Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 149 The Strongest Priesthood!
The death of the senior minister, Pollux, caused a huge stir in the patrol community.

Originally there were only two senior ministers left in the inspection headquarters, and now there is only one senior minister left, Xu Shaofeng.

Although he was left alone, the vassal faction was like a cancer to the autonomous faction of Earth civilization, so the fewer the better. Therefore, Xu Shaofeng actually felt that it was good for Poloket to die.

"Master, the Yan family in the metropolitan area is investigating the death of Poluket and is investigating you."

That afternoon, Chen Guang suddenly reminded Lin Qing.

"Oh." Lin Qing said casually: "Just check it out. There is no evidence for this matter. It is impossible to suspect that I killed Poluket."

Black flames were created from the power of the tenth energy level. This level of power should not exist on Earth at all.

Who would have thought that Hei Yan had been resurrected, and was his clone?

Only a dead person can live forever.

"They really didn't suspect you."

Chen Guang said: "The main direction of the investigation is still the urban circle forces behind the autonomous faction and those extraterrestrial prisoners. After all, there have been cases in the past where extraterrestrial prisoners deliberately killed the vassal faction."

Lin nodded slightly.

He had considered this before he dared to let Black Flame kill Porukot directly.

"But there are still troubles."

Chen Guang said, "Based on the information I know so far, if the situation continues to develop, and the autonomous faction and the Earth prisoners refuse to admit it and cannot find any evidence, the Yan family and Zhixing Group will definitely not let it go so easily. They may eventually forcibly interrogate and arrest a group of people."

She looked at Lin Qing, "Master, you must be among them too."

"nothing."

Lin Qing said calmly: "As long as I obtain the priesthood and become a citizen of the universe, the Zhixing Group will have no right to arrest me by force. Without evidence, they can't do anything to me."

The key is the starry sky priesthood.

The identity of a cosmic citizen is the first step in negotiating with these cosmic civilizations.

Chen Guang nodded slightly, "The world of clergy is the real stage for the strong in the universe."

Lin Qing also understood this.

However, Heiyan had only been a priest not long ago and had been in hiding for a long time, so he was not very clear about many aspects of the priesthood of the starry sky.

For example, he knew nothing about holy texts, exclusive artifacts, magical skills, etc.

……

On the evening of October 10, Lin Qing’s notice of priesthood trial finally came.

[Dear elite patrol officer Mr. Lin Qing, after multiple reviews by the patrol headquarters, the patrol council, and the Zhixing Group, you have been issued a place to enter the First Forbidden Zone and a pass to enter and exit. Please arrive at the First Forbidden Zone on October 10.]

Minister Xu Shaofeng also called him to inform him——

"Tomorrow morning, I will ask the two inspectors, Tang Wanqiu and Kuerweiya, to escort you."

"it is good."

Lin Qing did not refuse either.

He knew that it was normal for Minister Xu to do this just to prevent those extraterrestrial prisoners from threatening and forcing him to replace him and enter the restricted area.

In the first few years after the Zhixing Group came to Earth, they did not attach so much importance to Earth, and people from other civilizations could enter the restricted area at will to obtain priesthood.

But later, after the Zhixing Group received resources from its hometown Yuanchen civilization, its power expanded rapidly, and it began to arrest people from other civilizations, treating them all as stowaways.

Among these extraterrestrial stowaways, quite a number of them have not yet had the opportunity to obtain the priesthood of the starry sky, so naturally they want to get a place from the people on Earth.

——This was also the reason why Uriel and other prisoners from outside the country targeted Lin Qing.

"Just wait until tomorrow." Lin Qing was also looking forward to it.

Although his true strength had long surpassed that of the Inspector, and he could even "summon" the Black Flame whose strength far exceeded that of the Minister, and he was not afraid of those extraterrestrial prisoners at all, he did not want to expose his strength at will.

……

March 10, 9 am.

A pure black private fighter came flying from the horizon and slowly landed on the Sulot Peninsula where the first restricted area was located.

"Lin Qing, go ahead."

"Remember, saving your life is the most important thing. If you really can't get a rare priesthood, forget it. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."

The two inspectors, Kulvia and Tang Wanqiu, escorted Lin Qing out of the airport. Before entering the restricted area cordon, they gave him a few instructions and then watched him walk into the cordon.

