Todd glanced at the top of Rachel's head, thinking of the resurrected insect in the iron box, and was curious for a moment. What did this woman look like before she took over Mia's body?
The current Rachel is a rare beauty in terms of appearance and temperament. But what she looked like in the past, Todd really can't imagine.
Maybe she looks very ordinary, her voice is not as beautiful as it is now, and her figure may be bloated...
etc!
Todd suddenly remembered something horrifying. Could Rachel have been a man before?
She only said that she and Mia were good friends, but never mentioned her past gender.
Todd screamed in his heart, Oh my god! If she is really a man! I have done so many unsightly things with this person and played so many embarrassing positions...
Seeing the uncertainty on Todd's face, Rachel thought he was shocked by what happened to Mia, so she explained: "I didn't tell you about Mia in the past because I didn't know how to speak."
Todd composed himself and nodded calmly: "Whoever it is, it would be difficult for anyone to say such a thing."
After an awkward silence, Rachel and Todd drank wine. They didn't know what to say, they were just thinking about their own concerns.
After Rachel finished drinking a can of beer, she suddenly asked Todd: "That world has advanced theories and developed science, so can you tell me what the soul is?"
Todd was a little surprised by this question. He thought for a while and said helplessly: "Honestly, I don't know."
"Isn't there a definite answer about the soul in your omnipotent world?"
"Yes, even in my world, the soul is an unsolved puzzle, but if we use the philosopher's explanation, the definition of the soul should include two major connotations: logic and memory."
Rachel paused: "Philosophy? Logic and memory?"
"This is a theory I heard from a philosophy professor: If human beings have a soul, then it should contain two major connotations: logic and memory in a broad sense. Logic in a broad sense includes thinking orientation, value ethics and decision-making methods;
Memory in a broad sense includes life experiences and knowledge of truth.”
Rachel shook her head: "It sounds very complicated. Are these the theories of that professor?"
Todd touched his chin, recalling his past elective course career, and said uncertainly: "If I remember correctly, these theories come from a scholar named Hegel."
Rachel bit her lip, hesitated, and suddenly asked a strange question: "Suppose an evil person, for some purpose, creates a copy of her. Then, the soul of this copy will also
Could it be evil?"
Rachel's words had completely confused Todd.
"Sorry, Rachel, this involves too many professional subjects, including genetics, physiology... Moreover, the soul itself is a thing that no one understands. I can't give you an accurate answer."
The depressed Rachel threw the can in her hand on the table, stood up, and wanted to leave the soul space.
Thinking of the identity of the resurrected insect and the other party, Todd said: "Rachel, there are some things I want to ask you..."
"Todd, I'm sorry, I'm in a really bad mood right now. I'm afraid I can't answer your question..."
Looking at Rachel's pale face, Todd swallowed the words that came to his lips again.
Todd nodded to Rachel and said, "Have a good rest and we'll talk again next time we have a chance."
Rachel's figure disappeared into the space.
After finishing his beer in the institute, Todd looked at the empty room and sighed.
Back in the real world, Todd watched Rachel open the door and leave quietly, then called Huggins who was waiting at the door.
"Your Majesty, you don't look good. What happened?" Huggins looked at Todd and said worriedly.
Todd signaled the other party not to pay attention and asked: "How are you preparing for the ceremony to establish the new religion?"
"The overall layout of the cathedral has been completed, the doctrinal explanatory books have been printed, and the list of Protestant personnel has been drawn up..."
"Have invitations to the ceremony been sent?"
Hearing Todd mention this matter, Huggins hesitated when he answered: "Seven hundred invitations to the ceremony were sent out a month ago..."
"How's the feedback?"
"There were one hundred and thirty response letters confirming participation, and the vast majority were from scholars, chambers of commerce, and clergy..."
Todd frowned and asked: "Where is the reply from the secular royal family?"
Huggins said while taking a careful look at Todd's expression: "There are only two copies, one is from Queen Mary from Saint Acropolis, and the other is from Regent Jennings from Lone Rock City."
Hearing an unexpected name, Todd suddenly became interested: "Lone Rock City?"
Huggins nodded and said: "Jennings' reply is that because the Queen of Lone Rock City is still young, he will attend the founding ceremony of the Protestant Church in his personal capacity."
"You are still young? Personal identity?" Todd smiled helplessly: "This Jennings is willing to shirk responsibility. He is not willing to offend the church, but also wants to curry favor with us."
Huggins added at this time: "Your Majesty, I don't think you need to worry about the attitude of the secular kingdoms at all now. We have just won the battle of the Holy Acropolis, and the results of the war have not spread yet. When the secular kingdoms know everything,
He naturally knows how to take sides."
After hearing this, Todd unconsciously nodded in agreement and said, "That makes sense. Anyway, there are still two months until the founding of the Protestant Church. It's not necessarily a bad thing to wait any longer."
In fact, the news of the church coalition's defeat spread much faster than Todd imagined.
A war that had not happened in the parish for hundreds of years had attracted the attention of countless people before it started.
The outcome of the war was beyond everyone's expectation. No one could have imagined that the coalition forces would be defeated so miserably and so quickly.
Less than half of the 15,000-strong army actually returned home safely, and among them, less than ten people from the troops directly under the church returned alive.
After the war, the power situation of the entire diocese changed dramatically.
The power and influence of the church plummeted, and the power class in the secular kingdom gradually rose up. The latter used religious taxes and scandals to allow and even incite the domestic people to launch an anti-church wave.
On the other hand, for the first time, the power advantage of alien species has entered the military halls of various kingdoms. Powerful units such as death knights, sniper successors, elemental successors and alien heavy infantry have made kings who were immersed in sword and shield in the past,
Completely opened my eyes.
The major kingdoms gradually began to pay attention to the use of alien powers, and the original hunting and massacre of aliens were abolished one after another. The aliens with powerful powers also ended their days of hiding in Tibet, and suddenly became the chief advisor and the royal family.
Guests at the table.
But compared with these, there is one biggest new thing that has entered everyone's field of vision-Muxi Protestantism.
Mu Xicheng, who had strong military and economic strength, planned to establish a new religion aimed at reforming religion, suppressing theocracy, and exempting taxes, and almost became the savior that everyone was flocking to.
Farmers could no longer suffer from tithes if they joined the Protestant Church; merchants and nobles could get rid of the trouble of indulgences if they joined the Protestant Church; kings could join the Protestant Church and no longer have to worry about losing their royal power.
After Mu Xicheng sent out an invitation to the Protestant church to attend the ceremony, there were originally only a few hundred letters, but more than 4,000 responses were received.
Dignitaries from all walks of life requested to observe the establishment of the Protestant Church, and repeatedly emphasized in their replies that they were willing to convert to the Protestant Church.
The excessive number of guests attending the ceremony, coupled with the growing momentum, forced Mu Xicheng to reconsider the process and scale of the ceremony.
The ceremony, which was originally only three days, was expanded to ten days; the number of spectators, originally one thousand, was temporarily increased to five thousand.
In order to cope with this huge religious ceremony, which was originally scheduled for early February, it took more time to prepare and had to be postponed to the end of March.
As time goes by, the winter in Duixicheng quietly passes amidst the bustle and bustle, and the spring, which represents the rebirth of all things, arrives.