Chapter XVIII: The Edict from the Papal Palace
It has been two or three days since the last crisis, and everyone knows why His Excellency Bishop Xiao Feng, who is the backbone of the church, has been staying in the Pope's Palace, and even his face is rarely revealed, becoming more and more mysterious. And today, the Papal Palace, which has been silent for a long time, suddenly sent an edict from His Excellency the Bishop.
"A new mission is about to begin?" Jin Yaoyu stood in the community garden outside the Pope's Palace, looking at the priest announcing the bishop's edict in front of the Pope's Palace, which had begun to take shape, the battle situation with the zombies was becoming more and more stable these days, and the two sides were always in a stalemate, with the Pope's Palace under construction as the center and the residential area in the east as the boundary, so those zombies huddled in that small area, which has become a battlefield for the knights to practice their combat skills.
That's why Jin Yaoyu had a chance to get out, in fact, most of the legion commanders in the Twelve Knights have already left the battlefield, because it has become very safe there, and the power from the gods has imprisoned all those zombies in that range. For those knights, it is a training ground for pure martial arts, and once the physical strength is exhausted, it is enough to quit.
The knights who died in battle were also given due honors and rewards, and they were buried in the Knight's Garden, recorded in the knight's stories in the sacred scriptures, and their relatives were also compensated for the rest of their lives.
The edict was soon read out, but in fact it was addressed only to a few, the Twelve Captains of the Order, and it was only a symbolic proclamation, ostensibly ornate, about spreading the light of glory and saving the lost lamb in the darkness. In fact, the actual edict will soon be transmitted to the commanders.
Jin Yaoyu looked firmly at the statue of the god being carved by the craftsman in the center of the community garden, full of firmness, his belief in Yaoguang was very firm, it was the god who gave him a new life, and of course part of the factor was because it was related to his interests.
"My lord, this is the edict of His Excellency the Bishop, and I ask you to take it." A priest dressed in white gilt thread stepped out and respectfully presented a scroll made of gold wire, with mysterious patterns on it, these patterns are seals, once someone steals the edict, it will be swallowed by the holy light, and the edict will be reduced to ashes.
Jin Yaoyu's eyes shrank when he saw the golden-silk white-robed priest, and the secret path church was becoming more and more unclear, and more and more mysterious. The golden-silk white-robed priest is the great priest! At the very least, the physique is more than a hundred times, and the level reaches the sixth order. Jin Yaoyu himself is only a fifth-order, ninety-one times the physique, the most important of which is because he has obtained divine power crystals and a large number of source cores to strengthen himself, so he has the current strength.
However, breaking through from the fifth order to the sixth order not only requires a physique to reach more than a hundred times, but also requires more magical power, that is, a method to break through genetic limitations. Human beings often say that the human body is infinitely mysterious, but in fact, there is an upper limit to genes, after all, human beings are still mortal, and they need to evolve to a higher level, so they need corresponding methods to break the genetic limitations of mortal things.
And this is the process of evolution from lower species to higher species.
"Your Excellency the Grand Legion!?" The golden-silk white-robed priest asked softly, his face was calm as before, but his eyes were full of pious faith, his belief in Yaoguang was more firm and pious than Jin Yaoyu's.
Jin Yaoyu was pulled back to his senses by this call, he laughed apologetically a few times, and then respectfully took the scroll in the other party's hand. But I kept smiling bitterly in my heart, trying hard to train and strengthen myself, but I couldn't compare to a pastor who lived in the church and didn't care about the world.
"Your Excellency, Captain of the Grand Army, I also ask you to read the edict and conscientiously complete the task given to you by His Excellency the Bishop, for recently our Lord has sent down an oracle, which seems to be about the ......position of the Pope," the golden-silk white-robed priest left after owing.
These words fell into Jin Yaoyu's ears, and there was no surprise, but a wry smile on his face, this was not to tell him that he had the strength to compete for the position of the pope, but to say that Yaoguang had selected Bishop Xiao Feng as the pope, so that he could complete the task and not be troubled, of course, he also believed that this was not just for him, but for all church officials.
"It's getting farther and farther away!" Jin Yaoyu sighed, walked towards his residence with his head in his hands, everything was changing, maybe he was also changing, but he didn't notice it.
The edict from the bishop quickly reached all the legion commanders, and they also got this word, and many people's faces changed slightly, and then they had to laugh helplessly, took the edict scroll and turned to leave, to prepare the items needed to complete the task and gather the summoned subordinates.
