While the people of the entire empire were celebrating and enjoying the feast, the Illusion God Cult was also enjoying the feast. They were just not celebrating, but were dazed, dazed, shocked, and incredulous.
Is this idiot really the stern, cold-blooded Son of God in their impression? ? ?
-Really are.
Because unlike the people of the Empire who find it difficult to distinguish the real Huo Chao from the fake, all the followers of the Phantom God Cult know that it is a clone. Last month, they caused a big commotion in the Holy White Tower and even injured the Pope's clone!
Since the Huo Chao in the video is fake, then the things in this Xingbo are real.
How should I put it? This feeling is no less than when you suddenly discover that the cold-blooded boss you have been trembling with fear for many years is actually a fool behind the scenes. Not only does he keep repeating words like "little wind and little clouds" to act cute every day, but he also chased the emperor of the empire with a ridiculous "Love Manual" and made him a widow for three hundred years!!!
"… "
In a sense, being able to do such a shocking thing makes him worthy of being the Son of God.
But who is Xiaofeng
Huo Chao grew up in the Phantom God Cult. He has always been a loner and has no one close to him except Bai Min.
The issue has also attracted the attention of the Pope.
So, while countless netizens in the Empire were frantically doing archaeology, the Illusion God Cult was also busy. Their previous missions were all assassinations, illegal experiments, political attacks, wars, etc. In short, everything was a high-end dirty job.
But now, they have developed an unprecedented new business, archaeology, archaeology of every star blog of His Majesty the Son of God, and they also have to do reading and analysis, and then correspond to the past time points, and write a detailed investigation report and submit it to His Holiness the Pope.
All in all, people all over the world are now racing against time to do the same thing.
—Uncover the secrets of the Archaeological Huo Dynasty (crossed out) Starbucks content.
At this moment, inside the hall on the top floor of the Holy White Tower.
The decoration around here is very similar to the churches in the Middle Ages in the West of Earth, with a height of ten meters. In the center is a huge and weird statue with nine heads. The eight faces around it have different expressions, some are painful, some are ecstatic, some are hideous, and some are furious... The ninth face in the center has its eyes downcast and a look of compassion.
A month ago, the Pope sitting on the white throne had the same expression, but now he could no longer hold it back, his face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water seemed to drip out of it.
A cold low pressure filled the entire hall. Everyone stood in two rows, lowered their eyes and heads, their faces pale, and they were so frightened that they dared not say a word. Leinster was leading the army and could not come back, but he still stood in front of the crowd through projection technology.
In fact, he had already prepared for a war, hoping to regain power and status. However, just after blocking Mingcheng's satellite radar and launching several missile swarm long-range attacks, he received an order to retreat.
Leinster's face looked ugly. He glanced behind him and saw Bernard sitting in a wheelchair. Besides his trusted assistant who had always been with him, He Zhun was also standing beside him.
He frowned, secretly shocked. Leinster had indeed heard about the clones causing trouble in the Holy White Tower a month ago, but he did not expect that He Zhun had been able to quickly enter the core laboratory because of his timely rescue of Bernard.
This little fox is really using any means necessary to climb up, and it must be said that this little guy is always decisive and accurate in seizing every opportunity.
When Leinster looked at He Zhun, he glanced at Cecilia beside him. Perhaps she was also responsible for the clone matter, so she lost her previous arrogance and lowered her head to be docile.
In fact, in addition to fear, Cecilia was more shocked at this moment. She was shocked that the Phantom God Cult had suffered such a big setback this time.
This was the first time she had seen the Pope with such an ugly expression since she entered the church.
After all, this plan seemed perfect and should have been a fatal killing move, but it almost collapsed as soon as it started. The most important thing is that the entire Illusionary God Cult has invested too much time, energy, manpower and financial resources in this plan.
In order to get Huo Chao's genes in the Forbidden Abyss, they first spent nearly two hundred years to figure out that the Forbidden Abyss was not in Hengyun Star, but in Ye Shu's hands. The disabled alpha, who fled to the border after failing to seize power with Zhou Jiuya, turned out to be the trump card of the ambush.
Later, in order to get the Forbidden Abyss from Ye Shu, the Illusion God Cult kidnapped the young Jiang Ci. However, this plan failed because He Zhun found Jiang Ci in advance and Zhou Jiuya came to kill him like a mad dog.
More than ten years later, the Phantom God Cult first suffered a defeat on Tiandong Star, losing countless warships and mechas. One third of the space shuttle devices that were already in limited stock were used up. Later, they lost a factory in Baigucheng and the entire Mingcheng. They also sent a repaired 3S mecha Forbidden Abyss to someone, and only then did they get Huo Chao's genes.
