Chapter 293: Surrender

After replying to Rosie's message, Ji Ruo casually opened an e-book and handed the phone to Emily.

Emily took it happily and began to flip through the pages, carefully imitating Ji Ruo's movements.

Although she doesn't know Daxia's language...

But is this a problem?

As the agent of the God of Nature and Life, Emily might act like a fool most of the time, and the God would not pay attention to her for a long time. But if it comes to something more important, such as what happened to Ji Ruo that Mother Earth specifically asked her to do, or if there is a new novel, etc.

Well, anyway, once something more important is involved, the gods will immediately cast their eyes, and then try to understand it through their own authority or divine power.

So, with the almost selfless efforts of the goddess of nature who was very eager to read the novel, the e-book that Ji Ruo translated for Emily was quickly deciphered by Emily.

"The User Guide for Lao Mi's Mobile Phone... looks very interesting!"

So Emily looked at it with great interest.

Ji Ruo had not expected that this guy could decipher text so quickly and was a little surprised, but when he thought that this guy was mainly reading the instruction manual for his cell phone, he ignored him.

"Ji Ruo, do we really want to do this?"

Liang Shixian glanced at the church a few hundred meters away, still a little confused: "This is not good, right?"

"Why is it bad?"

Ji Ruo said seriously: "We are making money legally. If you don't believe me, ask Xila whether it is legal or not."

To be honest, Sheila had never seen such a scene before. She said hesitantly, "It is legal, but..."

"As long as it's legal! Squad leader, don't be nervous, go ahead!"

"I……"

Liang Shixian sighed deeply, finally made up his mind, and walked towards the church with the bounty slip in his hand.

That’s right, the way Ji Ruo thought of to make money was to report him to the Truth Church in exchange for a reward…

According to Ji Ruo's idea, the Church of Truth has a need, and he and others have a need, and by combining them, both parties can get the desired results, so why not do it?

But even though it was said that way and it made sense, Liang Shixian still found it hard to accept it - who would collect the bounty of a wanted warrant just to make money? !

Seeing Liang Shixian dithering, Ji Ruo suddenly realized that they wanted to collect the reward for 'providing location information', which meant that he also needed to be present, so he put on a mask and a fisherman's hat and stood up.

"Squad leader, please walk faster. Why are you dawdling? What if the shop closes?"

Liang Shixian: “?”

"You want to follow me in?!"

"Why do you want to provide information about a wanted person? It would be more convenient if the wanted person is present."

"I-Is that so..."

Liang Shixian gritted his teeth and said, "If you remember to act according to the plan, we can just cheat the reward and run away..."

"What do you mean by deception? Squad leader, I don't like what you said." Ji Ruo said with some dissatisfaction: "We didn't provide them with the real information of the robbers?"

"Robber?" Liang Shixian opened his mouth wide: "Ji Ruo, what on earth did you do here?"

"It's not a big deal. We just stole a clone of the God of Truth."

“…”

The two confirmed with Sheila that the wanted order contained a trace of the power of "truth". As the initiator of the wanted order, the Truth Association must accept it.

Because before Ji Ruo was caught, that was one of the 'truths' they believed in.

That's why Ji Ruo is so bold.

They entered the church.

Because they were worried that too many witnesses would cause unnecessary trouble for Ji Ruo's "turning himself in", they came specifically in the evening when there were fewer people, collected the bounty and ran away, even planning their route.

In Mother Earth, missionary work is a necessity, so churches are generally magnificent, with chapels, cathedrals, halls, and everything else.

This is also one of the reasons why Ji Ruo chose to "surrender". Orthodox sects that own churches are generally wealthy and have no problem paying the bounty.

Although it was already evening, the Truth Church did not have a curfew. In other words, except for some remote places, many places did not have a curfew tradition.

The technology and people's livelihood on Mother Earth are not very developed. Although many of the gods have powerful abilities, almost no gods will use their abilities to help human development.

Moreover, many monsters become more active at night, so it is not safe to go out.

Therefore, due to concerns about the safety of humans on Mother Earth and because there are so few entertainment activities, some remote areas have implemented a curfew.

Many people have nothing to do at night, so they usually just do some laundry.

