Devil's Bible

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With its exceptional gold-tier attributes and eight times the output multiplier, this kind of being, even if it cannot become a cardinal bishop of the church, would not be too far off.

According to Shinno's assessment, there were only twenty such important figures in the entire Discipline Church.

However, here, it is at the bottom of the five hundred.

"Five hundred top-tier experts, and even more golden-level experts..." Xinuo's mind went blank; his worldview had been shaken.

He did not question whether the story was false.

Although he didn't have much contact with others, Klose still managed to reveal some relevant information in certain details.

For example, how many people are in Sleeping Town, and the fact that he is not a master in Sleeping Town.

"How is that possible? Nemus is just a demon, why would he have so many golden-type subordinates...!" Xinuo was full of doubts, and with these doubts, he went to the library.

After a moment of doubt, he picked up a record of the major events in the founding of the Sleeping Town, which was the relevant archive.

He used to avoid reading these kinds of books, fearing they might contain demonic temptations.

But now his doubts were too great, and he had to figure it out, otherwise he believed the Discipline Church was in danger.

The above describes how most of the members of the Sleeping Town come from a special place called the End Land.

These few thousand people were the last survivors of that place, and they escaped with the help of Nems.

After briefly reflecting on and assessing her situation, Hino followed the object and began searching for information about the End of the World.

This led to an understanding of the end of the world, the possibilities of the world, and the 'Unfinished Elegy' movement.

All sorts of knowledge concerning the world and God were thus laid bare.

The more she learned about him, the more her worldview was challenged.

His piety at that moment was also challenged like never before.

Chapter 781 The Saint is the Wrong Path

The more you know, the harder it is to maintain the purity of your own beliefs.

Just like spiritual vision, the higher you open it, the more you can discover the problems of the past world.

At the same time, it becomes increasingly difficult to return to the past state in our understanding of the world.

Hino is in the same state right now.

He even discovered that there were actually several deities and saints in the Sleeping Town.

The existence of these people is meant to illustrate one thing: that gods are powerful, but not necessarily great.

Even several deities and saints provided ample supplementary information on this point.

To a large extent, gods are simply beings who occupy a vast number of places in the world by virtue of the rule of numbers and special privileges.

They possess the most resources, yet they still require sustenance from 'believers'.

The promise given to believers, namely, that they will ascend to God's kingdom after death, has become rotten to the core.

One of the saints even wrote a book called "The Believer's Dilemma".

"The ultimate reward for believers is a promise that can only be fulfilled after death."

"In order to obtain this promise, believers generally need to have a devout faith for thirty years to become a devout believer."

"Over the next thirty years, the church will also exploit these believers as much as possible. Most of what they produce will be taken by the church."

“A small portion was taken away and then given back to himself, turning what he produced into a gift from a superior.”

"And the poorer they are, the more they can only place their hopes on the promise of God's Kingdom..."

Upon reading this, Xinuo fell silent.

“The early kingdoms of God were indeed able to guarantee the peace of the believers’ souls, and then the gods discovered something.”

"The souls of believers are also valuable assets."

"After entering the divine kingdom and becoming a supplicant, their existence is based on the divine kingdom, and they no longer have any ability to resist."

"And after thirty years of domestication, they basically won't resist anymore."

"Whether they are treated favorably or not will not affect the existence of the Prayer."

"Thus, most of the supplicants became tools of faith."

"Believers who have been granted access to the Kingdom of God can continue to be exploited within it without any consequences."

"Believers who cannot accept this kind of exploitation will find it difficult to fulfill the requirements and enter the Kingdom of God."

"This is the dilemma of believers."

Simply put, the essence of faith is entrusting everything to others and betting that these 'others' are good.

Throughout the entire process, the relationship between believers and God is completely unequal, and God imposes no restrictions whatsoever.

A group of souls are placed in front of you who can be exploited at will. Why not exploit them instead of treating them kindly?

And so the kingdom of God became what it is now, resembling a bird.

All believers' souls will be directly transformed into supplicants, allowing you to engage in eternal prayer.

It can only be said that when you hand over all the power to harm yourself to another person without any restrictions, then getting hurt seems to become inevitable.

"These are all the seductions of evil gods and demons, all of this is falsehood," Hino told himself, strengthening his faith.

But at this moment, his face was somewhat pale.

If judged purely from a rational and logical perspective, then the content of these books is perfectly reasonable; on the contrary, it represents the most likely scenario.

however……

“God is great, and because God is great, God would not be so despicable as to do such a thing!” Hino’s faith was strengthened once again.

Faith is never a rational choice, but rather an emotional act that transcends logic and cognitive judgment.

When you construct a possibility, that possibility can explain any flawed logic.

'God is great'—this is the possibility that Hino has created at this moment.

