Chapter 707: One Million Sacrifices, Time Travels Back

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When the bishop saw the creatures of time and space, he was so excited that he trembled all over.

When he thought that he was about to return to the past with his memories, save all mankind, and reach the pinnacle of his life, he wanted to pinch himself, for fear that he was dreaming.

After taking a deep breath to calm down his excitement, the bishop asked a believer he had just brought to sacrifice himself.

Sacrifice is also very simple. No matter where the believer is, he only needs to silently recite the voluntary sacrifice to go back in time and say the name of the initiator.

This believer is an ardent fan of the bishop. After receiving the bishop's order, he did not hesitate at all. He immediately silently recited the voluntary sacrifice to turn back time and recognized the bishop as the initiator.

Unlike the sacrifices Wang Tao had seen before, there was no bloody scene this time. The believer's body slowly became transparent and then disappeared, leaving nothing behind, as if it had never been there. .

Wang Tao is very dissatisfied with human sacrifice. One is that it is bloody, and the other is that it goes against Wang Tao's three views and cannot be accepted by Wang Tao.

But things are different now. There is no bloodshed, and this sacrifice is to turn back time and return to the past. Since everything has gone back to the past, it means that the person who volunteered to sacrifice did not die!

So after seeing the believer's body gradually disappearing, Wang Tao didn't feel much fluctuation in his heart, nor did he feel any guilt.

At this time, the time and space creatures took the initiative to sacrifice, and [Time Rewind] finally entered the activation stage. Both Wang Tao and the bishop saw some data, but these data made them both a little dumbfounded.

"What the hell? To activate time travel, two million people need to be sacrificed? And it has to be done within three days? If it takes more than three days, the time and space creatures will leave! We will never be able to use [time travel] again!"

Wang Tao had thought before that the current situation was different from the situation in the bishop's memory, and that more sacrifices might be needed, but Wang Tao did not expect that there would be so many! Is it okay to just double it?

A full two million people are needed, and they must be willing to sacrifice themselves!

Where can we get so many people?

"The total number of my believers is only one million... Is it impossible for us to turn back time?" The bishop's face was a little confused, but soon, he seemed to have thought of something again, and quickly looked at Wang Tao, "No. , aren’t there a lot of people in your base? Can you let them participate?”

Wang Tao shook his head.

"Our base has a population of nearly one million, but it is impossible to prevent all of them from voluntarily sacrificing themselves. You should understand human nature very well. After all, we only have three days, and I cannot be there during these three days. Do a good job of ideological work for them..."

Wang Tao sighed, finally got this opportunity, is it still not possible...

"How about you give it a try? What if it works? There is no other way anyway. If it doesn't work this time, we will all die sooner or later... I will go back and let them all start making sacrifices!"

The bishop gritted his teeth and looked at Wang Tao.

"OK."

Wang Tao nodded, and then sent the bishop back to the Dusk Church headquarters. He then returned to the temporary Changhe base and told Gu Yun and others about the situation they were encountering now.

"Not enough people to sacrifice? Two million people are needed..."

Everyone was also stunned. Apparently they didn't expect that there were so many people who needed to be sacrificed!

However, when Wang Tao left before, Gu Yun and others were not willing to let Wang Tao work in vain, so they had already begun to arrange manpower to see how many of them were willing to sacrifice.

After all, you can go back in time, and sacrifice does not mean death. And now that their living environment is so bad, their base is gone, so they can only take refuge here... In this case, someone should be willing to offer sacrifices.

At this time, the preliminary survey results of the City Hall have also come out. The people surveyed said they were willing to sacrifice themselves to save all mankind. But for this kind of thing, don’t look at what they say, but look at how they do it. Only those who are truly willing in their hearts can be sacrificed. There is no consistency between the mouth and the heart, and there is no way to be sacrificed even if there is even a hint of unwillingness.

So Wang Tao asked Gu Yun to find 100 people from the sample survey and conduct a simple sacrifice experiment.

The domain of space-time creatures can at least cover the entire earth, so no matter where in the world, sacrifice can be used at any time.

Soon, all 100 volunteers were selected.

They all had expressions of resignation on their faces, took a deep breath, and silently recited "Voluntary Sacrifice to Turn Back Time" in their hearts.

After a while, only 28 people's bodies gradually became transparent and disappeared, while the other 72 people were still fine.

