The torches that Shen Yan had prepared in advance failed to come in handy in the end.

The Sunken Cathedral is indeed the main temple left by the gods, not to mention the gorgeous decoration and magnificent style.

When Shen Yan stepped into this mysterious cathedral, he found that this world, which was supposed to be dark because it was buried deep underground, was actually shrouded in a layer of milky white light that made him feel peaceful and safe. This light shone in every part of the vast hall, bright and not dazzling, but with a strong sense of presence.

The light grille casts into the hall from the window on the left, setting off the hall like a dream...... If he hadn't known that there was only ice and snow outside this church, and there was no sunlight at all, Shen Yan would have wanted to open the window and look outside to confirm.

The hall on the first floor of the church is rectangular, a hundred paces wide to the left and right, and a thousand steps deep. The structure of the hall resembles an upside-down "concave" shape, flanked by semi-open cloisters, and a statue of the god stands in a patio about two-thirds of the way deep in the hall - originally it was supposed to be a giant statue of the god with a skylight overhead, shrouded in a pillar of light cast from the skylight, but now the idol has been cut off at the waist, and the upper half of it has fallen down and broken into a pile at the foot of the statue...... The light shining through the skylight shone on the desperate ruins.

"That's the light that comes out of the walls when they're soaked in divine power, and they can last for thousands of years without needing to replenish them. Both the windows and the skylight are constant with the magic of light. Penny said that it was much more advanced than the lantern placed in the tomb.

"Who cut that idol off?" Shen Yan couldn't help but ask.

"Me." A criminal confessed frankly.

Shen Yan didn't know what to say.

Even if a god falls, the divine power he possesses will not dissipate on its own, because divine power is one of the purest energies in this world. Gases will be lost, liquids will evaporate, rocks will be weathered, metals will rust - but the branded divine power cannot be transferred or inherited - it can only be burned, not worn!

The imprinted power is like a large battery that still has a basic consciousness, which can continue to answer the prayers of the priest and provide energy for the things involved, and that's it. It is because of this characteristic that the gods have fallen that the churches can sustain and seek the resurrection of the gods. Just like when a country is dead but its legacy remains, there is still hope for restoration; If you don't even have money, how long can you maintain loyalty?

The Sunken Cathedral is the abode of Ronald, the god of portals and travel, as well as a place of communication between mortals and gods, and she plays the role of both the main temple and the cathedral. Therefore, the church has been bound to Ronald's divine power since the day it was blessed by the gods.

So when the ring fell around the city, the church unceremoniously took Ronald's remaining divine power to protect itself and the believers in the church...... Just by seeing this cathedral fall from the sky, from the main structure of the interior to the decoration, you can see what a terrible price the dead god paid for it!

It also allows Shen Yan to see in the real world the grand scene of the most prosperous city around the city a hundred years ago.

"Alright, that's it! Hurry up and clear out the place, then go upstairs and pick up some of the things that the lady and I left behind – if it still works, you'll truly have a safe haven! This is what you need most after you take the initiative to provoke those men in black! Penny said with some dissatisfaction. Because Shen Yan didn't even discuss it with her, he made such a big sacrifice for Chen Xiaoyu and them, is it fun to attract the men in black to chase and kill?

If Shen Yan can get gratitude for doing this, it is impossible for people to know!

Shen Yan didn't explain because being a man requires responsibility. It's just that he's not responsible - people don't want him to be responsible...... After all, all three of them knew in their hearts that the next goodbye could be tomorrow, or many, many years later, and there were too many variables in between, and no one could make a promise. If Shen Yan accidentally went to a world where time was flowing too fast, maybe when he went back, the earthlings would have entered the era of the great universe.

Shen Yan can't do more for them, but he pats his ass and leaves behind a big mess, is that what a man can do?

"Clean up what?" Shen Yan looked at the empty hall. "I didn't see anything."

"Hey, even if your perception is only 8, don't pretend to be blind. There's a ...... lying in the corner over there. Isn't it possible for a big individual to see it? Penny said angrily, what's wrong with me cutting down the idol? What do you mean by that "I'm ruining good stuff" look?

"It's nothing just a corpse, huh?" The entire church was empty, only a corpse was lying not far away, and of course Shen Yan had noticed it. "Even if it's an undead creature, it's a big deal that we don't alarm it, and let's go around a little bit." This hall is about a hundred paces wide!

"Alas, Xiao Yanyan, how can you let me rest assured that you are going out alone?" Penny is also worried, when she completes the first stage of evolution, she will be able to act alone from Shen Yan. But Shen Yan is blind like this, and he can't walk a hundred meters when he is released...... and died. "You're only right, that guy does have a problem...... Take a closer look, don't jump to conclusions, and tell me what you see. ”

"Well, were you cursing me just now?" Shen Yan is not the kind of person who knows he is wrong and still dies. He moved closer to the corpse and looked closely.

