The Exorcist Boy: The Book of Conviction

Hey, hey, this is a big joke. Could it be that the power system of the super ancient era - the power of faith, has anything to do with the power used by the demons now?

Snow picked up the damaged [substitute] in his hand and looked back and forth, but unfortunately nothing could be seen with the naked eye.

If it wasn't for worrying that this thing would be completely destroyed, Snow would still have taken out his [Devil Slayer Holy Flame] and shot it to see the reaction of this thing.

The defense mechanism that was supposed to be awakened didn't work correctly, either there was something wrong with the thing itself, or... there was something wrong with the demon Li Nali was fighting with.

"Luer...is there no information about demons on Utopia?"

Anyway, he couldn't find any clues, so Snow just mentioned something casually with the mentality of giving it a try.

Utopia is not ignorant of demons in reality. After being connected to the main world for so long, the Ark has already had contact with demons—of course the ones that were destroyed.

Utopia was born in this world, and it often observes the world from the perspective of God. It is only natural for demons to appear more and more frequently to be captured by the vision in Utopia.

Moreover, both Snow and Phyllis once threw the destroyed enemies into the ark.

Now there are quite a few demon remains or fragments inside the ark, which are placed in the internal laboratory for research purposes, the purpose is to find out the origin of this man-made weapon.

Among the undead crew members, there are many technical talents like those in the scientific research class of the Black Order.

Although their talents and learning are obviously contrary to this era, but for this kind of supernatural man-made weapons, the things stored in their brains are still enough.

Not to mention, the existence of demons has something in common with the undead crew members...

The same is the use of the soul of the dead. Whether it is the undead crew or the devil, they are all products of the soul technology, but their development focuses are different.

What the undead crew pursues is long-term preservation. Using their own strong belief or will as the anchor, they firmly fix their souls on the shell, while selectively retaining the memory and personality of the original owner.

Although "undead" sounds a bit evil, in fact every undead crew member in Utopia is a benign mechanism doll.

There will be no threatening behavior towards other things.

But the demons have taken a completely opposite path. What they pursue is evolution, and the pain of the soul is the eternal driving force.

Using the soul of the original owner as an incubator, let it give birth to a new will on that basis, with cruelty and killing as the main theme, and tragedy and pain as the direction of evolution, concocting new killing weapons one after another.

They are real weapons of war. On the road of killing, they will never turn back, and even reborn their own individual thinking.

However, after the analysis of the remaining technicians in the Undead Crew Association, they believe that the devil's core manufacturing technology has many similarities with the undead crew.

On the sailing log of the crew club, it is also recorded that on the day when Utopia docked, the undead crew signal that could not be connected in the real world was detected...

Now it seems that it should be a certain demon lurking nearby, because there may be some similarities between the two, which made Utopia's communication tower misjudgment.

"Something similar..."

Snow flipped through the research report in front of him, but he didn't know the various terms edited above.

The undead crew who had already lost their self-humanity couldn't use more intuitive language to explain and express him.

What stands there now are only automatons that still retain their knowledge and technology.

"Can Lu'er explain it to me? For example, this sentence... Both sides have the same structure, what is the 'faith energy core organ'?"

Snow pointed to the sentence on the first line, which he couldn't understand at all. He knew every word, but he couldn't understand it together.

"Whether it is a demon or an undead crew, they are essentially mechanical creations. Even if the inner driving force is the soul, the body is still made of metal and other materials.

Just like converting thermal energy into mechanical energy, the soul, as a raw material, needs such a transforming organ as an intermediary item.

This is the role played by the "faith energy core organ". The undead crew members will still belong to the product of the old era, and their energy system still uses the power of belief in the gods in the old era. "

"God?"

"Yes, the undead crew can survive for thousands of years, not only relying on their own obsession, but also the transformation effect of this mechanism.

It can be said that we have borrowed part of the power of the gods, and that is the belief in it! "

Although every undead crew member has become a doll now, their individual souls are still kept in the doll container.

Theoretically... they are indeed alive as if they were "immortal".

"But where did the devil come from... The goal of the Earl of the Millennium is to destroy human beings and make enemies of the gods!
Also, how do I remember, I once saw on this boat... the record of the death of the gods. "

The higher authority of the Black Order - the Vatican, the protagonists in red are a group of fanatical believers, but they have not received any feedback on their beliefs.

Although he often talked about God, Snow always thought that it was just a means used by some big families to unite the church and protect their own interests.

Gods... Although the Black Order is an organization of the church, this thing is really too far away from them... They have only heard the name but never seen the form.

By the way, I don't even know the name of that god...

Snow stared at a fist-sized ball on the image, which contained a puddle of purple-black liquid, which looked like petroleum.

According to the conclusion of the analysis, this is the core item that constructs the devil - "demon substance".

Snow had seen this kind of thing when he was in the Black Order. This liquid has the ability to corrode everything, and it took a lot of effort from the Order to keep a little bit of it.

Then give it a name that is opposite to 【Holy】.

"Demonic substance" is the source of demons. The Earl of the Millennium used this kind of thing as the core to create one after another killing weapons enshrined in the soul.

