At the station of the 22nd team, Su Hao sat by the fireplace burning with a strong fire, reading the "Gospels" attentively.

"The Emperor leads us to the light, and anyone who attempts to challenge the Emperor's authority will be regarded as a heretic and a devil. They are tempted to fall into darkness forever. Although they were once noble, they were also stained with filthy and filthy blood. This great power is supreme, and only the adherents and believers can feel its existence. Fame and courage can cause jealousy and suspicion, and only the emperor is a god who can never be questioned. In His presence, we must worship. In his presence, we must look up. The Emperor's will must be obeyed, and this is the only evidence that will lead us to defeat the darkness and occupy the light forever. ”

Su Hao's voice was very soft and clear. The sound with masculine magnetism is very pleasant, and the rhythm of the flame shaking accompanies the syllables. Kenson sat on the couch with Ho Dong, and Vimore and Rice sat across from the fire. They were silent, quietly listening to Su Hao reciting the words of the chapter. Anyone who is there is a sense of power that seems to be impacting the fluctuations of the mind and heart.

The room was quiet and peaceful, and there were no other thoughts on the mind. The soft and beautiful sound of recitation drove away a lot of the cold in the dark night, and in addition to comfort and tranquility, there was also a shocking, or should I say, fearful power.

After reading this page, Su Hao slowly closed the book and fell into a long contemplation.

He affirmed that the religions of the Third World were not just drugs of thought in the ordinary sense. Whether on Earth or on the Red Dragon Planet, religion is just a way to anesthetize believers. But here, every time he reads or even thinks of the word "emperor", Su Hao will have some very subtle and extremely inexplicable feelings. It was an invisible force, and Su Hao felt as if he had touched the edge of a mysterious world. But if you really want to tell the truth, it seems empty and confused. Perhaps, as the priest said, the light will always guide us.

"We're not really believers."

Captain Kenson's expression was calm, and he glanced at Su Hao: "Here, there are very few believers in the true sense. We hardly went to church, but we only heard a few sermons from priests. He told us that when we encounter danger or fight, we must recite it silently in our hearts, or call out the word "emperor" directly. We will be helped, saved. No one can say exactly why, but everyone can feel the existence of that power. ”

Vermore nodded: "The power is very vague, and I don't know if it's the real thing?" Or is it my own instinctive reaction in times of danger? Seriously, instead of believing in the emperor, it is better to believe in yourself. The fringe is already full of life and death, and no mercenary knows what tomorrow will face? I only trust my partner. Of course, if shouting or thinking is really useful, I am afraid that the number of believers in the town will multiply. At least, the priest's church wouldn't be as dilapidated as it is now. ”

Su Hao was still thinking.

The words of Kenson and Vimore, respectively, represent two very different ideas about religion. Their appearance is not surprising and logical. It's just that I don't know why, Su Hao feels that this "Gospel" has some kind of resonance with him.

After a long period of contemplation, the tentacles of the mind gradually diverged. This is not Su Hao's active will, but the instinctive release of thinking energy in the unconscious situation. By the time Su Hao sobered up from his contemplation, a long time had passed. He was surprised to find that the tentacles of consciousness that would be confined to a narrow range after coming to this world had doubled. Now, all buildings in the vicinity of Team 22's station are completely covered, with a detection radius of more than one hundred and fifty meters.

In the long dark nights, the fireplace means warmth and light. No one knew how Su Hao really felt at the moment, including Kenson, everyone felt that Su Hao, who had fallen into silence, was thinking. In fact, the members of the 22nd squad are not full of too many ideas in their heads. They don't believe in God, but the contents of this Gospel make them feel warm. It is not because of the fire acting on the body, but because the words and phrases impact on the mind and the concussion of the brain. Even Kenson, the captain with the most calm personality, followed the sound of Su Hao reciting the page for a few seconds, falling into the worship and understanding of the great power of the divine.

"I don't believe in the emperor."

Kenson leaned forward slowly, his hands on his knees, his palms gradually closing under his lips, and whispered thoughtfully: "Faith and belief are two completely different concepts. Just as I never believed in the nobles of the empire, I was a stranger to the emperor, a figure who was too far away from us, and I had no sense of admiration, not even the slightest respect. ”

Lille and Bella sat together, the two of them hugging each other. Bella seemed to agree with Kenson's words, she pulled her messy hair, and her tone was a little cold: "When I was wandering the streets, the emperor didn't bring me clothes and food. When I was so hungry that I rushed into the bakery to steal a piece of bread, all I saw was the police, and the bakery owner who was yelling to peel me off. They taught me the first lesson of my life: violence and brutality are the most effective ways in the world. Even though I kept crying and begging for them to let me go, and I was willing to make amends for my mistake as a maid in the bakery, no one heard me say that. I was sent to a troubled juvenile correctional facility. A little more than a week later, he was transferred to the local Imperial Prison. ”

