Blood sacrifices are common in the south and north, and all of them are concentrated in major cities and towns, but not in the countryside where the standard of living is relatively backward.

This is mainly due to the fact that the countryside of the Crimson Pupil World is not a rural village in the traditional sense, but a hunting village. Every village lives in an environment surrounded by dangerous species, and every villager is a natural hunter. This makes them very power-worshipping and believe only in themselves, rather than pinning their hopes on an ethereal god.

Even if some villages were blessed by the Church of Tranquility and began to believe in the Church of Tranquility, the degree of faith was not as crazy as that of the commoners in the cities.

The peculiarities of the villages made it difficult for the upper classes of the empire to reach out to them, and the only means of exploiting them was the annual taxes. But if exploitation is excessive, most of these villages will refuse to pay taxes outright, and most local officials will not be able to do anything about it.

The local army, in the dense forest, was no match for this group of villagers at all, and the frontier army they could not command. This also makes the society, although extremely dark, but the villages far outside the civilization are at best poor, not to the point of starvation.

As a large number of patrols of the Third Regiment conducted random inspections of towns and cities, 56 incidents of blood sacrifices of babies were soon detected in the southern and northern borders. No matter how harsh the Third Army tried, it still couldn't stop this from happening. Because the child is in their hands, they have a lot of opportunities to do such an anti-human thing, and by the time the Third Legion finds out, it will be too late.

Faced with this situation, the Third Legion is also preparing a countermeasure, since they sacrifice their children for the sake of faith, then use faith to stop them.

Canal City, Air Base.

A large helicopter gunship landed slowly, and a very handsome man in a white robe walked down. The temperament of the man is very unique, giving people a very peaceful and comfortable feeling, and this man is the leader of the Church of Tranquility.

Then two clergymen dressed in religious attire walked down, looking at the huge air base and the parked steel monsters, everyone had an indescribable sense of shock in their hearts.

Then the bishop of the Church of Tranquility, led by several soldiers, made his way to the headquarters.

At this time, within the headquarters, all the high-ranking members of the Third Army gathered together.

The soldier gave a military salute to the top of the Third Army in the headquarters and said, "Report!" Representatives of the Church of Hospice have arrived. ”

The soldiers then turned and left the room.

After a few polite words between the two sides, the bishop of the Church of Anning made it to the vacant seat in front of him.

Li Anguo cut straight to the topic and said, "The empire wants the Anning Church to stop the recent blood sacrifice baby incident, and the Third Legion hopes that the church can come up with an effective plan or action. ”

"The church feels very guilty and sorry for this." The handsome face of the bishop of the Church of Tranquility was full of self-reproach.

"For several years, church headquarters had been warning local churches to prohibit the introduction of such blood sacrifices. However, due to the weakness of the church headquarters, coupled with the fact that several other bishops united with local aristocratic officials, the headquarters almost lost its influence on the local church. ”

The Church of Tranquility can be said to be a nobleman and a nobleman. The original intention of the Bishop of the Church of Hospice was to use the power and financial resources of the nobility to provide relief to the suffering commoners. However, what happened later made the bishop of the Anning Church realize that he was naïve.

How could the exploiters give up their oppression of the exploited because of a few teachings, they just changed their ways. In essence, the oppression of the people has not diminished in the slightest, or even stronger, and the people are willingly oppressed because of their fanatical beliefs.

This was a complete violation of the original intention of the Bishop of the Church of Tranquility to establish the Church of Tranquility, but by the time the Patriarch of the Church of Tranquility found out, it was already too late.

Over the years, he has tried to remove these distorted local churches, but no matter what he does, he will eventually fail to achieve the desired effect due to the weakness of the church headquarters. Even later, the bishop of the Church of Anning began to seek help from outside forces.

For example, a year ago, he began to cooperate with the revolutionary army, the church provided the revolutionary army with the assistance and support of the people at the bottom, and the revolutionary army helped the Anning Church to clear the local churches. However, after only three months of cooperation, the bishop of the Church of Anning immediately realized that the revolutionary army and the nobility were simply one and the same.

