I think,

If it weren't for the prophecy that the gods would awaken, and the Temple of Order suffered a violent shock and attack later, our religion would fall into extremely unfavorable rumors and storms, threatening the foundation of our religion's hegemony. I believe those above would not be willing to use this

One move."

"..." Karen.

So, is all this a chain reaction caused by grandpa’s explosion?

No wonder Grandpa is sleeping, but the Cult of Order is still so afraid. After all, Grandpa can sit up from the bed and explode again. No, if you count the one that Grandpa took the initiative to give to the Temple of Order, he can explode twice more.

Neo twisted his neck, made a slight crunching sound, and said:

"But after this time, the hegemony of order will continue to be consolidated, unless..."

Neo paused,

"The gods truly awaken."

"Captain, do you want the gods to wake up?"

“Whether God will wake up or not is not something we can predict, nor is it something we can intervene in. Many people will hope that God will wake up, because they hope that God can lead them forward.

But in this era, the gods are not allowed to appear, and our religion, in the name of order, prevents the church from overly intervening in the secular world. This makes the world today show something that has not been seen in other eras in the records.

.

Sometimes I also wonder, would it be better if there was no God in this world and there had never been a God?"

"Captain, can't you hide it in front of me?"

"Haha... This is because I trust you, and I know that you will not betray my trust in you."

"That's not fair."

"Fair enough, come on, I'll buy you a drink."

Only then did Karen realize that the VIP car had already driven in front of a hotel.

"Put on your mask and get out of the car."

Karen summoned a silver mask and followed Neo out of the car, but Neo did not go to the hotel door, but walked into the corner, where there was a group of gang members looking at him.

But Neo ignored them, walked past them, hit the wall in front of him, and then disappeared.

Hmm...

Karen also walked forward, bumped into the wall, and then found himself in a very spacious bar, which was very lively and full of people.

"What, you've never been to the black market?" Neo asked.

“First time here.”

"Then there must be someone trustworthy around you."

"Yes."

"This is a bar, there is a dance floor, this floor is a place for entertainment and indulgence, the floor below is a real black market area, like a shopping mall, but here you need to abide by the rules, do not use violence or use force, well, it can still

Carry out entrusted transactions.

In short, there are gang-like rules in the black market. Its purpose is to serve every customer well and provide the best trading environment, so that it can extract profits from it.

There is a PTA bank on the upper floor here, where you can exchange coupons and do some financial operations."

"Financial operations?"

"Futures are usually magic materials. In addition, you can even speculate in stocks there?"

"Specializing in stocks?"

"Yes, like the currencies of secular countries, you can snipe them."

"That's okay too..."

"The value of point coupons is much more reliable than Rael. As the saying goes, money is not omnipotent only when it is put together with points coupons."

"It's really... surprising to me."

"Just get used to it." Neo led Karen to the bar, "What would you like to drink?"

"Captain, please give me some."

"No need to be embarrassed." Neo said to the waiter, "Two glasses of Dier's blood wine, one heavy and one light." Neo took out a one hundred order coupon and handed it over.

Karen noticed that the waiter did not give change.

Therefore, a monthly allowance for a servant of God is only enough to drink two drinks.

No wonder Dincom and Peake only drink soda.

Two glasses of blood wine were brought up. One was very dark, so Neo picked it up. The other was much lighter in color, so Karen picked it up.

After taking a sip, there was neither the expected fishy smell of blood nor the spicy taste of wine. On the contrary, it was very fresh and warm. After taking a sip, I obviously felt a little dizzy. It was just the right kind of tipsiness, so that you don’t feel uncomfortable.

, but I still enjoy it.

"Does it taste good?" Neo asked.

"Yeah, it tastes good."

"Then remember its name and order this for your captain next time you come to a place like this."

"Oh well."

"Take you for a walk, to the black market below?"

Karen shook his head and said, "I don't have anything to buy for the time being."

At home, the cats and dogs are responsible for making shopping lists; the one responsible for purchasing from the black market is Alfred.

Except for the ingredients Karen was interested in buying with coupons, he didn't have to worry about the other traditional ingredients. He only had to be responsible for earning coupons and then leaving the coupons with Alfred for safekeeping.

"Then go sit in the bank upstairs. I usually like to order drinks here and then go sit upstairs. It's quiet up there."

"Okay, Captain."

Karen agreed to the proposal, and at the same time he felt that the captain seemed to want to go up.

"Oh, I almost forgot, there are some other services here, such as a snack shop. Church priests often provide services here, both men and women, but they use coupons to trade.

If you don’t like humans, there are also some strange species here, such as monsters.”

"I'm not interested."

"Well, okay, I heard Fanny and Biju complain that you wouldn't be tempted even if they took off their clothes and lied in front of you."

"Did they even tell you this?"

"No, I guessed it. It seems I guessed it right. Next time we meet, I will mock them to see if they still dare to be confident in their figures."

"..." Karen.

Karen followed the captain to the second floor. There were guards at every key position here, and many guests wore cloaks to cover their faces. Karen and the captain wore masks.

The bank upstairs has a large space and a lot of people, but it seems very quiet here.

Neo chose a chair in the corner and sat down. Karen took a public bank magazine from the shelf and sat down next to the captain.

On the big screen in front, the latest financial news constantly appeared, and the atmosphere was very similar to that of a securities exchange in the secular world.

If Uncle Mason knew that such a place existed, would he regret not taking over the funeral club?

Karen opened the magazine, and in the coupon page, the space gem coupons issued by the Palmires Cult were very conspicuous, and were marked with "huge fluctuations in recent times."

If you touch it with your hand, it will slide out a hidden picture like "Order Weekly". This is a wave line.

For a long period of time, the exchange ratio between Space Gem Vouchers and Order Vouchers has been very stable. Recently, there was an underline for the first time. The time should be when criticism of the Palmires Cult began to appear in the "Order Weekly";

After a long period of steady decline, there was a slight rebound a few days ago. It was when the Son of God of the Pamireth Cult came to the Cult of Kosmos for negotiations;

Although the rebound was not large, almost halved compared to the initial period, it at least stopped the decline. It can also be seen from this that the church's financial circle is not very optimistic about the development prospects of the Palmyres Religion after being merged with the Cult of Kosmos.

It's promising, it's much worse than when it was independent.

"Aren't you curious why various churches agree to the existence of this kind of black market and black market banks?" Neo asked Karen while holding a wine glass.

Karen thought for a moment and replied:

"I think the orthodox churches are definitely happy to see this. The more people use their coupons and the wider the circulation area, the greater their profits will be.

Except for the Orthodox Church, most of the churches below have actually been exploited by this model, but they dare not crack down on the existence of such black market banks.

First, the Orthodox Church acquiesced to its existence. After all, the Orthodox Church’s fist was too strong and they could not compete with it.

Secondly, the harm caused by withdrawal will be greater. Unless you are able to achieve all-round self-sufficiency, your own development will be restricted.

But the problem is that if it develops to all-round self-sufficiency... the strength of this church may be able to rank among the orthodox churches, but it will like this model.

Those who are good at forging space appliances, such as the Palmyres Church, can actually make relatively large profits in this mode. As for those churches that do not have special projects, they can only rely on the collection and sale of raw materials to play this game.

The existence of this type of black market bank is essentially the Orthodox Church asking the churches below to work for it."

Neo looked at Karen curiously: "Have you studied economics?"
To be continued...