The three largest institutions in the country are located in the city in a triangle shape.
They are the palace symbolizing imperial power, the temple symbolizing divine power, and the parliament symbolizing the rule of law.
Among them, imperial power is the symbol and has the smallest power.
The temple has the greatest power, but it has completely handed it over and does not care about any secular matters.
On the surface, the most powerful one is the Parliament, which is in charge of all affairs of the country. Almost all official institutions are under the jurisdiction of the Parliament.
Including the Law Enforcement Bureau and the police in the bureau, they all need to be appointed by the parliament.
But the inspection team, which is obviously the boss of the Law Enforcement Bureau, does not belong to the parliament, but to the temple.
With the three institutions of Emperor, God, and Dharma as the center, seven rays radiate outward. The entire city is divided into seven sectors, numbered one to seven.
Seven inspection teams are in charge of seven areas.
Liu Xiao's shop "Wan Yue Painting and Calligraphy" is located in the seventh group of jurisdictions, which happens to be the area closest to the temple.
As the car drove into the high-rise buildings, there were many more vehicles on the left and right. Tram tracks were crisscrossed and wires were crisscrossed.
Huiheng stopped the car in front of a two-story building.
There is a silver-white door plate nailed next to the door, with a few words written vertically:
The Seventh Inspection Team of Jinluo City, Samurai God Empire
Entering the entrance is a lobby. On the wall in front is a goose-yellow flag with ten cross stars, a crown, and an open book.
Under the flag, there is a long front desk with a ten-inch TV at one end. A slender figure is lying on the table watching TV.
There were quarrels coming from the next room.
Seeing the three people coming in, the slender woman covered her mouth and smiled: "The team leader said you will definitely be back before sunset."
Su Gu rolled his eyes at her, puffed out his cheeks and shouted angrily: "You all hid it from me and got together to deliberately make me angry!"
The slender woman was even more happy: "Then you have to control your emotions well. If you can control it, people will naturally not 'deliberately' make you angry."
"Sister Yuefei, what's going on inside?" Hui Heng asked, pointing to the door where the quarrel came from.
Yuefei waved her hand: "That's not all, the sixth group is here again."
At this point, he lowered his voice and said, "Du Hanqing was so angry that he almost said swear words."
"Really? Will he be angry too?"
While the two were talking, Liu Xiao was attracted by the pictures on the TV nearby.
A news program was playing on the black and white screen, introducing an organization's global flight.
There is a violent area within the planet's largest ocean, which has led to the failure of many circumnavigations in recent decades.
This time I chose to fly a plane around the world, and the route was carefully considered so that I could observe the violent sea conditions from a high altitude.
However, there was an accident during the flight and the plane crashed. Many days have passed since then.
The news concluded that experts believe that the violent area may be larger and more dangerous than imagined.
"This is called television."
Liu Xiao turned around and found that it was Su Gu who was explaining to him what the electrical appliance was called.
It seemed that her mood had stabilized.
Liu Xiao didn't explain, just nodded.
"follow me."
After bypassing the wall with the national flag and walking through the open-air courtyard, Liu Xiao was arranged to wait in a conference room on the back floor.
After a while, Su Gu returned, holding a notebook and other materials in his hands, as well as a tape recorder for playing tapes.
She opened her notebook and glanced at the contents and said: "I've been waiting for a long time. The seventh group has few people, so I'm still in charge. And the contents are confidential and must be approved before I can tell you."
Liu Xiao listened quietly.
Su Gu turned on the tape recorder on the side and continued after seeing that it was working normally: "Our subsequent conversation needs to be recorded. Do you agree?"
Looking at the rotating old-fashioned tape recorder, Liu Xiao nodded: "I agree."
Su Gu Zhanyan nodded, then immediately put away his smile and said seriously: "The content of our conversation below needs to be kept confidential and must not be disclosed to anyone. If you agree, please sign here.
"If I don't agree, I will terminate this conversation immediately."
Liu Xiao took the pen and paper and glanced at it. It was a confidentiality agreement, so he signed it without hesitation.
Only by agreeing can you learn more about the truth, why you traveled through time, and how to go back.
Although when "Crane Moon Calligraphy and Painting" was controlled, Su Gu did not directly ask the question "Have you really lost your memory?"
But it was obvious that those questions mixed with casual chatting had allowed her to grasp Liu Xiao's state.
