Chapter 126 I'll take you to find Tianqin (5K)
Lyra City is the kingdom of the Lyra God.
Bai Wei had speculated on this a long time ago... Oh no, to be precise, the players had speculated on this a long time ago, but it had never been confirmed.
But now, the evidence is right in front of us. The first sentence in "The Lyra Revelation" is actually...
This will solve many, many problems.
For example, why is Tianqin's technology so advanced, completely not on the same level as other church-controlled areas, and even seems to be a different worldview. And why Tianqin's products will not work once they leave Tianqin, such as the gear car, the Tower of Babel, and even all kinds of metal equipment, will become ineffective after leaving Tianqin for too long.
Because those are the products of the Kingdom of God.
As mentioned before, the Kingdom of God is the domain and privilege of the gods. It is independent of the mortal world and has its own rules.
Generally speaking, mortals never have the chance to go to the kingdom of God in their lifetime, just like they never have the chance to see the gods they believe in in their lifetime.
But Lyra is different. As stated in this Book of Revelation, the God of Lyra brought His kingdom to the mortal world.
In other words, all Lyrans live in the kingdom of God!
"Interesting." Bai Wei murmured, "Really interesting."
In the memory of Visas that Bai Wei derived last night, Lyra was killed by Visas a long time ago, and his kingdom of God collapsed along with it. The burning sky in that memory was the fragmented kingdom of Lyra.
Visas' memory cannot be false, which means that the current Lyra City was rebuilt later.
That also means that the God of Lyra did not die after that.
So how did He survive until now?
I hope to find answers to other questions in this book.
Thinking of this, Bai Wei couldn't help but urge Gerard: "Hurry up, hurry up, next page."
Gerald was speechless.
Naturally, he also heard Bai Wei's words "interesting" just now. He was thinking of waiting for Bai Wei to give an explanation, but Bai Wei had no intention of explaining at all. He just asked him to hurry up excitedly, leaving him at a loss for what to say for a moment. He could only take another look at the sentence "Lyra brought the kingdom of God to the world" on the title page, memorized it in his heart, and then began to turn the pages.
In the silent archive room, the only sound you can hear is the rustling of pages turning.
"The Lyra Apocalypse" and "The Rhine Covenant" are not much different, or it can be said that the templates of all books of God are similar. The opening chapters all introduce how God came to this world and how he spread his power among the people, which is similar to "Let there be light" in the previous life.
And as recorded in the "Lyra Revelation", the coming of Lyra was actually closely related to the polluted land.
According to the book, Lyra discovered the dangerous existence of the Polluted Land when she accidentally swept her eyes across this place. The Book of Revelation describes the Polluted Land as "the graveyard of the world" and "a place where even the gods are unwilling to stay." The God of Lyra believed that if left unchecked, the Polluted Land would surely spread endlessly and eventually turn the whole world into this state.
Therefore, the God of Lyra chose to come to the world and moved the kingdom of God here, deciding to suppress the polluted land with divine power to prevent it from spreading.
Soon, the God of Lyra thought that suppression alone was not enough and there was no way to truly purify it, so He used His divine power to transform the pollutants in the polluted land into "source oil" and created various products that could be driven by the "source oil", transforming the polluted land from the "graveyard of the world" into a "treasure land" that can provide energy.
This is the outline of Tianqin's creation.
After reading it, Bai Wei fell into deep thought for a long time without saying anything, which made Gerard wonder whether he should continue to turn the page or wait.
"Is there any problem?" After a while, Gerard couldn't help but ask.
"Don't worry, I'm just thinking."
"Thinking about what?"
“Think about how to find the truth from a embellished story.”
Gerard frowned slightly, "Do you think the Book of Revelation is fake?"
Bai Wei asked back: "Do you think it's true?"
For a moment, Gerard didn't know how to respond.
"I know that for a fanatic like you, it's hard to imagine that the Revelation of God is false." Bai Wei said calmly, "But the fact is that what is recorded in the Revelation is never the truth, but a story, or in other words, the truth that believers are willing to believe. After all, every believer hopes that their god is great and full of mercy, but the gods in reality are not like that. Don't worry, I have experience in this area."
Jellal sighed softly, "Is this the experience gained from the previous host?"
"No, it's because I have killed many gods like this." Bai Wei said casually, "The more I kill, the more I see."
Gerald: “…”
If someone else said this, Gerard would just think he was a lunatic.
But it was Bai Wei.
That really is... so convincing.
While Bai Wei was perfunctorily answering Gerard, he was thinking about this origin story.
Just as the most valuable part of "The Rhine Testament" is the record of the Rhine God and his four original disciples, the most valuable part of "The Lyra Revelation" is the current origin story. The rest is basically the constraints on believers, those insignificant rules and precepts, reading one more page is a waste of life.
So the focus is still on this story.
