Alien paradise

In the next two days, the delegation really went to the Acropolis.

Chaoyang seamlessly switched to the Acropolis clone and used the "connection" ability of the Kingdom of God to observe everyone's movements throughout the process. Obviously, the Laurel Royal Family and the Longjiu Family were not aware of the secret of fifteen years, and had no intention of going to the beach cave to take a look. Qi Bo Longjiu walked most of the city seriously, asked many passers-by, and stayed at the reception of the Paradise Church for a long time.

Obviously, seeing a city that should have been abandoned become so prosperous and lively with one's own eyes was more shocking than any rumors. At the same time, they also found that there was a deviation in the history of the two places. For example, someone had left the Acropolis in fifteen years, but the outside world had no idea. Even the news about the Paradise Church was only circulated in the past year, and the origin was the Brilliant Castle in the New World.

Unfortunately, under the influence of the power of the fog, they could not find any flaws no matter how they asked - the memories of the people in the Acropolis were real, and the memories of the outside world were also real. If you have not personally experienced the mystery, you may never understand the truth.

But for Qi Bo, the shock was far more than this.

He found that whether it was Qianlin Castle or Acropolis, the control of the Paradise Church over the local area was far deeper than he expected. This was no longer just a sect of God, but a real government with real power. The local people had long accepted the fact that there was no lord. On the contrary, the governance of the Paradise Church was well-organized and meticulous, and its rich experience did not seem like a new organization at all.

There was also a magical believer seal, which could allow people to pass messages over long distances. This was undoubtedly a strange structure, and it could be reproduced in large quantities.

Unfortunately, the believer seal could only be used in places where there were Paradise Churches. Once it left the urban area, it became an ordinary gem.

Reducing the cost of using strange structures and allowing everyone to own strange structures was the goal that Duke Longjiu had been working hard for a long time.

In this regard, the two sides were unexpectedly similar.

Qi Bo had to admit that this new religion that suddenly emerged was indeed different from the past sects, and it deserved the attention of the Longjiu family.

After Longjiu's eldest son repeatedly applied, the messenger Chaoyang finally "agreed" to pull the bridge for him.

The audience ceremony was held in the Acropolis Cathedral, and only Qi Bo Long Jiu was present, which undoubtedly showed who was the real master of the delegation.

The moment Qi Bo followed Chao Yang into the audience hall, he felt that the light around him had dimmed a lot. The room was surrounded by high-quality black velvet curtains, hanging from the ceiling to the ground; many candles were burning at the feet, like swaying stars. The air was filled with the fragrance of pine resin and mixed with the strange smell of some medicinal herbs, just like the divination place of ancient witches.

He frowned slightly.

This ancient ritual seemed incompatible with the identity of the new god... For example, the hall of the Shen Ji Cult was decorated with all connecting rods and gears, which looked full of power. The scene in front of him seemed like the arrangement hundreds of years ago when people still blindly followed the gods.

But this was an outsider's territory after all, so he couldn't say much.

"Please sit down." Chao Yang pointed to a recliner and then walked to the ceremony platform opposite.

"Uh... don't you have a more normal chair here?" Qi Bo looked at the chair and asked with some embarrassment.

"To meet the gods, you need to relax your whole body and mind. Lying down is more suitable than sitting. No matter who wants to talk to the gods, it will be done on this chair." Chaoyang explained calmly, "Or has your Excellency changed his mind?"

"No... let's just do it." Qi Bo replied helplessly and sat down on the recliner. Because the center of gravity of the whole person was lowered, it gave him a strong sense of uneasiness, so he held the armrests on both sides of the chair tightly with both hands, so that if he encountered any abnormal situation, he could at least pull himself up quickly.

"Then, I will summon the gods." Chaoyang said pretentiously.

"Please. I look forward to talking to the gods you serve."

With a burst of ancient chanting, the surrounding firelight became dimmer, as if the whole hall was covered by a curtain. Qi Bo found that the candles beside him disappeared, and even the ground became pitch black, but even in this absence of light, he could still see his clothes and five fingers clearly.

This counterintuitive scene is indeed like the atmosphere that gods like to create.

What Qi Bo didn't know was that the person sitting opposite him was not just Chaoyang, but a row of people - such as Kokomochi who was responsible for adjusting the lighting effects, Xue Quan who was responsible for the content of the conversation, Elodie who made sure he would not make any unusual moves, and Shadow who prevented any information leaks. Even the armrests on both sides of the recliner were transformed with magic hourglasses. As long as the person sitting on it held the armrests, he could use the hourglass to confirm whether what he said was true.

I'm afraid Qi Bo could never imagine that this audience ceremony was him alone meeting with an inspection team composed of multiple gods.

When the chanting ended, an angel image composed of white phantoms slowly emerged in the boundless darkness, and this image also matched the statue on the Acropolis Square.

"You are not my believer..." The mixed voices of men and women sounded at the same time, "Tell me, what is your purpose in wanting to see me?"

Qi Bo Longjiu swallowed his saliva.

He thought that he was different from those ignorant civilians and could talk freely even to gods, just like when he talked to the God of All Things. But when the legendary Lord of Paradise looked down at him from above, he felt a strong sense of insignificance.

No, I just scared myself.

Gods are not beasts with power, they are the embodiment of human wishes.

"The Longjiu family recently received a warning." Qi Bo took a deep breath and tried his best to maintain his dignity. However, he was lying down and talking, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't be serious. "The warning said that the Paradise Church in Qianlin Castle is planning a war of gods against the Shenji Sect. The Paradise Church will find a relic of the gods in the ruins of the Acropolis and use it as a weapon to secretly assassinate the God of All Machines. In this regard, my father specially sent me to visit Qianlin Castle to prevent misunderstandings between the two sides."

Not a confrontation, nor questioning the truth, but to prevent misunderstandings?

This wording surprised Chaoyang a little.

As for the content of the warning... it is indeed quite accurate.

"What is your so-called misunderstanding?"

"Lord God, the main purpose of this warning is undoubtedly to sow discord. Someone hopes that the Longjiu family will target Qianlin Fort and Paradise Cult so that they can benefit from it. The process of transmitting the message was disguised very cleverly. The conspirator even used a pawn who had been hiding in the royal city for a long time to achieve this. However, my family did not fall for it. Instead, we found out that the source of the message came from the land of mountains."

Although he did not name names, it is well known which force is dominant in the land of mountains.

"I see, it seems that you don't want Paradise Cult to have a head-on conflict with Shenji Cult?"

"Of course." Qi Bo replied decisively, "People on the continent should work together instead of killing each other... If the Kingdom Army had not fallen to the point of colluding with the evil cult, the Longjiu family would not have done this."

He said it decisively, but the flow rate of the hourglass became a little faster.

"If you just came to tell me this news, then I already know it."

"Yes... My father also entrusted me with another task, which is to observe Qianlin Castle and Acropolis on the spot to see whether the people under your church's governance are well protected. And my conclusion is that the local residents have indeed benefited from the governance of the Paradise Church, and their living standards have improved a lot compared to the original rule of the kingdom lord, which proves that your church is on the right track. So I want to sign a peace treaty on behalf of the Longjiu family and the Paradise Church, mutually recognize each other's sphere of influence, and peacefully fight for believers in the ownerless land; finally, both sides will not invade each other's territory to prevent the war from spreading across the entire continent."

Qi Bo Longjiu said sincerely.