Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 192 "Freedom"

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there will be divisions of power, even on the flagship of the Embers Consortium is no exception.

Black Mass is notorious, and believers who are identified by her as "unclean" will naturally not attend the seminars and study sessions she hosts and bore themselves.

The letters of complaint against Black Mass from within the believers have never stopped, but for some unknown reason, her position as a priest has never been shaken. As a result, rumors spread among the believers that Black Mass is a person valued by a senior official within the consortium, and her radical ideas are very popular in the current cosmic environment.

It is foreseeable that as long as she does not make a big mistake like the director of Qinghua next door, her future position will only rise steadily.

After serving as a priest for a full term, he will be transferred back to the headquarters of the consortium. After making achievements in two to three years, the next step is to become an inspector and own a ship of his own.

Therefore, the followers of Black Mass regard her as the next inspector - if they follow her now, they will all be core members in a few years, and maybe they can even become priests.

For the "unclean", Black Mass and her followers are undoubtedly a cancer on the path of faith.

Many people, tired of the endless power struggle, converted to the Church of the Embers and became professional believers who "generate electricity for love". However, when they got on board, they found that the power struggle had just changed its skin and appeared in front of them in a new form.

Black Mass and its followers will not do anything harmful to the "unclean" directly, but they will make them feel uncomfortable in various ways.

And today, Black Mass discovered that there were "unclean people" who appeared in the seminar she hosted. What's more interesting is that the theme of this seminar was targeting the "unclean people".

"Do you know why everyone hates you?"

Although he was a head shorter than Duan Mingyuan, this did not prevent Hei Misa from looking down at him.

It only took one question for Duan Mingyuan to understand why Black Mass had such mixed reviews. If a teacher in the school openly raised such a question in class, he would be subject to an internal investigation.

If placed in a workplace environment, it is a classic PUA starter move.

Your boss will most likely tell you that it is your problem that people don’t like you, so think about yourself more. Then they will show you a clear way as a person with experience: as long as you do xxx, you can change everyone’s opinion of you.

In essence, this just turns newcomers into cheap labor or punching bags.

"Technically, I've only been here for one day, and this is my first time meeting you all."

Duan Mingyuan said that he had not yet had the opportunity to force others to do things such as checking their abilities and memories, which would make others feel disgusted and horrified.

"This is the 'unclean', who doesn't even understand why they are hated."

Black Mass seemed to have expected Duan Mingyuan to say this. "The answer is that in a church that pursues purity, your existence itself is like a pollutant, and you are much more obvious than all the unclean people I have ever seen."

It was so obvious that anyone passing by would feel a sting in the face, which was why she noticed Duan Mingyuan as soon as she entered the meeting room.

"Don't blame all the problems on others. According to our long-term research, the Unclean Ones are inferior to others in terms of the average amount of scorching sun energy they provide or in promoting the development of the church. You are just naturally stupid people who only drag down others and become a burden to everyone."

Black Mass finally found an opportunity to express her opinion. It was difficult for her to find an unclean person in her home turf. This was probably because Duan Mingyuan was so "hateful" that even other unclean people didn't want to get close to him, resulting in no one telling him in advance not to walk into a seminar hosted by the Black Mass priest.

How pitiful.

Being stupid and being alienated by people of the same kind, such a life must be very, very hard.

She continued, "Although the Sun King is kind and willing to accept every believer equally, he also gives people like you an opportunity to take advantage of you. You can come here only after betraying your original civilization and beliefs, and your identity as an unclean is proof of your betrayal."

Black Mass's impassioned speech caused his followers to nod their heads one after another, but Duan Mingyuan felt no ripples in his heart, instead he felt a little pity.

It was obvious that there was a serious problem with the internal intelligence communication of the Church of Ashes, so much so that Black Mass, a priest, instilled the ideas of "betrayal" and "burden" into him, who was not a follower of the Sun King at all.

This is like a class teacher giving an impassioned speech, using him as an example to point out that he has lowered the class average, and also going on to talk about the recent bad atmosphere in the school, but in the end it turns out that this person is not a student in their class at all, but a passerby who happened to come to attend the class.

Even Duan Mingyuan felt sorry and embarrassed for Black Mass, but he always saw the positive and optimistic side of everything.

On the bright side, Black Mass's remarks at least prove the level of freedom of speech within the Embers Corporation, where even discriminatory remarks in public are allowed.

"However," Black Mass changed the subject and said, "Even for stains like you that drag everyone down, we are willing to save you. After all, the essence of this seminar is to remove the unclean parts of your bodies."

Hearing this, Duan Mingyuan finally understood. All the remarks made by Black Mass against the unclean ones could be summed up as a discriminatory version of "Are you hated by others again? You should know that I am the only one who cares about your situation..."

Fortunately, this seminar finally moved away from personal opinions and entered the academic field.

Although Duan Mingyuan was very regretful to miss the seminar next door on "Cars powered by Fiery Sun Energy", at least this seminar was not completely fruitless.

"How to do it exactly?"

"I'm glad you asked."

Black Mass walked quickly to Duan Mingyuan's front, "Scorching Sun Energy is the most versatile energy source in this universe. It can do everything, even purification."

Compared with dry theoretical discussions, Black Mass finds practice much more interesting.

Especially purifying an unclean person in front of the participants, such a case will make her more famous in the consortium.

"This is a reward for you. Open your eyes and watch. You will see a power that only a priest can exercise."

Hearing this, Duan Mingyuan also perked up.

He felt the burning energy flowing towards him, and then the scene before him changed.

It was that familiar galaxy again, but this time there was an extra person behind him.

Black Mass's expression did not look relaxed, as if just maintaining the existence of this world had consumed all her physical strength.

"Isn't it magnificent? You are standing before the Sun King at this moment."

In the distance is the eternal sun.

She made Duan Mingyuan the happiest person on the ship. Many believers would never be able to witness this wonder in their entire lives.

Witnessing such a sight, even the filthy souls of the unclean would be purified.

But what she saw was a different picture.

There was no awe on the unclean man's face, nor was there any ecstasy over this hard-earned gift.

"I see."

He just stood there, suddenly realizing, "So you were just talking about the issue of energy conversion."

"What do you mean?"

"That's probably what it means."

In order to help Black Mass better understand academic issues, Duan Mingyuan, based on the principle of practice makes perfect, converted part of his life energy into sun energy in front of her gradually distracted eyes.

In Black Mass's sight, it was a completely different picture.

The Duan Mingyuan in her eyes changed. His body became more and more dazzling until it was impossible to look directly at it. He turned into another sun.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the meeting room was silent.

The believers rubbed their eyes in disbelief, thinking they must have seen it wrong.

Why……

Would a Black Mass priest suddenly kneel before an unclean person?

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