Chapter 253: God's Shepherd (8,500 words)
"Rest City is really a T0-level big city......"
When, under the countless strange eyes, the high column crossed the misty sky and came to the platform of the resting city, Xiao Huan looked into the distance and couldn't help but sigh.
The impression that Black Gate City sometimes gave him was already a big one, but now, just after coming to the City of Rest, he had a heartfelt emotion.
The boundless buildings, the bustling crowd, and even all kinds of real things that he had never seen before in Black Gate City all impacted Xiao Huan's vision, and even made him feel a depressed feeling.
A city that is too large has its own will and weight, which can overwhelm people and make people subconsciously want to give in.
The will of the city here does not even refer to those things that live in the spiritual world, but simply to the temperament of the city, a huge city, in itself.
"Brother Xiao, where are we going?"
Softly put his backpack on his back, and as soon as the two little short legs moved, they made a loud noise.
followed Xiao Huan's side, but it was like a junior high school girl who followed her to school, and her performance was also a little like a junior high school girl, looking at this huge city, she was a little dazed for a while, and turned her head to ask Xiao Huan.
"We've arrived at our destination, haven't we?"
Xiao Huan comforted her, looked up at the front, and said with a smile: "We are guests, and the city of rest is the host, so why do we need to consider this, they can't even understand hospitality, right?" β
"Look at our Black Gate City, although it is a little smaller, it is very polite to entertain the envoys from Dante's organization......
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Softly opened her mouth, a little unsure of how to answer.
However, as Xiao Huan said, when she and Xiao Huan walked out of the platform and looked out, they quickly saw that a sign held high in front of them was extremely eye-catching in the bustling crowd.
There are only three words on the sign: Black Gate City.
Holding the sign aloft was a young man wearing rimless glasses and a crisp dark suit.
There was a black, extended version of an expensive sedan parked beside him, and in front of and behind the sedan, there were four cars parked, and five cars formed a convoy.
"This is picking us up?"
Softly glanced at it, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
In the real world, there are many travelers who travel between Black Gate City and Rest City, but I'm afraid no one can afford to directly use the word "Black Gate City" to represent it.
Besides, he and the high train that came over softly were only the two of them.
"President Shaw? Squishy Lady? β
The young man holding the sign saw Xiao Huan and Soft coming over, and immediately put the sign down, as an intuition between strangers, he should have recognized his identity at the first glance when he saw Xiao Huan, but he still asked politely.
Then he bowed down and shook hands with Xiao Huan, straightened his waist and shook hands softly, then got up and helped them open the car door, and the convoy slowly started, heading towards the huge and almost boundless city of Sabbath in front of him.
"The city of rest is so regular......"
This kind of performance made the soft soft a little surprised.
It is not uncommon for strangers to interact with each other, but rarely do so.
In the eyes of ordinary people, strangers are originally a group of neurotics living in a world of self-fantasy, and they usually behave a bit like neurotics.
But there is no such feeling at all in the city of rest, Xiao Huan and Soft Soft arrived here, they were really like distinguished guests, they were picked up by the convoy, there was an open road in front, and there were bodyguards in the back, serious and dignified, extremely formal.
"Regular what?"
And listening to the soft emotion, Xiao Huan thought silently in his heart: "Rest City is really a bit exaggerated, how can it be so down-to-earth when we entertain guests in Black Gate City?" β
"The ......"
After getting into the car, the atmosphere was silent, and the softness was a little unbearable, and after looking at it for a while, he said to the young man driving in front of him: "Your Knight's information card ...... hearts"
"There's no need to rush."
The young man driving the car didn't wait for Squishy to finish speaking, and said softly: "President Xiao, Ms. Squish, I am only responsible for picking up people, and after that, our president of Sabbath City, or Lord Knight will talk to you." β
Soft was slightly stunned, so she had to stop asking.
Xiao Huan seemed to be a little curious, and said, "You don't seem to be bad at strength, but you are just picking up people?" β
"It's not even close."
