Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 1562 This is wrong
In the Priory of the Glowing Ion, third-class priests are qualified to use incense burners, second-class priests will have an additional scepter, and first-class priests are worthy of wearing gear decorations.

These three groups constitute the grassroots officials of the Glowing Ion Order.

The majority of people now were ordinary believers, followed by third-class priests. The green smoke from the lit incense burner quickly spread throughout the room.

Then, a faint murmur was heard among the crowd. It was more like interjections of tone, such as "hmm" and "ah", rather than a language, mixed in with the binary code formed by the beeping of the buzzer.

The sound became louder and louder, and many people raised their hands. At first glance, it looked like a cult scene.

Alyssa and the others did not dare to stand out too much. They followed the example of the people around them and raised their hands, blending in with the crowd.

At the same time, everyone was still moving slowly, trying to get to the door in an inconspicuous way so as to find a chance to escape secretly.

After all, I can still get by now. Who knows what will happen next? What if I am called on to speak on stage...

That would be a given.

The sound went from being scattered and patchy at the beginning to becoming complete, and even began to show some special resonance, as if the whole room was shaking slightly.

The brass holy emblem placed on the high platform became newer and newer, as if it had been polished from head to toe along with the prayers of the people.

This isn't right.

Alyssa's mind was full of thoughts about how to get away, and she didn't notice the changes in the holy emblem, but Li Chengxi was watching it the whole time.

And because I've been looking at it all the time, this holy emblem seems to really be able to answer prayers.

God's holy symbol and name cannot be easily changed. This is equivalent to a bank account. Believers must know where to deposit money (pray).

If this is changed, it would basically be equivalent to discarding everything that came before it.

But on the other hand, if there is no true God to recognize it, the holy emblem is actually just a badge designed by an individual. Whether it looks good or not is another matter, but it should not have any function.

These people from the Priory of the Radiant Ion have been worshipping the wrong holy symbol, and if you think about it carefully you can tell that there is something wrong.

The holy symbol is wrong and there is no response. Could it be that the Priory of the Glowing Ions didn't notice this at all over these years?

This has nothing to do with whether Li Chengxi takes over the position of the Demon King God. In fact, looking at the holy emblem of the previous generation of the Demon King God, it still has some special abilities.

Perhaps Li Chengxi was wrong, and the Glowing Ion Priory was not worshipping him?

That's not right. If the god they worshipped wasn't him, Captain Maxim and his companions wouldn't have been able to come to the divine realm and become petitioners.

Considering these clues, there are not many options left...

As Li Chengxi was thinking about this, his prayers seemed to reach their climax.

A brass-colored holy light descended from above, hitting the holy emblem squarely in the middle, like a conspicuous spotlight.

The members of the Glowing Ion Priory around them all knelt down and worshipped, while those who were a little further away immediately bent down and bowed.

This seems to be the rule of the Glowing Ion Hermitage. Characters who can kneel should have a relatively high status.

Alyssa and the others who were retreating did not dare to leave the crowd, and they all bent down and pretended to be there.

At this moment, there was a roar outside the room, as if some huge machine was started. The sound was not so much deafening as it was painful, as if the brain was jumping back and forth in the skull.

This was not a comfortable experience. At this moment, the door that Alyssa and the others had entered opened with a swipe, and the officer who had just greeted them shouted into the room:
"The equipment is operating normally, and the energy has reached the experimental peak."

Alyssa and the others only now understood that this prayer was actually part of the experiment?

This is something I have never heard of or seen before.

It is not uncommon to hold an incense burner and pray to appease the machine spirit.

It sounds a bit superstitious, but in fact it is necessary to make the machine spirit very happy.

Machine Soul can be simply regarded as a kind of artificial intelligence, but it cannot be compared with AI on Earth, because Machine Soul is not created by typing code, this thing itself is born from a special magical ritual.

Machine souls generally do not have a clear and lucid consciousness. If there is no one to command them, they are mostly just artificial mental retardation.

In fact, the official name of the machine soul is artificial soul. Yes, it is what the golem on Viola's side uses.

In order for the machine soul to work smoothly, a large number of programs are written to help and constrain this artificial idiot to fully understand its own content.

But precisely because the machine soul is an artificial soul, it possesses a certain degree of self-awareness. Therefore, when overhauling large equipment such as battleships, a ceremony to appease the machine soul is needed. Otherwise, it will really think that the maintenance worker is threatening its existence and take extreme actions.

In short, the ritual to appease the machine spirit is reasonable. It is not a simple custom, nor is it feudal superstition.

And these people from the Glowing Ion Priory were just praying to a holy emblem, so why could this be connected to large-scale experimental equipment?

For Alyssa, this operation was beyond common sense and unreasonable.

It’s like feudal superstition actually works.

"Don't move. No matter what you do now, you might be discovered."

Li Chengxi's words made everyone stop moving backwards.

Almost at the same time when Li Chengxi spoke, everyone felt the clear gaze.

It was as if someone was staring at them from above, and that gaze, which was real, passed over each person in an almost scrutinizing manner.

It is difficult to describe this special feeling. If I have to make a metaphor, it is like gently wiping the skin with a sponge, but it is not physical and cannot be felt by the five senses. It is more like a warning from the sixth sense.

Fortunately, his eyes only glanced at Alyssa and the others and passed by, as if he didn't find anything wrong with them.

Almost at the same time as she looked away, Alyssa heard Li Chengxi say:

"According to intelligence, the ceremony will be over soon, usually in less than ten minutes. Then you just need to follow the others and get out of here."

Others in the communication channel didn't know what the information Li Chengxi was talking about meant, but Alyssa knew that it must be the original words relayed by Captain Maxim.

In fact, it was almost the same as what Li Chengxi said. Everyone stayed there for a few minutes. The holy emblem placed on the platform began to dim, and the holy light slowly disappeared, leaving only the light in the room.

Accompanied by a long, rapid beep, like the piercing sound of a buzzer when a computer error occurs, the person on the platform covered the holy emblem with a piece of silk, and the people of the Glowing Ion Hermitage also stood up and walked towards the doors on both sides.

Their efficiency is indeed high. They don't even say hello. They feel more like machines than people.

(End of this chapter)