Chapter 9: The Power of Faith

Burst!

With a dull sound, the 30-kilogram cross gun made of all-metal was extremely heavy, and it didn't need to be deliberately forced, just the inertia of picking it up could easily pierce the zombie's head.

Claude walked along the helicopter-bombarded street, his cross gun not stopping.

53/100

Claude already knows the meaning of this number very well, this is the number of zombies he kills, whether it is picking up cheap to kill these crippled zombies, or those who are burned to death by his own fire, as long as there are zombies dying in his own hands, this number will increase by one.

If you reach 100, will you be able to become a human? Claude couldn't help but think so, this is also the result he hopes for the most, if this is really the case, it means that what he is doing now is a kind of redemption, a sacred cause to kill the devil and redeem the soul.

Claude thought that maybe there was a human soul in the body of these zombies, after all, they were once human. Maybe at this time they can hear, see, and feel what they are doing, but it is as if the motor nerves are blocked, and they can feel but cannot control their actions.

Thinking of this, Claude couldn't help but quickly dispel this thought. If so, then what you are doing is killing someone.

Claude couldn't help but comfort himself, now they are all very miserable, they are occupied by the devil, I killed them, I just gave their souls freedom.

Don't blame Claude for this somewhat religious idea, you must know that Anna's mother, that is, Claude's stepmother, she is a very religious person. Since she came, we have prayed hand in hand before every meal to thank God for the abundance of food.

Once, Claude's father, Mr. Ke, sighed with emotion: "What kind of food God has given me is not what I have worked hard to buy back." ”

Based on this sentence, Mr. Lao Ke has not had a good meal at home for a week. Mr. Lao Ke was also hard-hearted, and called a cook to open a small stove for himself, but he was discovered by his stepmother, and then Lao Ke's private account was frozen, and Lao Ke, who had no penny on his body, was finally defeated on the seventh day, who let this stepmother be the financial director of his company.

When the stepmother came, it was the age when Claude's outlook on life and values were established in this life, so in this strong religious atmosphere, Claude gradually accepted this way of thinking. Although he doesn't really believe in gods, the Chinese people are like this, they don't talk about strangeness, power, chaos, and gods.

Once Claude listened to something from his grandfather, and he understood the power of faith. The old lady said that his father believed in Buddhism, so even with guns and sticks, he did not frown a little.

When Neon had not returned to China, there had been a long time of war between the two places, and in the face of the neon man's butcher's knife, the old lady's father sat cross-legged on the ground, calmly reciting Buddhist scriptures, and saw that the tip of the knife was in front of his eyes, he did not have a trace of fear, because he believed that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil.

Inspired by him, the neon soldier put down his knife, knelt in front of him, saluted, and left, and it was because of this courage that he saved the life of a village.

The old lady said that although his father had not been able to take up arms against the invaders, his actions had also shaken the hearts of the enemy.

In the old lady's generation, he did not believe in God or Buddhism, but believed in Marxism. It was this belief that made him grit his teeth and persist in the war-torn era, fearlessly passing through the enemy's guns and cannons in the charge again and again, and finally won the final victory.

According to the old lady, young people nowadays have no faith, and they have no binding force to act.

The law is just a line, and if you cross this line, you will be punished by the law. But where can life only rely on this line, people still have to follow a moral bottom line, as well as their own line.

The old lady said that faith is the last bottom line in life, no matter what you believe, whether you believe in Buddhism or believe in Jesus and reconcile, as long as this faith is true, good and beautiful, your behavior will naturally have a line drawn there, and people will not do things that harm society, nor will they feel afraid and helpless when danger comes.

When the old lady told Claude these things, he was still unimpressed, and it was not until the end came that Claude realized that perhaps he really needed to find a faith.

Look up at the rising sun, faith, then, let me make a little contribution to humanity in these last days.

Bite! A chime sounded in Claude's ears, and a line flashed next to the number in front of him.

"Main Quest: Mankind's Heavenly Kingdom."

Quest Requirements: Rescue 10,000 human souls, the current number is: 53/10000.

After completing the mission, you will receive a second class unlock key.

