Chapter 23: Faith
Tens of millions of people gathered, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a sea of people.
Seen from the steel cloister, the large number of human heads is denser than the leaves in the woods.
Yuwei listened to such a "magnificent" cheer and closed her eyes gently.
Behind him, the Dawu squad was stunned for a moment.
There are very few people who have experienced the experience of thousands of people cheering.
Not a few people, not a group of people, but a million people, the voice of a million mouths.
And the cheer is clear, filled with pure gratitude.
Even preachers who have traveled to and from countless worlds were shocked.
They are not without a much bigger picture.
What starfleet bombards the swarm, hundreds of millions of machines against the army, they can deal with it calmly.
But what shook the people was the torrent of emotions that echoed in God's thoughts.
The divine mind is filled with great and pure gratitude.
Thousands of people are wholeheartedly grateful, and even the preachers who are accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves cannot help but be in a trance.
The priest looked at the shock of the crowd and smiled at them, "Please go this way." ”
He stepped forward into the sea of people.
Everyone looked at each other and followed the priest into the square.
As soon as the group stepped in, countless crowds of people in the entire square quickly separated.
As they passed, the square, which was crowded with millions of people, quickly parted, and the sea of people was divided by Moses, and receded to the right and left, leaving enough way to pass.
Thousands of people retreated to the sides in an orderly manner, but their eyes were still fixed on Yuwei who walked by.
Every pair of eyes stared at him seriously.
This exposed Yuwei to thousands of eyes, and at a glance, in addition to the eyes, what was touched was the eyes.
If these eyes could carry power, I am afraid that they could crush a small mountain, and all the weight of it in the heart at this moment is enough to make the preacher's heart tremble.
Every gaze is so pure.
Every face was so joyful, full of admiration and joy, staring straight at a few "heroes".
But Yuwei did not waver, he looked back one by one, looking into the depths of those eyes.
Yuwei himself was fine, but beside him, the Dawu team that had attracted attention felt uncomfortable.
The Fuyun Dao man frowned and swept outward.
Normally, the eyes are the windows of the soul, and everyone's eyes will reveal different emotions.
But when he looked around, they all looked the same.
Under his gaze, there are eyes full of pious joy and piousness, containing respect and gratitude that transcend life.
Even the Dawu squad felt strange about this situation.
People will always have suspicious thoughts, especially incomprehensible existences.
For an inexplicable existence that suddenly appeared and saved their world, most people's first reaction was not to be sincerely grateful, but to have doubts.
Wonder who that is, wonder why he wants to save the world, wonder why he wants to save the world.
And the normal world doesn't bring tens of millions of people together to cheer for the same object.
It was the first time they had ever received such pure and sincere thanks.
The citizens of the city-state of Gillis prayed, cheered, praised, and smiled at them, with no gloom in their eyes, full of pure joy.
Such a gaze alone is enough to move people's hearts, thousands of paths can touch great people, thousands of paths gather, even cultivators have to sway.
Yuwei, who was watched by the most grateful eyes, remained silent.
He just kept looking around, his mind faintly sweeping over everyone.
He looked at the city, his eyes full of scrutiny.
Halfway through, Yuwei happened to walk up to a girl.
The little girl's eyes lit up, and her short hands were raised, and on them was a small white flower.
The pure white flowers, which may be roadside wildflowers in other worlds, are nothing special, but they are extremely dazzling when they bloom in this dark land.
The little girl held it, as if holding her most precious thing, and then took it to Yuwei without hesitation.
She smiled purely:
"Big brother, thanks, Holy Mech!"
Behind Yuwei, Ao Whale's eyes softened, and he sighed:
"Pure gratitude."
She was very emotional, but soon realized that something was wrong.
Because after Yuwei accepted the flowers, the little girl showed a happy expression, but her mouth said again and again:
"Thanks! Hero! Holy Mekhan! ”
The repeated prayers, like a player skipping a needle, but each sentence is heartfelt and full of sincerity.
If the little girl is not very good at talking because she is young, it is barely reasonable.
But all the people who approached next prayed to Yuwei and bowed down, while repeating the same prayer as if enchanted.
It's as if they can only repeat the words.
There is nothing but uninterrupted prayers.
After a moment's notice, they found that apart from prayer, their other conversations consisted only of reluctant everyday language.
