As for Li Ke, he originally planned to move towards the battle group where Sharmilla was, and talk to her about Shurima.
"In fact, Shurima isn't that bad. Although our family doesn't have land and can only rely on performing for a living, it's still okay if there's a river nearby, or if it's close to the rainforest. We can eat our fill, and farmers are richer. But if we get sick, it will still cause a lot of problems. After all, shamans and wizards are very expensive. "
Sharmilla kept talking about her life in Shurima.
"As long as there's no war, it's not a problem to live there for the rest of your life. It's just that the hateful Void Prophet doesn't want to live anymore, but he wants to drag others down with him."
When talking about her experience of leaving her hometown in Noxus, Sharmilla's face showed a look of disgust.
"Although everyone's life is tough, we're all trying our best to survive. However, that bastard called Malzahar thinks that everyone's life is miserable and that it's better to die together. Although I haven't heard much of their preaching, their teachings are roughly like this. They say that everything in the world doesn't matter because we'll end up with nothing in the end. It's better to return to the Void, avoid the hardships of life, and directly accept the peace of the Void."
Sharmilla's tone was quite disdainful as she swung a throwing knife tied with a red string.
"Even though I hate him, I have to say that there are too many people in Shurima who have nothing and are only suffering. That's why that bastard's sect has never lacked people … But if you ask me, they're just a gathering place for a group of losers and self-degenerates. They dream of not having to work so hard, and they're very timid. They fear the future of their sect, so they want to drag others down with them. They also want the other party to be grateful to them and increase their self-confidence."
Sharmilla kept talking about her views and disdain of those cult members. Li Ke looked at the girl from Shurima with a little surprise, because what she said was indeed what those cultists would think.
Cultists were like this. In order to make themselves more convinced and at ease, they would force others to believe in them. This was also a kind of herd mentality because even cultists didn't want to be an outlier. They would want the people around them who were in the same situation as them to believe what they believed, and after the other party showed negative emotions, they would feel uneasy and ashamed.
That was the danger of the cultists. If you wanted to save them, you would have to deny their only hope. Everyone knew what a human whose only hope was denied would do. The same was true for pyramid schemes. As long as a little money was invested, for the sake of possible returns and the fear of being cheated, people would constantly be in a rather dangerous psychological state. Over time, people would become extreme and uneasy, eager to find a sense of security.
At this time, it was normal to constantly invest money and let the people around him invest money. It was not just to make money, but to quench his thirst with poison. He wanted to further improve his sense of security. The money you invested made him happier than the money he invested himself, and once you stopped investing, you would be destroying his world. After all, he had invested so much. If you didn't invest, how could he believe that his money would come back?
Pyramid schemes and cults were slowly driving people crazy.
This was why it was difficult for people who fell into cults and pyramid schemes to break free on their own, and some even continued to fall into it after being rescued.
What people lacked the most was a sense of security, whether it was in the past or in modern times, it had always been so.
"Is this also the reason why it's very barren?"
Hearing Sharmilla's words, A 'Li, who was next to Li Ke, couldn't help but pull Li Ke's sleeve and asked.
"You can almost understand it like that. Starvation has always been a terrible punishment, and in this world, this punishment can come to almost everyone."
There were many reasons for the uneasiness of modern people, such as uneasiness about the future, uneasiness about marriage, and many more. But at the end of the day, most of the uneasiness could be traced back to the uneasiness about hunger.
People worked hard to prevent themselves from starving to death. Seeing a doctor was to prevent themselves from starving to death when they were unable to work. Paying for all kinds of insurance and savings was also to prevent themselves from starving to death when they were old in the future. In this world, the feeling of hunger was like a sharp sword that lingered in everyone's heart. Killing people or even eating people for a full meal was not uncommon in this world.
The more barren a place was, the more ignorant it was. This was not only because they did not have computer games, mobile games, music novels, or anything else to pass the time, but also because there was nothing for them to believe in, then they had no will to live.
This was also the reason why most westerners and so-called elites said that the New Celestial Empire had no religion, because in their civilization, finding a god to rely on was a very traditional and even habitual thing. But in our world, they could only find our blind obedience and faith in gods and prophets from the piles of old books that were still relatively new.
Therefore, some of them think that we are crazy, and we think that some of them are fools.
Ah, there were even people who learned to bark.
"There are many reasons why they became cultists, such as the country, the environment, the land, and the people around them. But the reason why they became cultists and not followers of a small sect is very simple, and that is, they have completely abandoned their dignity as humans."
Li Ke wouldn't have cared if they were just worshipping death. Qian Jue's sect was made up of such people. They worshipped death and believed that death was their final destination. They were also the gathering place of the losers and those who had given up on themselves, as Sharmila had mentioned. But those people did their own things silently, volunteering to comfort and pray for the poor before they died, and helping to clean up the corpses that no one cared about.
This sect existed all over the world, including Ionia, Noxus, and Demacia. Only the Boa Islands, which was near Birgivot, did not have a sect because the god of Orloi took care of all matters of life and death.
But Qian Jue's sect had never been regarded as a cult. On the contrary, although some people despised the people of Qian Jue's sect and felt that it was unlucky for them to deal with corpses and the dead all day long, most people still treated them with respect.
