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After Bai Jieyouyou woke up, Anle naturally interrogated him seriously.

He got an answer that surprised An Le.

According to Bai Jie's words, he is actually an apprentice from Ember Academy.

——An Le had expected this point.

After all, whether it is the understanding of various creatures in the wasteland, the way to deal with their corpses, and the means of collecting extraordinary materials, they all far exceed the average wilderness hunters, and have reached the professional level, or even above the professional level.

An Le was skeptical at that time, but when he actually heard the words "embers research institute" from Bai Jie's mouth, he still couldn't help being a little surprised.

Needless to say, the lofty and mysterious status of Ember Research Institute.

But more importantly, with this background, the act of stealing the "great wonder" can also be understood.

Ember Research Institute does not just study science and technology in various industries.

Extraordinary power is also the object of study by the mentors and apprentices.

It is even a research target with a relatively high proportion.

In the opinion of many people in Ember Research Institute——

Extraordinary power is the primary productive force!

The power of a transcendent can never only be used for fighting and killing. When this ability is used in the manufacturing and production industry, it can also burst out with amazing light.

The only problem is that greatness often begets misfortune.

Extraordinary people use this power too much, and they are easy to be watched by unknown beings.

Sometimes, the extraordinary will also turn against its master.

There are not a few people who die every year because of their extraordinary abilities.

However, the people of Ember Research Institute still firmly believe——

When their side effects are eliminated or the laws of them are mastered, it is bound to trigger a new productivity revolution and bring unprecedented changes to the world.

"Control extraordinary abilities like technology!"

This is the ideal and goal pursued by many researchers.

For this reason, they are willing to constantly explore, try, and even conduct experiments.

And the "great strange thing" that can continuously produce different stones, from a certain perspective, is the existence that can promote the extraordinary revolution.

Whether it is directly stealing or collecting some of its information and parameters, it is extremely valuable.

Among the people of the Stone Clan, Joseph had been to the Stone Clan before, and left a bad impression on Su Dai and the others.

After in-depth inquiry, An Le learned that it turned out that he entered the room after agreeing to a girl's invitation that night, but he didn't do that at all, but used hypnosis to put the girl to sleep.

This kind of thing undoubtedly dissatisfied the Shi Clan people and considered it an insult.

Then there was the scene that An Le saw.

And no Stone Clan people are interested in him.

Now that I think about it, Joseph probably did it on purpose.

The last time I came to the Stone Clan, it was equivalent to a thieves' footsteps, and I had a preliminary understanding of the situation in the Stone Clan.

During the hypnosis process, Joseph estimated that he had also completed the acquisition of intelligence.

*****

Back to the present time.

In a makeshift tent.

"So, you are Joseph's accomplice?"

An Le looked at Bai Jie in front of him, and asked in a cold voice.

"No, I am not."

Bai Jie said with a wry smile.

"To be precise, I should... be Joseph's pawn?"

"It was also that night that I found out that he is also a member of the Ember Academy, and I'm afraid... the level is much higher than mine."

"That's not just the standard an apprentice should have."

Bai Jie explained everything quite honestly.

The moment he was shocked by Joseph's identity and broke through his heart, he was controlled by Joseph's spirit and driven by the other party.

In fact, most of the theft was done by Joseph himself, including a brief encounter with Sudai.

What Bai Jie did was to dig out this tunnel with an extraordinary relic, and to keep that great strange object in the end.

He still remembered that Joseph gave him a special instrument that could transmit various data and information.

Presumably, that was the purpose of Joseph's series of actions.

But before Bai Jie woke up, the instrument had already destroyed itself, and Joseph was nowhere to be seen.

By swearing with his soul, Bai Jie confirmed the authenticity of his words, and also eliminated most of the hostility of the Stone Clan people towards him.

Bai Jie could barely be considered one of the victims.

But treating him with the same enthusiasm as before, it is naturally impossible.

After figuring out the reason behind this, An Le's mood is not easy.

Let's not talk about what Joseph wants to do in collecting these data, but when he thinks about the profound background of the "Embers Research Institute", Anle feels a heavy heart.

I always feel that there is an undercurrent that he doesn't know is surging in this world.

However, life must go on.

An Le asked Shi Yi and other Shi people what they thought, and asked them how they planned to survive in the future.

Shi Yi's attitude was very free and easy, saying that they decided to move to the nearest city - Xingying City.

