Chapter 9: The Servant of God (Part II)
After the white light dissipated, his wife and children had completely regained their calm, and the woman with a small curly hair seemed to want to get angry, but was pushed back to the room by Salves: "You take Xiaobao to rest and rest, I have something to talk about with Brother Lin." ”
The woman struggled a few times, turned around and glanced at Lin Shu fiercely before walking back to the room with the child in her arms, and locked the balcony door tightly.
"So...... Mr. Servant of God. Lin Shu exhaled a little embarrassed, looked into Salves' eyes as gently as he could, and asked, "Where did you know my name, and ...... As far as I know, the lowest level of the Divine Court is only allowed to be established on the planet of the ninth level civilization, right?"
The Servant of the Gods, as the name suggests, is a clergyman who gives everything he has to the "gods".
After obtaining Xiaoxing's huge database, Lin Shu learned that in the Alpha Nebula, in addition to the most common martial cultivators and mysterious abilities, there is also an existence that is completely different from the ordinary power system - the Holy See system.
The strength of a martial artist comes from his own training and the assistance of his armor. The power of the capable comes from the support of natural strength and natural elements.
However, the acolytes who only exist in the papal system derive their power from their belief in and service to the "gods".
Just like on Earth, the humans in the Alpha Nebula have beliefs and gods that only exist in legends. The only difference is that within this nebula, the clergy are not as weak as those priests on Earth. In some strange way, they can communicate with the legendary gods, and they can also use the abilities of the gods to reach a level where they can compete with the abilities of martial cultivators.
However, unlike the first two, the power of the acolytes is very limited - only when a temple dedicated to the gods is built on a planet, they can get in touch with the gods and use their power. The larger the temple and the greater the number of believers, the greater the power that the acolytes can wield. But this power, after they leave the planet's atmosphere, will become invisible again.
It is precisely because of this limitation that the Holy See organization, which could compete with martial cultivators and capable people, cannot occupy much political power. After all, in the Alpha Nebula, cosmic warfare is the mainstream - but because of this, although the Cosmic Alliance is wary of the Holy See, it is only politically co-opted, and nominally gives them the title of "Cult of God".
The boundary of this kind of co-optation is to allow the Holy See to establish temples on civilized planets above the ninth level and develop its own followers.
Of the more than 3 million civilized planets ruled by the Cosmic Alliance, at least 100,000 planets have temples built on them, and there are more than 1 trillion believers in the Divine Cult.
When these materials flashed through Lin Shu's mind, Salsky had already clasped his hands together, reverently placed them on his left chest, and looked up at the sky.
"His Excellency the Great Pope once made a great wish to shine the light of the Most High God in every corner of the Alpha Nebula......"
Lin Shu secretly pouted: "So what?"
"Therefore, with the support of several adults in the council, our Divine Sect has now begun to establish temples on a limited number of eighth-level civilization planets to develop believers. I, on the other hand, am the first clergy to be sent to the Bird Star to develop our teachings—a basic temple has now been established on the Bird Planet, and hundreds of Birds have accepted our teachings and become glorious members of the Cult. ”
"Stop!" Lin Shu pressed a few times on his face: "You haven't said it yet, where did you know my name!"
"Oh!" Salsky patted his head and stretched out his hand again: "I forgot to say it! I am still a faculty member of the Military Science and Technology Academy of the Eastern Front, and I am in charge of teaching theology and theological history! I noticed you half a month ago when your information reached our Eastern Academy. ”
I see. Lin Shu also smiled and stretched out his hand: "I didn't expect to fall into a colleague's house, fortunately!"
When the two hands shook each other, Lin Shu couldn't help but secretly carry some internal strength in his palm: although Xiaoxing's database had a detailed description of the organization of the Holy See, there was some vagueness about the strength assessment of these gods-servants. I actually met it at this time, of course, I had to take the opportunity to try the depth.
The first force, Arthas's face changed, and his kind smile instantly disappeared, but he still managed to hold on without making any sound.