The young man driving the car said politely: "In our Rest City, in addition to the president, there are three big knights, thirty-six little knights, and I am only the one at the bottom of the ranking among the little knights." β
"This time, I received the task of only coming to pick up the two of them to go to the hotel to rest, and arrange all the daily life and travel of the two of them in the city of rest, as for other serious matters, either our president will personally come to discuss with President Xiao, or one of the three knights of spades, Yin Qing, and clover will come over...... After all, the two of you are also sending our Knight of Hearts home, and in terms of scale, I am not qualified to take this information card......"
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"Three great knights, thirty-six little knights?"
When I first listened to it, I couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
It really deserves to be a resting city......
When Black Gate City was at its strongest, there was only one president and twelve knights, and Rest City was not only large in number, but even divided into two levels of knights, large and small.
Normally, if you have more than 1,000 points and have led the resolution of B-level aberration events, you can obtain a knight contract.
The great thing about the city of Sabbath is that not only do they have a large number of knights, but they even select four of the best knights from these knights.
Of course, it can also be seen from the number of their knights that the rest city has a lot of experience in dealing with aberrations, and they have formed an extremely large and unusually professional team.
And when he heard the second half of his sentence and mentioned the Knight of Hearts, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed in his heart.
Strong-spirited people are mostly short-tempered, and short-tempered people tend to make decisions quickly, but after they are done, they have no bottom in their hearts.
Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was no choice for her to kill the other party's Knight of Hearts, but now, knowing the respect of the status of the four knights of Sabbath City, and thinking of such a person dying under her hands, her mood seemed a little empty.
It was Xiao Huan, who sat next to the softness, and seemed to feel the change in her mood.
He patted her head with a smile, and then said to the young man driving in front of him, "Yes, your Knight of Hearts really doesn't deserve to die......
"This also illustrates the distortion and horror of the mysterious source."
"But you don't have to be too sad, I've already avenged your Knight of Hearts, and you're all strangers, so you don't have to thank me too much."
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The young man driving on the other side was slightly silent, nodded his head, and stopped talking.
Soft and soft looked at Xiao Huan's side face with some surprise, and found that after he said this, his expression was still very calm.
I secretly admired it in my heart, but the weakness of my heart at the beginning did dispel a lot.
Oh, yes......
The city of Black Gate has no grudge against you, it is your Knight of Hearts who has been instructed by the mysterious source to come to us first, so we have no other choice, what if we kill her?
Now we are abiding by the agreement between strangers, and we have come to return her information card, which is already very polite.
In a city as big as the Sabbath, doesn't it even talk about this point?
Besides......
She took a deep look at Xiao Huan's angular side face, and her heart gradually became stable, and she even lay down on the chair, ready to rest:
"I brought such a big crazy batch to come, are you still afraid that you will trouble me?"
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This convoy brought Xiao Huan and Softness to the center of the city of Rest, a towering building, has actually prepared a room in advance, whether it is the precious ornaments in this suite, or the polite waiter, and the strict security outside the building, it shows that the grade here is not low, but in addition to the little knight Zhou Zhen who sent the two of them over, the president of the Rest City, or one of the three big knights, still did not show up.
"I'll just say that the City of Rest is not as good as our Black Gate City, right?"
Xiao Huan walked around the room, looked at the curiosity who came to find his softness, and said with a smile: "We entertained the envoys of Dante's organization at the beginning, and we still know how to manage a meal at night!" β
Before the words fell, the little knight who drove them over had already brought the hotel manager over, and said politely: "President Xiao and Ms. Squish, you can dine on the fifth floor of the hotel, or call the guest room to eat." β
"I have already consulted the president, and he said that Mr. Xiao and Ms. Squishy have been traveling for a long time, and they will rest for the time being."
"Tomorrow, he'll give you a feast."
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Squishy immediately glanced at Xiao Huan, with an inquiring look in her eyes.
Xiao Huan sent these people away with a smile, and then said to the soft: "It's better than our Black Gate City, we were personally entertained at the beginning......"