This? Claude looked at this line of words for a long time before he reacted, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and shook his head again, this line of words appeared out of thin air, as long as he wanted to see it, this line of words could appear in front of him.

Is there something implanted in your head? This phenomenon was seen in Claude's previous life in online novels, and this thing seems to be an auxiliary system, usually where the protagonist does tasks and then gets various rewards or something.

So, in this way, can you become stronger and stronger in this last world, like those protagonists, and get more and more nourished?

Haha, Claude let out a happy laugh, it was the first time he felt so happy since the end of the world.

10,000 souls? It seems that killing zombies can really save human souls, that is, is his own idea true?

Knowing this, Claude looked at the zombies crawling on the ground with some sadness, poor fellow, let me free you from the hands of the demons.

Poof, after Claude stabbed the zombies in the heads with a crossshot again and again, for some reason, he seemed to be able to see a hint of relief in the dying expressions of those zombies.

Shaking his head, Claude tried not to think about the feeling of these zombies, and relentlessly, the spear in his hand kept waving.

It is difficult for people to persist in doing one thing without stopping, so there is a saying that you are persistent.

It is not easy to do a good deed, but it is rare to do a good deed for a lifetime.

Claude felt that he was doing a good deed now, and he wanted to do it for the rest of his life, at least that was how he comforted himself.

Repeated stabbing and pulling, the tip of the cross gun gradually lost its sharpness, and each swing required a little more strength, or it could be that Claude was tired, although as a zombie, he didn't seem to know what it was like to be tired.

After sitting down and resting for a while, Claude suddenly noticed a strange problem, the number in front of him was skewed.

99/100

105/10000

Two numbers out of sync?

Claude looked at the number strangely, then stood up again and slashed at a zombie, so the number changed again.

99/100

106/10000

The number of one hundred that first appeared in front of me was stuck in the place of ninety-nine, and the number of the mission of the heavenly kingdom of mankind kept increasing.

Why?

Could it be that the upper limit of 100 means something else? Originally, I was thinking about whether I would be able to become a human when I reached a hundred, but now it seems that I think too well.

Seeing that the end was in sight, Claude couldn't find the meaning of the last number, and the feeling was like a cat scratching his heart, which made him feel uncomfortable.

What exactly? Could it be that the last number is human? No, that's too much. Well, although Claude killed a lot of zombies, he still didn't think it was good to kill.

Humans are already suffering enough, how can they kill their own kind?

When he thought about this, Claude had forgotten that he was now a zombie, and that the people he had killed were in a sense his kind.

Or is the last number to make me kill myself?

Claude had another idea, and he quickly stopped thinking of it.

Forget it, after resting for a while, Claude felt that he might just be a little bit unlucky, and it didn't take long to get up again and continue his work of saving human souls.

If there is no end in sight, many people will give up halfway. It's just that if there is a progress bar for this thing, most people will stick to it, and that's the importance of this data.

How many people know that the progress bar on the computer we use is actually just a comforting effect, and the meaning of its existence is to tell you a virtual progress, in fact, that progress is not too related to the progress of the program.

Many people know that in ancient Greek mythology there was a giant who pushed a huge stone on a steep slope, and whenever he reached the top of the mountain, the big stone would roll down due to gravity. But day after day, year after year, the giant was pushing the stone up and down endlessly.

This giant is called Sisyphus.

Isn't it just like us, many times in the never-ending fate of failure, there is nothing more terrible than futile and hopeless labor.

However, this guy regards the torture of fate as the test of fate, pins the suffering of today on the sweetness of tomorrow, puts aside the success or failure of life, and only seeks to be worthy of his heart, such a person, even God can do nothing against him.

When people praise Sisyphus for his perseverance, Claude laughs, and don't forget, Sisyphus is only one, and he is a god.

Claude now seems to feel like the one who pushes the stone, and whenever he thinks he will reach a hundred in the next moment, reality gives him a cruel knife.

Luckily, there was a number that reminded him, and that number was now 121/10000.

Perhaps, I can really become a god.

Claude couldn't help but motivate himself.