"You two, I'm really sorry."
Qiao Yins sincerely apologized: "Owen is usually a very stubborn person. I didn't expect that he would do such a disappointing behavior today. It was really beyond my expectation."
Under Qiao Yins's persuasion, the three finally returned to the office.
Xu Cheng said that he would have a wait-and-see attitude towards the transaction between the two parties, but in fact he was just trying to manipulate him.
Hearing Qiao Yins's apology, Xu Cheng naturally walked down the steps: "Don't worry, we don't blame you, but you don't have any prestige as a bishop."
"Because we are nominally superiors and subordinates, we are actually closer to friends and don't have too many concerns about each other."
Qiao Yins secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Xu Cheng and Qiu Gongyue would misunderstand and think that Owen's behavior was at his instigation.
Although he wanted to know Xu Cheng's true strength, he would not test it in such a stupid way.
"Let's get down to business."
Xu Cheng was not interested in caring about the internal discipline of the Goddess Cult: "How are you going to help us enter the Senate?"
Hearing Xu Cheng mention business, Qiao Yins also cheered up.
"If you want to investigate the truth behind the destruction of the Moon Clan, there are two places you can go. One is the big library of the Senate, and the other is the internal database."
He has a deep understanding of the Senate, so he gave appropriate suggestions: "The great library records the past history of the deceased, and the database contains all mission information over the years. You should be able to find what you need in these two places. When the time comes, I will use the power of the Goddess Cult to help you disguise yourself as employees and sneak in."
Qiu Gongyue also knew these two places, especially the internal database, and she was not qualified to enter when she was pretending to be Walker.
Now the Goddess Cult is actually able to send people in. Their infiltration of the Senate is really not easy.
Xu Cheng asked again: "What do you need us to do for you?"
Qiao Yins remained silent, clenching his hands, as if a fierce tangled battle was going on in his heart.
Xu Cheng and Qiu Gongyue looked at each other without making any noise.
After a few minutes, Qiao Yins finally made a major decision and said softly: "Two of you, do you know about the Shadow Goddess?"
Xu Cheng didn't know much about it, but Qiu Gongyue had already taken the time to find out about it when she sneaked back to Guangming Mountain.
It is said that she was born in the shadows and founded the Kingdom of Shadows and the City of Shadows, the latter being the Mountain of Light.
Her followers are spread all over the world. Because they believe in shadows, they are naturally compatible with assassins, and eventually formed an organization that integrates religion and assassins.
The Shadow Goddess led the Giver of the Dead through a long period of time, but I don’t know when the Shadow Goddess stopped appearing and the oracle gradually disappeared.
The senators were originally loyal believers, but when the gods disappear permanently, human desires will overwhelm faith.
The elders passed it down from generation to generation, and their faith in the goddess was constantly wavering. In the end, their faith was held high and power was in their hands.
"We suspect that the great goddess has not disappeared."
Qiao Yins' face tightened and he said a shocking sentence: "But he was imprisoned by the Senate."
Xu Cheng and Qiu Gongyue were surprised at the same time, and the former even had a "you're kidding me" expression, because he had seen gods.
After the World Tree caused the Age of Gods to retreat from the environment, Amaterasu's strength was severely weakened, and she hid in the secret realm and did not dare to go out.
But even with such a weakened version of Amaterasu, Xu Cheng was played around by her after entering the secret realm, and he had no power to fight back.
If the Senate can imprison a goddess, how powerful must the Senate be?
This group of people should just lie down and admit defeat.
"Do you know what you're talking about?"
Qiu Gongyue frowned and said, "If an omnipotent god is imprisoned, is he still a god?"
"I have to correct you, God is not omnipotent."
Qiao Yins retorted: "The omniscient and omnipotent god belongs to the monotheistic religion. Only monotheistic religions believe that there is only one omnipotent god in the world. The reality is that there are many gods in the world. They may be powerful, but absolutely Gods are not all-powerful, and gods also have weaknesses. As long as the weaknesses are targeted, even mortals can accomplish the great feat of killing gods."
What Qiao Yins said surprised Xu Cheng and Qiu Gongyue.
If you think about it carefully, this impression of an omniscient and omnipotent God does come from monotheism.
In the world view of polytheism, gods have personalities and weaknesses, and are more like powerful people.
Xu Cheng couldn't help complaining: "You are a believer, but you talk about killing gods and call it a miracle. Aren't you afraid that your god will kill you with a thunderbolt?"
Qiao Yins smiled slightly: "The Shadow Goddess is a tolerant god and will not mind my little offense."
You are bullying others and are now offline.
Qiu Gongyue still frowned, always feeling that the idea that the shadow goddess was imprisoned made her very uncomfortable and irritated.
"Since you are so firm in your belief that the gods are imprisoned, there should be evidence. Can you show it?"
