The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 213 Illegal Psionicists? Legalized Here!
"General, it's very simple. As long as we build more artillery fortifications, put large-caliber heavy artillery inside, and supplement them with machine gun cover, such a defensive position can be formed."

"With just a few heavy artillery pieces that can provide crossfire, we can blockade a fairly large area. As you know, the Altrians have very few heavy weapons, so our artillery advantage will be very damaging to them."

At this point, Andrei saw that the general in front of him was about to say something, so he quickly added:
“I understand what you mean. There aren’t that many heavy artillery pieces. It’s impossible to split up the artillery units and then stuff them into fortresses for fixed defense.”

"But it doesn't matter. The Vorontsov family happens to have a batch of old cannons. Although they have a shorter range and are heavier, and cannot be compared with the latest cannons, the advantage of these cannons is that they have a large caliber and are powerful!"

The old general blinked, realizing that the young man before him was truly different from what he had imagined.

Young people are still too young. They don't know how to keep good things to themselves and actually take out their own savings!
Do you know how much a heavy artillery piece costs? Do you know that there is a severe shortage of artillery on the front lines right now?

You little brat, you have heavy artillery at your disposal, but instead of keeping it to yourself, you're thinking of moving it to this front line.
For some reason, General Sertov suddenly felt that General Vorontsov had also had a tough time.

Having a son who doesn't care about squandering his family's wealth is truly a complicated situation.

He couldn't help but laugh when he thought of General Vorontsov cursing after hearing Andrei's news in the command post, but he couldn't laugh anymore halfway through.

After all, he also has a son who is in the military, but he is already 40 years old this year and has only been promoted to colonel. He is still far from becoming a general.

Thinking about it this way, and looking at Andrei, who had become a major general at the young age of 20, he suddenly felt as sour as if he had eaten a lemon, thinking that his son was not as good as the rather wasteful Andrei in front of him.

At least Andrei may have been a spendthrift, but he was genuinely capable of winning battles!
Since Andrei was willing to pay out of his own pocket and even had his troops take on the task of building fortifications, General Sertov naturally had no intention of stopping him.

What a kind person! He is truly a selfless and dedicated person. This reinforcement has come at just the right time!

He just hoped that the rear command would send him more reinforcements like these, preferably a whole dozen at once!
After emerging from General Sertov's office, Andrei's lips curled into a smile.

Doesn't he realize that his behavior is wasteful?

No, of course he knows!
In other people's eyes, he was obviously a spoiled brat who didn't care about spending his family's money, a complete wasteful spendthrift.

But for him, doing so would be in his own best interest.

Now that he can recruit heavy artillery, he must recruit more to maximize their effectiveness in killing the enemy.

Concentrating all of them in their own troops and engaging in mobile warfare alongside them is indeed an option, but it only allows them to attack one area of ​​the enemy at a time.

In comparison, leaving a small number of players and heavy artillery in fixed fortresses, letting them occasionally fire a few shots from there.

Occasionally, if they encounter a large-scale enemy attack, they can fight a tenacious tug-of-war and counterattack.

When the time comes, all the achievements these players gradually gain will eventually be attributed to him, and the influence value will flow in like a river, much more than what he could earn from fighting alone.

After dispersing from these players, the impact value of using heavy artillery is negligible compared to the benefits gained from using heavy artillery.

A new batch of heavy artillery has arrived. To be precise, it should be said that Andrei and his men recruited them locally, but they were just pretending to be transported from Petrograd.

Near Petrozavodsk, there is a factory that has been temporarily abandoned due to previous air raids. It has been occupied by players under Andrei's command and has become a secret production base left behind by Andrei.

Although the production of Andrei requires a large production line to be completed, a mere empty factory cannot produce weapons without a large production line.

However, Andrei was relatively lucky, because they actually discovered a large production line in the factory.

This large production line is no longer usable. In the previous bombing, the factory and its production lines were destroyed, or at least damaged beyond repair in the short term.

But it didn't matter. The players' engineering skills allowed them to rebuild the production line by tinkering and repairing it. Andrei naturally had no intention of handing over the factory; instead, he simply treated it as his own territory.

With this factory, he could replenish weapons and equipment nearby at any time. He could then have these weapons and equipment parked next to the railway in advance, and have the player move the items there as soon as possible. In this way, the equipment would naturally become the equipment transported from Petrograd.

It must be said that Andrei also had to thank the Cambrian Empire's chaotic logistics system.