Therefore, the conversation between the two did not keep Liu Xiao waiting for too long and quickly got to the point.
Su Gu said: "Everyone in the world knows that under the instructions of the Creator God, the ten saints helped mankind progress and develop and repel wild beasts. But they don't know that in addition to the ten saints in one body, the Creator God also left behind countless saints that are beyond the comprehension of mortals.
Something we call ‘divinity’.”
"Divinity." Liu Xiao repeated softly.
"Mortals can obtain divinity and have abilities beyond ordinary people, which we call 'paranormal abilities', and all events involving the extraordinary are called 'paranormal events'.
"Our inspection team is a department that specializes in handling extraordinary events. Everyone you see here is an extraordinary person."
"Including you?" Liu Xiao asked.
"You seem to look down on me a little?"
"No, no." Liu Xiao shook her head repeatedly.
Su Gu glared at him: "Not all extraordinary abilities belong to the combat type."
I see.
"The number of extraordinary people in this world is far more than you imagine. Some extraordinary people have gathered together for various reasons and formed organizations, while some are scattered among the people."
Liu Xiao was already somewhat mentally prepared, and was quickly digesting these contents at this moment.
"The reason why we pay special attention to your amnesia is because an extraordinary event happened to you two years ago."
Liu Xiao opened her eyes wide.
Is there finally an incident involving the original owner?
He asked Xiao Jin and Aunt Qin before, but they all said that they could not remember what the original owner had done. The only useful thing was that Aunt Qin said that Liu Xiao graduated from Jinluo Academy of Fine Arts.
"Two years ago, in 4604, when you were about to graduate, a man in white and a monster appeared in Jinluo Academy of Fine Arts.
"This incident had a great impact. In addition to all seven inspection teams being dispatched, reinforcements were also dispatched from above to bring the situation under control and erase the memories of all relevant personnel.
"As for you, it was me who erased your memory. I'm sorry."
Liu Xiao smiled and shook his head and said:
"You have already apologized. I will not blame you, and this is your job. If you know that someone will lose their memory because of this, I think the higher ups will continue to ask you to do this for the sake of social stability."
Su Gu had never thought of it like this before and said in surprise: "You have a very high level of consciousness!"
Liu Xiao shook his head: "I just want to know what happened at that time."
"I'm sorry." Su Gu refused, "All extraordinary events are kept in the form of files within the group. People outside the group are not allowed to view them, and I cannot spread them outside the group, otherwise I will be punished.
"But as long as you join our group, you are eligible to view it."
"Can I really join?"
Liu Xiao can guess that Su Gu's ability may be related to control, and Huiheng should be related to prophecy.
Huiheng once said that he could join, but he thought it would take a while, or that there would be a lot of procedures to go through, and it would be a lot of trouble.
Su Gu said:
"The team leader believes that you cannot erase your memory this time. After careful consideration, he decided to recruit you into the seventh group to obtain divinity.
"However, after acquiring divinity and becoming a member of the temple, your life will inevitably change a lot due to the restrictions of the temple.
"There may be many people who don't understand. There may be some special people who have not yet reached the extraordinary level. They may regard you as a monster and may be exposed to danger or even sacrifice their lives.
“So this is just a solicitation, and it’s up to you whether you agree or not.
"Whether you agree or not, we will not clear your memory anymore. All the chat contents just now require you to keep them confidential."
"I agree."
Liu Xiao had no intention of hesitating.
The matter of traveling through time itself is very "extraordinary", and embarking on this path must be the first step in finding a way to go back, so he has no reason to refuse.
"You can take some time to think about it, there's no need to agree so quickly."
Su Gu didn't expect that he would agree so quickly, so he reminded him.
After getting a firm answer, Su Gu showed respect: "Everyone who is willing to give should be respected. We will be colleagues from now on."
"It's my pleasure."
"Wait a moment, I need to ask the team leader for instructions. It will only take a moment."
"Okay, please."
Liu Xiao knew that he agreed too quickly, but he didn't know if there would be any problems, so he could only wait and see.
Soon Su Gu returned and turned the notebook to a previous page.
"Tomorrow is the Chinese Valentine's Day. There are so many people in the temple that it is not suitable to go. The team leader has decided to put the time for you to obtain divinity tonight.
Tonight, in order to prepare for tomorrow's activities, the temple will be cleared earlier than usual, and no ordinary people will be there by then.
"I wonder if you have any questions?"
