Soul echo

Chapter 214 Part of the Truth

"His Excellency Zhong Ye?"

The guard who opened the door was stunned when he saw the person outside.

Although Zhong Ye has only been in this city for two days, everyone in the Church of the Sun has already known him.

The bishop personally instructed them that Zhong Ye's authority in the temple is equivalent to that of a priest-level clergyman. Except for the bishop's office and the dormitory of the clergy, he can enter and leave at will.

But Zhong Ye doesn't live in the temple, so the temple guards are also very strange, why he came to the temple at this time.

"I have something to ask Bishop Hill. Is he asleep now? If he is, I will come back tomorrow."

The temple guard shook his head, and said in a complicated tone: "No, the bishop is usually still working at this time, and he doesn't go to sleep so early."

Zhong Ye was silent for a moment, "...where is he now?"

"In the dungeon."

Zhong Ye nodded to the temple guards and walked into the temple.

He has walked through it once before, and he has memorized the route.
There is a narrow stone house behind the temple. There is nothing in the house, only a staircase leading to the dungeon.

In addition to the door of the stone house, there was another door under the stairs, but none of these doors were locked, and Zhong Ye pushed it casually, and the door opened.

The dungeon was very empty, except for a 'deliverer' who was imprisoned in the depths, there was no one there.

Zhong Ye could clearly hear four breathing sounds deep in the dungeon. He followed the sound and found Bishop Hill.

He didn't deliberately restrain his footsteps, so when he approached, Bishop Hill heard movement coming from behind, and then looked back.

"Your Excellency Zhong Ye?" Bishop Hill was taken aback for a moment, "It's so late, do you have anything else to do?"

Glancing at the comatose and unconscious 'deliverer', Zhong Ye said seriously: "Do you have time? I have something to ask you."

Bishop Hill was a little puzzled, but seeing Zhong Ye's serious look, he also became serious.

"Let's come here first today." Turning his head and saying something to the two apologist knights, Bishop Hill led Zhong Ye out of the dungeon.

Bishop Hill led Zhong Ye to a room that looked ordinary from the outside, lit candles, pulled two chairs, and sat opposite Zhong Ye.

After the two sat down, Zhong Ye couldn't wait to ask: "Bishop Hill, I want to ask, when I was sorting out the context of the whole incident yesterday, I heard that you already knew that hallucinogens began to spread eight years ago. , so these eight years, haven't you guys done something? Didn't you try to kill this problem at the source?"

Zhong Ye's words sounded very angry, making Bishop Hill frowned subconsciously.

But after he heard those words, he was stunned.

If only one or two people ignored the incident, it would be reasonable, but the problem of hallucinogen flooding affected almost the entire southeastern region at that time.

After a long silence, Bishop Hill took a deep breath and asked back: "...Your Excellency Zhong Ye, you have dealt with the abyss several times, so you should know who are the four most powerful evil gods in the abyss?"

"Father of Fruits, Lord of Joy, King of Wisdom, and... Lord of War?" When it came to the last evil god, Zhong Ye hesitated because he did not fight this evil god and his subordinates. I don't know him very well through any intercourse.

"In your opinion, what does 'evil god' represent?" Bishop Hill still did not answer Zhong Ye's question directly, but asked again.

Zhong Ye pondered for a moment, then said: "A powerful life form, the leader of the abyss."

"It's not wrong to say that, it's just not complete." Bishop Hill shook his head and sighed, "They are the 'Abyss' itself—every evil god and even every demon in the abyss represents one side of the abyss, so there is no one in the abyss." A real ruler will never be able to have a real leader."

"So?" Zhong Ye frowned slightly.

Bishop Hill sighed heavily again: "They are extremely powerful, and any one of them is stronger than the most powerful god in our world. Only by gathering the power of the whole world can we fight against the abyss...not even called It's confrontation, it's just lingering.

"Even if we gather the power of the whole world, we still can't stop the evil god's power from eroding this world..."

Some vague thoughts appeared in Zhong Ye's mind, so he asked: "You mean, the reason why you didn't realize this is because of the power of the evil god?"

"To be precise, it is the power of the 'King of Wisdom'!"

Under the flickering light, Bishop Hill's face looked gloomy.

"You should know about the 'occupied area'. Hundreds of years ago, a door to the abyss was opened there. That door has been open for several years. At least half of the powerful people from the west land and the east land have filled it. On that battlefield, we tried our best to destroy the gate of the abyss, but the peninsula to the east of the occupied area, the land south of Persia and the land of the South Asian subcontinent were completely destroyed, and the power of the abyss is still there today. The area is raging.

"After that, the power of the abyss officially invaded our world—maybe it's hard for you to imagine that before Shetil became the 'Knowledge Guardian', the inheritance of knowledge in Xilu could only be passed on orally, and you want to record it in the world. On paper, special treatment must be done, and Her Majesty the Earth Mother also obtained the priesthood of 'microorganism' at about that time."

A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and Zhong Ye shouted: "Father of Fruit!"

"Yes!" Bishop Hill nodded his head, "Under the influence of the father of fruit, the microorganisms in our world began to evolve, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc. These microorganisms are closely related to our daily life, even elves can Can't live without these things.

"According to common sense, when microorganisms evolve, we will also evolve with them, and the speed is almost the same. However, the power of the father of reproduction has accelerated the evolution of microorganisms, and the plague followed!"

Plague, smallpox, measles, Ebola, swine fever, bird flu... Zhong Ye just turned his mind a little, and many names came to mind.

Just thinking about it for a moment made him shudder!

The power of the father of reproduction caused the evolution of microorganisms, but did not allow other organisms to follow suit. All along, other life forms that could only passively adapt to microorganisms suffered as a result.

"The mother of the earth controlled the evolution of microorganisms, the nobles used order to limit wars, the unity of the goddess of the family and other gods suppressed conspiracies, and the guardian of knowledge led scholars to inherit and continue our civilization..." said At this point, Bishop Hill couldn't help but sigh deeply, "I don't know what's going on in the Eastern Land, but the Western Land has almost tried its best to keep our civilization from being shattered."

"...However, the influence is still going on!" Zhong Ye said after being silent for a long time.

"Yes, the impact continues..."

Bishop Hill clasped his hands together, his lips pursed into a straight line, "If it hadn't been for Your Excellency Zhong Ye's mention, we would not have discovered this matter!"

The king of wisdom is worthy of the name of "wisdom". This influence probably started hundreds of years ago, but it has been carried out in a subtle way.

"However, is the impact only on the west land?" Bishop Hill looked puzzled.

No, I'm afraid it will not only affect Xilu, if those evil gods are really that powerful, even Dongtu will be affected.

Bishop Hill didn't know, but Zhong Ye knew very well that he was from Earth, so even if he was affected, he could escape from the influence of evil god power.

But such words cannot be said, Bishop Hill has not yet reached the level where he can know his true identity.

"So, are the black hands behind this 'hallucinogen' incident the cultists?" After thinking for a moment, Zhong Ye brought up this point of view.

Bishop Hill nodded, "It's almost certain. If we weren't cultists, how could we be influenced by the power of evil gods when investigating these things?"

Zhong Ye nodded silently, and then told Bishop Hill the results of the previous investigation.

Since it is already doomed to scare the enemy, it is better to do it thoroughly, let the church and the players go to investigate together, false and true, and catch those cultists by surprise!
(End of this chapter)