Chapter 875 Contact with the Starry Sky

In the underground secret room, the headquarters of the law enforcement agency, the place where all the weird things are kept, the strongest weird in history suddenly said that he was going to die.

This scared the old soldier so much that he almost fell down, but the tea in his hand still spilled all over his pants.

It would be difficult to explain later. After all, he is already a 70-year-old man. It is still difficult to deal with such a thing. The maid would probably roll her eyes.

Li Qi smiled and said, "Yes, it looks fast. At this rate, hundreds of years?"

The old soldier suddenly rolled his eyes.

He almost fainted, but he was talking about what would happen hundreds of years later! It was really... almost gave him a heart attack.

However, after he rolled his eyes, he suddenly remembered something--

In the past forty years, whether it was 'Cocoon' or 'Li Qi', the appearance of these two people had not changed at all.

They have been young for forty years.

Maybe... hundreds of years, for them, is really the degree of 'dying'.

This made him sit up straight and observe the two indescribable weirds back and forth.

"Hundreds of years... I hope so. It is more likely that, under your push, I will be killed by them faster." Jian looked at the old soldier next to him.

"Jian, I won't hurt you." The old soldier said immediately.

"I know that it is not you who killed me, but you." Jian said so.

"The faith of Orthodoxy is declining. As the 'god' condensed by the power of faith, Jian is naturally weakening. When the worship of gears and technology overwhelms the worship of Orthodoxy, she will naturally die." Li Qi explained beside him.

"However, according to my estimation, this process should last for about a few hundred years. When this world war is over, the reputation of the Orthodox Church should fall to the bottom, and its control over the consciousness of the people will also decline. It will gradually be replaced by more mainstream ideas and then gradually disappear." Li Qi said so.

"So, Mr. Li Qi, what about you?" The old soldier who suddenly seemed to realize something looked at Li Qi.

"Me? Uh, my existence is not something you can understand, and it is also troublesome to force an explanation. Just acknowledge my existence. At least in the era when Jian is alive, I will not die." Li Qi said so.

"Really... Then it seems that this matter still has room for discussion, right?" said the old soldier.

"Yes, as long as the Orthodox faith can continue to be maintained, she can continue to exist, but this is very difficult. The change of thought is not a matter of one or two days, and naturally it cannot be changed by one or two people. In the final analysis... there are not so many people who believe in Orthodoxy anymore." Li Qi said.

"... I understand." The old soldier nodded, as if he had made up his mind.

"Don't be sad for me." At this time, Jian said gently: "This is just a necessary path, and when that time comes, I'm afraid you will hate me instead."

"How is it possible! Lord Jian, your contribution to this world is obvious to all. All royal families and Orthodox believers can listen to your teachings. Only the most hateful and ungrateful people will hate you!" The old soldier said immediately.

Li Qi chuckled.

Indeed.

However, mortals are the most forgetful. Even if it is a blood feud, it will almost fade after two generations.

As long as it is not maintained continuously, the existence of the cocoon will be wiped out quickly under the impact of the tide of thought, and... there is another question...

Is what the cocoon does really a good thing?

That may not be the case.

Industrialization, pollution, competition, world war, suppression of human technology tree, burning scientists like Carolingian.

These are all what the cocoon does.

Although this god is gentle, her methods are quite cruel.

In order to stop the progress of mortals, she doesn't know how many people she has killed and how many weird things she has suppressed.

For a large number of people, the existence of the cocoon is an obstacle.

And according to Li Qi's understanding...

Anyone who stands in front of the torrent of the times will be crushed to death, even the cocoon is no exception, but the cocoon is impossible to retreat. As the spirit of the times, she is purer and more determined than any mortal.

Li Qi did not discuss this topic for too long, and soon he left the headquarters of the law enforcement agency.

Outside, the sky was gloomy, the wind was biting, and it was about to snow.

Of course, the sky has always been so gloomy. You know, this world has no sun or moon. They see the world through infrared rays, that is, everyone is self-luminous.

To outsiders, this is a dark world, but in their eyes, it is bright at any time and anywhere, and there is no distinction between day and night.

Even if they are all humanoid creatures and look very similar to humans, they are not the same race after all. Every place has its own characteristics, not to mention the ghost place like the Desire Realm.

Li Qi strolled on the street. The pollution was still serious. There were many advertisements around, most of which were selling medicines, such as life medicine, super scientific ointment, life-saving water, etc. All these medicines have one feature, which is that they can cure all diseases in the world.

This is understandable. The number of diseases in this city is terrifying. Almost every worker has more or less diseases.

The lack of medical care, not enough food, too much work, and the pollution of thick fog made them all weak, skinny, pale, and underdeveloped except for the muscles they used most when working.

Almost all of them had indigestion, so they were more or less depressed, always frowning and unhappy. Their weak bodies were unable to resist diseases and could fall ill at any time because of a small thing.

In this case, the "panacea" was an irresistible temptation for them. They had not received any education, were stupid and tired, and often believed the nonsense of advertisements and salesmen and bought those useless or even harmful "panaceas".

All of this was done by the "cocoon".

Therefore, it was natural that the cocoon, who did all this, was overthrown by the times and even died.

As far as Li Qi knew, nearly half of the power in the world war was supported by these workers. They could not stand such a life, so under the leadership of another organization that overthrew Orthodoxy, they continued to attack the kingdoms.

No matter what the result is, it will seriously shake the rule of Orthodoxy.

