Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

Yesterday, the Flower Goddess's birthday celebration was being held here, but today it's already deserted.

The various decorations and props for the celebration are still there, but there is no one left, and even the dance of the goddess of flowers was not finished.

Was yesterday your birthday?

Although Jiang Bai stayed underground, he still learned about the Flower Goddess's Birthday Festival from messages transmitted from the sky.

Nasita must have been really looking forward to the Flower Goddess's Birthday Festival, but now it's turned into this mess.

He thought the Order Academy was quite interesting, choosing this day to conduct the Void Operation. Wasn't this deliberately trying to prevent the Little Auspicious Grass King from celebrating his birthday?

Do you think Naxida is unworthy?

The mind of a sage is as deep as the bottom of the sea.

Jiang Bai couldn't figure it out, and he was too lazy to try.

Nasida gave a somewhat awkward smile. "Yes..."

Jiang Bai patted her head and said, "Don't be discouraged. You are already a very good god. In the future, countless people will celebrate your birthday. You should have confidence in yourself."

Nasida looked up at him. He hadn't met many people, but Jiang Bai in front of him gave him a different feeling than everyone else.

Although they talk about gods, they don't seem to regard her as a god at all.

They'd grab her and leave at the drop of a hat, even throwing her into Dina Zedai's bedroom through the window.

Have you ever seen other gods?

Several faces flashed through Jiang Bai's mind, and his lips twitched.

"Ah, I've met you before..."

It's better not to mention it.

Nasita tilted her head to look at him, "Your memory seems to have recovered quite well."

"Why would I tell you my story?"

"Ah."

"So, you don't need to underestimate yourself. Among the gods I've seen, you're already a very competent one."

Nasida remained silent. Compared to her predecessors, she was merely a naive junior with no governing experience.

"Thank you for your recognition. I feel a little more confident now." Nasita's eyes crinkled with joy. She was very happy that someone could acknowledge her.

"Let's go take a look inside the Church of Christ. There are no Fools there."

Jiang Bai did not plan to take Nasita away from Sumeru City. He knew that time in the dream was completely different from that outside. By the time the sages finished their experiments, they wouldn't be able to get back in time.

This is a good opportunity to find out where the Void Core is, so that it will be easier to commit the crime next time.

"it is good."

……

The sages were unaware that some spies had slipped through the net and were wandering around the city, even breaking into the Pure Goodness Palace.

They were extremely busy in the underground laboratory.

The energy of Thor's Heart was continuously stimulated and guided into the body of the enormous divine weapon.

With his head covered by armor, the skirmisher floated in the air in a curled-up position, with conduits connecting his body to his back continuously channeling energy into him.

The lightning patterns on the back of his neck emitted a bright light, and his skin was cracked like a net of lightning, constantly being repaired.

The power of Thor's Heart was too great. Even though he was created as a puppet to contain the Heart of God, it was still far inferior to the true body of a demon god.

At most, it's just some pain.

He has become accustomed to these pains over the past five hundred years.

Outside the divine armory, several huge screens monitored the armory's data.

The researchers quickly recorded the data. "Energy conduction is stable, and there is no overflow phenomenon."

On another screen, the line displaying the virtual calculations has been steadily rising at the beginning, but is now gradually declining, showing an overall weakening trend.

"Knowledge output is declining, and the phase duration is exceeding expectations. If this continues, there may be casualties..."

The researchers quickly reported the situation; it was their first time performing this operation, and they had no idea it would take so long.

The power contained within the Heart of God is too immense. Even if the entire void were used to extract it, it would not be completed in a short time. The time currently being used has far exceeded their expectations, and it is estimated that half of the energy contained within the Heart of God is still remaining.

The Great Sage stared coldly at the fluctuating curves on the screen, his words devoid of any warmth.

“Continue! We...can no longer accept the possibility of all our previous efforts being wasted. Compared to the result, these are insignificant costs.”

As long as the power of the Heart of God can be fully extracted and integrated into the weapon, then the God of Righteousness will have crossed the threshold to godhood and truly possess the power of a god.

The next step after possessing divine power is to possess divine wisdom.

This will be an unprecedented feat in the history of the Church, and the God of Righteousness will become a new tool to block the World Tree from contamination.

Compared to the outcome, any sacrifice is acceptable.

As for the stragglers, they were merely components of the God of the Righteous Machine.

He did not possess divine knowledge, and as a puppet, he considered himself a human being.

Such a will is bound to be devoured sooner or later.

In a corner of the laboratory, a doctor wearing a white lab coat and a bird-beak mask looked up at the Heart of God in the sky, which was constantly emitting a dark purple light, and a pleased smile appeared on his lips.

This experimental result was far more precious to him than the Heart of God.

However, he will not forget his mission.

He will eventually take both Hearts of God.

Chapter 712 The outwardly strong but inwardly weak Sumeru

The Void is normally located in the Great Sage's office.

