After the unveiling ceremony of the hero statue, Feng Qi returned to the Hupo Research Institute.

In the following days, he continued to implement the "Faith Harvest" plan of the Lord of the Mist.

This morning.

After breakfast, Feng Qi went to his office.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw a thick stack of documents on the desk.

He sat down in front of the desk, reached out and took a sip of the tea that Ye Laoer had just brewed.

Putting down the teacup, he picked up a document and began to look through it.

These documents were retrieved by Ye Laoer using the authority of the Hupo Research Institute before he went to bed last night.

The content of the information is related to the beliefs of modern humans.

A deep understanding of the belief structure of modern humans will help him to carry out his subsequent "Faith Harvest" plan.

Looking through the content of the information, time passed bit by bit.

During this period, he took a sip of the teacup from time to time.

Through the content of the information, Feng Qi found that the belief structure of modern humans is diverse, mainly composed of mainstream factions such as Taoism, Buddhism, and Christianity.

Each belief faction has its own respected gods, and each faction has a different system of gods.

From the data in the information, it can be seen that modern faith factions have long lost the prosperity of the disaster.

Under the new model of education, modern humans are more willing to worship heroes fighting bloody battles on the front line rather than illusory gods.

The Old Days Research Institute conducted a social survey on human faith issues.

Finally, a set of more authoritative data was obtained.

Pious believers among modern humans account for less than 6% of the population.

Among them, passerby believers account for about 23%.

Passerby believers here refer to those who are cautious about the existence of gods and have an attitude of believing in them rather than not believing in them.

They will follow the older generation to believe, but they are not pious in their hearts, and even very wavering.

The remaining 71% are composed of atheists and hero believers.

Looking through the relevant information about faith, Feng Qi discovered something strange.

He found that in the new era of human beings after the disaster, many new faith schools were actually born.

But the scale of these faith schools is very small and cannot compete with the mainstream factions at all.

This is obviously related to the environment of the new era.

People living in the post-disaster era think about problems from a practical perspective, which leads to a lack of soil for the growth of religious factions.

But there is an exception.

The name of this religious sect is "Dark God Religion", which originated in the western district of the old city.

To this day, the followers of this sect have footprints in the five major cities and many affiliated small cities.

The god worshipped by the Dark God Religion is called "Dark God".

The data also records a detailed introduction to the Dark God, which tells the process of the creation of the world by the first god "Dark God" born in the darkness, and brought fire and light to mankind, etc.

At the end of the data, it is also stated that believing in the Dark God can bring many benefits.

It is nothing more than related to reincarnation and rewards in the afterlife.

Feng Qi sneered at these descriptions.

The gods described by the believers are actually very similar in many aspects.

But if believing in gods is useful, there would not be the fall of cities and countless scavengers homeless.

But he was very curious about the rapid development and growth of this religious sect.

With doubts, he continued to look through the relevant information of the Dark God Religion.

Soon, his expression became solemn.

He found that the rapid development of the Dark God Cult was actually closely related to the feedback from believers.

The data recorded a large number of cases where believers received feedback after believing in the Dark God.

For example, a believer in the West District of the Old City.

He was terminally ill before believing in the Dark God, and the hospital had even issued a critical illness notice. Before

his death, this believer chose to believe in the Dark God with the attitude of trying his best.

As a result, in just one month, his symptoms miraculously disappeared.

The conclusion given by the hospital after the test was that his body was no longer in danger and was no different from a normal person.

This incident caused quite a stir in the West District of the Old City at the time.

It also brought a lot of exposure to the Dark God Cult.

As a result, many people chose to believe in the Dark God.

If it weren't for the positive purpose of the Dark God Cult, it would probably have been suppressed by the Old City officials at that time.

Such cases are very common in the development and expansion of the Dark God Cult.

There are hundreds of cases recorded in the data, and there are even more stories and records from other believers. It seems that believing in the Dark God can really cure illness and bring beauty.

After reading the relevant information about the Dark God Cult, Feng Qi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He naturally didn't believe in the existence of the Dark God.

But the data showed that many believers had a similar mentality before believing in the Dark God, and didn't believe in the existence of the Dark God at all.

Many of them were graduates from well-known universities.

With their judgment, it was obviously impossible for them to be fooled easily.