Moreover, now that they have made progress, they have launched large-scale religious suppression activities in their territory. They have transformed churches into dance venues or meeting places, moved sacred sculptures to museums for exhibition, translated obscure and mysterious ancient scriptures, and copied many copies to be placed in libraries to criticize the ignorance and superstition in them.

Under such actions, the Orthodox Church has no way to judge these pagans, which has also caused their prestige to plummet, from "unable to resist" to "just powerful".

In this situation, a large number of esoterics, scholars, and people who have long been dissatisfied with Orthodoxy have sneaked into the other side.

The rest are believers who stay because of inertia, or people who don't care about the world at all, but these people are actually the majority.

After all, those who choose to leave for an unknown world for a living environment are a minority, and most people actually live by "inertia".

Getting up habitually, brushing teeth habitually, taking the bus habitually, and starting a day of study and work habitually. Eating is a habit. If you are used to eating rice, you will not be used to eating noodles. Sleeping is also a habit. How to sleep and how to wake up are also fixed.

People have always lived in their own habits, rarely or never making changes.

And religion is also a kind of inertia.

Under this inertia, the cocoon can continue to exist.

But Li Qi has seen that his goal is about to be completed.

This world is embarking on the beginning of breaking out of the world. Once the shackles of orthodoxy are broken, it will be like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, and officially embark on a journey to the universe.

Just like a flesh-finned fish walking from the sea to the land.

Walking on the street, Li Qi watched the changes here. After a while, he will be able to witness the scene after this civilization faces the dead devil.

At that time, observation is particularly important.

Then, just wait.

Li Qi thought so and began to wait as always. After all, for the third rank, dozens or hundreds of years are simply a blink of an eye.

For the powerful, a moment is a thousand years and a thousand years is a moment. Their concept of time is not limited to the physical sense of time. Their reaction speed can be calculated in picoseconds, and they can wait for billions of years with extraordinary patience.

Their battles will also change differently because of this. There will be fierce instantaneous battles, and life and death will be decided in a few microseconds, such as Zhu Fengdan and the general of Zhennan Prefecture.

It may also be a long, billions of years of Taoism, just like the daily life of the nine lands in the world.

And the intensity of these two is actually the same.

Although it is difficult for ordinary people to understand, this is the fact that intensity is not measured in time.

Soon, another ten years passed.

The old soldier died of old age. Before he died, he kept preaching. Others were surprised. Why did an old soldier who did not believe in God become a fanatic before he died? Perhaps it was really the fear of death and the hope for heaven that made him like this.

But only Li Qi, Jian, and himself knew the reason.

The same situation also occurred to many scholars. They were obviously scientific scholars and people who should support craftsmen, but they all started preaching in the last stage of their lives and insisted on combining their research results with theology.

This also gave many religious people confidence. They began to constantly announce doctrines such as "the end of science is theology", advocating that these great scholars finally became pious because they found evidence of the existence of God from science.

And, the wonderful thing is that strictly speaking, they were not wrong.

They not only found "evidence of the existence of God", they directly recognized "God" itself.

The existence of Cocoon is no longer a secret among the top leaders of the country.

Therefore, many believers, as well as some people with clear personal positions, are in awe of this god, which alleviates the situation of Cocoon.

However... this also brings new problems.

For the rebels, the existence of Cocoon is not a bad thing.

God is no longer illusory, but actually exists, which is an encouragement to believers and godslayers.

Their target is no longer an illusory concept, but a real object.

When the true body of God appears, no matter how powerful it is, it is like a "blood bar" and there is a target to attack.

So, the intensity of the world war increased again.

Li Qi has been watching quietly.

After the death of the old soldier, he no longer interfered with the affairs of the law enforcement agencies, but occasionally chatted with Jian.

About forty years later, the coalition forces broke through the holy city of Orthodoxy and cleared out the remaining church members. They approved the church to maintain its own beliefs, but took away all the secular power of the church.

Those well-equipped soldiers walked on the street, loudly promoting their new decree: "God's belongs to God! Man's belongs to man!"

As they shouted, Li Qi was pushing an old lady's wheelchair across the corner.

"The agency will also be taken over, right?" The old lady said to Li Qi in a hoarse voice.

"Yes, it looks like it will be soon." Li Qi said.

"Fortunately, I am about to die and don't need to accept the new era." The old lady said happily.

"Don't you hate the organization? They created you, and they made you suffer a lot when you were young for their own selfish interests." Li Qi looked at the old lady in front of him.

The former three-no girl is now old and unrecognizable. Her husband, the former young man, died twenty years ago, but she has lived for more than a hundred years. Li Qi sometimes comes to see her.

"Hate or love, what does it mean to people of my age? I just hope that the world will not change too fast while I am alive." The old lady said, and then looked at Li Qi: "Then your... Mr. Li Qi, who has been with you for countless years, what do you think?"

"Me? Well... I don't have much opinion, but it's good to have changes." Li Qi replied.

"Then... I wish you can continue on this path in the future." The old lady sincerely wished.

Li Qi also smiled at her, and then put his hand in front of her: "I will give you a last gift."

After speaking, Li Qi turned his wrist, and a flower appeared in Li Qi's hand out of thin air, just like ninety years ago.

The flowers were still as beautiful as before, and Li Qi was still the same as before, but the girl had turned into an old woman in a wheelchair.

The old lady opened her toothless mouth, took the flowers, and said, "After adding sugar, it tastes very good..."

After that, she lowered her neck and died.

Li Qi pushed her to the hospital, handed her body to the doctor, and left.

It's almost time.

In a few decades, they will touch the starry sky.