Zheng Wenwen was staying in a corner of the square accompanied by several male servants. As soon as she saw Gu Hanhan, Zheng Wenwen ran over and grabbed her arm.
"Where did you go, Gu Hanhan!" She said angrily, "Well, in the blink of an eye, you disappeared after running away, and I couldn't even find you. I thought you were abducted by human traffickers! I didn't even think about it. The police are going to be called, do you know?!”
"I saw someone, it seems to be a classmate I lost contact with before -" Gu Hanhan said casually.
Zheng Wenwen didn't expect such an answer, so she couldn't help but be stunned: "Have you found it?"
"No, I admit my mistake."
"oh."
At this time, the lucky man who received the "miracle" and was cured of the genetic disease had been helped into the Pantheon by the deacons and servants of the temple. However, the crowd in the square did not disperse, and the devout pilgrims and believers were still kneeling. I prayed at the steps of the Pantheon without stopping for about three days and nights. There was a long queue in front of each donation box. The face of every person who stuffed gold coins from the atonement roll into the donation box exuded the light of faith. They knelt down and kissed the thorny branch-shaped base under the donation box, and heard the gold coins falling. The moment the donation box clicked, an expression of happiness and satisfaction appeared. The crowd was all talking, enthusiastically discussing the past piety and future glory of the lucky "miracle" apparition, as well as the sacrificial ceremony to be held in three days. According to the relevant rituals of the Temple Cult, three days after the miracle occurs, the manifested person will be placed in the temple of the Temple Cult to receive the care and management of the priests and medical staff in order to restore the health of his body after receiving the grace of the "miracle". weak. Three days later, a sacrificial ceremony will be held and the temple will confer the title of "Revelator" on him. The "revelator" will probably be absorbed by a religious order under the temple in the future. From then on, he will walk around the galaxy and devote his life to spreading the gospel of the temple——
This scene made the Acropolis Widow, who had just suffered a mental blow, obviously even more disheartened. She suggested that they go back to the airship, sleep and have lunch, and then continue traveling in the afternoon. Even if they go to tease the handsome valet, it is better than staying here with God sticks and believers are together, enjoying their victory and cheering!
But Zheng Wenwen refused to agree. She had just witnessed an incredible event with her own eyes, but she had never experienced the baptism of the Acropolis or the testimony of the magicians. It was like opening a magical door, and she was very interested in "miracles" and the magicians. He is even more curious about religious rituals that are full of mystery, and he is likely to fall in love with the temple religion without caring about Hanhan's attempts to win over him.
"It's only half past nine! I haven't digested my breakfast yet, so what's the point of having lunch? I'm not sleepy at all!" she said, "Let's go to the pilgrimage platform! What a pity we've come but not gone! Maybe there will be another miracle!" I didn’t have time to take a photo just now!”
Gu Hanhan smiled bitterly in her heart. Now Wenwen had the intention to move closer to the temple. She didn't know whether to be happy or sad, but she had no choice but to accompany her. However, Gu Hanhan did not have any hope for the miracle that Zheng Wenwen was so enthusiastic about. . No matter how powerful the respected Mr. Gal is, he probably still doesn’t have the ability to bring out the Goddess of Earth or the Goddess of Darkness...
The Pilgrimage Platform is right behind the Pantheon. A ladder rises from the ground and reaches into the sky. It is almost vertical to the ground, with only a small inclination. The stone steps are cut out of the cliffs, and there are cliffs on both sides. . Countless believers are climbing up the ladder. Every time they climb a step, they bend forward and fall forward, kowtow to the ground, and then stand up and climb the next step. Among Gal's followers, there was an aide in casual clothes who had been sent by the Holy Land Inspector-General as a tour guide for them when they left the Pantheon's Deacon's Office. At this time, he explained: "Pious believers will worship in the places they worship. The sacrificial goddess comes to worship at the sacred mountain during the season, praying to come to the world or to bless and protect them. On the ladder to heaven, every time they kowtow, their sins in the world will be eliminated. The first level of the ladder has 999 If you perform nine hundred and ninety-nine times and pray on the pilgrimage platform, you will be pure and unsullied and receive the blessing of the God of the Universe."
Zheng Wenwen nodded "Oh" and "Oh" and exclaimed. The worship of devout believers brought her a great visual impact, which was unprecedented on earth. As she climbed those steps, she pinched her ring excitedly and kept taking pictures of the magnificent images on the steps. The assistant tour guide resisted the urge to grab the ring and crush it hard, but for the sake of the widow of the Acropolis, he did not remind her that photography was not allowed here.
Gu Hanhan looked up at the endless worshipers on the ladder and felt a little sad. He asked the deacon and tour guide: "In the "Sacred Code" calendar, the time from March to May is spring, which is responsible for growth and pregnancy. She is the goddess of the earth. The season that governs the human world is still at the end of May, so these worshipers on the ladder to heaven are all believers of the earth goddess Gaia?"
"Yes, madam," the assistant tour guide was shocked and quickly replied, "The goddess of the earth has been in the world for more than ten years. During this period, she has received many blessings from the gods and protected countless creatures in the galaxy. All countries that have converted to faith are prosperous and their people live and work in peace and contentment. Therefore, The Earth Temple has the largest number of worshipers, and there is an endless stream of worshipers every spring. The high tide has already passed by the end of May. The third month of the year is the most prosperous time, and people are trampled to death almost every day. Or being squeezed down the ladder to the point where the Congregation for the Blessed Sacraments has to issue a proclamation limiting the number of daily worshipers.”
