Terra's Magnetic Field

The giants have always not interfered in the affairs of the mortal world, and few people know about them. But as time went by, the existence of the giants was known to a famous director in 1997. In the following year, based on the "Giant Rescue Sutra" obtained from Saint Carmen, he cooperated with Dongguo Co., Ltd. to bring the image of the giants to the screen to test whether the giants can gain the faith and love of the people. If the image of the giants wins the love and faith of the people, it proves that it is almost time to make the existence of the giants public.

2. The Deep Sea Church teaches people to be good better than any other religion.

3. The Deep Sea Church is more compassionate than any other religion.

4. The Deep Sea Church is more selfless than any other religion.

5. The Deep Sea Church has 1000% greater benefits than all other religions.

6. The Deep Sea Church embraces science more than any other religion.

7. The blessings of the Deep Sea Church are 100 times greater than those of all religions.

8. All the gods and gods of all religions are the mounts and star furies of the giant Buddha of the Deep Sea Church. The giant Buddha sent them to seduce fools and greedy people to believe in hell. There is no vicious corporal punishment in the Deep Sea Church hell, only a million-inch imax giant screen. These pagans will watch some incomprehensible bad movies directed by a young director all the time in hell, and there will be no escape until the black hole at the center of the Milky Way is extinguished.

9. The meaning of primitive Buddhism is also to deceive fools and greedy people into believing in pessimism, world-weariness and despair, and then going to hell due to karma, reincarnation and retribution in three lives. Only in this way can there be a large number of audiences watching when giants fight monsters.

10. Place after death: The heaven believed by the Deep Sea Church is in the Orion Nebula, and hell is a super IMAX movie theater. Those who go to hell must watch "The Beginning" and "Tiligar" directed by Director Alex all the time to punish them for their greed as punishment after death.

11. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva: He is a two-faced god. One side is the underworld god who is responsible for torturing the pagans in hell, and the other side is the Bodhisattva who persuades the pagans to return to the right path.

12. "The Giant's Rescue Scripture": A classic of the Deep Sea Church written by Saint Carmen, the founder of the church, to save all pagans from their wrong beliefs. Every Deep Sea believer is required to memorize it.

13: The method to be reborn in the Pure Land of Orion: Just snap your fingers and chant "Showat" three times before meals and before going to bed. It can not only cure diseases and eliminate karma, but also often receive the blessings and protection of the giant Buddha, and you can get whatever you want. Sculpting, painting, and offering giant Buddha statues are boundless and countless. The three words "Showat" can also be used as a mantra, which contains the power of the giant to destroy the world. Please use it with caution when fighting!

14. The magic of the Deep Sea Church can mainly help believers master various laws of cosmic physics, such as the use of the four basic forces, interstellar transmission, the construction of parallel universes, time travel, etc. How to break through the speed of light and enter other nebulae for friendly missionary work in order to save more sentient beings. Being able to cross nebulae to go to other planets to save sentient beings is the basic ability of the Deep Sea Church priests.

15. The goal of the Deep Sea Church is to save all sentient beings in a wider range of the entire universe, rather than being narrow-minded like the Lateran Church, where blessings are limited to the Lateran country.

That’s all for today.

Postscript: I have always felt that religion was originally an entertainment product similar to Ultraman. Take Journey to the West as an example. The four masters and apprentices were originally just characters in a folk story, but later they were included in the religious structure. So maybe there will really be religion in a few hundred years.

Maybe they will acknowledge the existence of Ultraman.

Not to mention that Ultraman is performing miracles all the time. What contributions have Buddha and Bodhisattva made to modern society?

Chapter 468: Oral Politicians

"So the tall guy before was Saint Carmen? Your master? Then why did he attack us?"

Saria asked Elini. She guessed from Elini's puzzled look that Elini might not know the reason either. Was she just a low-level judge after all? It was really useless.