Instead of helping the headquarters of the Anning Church to clear the distorted local churches, the revolutionary army accepted bribes from local nobles and churches. The revolutionary army's two-sided behavior disappointed the bishop of Anning Church.

"So what is the church going to do?" Li Anguo asked.

The head of the Anning Church thought for a moment, and then replied: "The church intends to send a large number of clergy to carry out propaganda in the north and south. Preach true doctrine and make the populace aware that blood sacrifice is a wrong act. ”

Li Anguo was not surprised by the method said by the head of the Anning Church. The greatest power of the Church of Peace is its influence on the people, and the only way to really stop this behavior is to rely on their faith. But Li Anguo was not satisfied with this method, because it was too inefficient.

Nearly 100 blood sacrifices have already occurred on the third day of the Seven Days of Abundance, and the seventh day of the real celebration has not yet arrived. By the time the persuasion of the Church of Tranquility had taken effect, the celebration would have been over.

Li Anguo said: "This method is too slow, and the empire will support the church in the future, open those local churches that have been banned, and help the church hold a grand seven days of abundance." ”

The Third Army intends to use this celebration to let the oppressed people vent their inner pressure, and at the same time, the Third Army intends to hold a reckoning trial on the 7th day of the peak of the celebration.

Judge all the nobles to attract the attention of the people, and use these nobles to increase the people's favor with the Eastern Xia Empire.

Hearing Li Anguo's words, the Anning Church and his party were very surprised. Shouldn't the time be to cancel the Seven Days of Abundance to avoid blood sacrifices?

The leader of the Anning Church thought about it for a while, and immediately understood the intentions of the Eastern Xia Empire. Rather than suppress this celebration, it is better to involve all civilians in it. After all, no matter how suppressed by the Third Legion, some believers who want to sacrifice babies with blood can still find a way to hold a blood sacrifice.

Next, the two sides moved on to the next topic, that is, the plan for the revision of the doctrine of the Church of Hospice, which is the main purpose of the head of the Hospice Church today.

After a kind conversation between the two sides, a new Church of Tranquility doctrine was born.

Since the education of the headquarters of the Anning Church itself is very much in line with the morality of the Eastern Xia Empire, most of them guide believers to survive strongly and face life positively. Therefore, the Eastern Xia Empire did not make too many modifications, but only added an article in front.

[Under the guidance and approval of His Majesty the Emperor, the Church of Hospice will guide believers to contribute to the construction of society]

……

In the next few days, with the support of the Eastern Xia Empire, the largest seven-day celebration of abundance in history began. Countless red and yellow decorations hung high, and all the towns became unusually joyful.

At the same time, hundreds of thousands of tons of various food were transported in, and the Eastern Xia Empire announced that the Seven Days of Prosperity Celebration would be jointly organized by the Third Legion and the headquarters of the Anning Church. During these 7 days, the Eastern Xia Empire will provide food for everyone for free, and everyone can enjoy the carnival to their heart's content.

The residents were all incredulous when they knew that the Eastern Xia Empire allowed and supported the holding of the Seven Days of Sumptuous Celebration. After all, what happened during this time had seriously disrupted the order set by the Eastern Xia Empire. From what they knew about the Third Legion during this time, the most disgusting thing for these soldiers was those who broke the rules.

If someone breaks the rules because of the Seven Days of Abundance, then this celebration should not be possible. But now, instead of stopping it, the Eastern Xia Empire has become the organizer, providing them with a variety of delicacies.

As the news spread, all the populace began to fall into a carnival. Countless people walked the streets enjoying all kinds of food, and some people with special talents were hired by the Third Army to perform in designated places.

At the same time, the Third Army also sent numerous military trucks to the surrounding villages, transporting the people of the villages all the way to nearby towns and cities.

And these villagers with martial arts entered the town and saw some people performing acrobatics on the streets, and they were able to get a lot of money tickets issued by the Eastern Xia Empire. Some villagers directly found an open place and performed various martial arts.