Of course, this is definitely not the case with churches. As a church that serves gods, even though the gods themselves don't care much, they have mastered extraordinary powers, so they can naturally play outside more at night... ahem.

At this moment, hundreds of believers, under the organization of the cardinal, are performing their daily pilgrimage to the statue of the God of Truth.

The God of Truth they worshipped looked different from the incarnation that Ji Ruo had seen. The one that Ji Ruo used to refine his weapon at least looked like a human, but the statue they worshipped here had only one big eye engraved with intricate patterns that looked incomprehensible, which gave people an inexplicably captivating feeling.

According to the Cardinal's passionate speech and the enthusiastic reactions of the believers, Ji Ruo knew that the name of this eye was the 'Eye of Truth', so the full name of the Truth Sect they found should be 'Truth Sect·Eye of Truth Sect'...

"Can you take this God apart and worship him?!" Ji Ruo said in shock.

The cardinal's passionate speech came to an abrupt halt, and the believers turned around abruptly, looking angrily at the two uninvited guests who had disturbed their worship of God.

Liang Shixian saw the situation and could not care less. He quickly raised the wanted order in his hand and said, "Sorry, we didn't mean to disturb you. We just have very important intelligence here and can't delay any longer!"

"Important information?"

The cardinal sensed the familiar divine aura on the wanted order, and he parted the angry crowd and came to Liang Shixian. He raised his head so that Liang Shixian could look down at him and asked, "Do you have any news about that pagan?"

As he spoke, symbols of unknown meaning flickered in the cardinal's pupils, and finally merged into two deep whirlpools that seemed to be able to suck in people's souls.

"Answer me!"

"Ah, yes, yes." Liang Shixian subconsciously tilted his head and did not look the cardinal in the eye.

What I said was the truth, but what I did always felt a bit unfair.

The believers slowly gathered around.

The symbols in the bishop's eyes flashed more and more rapidly: "The truth is determined..."

The atmosphere gradually became depressing. After a moment, the cardinal exhaled and said, "What you said is true."

The believers cheered - their branch was the first to receive the news that God needed, how could they not be happy?

Liang Shixian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

The cardinal grabbed Liang Shixian's arm, exerted force, and said coldly: "Tell me where the pagan is!"

Liang Shixian blinked, not quite understanding why this guy suddenly became so close to him and gently pinched his arm...

"What about the reward?" Liang Shixian did not relax his vigilance: "What if I tell you the news and you regret it?"

The believers were stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.

A member of the church said proudly: "We in the Truth Church would not do such a thing. What we believe in and abide by is the truth!"

Ji Ruo said: "We don't believe in your gods. We exchange money for goods. This is the truth we believe in!"

The believers were about to get angry when the cardinal suddenly raised his hands.

"Interesting. Okay, we can pay you first, but you must swear an oath under the gaze of the Eye of Truth, guaranteeing that everything you say next is true and what we need."

As he spoke, the cardinal took out a small Eye of Truth.

"Of course."

Ji Ruo and Liang Shixian swore an oath under the gaze of the Eye of Truth, and the cardinal handed the bounty to them according to the rules.

The cardinal said, "Just providing information will earn you ten gold coins... We have already paid the reward, now it's your turn."

Ji Ruo nodded, took the wanted warrant from Liang Shixian, and took off his mask and fisherman's hat.

"Look, is this the person you are looking for?"

"???"

The believers were all stunned when they saw Ji Ruo's face, which was exactly the same as the one on the wanted warrant.

The cardinal obviously had not expected such a turn of events. He pointed at Ji Ruo with a trembling hand, "You, you, you..."

"Is this the person you are looking for?" Ji Ruo asked again.

The Eye of Truth gave feedback, and the cardinal subconsciously said, "Yes, it is indeed the person we are looking for..."

Ji Ruo clapped his hands and said, "Okay, the deal is done. Happy cooperation. Goodbye!"

As he spoke, Ji Ruo had already left the encirclement with shadow steps.

Liang Shixian smiled shyly and said, "Then we'll leave first."

Then he bent his knees and jumped out of the crowd, following Ji Ruo's lead and running away.

The believers were stunned for a long while.

"That... Bishop, were we almost able to complete Lord Truth's mission just now?" a believer murmured.

