Chapter 562 Return to the Sect
In fact, since Yzaks arrived at Hao Ren's house, he has only done what a devil should do a few times - except for going back to his hometown to pick up his cousins, the big man's main schedule is to eat, sleep and read the People's Daily He went out to look for a job and threatened people to show his ID card to the police comrades. Recently, he also led his daughter to the streets to collect old household appliances (while dealing with anti-trafficking personnel). He acted like a retired veteran cadre. But at this time, as soon as he explained the method of extracting souls for interrogation, the aura of the devil was still revealed.
How dare you talk about this kind of thing like eating and drinking.
The Pope's first reaction after hearing Yzaks's statement was that it felt fresh, and then he frowned as expected. Obviously, even if this was not written in the goddess's teachings, he had an instinctive resistance to things like extracting souls: This is ordinary Normal human reaction. Upon seeing this, Yzaks lowered his head and glanced at the mixed creature in the cage, which was neither human nor ghost. The latter was a monster forcibly assembled and bound by the pagans using flesh and blood magic. Even though it was powerful in combat, it seemed unstable. . I don't know whether it was due to working hours or serious trauma. Now the flesh and blood are collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye, quickly turning into a puddle of foul-smelling substance like sludge.
"I suggest you make up your mind quickly. This 'creature' probably won't live for two hours," Yzaks shrugged. "Extracting and torturing souls is not a heinous act. In essence, it is the same as ordinary torture of prisoners. It's no different - except that the death of the victim during the torture process is avoided, and the success rate of obtaining effective information is greatly improved. After all, the body can easily break down, but the soul can withstand a wide variety of stimuli. And more importantly: in In the process, I can release the other souls from this monster's body, and although they cannot be resurrected, they can at least enjoy eternal sleep."
The Pope opened his mouth to speak, but at this time the little girl Elizabeth suddenly jumped forward: "Don't hesitate, anyway, when you usually interrogate heretics, torture is inevitable. What is the difference between torture for the body and torture for the soul - interrogation The soul has not yet bled.”
Betsy had been hiding behind people and watching silently, being a quiet trumpet who was being taught about achievements, but at this time she couldn't help but muttered: "Why do I think if I kill these guys, I will get at least two sets of oranges?" Pretending..."
Lily rolled her eyes: "Did you drop the epic People's Daily and the legendary screwdriver?"
At this time, the Pope had finished struggling. After silently pondering the goddess's teachings in his mind, he finally nodded reluctantly: "Although it is unreasonable...but the goddess has not explicitly opposed this behavior. The matter is urgent, and this matter is left to this person. Guest."
Yzaks grinned with an expression as if he was choosing someone to eat, and then left the hall behind the bishop responsible for interrogating heretics. Before leaving, he turned to Hao Ren and said, "He will speak soon when I have good news."
The little girl Elizabeth jumped up and down behind her father: "Dad, wait! I'll poke his hole for you!"
Everyone at the scene had cold sweats on their foreheads after seeing this: He really deserves to be born as a devil... No matter how upright his world view is, he can't stop his acting style!
Fortunately, there is no clear resistance to "soul torture" in Horleta culture, otherwise the Pope may not be able to nod so easily.
If the emergency has developed to this point, the banquet can basically not be expected to continue. King Moron once again expressed his apology to Hao Ren and Hilda. What happened today is definitely not a trivial matter for the leader of a country. But Hilda and her ministers didn't care. The queen smiled and faced Moroun: "Your Majesty, don't mind. Accidents are always inevitable. We are used to it. Traditional food of Horleta It’s amazing and we’re grateful for it.”
Next to her, Ofra subconsciously muttered: "What do you mean you are used to it?"
Vivian sighed: "Erem elves have been accustomed to accidents since they were young. Outsiders may not understand it, but they all treat explosions/earthquakes/poison gas/fires while eating as if they are living in it."
Ofra was dumbfounded, and Hao Ren curled his lips: "Just continue to think of it as a tough environment to hone heroes. Anyway, if you encounter something unexplainable when communicating with us, just move closer to the environment and world view."
