Upon hearing this, Wang Hao didn't see anything wrong with it.

He had thought of that before.

The Heavenly Gate must be housing some humans who specifically supply the power of faith.

And the way they absorb the power of faith is not entirely faith itself, but more so the devouring of souls!

So, the people here are just pets they keep!

Mass breeding, ensuring everyone survives, giving them a certain level of survival skills, and then...

They build altars or temples so that people will believe in them and contribute their accumulated spiritual power in each worship!

This will inevitably lead to a certain situation.

Thinking of this, Wang Hao asked directly, "How long do the elderly people here usually live?"

"Old people?" Lin Xiaomei was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head with a wry smile. "It seems like there aren't many old people around here..."

My father also passed away before, at the age of forty-nine.

That's already considered a long life.

It is said that no one in the entire village lived to be fifty years old.

However, I've heard that in cities, there are people who live to be sixty or even seventy years old.

Those people are among the top figures in the city, with immense wealth.

I heard that they are the ones who deserve to be called old people.

"Old people...we're not worthy to say that."

At this point, a bitter look appeared on Lin Xiaomei's face.

Wang Hao couldn't help but curse inwardly.

really!

He knew that there would be serious consequences after these gods devoured the souls of the humans they raised.

The key factor is the reduction in lifespan!

If the soul is damaged all day long, how can it live long?

As for why some wealthy people in the city can live to be sixty or even seventy years old?

It's very simple. Once they have acquired enough wealth, they will definitely start trying every means to keep themselves away from places like temples and altars!

It's even possible that they formed a cooperative relationship with these deities of the Heavenly Gate in some sense.

They promised that by leveraging their ability to manage humanity, they could encourage more people to voluntarily offer their faith to the gods, thus reducing trouble for the gods.

The gods, on the other hand, allow them to live longer by not having to worship!

These people's children might even live to be a hundred years old!

Of course, these children who don't go to the ancestral graves from a young age are mostly hidden away by these wealthy families, preventing them from having contact with the outside world.

Otherwise, once some of these statements get out, the trouble could be huge!

At this moment, Wang Hao couldn't help but fall silent.

Tianmen...

These gods are truly disgusting!

The three major pantheons, at most, don't regard humans as human lives.

But what about the Heavenly Gate and the Buddhist Gate?

In their eyes, humanity...

They're just pets!

No……

They're not pets!

They're poultry!

It's for eating!

At this moment, the killing intent emanating from Wang Hao grew even stronger!

Looking at Wang Hao, Lin Xiaomei, who was standing to the side, also felt a little scared.

She couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice, "Sir, what...what are you going to do?"

Looking at Lin Xiaomei, Wang Hao forcibly suppressed his anger and asked in a low voice, "How dare that guy treat you like that in public?"

Isn't he afraid you'll call the police?

"Call the police? What's that?" Lin Xiaomei looked completely bewildered.

Wang Hao immediately understood.

In these villages of the world, there are no people with any kind of management system!

Even the entire Tianmen area lacks any established rules or regulations!

here……

Survival of the fittest!

The humans here, apart from having human faces, human bodies, and the ability to speak, are no different from livestock!

Wang Hao couldn't help but curse again from the bottom of his heart.

He knew very well that the future development of humanity here was entirely determined by these gods.

Otherwise, without gods, as humanity develops normally, managers and maintainers of order will naturally emerge.

But it's not here!

Because this kind of pure survival of the fittest, like that of livestock, is exactly what these gods want!

They want these humans to be uneducated and unruly!

They want these humans to treat them like wild beasts!

Humanoid beast!

Taking a deep breath, Wang Hao forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a low voice, "Do you all know each other here?"

Hearing Wang Hao's words, Lin Xiaomei, despite not having received much education, vaguely guessed what he was thinking.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Xiaomei said in a low voice, "I don't know him."

Here, there's a village every so often.

Each village has its own independent altar.

People would also worship the gods at the altar.

The deities worshipped in each village are different.

That's why they usually have no interaction at all.

They are independent in terms of cognition and all other aspects.

If you say you're from somewhere else... no one will doubt you.

Wang Hao nodded, squinted and pondered for a moment, then suddenly whispered, "Do you want to leave here?"

"What?"

Lin Xiaomei was stunned when Wang Hao said this.

Leave here?

Ever since her father passed away, she has dreamed of leaving this place!

However, she didn't dare to say this idea, or even think about it.

After all, no matter how beautiful Lin Xiaomei is, she is just a rural woman.

She had never seen anyone from outside the community in her entire life.

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