These 72 people were a little confused at first, and then became embarrassed after they came to their senses. Their failure to make the sacrifice obviously showed that they were not sincere.

In fact, if they need to be sacrificed to save others, they are rationally willing to do so. But this "willingness" does not mean that they sincerely and voluntarily sacrifice, but that they are willing to take the overall situation into consideration, and they can wrong themselves for the sake of the overall situation.

After all, their lives were given by the Changhe Base. It was fair that they sacrificed for the Changhe Base, but they were somewhat unwilling in their hearts. After all, who would be willing to die if they could live? Whether it's true or false about turning back time, it's hard to say whether it can be done...

As long as there is a hint of unwillingness in their hearts, the sacrifice will not succeed. You have to agree completely.

And many people may be thinking that since so many people are needed, one more person is not too much, and one person less than me is not a lot... The more they think this way, the more no one is willing.

In addition, some people may not be willing to sacrifice at all and are just doing it for show... That's why 72 people are unable to sacrifice.

"Close to 30%, too low..."

Seeing this result, Gu Yun and others shook their heads.

They also know that this is reasonable, but it is still disappointing.

"This is reality, there's nothing we can do about it."

Wang Tao sighed.

If the time is longer, such as three months, or even three weeks, the survivors should be able to cultivate a sense of self-sacrifice, but now there are only three days, which is too short, and it will not be possible to rely on temporary measures. What effect.

"Anyway, let's gather some people here first, and then I'll go to the Dusk Church headquarters to have a look and think of a way..."

Wang Tao thought for a while and said.

Now it is basically certain that turning back time is the only chance to save mankind. Regardless of whether you succeed in the end, you have to work hard and leave no regrets.

After everyone looked at each other, Gu Yun said:

"Okay! We will also try our best to do some ideological work for them! And we will take the lead in offering sacrifices, which should be able to set an example!"

They all believe in Wang Tao unconditionally, and they are willing to take the initiative to sacrifice, so they can definitely take the lead. If they can play a leading role, it will be worthwhile.

"Okay, please."

Wang Tao patted Gu Yun's shoulder, and then flew towards the Dusk Church again.

When he came to the Church of Twilight, he received another piece of bad news - the believers of the Church of Twilight were not 100% obedient to his words as the bishop had promised before. Only about 60% of people are willing to actively sacrifice themselves for the bishop. The remaining 40% said they would go through fire and water for the bishop, but in fact they had no way to sacrifice.

"What the hell!"

The bishop was annoyed and punched a hole in the wall.

He always thought that everything was under his control, but he didn't expect that the actual situation was so different!

It’s very uncomfortable now. There are 600,000 people in the Dusk Church who have volunteered to sacrifice. The Changhe Base has not started yet, but it is estimated that there are only 200,000 to 300,000 people at most, which adds up to less than one million. People are still far from two million people!

"I'll think of another way to see if I can persuade them... Anyway, as long as I can persuade them, I will let them sacrifice as soon as possible. Although the hope of success is now very slim, it only exists in theory. , but I am not willing to do so!”

The bishop's eyes were filled with anger and bloodshot eyes.

He worked hard for so long and finally saw hope, but now his hope has been extinguished. He is really unwilling to accept it.

"Sigh... I'll go back to Changhe Base and have a look."

Wang Tao patted the bishop on the shoulder, and then flew back to Changhe Base.

When returning to Changhe Base, Ding Yuqin suddenly told Wang Tao that Han Youlin had sent someone over and said he wanted to find Wang Tao. The mutant geese that Wang Tao had tamed before were sold to the Red Maple Base. This person came here on the mutant geese.

But it's very dangerous outside now. Even in the air, it's not necessarily safe. He's taking a lot of risk by coming here. Wang Tao is a little surprised what's going on with him.

But when it came to the New Red Maple Base, Wang Tao thought of their population of nearly one million... But in the end, Wang Tao shook his head. Even the bishop's followers couldn't offer sacrifices voluntarily, let alone other places.

If there are still many surviving humans, such as tens of millions, then maybe two million people can be voluntarily sacrificed. But now there are less than three million survivors in the entire Qian Kingdom. It is obviously impossible to get two-thirds of the people to have the spirit of sacrifice. As for other countries, there should be survivors, but after all, there are language barriers and different cultures. It will be more difficult to make them believe Wang Tao...

Just when Wang Tao was thinking wildly, the man from the New Red Maple Base was brought, and his first words when he saw Wang Tao made Wang Tao stand up.

