About three days later in the morning, Earth time, Qin Xiaoxia was finally ready to go down the tower.
Doudou seemed to be guarding the door day and night. When he saw the door open with a "click", he jumped out from some unknown corner.
"Cousin!! Are you playing the thought projection game again, and the borrowing body game again? Is there anything special about this world? What kind of creature is it? Male or female? Tall or short? Can I have my hair…"
After all, Doudou knew that his cousin was going to explore a place that was suspected to be a new world. Compared with the known world, the new world always arouses more curiosity in people.
Although Qin Xiaoxia knew most of Doudou's thoughts, sometimes this little guy had a lot of strange ideas in his brain.
"Doudou, except for a few high-ranking fairies, not everyone's hair is useful. You should know this well."
As he talked, he walked downstairs, and Doudou followed closely behind him.
"But the situation this time is different. Although this new world doesn't seem to be of a high standard, there are still some things that force me to be cautious."
Qin Xiaoxia went downstairs not because he had known enough about that world, nor because he was hungry or tired. Although he did want to satisfy his appetite, the bigger reason was that he wanted to re-explore the possibility of the existence of the so-called "Gods".
After all, what I saw and heard in the New World in just a few days was enough to show that there was a religion with an exaggerated number of believers there.
If it were on Earth, Qin Xiaoxia might not take it seriously, but it is a different world after all. Although the void level and the universe level are similar in many aspects, there are actually more differences.
After going downstairs, Qin Xiaoxia first notified the Red Banshee on the sea to come back, and then Jilian in the Wasteland World, and then asked the person in charge of the Dawn File Management Office to help find valuable information about the "Gods".
Originally, Qin Xiaoxia wanted to bring the Demon Eye along, but considering that in the Demon Eye's mind, the Sage's true form was a god, it seemed a bit inappropriate to ask it about gods.
Gillian came back very quickly, stepping out of the enlarged magic mirror in less than a minute, leaving the wasteland world with envious eyes.
As the Red Banshee was a little slower at sea, she only reached the nearest underwater secret realm at around noon, and then returned to the association headquarters through the secret realm ring ritual.
Mumu and Jillian didn't get any lunch, and there were only four mouths to feed at the headquarters including Gou Dandan, but it still took a lot of effort for these guys to have a meal.
Since Su Su was not here this time, there was naturally no sumptuous private meal to eat, so as usual, apart from steaming several pots of rice, the rest were all cooked food and some canned food purchased from outside.
After the feast, Qin Xiaoxia held a private discussion meeting in the secret enchanted botanical garden outside. The topic was the possibility of believing in gods.
But even Gillian was not very clear about this. Although it was an ancient species and had been worshipped as a god in his memory, Gillian did not feel any power of faith, and Gillian never took the so-called believers seriously.
Back in that world, Gillian once took a nap in a mountain valley. Of course, for ordinary creatures, a nap of the ancient species could last from a few years to several decades.
In the dream, some "little guys" brought some "sacrifices" to the valley where Gillian was sleeping to sacrifice to the "god". They talked and sang a lot, but were slapped to death by Gillian, who was annoyed.
Since then, it has slept peacefully.
The Red Banshee did put forward a possible guess.
There are countless creatures with magical talents in this void, even elves like the mischievous elves who have the ability to grant wishes exist. It is possible that there is no special creature that can borrow the "trust and worship" of others, or similar spiritual power.
Strictly speaking, if Doudou's abilities are strong enough, it's almost safe to say that he is not a true god.
This is different from the direction of Qin Xiaoxi's previous considerations, and the probability seems to be greater.
It is not necessarily true that there is a belief in gods, but there may be creatures with special talents.
Of course, this discussion meeting can only provide ideas. Qin Xiaoxia found that even if it was something that was originally careless, in-depth discussion would be a great learning. Instead, he became more cautious about the new world.
After sleeping in his room that night, Qin Xiaoxia became "autistic" again early the next morning.
…
With the projection of thoughts, the body of thoughts appeared again in that noble family.
