"Love...... Is it an obligation? ”

By this time, the two had already walked to the front of the hotel where Ammon lived, a coastal path with not many people.

Hearing this, Su Day's face couldn't help but be a little subtle.

"Wait, you mean, it's an oath? Elias wrote all this stuff into the 'oath'?! ”

"Love, is it an obligation?"

He repeated it again, turned his head, and looked at Ammon, who repeated in a somewhat strange tone: "It is everyone's duty to love everyone...... And if anyone does not want to love others......"

"That's evil! The Lord of Judgment will punish the wicked! ”

As if it was a conditioned reflex, the gray-haired priest subconsciously took the words - and when he finished answering, Ammon immediately noticed that something was wrong, he turned around with some trepidation, folded his hands, bowed to Su Sun on his knees, and confessed: "Ah, I exceeded the rules...... Lord, please punish ......"

"What's there to punish for this, you guys are a little weird."

Su Yan frowned slightly, and suddenly had a premonition in his heart that he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

For some reason, he suddenly recalled some details of the incident between the little boy and the merchant that he had overlooked.

- Be careful not to do it again next time, or the Lord of Judgment will come to you.

It was the last gentle admonition that the merchant had given to the little boy.

But...... Is this really mild?

After a pause of a few seconds, he said in a deep voice, "Ammon, I have a question for you. ”

"Test me, my lord!"

Amon replied without hesitation, waiting for Su Sun's inquiry.

"It's like the kid who spilled fish soup on the merchant's pants before...... If the child does not apologize, or if he makes a mistake next time after apologizing, then the matter will also be judged...... It's also in my hands? ”

"Nature." Ammon nodded as a matter of course: "The word of the Lord of Punishment says: No matter how small the evil is, it is also a sin, and if you ignore one case today, it will be two cases tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow it will be four cases—if you ignore the sin even the slightest, after a hundred days, it will be a bitter fruit that surpasses the world!" ”

…… Everything, is it a true God...... I see. Su Sun's face was a little heavy, he nodded slightly, and he somewhat understood what kind of god the Lord of Judgment was.

"But how can punishment be administered, such a small evil?"

After a moment of silence, the young man continued to ask.

And the gray-haired priest looked at Su Sun a little strangely—this kind of thing is like a cat asking an ant how he should catch mice, but Ammon thought about it and felt that this might be a test for himself by God, so he replied seriously: "Lord, I don't know how you will punish the wicked after the God descends—but if it is before the God comes, I know." ”

"You'll pick random wicked people and punish them indiscriminately."

"Whether it's a child or an old man, whether it's a scholar or a groom, if you make a mistake, you can be punished. And this is also your way of inducing all beings to be good! ”

Saying this, the priest's eyes stared at Su Sun, showing a slightly fanatical look: "Lord, you are the thunder of sanctions, the balance of arbitration, the center of the world—the old man and child, the scholar and the groom, the king and the priest, the fisherman and the farmer, what is the difference between them in your eyes?" ”

"For the sake of goodness, for the sake of love, for the sake of the Dharma in this world, to take the punishment of thunder to destroy all evils, isn't this the compassion you have shown?"

When Su Yan heard this, he was silent for a long time.

- Love is an obligation. If you don't love, you're wrong.

If what Ammon said was true, then what he had seen before ......

"Ammon, can I see your covenant?"

How could Ammon possibly say no?

Half-kneeling, he used the fastest speed to untie the covenant from his waist, and then was forcibly lifted by Su Sun with spiritual power, and in this way, he handed the covenant to the other party without knowing why.

"It's actually a stainless steel cover, not iron? It's interesting, but if I want to use this covenant as a weapon, there is one less ramming angle, and if I had to design it, I would definitely design it this way, and that would be called complete. ”

The large number of teachings on the stainless steel cover is about two circles larger than a human head, if it is an ordinary person, let alone carry it with him, it is difficult to hold it all the time, and it is no wonder that the selection of priests starts from the awakening level.

Su Sun did not hesitate, he directly opened this holy book of reincarnation world and read the contents of it as quickly as possible.

Although the book is heavy, in fact, the paper inside the Covenant is very light, and it is not inferior to Earth technology - after all, there is not a lot of technology left behind in the city of Nether, and it is not surprising that it has developed for hundreds of years.

