Just as everyone was deep in thought about the Goddess Religion and the Dark Moon War, Icetis suddenly mentioned something that seemed unrelated to the current topic, "Hey, what do you think of Big Blockhead?"
"Big Blockhead?" I was stunned for a moment, then replied nonchalantly, "He's a rather straightforward fellow. Compared to the locals, he might have a genetic mutation and is a little rough, but his temperament is quite to my liking."
"Is that all?" Icetis rolled her eyes slightly and a glint flashed across her blood-red eyes, "I'm suddenly a little curious about him."
I knew that Icetis wasn't the kind of person who would speak without thinking … She wasn't the kind of person who would speak without thinking … Fine, she was indeed a person who didn't know how to act, but she probably wouldn't say something that wasn't reliable. My heart skipped a beat, "You can't possibly think that Big Blockhead would be involved in conspiracies and schemes, right? Could it be that you sensed something related to a divine artifact on him? "
"It's not a divine artifact, it's a detail," Icetis reminded everyone, "Do you still remember the situation when he pierced the white ball through the wooden stick when we were playing pool? Did you feel that something was wrong? "
I was still wondering what it was, so I shrugged, "He's just strong. Let Lin try. Let's not talk about pool, she can poke a hole in the Earth with just a finger. Big Blockhead can kill a bear with just one fist, let alone break a plastic ball. "
"Pure brute force can indeed achieve a lot of things," Icetis smiled mysteriously, "But some details can't be achieved with brute force. The pool balls that Lin Xue brought are a set from Earth, and the pool cue is a thin wooden stick. If you only have strength, can you use this blunt wooden stick to pierce through a slippery and hard ball? More importantly, when the white ball was pierced, it didn't move much. It was pierced through by a thin wooden stick in an instant, so there wasn't any impact wasted. "
I understood, this is equivalent to asking you to use your hands to split open a thin wooden board that is half a centimeter thick. I believe many healthy adults can do it, at most their hands will hurt a little after the split. But what if I put a piece of tofu under the thin plank?
What if I asked you to not allow a single crack or deformation on the tofu underneath after you split the thin wooden board?
What if I asked you not to make the slightest noise when you split the board, and not to leave a single splinter in the stubble?
I believe that after making so many requests, the one you want to chop is definitely not the plank, but me. But let's not talk about this for now. Let's talk about this: if there is really a person who can do this easily and even unknowingly, how many years does he need to learn from those white-bearded old men under the cliff...
To be fair, it would not have been difficult for any of us to poke a plastic ball with a twig under the same circumstances. I reckon that even the simple-minded fox in my family could poke any common substance in the world with a noodle: and the noodle could be boiled. But the main problem was that the blockhead had done it! In theory, a fool who had never learned any control techniques other than his strength had done it!
"According to the standards of a normal human, it is possible to do the same thing, but it requires years of training and precise control of strength. The blockhead's strength is more than a hundred times that of a normal human, so the training he needs is even more shocking." Icetis said slowly, "And even if he can do it, there are two situations. One is when he uses his Qi for a long time and only pokes once every fifteen minutes. The other is when he does it casually, the extreme control and explosive power has already reached the level of muscle memory. The blockhead belongs to the latter. "
I thought about it and felt a bit confused, "He accidentally poked the ball, then he must be a big eater. Also, this kind of person will easily tear himself apart when he stretches …"
Bryndis glared at me angrily, "No one will treat you as a mute if you keep your mouth shut." Then, she slowly analyzed the situation. "It was probably the first time Big Bloke came into contact with that thing. He was so nervous that he involuntarily used some sort of technique. This also proved that he did not know what kind of 'technique' he had mastered, because any normal fighter would definitely not use the Rising Dragon Punch while resisting the gas tank. Big Bloke used the Rising Dragon Punch while he was swinging the gas tank on his shoulder. It was an unintentional move, but the technique itself was very experienced."
