Xu Cheng and Qiu Gongyue were able to escape from the Senate unharmed, proving that they indeed have the power to resist the elders.
In this way, he would have the confidence to persuade the rest of the Goddess Cult to participate in the plan to save the Goddess.
"It's because you gave us so little time that we took risks."
Xu Cheng asked: "We are almost done with our work. When are you going to save the Shadow Goddess?"
There was a flash of hesitation in Joyce's eyes, and he said, "You guys need to rest for two days. We are still making preliminary preparations."
"Preliminary preparations? Didn't you do anything in the past two days?"
Qiu Gongyue looked at him doubtfully: "With all due respect, now is the best time to act. Do you want to wait for the Senate to strengthen its defense strength before going to save the Shadow Goddess?"
If she and Xu Cheng make such a fuss tonight, the Senate will definitely strengthen its defense forces. From tonight to tomorrow, the Senate will definitely not have time to strengthen its defense forces. It is the only one who can take action.
Of course Joyce knew that he had to act immediately and not delay.
"Of course I know the opportunity is close at hand, but, alas..."
Seeing Joyce sighing, Xu Cheng frowned and said, "Why are you talking like a mother-in-law? If you have something to say, just say it. If it's blocked, do you need me to clear it for you?"
"No need, I didn't block it."
Intuition told Joyce that Xu Cheng's communication was definitely not a good thing.
He also knew that now was not the time to be pessimistic: "Boss, I haven't actually convinced the fellow believers of the Goddess Sect to join me in the action of saving the Goddess."
Xu Cheng and Qiu Gongyue both had black lines on their foreheads: "So you were lying to us from the beginning?"
You dare to make a deal with others before you have reached an agreement with them. Isn't this a waste of money?
"Wait a moment!"
Joyce quickly explained: "I fulfilled my promise of the deal in advance. Is this also called cheating?"
Xu Cheng patted his shoulder with his hand: "If you hadn't fulfilled your transaction commitment in advance, you would be lying down talking to us instead of standing up."
Joyce breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this: "The reason why I gave you a week is actually to use this week to persuade other church members to participate in the action, but I didn't expect that you would be so fast."
"So, it's because we were too fast that we hurt you?"
"No, it has nothing to do with you. It's just that I didn't think carefully when I made the arrangements."
Joyce took the responsibility on himself and mused: "We can only buy time as soon as possible to convince the church members and take action before the Senate strengthens its defense..."
Xu Cheng took out his phone and threw it to him: "Then you should need this."
Joyce took the phone and opened it, a look of shock immediately appeared on his face.
He looked carefully at the photos Xu Cheng took from the research institute and couldn't help but ask, "Where did this come from?"
"graduate School."
"No wonder, the defense at the research institute is so tight that our people have never been able to penetrate."
After seeing the photos, Joyce couldn't help but smile and said, "Great, with this, I can immediately convince the church members to act together."
The Senate was actually conducting such treacherous research in private. They must have imprisoned the Shadow Goddess to serve as a sample for the research.
This evidence is more than enough to persuade other believers to join in the action of saving the goddess.
Qiu Gongyue suddenly asked: "Do you believe in the shadow goddess?"
Joyce was slightly startled: "Of course, otherwise how could I possibly become a bishop?"
Qiu Gongyue's eyes turned cold: "Then what are you laughing at?"
"Because I...uh..."
Joyce suddenly got stuck. He was a believer, but when he saw the evidence that the Shadow Goddess was imprisoned, instead of being angry, he smiled playfully.
What type of believer is this? It was simply a show of filial piety.
"alright!"
Xu Cheng hugged Qiu Gongyue, who was still about to speak sarcastically, and said to Joyce, who seemed to want to explain something: "You goddess is also unlucky. The Senate imprisoned her, and the Goddess Cult only wants to use her as a tool. She is not a god." You have no dignity, just go to work and don’t waste your time.”
Xu Cheng's voice was unquestionable. Joyce could not refute, and turned around to leave with a hint of shame on his face.
He is indeed not a devout believer, he just wants to use the Shadow Goddess to overthrow the Senate.
But having said that, the goddess has disappeared for so many years, how many devout believers are there?
After Joyce left, Xu Cheng looked at Qiu Gongyue, put his hand on her back, comforted her with Emotion Master, and asked doubtfully: "You are not a believer of the Goddess Religion, why are you so angry?"
Qiu Gongyue had calmed down, shook her head and said: "I don't know, maybe I think the shadow goddess is too pitiful."
When she saw that there were no devout believers in Guangming Mountain, and almost all of them were blasphemers, she would always get angry for no reason and wanted to completely destroy this place.
Xu Cheng looked at her in surprise: "When did you become so compassionate?"
