In the church, the status of the Chosen One is quite high.

Along the way, Chen and Fan were barely hindered - for the Chosen One, most of the main church was unfortified.

The biggest surprise was when he was stopped by a passing purple-robed bishop to inquire about the progress of the Third Oracle Ritual.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Chen Fan barely spoke in the face of the bishop's questions, and all the problems were dealt with by Gao Yuan.

The taciturn Chen Fan did not arouse the bishop's suspicions.

In fact, most of the Chosen have basically this attitude - as God's chosen people, most of the Chosen ones are very arrogant.

The purple-robed bishop didn't ask too much, but after a brief understanding of the situation, he respectfully made way for the two.

This is true for purple-robed bishops, not to mention the white-robed deacons and black-robed priests of lower status.

In fact, according to Chen Fan's observations, in the absence of tasks and high-level instructions, these grassroots clergy of the church would not even think about getting involved with the chosen ones.

They will even avoid the Chosen One as much as possible!

After a little thought, Chen Fan understood the reason:

No employee would take a huge risk to be courteous to an airborne leader who had only been in office for a few months.

It's not pure and thankless!

……

In just over ten minutes, Chen Fan followed Gao Yuan to the church's library.

Obviously, the library is an important place for the church.

A few black-robed priests and dozens of guards in bright silver armor armed with shields and swords stood meticulously in front of a thick, closed metal door, blocking every glance that tried to peek into the mysteries.

In Chen Fan's opinion, this scene is a little too magical.

The thick, closed metal gate was visibly stronger than the dozens of cold-armed guards.

What is it called?

Defend the bank vault door with the mind of a primitive man?

It can only be said that the church knows how to defensive.

As for why so many people are sent to guard a library......

Chen Fan can understand the reason.

For the church, controlling the means by which knowledge is disseminated means controlling the minds of ordinary people.

This can greatly strengthen the dominance of the church, which is undoubtedly a great benefit for the church.

After seeing Gao Yuan, a black-robed priest who was in charge of guarding the library came up and greeted him: "Your Excellency the Chosen One. ”

"We're going to go into the library."

Gao Yuan raised his chin indifferently and gestured towards the closed metal door, and ordered in an unquestionable tone: "Open the door." ”

The black-robed priest did not show any dissatisfaction with Gao Yuan's lofty attitude.

He raised his head slightly, and the mechanical eyes glowing red under the hood carefully looked at Gao Yuan and Chen Fan behind him.

In order for the Chosen to learn more about theology, each Chosen One has access to the library to study.

The premise is the Chosen One himself.

Therefore, Chen Fan, who had not spoken all this time and was "hiding" behind Gao Yuan, naturally became the focus of observation.

"How?"

Gao Yuan's face turned cold: "As a priest of the church, can't you even recognize the Chosen One?" ”

The black-robed priest didn't speak, but just bent down slightly to apologize to Gao Yuan and Chen Fan.

After confirming the identities of the two, he turned around without hesitation and shouted to the black-robed priest and guard behind him:

"Open the door!"

……

The order is given.

Guards with shields and swords retreated to either side, revealing the heavy metal door.

As for the black-robed priest, he walked quickly to a metal shrine next to the gate.

The metal shrine sits an intricately crafted idol that flashes a fleeting reflection from the eyes of a concealed sconce.

Under Chen Fan's gaze, all the black-robed priests stood in front of the shrine and prayed as if they were chanting.

The syllables of the prayer are very vague, and at the same time, they are pronounced in a rather strange way, presumably to prevent someone from secretly writing down this "entry code".

But......

I'm afraid that even the so-called goddess would never have imagined that there would be an alien like Chen Fan among his most devout believers!

And this outlier also has a smart terminal from a high civilization in his hand!

As Chen Fan's mind moved, Yi began to record this complex prayer, and at the same time, with his huge computing power, he began to analyze the specific meaning and rules of this prayer word by word.

[There is.] 】

Before the prayer ended, One had already come to the conclusion that it was a natural constant. 】

Chen Fan was stunned: 'What? ’

[As of now, there are a total of ten different syllables in this prayer.] 】

[The machine tried the exhaustive method, and easily found the rule: each syllable corresponds to the corresponding decimal number.] 】

[After translation, a string of irregular and non-circular numbers was obtained: 2718281828459045......]

[Familiar, right?] 】

‘……’

[You don't know the constants of nature? It is the base of the natural logarithmic function, which plays a very important role in many scientific theories, and you don't even know it?! 】

'Is this so? Chen Fan replied dryly.

【…… Forget it, skip this topic for now. 】

One's voice was full of helplessness: [In short, if you can use this string of numbers as a password, the other party must have developed a basic mathematical system. 】

[Mathematics is the foundation of all science, which is enough to prove that the other party has ......]

'Aren't you talking nonsense?' Chen Fan interrupted Yi's muttering, "Since the so-called gods are alien civilizations that have mastered higher technology, how can they not master this basic mathematical knowledge?" ’

[If ......]

One's voice sounded faintly: "Is this code designed by the church itself? 】

'That ......'

Chen Fan fell silent suddenly.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have fallen into a great misunderstanding before!

Throughout, he had not seen any direct evidence of the existence of an extraterrestrial civilization.

All the information he had observed before was actually only circumstantial evidence.

Under the "double misleading" of these circumstantial evidence and the database information provided by One, he firmly believes that the gods are nothing more than alien civilizations with higher technology!

But if it's really like what One says now......

'So ......'

Chen Fan suddenly felt his throat tighten: "God...... Could it just be a lie that the church uses to maintain its own rule? ’

In other words, the Church itself is the technological civilization that has mastered more advanced technology!

'No, that's not right! ’

That still doesn't explain the problem of the Chosen One. ’

Chen Fan retorted in his heart: 'If it is to stabilize its own rule, there is no reason for the church to frequently select the chosen ones!' ’

One was silent for a moment.

[What you say makes sense, this is indeed a doubtful point. 】

[After all, this is only a possibility calculated by the machine, and the accuracy cannot be guaranteed if the evidence is insufficient.] 】