Successors of all mankind

'Ever since the church was rejected three hundred years ago, our people have never been able to get close to Ruins Zero!'

Destroying the trumpet of the Messiah is something the church has been doing for thousands of years.

However, the major powers ignored their requests for short-sighted gains, plunging the world into the calamity of a great flood!

Chapter 78 The Atonement Sisters (3k)

The disregard of the Messiah and divine punishment by various countries has always been the greatest pain for popes throughout history.

They are superstitious about their own power, ignore the revelation of psychic energy, and ridicule enlightened saints.

They deserve divine punishment; they deserve to be swallowed by the great flood.

But even so, we are still willing to save you, to save you who are beyond redemption!

Because our faith is the same, and so is humanity.

Humanity is not worth saving, but there will always be someone to save it.

The church is complex.

They worship humanity to the extreme, yet fear humanity to the extreme.

The sinful monk's words silenced Earl Lorraine, and Crown Prince Bourbon II frowned deeply.

"If neither of us did it, then who did it?"

The sinful monks looked at Crown Prince Bourbon II:

"We think you should provide an explanation. Explosive attacks are your usual method, and judging by the intensity and shape of the explosion, it does indeed resemble your arm?"

Crown Prince Bourbon II has carried out bomb attacks more than once since being expelled from the country.

Used to attack key areas of France.

She was trying to force her uncle to give in.

According to their analysis, the footage that was transmitted back was almost identical to the Crown Prince's methods.

They even realized that the explosion was caused by a high-explosive device developed by the Crown Prince himself.

I remember the name was -- Reposition.

Public opinion on Crown Prince Bourbon II is generally not high.

However, his achievements in the field of explosives are highly regarded, even though he is almost a full-fledged terrorist.

The crown prince's face was extremely grim:

"In order to fulfill our agreement and to avenge my uncle, I did indeed plant people in the Zero Relic and prepared a certain amount of 'reincarnation'."

"At the same time, I did tell him that we could start preparing, but I absolutely did not give the order to act now!"

“There shouldn’t be anyone among you who wants to win more than me, so it can’t be me. But… I must also admit that the problem lies with my people.”

In this three-way standoff, silence is more suffocating than arguing.

Count Lorraine was the first to calm down.

He suppressed his earlier anger, slowly sat back down in his seat, and lightly tapped his fingers on the table:

"If it's not you, and it's not His Majesty, then there's only one possibility left."

“Some people want Site Zero to be bombed, and at the same time want us to think that we did it ourselves.”

"The only question now is, who would do that? And what good would it do him?"

The sinful cultivator shook his head, then quickly gestured and said:

“Count, you’re talking nonsense unless you have something to doubt.”

Earl Lorraine said self-deprecatingly:

"That's certainly nonsense, but I think I can help narrow down the scope of your doubts."

"For example, the attack on the Zero site might not be aimed at us, but rather it could help them achieve another objective. At the same time, I believe it is definitely not a domestic force."

But as he was talking, Earl Lorraine stopped, because instead of shrinking the area, he had expanded it.

"Pretend I didn't say anything, gentlemen. I made a foolish mistake."

The crown prince took a deep breath, suppressing his almost explosive anger:

"Regardless, what's done is done. Now is not the time to figure out who set it off; the question now is, what do we do?"

Count Lorraine paused for a moment, then revealed a sly smile.

“Your Majesty, since someone fired the first shot for us, let’s make it seem like we fired it. Perfect timing, it’s your turn to join the fray.”

"And in doing so, there's at least one advantage: we've hidden away an enemy of our enemy!"

Although we don't know who did it, the fact that the other side is also attacking Ruins Zero means that they are at least not friends of France.

The crown prince gave him a deep look, then slowly nodded:

“Then tell everyone that I did it, that I'm establishing my authority, and that I'm telling the usurper and his daughter that I'm back.”

"Anyway, since I didn't do this, it can only be me..."

No one else was as enthusiastic about bombing attacks as him.

Even Albion's infamous Azshara organization is no exception.

The sinful monks looked at him, neither objecting nor agreeing, but silently retreating into the shadows.

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Deep within the snow-covered mountains, a church stands like a greyish-white dagger plunged upside down into the frozen earth.

There was no bell tower, no stained-glass windows, and no path trodden by pilgrims.

It simply stands there quietly, as if it had always grown on this land, never built by anyone, and never expected by anyone.

Pushing open the door, the chill did not lessen, but the burning candles inside proved that someone was indeed there.