"Saint Carmen has always been the spiritual leader of Iberia. He led the entire country to prosperity, but he has been acting strange since he returned from the underwater city of Agor. Although some people among the Inquisitors have discussed this privately, no one has ever spoken about it openly..."

Elini only answered like this, and Saria pondered after hearing it:

"You mean he might have been brainwashed by Agor?"

At this time, one of their arms was bound by an iron chain. Saria's right wrist and Elini's left wrist were connected together by an iron chain more than ten meters long. With Saria's current strength, it was impossible to tear it apart, and it was difficult to separate...

(There is a game called Alien Chain on NS, where the protagonist and the summoned creature are connected by chains. I think this design is very interesting and greatly enhances the interaction between the characters)

Saria gradually remembered what happened before. When she and Elini were leaving from the other side of the village, they were attacked by Saint Carmen who suddenly appeared outside the village gate. Saria's heavy punches could not cause any harm to Carmen, and she fell unconscious after being hit on the head.

"Anyway, let's consider leaving here first," Saria looked around. This dungeon looked like an abandoned factory. Several aging cables hung on the walls, and faint lights flickered from time to time in this dark and cold place.

"Well," Elini had no choice but to follow Saria. Although this woman was unreliable, she had no choice but to rely on her now.

"We are now connected by chains. If one side takes action, the other side will be affected," Saria raised her right hand and shook it a few times.

Her orange eyes glowed slightly in the dim environment. She turned her head to look at Elini and continued, "If you encounter an enemy, you must try to hide behind me. If I choose to dodge, you must dodge as well. Don't hold me back."

"I know," Elini answered coldly, looking away to avoid Saria's gaze. She was a girl with a strong personality but faced with this situation, she had no choice but to give in.

"By the way, what is the relationship between Iberia, Lateran and Agor? I found the Lateran emblem in a villager's house before. Are there Lateran people preaching in such places? And Agor was mentioned in the diary I found." Saria asked about things in Iberia. She began to take some interest in this backward coastal city.

"Originally, Iberia was a vassal state of Lateran. Lateran provided political assistance to Iberia to improve people's livelihood, and Iberia paid tribute to Lateran with resources and food every year. This symbiotic relationship lasted for hundreds of years. Over time, many Lateran people came to Iberia to preach, and many Sakota chose to settle here."

Elini recalled the history books she had read in the archives room in the past.

"But Saint Carmen's generation felt that Iberia had no future if it was oppressed by the Lateran for a long time. They tried every means to get rid of the Lateran control and expelled the Lateran Church from the country, and finally won national independence."

"Why do you want to get rid of Lateran?" Saria was puzzled. "Wasn't the mutually beneficial relationship before good enough? I heard that Iberia's economy declined after it separated from Lateran. What's the point of independence at the cost of people's quality of life? In the end, only the superiors can feel the so-called independence, right?"

(See what happened in South Africa after independence. Carmen can be compared to the Iberian Mandela)

Saria's knowledge of Iberia mainly comes from her school textbooks and the oral accounts of the operators who came to Rhodes Island.

Many Iberian operators in Rhodes Island were recruited from there, and Thorn was an "old man" who had personally witnessed the golden age of Iberia. From these people, Saria heard many complaints about the country's development.

"Ah? What are you talking about?" Elini looked at Saria in confusion, as if she was looking at a stranger from another world. Both of them suddenly realized that their worldviews were so different.

Elini said to Saria in a matter-of-fact tone:

"Independence is the foundation of a country's development. If a country can't even achieve independence, how can it develop? I'm afraid that the value and significance of independence is simply incomprehensible to someone like you who grew up in the hegemonic country of Colombia?!"

"Hegemonic country? Why is this matter related to Colombia again?" Saria was puzzled. She then began to refute, "I am not interested in politics and the like. My opinions are only based on the reality I have seen with my own eyes. I think if it is a serious politician, he will definitely play tricks on you without offending your political G-spot, but I don't need it and it doesn't matter!"

