(Ask for tickets at the end of the month! Now I am a man who will not forget to ask for monthly tickets!)
Under normal circumstances, in a country where theocracy is supreme and the classic idolatry is practiced, the most important building in the city must be the temple, and the most important decoration must be the idol, and it can even be said that the idol has far exceeded the function of city decoration , And rose to the point where the people's spiritual support. In this city, the statue of the God of War is located in the most prosperous area, and we happened to come across it.
It was a colossal rock statue standing at the intersection of three city avenues. It was nearly ten meters high and lifelike. The whole statue had obviously been blessed by some kind of sacred ceremony. It was clearly just a stone, but it was covered with a layer of pale gold from top to bottom. The holy light, this layer of non-glare light diffuses evenly and softly to the entire small square, filling this place with a peaceful atmosphere, and the hustle and bustle of the public assembly only tens of meters away is also sacred here. The serene force field is perfectly isolated. The sculpture is located on a hexagonal base, and the image shown is a powerful warrior in full armor. This vigorous young warrior is wearing a solid and heavy armor. The armor is carved with mysterious and elegant patterns. Wearing a long cloak, the cloak flies up, showing a sense of lightness that cannot be expressed by stone carving materials. Even the wrinkles on the cloak of this sculpture are clear and detailed. It can be seen that the craftsmen who sculpted this artwork are working hard on this project. It is time to work with such a godly and dedicated attitude. The sculpted warrior holds a half-length shield in his left hand, blocking it by his side. Clutching a giant sword decorated with ornate wings in his right hand, he is slashing forward, so that the entire body of the sculpture is slightly leaning forward and about to pounce—this artwork shows a man in battle. image of warrior.
When I moved my gaze up and finally focused on the face of the sculpture, what I saw was a handsome face with perfect edges and corners like a handsome man in ancient Greece. Well, the handsome face was a bit tragic. Moreover, in order to show the bravery of the warrior, the sculptor deliberately showed the faint anger and the infinite bravery in the face of the enemy on this face, which basically maximized the remaining value of this face. I can say with confidence that with just this face, I can show it in public. I can hook up with a little girl who strengthens the company, and I would rather have nothing to do with the owner of this face...
I am quite familiar with this face, but what I see most often is its second version: it is neither heroic and powerful, nor is it angry when it comes to battle. On the contrary, as long as the owner of this face opens his eyes, Then 10% of the time every day is spent squatting at the gate or lying on the window sill, facing the sunshine outside with a pure and clean smile, and greeting the big girls and daughter-in-law passing by like a bastard... The next 10 to 20 percent of the time is busy with eating and has no time for him.
certainly. He was still like a dick when eating, he was the only adult in the family except Qianqian who could grab pudding with the little girls with a shy face, rain or shine for half a year.
I kept my body leaning out of the car window for several minutes, just staring dumbfounded at the sculpture of God of War depicted in cowhide on the square, repeating in my mouth: your uncle's 123...
I'm fucking on that guy's territory. Then what is the reason for my tossing with Sandora and all the fuss at home
"Eh... this is really... it's really a script that only happens once with Ah Jun." Sandora also saw what was outside, and after a while with me, she scratched her hair showing a bit distressed Smile, to be honest, I really care about what she said—why is it called a script that only happens when you are with me? Do I have my own cheating halo and the effect is +10 for every level up
"Come on, let's go home hopefully," I shrugged. I was about to activate the spiritual connection to report the "good" news to Lin Xue, but as soon as I entered the spiritual connection, I found that I couldn't get in touch—not at all, I could sense Lin Xue's response, but the information couldn't be transmitted at all. At this moment, I suddenly remembered that Lin Xue seemed to say that she was going to lie down in Tavel's "coffin" again, and use the old antenna to locate the Fifth Fleet. Now they may have started to adjust the equipment.
The old antenna needs to be matched when the system is started, matching with the system core (that is, Lin Xue), and matching with the irradiated target (that is, the Fifth Fleet). During this period, the signal strength will fluctuate greatly, and Lin Xue herself I can't tell the difference, probably because of this reason, the communication between me and her was temporarily disturbed. I glanced at Sandora and shrugged to explain the situation. In fact, there is an alternative now: Maybe I and Xiaoxue can also connect directly, after all, that girl inherited a half-celestial body from her mother, but just now I suddenly came up with another idea, this novel idea It was so itchy, so I immediately decided not to use the spiritual connection to report to my family for the time being.
"Excuse me, can you visit your temple now?"
I turned my head and rushed to the front seat to ask. Sitting in the front was Mr. Lei, the Priest of the God of War who is temporarily considered half of our guide. I guess he is probably the most important official of the church in this city besides the Pope—at worst, he is also a second. handle.
"Ah Jun? What do you want to do?" Sandora glanced at me inexplicably. It was probably hard for her to guess what my plan was. To use the character of the apostle of Xiling, of course, only simple and efficient things are good-Her Majesty the Queen does not understand what is evil.
