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Chapter 16: The Saints
  When Ji Xiu woke up again, he found that the blue-haired boy had left, and a tall, middle-aged man with a beard stood beside the hospital bed.

He was wearing a black vest and a metal glove on his left hand. When he saw him waking up, he immediately stretched out his right hand towards him:

"My name is You Hong, the captain of the 7th formation of the Saints group. From now on, you will be an outside member of my group."

"Hello, Li Tan."

Reaching out to hold it, Ji Xiu sat up, feeling sore all over, as if he had been beaten with a wooden stick.

The captain of Group 7, who called himself You Hong, also sat down at this time. He reached into his pocket and took out a silver ID card and a black mobile phone and handed them to him:

"This card will be your ID card in the future. It has your identity code on it. You need to keep this mobile phone with you at all times. We need to use it to locate your location. You can also receive tasks through this mobile phone. Every time You will be rewarded for completing the mission... Because you are an external staff member, I will not assign teammates to you."

"Also, if you have any questions you don't understand, you can ask me. My contact information is in the address book on your phone."

Ji Xiu took the mobile phone and ID card, looked at You Hong and asked curiously:

"Who was the little blue-haired boy from before, and where did he go?"

"Lei Yan didn't tell you his identity?"

"He left before I could even ask."

"Lei Yan is a member of the Divine Heritage Team and is not under the management of any organization, nor does our superior Yu Jing Church have the right to manage his actions... Despite his appearance, he is only seven or eight years old. I just joined the Saints Team back then. At that time, he looked like this now.”

Speaking of Lei Yan, a look of admiration appeared in You Hong's eyes.

After hearing You Hong's explanation, Ji Xiu suddenly nodded.

No wonder the little blue-haired boy gave him a sense of maturity that belied his age, and then he continued to ask:

"What is the Divine Heritage Team?"

"I don't know. Their appearance can be traced back to the beginning of the establishment of the Yu Jing Kingdom. They are the secret guardian force of our Yu Jing Kingdom. Each member acts independently and controls the strongest power under the gods. As for the others, we I don’t know either… As far as I know, Lei Yan is the third member of the Divine Heritage Team numbered 1.”

"Understood, thank you."

"No need to thank me, you are really lucky to have met Lei Yan, otherwise you would have left it to the Shadow Realm."

"Shadow Realm? You mean the clergy hospital shrouded in black mist?"

"That's right." You Hong nodded.

"What is the Shadow Realm?"

"I don't know when, the material plane we are in has derived a mirror world, which has the same scene as our real world, but has been corroded by some kind of power. It is filled with a large number of monsters, which often come to reality. If not in a short time, If the nodes of the Shadow Realm are destroyed within a certain period of time, the Shadow Realm scene will expand and spread wantonly."

"Over the years, the Shadow Realm has appeared more and more frequently. The main task of us members of the Saints Group is not to participate in case investigations in major cities. Fighting against the Shadow Realm and the forces of trouble, and cleaning up the sources of pollution are our core tasks."

"There is very little information about the Shadow Realm at this stage, and we don't know why the Shadow Realm was born... The conclusion of speculation is that the Shadow Realm seems to want to devour the real world. This is also the reason why the Shadow Realm scenes continue to interfere with reality."

After listening to You Hong's explanation, Ji Xiu felt more and more that the world was full of dangers.

War between original gods, troublesome forces, invasion of the shadow world, sources of pollution... Yu Jingguo is facing multiple crises and challenges, and may be at risk of falling apart at any time.

Ji Xiu continued to ask at this time:
  "Boss You, although I have joined the Saints group, what should I do if the Black Hole Organization contacts me again in the future?"

"Ignore it."

"Don't you need me to be a double agent for you?"

"No need, you are just a consumable at the bottom of the Black Hole Organization. You have no access to the Black Hole Organization's core information. The only people who can grasp the core information are alien life forms recognized by the Black Hole God."

"Alien life?"

What You Hong said seemed to Ji Xiu to be a bit informative.

"You can understand that every god has a subordinate race that protects it. For example, our country, Yu Jing, has been blessed by God Yu Jing and is a race recognized by God Yu Jing."

Ji Xiu suddenly nodded:

"So the Black Hole Organization is actually an organization established by alien beings who infiltrated our country, Yu Jing. The purpose is to expand the scope of the Black Hole God to absorb the power of fear."

"Your understanding is correct. It's easy to chat with smart people. You don't need to explain too much."

Saying that, You Hong stood up:

"Okay, I have completed the task ordered by Lei Yan. You are now a free agent of the Saints group. From now on, you are not allowed to go except to the national borders. You can go to the five major cities as you like."

"Last question, why am I not allowed to go to the border? Speaking of what is there in the outside world, is it really like what is said on the Internet, that the outside is a paradise and the people are all captive believers?"

Facing the inquiry, You Hong was slightly speechless and said:

"Conspiracy theories on the Internet are all lies fabricated by the Thousand Faces Organization to absorb the energy of conspiracy. You don't really believe it, do you?"