The work of the Erim elves on this planet has been completed, and now it is up to Hao Ren and the others to handle the chores here. So the elves said goodbye to the Horleta people and teleported back to their planet along the route they came from. More than five hundred people still squeezed back from the basement of Betsy's house like Spring Festival travel. Ofra was still responsible for seeing them off. The female marshal watched the mighty engineering team disappear at the door of Betsy's house and couldn't help but ask Hao Ren: "You are so capable, why don't you open a larger teleportation gate? Or at least build a larger teleportation point."
"There is a big teleportation station, but it is in a non-sovereign zone or my territory." Hao Ren smiled and looked at the female marshal, "I really want to build a teleportation station on your land that can pass 10,000 people per minute. , are you relieved if others don’t tell you?”
Ofra smiled and said nothing. If we look into this topic carefully, there is really too much to say, but there is also too much that cannot be said. Faced with this rare situation, the female marshal wisely chose to silence the atmosphere.
After a while, Betsy appeared. The mercenary girl was busy instructing the elf to "pass the station" and was sweating. At this time, she untied the waist of the lady's skirt without any scruples and fanned the wind with her collar. Fan looked at Hao Ren and said, "Landlord, can you bring me something when you come next time?"
Hao Ren: "What do you want?"
Betsy's face suddenly turned bitter: "There are no TVs, games, computers, or Internet in this place! I've been here for so long, apart from being dragged to the banquet, all I have to do is entertain fish at home... It's boring!"
The corner of Hao Ren's mouth twitched: "Are you nostalgic about life on earth now?"
Betsy cried sadly: "I miss the big TV in the living room and Lily's laptop. Next time, can you bring me a set of household items? I don't want them for nothing. I have a lot of gold, silver and jewelry at home! You go and weigh them. Two kilograms..."
Listen to the unit of measurement of the nouveau riche, kilograms!
At this time, the bearded man who had been silent and had no presence as a transparent person suddenly interjected: "Then I have to remember to bring you a generator when I come next time, right...and there's no one here either. How do you solve the problem?"
Hao Ren looked at the bearded man in surprise. He never expected that this old-fashioned and backward-looking ascetic could actually speak these high-tech terms: "You usually learn a lot. I thought you were just studying survival in the wilderness." Got it!"
The bearded man chuckled: "Electrification is an integral part of the earth's environment. If you don't like it, don't play with it."
Hao Ren: "...Who did you learn these words from?"
Lily jumped up and down beside her: "Me, me, me!"
"Just go fool around!" Hao Ren glared at Lily, then turned to look at Betsy, "Okay, I'll bring you a set of home appliances and a generator when I come next time, and I'll also get you a signal adapter. server to solve the network problem."
Betsy suddenly became overjoyed, and in Hao Ren's mind, a scene emerged in Hao Ren's mind of the girl squatting in the basement in the near future, turning on the generator and plugging the network cable into the portal communicator to rub the network... He still didn't understand. Why can I always make many high-end things look like the Rural Information Network rectification plan? This is probably a passive talent.
After seeing off the elves, the group took a rest at Betsy's house. Ofra ordered someone to go back to the city to get a small box. Then she dismissed the people around and opened the box in front of Hao Ren: "This is what we collected. I have received all kinds of information about the 'Returning Sect', as well as their teachings and some ritual items. The church already has archives and backups, and I have left these things for you specifically."
The bearded man immediately made a religious gesture on his chest: "Goddess has mercy, may these blasphemous things not harm more people."
"These cultists have indeed harmed a lot of people," Ofra sighed, "but I'm more worried that they are actually just superficial minions."
Hao Ren was looking through some reports on the scope of cultists' activities and the scale of their rituals, and his ears twitched when he heard this: "What do you mean?"
"This is their doctrine - the 'original scripture' that is only used by the more core members of the sect," Ofra picked out a not-so-thick black hardcover book and handed it to Hao Ren, "it is revealed according to the doctrine There are clues that the 'Returning Sect' is probably under the control of some weirder and more powerful force, and they are just spokespersons."