could.
I sensed Lin Xue's response, but the information could not be transmitted at all. At this moment, I suddenly remembered that Lin Xue seemed to have said that he was going to lie down in Tavel's "coffin" again, and use the old antenna from back then to give the third
The fifth fleet is positioned, so they may have started debugging equipment now.
The old set of antennas need to be matched when the system is started, to match the system core (that is, Lin Xue), and to match the illuminated target (that is, the Fifth Fleet). During this period, the signal strength will fluctuate greatly, and Lin Xue himself also
I couldn't tell the difference. Probably because of this reason, the communication between me and her was temporarily disturbed. I glanced at Sandora, shrugged and explained the situation. In fact, there is an alternative: maybe I and Xiaoxue
You can also connect directly. After all, that girl inherited half-immortal cells from her mother. But just now I suddenly came up with another idea. This novel idea was so exciting that I immediately decided not to worry about it for the time being.
I contacted my family and reported the news.
"Excuse me, can you visit your temple now?"
I turned to the seat in front and asked. Sitting in front was Mr. Lei, the priest of the God of War, who was temporarily considered our half-guide. I estimated that he was probably the largest official in the church in this city besides the Pope - and at the worst, he was a
Second in command.
"Arjun? What do you want to do?" Shandora glanced at me inexplicably. It was probably difficult for her to guess what my plans were. With the character of Xiling Apostle, of course it is only simple and efficient things.
That's great - Her Majesty the Queen doesn't understand what bad taste is.
"Let me try what the so-called God Realm Line is," I winked at Shandora and smiled, "Isn't there a temple of 123 here? Let's see if we can talk to 123 directly with that one.
Quite fun."
Sandora blinked her beautiful big blue eyes, looked at me steadily for a few seconds, and said nonchalantly: "Okay, I'll listen to you, just treat it as an experiment."
I had mentioned before that I wanted to visit the Temple of the God of War, but at that time "Lei" told us that the nearest temple was holding a ceremony and therefore could not be opened for the time being. Regardless of whether it was true or not - because at that time they seemed to be still observing "aliens"
"The intention to come to the Blue Star. Maybe they are still a little wary of visitors from extraterrestrials, or maybe they are really praying to the God of War in order to get God's instructions on the "Visitors from Extraterrestrials" incident - but now I am thinking about this
The ceremony should have been completed. Sure enough, this time the other party didn't shirk any more. I don't know how he contacted the temple. Anyway, "Lei" covered his ears as if to confirm something with someone, then turned to me and said:
"Just in time. The prayer activities in the temple have ended. I'm sorry for taking so long. Then we will set off to the temple now."
The hover car rose to a higher altitude - which is equivalent to entering the fast lane - and then accelerated directly to the fastest speed, rushing straight towards the center of the city. Looking down from this height, I saw several city avenues
It extends straight forward and finally converges around a tall and magnificent building. That should be the Temple of War.
This feeling is so subtle...it's actually the temple of 123's cheating guy. This is even more subtle than the temple where I saw Dingdang, because anyway, I have at least seen Dingdang handling official duties, and 123...the time when he is most diligent is every six months.
After reading the report, I really can't imagine how he gained such a large group of steadfast believers in this world.
The hover car soon stopped in front of the magnificent building in the center of the city. It was a Gothic cathedral that was completely different from the surrounding buildings. Apparently, Ilson ordered his followers to build this building according to his own preferences.
, this is also the characteristic of most temples in the multiverse - no matter what the architectural style of the local world is, the temple will be built according to the star field style or the personal style of the god under the guidance of "divine inspiration", so in its
In every world ruled by the corresponding gods, the temples look almost the same. This also leads to the fact that in the world managed by the star domain gods, the temples often stand out from the crowd - a sudden appearance of a cylindrical house in another world.
A Gothic cathedral is bound to stand out from the crowd, and the crane in front of us is extraordinarily big.
