Chapter 197: Fear and Suspicion
Belief and worship and contagion, suspicion, suspicion and fear are the same, as if ordinary people will naturally follow the trend of the masses, people are often easy to believe what others say, but it is difficult to firm their own ideas and beliefs, follow the majority of people This concept is deeply rooted in everyone's genes.
A few days ago, Lu Zhiyu stood outside the window and could see a large number of civilians in the city of Psuth outside the earthen fort, coming in groups, kneeling down under his residence as if they were an audience, and a large number of nobles and wealthy merchants came, just to get a blessing in front of him, but they were stopped by Anker.
A few days later, the window became crowded, and the believers who seemed to have come to make a pilgrimage dispersed like a cloud of smoke, and not only that, but the people in the earthen fort who had worshiped Lu Zhiyu extremely and respected them as gods also began to cast suspicious glances at Lu Zhiyu.
Many people pointed at the landing fish in the dark, and there were many discussions, and similar to the rumors that the land fish was a messenger of the gods and left a miracle in the castle, there were a lot of messages in the city that were unfavorable to the land fish.
On the third floor of the earth fort, Lu Zhiyu gently flipped through the books, and on the other side was recording and drawing lines on a parchment scroll, and the structural diagram on the parchment scroll was Eva's body structure structure diagram, covering the top of the parchment scroll on the table, densely remarking Eva's body structure data and attention points.
Lu Zhiyu recently wants to further improve Eva's alchemy life form, she is the first transcendent metal alchemy life, but in terms of body structure, there are still very obvious weaknesses.
And Lu Zhiyu also wants to deduce from this that the reason for the formation of alchemy life forms, the reason for the formation of consciousness and wisdom in the metal cell brain, and why Lu Zhiyu has never succeeded since Eva.
Eva waited quietly by Lu Zhiyu's side, if there was no need to take care of Lu Zhiyu's life, she would generally not do anything superfluous, and Lu Zhiyu even doubted that if she was not there, she would not sit down like this until she was old.
Eva suddenly took the initiative to speak, which was a rare situation: "Master, don't you leave them alone?" They seem to be speaking ill of you in private, master! ”
Lu Zhiyu didn't reply, bowed his head and said: "Don't care about them, they are just ordinary people who follow other people's ideas and listen to gossip." ”
Eva continued: "Setisis came to me yesterday and told me to be careful, master, there are messages in the city that are not good for you, and it is very likely that someone will be against you, but he and his master Anke believe you unconditionally. ”
Lu Zhiyu looked up in amusement: "Trust me? Trust me what? I didn't say who I was, where I came from, I didn't admit that I was who they thought I was, and they believed me? ”
"As for what's happening in the city!"
Lu Zhiyu paused after speaking, looked out the window, and said with a teasing and interesting face: "Don't worry, they are about to launch a general attack on me!" ”
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Within a few days, strange events occurred in the city of Psuth, ordinary people in the city were killed one after another, and every person who died had their hearts gouged out, and the death was horrific and terrifying, which immediately caused a strong sensation in this city with a population of tens of thousands.
"They have been devoured by the devil and their souls!"
"This man is no longer able to enter the kingdom of death."
"His soul is cursed, and he will be tormented by evil gods forever."
The merchants, who watched the corpses being carried away under white cloths, said with pale faces that the heart has a special meaning in the Batco area, and that it is believed that their souls exist in the heart.
Many people here may not be afraid of death, but they attach great importance to the world after death, and they believe in the afterlife, if their soul is devoured by the devil and cannot enter the world of death, it is the most fearful and frightening thing for them.
As an individual was gouged out of his heart and died, not only commoners, but also nobles did not dare to go out, and rumors about monsters and evil gods in the city spread faster and faster.
"It was the evil gods who ate their hearts!"
"The monster is still in the city, and he has his eyes on everyone, it could be you, it could be you, it could be you!"
"We have to find this monster!"
And some well-intentioned people are taking this opportunity to spread all kinds of ill-intentioned remarks.
"Why hasn't this happened before?" In the midst of the discussion in the streets and alleys, someone said as if inadvertently.
Immediately, someone seemed to be alerted to something: "It's that person, this kind of thing has happened since that person entered the city of Psuth." ”
Subsequently, a series of unfavorable remarks about Lu Zhiyu became noisy and lively in the city: "That's right, he has been hiding in the earthen fort and refuses to come out, and there must be an ulterior secret in the earthen fort." ”
"He's carrying out an evil plan, he's an evil spirit sent by the evil gods!"
At this time, a priest of the desert temple walked out of the square, preaching and angrily saying on the square: "The great desert god has sent down an oracle, and he tells his spokesman on earth, High Priest Hatton, that the man is not a messenger of the gods, but a blasphemous god in the name of the gods. ”
The square in front of the temple was crowded, and many people had already gotten the news and gathered here, and with the final blow given by the desert temple, the words of the priest's spokesperson and sacrifice, coupled with the gossip that had been circulating in the city for a few days, had already planted the seeds of doubt in the hearts of the people, completely breaking the last trace of hesitation in people's hearts and confirming it.
People who were already under pressure and fear immediately felt as if they had been strongly deceived, and anger welled up in everyone's hearts.
"The lackey of his evil god, an evil spirit sent by the infidels, he will bring disaster and death to the city of Psuth, this is only the first step, if we can't stop him, the city of Psuth will be shrouded in darkness and death, and all of our souls will fall into the kingdom of evil gods, suffering eternal life and eternal torment."
The roar of the sacrifice of the desert temple completely ignited the fire in everyone's hearts, and suddenly saw the anger of the crowd in the square, everyone's faces were red, and they couldn't help themselves with excitement, and then many family members of the victims stood up.
"Burn the lackey of the evil god, we must let him be punished!"
"That's right, kill him, the god of the desert bless us, and we have no fear!"
"Banish this evil spirit of hell from the world."
Everyone raised their fists and kept looking left and right, first one or two, then everyone stretched out their hands, and everyone in the square had red eyes, as if they were being controlled by something.
"Here comes the High Priest!"
"Lord Hatton!"
"It's Lord Hatton!"
At this time, Hatton, the high priest of the desert temple, accompanied by a large number of temple priests, walked out of the temple, and the high priest Hatton came to the crowd, stretched out his hand, and immediately saw that the square was quiet.
"The gods told me that this lackey of the evil god will bring disaster to us!" Hatton's loud voice was so strong that his voice could be heard throughout the square.
"We must get rid of him, and only by getting rid of him can we return to a peaceful and happy life, and the light of the gods will shine on us again."
"I am the spokesman of the gods on earth, go, in the name of the gods, give the lackeys of the evil gods the punishment and kill him!"
High Priest Hatton held the golden scepter alof, his face trembled, and his voice was broken, and he immediately saw the people in the square roaring after Hatton.
"Kill him!"
"In the name of the gods, expel the minions of the evil gods!"
"Let's go together!"
All the people in the square rushed from the streets to the earthen fort where the land fish was, short swords and round shields were prevalent in the Batko area, and the people were fierce, duels and fights were prevalent, and the civilians living in the city of Psuth were a group with relatively high income and status, many people could not afford to buy armor and long swords, but every household would have weapons.
Like angry dogs, each armed with their weapons and slaughtering the target area, the guards in the city did not interfere with the Desert Temple's efforts except to defend the important area.