Chapter 169 Chapter 169

A new religious sect has emerged in the small town of Berghaven, USA. Its founder is Anne Martinez Jones.

This 17-year-old girl is a newly-born awakener with the ability to heal. She can heal herself and others. Because of this special awakening ability, Anne has a very high prestige in the sect.

The name of the sect is the Cult of Seko. In the sect they believe in, they believe that the most supreme god is Seko. Under Seko, there are countless messengers. The believers of the religion say that they all belong to the messenger Kailet.

The symbol of religion is two interlocking rings, but the necklace that believers hold every day to pray is not two interlocking rings, but a circle formed by sections of bones. According to believers, this is the symbol of Lord Kailet.

Anne was the second person to sign a slave contract with Carrett, and like Louise, she also received a small reward from Carrett.

After the arrival of the weird, the mall was opened, and the points for saving the world increased. The original Qingtong gave all the vests the right to use the points to redeem goods. No one knows what unexpected situations the vests will encounter on the way to fight the weird and save others. In case they need to buy something in the mall urgently, they can't always tell Qingtong to buy it.

Half of the salvation points obtained by the vest are used by the vest at its own disposal, without having to ask the original Qingtong for permission. The remaining half is what Qingtong plans to use. The salvation system has already clearly adjusted the points between the original and the vest in the mall system, so that everyone can only see the salvation points they can use.

During this period of time, Kailett also accumulated a lot of salvation points, enough to exchange for some strange items and two or three cheapest secret books.

Carrett bought the secret book of [Using the Force of Others Against You], which is a secret book for fighting against weird beings that ordinary people can learn and use. Carrett asked Louis and his boyfriend Cole to learn the secret book, but Carrett did not give the secret book to Louis, but kept it in his own hands. Now that he met Anne, the awakened one, he bought a secret book on controlling weird forces and asked Anne to learn it together.

Of course, the ordinary people in the sect who have not awakened also learned the secret of [Using the Force to Attack], and after learning, the secret returned to Kailett's hands. Annie and the sect members only kept the knowledge in their minds. After the sect members have integrated the knowledge, they can teach it to others.

The secret manual is a seed, and also a treasure coveted by countless people. It is better to keep such a thing in one's own hands. Giving it to Annie and the others will only cause trouble, not to mention that who knows when Kailett may need them again.

Kailett allowed Anne and others to believe. He didn't care about these things in the first place, but the sect's preaching would definitely teach the knowledge and power to fight against the weirdness, and Anne's idea of ​​"hammering yourself to become strong and fight for the future" coincided with Qingtong's original idea of ​​allowing everyone to gain the power to fight against the weirdness.

So it's okay to let them spread the secret knowledge under the guise of religious belief to save others. It also gives Kairet the opportunity to "give knowledge to his believers."

After teaching the secrets, Carrett took Louis away, leaving the new sect in the town to develop on its own.

After Carrett left, Anne organized the entire town to move out. The strange things that happened in Berghaven have been reported to the official US Bureau of Terrorism. Although Anne felt that those people might not be willing to investigate here, what if. At least she and the believers in the town no longer trust the people of the Terrorism Bureau and do not want to contact them in the short term.

That night, the town of Borghaven was deserted, and a new town appeared in a remote place further southeast. The name of the town was Zombietown. A new church was built in the east of the town, painted white, clean and bright. Although it was a small town, the church was very grand and could accommodate hundreds of people to pray at the same time.

Hanging on the front wall of the church was not a cross, but two interlocking rings. Under the rings was a human-shaped statue wearing a cloak. The person was wrapped in the cloak from head to toe, and his face could not be seen. Only his left wrist was stretched out, revealing white hand bones, and in the palm of that bony hand was holding a book.

Kailett, who had already left, had no idea that his image had been made into a statue, and that he had been covered with a cloak without permission, making him look mysterious. Only the Savior System took the time to take a look, but did not tell Kailett, and naturally did not notify Qingtong.