And Ammon stood aside, not daring to move indiscriminately, and although the priest was apprehensive, he could not help but have a trace of doubt.

"Didn't the Lord Himself compile the holy books of the Covenant? Every time a new code is added to the Central Templar, it will be reported to the gods, and the oracle will be asked for permission and suggestions for changes before the changes will be made! ”

"Does my lord, the Lord of Judgment, not know?"

Although Su Sun sensed the confusion in Ammon's heart, now was not the time to explain—not to mention, he didn't need to explain in the first place.

Using the quantum reading method (pseudo) to quickly finish browsing the entire Covenant, Su Sun closed the thick holy book, and his face became very subtle.

"Where are these scriptures, where are the theological texts—these are basically 3,000 moral rules, 100,000 rules of conduct!"

"No wonder this Ammon opened his mouth to say that so-and-so Lord Zeng said, and closed his mouth to say so-and-so Lord Saint - this whole book is full of these contents!"

This is not Su Day's casual remarks.

The content of the Covenant can be roughly divided into the 'Five Books' and the 'Seventeen Books'.

Among them, the "Five Records" are the "New Era", "Parting Records", "Origin Records", "Oath Records" and "Guiding Records", which respectively represent the creation myth of the Fire People, the communication and movement of the gods after the creation, the racial origin of all things in the world, the initial legal code established by the gods and man, and the subsequent development process.

The next seventeen books are the new additions to the covenant by the seventeen blessed ones after they received the oracles—in other words, the version update records.

Now in its seventeenth edition, the Covenant is supplemented with codes, explanations, and instructions for what one should do, all of which are outrageously detailed!

[The Divine Word of the Lord of the Wind says: Man should only eat creatures that have been confirmed to be harmless.] Those newly discovered species are left to the priests and transcendents to eat, and practice the way forward. 】

[Eating unknown creatures is like walking in the night forest, not knowing whether there are traps and poisonous snakes ahead, and not knowing that the right path is ahead. So let the priests and transcendents step in, they have the strength to regret and hinder. 】

[The Word of the Lord of Punishment says: Thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not murder, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not give false witness, thou shalt not covet others. Thou shalt fear death, and thou shalt not stir evil thoughts in all things, nor desire to destroy, nor desire to covetous. 】

If you feel that you can do it because of a small evil, then what is the difference between this and a great evil? Stealing and murder are both harming others, and the righteous are unwilling to do it. 】

[The Divine Word of the Lord of Punishment says: You should respect your parents, your elders, your scholars, your family, your friends, and all your strangers. You should have good intentions, and if anyone needs help and you can help, you should help. 】

[If you feel that you can not do it because of small goodness, then what is the difference between this and evil? Donations of 10,000 and 10,000 are all help, and doing something is good. 】

[The Sacred Word of the Lord of Fire says: If it is not a crisis of life and death, people should let go of the mother beast when fishing and hunting. 】

[Heaven plays reincarnation, the weak eat the strong, but we human beings should surpass it, so we should be beasts, for ourselves, and leave a glimmer of life. 】

These are just some of the basic "oath rules" recorded in the "Book of Oaths."

In the seventeen books that followed, there were even more subdivisions and records of these oaths.

Take Sunset City, for example, the first coastal city founded by the Fire People, and where many new fish and seafood have been discovered, which can be considered unknown...... And these creatures, without exception, are all left to the priests and transcendents to try to cook and eat.

It's like crabs, sea urchins and octopuses - crabs alone, from whether they should be steamed, fried, boiled or grilled, went through a long period of trying, and finally found out which meat can be eaten and which meat can't, and how to eat crab roe and how to make it delicious, it took a long time of effort and research.

Not to mention sea urchins and octopuses, there have even been cases where priests swallowed octopuses alive and almost suffocated, and this is recorded in the 'Seventeen Books', as a precept to warn ordinary people not to easily try unknown food.

In order to ensure that ordinary people can consume these new creatures in any way according to the instructions of the Code, all the priests of the Lord of the Wind must try to eat the 'food' in any way that seems strange or not.

In fact, Su Yan recalled the strange statues next to the Sunset City Square that trampled on the bodies of crabs, sea urchins and other creatures - now that I think about it, wasn't that a commemoration of the first people to eat crabs, sea urchins, and octopuses?