"I don't believe it, but I'm very confused. Since the high wall on the border is to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, why not let the people go out and have a look? No matter how many explanations there are, seeing is believing. Let the people see the truth, and it can easily disintegrate a thousand faces. Organizational conspiracy theories.”

"Because those who go out will be mentally contaminated and will have no chance of coming back. There is no difference between letting them go out and sending them to death."

"Then why not tell this part of the truth to the people?"

"You know too little about the source of pollution. There are some things that I can't explain to you for the time being, because the moment you know the truth, you may become the next source of pollution."

"What do you mean?" Ji Xiu couldn't help but frown.

"You can understand that from the moment you know the truth, you have some kind of spiritual connection with the pollution sources outside. They can directly affect you through this spiritual connection and turn you into a new pollution source, so keeping it secret is a last resort. ...You will understand all this when the original god behind you wakes up, and there is no need to ask me." After saying that, You Hong turned around and walked towards the door, turning his back to him and waving his hand:
  "That's it, you can do whatever you want, I'll get busy."

After You Hong left, Ji Xiu fell into deep thought.

Now it seems that the world is far more complicated than he imagined.

At first, he had guessed that the people of Yu Jing Kingdom seemed to be trapped by the Yu Jing Church, unable to set foot in or understand the outside world.

But what You Hong said made him realize that the high walls erected on the border and related confidentiality work were to protect the safety of the people, so Yu Jingguo was actually a protected world, the outside world described in conspiracy theories. , is a dangerous zone full of pollution and death.

As for whether it is true or false, Ji Xiu has no way of knowing for the time being.

The only thing that interested him was that the original gods in this world all obtained their power through the actions of living beings.

For example, generating fear, or becoming part of a planned conspiracy.

All activities of living beings may create growth power for potential original gods.

This is also the reason why he asked Lei Yan at that time if there were any original gods who drew strength from the shit of living beings in the world.

Without thinking about these boring questions, Ji Xiu reached out and picked up the black mobile phone in front of him, pressed the side switch to wake up the screen, and when the screen lit up, a pupil unlock prompt popped up, and then jumped to the main interface.

There are two apps installed on the mobile phone interface.

They are [Saints Address Book] and [Saints Mission].

The saints' address book is easy to understand. You don't need to click on Ji Xiu to figure out its role. It must be a channel for communication between saints. It contains the contact information of all members.

He is very interested in the Saint Mission APP.

When you open the Saint Mission APP, a blue eye appears on the initial screen. After waiting for a few seconds, the screen jumps to the main page.

At the top of the main page is the search box.

From left to right, there are three clickable options: nearby events, major events, and real-time monitoring of the arrival of the shadow world.

In the nearby event list, pop-up task information is constantly being refreshed:

A case was discovered in Area C of Wuhai City. The deceased was suspected to have been killed by members of the Black Hole Killer Organization (click to view the details of the case).

Time: 1 minute ago.

A murder case occurred in District B of Wuhai City. The deceased was a woman. She was suspected of having contacted the Thousand Faces Organization before her death and was involved in a conspiracy plan (click to view the details of the case).

Time: 3 minute ago.

……

The cases in the list are refreshed in the form of a rolling report.

Clicking on each case will provide you with case-related information provided by the Law Enforcement Department, and the information will be updated in real time.

Among them, the cases in the major incident list were generally a few days or even weeks ago, and the cases included included pollution sources or major actions of troublesome forces.

The final arrival of the shadow world records the locations where the shadow world scenes in each city are refreshed.

Among them, the latest information about the arrival of the shadow world is the clergy hospital.

With curiosity, Ji Xiu clicked on the latest information in the Shadow World Arrival option, and the screen jumped to the details page.

The Shadow World Arrives (Latest):

Advent time: 10:23

坐标地点：雾海城C区，神职医院（北纬30°14′45″，东经120°8′30″）
  Shadowlands Scene Intensity: Whispering.

Number of monsters: unknown.

Monster type: unknown.

Death toll: 12.

Number of people injured: 3

Personnel involved in clearing the scene: Divine Heritage Team-Lei Yan.

Summary of detailed information: Lei Yan failed to provide detailed information about the shadow world that descended on the clergy hospital this time.

……

The intensity of the shadow world is divided in detail in the side explanation. From low to high, they are the whisper of the shadow world, the murmur of the shadow world, the hissing of the shadow world, the roar of the shadow world, and the roar of the shadow world.

The shadow scene that descended on the clergy hospital this time was a "whisper" at the lowest level, but there was no detailed information recorded in the data.

Ji Xiu also understands this.

Lei Yan has a special status and does not need to report to the Saints Group or even the Yujing Church. Therefore, the Saints Group has limited information about the coming of the shadow world.

After continuing to browse for a while, Ji Xiu suddenly thought of whether he could check the progress of the investigation of Han Yun's assassination through this app, which was only used by Saints insiders.

(End of this chapter)