Night.
The gates of the Holy Sanctuary opened.
Knights in majestic armor sat on their steeds, wielding their weapons as they stepped out of the gates.
The Divine Mages and Divine Mages sat on carriages, protected by the knights in the middle.
After a few dozen years, the cavalry of the Divine Church had once again gathered.
Under God's order, they were to head to the Southern Empire to deal with anything that might happen there.
This shocked the entire world.
Every organization was trying to find out what exactly happened.
But the Church didn't have time to explain to them, so they could only say — —
God ordered the Divine Army to reach the Southern Empire as soon as possible!
The Pope brought the Cardinals as well as a hundred of the Church's most elite soldiers to head there first.
They spent an exorbitant amount of resources to teleport directly to the Southern Empire, arriving outside that secluded town.
The Southern Empire's ruler immediately sealed off that secluded town as God ordered.
Everything was left as it was, waiting for the Divine Church's people to investigate.
The merchants who just left the town were captured.
Including the child who managed to escape because he was grazing his sheep on the mountain, he was also being held captive.
"Your Holiness, do you think there are any issues with what I did?"
The Emperor asked.
His expression was a bit tense.
As a ruler, he was indeed a smart and capable lord. After thinking about it, it was easy for him to guess some things.
— — -this was the first time in a few dozen years that God had interfered with the affairs of the world.
Furthermore, when the Church established their intelligence agency, there was a certain rumor.
It was said that in order to detect the signs of the world's destruction, God ordered the establishment of intelligence agencies all over the world.
Could the source of the destruction be here?
As soon as he thought of this, the Southern Empire's ruler felt a deep sense of unease.
The Pope gave the Southern Empire's ruler a comforting glance and said: "You did very well, I believe that even if I was in charge, I wouldn't have been able to do better than you"
The Southern Emperor sighed in relief.
When he was about to say something, the Pope raised his hand to stop him.
The Pope seemed to be listening to something.
After a while, the Pope showed a strange expression.
"Emperor, please hand over the survivors to our people to watch over" the Pope said.
"No problem" the Southern Emperor happily replied.
The Pope pointed at the two Cardinals behind him and ordered them to bring their subordinates to receive these survivors.
"All of you must remember, you must be wary of the devils hiding among these people. You must strip them of their weapons and set up exorcism enchantments around them. No one is allowed to get too close to them. You are not allowed to give them food or drink, and you are not allowed to talk to them."
"Yes, Your Holiness!"
The two red-robed bishops bowed.
They took two groups of knights with them and quickly left.
The Pope then ordered the rest of the people, "Everyone, enter the town and start searching for suspicious information. Pay attention to collecting corpses and check them against the town's roster. Don't miss anyone."
"Yes!"
The rest of the Cardinals and Holy Knights responded.
The search lasted for two whole days.
People from the Church arrived one after another.
At the request of the Church, all the forces had sent all the experts in the search field to this place.
With the combined strength of the entire Holy Church, the Southern Empire, and various other forces working together, the entire town was thoroughly searched.
In order to verify the identity of the people and the corpses, the Holy Knights, hunters, and warriors carefully examined every bone.
In order to determine the cause of death of every animal in the town, the priests even used divine arts.
Everything that was suspicious could not be hidden from him.
When Gu Qing Shan arrived at the outskirts of the town, a complete and accurate report was already in front of him.
This was the power he had accumulated over the past few years.
And the results.
He sat on his throne and carefully read through the report.
[All domestic animals died as a result of evil sacrifices, except for a chicken]
[This chicken was found in a secluded area, only bones were left when it was discovered, and there were signs of human chewing on the bones]
[Through investigation, when everyone in the town died, this chicken had only just been roasted]
[As for the population, there was an issue when comparing the town's population to the corpses]
[A few people went missing for no reason]
[None of the people who knew them from other areas had seen these missing people]
[The only thing that can be confirmed is that these people were also in the town at the time of the incident]
[All the forces in the world have been mobilized to search for these people's whereabouts]
After reading through, Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit.
Inside the room, the Pope, the Southern Empire's ruler, and the Cardinals all held their breaths, afraid that they would disturb the God's thoughts.
"Where are the merchants and the child?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"As per your orders, they are being held in a temporary camp. We've sent a large number of soldiers to watch over them, as soon as they make a move, we'll kill them" the Pope replied.
"Have they eaten anything?" Gu Qing Shan continued to ask.
"They haven't" the Pope answered.
Gu Qing Shan then ordered: "Bring the survivors here, I'll take a look at them"
"Yes"
Very quickly.
The survivors were brought in front of Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan glanced over them.
The merchants didn't know who he was, but seeing how he was surrounded by so many people, they knew that he must be someone important.
They were all prostrating on the ground, begging for mercy.
The child was a bit confused, but when he saw the merchants begging for mercy, he followed suit.
"Are there no issues with their identities?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Yes, we've cooperated with the Southern Empire to investigate, they are indeed local merchants from the countryside, from their birth to their family structure, their whereabouts over the past few years, their trading records, as well as their taxes, there are no issues" the Pope answered.
"What about the child?"
"There are also no issues, he is indeed a local"
Gu Qing Shan looked at them and asked in confusion: "Why do they look so hungry?"
The Pope silently thought: Isn't this your order, why are you asking that now — — wait a minute, did God do this on purpose?
The Pope made a solemn expression and answered: "Because these people were able to survive the sacrifice, I was worried that something unexpected might happen, so I haven't given them anything to eat"
"It's already been two days, how could they endure that much?" Gu Qing Shan sighed.
He turned to his side: "Go, give them some of our dinner"
"Yes"
The knight next to him left.
A few minutes later.
The knight came back with a large bowl of steaming hot noodles and gave them their utensils.
"Eat, after you're done, I'll send someone to escort you back to your homes. You are all lucky people who managed to escape this calamity"
Gu Qing Shan spoke with a tone full of pity.
When these people heard this, they immediately heaved a sigh of relief.
They hadn't eaten for two days and two nights, so when they heard that they were released, they couldn't help but share the bowl of noodles.
The child looked around and saw that all the merchants had gone to share the noodles, leaving only him standing there.
At this point, the surrounding knights and priests all turned to look at him.
The child hurriedly followed and also took a bowl of noodles.
How delicious!
The one who made these noodles must be a top-notch culinary expert.
As the child ate, he had such a thought in his mind.
Since he was still young, he had been starving for two days and two nights, so he couldn't help himself anymore and wolfed down the food.
Just as they were eating heartily, a voice suddenly rang out.
"When everyone in town died, which one of you ate the chicken?"
The merchants and the child both turned to look, only to see that the one asking the question was the knight next to Gu Qing Shan.
Everyone looked at them without saying a word.
They knew that they had to answer this question.
"I didn't eat it"
"It wasn't me"
"We had already left town at the time"
"I didn't eat it"
"I was on the mountain"
They all answered one after another.
For some reason, they suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in the room had become tense again.
A sense of killing intent emanated from the members of the Holy Church.
But all the core members of the Holy Church had their heads lowered. From the looks of it, they seemed to be in a state of devotion.
At this point, Gu Qing Shan spoke up.
"When everyone in town died, which one of you ate the chicken?" he asked.
This was very strange.
Someone had already asked the same question, but now this VIP was asking the same question again.
But the merchants didn't dare to not answer.
"I didn't eat it"
"It wasn't me"
"We had already left town at the time"
"I didn't eat it"
"I was on the mountain"
They repeated it.
Gu Qing Shan nodded.
The surroundings were silent. Everyone maintained their silence.
At this point, the child's expression suddenly became misty and spoke:
"I ate it"
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