But he felt that things were definitely not that simple. If

the Dark God really had the power to help mankind, why didn't he dispel all the domain fields and bring real light?

In fact, many domain creatures can recover from minor illnesses and pains.

For example, Le Ping'an recovered from a terminal illness with the help of the shadow forces, which was also the main reason why his parents chose to join the darkness.

So he had reason to suspect that there might be a domain force behind the Dark God Cult.

They might be playing a big game.

He even suspected that this potential latent force had similar abilities to the miracle bracelet in his hand, and that the Dark God Cult was established just to gain the power of faith and to plan for the future.

Just as Feng Qi was lost in thought, the door was pushed open.

He looked up and found that it was the Lord of Mist who came.

Looking at the Lord of Mist, who was still wearing tattered clothes and smiling on his face, he couldn't help but ask:

"Is it over?" "

After retreating, he came out of the world, and his magic skills have been perfected. The future is promising."

As he said, the Lord of Mist walked to the desk and sat down.

Hearing this, Feng Qi couldn't help rolling his eyes.

"What are you studying?" The Lord of Mist cast his eyes on the documents placed on the desk.

"Analyze the current structure of human belief."

Upon hearing this, the Lord of Mist nodded and said,

"You need to focus on this aspect. The belief route we choose is that heroes become gods, which is essentially in conflict with these beliefs in gods, and can even be said to be the opposite."

"After all, we start from a practical perspective, while these beliefs in gods start from an illusory spiritual perspective. If you want to gain more beliefs, you must find a way to destroy these beliefs in gods."

"After all, there is only one piece of the pie. If our believers increase, the believers of other beliefs will decrease."

As he spoke, the Lord of Mist looked curious and said,

"Have you found anything after looking at the structure of modern human belief?"

"I have an unexpected discovery." As he spoke, Feng Qi handed the information about the Dark God Cult in his hand to the Lord of Mist.

After receiving the information, the Lord of Mist began to look through it with doubts.

After a moment, the Lord of Mist looked up at him:

"Do you think there is a domain force behind the Dark God Cult that is trying to gain faith and plan for the future?"

"Yes, I think the same as you." He nodded immediately, and then continued:

"But there is one thing that cannot be explained. If there is a domain force behind the Dark God Cult, why would the psychic race entrenched in the Old City sit back and watch? After all, this is a domain force that has developed on their territory. Don't they worry about the threat that this force may bring?"

"Then have you ever thought of a possibility? What if this Dark God Cult is part of the psychic race's future layout plan?"

The Lord of Mist's words made Feng Qi fall into deep thought.

He suddenly remembered something.

This matter is related to the historical identity of the "monk".

The identity of the monk in the Star City database 1,500 years later is "human spiritual mentor", who preaches spiritual power everywhere and allows people to fight against domain invasion from a pragmatic perspective.

For this goal, the monk of this period took the initiative to resign from the position of leader of the Prajna Domain War Group.

At that time, he was still wondering why the monk did this.

As the leader of the Prajna regiment, he could have continued to lead the regiment members to fight on the front line.

How could he suddenly put down his burden and become a spiritual mentor for mankind?

But he had never asked the monk this question.

After all, when he confessed the truth to the monk, the monk had not yet stepped out of the school gate.

When he became a spiritual mentor, he had already died for many years.

Now it seems that the monk's behavior seems to be very similar to his current goal.

The goal is to overthrow the theory of spiritual belief and establish a real hero worship dominated by human heroes.

He immediately made up a possible guess in his mind.

The Prajna regiment led by the monk, the main battlefield is near the Old Days supply area.

The birthplace of the Dark God Cult, and the main believers are from the Old Days City.

Maybe the monk discovered the secrets of the Dark God Cult during his leadership of the Prajna regiment, but he could not make these secrets public.

He was afraid that the bloody truth would completely break the spiritual defenses of all mankind.

So he chose to save mankind in another way.

There are only two ways to defeat the Dark God Cult.

Directly defeat the forces behind the Dark God Cult, or destroy humanity's faith in the Dark God Cult, making the layout of this force come to nothing.

The first way may be limited by the strength of the Prajna Corps and the impact it may have on the world.

The second way requires people to give up their faith in gods and switch to faith in reality.

Judging from the series of actions taken by the monk after he stepped down as the leader, he obviously took the second approach.