Su Sun even saw the statues and paintings of these people in many places in this restaurant street, and the entire Sunset City was enshrined in the portraits of these people.

The hardships they have paid are indeed worthy of commemoration.

To be sure, Su Sun must admit that the theology and covenants of this world are indeed quite interesting.

For example, in the "Origin Chronicle", there is an interesting record about the origins of the people of fire and the people of wind.

The Lord of Fire, Elias, explained in a way that even an old peasant who had never read a book could understand, why people should drink water, why they should not drink seawater, and why they should stay away from dangerous water sources in normal times.

He even made up a string of fairy tales, warning everyone that it is best to drink boiled water, because this can curb the activity of the 'water spirit', so that the water will not move after entering the human body, so that people will not get stomach problems and gastrointestinal problems after drinking water.

For a society that has not yet fully opened up the wisdom of the people, the productive forces have not yet allowed, and a society that does not understand parasites and bacteria at all, it is naturally necessary to use myths, legends, and scriptures of saints to teach the people.

After all, this is a world with transcendence and gods, and if you don't make good use of the advantages of the sect, it will be unscientific.

Su Yan naturally understands this very well, after all, Elias is not a humanoid library with 103,000 magic books in his head, he was only a teenager when he first became a god, so he is a little better at magic, and he is not very proficient in alchemy, where does he know what development technology?

It is enough to be able to make up so many holy words and teach his people so that they can live safely and morally, which is enough to prove his wisdom.

But for such an interesting thing to compile a whole set, a whole five books and seventeen books, close to two thousand pages of rules, it is not interesting and intelligent, but terrible!

This guy, for all the people in this world, has woven a whole set of networks, covering almost everything, almost nothing...... To put it a little lewdly, he even prescribes where people should go to the toilet, what posture they should use, and if they defecate in the open, they should also be punished by the Lord of Judgment!

Can this be said to be bad?

Of course not!

Open defecation is not only dirty, but also causes the spread of infectious bacteria, and it is indeed imperative to regulate open defecation...... But if, if God's punishment is used to threaten and coerce...... Even the threat of death to force ......

That's a little, anti-aircraft guns fight mosquitoes.

And the content of this anti-aircraft gun to fight mosquitoes, the entire Ordinance, 1,900 pages, every page!

"Elias...... Even the fact that everyone is equal, that there can be no discrimination, that people should be generous, and that they should share with each other is all written into the code...... If you make a mistake, you must apologize, and if you apologize, you must forgive, this kind of thing, He actually asks for enforcement......"

"This completely theocratic world, with 'obligations', to force everyone, to love all people in an equal world......"

Recalling the contents of the covenant, Su Yan even shuddered a little—because the shopkeeper who invited him to drink fish soup before really fit the covenant perfectly every step of the way, that is, to show the generosity and kindness that a shopkeeper should have to strangers from another country." 'This!

And theoretically, after accepting this kindness, then Su Yan should also go to that store to eat two meals in the future, as a reward for his generosity to the owner!

In this way, do people smile because of genuine heartfelt kindness, or because they merely follow everything in the Covenant mechanically?

Even if Su Sun used the Demon Devouring Lord's divine power to look at it, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to tell it......

"Click!"

Su Sun closed the Sect in his hand and made a sonorous sound comparable to the exchange of shields, which even caused the Extinction Blade on the side to spin in a daze for a while, as if looking for a weapon to collide.

"I'm done."

He turned his head and looked at Ammon, Su Sun said in a deep voice, "Use religious beliefs to enforce the code of 'goodness'...... Let's not talk about whether it is useful or not, but everything is arranged in such detail, so how should it be changed in the future? ”

"For example, a certain organism was judged not to be eaten because of the breeding method at that time, because it was easy to breed germs - but later generations had a safe breeding method, so what should this code do, continue to let it go, and even if others eat it in a safe way, it must be stopped?"

"This ...... Isn't it up to you, my lord? ”

Ammon folded his hands and prayed in a low voice, not knowing what to say, but he said blankly, "You are always right, and if the situation changes, then it would be better for you to issue an oracle and ask the Lord of the Central Sanctuary to revise the covenant." ”

“…… What do you call me always right? And if I don't say it, won't you change it yourself? ”

Hearing this, Su Sun finally realized that there was something wrong with the people of this world, as well as the detailed and outrageous covenant-

All believers, even God Himself, acquiesce that God, their Lord, is the eternal right incarnation!

