Chapter 12345 The Raven

As soon as Raven 12345 said this, the atmosphere immediately turned subtle, and the four including Big Beard didn't know how to react. Hao Ren felt awkward for them: as a group of devout believers, what should they think when faced with this sentence?

Hao Ren replaced the images of fanatical believers he had seen in other stories, and felt that the scene most in line with the style at this time should be the four of them, Big Beard, immediately pulling out knives, guns, swords, and halberds from their arms and rushing towards Raven 12345, shouting "Fight for our Lord!" and then being struck into grandsons by the goddess sister with a chain of lightning. But after thinking about it, he felt that this was unreliable: because it was not a mortal who threw out such a sentence, but another goddess.

And in terms of organizational composition and employment process, the unreliable sister in front of him seemed to be the real deal.

The four including Big Beard could obviously think of this as well, so they also became entangled: should they pursue the issue of the goddess's majesty being damaged at this time? Should they explain the divinity and seriousness of their god to another god? No matter what choice they made, it seemed a bit embarrassing, either letting down their beliefs or letting down logic.

Most importantly: all religious conflicts in the world are actually matters between mortals, but when the scene is changed to a believer of one god talking to the true body of another god, the situation is different. Big Beard and the others obviously lacked corresponding work experience...

Fortunately, however, the four including Big Beard were wise. They knew that they could not use the worldview of another world to judge whether the God of another world was true. In addition, they had been mentally prepared before coming, so the four quickly calmed down and began to tell Raven 12345 about the doctrines of the Radiant Church and the image of their goddess.

They spoke very slowly, and paused awkwardly several times in the middle. Even though the four ascetics had made many preparations before, they encountered many unexpected details at this time: they were always used to telling Raven 12345 these things in a preaching tone and attitude, and every time they spoke, they would be interrupted by some very out-of-the-way words from the other party: "Oh, right, I've done this before..." or "Oh, my archbishop also gave me this suggestion, but I thought it was too much trouble so I didn't do it..."

This was simply a group of demons who had only been cultivating for a few years enthusiastically promoting the matter of cultivation to others, and squatting opposite them was the Monkey King...

Hao Ren was just a clown sent by the monkey, watching this strange scene from the side.

Two full hours passed, and Hao Ren was about to fall asleep when the Four Great Guardians finally finished speaking. The faces of the four including Big Beard were covered with sweat. This unprecedented conversation experience made them very nervous. They thought their minds were firm enough, but they didn't expect that in front of this "heretical god," they would be as trembling as a child admiring a miracle for the first time. But Raven 12345 was not surprised by this scene: because the four ascetics in front of her were truly devout people, so they would inevitably be suppressed in front of a true god.

This was an inexplicable "symbolic" influence. No matter what the true form of the goddess Big Beard and the others believed in, as long as the words and deeds of these believers conformed to certain subtle "characteristics," they would inevitably be disturbed by another true god.

What Raven 12345 was interested in was that this "disturbance" was stronger than she expected, and even caused the four mortals in front of her to have a soul-level wavering when facing her, making their performance seem like they were facing their own "Creation Goddess."

This phenomenon had a special meaning: what Big Beard and others believed in was probably a god, and only in this way could they have an unconscious "recognition" phenomenon when facing other true gods.

The Creation Goddess of the Dream Plane was very likely a true god who met the definition, met the Xiling Divine System's "GSO9001 True God Qualification Certification," and met the three major divine systems' recognized "Three-Test Method of Godhood."

However, the other party was probably just a true god in some characteristics, but not necessarily in ability. That Creation Goddess had not shown much strength. Raven 12345 inferred from Hao Ren's report that that goddess did not have the creativity of "creating something from nothing," nor did she have the ability to rewrite the rules of the universe, otherwise her method of sowing life should be carried out in a more high-end form: directly creating an ecosystem out of thin air on the planet, instead of sowing some material "seeds of origin."

A confused Creation Goddess who seemed to have no power of a true god, but at the same time was similar to a true god in some characteristics, Raven 12345 narrowed her eyes slightly: the situation was a bit subtle, and something she had been investigating recently seemed to coincide with this situation.

"It seems that your belief system is very complete, very... correct," Raven 12345 carefully considered a more appropriate word to evaluate the Radiant Church, "There are some signs of blind development. Obviously, you have not received direct guidance from the goddess you believe in during the development process, but the overall structure conforms to the regulations of a healthy church."