"Yes...!!!" The cardinal came back to his senses and gritted his teeth: "Damn it, chase them! Don't let them get away!"

Everyone finally reacted.

"Damn it! How can someone come to claim their own bounty?"

"Is this something a human could do?!"

"Heathlete, heretic! Damn you!"

The believers were so angry that they no longer cared about worshipping and started chasing after the two fleeing people.

The cardinal was so angry that he was shaking all over. He came to the statue holding a miniature version of the Eye of Truth, reported the situation to the truth, and prayed to the gods to give him strength to chase the "fugitive" and make up for his mistake.

At the cardinal's shameful whisper, the stone statue seemed to suddenly come alive, divine light flowed, its eyes opened a slit, and its eyeballs moved.

He first glanced at the believers who were running away in a hurry, and then turned his gaze to the cardinal.

The cardinal was sweating profusely and said quickly: "Great eternal truth, you——"

Before the lickspittle could finish his words, the statue suddenly emitted a beam of divine light, and in the cardinal's fanatical eyes, the beam of light fell directly on the cardinal's brow.

The sound of flesh being roasted could be heard, and a strange meaty aroma rose in the empty church. The cardinal's hair turned silver, his body hunched over at a speed visible to the naked eye, and wrinkles appeared on his skin...

A pattern identical to the Eye of Truth was branded between the cardinal's brows.

The intense pain made the veins on the cardinal's forehead and neck throb, but he did not cry out in pain.

This is the gaze of God!

"Great eternal truth! Your eyes can see through all illusions and unknowns, and all..."

'Go and catch him!'

"Follow your will!"

The cardinal turned around quickly, his eyes opened like wrinkles between his brows, and the whole world in his eyes suddenly turned into countless lines, orderly or disordered, intertwining with each other, turning into the most real appearance of the world.

He lowered his head, and a line suddenly appeared under his feet.

One end of the line is linked to the old bishop, and the other end is linked to Ji Ruo!

The bishop took a step forward, the space shrank, and he appeared beside Ji Ruo in an instant.

Truth: The line segment between two points is the shortest!

Ji Ruo was startled by the sudden appearance of the old man. Whether it was his spiritual consciousness or his warrior intuition, he couldn't figure out how the other party appeared here!

"Heretic, your end is here... Stop - Ouch!"

Although he was surprised, Ji Ruo had no intention of stopping. While the bishop was talking in a pretentious manner, Ji Ruo used the "Eight Extremes of Heaven·Violent Foot" and ran away again as if teleporting.

Liang Shixian, who was following closely behind, kept looking back to see the progress of the believers' pursuit and did not notice the cardinal suddenly appearing in front of him.

By the time he noticed, the bishop had already been knocked out by him...

"Eh? Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to do that! I really didn't see it!"

Liang Shixian, who found that he had knocked an old man away, subconsciously wanted to go back to see how badly the other party was injured. However, he saw that the other party was actually floating in the air with an angry face and swearing, so he didn't want to go back to check.

He can still fly and has the energy to curse, so he doesn't look too injured...

Ji Ruo came to the bushes where he had been hiding before and called Sheila and Emily to run away together.

Sheila never thought that Ji Ruo actually received the bounty, even though he was hunted down.

【First-hand intuition】Crazy warning!

"Eyes of Truth!"

The light of truth from the cardinal's brow shone brightly, and everything except Ji Ruo and others lost its color in an instant, turning into the most basic black and white lines.

The cardinal played with both hands, and countless lines were tangled and twisted into a ball.

In just a few seconds, the colors returned, but the world had changed.

The chaotic lines were rolled into a ball, and after their colors returned to normal, they turned into a huge wall, completely blocking the escape direction of Ji Ruo and others.

But Ji Ruo and others had disappeared without a trace.

After releasing the ultimate move, the Bishop looked even more haggard. Fortunately, the information fed back to him by the Truth clearly told him that Ji Ruo and others had not left this place yet, and the lines controlled by the Eye of Truth were not as simple as forming a barrier in the material world. It also involved many abstract rules or concepts.

If you don't find the original correct path, no matter which direction you go, you will just be going in circles.

"Find them! Find them for me! They can't get away!"

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