Devil's Bible

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God, the Church, and the nobles who depend on the Church—this system is indeed the order of the material plane.

This system of order is indeed fighting against demons, disasters, and various dangerous problems.

However, if you ask the key question, you will find that these dangerous problems come from where?

From the Mythical Age to the Golden Age, then the fading Silver Age, followed by the Chaos of the Elements, the Iron Age, the Black Stone Age…

And the current end times.

God seems to be getting stronger, but people's quality of life is getting worse.

Humans were born in the Golden Age. Humans of that time were golden humans. They could live for thousands of years even if they did nothing. They had long lifespans, great strength, and abundant resources.

Yet these golden humans are now called 'sinners'.

Because these sinners were unwilling to remain merely of the golden race, they studied numbers, leading to the emergence of the flawed numbers, which gave birth to the abyss.

The title of sinner seems well-deserved.

However, the research of a divine saint pointed directly to the essence.

The Golden Humans' discontent stemmed from two factors: their instinctive desire to become a mythical species and their yearning to rebel.

Rebel against whom? The gods!

One of the sins of the Golden Humans is 'disrespect for the gods'.

With their immense power, some gods and mythical beings wantonly humiliated and toyed with humans and other intelligent races.

For these golden races to rebel would be to disrespect the gods.

In order to rebel, they desperately needed power, which is why they began to study numbers.

However, now that the gods have been completely stripped of their power, all the blame falls on the sinners, who are blamed for everything due to their greed and desires.

"Many gods control vast resources in this world, and they should also bear corresponding responsibilities."

"But they shirked these responsibilities in various ways."

"The floating whale is an example of this."

"The problems that should have been borne by God have been transferred to the floating whale, and one of the costs is that the humans on the back of the floating whale bear the burden."

"This is one of the key reasons why the world's problems are becoming increasingly serious!"

The gods have been developing better and better over the years, and their numerical power has become stronger and stronger, leaving the whole world feeling top-heavy.

However, these 'numbers' became the private property of the gods.

Aside from a few deities, such as the sun god and the earth god, most deities bear very little responsibility.

"The greed and inaction of the gods are the root cause of your miserable life."

"This situation, from top to bottom, is like alchemy, where the top influences the bottom and the bottom influences the top. The environment forces the church and the nobility to become greedy as well."

"This system is the root cause of your tragic situation in the first half of your life."

"Faith is merely a chain that runs through this system."

"Nemus may be our enemy, but he has indeed shown us the truth of this world."

“Therefore, you may not have to join the fictitious agreement, but it would be better to give up your faith!” the captain said sincerely.

"You've been bewitched!" But Xinuo wouldn't listen to a word.

In his view, the captain had been bewitched by the evil cult of Nemus, and only by relying on devout faith could he avoid being corrupted and save himself.

Hino repeatedly upheld his 'precepts and faith'.

Seeing this, the captain shook his head; Xinuo was too young.

The first half of his short life was extremely tragic, and his status as an illegitimate child subjected him to all sorts of humiliation.

In the latter half, due to his talent, he received various acts of kindness and preferential treatment.

The difference between before and after was so great that Hino was completely unable to resist the faith narrative that brought all of this to light.

“I won’t report you, or rather, given the situation here, we should have been exposed long ago.” The captain stood up and then said, “Think about it carefully, step outside the framework of faith.”

Watching the captain's departing figure, Xinuo instinctively rejected the other party's suggestion.

"According to the rules of faith, faith can protect the mind."

“If I abandon my faith, I too will be misled.”

"It's all fake, I must rely on my faith to hold on!!!" After experiencing these things, Xinuo became even more fanatical in his faith in God, showing signs of turning into a fanatic.

This is not surprising; when one's values ​​are severely impacted, extremism is a normal reaction.

However, some people tend to go to the extreme of abandoning everything from the past.

Others choose to stick to everything they have before.

Hino was the latter.

"This is an extreme form of belief. If this continues, Hino will increasingly deny everything that exists."

“A perfectly kind and normal person can also become crazy and twisted.”

Nems couldn't help but sigh.

The more he understood the power of faith, the more dangerous he felt it was.

The deeper one goes into the belief in other beings, the more 'pure' it becomes, and this purity is extremely exclusive.

The result is that beliefs are extremely prone to extremism.

Of course, this is partly because the god these people believe in is essentially a centralized existence of 'number', and its existence itself is becoming increasingly extreme.

"This is the flaw in the world, the flaw in the mechanism of numerology."

"The earlier a number is born, the more naturally it 'suppresses' it over the numbers that follow. And with ten as a step, it exhibits a hierarchical dominance."