Unlike him,

he wanted to defeat the faith in gods so that he could get more sources of faith.

But the monk's behavior was purely to save all mankind and become a tool for the growth of the domain's forces.

This also explains the monk's series of confusing behaviors in historical materials.

Outsiders may not agree with the monk's changes.

But based on his understanding of the monk, if it were not of great significance, he would never do such a thankless task.

He has no way of knowing what the specific truth is, and this is just his guess based on the existing intelligence.

At this time, the Lord of the Mist interrupted his thoughts:

"Perhaps we can learn more about the Dark God Cult. After all, the content recorded in the data is limited... But no matter what, the Dark God Cult will be your enemy on the road to gaining faith."

Hearing this, Feng Qi couldn't help but nod.

There are only two speculations about the Dark God Cult.

First, there is no domain force behind this force, and the growth of this faith faction is purely a coincidence.

Second, there is a domain force behind this force that is gaining faith power to plan for the future.

The specific answer remains to be investigated.

Discussing the relevant situation of the Dark God Cult, time passed unknowingly.

...

At noon the next day.

After lunch, Feng Qi changed into casual clothes and left the Tiger Soul headquarters with the Lord of Mist.

The purpose of their trip was the Dark God Cult branch in the eastern part of Star City. They

decided to go there in person to find out.

Perhaps they could find the truth in the Dark God Cult branch.

A few hours later, the Tiger Soul military vehicle stopped on the side of the road one kilometer away from the Dark God Cult branch.

Feng Qi and the Lord of Mist got off the car at this time.

To keep a low profile, they walked on foot.

They walked along the route leading to the Dark God Cult Star City branch for a while, and the Dark God Cult branch building appeared in their sight. The Dark

God Cult's building is very distinctive.

On the top of the building is a red crystal made of unknown material, which reflects brilliant colors in the sun.

"It's quite impressive." The Lord of Mist grinned at this time.

"Is there something wrong with this crystal?"

"There is no spiritual fluctuation on it. It is just a very ordinary crystal polished in the field."

After listening to the Lord of Mist's explanation, Feng Qi nodded.

They walked down the steps to the Dark God Cult building and walked into the building.

There is a long and narrow corridor in front of us, with murals on both sides.

There are 18 murals

in total. They tell the story of the birth, creation, creation of things, creation of humans, and dissemination of knowledge of the Dark God.

Going further in, there is a green grass garden full of green plants.

Flowers of different colors are planted around the green grass, and eight statues with ferocious postures are placed in the center of the grass.

At this time, many believers kneel down in front of the eight statues and worship devoutly.

Feng Qi has learned about the origins of these eight statues through the information.

According to the information, these eight statues are the first-order gods created by the Dark God himself, and are called the Eight Evil Gods.

Although they are called evil gods, they have never done evil things in fact. Their duty is to maintain the balance of the world and achieve a perfect state.

In fact, the successful establishment and promotion of the Dark God Cult

is not unrelated to the doctrine of this sect.

At least the doctrine always promotes positive energy, and always reminds believers to maintain a kind heart, face life with a positive and optimistic attitude, and so on.

It is precisely because of this that the Dark God Cult can be promoted in other cities without hindrance.

If it is a sect with twisted ideas, there is no soil for them to grow in major cities.

But Feng Qi has reason to believe that there may be a conspiracy behind this.

Just like "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice", it is covered with a bright and beautiful appearance and is even praised as a super skill to change human cultivation.

But this super skill is essentially just a means for the Lord of the Mist to harvest all mankind and a large number of domain forces.

Perhaps there is also a group of guys behind the Dark God Cult who are controlling it, so as to extract the power of human faith to grow.

With doubts, they continued to move forward along the marble road in the garden.

After walking out of the garden, the view in front suddenly became clear.

This is a circular square, which is paved with pebbles. At this time, dozens of believers are kneeling on the ground, worshiping the statue more than ten meters high in the center of the square.

This statue is the Dark God.

Seeing the statue of the Dark God with his own eyes, Feng Qi always felt very familiar for some reason.

It seems that he has seen it somewhere.

Looking carefully, he suddenly remembered where he had seen it.

Although the features of the statue are slightly different, he still recognized it.

Isn't this the statue god worshiped by the sheep-headed demon!