Caspar City.
On the ruins of the original city, a brand-new church of the God of Redemption was built.
Because of the early preparations, many of the original ordinary believers survived the great crisis. At this time, with the help of the stored materials, they were the first to complete the work of coming to the ground.
At this time, a large number of people gathered in the church. Led by a priest in a white robe, they prayed to the statue of the God of Redemption, "Almighty God … I have sinned! We are all sinners, so we must suffer in the world! "
Wu Ming performed miracles and migrated believers. Of course, he did not treat everyone equally. Basically, fanatics and true believers must be migrated to the Main God's Space. But for the majority of the ordinary believers, he only opened the underground shelter prepared by the Church of Redemption and let them take refuge.
These ordinary believers originally had doubts about the God of Redemption. Even though Wu Ming said that he would send them to the Kingdom of God, most of them probably didn't believe it. At this time, they suffered retribution.
When they first went out to explore and saw the devastated world, they almost collapsed, and then they were violently annoyed and regretful.
They regretted not following the footsteps of the God of Redemption and going to the legendary Kingdom of God. Now they really had to suffer in the hellish world.
In this state of mind, their faith strangely became a lot more pious. Another priest who failed the priest assessment was pushed to the position of priest to lead them in praying.
Under the whims of these people, they even came up with the Theory of Original Sin. Even Wu Ming did not know whether to laugh or cry.
"Almighty God of Redemption, you have the power of redemption, and the Kingdom of God is the home of the souls of believers!"
"The believers who follow your footsteps will become holy and follow you to the Kingdom of God. From then on, they will get rid of hunger, disease, pain … and obtain eternal happiness!"
In the legend, after the omnipotent Pope Steven performed miracles and moved some believers into the Kingdom of God, he and a group of high-level church leaders disappeared mysteriously.
At that time, although several senior priests expressed their willingness to stay and shepherd the "lost lambs" for the God of Redemption, Wu Ming refused without hesitation for their safety.
After all, the power of faith provided by ten ordinary believers could not compare to that of one true believer.
However, in this way, the people who were 'abandoned' would naturally feel resentment. It was very normal for them to want to start anew.
Of course, because of the miracles, they did not dare to deviate from the faith of the God of Redemption, but they had modified a lot of what the pope had done.
One of the most important theoretical weapons was the Original Sin Theory.
In the new doctrine, people were born with sins, so they had to suffer in the nuclear wasteland. However, if they were extremely pious to the God of Redemption, their souls could ascend to the Holy Kingdom after death, and the saints would board Noah's Ark, become saints, and go to the Holy Kingdom with their families.
It couldn't be helped. Wu Ming's influence on the Church of Redemption was too profound. The future generations could not overthrow his theory and start from scratch. They could only supplement the original doctrine and try to mix in as much sand as possible.
And Wu Ming's attitude towards this was indifferent.
Anyway, all the essence of the church had been moved into the Main God's Space by him, so there was no need to worry about the believers outside.
Moreover, as long as the faith of the God of Redemption did not change, they would still provide him with spiritual power. Perhaps because of the arrival of the apocalypse, the quality and quantity of spiritual power had far increased.
"My God, may your teachings be in the earth, as it is in the sky!"
At the end, the self-appointed priest Jay piously ended the praise.
"Very good!"
Jay nodded in satisfaction as he sensed the power that came from the void and formed a few rune seeds in his body. These were the divine spells that he would receive every day as long as the priest prayed. "I have received the divine power of my God! Now that the pope is not here, as the only priest, I am the regional bishop of Caspar! "
Although he had long been prepared to do something else, the technique was still quite important.
Jay had great ambitions, and of course, he would not be stupid enough to destroy his own foundation by defeating all the previous practices of his predecessor.
"My God is indeed a true God! Even such a disaster could not affect him at all! "
Several people next to him immediately beamed with joy. "Priest Jay, have you obtained divine spells?"
"That's right!"
Jay raised his hand slightly and cast an Illuminating Spell, which filled his whole body with a mysterious and majestic temperament.
At this time, he felt that not only did he have the necessary primary priest divine spells such as Illuminating Spell and Holy Aura, but he could also cast intermediate divine spells such as Minor Healing and Group Valor.
This kind of divine grace, even according to the previous standards of the church, had reached the level of an intermediate priest and could be sent out to be a regional bishop.
"If … I had been so devout at that time, I'm afraid I wouldn't have failed to become a priest!"
Jay sighed lightly in his heart.
In the past, he was just a well-disguised general believer, and naturally could not hide from the true God in the priest assessment.
