Chapter 244: Concept
All the clues were pieced together in his head, and the stonemason instantly guessed a possibility of the background of the mission.
At this moment, it is not the reindeer god who controls the embryo, but Williams!
As a member of the Hidden Order, stonemasons are no strangers to the occult.
In the occult, deities can be divided into natural gods and personal gods according to the intensity of their self-awareness.
The god of nature, or the concept of God, refers to the gods that arise from natural phenomena and are the embodiment of the laws of nature. Such as winds, suns, rainstorms, tsunamis, fires, and even clouds and rainbows.
The gods of nature do not possess self-consciousness in the objective sense, but are simply natural phenomena. There is no sorrow, no joy, no foolishness, no response to the worshippers.
On the other hand, a personality god is a self-aware deity who can perceive his own situation, has a certain degree of joy, anger, love and hatred, and will react subjectively to the outside world.
Some personal gods, who are transcendent beings (such as heroes in Greek mythology), are worshipped by believers, condense divine power, ignite divine fire, and then become gods.
Some of the personal gods were originally natural gods, but they were only "polluted" by the beliefs of the believers and developed self-consciousness.
This type of personality must rely on gathering the beliefs of worshippers in order to sustain their existence.
The decrease in the number of worshippers will not only weaken the power of the personality god, but also make the self-consciousness of the personality god decline and become stupid and sluggish.
According to the information provided in the script,
The ugly and hideous reindeer, who was supposed to be the nature god of Loanok Island at the beginning, was worshipped by the indigenous people of the vicinity, developed a sense of self, and became a low-level personality god.
Over time, the number of indigenous people decreased, and the divine power of faith provided to the reindeer became insufficient.
Until the British colonists appeared, re-energizing the reindeer.
'The Leslie family is trying to use the reindeer's priesthood to ease the petrification curse in their own bloodline. But when the reindeer were resurrected, part of Williams was also reawakened.
He has been hiding inside the mansion for an unknown amount of time.
The reindeer god has not absorbed the belief and divine power of the worshippers for so many years, and he has long been stupid and blind, and his self-consciousness has greatly declined.
Williams took advantage of this opportunity to replace the reindeer god in one fell swoop in the resurrection ritual, trying to use the embryo to complete the resurrection. ’
The stonemason gritted his teeth, 'No wonder, no wonder the embryo can create such a delicate and perfect creation as the petrified golem.
Williams, with the knowledge and wisdom of an occultist, is far more difficult to deal with than a foolish reindeer. ’
In mid-air, the mud pillar arm smashed down towards Dongfeng Po,
The latter activated the three-dimensional maneuvering device, and the left hook hooked the left wall, and the whole person flew out sideways, avoiding the mud pillar smash.
Li Ang also paused the music playback, stopped the BGM skill, and fell to the ground.
He watched as the pillar of mud fell to the ground, mud splashing high like a raging wave. As it was about to fall, the mud contracted violently, as if it were a non-Newtonian fluid, curling up in a mass and encasing the embryo firmly in it.
The stonemason who melted the last stone giant shouted at his teammates, "He's Williams, not the reindeer god!" ”
Most of the players present were quick-witted, especially the forest cat, who was also proficient in occultism, and immediately thought of this possibility after discovering that the embryo was speaking.
Killing an impersonal god with little self-consciousness and killing a cunning occultist with the power of a god are two different things entirely.
Motionless in the mud ball in place, Williams's low, hoarse voice sounded, "You are not descendants of the Leslie family. ”
Leon's heart moved, and he stepped forward. The blade of the spear in his hand was obliquely pointed to the ground, and he said indifferently: "What Leslie family?" What is that, can you eat it? ”
"Huh?" Williams, who had been interrupted by the resurrection ritual, became less irritable and asked in a deep voice, "Then who are you?" Why would you want to break into this manor and interrupt my ritual?
You know how long I've been planning for this day, how long I've been holding back, and how much I've paid. ”
"What do I care about you?"
Li Ang shook his head and said coldly towards the mud ball: "I belong to the armed forces of the IRS department, and I came to the manor this time to find out the history of tax evasion and tax evasion in the manor. ”
“...”
Williams paused for a moment, "What?" ”
The IRS is the tax agency of the United States, established during the Civil War, and is one of the most feared departments in the United States.
Tax evasion is prohibited regardless of whether you are a U.S. citizen or not, and regardless of whether your income is legal. From gang leaders, multimillionaires, to the middle class, and ordinary people, they all smell the IRS color change.
Due to the complexity of tax rules in the United States, citizens need to fill out their own tax returns, while the IRS is responsible for spot checking tax returns (mainly for the middle class). The rich have accountants to help them avoid taxes, and the bottom can't find any oil and water, only the middle class is rich and easy to evade taxes, among which the Chinese middle class who do not understand the relevant laws and regulations and are easy to unconsciously evade taxes are the most likely to be targeted by the IRS).
Once illegal tax evasion is detected by the IRS, not only will you need to pay a huge fine several times over, but you may also be sentenced to prison. It is likely that he will be sentenced to months or even years in prison for tax evasion of a few hundred dollars.
"What, don't you want to pay taxes?"
Li Ang frowned, "In this world, only death and paying taxes are eternal. You have not paid any taxes since the thirties of the twentieth century.
According to North Carolina regulations, the government has the right to seize the property of the tax debtor, and the auction proceeds will go to the government no matter how much tax is owed.
This house is officially owned by the state of North Carolina, so get out of here as soon as possible and don't cause us trouble. ”
“...”
Williams didn't know how to respond, but in fact, Leon's nonsense was also targeted-
In 2013, an 83-year-old engineer in Oakland County, Michigan, was frozen by Oakland officials the following year for underpaying $8.41 in taxes.
Local officials auctioned off the property for more than $20,000 after June and refused to hand over the money to the engineer, after deducting the taxes owed.
Because the Michigan tax law allows the government to seize the property of a tax debtor, the auction proceeds go to the government, regardless of the amount of tax owed. The original purpose of this rule was to crack down on gangsters, but the Oakland government used it more often to target ordinary people – from 2006 to 2015, the Oakland government relied on the auction of tax-owed people's properties for as much as $20 million.
Shameless enough, you're really there, America.
Williams has been trapped in the mansion for so many years, completely out of touch with the times, and does not know whether Leon's nonsense information is true or false.
His silence confirmed Leon's speculation that the latter was just trying to test the existence of the controlling embryo at the moment, whether it was a reindeer, Williams or something else.