"Not all police officers are bad people. That's how the prison guards who watched over me were. He secretly sued me; According to the normal procedure, theft like mine, who is still a minor, should receive compulsory counselling in a problem juvenile correctional facility. Unfortunately, the day I went in happened to be the Nobility Charity Day. According to the usual practice, the nobles often choose one of the troubled teenagers who they are responsible for receiving and helping. It is said that this is a rule that the emperor has set down since a long time ago, but now it has become bad for the sake of implementation. An old bastard in his seventies, with a wrinkled face, supposedly suffering from the sequelae of leprosy, old enough to be my great-grandfather, took a fancy to me. He spent a sum of money, used his connections, erased me from the list of minors, and sent me straight to Imperial Prison. ”

Reilly was a little curious: "Why haven't I heard you talk about this before?" We've known each other for a short time, almost ten years on our fingers. ”

"Everyone has their own secrets. What's more, some things are not necessarily good when they are said. I don't even want to think about them. ”

Bella shook her head slightly. It could be seen that there was a faint sadness in her eyes, as well as disappointment and pain.

"I was locked up with a group of felons. Of course you understand what it means to be a felon. I was only fifteen years old at the time, and a particularly strong woman took me for her pet. I had to make her laugh every day, and I had to give her half of the food. That's where I learned to fight and how to use a gun. Those women are better than many men in this regard. They know all the vital parts of the human body and know how to kill a person in the simplest way. There was no entertainment in the prison, and people used to chat to pass the time. When they were arguing about what was the best way to kill, I would always curl up in the corner, still and listen quietly. It is said that society is a big dye vat, and it is also the best school. Although I have only been in the area for less than five months, I have become the best graduate there. ”

Lille stretched out his arm, hugged Bella tightly, tilted his head, rubbed his lips and chin back and forth on the surface of Bella's soft hair, and whispered, "You should have told me this sooner, you can trust me, trust each of us." ”

A smile appeared on Bella's pale face, and she looked at Lille with brown eyes: "Of course I believe you. But I couldn't convince myself. There were many nights when I dreamed of the old nobleman who I had pierced the throat with a toothpick. He had a large black hound. I quietly killed the dog and skinned it. On the night I killed the old nobleman, I put on a dog's skin and escaped from the manor in disguise. It was the most terrifying moment of my life. I felt like I was done, and once I was caught by the police, or discovered by someone else on the estate, I didn't even have a chance to explain. At that time, for the first time in my life, I prayed without the name of any deity as an object of prayer, and I could only beg to the emperor. Of course he won't hear me. I have been able to survive until now because of my own strength and luck. ”

Vimore took the cigarette out of his pocket and distributed it in order through the crowd. The mercenaries lit their cigarettes and smoked them silently. Bella's story touched them, and in fact, almost every mercenary has his own story. They often keep their stories buried in their hearts and seldom, if not at all, tell them like Bella.

"Those who serve as soldiers believe in the emperor very much."

Vermore exhaled a thick puff of smoke and pondered the words: "I've seen them fight, and that kind of scene is really amazing, and it can easily affect the people next to them. You can't help but want to join them, or take up arms and fight with them. That's why I became a mercenary. No way, at that time I was not qualified for the selection of imperial soldiers, and my strength and physique were not up to standard. The extreme frenzy of the scene has always stimulated me, and I can't even get this qiē out of my head. They roared "Long live the Emperor" and carried battle flags. You will never doubt that they will lose, you will only take victory for granted. ”

"Because they have faith, that's the power of faith."

The mercenary captain Kenson's voice was deep and calm: "They believe in the emperor and are able to draw strength from the emperor. This is what the clergy say. Although no one had ever met the emperor, it did not affect their firm conviction in their hearts. In fact, in terms of combat effectiveness and physique, we are not much different from the Imperial soldiers, and Vimore and Reilly even exceed the selection criteria of the Imperial Army. But in battle, especially against the creatures of darkness, we are no match for the regular armies of the Empire. They can use the guò battle cry to improve their abilities, the impassioned voice that can channel the beliefs in the mind and produce an energetic stance with tangible effect. This is also what the priests often say: as long as you have the faith of loyalty to the emperor, you can crush a qiē. ”

Su Hao's gaze slowly swept over everyone's faces, and then slowly stayed on everyone.