If God does not correct the mistakes, then the mistakes will continue forever, and man himself will never correct the 'mistakes' himself!

"You should have your own ideas, and you should not rely on the oracle for everything—what should you do if you encounter something that has no rules?"

Handing the covenant back to Ammon, Su Ri's tone was serious: "Moreover, such a detailed code can't satisfy everyone, right?" If you are careless and make a mistake, should you also be punished? If someone questions a certain code and thinks that it is wrong and wants to correct it, is it evil? ”

"What happens to someone who makes a mistake and doesn't find out to anyone?"

The young man's tone became heavier and heavier: "What if you just think about it in your heart, but don't actually do it?" ”

"Well, it's natural, my lord...... If you don't have a code, you shouldn't do it, and that's evil. ”

For Su Yan's familiar questioning, Ammon, who had never thought about this aspect of the question, couldn't help but get stuck, he didn't have the relevant holy word instructions in his mind, and there was no relevant oath, so he could only reply with some stumbling: "If someone makes a mistake, then he should be punished, if someone takes the initiative to disobey, then he is a heretic!" If you don't tell God and question the precepts without permission, then you are naturally a very evil person! ”

As he spoke, his words became smoother.

At this time, Ammon recalled the wrongs his family had suffered when he was a child, and the injustices he had suffered.

Truly...... Even though the Lord meditated so hard and arranged the path of good for all, there are always inherently evil people who take pleasure in hurting and deceiving others.

Even if God makes a covenant with all people, there are people who risk being chastened, who make mistakes, who do evil, and who hate others.

It's like those giant business officials who used to frame their own families, and ...... Overseas pirates who would rather leave the mainland and live in the sea than keep their vows!

The mere existence of those true heretics made Ammon angry!

"So...... Strict punishment is necessary, my lord! ”

Clenching his fists, Ammon raised his head and looked at Su Sun with a serious face, his tone was even more reverent, and even with a hint of fanaticism: "It is precisely because there will always be people who make mistakes by accident that you need your existence, and you will judge good and evil, and you will punish you." Punish those who break the covenant between God and man, and tell everyone what kind of bitter fruit they should swallow if they do not walk on the right path! ”

"I just think in my heart, but in fact I don't do it, there is no way to do this - the holy words of the Lord of Fire say: evil is proved by deeds, and good is first by heart. Since it is not done, it is not evil. So, all of us must do our best to improve our hearts and draw near to God, which is a lifelong test of walking on the right path! ”

"As for doing it, but no one knows."

Saying this, then, the gray-haired priest laughed, this middle-aged man who was dozens of years old, his eyes at this moment seemed to be overflowing with light: "In this world, there may indeed be crimes that some people don't know, but there are no crimes that you don't know!" ”

"Whoever commits a crime, he is destined to be punished—it may be a moment, it may be a moment, it may be a few years, it may be a few years, more than ten years later, as long as someone sees this scene, even if the perpetrator himself sees this scene, everything will be known to God—unless the offender runs to the sea that cannot be covered by your divine domain, otherwise as long as he is on land, any offender will definitely receive the punishment he deserves!"

When he said this, Ammon couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, and he once again folded his hands together, ready to kneel down to Su Sun: "It was our incompetence in the Templar that allowed too many evil heretics to go to the sea, so that the passage between the Holy Fire Continent and the New World was cut off by pirates...... But, my lord, perhaps your God has come here to punish those wicked! ”

After kneeling, the priest confessed his mistake to his god with great reverence, admitting his 'mistake'.

The duty of the god of fire is to maintain the code.

The duty of the god of the wind is to explore the unknown.

O God of our Lord Judgment, it is your duty to punish all wrong!

“…… I forgive you. It's not your fault. ”

Judgment, Punishment –

Su Sun had heard these words many times in Ammon's heart.

What kind of judgment is this judgment? Punishment, what kind of punishment?

It was not written in the covenant, and Su Sun could not ask this kind of question himself.

After all, he himself is the god of judgment...... At least in theory.

Looking at the emotion in front of him, who wanted to show his god the current prosperous Ammon, Su Sun was also embarrassed to break the illusion of his believers, saying something like 'I'm sorry, I'm not your god', 'Your god prototype is me, I came here this time mainly to see what he is like, what is going on to make such a god' such a trash.