"Of course there is evidence. This is not my own speculation, but the Goddess Cult's investigation over the years."
Qiao Yins crossed his hands on the table with a serious expression: "About a hundred years ago, the research institute under the name of the Senate secretly opened a project called 'Rebirth of the Gods'. This project only exists It disappeared within a few days, not canceled but hidden.”
The irritability in Qiu Gongyue's heart became stronger and stronger: "It's just a nonsense project, what can this mean?"
"There is only one project, so of course it doesn't mean anything. At that time, the Goddess Cult was still very powerful and had a deep influence on the Senate. I simply don't believe this nonsense."
Qiao Yins explained unhurriedly: "Did you know? All assassins' secret skills were given by the goddess. After the goddess disappeared, there were no new secret skills given to the dead. But about fifty years ago Before, the Senate suddenly mastered the ability to grant blessings. They refused to reveal the source of the ability on the grounds of technical confidentiality. Our Goddess Cult conducted multiple investigations and failed to find out. Instead, they found a secret that the research institute had conducted in private. The sealed research project, the name of the project is 'How to restrain a god', haha!"
Qiao Yins sneered: "In a religious organization, internal believers are actually studying how to restrain the gods. What else do you think is impossible to happen?"
Qiu Gongyue was speechless. If Qiao Yins did not lie, then what the Senate did was too suspicious.
But for some reason, she was full of resistance to the fact that the Shadow Goddess was imprisoned, and she didn't want to believe it was true.
At this moment, Xu Cheng noticed something strange about Qiu Gongyue and quietly grabbed her hand.
He used the talent of ability cards and quickly calmed down Qiu Gongyue's irritable mood and regained his composure.
"The Goddess Cult has organized several attempts to infiltrate in an attempt to understand the truth and save the goddess, but the result was heavy losses."
Qiao Yins continued: "Some time ago, this plan to save the goddess was mentioned again, but because the strength gap between our Goddess Sect and the Senate is too big, the plan was shelved."
After hearing this, Xu Cheng and Qiu Gongyue also understood what Qiao Yins needed their help for.
"Help you save the goddess? Don't you think this is too much to ask for?"
The Goddess Sect only helped Xu Cheng and Qiu Gongyue recruit two positions, and in turn dared to ask them to participate in such a major matter involving the gods.
"Of course it's not such a rude request."
Qiao Yins quickly explained to prevent Xu Cheng and Qiu Gongyue from retreating: "In fact, we are still not 100% sure that the goddess is imprisoned. The main reason is to find out this matter. When the time comes, our People will enter the Senate to investigate. If you are discovered, I just hope you can help us resist the senators who may appear and buy us some time."
Such a request is more reasonable.
Xu Cheng and Qiu Gongyue made eye contact for a while, and then agreed.
Anyway, the two of them only need to enter the Senate to investigate the truth about the destruction of the Moon Clan and the whereabouts of Violet. As for whether the goddess is really imprisoned, it has nothing to do with them.
Seeing that the two agreed, Qiao Yins breathed a sigh of relief.
The reason why this plan was shelved is that the Goddess Cult no longer has the powerful force to compete with the Senate, and entering the Senate is just a waste of sacrifice.
But if Xu Cheng's force is used as a guarantee, he can reach that place and rescue the imprisoned goddess.
boom!
The office door was suddenly pushed open, and a panting woman rushed in.
Xu Cheng couldn't help but turned to look at Qiao Yins: "Who didn't lock the door this time?"
Qiao Yins was quite embarrassed because he really didn't have the habit of locking the door.
"Tina, you're in such a hurry, what's the matter?"
The woman named Tina is a staff member of the theater and one of the believers of the Goddess Cult. She said anxiously: "Mr. Joyce, quickly turn on the TV, the news station of the Senate."
Guangming Mountain not only has the Internet, but also has TV, but they are all LAN.
The Senate has an exclusive channel to issue some laws or policies.
Qiao Yins realized the seriousness of the problem from Tina's expression, and immediately picked up the remote control and turned on the TV, tuning to the news channel of the Senate, where a live TV broadcast was going on.
On the screen, an old man wearing a golden crown and silk black robe was standing on the podium, reading a lengthy speech.
Behind the old man, on both sides, stood four old men who were already in their sixties, all dressed in golden crowns and black robes.
Without being told by others, Xu Cheng knew that these five old people should be the five elders of the Senate. The person speaking on the podium was the Prime Minister, an old man at the top of power.
Soon, many followers of the Goddess Cult came to Joyce's office, filling the spacious place to the brim.
But no one spoke, they all stayed quiet and stared at the TV with solemn expressions.
They are all residents who have lived in Guangming Mountain for generations. They know how rare it is for five elders to appear together. It must be a major event that affects everyone.