All the towns in the area controlled by the entire Eastern Xia Empire were bustling with activity, and countless people were partying in the streets. There are mobile stalls selling all kinds of delicacies, acrobatic troupes performing acrobatics, hunters showing off their martial arts, and villagers pulling in dangerous corpses to sell......

In this celebration, the people can casually eat white bread that was previously only eaten by noble lords, and drink various delicious drinks of the Eastern Xia Empire. Everyone feels as if they are living in a dream, living in heaven, and the world can be so beautiful.

If this is a beautiful dream, then I want it to last.

For the first time in more than a decade, people are smiling from the bottom of their hearts and feeling alive for the first time. This era of chaos and darkness has become a thing of the past in this carnival.

The soldiers of the 3rd Regiment did not participate in this celebration, they were responsible for maintaining the nature of the celebration. A patrol of 10 heavily armed Dongxia soldiers shuttled through the streets and alleys, maintaining law and order throughout the celebration.

The indifferent, machine-like soldiers of the Third Legion were out of step with the festive scene around them.

In this carnival, the psychological pressure of the people who had been exploited for many years was gradually released, and the people's sense of belonging to the Eastern Xia Empire grew at an incredible rate. It is believed that after this celebration, the prestige of the Eastern Xia Empire among the people will completely surpass that of the Church of Anning.

Coupled with the promulgation of the new doctrine of the Church of Anning, everyone knew that God could exist, but only with the permission of the Eastern Xia Empire.

……

Four days later, on the 7th day of the Seven Days of Abundance, the whole festival reached its peak. Almost all the people joined in the celebration.

The blood sacrifice that had been happening every day disappeared without a trace, as the Eastern Xia Empire reopened the church of the Church of Anning. All faithful went to the church for worship while listening to the teachings of the clergy sent from the headquarters of the Church of Hospice.

And the night raiding team, which is an aborigine, also gets a day off to participate in the celebration of the arrival of this new era.

The members of the Night Raid Team took off their military uniforms, changed into their daily clothes, and walked the spacious streets of the imperial capital.

"Oh! It's really lively! Leonay looked at the bustling scene around her, with rows of shops selling all kinds of food.

The night raid was affected by the festive scene around them, and everyone smiled more or less unconsciously. At the same time, their hearts were full of emotion, and most of the people they had seen before had only numbness and pain in their eyes. And now their eyes are full of joy and hope for the future.

Leonai turned around and waved his hand at the others and said proudly, "Go!" On such a happy day, how about everyone go for a drink? ”

"Drink you big-headed ghost!" Ma Yin glared at the woman with breasts larger than hers, "On such a festive day, I don't want to drag a few dead people back." ”

Najehitan also stood up and stopped: "Hahaha, Leonai don't drink today, otherwise you will miss the fireworks at night, and it will be too late to regret it." ”

"Alright," Leonay gave up on the fireworks, and then turned her gaze back to Lubbock.

When Najehitan took the lead, Leonay slowed down and walked side by side with Lubbock.

"Lubbock, how long are you going to delay?" Leonai asked.

Lubbo looked away with a weak heart and said, "Again... Wait, I'm not ready yet. ”

"Mentally prepared?" Leonay looked at Lubbo with disdain, "When you're mentally prepared, the eldest child's children have been born." ”

As for the situation between Najehitan and Lubbock, the night raiders were anxious and speechless. obviously likes each other, but these two guys are very cowardly in front of their feelings. Najeshitan couldn't pull his face and was the first to show his heart, and Lubbo was a complete coward, and every time he wanted to confess, he flinched on the spot.

"Impossible." Lubbo shook his head repeatedly.

"Nothing is impossible," Leonay grimled.

Later, the night raiders walked the streets of the imperial capital, shuttling through various stalls and acrobatic troupes, eating all kinds of food, and drinking a drink called cola.

Everyone's faces, like the people around them, unconsciously smiled, even the little smiling red pupils were no exception. This is their ideal society, and this is the beauty that they have to pursue even if they fight for their lives at night.

They succeeded, they arrived at that ideal society.