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Your province, the center of the provincial capital.
The city has lost its former beauty, some are only dilapidated and hideous, and a sense of loneliness spreads throughout the city. Compared with those war-torn cities, Yangcheng is already a very lucky city, although it is a provincial capital, but the population is not as densely populated as other provincial capitals, only about 3 million people have survived a large number of survivors, which is also a rare city in the Republic with a high survival rate.
In a certain house in a building, there were many people hiding, and their faces were frightened, because at this time, more than a dozen zombies outside had already discovered their existence, and they were surrounding the door, constantly banging on the door. Looking at the increasingly loose security door, some of the survivors in the house couldn't help crying, and with the crying, the zombies outside the impact became more and more violent.
"Damn, don't cry for Lao Tzu, if you cry again, you'll be beating the monsters outside!" A big man was so angry that he scolded, and directly covered the mouth of the woman who cried the loudest with his hand, and this time, the whole room was quiet. The big man breathed a sigh of relief, but the movements in his hands did not ease at all, and he still covered the woman's mouth, ignoring the other party's desperate struggle.
"Don't cover it, if it goes on like this, she will be suffocated by you!" A flat voice emerged from the crowd.
Everyone immediately turned their heads, but it was a gray-haired middle-aged old man.
"Old man, you ......" The strong man was about to scold the other party for being nosy, but he was also reminded by the other party, looking at the woman in his arms who was covered by his own mouth had rolled his eyes, he quickly let go, only to see that the woman fell to the ground like a deflated ball, breathing heavily, coughing constantly, and then the strong man looked back at the old man and handed over a grateful look.
It's over here, but who can solve the group of zombies outside the door? Even if the zombies can't get in, they will be trapped in this house and starve to death, and they can't last a few days with the food they carry.
"What are you going to do with this!?" Someone asked with a hideous face, and the desolate voice infected everyone. The whole controlled scene is in a panic again, and some of the people in the room are already about to start the final counterattack of death, but their targets are their own companions! When the moment of despair is extreme, the morality that imprisons the evil thoughts of human nature will also collapse instantly, and the evil of human nature will naturally be released.
And at this moment, there were bursts of gunfire outside, and the roar of the zombies couldn't help but be a little louder, and everyone immediately stopped the movements in their hands, and restored again, they looked at the gate in surprise, not knowing what was happening outside, and at this moment, one by one figures broke through the window and entered.
"What's that!?" Someone shouted, and the cry was very high-pitched, and you could see how frightened he was at this time.
After everyone calmed down, they clearly saw what was intruding through the window, it was six young special forces in camouflage uniforms, holding a handful of firearms to give safety to everyone present.
"Hello Professor Jiang! I am Qi Shaoyu, a second lieutenant in the Republican Army, the chief sent me to rescue you, I am sorry for our lateness, I encountered a herd of birds and beasts on the way to the helicopter, and I had to come on foot! The second lieutenant stood straight and raised his right hand in salute to the crowd.
The gray-haired middle-aged old man held his wife and stared at the second lieutenant in front of him with a pair of bright eyes, and after looking at it for a long time, he withdrew his gaze and sighed, "Okay, no problem!" ”
"Professor Jiang, please come with me!" The second lieutenant said respectfully to the old man, and then he turned his head to look at the survivors around him again, "Compatriots, all the zombies in this building have been eliminated, you can pass safely, and please wait patiently for the military's rescue, believe in the government and the country!" Keep this belief firm! ”
After the second lieutenant finished speaking, he quickly led Professor Jiang and his wife to leave, he couldn't take these survivors with him, he had already killed many brothers in order to rescue Professor Jiang, and now he didn't have the ability to take these people at all, as a second lieutenant of special forces, he naturally understood what the mission was! The surviving group of refugees in the back didn't dare to follow, because there were four guns pointed at them, and if they dared to step forward, the bullet would pierce their bodies.
The scolding has already sounded, and the crying has not stopped! Wrath! Furious! They were abandoned! Everyone looked ahead in despair again, and the pain of the hope that had risen and was instantly extinguished made them close to the brink of collapse!
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"My lord, Jiang Yulong has been rescued."
Li Fan stood beside Shen Wei and said respectfully.
Shen Wei snorted, "A national scientist, vice president of the Central Academy of Sciences, a researcher in the field of gravity, good at teaching and writing, and a talent, such a talent cannot flow out of the church." ”
"Yes, sir!"
Li Fan replied.