Chat group, swap bodies with Alicia at the beginning?

When asked, the somewhat panicked Maomao rushed into the sanatorium. From her familiar appearance, it was clear that she was a frequent visitor to this sanatorium.

Picking up a trace of remaining blood, sensing the remaining information in it, the pink girl frowned slightly:

"There are traces of Honkai energy in the blood... but Aponia will also adopt patients with Honkai disease... it's hard to judge."

"Ai, Ai Li, there is another person!"

——is a child from a nursing home who is hiding.

The resistance to Honkai energy is quite high... Did it pass the judgment of controlling particles like Phyllis?

Sensing the traces of the Ruler of Rule, Jiang Qiao showed an expression of understanding.

Judging from the information provided by Maomao, there was no one else in the entire nursing home except this child who was hiding very secretly.

There were only traces of smashing and looting, and even no remains. This was obviously a very abnormal thing.

He glanced at Padu, who was stunned for a moment, then understood what he meant, nodded, and asked softly to the only survivor in the sanatorium:

"Timmy, tell us...what happened at the nursing home, okay?"

Jiang Qiao could see the little guy's fear.

Although this body should be able to comfort her, it would be more appropriate to let Phyllis, who is more familiar with the children in the nursing home, do this.

This is obviously accurate. Although Padre's relationship with Aponya is not very good, she is quite close to the children in the sanatorium.

"Suddenly... a group of people rushed into the nursing home and captured everyone, except me... I managed to escape because I was playing hide-and-seek."

Hide and seek is one of the few forms of entertainment available to the children in the nursing home.

The only remaining child, named Timmy, is the best at hide-and-seek in the sanatorium.

Even in this not-so-spacious sanatorium, he was able to hide very well with his superb hiding skills. In this regard alone, even Phyllis learned a lot from Timmy - although this hide-and-seek skill seemed to fail every time he met Aponiya. The seemingly gentle nun could always catch Toth in a very short time, and then transform herself into a great monk from the East to let Timmy, who tried to provoke her, feel what "every family has its own problems" meant.

But today, this seems to be an exception.

"I don't know where they took everyone in the nursing home, but... it seems to be in that direction."

"What's that way, Phyllis?"

Looking in the direction Timmy pointed, the pink-eyed girl squinted and immediately consulted her Dusk Street guide.

Although the cat who was asked was a little distracted because of the matter in the nursing home, after he came to his senses and took a look, he quickly gave an answer.

"Over there, there is a lucky bridge..."

——It is said that as long as you pass the Lucky Bridge, your luck will improve. This is a rumor circulating on Dusk Street.

But almost no one believes it.

After all, there are so many people coming and going on the Good Luck Bridge every day, but no one among them has won a grand prize.

"Good luck" may happen more often.

For this reason, truck drivers tend to avoid the Lucky Bridge.

Two words - bad luck.

"I quite like this bridge, although many people think it's unlucky and shabby. But when you have nowhere else to go, you can just take a blanket and spend the night in the tunnel under this bridge. Sister Ellie, don't be fooled by its old appearance. It's quite comfortable in winter and cool in summer. Many homeless people like me use this as their home."

Walking on the dusk bridge with [Alicia], Padu touched the rusty handrail and said with emotion:

"Every time I come here, I always feel nostalgic. Sometimes I wonder if I was born here."

"Since Sister Abonya's sanatorium opened, many homeless children here have a new place to go... Although I can't stand her preaching, she is really a very, very good person, and so are everyone in the sanatorium."

"...How could anyone do this to them?"

The chestnut-haired girl spoke in a low voice, feeling a little depressed.

She liked the sanatorium very much—it felt like home.

Abonya's selfless charity is also a kind of redemption for the lower-class residents of Dusk Street.

So many times, the wealthier residents would donate some food, and those low-level thugs would not dare to cause trouble for the Abonya nursing home.

It can be said that Aponia's sanatorium is the only shining point of humanity in this dusk street that is like a garbage can.

Almost all the kindness of the residents of Dusk Street is 'saved' there.

And in such a place, such a thing actually happened. Even the cat was rarely angry.

After crossing the Good Luck Bridge, you will reach the southern part of Dusk Street.

That's also where the wealthy area is.

Compared to the run-down, awful northern part of Dusk Street, it's like heaven and earth.

Clean and tidy.

Everything seems so well organized.

It's also bigger here compared to the north...completely confusing.

Even though Pado often came to the rich area to rob the rich and give to the poor, she was not familiar with this place. The security was too strong, especially after she had visited several times, the people in the rich area had become alert.

Ever since she was almost shot dead last time, she rarely came here.

"Sister Ai Li, the wealthy area is so big, how are we going to find the people in the nursing home?"

"Phyllis, what's that way?"

Following the sight of [Alicia], Padu recalled and said uncertainly:

"Hmm... I remember it seemed to be a church. It was said that Sister Aponya used to be a nun there. Later, the church was abandoned. It seems that it was occupied by some unknown sect some time ago."

"What's it called...I think it's called..."

——The Church of Apocalypse.

Chapter 154: Nana, the Ascetic Beauty

"The Church of Apocalypse? Why did you mention this name? Did you encounter it?"

MEI on the other end of the communicator was a little surprised and shocked.

"Well, the person I'm looking for might have been robbed by them, so I'm asking."

"This is not good news."

MEI sighed and began to talk about the information of the Church of Apocalypse:

"The Church of Apocalypse is a new religious sect that emerged in Eastern Europe after the first Great Collapse. Its founder seems to be a man named Otto, who advocates the theory of Collapse evolution. He believes that the occurrence of the Great Collapse is not a disaster, but a way to help humans evolve. From the perspective of the past, this is an absolute heresy... But now, it seems that they are the more correct one."

