Chapter 73 73. Incident

Before taking off the cloth, Xu Zhi thought about what kind of injured eyes she might see, but she didn't expect that she wouldn't even see any eyes.

There were two dark, empty eye sockets on the girl's thin face, overflowing with blood. Her expression was numb and lifeless. In Xu Zhi's eyes, there was a hint of red light in the two empty eye sockets, which clearly seemed to have been dug out by someone using the extraordinary ability of the [Cup] attribute.

"I say, this couldn't be you who did it, right?" Xu Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly and turned to look at the young man behind him.

The boy's pupils shrank slightly, and a look of surprise appeared on his face: "How is this possible?!"

Her tone didn't sound fake, and the way she looked at Xu Zhi was as if she was talking about something out of the blue.

Who else could it be but him?

Will there be infighting among the fanatics?

Thinking of this, Xu Zhi asked directly: "If it's not you, is there any other fanatic here who can dig out her eyes?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the somewhat exaggerated surprise on the boy's face froze instantly, and his pupils kept trembling, as if Xu Zhi's words had brought him a very strong shock. Xu Zhi could see that the muscles on his face were twitching slightly uncontrollably.

"How do you know?"

Before he could finish his words, the boy's right arm suddenly bulged, taking on an inhuman-like deformed appearance, and then attacked Xu Zhi straight away.

His speed was so fast that it even caused a sharp sound of wind, but Xu Zhi just stood there, frowning and looking at him with condemnation in his eyes.

It is really hard to be patient in condemning him.

The boy didn't know what she was thinking. He just wanted to destroy her first and then torture her to find out how she knew so much.

But just as her attack was about to reach Xu Zhi, a black shadow flashed by. The next second, he didn't even see what attacked him before he was swept away by a huge and irresistible force. His back hit the wall and his body was bounced back to the ground. His blood surged and he spat out a mouthful of blood containing fragments of internal organs.

For the first time since he awakened, he felt like an ant that could be crushed to death at any time.

He wanted to say something, but he could only look up with difficulty and saw the girl, whom he thought was a little brainless, looking down at him coldly. As soon as he opened his mouth, he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Why is it so useless?" A disappointed girl's voice came from above.

Then she dropped a red basic core onto the ground, making a subtle dinging sound. She said, as if offering alms, "Eat it. I can't ask you any questions if you're like this."

Boys naturally wouldn't fail to recognize what this is.

[Cup] Attribute core, something taken from believers like them.

He gave a bitter smile, it seemed that he had hit a wall this time, so he stretched out his trembling and weak hands, picked up the core on the ground and put it into his mouth.

While eating, the boy inevitably felt humiliated. He thought that perhaps if his awakening level was lower, he would not have such thoughts and feelings. Now he would just be angry with red eyes and ready to fight with the person in front of him. He would not think at all, nor would he think about surviving.

For believers like them, the best medicine to heal wounds is the [Cup] attribute core and blood.

After taking a basic core, his internal injuries improved slightly. Although he was not completely healed, at least he could speak without any problems.

The boy struggled to get up from the ground, his blood leaving a red mark on the floor as he moved. He sat down with his back against the wall, took a few breaths, and then looked up at Xu Zhi: "What do you want to do?"

He even used "you."

"If only you had been as polite as you are now." Xu Zhi curled his lips, his tone quite dissatisfied: "I didn't want to make the scene ugly."

This was the truth. Xu Zhi's original plan was to take this boy and his injured friend on the road together, with the main goal of observing the fanatics at close range. Who knew that such a thing would happen, which directly disrupted her spur-of-the-moment plan.

But it doesn't matter. It was just a spur of the moment decision, and now Xu Zhi has changed his mind.

She asked, "Who dug out the eyes?"

"I'm not lying to you, it really wasn't me." After the boy said this, Xu Zhi looked at him and signaled him to continue with his eyes.

".We escaped."

When the boy said this, Xu Zhi's eyes showed a little more interest.

escape?

"From where? Why are you running away?"

The boy thought for a moment and said, "I wonder if you've noticed that there are few living people around here, or even in the area quite far away."

Seeing Xu Zhi nod, he continued:

"Since the day the city was sealed off, the awakened believers here have been gathered together. Since you know we are believers, do you know the class differences between believers?"

When the boy said this, he felt that it would be troublesome to explain if Xu Zhi didn't know this, so he asked her. Seeing Xu Zhi shaking her head, he organized his words to explain to her.

"Since our awakening, class has been naturally etched in our minds and bodies. You should have seen many of the lowest-level believers. They are like the lowest level of believer society. Their role is just to serve as a tool. They have no thoughts of their own and lack much thinking ability. They only need to devote their body and mind with all they have."

"The advantage of not having a mind is that it's easier to control. Often, they become blood food and sacrifices."

"Above one level are believers like me who possess rationality and extraordinary abilities, but I am still just a believer. My status and abilities are slightly higher than those without rationality, but only slightly."

"Because above me, there are believers with higher status and greater abilities, but they are no longer believers. Instead, they have other titles and abilities."

"The one who appeared here is an acolyte."

Xu Zhi listened with great interest. Before this, she had thought that the believers of the [Cup] attribute probably had their own system, but she didn't expect it to be so perfect.

It is even a class system that is almost instinctive after awakening.

【Cup】Why is it so special?

"Acolyte? What is that?" Xu Zhi was puzzled.

The boy thought for a moment and replied, "Assistant of the ceremony?"

So literal.

"He noticed the incompleteness and flaws of the ritual and tried to repair it, but it was a very difficult task."

"The inheritance has been cut off, and it is almost impossible for us to communicate with them, unless an archbishop is born!"

When the boy was halfway through his speech, he didn't make any sound but paused.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to say it, but that he can’t say it.

Or, he didn't know how to say it.

Because even the most devoted believers find it difficult to describe what their faith actually is.

(End of this chapter)