"I'll try what the so-called God Realm Line is." I winked at Sandora and smiled, "Isn't there a temple for 123 here? Let's see if we can use that to talk to 123 directly, for sure. Quite fun."
Sandora blinked her beautiful big blue eyes, stared at me for a few seconds, and said nonchalantly, "Okay, I'll listen to you, it's just an experiment."
I mentioned before that I wanted to see the Temple of the God of War, but "Ray" told us at the time that the nearest temple was holding a ceremony, so it was temporarily closed, regardless of whether it was true or not—because they seemed to be observing the "alien" at that time The intention to come to the Azure Star. Maybe they are still a little bit afraid of the aliens, and it is also possible that they are really praying to the god of war, hoping to get instructions from the gods about the "outsiders" incident-but now I think that this ceremony should be completed no matter what. Sure enough, this time the other party didn't make any more excuses, and I don't know how he contacted the temple. Anyway, "Lei" covered his ears and seemed to confirm something with someone, then turned his head and said to me: "Exactly. The prayer of the temple The event is over, sorry for the delay. Let's go to the temple now."
The hover car ascended to a higher height—that is, entered the fast lane—then accelerated to the fastest speed, and rushed straight towards the center of the city. Looking down at this height, I saw several urban avenues stretching straight forward, finally converging around a tall and magnificent building. There should be the Temple of War God.
This kind of feeling is really subtle... It turned out to be 123's goddamn temple, which is more subtle than seeing Ding Dong's temple, because anyway, I have at least seen Ding Dong handling official business, and 123... When he is most diligent, he visits it every six months Report, I can't imagine how he managed to gain such a solid following in this world.
The levitating car soon stopped in front of the magnificent building in the center of the city. This is a Gothic cathedral that is completely different from the surrounding buildings. Apparently, Ilsen ordered his followers to build this building according to his own preferences. , this is also the characteristic of most temples in the multiverse—no matter what the architectural style of the local world is, the temple will be built according to the style of the star field or the personal style of the god under the guidance of "God Enlightenment", so in its corresponding In every world ruled by gods. The temples are all about the same length, which also leads to the fact that in the world managed by the star domain gods, the temples can often stand out from the crowd—a Gothic cathedral suddenly popping up in a circle of cylindrical alien houses will definitely stand out from the crowd, and we The crane in front of him was extraordinarily big.
For a group of devoted believers, building a unique house dedicated to a god isn't much of an effort. As far as the gods themselves are concerned, building the temple to specific specifications makes it easier to generate magical nodes everywhere, so this is a very efficient and sensible solution.
At the entrance of the temple, we saw the cowhide statue of 123 again. This time it was not in a fighting posture, but a post-war warrior with a sword and staring into the distance. Sandora and I watched at the door for half a minute, and finally couldn't bear the torment of conscience, and closed our eyes—we couldn't stand it anymore...
Under the leadership of Mr. Lei and Mr. Joe (by the way, every time these two names are mentioned, why do I feel that this is a story that happened within the third ring road of K City?), Sandora and I walked into the The cathedral, at the same time, temporarily blocked the group of "guards" who thought they were hiding well behind us: Of course, we followed the "staff" of the Blue Star authority, and they followed all the way, and it was really hard work of.
Like most religious gathering places, after entering the gate of the Temple of War, there are first a set of reliefs symbolizing the achievements of the gods on both sides - some temples will be a set of totem poles, and there are usually flower and vine walls on both sides of the main entrance of the Jingdong Temple, no matter what What is it, anyway, the first thing that greets you when you enter the gate is something similar, and further ahead is directly the hall for the assembly of believers, a wide rectangular field. The usual ceremonies will be held here, and the main hall is also a place for daily sermons and certain religious witnessing activities. There is no shelter between the assembly hall and the gate of the temple. There is a strict requirement here, that is, except for the only gate, nothing is allowed to block the statues in the main hall of the temple and the temples outside the temple. Among the people, you must push the door to get to the main hall. The symbolic meaning in the middle is probably obvious to everyone.
The main hall of the Temple of War is different from ordinary churches in that there are no rows of benches here, only simple cushions neatly arranged on the ground, so the hall looks extraordinarily empty, and gorgeous stained glass is arranged on both sides of the main hall, The golden light spilled into the hall through these stained glass, creating a sense of sacredness and warmth for no reason. At the end of the main hall is something like a pulpit, and behind the pulpit there is also a statue of the God of War, um, it's still that shameful look that people can't bear to see. It is said that believers always like to put the image of their own gods everywhere, because it can indeed bring them great strength—whether it is psychological or physical—but the more I look at the statue of 123, the more I can’t bear it. Witnessing, this subtle psychological deficit is difficult for outsiders to understand: there is a bastard next to you who has nothing to do but eat. In another world, he is portrayed as mighty as the savior. As an insider who knows this bastard deeply, this seems to be the rhythm of trying to squeeze out six-pack abs...
