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Chapter 64 The Pope
After Liu Yonglu and Millie Tang left, the priest who received them pushed open a heavy brass door, and behind it was the chapel of the Church of Wisdom.

The chapel of the Church of Wisdom is very different from that of other sects. Other chapels usually have a high platform for daily singing and worship, and many sculptures dedicated to gods are placed on the platform. Several benches under the platform are prepared for believers, and at most a few confession rooms are placed in the corner.

Quiet and empty, this is the atmosphere that the sect hopes to create for believers, which can both highlight the distance between humans and gods and maintain a grand sense of sacredness.

But at first glance, the Wisdom Church's church looked extremely crowded. Huge bookshelves over five meters high were placed on the left side of the chapel, with ladders next to the bookshelves for believers to go up and down to read books. On the right side were countless brass pedestals, and in the center of the pedestals were machines invented and improved by the Wisdom Church, protected by glass covers.

The whole chapel smelled of a peculiar mixture of paper and brass.

The priest came to a row of bookshelves and turned the joystick at one end. After a series of "creaking" sounds, a small bronze door appeared behind the bookshelf.

Inside the small door was an enclosed space. The priest took off the clockwork key from his neck and inserted it into the groove. A burst of steam came into the space, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself in an underground corridor.

There are several doors on each side of the corridor, and each door has a different shape. Some doors are like prison doors, made of heavy wood and wrapped in iron sheets with only a small window on top. Some doors are like boiler doors in a boiler room, with round edges and densely packed with rivets. Some doors look like they were dug out from the mountain, made of whole pieces of gray rock, and the rocks still retain desolate murals with a primitive flavor.

The priest clearly remembered that the door he came in through last time was not the one in front of him, but he did not care. The Pope had his own power, and this was just the tip of the iceberg.

As he walked through door after door, he could hear noises coming from inside from time to time. Some noises sounded like the wailing of prisoners, some sounded like the roars of wild beasts, and some sounded like precision machinery operating inside.

Finally, he stopped in front of an inconspicuous copper door and knocked respectfully.

"Come in."

After a while, a neutral voice sounded. Even though there was a door between them, the voice sounded as if the other party was speaking normally in his ear.

The door opened and the priest walked in slowly with his head lowered.

"Tick, tick, tick."

Although it was not the first time that the priest had come in, he was still shocked by everything in front of him. Countless clocks, large and small and made of different materials filled the four walls of the huge room. Their running trajectories were different. Some clocks stayed at 12 o'clock and could not move forward, some clocks quickly reversed counterclockwise, and some clocks even jumped irregularly, as if they had their own consciousness and were calculating a difficult problem.

"Wilbur, what's going on?"

At this time, the owner of the room, the Pope of the Church of Wisdom, spoke. He was wearing an extremely ordinary gray shirt and a pair of ordinary frameless square glasses. He looked at his priest with a smile.

"Your Holiness, someone from the Special Incident Investigation Department just came here."

"Oh, what are you doing here? Intelligence?"

"No, please ask us to repair an improved ancient relic."

Wilbur couldn't help but show a hint of satisfaction on his face. The special institutions managed by the state still want us to help. And within the Wisdom God Church, the replicas of ancient relics are called improved ancient relics.

"What did you say?"

The Pope has been working with his hands since he started speaking. There is a workbench in front of him. He is using a utility knife to disassemble a part, but he used a little too much force and the tool cut his finger.

"Tick, tick, tick."

There was no blood flowing out, only a dripping sound coming from the wound. The Pope stroked the wound with his other hand, and the skin healed back to normal.

"Of course I rejected them politely. Don't worry, I just told them the construction period would be very long, so they will give up."

"It's okay. You can say whatever you want. We still need to be more careful during this period. I asked you to perform the burning ceremony for the priests in the church. How's it going?"

"Everyone has received the blessing of the true God. Don't worry. As long as the mark of the priest is there, the flame will bring us information if the people from the Investigation Department or other mystics want to use forbidden spells to tamper with the priests." "Well, help Fonte. He is investigating the matter of the Saint's Sect. I heard that two high-ranking priests of the Saint's Sect have made a name for themselves in the Red Workshop."

"But Your Holiness, isn't the most important thing right now the...assembly next week?"

"I think I told you something about the Saint's Sect before, so you should be able to guess that they are here for the rally."

The Pope raised his head slightly, and the lenses reflected a gentle light under the dim light in the room.

"Understood. I will go and assist Father Fonte immediately."

"Very good, you have always been very steady in your work, I feel relieved."

The Pope smiled and nodded at Wilbur. Wilbur seemed to be encouraged and asked with courage:
"Your Excellency the Pope, are you still improving the machinery for the Prime Minister?"

"Well, the Continental Expo will be held in a few months, and the Prime Minister plans to showcase our Mosesad's most amazing inventions."

"This is a good opportunity. The Expo has a great influence. We can also let the Saint send..."

"Wilbur, I can't hear the wheel turning anymore, hush..."

The Pope reminded the priest with a smile, and Wilbur immediately stopped talking, crossed his hands respectfully, bowed his head and left the room.

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Outside the church of the Church of Wisdom, Millie Tang discovered that Liu Yonglu had been deliberately lagging behind since he came out, and was always looking at her with strange eyes.

"Mr. Richie…it's obvious that they don't want to help. What should we do now?"

"Let them fix it."

"But...but there's no point in waiting that long even if it's fixed."

"Tsk, who said we should let them repair it openly? Come closer, I will teach you a lesson today."

Liu Yonglu looked at Millie Tang with a smirk on his face.

Liu Yonglu muttered to himself. After he finished telling her his dirty trick, Millie Tang stared at him with eyes wide open as if he were a worm.

What kind of species is this guy in front of me...

There is a street behind the headquarters of the Church of Wisdom. All the houses on this street are townhouses. However, these townhouses are a little different from other residential houses. There is a factory in front and a home in the back. Each small building is a single structure, with a small workshop in the front and a place for people to live in the back.

Many priests in the Church of Wisdom rent a house here. If they come out of the church late one day and are too lazy to go back, they can just push the door and sleep in for the night. They can also sleep in the next day for the convenience.

Moreover, this small workshop in front has an additional benefit. If you have unfinished work, you can take it back and do it. No matter how late you work, no one will disturb you. It is much more comfortable than working in the church's chapel.

Liu Yonglu and Mili Tang rented a building today. At this time, Liu Yonglu was standing outside the workshop waiting. What was he waiting for? Waiting for Mili Tang to change clothes!

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