"God's Chosen One..."
In the audio-visual room, Igulla, who watched the documentary "The Gospel" at 8 times the speed, wrote this word in his notebook and circled it heavily.
This documentary was filmed in 1680, only 8 years ago. After ignoring the tendencies of "catering to the audience", "being ambitious" and "ignoring costs" that are basically common in such social science documentaries, this documentary can basically become an important reference material for Igulas's actions in this country.
There are a lot of information in the documentary that needs attention, such as the millennium company "Salome" that is responsible for manufacturing props for the Gospel, such as each city is divided into ethnic autonomous areas and multi-ethnic mixed areas, such as the "multi-layered city" will be vigorously promoted in the next 30 years to deepen urbanization, such as the Gospel Kingdom is completely free education, as long as you pass the entrance exam to the magic college, you can enroll for free, free food and accommodation, and the number of colleges and universities has increased from 89 to 135 in a hundred years, and the number of students enrolled each year is climbing year by year...
From the proportion of notes Igulla made, we can tell how much he envied the educational environment in the Kingdom of Gospel. He wanted to question whether the free education here was just a gimmick, but the documentary repeatedly slapped him in the face, forcing Igulla to admit that while he was carrying student loans and occasionally had to work part-time in a cafe to finish his college studies, there were a lot of damn bastards in this world who were enjoying a carefree, rosy college life.
So even if Igulla watched the documentary at 8x speed, it still took him nearly half an hour - the more he watched, the more he felt like he had lived a shabby life in the past, and he felt so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe, and he had to stop and take it easy.
He was the kind of person who was easily consumed by jealousy, and would feel sick and want to vomit when he saw other people's happiness, so he would feel a sting in his eyes whenever he saw Ash occasionally showing an optimistic and silly smile.
However, even in this documentary that was obviously intended to celebrate the success, Iguerra still captured some unusual information.
First, there is no church in the gospel kingdom.
Although everyone knows that the Gospel is the gift of the Omniscient Weaver, that is all. No one preaches the teachings of the Omniscient Weaver, no one builds the statue of the Omniscient Weaver, and no one can even set up an 'Omniscient Weaver Study Group' - because as long as you open the Gospel and ask, you will know that all churches are unauthorized fake cram schools.
In fact, if you think about it, you will understand that the foundation of the church is 'God selects spokespersons to shepherd the world'. To put it simply, "the group owner is lazy, so he chooses an administrator to help manage the group members", but the Omniscient Weaver is not lazy - as long as you have points, it means that the gospel of the Omniscient Weaver is available to listen to your nonsense 24 hours a day. How can the church compare with this quality of service?
In a sense, the church is a middleman who makes a profit from the price difference, while the All-Knowing Weaver is a direct point-to-point manufacturer selling products, which leaves no room for the church to survive.
Second, although there is no church, the kingdom of the gospel... has an imperial royal family.
As early as when he was in the Blood Moon Kingdom, Igula had heard that there were royal nobles in other kingdoms, so he shouldn't be surprised. But the Gospel Kingdom was too developed and prosperous, so Igula found it difficult to understand why this kingdom was still a monarchy instead of a democratic system?
Even vampires know that they can’t be dictators!
However, the Issu royal family, which currently rules the Gospel Kingdom, has been in existence for 760 years. Since its birth, it has been shrinking and centralizing power from generation to generation, and the legislative power, judicial power, and ruling power are all firmly in their hands. Violent armed forces such as the Red Hats responsible for public security and the Blue Beards who suppress the abyss are led by people sent by the royal family. National decrees all come from the imperial capital "Nabistim". For example, the "Multi-layered City Strategy" is a new policy issued by the royal family. It can be said that the military and political power are all in their hands.
It stands to reason that in such a monarchical centralized state, there will definitely be huge bureaucratic interest groups, which will lead to the people's miserable lives, and then collapse from within, leading to the change of dynasties. In fact, this is how the dynasty before the Yisu royal family disappeared.
But the Isu royal family somehow broke this cycle. Not only did it last for more than 700 years, but the country also developed rapidly all the way, completely defeating the democratic Blood Moon Kingdom, and making Igula begin to suspect that monarchical dictatorship might be the only way out for the magician kingdom.