However, the cloned body not only caused a big commotion in the White Tower of the Holy Mark, but also beat the director of the Holy Mark Research Institute half to death and even nearly blinded one of the Pope's eyes.
"… "
This is just too rough and too cruel.
The Pope, who was once so high and mighty in the eyes of the public, and even comparable to a god, has not had anything go his way in the past two or three hundred years. If it were in the past, Cecilia would not even dare to think about it.
She clearly felt that since the Zerg's revenge invasion three hundred years ago, the Phantom God Cult seemed to have ushered in the sunset, and the authority of the Pope had begun to be shaken.
"Your Holiness, Ceterin said..."
Cardinal Senli in white was kneeling on the ground. His mission this time was to connect with Setlin. He thought it was the easiest task, but he failed unexpectedly at the very beginning.
"The situation may be slightly different from what we expected..."
More than just a difference, less than an hour after Huo Chao's video came out, before it had time to have a wide-ranging impact, Huo Chao's Star Blog was already on the hot search on the entire Star Network, followed by Jin Yuan and Huo Xianfeng's videos.
They had originally communicated with hundreds of people from all walks of life who had a certain influence in various fields to set the pace, but before they even started, the pace was lost.
Not to mention taking advantage of the pressure from public opinion to cooperate with the Third Legion in launching a coup d'état, the double pressure made it difficult for Pei Changyun to protect himself. Now they are losing on both sides and can hardly protect themselves.
Of course, the tactful cardinal in white did not say much on this topic which would anger the Pope, but immediately changed the subject.
"But we have found out that Xiaofeng should be Huo Xianfeng from Mingcheng. Looking at the earliest star blog time, "Xiaofeng" appeared in the first star blog of His Highness Huo Chao, which is estimated to be when he was sixteen years old. And from that time on, for the next ten years, their relationship has been very, very close..."
After a pause, he seemed to think it was a bit far-fetched, but the cardinal in white continued,
"Moreover, the pictures of 'Xiao Feng' were all taken by His Highness Huo Chao himself, but his description pointed to Huo Xianfeng as the person in the picture."
"… "
This is also what everyone cannot figure out.
"If Huo Xianfeng didn't really exist, it would look like..."
"-like a split personality."
A clear and cold voice instantly caught everyone's attention.
The pope with white pupils looked at him coldly. His tall and slender figure and absurd and weird appearance made him feel very oppressive. At this time, He Zhun first gestured to Bernard in the wheelchair, then quickly walked to the middle of the hall, knelt down, and bowed his head respectfully.
"You are... the one who took back the Forbidden Abyss Core."
The incident at the trial made the Pope remember this beta.
He Zhun didn't look up, but replied quickly and clearly.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The white-haired man narrowed his eyes slightly, and his tone suddenly became dangerous.
"If you hadn't shown up, I wouldn't have remembered... Didn't you say at the time that Huo Xianfeng was Huo Chao? You should know the consequences of deceiving me, right?"
Leinsert's expression suddenly changed, but before he could react, He Zhun's calm voice came from behind -
"I made a mistake in my judgment last time because the two people were too similar... But this time I have made a new discovery and have sufficient evidence."
He Zhun quickly skipped over the previous incident and changed the topic.
"I can prove that the clone who suddenly gained consciousness last time was Huo Xianfeng. And based on this, I can infer that Huo Xianfeng's consciousness has been existing in His Highness Huo Chao's body through some means."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar and everyone's expression changed.
Only a very few people knew about the existence of the King Insect cubs back then. As for now, although most people can guess that Huo Xianfeng was probably in the Phantom God Cult back then, no one knows the relationship between Huo Chao and Huo Xianfeng, and no one can imagine their secrets.
After a long silence, the Pope asked,
"-how to prove?"
"Mental strength threshold data!"
He Zhun produced a professional analysis report.
"You can ask someone to check this report, but to save your time, I will briefly explain the content. A month ago, the clone's mental power threshold remained at around 500. According to estimates, when he grows into an adult, it will reach a maximum of 1,600, which will not exceed the highest value of His Highness Huo Chao himself."
"But before the clone suddenly had a strange consciousness, the laboratory's mental threshold detector instantly soared to the upper limit of 3,000, and then directly overloaded and damaged. The current record holder for the highest mental threshold of humans is His Highness Huo Chao's 1635. And judging from the fact that he can also control the 3S mecha Jinyuan, the only one who can break this record is Huo Xianfeng..."
In fact, the content of the analysis report is much more professional and complicated, but facing a group of non-professionals, He Zhun could only talk about the simplest ones. He spoke for ten minutes, listing a lot of data, and finally gave the other party a way to verify it.
"If you want to verify my speculation, the method is very simple."
He Zhun stood up and pushed up his glasses.