When the second power was sent over, the white holy light finally emerged from the top of his head again, and when the "divine power" was transported, Lin Shu's palm also felt a trace of repulsive power.
But the power of this anti-grip was completely collapsed immediately after the third force passed. Alfas's face turned red, and the white light only flickered slightly before disappearing into the air, and he let out a cry of pain: "Damn! let go of me! Ah, it's broken! My hands, my bones! Let go of me, ahh!!hhh
Right now...... Lin Shu knew who he had learned his wife's terrifying howl......
Well, it's probably equivalent to the level of level 20 of the cosmic power of a martial artist, at least I don't know what kind of strength this guy is in among the gods.
Salsky obviously understood Lin Shu's intentions, and while transporting white light to heal the pain in his hand, he muttered unconvinced: "What's the matter with bullying me! I'm just a lowly priest." Besides, I studied healing at seminary, so if I were to change to a professional combat priest, I would be satisfied......"
In this way, the average level of the god servant seems to be a little higher than that of the martial arts cultivator.
Lin Shu was not interested in dwelling on this topic any longer, and just patted Salsky on the shoulder: "I'm sorry, you're not hurt...... Well, even if it's an injury, you can treat it yourself. How about taking me to the Military Science and Technology Academy of the Eastern Front now?"
Salsky dodged for a while and didn't get out of the way, so he had to let him pat himself on the shoulder, and said angrily: "Didn't I just say that it's not a good choice to go to the East Courtyard now - a large group of teachers and students there are waiting to teach you a good lesson!"
This answer did not surprise Lin Shu, he just looked at the former suspiciously: "Then why don't you participate?"
"In the light of the Most High God, all the people are lambs waiting to be redeemed in His bosom. Salsky struck that pious gesture again.
In fact, you want to use me to open the Holy See's passage in the Holy Wolf Galaxy.
Of course, Lin Shu would not be stupid enough to say this ** inseparable speculation, but just followed his tone and asked, "Then what should I do?"
"It's getting late now, if you don't dislike my shabby and dilapidated place......" Salsky smiled kindly, "You can spend the night here, and tomorrow I will take you to the East Courtyard myself, and there should be no problem." ”
Lin Shu raised his eyebrows: "Why?"
Salsky gave a "you know!" look and whispered a few words: "Before I came here, I worked in the Sacred Lyre system. ”
No wonder......
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Although the buildings on Honghu Star are all in the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties, when it comes to the various modern enjoyments inside, they are not inferior to the sky wolf.
The room that Salsky arranged for Lin Shu was on top of the three-story building. A separate small room with a view of the starry sky and the three bright moons on the Bird and Bird from the transparent top window. Although it is only about ten square meters, it is comfortable enough.
The room has a large waterbed and a set of tables and chairs that seem to be made of water. On top of that, all four walls are lined with "willow bent" bookshelves made of bionic wood – filled with countless beautifully decorated books with quirky characters.
Lin Shu casually took a few books to look at, although he couldn't recognize the distorted words on them, but he still knew from the Xiaoxing database: these are the special "Hebrew texts" of the Holy See, which are the special words for God servants to pray to God and pray for strength, also known as "divine texts".
No one in the Alpha Nebula, except for those inside the Holy See, could read such writing. The Universe Alliance used the most powerful processors, the most complex algorithms, and the most advanced code-breaking methods, but it still couldn't decipher the true meaning of the "divine text".
And the intelligence officers who were ordered to go undercover in the Holy See, after learning this kind of writing, all became the most fanatical believers of the "supreme god". Even those with the ability of the mind control system can't escape this ending. From this point of view, the organization of the Holy See can indeed be called monolithic.
Lin Shu put his hands behind his head, looked at the bright starry sky, and lay down on the waterbed relaxedly—the intelligent waterbed began to change various shapes from the moment it first touched his body, and adjusted to the state that made him feel most comfortable as he moved.