"Our commander is willing to help you contribute the number of voluntary sacrifices, and the number is large."

"Go to the New Red Maple Base."

Without saying anything, Wang Tao flew directly to the New Red Maple Base and met Han Youlin.

Seeing Wang Tao, Han Youlin didn't waste any time and said hoarsely:

"I can briefly control the nearly one million people in our base. During this period of time, the consciousness in these people's minds is me. I voluntarily sacrificed, which should mean that they also voluntarily sacrificed..."

Wang Tao was shocked when he heard this.

He didn't expect that Han Youlin could control nearly a million people! And this kind of control does not force them to do anything, but directly turns them into themselves! Although Han Youlin said that this time is very short, to a certain extent, it is equivalent to Han Youlin being able to incarnate into a million! And in order to help Wang Tao, he was willing to make a huge gamble with the lives of nearly a million people!

"...is it reliable?"

Looking at Han Youlin's stiff expression, Wang Tao's face was complicated. He had a lot to say, but in the end he just asked him if he was reliable. This is indeed an opportunity, and Wang Tao is unwilling to give up.

"Don't worry, it's absolutely reliable."

Han Youlin grinned.

At this time, there is still one day left before the three-day countdown ends. There are more and more destruction-level monsters outside. Even the eighth-level lord zombies have come out with their younger brothers. Wang Tao had previously flown to the Dusk Church headquarters and the New Red Maple Base. I saw it with my own eyes when I was there, and they were three eighth-level lord zombies!

A large number of seventh-level destruction-level monsters appear, sea beasts come to land, and eighth-level lord zombies return with the zombie tide... The surviving humans really can't hold on!

Wang Tao has no choice now.

"Okay, then please give it a try!"

Wang Tao looked at Han Youlin with a serious face.

"Haha, good!"

Han Youlin laughed, and saw the vines inserted into his scalp glowing with a faint green light. The bodies of the survivors in the New Red Maple Base suddenly paused, as if they were stuck. A second later, they turned their heads at the same time and looked at where Wang Tao and Han Youlin were, with a somewhat stiff smile on their faces. Then their bodies gradually became transparent and finally disappeared...

"This is a relief for me..."

Han Youlin showed an ugly smile on his face, and then disappeared in front of Wang Tao.

…

Dusk Church Headquarters.

"What's going on?"

The bishop who was frantically doing ideological work for the believers suddenly sensed that the number of people voluntarily offering sacrifices was soaring - because some believers recognized him as the initiator, he could sense the specific circumstances of the sacrifices in real time.

The number of these voluntary sacrifices was originally only more than 600,000 in their Dusk Church, but now it suddenly increased by nearly 900,000! Reached more than 1.5 million people!

"Could it be Changhe Base? It's impossible. I remember that there are less than one million people in Changhe Base. Did everyone sacrifice themselves voluntarily? Impossible!"

The bishop shook his head quickly.

…

On the other side, Wang Tao has returned to the temporary Changhe base.

Before he had time to look for Gu Yun, he suddenly felt that the number of people offering sacrifices had increased sharply!

“An extra four hundred thousand people!”

Wang Tao immediately came to the city hall, but Gu Yun and other senior officials of the city hall were not there. Only Ding Yuqin and a few people were here.

"Where are Gu Yun and the others?"

Wang Tao asked.

"They led the survivors of our base to take the initiative to sacrifice, including the committee members... It is precisely because of their example that our number has increased a lot. It was originally expected to be 300,000 people That’s good, now there are 100,000 more people, reaching 400,000!”

Han Rui and others' expressions were very complicated. Although they offered sacrifices to turn back time, if they didn't succeed, they would really die. But there are still so many people willing to believe Wang Tao, and they would be lying if they said they were not moved.

Even if they didn't want to see Wang Tao again, they would have offered sacrifices.

"Well done to everyone!"

Wang Tao sighed a little.

But looking at the number of people offering sacrifices, he felt a little sick again.

The Dusk Church has contributed more than 600,000 people, the New Red Maple Base has sacrificed nearly 900,000 people, and now the Changhe Base has sacrificed more than 400,000 people, so now a total of 1.94 million people. Although this amount has far exceeded Wang Tao's expectations, it is not enough! There are still 60,000 people left!