"We just need to find the time point in His Highness Huo Chao's Star Journal when Huo Xianfeng's consciousness was suspected to be dominant, and ask the Saint to retrieve the data record of the Forbidden Abyss's mental threshold for the driver at that time to see if it matches. Then it can be proved."
"… "
This is probably the charm of a top student. In short, after the whole paragraph was said, most people believed it even though it had not been verified.
The Pope stared at He Zhun for a few seconds, then turned to glance at the Saint.
"Zexius."
"… yes."
The saint glanced at He Zhun with a complicated look, and then began to retrieve the relevant data of the Forbidden Abyss. In order to control Huo Chao, the data of the Forbidden Abyss was synchronized to the main brain of the Illusion God Cult at regular intervals. Later, when Huo Chao joined the army, it gradually got out of control.
However, there were very few cases in Xingbo where Huo Xianfeng's consciousness was suspected to be dominant and happened to be driving the Forbidden Abyss, but fortunately one or two were found. A few minutes later, the verification result was exactly as the young man expected.
At this moment, He Zhun no longer crawled on the ground with his head down, but knelt with his upper body straight. He knew that he had completely entered the Pope's vision this time and successfully let the other party see his abilities.
—Because this is something that even Bernard didn't discover.
Next, he will begin to have his own say in this church, and his status and rights will even be no less than that of the bishop.
Sure enough, the next second the Pope asked him,
"May I have your name."
"He Zhun."
"What do you want when you come here?"
He Zhun quickly organized his words.
"Ah… "
The ethereal voice let out a chuckle.
Of course, this did not convince the other party.
"Besides dreams, there is also hatred. Your Holiness, I want to kill my enemies with my own hands."
The next second, a solemn majesty seemed to press down from above like a mountain, and the Pope looked down at him coldly.
"Who is your enemy?"
He Zhun's back was instantly soaked, but he knew that he must not reveal any flaws at this moment, just like the moment long, long ago when he was lying beside the bodies of his parents and younger brother pretending to be dead.
If you show the slightest sign of abnormality, you will die.
He Zhun raised his head, looking straight into the strange pair of white pupils without dodging or evading, and spoke word by word -
"Emperor of the Empire, Pei Changyun."
At this moment, the entire hall was dead silent.
The Pope did not speak, his cold white eyes stared at He Zhun, it was obvious that he was doubtful, and he did not even believe it. After all, He Zhun's intelligence was far beyond that of ordinary people, and he grew up in the Jiang family, which was equivalent to growing up under the eyes of Pei Changyun and Zhou Jiuya.
The Pope didn't believe that the other party didn't know the truth after so many years.
It is true that He Zhun is very capable, but he is too threatening. Every time the Phantom God Cult fails in a mission, his shadow is always there, which makes the Pope have to doubt himself.
It’s better not to keep such a big risk factor.
At the moment when the killing intention was given, a series of crackling sounds of electric current suddenly rang out in the hall.
—It is a projection of Leinster.
It seemed like the signal was bad, and some pixels were missing from Leinster's projection.
"Your Holiness!"
Leinster's sudden words instantly interrupted the Pope's thoughts and murderous intent. He looked solemn and anxious, as if he had encountered an extremely urgent situation.
"The situation has changed. We were ambushed by Zerg on our way back to evacuate! There was an explosion inside the base, and it seems to have been invaded. Should we fight back or return immediately?"
"What?!" The Pope frowned, and immediately turned to look at Leinster, and finally moved his eyes away from He Zhun. For a moment, everyone's attention was also drawn away by Leinster.
He Zhun closed his eyes, and only then did he feel a sticky, wet and cold sensation on his palms.
This move is risky.
At the same time, the church army led by Leinster actually fought against the Zerg.
Compared to the Dawn Legion, which truly fought against the Zerg for the Earth and humanity, other armies have never actually fought against the Zerg.
But at this moment, they finally had a personal sense and understanding of those terrible monsters, the enemies that the Dawn Legion, which was once invincible in the Alliance, still could not defeat.
The alarm was drowned out by the sharp hissing of the Zerg and the roar of countless troops. The laser cannons and attacks fired were almost ineffective.
The dark Zerg army surged over like a flood, so dense that there was no end in sight, layer upon layer, surging like waves. The high-frequency vibrations of the wing membranes almost shook the entire battlefield.
The Zerg's abnormal defense means that they will not die even if they collide head-on with a laser cannon, and their bone wings give them aerial maneuverability that is a hundred times more flexible than a starship. Once the sharp insect blades pierce into the engine of a starship, the latter will be scrapped immediately.
Huo Xianfeng controlled Jinyuan to stay not far away and did not join the battle. Half an hour ago, they thought the church had given up the attack, but they did not expect the other side to suddenly turn around and send a small fleet to die.