If it weren't for the fact that the Cambrian Empire's internal logistics were so chaotic that even registering these things was a problem, he really wouldn't have been able to just smuggle it out like that.

After producing an additional batch of brand-new engineering cannons, Andrei used four of them as stationary artillery pieces, while he had the player convert the remaining four cannons into self-propelled artillery pieces once again.

It must be said that this self-propelled artillery played a significant role in previous battles.

The ability of highly mobile heavy artillery to strike and deter the enemy on the battlefield is completely different from that of fixed heavy artillery. Andrei also urgently needs an artillery unit with sufficient mobility.

His forces were a mixed bag, but in terms of the main offensive strategy, he still needed to rely on armored forces as the main striking force, accompanied by a large number of mobile infantry.

Therefore, he had to ensure that his artillery had sufficient mobility to keep up with the main force's pace of movement.

Otherwise, if all of them used those slow, old-fashioned cannons, his troops wouldn't be able to enjoy artillery support.

Before war, Andrei didn't have a deep understanding of this aspect, but after coming here, he truly felt the difference between having artillery support and not having it in a war.

In addition to producing artillery, Andrei was also secretly producing more T-34 tanks, ready to be deployed at any time.

After the battle, the players became wealthy, and naturally some players came to exchange for new tanks.

Although the San Chamon tank can still be used in modern warfare and has actually performed quite well on the battlefield.

Compared to the cutting-edge T-34 tank, the older Santa Monica tank was naturally less effective.

After a system announcement was released, informing players that the player-to-player trading system was open, Andrei quickly saw that some veteran players were busy using their Saint-Samon tanks to lure newbies who had just entered the game and didn't have many merit points yet.

Some newbies hesitated for a moment, but ultimately agreed to buy the Saint-Samon tank cheaply from veteran players.

After all, even if the combat power of a tank is not as good as that of a T-34, it is still much better than fighting outside with the initial equipment.

Once they get their hands on a tank, the speed at which they accumulate merit points will increase rapidly, and they will soon be able to accumulate even more merit points.

Meanwhile, Andrei added a brand new unit and two new skins for players.

The newly added unit is the Psionicist, which is a spellcasting unit. After developing for so long, Andrei calculated the merits that players currently have and decided to open this low-level unit of the Tzeentch faction to them.

Of course, the low-level units of the Tzeentch faction are not ordinary psionicists, but so-called illegal psionicists.

Or rather, he was an unlucky guy who inexplicably awakened his psychic talent but had not received systematic training or had a psychic suppressor, and would occasionally lose control.

Compared to the orthodox Chaos Wizards of the Tzeentch faction, this unit is vastly inferior in both strength and appearance; the two are worlds apart.

To draw an analogy, a legitimate Chaos Wizard of the Tzeentch faction is roughly equivalent to the elite Kashezin Commando in the Astral Army, while an ordinary illegal psionic is roughly equivalent to a low-level thug in Hive City.

But that doesn't matter. It doesn't stop Andre from giving this unit a skin, changing its name along the way, and directly packaging the illegal psionicist as a legitimate psionicist for players to use.

After donning a classic Imperial skin featuring a leather coat, a cane, and a suppressor on the back, Andrei naturally didn't hesitate to rename the unit "Psionicist."

What illegal psychic?
Once you come here and have our permission, you are a legitimate psychic!
If there are no extra bonuses and the skin only changes the appearance, then the cost is still very cheap.

To avoid making this soldier's appearance too shabby, like a beggar, Andrei thought it would be good to change his appearance and name at the same time.

As for the fact that this illegal psionic unit's crisis value is particularly prone to overheating, and that there is even a 1% chance of triggering an immediate loss of control every time a psionic spell is used.

Please, don't you know that psionicists are inherently very unstable beings?

Isn't it normal that they can easily lose control?
Compared to elite soldiers, the conditions for using psionic soldiers are somewhat different.

At the beginning, players must unlock this unit from Andrei, which costs a full 3000 merit points.

Once unlocked, this Psionic unit can become a permanent unit for players. Each use only costs 100 merit points to enter the Psionic state.

Although these 100 merit points are much more expensive than the cost of a player's regular resurrection, if you consider this unit as an elite unit, then it is still very worthwhile.

After all, players buying the elite soldier set is a one-off deal; once they die using the set, they can only be resurrected as regular soldiers next time.