"The reality is that most of the Iberian operators I met in Rhodes Island felt that Iberia gained independence at the expense of the quality of life of the people. This directly led to the closure of a large number of companies and industrial decline in the first few years, and indirectly caused famine that killed a large number of people. These costs were borne by the people, and the fruits of victory were stolen by the bureaucrats. I think Carmen's material life must be richer than that of ordinary people, right?"

"I admit that you say Colombia is a hegemonic country, because I have fought many battles for this country. Colombia's democracy means that anyone can say that this country is bad, and they can even go to the government building to protest together without worrying about being shot by machine guns or crushed into meat paste by tanks. But do you dare to criticize Carmen for her dementia in the court? Or can you hold a sign in Yan Country to denounce the brutality of the royal family? That's right! Capitalism prevails in Colombia and the gap between the rich and the poor is huge. In addition, the public security problems in some areas are very serious, but all of this is based on the ability to guarantee the basic survival of the people. This is better than many feudal countries, right?"

"Finally, taking a step back, if Colombia is really bad, then why do so many fucking refugees, bureaucrats' children, nouveau riche, and criminals run to Colombia every year? They could just go to Yan Country, Letania, Sargon, or Sami! Damn it! If I could return to Colombia and take power in the future, I would definitely build a high wall to restrict illegal immigration, and the money for the wall would have to be paid by neighboring countries!"

Saria's string of words was like a machine gun, making it difficult for Elini to retort. Elini, who grew up in a closed environment, found it difficult to laugh at these complicated words and huge amounts of information. By the time she figured out how to refute the other party, the topic was over.

Saria did not ask about Agor's affairs. This would probably be a waste of money and manpower. After all, a small country like Iberia had no other way to survive except to cling to a big country.

That’s all for today.

Postscript: Why do the lower-class people like to talk about politics? Because they will not be the direct beneficiaries of politics, but they are likely to be the direct victims.

Chapter 469: The Mysterious Merchant

After an unpleasant verbal exchange with Elini, Saria chose to remain silent, and they walked together towards the outer layer of the factory.

There were several villagers equipped with guns in this place. They were just like the ones Saria had met before. Although they looked normal, they were essentially alienated. When Saria broke their necks from behind, she could see the tentacles extending from the broken spine. Then she would kick them hard and kick the corpses far away.

"This is..." Elini saw several corpses still twitching on the ground. She was not against killing because of her job as an inquisitor, but the way these guys died surprised her and even made her feel disgusted.

These corpses gave her the feeling that they were monsters wearing human skins, and the human bodies were just disguises. Like some primitive parasites in the deep sea, they usually attached themselves to slightly larger fish, drilled into their bodies, replaced their nerves bit by bit, and finally achieved the purpose of controlling their behavior.

Elini instinctively felt that this was related to Agor, which reminded her of Carmen's previous trip to Agor. He must have experienced something there to become so strange, otherwise he would have no reason to attack them.

"It's really strange," Saria said, "If they wanted to trap us, they shouldn't have sent only so many people to guard us. Even the mechanism that locked us up before was so childish. It felt more like a form of entertainment."

"Entertainment?" Elini was puzzled, so she asked, "Do you mean that everything we are experiencing is just someone's entertainment? Why would he do this?"

"I don't know... to satisfy their own perverted needs, right? Some people just like to watch others struggling in difficult situations, like to watch escape shows." Saria bent down to pick up the gun on the ground. She took out a few bullets from the magazine and kicked them into the tactical pocket hanging on her belt, maybe she could use them later.

The villagers used very crude earthen guns, which were imitations made with extremely low technology, and their prototypes may have been the guns used by local Lateran missionaries.

"Anyway, my first task now is to escort you to the town. Maybe the people there are still normal. It would be even better if we could contact the Inquisition. I don't really want to get involved in Iberia and Agor's affairs. I just want to find the person," Saria licked the bag on the ground and continued to move forward.

She was thinking, maybe the man took Hemer away just to lure her here, but who did she have a personal grudge against here? Goletia? She obviously had no contact with Goletia anymore, so she couldn't figure out why Goletia wanted to mess with her.