Bella's story is certainly true. Kenson and Ho Dong won't lie either. If there is nothing wrong with their narrative, then about faith, it is really puzzling. This is no longer the same as the form of religion on the earth, which is anesthetized by the most thinking of the gods, but an invisible power that allows believers to truly feel the existence of zài. But the question is, can just thinking through the guò brain really be connected to the so-called "emperor's brilliance"?

It was impossible for the mercenaries to give Su Hao more help in this regard. This already touches on a number of deeper issues. Even the priest in Konoha Town may not be able to answer. He was only a clergyman of the lowest ranks. Although the townspeople called him a priest, he was not a priest in the true sense of the word. At best, a priest.

Just when Su Hao fell into contemplation again, he suddenly noticed a faint wisp of thinking consciousness extending from outside the closed door.

This invisible energy tentacle Su Hao is very familiar with. At the time of the Earth and the Red Dragon Planet, the high-level "worker bees" often connected with each other through thinking. This type of communication is more advanced than words and allows the other person to understand your personal thinking more thoroughly. In layman's terms, you are equivalent to drilling into other people's brains and seeing what the other party is willing to open for you and can also be seen by you.

This wisp of mental consciousness energy is very light and clumsy. Of course, this is for Su Hao himself. He has become very proficient in controlling his mental awareness, especially in analysis, and his ability and effect are unmatched. The way of releasing and extending this wisp of thinking consciousness energy is very poor, if you compare it with a number, it is "1", then Su Hao is "100".

The consciousness was cold and damp, and it swam uncontrollably around the room. It was like an invisible snake, coiling back and forth in front of everyone, constantly spitting snake letters, provocatively baring its fangs, but could not be seen by people.

Su Hao immediately recognized that this was someone outside using his thinking energy to conduct long-distance detection. Su Hao was surprised, this was the first time he had found a similar ability since he came to the third stage world. This level of energy utilization is obviously far beyond the comprehension of the mercenaries of the twenty-second team. Su Hao did not say anything, and quietly expanded his consciousness rapidly, surrounding this wisp of thinking and consciousness energy from different directions, and then probing more relevant information.

The person who freed his mind and consciousness was hidden in the shadows more than ten meters away from the house. She stood there motionless, her face a little blurred, but she could tell that it was a woman.

……

Lille and Bella's wedding took place as scheduled.

Even from the eyes of the residents of Konoha Town, the wedding can be regarded as very grand. The twenty-second team took out all their family resources and put on a pretty good ceremony for Lille and Bella. With the blessing of the priest, thousands of people witnessed the scene. When Lille took Bella in his arms and kissed him, the audience erupted in deafening applause, shouts, whistles and laughter.

Kenson was well-known among the surrounding residents, and under his call, the wedding feast became extraordinarily lavish. Traditionally, this is the process of each household taking out a portion of their food and placing it on a long table in a bar to take it from each other. Similar weddings have been held before, but neither the amount nor the variety of food can be compared to this one. Under the influence of the lively and cheerful atmosphere, more people participated, and the inside and outside of the church became full of people.

Night fell quickly. The festivities were also moved from the church to the bars. Although Lille did not order a lot of wine, everyone understood it. Each person attending the wedding was given only a small cup, and people continued to drink enough out of their own pockets. Stimulated by alcohol, the town reverberates with blessings for newcomers.

"Cheers to beautiful Bella!"

"Cheers to Lille, he's the best lad among us."

"Don't forget the doctor, we have to toast to his health. Otherwise, no one is responsible for our health. Hahahaha! ”

In this evening, Su Hao became the most respected object except for Lille and Bella. Everywhere he went, he was greeted with frequent toasts, and many mercenaries invited him for a drink. There will definitely not be everyone who respects Su Hao, and a considerable number of them just want to win over or get acquainted with each other. After all, with the recovery of Kenson and Mo Xingkui, Su Hao's name has been widely recognized by the residents of the town. Here, as long as you have the protection of a doctor, it means more security.

To return to the 22nd Squad station from the church, one must pass through Austin's Tavern.

When Su Hao was pushed into it by a group of mercenaries, he happened to see the mayor Wang Hu sitting alone at a wine table, and Jacob, who was inseparable from him at any time.

On the table was a plate of freshly cut sausages, with a mouth-watering glow on the short slices of sauce-red noodles. A fat turkey lies in the center of a plate, with a knife stuck in its golden back. Jacob laid out a few slices of freshly cut roast meat on a plate, picked up another loaf of toast and placed it on top, swinging his knife to nimbly slice the bread. On the other side of the knife, the poured bread slices are just enough to absorb the meat oil, making it more fragrant and full of texture.