Every sacrifice to the God of Light is a grand event in the human world.
Preparations for long sacrifices often start from the early morning of the day before. The gorgeous altar, the treasures piled on the altar, and of course the believers' pure faith, all of which are placed in a complex set of rituals, just for the sake of sacrifice. When the sacrifice officially begins at dusk the next day, it will attract the attention of the God of Light and grant a miracle.
A miracle is not only the beginning of a sacrifice, but also the climax of a sacrifice, and it is also the end of a sacrifice. It is like a signal. When a miracle occurs, it means that the part of the sacrifice that belongs to God has come to an end. From then on, whether it was praising someone or passing on a lamp, it became a church ritual. After that, the joy of the world officially begins.
The sacrificial parade is the most important scene in the grand sacrificial ceremony for the God of Light. It is also what everyone is looking forward to. After the sacred, solemn and long lighting ceremony, when everyone in the church and on the square added their faith torches to the altar, the long-awaited parade began. The chief priest of the church is at the front, followed by various priests holding holy objects, and then the singers holding holy lamps. They come from the ladder in front of the church, with gods hanging over their heads and around them. The halo given has been moving from the sky to the ground. The believers who came to participate in the sacrifice followed them, and hundreds of thousands of people formed a huge parade. Airships patrolled in the sky, constantly changing formations, displaying various gorgeous scenes, fireworks bloomed, scattering colorful balls, streamers and stars shining with golden light. On the ground, there were more than a dozen blocks near the church. All are classified as cruising range. Various performances are on display, as well as floats, speeches and exotic customs. On both sides of the street, all the shops are open day and night, and various boo-boos are displayed at the entrances to promote the parade. All the hotels and restaurants were full, and even a tenfold increase in prices could not quell people's surging enthusiasm. According to Xuhuixing's long-standing tradition, the night parade after each sacrificial ceremony is undoubtedly Valentine's Day.
People join the parade at any time, and people leave at any time. This is both a sacrifice and a carnival. Just like all deep beliefs will eventually evolve into superficial excitement, the gods are in the world, and this is the gods in the world.
The wave of carnival is bound to get higher and higher. People from the Queen Isabella have not seen such a lively and prosperous scene for a long time. Although they were affected by the episode during the previous light-passing ceremony, they were infected by the warm atmosphere. , they couldn't help but let go of their worries and join in, having a great time.
As the parade progressed, when the queue arrived at a central block where a statue of the God of Light was erected, the singers holding holy lamps also dispersed into the crowd and joined in the sea of joy. The atmosphere was instantly pushed into to a climax.
The Undersecretary of Trade and officials who had been accompanying the guests on the Queen Isabella were very naive. Mr. Undersecretary also specially explained to Chris: "Although the singers are born with the same connection with the gods, they are actually still They are not completely equivalent to priests and must swear to keep chastity. Like some secular life, they can participate in it without any inconvenience. Especially in emotional interactions, due to the unique birth and birth of the God of Light, Chaos attributes, as singers who are bound to the spirit of the light god, tend to receive more welcome and love, and this love and welcome are usually not restricted by gender and number of people. In short, singers Their lives are by no means the boring and rough monastic life they imagined. On the contrary, they have far fewer fetters than ordinary people, so they are often able to experience more of the joy of life. Miss Chris, yes This is a chance for you to learn more about the life of a singer, haha..."
Chris squeezed over from the parade team. Because of the rare excitement and enthusiasm, her face was red and she was smiling... Deputy Commander Ying said: "Oh, this does sound pretty good -"
"--really not bad."
Next to the street, in a high-end couple-themed hotel, the window of a balcony on the second floor was pushed open. A young woman who claimed to be a cellist and part-time teacher of the National Grand Symphony Orchestra stood by the window, looking at the bustling parade below, taking a deep breath, looking relaxed and very satisfied.
"This is the smell," she said, "They set off fireworks tonight, and there is the smell of grilled fish. They will eat and have sex, dance and sing, and in the end they may be so drunk that they fall asleep on the street. It’s burning.”
"Let me see."
A pair of slender hands appeared on the young woman's shoulders, and then, a large warm shawl wrapped around her naked arms. Rios's handsome face appeared from one side of the window, and his short blond hair was a little messy, giving him a midnight laziness and cynicism.
"Well, there was a sex and carnival, and the smell of human fireworks was everywhere." He put his head on her shoulder and began to rub her, kissing all the way up from her neck to her earlobe.
"Will God also like it?" He said, "Maybe he is watching us."
"Probably not," she giggled as she was scratched, "God of Light, he may be extremely angry——"
"No matter," Leos said, "you are my goddess now—"
They fell over together and disappeared again by the window.
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The grand sacrifice did not end until just before dawn. The crowd dispersed like an ebbing tide, leaving behind trampled objects on the ground and silence after the noise.
Gu Hanhan was not burdened by her social mission and had a great time at the celebration. She also tried many local delicacies in Xuhuixing, which made her feel full and lustful, which directly led to her return after the event. He fell asleep on the way.
This was almost the most solid and sweet sleep that Gu Hanhan had after leaving Xinghua Lane. She fell asleep for at least an hour. When she woke up, she found that not only had the airship returned to the Queen Isabella, but it had also even returned to her. I was carried to the bridge by some little angel and placed on the bench next to the conference table.
