High Above

The trees in the mountains trembled in the refreshing wind after the summer rain, and their branches and leaves swayed noisily.

The sunshine paved the stone road, and Ian led the camel beast, carried his luggage, and said goodbye to Sister Yingguang at the door of Boyin's workshop.

Steward Moda is being 'questioned' at Huaiguang Church... Of course, this is also a form of protection. In short, it is time for this tired old man to go to sleep.

Although after waking up from the dream, the world is still this world.

But at the very least, he should rest at this time.

"Thank you for your assistance." Sister Yingguang bowed her head to Ian seriously and said, "If it weren't for your help, it might have taken me a long time to find out the truth about the disappearances that occurred around the Ryan Territory."

"Actually, you have found the thread of the truth, and it has nothing to do with me." Ian raised his eyebrows, put on his helmet, and answered seriously: "I just took it easy."

To be honest, compared to Sister Yingguang's gratitude to his collaborator, he also wanted to thank the other party for her cooperation in showing the corroded sample of Xia Hui grass originating from the 'Flying Flame Land'.

In this way, the water becomes muddy.

Regardless of the truth, all subsequent investigators had to face a problem.

——Is it Baron Ryan who colludes with Feiyan, or is the ‘Gnostic Academy’ behind him colluding with Feiyan?

The latter cannot be hammered down, and the former is a bit perfunctory... But because the timing is so coincidental, and Feiyan Land has really been engaged in biological warfare recently, it cannot be said that there is no such thing.

In any case, no matter which side it is, the investigation will go astray.

What's more, no matter which party has their own reasons, they don't really want to investigate the truth.

Especially the Gnosis Institute - only they knew that the deputy section chief could not die together with Baron Ryan, but they were really the leaders behind this incident, so they would never dare to jump out and defend themselves.

"Being willing to go along with it is the biggest help. It's always been that way."

The dragon girl smiled slightly, and then sighed softly: "It's just a pity that we can only deal with the aftermath. The tragedy has already happened, and the dead cannot be undone."

"Is there really nothing the Huaiguang Church can do?"

Ian had already turned around and got on the camel beast. The camel beast meekly shook its head and let the boy stroke its furry head.

Touching the head of the camel beast, he whispered: "I also know an old man from the Huaiguang Church... I have asked him many things, but I have never asked him this question."

"Because I know that they have done a lot...even beyond the responsibilities they should bear, and they are worthy of anyone in the world."

"But now, I still can't help but want to ask..."

Ian raised his head and stared at the nun in front of him: "Is Huaiguang really not going to do it?"

There was something in Ian's words, and he also knew that what he was asking was inhumane.

Although Sister Yingguang is very powerful, she is obviously not a high-ranking member of Huaiguang, nor is she a real cleric. She cannot answer her own questions.

However, she was feeling emotional. He lamented that Huaiguang Church could only end things after the fact, which made Ian curious...curious about how the Huaiguang Church viewed the consistent course of action of his organization.

So, just ask.

Facing this problem, Yingguang's smile faded.

She frowned lightly, and even the light of the dragon horn above her head slowly dimmed.

Dragon Girl said slowly: "...I don't know."

She was a little unwilling and confused: "I also asked my teacher this question, but she said that I am not a real priest and I will not understand."

"Knight, although it sounds a little weird, a few years ago I was just a shepherdess in the village of the Soul Companions around the Holy Mountain of Huaiguang in the north... I also grew some potatoes and carrots."

Having said this, the dragon girl looked at her hands with some nostalgia - there were a lot of calluses from farming on them: "Although it is hard work, it is indeed a peaceful life. There are no wars, no cults, no monsters, and no lords. We are responsible for the oppression."

"I didn't realize it at the time, but after traveling and traveling for so many years, I finally understood why the elders in the village said our life was like a paradise."

Raising her head, Sister Yingguang looked at Ian: "The priests of Huaiguang are all good people."

"They don't collect taxes, don't do things, and don't set rules. They just clean up the surrounding monsters regularly as rewards, trade some food with us, and at most mediate conflicts over water sources between a few villages - but they don't stop with brute force, but open up another place. A water source allows villages to stop disputes naturally.”

"One day, when I took the potatoes at home to trade, the cleric who led the team said that there was innate potential in my blood, but if I didn't practice and let it burn wantonly, it would hurt both others and myself, so he asked me if I would like to I don’t want to become an ascendant—the Light of Huaiguang. This is the glory of the whole village and my luck. How can I refuse to become a Huaiguang monk?”

"So I had a teacher. She took me and other disciples to travel to various places, and finally arranged a position for me in Nauman City, requiring me to experience and study in this place with easy access to all directions."

Speaking of this, Yingguang's tone became firmer.

