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Chapter 1857 Evolution? (It's 13 degrees today, change clothes every day)

It must be said that the atmosphere in the entire church reached its peak at this moment. Everyone stared at the souls of the dead in amazement, and the latter seemed to be a little surprised by the situation in front of them. They looked around blankly, and for a moment they seemed unable to recover.

"Dad?"

The young man who had just contradicted Duanmu Huai saw one of the old men and hurriedly took a step forward, rushing over to grab his hand, but his hands went through the old man's arms and he caught nothing. This surprised the young man and he turned his head and looked at Duanmu Huai again.

"Your Excellency the Inquisitor, what on earth is going on?"

"It's very simple. Don't religions in your world have similar legends? After the souls who believe in God show their loyalty, their souls will be sent to the world of God after they die... Isn't this normal?"

Duanmu Huai spread his hands and looked at the young man as if it was a matter of course, "You don't even know that the sun rises in the east?" The latter was trembling all over and couldn't speak for a while.

"Yes, that's right. But, but those priests all said that the souls of the dead cannot return to this world!"

"cut."

Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes.

"Then you have never considered that they say this because they can't do it?"

It must be said that when Duanmu Huai said this, the others were also stunned. Indeed, in this world, there are many legends about this, and basically these legends all say that it is impossible for mortal souls to return to this world, and those who can do so are evil demons and heretics... However, Duanmu Huai tore off the naked masks of these guys.

At the end of the day, they just can’t do it.

The Inquisition can do it, but they can't. So isn't it obvious who the real God is?

In the game, players have a joke about the Emperor and the state religion. They believe that during the 40K period, the state religion was rampant in the Empire, not because the people of the Empire were ignorant and did not know how to think but were just a group of idiots brainwashed by religion, but because - if you shout for the Emperor's blessing, it really works!
There was an intelligence record in the game that a virus of Corruption appeared on a certain planet at that time. Just like the virus in this world, it would kill people and turn them into zombies. At that time, the Mechanicus also conducted a lot of analysis and created a vaccine against the virus, but it did not work.

How was this matter resolved later?

It's very simple. Someone had a bright idea at that time and asked the archbishop of the state religion of that planet to bless these vaccines!

And then these vaccines work!

Now that it has come to this, if you want everyone to not believe in the state religion, isn't that nonsense?
If you have the ability, don’t show your power!

If you don’t show your miracle, no one will believe you!

But you keep talking about miracles on the left and living saints on the right, and you still want people not to believe in the state religion?

is it possible?
"In any case, it is against the rules to contradict the judge. Go back to the Punishment Hall and receive ten lashes."

Duanmu Huai explained and then gave an order indifferently. The young man's expression changed and then he lowered his head.

"Yes, my lord."

This time he did it willingly.

Afterwards, Duanmu Huai also commended those who died in the battle and gave them two choices: either to possess these mechas (which were alchemical creations made by Medea and Irisviel using magic) and protect humanity as soul guards, or to return to the divine realm to do logistical work.

Or just jump into the core of the divine realm and burn yourself to ashes.

About half of them chose to become soul guards, and the rest wanted to live in the divine realm. After that, the ceremony ended, and except for a certain unlucky person who had to go to the Punishment Hall to be whipped, everyone else dispersed.

However, the aftermath of this ceremony has just begun.

Almost all the survivors who witnessed this scene had an indescribable reverence and worship for the Inquisition. In other words, for the first time, they truly felt what it felt like to have the gods with them. This was not a religion that was useless except for making money, but a religion led by a true god.

By the way, there are actually a few priests among these survivors. They are mainly responsible for calming the emotions of other survivors and giving sermons. But after this night, all the doctrines they preached were completely discarded like garbage, and even the priests themselves became the most devout believers of the Inquisition...

After all, it was the first time that people actually saw souls with their own eyes, and they also knew where souls would go after death. Of course, Duanmu Huai also told them that people who believed in the Inquisition would definitely go to the divine domain of the Inquisition after death, but he didn't know where the souls of those who didn't believe in the Inquisition would go after death.