"When Dante's Limbo team arrived in Black Gate City, they had been eating boxed lunches for the past few days, right? Before Sister Jiajia booked a hotel for them, she even slept on the bar sofa for two days......"
Soft soft couldn't help but think in her heart: "But what's the matter with the president's strange comparison heart?" β
But in any case, if it comes, it will be safe.
Soft and soft was a little surprised by the thoughtfulness and thoughtfulness of the arrangement of the rest of the city, not only had a full room dinner, but also could take a bubble bath, the water was put by a special person, and her heart gradually became more down-to-earth and enjoyed happily, but although Xiao Huan said this, she really felt a little strange in her heart, and always felt that the things arranged by the rest city were meticulous, but she always felt that there would be something wrong in her heart, but he didn't say anything, just let it go, and let the other party arrange it for him for the time being.
After dinner, someone came to knock on the door, it was the little knight who came to pick him up during the day: "Mr. Xiao has just arrived in the city of rest, do you want to walk around the city?" β
There is actually a shopping service?
Xiao Huan was a little surprised, and agreed, but when she called it soft, she was not interested, and it was more fun to take a bubble bath.
So Xiao Huan followed the little knight out of the door, still accompanied by the same convoy, and let him walk in this prosperous city, and soon, he saw many places in the rest city that were different from the Black Gate City.
The background color of Black Gate City has always been chaotic, cruel, and irritable, otherwise it would not be possible to raise a monster like the Hell Army.
But the rest of the city, to Xiao Huan actually felt orderly, quiet, orderly, and safe, Xiao Huan walked on the street, and even saw three streets away, somewhere, suddenly there was an abnormal fluctuation of spiritual power, but as a stranger, the little knight who accompanied him didn't even pay attention, just ordered the convoy to approach, so, Xiao Huan saw a group of people in black robes, in a very short period of time, appeared beside the aberrant creature, easily solved, and then disappeared into the crowd.
Even the crowd of onlookers around them were a little surprised, and the policeman on duty next to him even handed a cigarette to someone in a black robe.
Xiao Huan asked curiously, "Can the aborigines of Rest City see aberrant creatures?" β
"Of course not."
The little knight smiled, "But they know that we are protecting them, so it's no surprise." β
"Whenever there is an aberration in the city of rest, we will always be the first to know, because the security department will pass on information to us."
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Xiao Huan didn't ask anymore, let him take him, and looked at many places before going back to rest.
"If President Xiao has any curiosity, you can ask me, not only tonight, tomorrow if you have a place you want to see, I am willing to be your guide at any time."
When parting, the little knight looked polite.
Xiao Huan also agreed with a smile, turned around and went upstairs.
If you want to see something, why walk around the city, why take it with you?
Of course, since you have come to the city of rest, it is necessary to know about the city of rest......
So, Xiao Huan, who turned to go upstairs, did not go back to the room, but came directly to the top floor, the building where he lived, it can be said that it is one of the tallest buildings in the city of rest, looking down from above, you can even see the clouds floating on the neon.
Since it is high, the field of view is naturally very good.
Xiao Huan exhaled deeply, crouched beside the railing, and gradually split three eyes from his body.
The bones turned, and everything in this huge and boundless city began to be pulled into his field of vision by madness all of a sudden.
The streets, the crowds, the buildings, the faces with different expressions, and the things that happened in the city, both openly and privately.
Whether it's reported on TV, or hidden in the hearts of many people.
At this moment, with the opening of Xiao Huan's vision, everything was like some kind of pure information flow, reflecting his spiritual ocean.
"Huh!"
But at the same moment, around the huge city of rest, there were suddenly several eyes, and they were alarmed at the same time, crossing the streets and neon, passing through the buildings and the crowd, and instantly came to Xiao Huan.
"Is it so fast?"
At the moment when these eyes appeared, Xiao Huan's gaze suddenly retracted.
He couldn't tell what was happening in his expression, and even the three eyes of the Seeker were silent, retracting from his body.