Third, the specific goals of each person in the Gospel Kingdom may be different, but the ultimate goal is the same—to be on the list and become God’s chosen one.
The term "Chosen One" appears almost throughout the entire documentary.
Only God's Chosen Ones can create new technologies, only God's Chosen Ones can lead the times, and even only God's Chosen Ones can obtain happiness... Just like the Blood Saint Moon Shadow in the Blood Moon Kingdom, God's Chosen Ones are the privileged class in the Gospel Kingdom.
But unlike the Blood Moon Clan and the other two tribes supported by the Lord God, the Chosen Ones were nobles supported by mortals. Moreover, the threshold for becoming the Chosen Ones was very low. As long as you were on any list, you were the Chosen Ones.
Even if you are in the top ten in the region in catwalk, you can be included in the list.
But in a sense, the threshold is very high - if you don't have enough talent and enough effort, then you have no chance at all. Even if you do everything well, you have to consider the course of history. If many geniuses suddenly appear in the same era as you, then you still can't squeeze into the top ten.
Unless you try harder...
Igula's mind moved.
He finally realized what made him feel "familiar" with the documentary.
Although everything was good inside, everyone was full of vigor, multiple races had harmonious division of labor, and the society was thriving, Igula did not see the 'happy smile' on their faces that made him jealous.
Every person and every sentence in the film conveys the same meaning——
Be the best!
To be the strongest!
To defeat other competitors!
To be the best in the industry!
Those who are not on the list are holding their breath and working hard, and those who are on the list dare not relax in order to maintain their advantage. The whole society is like an infinite gear, and everyone is spontaneously speeding up.
You don't even have to worry about taking the wrong path. Just spend a few points and the Gospel will point you in the direction of your struggle at any time.
Although the social atmosphere is completely different from that of the Blood Moon Kingdom, Igula still feels very familiar.
It's like a fly discovering a pile of dung hidden in a cake.
Very interesting, really interesting.
Iguala plans to watch a few more documentaries next to get a comprehensive understanding of the gospel kingdom.
He left the audio-visual room, intending to get some food and drink to facilitate a prolonged battle.
When passing by the fun game room, Igula heard a dejected grumble coming from inside. He looked through the crack in the door and found that it was Liz inside. There was a large box of building blocks in front of her, and she seemed to be assembling building block toys.
This little actor is actually playing with building blocks?
After two days of contact, Igula naturally recognized Liz's cute appearance but treacherous nature. After all, Liz was quite similar to him when he was a child, using her cute appearance to deceive adults' trust while secretly criticizing adults' stupidity.
Igula was very sure that Liz was the same type of person as him, and people like them would not be satisfied with entertaining themselves with toys.
After all, toys don’t seem that interesting anymore after you’ve experienced the joy of fooling others.
It doesn't get angry, has no temperature, and doesn't make any noise. What's the value of playing with this thing?
So what is Liz doing? Is there a secret about Annan hidden in the building blocks? Or is she waiting for someone to come here?
Igula hid behind the door and watched Liz carefully compare the shapes of the building blocks in her hand, and assemble them when she saw a suitable one.
One minute.
Three minutes.
Ten minutes.
Fifteen minutes.
Igula couldn't help it, so he walked in and pointed at the messy building blocks and said, "The instruction manual is right next to it, don't you know how to play according to the instruction manual? This is obviously a castle building block, but you turned it into a dungeon!"
Liz looked at him with a pursed mouth and said nothing, but just took the instruction manual and read it.
Igula clenched his fists and walked over with an angry face: "You rude little brat, it seems I have to teach you a lesson..."
Ten minutes later, Ash, who was tired of playing virtual games, was going to the kitchen to get some drinks and snacks. When he passed by the fun game room, he heard a quarrel coming from inside:
"This is obviously pressed here, look at the instructions!"
"Do you know how to play? I've never seen a kid as dumb as you!"
"o(≧口≦)o Why did you choose such a big building block castle! This is not a big project that can be completed by two people!"
"o(￣ヘ￣o＃) You are so annoying."
Ash glanced inside through the crack in the door, looked at the castle blocks that hadn't even had their foundation assembled, showed a thoughtful expression, and walked away.
Then came pancakes and Xavi.