And there is only the last half day left. In this half day, can another 60,000 people be added? It feels impossible! At least the Changhe base is out of the question. If there were still people, they would have sacrificed together with Gu Yun long ago and would not have waited until now. Not to mention the New Red Maple Base, they have no one left, so the only hope is the Dusk Church! Let’s see how good the bishop’s brainwashing abilities are.

"I have to go to the Dusk Church!"

Wang Tao said to Ding Yuqin and others.

"Wait!" The women suddenly shouted to Wang Tao, "Let us take one last look at you!"

They came to Wang Tao and stretched out their hands, their eyes a little reluctant.

Although they have various reasons for being together with Wang Tao, they all have true feelings. If time really goes back, will they still have a chance to meet again? If they could meet, would they still have a chance to become partners? They don't know.

Seeing the women's reluctance to leave, Wang Tao bent down and hugged them tightly.

"I hope we can meet again after we turn back time... No, we will definitely meet again!"

As long as I can keep my memory and go back to the past, I will definitely find them.

"Okay, we'll wait for you..."

The bodies of the women became illusory in Wang Tao's arms, and finally disappeared in front of Wang Tao's eyes. Wang Tao suddenly felt empty.

Bang--

Although they disappeared, the equipment Wang Tao gave them remained.

"Haha, let's meet again in the next life! If there is a next life!"

Wei Zhenguo and others also came over, laughed and punched Wang Tao's arm, and then they also became transparent in front of Wang Tao, and finally disappeared.

Bang--

The equipment on their bodies also fell down.

Wang Tao put away the equipment and said softly:

"I hope we can meet again..."

Whoosh——

Wang Tao flew out of the messy Changhe Base like a meteor. Changhe Base suddenly lost so many people, especially many leaders. It was now in chaos, but Wang Tao had no time to worry about it.

He flew to the Dusk Church as quickly as possible and met the bishop.

"How is that possible! How did you do it!"

When the bishop saw Wang Tao, he was extremely excited.

There was a sudden increase of nearly 900,000 people, bringing the number of sacrifices to 1.5 million. This was enough to shock the bishop. However, an additional 400,000 people were added later, bringing the number of sacrifices to 1.90 million. More than ten thousand! We only have the last 60,000 people left to succeed!

The bishop, who was already in despair, now had hope again.

"Now is not the time to explain. We don't have much time. Whether we can get the last 60,000 people together depends on you!"

Wang Tao said with a serious face.

"I, let me try!" The bishop suddenly became a little nervous at this time. "By the way, you should try it too. What if you are good at eloquence and can persuade them?"

"OK."

Wang Tao didn't think he could convince these believers, but there were only a few hours left until the end of the sacrifice. If he didn't do something, even with his strong psychological quality, he would be very anxious.

The bishop called the remaining believers over. Looking at the huge crowd of people, he was doing psychological work at the top of his lungs. Many people responded to him, but only a few succeeded in making sacrifices. After all, the conditions for this sacrifice are too harsh, and there cannot be a trace of reluctance in the mind. As long as one thinks more and hesitates, the sacrifice will not be successful.

Wang Tao looked at the slowly increasing number of sacrifices and sighed silently in his heart. Judging from the bishop's speed, it doesn't seem to be possible. But Wang Tao has not completely lost hope. What if a miracle happens?

"grown ups?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded in Wang Tao's ears.

Wang Tao turned around and found that it was Zhao Yaru. It was the leader of Zizhu Base who was rescued by Wang Tao before. Later, they all came here with the bishop. Wang Tao also saw her when he first came to Twilight Church.

"You are here too."

Wang Tao nodded.

"Sir, this bishop has been deceiving us into voluntary sacrifice, saying that we can turn back time and save all mankind. What should we do? Why don't you let us follow you..."

Zhao Yaru looked at Wang Tao with some anxiety.

"It's not a lie -" Wang Tao's tone suddenly paused, and then he looked at Zhao Yaru with a somewhat incomprehensible expression. "It is true that time can be turned back. I can also save all mankind, but a certain number of people need to voluntarily sacrifice. If you have Are you willing to sacrifice this opportunity for me?”

"Ah? Yes! Not only am I willing, we are all willing! Our lives are given by you. If we can help you, especially if it can save mankind, we will never refuse!"

Zhao Yaru was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately.

Although Wang Tao's words were almost the same as what the bishop said to them, he did not believe in the bishop, he only believed in Wang Tao.