He just smiled, nodded lightly in the direction from which a few glances came, and then returned to his room with a calm expression and light steps.
ββ¦β¦ Call! β
The whole city is still prosperous, but in the perception of some people, their gaze, or spiritual power, intertwined with Xiao Huan, the whole world seems to have stagnated for half a minute, they see that Xiao Huan has returned to the room, but the spirit does not dare to relax for a long time.
After a long time, someone whispered, "What does this madman want to do?" β
"It's not enough that you've been around the city for so long, and you want to see it for yourself?"
"Or maybe he doesn't quite believe what he just saw?"
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"It's the president's permission, so it doesn't seem like a ...... for him to see."
"Can't think so!"
"Although he has come to the City of Rest, and it is already certain that he can hunt the mysterious source, relying on the power of the mysterious path in the city of Black Gate......"
Another voice replied in a low voice: "But anyone who has stepped into the forbidden level should not be underestimated, not to mention that he has done so many crazy things?" β
"Oh, the name of the man, the shadow of the tree, this guy's reputation is really terrifying......"
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In the whispered discussions, there was no result.
In the end, he could only sigh in a low voice: "No matter what, he can't do anything in the city of rest, and he doesn't seem to have any intention of doing anything, and by tomorrow, everything will be easy!" β
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It's embarrassing to return the information card.
Since you come to return the card, it means that someone on the other party has died in your hands, whether it is a vendetta or an accident, the mood will not be much better.
Therefore, usually the various organizations send envoys to do this kind of thing, even if there is really a certain president to return it in person, the recipient will not be too polite, or take the card, directly the two sides leave, or the words are fierce, and directly agree on the next fight.
And Xiao Huan seems to be different from others this time.
The city of rest was really serious and polite to him and soft, but on the contrary, none of the real big people in the city showed up.
If he came with an apology in the capacity of returning the information card, then Xiao Huan would have thanked the city for its hospitality.
If you come in as the president, it seems that it is time to lose your temper again.
However, Soft is young and a strong person, so he doesn't think about it so thoroughly, and Xiao Huan is actually after high school, and he has been at home for four years, and he also doesn't know much about these things in the etiquette field, he just combed it silently in his heart, and then he didn't want to.
But they let the Sabbath arrange everything, until the next afternoon, someone came to pick them up and invited them to the Sabbath president's dinner.
Xiao Huan and Soft, he didn't even know how to change his clothes or anything, after all, Heimen City knew this, and there were only red-eyed Ling Ping and Yang Jia, but these two didn't have time to accompany them for training, so they were only refreshing and got into the car.
Another convoy, with cars in front and guards behind, crossed the streets and came to a courtyard in the city of rest, where it was full of greenery and like a garden, and then the man who looked like a butler was kindly invited to go straight into the courtyard.
"Bought ......"
"It's a ...... that was bought again"
ββ¦β¦ In this courtyard, all the bodyguards, servants, and housekeepers were all bought? β
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Along the way, Xiao Huan looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.
There are a lot of strangers who spend points to buy aborigines to work for themselves, and there are all those who buy small stars, but Xiao Huan was surprised to find that everyone in this courtyard was bought.
How many are hundreds?
Even if it's the cheapest, a person with 100 points, I'm afraid it will cost more than 10,000 points, right?
I'm not surprised by these points, after all, 10,000 points is not much for me, but it is indeed a bit surprising to buy so many aborigines as his servants.
"President Xiao, please come in!"
Coming to the middle of the courtyard, in front of a delicate Chinese-style wooden door, the butler who led the way opened the door respectfully: "President An is already waiting for you inside." β
Xiao Huan nodded politely to him, pushed the door in, and saw the old man in a gorgeous robe in the room, opposite the huge round table.
The room was very large, and the round table was also very large, but there was only one person seated, that was the old man, even the little knight who picked up Xiao Huan and them yesterday just stood aside, serving like a servant, and the old man was wearing a gorgeous robe like a medieval priest, and his face was already deeply wrinkled, but his spirit was very good, when Xiao Huan came in, a pair of deep eyes immediately looked up, and for a moment, Xiao Huan felt as if he was facing a huge black hole at close range.
