Chapter 49 Dinner

I looked up at the believers who kept pouring in. There were quite a few of them. Although all the believers had undergone the so-called "baptism" to ensure their obedience, I was an example of someone who had not been brainwashed after all.

Among these people, could there be some who were dragged in like me and failed to be brainwashed successfully?

Soon, the choir lined up and began to sing.

"Only God is supreme, only God is supreme—"

"Almighty and all-loving, most holy and holy God."

For a moment, I actually felt a sense of holiness and tranquility.

The melody of the song struck my heart, and the sound was fragmented, as if trying to drive away other thoughts in my mind.

It's really numb. Will it ever end?

But in this way, I also figured out one thing, not only "baptism", it seems that this hymn also has a certain brainwashing function.

Those who were not affected during the "baptism" will be brainwashed again after listening to the hymns, which is equivalent to double protection.

And this kind of brainwashing has probably happened more than twice.

I calmed myself down and secretly looked at the people present.

Without exception, everyone present had a pious expression on their face.

Just then, I noticed a man sitting in the corner. His face was half covered by a white robe, with only the lower half of his face exposed, but I always felt that he was inexplicably familiar.

Moreover, although he behaved like everyone else, his slightly curled fingers still betrayed him. Others might not have noticed it - and even if they did, they might not think of anything.

But my senses have improved to a certain extent, and I can see many subtle movements very clearly. Moreover, in order to pass more exams when I was in college, I read some psychology-related knowledge.

Based on my limited knowledge of psychology, this person gave me the impression of being very constrained.

Well... you can test him first.

After the choir finished singing, the believers left through the exit one after another.

Everyone had a smile with exactly the same arc on their face, and their mass-produced faith and joy.

The believer was also moving out with the crowd behind me. I deliberately slowed down my pace. When he came near me, I moved to his side without leaving any trace and blocked his way.

"Hello."

The man was stunned for a moment, lowered his head slightly, saluted me, and then hurried to leave.

"Wait." I grabbed his wrist and clearly felt him tense up.

Very suspicious...

I stared at the person in front of me, trying to find some clues, but his face was always hidden under the white robe. There were so many people here and it was difficult for me to lift his hood directly.

Seeing that he still didn't speak, I slowed down my tone and said to him as humbly as possible: "Oh, I'm new here and I'm not familiar with many things here. I just wanted to chat with you and familiarize myself with the church at the same time."

The man nodded, pointed in the direction the believers left, and said in a hoarse voice: "Sorry, Master Saint, I need to go pray now."

After saying that, he bowed to me again and left in a hurry.

There's something wrong with this guy, I have to find a way to contact him again.

But now that he said that, I couldn't stop him and just let him go.

However, I always feel that this person's voice is very familiar.

When I turned around, I saw An Xiaowei walking towards me from a distance. Suppressing the thoughts in my mind for the moment, I raised that mechanical and standard smile again and nodded to her from a distance.

She walked all the way to me, gave me a two-finger salute, and asked with concern, "Are you used to it these past two days?"

I nodded. "Not bad, but...why does everyone call me that?"

Although I knew without thinking that it was An Xiaowei and her clergy who were causing trouble, I still had to ask symbolically.

An Xiaowei smiled in a mysterious way and said, "You are the Holy Son."

It seemed like I couldn't get any more information out of it, so I just nodded and said, "Okay, that sounds pretty good."

An Xiaowei didn't comment and asked another question: "Ji Ling, let's attend the dinner together tomorrow."

But does the church still hold dinners? I secretly scoffed, but kept my composure and nodded: "Okay, is there anything I should pay attention to?"

"You don't have to do anything, it's just a normal dinner."

Of course I didn't believe it, and I didn't know what bad things she was planning.

But I had no choice but to nod.

At night, I was still thinking about the man during the day. I always felt that he had some secret. Maybe if I found him, I could find the key to breaking the deadlock.

Thinking about this question, I fell asleep unknowingly.

The next day, I wanted to find another opportunity to look for the male believer, but I couldn't find him.

This went on until the evening, when An Xiaowei found me in the church garden and asked me to go to the dinner together.

She led me into a dimly lit room. In the middle of the room stood a long table with various dishes on it.

There were only a few candlesticks on the walls of the room, no wonder it was so dark.

It was called a dinner party, but when I walked in I counted in my head and there were only 13 people in the room including myself.

When An Xiaowei saw me coming, she asked me to sit next to her.

Everyone present was wearing white robes. Unlike other believers, their robes were more gorgeous and seemed to be made of better material. It seemed that they were all core members of the church.

Sitting in the middle was the priest who had "baptized" someone that day.

The priest exchanged a few simple greetings with everyone, and then everyone began to eat in unison.

Everyone remained silent and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

At this moment, the priest in the center spoke.

"We are sincerely grateful for everything God has given us, even though... some of us are not religious."

As soon as he finished speaking, the other clergymen began to discuss in low voices.

I felt like I was sitting on pins and needles. This old man was still testing me.

Fortunately, they didn't continue to embarrass me, but just finished their dinner as if nothing had happened.

After dinner, I hurried back to the room, rinsed my face with cold water, and looked at myself in the mirror. I knew I couldn't delay any longer.

After these days of dealing with them, I thought I could take advantage of the opportunity to gain their trust, but it turned out that these charlatans were extremely cautious. If I continued like this, sooner or later I would be successfully brainwashed by them.

As the cold water dripped down my cheeks, my thoughts cleared a little.

We must find a breakthrough quickly!

Thinking of this, I stayed in the room until late at night. After making sure that everyone on my floor was asleep, I opened the door and sneaked out.