She raised her head and said seriously: "Please forgive me, knight, I said a lot of complicated things... but actually what I want to tell you is that Huaiguang doesn't care about everything."

"In addition to taking the initiative to quell those huge disasters, we will also deal with the problems caused by 'inhumans'."

"For example, World of Warcraft, aliens, or the 'spirits' worshiped by various spirit-sacrifice cults... Just like this time, the local church believed that the disappearance case was caused by the local cult in Nanling, and there were believers praying for it, so it was Let me take action."

"It's just that things like Baron Ryan's murder of his subjects, this kind of 'human' thing... Huaiguang's method of dealing with it is probably the same as dealing with the water source problem in my hometown, trying to open up another water source to let the disputes and oppression ceases naturally.”

"This is what I understand as 'huaiguang'. Just like the sun will make people take off their thick armor and clothes, and they will no longer be wary of each other; but the cold wind cannot, and the act of forcibly stripping them off will make people even more wary. Be alert."

"only……"

Speaking of this, Sister Yingguang sighed deeply: "How can things among humans be as simple as water sources? The sun and cold wind can't do anything about it... Most of the time, we can't do anything about it."

"I'm sorry, I may not be able to explain my thoughts clearly, but that's roughly it. I don't think Huaiguang's method of handling it is wrong, it's just that maybe... it's not the best."

"No."

Ian, who was listening quietly, spoke up, and he categorically denied Sister Yingguang's statement: "That's very good, very important - I already roughly understand it."

The young man's eyes were lowered. He had some understanding and thought to himself: "Anarchist? Or the most extreme kind of 'pastoral order' in collective anarchy? Denying authority and handing everything over to people themselves. Other than that, just let everything be as it is?”

"Where did this group of lunatics come from..." Ian felt helpless in his heart: "They still do this in a world with sublimated people? No, no, no, I made a mistake. It is because of the sublimated people that I think This is done because everyone is extremely productive...but isn't Huaiguang itself a kind of authority?"

Although it is a bit one-sided, according to Yingguang, there are no towns around the Huaiguang Holy Mountain in the north, only villages gathered together according to ethnic groups.

Villages farm naturally, take care of their own water sources, and trade their own necessities with each other. There is no emperor, no king, no governor, or any other 'ruler' - there is not even a nominal village chief among them.

Whether this kind of flat society is the society Huaiguang wants to build, or whether they are unwilling to manage too much, so they let nature take its course can be seen as their tendency.

——Huaiguang is unwilling to intervene in issues between human societies, but keeps himself outside human society and maintains an 'independent' perspective.

What is anarchy, what is non-intervention, what is something that only responds to disasters and does not intervene in society.

It's all minutiae.

In Ian's view, this independent perspective may be the real key.

——Is it a requirement of the Book of Prophecy? Or is it a special condition for psychic abilities?

As a prophet, Ian feels that he can probably understand...

Perhaps, the "Book of Prophecy" of Huaiguang Church that can predict the coming of all disasters... is an inducement.

It is precisely because it is independent from human beings that it can see all the future of human beings.

"Thank you so much."

Recording the thoughts in his mind in the silver chip, the young man smiled and his voice came through the helmet: "Then I hope there will be a day to see each other again."

"is also like this."

Sister Yingguang nodded, and she suddenly remembered something: "By the way, knight, if your next destination is Nauman City, please try to slow down your trip."

"The city of Nauman is now under martial law. According to my senior brother and the Executor of Huijian, there is a very big trouble in the city. Archbishop Tianyan has closed his door and Marquis Barton seems to have been assassinated because of this - it seems to be because of the Flying Flame Land. But it may also be because of Canaan Moore, or it may be the dragon worship cult. The current opinions are extremely confusing, and the capital of Nanling has become a mess."

At this point, she couldn't help but sigh: "Anyway, it's best not to go there so early."

"Senior brother? Flying Flame Land? Are there other things?"

Ian was ready to go, but stopped when he heard these words.

He asked doubtfully: "With all due respect, I was a little confused just now - isn't the executor of the redemption, uh, a lady?"

Yingguang explained tactfully: "But she likes to be called senior brother... maybe it's... um, her personal hobby?"

"That's it." Ian sighed: "Everyone has his own ambitions...Thank you, Sister Yingguang."

"Just a confession."

With that said, Ian drove the camel beast away, while Sister Yingguang watched the camel beast walk away.

Then, she turned around and prepared to return to the church for the next handover with members of the Imperial Academy of Truth and the Noble Court.

After Ian left a distance, his expression under the helmet gradually became serious.

"Dragon Cult..." He murmured to himself: "Linda's prophecy..."

"The prophecy that changed because of me?"