But was Hemer really kidnapped? Saria could not find any evidence that someone else had sneaked into the island that day. Could it be that Hemer had staged everything herself? What reason did she have to do this?

It was unclear. The clues in front of her were too sparse to deduce anything valuable. Everything could only proceed step by step. Whether this was a farce arranged by someone or Hemer's plan, Saria could only follow the script given by the other party.

Soon the two of them reached the exit. Through the window of the gate, they saw a dark shadow passing by. The other party did not try to dodge and directly said to Saria and the others inside:

"Come out, I might have something you want."

After saying this, the man disappeared from their sight, and a green light lit up from the right side of the gate.

"Who?" Saria asked in confusion.

"I don't know... but it looks like they are not enemies, right?" Elini moved forward, and although Saria was suspicious, she followed.

The door was not locked but was secured by a bolt, and Saria opened it effortlessly.

Then they saw a small stall not far to the right of the gate. It was a makeshift stall consisting of a folding table, a shelf, and a chair. On the table were various items such as pistols.

There are small-caliber firearms such as , submachine guns, and even large-caliber anti-material sniper rifles and rocket launchers hanging on the shelf at the back.

The owner of the stall was a Sakota wearing a thick black robe. Her clothes covered her body perfectly. At first glance, she looked neither male nor female. Saria could only guess from her voice that she was a woman. The black ring on her head was a light dark green. The overall shape was like a constantly moving armillary sphere, and the outermost ring was shaped like a crown of thorns.

Although this Sakota woman is not very tall, she has a slender figure. Wearing a black robe, she looks like an ethereal ghost from a distance.

"Haha! Don't miss it if you pass by! I always have what you want here! What do you want to buy?" The female Sakota opened her arms to welcome the two people in front of her. She was completely different from the villagers before.

Saria walked over to look at the things on the shelf behind her and complained, "You can use all these things to attack Sargon, right?"

"I wouldn't dare to do that," the Sakota woman said tactfully, "If I were to attack Sargon, I would bring better people with me!"

"Okay," Saria looked at the other person's exposed emerald eyes and asked, "What's your name?"

"Just call me a merchant. I'm just an arms dealer that can be found everywhere. You are very skilled, and my equipment will be even more powerful." The merchant put her hands on her hips. Compared with the stereotyped Sakota people in Saria's impression, she seemed too lively.

(Sareya has only met the top leaders of Lateran, and Lao Mo is usually quite serious)

"You're quite good at talking," Saria looked at the equipment on the table and the shelf behind. She remembered that she did have some money in her pocket, so she asked, "Can we trade in local currency?"

"Of course! I will accept anything that is valuable, not just cash. You can also exchange the treasures you looted for money with me!" Seeing that Saria was interested in choosing, the merchant took two steps to the left to make it easier for Saria to observe.

Saria felt that it would be more convenient for her to push the map back with these things. She felt physically uncomfortable tearing those disgusting things apart with her hands, and it would be much better to shoot them with a gun. And if they were too close, she might lose her mind, which would be very dangerous for Elini.

"Are you doing business alone in this remote place?" Elini still felt that the businessman in front of her was suspicious. She was not as careless as Saria.

"Yes, I'm a mobile merchant and I don't have a fixed stall. You may see me later. You can come to me to repair broken equipment. You can even pay me to upgrade your weapons and add blessing runes to them, which will make them much more powerful."

The merchant didn't care about Elini's doubts. She still stood with her hands on her hips waiting for Saria to make a decision.

Saria actually has difficulty making decisions, and she doesn't know much about guns and weapons. She was dazzled by all these things and couldn't decide.

The merchant saw this and suggested to Saria:

"First, pick a handy pistol. Many Sakota's first gun is a pistol because it is easier to use than other guns."

"But there are many types of pistols... there are revolvers and smoothbore ones," Saria muttered.