Shallow Shallow rolled her eyes and thought for a while. Suddenly, she excitedly leaned forward and said, "Hey, do you guys think it is like this? The blockhead is actually a legendary martial arts master, and he has a wife who accompanied him on his travels. They are very close. His wife is an expert in the Eight Trigrams Swimming Dragon Palm, and the blockhead is an expert in using chopsticks to poke people's acupuncture points. Then, one day, his enemies came to his door, and his wife died in the battle. After killing the enemies, Blockhead hugged his wife and cried bitterly. From then on, he lost his memory because of the shock. He forgot all his kung fu and his original name. He only knew that he came from the south and was going to the north to marry his bride. For many years, he wandered around the world, and only occasionally would he unknowingly reveal his peerless chopstick technique. His wife couldn't stand it, so she came to the human world and reincarnated as a little black cat. The blockhead and the black cat hit it off the first time they met, and from then on, they depended on each other. Then, they came to a place called Pinewood Village. The blockhead saw a small river in front of the village, and subconsciously recalled the romantic experience of him and his wife playing by the river with a millstone … A few years later, a group of strangers came to Pinewood Village, and the leader was called Chen Jun. Ah Jun, it's your turn! "
I wasn't the only one who was dumbfounded, everyone around us was dumbfounded. We looked at Shallow Shallow as if she was an Epic-tier monster. Icetis was the first to react. She grabbed Shallow Shallow's hand and shook it vigorously. "I admire you so much. I have seen people who have no sense in their imagination, but I have never seen someone with so many details in such a situation …"
"Stop it, stop it." I waved my hand and interrupted them. "Anyway, Icetis, what you mean is that the blockhead is hiding his strength. Then, he should have nothing to do with the Dark Moon War and the Goddess' religion, right?"
Icetis thought for a while and nodded vigorously. "Oh, right. Let's continue talking about the Goddess' religion."
Everyone: "… Tsk."
However, even though Icetis had brushed off this topic, the blockhead's hidden side still left a question mark in everyone's mind. How could a boorish man who had wandered around since he was young, who didn't even know how to read a few words, be able to obtain the skills that even with the guidance of a famous teacher and years of hard work wouldn't necessarily be able to obtain? This was probably a difficult mystery to solve. Who knows, maybe one or two of the things that Shallow Shallow's wild imagination came up with were correct?
However, this wasn't something that everyone was concerned about at the moment. We would probably think of a way to uncover this secret after we found the whereabouts of the God Equipment and could stay in this world for a few more days. As for now, we could only put the matter of the blockhead aside.
We summarized the various things that we had heard during the day and studied the Bible for a long time. Halfway through, Pandora and Visca went to bed (it was a biological clock that Big Sister had taught them), leaving the rest of us to continue our discussion. Lin Xue had concluded some things that even Icetis hadn't noticed. I wasn't sure if she had concluded it from the Goddess's teachings, or if she had used her own ability to directly observe the truth and then revealed what she could. In any case, it sounded quite reasonable.
"The historical records before the First Dark Moon War are quite suspicious." The missy picked at the hard cover of the black-skinned barbecue-flavored Bible with a serious expression. "First of all, it seems that only the Goddess's teachings are the only authoritative 'historical documents' in this world. As long as the church doesn't acknowledge it, everything related to history will be regarded as a fallacy, or at the very least, a distortion of history. In this Bible, there were only a few paragraphs about the state of the world before the First Dark Moon War: How the Goddess created the world, which races existed in the world at that time, how these races lived together peacefully during the era of the First Heaven, and how they fought in the end. This is the entire history before the First Dark Moon War. Don't you feel that a lot of things are missing? "
"There are no details, right?" Icetis was quick-witted, and she had probably vaguely noticed it. "The Bible mentioned the names of the races and their countries during the Dark Moon War, but it didn't mention where these countries were located in the world at that time, nor did it mention the relationship between them. In this regard, it was all brushed off with the word 'harmony'. In addition, there was no mention of how many races lived in this world before the First Dark Moon War. This point was even more omitted. There was only one sentence: Many races lived on the land, and after the war, some of the races perished. There wasn't even an approximate number. "
"Roan said that the war cut off history," I said, gritting my teeth. "Of course, this is what the church has always said."
