Chapter 515: A Terrible Lie

Gu Zhiyu pinched her ear with amusement: "Don't worry, I'm not that easily brainwashed."

Annan breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest: "That's good."

Gu Zhiyu raised his eyebrows: "You have so little confidence in me?"

Annan shook his head: "It's not that I don't have confidence in you, it's that I admire Xiaopang too much."

After all, there is such a huge base of believers. She used to think that it was achieved through long-term brainwashing, but looking at Niu Gandang's reaction, the eloquence of the fat brother leader is simply god-like.

It's amazing that a person's attitude can change so drastically in such a short time.

This would have been a best-selling product before the natural disaster, right?

She leaned forward and saw that the notebooks brought by the people in the front row were filled with densely written notes.

The title written in the center of the first line is more eye-catching because the font size is slightly larger.

Annan narrowed his eyes and carefully identified it: "The inevitable connection between purifying the spirit and offering incense."

Offer incense?

...Isn't it obvious that this is a trick to trick people into handing over food?

Annan pointed at Niu Gan Dang with starry eyes and turned to ask Gu Zhiyu: "How did Xiao Pang teach such an outrageous class? How come the killing power is so strong?"

Gu Zhiyu glanced at Niu Gandang, then looked at the people around him, and replied to Annan in a low voice:

"It roughly means that if you want to purify your sinful body, get rid of natural disasters and ascend to immortality as soon as possible, you must practice continuously..."

"Practicing magical skills can only purify the surface impurities of the body. A deeper level of purification requires efforts from other aspects."

"First, we must get rid of greed and selfishness in our hearts and regularly hand over materials to the cult as incense money to serve the gods. This will temper our will and show our loyalty."

"Second, you should eat and drink less. It is best to eat snow to fill your stomach. If you really can't bear it anymore, then hold a little food in your mouth. This way you can defecate and urinate less."

"Brother Xiaopang said that shit, urine, and farts are all dirty things. Reducing them means reducing sins."

Having said this, Gu Zhiyu paused and looked at the leader's mountain-like figure with some contempt:

"I think he has the most shit, piss and farts... doesn't he have to show off five kilograms of food every day?"

Annan nodded in agreement: "In short, they are just asking for money in various ways! These two points have the same meaning, which is to make people save as much food as possible and give it to the cult."

As he said this, he also complained: "No wonder he is so fat, it seems that all the food in the city is produced by him alone."

Then I looked around and thought of the skinny survivors on the street.

No wonder the market is full of goods and people are full of energy. They seem to be living a peaceful and happy life, but they are all as thin as ghosts. Are they all exiled immortals who don't eat?

Annan leaned back and asked in a low voice:

"Since eating and excreting are both dirty, how does this leader explain that he is as fat as a wild boar?"

Gu Zhiyu was amused by her metaphor at first, and after making sure that no one around could hear their whisper, he continued to explain:

"He actually said it. He said he was great and selfless and that he took all the sins on everyone."

"Of course. The main reason is that he is a messenger sent by the God of Light. Unlike the others, he is here specifically to absorb their sins and help them purify their bodies and minds."

Annan's mouth twitched: "This is too much!"

Then he sighed: "It's hard for you to listen to his nonsense for so long."

She didn't understand how these people could believe such obvious lies and nonsense so easily?

Especially Niu Gandang, this was his first time here, and he had been clamoring to leave before, but suddenly he was brainwashed.

Gu Zhiyu kindly explained: "Although the content is ridiculous, it doesn't seem so outrageous when it comes out of the mouth of the leader."

Annan frowned: "What do you mean?"

Gu Zhiyu looked at the platform in front of him and said, "He is amazing. He can put everything into an impeccable logic. It seems very scientific."

In case Annan didn't understand, Gu Zhiyu made an analogy:

“Just like when you were a kid you didn’t understand why an apple fell to the ground, but when you went to school your physics teacher taught you about Newton and gravity.

Then I explain to you what gravity is and how the lines of action of forces are drawn, and it all makes so much sense.”

"Because of the authority of education, you can easily accept this knowledge. In the future, you will also use it as a basis to accept other related knowledge."

"This leader is like a teacher, and the authority behind him is the so-called God. He made up a bunch of seemingly logical theories and pointed the way forward for confused people."

"And the most important reason why these survivors believed him so easily was that they had been tortured by the endless natural disasters and were mentally broken. They urgently needed someone to give them some spiritual support."

After listening to Gu Zhiyu's explanation, Annan nodded as if he understood.

What this means is that this leader destroyed and rebuilt the worldview of these survivors?

People living in suffering urgently need a beautiful hope to sustain them and keep going.

At this time, the little fat brother appeared and told them that all the suffering was temporary and everyone would return to heaven and live a good life in the future.

At the same time, they constantly draw big pictures for them and take them to look forward to the future after "becoming immortals" in order to control them, defraud them of materials, and obtain power.

Although most people originally believed in science, the natural disasters in recent years cannot be explained by science. This makes these supernatural reasons seem convincing.

Annan looked around at the people around him and suddenly felt that they were quite pitiful.

If one is truly powerless, who would place hope in a fabricated and illusory god?

She sighed: "It's still Mr. Gu who makes the most thorough analysis."

Gu Zhiyu glanced at her and said, "It's mainly because he's with a rich woman. He doesn't have to worry about food and clothing every day, so he's not easily brainwashed."

Annan hit him and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Please save Niu Gan Dang. I think he is about to convert to Christianity."

She hasn't got her shopping coupons ready to use yet, so don't let them go to waste.

Gu Zhiyu glanced at Niu Gandang who was still listening attentively, and said seriously: "He will wake up after a beating."

Annan didn't react: "Huh??"

Gu Zhiyu: "I think he seems to be quite afraid of you."

As he spoke, he raised his lip and said, "It's written in the book that when a child is about to do bad things, as long as the parents beat him, he will be fine."

Annan twitched his lips: "What kind of book are you reading..."