I saw the corpse sitting next to the pillar with its head bowed, its body slightly crooked. He was wearing a half-length armor, the metal surface was shiny, and the emblem was inlayed, and it didn't look like it had been left for a hundred years, but like it had just been wiped in the morning. Even the helmet, iron gloves and boots with a suit, not only were the surfaces extremely clean, but even the belt buckles showed no signs of decay.

A long-handled spear axe had fallen beside him, and it was just as clean and tidy. This is supposed to be one of the guards guarding the aisle, who was standing guard here before he died.

"What's going on? Has it really been a hundred years? Why is his armor so new, like it has just been taken care of......" Shen Yan simply lowered his body and suddenly trembled!

For he saw half of his pale lips on the edge of the helmet that covered his entire head! That's definitely the lips that belong to humanoids!

"He's still alive?!" Shen Yan hurriedly retreated, lowered his voice and whispered in his heart. People more than a hundred years ago, it is not terrible to die, and it is not terrible to become the kind of skeleton soldiers on the top of the mountain, and it is scary to live.

Besides, Shen Yan came with Penny to seize the cathedral, but the owner was still at home...... That's embarrassing.

"Don't worry, die!" Penny gave him a reassurance first. "It is believed that the ritual that took place during the fall of the ring city collided with the mechanism that the temple wanted to protect the believers, and countless fragments of time were created with the believers as the core. The one you just saw was the living dead trapped forever by the fragments of time at the moment of the crash of the Ring. He's alive now, but he'll die immediately if he leaves the shards, and there's not even the scum left. See that layer of light around you, it's the boundary of the time fragment?

In fact, the window was clinging to the fragment...... When we got in, we got into the same piece of debris at the same time. Now you go back and look into the aisle where you came. ”

"Is that so? Hey!! Shen Yan came in through the portal window, and after Penny explained the background to him, he never went too far from this exit. At this time, when he turned around, he was startled by what he saw—he saw a gorgeous window behind him, the frame of the white-painted window was new, and the inlaid glass was spotless, and even his shadow could be reflected—what kind of passage!

Shen Yan pushed open the window without believing it, and a large piece of sunlight shone in. He forced his eyes to look out the window, but found that no matter how far or near it was, it was just a white expanse!

"It's a fragment of time, we're in a fragment of time!" Penny was happily jumping in Shen Yan's little heart.

"Hey, you light, I don't have a solid floor...... Hurry up and say what does that mean? "Shen Yan's head is as big as a fight, it is the fall of the ring city, and it is the portal, and now it is actually involved in time fragments...... I just want to have superpowers, why cram so many messy settings?

"Oh, Xiao Yanyan, don't be so nervous, this is the best thing for you! Your life is saved! Shen Yan was silent...... Penny, you must have seen the little ad on the telephone pole, didn't you? Is it really good to change the word and use it on me?

Penny ignored his complaints and went straight to teaching mode. "Contrary to your perception of the world, the multiverse generally believes that time is not a dimension, a unit of measurement, but an influence, and that longevity is only an outward manifestation of that influence.

The degree of influence of time on different races determines the length of life span of different races. For example, if you are currently in the Moon Elf race, time will have a relatively small influence on you, so your lifespan will be very long. But no race can compare with God, you see that there is no god in the past and present that exists forever, but God still claims to be immortal, why? Quite simply, because time has zero influence on God! That's why God is called an immortal - if there is no external interference, God can live from the beginning of the universe to the end of the universe. ”

"But what does that have to do with me?" Shen Yan asked with dead eyes, I am now in the period of rebellion - I am a moon elf, and I still eat a few large bowls of a meal. At the end of my life, I consumed hundreds of times more food than humans, and I made Xiangneng to fertilize hundreds of acres of fields...... Do you dare to point to these Xiang and say that time has little effect on me? So how are they made?

Penny rolled her eyes speechlessly, she could see Shen Yan's thoughts!

Shen Yan, this guy, the lofty concept can't move him at all, the only thing that can move him is the good things that can be seen. "Do you want a crisper where food never spoils? Do you want a study room that is ten times the speed of time in the outside world? You can study for ten days on the inside and only one day outside...... You're more skilled than me in the rest of the story? ”

What's next? Of course, it's a slap in the face.

"Roar! Roar! Shen Yan nodded again and again, what are you talking about immortal, I would have surrendered if I said that earlier!

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PS: Yesterday's announcement, basically sure it was a scammer, and it will be deleted later. With the help of book friends, I also learned a lot of information and found ways to avoid it. But in order not to dwell on this matter again when it is millions of words, Lao Lei still plans to modify the setting, and this chapter has already begun.

PS2: The setting is nothing more than a framework, and it doesn't affect it.