In the car, Ji Xun sat silently in the corner.
His "unsociable" persona has been established, and those colleagues ignored him and just talked to themselves.
"Boss, where are you going on this mission?"
"There was a fight between workers at the gunpowder factory, and more than a dozen people died. I heard that the explosion was very bad, and it was another tricky job..."
"Oh, the people in the union have taken some wrong medicine recently, and they are also making noises and holding parades. People are dying every day, and they don't know what they are trying to do."
"I heard that a consortium from the upper city opened a factory, and the salary was nearly 4,000 a month, which is much higher than other factories. At first, the gang people said it was a conspiracy, and no one went. But later, those who tried got it Because of the money, people in other factories gradually started to make trouble. The union also put a lot of pressure on the gangs..."
"Yes. My buddy is the 'wall painter'. Recently, the gang has sent out a mission and assassinated several foremen who took the lead in causing trouble..."
"The average worker is already 4,000? Hiss... In that case, the wages of our body collectors should also be increased."
"..."
It was no longer new for Ji Xun to hear these things.
Workers have also been one of the biggest sources of recent unrest in Innocence.
After Cao Sihai was killed, the federal congressmen also learned that it was difficult to defeat the hard nut of Innocence City by relying on force alone.
The chaebol businessmen obviously have a further vision and their methods are much more sophisticated.
They knew that once the Old Continent was developed on a large scale, Innocence City would inevitably become a choke point city, so they began to seize various resources in Innocence City as soon as they arrived.
With its huge financial resources, it acquired, invested in, and built a large number of factories.
The chaebols are extremely wealthy and concentrate on grabbing resources in order to squeeze out the small workshops in the city in a short period of time, so they raise wages very high, poaching people at almost two or three times their salary.
This suddenly caused the conflicts among the people at the bottom of Innocence City to change from an external conflict to an internal conflict.
For example, Nuggets Pier.
Although the Nugget Terminal, the only connection to the Old World, is controlled by gangs, it is the lower-level workers who actually do the work.
Originally there was no risk, but the salary was low.
The cost of porters is only 3,000 per month.
Now someone is offering 6,000, who are you going to do it with?
It would be strange not to make trouble.
This is the plan.
Even if you know, there is nothing you can do.
Is it possible that the gangs in Innocence City can still play with the chaebol to increase their wages?
I tasted the sweetness at first, but it was eaten away bit by bit.
Even if I want to stop him now, I can't.
People at the bottom can never be the opponents of those politicians when it comes to playing tricks and economics.
The influx of a large amount of hot money has also caused prices in Innocence City to skyrocket. People have to pursue higher salaries if they want to survive, and conflicts will become more and more intense.
But this is an otherworldly world where power reigns supreme over politics.
Originally, the methods of businessmen were not so vicious, at least not that anyone had such long-term vision.
But it seems that another invisible force is secretly adding fuel to the flames. Someone is deliberately guiding the direction of the wind at several key points, and the turmoil is becoming more and more intense.
Ji Xun sensed a familiar formula from the recent turmoil.
Like the labyrinth of a large cemetery, a few pieces of news ruined the Cao family's path to governorship.
I never saw any "mastermind" from beginning to end.
The same is true for this turmoil.
Obviously, there are master plans behind these turmoils.
If the trouble continues like this, before long, even if the nobles don't send any lords to suppress it, all classes in Innocence City will conflict and divide themselves.
This kind of method was not surprising to Ji Xun in his previous life when information was developed.
But he also thought it was pretty good.
Judging from the information he has learned now, the mysterious "Old Continent" is a place with real legends of gods and demons.
That is the sea of stars.
Ji Xun is full of interest in that mysterious place.
It’s also good to develop it early.
...
Soon the steam truck arrived at the gunpowder factory.
The fighting here has receded and it's a mess, waiting for their corpse collectors to clean up the battlefield.
Ji Xun and others got out of the car and started collecting the bodies as usual.
It turned out to be a very ordinary field mission, gathering the stumps, spraying medicine, and then bagging them into the car.
However, no one expected that a strange event would happen.
After closing it, the light all around suddenly became brighter.
Not the glow of a dim gas lamp.