After the previous few days, he had basically understood that this family was the lord of this city, but they were in a two-system with the church that burned Aksen to death.
However, up to now, Qin Xiaoxia did not dare to show up easily, whether it was the merchants or the nobles.
Because even though both sides have complaints about the church, their own belief in the "Supreme God" exists, from some spontaneous prayers to certain taboos.
In line with the principle of being cautious, it is better to observe more.
As for the church, he would not easily come into contact with those priests and bishops. After all, strictly speaking, no matter how greedy some of them were, they were essentially "the people closest to God."
He really hoped that the so-called bishop could give away some of the crystal accessories, but unfortunately that guy was a greedy guy. He took all seven for himself and played with them every day. At least for the time being, he didn't see any plans to give them away.
It was already afternoon in Nolan City in the alien world. Very rarely, Qin Xiaoxia found himself not in Blanty's room, but on a beast cart.
Blanche was sitting in the carriage, looking at the "silk book".
There is no papermaking in this world, but there is cloth-making technology. The main material used to record text in books is cloth.
A silk cloth book is a book made by fixing wooden sticks to the back of a cloth, sewing it with silk thread, and then writing words on the front of the cloth. There are two types of books: rolled books and books sewn together with multiple pieces of cloth.
The former is similar to an advanced version of bamboo slips, and the latter is similar to a simple version of modern books.
The fixation of wooden sticks improves the convenience of reading, while the cloth can record more text.
Qin Xiaoxia was quite interested in this kind of book, but he couldn't understand what was written on it.
Blantai must be going on a long journey this time, and he even brought this crystal accessory with him. Judging from the noisy hooves and wheels sounds outside the animal cart, the team should be quite large.
Sure enough, when I looked outside the car, I saw a convoy of over a hundred members moving forward on the road. The location was in the wilderness, and there was a dirt road with tire marks everywhere.
Outside, a man who looked like a guard commander came to the side of the Blanty beast cart riding a llama with a muscular body but a head shape more like a camel.
"Master Brantei, the Eye of the God of Light has begun to move away from the sky. It's time to set up camp."
The Eye of the God of Light refers to the shining star of this world. Qin Xiaoxia scoffed at this point. He knew enough about that thing and it couldn't be the Eye of the God of Light.
"Okay, let the convoy stop and prepare to set up camp."
No matter how young Blanty was, he was the highest-ranking member of the team and he still had to give the orders.
The entire team chose a relatively flat place on the side of the road to set up camp. As there were too many cavalrymen accompanying them, it was unrealistic to surround everyone with animal carts like the previous caravan did, so the animal carts simply found a suitable place to park in the center, and built seven or eight fire pits with stones around them for burning firewood at night.
Level the site, build a fire pit, chop branches to build tent cloth racks and pot racks...
After a hundred people worked for half an hour, the entire camp was set up.
Qin Xiaoxia didn't feel bored. Watching them busying themselves felt like watching a wilderness survival program, a real ancient version at that.
It got dark quickly in the other world. Before we knew it, bonfires had been lit in the camp. There was a pot on each bonfire, and broth was cooking inside.
Blanty and his entourage gathered around the fire and chatted.
"Stop! Who is it?"
The shouting of the sentry in the distance startled everyone. Blantai also stood up and moved to the outside with the guard commander and the soldiers around him, carrying their weapons.
There were two dirty men with blood on their bodies standing outside the camp with pitiful looks on their faces.
"Sir! Please save us. Our convoy encountered robbers a few days ago. They have been chasing those of us who escaped..."
The guard commander looked at the two guys warily and signaled the two soldiers to search them.
After some examination, it was found that the fractures on their bodies were real, as were the several deep wounds. Their pale and thin faces looked as if they had experienced several days of hunger, and their fear and sweating did not seem fake.
Although the commander reminded Blantai that there was still a certain risk and he could ignore them, Blantai had done his homework.