"This is where we pray to God of War and receive blessings, and this is our great God of War," Ray pointed to the statue of God of War behind the pulpit with his hands outstretched with a devout expression, "his power was in the period of ignorance. Saved humans all over the world. I don't know about Alien. Do you have similar beliefs... Oh, this may be a sensitive topic, but please forgive a believer's strong thirst for knowledge in this regard."
I'm coming. Sure enough, Mr. Lei finally couldn't hold back his sense of historical mission as a missionary, and was ready to open up his religious market among aliens—but how should I answer this fucking question in front of me
"Um... about the gods. We do know this concept in our world, and like you, we also take the gods as a matter of course, and our understanding of the gods is probably much deeper than yours, um, profound A lot. It's just that our attitude towards the gods is not faith... "
It's the attitude of feeding (Ding Dong) and stocking (Tiaozi Five) - I didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence, because I was afraid that the old man in front of me would not be able to get up on the spot, so I really went to look for Ilson.
At this moment, out of the corner of my eye, I suddenly saw a person walking out of the side door next to the pulpit. It was a person wearing a long white dress. A girl with long pale golden hair and a golden crown on her head walked to the pulpit without anyone else, and began to wipe the ceremonial objects on it.
Completely ignoring the stranger in front of him.
"Uh... this is?" I pointed to the girl curiously and asked, taking the opportunity to change the subject.
"She is the maid of the God of War. She is responsible for taking care of the spiritual image of the God of War in this world—that is, this church," Lei said with a loving smile on his face. "In the church, she is also called a saint. For those who talk, the work of the saint is sacred and strict. When acting as a saint, she is not allowed to talk directly with mortals, but can only talk with high-ranking priests and gods, so she will not talk to you say..."
Mr. Lei was halfway through speaking when a melodious bell sounded from nowhere in the church, and then the elegant blond saint looked up at us, and said in a crisp voice, "Ah, Grandpa, bring the guests here." Already? Oh hello, my name is Eva…”
Mr. Lei shrugged: "The saint gets off work at 5:30 p.m. every day, as stipulated by the God of War."
I:"… "
I'm not surprised at all, you know
And Mr. Lei is definitely not surprised: he has worked for such a god of war for most of his life.
Sandora and I kept calm smiles, looked up at the God of War statue on the podium, it was like leaving time for Mr. Lei to explain things, so the "Maid of God of War" who claimed to be Eva was pulled aside by the old man Whispered up. At this time, I also noticed that the girl had a kind of quiet temperament, even if she spoke suddenly, it didn't destroy this feeling - I was curious how she maintained this feeling under the influence of Ilson's unreasonable aura every day kind of elegant.
In any case, she does look worthy of the title of "Saint".
"So that's how it is." After a while, Eva came over with a smile on her face. "Friends from another world, welcome to the living room of God. I am glad that you have come with peace. So what do I have to say?" Can it work?"
Lei said next to him: "Actually, Eva is my granddaughter. She grew up in the church district and knows a lot about God of War. If you are interested in this church and the festival, she can answer most of the questions. question."
I nodded, pointed to the statue of 123 and said, "Hey, I just want to ask, if we want to talk to your gods, what should we do?"
Lei and Eva obviously never expected that the first question about gods from "The Visitors from Outer Space" would cut to the core in this way, so they were stunned for a moment, and then the old man said subtly: "My friend, it is not so easy to talk to gods. Although gods With everyone, but He won't have time to answer our words one by one. Usually, only certain people can talk to God directly."
"Like a saint, isn't it?" My eyes fell on Eva, and I organized my words, "Well, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to offend your beliefs, I just wanted to... um, I want to confirm that in this world , Is the process of communicating with God the same as our world, so I want to see the process of communicating with God. This should be possible, right?"
Sure enough, when Mr. Lei heard this reason, all the wrinkles on his face stretched out, and he showed a happy expression: "Oh, oh, so that's the case, of course it's okay, the gods are friendly, I think he won't Mind if we contact him about this."
However, Eva frowned slightly: "Just now, I have prayed once. It is a prayer about the appearance of alien warships in the sky above the planet and I hope to get instructions. I have contacted the gods so frequently..."
Lei patted Eva's shoulder affectionately: "It's okay, I have served the God of War for sixty years, and he won't blame you."
With the support of the old man, Eva let go of her worries. She showed us a sweet smile and began to quickly prepare the things needed for the prayer ceremony: a small golden sword with ornate decorations was placed on the altar, and she used holy Guang wrote mysterious words in the air in front of the altar, and held a metal leaf in his mouth, while a thick golden book was slung across Eva's shoulder with a thin iron chain, and when the mouth After the metal leaf slowly glowed white, she took off the leaf and spread out the large book in front of her eyes, slowly reciting the sacred agreement on it: "My Lord, your believers are here to ask for your response, we need God's guidance..."
After a while, a soft voice came from high in the sky: "Sorry, the god you called is temporarily unable to answer, please call again later, or read the voice message in Chapter 2, Verse 6 of the Bible aloud."
Eva turned her head and showed us a simple smile: "Sorry, God of War is off work." RS