But a kind of bright silver light.
Suddenly, someone shouted: "Look, what is that in the sky!"
Ji Xun was also attracted by the light. When he looked up, he was also stunned.
Heaven shows visions.
This is...
moon?
Ji Xun's eyes froze.
I don’t know when there was an extra bright moon in the sky!
Why is there a moon in the dungeon?
He dazzled and thought he had seen it wrong.
But if you take a closer look, isn't that bright celestial body in the sky just a silver-hook-like moon?
Ji Xun looked at it and his eyes shrank, and he was also very confused: "What is going on..."
Although the space of this underground city is high, it is far from high enough to accommodate such a huge celestial body.
What you see in your eyes is not necessarily the real thing, but most likely some kind of optical anomaly similar to a projection.
"how did you make it?"
Ji Xun observed for a while but couldn't see the projected light trace.
To the naked eye, the moon looked exactly like the real thing, hanging high in the endless darkness.
Moreover, looking at it, it seems that the moon has a magical power, which makes people feel a sense of spiritual pleasure.
Ji Xun found this feeling strangely familiar.
...
"What it is?"
"I don't know. Is it the new lighting device made by the Shangcheng Laboratory?"
"Hey, don't tell me, it's pretty good-looking."
"..."
The people in the dungeon had never seen the moon, and no one knew what it meant.
One by one, they pointed at the luminous objects in the sky.
Ji Xun always felt that something was wrong, and vaguely felt that something big was about to happen.
However, the moment he thought about it carefully, an idea flashed in his mind, and he shouted in his heart: "This is how it feels!"
He finally realized that the familiar feeling just now was for nothing.
In the secret room of the cemetery maze, he looked at the "☾" symbol carving on the ceiling.
That's how it felt at the time!
Exactly the same!
Suddenly, Ji Xun understood immediately and had already determined the direction in his heart: "The moon in the sky... was caused by the group of believers of the old gods behind the cellar in Tailor Street!"
And almost as soon as he looked at it for a moment, a piece of enlightenment emerged that made people think deeply: "You are exempt from a slight trace of belief pollution."
"This...pollutes faith!"
Thinking of something, even Ji Xun's current state of mind was amazed when he saw this method: "What a big move..."
He squinted at the moon in the sky, his eyes gradually turned cold, and he murmured to himself: "Are those guys from the Old Sect so big? They usually just hide in the dark, but this time they showed up, Just use the moon to pollute your faith. Are you going to pollute the entire Sinless City?"
These guys are playing so blatantly, are they planning to cause a big wave?
It turns out that it’s not just the chaebols who are lively, the believers of the ancient gods are also lively in the shadows.
Enlightenment has made it obvious.
This moon is not just beautiful to look at.
Rather, it is a source of pollution.
The source of disaster that pollutes faith!
If there were no [JOKER] Trickster exemption from faith tampering entries, Ji Xun might have been tricked himself and would not have been able to detect it at all.
At this moment, he also understood the meaning of this entry.
What kind of pollution is this? How can there be a greater threat of pollution if you have faith?
It's like a spiritual seal that enslaves people. If this thing is tricked, even its cognition will be biased.
The more I think about it, the more I feel like my scalp is numb.
At this moment, Ji Xun seemed to see a big hand from ancient times, quietly pushing away the soil from the tomb and stretching it out, covering the eyes of human beings looking up.
A certain ancient god who has long been buried in the dust of history, after thousands of years, wants to awaken the instinctive terror sleeping in human blood and regain control over lower creatures.
Ji Xun looked serious: "Belief pollution, it's really exciting now..."
By killing people and making bloody sacrifices, human beings were probably no more than animals in the eyes of the gods. The believers of the ancient gods gave him a very bad impression as soon as they arrived.
Ji Xun could already foresee that human beings would be dominated by the gods of the past and fall into endless night.
It was like a human being trapped on an isolated island by gods, knowing the true eternal night forever blinded by false beliefs.
Faced with the terror of domination from the indescribable ancient gods, Ji Xun snorted a sneer, his eyes full of burning sternness. The curvature of the corners of his mouth became higher and higher, reaching an almost evil level.
