Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 708 is not a reason
A muffled sound like an explosion came from afar, and then got closer and closer. In just a few breaths, it was right in front of us.

"—For His Majesty!"

A hot-melta axe broke through the wall!

The scarlet hot-melt axe blade easily split the wall, and then a knight wearing a single-soldier exoskeleton rushed in. Behind him, dozens of infrared rays penetrated the air, scanning the entire field in less than half a second, and then accurately fixed on everyone's forehead and heart.

Song Shi glanced at them.

The knight who rushed in first was fearless. He held the melta axe tightly in both hands and swept around. When he saw the woman not far away, his expression suddenly became serious.

"Jeremy Robert, the Third Company of the Third Battalion of the First Knights of Tuvis, reports to you!" He growled, "--In the name of the Empire!"

"In the name of the Empire."

Renata nodded.

Following the breach in the wall, there were several more armed knights. They did not rush in, but set up their guns. The infrared rays that represented the aiming and locking were their masterpieces.

The moment they received the notification from the heretics, they rushed over - as the nearest garrisoned armed unit.

As for those farther away, they were also rushing in at this moment, blocking the surrounding areas and trying not to let any heretic escape.

"Execute according to the Imperial Code." Renata looked at the young man again: "This is the solution."

"We will first ensure that the contamination they have suffered has been eradicated, and then conduct inquiries and investigations to confirm the full picture of the entire incident. If the mind has been tampered with by external forces, such as the psychic power of [Consensus], the punishment will be reduced depending on the severity, including but not limited to acquittal."

"——If there is no trace of tampering by external forces, but it is the result of personal will."

Renata said calmly.

"Then the judgment will be carried out according to the law, in the reformatory, the atonement unit, the prison and the execution ground."

She spoke every word.

"The Empire can tolerate mistakes, but it cannot tolerate betrayal."

Song Shi suddenly let out a breath.

He walked up to a man.

"Ask a question."

Song Shi looked at the other party and suffered a series of shocks in a short period of time. First, the "holy ascension" that he had been looking forward to for a long time failed, and then the messenger of the sect who promised to lead them was thrown back like a dead dog.

The man, who was bulging with implants, had a pale face.

He heard clearly the previous conversation between the woman and the disaster, and had vaguely understood it.

I seem to have been deceived again.
"I, I didn't betray the Empire." Finally, panic crept onto his face again, and the man said in a hurried voice: "I just, I just want to become a psychic entity! I also want psychic power!"

Psychic power is not something that can be obtained in this way.

Song Shi didn't say this.

He just interrupted the other person and said, "Can you tell me? Why do you want to obtain psychic power?" He was stunned for a moment and subconsciously looked at the woman next to him, who was obviously the leader.

The other party was noncommittal.

"I want to live a less painful life." He whispered after a long while.

"As long as you become a psychic, you can get subsidies from the government, which is higher than my salary." The man said: "I heard that they don't need to work, and they can eat meat for every meal, real meat. I also want to live a life like this."

"You're only half right." Renata, who was standing not far away, said slowly, "People who have awakened their psychic powers can indeed receive subsidies, but they still need to pay - a different kind of work from yours. Many of them have been called up to join the armed forces, fighting at the risk of being sacrificed at any time."

"Any other pain?" Song Shi asked again.

Being interrupted by Renata, the man looked at the knights standing silently around him, and the courage he had just mustered was instantly retracted. He sobbed for a while and couldn't organize his words.

Song Shi waited quietly.

The eyes of several knights changed slightly, and they were gradually becoming impatient. However, when they saw Renata did not move, they slowly suppressed their emotions and returned to iron silence.

"I'm in a lot of pain." Suddenly, a new voice sounded. It was that of a young, thin young man. He seemed not to notice what was happening around him. He opened his collar, revealing a body covered in blue and red spots and thin skin. "I've been checked. My mom and dad took me to check several times. It's a genetic disease. I forgot the name."

"The doctor said I got it when I was still in my mother's womb. It was all because of the colorful water discharged from the factory." The young man seemed to be crying and laughing: "Then the pastor of the church told me to tell my parents that this was the original sin I was born with."

The young man suddenly turned his head, as if he had just discovered Renata. He slowly opened his eyes wide: "You are an important person, right? Am I guilty? Was my birth really a mistake?"

"The priest also said the second half of the sentence, right?" Renata said slowly.

"The original sin you carry is not from yourself, but from the empire. You are not a sinner, but a victim of glory." She said, "But you forgot. If I'm not mistaken, the local diocese should have compensated you."

The young man was stunned for a long moment, then suddenly ripped open his collar, as if he was enraged.

"Compensation? How?" His face flushed. "Give me some money, some comfort items, and then use me as a propaganda role model from time to time? What I want is a good body! Because of this genetic disease, I can't even get a prosthetic body!"

He climbed up excitedly, as if he was going to pounce on Renata, but just as he had that inclination, the nearby knights stepped forward, raised their swords and spears, forming an insurmountable iron wall.

"Where were Your Majesty and the Holy Spirit when I was rolling around in pain in the middle of the night? I have believed in them for many years! I know that my disease can be cured! Why didn't you cure it for me!"

"I sympathize with your experience, but I don't understand your thoughts."

Renata shook her head slightly.

"Let every citizen of the empire enjoy a happy and satisfying life. This has always been our goal, but nothing can be achieved overnight."

"The Empire has been preparing for this for two millennia. We built up faith from scratch, completed religious reform and the aristocracy restriction bill, promoted technological progress, and led Terra's path to redemption. The days you suffered, the Empire suffered more than you."

"This road has reached its final node. Regarding the genetic disease you suffer from, my answer is, yes, yes, the Empire can cure you, but every extra resource spent now will become a glimmer of hope for the future holy war."

"The sacrifice now is for the heaven in the future."

Renata looked directly at the young man.

"Pain is not a reason for betrayal."

(End of this chapter)