In Xiao Huan's mind, he couldn't help but think of the information that Mr. Ye gave him.
The old president of the Strangers Association of the Rest City, originally surnamed An, but now no one has called him by his name for many years.
Everyone respects him as Mr. An.
He had been sitting in the seat of the Strangers' Association in Resting City for at least forty years.
He is one of the oldest and most mysterious strangers, and many people on the forum speculate that he may belong to the earliest group of strangers.
The next day, I met this legendary-level stranger, and this person politely hosted a banquet to entertain himself, as if this number of courtesies was enough......
However, Xiao Huan was a little puzzled, there were three big knights and thirty-six little knights in the rest city, how could he see now that there was only one president and one little knight left?
"President Xiao, please be seated."
While Xiao Huan was thinking, the old gentleman An had already spoken in a low voice and nodded to Xiao Huan.
Although he was old, his voice was very loud, and he said with a smile: "Don't be disgusted, the old man has not entertained guests like this for many years. β
Xiao Huan smiled and sat down opposite him, softly and cautiously, glanced at the old man opposite, and then sat down next to Xiao Huan.
"Is it just us?"
Xiao Huan glanced around and said directly: "I heard that the people of Anxi City are strong and strong......"
"There are indeed many people in the city of Sabbath, but there are also many responsibilities."
Mr. An said with a smile: "We strangers are the same kind of people, naturally we have to advance and retreat together, in the surrounding cities, whether it is an aberration incident, or a dispute, or what threat, we will ask for help from the rest of the city, so our people also have to leave from time to time, or help them solve problems, or mediate, and sometimes we have to suppress some things that are unfavorable to the stranger group by force, but it is very rare to get it all, especially recently, and it is just in time for the eventful season......"
Xiao Huan listened, suddenly looked at him, and said, "Rest City is so good?" β
"Why didn't we help when Black Gate City was attacked by the Hell Organization before, when we were overwhelmed by the Rotten Kingdom?"
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It didn't seem that Xiao Huan asked so directly, the old man in a gorgeous robe was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Don't you know the reason?" β
"I used to be an old friend with your old president, Kuang Juemin, who also advanced and retreated together, but unfortunately, we later disagreed and finally parted ways, and since then, he has refused all my assistance......
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"Co-author and the elder again?"
Xiao Huan thought in his heart, this old man helped him carry a lot of pots, but the trouble was not small......
However, this also shows that the old president actually had many other options besides dying in the Black Gate Fog Incident?
He smiled and said, "Although I have inherited a lot of things from our old leader, I have never met him myself, so I am not very familiar with the previous things. β
"You inherited a lot from him?"
The elder An glanced at Xiao Huan with a smile and said, "Including his naΓ―ve thoughts?" β
Xiao Huan was slightly silent, looked up at him, and slowly repeated: "Childish? β
"Yes."
The elder An paused slightly, met Xiao Huan's gaze, and said, "I didn't take advantage of his death to talk about him behind his back, in fact, I also said it when he was alive." β
Xiao Huan's expression seemed to be a little surprised: "Why?" β
The old gentleman couldn't help laughing, but he didn't answer directly, but said to Xiao: "President Xiao has been very famous recently, and Heimen City has also performed very well recently, but what do you think of our Rest City?" β
"Good."
Xiao Huan was silent for a moment before he said: "There are not many cities I have seen, only Black Gate City and Night Bottom City, but compared to these two cities, Rest City is the largest and most orderly city I have ever seen. β
"It seems that there is no room for the aberrant creatures to survive here."
"Aborigines and strangers can cooperate and coexist like old friends."
"And the power of the strangers in the rest of the city is the greatest I have ever seen, even the convoy we came over can control the opening and closing of the traffic lights at will, as if the entire administrative organization is already serving you ......"
"By the way, the hotel we stayed in yesterday didn't cost money, right?"