Tsk tsk, let me just say what are the shortcomings...
In a place like the end of the world, a place of exile like Innocence City, if it were just violence and disorder, the folk customs would really be considered simple.
Now that something like this happens,
It suddenly felt right.
No matter what kind of ancient gods, ancient sects, evil gods...
This is the correct way to open up the dark side of the extraordinary world.
This is a world with gods and demons!
...
It is impossible to guard against such mysterious methods that pollute faith.
If there is no way to restrain it, even high-level spell card masters will fall into the trap.
Those believers of the old gods pose a greater threat of instability than any plutocrats.
Ji Xun looked at the moon in the sky, thoughts racing in his mind.
The pollution is not serious at the moment, but it will become difficult to say after a long time.
However, at this moment, the surrounding light dimmed.
Looking again, the moon in the sky suddenly went out.
The night returned to calm.
There is nothing in the sky.
As if everything was an illusion.
"Eh...interrupted?"
Ji Xun thought of something immediately after looking at it, and thought to himself: "Is it because there is not enough energy?"
Now that the Old Day Sect has shown up, there is no need to hide it.
Since it's polluting the whole city, it's okay to just do it to the end, but now it's suddenly interrupted?
It shouldn't have been interrupted by an external force.
This is the first time the moon has appeared. Those old believers should not be so stupid and were discovered the first time.
Ji Xun thought of something else.
He is a staunch materialist.
He also recognized that everything in the universe is an energy unit, and even gods should be described by certain special energy units.
Such a large-scale pollution of faith definitely requires a source of energy.
Even if it is magic, it must be supported by magic power.
"So, what kind of energy does this 'moon' need?"
Ji Xun thought about it quickly in his mind.
In his eyes, the moon is like a light bulb, which only lights up when electricity is supplied.
But where does "electricity" come from?
Following this line of thought, Ji Xun suddenly had an idea flash in his mind.
"Eh... energy? Could it be generated by a sacrificial ritual?"
Ji Xun instantly thought of the bloody sacrificial ceremony in the basement of Tailor Street.
Could it be that [Secret Cause Medium] is actually energy?
Not only that, he also instantly thought of the layout of the maze in the cemetery.
There were four stone pillars in the secret room, on which were carved human sacrifice rituals, and then the priest pointed to the moon symbol on the ceiling.
Offering sacrifices to pray for God's response...
The more I think about it, the clearer it becomes.
Ji Xun's brain was working rapidly at this moment.
The pieces of information about the old sect kept colliding in his mind.
The secret chamber of the Great Cemetery, the four-column arching the moon, the Tailor Street Sacrifice...
Like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, a corner of a certain pattern is pieced together in the blink of an eye.
Although I didn’t get a glimpse of the whole picture.
But just this corner was enough for Ji Xun to deduce a possibility that was very close to the truth.
He was almost certain that there had to be a sacrificial ceremony before the "moon" appeared.
Ji Xun's eyes fluttered, and a bolder guess came into his mind!
"Now that the position of the moon is determined, is it possible that the positions of the 'four pillars' are also fixed?"
Although he didn't understand why the stone pillars in the secret room were designed like this.
But his intuition told him that those four stone pillars must have coincided with a certain formation, and they must not be changed easily!
The moon's position is now determined, it is at the center.
Then if you make a little more determination, wouldn't it be possible to determine the position of the four pillars?
"The Cellar of Tailor Street!"
Ji Xun turned his eyes and already grasped the key point.
If his guess was correct, the cellar in Tailor Street had previously been one of the four pillars.
So that means there should be three similar sacrificial ceremony strongholds in the other three locations?
...
Ji Xun doesn't care about the old sect.
The spell card masters in this world have coexisted with gods and demons for countless years, and games at that level are simply not something he can consider with his current strength.
There are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the city of innocence, and he doesn't think he is the only one who has discovered something wrong with the moon.
But at this moment, Ji Xun had a bold idea in his mind: "What if we can find another place of sacrifice, will we also be able to find the [Secret Cause Medium]?!"
My thoughts suddenly became clear.
Ji Xun's eyes were burning.
He felt that he might have a big surprise for those Old Day believers!
