Chapter 37 Chapter 37 Apos is not far from the temple...
Apos stopped on a small path not far from the temple. His strength was not only reflected in his attack power and vigilance, but also in his learning ability and hearing.
Originally, he really shouldn't be here now. He was a novice repairman, and it was too difficult for him to come here to repair a big thing like the cowshed. No matter what, he shouldn't come back now unless he failed.
But he succeeded, not because he learned it by himself, but because the priest took out an instruction manual and showed it to him. He recalled the repair scenes he had seen before, and he absorbed the knowledge, gradually got the hang of it, and finally managed to repair the cowshed.
Although he couldn't guarantee how long the thing would last, it certainly wouldn't break down again immediately.
So Mary gave him a basket filled with black, dry bread that had been sitting there for a long time, and a furry kettle filled with water. She wanted to keep him for dinner, but when the priest told her that a group of teammates were waiting for him, she asked him to go back quickly.
The priest came back with him, but the priest's strength was only better than nothing and was no match for him. All he could hear while standing on the path was the clear voice of someone talking.
The priest stood on the path and could only hear the wind blowing past his ears, the chirping of insects in the grass, and the birds singing on the branches. He could not hear any human voice at all.
A complicated expression flashed across Apos's face, and his mind recalled Bai Tianming's face that appeared in front of him during the hallucination.
He seemed to hear Bai Tianming in his ear, provocatively and mockingly, saying with a playful smile: See, I told you to turn back but you didn't believe me, you insisted on going the other way, now you get the result, do you like it?
"Why don't you leave?" The priest turned to look at Apos who was parked on the path, a little curious.
"Nothing," Apos smiled, followed by a step, and said casually, "I heard a bird singing."
This is not a lie, because there were indeed birds singing just now.
The priest didn't doubt it, but smiled and said, "We don't have much here, but there are a lot of trees. When there are a lot of trees, birds fly over and often chirp. Anyone who isn't neurasthenic thinks it's wonderful. People from outside hear that we have so many birds and trees here, and they come here specifically to live, hoping for some kind of efficient sleep. You've just arrived, so you don't know. After a few days, you'll get used to these birds chirping from time to time."
Apos seemed to be lost in thought. He heard from the local priest that there were many people coming in from outside, and perhaps he could ask them something. He nodded and said, "I see."
The priest pushed open the door and the two entered the temple. Apos walked to the door of the room, which had already been opened by someone inside. A group of people stood at the door looking at him, looking a little nervous.
They didn't know if he heard it.
Apos handed them the basket and glanced at them. They seemed like a thick wall, blocking the door to the room and preventing him from entering. He withdrew his gaze and said, "Eat whatever I brought you. After you finish eating, rest for a while, and then go out to see if there is anything we can do. By the way, ask if anyone has any impression of the space rift to help us complete our mission."
The priests crowded at the door blinked, looked at each other, and asked him, "Have you eaten yet?"
"I'm going to pray," Apos slowly raised his eyes and replied in a very calm voice, "I won't eat. You guys eat it."
The priests nodded: "We understand."
Apos turned and left, then asked a local priest not far away, "There should be a prayer room in the temple, right?"
The local priest smiled and nodded, as warm and cheerful as the wheat in the fields that had not been polluted. He said, "Yes, I'll take you there. It's over there."
As he spoke, he pointed the way and led the person to the door of the room and opened it for him.
After opening the door, his face finally turned a little red, and he looked embarrassed: "Not many people come to pray in this place usually, so I use it. That's why this room is a bit small."
"Thank you." Apos looked at the prayer room, walked in, closed the door, and said to the priest.
The priest waved his hand, nonchalantly and cheerfully saying, "As long as it's useful, I'll be leaving now!"
"Goodbye." Apos's voice came from the crack of the tightly closed door. It sounded cold, like a shallow stream flowing under the thick ice in winter.
"Goodbye!" said the priest and walked away.
There was only a table and a cushion in the prayer room. On the table was an open book, which was a holy scripture. Apos lowered his eyes and knelt down on the cushion with his head lowered. His whole body was almost curled up, like a defensive lizard.
He put his head to the ground and could clearly feel that the floor was ice-cold, without a trace of warmth. The coldness penetrated his skin into his head, like a drop of water falling into a sea of fire, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
He closed his eyes and said to himself, "Lord of knowledge, omnipotent God, your humble believer prays here."
