"Master God Envoy, I actually have nothing to say..."
"I'm just a... very ordinary person..."
In front of Lin An, a scavenger who queued in looked at Angus who was walking out uneasily.
In his eyes, Angus who walked out at this time seemed a little different.
It was obviously only a few minutes.
This tragic soldier seemed to have become a different person.
If he remembered correctly, Angus told them privately when he came that they didn't necessarily need to really believe in "gods" and could just pretend.
But now, he actually felt an indescribable feeling from Angus.
It's like, really starting to believe something.
"Just say it. Only then will you know what you really want."
Raising his hand, Lin An spoke calmly and signaled the second scavenger to do as he was told.
The test worked very well.
After Angus showed his inner pain nakedly for the first time, this man already had the potential of a fanatic.
In fact, Lin An even felt that when Angus faced the pain and saw hope, there was a sudden slight fluctuation in his lifeless and powerless spiritual world.
It was like he was absorbing the power of emotion for the first time.
Therefore, Lin An needs more test samples, and he needs to figure out what the power of faith is.
"All right..."
The second scavenger smiled bitterly and simply knelt down in front of the tire.
Although he felt a little uncomfortable and didn't feel like he had anything to say. But for the sake of strength, he can "bear it for a while" and pretend.
After all, there really is a miracle here.
"My name is Byron, well... I was a store owner before the end of time."
"Unlike Angus, he is a very powerful person, the most powerful person among us."
"As for me, I am actually very ordinary, even after the end of the world."
Byron shrugged his shoulders and talked about himself somewhat casually.
Although he didn't know what this divine envoy wanted to do, he could vaguely imagine that this man might be doing the same thing as the previous priests, making confessions and complaining.
But..
To be honest, he really felt that there was nothing miserable about him. He simply wanted power and no longer wanted to pick up trash.
As an ordinary person, it's pretty good that he can survive until now.
"Oh, sir. I actually believed in the Heavenly Father before the end of the world. Of course, after I was chased and bitten by the priest, I no longer believed in it."
After laughing twice awkwardly, Byron stared at the pyramid while trying to remember, only intending to tell his story casually.
"I actually haven't saved many people. Unlike Angus, he is considered a hero. As for me, I just hid in the store shivering and ate and waited to die..."
"I haven't done any great feats. My family all turned into zombies on the first day."
"Perhaps the single most heroic thing I've ever done was send my family on their way?"
As he spoke, Byron's voice deepened and seemed a little desolate.
"I shot my grandfather with the first shot. He was a good man."
"The second shot killed my grandmother. The two old ones couldn't move. Even if they turned into zombies, they couldn't run fast."
"Third shot, fourth shot...um...maybe the tenth shot? I killed my wife and my dog."
"Sorry, I'm scared."
"If you have to say that I have a special story, it would probably be that I may have saved two very powerful people?"
Suddenly raising his head, Byron hesitated for a moment and looked at Lin An:
"Sir, I actually have a chance to become an awakened one."
"It's just that they didn't give me the chance."
"Who won't give it? Why not?"
Lin An noticed that Byron's mood began to fluctuate at this time, and asked softly.
After a few seconds, Byron was silent for a moment, and then he spoke:
"who?"
"Oh, those are my guys. Andy and Karens."
"I remember that they were chased by zombies to the door of my store. Seeing that they were about to die, I let them in and gave them food. Later, they became very courageous and often went out to hunt zombies. I If you are timid, I will just stay in the store and guard there."
"The three of us divided the work and worked together, and everything went smoothly."
"Later, a low-level psychic node suddenly appeared in my shop, so someone quickly became an awakener."
"But that's when everything changed."
"The first awakened person is Karens."
"He proposed that he distribute the food, since he contributes the most."
"I don't have any objection, as long as I have something to eat."
"The second person who awakened was Andy. He suggested that we expand our power so that we can survive better. I don't have any objections. After all, they are smarter, better than me, and think more than me."
"It's just that I have always wanted to be an awakened person, and I envy them."
"But Andy and Karens both told me that they were afraid of my death and said they would wait until they found a safe way to awaken me."
"I'll wait and wait..."
"When they went out to hunt mutants and search for resources, I would stay in the supermarket and help them sharpen their knives, wash clothes, and cook. Anyway, I did everything."
"After the first month, they brought back ten people, and our number became thirteen. Two of them soon became awakened ones."
"After the second month, our number increased to one hundred. The Awakened became seventeen."
"The third month...the fourth month..."
"More and more people are becoming awakened, and Andy and Karens are becoming more and more powerful. People also like me very much, because as long as they ask me to do something, I am willing to do anything."
"But I know that there is not much food left, and the power points are running out soon."
"I don't know from that day on, my food began to shrink, but I didn't dare to ask Karens for it, even though the dogs he raised ate more than me."
"I always feel that they are awakened people, so they should consume more food. Although... that is my shop..."
The more he talks, the more he talks.
As Byron spoke, he seemed to have forgotten his initial thoughts, and his eyes gradually became confused.
"Sir, later on, I accidentally stepped on the shoes of an awakened person who joined later. That day, the awakened person almost beat me to death."
"It was also from that moment on that I suddenly really wanted power."
"So I went to Kalens and said that I am not afraid of death anymore. Please let me become an awakener. Please let me use "my" psychic nodes!"
"Karens turned me down. He said he was close to developing a safe method."
"I'm very disappointed because I know that power node is going to disappear soon!"
"A few days later, I went to see Andy again. I was very hungry. People said that I was not an awakened person and that I was not qualified to eat!"
"I told Andy, Andy, please, please, for the sake of helping you, let me become the awakened one!"
"I know! I know that thing is disappearing!"
His fists suddenly clenched.
Byron, who was kneeling in front of the tire, seemed to have returned to the past. His eyes were out of focus and he stared blankly at the tire, and his voice became louder and louder.
"Andy said yes! He promised me!"
"He said that he was very grateful to me for helping him. He also knew that this place is mine, and the psychic node is also mine!"
"I'm so happy! So happy!"
"but!"
Byron's eyes suddenly turned red.
When he touched on this experience, even he didn't know that deep down in his heart, he had always remembered everything at that time!
"That night! Andy let someone who had just joined use his last chance to use up the nodes in front of me!"
"I asked him why, I asked him why he did this to me!"
"Andy didn't answer me. He just looked at me contemptuously, and then had me kicked out. Kicked me out of my store!"
"When I was kicked out, maybe some people looked at me pitifully, but one person told me the answer."
"He said..."
"Byron, you are a coward. You dare not fight for anything, so you deserve to die!"
"You don't even dare to kill people. You kill zombies and you have to pray for them! You deserve to be a waste!"
The more I talked, the more excited I became.
In an instant, Byron's eyes were red. Under his long hair like weeds, he suddenly turned his head to look at Lin An, his voice full of unwillingness:
"grown ups!"
"I just wanted to ask!"
"Do good people deserve to die, and good people can't gain power!?"
"Because I don't fight, do I even have to lose what I have!?"
"What is an awakened one!? God said to love everyone, why is it wrong!?"
"Why are they bullying me! What did I do wrong?!"
After the words fell, Lin An suddenly fell silent as he looked at Byron, who was holding back tears and trying to restrain himself even though he was extremely angry.
He knew that Byron was lying to him.
That was the night when Byron no longer believed in Heavenly Father and no longer believed in God.