Icetis chuckled. "Hmm, maybe it's not all a lie. Based on the scale of the First Dark Moon War, it's normal for history to be broken off. It's just that the 'abbreviations' are too obvious. Some things that can be clearly explained are deliberately left out. It seems that the purpose is to tell the people: Your history starts from the First Dark Moon War, and things before that should be treated as stories. Don't care about it and don't ask about it."
Well, Icetis summed it up very well: purposeful. The things recorded in the Church of the Goddess had an obvious purpose. Things after the First Dark Moon War were normal, but things before the First Dark Moon War were obviously modified into 'stories'. By omitting the details that could enhance the sense of reality, the people were tempted to not investigate the history before the war. This method was actually quite easy to understand. If I told you a story about the historical background, characters, local culture, and even the world map at that time, then there was a high chance that you would really think that it was a historical fact. If you met someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder, you might even investigate the life story of every character in the story and the geography of the country. But if I simplified the history to the point of 'legend has it that there was a mountain and there was an old king on the mountain', then you would definitely treat it as a fairy tale. I reckon that no one in this world would really study the political system and social contradictions of Snow White's era …
The religious scriptures that the Church of the Goddess distributed were doing such a thing: compiling the history of the world before the First Dark Moon War like a fairy tale, subtly diluting the existence of that period of history.
But we were looking at this religious scripture from the perspective of a bystander, so we could see the problem of the connection between the beginning and the subsequent chapters at a glance. But the ordinary people in this world might not be able to see it. Of course, we could not rule out that there were experienced obsessive-compulsive disorder and religious reformists in this world. These two fearless creatures would definitely be able to see the trick in the Church of the Goddess. The people in this world were not fools. But I reckon that these smart people had already been buried in various parts of the world by the Heresy Tribunal. So, let's not talk about it.
Shallow Shallow soon lost interest in these twists and turns. She leaned on the table and yawned. "Just knowing this doesn't mean that we can understand the origin of the Goddess …"
"The church hid the truth of the first Dark Moon War. Maybe it was to hide the true condition of the goddess." Bryndis suddenly snapped his fingers, "Have you noticed that this so-called goddess is restrained in her actions?"
Looking at our curious eyes, Icetis continued to guide us. "She can't completely kill the Dark Moon Lord, and she can't completely destroy the Dark Moon people. She can only temporarily close the bridge between heaven and earth for hundreds of years, but she can't completely separate the moon from the land. There are two possibilities. First, she did it on purpose. She kept the Dark Moon people as a threat to maintain the people's faith in her. But the possibility of this is not high because the controllability of a group of demons is too poor. It is not as simple and direct as a natural or man-made disaster. Moreover, in the five consecutive Dark Moon Wars, we only drove away the demons and did not kill them. This would instead reduce the authority of the Goddess. When I was a priest, I tried my best to avoid embarrassing myself in front of my believers. If someone bullied my people, I would always kill the enemy directly. Then, there is only the second possibility: The 'Goddess' can't deal with the Dark Moon people at all. The so-called great victories are just some kind of illusion. I even suspect that the Goddess needs to rely on the Dark Moon War to appear in front of the world … "
I looked at Icetis in a daze.
