Chapter 032 Cult Simulator
After the administration left, the Hundred Prayers Church was peaceful. A former member who passed by and is now a doctor at a clinic on a nearby street said with regret: "I had my practice permit and business license ready, why did they leave?"
The others nodded in agreement.
Only Wang Gu, who was satisfied with the result, was folding the blanket.
It seemed that everyone had found new fun in the brief period of confrontation with the Administration.
Sometimes it feels good to see your opponents want to put you in jail, but you obey the law and pay taxes on time. At least before they have evidence, no matter how angry the management is, they can only make a few insinuations about unknown sects. If the Hundred Prayers Church does not publicly claim the responsibility, in the eyes of the citizens of Lake City, they will always be the comedian who appeared in the news twice.
Ji Xu convinced himself. He put his arm on the back of the sofa, turned around, and found that Wang Gu had come back with a pile of new documents after wandering around among the crowd nearby. This was obviously the work he would do in the future... Ji Xu silently stared at it as it piled higher and higher.
After a while, Ji Xu calmly lifted the hood of his sweatshirt, took out a mask from the drawer, adjusted the position of his glasses, and left the church quietly and low-key.
He walked aimlessly on the street and unknowingly came to the city library. The fictional Lake City in the simulator was not wealthy, which was a style that Ji Xu neither liked nor hated.
He randomly found a barbershop with a red moon pattern nearby and said to the barber who stood up to greet him, "Just cut it short."
As soon as he sat down, Ji Xu felt the barber, who believed in the Church of a Hundred Prayers, reaching out his hand.
His body was tense, his left hand was on the blade hidden in his sleeve, and he adjusted his breathing. The unaware barber took off his glasses naturally. He did not recognize Ji Xu's identity, nor did he know the subconscious vigilance of the customers below.
Ji Xu opened his eyes and stared at the boss's back as he turned around and picked up the scissors.
There was a comment about Shudong that was right before.
Ji Xu's aesthetic taste is similar to that of his elders. He doesn't like his hair to be too long, and he won't do anything aggressive with his glasses to soften his vision. He wears glasses out of habit. He spent too much time in the simulator. If he hadn't kept the habit of grooming his hair every once in a while, he wouldn't have realized that his vigilance had reached an incredible level, and he would think about how to fight back when someone approached him.
Before this, Ji Xu always felt that life had not changed much from usual.
...The change was unconscious and he personally acquiesced to it.
Ji Xu tried to relax as much as possible. He had to get used to people approaching him. Games were games, life was life, and Ji Xu always knew the difference.
It’s enough for him to be an outlaw in the game; he can’t wait until he returns to reality and suddenly attack and hurt others.
Ji Xu calmed down, searching for ways to divert attention, and then keenly captured the key words coming from afar.
"...There's no need to think about the organization behind the scenes mentioned in the news. Lake City supports freedom of belief. Who knows when a few new cults will develop too freely? It all depends on the diligent efforts of the Administration to suppress and stop them."
"Instead of paying attention to this insane heresy, it's better to pay attention to our rising new pearl, the Church of a Hundred Prayers... I don't believe in religion! I was just rereading the contents of the brochure. I just happened to come across the three brochures included in the news. Back to the point, I found out that the suspect lives with the victim."
The barber was broadcasting a live stream on his phone, which he placed on the counter.
"The victim used to earn a lot of money. After his wife died, he left behind a daughter. The suspect happened to be unemployed, so he moved in to live off his brother... But he was too optimistic. His brother was a hidden violent person and would beat people when he was drunk."
"You ask me why the suspect didn't know? Come on, brothers are meant to grow up and separate. Do you remember after you apologized for pushing and shoving each other when you were little? Anyway, his brother loved to buy things to apologize when he was little, who would have thought that he would develop violent behavior when he grew up."
"——Of course his brother is not a good guy either."
When Ji Xu heard this, something moved him.
The Administration has not made the suspect’s life story public, but the fact that this anchor knew about it means that someone has compiled it.
He guessed that it was Wang Gu who released it.
The anchor didn't elaborate. "It's about the law protecting minors, so we won't discuss the rest." He vaguely skipped over the topic and changed the subject. "So no one is talking about the Church of a Hundred Prayers? I've read the brochure, called customer service, and filled out the information five or six times, but I didn't get approved."
Season sequence: "..."
Suddenly I understand why the boss is watching this live broadcast room in his spare time.
Is the church too concerned about recruiting people?
No wonder the nail that sticks out gets hammered down. The administration keeps an eye on the Hundred Prayers Church and conducts surprise inspections every day.
Ji Xu opened his eyes and tilted his head. The boss who was cutting hair just now was now preaching passionately in the live broadcast room. He stood up quietly and approached. The sound of the phone became clearer.
"I'm quite interested in the Hundred Prayers of the Leader in the manual, as well as the Divine Voice." The anchor was frightened by the sudden and intense screen-scrolling. "It stands to reason that the church worships gods, but you believe in humans and yet you mention the term Divine Voice. Isn't that contradictory?"
The boss was so engrossed in typing that he forgot everything else.
Ji Xu was behind him, silent as a ghost, staring down.