Circumstances were important, but personal will and choices were also very important.
"But there's no need to show mercy to them. If it were up to me, I'd just destroy this sect. I think Azir and I have the same idea. He'll kill them directly. So, Sharmila, they'll disappear soon. "
He comforted the girl beside him, and the girl forced a smile, because to her …
She didn't like Azir, and the reason was simple. Because of Azir's appearance, the town where she originally lived became a lot emptier. The people of Shurima preferred to live near the water. In addition to Azir's series of policies and the construction of many new cities, the town where she and her parents used to sell their performing arts suddenly became desolate. Many people moved to Shurima's new city where the prices were relatively lower.
After all, a new place meant a new life. Those who were not satisfied with their houses could find a better location. Those who were not satisfied with their land could also find a piece of land near the Spring of Life that had been nourished by the magical water flow to farm there. Even those who didn't want to do business and wanted to be farmers but didn't have the connections, or farmers who didn't have their own land all flocked to Azir's place like a swarm of bees, enjoying everything the Water of Life brought.
As for why Sharmila was unhappy, it was precisely because of this. The people of the lower class in the town had decreased, and the rich could no longer live a good life, so they also left. With the rich gone, their income naturally decreased. The life where they could eat some meat or a few eggs for three meals suddenly disappeared.
Why not go to Shurima's new city?
Although the territory of the buskers wasn't completely fixed, if they were too close, there would still be deaths. Although Sharmila was somewhat confident in her strength, there were only three of them, and the performers in Shurima's new city were large groups of hundreds of people.
How could they possibly compete with those people? Furthermore, they didn't even have farming tools to be farmers. Furthermore, his parents had never farmed before. If they rashly farmed, they might even starve to death. Furthermore, they didn't have the money to change their profession.
Therefore, although she knew that Azir's appearance was a good thing for Shurima, their lives were indeed interfered with by this emperor. She did not have the money to treat her parents' illness because of Azir. Otherwise, she would not have joined Noxus's group so quickly. At the very least, she would have tried to sell her performing arts alone.
However, she did not think that it would be any better. Compared to Shurima, which was boring, Noxus had a gladiator arena, a theater, an opera house, and a variety of circuses. Although her acrobatic skills in Shurima were excellent, they were really mediocre in Noxus.
Therefore, whether Azir destroyed Malzahar's cult or not, it did not matter to her. She could no longer return to Shurima.
At this point, Li Ke also sighed. Whether it was a cult or something else, there were too many bigots in this world. Not only heroes, but there were also a lot of bigots among ordinary workers. However, at this moment, a sudden bell rang in the town in front of them, and an ominous feeling appeared in everyone's heart.
"It's the feeling of a curse …"
Soraka frowned. She looked at the town in panic and saw a black fog constantly churning in the middle of the town.
However, Li Ke could see it even more clearly. In his eyes, a group of people in strange uniforms holding all kinds of strange 'guns' stood out and moved toward the place where the black mist was gushing out.
The guns in their hands were brimming with a holy white light. To be honest, their guns couldn't even be called guns because apart from the trigger, the upper body of the gun was made of milky white stones decorated with patterns, but in fact, it was a silver magic array engraved with silver engravings.
As long as they pulled the trigger, beams of light would emerge from the milky white stones to attack the black fog. Furthermore, from their skillful movements, it was clear that they were already used to fighting these things.
"Don't worry too much. There are professionals and a rather holy power there. It'll be fine."
Li Ke smiled, but his footsteps quickened as he moved forward.
"Quick! The black fog is coming again! Ulias! We need your help! "
Li Ke thought that the people of the Sanctum could handle it, but the people of the Sanctum did not think so. They looked at the girl beside the sentry with a strange gaze, then rushed toward the black fog under the orders of the elder.
"Understood!"
The person called Ulias understood the urgency of the matter. He immediately drew his pistol and rushed toward the elder who called him. And while he was doing so, he did not forget to call his apprentice.
"Let's go! Sena! Follow me! "
The apprentice he called was a girl who had the same skin color as him. She was also a girl he saved at the beach a few years ago. She was different from other girls because as long as she stayed in a place for too long, a large amount of black fog would appear in that place. He instinctively felt that this girl had a way to solve the thousand-year-old black fog and completely end the Soul-eating Night that had plagued the world for thousands of years.
That was why he took the girl as his apprentice, and not like his son, Lucian, wanted her to be his apprentice. Of course, he did not have the energy to take care of two apprentices, but he did not want his son to be involved in this dangerous matter. It had to be said that this was also an important reason.
"Understood!"
Sena, who had just eaten two mouthfuls of hot rice, wiped her mouth and picked up the silver sword beside her. She had not gone through a complete training and trial, so she was not qualified to hold a gun made of holy stone.
But just as she was about to reach Urias, the wall beside her suddenly collapsed. A three-meter-tall undead crashed through the castle's gate and pounced on her.
"Shit!"
She looked at the monster's big mouth in horror. She did not have time to do anything, but at that moment, a bright light penetrated the huge undead and exploded it into light spots. And in the place where the monster originally stood, there was a simple two-handed sword.
Li Ke's sword.
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