"Backwardness and advancement coexist, great civilization can only be recalled from paper, religious beliefs control everything, and civilization is built on ruins..."

Igula said calmly: "This country is probably in the post-apocalyptic era."

"This country should also be protected by the Lord God, right?" Harvey was a little puzzled: "Will the Lord God watch the end of the world come?"

"Yes." Ash said with certainty, "If there hadn't been so many accidents, the Gospel Kingdom would have lost its Gospel system and entered the countdown to doomsday... For the Lord God, doomsday is just a 'gap' lasting one or two hundred years. Civilization will recover sooner or later, just like when you grow flowers, you know that they will bloom again after withering, so you naturally won't care too much."

"People who have seen angels are more confident when they talk about the big picture, as if you have lived for hundreds of years." Igula mocked Ash and then said, "That is why we may not need to escape from the Four Pillars Cult."

"Why?" Ash was stunned: "Do you think people after the apocalypse will be particularly kind?"

"I think people in the post-apocalyptic world will be particularly greedy." The fraudster smiled. "Wow, the social environment here is much better than the Gospel—greed is rampant, there are no rules, no supervision, only interests! Although this place is a bit desolate, it is better for hunting than a big city, right?"

"Moreover, we have the bait they crave - advanced knowledge from other countries!"

Ash patted the invincible cushion, and it was hard to suppress the sarcasm in his words: "We are the first?"

"There is no doubt that the great civilization that once existed here was probably the Fire Cat Age, which was much more advanced than the Blood Moon Age. But it is precisely because of this that there is such a huge gap in civilization," Igula said. "The people here are like a one-winged magician who got a four-winged magic spirit. They can't learn or decipher any technology from it, so they can only use the crudest way to borrow the power of the four-winged magic spirit - such as letting pack animals pull maglev trains and using the cushions in the mental ward as armor."

"And they can't find any resources from the ruins. Their technology level is stuck at the early stage of civilization - they can't even mass-produce the torture instruments for the binding magicians!"

Ash and Harvey were stunned, then they remembered that this was the first time they were captured but their magic power was not restricted - this was an unimaginable treatment in Blood Moon and Gospel.

If you think about it carefully, restricting magical power is actually a great test of the foundation of civilization, because magical power is invisible, and the instruments that restrain magical power can only be made by the creator magician himself, which means a complete magician training system and a developed creation industry.

In the post-apocalyptic era, most forces naturally find it difficult to meet these two conditions. Those "creature products" that are commonplace in a stable society may be rare and scarce goods here.

"No wonder that guy keeps asking me about Gospel's life details..." Ash muttered.

“Even if we don’t know the specific technical information, as long as we can explain the evolution process of the technology, it will be of great help to the people here.” Igula said, “They are like magicians who have inherited the four wings, and they are only one wing or two now. We just need to describe the scenery of the three wings to them so that they don’t go the wrong way, and they can inherit the great legacy faster.”

"So, there is room for cooperation between us and them. Or, we can say that there is room for cooperation with the woman who defeated Ash - she knows our value."

"Since there is no limit on our magic power, we might as well wait until something happens before we resist. Before that, we can try to find opportunities for cooperation. After all, this is a new world, and the best way to integrate here is to join one of the forces, just like we joined the Funeral Ceremony."

"More importantly," Igula paused, "Harvey and I are both three-winged magicians, but we haven't built a sanctuary yet. If we can buy enough time, we will be more confident in protecting you and leaving—"

"Ah, I am actually already a sanctuary magician." Ash said, "But like you, I haven't built a sanctuary yet."

It took Igula and Harvey several minutes to accept that Ash had climbed to the Far Side without any "cheating". But looking at their expressions, Ash always felt that they would put their heads into the toilet to drink water while he was sleeping.

Ash quickly changed the subject: "So, do we really want to cooperate with the Four Pillars?"

"Why not?" Igula tilted his head slightly: "Compared to the Holy Fire Temple, we are more familiar with the Four Pillars Religion, right?"

Ash realized that what Igula said was right.

Since there are people in the Four Pillars who want to cooperate with them, it is the best choice for them to take this opportunity to understand this world. Even if they don't want to cooperate, they can delay time and pretend to be friendly until the three of them build the Holy Land as a tactical weapon, and then they can directly kill the Four Pillars.

Harvey didn't care about the Four Pillars of the Gods at all. He had no resistance to cooperating with the monsters from the abyss. And Igula even regarded the Four Pillars of the Gods as his second choice. After all, the Weaving Ceremony predicted that he would become the leader of the Four Pillars of the Gods, 'Rusty Crow'. Naturally, Igula wanted to gain some management experience here, and might even want to turn the tables and usurp the Four Pillars of the Gods.

