Wizards are mighty.

Chapter 134 Viewing Memory
Is what the Bishop said true?

The old man doesn't know.

But he tried hard to make himself believe it.

Because those who are chosen by the church to be sacrifices cannot be rejected.

Of course he wanted his grandchildren to be alive so that he could participate in the sacrifice himself.

But the church won’t allow it.

Therefore, the old man could only keep convincing himself in his heart that his grandson and granddaughter had all gone to the kingdom of God.

Those were the good days!
If I stay in this world, I will suffer a lot like him.

On the contrary, it is not good.

……

After that day, few people from the church came to see him.

The old man's life continues as usual.

He didn't see any changes in the world.

As for the effect of the "divine sacrifice"?

do not know.

But the days that followed seemed to become a little blurry in his memory.

Not long after his grandson and granddaughter disappeared in the white light of the sacred sacrifice, his wife also died of grief.

He was left alone in this world, helpless and helpless.

Even though there was only one mouth to feed in the family, the old man’s life wasn’t much better.

The reason is simple, he is old.

He couldn’t do the job of car repair before, and after the advent of the new era, he couldn’t compete with the young people for various jobs.

In the end, they could only go to the streets or markets, pick up unwanted things from others and sell them in the scrap yard, and then use the subsidies from the church to make ends meet.

He had a really difficult time during that period.

Fortunately, the church and God did not abandon him.

In a later census, he was successfully listed on the church's assistance list.

Elderly people like him who have made certain contributions to the church only need to pray for two hours a day and then recite church scriptures silently in front of the statue for eight hours, and they can receive a good meal and more subsidies, enough for their daily food and drink expenses.

It sounds like it takes a long time and seems very boring.

But if you stand in front of the statue of God, or in some special places prescribed by the church.

The consciousness of the person praying will enter a special state.

In that state, the old man seemed to perceive time as if it had accelerated countless times.

Just a little concentration and the sun in the sky will soon set, and in the blink of an eye, afternoon will turn into night.

Then we would have a free dinner in the church cafeteria or other places and continue reading the Bible in the evening.

Although the rules only require them to engage in these activities ten hours a day, almost everyone spends several additional hours in church.

The reason is simple, this is the pastor's request.

When the pastor of the church sees elderly people like them, he never shows a bad look, but patiently solves their problems and says that this is all God's grace.

In order to repay God's grace, people naturally cannot come to church with the mentality of doing a task, but should regard these matters as part of their own lives.

Although it is not stated explicitly, if someone dares to leave at the appointed time, he will disappear from the church's support list and lose a series of preferential treatment before long.

During days like this, the old man gradually forgot the pain of the past.

Because time passed so quickly, so quickly that he arrived today in a trance.

There is nothing much to say about what happened later.

He endured day by day until now he was completely unable to move. He was lying in bed due to a minor illness, waiting for death to come.

I wonder if he can go to God’s kingdom after his death? …

……

Waves of magical power rippled in the air.

Vic's soul floated beside the old man, reading his memories bit by bit.

Compared to asking around for information, it is obviously a better idea to directly check the memories of those who experienced it.

Even if one person's memory is biased, if one can look at a few more people, one can easily get a relatively complete history.

……

Judging from the memories of this old man, as well as many of the residents that Vic had previously checked out, this world was obviously also originally an indigenous world.

But one day, the Xinbo civilization crossed the world barrier and suddenly landed here, bringing a new life to the indigenous people of this world.

And this old man, like countless ordinary people in this period of history, experienced the changes between the old society and the new society, and finally had his own ending - he died miserably after his faith power was drained.

Yes, in Vic's opinion, the benefits provided by the church are nothing at all.

Even for a rule-level multiverse civilization, ordinary matter under the rules can be created out of thin air with a wave of the hand.

Not to mention feeding the ordinary people on a planet, even filling the entire universe wouldn't take much effort.

The reason why the church does that is actually very simple.

That is to control these natives through this means, so that they can continuously provide the power of faith.

These natives may also think that it is a good thing for the church to distribute various resources to them for no reason, and it would be okay even if they just prayed.

But in fact, getting people to spend a lot of time on various religious affairs is the purpose of the church itself.

It is also their biggest source of profit.

Because they control the lives of these believers and at the same time control their souls, they can continuously draw the power of faith from them.

In most civilizations with a faith-based practice system, faith is the most valuable currency.

Of course, this is limited to souls that are naturally bred in a world with special soul rules.

In such a world, naturally born souls are themselves part of the world's rules and a valuable resource.

Managers usually ask big resources to produce more and create more small resources for their use.

This is the world.

The church takes advantage of the indigenous people's ignorant belief that faith is worthless and continues to exploit their souls.

Vic could even see from the layout of the city that even if these believers died, their souls would be reused.

In fact, there is no such thing as a kingdom of God.

Yes, they are just faith machines similar to generators.

Turn them into batteries until their souls are completely dissipated.

……

……

"Sacrifice to the gods? Interesting."

Looking through the old man's memories again, Vic was intrigued by a piece of history in his memory.

Although I have also seen things related to that "divine sacrifice" in other people's memories.

But the images in those people's memories were not as clear as what the old man saw.

Because he was looking at the memories of people in the lower and middle classes of society.

Among them, those who are closest to the "sacrifice" and know the most about it are those whose family members have become "sacrifices".

Judging from the arrangement of the so-called "sacrifice" in the old man's memory, that special ritual seemed to be related to the world's will.

Perhaps it wants to erode and replace the world's will, so as to completely occupy this world?
(End of this chapter)