The interior was so empty that it consisted almost entirely of walls and a dome, with no seats at all. There was only a recessed circular area in the center of the floor, which looked like the marks left by countless people kneeling over the years.

A figure dressed in a gray, coarse cloth nun's habit was kneeling there, her hands clasped on her knees, her head slightly bowed, motionless.

This is the church of the nuns, but they are not one of the three major orders of nuns.

The nunning order has many different branches.

This is also the biggest reason why their overall strength is far inferior to that of the human-machine teaching.

They're too scattered!

This church belongs to the Atonement Sisters, a group of nuns.

It was very small, consisting of only one church and a dozen or so nuns.

However, they wielded immense influence among the nuns.

Because every nun here is an extremely powerful psychic.

Their overall quality is arguably among the highest in the world.

A visitor is standing behind this nun.

The Atonement Sisters are a very strange organization; no one has ever resisted technology as strongly as they have. And this church was built by them, bit by bit.

It is because of this extreme resistance that their messages need to come from outsiders.

The visitor, standing behind her, said:

"High Nun, I have brought news. The Zero Site in France has been bombed, and the exiled Crown Prince Bourbon II has admitted to it."

The high nun stopped praying.

Slowly turning his head, he said:

"Was the church involved as well?"

“At least I haven’t heard anything like that, High Nun.”

“Bourbon II did not have the courage of his father. Without the corrupt church standing by his side, he absolutely did not have the courage to come out when his uncle was about to kill him.”

It was reasonable, and the visitor was convinced.

"That seems to be the case. Well then, I also brought some fresh vegetables. You can pickle them before the roads are completely closed."

The visitors did not feel that Bourbon II or the church had anything to do with them.

He simply brought the nuns information from the outside world, as well as fresh food and simple clothes, just like his father, grandfather, and grandfather's father.

But the elder nun rose respectfully and bowed deeply to the visitors, saying:

"Son of John the Great, the Atonement Sisters will forever be grateful for your and your ancestors' help. But now, I, on behalf of all the sisters of the Atonement Sisters, express our deepest gratitude to you!"

The visitor asked curiously:

"Excuse me, High Nun, I... I don't quite understand what you mean."

Their family has always been like this, but why does it feel like something is about to happen?

The elder nun continued:

"Besides expressing my gratitude on behalf of my sisters, I also want to say one more thing: it's over. You and your family no longer need to bring us any messages or send us anything!"

The visitors were completely baffled.

"Oh, what, did we do something wrong? Should I have come the day before yesterday but didn't?"

The visitor thought it was his fault, but the high nun smiled gently and stroked his cheek like a kind grandmother, saying:

“No, son of John the Great, you have done well, but it is indeed unnecessary. Because we are about to all leave the church.”

"We must go and fulfill our mission!"

"You're leaving? You've never done this before, so why?"

The visitor was completely bewildered, thinking he had failed in his duty and betrayed the promises of his ancestors and the nuns.

So they're leaving?

"The first pope and the first nun of the Human Machine Cult received the same revelation: the Messiah will eventually appear, and then he will sound the trumpet and summon the great flood."

"To judge our sins and evil deeds!"

"The Pope and the nuns were divided on this revelation. The Pope wanted to stop the Messiah and take away his trumpet."

"The first nun, the first high nun who founded this church, believed that we must obey the Messiah and the arrangements of mankind!"

So the high nun left the bustling world and led her followers to build this church.

Quietly awaiting the arrival of the Messiah.

The church wants to stop the Messiah and steal God's trumpet, while they want to stop the church!

Now, the High Nun felt that the time had come!

“Son of John the Great, you have fulfilled the covenant between us and redeemed yourself. Even if the great flood truly comes, I think you are different from us sinners; you will surely be redeemed!”

The high nun kept drawing something on his bewildered face.

Finally, she looked at the visitor and smiled:

"Forgive us for not being able to give you anything as a token of our gratitude, but we can give you this church. I believe the nuns who have lived here for generations will surely agree!"

"Really?"

The visitors didn't understand anything about the Great Flood or the Messiah.

But he understood the last sentence.

This church is his now?!

This is one of the oldest churches in the Sisters' Church and even in the entire world.

In order to receive human blessings, noblemen would probably be willing to pay an exorbitant price for a single brick from here.

After all, they firmly believed that this would prove their faith and earn them human protection.

In fact, their family was able to survive because they would occasionally sell a few church bricks to nobles.

And now, this church belongs to him!