Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 417: Genesis

Baptism exceeded the promise. Although they were in a country dominated by mysticism, her eye robot fully demonstrated the superiority of technology. After the robot scanned the documents in the classics into the database, it presented them to Duan Mingyuan in the form of an e-book. Even the illustrations were perfectly reproduced on the electronic screen.

This further proves that it was the eyeball robot that leaked the church's secrets.

And baptism also received her reward.

After criticizing the ogre kidnapper, September turned into an accomplice and took out a gift bag of snacks and pastries from her collection.

Baptism's attention had been completely attracted by the sugar-coated bullet. She sat at the table in the library, which was covered with snacks. On this morning, facing the life and death of the Embers Church, she ate snacks leisurely, swinging her legs, as if everything happening outside the tower had nothing to do with her.

"I didn't expect you would be interested in these books."

A paragraph of text appeared at the top of the e-book's title page.

This once again demonstrated the superiority of science, allowing her to do two things at once, chatting with Duan Mingyuan while eating snacks.

If the Pope knew that Duan Mingyuan just wanted to look up books like "Genesis", he probably wouldn't have kept such strict guard against him.

They thought Duan Mingyuan would be interested in some more confidential parts, such as the origin and application of the sun's energy, or the brainchild of the inventors of the Embers Empire.

And books like "Genesis" have corresponding versions in every force related to the occult.

The most mainstream science currently believes that humans evolved from apes, and most people are believers in the theory of evolution. With the development and progress of science, there are fewer and fewer civilizations that believe in the theory that "God created humans". The Church of the Embers is one of the few people who "stick to tradition".

The Book of Genesis roughly describes this process.

During the long Dark Ages, the Sun King bestowed his fire on species struggling in the darkness, thus the first humans were born and the prototype of the Empire of Ashes was laid.

"This is very valuable for research because the humans of the Embers Empire are the first humans to appear in recorded history."

Duan Mingyuan read with great interest. The only drawback was that "Genesis" was too old. The text on it was not only the most abstract language of the Ash Empire, but also accompanied by a large number of hand-drawn pictures. In order to understand the text and pictures, one must have a very strong level of reading comprehension.

The content of the first chapter of "Genesis" overturned Duan Mingyuan's cognition.

He originally thought that the Sun King was an abstract concept created by humans, just like the gods in other mysterious systems. However, this ancient book mentioned that the Sun King was the first king of the Empire of Ashes. He led people out of the dark and barbaric era and established an empire.

His reign lasted as long as 172 years. These experiences are not fabricated and his deeds can be verified.

When the politics of the Embers Empire became stable and the entire empire was thriving, the Sun King, who believed that he had accomplished a great cause, left.

Judging from the hand-drawn illustrations by the author of "Genesis", the people of the Ash Empire at that time believed that the Sun King had returned to the Eternal Sun for some reason.

"Do you believe the story here?"

Baptism was even more confusing.

In her experience, these old, stereotyped ideas were no longer believed by anyone except the devout members of the Church of Embers.

As for the believers, irrigated by the energy of the scorching sun, they can only believe.

No matter how bizarre the records in the classics, no matter how contrary to common sense the Pope's decision is, they will not raise any questions. These rules have been flowing in their bodies like blood since the moment they were irrigated with the energy of the scorching sun.

Baptism knew that Duan Mingyuan was not a believer.

On the contrary, he possesses all the characteristics of a pagan, always full of curiosity and skepticism. If the Holy City was not now facing the crisis brought by the Dark Night Witch, and the top leaders of the entire church were not racking their brains to manufacture refrigerators according to the blueprint, this pagan would definitely become the target of everyone's strict defense.

“Myths and legends come from life. Many of the stories in them may be exaggerated, but the prototypes may come from life.”

"So, the Sun King built the Embers Empire single-handedly." This was the first time Jinli asked this question, and it was also the first time she took this question seriously.

She never thought that she was more devout than those extreme believers. The reason why she passed the layers of selection and became an inquisitor was because her physique was naturally more adaptable to the irrigation of the scorching sun's energy.

This was a natural talent, and in fact most of the Inquisitors she knew were like this.

Truly devout and fanatical believers often exist in the choir, who devote all their time except three meals a day and sleep to the Sun King.

Even the concept of asceticism was proposed by the first leader of the choir, who believed that only by enduring suffering and tempering the spirit could one become a better believer.

Baptism has always been opposed to such views, because her favorite entertainment activities have been evaluated as "unprofessional" for three consecutive years. In the eyes of those extreme believers, these are symbols of depravity.

"Yes."

"So you are also planning to join the big family of the Embers Church? I can recommend you to the church. With your ability, you can become the chief engineer of the Holy City in a few years!"

Baptism suddenly became energetic.

She felt that the Holy City needed a talent like Duan Mingyuan right now.

It's time for someone to sing against the choir.

Even if the energy from the scorching sun can help them withstand the high temperatures, people still need air conditioning and entertainment equipment.

Especially her - a little child who is in the growing stage.

"No, I'm just looking for some missing pieces."

Duan Mingyuan declined Jin Li's offer as he had no plans to work outside the home for a long time.

"What part?"

"Enemy of the Sun King."

Duan Mingyuan said, "In the description of Genesis, the first enemy faced by mankind is the night. In the past, there was no concept of the sun rising in the east and setting in the west. Humans lived in darkness every day, and crises always followed the night. The concept of the void demon was established during that period."

Through reading, Duan Mingyuan realized that the definition of the Son of Demon by the people of the Embers Empire has always been an abstract concept.

Initially, they believed that the beasts that dwelt in the darkness were the offspring of demons.

Then came the first time that space technology was used to leave the planet, and those civilizations that were not friendly became the children of the devil.

Then came the "cocooning" faced by the late empire, and then the Wizarding Council.

In almost every period, the Church of Embers faces invasions from the spawn of demons.

However, he spent a whole morning in the tower and still couldn't figure out the true face of the devil.

So he had to throw the doubts in his heart to Baptism, "What exactly is the devil in your eyes?"

Baptism was thoughtful for a moment, and after a moment, she came up with the answer.

"The choir's conductor."

(End of this chapter)