However, a large part of the Great Sage's office is now empty; the place where the Void was originally placed is now completely bare.

The void has clearly been moved.

Jiang Bai felt that there was a high probability that the Void was currently underground, perhaps even in the laboratory where the Great Sage and the others were conducting their experiments.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Jiang Bai simply started flipping through the documents on the Great Sage's desk.

Although most documents and information are now recorded in the air, paper documents remain indispensable.

Unfortunately, the documents displayed here don't contain anything special.

Come to think of it, if the great sage had just casually placed those crucial documents on the table, he would have died 800 times over.

Although Jiang Bai didn't know much about the Great Sage, as the supreme ruler of the Order of the Church, he couldn't possibly be that foolish.

After flipping through the documents for a while, Jiang Bai put them back in their original positions and began to explore the office, hoping to discover any secret spaces.

After searching for a while, he actually discovered a secret room.

"Ok?"

"Proposed Handling of Senior Discipline Officer Sino"

Who is the Grand Disciplinary Officer, Seno?

Jiang Bai looked at it for a while, then picked up a book next to him.

"Proposed Handling of Clerk Ehrlich"

He did know who Elhesen was; they had met once before.

Jiang Bai looked at the documents for a while and then handed them to Naxida, who was standing next to him.

The document didn't contain much information; it was basically that these two had noticed something unusual about the Church Council's project, and the Great Sage had put them on the danger list.

It also emphasizes that Seno has left the Church of Christ in an attempt to avoid its sight.

As for Elhesen, the Great Sage simply took precautions and sent him to Port Ormus.

They even assigned him the task of investigating blond travelers.

After reading the document, Naxida had a clear understanding of the situation.

"These two might be able to help us."

Since these two individuals are being watched by the Order of the Church, it means they can be recruited into their camp.

"The task of persuading them is now entrusted to you."

Jiang Bai has no way to leave Sumeru City for the time being. He didn't even go back when he was trapped underground on Hu Tao's birthday.

Fortunately, the hall master was understanding and knew his difficulties, otherwise he would have had to consider forcibly breaking in.

However, I'll definitely have to make up for this birthday once I get back to Liyue.

Jiang Bai scanned the documents but found no record of any conspiracy between them and the doctor.

Occasionally, there are some documents related to the Fools and the Winter Solstice, but these are mostly diplomatic documents.

Jiang Bai glanced at it and saw that the Order of the Fathers had granted the Fools quite a few privileges.

They were allowed to conduct research and experiments within the territory of Sumeru, to establish laboratories, and to station troops there.

These documents also reflect, from another perspective, Xumi's overall weakness.

The god of wisdom is weak, lacking advanced combat power and even an army to protect the entire country. Maintaining order in the city can only be delegated to mercenary groups.

Although its academic strength is formidable, its overall hard power is extremely weak, and its control over the desert is practically nonexistent.

Under such circumstances, they had no confidence to refuse the powerful Zhi Dong.

This may be one of the reasons why the great sage wanted to create gods.

Sumeru desperately needs a powerful god who can protect them and give them the confidence to challenge other nations.

Just like Inazuma's Thor, even if he kills the lady with one blow, there's absolutely no need to give Shifu any explanation.

But how can they be sure that after the scattered soldiers become gods, they will turn towards Xumi instead of Zhidong?

Jiang Bai didn't believe that the doctor would give the Order of the Church a method to control the scattered soldiers.

Why would such a god not enhance the military strength of his own country, but instead give it to Sumeru?

Jiang Bai didn't think that the Doctor, as someone who had been expelled from the Order of the Church, had much affection for Sumeru.

Even if he gave his heart to Anxianzhe, it would definitely be fake.

Nasida was also looking at the documents, and she read them much faster than Jiang Bai.

Having never been in power before, she was not familiar with some of the specific measures of the Church Council.

Especially regarding diplomacy.

But the more she looked at these documents, the more her heart sank.

The Kingdom of Zhidong is militarily powerful, sharpening its swords and plotting unknown schemes.

Meanwhile, Sumeru was still troubled by the World Tree's disease and didn't even have an army belonging to its own country.

Not to mention the irreconcilable conflict between rainforests and deserts.

The task is arduous and the road ahead is long.

Jiang Bai picked up another document and handed it to Nasida, saying, "Take a look at this document too."

This document outlines a solution for the two sages who refused to participate in the project.

One of them was the mentor of Tiranda, a sage of the school of life theory.

Both sages are currently imprisoned.

No wonder Tinari said he felt something was off about the letter his teacher wrote to him, because the letter was not actually written by his teacher.

"Should we help them?"

Now is the perfect time to save lives.

These two contestants should be in the void dream right now. If you want to save them, Jiang Bai can just carry them away.

The problems are that rescuing them might alert the enemy, and where to put them afterward.