Ash had long seen that Igula's material desires were not high. What he pursued was the pleasure of challenging difficult frauds, especially the madness of walking between life and death, which could best stimulate the pituitary gland of a fraudster. A social environment like the post-apocalyptic era was simply a big playground for him.

Harvey was the same, he longed for a curtain call. In the stable society of Blood Moon Gospel, he could only get such an opportunity by committing a crime, but here, perhaps in the next second he could complete his magician manual.

There is no wrong person locked up in this mental ward except myself.

But the other two probably thought so too.

But Ash himself didn't want to get involved in the Four Pillars Cult.

Both Hiss and Eternal Calamity brought too much trouble to Ash, and he even formed a belief that anyone who got close to the Four Pillars would become unfortunate.

If possible, he wanted to get away from these guys as soon as possible, even if it meant picking up cardboard boxes and sleeping under the overpass.

But compared to Igura's thorough consideration, this "cowardly" reason is really hard to explain. And Ash also has to consider their thoughts. They have always been accommodating to him before, and now it's his turn to accommodate them.

Ash took a deep breath to calm his uneasy mood, sat down next to the cushion, and turned the Gospel Wheel.

No response.

Sure enough, leaving the radiation range of the gospel spirit, it is impossible to call out the gospel.

This ring is useless... Although he thought so, Ash did not take it off, just treating it as a souvenir from Gospel.

So what was the souvenir he took from the Blood Moon? Iguerra and Xavi?

While daydreaming, Ash summoned Aurora's Magician's Manual. Without the blessing of the Gospel Book, the image quality of the game interface returned to the level of door lock photography. Unless Ash could find better audio and video equipment here, he would not be able to enjoy the high-definition pictures of Sword Princess.

After receiving the source crystal as a sign-in reward, Ash looked at the "Operator Search".

Since we can only wait, let’s draw the cards!

"'For the Blue and Clear World' Limited Quest (Thanksgiving Event 10 Weeks After Launch)"

"The chance of obtaining limited operators 'Orchid Weiser', 'Purple Shadow Princess', and 'Blood Queen' has been increased↑↑"

"The probability of obtaining the limited-edition costumes 'Christmas Gift·Sword Princess', 'Moon Star Swimsuit·Sword Princess', 'Rain Queen·Witch', and 'Christmas Gift·Witch'↑↑"

「Ends at 00:00 on July 10」

Ten weeks?

Ash calculated and found that he had indeed traveled ten weeks. But this event was too much: your gratitude reward was not to give out source crystals and characters, but to give out another limited event! ?

Who is actually being grateful and who is giving back?

The operator 'The Heartbroken Girl' and the costume 'Bride·Firefly' that appeared in the last quest event did not appear. Instead, there were three new operators and the costumes of Firefly and Witch - thanks to Aurora, the costume of the End Watcher finally did not appear this time.

But this Christmas gift... Ash curled his lips. There is no Christmas here. Isn't this a gift that is completely inconsistent with our world view?

Wait, are there brides in this world? Oh, that's fine.

Just like before, there was no preview for the costumes, so Ash was very curious, was it an operator giving him a Christmas gift, or was he dressing himself up as a Christmas gift?

Moon Star Swimsuit and Rain Queen also look good. As long as there is no Observer's Costume in the card pool, Ash will not lose out no matter how many times he draws!

Another thing that is worth noting is... Ash felt a little strange when looking at the limited operator 'Orchid Visser'. Other operators are called by code names, so why does she appear directly by her name?

Is he some main plot character?

"Give."

Ash and Harvey took the chocolate bar thrown by Igula, tore open the package and took a bite of it to replenish calories. While eating, Harvey suddenly said, "Alice said she doesn't like staying in the Four Pillars Church."

Your Alice is still in the coffin, the coffin is still in the space card, and the space card is in your bag. How did you communicate with Alice through three layers of thick barriers...

Igulla took a light bite and tore off a piece with a snap. As he ate, he said, "No matter which country you are in, the dead have no right to vote."

"However," he paused, "we don't have to cooperate with the Four Pillars Divine Religion."

"As long as there is a chance to leave this room, then we should find a way to escape from the Four Pillars Divine Cult, and then find other forces with better reputations to cooperate with. This is also a good choice... What do you think?"

Noticing that Igula and Harvey were looking at him, Ash blinked, used his tongue to roll the sweet taste of chocolate into his stomach, and nodded heavily: "I want to leave as soon as possible."

"We agree." Igula said cheerfully, "Then it's settled."