For a group of staunch believers, building a unique house specifically for the god is not a big effort. But for the god himself, it is more convenient to build the temple to specific specifications to generate magical nodes everywhere, which is why it is
A very efficient and smart solution.
At the entrance of the temple, we once again saw the cowhide statue of 123. This time it was not in a fighting posture, but an image of a post-war warrior holding a sword and staring into the distance. Sandora and I looked at the door for half a minute, and finally
Unable to bear the torture of conscience, I closed my eyes - we couldn't stand it anymore...
Under the leadership of Mr. Lei and Mr. Qiao (every time these two names are mentioned, why do I feel that this is a story that takes place within the third ring road of K City?), Sandora and I stepped into the
The cathedral also temporarily blocked the "guards" behind us who thought they were well hidden: Of course we were followed by the "staff" of the Azur Star authority, and they all followed us. It was really hard work.
of.
Like most religious gatherings, after entering the gate of the Temple of War, the first thing on both sides is a set of reliefs symbolizing the achievements of the gods - some temples will be a set of totem poles, and there are usually flower vine walls on both sides of the main entrance of the jingling temple.
No matter what it is, the first thing that greets you when you enter the door is something similar, and directly ahead is the believers' assembly hall, a wide rectangular venue. The usual rituals are held here, and the main hall is also where daily sermons are held.
It is also a place for certain religious witnessing activities. There is no obstruction between the assembly hall and the main door of the temple. There is a strict requirement here, that is, except for the only door, nothing is allowed to block the main entrance of the temple.
Between the statues of gods in the hall and the people outside the temple, you must open the door to the main hall. Everyone can probably see the great symbolic significance of this.
The main hall of the Temple of War is different from ordinary churches in that there are no rows of benches here, only simple cushions neatly arranged on the ground, so the hall appears to be particularly empty. Gorgeous stained glass is arranged on both sides of the main hall.
The golden light shines into the hall through these stained glass, creating a sense of sacredness and warmth for no reason. At the end of the main hall is a pulpit-like thing, and behind the pulpit there is also a statue of the God of War, well,
It's still that shameful look that people can't bear to see. Believers always like to put the image of their god everywhere, because it can indeed bring them great power - whether it is psychological or physical - but
When I looked at the statue of 123, the more I looked at it, the more I couldn’t bear to see it. This subtle psychological disparity is difficult for outsiders to understand: there is a useless person next to you who has no other talents except eating. But he is portrayed in another world.
As powerful as the savior, as an insider who has a deep understanding of this bastard, it seems that he has to hold back the rhythm of six-pack abs...
"This is where we pray to the God of War and receive blessings, and this is our great God of War," Lei spread his hands with a pious expression and pointed to us at the statue of the God of War behind the pulpit. "His power was in the period of ignorance.
Saved humanity all over the world. I don’t know if you have similar beliefs on alien planets... Oh, this may be a relatively sensitive topic, but please understand a believer’s strong thirst for knowledge in this regard.”
It's coming, it's coming. Sure enough, Mr. Lei finally couldn't restrain his sense of historical mission as a missionary and was ready to open up his religious market among aliens - but how should I answer this fucking question in front of me?
"Well... about gods. We do know this concept in our world, and like you, we also regard gods as something that exists for granted. And our understanding of gods is probably much deeper than yours, um,
It’s much more profound. It’s just that we don’t have an attitude of faith towards gods…”
It's about the attitude of raising (Ding Dong) and stocking (Five Guys) - I didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence, because I was afraid that the old man in front of me wouldn't be able to breathe on the spot, so I really went to find Ilson.
At this moment, out of the corner of my eye, I suddenly saw a person walking out of the side door next to the pulpit. She was a girl wearing a white dress, with long light blond hair, and a golden crown on her head.
She walked to the pulpit without anyone else around and began to wipe the ritual items on it.
Completely ignoring the stranger in front of me.