From the perspective of the salvation system, this is just a small matter. There are also many associations in Japan that worship butterflies, boys and insects. They are all small organizations and can't do anything big.

Even if they obtained the knowledge in the secret book and spread it as the word of God of the Seko Cult, it would only help more people in need. It is a good thing and there is no need to take it too seriously.

Without the attention of Kailet and the complete disregard of the system, the Cult of Seko quietly developed in Zoid Town. Believers took turns to leave the town to solve minor strange incidents and preach while helping the people.

In just a few days, they brought back new believers who were similar to the residents of Zombie Town and settled in Zombie Town.

The number of believers, which originally numbered dozens, expanded to over a hundred.

The number of believers who have accepted the new faith but for various reasons have not settled in Zombie Town and are praying quietly outside is gradually increasing.

Both the Salvation System and Kairet underestimated the importance Westerners placed on faith. Moreover, because of the strange live broadcast, the god mentioned by the white-robed priest had long been known to the whole world. The people helped by Kairet originally wanted to believe in them, and after hearing the preaching of the people of the Serk religion, they bought a bone ring necklace in a matter of minutes and believed that the supreme god without a god was the Serk god.

As for the goal of belief being weird? Even Satan has many loyal believers, it's just a weird belief, what's the big deal?

There are even some crazy believers who have never even seen Kailett, but have only watched a few live broadcasts on the weird live broadcast. After avoiding a few weird attacks with the help of the weird illustrations, they spontaneously became believers. The clothes they buy and the accessories they use every day have skeleton elements added to them. Some people even have double rings and skeleton tattoos on their chests.

All of this happened quietly under the noses of American officials, but they were unaware of it. All their attention was focused on Jack and his group who were going to China to learn the secrets. They even held a meeting secretly to discuss how to steal the secrets, unaware that the knowledge of the secrets had been quietly spreading before their eyes.

The people who have mastered this knowledge are the ones who encountered crises and were not rescued by the Bureau of Psychology. They no longer trust the US officials and have placed all their hearts on faith.

Not only that, the expansion of the Seker Cult even quietly spread beyond the borders and into the land of the Silver Kingdom.

There was originally a small organization in the Silver Kingdom that believed in the sacred crow Utol. When the members of this small organization came into contact with the people of the Seko Cult, they gradually merged into one. The small organization that believed in the sacred crow changed its appearance and became the Seko Cult branch in the Silver Kingdom, under the command of the messenger Utol. They also built a new church in a small town. The top logo of the church is also two interlocking rings, but the statue under the ring is a man wearing a cloak, with a crow standing on the man's shoulder.

The Silver Kingdom Seker Cult was established following the god Utor, believing in Seker. Its scale is smaller than that of the United States, but similar to the American sects, they learned the knowledge of the secret book from Annie, and used it as the bible of the religion, gradually recruiting new believers.

And Utor, who was believed in, was totally unaware of all this, and had no idea what the people who had met him or been indirectly saved by him had come up with when they got together.

As the Cult of Seko gradually expanded, Qingtong, as the true body of the "God Seko" believed by the vests, finally entered the next stage of training at the training base - field combat training.

Actual combat is of course not direct training with monsters. The training base is not bold enough to let a group of rookies fight against monsters directly. Qingtong and others’ actual combat targets are the instructors and various agencies on the back mountain.

In the morning, the uniformed people were divided into groups according to the lottery. There were five people in each group, and the members of Qingtong were Su Sanan, Hanqi, Yueyue and Yuhuan.

The team leader was confirmed to be Qingtong.

Because it was the first practical training, it only lasted one day.

The primary goal of the training is for all members to reach the finish line alive. If one person is missing, ten points will be deducted. The first scoring item is the order of reaching the finish line. The first group to arrive will get ten points, the second will get five points, the third will get no points, and the last one to arrive will be deducted five points. The second is that there are ten trapped people in the back mountain. Find them and lead them out of the back mountain safely. Five points will be awarded for saving one person. Finally, defeat the instructors in the back mountain. Defeating one person will earn ten points. The instructors wear "hearts" and breaking them is equivalent to defeating them.

