"As a person who develops missiles...... These people have done more evil than all the others combined.

The machines and equipment they sent burned the planet and almost all life.

The Great Worm forgives those who have gone astray, but cannot forgive those who command the destruction of the world and killing, and those who carry out those orders.

Your father inflicted unbearable pain on the Great Worm, and he destroyed the world with his own hands.

Do you know what kind of punishment he deserves? The old man's voice became stern.

"Dead?" The boy asked, uncertain, looked at the priest and his father, and bent down to the floor where the monkey cage was kept.

"Die!" The priest said with certainty.

"He must die, and the sooner the one who makes the worm suffers dies, the sooner the promise of the worm will be fulfilled, and the sooner the world will be reborn and delivered to the good people."

"Then Daddy should be damned." Oleg agreed.

"Good boy!" The old man patted the boy on the head gently.

"Now run over and play with Uncle Valtan and the children, and be careful in the dark so that you don't fall. Delong, take him away, I'll sit here with them for a while.

Half an hour later with the rest of the people coming back with bags, and then we will all be ready. ”

The lights went out, and the rustling footsteps of the barbarians and the footsteps of the children quickly disappeared into the distance.

The priest coughed and said to Su Mengfan, "If you don't object, I'll talk to you for a while now." We usually don't take captives, except for children, who are weak and sick from birth......

But we're seeing more and more deaf adults, and we want to talk to them, and maybe they won't mind unless they're eating too fast......"

"Then why did you tell them to eat. People are bad? Su Mengfan asked.

"It's because the big worm cries, how can you say that? It's also for the good of people in the future.

You're going to miss it, and even I will, but now the foundation of a future civilization has been laid – a culture that grows with the world.

Eat. Man is certainly sinful, but without animal protein there is nothing.

The legend will still continue, and when it comes time to kill people directly, the people you like begin to slowly disappear until they know to stop, and only then will the big worm remember, what an unfortunate life in this era......" The old man laughed unpleasantly.

"You know, I've seen a lot of things in the subway." Su Mengfan said.

"The people at one of the stations thought that if they kept digging into the ground, they would dig to hell.

The people at the other station believe that we are almost to heaven, because the final battle between substitution and evil is over, and those who survive are the ones who have been chosen to enter heaven.

After seeing these things, the story of the big worm you told me is not so convincing, do you believe what you say? ”

"What does it matter what I and the other priests believe?" The old man said with a smile.

"You don't have long to live, maybe only a few hours, so I'll tell you something.

One should not be too honest with others and do not think that others can take things to the grave.

So it doesn't matter what I believe, it's what everyone believes. It's hard for me to trust the God of my own creation. ”

The priest paused to think for a moment, then continued:

"How can I explain it to you?

When I was a student, I studied philosophy in school. Psychology and psychology, I suspect none of that will make much sense to you.

At that time our professor of cognitive psychology was a very knowledgeable person, he systematically explained the process of reason, and it was a pleasure to listen to his lectures.

I asked him a question that people of his age often ask: Does God really exist?

I had read a lot of books and talked to people, and I thought that God probably didn't exist.

I feel that this professor, as an expert in human psychology, should be able to accurately answer this question that bothers me.

I went to his office under the pretext of discussing a paper, and I asked him, 'Ivan McHarwich, do you think God really exists?' "

I was taken aback by his answer.

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He said: 'For me, this question is not worth answering at all. I myself am from a letter. The apprentice family has long been accustomed to his presence.

I didn't analyze the truth from a psychological point of view, because I didn't want to.

It seems to me that this question is not a matter of knowledge in principle like everyday behavior.

I'm not believing in a higher power, I'm just carrying out the prescribed precepts, praying at night, going to church.

I'll be better and more peaceful because of it, that's all. The old man was silent.

"And then?" Su Mengfan couldn't control himself.

"It doesn't matter if I believe it or not, but God's commandments have been around for hundreds of years.

And one more thing, to create a god and tell people His commandments.

Believe me, the Great Worm is no worse than any other god and has existed longer than many gods. ”

Su Mengfan closed his eyes.

Neither Delon, nor the unexpected tribal leader, nor even the strange Valtan had no doubt about the existence of the Great Worm.

For them this is an established fact, and only in this way can they explain everything that is happening around them, and this is their only code of conduct, the standard for judging right and wrong.

What else can a man who has only seen the subway believe in him? But Su Mengfan still couldn't understand the legend about the big insect.

"But why are you so incitement them against the machine? What's so bad about the machine? Like electricity, lighting, guns, etc., as if your people don't need these. ”

"What's so good about the machine?" The old man's tone changed dramatically, and his good temper and patience when he had just talked about his thoughts were gone.

"You intend to spend the last hour of your life preaching to me about the benefits of machines, take a good look, only the blind do not see, if it were humans, it would not be so dependent on machines.

How dare you say the benefits of the machine at my station, what are you! ”

Su Mengfan didn't expect this, in his opinion, obviously not to get such a reaction from this old man as the sharp question about the belief in the big worm just now.

He didn't know how to deal with it and remained silent.

He could hear the priest's heavy breathing in the darkness, whispering curses, trying to calm himself down.

Knowing their demagogic attitude towards Oleg's father Anton, he knew that if nothing else, he would be more than lucky.

Presumably, it won't be long before they will punish themselves according to their standards.

After a few minutes, he added, "It's been a long time since I've talked to a non-believer. The disciples spoke. Judging by his voice, the old man has returned to normal.

"Talking to you made me lose control. There was something delaying with the young men, they were getting the bags. He paused deliberately.

"What bag?" Su Mengfan asked.