However, once this unit is unlocked, they essentially have a permanent elite unit option. In the future, they can directly transform into psionicists by spending a small amount of merit.

From a long-term perspective, this is undoubtedly more cost-effective.

After unlocking this unit, Andrei also studied what skills the Psionicist unit had when it was transformed into a game unit.

One good thing is that even if the psionicist transforms into a game class, the player can still use all the weapons that ordinary soldiers use, and all the weapons of the four ordinary soldier classes can be used.

In other words, even if players don't use these skills of psionicists, they can still fight on the battlefield as ordinary soldiers, and their combat effectiveness will not be affected.

In addition, Andrei's unlocked illegal psychic has a total of three skills:
Boiling Blood: Select an enemy within the minimap area and cause the blood in their body to evaporate and boil.

Psionic Flame: Spews a large ball of flame forward, roughly equivalent to a flamethrower, but the danger level increases rapidly when the flame is emitted.

Fear: Select an area with a radius of 5 meters on the minimap, causing all enemies within that area to experience an illusion, instantly rendering them unable to fight.

In general, after a brief examination, Andrei concluded that this illegal psychic was essentially a melee attacker with no ranged attack capabilities.

Although the attack methods were fancy, overall they did not significantly improve the soldiers' combat effectiveness; they merely gave them some more covert and sinister attack methods.

Compared to flamethrower soldiers or other elite soldiers, Andrei felt that this psionic unit was actually inferior to ordinary elite soldiers, since its skills were not powerful and it did not have any bonuses to protection or movement speed.

However, considering the unit's first skill, Andrei found that this unit seemed very suitable for dealing with enemy armored forces!
Select an enemy within the minimap area. No matter who the enemy is, even if they are a fear knight or an armored soldier sitting in a mech, they are ultimately just mortals.

When their blood boils, it's no wonder these guys are going to die.

From this perspective, psionicists can be considered to have an invisible anti-armor ability, allowing them to attack regardless of the enemy's armor.

Besides this Psionicist skin, Andre has two new skins: Krieg Death Rider and Krieg Psionicist.

When the Krieg Death Rider skin is equipped, the player's warhorse will instantly transform into a Death Rider, and the spiked grenade in their hand will change into Krieg's molten spear. The skin also provides a movement speed bonus.

After much thought, Andrei concluded that speed was the most important factor for cavalry.

All other advantages are not as good as speed. As long as the speed is fast enough, the cavalry is invincible.

The skin bonus for Krieg psionicists slows down the rate at which their crisis value increases by 10%.

This means that they are less likely to overheat when using spells, giving them greater endurance and the ability to fight long battles.

Actually, Andrei originally wanted to give Krieg the Psionicist a group buff skill, but after calculating, he realized that it would be too expensive to give an extra skill bonus to a skin.

In addition, since they are all part of the Krieg series, he doesn't intend to make these basic unit skins too expensive, otherwise it would seem abrupt to suddenly release a high-end skin.

So for now, he only gave this skin a simple little boost and didn't do anything else.

Regarding the bonus within the range, he plans to wait until the "Political Commissar" skin is released before considering adding a similar skill.

It has to be said that every player has the heart of a spellcaster.

Or rather, the ability to play the role of a mage in such a theoretical shooting game is indeed very appealing to many players.

I don't know what kind of weird fetish this is. It's like reading novels on a legitimate website but always wanting to see explicit content, but then when you read novels on a porn site, you start to focus on the plot.

Sometimes, players' contrasting psychology is indeed very strange, but this has led many players to switch to the psychic class.

For a time, the personnel ratio in Andrei's team was strange. In a player team of seven or eight hundred people, four or five hundred psionicists suddenly appeared!
However, he also knew that the reason this happened was because the players in front of him who had been busy cosplaying Krieg had earned a lot of merit points in the previous battle.

If it weren't for the fact that they had indeed made a fortune in the previous battles, so that most of them had the spare money to change jobs, they wouldn't have been able to create so many psionicists all at once.

But seeing his team inexplicably turn into a mage squad, Andre's expression was still a bit strained.

After the previous battles, the Altranians' offensive on the city came to a sudden halt, perhaps because they realized they couldn't take it.

The previous war had caused their troops to suffer heavy losses.

Even though the Altranian army was relatively small, they still lost nearly 2 soldiers in one battle, as well as a large amount of heavy equipment.

Such severe losses have crippled the Altranian army, especially since they only have two artillery divisions in total, and losing one of them is a fatal blow.

