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Chapter 377. The Realm of Faith
Jiang Jianxin had known Baili Song for a year. At first, Baili Song was reserved and respectful, addressing him as "Sword Master" repeatedly.

Now that they've become completely familiar with each other, the latter has completely let loose.

Those in the news industry can always dig up some juicy gossip, and writing news articles for a long time also keeps her up-to-date with the times. So, Baili Song is actually quite unconventional by nature and often sends messages to harass Jiang Jianxin.

After a series of events, Jiang Jianxin became much more composed and was mostly tolerant of his lively friends.

Just like now, upon receiving Baili Song's clearly teasing message, Jiang Jianxin simply sent a [confused little yellow face] emoji.

Then she opened the old news from the Qing Dynasty that Baili Song had sent her and read it carefully.

Most of the news was about anti-fraud, and Jiang Jianxin read it carefully but couldn't find anything special about it.

In response to her emoji, the other person simply replied with a yellow emoji of someone sending flowers.

Jiang Jianxin didn't understand Baili Song's meaning, so he closed her chat window and continued to log in to the mobile version of Dark Land.

The game took significantly longer to load than usual, and there was even a small line of text on the loading screen:
There are 12 players ahead of you waiting to enter.

Jiang Jianxin waited patiently for a while, and finally the loading was completed, and he entered the game interface.

Unlike usual, this time a recharge window popped up first after entering, with a 9999 yuan rose coin gift pack shining in pink light.

Jiang Jianxin also came across the post that was gaining popularity on the Ping An Forum. She thought about the content of that post and then looked at the pink gift package in front of her.

Unconsciously, the anti-fraud news articles that the news outlet had just reposted to her from the journalists came to mind.

It's a bit strange, indescribable.

Want to top up your account?

The intuition in my mind asked.

I will not recharge.

Jiang Jianxin reviewed the anti-fraud news Baili Song had sent him and concluded.

[It's obviously a scam.]

After saying that, she clicked the "X" and opened the map again to see the newly updated temple.

In the game, players can control their characters to move freely across the map. Jiang Jianxin guided her swordsman forward, encountering many players along the way. After walking for more than ten minutes at a faster pace, she finally arrived at the temple.

Just about to step in—

With a "thud," the character crashed solidly into an invisible wall of air.

"Hey! That's an invisible wall over there, you can't get past it!"

A player dressed in a flowing fairy dress, whose profession is healer, landed lightly and spoke up to remind her.

Jiang Jianxin moved his character slightly, somewhat surprised:

"Is the entire area sealed off?"

"Yes."

The healer player nodded:
"I heard this corresponds to a temple in reality. Rose Games can't just use any old model and let players wander around and blaspheme, can they?"

She paused and added:
"Moreover, this seems to be the temple of a great deity in the dark pantheon, someone of very high status."

Jiang Jian thought about it and agreed.

She looked into the distance—several hundred players had gathered around the temple, jumping and hopping around, testing the boundaries of the invisible wall, creating a rather comical scene.

Chat bubbles kept appearing above the players' heads:
"This is the first time I've seen a temple! The material is so unique, it's completely black, and you can't see any seams at all..."

"What is the Dark Pantheon? It sounds a bit sinister."

“There are temples elsewhere on the map, but none of them are as magnificent as this one.”

Wow, this deity looks so handsome!

"It's really spectacular..."

Bubbles floated up one after another as Jiang Jianxin gazed at the temple in the game from afar. The pitch-black outer walls and the spider lilies entwined around them—at a glance, she recognized it as the temple of the God of Death and Silence.

Upon seeing his own temple for the first time, Jiang Jianxin fell into deep thought.

Does even the Grim Reaper need a temple?

When other gods build temples, people always come to worship. But who would worship Yama, the King of Hell?
If we're talking about faith—the dark pantheon has millions of evil gods, those who do good must offer incense to the god of death, and those who do evil will have their resentment absorbed by the god of death.

Once one sits on the throne of a pantheon, it's as if one becomes a giant of exploitation in the divine realm, able to maintain power through the offerings of the entire pantheon, seemingly without any need to build a temple.

Therefore, the purpose of the God of Death in building this temple is worth examining.

A thousand conspiracies and speculations flashed through Jiang Jianxin's mind, and he even began to wonder if this was yet another grand scheme. Then, the truth whispered a reminder:

Don't overthink it.

[Building a temple might simply be a way to create an additional position in the mortal realm.]

After all, aside from the priests, the only positions under the Deathly Silent Order are those in the underworld.

Jiang Jianxin was greatly shocked:
"Just to create a priest's position, they built a temple specifically for that purpose?"

You could say that.

The answer, in its truthful tone, carried a hint of a sigh.

Sigh, you've forgotten so many things.

Jiang Jianxin fell silent.

She remembered how her brother used to be sad that his boss didn't value him and didn't assign him any responsibilities.

If the priests are insignificant to the god of death, then everything makes sense.

As for why this position was created when it wasn't needed—perhaps it was simply to bring Edric under their wing and protect him.

If we trace it further back, it is probably related to her lost memories.

Jiang Jianxin frowned slightly.

She recalled the brief but profound time she spent with Edric before the apocalypse.

In my memory, the two of them were busy making a living, and although the time they spent together was short, it felt as if they had been siblings for many years.

That unspoken understanding, that closeness, felt more like a long-awaited reunion than a first meeting.

Jiang Jianxin casually closed the game and picked up his sword.

"By the way... I want to go and see the temple in the real world."

Don't rush.

My intuition tells me this.

[The temple is in the far south. Although you can fly very fast on your sword, it will still take several days and nights. You can rest for a few days after you return to the Carnival Domain. Anyway, the temple is there and it's not going to grow legs and run away.]

Jiang Jian thought for a moment, then frowned slightly and said:

How many days will it take for the world to integrate?

The truth answered:
When the thick fog dissipates, the world will naturally merge back into one.

It paused for a moment and then added:

Before the world merges, the Goddess of Death must complete the coverage of her faith domain.

Jiang Jianxin pointed to himself in shock and said:

"me?"

Congratulations to Yuechi, who eats lemon candy, on becoming the sect leader! There will be a massive update of 10,000 words tomorrow! There will also be massive updates the day after tomorrow and the day after that! Also, there will be a huge update on Twitter on the 29th!
The reason I'm writing it tomorrow is because I just got back from a meeting tonight (╥_╥) and I don't feel like I have time to write anymore. There's one more chapter after this one, and I'll try to write it as quickly as possible.