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Listening to Xiao Huan's words, Mr. An couldn't help but smile: "That is the industry of Rest City, of course, it doesn't cost money." β
And the softness who was waiting to return the information card couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly: "When did Brother Xiao see these phenomena in the Rest City?" β
"Yes, that's exactly what I want to tell President Shaw."
Mr. An smiled and said to Xiao Huan: "Kuang Juemin is my old friend, he is a stubborn person, he has always insisted on his idea of escape, and has always wanted to get rid of the nightmare, but who can say that this world is really a nightmare?" β
Xiao Huan was not in a hurry to answer, but looked at him seriously.
Mr. An said softly: "The awakening of strangers often has such a process: first, they think that the world is fake, think that it is just a nightmare, want to escape, and want to find the so-called truth. β
"However, people always have to recognize the status quo, what strangers, aborigines?"
"It's nothing more than seeing things differently, just paranoid belief that what you see is true, and what others see is fake......"
"But only a fool will stubbornly prove himself right."
"What does it matter to us whether the aborigines see what is true or not?"
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He said slowly, always looking at Xiao Huan's eyes, showing that his words were particularly sincere, or rather, there was no doubt about it.
"A stranger is the one who is chosen."
He said to Xiao Huan seriously, every word was very slow: "We have the power to dominate everything and control everything, so it doesn't matter how weird or distorted this world is. β
"The important thing is that we can transform the world into what we want it to be if we want to."
"We can have the supreme power in this city, and we can let everything that is not reasonable in this city be transformed."
"Even when Kuang Juemin was alive, the will of the city that he hated the most, the mysterious source that affected his cognition and changed his behavior, in fact, it is not impossible to change, he only said that he was unwilling to be manipulated, unwilling to live as a puppet, but when we have the power to reverse affect the mysterious source, appease it, feed it, and let the mysterious source exist in the form we want, then, who is the puppet and who is manipulating?"
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"Huh?"
Squishy was taken aback and looked up in disbelief.
There was something in the elder's words that made her unimaginable: reverse control of the mysterious source?
She also knew the power of the Sabbath City, but it seemed that from Mr. An's words, she heard some amazing phenomena?
The Sabbator even thinks they already have the power to control the entire city?
β¦β¦ Or maybe it's not just him who thinks so, but they've done it?
"If that'......"
Xiao Huan groaned slightly, looked at Mr. An, and said, "Then what do you think you are?" β
"I don't want to say anything godly, weird or something."
Mr. An looked at Xiao Huan intently, and said slowly: "But I want to say that we have absolute superiority and power over this city. β
"If we treat reality as a game, then we have the ability to modify the game programmatically, we have absolute control over reality, and we are the masters of the game."
"A master, why flee from his homeland?"
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Xiao Huan easily understood the words of this old gentleman, he was silent for a while, and said slowly: "However, have you ever heard of such a statement......
"Those things, the things that parasitize on this city and give us strength, are actually outsiders......"
"They are devouring the world, and they have devoured most of it."
"So, if one day, they really completely devour this world, what will we, the masters of the city, face?"
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When this question was asked, Xiao Huan's expression was calm, and he did not refute or oppose the idea, but asked sincerely.
He didn't doubt everything that Sabbator City had done, but he just asked this question, and before, Yang Jia was also because he had a glimpse of these secrets, but he was firm in his idea of supporting Noah's plan.
Mr. An's answer was beyond Xiao Huan's expectations: "I have already heard Dante's organization say this idea. β
"It's just that we are the ones who are chosen, so we have this power, just like the people and conglomerates in the world, and the world chose them, so they can be high......"
"They could have been so at ease, why couldn't we?"
"Or maybe President Shaw could think about those churches......"
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He paused for a moment before he spoke slowly: "Because of the existence of God, the church has absolute power over the world. β
"We are like Christians, shepherding the whole world for God."
"So, it is enough to make sure that we can herd the world, and who sits in God's place has nothing to do with us?"
Let's change the amount of two chapters first.,It's a bit of a cardin.
(End of chapter)