It was also a kind of 'salvation' for him in his pursuit of himself over the years.

“His faith has wavered, and his piety seems to be failing,” Dartmanley remarked from a distance.

Although Hino reaffirmed his faith in this way, the act ultimately left a rift.

A trace of doubt remained in his heart, and his faith was no longer pure.

If there was still some possibility for Xinuo to become a saint before, there is now absolutely no possibility for him.

Nemes flipped through the latest research reports in the library, learning from the research findings of others, but he didn't pay much attention to the deterioration of Xinuo's piety.

“That’s normal,” Nems said. “Even gods can hardly create saints artificially; they need to continuously push and select from a huge pool of people.”

“Our abilities are inferior to those of the gods. How could we possibly select a few people and produce a potential saint?”

The number of thoughts is the most essential thing about a person.

Source, destiny, thought.

These three are rarely disturbed by other individuals.

Even gods find it difficult to directly rewrite things through their power.

This is precisely why ideas are the easiest things to change, and also the hardest things to rewrite.

"Lord Nemus was prepared all along?" Dartmanley couldn't help but look at Nemus.

He had grown to have increasing respect for Nemes over this period of time.

Nems' success was not solely due to his unique characteristics.

His uniqueness is the foundation of his success, but what is most terrifying about him is his thorough understanding of the world and the terrifying ability to act based on that understanding.

It seems that Naim will never be confused, and will always be running wildly on the right path.

There will be no confusion, no hesitation, fear but no dread.

In this state, combined with his terrifying growth ability, Nemus seemed like a being born to do great things.

“I believe that sainthood is the wrong path,” Nemus said, making a startling statement.

"Or rather, purity itself is correct, but their direction of purity is wrong."

Naims had this realization about Meng He's situation before.

Countless saints, whose purpose is purely to purify their own souls, only seek to merge with higher levels of divine power.

Despite pursuing purity, one ultimately has to accept external forces integrating into their body.

Although the holy power obtained is strong, it feels like one is pleasing neither side.

It has lost both the 'omnipotent' nature of divine power and the pure and unique nature of the source.

Of course, if it is placed at the Gold level, then the Holy Power is both omnipotent and unique.

People with different social standing and needs will naturally have different perspectives on the same thing.

As a saint, this is qualified as an instrument of the divine.

Because divine power is so great, it is used by simply accepting it and then reducing it to holy power.

However, if viewed as a material plane transitioning towards God, this is an extremely wrong choice!

Chapter 782 Good and Bad

Dartmanley paused for a moment, then nodded, acknowledging Nems's statement.

Because his revered grandfather was a saint, he was somewhat dissatisfied with Nemes's statement that saints followed the wrong path.

But after thinking about it for a while, I felt more and more that what Nemes said was right.

Purity and the inclusion of external things are inherently conflicting.

If you pursue purity, then you must continue to pursue purity.

Then perhaps we can obtain the characteristics related to 'source matter'.

The 'Source Matter' itself does not have any associated deities, which means that this thing is basically not disturbed.

If this is not the end of the world, then the pure path might be the easiest way to ascend from a golden species to a mythical species.

Unfortunately, the existence of the path of the saint has obscured this most correct path for so many years.

So much so that by the end of the era, this path was no longer suitable, and it was only under Nemus's impetus that Menghe appeared.

Menghe, relying on his spirituality, still couldn't truly move forward and could only introduce destiny and thought to stabilize the source of essence.

While this isn't exactly wrong, it does lead us astray a bit.

It's too grand; it's not a path that normal humans can take.

“But our goal now is piety, so that we can deceive the God of Discipline.” Although Dartmenley knew that the path of sainthood might be wrong, he was still not quite clear about Nemus’s purpose.

"The pursuit of true, pure power and the attainment of a devout heart are not entirely contradictory."

“We need to look at the problem from a perspective that goes beyond mere conflict,” Nemes said, without going into further explanation of what he meant.

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As Hino walked out of the library, she felt that the entire town around her had completely changed.

Although nothing actually changed, his heart did.

Most of the passersby were likely of the Gold type, and his previous ideas about this small Steel type seemed particularly ridiculous now.

"Sino!" Klose suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Congratulations!" Xinuo was taken aback for a moment, then said congratulations.

"Haha, it's just a small improvement," Kroos said with a laugh. "It's good that you don't mind that I kept some information from you before."

The difference between the golden variety and the black stone variety is too great, and he was afraid it would be too damaging to Xinuo's worldview, so he didn't say it directly.

“I definitely won’t care.” Hino shook his head, knowing that Klose was doing it for his own good.

If he had known about Kross's golden seed beforehand, his interactions with him would definitely not have been as natural as before, and he would have had all sorts of thoughts running through his mind.