Special abilities are allowed to be used without holding back. All instructors are wearing protective gear, even gas masks. There are rescue personnel at the foot of the mountain and drone monitoring in the sky. Every member participating in the training wears a satellite positioning device to ensure that the training is conducted under the premise of safety.

As the team leader, Qingtong received a simple and scribbled map from the instructor, which marked the locations of the trapped people and the destination.

Qingtong checked the map on his phone and saw that the final destination was the hotel on the top of the mountain.

There are four teams participating in the training, with a total of 20 people. In addition to awakened people like Qingtong, there are also non-awakened people like Baxiong'an and others. After the actual combat training, there will be a total ranking. The team with the highest points will be rewarded with a three-day holiday, and the second place will not be rewarded. The third team will have three days of fierce training, and the last team will have seven days of fierce training.

"I've read the training schedule for the Devil's Training." Han Qi whispered, "The daily training schedule is very tight. If you really do the Devil's Training for a week, you'll be so tired that you can't even get up."

"It seems that we have to get at least second place." Su Sanan sighed.

Yueyue frowned and said, "How can we get it? We are the only pure awakeners in this team. The other teams have members who are from the army. It's not a real battle against monsters. How much bonus will our abilities get? In terms of physical fitness, we are the last group..."

Yu Huan lowered his head and said nothing.

Qingtong looked up at the sky. He felt that Yueyue was right. They were in Group A. Baxiong'an was in Group B, Qixing was in Group C, and there were only three people in Group D who were from the military.

It's a bit difficult to win among this group of people.

"If you want to get a high score, you need to rescue the trapped people, get to the hotel as quickly as possible, and defeat the instructor." Qing Tong frowned, "In terms of speed, we are definitely not the fastest. Our ability to find our way in the mountains is definitely not as good as those who come from the military."

"So..." Han Qi looked at him in confusion.

Qingtong lowered his head slightly and smiled maliciously: "In this actual combat, it is only clearly stated that it is forbidden to use abilities to cause serious damage to the forest to avoid irreversible consequences."

Yueyue nodded: "For example, Gan Xiaoqing, her ability may cause wildfires, so I definitely don't dare to use it."

"But it doesn't say that attacking other team members is not allowed, right?" Qingtong said.

Everyone was stunned. They all thought that this actual combat training was to simulate a battle against monsters, and the instructor was playing the role of the monster. They did not consider the possibility of attacking other team members.

"Isn't this considered a violation?" Su Sanan said worriedly.

Qing Tong: "Where is it against the rules? If it's not forbidden, then you can do it. Besides, the purpose of the simulated battle is to train our combat ability. If we really want to train our ability to fight against the monsters, why not go find the monsters directly? Why use the instructors to pretend? We can just fight with other team members to a certain extent. We just need to tie them up and make them unable to move. Anyway, we have the positioning, so they can't get lost."

"Besides, this is also good for them." Qing Tong said innocently, "When fighting against the strange, even if they know the strange information, no one knows whether there are other dangers hidden behind. We are teaching them a lesson to stay vigilant at all times, right?"

Han Qi and Su Sanan both nodded, and Yue Yue's eyes lit up, as if she had learned something.

Although it is a farce, what he said sounds very righteous and reasonable.

"But the opponent is so strong, we may not be able to defeat him." Yueyue whispered.

Qing Tong: "Then find a way to separate them. It's many to one. We can deal with as many as we can."

Their goal is simple, as long as the other teams' scores are lower than theirs, there is no need for devilish training.

I don't have to get first place, I'll be happy if I can keep the second place.

Devil training or something like that? That's a training plan customized by instructor Li Jishi, and I don't want to participate in it.