"Then there is the Dark Goddess. The midsummer period from June to August every year is about destruction and reconstruction. It is the season when the Dark Goddess Nix is in charge of the order of the world. She is also the goddess in this world. The believers of the Dark Temple will also flock here from all parts of the galaxy. , bringing another peak of worship. After this, it can be a little deserted. The goddess of the netherworld, who governs devouring and fertility in autumn, and the goddess of the abyss, who governs dormancy and resurrection in winter, have not yet come to the world, so there are not many believers who specialize in worship. They are all believers and pilgrims in Chaos, the God of the Universe.”
The desolation in Gu Hanhan's heart somehow became tragic. Who among these bustling pilgrims and devout believers of the Earth Goddess knew that Gaia was about to fall? Every divine gift, every divine punishment, every divine blessing, every time it burns life. What do believers know? They never knew that a twelve-year-old girl turned into a torch and lit up a patch of light and warmth for mankind in the endless darkness of the universe. They are obviously more willing to easily believe that this is what they have brought to them through devout prayers, pilgrimages and offerings - as long as they are pious, they will definitely be rewarded.
Now more than ten years have passed, the torch is about to burn out, the light is about to go out, and believers may soon pray for new light and the arrival of the goddess.
"Goddess," she said, "That's really burning yourself to illuminate the universe..."
The deacon and tour guide suddenly showed a solemn look. He bowed towards the ladder toward the holy platform, stood up and said: "It is the sacred mission of the God of the universe and all his incarnations to come to the world to turn into light and shine on the world."
Gu Hanhan was stunned, as if his heart suddenly suffered a heavy blow. At this moment, she seemed to see stars shining like torches one after another in the dark and icy universe, lighting up and extinguishing one after another, illuminating the way forward for mankind. Reincarnation after reincarnation, thousands of years of temple history, how many temples shine, and how many temples die. In this shining and silent reincarnation, human beings stumble and stagger...
This sudden move brought tears to Gu Hanhan's eyes. She stopped and took a deep breath, trying to calm down her emotions.
Gal looked at Gu Hanhan's expression and warned the assistant priest acting as a tour guide to shut up with his eyes - mentioning the goddess in front of Gu Hanhan, whether it is the goddess of earth or the goddess of darkness, or a goddess who has not yet arrived but may come at any time. , are obviously inappropriate.
What could be more vicious than to advance a goddess in front of a potential person or an adult's fiancée? This stupid officiant must pay the price! he thinks.
Zheng Wenwen was baffled. She was confused by the God of the Universe and various comings, and was completely confused.
"Why is there a Goddess of Earth and a Goddess of Darkness?" she asked, "What do gods in the world and coming mean? Isn't the God of the Universe the only God? No, is there any living god in the Temple Cult? ?!”
Zheng Wenwen's pagan questions aroused the tour guide's assistant's desire to preach, but she was ordered to shut up by Garr, so she scratched her head and scratched her head, and her whole body felt hot.
Gu Hanhan held hands with Zheng Wenwen and explained to her personally: "The God of the Universe represents the highest power and the elusive change of nothingness, and represents the embodiment of the will of the universe. It is the highest belief of the Temple Religion. There are five types of God of the Universe. The basic powers are growth, destruction, devouring, hypnosis and healing. Whenever the universe needs some kind of power, the God of the universe will bring this power to the world. The inheritor of power is the goddess, who represents the power of the universe. The incarnation of God in the human world. Nowadays, there are two main forces in the universe, namely growth and destruction. The expression is that the goddess of growth power and the goddess of destruction power come to the world at the same time. They each build temples, attract followers, and give blessings. . Opposing each other, but unified within a temple religion, balancing each other. Just like two factions of the same religion. Well, the Earth Temple and the Dark Temple, although they don't accuse each other of heresy, they still fight fiercely. As for the other two powers, devouring and hypnosis, there is no goddess coming for the time being, so there are not many believers, so they are temporarily closed. That’s probably what it means.”
Zheng Wenwen tried hard to understand it, and she basically understood it by referring to ghost possession, but it just meant that there were so many incarnations of the God of the Universe that the understanding of possession was a bit confusing. Finally, she counted the numbers on her fingers and asked: "No, there are five powers: growth, destruction, devouring, hypnosis, and healing. Why are there only four incarnations of power? Where are the incarnations of healing and the temple?" ? Twelve months in a year, one god takes care of three months, thirty or forty-two, they are all divided!"
Gu Hanhan was also surprised: "Yeah, I never noticed it before. I'll look through the book when I go back later -"
The assistant priest of the tour guide finally couldn't help but said: "Healing power is the guardian of all other powers. It is the power of the will of the universe that comes from people themselves. The first goddess recorded in the temple's books as the incarnation of the will of the universe is the Lord." The goddess of life who is responsible for healing and love/desire is used to inspire the direction of mankind. Therefore, the goddess of life who is responsible for healing and love/desire never comes to the world easily, nor is she in charge of the four seasons. She is the enlightened god who watches the light of mankind in the chaos. "
