"Let's go look for Fiona!"
Tang En said as he jumped off the bed. He was stunned for a moment before asking, "Where is she now? Bring me there. "
Aiguin was helpless and prepared to teleport him to Fiona.
"Don't teleport over. I want to see the situation outside."
Aiguin nodded and brought him out of the emergency center. Tang En looked at the streets outside and was stunned.
"Where is this?"
"The underground city of Ellington."
"The underground city of Ellington that I built was not like this..."
The underground city of Ellington in front of Tang En was built in a crisscrossing network of caves. The buildings were stacked on top of each other. When it was first designed and built, it was a silvery-white metal structure. Now, it was all grey. A large amount of manpower was used to fight against the creatures of Chaos. No one was even in the mood to clean up.
Looking down from afar, the houses and streets below were like slums. There were many people on the streets and most of them were injured. The healthy ones had been dragged out to fight against the creatures of Chaos.
Aiguin's face was filled with sadness and melancholy. "The surface world has almost been completely conquered by the creatures of Chaos. The remaining areas are not enough to sustain the lives of the people. Now, 50% of the residents have been moved to the underground world."
"What about the remaining 50%?"
"Some of them died in battle. The rest were transferred to Lorita and Loria."
After pausing for a moment, Aiguin sighed and said, "We have not seen sunlight for more than two years. The surface world is completely unable to grow crops. Lady Nisclaire helped us build a basic ecosystem in the underground world so that we can grow crops without sunlight. Now, the druids of the Earth Goddess Shrine are all busy growing crops. Even with the bread spell, there is not enough food to eat. "
"..."
"Lady Anita helped us build a water purification system in the various underground cities so that we do not have to worry about water pollution."
"Lord Kalomariv stabilized the lava near the underground city..."
"Lord Icardis maintained the air circulation in the various underground cities..."
"Lord Isaglot stabilized the Order barrier of the underground city to prevent Chaos creatures from sniffing this place."
"Although the gods of the dark god system can't directly help us survive, they can reduce the factors that are not conducive to our survival."
"As for Lord Ye Bierni … sigh."
Aiguin wanted to say something but stopped on second thought. She shook her head and changed the topic. "All in all, thanks to the existence of those gods, we can continue to survive."
Tang En let out a long sigh. After these gods descended, they finally came in handy. They could maintain the life of Prandal, so there was still hope now.
But when Tang En saw the passersby, his heart sank again.
The faces of the pedestrians on the street were numb, and their eyes were lifeless. They were like walking corpses, having completely lost hope in life.
At the beginning of the third Chaos invasion, Tang En remembered that their faces were filled with hope for victory.
Only two years had passed, but they had been completely swallowed by despair and were completely numb …
"Because the situation is too bad. Nine out of ten pieces of news are bad news. If the remaining one isn't bad news, it's already good news."
Aiguin held Tang En's arm tightly, as if he would disappear if she was not careful. She said, "But this time you're back, they can hear really good news."
Was this the good news that they wanted to hear?
Tang En smiled bitterly. Compared to his return, they wanted to hear that the war was over and that the Prandal Alliance had won the final victory.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in front of the street. A large number of refugees had gathered there.
"What's going on over there?"
Aiguin frowned. "It's them again … They haven't been completely wiped out."
"What do you mean?"
"The situation is very bad now. People are forced to hide in the underground world to survive, being swallowed by despair. This situation is a breeding ground for evil cults. Recently, a doomsday cult was born, called the Cult of Resurrection.
"They seem to be the product of the few cults that had not been completely suppressed and destroyed under pressure. The new cult absorbed the doctrines of the Dark Serpent and Chaos religion, and their brainwashing ability is very strong. In such a desperate situation, people's faith in the Radiant Church and other cults is declining day by day. This kind of extremist cult easily attracts believers."
Aiguin looked ahead and said, "They claim that the world is doomed, and that people can only escape the destruction of the physical world by letting all their souls enter the Mana Network and obtain a new life in the spiritual world."
"Hide, hide in the Mana Network?"
Tang En was dumbfounded. "Don't those idiots know that the Mana Network exists based on magic nodes and artificial soul servers?"
"You said they're idiots. How could they know?"
Aiguin shook her head and said angrily, "Besides, even if they know, they won't care. In such a situation, if there's a place to escape, those idiots will grasp it tightly."
Tang En looked at Aiguin in surprise. It was the first time he saw Aiguin so surprised by such a thing.
"Since you know the existence of this cult, why haven't Aurelia and the others done anything?"