At that time, the dense Zerg army pressed forward on all fronts, and in less than ten minutes, they wiped out the suddenly appearing reconnaissance fleet.
"The other commander is either fighting recklessly or has a mental illness."
Jin Yuan: “…”
It had fought with the Huo Dynasty for ten years, and there were countless battle analysis data in the database, but it had never seen this kind of operation.
This huge church army seemed to be waiting for them, waiting for an exchange of fire, but after the exchange of fire, they did not fight, but ran away immediately. It was as if they just wanted to have an exchange of fire.
"They took the initiative to expose the military coordinates, but it is very likely a bait trap. Should we chase them?"
"trap?"
Huo Xianfeng chuckled.
"Have you ever seen a trap that first blocks the satellite, turns on stealth mode and returns halfway, only to reveal its own coordinates?"
Such a stupid way of fighting was unprecedented, and according to the information sent back by the Zerg scouts, no ambush was found. So Huo Xianfeng was more inclined to believe that there was something wrong with the other party, and even if the other party did not come to cause trouble, Huo Xianfeng planned to take the lead in occupying the next military base of the Phantom God Cult.
He is having a hard time now.
After all, as a king, he has to feed an entire Zerg army. The good things in Mingcheng have been almost eaten up in three months. In order to prepare for a rainy day, he has to look for the next granary.
"Let's go."
Huo Xianfeng changed direction.
"—go see which idiot commander it is."
At the same time, Leinsert didn't know that he was called a stupid commander. He was quickly dividing his troops, with one part staying behind and the other part quickly retreating to the base.
The huge space mothership deployed hundreds of densely packed gun panels. Huo Xianfeng's eyes focused, and he raised his hand slightly. The huge Zerg army suddenly scattered like fireworks. The next second, the entire sky was covered by a light net formed by artillery fire. After more than ten seconds, the area within a radius of hundreds of meters became a sea of fire with a temperature of tens of thousands of degrees Celsius.
At this time, the church army immediately evacuated at full speed under the leadership of Leinster.
Huo Xianfeng didn't rush to chase, but slowly called Zhou Jiuya. While they were holding back the large-scale army coming from Lai Ming City, the mastermind of the Central Temple tracked the signal of the other side's base through satellite. Zhou Jiuya had already led his men there, and it was about time.
"Have you found the place?"
The other side responded quickly—
"The base coordinates will be sent over in three minutes."
Hang up.
Huo Xianfeng raised his eyebrows.
"Forbidden Abyss."
"?"
He chuckled and said,
"Remember this, this is called a trap."
Jin Yuan: “…”
While her boyfriend and his uncle were having a passionate affair, Jiang Ci had just completed a full body check-up in front of a crowd of people.
It's just... can you imagine being looked at nervously and lovingly by a bunch of old men
He spent all the examination process under these gazes. And after the examination, Dr. Wen held his film and looked at it with a frown for an hour. He pulled his hair while looking at it, as if he had seen the strangest and most difficult disease in the world.
Such a solemn expression made Jiang Ci feel that he might not live long.
Noila squatted beside Jiang Ci and hugged his thighs. This posture was not very elegant, but Jiang Ci was very nervous and didn't care.
Nora felt very strange. She clearly saw light on Huahua that night, but it only flashed for a moment and then disappeared again, as if it had hidden itself and she couldn't find it no matter how hard she tried.
"well… "
"well… "
Nora and Dr. Wen sighed at the same time.
This made Jiang Ci even more nervous, and he was even a little at a loss. A few minutes later, the major general took a deep breath and walked towards Doctor Wen, dragging his leg pendant.
"Uncle Wen, it's okay, just talk."
Jiang Ci looked calm.
"—I can handle it."
"Ah... this... Aci..."
Doctor Wen was so exhausted that his hair was about to be pulled out. He had been practicing medicine for more than 300 years, and this was the first time he had seen such a strange situation.
"Your physical data is very healthy, a little too healthy, and your brain data shows that you are a little tired. It should be related to your forced connection to the 3S Mecha Forbidden Abyss..."
Of course these are not the most important things.
“The point is this film.”
Dr. Wen showed him the film he had just taken. Nora, who was hanging on Jiang Ci's legs, also tilted her head back and took a peek.
"It seems like there's something in your abdomen that's blocking the medical scan, so the area below your chest is all shadowy. I just used other methods to detect it, and the result is a little strange. Well, it detected that there seems to be a small ball in your stomach... It looks a bit like metal."
Doctor Wen, with his messy hair on his head, asked with concern in a child-asking tone,
"Aci, did you swallow something by accident?"
Jiang Ci was stunned: "...Ah?"
(End of this chapter)