As for whether they go to hell or heaven, Duanmu Huai doesn't care, nor does he care. But for the survivors, this is a big deal!

At least, this is a definite option. As long as you believe in the Inquisition, you can really go to its divine domain after you die. Even if you perform well, you can return to the human world as a soul guard!

If the Inquisition was a religion that required people to chant scriptures or sacrifice everything to prove their loyalty, then everyone would have already lined up to show their loyalty. Unfortunately, the Inquisition's way of showing loyalty was simple and hardcore - protecting humanity at all costs and eliminating all threats to humanity.

This means that fighting is the best way to express your faith!
Of course, what they will do...that is their problem.

But at least after this, the morale of these survivors has been greatly enhanced, even to the point of fanaticism. Even some people who thought they were rational before now have a strong sense of worship for the Inquisition.

For Duanmu Huai, this is enough.

After all, we are all local foxes. How can you play with me but I can’t? That doesn’t make sense, right?

After that, the floating island of the Inquisition continued to move forward and passed through several cities. Fortunately, these cities did not have those twisted and obsessed demons, so everyone purified them happily, and then took away other survivors as usual.

However, some strange information was received from these survivors.

"You mean, a city of zombies?"

Duanmu Huai sat on the throne, looking at the ragged man below. According to him, he was a businessman who mainly ran around in the nearby area and made profits by exchanging supplies from the shelter. After all, it has been a long time since the plague broke out, and humans have gradually adapted to life in this environment.

The method used by this man is quite novel. He has a hot air balloon. According to him, he was a staff member of a tourist attraction before the apocalypse. He was mainly responsible for driving a hot air balloon to take tourists to the sky. He happened to be in the sky when the zombies rioted, so he escaped. Later, the man used this hot air balloon to float between cities and started a business.

It was a good idea, but unfortunately he encountered the Inquisition and couldn't escape.

After all, the Inquisition will fly more.

"Yes, yes, sir..."

The man kneeling on the ground looked at Duanmu Huai tremblingly, but still continued to speak.

"It's just to the south... Strictly speaking, it's a city ruled by zombies and humans alike."

"Rule together?"

"Yes... I went to that city by chance before. At that time, I contacted the people there through the radio, wanting to see if they had any supplies to exchange. But when I arrived at the destination, I found that I was met by a group of zombies!"

At this point, the man shuddered.

"Although their bodies were rotten, they could still move and talk... Oh my God, it was simply a nightmare. I was completely terrified at the time because I had never seen talking zombies before. But they said they only wanted to live a peaceful life and not conflict with others. Moreover, there was a group of humans next to them, or rather, most of the people in that city might be humans... In short, they were ruled by zombies... No, no, no, it should be said that they ruled together with zombies. Sorry, I can't explain it clearly. You can't imagine it at all. When I saw humans and zombies walking side by side on the street, I even wondered if I was dreaming. How could such a ridiculous thing happen, but it was indeed true..."

What the man said was a little incoherent, but Duanmu Huai understood what he meant.

"So have you asked those zombies why they regained their sanity?"

"These zombies are crazy!"

Speaking of this topic, the man couldn't help but shout.

"They believe that zombies are the next form of human evolution, and they are the new humans! In fact, they strictly forbid zombies from attacking humans. This is not because they are so good to humans, but because only humans who are recognized by them are qualified to become zombies... My God, I once watched a transformation ceremony. When a zombie rushed towards him, the man did not run away, but took the initiative to meet it and let it bite him... Then, he was very happy that he became a zombie!"

As he spoke, the man shook his head desperately. Obviously, this strange thing was completely beyond his expectations and he couldn't understand it at all.

"This is really interesting."

After listening to the man's story, Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes and sneered. The zombies they encountered before were just beasts that acted on instinct, not this kind of existence. Now it seems that the situation in that city is different?

Then it must be purified as soon as possible.

"Take us to see that city."