Since then, he has settled down in Xingying City.

After all, after losing the Yishi, the combat effectiveness of the Shizu people dropped a lot.

If we talk about the living conditions of the Shizu people in the wasteland before, it is like a young couple supporting each other, working hard and renting a house in a big city.

So now, it is equivalent to a man who has to work overtime to support the whole family on his own. The difficulty has soared from "tomorrow will be better, happiness knocks on the door" to "live and don't want to live, die I dare not die again."

For the survival of the group, there is no other way.

Coincidentally, the destination of An Le's trip is also Xingying City.

The two parties will continue to travel together for the time being.

*****

at the same time.

City of Glory.

This is a city named after "Hui"!

Based on this alone, it is not difficult to guess its background and residents.

It also has another name - Primordial City.

According to legend, the first city to be established in the glorious history.

The lord of brilliance has bestowed the most brilliance and favor here, and many sages are constantly emerging like waves on a tidal wave.

They led the believers to establish the City of Brightness and Brightness, sheltering many ordinary people and resisting evil and terrifying undead.

Since then, human beings have finally regained their first foothold in the wilderness, and they don't have to worry about the danger of dying from the unknown all the time.

After thousands of years, the City of Glory has long since become the largest city in the world.

It is also a holy place in the minds of countless Huijiao believers.

Every year, a large number of outsiders want to move into the City of Glory, and the number is even more exaggerated than the young people who went to Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou in the previous life.

There are also countless Hui religion believers who have gone through long journeys, hardships and obstacles, and may have crossed a long journey in the wilderness, just to come here for a pilgrimage and to pay homage to the largest and most magnificent church of Hui in the world—Holy Court!

Generally speaking, every city has a church of radiance.

But they usually don't have their own names, and they are collectively referred to as "Church of Radiance". Only the church in the City of Radiance can be called "Holy Court"!

It is said that this is the name bestowed by the Lord of Radiance himself.

Every believer in City of Glory is proud of this.

Du Zuozuo is one of them.

She was wearing the uniform distributed by Huijiao, which was similar to the nun uniform of the Catholic Church on Earth, only differing in some details.

"Please don't kneel down on the main road, there is a special pilgrimage passage here!"

"Please do not interfere with the work of other clergy, and do not make loud noises."

"There is free water and food here."

"Don't crowd, don't push! Please line up in an orderly manner!"

Holding a loudspeaker in his hand, Du Zuozuo yelled to the crowd of densely packed heads in front of him.

What she is in charge of today is the reception of pilgrims.

However, it was the first time for Du Zuozuo to do this kind of thing, and he was not very skilled. He was a little flustered for a while, his face was flushed, and his fair forehead was covered with beads of sweat.

'Woo! '

‘It’s obvious that the seniors are usually very orderly when receiving them, and the believers are also very obedient, but how come it’s my turn to become like this! '

The girl groaned inwardly.

'Senior, come back quickly! '

If the senior hadn't gone to the toilet, she wouldn't have to face this situation alone.

"Great Lord of Hui! Your devout believers pay you the highest respect!"

There was a gray-haired old man who ignored the girl's warning and directly knelt down on the road, step by step, ignoring the constant sounding vehicles behind him.

"Girl, give me some water! My wife has been thirsty for three days!"

The travel-worn man carried his wife on his back, forced his way through the crowd, and came to Du Zuozuo.

This immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of others.

"What are you doing! How dare you jump in line here?"

"You are thirsty, we are not thirsty, are we?"

"The quality is really bad. So, the closest man is really..."

Large and small riots occurred one after another, which made Du Zuozuo even more distressed. He was about to call his companions to rescue him, but suddenly found——

The world is quiet.

It was as if someone had pressed the mute button.

Those quarrels, whistles, shoving... all the noisy sounds around them were all pulled away.

People's blank sights were condensed in a direction not far away like a magnet.

Du Zuozuo turned his head to look, but his eyes widened slowly.

That is a very beautiful woman.

Looking about twenty years old, it is the most beautiful age of a woman.

The appearance is demure and soft, and the facial features cannot pick out any flaws.

I'm afraid that when the gods created her, they couldn't help admiring secretly, regarding it as the most beautiful creation.

The woman has a full head of white hair, which falls down to her waist like a waterfall. The whiteness of this hair is not haggard white, on the contrary, it is as bright as new, flexible and slender, like the light flowing down, as if to brighten the already bright The region is reflected more brilliantly.

