The temple doors opened, and many people walked out of it—as if they had just finished a ritual of unknown sorts.

Seeing that the crowd had dispersed, Rhodes took a "house" that didn't look so dilapidated and hid inside, hiding his figure, intending to hear what the inhabitants had to say.

There is also a lot of information in daily chats and conversations.

Then what Rod heard, it was a burst of uh-huh-ahh

Literally the kind of ...... Applaud for love.

Rhodes could confirm that it wasn't yet night, but the owner of the house apparently didn't care—so Rhodes could only hide with an embarrassed face.

Do you want to leave, and avoid it for a while?

To be reasonable, Rhodes is very lacking in discipline or something, but he still has a face, and he is really not interested in this kind of live broadcast.

However, just when he wanted to go out first, and then come back after the clouds and rain had cleared, a word from the man kept him behind.

(It's not "do you see me hanging", there is no abbot here.) ）

"The priest said, as long as we can have another baby, we can pick any holy relics next time!"

Wait, this sentence is a bit informative.

Not to mention why these two people started working in broad daylight, just "giving birth to a baby" and "holy things" are very intriguing.

The former indicates that fertility is being stimulated on the island, and the latter may be the direction of Rhodes' investigation.

Hearing this, Rhodes decided not to go out first, maybe he could get some useful information?

……………………

After a live broadcast, Rod really got a lot of interesting information.

Those "holy relics" meant something else, some of the goods in the Birgewater trade - although the pirates sold parallel goods in large quantities, the quality was too poor for Rhodes to look at, but for the people of the Python Islands, these parallel goods were extremely valuable and were called holy relics.

These trade goods were managed by the priests, and in order to obtain them, they had to contribute sufficiently.

What is Contribution?

The easiest, having a baby is!

The island's population never seems to be sufficient, the priests take all the children away before they can "go home" when they reach adulthood, and the owners of the house are still young, and although they have had three children, they are still living in a "two-person world".

Coupled with some bits and pieces of information, Rhodes can almost sketch the state of life on this island!

The primitive social structure, with extremely low productivity, was due to the failure of Naga Kapoulos to maintain the basic material needs of the people.

There was little communication with the outside world, and everything was lived according to the priestly direction.

This is a land ...... "outside civilization".

Stealth from the house, Rod was puzzled.

It shouldn't be.

You know, although Eloy is a priest of Bilgewater, she was not born in Bilgewater - Aloy is a native of the Python Islands.

Although Rod once posed with Eloy, in his opinion, Aloy was a very intelligent and well-educated man.

Such people should not have been born on such islands!

On this island, the lack of material conditions has seriously affected life, and Rhodes does not believe that people in such conditions still have the ability to learn logic and thinking, which is illogical!

So, what's the problem?

Is it "the children learning in unity under the teaching of the priests", or is it "a great difference between the different islands"?

Rhodes didn't dare to jump to conclusions.

Fortunately, as an archipelago, although it is foggy, it is not too difficult to get from one island to another.

After transforming into a crow, Rhodes flew low and soon discovered a second island.

The same totem statue, the same illusion trap, and Rhodes avoided it in the same way.

On the second island, Rhodes saw the same social structure.

Next comes the third and fourth......

Over the course of two days, Rhodes flew over eight islands, all so primitive and with similar policies – all encouraging childbearing, and children being separated from their parents for education.

On the ninth island, things finally took a turn for the better.

On the ninth island, Rhodes didn't see a totemic statue of an illusion trap!

At this time, Rhodes had already raised his vigilance to the highest level, but after turning around along the coast, there was no energy reaction in Rhodes' elemental perspective!

Could it be that this is an uninhabited island?

No!

Rhodes was the first to reject this option.

The islands of the Python Islands are not large, but they seem to belong to the same mountain range, and they are very close to each other, so it makes no sense that no one has set foot on this island!

Since it's not that it's not empty, it means that this island is different from the previous ones!

Somewhat tired, Rhodes instantly cheered up.

Obviously, an island like no other must mean something, and on this island, Rhodes' previous conjectures should be able to be verified!

Walking along a path into the island, Rhodes saw something different.

Tall and magnificent buildings, a large number of children and young people, various beasts and sea monsters that were domesticated......

There's really something else here!

Fearing that the disguise would be discovered, Rhodes could only look from afar, but just by looking at it, he could already feel the difference.

It is quite possible that this is the real center of the Anaconda Islands.

It's still early, it's still dark, and it's not easy for Rhodes to sneak in with a swagger - on other islands, Rhodes will not be discovered as long as he is invisible, but on this island, rash action is likely to be caught.

In the outer jungle, Rhodes waited until dark.

When night fell, the city lights on the island went out and fell silent, Rhodes finally became invisible again, and quietly slipped into this different island under the protection of the night.

Rod's goal is clear, the school-like building in the center must have the news he wants!