Lin Qing didn't say much.

He had already guessed that the Earth Autonomous Faction was supported by the bigwigs from the Earth civilization in the urban circle, such as Qi Lingxiao and Chu Hongjun.

In the exploration of Earth's treasures and the fight against extraterrestrial civilizations, rare priesthood is necessary.

pity……

So far, there has been no one in Earth civilization who has obtained the rare priesthood, and only those on Earth who have been connected with extraterrestrial civilizations have this opportunity.

"It would be nice if I could be the first one..."

With a complex mixture of anticipation, uneasiness, and desire, Lin Qing crossed the cordon step by step and walked towards the first restricted area.

The first restricted area was also shrouded in seemingly thin white mist, with a silver floating fortress suspended in the sky.

Although the floating fortress above the first restricted area is not as huge as the fortress above the second restricted area, it is the war machine of Zhixing Group after all, and its power can easily sweep all areas outside the urban circle of the earth.

Even if Bai Zhou, the strongest of the extraterrestrial prisoners, dares to break in, he will most likely die.

Not to mention, the supervisors who guard the restricted area all year round are also extremely powerful.

If there wasn't another strong person acting in secret, it would have been impossible for the people from the Primitive Research Institute to break into the second restricted area under the protection of the fortress and the supervisors.

"Earthlings, each statue in the restricted area represents a priesthood. You only need to obey the statue's call, but each statue will only give you one trial opportunity, no matter how many times you enter the restricted area."

The supervisor of the first restricted area is a bald, three-eyed man from an intelligent alien world. He has a slightly evil temperament and his aura is much stronger than that of ordinary primitive creatures. He is very likely a high-level primitive creature.

Such a strong man is extremely powerful even if he has not obtained the original priesthood. He is not sure whether the black flame clone burning black flame can deal with this supervisor.

"I understand."

Lin Qingwei nodded slightly and immediately walked into the fog of the restricted area.

……

The gravity inside the first restricted area is about sixty times that of the Earth.

If it is an awakened creature with weak strength, it can only barely survive in this high-gravity environment.

A figure walked out of the fog.

Lin Qing glanced at the huge platinum statues around him and said, "The Power Department Clergy District? It's not far from the Life Department Clergy District..."

He immediately walked quickly along the dark and deep road towards the life-related priesthood area.

The priesthood is divided into six major factions: life, destruction, order, chaos, nature, and power. The priesthood in the restricted area is naturally divided into six areas.

However, the first restricted area is much smaller than the second restricted area, and its area is only a few percent of the second restricted area.

After all, basic priesthood is just basic, and its types are far less numerous than those of the derived original priesthood.

"arrive."

After a while, Lin Qing arrived at the life department priesthood area according to the route map he had memorized in advance.

Seven-colored crystal-like statues of life gods are lined up on both sides of the road. Most of them are twelve meters high, and only a few are over twenty meters high.

These giant statues, which are obviously extremely large at first glance, represent rare divine positions.

The larger the statue, the rarer it is.

Lin Qing was not in a hurry and moved forward step by step along the road of the Life Department Priesthood.

As long as the match is strong enough, there is more than 30% chance of taking office. When he appears near the statue, the priest representing the statue will naturally respond.

"Om..."

Before Lin Qing took a few steps, a nearby seven-colored crystal statue had already lit up, and the strong light completely enveloped the huge statue.

He paused for a moment and took a look.

The statue is about twelve meters tall. It is a figure wearing a long robe and holding a longbow-like weapon in its hand.

When Lin Qing looked at the awakened statue, a message emerged in his mind.

[Regular Life Department Clergy: Hunter]

"So that's it."

Lin Qing couldn't help but laugh.

The first priesthood he learned about in the Star Tower was 'Hunter'.

However, after all, it was just a regular priesthood, so he naturally looked down on it.

Lin Qing immediately continued to move forward.

"Om..."

"Om..."

"Om..."

As he walked step by step into the depths of the life-related priesthood area, he saw statues of gods lighting up one after another.

Lin Qing was not surprised.

With his current conditions, even though he is not suitable for many conventional priesthoods, it is very easy for him to take the position by force because he is strong enough.

After a while, a statue about 28 meters high finally lit up.