Although the Altranians' offensive on the main battlefield slowed down, their guerrilla warfare became increasingly fierce.

One after another, infantry squads that had infiltrated from who-knows-when continued to attack the scattered Cambrian troops in the surrounding area. The hunting by the skin-changing people and elite soldiers caused heavy casualties to these Cambrian troops.

As the war dragged on, many Cambrian soldiers were hesitant to leave the town area.

Once they leave the town or village and venture into the open fields, they may die mysteriously at any time, and many of their bodies may never be found.

Moreover, even in the city, they are not necessarily safe. At least so far, Andrei has heard that more than fifteen officers in Petrozavodsk have died at the hands of the skin-changing people.

Previously, Andrei had not taken this type of soldier seriously, after all, these skin-changing soldiers performed rather poorly on the battlefield.

However, he overlooked one thing: the reason why players can counter the swappers is because players have a minimap that can prevent the swappers from getting close. In addition, Andrei also has a large minimap that can detect these swappers in advance.

Without the minimap, they would never have been able to spot the enemy so easily. During this time, skin-changing individuals had been disguising themselves as birds or other animals, quietly hiding within the city.

At night, they would launch their hunting operations silently, leaving many officers dead without ever knowing why.

To deal with the activities of the skin-changing people, the soldiers in the city not only tripled the patrols, but also organized special hunting teams.

The mission of these hunting teams is to kill all large wild animals in and around the city!
No matter what they find, if they discover the presence of large wild animals, they should be shot dead immediately!
Unfortunately, even with such a team deployed, they still achieved very little.

The large animals they usually find in the suburbs and cities are really just ordinary animals.

After the skin-changing people are killed, they automatically revert to human form, but the wild animals killed by these patrols do not change at all.

In this situation, Andrei simply found a group of players who had nothing better to do and had them join the patrol team as well.

According to the plan formulated by the command, some players need to stay here to grind dust and begin constructing the heavy artillery fortress in Andrei's plan.

The other group of players are mostly Krieg or other highly mobile infantrymen equipped with various armored vehicles. They will follow Andrei's main force in launching a fierce attack.

The city of Yoensu had previously fallen to the forces of Altera, and Andrei's army was tasked with retaking the city with overwhelming force.

He wanted to take over the city for one reason: it was an important transportation hub, with a large number of railways and highways converging there.

If he takes this place, he can even send his armored trains to launch a continuous counterattack into Altrania, letting these guys experience the awe-inspiring power of armored trains!

Although Andrei knew that if the Altrians were to actually encounter this situation, they would inevitably choose to dismantle the railway.

But it doesn't matter, they dismantle the railway, and Andrei just lets the player rebuild it!
He wanted to see whether the Altranians could dismantle the railway faster or he could repair it himself.

Besides, if Andrei and his men could capture this place, then the Altynians' plan to advance on Petrograd would fall apart.

Unless they can capture Petrozavodsk and then use the Petrozavodsk railway to advance, they will have to retake it if they want to enter Petrograd.

This is probably the best logistical base they have for advancing on Petrograd. Without its excellent transportation network, they would be unable to deploy even a large army.

Yelena and other members of the division's field hospital arrived in the city on the latest military train.

As soon as she got off the bus, Yelena hugged Andrei tightly, her face beaming with excitement, and said:
"Andryosha, well done! I've already heard from the back that we've achieved another glorious victory!"

"Congratulations! You've earned a brand new nickname. In the latest issue of the newspaper, you've been called a miracle maker by several newspapers because, according to their statistics, almost every war you've won can be considered a miracle!"

Hearing Yelena say that, Andrei's smile was harder to suppress than a heavy machine gun!

He waved his hand dismissively, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

"Hehehe, keep it low-key, keep it low-key. It's just the newspapers flattering us. In the end, the victory is due to the hard work of the soldiers. This is an achievement obtained through the soldiers' desperate fighting!"

Seeing the smile on Andrei's face, Yelena pinched his arm in annoyance and said:
"Yes, my miracle maker, you made the soldiers fight to the death, but why did you, a major general, also rush to the front lines with them?"

"I thought you, as a major general, should be staying obediently in the command post, drinking coffee and listening to staff reports on the battle situation, and making a phone call every now and then. Why did you go to the trenches on the front line again?"

Upon hearing this, Andrei's expression froze slightly.

