Chapter 437 Nora's Confidence
"It's an interesting concept in topology, something you can only learn in advanced math classes. Anyway, I understand what you mean. As long as my self-perception is fine, other people's thoughts about me won't affect me, right?"
Richard nodded: "Of course, otherwise the empress of the empire would be cursed to death by people all day long, right?"
That makes sense. "So cognitive interference only works on objects?"
"That may not be the case." Tata took over the conversation: "Do you still remember Mira, the high priestess of the Mother Goddess of Life? We suspect that she may have been affected by cognitive interference."
The prince conducted a follow-up investigation. Mira always thought that [Mother] was under her control, but she was manipulated by Him without knowing it.
Xius was somewhat puzzled: "In other words, her self-perception has been tampered with?"
"Yes, the life span of the Mother Goddess priests is usually short, and their souls will be gradually devoured by the evil gods. However, their weak souls cannot maintain a firm enough self-awareness, which creates a vicious cycle. In the end, they fall deeper and deeper, and can no longer turn back."
Tata sighed: "This is why the Orthodox Church has to crack down on the cultists. Their power is not obtained legitimately, so it is easier for them to lose their self-awareness and become puppets of the evil gods."
"Then you are the fire-chasing moths"
"Oh, we are different. We pursue knowledge instead of power or evil gods. The Lord of Moths is just a tool to clean up pollution. Speaking of which, I can't sense the Lord of Moths recently. Richard, do you have any clues?"
Hughes froze.
The Moth Lord seemed to have been purified by him accidentally. Alas, I didn't understand at that time that it would be better to catch such a good evil god and put it into the furnace. What a waste.
Richard discussed it with Tata, but in the end nothing came of it.
"In short, we, the Fire Moths, are different from other evil god churches. We are less likely to lose control, and our self-awareness is more solid!" Tata raised his head proudly.
Tsk.
Zeus smacked his lips. The Fire Moths' cognition was indeed more solid, but in this world, the pursuit of knowledge was far more dangerous than the arrival of evil gods. The Fire Moths were recognized as the most dangerous cult, and the Mother Goddess Church could only rank behind them.
However, Zeus suddenly remembered something that happened a long time ago. At that time, he had not yet come into this body. He had nothing to do and told a lot of random little stories. Later, he thought that this would cause cognitive interference, but now it seems that he was overthinking.
If telling a random story could cause pollution, the world would have been in ruins long ago.
Only then did Xius feel completely relieved.
"One more thing, have you heard of the [Named Person]?"
As soon as these words came out, Tata and Richard's faces changed and they took a step back as if facing a great enemy.
Richard's face became even more rigid. Based on Hughes's years of observation of Chloe's escape records, he must have used his extraordinary abilities, and the one standing here now was probably just an empty shell.
Xiusi was somewhat surprised by their reactions and reached out to ring the bell on the table.
Soon, a fully armed female demon walked into the room. She looked at Tata and Richard with interest and asked, "Which of them rebelled?"
Xiu Si caught a glimpse of golden hair from the gap in the armor, and then he sighed helplessly: "Stop it, Nini may have some trouble here."
Nini's eyes lit up immediately: "What trouble?"
Tata and Richard looked at each other, both of them a little embarrassed: "Well, I don't know."
"I didn't know you two would react so strongly?"
Tata's face turned bitter. "It's the unknown that's the problem. The most dangerous thing in the supernatural world is the unknown. The word you just said is obviously related to the supernatural. We are moths chasing after knowledge. Generally speaking, things we don't know are either extremely dangerous or extremely secret. More often, they are both - dangerous and secret."
Chloe had mentioned this before, but Zeus had forgotten about it over time. After all, knowledge was linked to pollution, and the worst that could happen was that it would be eroded by pollution - and he was not afraid of pollution.
"So you two don't know?"
The two looked at each other and shook their heads, "Never heard of it. Maybe you can ask Chloe?"
Xius sighed and looked at Nini: "Go and take Chloe off the monument."
When Nini climbed to the top of the church with an excited look on her face, Chloe was still chatting with Nora. The two were originally mortal enemies, but they were no longer enemies after death.
Chloe was no longer a member of the Candlelight Society, and Nora no longer belonged to the Sanctuary of Silence, but they were hanging under the same roof, and over time they actually became good friends.
Nini brought both of them over.
Xius learned from his previous experience and did not ask immediately. His eyes fell on the diary: "You are not contaminated in your current state, right?"
〖Actually, it will happen, but the danger is very small. After all, I don’t have a body, and my cognition is solid, so it’s really hard for anything to contaminate me.〗
"What about you, Nora?"
"The pollution of the buried will accumulate in the body. My body should have been destroyed now, so there is no need to worry."
"If your body is still intact"
Nora wanted to shake her head, but she forgot that her neck was broken. When she tried hard, she rolled over. Fortunately, Nini caught her in time.
Nini grabbed Nora's head, looked at the flat table, hesitated for a moment, took a vase from the windowsill, took out the flowers and threw them away, then stuffed Nora in it.
I turned it left and right and it was quite solid.
"Thanks."
Nora moved around a little and felt good, even somewhat familiar - she had the same feeling when she put on the heavy ice armor, which was a little bit choking at the neck. Coincidentally, the vase was also white, which matched her white hair and eyes very well.
Xiu Si opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing. He felt that he needed to consolidate his understanding. "The limbs of the Buried One that were cut off will decay like the bodies of ordinary people. If only the limbs were lost, it might be possible to recover with the help of supernatural powers, but I have been beheaded. There is no hope for me."
Her voice was as flat as ever, with no ups and downs.
"The greatest punishment for a buried person who made a mistake is to have his head chopped off. Perhaps Chloe will have a chance to find her body again in the future, but not me."
Nora's eyelashes trembled, she took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and then opened them again, regaining her calm.
Zeus nodded heavily. It seemed that Count Bazel was not unaware that she was a superhuman, but he deliberately used this method to torture her.
"So there is no need to worry about pollution accumulating in my body. My body should have decayed by now, so even if pollution comes, it will not cause any harm."
(End of this chapter)
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