[Rare Life-related Clergy: Military Commander]

[Remaining places: 6/9]

Lin Qing took a look at the huge statue representing the god in charge of military affairs, and saw that there were weapons floating behind it.

He kept walking.

The statues representing the regular priesthoods lit up one after another, but none of the statues representing the rare priesthoods lit up anymore.

Lin Qing was not surprised either.

It is said...

No matter how high one's talent or conditions are, even if one meets the requirements for multiple rare priesthoods, only one rare priesthood will be provided in the restricted area, and it must be the most suitable one with the highest success rate.

Only if it fails will the next rare priesthood appear.

However, even a genius of the Zhixing people would be thankful to be able to awaken a statue of a rare priesthood. Given that the second time is more difficult, awakening a second rare priesthood is simply a dream.

"What about the hidden priesthood?"

Lin Qing was a little confused, but he could only continue walking deeper.

On both sides of the road, huge statues of gods, more than 20 or even 30 meters high, kept passing him by.

After a while, Lin Qing walked through the entire life department priesthood area and came to the open space at the end.

The moment he stepped into the open space—

"boom!"

A vast and great wave suddenly erupted out of nowhere, sweeping in all directions like a tsunami, and in an instant submerged the entire first restricted area.

Fortunately, only one person can enter the first restricted area at a time, otherwise it would definitely alarm the entire restricted area.

I saw surging energies constantly gathering together, and gradually an extremely huge statue appeared in this open space.

Soon, a statue over a hundred meters tall appeared in front of Lin Qing.

It was a gigantic statue wearing a long robe and a mask. Apart from being too huge, it didn't look anything special.

As the light of the statue illuminated Lin Qing, a message emerged in his mind.

[Hidden Priesthood of Life Department: Walking Under God]

[The only priesthood on this planet]

"It's really a hidden priesthood..."

Lin Qingwei breathed a sigh of relief and immediately walked forward.

When he approached the statue, rays of seven-colored light immediately enveloped him.

The nearby space distorted, completely concealing his figure.

……

Lin Qing was in a trance for a moment, and suddenly he felt his body sinking. After looking around, he found himself on a dark red land with three dazzling suns in the sky.

The ground beneath my feet was hard and hot, and the surface temperature was probably several thousand degrees.

Scorching wind waves continued to hit from afar, and the temperature was at least several hundred degrees.

The gravity here is much higher than that in the restricted area, estimated to be at least two thousand four hundred times the gravity on Earth.

Even if one is at the patrol level, even if he can survive here, his movement speed will be pitifully slow.

"It's not a virtual space..."

Lin Qing could feel that he was in the real world, but the third-level starry sky combat suit on his body was gone, leaving only the second-level starry sky combat suit that he had prepared in advance.

"It's just as the information says."

"The forbidden land of the priesthood is connected to the space of other planets, and the trial will also transfer people to other places..."

"Items or other factors that do not meet the requirements of the trial cannot be transferred with the trial."

Lin Qing silently felt the changes at this time.

The third-level starry sky combat suit, portable guns, subspace storage devices, and energy shield bracelets were not transferred over.

However, the high-energy Rubik's Cube, alloy throwing knives, etc. are still there.

suddenly--

"Trialist."

A deep and majestic voice sounded: "The trial will begin in thirty seconds. If you survive for one minute, you will pass the first test."

"Survival test?" Lin Qing's heart moved.

He had also tried various simulated trials of walking under the gods in the Star Transmission Tower, so naturally he had some experience.

next moment--

The sky suddenly darkened, and countless burning meteorites were seen falling from the sky, crashing towards the ground at a terrifying speed!

Each meteorite is at least ten meters in diameter. Even if its density is just that of ordinary rock, its mass must be extremely large. Coupled with such exaggerated gravitational acceleration, one can imagine how great its kinetic energy is.

"Such a dense mass of meteorites, such a large area... and such a strong gravity, it's too difficult to dodge them, and there's nowhere for me to hide."

Lin Qing immediately determined the current situation.

Under this terrifying gravity, the speed is probably only a few tenths of the past speed. You still want to dodge at this speed?

"And... you can only use the lightest divine weapon, otherwise it won't fly at all." "Go."

Lin Qing's mind moved, and a hazy light domain spread out. At the same time, streams of light flew out of his body, twelve of which turned into twelve source divine weapons. Under the push of the domain, they directly tore through the air and rushed towards the meteorite.