The bandit groups active in this wilderness are at most small groups of a dozen or twenty people, and their numbers are not that large. Even if all of them were added together, they could not be the opponent of their team. Moreover, the bandits are bullies who only bully the weak and fear the strong. Generally, they dare not attack caravans with many guards, let alone their fully armed regular army.
So they took the two men in, but they also asked everyone to be vigilant, and asked the soldiers who accompanied them who had some medical skills to set bones and apply medicine to treat injuries.
It was much warmer in front of the campfire at night than in the wilderness. The two hungry guys wolfed down the black bread with the boiling broth. If it wasn't so hot, the soup in the wooden bowl would disappear in a second.
"Oh...thank you...it's delicious...gulu, thank you so much!!"
The two men kept thanking each other with their mouths full, which Blanty found very interesting.
He was born into a family that had no worries about food and clothing, and Nolan City was relatively stable under the family's governance. He had almost never seen this kind of eating up close.
"Tell me in detail what the bandits looked like, and how you escaped?"
The taller man swallowed a mouthful of soup and breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's really terrible, they..."
“Puff~”
Blantai felt his face getting hot and his vision was blurred by the blood. When he looked again, he saw that the taller man had a dagger stuck in his head.
"Ah!!! Ah!!! The robbers are coming!!!!"
“Swoosh”, “Swoosh”, “Swoosh”…
The surrounding soldiers, including Blanche, ignored the remaining guy who was obviously scared crazy, and all drew their weapons and pointed them outside.
“Tread”, “Tread”, “Tread”, “Tread”…
A dark shadow was approaching the camp step by step from a distance, and some soldiers nearby had already drawn their bows and arrows and were ready to shoot.
"Light exists not only in the sky, but also in our hearts. Those who blaspheme the Supreme Lord will surely fall into hell..."
The visitor was wearing black leather armor and a cloak that could protect him from wind and rain. A long sword hung at his side, a bow and quiver were on his back, and he had a thin chain and a short axe around his waist. He also had some pockets hanging and various small items.
The symbol of the Supreme God of Light is on the back of the cloak, on the front of the armor, on the scabbards of the weapons, and even on each arrow.
He slowly approached the team where Blantai was, seemingly ignoring the hundreds of soldiers.
"Your Excellency, the person next to you is a despicable villain who has committed many crimes including murder, rape, and fraud. On behalf of the Supreme God, we sentence him to death!"
As he got closer, the man slowly grasped the sword at his waist in his left hand, and the firelight gradually illuminated his face with the rain hat on.
"Young Master, this is... the Holy Knight of Light, please do not act rashly!"
As the commander was speaking, Blantai felt the man in front of him suddenly speed up, and the moment the guards beside him turned around, the sword in his hand had already pierced the chest of the survivor hiding behind them.
"you……"
Blanche wanted to say something but couldn't.
The paladin ignored the gazes around him and knelt on one knee beside the two corpses, pulling out the dagger from one of their heads.
He solemnly sheathed both his long and short swords, then slid his right hand from under his neck to his chest and then turned it over to lay flat, then bowed his head and prayed softly to the corpse.
"Evildoers! May you be able to look up to the light of our Lord in hell!"
The guard commander frowned and put away his sword.
"You are Leit Solo... the famous Hand of Punishment?"
After praying, the paladin stood up, nodded slightly to the commander, and then looked at Blante.
"Your Excellency, you have a kind heart, but your ability to distinguish right from wrong needs to be exercised. It would be great if there were more people like you among the nobles. May God guide you. Sorry for bothering you!"
As soon as he finished his words, without any hesitation, as if he had suddenly arrived, the Paladin walked into the darkness alone, not knowing where his mount was parked.
Ignoring the thoughts and actions of the people in the camp, Qin Xiaoxia's thought body followed the visitor for a long distance, until he rode away on his mount, then he stood in the darkness with squinted eyes.
The strength displayed by this person just now was overwhelming. At the moment of his explosion, a strange energy resonance appeared and disappeared on his body.
"This place is not simply 'magic-free' after all. Things are getting interesting!"
For some reason, this encounter seemed to give Qin Xiaoxia an indescribable feeling.
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