Such an origin story is definitely a mixture of truth and falsehood, with many fictional parts. For example, the story that the Lyra gods wanted to prevent the spread of pollution and harm the world is definitely nonsense.
So why did He insist on staying next to the polluted area?
Bai Wei frowned slightly at Gerard.
Since He survived Visas, why didn't He return to His previous kingdom of God, but instead stayed in the mortal world?
If he was hiding from Visas before, but Visas has been dead for who knows how many years and there is not even a complete body, it is impossible for him to still be hiding, right?
So what is it for?
Bai Wei slowly closed Gerard's eyes again, recalling the Lyra he knew.
Then a picture suddenly flashed through his mind.
It was the mechanic named Carol who spoke to Gerald in the sunset.
“Machinery is just an aid.”
Bai Wei heard a "pop" sound.
He originally thought it was the sound in his head that was developed by his own enlightenment, but he soon discovered that the sound came from outside. Soon, a light came in, accompanied by an old man's low shout: "Who's in there? Come out quickly!"
Bai Wei opened Gerard's eyes, and then saw the spotlight coming in from outside, shining right on the painting on the wall.
That is the Lyra god where holy light and machinery are intertwined.
At this moment, Bai Wei finally figured it out.
Then, Gerard heard Bai Wei laughing in his mind: "So that's it."
"Tianqin is a disabled god."
…
"Ah, are you from the Skeleton Army?"
The old man who had just spoken carefully checked Gerard's ID and returned it to him while mumbling.
"If it was official business, you could have just woken me up. Why did you have to barge in? I thought it was a thief."
As Gerard took the document, he replied calmly, "I'm sorry, the situation is quite urgent, and I don't know where to find someone, so I chose a more direct way. But don't worry, I will pay for the lock."
"You should pay for it, since you broke it in the first place." The old man waved his hand and said, "But it won't cost much... But what I want to know more is, what information do you need that made you come all the way here? The archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs haven't been opened for many years, and there's nothing special in there."
"Sorry." Gerald shrugged casually, "I can't say that."
While talking to the old man, Gerard was always observing the changes in the old man's expression.
Because he is now wanted by Tianqin, but I don’t know whether the wanted order has been sent to this forgotten department.
But judging from the old man's behavior, it was obvious that he didn't know much about Gerard.
It seems that even the wanted warrant has forgotten about this department.
This made Gerard feel a little relieved. As long as he didn't need to knock the old man in front of him unconscious, he was really afraid that an old man of this age would be left with any sequelae.
He was in no mood to exchange pleasantries with the old man. He wanted to know more about what Bai Wei meant by "Tian Qin is a disabled god", so after paying for the lock, he prepared to leave.
Then, he heard the old man ask, "Did something happen to Tianqin?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Because when my son came over a few days ago, he was also in a hurry and said he was looking for something." The old man replied, "He looked very bad, but he refused to say anything. He just told me not to worry, and then he left with a few books, just like you."
Jellal stopped and turned to look at the old man.
Even though he had guessed the old man's identity, he still asked softly, "Who is your son?"
"Oh, he's also a knight of the Skeleton Corps, and a captain." The old man's eyebrows suddenly danced when he mentioned his son. "I almost forgot, you should know him, after all, you two are colleagues. Um, his name is Kud."
……really.
For a moment, Jellal's thoughts were drawn back to that night, which made his expression complicated again.
"Do you know him?" the old man asked.
Gerald nodded: "I know him."
After a pause, he continued.
"He and I are very good friends."
"Is that so?" The old man looked very happy. "That's good... I never knew how he was doing in the Skeleton Army."
"It's pretty good... No." Gerard shook his head, and then answered seriously, "Very good, he did a good job."
"That's great." The old man was even happier.
Gerard looked at the old man's weathered face and seemed to want to say something, but Bai Wei spoke slowly in his mind.
"Okay, Gerald, time is running out, and we have more important things to do."
Hearing Bai Wei's voice, Jellal could only hold back what he wanted to say and said, "I should go now."
"Okay, okay, go now." The old man also felt a little regretful, as if he wanted to learn more about Kud from Gerard, but Gerard said he wanted to leave, and he couldn't stop him. He just waved his hand and said, "Give Kud a message for me... Well, it seems there's nothing to bring."
The old man smiled.
"Just let him do his job well and take good care of Tianqin."
…
"It seems that what Kud said was right. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs really hasn't changed at all." On the way back to Tianqin, Bai Wei's voice rang in Gerard's mind, "You can get out with such a lame excuse with just an identity, and he doesn't even doubt it at all."
Gerald didn't seem to want to talk too much about Kud's father, so he asked Bai Wei directly: "You said before that Tianqin is a disabled god, what does that mean?"
"Huh? Did I say that?" Bai Wei pretended to be surprised. "Did you hear it wrong?"
Gerald had a blank expression on his face.