Big Beard already had a peculiar sense of awe for Raven 12345 under the previous inexplicable soul disturbance, but this awe would not control his mind, so he subconsciously retorted at this time: "No—please forgive my rudeness, respected alien god, but I think you are wrong. We are always under the guidance of the Creation Goddess. We can hear her voice. Her divine oracle is clearer and more direct than other false gods. The Radiant Church has always developed under her divine oracle for three thousand years. She has been directly guiding us."

Raven 12345 raised an eyebrow: "Oh? You think you can receive clear divine oracles? It seems that you have some problems with your understanding of divine oracles."

The four ascetics immediately looked at each other, and Raven 12345 snapped her fingers, and an unusually respectful and slightly excited old man's voice immediately sounded in mid-air: "My Lord! Are you summoning your servant?"

Raven 12345 talked to a believer in a distant galaxy: "Well, Wilton, are you researching artificial soul science?"

"Yes, my Lord, we are working hard to crack the mysteries of the soul. Is our behavior inappropriate?"

"No, you are very motivated, which is very good. I will encourage you to let you know that this project is right."

Raven 12345 hung up the divine art communication and shrugged at the stunned people: "See, this is a divine oracle."

Not to mention Big Beard and the others, even Hao Ren was stunned. The corner of his mouth twitched as he looked at the goddess sister: "What... shouldn't divine oracles be vague, mumbling, and something that people can't understand what it means after thinking about it for two months, and a group of people can be divided into seven or eight factions and fight to the death after thinking about it for two months? How can you be so... simple and crude?"

Big Beard nodded immediately, obviously he had the same view as Hao Ren in this regard.

"Stop it, that would kill so many people," Raven 12345 chuckled, "Do you know how much impact a divine oracle can have? Do you know how many people will be killed if you only say half a sentence and hide half of it? Under no circumstances can the future of a civilization be entrusted to a vague sentence, let alone to the understanding ability of a group of clerics. I would rather make everything clear. Of course, for most civilizations, I will choose to completely ignore them, and only go up and slap them from left to right when they are doing something big, and tell them clearly why they are being beaten."

Finally, Raven 12345's eyes became serious: "Our boss said a word: A true god will not inflict a bunch of inexplicable divine punishments and let mortals tremble and guess what they did wrong. This is not raising children, this is teasing cats. If you really have a sense of responsibility, make things clear. I think this makes a lot of sense."

Big Beard looked at this "heretical god" who brought him a sense of inexplicable awe with a tangled expression. He was very unwilling to admit this peculiar "rule of divine oracles," but in all fairness, what the other party said made some sense, and this clear and explicit divine oracle was very friendly to obsessive-compulsive disorder—in most cases, obsessive-compulsive disorder cannot become high-level priests, because they cannot stand the lack of words, omissions, and grammatical confusion in divine oracles...

"In summary, I think your goddess should be in a very strange state," Raven 12345 stopped paying attention to Big Beard's tangled expression, but said to herself, "I am willing to admit that she is a god, but she is obviously very... not in good condition now. Even an ordinary super-being should have the ability to have a clear dialogue with you, but you said you can only hear some vague voices?"

"Yes." Big Beard nodded subconsciously in response.

"Only those who are extremely bored and addicted to the game of theocracy will deliberately play this kind of pretentious joke with believers, and even the most bored people cannot continue this joke for three thousand years—as long as her brain is still normal, she will have a few normal conversations with you in these three thousand years, and now the situation is that you can only hear some incomprehensible whispers, which means she is very weak, even that she is already..."

Raven 12345 suddenly stopped here, smiled and glanced at Big Beard and the others: "I have some investigations, but this belongs to the secrets of the gods. Anyway, thank you very much for the things you explained, which made my investigation a step further. Don't worry, I have goodwill towards your 'goddess.' If possible, I will help her."

Raven's words were a bit inexplicable, but Big Beard felt a sense of inexplicable conviction welling up in his heart, and he and the other three nodded with respect.

Raven 12345 then turned to look at Hao Ren: "Now I finally have time to talk about your work report... you have made a great contribution this time, and it just so happens that the year-end bonus is about to be issued, and I have prepared some extra rewards for you."

Hao Ren was immediately excited!

(It's almost the New Year, give me some monthly votes, anyway, there are no doubles, check your wallets, don't waste them, right =.=)