But now, he truly believed in the God of Redemption, and his mentality was immediately different.
"My God, I am a sinner. I should not have questioned your authority! You are the only true God in the world, the only savior! "
Jay said silently in his heart. As the saying goes, if you want to deceive others, you have to deceive yourself. Now he was almost brainwashed by his own set.
Even so, his idea of usurping the supreme power of the secular church had not changed at all.
After all, a true God was a true God, and the secular world was the secular world!
Pope Steven's practice of leaving the ordinary believers at the time of the world's crisis must have been rejected by the gods! The divine grace and divine spells that he had obtained were proof!
Jay had always been convinced of this.
"Greetings, Your Excellency!"
The remaining general believer leaders looked at each other and immediately bowed.
After a simple exploration, they also knew that the current situation of the world was quite not optimistic. Not only was the environment harsh, but it was also full of danger.
Under such circumstances, there was indeed nothing that could be done without the priest's divine spells.
Jay had both the ability and the means, and now that he had been recognized by the God of Redemption, it was only natural for him to become a regional bishop.
"Very good! When you go out later, inform the believers of this news! "
Jay was slightly excited. "Roland, how's the investigation of the city's reserves going?"
"Most of Caspar has been destroyed, and there are ruins and dead bodies everywhere. It must be cleaned and buried as soon as possible, or I'm afraid it will cause a plague!"
Roland was not a believer of the God of Redemption, but the head of a large family in Caspar. On the day of the disaster, he led the whole family, and because he had donated a lot to the Church of Redemption, they got the opportunity to enter the sanctuary and luckily survived.
Of course, the first thing he did after that was to ask Jay to baptize him and convert him to the God of Redemption.
"That is to say, most of the buildings are uninhabitable?"
Jay frowned. "How about the food?"
"That's another problem we have to face!"
Said a bearded man next to him. His voice was so loud that it was almost like thunder, causing the eardrums of the people around him to buzz.
"The food reserves in the sanctuary have been used up, and I've also seen some of the supplies in the city. Most of them have decayed, and some of them have too high a radiation meter. We dare not use them at will. The only thing we found was some wheat and canned food, which is probably enough to sustain the believers of our entire sanctuary for half a year!"
"Half a year?"
Jay's frown deepened.
Although it had been a long time, looking at the withered forest vegetation, it was clear that it was a huge problem whether or not the land could still be used to grow crops.
If the follow-up could not keep up, the great famine would be enough to destroy this small survivor camp.
"Have you searched all the large warehouses in the city?"
He looked at the bearded man. "I remember that there should be a lot of warehouses and military supplies in the military area outside. After a while, when the Church's Saint Samurai Order is rebuilt, we'll go there and take a look!"
"Military warehouses?"
The few higher-ups looked at each other and saw the greed in each other's eyes.
Of course, what they were after was not only food and other supplies, but also firearms.
Now that the whole world had undoubtedly been reshuffled, although there were still many survivors, those who had the power would definitely have the most say.
They, who had not come into contact with the outside world, naturally did not know of the existence of the Hermit Society, and the other party obviously did not have the manpower and material resources to search city by city.
If one stood on the side of God, they would see light spots like fireflies flickering on the dark land. Those were the survivor camps, but they were separated from each other and it was difficult to contact each other.
The probability of what had happened to Schaefer in Dole City was actually very small.
…
"Hmm?"
Naturally, what happened here could not be hidden from Wu Ming.
If Jay knew that the God of Redemption he served with all his heart and without reservation was actually Pope Steven himself, who knew what kind of expression he would have on his face.
"I didn't expect those abandoned people to have such a reaction. But it makes sense, people are fickle. After experiencing such a big change, even if they have no faith, they will become devout …"
Through the temple and the statue, Wu Ming's gaze instantly landed on the square of the newly built temple in Caspar.
"In the name of God, Jay has become a priest and received the grace of God. He is now the regional bishop!"
Under the manipulation of a group of people, Jay put on a white robe and crown, accepting the congratulations and cheers of the believers. But in fact, this standard of etiquette was far beyond the role of a regional bishop.
Secretly, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old youth watched this scene and gnashed his teeth in hatred. "The teachings and blessings of the gods are definitely not like this. These are a bunch of false believers, devils who have snuck in!"
This scene naturally fell into Wu Ming's eyes. He could not help but say in an indifferent voice, "Foolish people, delusional to change the doctrine and fight for power, but they do not know that a new seed of unrest has been planted …"
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