"Um...is this?" I pointed at the girl curiously and asked, taking the opportunity to change the subject.
"She is the maid of the God of War. She is responsible for taking care of the spiritual image of the God of War in this world - that is, this church." Lei showed a loving smile on his face. "In the church, she is also called a saint. Her actions are related to the gods.
People who talk directly. The work of a saint is sacred and strict. When acting as a saint, she is not allowed to talk directly to mortals, but can only talk to high-ranking priests and gods themselves, so she will not talk to them now.
Tell you..."
Just as Mr. Lei was speaking halfway, a melodious bell suddenly sounded from nowhere in the church. Then the elegant blond saint looked up at us and said in a clear voice: "Hey, grandpa, bring the guests.
Yes? Oh, hello, my name is Eva..."
Mr. Lei shrugged: "The saint gets off work at 5:30 every afternoon, as stipulated by the God of War."
I:"……"
Actually I'm not surprised at all, you know?
And Mr. Lei is definitely not surprised: he has been working for such a god of war for most of his life.
Shandora and I maintained a calm smile and looked up at the statue of the God of War on the pulpit. This gave Mr. Lei time to explain the matter, so the "maid of the God of War" who called herself Eva was pulled aside by the old man.
I started muttering. At this time, I also noticed that the girl had a calm temperament. Even if she suddenly spoke, this feeling was not destroyed. I was very curious about how she could be affected by Yilsin's unreasonable aura every day.
Under the influence, it still maintains this elegance.
In any case, she does look worthy of the title of "Saint Girl".
"So that's it." After a while, Eva came over with a smile on her face, "Friends from another world, welcome to God's living room. I'm glad that you come with peace. So what do I have to say?
Can you help me?"
Lei said next to him: "Actually, Eva is my granddaughter. She has grown up in the church district and knows very much about the God of War. If you are interested in things about this church and festivals, she can answer most of them.
question."
I nodded, pointed at the statue of 123 and said, "Now, I just want to ask, what should we do if we want to talk to your gods?"
Lei and Eva obviously never expected that the first question about the gods from "The Visitor from Extraterrestrials" would go to the core, so they were stunned for a moment, and then the old man said with a subtle expression: "Friends, talking to gods is not that easy. Although gods
He is with everyone, but He will not have time to reply to our words one by one. Usually, only certain people can talk directly to God."
"Like a saint, right?" My eyes fell on Eva, and I organized my words, "Well, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to offend your beliefs, I just wanted to...well, I wanted to confirm what I said here.
In this world, is the process of communicating with God the same as in our world, so I want to see your process of communicating with God. Is this possible?"
Sure enough, when Mr. Lei heard this reason, all the wrinkles on his face suddenly relaxed, and he showed a happy expression: "Oh, oh, that's it, of course, the gods are friendly, I think he will not
Mind if we contact him about this."
However, Eva frowned slightly: "I just performed a prayer. It was a prayer about the appearance of alien battleships above the planet and I hope to get instructions. Contacting the gods so frequently..."
Lei patted Eva on the shoulder lovingly: "It doesn't matter, I have served the God of War for sixty years, and he will not blame you."
With the support of the old man, Eva put aside her worries. She gave us a sweet smile and began to quickly prepare the things needed for the prayer ceremony: placing a gorgeously decorated golden sword on the altar, using the holy
Guang wrote mysterious words in the air in front of the altar, and put a metal leaf in his mouth. On Eva's shoulder, there was a thick golden book slung on a thin iron chain.
After the metal leaves slowly glowed white, she took off the leaves and spread the big book in front of her eyes, slowly reciting the sacred agreement above: "My Lord, your believers hereby pray for your response. We need
God’s guidance…”
A moment later, a soft voice came from high in the sky: "Sorry, the god you are calling is temporarily unable to answer. Please call again later, or read the voice message in Chapter 2, Chapter 6 of the Bible."
Eva turned to us and showed a simple smile: "Sorry, the God of War is off work."