The devil virus also comes from this substance. As long as a drop of black liquid is integrated into the human blood, a jet-black inverted pentagram will soon appear on the body of an ordinary human.

"This kind of demonic substance has become the most powerful weapon of the Earl of the Millennium and the Black Order. Without this thing, maybe demons would not appear in this world."

Snow weighed the test tube made of special crystals in his hand. Ordinary containers can't hold this demonic substance.

After all, this is a lesson learned from the past. The destroyed demon will either explode quickly, leaving no scum, or the structure in the body will quickly evaporate into the air...

In addition, the demonic virus self-destructs so quickly that the Black Order has never developed a serum that can successfully resist the demonic virus.

"So, the Earl of the Millennium put this substance in some kind of mechanism, and then used it as a transit...to provide energy for the activities of the devil?"

"no……"

Unprecedented, Luer only replied with this sentence, and then fell into silence for a long time, and she showed her human side again.

"This kind of thing... is the so-called core organ.

It swallows the power from the good intentions of the soul, and then uses its own characteristics to transform and output it as the driving force for demons and undead crew members.

It's like eating food for nutrition..."

"Oh, I see!"

Snow nodded as if suddenly enlightened, and then a flash of lightning suddenly pierced his mind.

"You just... said demons and undead crew?"

"Yes!"

"The cores used by both of them are actually the same material."

"Yes!"

"The composition of the undead crew also has part of the demonic substance?"

Snow felt that his head was a little confused. If it was like this, wouldn't it mean that the undead dolls living on Utopia's Ark were also demons?
"no!"

Luer explained slowly.

"It's not 'undead crew using demonic substance' but 'demons are using the power of faith'"

"what?"

Snow couldn't help but opened his mouth. He felt that his ears might not be very good, and he could hear such absurd things.

"The devil uses the power of belief in the gods? Don't do it, is it possible that the group of murderous demons still have to do mass and report every day?
They even put the power of faith in their hearts. "

It's as absurd as if Satan is praying to God. You must know that it is completely opposite.

"But...the fact is like this."

Luer's tone was a bit more humane and helpless, she wanted to extract the body now, and ran to the laboratory to test it by herself.

Not long after, an undead crew member walked over with a tray dangling.

"What is this?"

"This is the power of faith we were talking about and it's a legacy..."

On the tray is also a transparent ball smaller than a fist, which seems to contain some kind of dangling golden liquid.

Judging from the degree of stickiness, it seems to have many similarities with demonic substances.

"This is the power of faith...?"

"That's right, the belief entity that was similarly condensed, but after the Utopia Ark lost contact, there was no contact with the gods here, let alone the pure belief."

That's why the words "the gods are dead" appeared in Utopia Ark.

Snow picked up the two test tubes back and forth and looked at them.

"One is gold and the other is black. Are these two things really the same?"

He is still not willing to believe that the two liquids he sees in front of him are actually the same substance.

"You...ah no, to be precise, how long has it been since Utopia Ark prayed like a god?"

"According to the logbook, since Utopia was built, and sailed through the wall... There have been clear regulations prohibiting prayers on board.

Some people have done it secretly, but they have never heard of the results of the response..."

The power of faith that made the Undead Crew Club is actually a batch of leftovers from the original Utopia Ark.

True belief has not been produced for a long time, and it seems that the real world is the same, so gradually I have not seen even a pious "walker".

"So... [Substitute] was not awakened, is it because of the power of faith in the devil's body?"

Snow brought the topic back to this matter again.

[Substitute] is a mythical item, also made of the power of faith, and there are many imprints of the old era circulating in it.

So... because of this piece of equipment, it sensed that the attack on the other side was a variant of its own origin, so it believed that the other party was not an enemy, and the defensive measures had not been activated for a long time.

Instead, it was the outbreak of [Holy], a newly born power system in the past hundred years, which inspired Li Nali's protective measures.

"I...couldn't be someone from the earl's side."

While staring back and forth at the two special test tubes, Snow muttered in displeasure.

Demonic substances are actually produced by using the power of belief in gods. Isn't this the same as gods making demons.

"Although the color and characteristics are different, after identification, the two are the same substance."

Luer added another sentence.

Demonic substances are now more aggressive and aggressive, and beliefs are full of negative emotions and irritability.

The golden belief substance appears to be more peaceful and stable, but there is no difference in essence between the two.

However, the gods have long stopped answering prayers. Where did the Earl of the Millennium get such a large amount of faith?
Snow felt his head was almost full of paste.

But suddenly, he thought of another possibility... Is it possible that the gods between them are not the same?

The Earl of the Millennium has the Master of the Earl of the Millennium, and ordinary humans like them believe in other gods...

This sounds much more reasonable.

This war is actually a battle between gods and gods, whether it is a demon or an ordinary human being is just a pawn on the chessboard.

In fact, this is a proxy war fought by humans from the earl of the millennium?
Snow felt that his wild thinking seemed to have some truth.

"By the way, Luer, do you still remember when the power of faith was active in the old age, what was its name? Even a god should have a name for himself."

Snow looked curiously at Luer's non-existent body.

"The name! It sounds a bit of a mouthful, but the Ark really has such a record.

His name is "Yahweh". "