Seeing her was like seeing the light!

Many believers are so intoxicated by its beauty that they seem to have forgotten to breathe, and the previous disputes and turmoil have long been thrown out of the sky.

At the same time, there was endless reverence in their hearts.

It was like seeing the coming of the Lord of Radiance.

Without words or orders, the people carved out a spacious road for this woman to pass by.

After a while, the woman's back disappeared at the end of the road.

The light fell from the white clouds and passed through the slender hair, the long white cloth-like hair was crystal clear.

That is a sight that these people will never forget in their lifetime.

Even if the beauty left, the crowd remained silent, as if any syllable would destroy the beauty.

Two or three minutes passed.

Time began to flow again.

The man with his wife on his back murmured, "Who is that...?"

Du Zuozuo stared at the direction where the woman was leaving, as if stars could pop out of his eyes, and shouted frantically and excitedly.

"Saint! It's the saint!"

She is a fanatical fan of the Holy Maiden, and her biggest wish is to become the escort of the Holy Maiden and follow her.

And people like Du Zuozuo are definitely not in the minority in the Holy Court.

The believers sighed with emotion.

"That's right, such an outstanding figure can only be the saintess of our Hui Sect."

"This is too beautiful..."

"It's worth the trip just to witness the beauty of the saint!"

"Worth the trip? I have no regrets in this life!"

I don't know where a discordant voice came from.

"Ah, I really want to be the saint's dog..."

*****

"Hoo-hoo--"

After staying away from the crowd, the saint Suo Youzi patted her chest lightly, and exhaled a small amount of relaxation.

'I'm so nervous...Ju, there are so many people! '

Her cheeks were slightly red, and against the background of her white hair, it was as if rouge had been applied on fine porcelain, and she was so beautiful.

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps.

Suo Youzi's expression immediately returned to the original, as cold and indifferent as usual.

On the contrary, the believers passing by were startled by her standing here.

"Holy, Holy Maiden... Your Excellency! I didn't expect you to be here. I'm so sorry for disturbing you!"

The believers wanted to cry but had no tears, so they almost knelt down and apologized.

Suo Youzi stared at her coldly without speaking.

Those beautiful eyes were pure and clear, as if they could see through all emptiness and filth, which brought a great sense of oppression to the female believer, she stammered.

"Ru...Ru Ru, if there's nothing else to do, I'll take my leave first."

Suo Youzi nodded and nodded her fair chin.

After the other party left, the saint sighed faintly with a gloomy expression.

She said in her heart: "Failed again..."

She clearly wanted to say "it doesn't matter" just now, but the words came to her lips, but she couldn't say anything.

The believers in the holy court all know that the saintess is very cold and often won't even say a word to them. A change in expression or a movement on the body is the greatest gift to them.

In fact, it was not out of Suo Youzi's original wish.

Rather, during the long, pampered, and revered life, this Huijia saint lost the ability to communicate with others normally.

in other words--

The saint has a communication disorder!

This is related to her past habits, and in recent years has evolved into a mental illness.

After sighing, Suo Youzi walked to the depths of the holy court.

She came this time because she received important instructions.

Just yesterday, the archbishop in the holy court received an oracle. According to the believers present, he showed extremely rare panic and anxiety, and until now, he refused to meet anyone.

The archbishop only named the saint, saying that there was something important to tell, so Suo Youzi came.

In front of the majestic hall, the old nun said quietly.

"My lord, the archbishop is waiting for you."

Suo Youzi nodded and stepped into the palace gate.

Not far away, the archbishop's figure was shrouded in a halo, as if he was about to turn into a part of the light.

The archbishop recited the contents of the oracle in old age.

[Pure white fear will cover the earth, and the mist will accompany it. 】

[The City of Bronze rises from the ground, knowledge flows into the void, and everything returns to chaos. 】

【Undead and flames are his servants. 】

【Chaos and madness are both his source. 】

"Saint, only you can prevent... His return."

"Find him and kill him!"

Suo Youzi took a step forward, chaotic and bright light spots danced around her, the light crawled under her feet, kissing the toes.

At this moment, the world loses its color for her.

For the first time, the woman's voice rang clearly in the hall, like jade beads falling into a plate.

"Youzi will definitely live up to her mission."