"Haha, alright alright." Bai Wei stopped joking and said calmly, "As I said, Tianqin is a disabled god, but he was not born with a disability. Instead, he encountered some... um, misfortunes."
Bai Wei thought about it and decided not to tell Gerard directly, "Your God was crippled by me." After all, saying this would be a bit too rude.
"That incident severely damaged His power and body. He even had no way to leave the mortal world and return to His kingdom of God." Bai Wei said, "So, He could only rebuild His kingdom of God in the mortal world. It's not like what is written in your Book of Revelation that He decided to suppress the polluted land with divine power because He didn't want it to spread. It's because He simply couldn't leave the mortal world because... He is an incomplete god."
Listening to Bai Wei's statement, Gerald frowned tightly, his face looked very bad: "Do you have any evidence?"
But Bai Wei could also understand it. After all, Jellal was a believer of Lyra after all, and the believers in this world were often devout.
Even a guy like Uru would hysterically scream "This is blasphemy" when Bai Wei told him the truth about the Rhine and the Origin believers!
And Gerard was still able to listen carefully. He did not stand up to refute, but just asked Bai Wei if he had any evidence. This proved that his self-control was good enough.
"Of course there is evidence." Bai Wei said with a smile, "And it has been right in front of you all along."
"……What's the meaning?"
"I don't know if you've ever heard of this." Bai Wei said, "God's will will influence the believers' thinking."
"I haven't heard of such a saying." Gerard thought for a moment, then said, "But I know it exists, because the Lyrans themselves are the best example. I have also been to other churches and met people from other churches, such as Rhine and Shengyin."
"Oh?" Bai Wei raised his eyebrows, "How do you feel?"
"They are not as honest and rule-abiding as we are." Gerard replied, "For us, following the rules is like a cognition engraved in our bones, but for them, the rules are just words spoken out of their mouths, and they have no power. Simply put, in their view, following the rules is a good character, and not following the rules is a bad character. In our view, no matter whether one's character is good or bad, one should follow the rules."
“Just feeling this?”
"Any questions?"
"No, I thought you could sense what the God of the Rhine brought to His believers." Bai Wei felt a little sorry that Gerard didn't get his bad taste, "But your feeling is right. Other places don't follow the rules as rigidly as you do, even to the point of taking it for granted. This is what the God of Lyra brought to you. Other gods will also bring other things to their believers. Of course, these things are packaged as... virtues."
Gerard heard the undisguised sarcasm in Bai Wei's tone.
"So what's the problem?" Gerard said, "You haven't told me what the evidence is."
"Don't worry, just listen to me."
Bai Wei was still guiding and persuading Gerard. He did not want to tell Gerard the answer directly, but rather hoped that Gerard could deduce it himself.
It seems that only when believers speak the truth themselves would it be more blasphemous.
"Gods will influence their followers. Based on this theory, can we infer the status of gods from the status of their followers?" Bai Wei said, "For example, the Lyrans all abide by the rules, so can we infer that the Lyran gods are also such an existence?"
Gerard nodded. "Of course, the God of Lyra is also known as the God of Order and Machinery."
"Yes, Order and Machinery... Look, haven't you already given the answer?"
Got the answer?
Gerard was startled at first, then he thought of something and his eyes widened: "You mean..."
"Yes, the Lyra God brought you not only order, but also machinery." Bai Wei said with a smile, "Look down at the equipment on you, this metal body and prosthetic limbs, and then think about it..."
Bai Wei paused.
"Why did you install these things? Then you will know why Tianqin uses machinery."
Jellal suddenly lowered his head and looked at the metal parts of his body.
Why would he use these things?
Of course it’s because… these parts of his body are no longer there and can only be replaced with metal.
What about the Lyran gods?
The image of the God of Lyra emerged in Jellal's mind, that majestic image formed by the interweaving of holy light and machinery, but at this moment there was a different...annotation.
"Have you figured it out?" Bai Wei said with a smile, "Why is the Lyra God half god and half machine?"
Bai Wei paused.
"Because He is also disabled."
In front of Lyra Castle, Jellal stopped.
Although he was calm enough, he couldn't hide the shock on his face.
...The Lyra God uses machines because of his disability.
What a blasphemy this is!
Jellal subconsciously clenched his hands, and even his breathing became heavy.
At this time, the sun was about to rise, and the Lyra City, which had been sleeping for a night, was gradually waking up. The skeleton troops could be seen again at the entrance of the city.
Although Gerard was in a state of confusion, he knew that he should hide for a while and find an opportunity to take a detour into the city later.
But at this time, Bai Wei's voice rang out again: "I always feel that you still don't quite believe it, so how about I take you to see more direct evidence?"
"More direct evidence?" Gerald asked subconsciously, "What?"
"Give me your body."
Bai Wei gazed at the Lyra City at dawn, his pupils condensed slightly, as if the stars that had been stagnant for a long time began to move at this moment.
He said softly.
"I will take you to find Tianqin now."
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