Even the simple Ao Whale frowned: "Doesn't feel right?" ”
If it weren't for the fact that all the people of this city-state were less intelligent than killer whales, they really had a problem.
She tried to look at the priest and Arnoya in front of her, but found that the two of them were in a normal posture and looked strange.
The people of Fuyun Dao sighed: "It's a very familiar situation! ”
He looked at Arnoya with subtle eyes, and slowly spoke in the team channel:
"I discovered early on that golden machine god, powered by devout faith, similar to the product of incense Shinto."
The characteristic of incense Shinto lies in the purity of faith and the purity of ideas, and it requires believers who rely extremely on "gods" to dedicate their whole hearts and souls. ”
Xie Xiaoxian narrowed her eyes and sighed:
Too complex wisdom will only cause the mind to be cloudy, not pure enough, and there is no "pure faith". ”
Chu You also nodded and analyzed:
This city-state seems to have a standard "kingdom of God" structure, and the tens of millions of people in the lower classes are ignorant people, who have not received enlightenment and enlightenment, and are only constantly instilled with faith and piety. ”
"It's no exaggeration to say that this is a world built entirely for faith."
Yuwei's gaze fluctuated.
Ao Whale was stunned for a moment, and asked: "But isn't the "god" of this world defending the city-state just for the people inside, making the people ignorant and ignorant, and only praying, and not putting the cart before the horse?" ”
"What's the use of protecting a bunch of dumb people?"
Yu Weitou didn't reply, and passed the message on the team channel:
"Perhaps, but wisdom is not necessary for survival."
"Sometimes, you have to think about the rest of the things before you think about them for the sake of survival."
Yuwei's words seemed to be talking to her teammates, and she seemed to be muttering to herself.
When Ao Whale heard this, he shook his head, puffed out his cheeks and said:
"How does this work!?"
The killer whale girl was full of seriousness and said on the team channel:
"I used to be an animal, so I understand this situation best!"
"If you don't know anything, you can't really think about happiness and the meaning of life if you are just a killer whale!"
"They don't have the wisdom to even know what they want, they only have prayer and faith in their heads, and they don't have a subjective will at all."
Yuwei listened to the words of the killer whale while following the teacher, and couldn't help but smile:
"yes, you're right."
The eyes of the heavenly soldiers lit up, containing some kind of power: "It's just too right. ”
After that, he did not continue to speak, but quietly looked at everyone, staring at every citizen who looked up to him.
After a period of leading the way, the priest finally led the people through all the squares, parting all the seas to their destination.
At the end of the square, a temple appeared before everyone's eyes.
It is a stone temple that stands in the center of the city and is also the tallest building in the entire city.
Yuwei came closer, but the first thing she saw was not the beauty of the temple.
At the gate of the temple, he saw a string of inscriptions that read:
"Only foolishness shapes piety, only pain, keeping the faith, only sacrifice in exchange for salvation."
The golden text, glittering, but full of heaviness.
Yuwei glanced at the inscription and silently followed the priest into the temple.
The temple is very large, and a large number of tables and chairs have been prepared to pose as a banquet.
A large number of tables and chairs surrounded the city, and in the center stood a golden statue of a god, holding a radiant holy sword, looking mighty and sacred.
With a goat-like helmet and golden armor, the idol is undoubtedly the "machine god Elcid" who guards the city-state.
Next to the mekhan, there are two rows of tall statues, men and women, old and young.
The priest introduced to the crowd:
"This is the temple of the goats erected by the Central Order, and it is the center of faith of the city-state."
He looked at the two rows of statues and said in a proud tone:
These statues are all "heroes" who have manipulated the machine gods to fight for generations. ”
"Among them, there is also the contemporary hero Arnoya."
Yuwei looked back, and sure enough, in the last row of the statue, she saw a familiar figure, a red-haired girl, clearly Arnoya.
The red-haired girl on the statue is heroic and mighty, dressed in golden armor similar to that of a machine god, looking straight ahead, her eyes are like a flame burning, full of confidence and perseverance, more like a Valkyrie than a young girl.
Seeing Jade staring at the statue slightly, Arnoya smiled a little embarrassedly:
"I personally feel very embarrassed about this statue, but the priest said that in order to concentrate everyone's thoughts, there must be a specific shape, and it is necessary to erect this statue."