There is also a source weapon that is like an electric drill. It follows gravity, spins madly and stabs into the ground, trying to dig a tunnel and find a hiding space.

"Clang, clang, clang—!"

The twelve divine weapons collided with the meteorite with a loud bang, but failed to tear the meteorite apart. Only some debris fell off.

Lin Qing couldn't help but be stunned.

The divine weapon that pierced the ground could only barely make a thumb-sized hole a few centimeters deep.

"So strong?"

He immediately understood: "It seems that I can only rely on my domain to deflect these meteorites..."

At a glance, the world is full of meteorites. There is nowhere to hide in the sky or on the ground. Moreover, the meteorites are indestructible, so we can only rely on a large range of fields to deflect the meteorites.

"It seems that this first level is the test field?"

Lin Qing pondered secretly, and immediately began to control the field, pressing the meteorites from the side, causing the meteorites flying towards him to change their falling trajectory.

However, the mass of these meteorites is still too large to stop their fall. The most they can do is slow down or deflect them.

"It's a bit difficult..."

Lin Qing moved his mind and controlled the field to continuously exert pressure on the falling meteorites, making them fall as far away as possible.

Even if the meteorite is fast and heavy, as long as the field applies a side force and the distance it falls from the high altitude is long enough, the meteorite can be completely shifted to another location.

"Boom boom boom——!!"

Meteorites and meteors were seen crashing towards the ground madly. They hit the solid ground nearby, causing the earth to shake continuously, but they only created a shallow pit on the surface.

Soon, the ground a hundred meters away was covered with fallen meteorites.

"Why are they increasing in number, and faster and faster?"

Lin Qing felt that these meteorites were becoming increasingly difficult to impact, which made him feel a little uneasy.

If this continues, without sufficient distance, the field will find it difficult to deflect these meteors and meteorites to a distant place.

Gradually, the direction where the meteorite fell was getting closer and closer to him.

There's no point in dodging.

"Black flame."

Finally, Lin Qing controlled the black flame clone to burn, and the intensity of his consciousness also increased significantly.

The influence of the field expanded significantly, easily deflecting the meteors and meteorites to the point where they could be easily resolved.

The minute is up quickly.

In the blink of an eye, all the meteorites in the sky disappeared without a trace.

Lin Qing felt a trance before his eyes again. His body suddenly became lighter and he seemed to appear in a gravity-free space. The surrounding was filled with dark deep space and he could only see faint starlight in the distance.

Ahead is a spiral staircase emitting a faint glow, as beautiful as crystal and glass. You can't see the end of it at a glance, as if it leads to the end of the starry sky.

"here it is……"

Lin Qing was delighted and immediately recognized the situation here, "Spiritual Ladder?"

He had tried a similar simulation test in the Star Tower a long time ago.

This level is a pure test of will!

"Trialist."

The deep and majestic voice sounded: "The second test will begin in thirty seconds. Please try your best to reach the end along the spiritual ladder."

Lin Qing did not hesitate and immediately started walking up the spiral staircase.

In this zero-gravity environment, climbing the stairs is easy, but the difficult part is resisting the mental pressure brought by the stairs. However, this test is not dangerous at all.

It only tests one's will.

The point is, this spiritual ladder actually has no end; it is just an illusion of the mind, and one must persist to the limit of one’s will before one can see the end.

But if there is no end in sight, your will may waver.

If you know the answer in advance, the difficulty of this level will be lower.

Besides, with his will, this level was not difficult.

Twenty minutes later.

Lin Qing finally felt the limit of his spiritual endurance and saw the end of the spiritual ladder.

The second test was easily passed.

After another trance, Lin Qing appeared under a huge arena with a golden mask on his face. The ground of the arena was covered with blood and emitted a strong smell of blood.

A large number of floating instruments can be seen around the ring, they seem to be filming?
"Is this... Bloody Battle City?"

Lin Qing immediately recognized the location of this test.

There is a bloody city on earth.

It is said that there is a bloody battle city on every planet with life. This is an activity started by a truly great super civilization in the universe.

The bloody battle in the city can be understood as a life-and-death battle in the octagonal cage.

Any creature that sold itself to the Blood War City, no matter if it was an ordinary creature, a citizen of the universe, or a big shot...