"Well, there's no point in asking you...... When the time comes, ask Elias for yourself. ”

I wanted to say something, but in the end I just sighed, Su Yan shook his head slightly, he waved his hand, and said a little helplessly: "Thank you for your hard work, Ammon, then I will go to see the city by myself, if you have something, just rest." ”

"By the way, don't talk to anyone else about me."

"What's the hard work, my lord? All problems are just your test for me, and I am willing to accept them. ”

Ammon shook his head from the bottom of his heart, denying the 'hard work', he took a step back and made way for Su Sun to leave: "I will definitely keep my mouth shut, even if the Lord of Fire comes in person, I will never let go!" ”

“…… I didn't say that it would come to this point, but if the Lord of Fire really asked, you told him. ”

Su Sun smiled dumbly, then turned his head and walked slowly towards the alley, while Ammon nodded seriously and replied, "Yes!" My Lord! ”

Looking at the back of Su Sun leaving, the gray-haired priest's heart gave birth to love and respect from the heart.

Then, again, a trace of doubt was born.

- The Lord is so approachable and vibrant.

But it's not the same as the Lord of Judgment that I had in mind......

In my heart, the Lord of Judgment should be just, majestic, and unkind. It's like a gallows, it's like a decapitator, straight and straight, crisp and neat, without any sin or error.

"Why...... The Lord is so gentle? Isn't the Lord the dragon that devours all evil? Why would he tolerate those who would not follow the code? ”

"Isn't this the power and the name of God, Lord of evil, God of judgment? Why ......"

After thinking about it, Ammon couldn't find an answer.

And at this moment, he saw that Su Sun's back suddenly stopped.

"Ammon, that execution bench in the center of the city is for trials?"

The priest heard the voice of his own God, so he answered earnestly and loudly: "Yes, my lord, that is the place where the wicked, the heretics, and the wrongdoers are judged!" ”

"My lord, there is a trial tomorrow, and you ask about it, do you want to do it yourself? Please don't! Those filthy sinners who have been brought to justice should be left to us to deal with. ”

“…… How will you be punished? ”

"The thief has his hand cut off, the robber has his leg broken, the tongue of the man who tells the story of right and wrong has his tongue cut off, the thumb of the man who escapes from the battle is cut off, and the man who intentionally harms others is beheaded."

"Unless you are hated by all men, and all pray together, that you will strike and destroy the wicked with thunder, then the Lord will not have to do it."

Amon smiled, and with a tone of righteousness that could not have been juster, he said categorically: "All this is your grace, my lord, we may not be able to judge whether some people are evil or not, but you are the embodiment of righteousness, and whoever has sinned, whether it is known or not, he will be judged with absolute certainty." ”

But Ammon didn't see it, at this time, Su Day's face was changing slightly, and finally, he finally came to his senses.

- I see, I see!

He turned his head and looked at it all.

Su Tian looked around at the scenery of the entire Sunset City, and finally realized in his heart: "This god of judgment, the punishment that punishes all 'mistakes', to put it bluntly, what is the difference between the heavenly tribulation system in the depiction of fate?" ”

"And this world, although it seems to be beautiful and perfect, everyone is equal and there is no discrimination, but the precepts are like this...... Isn't this the prelude to fate's 'happiest future'?! ”

At this time, Su Sun had already taken another step, and he said goodbye to Ammon, but his face was dark.

- Could it be that my derivative has been corrupted by fate, which is why he has been speaking in the void?

And the same is true of the intriguing attitude of the Lonely Lord before? He also sensed the erosion of fate, so he was ready to change his attitude and plan?

No, fate and reincarnation are an ancient combination......

"Yara, what do you think of the world?" After thinking for a while, Su Yan couldn't help but ask the snake spirit in his soul space.

And the red snake spirit, who had been watching all this, shook his head slightly, revealing a subtle gaze: "I won't say, Su Day, this time, it may really be a trial that belongs to you alone." ”

"Really...... Indeed, I must not like other people's answers, even if it is Yara yours, I am afraid I will not agree. ”

"It's good that you understand that."

Thinking so, there is no answer in my heart.

Su Sun had already made up his mind to wait until tomorrow's judgment before making plans.