"This structure is destined to be biased towards extremism."

"The more I understand, the more I realize that the world's entry into the end era is inevitable, and in my opinion, it has entered it far too late."

In response to Nemus's words, the Dragonborn, who had just finished maintaining order in the war-torn world, nodded in agreement.

"So we're just going to ignore the child?" The Dragonborn then changed the subject, looking at Hino.

Whether it's the city lord or the dragon descendant, there's nothing wrong with calling Xino a child.

"Don't worry, he will gradually regain consciousness during this process."

"The prologue has already been prepared."

On the other side, Xinuo felt an itch on his nose, then he quickly returned to his residence, put the silver water aside, and prepared to advance to the gold seed.

He does not intend to become a Silver Seed as Klose suggested.

He now feels somewhat repulsed and resistant to these things.

He plans to advance directly to the Gold rank based on his own abilities!

Chapter 785 Causal Connection

Among the causal inheritances that Xinuo once obtained, there was a method to break through to the Golden Seed level by relying on causality.

Through medicine and rituals, one can reflect on the cause and effect of their entire life.

If one can straighten out this, one can obtain the number of cause and effect, and then use the number of cause and effect to complete the leap to the golden seed.

In this case, Xino would be stronger than a typical gold-type being and would be able to master one or two causal characteristics.

After rejecting becoming a Silver Seed, Xinuo immediately began preparing for his own advancement ceremony.

He should have concocted the potion, gradually perceive the cause and effect, and only performed the ritual after becoming familiar with it to ensure safety.

But now, Xinuo can't wait that long.

He used the war world to obtain some materials, then made some potions, and immediately performed the promotion ceremony.

Throughout the process, the causal relationships within oneself are rapidly activated, and some past events are clearly presented in this process.

Why did things turn out this way? Why did that situation occur?

Upon closer examination, it becomes clear that cause and effect are intertwined throughout this process.

However, by examining the overall cause-and-effect relationships, we can discover the underlying destiny.

Unfortunately, Hino himself does not yet possess that ability; he can only see through the cause and effect in this process.

"I see. If we hadn't killed that person back then, we wouldn't have discovered the fabricated agreement."

"If we hadn't left that footprint, we would have had more time to escape."

Similar sentiments kept rising in Xinuo's mind, and throughout the process, these causes and effects were being rapidly digested.

These are merely causal relationships in decision-making; while important, they don't inherently possess much 'nature'.

In other words, if they had made a different choice, it might have led to a different outcome.

This kind of cause and effect is called neutral cause and effect.

Furthermore, this cause-and-effect relationship has almost ended, and it is unlikely to generate more causes and effects due to a chain reaction.

What Hino should really care about are those causes and effects that have not been 'severed' and are still in a chain.

For example, the cause and effect with the team leader.

The cause and effect of their relationship continues to unfold.

The other person was one of his mentors in the church, and they also came to the Sleeping Town together.

This cause and effect is inextricably linked to him; one part is helping him, propelling him to become a golden seed, while the other part is pulling him back, causing him to stop in his tracks.

Hino then saw more causes and effects.

Klose.

The other person was the one who brought him into the town of Sleeping Souls and had always held pure goodwill towards him.

If it weren't for the other person's presence, it might have taken many times longer for me to integrate into the Sleeping Town.

Not to mention...

Hino's gaze fell upon the silver water beside him.

Through the presence of Kross, a strong causal thread also exists between himself and the Silver Water.

As long as this line is activated, he will find that his karma will be purified and rapidly refined by the power of the silver water.

He can become a golden seed immediately without much preparation.

No wonder Klose called this the best gold medicine.

The silver water can interact with most powers, then quickly purify them, and then pave the way for those who meet the criteria to reach the golden seed.

It's like a universal ladder.

However, at this moment, Xinuo still stubbornly gave up the Silver Water.

Because he knew that once he accepted the Silver Water, he would owe Kross even more.

In this situation, the causal relationship between him and Klose will become even deeper.

This cause and effect is not a good thing.

“I am a member of the Discipline Church, and he is a lackey of the fabricated agreement…” Hino said, then forcibly broke free from the influence of Kross and continued to seek more causal support from himself.

The battles on the Azure Whale, the studies in the church, the teachings of the teachers, and the bloodline of the family.

These experiences are what have sustained him to where he is today.

These causal forces were quickly orchestrated by Hino.

But not enough.

These causes and effects alone are not enough to form the number of causes and effects.

Hino continued his search and then he saw those experiences.

Before being unexpectedly remembered by her father and thus chosen to join the church.

His life was exceptionally bad and miserable.