What should he say about this?
Can he say that he can foresee danger, that he is not so easy to die, and that even if he dies, he has a chance to be resurrected?
Besides, he couldn't say that he only brought this many soldiers. The so-called division commander was actually not much different from the battalion commander and regimental commander, so there was no need for him to stay in the rear command post.

Therefore, although Andrei did have his own reasons for rushing to the front lines, he could only pretend to be stupid and laugh awkwardly when faced with Yelena's questioning.

Seeing Andrei's expression, Yelena knew that her attempts to dissuade him were futile.

She gave a muffled groan and said:
"Hmph, I wonder where that poet went back then. You look exactly like Uncle Constantine now, and you even fought much harder than Uncle Constantine did when he was young!"

"Take it easy, what kind of general fights like this? I think I need to keep a close eye on you to prevent you from acting impulsively and personally leading your men into battle again!"

"Besides, you haven't even married Katyusha yet. What if Katyusha becomes a widow before she even has a chance to get married?"

Andrei shrugged and simply laughed it off.

After returning to Petrograd, he took the time to ask his adoptive father where his fiancée was.

Unfortunately, it seems his fiancée won't be coming to see him anytime soon, because the Flame Titan Order, to which Katyusha belongs, is currently deploying defenses in Moscow.

Not only the Cambrian Empire had Titans, but the Black Hawk Empire also had Titans. However, both countries had some concerns about manufacturing such massive war machines, so they did not produce too many.

However, the previous Titan War had fully demonstrated the terrifying assault capabilities of this massive war machine.

While relying solely on Titans to charge without the support of other units is very vulnerable, if they can be coordinated with other armored units and various mechanized infantry, these Titans are practically mobile fortresses on the move!

Unfortunately, to this day, Andrei has not seen any blueprints for the Titans.

So much so that even after fighting for so long, he still doesn't know what the Titans in the Titan Legion look like. Now he can only hope that one day, while the fighting is going on, an Emperor-class Titan will suddenly appear on the battlefield.

If, by some chance, a grand church suddenly appears before you, you'll be in for a lot of trouble.

No, it seems he already experienced a church standing-up ceremony once before!

Although the Church of the Dead did not cause much damage, it must be said that the visual impact of that thing was truly breathtaking!
"By the way, Yelena, don't stay with the other medics these days. Just stay in the officers' quarters next to mine!"

“I’ve decided to make room for you, so you don’t have to be too far from me.”

Just then, Andrei suddenly thought of something and said to Yelena with a serious expression.

Clearly, Andrei's words sounded somewhat ambiguous, at least Yelena herself definitely misunderstood them.

Under Andrei's gaze, her face flushed visibly, and she asked shyly:

"Andrei, um... you're not planning on doing something bad, are you?"

Unfortunately, Andrei's answer was very different from what Yelena had imagined.

“You’re overthinking it. In recent days, enemy skinners have infiltrated the city, and 15 officers have already been assassinated.”

"Although I will send a dedicated team to protect the medical team, I still feel that this is not safe enough. It is much safer for them to be with me than with the medical team!"

As he spoke, Andrei pointed to the small groups of Krieg soldiers in the distance, who were intently searching the surroundings.

"With these soldiers protecting me, my safety is absolutely guaranteed. I believe there is no place in this city safer than where I am!"

After hearing Andrei's words, Yelena rolled her eyes slightly. She had thought that Andrei wanted to have something happen between them.

But then, with a hint of worry, she asked:
"Is that so? Is the situation really that serious?"

"So many officers have already been killed, what about you and your officers..."

Before Yelena could finish speaking, Andrei waved his hand.

"Although it may sound arrogant to say this, I have full confidence in the capabilities of my soldiers. Those guys who want to assassinate my men are simply delusional!"

"You don't need to worry. The fact that the enemy is using this method shows that they can't do anything to us. The skin-changing people who have infiltrated can't hide forever. We'll catch them soon!"

Hearing Andrei say this, Yelena was no longer worried.

Then she turned to Andrei and began asking him about the Chosen One.

After all, many people had witnessed Andrei using magic on the battlefield, so the rumors about the Goddess of Summer being chosen by the gods naturally spread.

Especially during these days, so many players have come to Andre to change their class to a psionicist.

After these guys completed their job changes, they immediately went to the training ground to test their abilities, which further enhanced Andrei's reputation as the chosen one.

After all, other gods can only use spells themselves, but Andre, the chosen one, can even bestow spells upon others!

This seems really outrageous. Even if God is chosen, he shouldn't be this powerful, right?