Before you can truly gain freedom, there are only two ways to die!
Killed on the bloody battlefield.

Or die of old age.

It is said that many people in the universe who have offended powerful forces, once they are desperate, will sell themselves to the Bloody Battle City to gamble on that glimmer of hope for survival.

In the Blood Battle City, there will be at least one life-and-death battle between awakened creatures every day. If you want to gain freedom, you must survive in the Blood Battle City of this planet for a hundred years and kill all other awakened creatures to gain freedom.

——This is the rule of Blood Battle City.

The Bloody Battle City on Earth has not yet connected with extraterrestrial civilizations, so it only accepts awakened creatures.

It is said that once it is connected to the starry sky and the Blood Battle City expands, it will receive primitive creatures.

The life-and-death battle between primitive creatures is held once a month. One must survive in the Blood Battle City for a thousand years. In addition to the Blood Battle City on this planet, one must also kill all the primitive creatures in the Blood Battle Cities on ninety-nine other planets of the same level before one can gain freedom.

Lin Qing has also inspected the Blood Battle City on Earth. Most of the people there were extraterrestrial stowaways who had no background and did not want to be eliminated by the Zhixing Group.

These stowaways are only surviving temporarily under the protection of the Bloody Battle City.

Even if there are few awakened creatures on Earth and not enough for a life-and-death battle every month, Blood Battle City will transport new people from other planets.

"This is not Earth..."

Lin Qing spread out his mind power and explored the surrounding environment. Then he found that in the rest area opposite the bloody fighting stage, a tall man with a single horn suddenly walked out and jumped onto the bloody fighting stage.

The one-horned man was nearly two meters and five centimeters tall. He exuded an extremely fierce aura and his eyes were dead and cold.

"Dear audience, this is the Blood War City of Monto Star!"

Suddenly, a voice similar to a commentary sounded: "This is the 172nd year that contestant Kares has lived in Blood Battle City. He has continuously challenged and killed opponents over the years. Now, in the entire Blood Battle City of Monto Star, the only awakened creatures are Kares on the ring and this mysterious newcomer who was just transported from another planet!"

"As long as Kares defeats this mysterious newcomer, he will be free!"

The commentator shouted passionately: "Let's wait and see what happens next!"

Although Lin Qing did not understand the language of the explanation, the priesthood trial made him naturally understand the meaning of these words.

He immediately understood his current situation.

"The priesthood trial directly led me to intervene in the life-and-death battles in the bloody cities of other planets?"

Although he had long known that the priestly restricted area was very mysterious, he had never expected that it could be done to this extent?

Where is Monto?

"Trialist."

Suddenly, the deep voice from the priesthood trial sounded: "Kill your opponent to complete the final trial."

It seemed that only Lin Qing could hear this voice, and the man on the bloody battle stage had no reaction.

Lin Qing took a deep breath and did not dare to be careless at all.

The strongest person in a planetary bloody battle city?
If it is an extremely powerful and mature planet in evolution, able to survive for a hundred years in a planet's bloody battlefield and kill all other awakened creatures, its strength must be extremely terrifying!

Lin Qing immediately expanded his domain and flew onto the bloody battle stage.

The entire arena is approximately one kilometer in diameter and is located in an environment with a gravity of approximately one thousand times, which is sufficient for awakened creatures to fight.

The one-horned man stared at Lin Qing with cold eyes, instantly filled with murderous intent.

[Current order level drops by 5.7 levels]

"level 5.7?"

Lin Qing immediately realized that everything in front of him was not a virtual space, but real!
In the virtual space, it will not cause the order level to decline at all!

"A bloody battle begins! The battle ends when one side dies!"

As the announcement sounded, the one-horned man who was hundreds of meters away suddenly burst out at an astonishing speed and rushed towards Lin Qing!

Lin Qing could instantly tell through the field that the opponent's speed was almost close to the speed of sound.

Under a thousand times gravity, even for a patrol officer, it would be good enough if the speed could reach a hundred meters per second.

However, this man was much faster, and it was obvious that he already possessed basic priesthood, and his strength was much stronger than that of an ordinary inspector!

"Quite fast."

Lin Weiqing frowned slightly, and the domain immediately began to oppress the one-horned man.

However, after the one-horned man's face changed, his speed only dropped by about 10% or 20%.