"Of course, it's because their leader has been killed, and the rest are small fries."
Suddenly, a familiar voice came, and Tang En felt that he was hugged from behind. "You're finally awake!"
"Lola?"
Tang En instantly determined the identity of the person behind him from the contact area and the voice.
"Go and take care of those guys."
Lola spoke to herself, there was no one beside her.
"Ghost Agent?"
"Yes."
Lola smiled and said, "The situation is a little special now, so I'm in charge of managing the Ghost Agents."
As soon as she finished speaking, the dense crowd in front of her was suddenly pushed away, and a group of cultists who were promoting extremist doctrines fled in all directions.
Then, arrows were shot out from every corner of the shadows.
However, a layer of shield suddenly appeared on those cultists, helping them block the attack.
"Tsk, what annoying guys …"
Lola frowned. "Use Anti-Magic Arrows."
A sharp sound rang out, and those cultists who fled were instantly nailed to the ground.
"What's going on?"
Tang En was stunned. "The smart spellcasting system is set to fail when entering the city area."
Aiguin said, "That's right, but these cultists have mastered a certain degree of imitation by analyzing the working principle of the smart wristwatch. They have deciphered the casting signals of several spells. Although they can't connect to the Mana Network, they can still obtain a certain degree of spellcasting ability by emitting fake signals."
It sounded like a fake base station.
"At first, we wanted to imprison these people and educate them. After all, combat power is so scarce now, and population is an important resource. However, after discovering that they didn't change, we simply killed them."
Lola shrugged. "After all, keeping prisoners and feeding them also consumes food."
Although it was inhumane, in such an emergency, it was the wisest choice.
"Go ahead and take a look."
Lola's expression was a little strange. "Your Yerbinelle is promoting the Radiant Church in the square. Maybe she'll be happy to see you."
Looking at her strange smile, Tang En had a bad feeling. "It's Yerbinelle, right?"
"No, no, no, it's more appropriate to call her Yerbinelle now …"
After arriving at the crowded square, Tang En immediately understood why he had that bad feeling.
"Please have confidence in the Radiant Church … Ugh …"
"We … Ugh … We will definitely defeat the darkness …"
"Please don't abandon us … Please believe that we will win …"
Yerbinelle, who had perfectly inherited the bloodline of Tang En and Olina, had grown into a rather graceful beauty in the past two years. The blonde hair she had inherited from Olina was quite dazzling, and the plain white priest robe set off her somewhat noble and sacred aura. She was no less than Eluri, who was standing next to her and handing out leaflets.
But …
If she wasn't crying so hard that her nose was foaming.
"My lord, you're making it very difficult for me."
Eluri sighed. It was already very difficult to distribute leaflets to promote the Radiant Church with her own god in the square. Now, her own god looked like he was being bullied. How could she choose to believe in him … or "her"?
Yerbinelle said with a sobbing tone, "But, but, those people's eyes are so scary … I didn't do anything to them …"
Eluri sighed again. It's because you didn't do anything that they are angry with you …
In the current situation, religion was very much needed to bring hope to people. However, due to the advent of the gods and the deterioration of the war situation, all the major religions had basically disintegrated, and some people even chose to believe in cults …
It was precisely because of this situation that Aurelia and Fiona decided to let Eluri, Yerbinelle, and Yerbinelle stand up and reorganize the Radiant Church that was on the verge of collapse. They wanted to rebuild the faith.
Unfortunately, they had overestimated Yerbinelle …
Yes, now Yerbinelle was a very timid girl who liked to cry. She was completely unworthy of the god's name, so those people jokingly called her Yerbinelle.
"As I mentioned just now," Aiguin sighed. "Lord Yerbinelle's task now is to rebuild the faith system, redraw those believers, and use faith to rekindle people's hope, but … the effect is not very good now."
Tang En's mood was very complicated because he could guess why the effect was so bad.
After believing in you for so many years, in the end, you did not let the believers live a good life. Instead, you watched the world usher in the end, and you did not protect them when the end came. Instead, you relied on their protection to survive …
The reason why people chose to believe in gods was that they were mysterious, noble, distant, and untouchable. However, after the mysterious aura of omnipotence faded, people's faith and worship of gods collapsed almost instantly. Who would choose to believe in a crying guy next to them?
At this time, Eluri saw Tang En, who was held by Aiguin. The leaflets in her hand all fell to the ground. She covered her face, and tears blurred her vision.
"You … finally woke up!"
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