Andrei simply gave vague answers to Yelena's questions, because he genuinely didn't know how to explain them.

He knew neither what abilities the ordinary chosen ones possessed, nor how they were chosen.

He could only say that he inexplicably heard a certain voice on the battlefield and then gained this ability. He could even bestow this spellcasting ability upon others, but only upon some of his own soldiers.

As for why there are such restrictions?

Don't ask me, ask the Goddess of Summer!
That's how the goddess blesses me, what can I do about it?

However, Yelena seemed to believe Andrei's explanation quite a bit, because according to Yelena, the concept of divine selection was inherently mysterious.

"...This is entirely possible. I remember when I became a medical nun, I inexplicably received the blessing of the goddess of spring, and my healing ability was discovered."

"I don't even remember how I received this blessing in the first place. Anyway, I was discovered by someone, and the situation was probably similar to yours now, both of us were pretty confused, right?"

Looking back on her past, Yelena couldn't quite remember how she became a medical nun.
Unfortunately, her talent was discovered far too early, around the age of three or four, a time when she barely remembered anything.

All she remembered was that she suddenly awakened this talent, and then her family sent her to a convent, and she never returned home.

However, life at the monastery was quite nice. Although it was rather dull, everyone was friendly, and Yelena's monastery was right next to Andrei's estate, so Andrei would often visit her.

At this point, Yelena suddenly seemed to remember something, glanced around, and then whispered to Andrei:
"By the way, Andrei, I'll tell you a secret. This is inside information from the church, so you mustn't tell anyone else..."

Goodness, this is such a familiar tactic!

Upon hearing the first part of the sentence, Andrei thought of a joke he had seen online.

When people tell secrets to others, they always include this phrase, but as the story goes on, the secret spreads everywhere and is no longer a secret.

Despite this, he listened patiently because he was curious about what kind of trouble the church had caused this time.

"Did you know that the living saint Sophia, who fought alongside us, died on the battlefield? But the army of the Goddess of Winter searched the entire battlefield and still couldn't find the remains of Saint Sophia?"

"The loss of the relics is a serious matter because it relates to the lineage of living saints. Therefore, the Church is now expanding its search area and looking for the lost relics of Saint Sophia everywhere."

"And your troops happened to have been fighting in that area of ​​the battlefield. Theoretically, your troops should also be within their search area!"

Andrei blinked, feigning surprise, but his mind was racing.

He knew about Saint Sophia's death, and he also knew:

It was because Saint Sophia died alongside a player, and that player inexplicably obtained a piece of the Saint's remains, that Andre unlocked the Chosen One project.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have inexplicably become Bluebird's chosen one, worrying every day about being visited in dreams by a certain big blue bird while he sleeps.

"...Um, Yelena, could you tell me what the Holy Remains are first?"

Andrei asked with some curiosity, he really wanted to know what the Holy Remains were for.

His players acquired the item, but it proved useless on the battlefield.

However, even if this thing is useless, when a player dies and is resurrected, the player still carries that sacred relic, and it seems that it does not disappear because of the player's death.

Now, that player has been trying every means to find or rather harass NPCs, investigating clues about the Holy Relics everywhere, and has even come to harass Andrei.

So he was also very curious about what exactly the Holy Remains were and what their purpose was.

Seeing the confusion in Andrei's eyes, Yelena slapped her forehead.

She had completely forgotten that Andrei, who was neither a member of the church nor interested in it, had no idea what a relic was.

"I'm not entirely sure what the relics are. I once heard someone in the church say that, compared to humans, living saints are no longer human on some levels."

"It's not just about their power, but also about the bodies of living saints, where some organs have entered the realm of gods and become indescribable entities."

"It is this organ, coupled with the piety of the living saints themselves, that enables them to communicate with the gods and obtain enormous power, and to ensure that their bodies can bear this power."

Andrei nodded, but more questions arose in his mind.

"So, which came first, the living saint or the sacred remains? Does one have to possess the sacred remains to become a living saint?"

Yelena thought for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly:
"I don't know about this either. There are rumors that the earliest relics of saints came from the arduous cultivation of living saints in the past, but there are also claims that the relics of saints were given to living saints by the gods."

"However, from the current point of view, obtaining the holy remains is equivalent to obtaining the entry ticket to the living saint, so the Church of Winter will not allow a holy remains to be lost outside in this way, no matter what."

(End of this chapter)