When he went out to sea, he brought with him five men and enough food for four or five days.

In fact, the townspeople all know that he is destined to go and never return this time, although very few people leave the town, but everyone knows that the sea that surrounds the town is a real hell, once inside, there is almost no possibility of coming out alive.

At first, when Austen asked everyone to build a ship, everyone was inspired by his enthusiasm to focus on shipbuilding, completely forgetting the dangers of the inland sea, until Austen finally disappeared into the depths of the ocean in a small boat, and all the hope he had brought to the town collapsed almost instantly.

There was no hope left, only the last shred of luck remained, hoping that Austin would come back alive.

In the beginning, everyone hoped that he would really find his way out and come back with good news, and some even said that with Austen's tenacity and ability, he would definitely be able to do what no one had done before, and he would definitely come back.

On the third day of Austen's voyage, everyone was talking about whether he was already on his way back with extreme fear and anticipation.

On the seventh day of Austin's voyage, the town began to fall silent, although some people said that maybe Austin did find a way out, he might have found another rich island, changed to a large ship, and returned with a full supply of supplies, after all, there were so many people in the town, it was impossible to transport everyone out with such a small boat, but in the eyes of most people, Austin was probably killed.

On the fifteenth day of his voyage, the town fell into a dead silence.

Everyone knew that Austin would not come back, but every morning, everyone would still walk mechanically to the beach and gaze towards the calm lake, and they didn't know if they were staring at Austin's figure that would never return, or the hope that was getting farther and farther away from them.

On the twenty-third day, the town fell into chaos again, and some people threatened to reduce the town's population so that the rest could live longer, but the chaos did not take shape, for everyone remembered what Austen had told before leaving.

At that time, even though it was impossible for Austen to return, he was still the spiritual leader of all.

On the thirtieth day, Austin returned.

When the old wolf said the words "Austin is back", I suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable in my heart, but I couldn't tell what it was.

He returned, but none of the people who had gone out to sea with him, nor the boat, had come back with him.

That morning, as if the morning sun had risen artificially delayed, the townspeople stood on the shore of the lake at eight o'clock, but before their eyes was the night that hung over the icy lake.

There was no sun or moon in the sky, no starlight, only death-like blackness.

For a moment, a large ripple suddenly appeared on the calm surface of the lake, and the water ripples circled and pressed towards that side, as if a behemoth was swinging its palm and pushing water towards the shore of the lake.

All the people on the shore saw this, but the prolonged despair had made them very numb, and everyone stared at the water motionlessly, and not a single person made a sound.

Until a figure slowly walked out of the lake.

The man either swam out, or walked ashore step by step.

At first, only half of his head was above the water, then his ears, his cheeks, his chin, then his shoulders, and his waist, and he gradually approached the shore of the lake, and his whole body slowly floated out of the water.

But the light was too low for the townsfolk to see what he looked like.

Until someone suddenly shouted: "Austin, it's Austin back!" Only then did everyone find out that the person who walked straight from the lake to the shore of the lake was the Austin they had in mind.

Austin did return, but he didn't find his way out.

He said that on the first day after the ship left the inner lake, the ship was shipwrecked, the ship was broken by the waves, and the rest of the crew was also swallowed by the sea, and he was the only one who survived under the protection of the sea god.

Austin claims to have seen the god of the sea, who tells him that if he wants to save the people of the town, he must make the whole town believe in the sea, that is, worship the god of the sea, and if the townspeople can prove their faithfulness in twenty years, the god will open the way for everyone to leave.

At the same time, Austin told the townspeople that if they worship the god of the sea from today onwards, the god will provide enough food for everyone not to starve, but also to make them live a more prosperous life than before.

Even though the townspeople trusted Austen, few were willing to believe what he said, and many people thought that Austen must have hallucinated because he had suffered too much at sea, and believed that after a while, he would become what he used to be, and at that time, Austen would still lead everyone out of the predicament.

Austin is also not in a hurry to convince the townspeople of his language, and he will use his actions to make everyone a believer in the god of the sea.

In the following period, Austin showed countless miracles to the townspeople, and everyone's mentality gradually changed from doubt to hesitation, from hesitation to acceptance, and once they accepted the existence of the sea god, they would soon become a believer in the sea god.

As for what kind of miracles Austin showed, the old wolf didn't ask specifically, but he said that before, the garden in the middle of the town was originally a fairly large castle, as if Austin used his divine power to make the castle fall underground, and made all kinds of flowers and trees grow on the original site of the castle instantly, as if it was from that time that the townspeople finally believed in the existence of the sea god.

It took Austen less than a month to subdue all the townspeople for the so-called sea god, and another month to crystallize the belief, such as formulating doctrines, dictating legends related to sea cucumbers, and brainwashing the townspeople into firmly believing that in order to please the sea god, they had to give something.

Next, Austin began to tell everyone how to give in order to please the sea god.

At first, Austin tells the townsfolk that the Poseidon is the embodiment of justice, and that the best way to please her is to punish the evil in her name and get rid of those who have committed the worst crimes.

He chose Guo Kan's assistant and told everyone that this man was guilty and should be executed in the name of the god of the sea, because the townspeople hated Guo Kan to the core, and most of the people had become faithful believers in the god of the sea, and became more and more gullible about Austen's words, so that the trial was almost not resisted, Guo Kan's assistant was executed on the same day, and the "god of the sea" also showed her approval of this behavior, and that night, she brought food to the people of the town.