Liu Xiao couldn't get what he wanted, so he said he was free.
"Xiaohui said you will definitely go out before sunset. Are you really okay?"
After hearing Liu Xiao explain his current predicament, Su Gu carefully wrote down: "I will report it, and I think the team leader will find a way to solve it.
"For example, I can help you apply for an advance of one month's salary."
I looked happy and said, "That will be a big help."
"Before you obtain divinity, there is some information that you need to understand. It is best not to understand the following points. This will help you better grasp divinity."
Liu Xiao nodded seriously.
"First, divinity only has quantitative differences and not qualitative differences."
Liu Xiao repeated it in a low voice, and after thinking for a moment, he expressed his understanding: "According to the name, divinity comes from the only god in the world, so there is no difference in the divinity that everyone obtains. It just depends on the individual's physique.
Not necessarily."
Su Gu smiled and clapped his hands:
"That's right. It's because individuals have different physiques, so the extraordinary abilities they awaken in the end are also different. What they will be cannot be predicted in advance.
"Including Xiaohui, because this involves the most essential change of divinity, and he cannot see it."
This can be regarded as confirmation that Huiheng indeed has the ability to predict something similar.
Su Gu continued:
"Second, everything has divinity. This is easy to understand, because everything in the world is created by gods. This also means that humans are not the only ones who can obtain divinity. All things may obtain divinity."
"Everything?"
Liu Xiao grasped the key point.
"Yes, because divinity is concentrated on a certain object, causing the object to exhibit special properties, such an object is an 'extraordinary object'.
"Including but not limited to items, animals and plants, and...human beings who have lost their minds and cannot communicate.
"If you encounter extraordinary items in the future, remember to hand them in."
Liu Xiao remembered the story collection she had read in her previous life, so she said:
"Control, contain, protect."
Su Gu opened his eyes wide, surprised and delighted: "The summary is very insightful!
"Finally, it takes a certain amount of time to awaken your extraordinary abilities after acquiring divinity. The better way is to go home and take a nap.
"Falling asleep can minimize external influences. You don't have to worry. This process is safe - as long as your process of obtaining divinity goes smoothly."
Then the two chatted for a while. Liu Xiao asked questions about the doubts and confusions in his mind to make sure there were no doubts. Su Gu also reminded him again and again of some important points.
Finally, Su Gu made a closing statement, then packed up his notebook and turned off the recorder.
The conference room door was pushed open, and a gray figure came in.
"Acquiring divinity can only be the responsibility of the team leader. This is our seventh team leader."
Following Su Gu's introduction, Liu Xiao turned to look over and bowed to salute.
"Team Leader Jiao Mu'an."
Jiao Ning is a stern old man, in his forties or fifties, with narrow and cold eyes, wearing a gray robe.
Without saying a word, he walked up to Liu Xiao, raised his strong hand, and handed over a piece of paper between his fingers.
After Liu Xiao took it, he said: "Take it and follow me."
Liu Xiao quickly stood up, nodded goodbye to Su Gu, and followed.
On the way, he lowered his head and looked at the note. There were words on it:
"Great and benevolent gods,
“The omniscient and omnipotent Creator God,
"The saints who are transformed into ten bodies,
“Your loyal believer Liu Xiao prays here,
"I hope you will show your kindness and lead me to the path of God..."
The key points end here, and then there is an introduction:
This prayer must not be modified in any way and must be recited proficiently. After the prayer, a self-monologue must be added to briefly state one's true intention to obtain divinity, and no falsehood or deception may be allowed.
This should be the way to obtain divinity. Unexpectedly, it was praying to gods. Liu Xiao thought there was some extraordinary method.
Perhaps this is the reason why most people in this world believe in God - they can get answers after praying.
At dusk, the sun has already dropped below the horizon, leaving only a white sky.
Although there were many cars on the road, it was not congested. It was smooth and it took more than half an hour to reach the destination.
A wide square surrounded by tall buildings.
There is a magnificent building in the middle of the square, completely different from other buildings in the city.
Ten giant curved pillars of the same length and thickness were seen, like hands, holding up a black hall with a metallic luster.
Directly in front are ten giant wooden boxes. Each box is like a staple, interlaced with each other to outline a dark corridor without lights.
After the corridor is the large open door of the temple.
The door is wide open and the lights in the hall are bright.
Under the setting sun, there was silence, and the sacred breath came to my face.