At noon, I played a morning night raid, sat on the ground in a park, and there were countless people sitting on the ground with various foods, looking at the clown who was performing acrobatics in the middle.

As the clown showed a high-altitude walk, the crowd applauded.

"Good!"

Ten minutes later, the night raiders walked out of the park, intending to go to other places to wander, and heard that the palace was specially opened today.

Just as the night raiders walked out of the park, a man at the cemetery gate across the road caught their attention.

The man has snow-white hair and holds three white flowers in his hands. If you look closely, you can see a faint white light faintly emitting from the man's body.

The man turned his head slowly, his pure white eyes glancing at the night raiders, and then turned and entered the cemetery.

The night raid everyone was stunned, they recognized who this person was, wasn't this person the childhood sweetheart of Sayo and Iyeas?

Seeing Tazmi, although the night attack on everyone was surprised, they didn't feel strange. They had long known that the special security forces had accepted the edict of the Eastern Xia Empire, and the red pupil had visited her sister once a few days ago.

"Tazmi!" Sayo reacted immediately and paid attention to the past.

When Iyeas saw Sayo running into the cemetery, he reacted and chased after him. The Night Raiders looked at each other, and then entered the cemetery as well.

In the cemetery, a white-haired man stood quietly in front of three side-by-side tombstones, looking at the tombstones quietly with pure white eyes.

"Tazmi!" Sha You looked at the unusually familiar and unfamiliar figure in front of him, and subconsciously said his name, but then he didn't know what to say.

Tazmi slowly turned around, looked at the companion who had grown up together, and said, "Shayo, long time no see. ”

"Tazmi, what's wrong with you?" When Sayo stood in front of Tazmi, she realized that her childhood sweetheart seemed to have changed.

But she couldn't tell what had changed, she just felt that Tazmi was clearly standing in front of her at the moment, but it felt so far away to her.

Call~

A gentle breeze blew through and the surrounding trees made a rustling sound. Tazmi didn't answer Sayo's question, just watched her quietly.

Seeing that Tazmi did not answer his question, Sayu continued to ask, "Tazmi, let's go back to the village together." ”

Tazmi shook his head and said, "I can't go back." ”

At this time, Iyeas, who had just arrived, happened to hear Tazmi's words. Ran directly to Na Tazmi, put his hands on his shoulders, and asked, "What nonsense are you talking about, Tazmi?" Why can't you come back to the village with us!? Everyone is waiting for you to come home! ”

"Now that the war is over, we are no longer enemies! Shall Tazmi go back to the old days? ”

Iyeas was very emotional, and his hands were tightly gripping Tazmi's shoulders.

Ever since they got Tazmi and didn't die, and accepted the Empire's Zhao'an, Iyeas and Sayo had been expecting Tazmi to return to the village with them. Now that they finally met once, the two of them must catch this guy and ask for clarification.

"The war is over, but mine is not over." Tazmi reached out and broke away from Iyeas's hands on his shoulders, taking two steps back.

And these two steps seemed to be in the eyes of the two of them, and there seemed to be an invisible wall between Tazmi and them.

"There's no going back, all I can do now is keep moving forward." Tazmi glanced at the tombstone behind him.

It is true that this society has become a society where everyone can be fed and clothed, but Tazmi still can't forgive himself, at least not yet.

……

At night, it was close to 12 o'clock, and the whole land was still brightly lit. Everyone stopped the revelry and looked up at the sky, waiting for the new era to arrive.

00.00

Woohoo!

A huge firework burst into the sky with colorful light.

Boom!

With a loud bang, the fireworks exploded instantly, colorful flames bloomed in the air, and a flower called Shengshi illuminated the dark sky and illuminated the people on the earth.

Everyone looked at the fireworks that were constantly flying and exploding in the sky, raised their hands and shouted to their heart's content, cheering for the arrival of a new era. Excited smiles spread across people's faces, and they screamed as tears flowed uncontrollably.

The fireworks of the prosperous era lit up the whole land, and the era of darkness, chaos and madness has passed, and a new era has arrived.