Although he has not yet burned with black flames, his consciousness after the transformation is already strong enough. If it were an ordinary inspector, it would probably be difficult for him to even move in his territory!
The black flame burned again.

With the intensity of consciousness skyrocketing, the power of the domain suddenly increased by nearly ten times!
The one-horned man's speed suddenly dropped to almost a turtle's crawl. He couldn't help but look at Lin Qing in horror, as if he was frightened, and his eyes were almost dull.

"You scared me, but it's not as powerful as I thought..."

Lin Qing also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "I said, a 97% success rate should be a crushing victory."

"Just in case, let's kill from a distance."

He knew at first glance that the other party was the type who was good at close combat, so he naturally would not risk getting close.

Rays of light flew up to the sky, transformed into divine weapons in mid-air, and then instantly turned into streams of light. Under the acceleration of a thousand times the gravity and field, they flew towards the one-horned man at an astonishing speed.

The one-horned man obviously also had telekinesis. He not only tried to use telekinesis to influence the Source Divine Weapon, but also used telekinesis to attack Lin Qing mentally.

However, the opponent was obviously not good at telekinetic attacks. When Lin Qing used "Seeing God in Nothingness", with his will, this mental attack had no effect at all.

With the blessing of the domain, the Source Divine Weapon's speed is so fast and its kinetic energy is so amazing that it cannot be shaken by the opponent's mental power.

“Puff! Puff! Puff!—”

After the one-horned man barely blocked one of the source divine weapons, he was pierced through the body by the stream of light transformed from the other source divine weapons, and even his head was cut off.

All that was left was the incomprehensible shock and disbelief in those eyes.

After a short silence——

"The winner is the mysterious newcomer!"

Lin Qing moved and immediately retreated to the rest area under the bloody battle stage.

The next moment, he suddenly felt a trance in front of his eyes, and found that he had returned to the huge statue that was a hundred meters high in the restricted area.

It was as if everything that just happened was not real.

"Fortunately, there is a field..."

Lin Qing was somewhat relieved. "If it weren't for the abnormal trick of the Black Flame Clone to enhance the domain, it would be difficult to win..."

Generally, an inspector can only lower the order level by about 5 levels, but Upper Minister Polukot, as a primitive creature, can lower the order level by 6.1 levels.

A difference of one level can result in a difference of dozens of times in danger.

The one-horned man on the bloody battle stage just now was obviously an awakened creature of a rare divine position. He could actually reduce the order level by 5.7 levels, which shows how powerful he is!
"This hidden priesthood assessment is a little too difficult."

Lin Qing secretly sighed, "If the awakened creatures have not yet assumed the divine office, it will be too difficult to successfully pass the trial."

At this time-

The huge statue in front of him suddenly burst out with a brighter light, completely enveloping Lin Qing and even beginning to merge into his body and soul!

[Begins to integrate the hidden priesthood of the life system, 'God walks under the heavens']

At this moment, Lin Qing seemed to hear the roar of his soul collapsing, and seemed to feel that his body began to transform and reorganize.

Gradually……

His consciousness began to become hazy and he could no longer sense anything.

Only one message after another kept emerging in his mind.

[Genetic power, mental telekinesis, various combat methods, telekinesis secrets... fused into a 'pseudo-divine body']

[Power and life-related talents detected... condensed into 'pseudo-divinity']

[The 'Pseudo-God Realm' has been opened...]

['Pseudo-Godhood' has been activated...]

……

I do not know how long it has been.

Lin Qing slowly opened his eyes, with a strange look in his eyes.

"Is this... God walking in His presence?"

At this moment——

The huge statue standing before him suddenly shattered, turned into nothingness and disappeared.

"No wonder it was unique and disappeared after the priesthood trial was over?"

Lin Qing murmured, but was suddenly stunned.

"Ok?"

He looked around in confusion, "Strange, the priesthood trial has ended, why haven't I been teleported out of the restricted area yet?"

In theory, no matter whether you succeed or not, no matter how much time it takes, as long as the priesthood trial is over, you will be teleported out of this restricted area.

And yet he is still here!
"Wait... hidden priesthood?"

Lin Qing suddenly recalled the information he had just received in his mind, and turned his head sharply to look at the clergy area of ​​the Life Department.

"Could it be that... I can integrate another priesthood?"

(End of this chapter)