He suddenly paused because he didn't know what to say next.
According to his usual custom, he should have said at this time: I pray that I can serve wholeheartedly today and everything I pursue.
But usually he only prayed once a day, and the other prayers were mostly requests. Prayers with requests were different from ordinary daily prayers.
He paused for so long that Bai Tianming thought something had happened to him and took the time to look at him.
At this moment, he thought clearly and said in his heart: "I pray that I will never become someone I don't like. Even if I become unsociable because of this, I will not regret it.
I pray that I can find the trace of the space crack as soon as possible and complete this mission. My intuition tells me that I am near the space crack, but I can't find the specific location. Please give me some directions."
He took a deep breath and said in his heart in a very slow voice: "I pray that I will always believe in what I believe in, not be troubled by evil gods, not be deceived by appearances, and not be invaded by evil winds."
His belief wavered for a moment, and then became stronger.
But the object of his wavering faith was Bai Tianming, and the object of his prayers was also Bai Tianming.
He felt his faith reaffirmed after prayer, and his thoughts rushed towards the direction of misunderstanding.
It turns out that praying is the right thing to do! Prayer can solve most problems! The remaining small parts can be solved by yourself. If you can't solve them, then pray again!
He stood up, opened the door and walked out, and found that the priest was walking towards here from not far away. When he saw him come out, he waved to him as if he had something to say, and he stopped.
"It's been almost two hours. I thought you wouldn't be able to get out," the priest ran up to him and said breathlessly, "Luckily, nothing happened to you, otherwise I don't know what I would do."
"It's been two hours already?" Apos was stunned. He usually only spent a quarter of an hour praying, or at most an hour and a half, and he had never spent two hours.
This length of time is also a record for him.
He couldn't help but look back at the room. He wondered if it was because of the different environment, or because of what happened before that caused him to have an illusion about the passage of time, which caused him to spend longer praying?
"What did you do in there?" the priest asked curiously.
"Nothing, just praying." Apos answered truthfully.
The priest smiled and said, "Two hours of prayer? You have a lot to say."
As we all know, long prayers are not only caused by long prayer words, but also by excessive devout faith, which is under the scrutiny of the scriptures and blurs the concept of time.
But people with devout faith are very rare, so they didn't think of it.
Apos wanted to explain, but he didn't know how to explain it. Even he himself didn't know how time passed, so he hesitated and finally asked: "What were you going to do?"
"Your companions have eaten up all the food and water. The basket has been returned and they are waiting for you outside. They asked me to call you." The priest said hurriedly.
"I'll go now." Apos nodded and walked out.
At this time, Bai Tianming, who was sitting on the stone, raised his eyebrows as he looked at the sun that had shifted to another direction.
"It's been more than two hours?" Bai Tianming turned around and asked Sada.
"Yeah," Sada nodded, and pulled out a book and a pair of glasses from somewhere. He was holding a quill pen in his hand and was writing something on the book with the pen. It was unclear what important thing he was talking about. When he heard him speak, he raised his head and looked at him and asked, "Are you finally awake?"
"I didn't fall asleep just now either." Bai Tianming laughed.
"It's almost like falling asleep," Sada smiled and closed the book in his hand. "You seemed to be busy, so I didn't disturb you. I didn't expect you to come back so long."
"What are you doing?" Bai Tianming looked at his book curiously.
"Something from hell," Sada blinked, tentatively put the book in front of him and asked, "Do you want to read it?" If you read it, you have to come back with me.
Bai Tianming hesitated for a moment, then gently pushed the book back and said firmly and unquestionably, "Thank you, I won't read it for now."
Sada smiled, put the book back, opened it again, picked up the pen, looked at him out of the corner of his eye and said, "Calculate the time, it's afternoon now."
"Are you bored sitting here for most of the day?" Bai Tianming looked at him and asked.
"I thought you'd be bored, but you'd go out and play while sitting here," Sada sighed. "How can I compare to you? Even if I sit here and distract myself with other things, I'm still in hell. I suddenly understand why you want to stay here. It's pretty good here. The best thing is: you can do whatever you want, and don't do anything you don't want to do."
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