Chapter 59: Batteries
"But it's not easy to get to the new world." Hephaestus Road.
"Remember that conversation we had when you joined the company, where I lied to you, but I didn't lie to you in theory.
"As I said, the captain is the key to it all. Only a very small percentage of people in this world have the ability to cross the universe and descend from one universe to another.
"We have selected less than 200 people out of more than 8 billion people who have such abilities, and some of them are not qualified for this job because of their age, physical and mental illness, etc.
"There were only ninety-two candidates in the end. At the same time, opening up the Plane is an incredibly dangerous job, and not everyone is as immortal as you are, even though most of them have been trained and provided as much assistance as possible.
"But now there are only 26 people still alive, and the mortality rate is more than 70%."
"Human life is fragile." "That's why we're so excited about your presence. ”
"What am I going to do?" Li Yu asked, "I can only carry no more than 5 kilograms of weight every time I go to another plane, and I'm afraid I can't bring such a large office building over." ”
"No, you just have to stay in this building then, we can use the power of faith to carve a way in the sea of planes, and you just have to do what I say to lead us to that new world.
"However, the power of faith required to open up the route is enormous, and our existing reserves are far from the standard required. We're going to have to use some special means. ”
After speaking, Robin took Li Yu out of Lab 1 and came to Lab 2 on the other side of the corridor.
Unlike Laboratory 1, which is full of equipment and equipment, the contents of Laboratory 2 seem to be much smaller, but the scene inside is more solemn and eerie.
A headless giant more than ten meters tall was lying on a stainless steel bed, his body full of all kinds of large and small tubes.
The tubes were like spider webs all over the room, stuffed with half-solid, half-liquid silver hair.
If you look closely, you can see that the silver hair is still wriggling, as if it were alive.
"This is the source of energy for the Ark, you can call it a battery. The beliefs that the business department usually produces are finally gathered here. ”
Robin said as he picked up a strand of silver hair with tweezers and placed it on Li Yu's hand.
As a result, the silver hair immediately submerged into Li Yu's palm, and at the same time, an old and unfamiliar voice came from Li Yu's ear.
"O great god of agriculture, Glogus, please bless my fields with good weather and a full harvest in the coming year, this is my sacrifice......"
The voice gradually dissipated, and Li Yu checked his body, but did not find any changes.
"Is this faith?"
"That's right. It is the only energy in all the cosmic planes that can flow freely without being blocked, but mortals cannot use and store it directly. ”
"The beliefs you've accumulated are also stored here, and can be mobilized through props or godhead sequences when you need them."
"So you created the thing on the iron bed, and where is its head?" Li Yu asked.
"We don't know," Sara shook her head, "we didn't create it, it was like that when our people first found him."
"We also discovered through research that its body has the ability to collect and store faith, and the faith you created from your side is absorbed by it."
"Is it still alive?"
"I don't think so." "We've done all sorts of experiments with it, whether it's energized or diced, it doesn't react, and the faith it collects doesn't use it itself, which is why we chose it as a battery."
"You should be glad that the chosen plane, where the natives' bodies can at least be preserved intact for our use, as for the other planes, there is no such good luck.
"In order to gather enough energy for migration, from today onwards we will increase the speed of faith extraction in those planes, so that the believers there can burn their lives and turn them into fuel for us."
"This is nature's way of survival, the strong side devours the weak side to get a chance to live." Mr. Qin said lightly.
Li Yu was silent.
"That's all for the visit." "We can go to the little bar on the first floor and have a drink, and after all that I said in one go, my throat is a little dry." ”
Taylor patted Li Yu on the shoulder, "Suddenly receiving so much information, your brain may be a little overloaded, but it doesn't matter, most of this will be taken care of by Dr. Robin and his team."
"Your task is very simple, just continue your mission in another plane, absorb as many believers as possible, and then proceed step by step as Dr. Robin said."
Li Yu asked at this time, "What about the other salesmen, they will agree with you...... Do we do that? Kill their believers on another plane. ”
"It doesn't require their consent." Robin replied, "The speed of collection of faith is set by the company, and in the past, it was more modest for sustainable development.
"But we can always increase the speed of collection if we need to."
Sergei's face showed a somewhat solemn smile at this time, "After letting the believers burn their lives, we no longer need those salesmen, their existence will become a destabilizing factor." ”
"What does that mean?" Li Yu frowned.
"We will not take them to the New World," Windsor replied, "for there can be only one Savior, and only one." And the sequence of godheads they possess is dangerous.
"So the safest thing to do is to clean them all up. Just as we take you on a tour of the headquarters, the clean-up plan has already been launched. ”
"All but one of the alternate candidates will be dead by twelve o'clock tonight."
"Who are the standby candidates?"
"Kuru."
"Why him?"
"There's nothing why." Sergei shrugged, "He has always done a good job and is loyal to the company, so we finally settled on him." ”
Li Yu heard the indifference in Sergei's tone, so he asked tentatively, "Can you change people?" ”
"Who do you want to change?"
"Teacher."
Sergei looked at Taylor, who pondered for a moment and said, "I don't care, the first servant was originally Lao Qin's proposal." ”
Bernard and Windsor heard this, "Since Taylor and Mr. Qin have agreed, and we don't have any opinions, let's replace Kuru with a teacher." ”