Boss: "What's so strange about this? The divine voice is your inner voice. Let your emotions and intuition guide your path. Don't be afraid. Humans cannot abandon their impulses. If they limit themselves to doing things, they will only become zombies."
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Ji Xu put the money on the seat and when he left, the boss was still quoting scriptures and promoting the benefits of religious belief to the host.
I think the live broadcast room won't last long. A lecture on "Beware of the Dangers of Evil Religions" is being held near the city library. Police officers from the management bureau will soon hear the news and criticize and educate the barber shop owner.
When Ji Xu was halfway there, he saw a few familiar-looking police officers coming from afar, and the two sides passed each other.
Arriving near the library, Ji Xu took something out of his bag and threw it into the green belt. Then he slowly walked to the entrance, found the registration desk, filled in his name information, and sneaked directly into the lecture.
He listened for a while and found that the lecture targeted every cult equally. The Church of a Hundred Prayers was not mentioned many times because there was no evidence, but every few sentences the management bureau hinted to the citizens to "take a step back and the sky will be broader, be calm and composed, and impulse is the devil."
At first glance, the lecture turned into a psychological consultation.
Ji Xu had no idea that the Management Bureau became like this because of him. After listening for less than five minutes, he stood up without interest. The content of the lecture was not in line with Ji Xu's values and personality, so he found an empty staircase and went up to the second floor.
The police officers from the Administration were standing by the bookshelf in twos and threes. Ji Xu seemed to blend into the shadows as soon as he came up. He pressed his back against the wall, avoiding the camera. He walked behind one of them and took out the phone from his pocket as if nothing had happened.
When I came out to the street, the instructions of Director Lin Muqing popped up on my phone.
The victim was stabbed in the waist and abdomen with a fruit knife. Although the Administration stopped the attack in time and sent him to the hospital, he still needed surgery to rescue and suture. The suspect knew that the victim was seriously injured. Director Lin was worried that he would not change his bad habits and would attack the victim who was recovering in the hospital, so he asked everyone to be vigilant.
Ji Xu sent a message using the police officer's phone: "Good afternoon, Chief Lin. Your lecture is very beneficial... In return, I am willing to provide some insignificant help with the matter you are worried about."
Lin Muqing quickly replied: "Who are you?"
After a moment, he guessed Ji Xu's identity from his familiar tone: "Bai Zhao? What, do you really want to live as an electronic ghost?"
Ji Xu said politely: "It's not that I don't want to reveal my identity. Please believe me, that day is not far away. Let's not test it anymore. I can tell you that the murderer will appear in the same way this time."
Lin Muqing pointed out: "There are people patrolling upstairs and downstairs, and there are guards at the door, including around the inpatient department."
Ji Xu: "Who said only people go up and down the stairs? Director Lin."
After he finished typing, he placed his phone on the public bench outside the library and returned to the church. He didn't know what the administration had done, but the next day, Ji Xu saw new developments on the news.
——The victim is dead and the murderer has been arrested.
At that time, he was reading documents in the office. With the documents piled up from yesterday and today, he would probably have to stay up all night again. It was not because there were too many church affairs, but because the management bureau was checking strictly. Ji Xu had to ensure that he did not go to jail before completing his task.
The mission requires Ji Xu to spread the doctrine to the Administration. Tsk, I really don't want to do it.
Wang Gu also saw the news and was stunned. "I heard from Ye Cheng that the Administration made a big move yesterday and surrounded the ward from top to bottom and from left to right. Did he succeed?"
Ji Xu held his cheek with his hand and said casually, "The church was being renovated a few days ago, so I took a nail shooter with me. I threw it near the library yesterday and taught him how to make a gun."
With the knowledge from the last simulator, Ji Xu naturally knew how to modify it to achieve its maximum power.
The modified nail gun has an effective range of 30 meters, and even if it is cut in half, it can still kill someone. With a long-range weapon, the suspect does not need to sneak into the ward. He found another building closest to the victim's ward. The two windows are less than six meters apart. He raised his hand and shot two shots to break the glass and solve the problem directly.
Ji Xu slowly turned to the next page and said, "I reminded Director Lin. Apparently, he only paid attention to strengthening the left and right wards, but ignored the front and back positions."
The news happened recently. The follow-up situation was that the Administration launched a counterattack like a storm. The murderer wanted to escape, but was caught due to injuries. He was lying in the same hospital and the same operating room, where he was sutured and rescued. He has just been discharged from the hospital after emergency bleeding.
CCTV contacted reporters at the scene and saw sirens blaring in front of the hospital and the administration escorting the murderer, who looked haggard and pale, away.
The cameras frequently scanned in front of the Administration Bureau. They looked unhappy and listless. No one had expected that the murderer's reaction to the dragnet would be to pull out a net-cutting knife. The appearance of the pistol was beyond everyone's expectations. Director Lin, who was walking in front, had a cold expression.
Before getting on the bus, he looked far to the southeast.
The camera moved along with his gaze. The sun was rising in the southeast, and the warm sun was shining on everything. Today was cloudless and the sky was clear. The reporter said sadly, "A new day is coming, and everything will eventually pass," which aroused the crowd's emotion.
Only two people in the office knew that Lin Muching was looking at the building of the Hundred Prayers Church.
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