The female rogue smiled slightly. "I just thought of it too: the first time the so-called 'goddess' appeared in recorded history was in the Dim Moon War. She only appeared five times in total, at the end of each war. Combined with the fact that she could only temporarily stop the invasion of the Dark Moon but not completely repel them, as well as the various actions of the Goddess Sect deliberately downplaying the history before the war in the scriptures … Maybe it was the first war that 'created' the Goddess. Then, the artifact that we are looking for must have been touched by the locals for the first time in that war! "
Shallow Shallow had been talked about in circles for a long time. At this time, she was already sleepy. She rubbed her eyes and looked at Icetis. "Why do you all say that I have a big brain hole? Your diameter is not small either … "
Sister Bing took it as a compliment and accepted it with a smile. Then, she put away the bible. The rain was still pouring outside. She looked at the curtain of rain outside through the straw window and stretched her body. "Alright, let's continue tomorrow. The fastest louse spirit has already found the capital. He is now rummaging through the major libraries there. He should have some clues in a day or two. I am going to sleep first. If the three of you are shameless, remember to knock on the door. I am clean as ice and clean as jade. "
After saying that, the female rogue suddenly disappeared, leaving Shallow Shallow, Lin Xue and I to look at each other …
Of course, I was too embarrassed to be 'shameless' like Icetis had said. Actually, even if I was embarrassed, it would be useless. I know that we don't do that here. In short, it was a quiet night. I slept until dawn the next day. Then …
I was woken up by a commotion outside.
It sounded like outsiders had come to the village. Some villagers were calling for the Village Head and the priest to come out. We heard a loud voice shouting from outside the courtyard. It seemed to be saying something like 'gather'.
I tidied up and went to the courtyard. The others were already awake. Lin Xue was squatting next to the black cat, washing her face. Icetis was looking at the sun in a daze. Pandora and Visca were leaning against the wall to observe the situation outside. I greeted them one by one. I realized that Shallow Shallow wasn't there. "Where's Shallow Shallow?"
"Coming! Coming!" Qian Qian's loud voice came from outside the courtyard as soon as I finished speaking. When she said "come", she was still around ten meters away, but by the time she finished speaking, she was already standing in front of me. Blockhead's figure came into the courtyard. He looked uneasy. "There are a few soldiers on horseback outside. They said that they are looking for the Village Head."
"The old village chief guessed it right." Qian Qian kept jumping around in front of me to attract my attention. I had no choice but to focus all my attention on her. "It's the recruitment officer from the Northern Fortress. He asked the village to send at least one-fifth of the able-bodied men to the fortress to report and prepare for war with the Dark Moon. Ah Jun, shall we go and watch the show? "
"You only know how to watch the show!" Lin Xue finished washing up. She grabbed the black cat next to her and wiped her hands. She came over and poked Shallow Shallow's head with her finger. Then, she pulled my arm. "Blockhead, let's go and watch the show …"
Everyone was speechless.
At this moment, many villagers had gathered at the village square. About half of them had heard about the recruitment and came out to watch the show. The other half didn't know about the recruitment but still came out to watch the show. The old Village Head Koto and the Priest Ron, who looked like he wanted to take revenge on society, had arrived at the scene and were negotiating with the recruiting officers.
Of course, I also saw the recruiting officers from the National Knight Regiment. There were only three of them and they had already dismounted and stood on the ground. The three of them were dressed the same. They wore half-body armor that looked easy to move around. On the outside, they wore a battle robe with a sky blue background and a golden-red sword emblem. The armor that was exposed at the chest was bright and clean. It was obvious that it had been meticulously maintained. This meant that they were regular knights supported by the country. The three of them had longswords on their waists. Their secondary weapons such as shields were hung on the warhorses beside them. Because these "recruiting officers" weren't wearing helmets, I could see their appearance. Standing in front of the old Village Head was a burly man with thick hair and a thick beard. His skin was slightly dark but definitely fairer than Ron's. To the left of this person was a tall and skinny young man. I noticed that this tall and skinny man had pointy ears. His appearance was also valiant with a hint of handsomeness. It seemed as though he had elven blood. However, he was from the military after all. Even if he was a handsome elf, he wouldn't be viewed as my public enemy like Elson. The third person was a little unexpected. She was a woman in her thirties. She had red curly hair that fell over her shoulders. Although her military career made her skin a little rough, her appearance wasn't bad.
All in all, this recruiting officer's appearance was a little different from what I had expected …
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