She woke up at the right time, and the scene in the conference room was like crazy. The intelligence agents sent by the Operations Department have all arrived. Those who have not come have at least all the intelligence. At this time, the main senior officials of the Queen Isabella are gathering around a conference table to sort out these things. information and try to discuss a practical plan of action.
As for the action plan, it is destined to be imperfect. A group of people come and go, and there are many scenes of banging the table and staring. The arguments are very annoying, and the most eye-catching one among them is Monique.
The second grader had already pushed Hank, who was theoretically in charge of everything, to the side, and he took the host position without hesitation, and was jumping up and down and chatting with the crowd. He said that he had seen the king eat more rice than everyone else, and when it came to conquest, no one here had a say as much as his young master.
The young master is well-founded, and no one can compare with him in his argument. But in terms of what he did, the young master... no one could do it. The two sides were evenly matched and were temporarily tied. This scene made Gu Hanhan have to suspect that the little squire Hank was retreating, so he pushed Monique in front to charge into the battle. Just like in all previous incidents, the stupid son of the Pope's family took the lead. He takes the lead in overcoming difficulties, and the little attendant follows behind to pick up the victory and favors. It is said that one's identity and fame are hidden deep. This is very unacropolis, but at the same time very acropolis. The more Gu Hanhan explored the little attendant, the more he felt like he was in a fog, and it was difficult to distinguish his true face. Now she didn't really want to argue. Not asking for explanations was a good habit that Gu Hanhan had developed since junior high school. She would put aside her doubts in a matter of seconds.
"Miss Gu is awake."
Of course, it was the waiter who discovered Gu Hanhan for the first time, and seemed to want to drag her into the battle.
Gu Hanhan never had the ideal to join the gang. She said she had no initiative. Even if she had an initiative, now that someone is contributing, why doesn't she just sit back and enjoy the success? Besides, beating Xu Huixing is not just for herself. The bandits are for profit, the captain is for power, and the middle two are playing games to show off for fun, one justifies the reputation of the other two, but she, Gu Hanhan, is here not for wealth, not for profit, and not for fame. Unity is based on selfless dedication and self-sacrifice - unity always requires shouting and fighting, and it cannot be established until we have been knifed together and shared our faults together.
So Gu Hanhan wiped her face and stood up. Before anyone asked her to stand up and host the speech, she said a long list of words.
She was talking about the intelligence data and analysis she had obtained from the sacrificial ceremony in the temple, and she only analyzed and did not judge. She never mentioned what should be done next. As for the next great cause of conquering the Rising Star, of course it depends on The efforts of all of you here. She, Gu Hanhan, is self-aware and knows that she has no talent and only has beauty and wealth, so she will never do that kind of thing where she instructs experts and acts blindly if she is not good enough. At the same time, she also said that in the subsequent operations, as long as she, Gu Hanhan, is useful, she will be on call, point here and there, obey orders and follow instructions, and resolutely carry out the cause of conquering the Xuhui Star. of a screw.
Then, while everyone was still reacting, she quickly slipped away under the pretext of experimenting.
There are indeed experiments waiting in the laboratory.
This is consistent. While Gu Hanhan was working, the researchers on the ship were working overtime. When she didn't work, she used the excuse to detect the discovery. The researchers were working overtime while she was traveling. When she followed the senior officials of the Queen Isabella, she held a social celebration carnival. While I was being taken to bed, the researchers were still working overtime. After working overtime and working overtime, when Gu Hanhan finally came, having had enough sleep and claiming to have a hard time escaping, in the laboratory, the experimental plan had already been arranged, the instruments had been debugged, the personnel had been completed, and the experimental preparations had been completed. After it was done, even the experimental subjects were shaved, washed, and skinned, and arranged one by one like cabbages with red ropes tied around them. The only thing missing was that she wasn't in place.
The amount of the experiment was also very large, with a total of thirty-four groups arranged according to the plan. Only the young patient specially marked by Gu Hanhan, including the control group, had nearly twenty groups of experiments set up around her. Gu Hanhan had just had a good night's sleep and felt very motivated. He did not rest at all and completed the thirty-four sets of experiments in one go for ten consecutive hours. When the last group ended, it was already noon the next day.
Leaving the data processing to the researcher who had been working overtime, Gu Hanhan took Danzai and went to the cafeteria to eat together.
At this time, the lunch time on the ship had passed. In addition to the crew members looking for food here and there, most of the senior people on the ship were actually there, greeting each other. Only then did Gu Hanhan know that their meeting had just ended.
"Where is Katerina?" Gu Hanha looked around, but didn't find the captain and Xiaobei, so he asked.
"The church sent someone here," Zhong Er said, holding his own plate, squeezing Eggman away and sitting next to Gu Hanhan, "It is said that the person who came is the officiant, and the captain and Xiaobei are dealing with them."
"Don't worry," he said, "Hank is here, nothing can go wrong."
"Oh," Gu Hanhan said, "How was the meeting?"
"They're basically the same," Zhong Er raised his head, looking very angry, "Just take a look!"
"Where's Leos? Isn't he here yet?"
"I don't know, I don't know, I haven't heard of it,"
Zhong Er, who has a good temperament, gave Gu Hanhan a triple couplet in one breath, and finally curled his lips and said, "Maybe he has run away."