This familiar information made the pink girl raise her eyebrows slightly.

Well... this is exactly what I want.

When Jiang Qiao first heard the name, she felt familiar with it.

As a result, when this church's claims came out... Isn't this the same cult that ran around in the DLC chapter of the game Zero Era? Even the founder is the same.

Of course, he wasn't that weird.

After all, there are all kinds of birds in the forest, and the world is so big that all kinds of ideas will become popular. The theory of Honkai Evolution is just an idea that is bound to emerge on the road to human beings fighting against Honkai.

But the fact that the founder was that old guy Otto made him feel a little uncomfortable.

In the current era, you are the Bishop of Destiny. There is no Destiny in the previous civilization. So you directly set up a Church of Apocalypse. You are an old and senior charlatan. You can't do without religious beliefs, right?

But Otto really guessed it right this time. If we look at it from the perspective of Cocoon, Honkai Impact 3 as a trial is indeed a way to help humans evolve - in this regard, maybe Dr. Mebius can have something in common with him.

After all, among the many stigmata plans formulated by Mebius, isn't there one that uses Darwin's theory of evolution to select the fittest?

"Although it is considered a cult, the Apocalypse Church's style of doing things is quite decent. It often provides free relief to the poor, so the Apocalypse Church has a good reputation among the people. This has also caused a lot of trouble for various countries."

"But recently, this sect seems to be showing signs of radicalization. The Fire Moth has received a lot of information about the chaos caused by this sect. I plan to send Ying to investigate."

There was helplessness and fatigue in MEI's voice.

With the occurrence of the Fourth Great Collapse, the voice of Fire Moth in various countries has further increased, and its scale and funds have increased tremendously. Under the manipulation of Velvet, Mobius and others, the leadership of Fire Moth has gradually fallen into her hands - this is not a good thing at all.

She has to inquire about all matters big and small in the organization. The current MEI has already entered the state of Dr. MEI who commands all mankind, at least in terms of workload. She even wonders if she will die of overwork at her desk one day... Oh, she is a Herrscher now and will not die from overwork. Oh, this is really good news.

MEI, who doesn't think this is a good thing at all, has been planning when to develop an AI to assist herself. If she continues like this, she will suffer from mental breakdown sooner or later even if she doesn't die from overwork.

"Hmm... I understand. In that case, I'll investigate it as well."

After ending the call, [Alicea] looked towards the church in the distance, with a thoughtful look on her delicate face:

"The Church of Apocalypse..."

...

For Aponya, this was not really an 'ordinary' day.

She has the ability to see other people's fate, and is troubled by this ability.

As a nun, Aponia has been trying to change the fate of those she sees being played by fate.

One of her attempts was to take in the homeless and the sick and abandoned people in nursing homes.

At some point, she could see more and more people heading towards destruction and an irreversible purgatory.

Although in this dusky street, meanness is a means of survival, when did meanness gradually become an instinct?

She felt sad about the change, but it seemed that all she could do was use her innate abilities to try to save the people of this land.

Just like in the past, despite being well-intentioned...the final result was still so unsatisfactory, and it even implicated the entire nursing home.

On this day, the Apocalypse Church, which was connected with the rich, broke into the sanatorium and captured everyone - only the naughty child escaped.

Aponya was thankful for this.

"Burn her! Burn her!" "Burn this witch!"

The angry shouts and noisy words in my ears revealed a surprisingly consistent message, which was the huge stake erected in front of the Apocalypse Church.

Just like the witch trials that were popular in medieval Europe, the woman named Aponia seems to have met the same end now.

Those faces, which were already hateful on normal days, became even more hateful as the spit flew.

——The rich people didn't like this unqualified nun who liked to take in low-class patients everywhere. They had planned to demolish the sanatorium that was like a garbage can countless times, but they failed every time for unknown reasons.

Now that the control particles are gradually spreading, and the tentacles of the Church of Apocalypse are reaching this area, they have finally achieved their wish of breaking through this layer of "protection" and tied the witch-like "Aponia" to the stake.

All the exhortations in the past turned into an equal reaction force at this moment.

The fanatical religious elements belonging to the Church of Apocalypse looked at those tied to the stake, especially Aponia, with malicious and hostile eyes.

For religion, the most unbearable thing is not traitors - but heretics!

There is no doubt that Aponia is such a being.

She advocates beauty, teaches people lessons and obstructs the freedom of desire.

Although none of these fanatical religious elements can be called a complete "ruler of the law", they are all puppets controlled by desire.

But they could clearly feel that Aponia was a heretic and the greatest enemy of Domination.

Perhaps the results of discipline are often so unsatisfactory and may even make things worse.

But there is no doubt that the power of "discipline" is undoubtedly the biggest enemy of "domination".

It blocks the desires engraved in human DNA in an extremely brutal way, and also puts the control that drives human desires in a clamp like a fish in trouble.

Just like the so-called natural enemy.

Able to feel the undisguised meanness, Abonia, who was tied to the stake, had no fear of life or death, but only sadness for the people around him at this moment.

She didn't even feel "hatred" for a moment, only regret and despair - this feeling did not come from life and death, but from the feeling that I didn't save anything, I didn't change anything, I didn't do anything.

Trying hard to change the fate of others, but being teased by fate instead, the result is counterproductive.

Am I not full of sins as I am now?

The discarded torches ignited the firewood, and the dancing flames obscured the view and brought an unbearable burning sensation.

Looking at the church that was too busy with worship and prayer, Aponia's bright blue eyes gradually dimmed, just like the sky at the moment - the gloomy color covered the sky, as if eager to replace something.

There is no hope at all.