"How many of you are there in total?"

Wang Tao asked immediately.

"There are less than 70,000 people in total."

Zhao Yaru quickly answered.

Hearing this number, Wang Tao suddenly felt that his heartbeat was a little fast, but he still asked calmly:

"How come there are so many people? I remember that there are not so many people in your Zizhu base..."

"After we arrived at the headquarters of the Church of Dusk, we found that some believers were tricked by the bishop's first-generation holy medicine, but luckily they survived. They came here just to survive, and they did not believe in the bishop. So I asked you to help us discover the holy medicine. After talking about the poisonous deeds, you are the orthodoxy of the Twilight Church, and the bishop is just a liar, so they followed me and did not believe in the bishop, but in you! "

When Zhao Yaru said this, he suddenly felt a little proud.

This matter will definitely not be as simple as she said, but she has said before that she will help Wang Tao, the real leader of the Dusk Church, develop followers. Now that it can grow to 70,000 or 80,000 people, especially under the Bishop's nose, she thinks it shouldn't be too bad.

"Awesome!"

Wang Tao really didn't expect that Zhao Yaru could really develop followers for him!

Although Wang Tao had thought before that he was pretending to be a priest of the Twilight Church. As long as a certain number of people believed in him, he would be orthodox. But he didn't expect that he would actually get to this point! So Wang Tao quickly said:

"Then try to see if you can voluntarily sacrifice for me. Don't worry, this is really going back in time. You will still have the next life!"

"good!"

Zhao Yaru immediately went to notify those people. About half an hour later, Wang Tao sensed that the number of more than 1.9 million sacrifices suddenly increased rapidly!

"Sir, I have already informed you! They have all started voluntary sacrifices, and I am going to start too!"

Zhao Yaru looked at Wang Tao with a somewhat fanatical expression, and then gradually became transparent.

"Okay! See you in the next life!"

It was at this moment that Wang Tao's mind moved.

The number of sacrifices for a population of two million...enough!

"Fuck!"

The bishop in the distance shouted, and he was a little confused.

Why did the number of people suddenly increase by 60,000?

Is this enough number of people? !

Especially when the bishop felt that only his 600,000 followers recognized him as the initiator of [Time Rewind], while the remaining more than one million people recognized Wang Tao as the initiator of [Time Rewind]!

While the bishop was excited, he was also a little lost.

But soon, the bishop grinned again.

"It's okay, he is stronger than me, and he should be able to bring a better future to mankind... Anyway, time travel is about to start, and I can be reborn. Even if I have no memory, I am not at a loss..."

While thinking this way, the bishop's body began to become transparent.

He himself offered sacrifice, and he admitted that the person who started [Time Reversal] was Wang Tao. Since Wang Tao had succeeded, time would soon flow backwards, and he wanted to feel what it felt like to voluntarily sacrifice.

Wang Tao naturally sensed the bishop's situation, but he had no time to sigh, he had to hurry to find the space-time creature!

Whoosh——

After spending some time, Wang Tao came to the space-time creature again. He felt that he could start [Time Reversal] at any time!

But he couldn't start it directly when he was excited, because Wang Tao had to sacrifice his own strength to get the opportunity to retain his memory!

If the strength is not enough, there is no way to retain the memory. But if the strength is strong enough, the memory can be retained, and even some other things can be retained.

Wang Tao didn't know whether his strength was strong or not, and he chose to sacrifice his own strength with a little trepidation.

At the moment of confirming the sacrifice, Wang Tao felt that his strength was rapidly decreasing, and soon disappeared, becoming an ordinary person. Then his body began to shrink, becoming his initial height of 1.8 meters.

But it wasn't over yet. Wang Tao found that the equipment, potions, materials, and other props in his space backpack were disappearing one by one!

"Is this also considered my strength? It seems reasonable..."

Finally, when Wang Tao's ability to "see the health bar, kill monsters and drop treasures" was also sacrificed, the sacrifice was finally over.

At this time, Wang Tao found that there were a lot of options in front of him, including the option of retaining memory! And he could not only choose to retain memory, but also choose other things! This immediately made Wang Tao's eyes widen.

After a difficult choice, Wang Tao took a deep breath, and then silently confirmed in his heart.

Swish--

At this moment, the whole world seemed to be paused, and everything was still. Then it was as if the rewind button was pressed, and everything in the world was reversing rapidly.

Time went backwards.