Yuwei nodded in understanding.
After introducing the statue of the hero, the priest led the group to sit down under the colossus one by one.
Outside the temple, countless people also gathered together and leaned against the edge of the temple.
The pillar-made temple did not obstruct their view, but rather revealed everything inside.
Everything contained in the temple is under the watchful eyes of tens of millions of people.
The priest was natural about this, and he waved his hand, and a group of black-clothed people appeared next to him, offering all kinds of delicacies.
He said respectfully to Yuwei and the others:
"It's a tribute to you."
"A feast for heroes."
Yuwei glanced at it and could understand what a sumptuous feast it was.
He knew that the dark land of the world of Isher could not be planted or lived, but the table in front of him was full of all kinds of meat and wine, and crystal vegetables and fruits.
It is conceivable that this is shaped and cultivated by a special method, which is rare and precious.
However, this kind of thing is still a mortal thing, and it has not changed the jade micro-surface.
The priest understood this, too, and he smiled:
"It's just a welcome, a real thank you, and you want to look outside."
In fact, long before Sijiao said this, Yuwei saw his so-called "thanks".
The countless people outside the temple instantly knelt down.
They moved neatly, tens of thousands of people knelt down at the same time, and the earth shook faintly.
Then, start praying as you normally would.
Only this time, the countless prayers were not dedicated to Elcid, but all pointed to the "machine god Shaya".
The priest said very sincerely:
"Even if you don't use divine power, destroying the demonic beast must cost you a lot of strength."
"For this reason, the people of all the city-states of Gillis are willing to pray for you for a day and night, and gather together enough power of faith."
Outside, the sound of prayer echoed through the sky:
"Holy Mekcho Shaya—!" ”
With countless prayers, a huge will turned into a torrent.
As the goal of faith, Yuwei felt a great touch at the moment.
In the hangar, Jade Micro turned into the body of the giant god and shone light.
The white gold light flowed through him, and he seemed to hear countless prayers.
Inside the body of the golden material, a country is shining.
The whole platinum giant god, under the influence of faith, faintly reveals his true body.
What kind of god is made of gold material, which is clearly a world that is high in time and space, and exists in an inexplicable place.
The "hell" that was once usurped by the devil and housed hundreds of millions of people was now activated to its original function.
What was once a red world is now a boundless sea of clouds, with hundreds of millions of figures floating and sleeping in it.
Qi Ma only treats hundreds of millions of souls as substitute ghosts, so naturally he doesn't care about their integrity, and broken souls can be seen everywhere.
In order to heal them, Yuwei put everyone into a dormant and slowly recuperated.
But at this moment, all souls are dormant, and the kingdom of God itself is shaking.
The brilliance of the white gold flickered again and again, causing the sea of clouds to rise and fall rapidly.
There is a crystal light that spontaneously infiltrates this country along the path of the underworld.
The kingdom of God seemed to come to life, with heartbeat-like ups and downs.
Because of the faith of tens of millions of people, the kingdom of the machine god was awakened and the power of faith was restored.
In the body of the giant god, the light and shadow of the kingdom of God are changing, revealing the vast and vast breath of the beginning.
As a result, a world emerges, bringing together countless beliefs, making time and space fluctuate.
The world manifested on a physical level and became a god.
The platinum giant god is the god who carries the world and is transformed by the world, and is the anchor and projection of high-level space-time in the material realm.
When this world of God is awakened, its true form is slowly revived.
Faith enlivens the kingdom and brings the same power as the Mekhanite.
Yuwei sensed that a powerful force filled herself, which was a good thing.
But in the light, the giant's eyes narrowed again.
Next to the hangar, several men in black were staring at the platinum giant.
The picture he saw seemed to have crossed time and space and fell into the eyes of the priest.
Inside the temple, a smile appeared under the cloak.
"Good." He thought, "It does establish a channel of faith. ”
"It's time to move on to the next step."
His heart was spinning with thoughts, but Yuwei in front of him sighed softly:
"I appreciate your kindness."
Before the priest could be polite, he heard Yu Wei say in a loud voice:
"But I don't need to."
The priest was stunned for a moment: "Don't you need faith?" ”
Yuwei looked at him and said seriously:
"I don't need to."
"Actually, you don't need to."