Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 197 Like a Bad Guy

Duan Mingyuan didn't know whether the girl in front of him could be considered a persistent person. After being rejected, the girl took the initiative to make way for him, but then followed him like a follower.

His plan for the morning was to go to the library in the flagship.

Just like a September will always appear in the kitchen at mealtime, you can always find Duan Mingyuan in the library.

He took a fancy to the collection of books on the consortium's flagship, most of which were not open to the public. Before leaving, he searched the database in the room and found a biography about the legendary life of Archbishop Zalman.

I, the Archbishop.

The seventh Archbishop Zalman is also the most mentioned Archbishop in the Church of Embers. During his tenure, the empire went from prosperity to destruction. He built an ark for the survivors on the planet and continued the flame of civilization. Because of this, some historians believe that Archbishop Zalman can be regarded as one of the creators of the Universal Company.

Unfortunately, Archbishop Zalman did not live to witness the rise of Universal Corporation. After witnessing the destruction of the planet, he became depressed and fell ill, and passed away not long after.

Just when Duan Mingyuan decided to observe the life of this legendary archbishop, the girl also entered the library, took out a music book called "Sacred Melody" from the bookshelf, sat opposite him, and began to read quietly.

A morning passed just like that.

Reading the words in the book, Duan Mingyuan felt as if he was really in that turbulent era, and also learned more about Archbishop Zalman.

The Archbishop is a controversial figure.

As early as his time, people had mixed opinions about him.

All the abuse came from the fact that he abolished the election and hereditary systems within the Church of the Ashes, and severely suppressed the nepotism within the church with an iron fist. As a result, he offended many high-ranking officials of the empire. There were 16 recorded assassination attempts on his life, three of which seriously injured Zalman. At one point, the church was ready to elect an acting archbishop after his death.

Judging from the perspective of later generations, many of Archbishop Zalman's propositions were groundbreaking, and laid a solid foundation for the Church of Ashes to develop into a belief that spread throughout the universe.

This was because Zalman had discovered corruption within the empire when he was young. Long-term prosperity would inevitably breed hidden dangers, so from the first day he took office as archbishop, he was committed to eliminating corruption. For this reason, he even broke with his own family. Those members of the family who tried to act recklessly in the name of the archbishop received the punishment they deserved.

But it was precisely because of this that Duan Mingyuan felt that fate was playing tricks on him.

Archbishop Zalman made 99% of the important decisions correctly in his life, but the only wrong decision was to directly blow up their planet.

Duan Mingyuan witnessed Zalman lying in the cooling cabin and removing the "troubles" from his brain through the energy of the scorching sun. At that time, Zalman seemed to believe that with the advancement of science and technology and people's continuous research on the energy of the scorching sun, the unstable factors in the energy would eventually be eliminated.

Unfortunately, three years after he made this decision, an unprecedented solar storm swept across his planet. Overnight, the planet's surface turned into charred charcoal, and the brilliant empire collapsed in flames.

More than 90% of the empire's residents were killed in the solar storm.

This was the first "cancerous change" recorded in the history of cosmic civilization, and the Embers Empire became the first planet to become "cocooned".

It was from that moment on that the spark of the imperial civilization has been dedicated to studying the causes of "cancer", but until today, a thousand years later, they have not found the answer.

"The current archbishop is a descendant of Zalman."

When Duan Mingyuan closed the book, the blonde girl kept the same pace as him. As if considering the quiet atmosphere of the library, she did not let the eye robot make any sound, but displayed the following text on the screen.

After confirming that Duan Mingyuan had seen it, the text on the eyeball robot's screen changed.

"The descendant of the legendary archbishop invites you to take up a post in the Holy City. What do you think?"

"No."

Another rejection.

Just like last time, the girl nodded, hid the eyeball robot, lowered her head and kept silent.

Duan Mingyuan stood up tentatively, and the girl stood up as well. When he sat down, the girl sat back in her chair.

Obviously, she still hasn't given up.

"What's your name?" "Baptism."

The eyeball robot pops out of its head.

Duan Mingyuan finally understood that this eyeball robot was the girl's mouthpiece.

"Why aren't you talking? Is your throat sick?"

"No, and I don't want to."

Duan Mingyuan smelled the scent of the blade and immediately stopped, not wanting to touch on Jin Li's sad past. He changed the topic and asked, "Why are you following me?"

"Because I want to be friends with you."

"Why do you want to be friends with me?"

"Because after I become friends with you, I can persuade you to work in the Holy City as a friend."

happy!

It turned out to be her true inner thought so frankly, but Duan Mingyuan felt that the girl's definition of friends might have some deviations.

After dealing with Bai Kou and Qinghua, the inspector on this flagship was undoubtedly a breath of fresh air. She did not use intimidation or inducement, or threaten the entire Blue Star. The only way she could fulfill the Archbishop's order was to become friends with him.

Considering that she always remained silent, Duan Mingyuan had to make a surprising guess.

There are too many monsters on this flagship.

He originally thought that this was the style of the Embers Group, but after watching it on the internal network, he discovered that Black Mass and the restaurant's executive chef were both very impressive in the entire church.

But because of the forces behind them, they have become a hot potato that no one wants to take over.

And these hot potatoes were finally packed and sent to the baptismal ships.

This inspector...

Could it be that he has no idea how to argue, or even refuse others?

In order to confirm his guess, Duan Mingyuan asked, "You have the right to recommend us to join the Sixteen Star Summit, right?"

Baptism nodded.

"This is very important to us. Can you write a letter of recommendation for us?"

Nodded again.

"Is now okay?"

Still nodded.

Even though she was rejected repeatedly and faced the risk of not being able to complete the archbishop's order, the little girl still silently gave him a positive answer.

As if to prove that he was not lying, Baptism was the first to stand up.

Duan Mingyuan never expected that the purpose of this trip would be achieved so smoothly, but at this moment he was not happy at all.

Because just now,

He became a bad guy like Darth Vader.

Thanks to Gugugu Fake Sister Control for the reward of 500 Qidian coins!
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