The businessman then picked up a small and exquisite pistol and introduced it:

"This is a Glock G17 full-size standard pistol. Its slide is made of metal, and the slide base is made of engineering plastic. There is also a dense anti-slip texture on the grip. It has an ergonomic design and feels good to use. It fires 9×19mm pistol bullets and uses a 17-round detachable magazine. The effective range is 50 meters. The latest model's spring has been improved to make it more stable and durable. Most importantly, it is cheap enough. I only charge 1500 Iberian coins for this gun, and it also comes with a quick-draw holster."

The businessman finally said:

"What I sell are genuine Rutland products, which are not comparable to those imitations from Thor Industries."

Saria sold the treasures she had looted before and got 6800 Iberian coins. After the merchant introduced it to her, she bought the Glock G17 pistol without hesitation and paid another 1000 yuan to let the merchant cast an enhancement rune. It is said that the bullets fired by this thing will be covered with a layer of special power, but she doesn't know whether it is true or not.

Saria had enough money left to buy another submachine gun, so the merchant picked up one of the guns on the table and introduced it:

"This is a TMP tactical submachine gun. Initially, it can be loaded with 30 rounds of 9mm pistol bullets at a time. Its advantages are that it is very easy to control and has low noise, but its power is relatively small. Its main purpose is to contain the enemy and kill them quickly. Because the firing rate is very fast, you should pay attention to saving bullets."

The businessman handed the submachine gun to Saria, who skillfully disassembled and reassembled it. As a native Colombian, the flexible use of firearms is the basis for survival, and Xiaoer also taught her how to use guns and various hot weapons.

"Are you sure you want this one?" asked the businessman.

Saria fiddled with the submachine gun in her hand and said, "This feels good. If I change it later, can I buy you this gun to get back my money?"

"Of course, the customer is God," the businessman agreed readily.

In the end, Saria bought the TMP submachine gun for 2000 yuan, and used the remaining money to increase its power and ammunition capacity. The merchant also gave her a lot of bullets, an infrared sight, and a tactical backpack for carrying guns.

After finishing her things, Saria suddenly pulled out a gun and pointed it at the merchant, threatening with a beaming expression:

"Humph! Put your hands up!"

“What are you going to do

?” Elini asked before the businessman did.

Saria said:

"It suddenly occurred to me why I didn't buy for free? Why would I spend money in a place like this? With a gun in my hand, I could just rob!"

"Ah?" Elini was stunned by Saria's bandit logic.

"Calm down, young man... If you do this, you'll never get any follow-up service. Everything depends on the long term, right?" The businessman remained calm when Saria pointed a gun at him. She raised her right hand and swung two fingers back and forth like she was teasing a dog.

The merchant was not angry about this. Perhaps she felt that Saria would not really hurt her, or perhaps she thought that Saria could not hurt her.

"If we always covet temporary enjoyment and benefits, we can indeed obtain so-called benefits in a short period of time, but what about afterwards? In winter, we burn the few remaining fruit trees and all the seeds in the garden for heating. In autumn, we find that there are no edible fruits and crops, and ultimately we cannot have the next winter. Many tragedies on this earth are ultimately just self-destruction caused by short-sightedness. Child, letting others go is also letting yourself go..."

"Hmm..." After hearing this, Saria twisted her wrist and looked thoughtful. After thinking for a few seconds, she put away the gun. "Although I really want to rob this place, what you said makes sense! Although I don't understand it, I still think what you said is right, so I'll let you go."

"So casual..." Elini couldn't say anything else to Saria.

Saria led Elini away, carrying a large bag of things she had just bought. On the way, although Elini was still suspicious of the merchant, she didn't say anything more. If the merchant wanted to harm them, why would he sell them the equipment?

After walking away, Elini unconsciously looked back to where the merchant was originally, but there was nothing there. They had only walked for a few minutes and a few hundred meters, but the original stall was left with only the lonely ground.

It was as if the businessman never existed.

Elini immediately had an indescribable strange feeling, as if she had become the protagonist of a horror story.