Qiu Gongyue has never been a sympathetic person, let alone having any empathy for irrelevant people.
Xu Cheng suddenly became sentimental, which made Xu Cheng a little uncomfortable.
Qiu Gongyue rolled her eyes at him: "Can't I be compassionate?"
Xu Cheng hugged her from behind and began to bite her ears: "Then can't you sympathize with me first?"
He had been holding back for so long since he came to Guangming Mountain, and he didn't even have a few verbal arguments.
Qiu Gongyue's ear was bitten, and Qiu Gongyue's body felt a little weak, but she still pushed him with perseverance: "Stop making trouble, there is no time."
Xu Cheng then let go, but still reminded him: "Don't forget the compensation you still owe me."
"Can't you remember something serious?"
"It's straight and tight, tell me where it's not straight and tight?"
"..."
Joyce was very active. After obtaining the evidence, he immediately contacted other members of the Goddess Cult and invited them to come to the theater to meet.
Not long after, a large number of Goddess Cult believers who quietly came from all directions gathered in the underground training ground of the theater, numbering at least three hundred.
This amount was beyond Xu Cheng and Qiu Gongyue's expectations.
And according to Joyce's account, these believers are all moderates among the Goddess Cult. Only some of them came tonight, while not even a single person from the radicals came.
No wonder the Senate is so afraid of the Goddess Cult. There are so many people in the moderate faction, but there are only so many residents in the entire Guangming Mountain?
Joyce is in talks with several bishops about next steps.
Joyce originally wanted to introduce these bishops to Xu Cheng, but Xu Cheng refused.
He saw that these guys were just a mob, and the probability of success was too low, so there was no need to waste your time talking about the situation.
Several bishops are arrogant people, and of course they will not take the initiative to put down their attitude and come to warm their faces and stick to their cold butts.
The two sides were clearly divided, and Joyce had no choice but to run in both directions.
Xu Cheng watched Joyce arguing with several bishops, and suddenly felt that someone was peeping at him.
He turned around and saw a gloomy young man avoiding his sight.
Owen, who disappeared after being taught a lesson by Xu Cheng last time, didn't expect to show up again tonight.
On the other side, Joyce had concluded discussions with the bishops and determined the course of action.
Soon, a projector was brought out, and then the photos taken by Xu Cheng from the research institute were projected onto the screen so that the believers at the scene could see them.
Joyce walked onto the stage with several bishops. He probably learned the lesson of being ridiculed by Qiu Gongyue. He looked serious at this time and no longer smiled playfully.
"Fellow parishioners."
Joyce did not need a loudspeaker, and his voice was enough to reach the ears of everyone present: "Look at these photos, our respected goddess, was imprisoned by the Senate and used as research material. How sad this is. Madness is also a trampling and humiliation of our beliefs..."
Joyce denounced the senate on the stage for being inhumane, but except for a few people who responded angrily, most of the believers reacted calmly.
Sure enough, there are not many truly devout believers left, and most believers are no longer indignant about what happened to the Shadow Goddess. Maybe there are some perverts who are thinking about the Goddess X Senate.
Qiu Gongyue watched with cold eyes, and Xu Cheng was also curious. The reason for the goddess's imprisonment didn't seem to work. How did Joyce use to mobilize this group of devout believers.
Around the theater, a theater employee was standing guard.
The deep night almost swallowed up the entire Guangming Mountain. The employee yawned while blowing the cold wind.
He took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. Before he could take two puffs, he suddenly turned around in alarm.
When he clearly saw the man appearing behind him, he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief: "Why is it you? You don't make a sound when you walk. That's right. You are... um..."
Before he could finish speaking, the man stretched out his hand to grab his throat and twisted hard.
With a clicking sound, the employee's neck was broken, his eyes widened with an expression of disbelief on his face.
The man picked up the cigarette that fell on the ground and stuffed it into the corpse's mouth.
"Don't blame me, just blame Joyce's cold-bloodedness."
He murmured to himself, then stood up and walked forward.
Hidden in the night outside the theater were a large group of heavily armed Guardians of the Law. It was almost impossible to count how many there were at a glance.
The man swallowed and approached, and the Lawkeepers parted to the sides, revealing an old man wearing a platinum robe.
Eugene Gerald.
Seeing this one of the leaders of Guangming Mountain, the man's knees subconsciously weakened, but he still gritted his teeth and insisted on standing: "They are all in the underground training ground of the theater now, including the one who killed Sizeweed and Dark The assassin’s man.”
"Very well, your credit will not be owed."
Eugene reassured, looked up at the theater in the night, and waved his hand: "Attack."
Behind him, countless Guardians rushed towards the theater like a tide.
