This is a deserted town. Standing outside the town, you can see that the whole town looks like the apocalypse is coming, with dilapidated ruins and rusted locomotives everywhere.
The dilapidated building is covered with green plants, and from time to time there are rotting wolves howling in the wilderness.
Haze and ghosts have become the theme of this town, which looks like a doomsday town.
When it appears in a prosperous human world, it appears so disharmonious, unreasonable, and incomprehensible.
This is Qingsong Town.
At this time, Qingsong Town has been sealed off, and there is no one around. Only a warning sign has been erected to warn people coming and going that the place is closed and no one is allowed to enter or leave.
Standing outside the town and looking in, the town is like being held in an opaque bowl. Everything inside is blurry and indistinct. Although you can't see it clearly, you can feel the howling wind and gloomy clouds inside.
.
This bowl is actually a barrier to prevent the spread of the law of alienation.
There are also a few lines written under the warning sign next to the barrier.
"The place where the laws are alienated."
"Alienated creature level 9: Sequence 9 can enter, and higher than this sequence will deny entry."
"The alienation index is 25, and the maximum number of people allowed to enter is 20."
"Known alienation trait: Cruelty."
"Cruelty: As the erosion of the law increases, the party affected will become cruel and murderous."
A new sign was erected next to this warning sign.
"Attention: A mutation has occurred in this area, the level of the alienation law has increased, and the alienation characteristics have changed."
"The current alienation index is 50, and the maximum number of people allowed to enter is 20."
"Known alienation characteristic: Dark Night of the Soul."
"Dark Night of the Soul: As the erosion of the law increases, the resistance to spiritual and mental attacks will continue to be weakened."
"Current status: Access prohibited."
Looking at the notice on the warning sign, Jiang Changye murmured: "It's actually affecting the mind."
The consequences of law erosion are not necessarily as simple as becoming a 100% alienated creature.
Some alienation laws are relatively peaceful. Even if they are eroded, as long as they don't turn into alienated creatures, there won't be a big problem. For example, this is the case with the World of Disaster. Its alienation characteristics are just a fair duel, and the erosion is not strong. You can stay in it for two months.
No problem.
But here it's the opposite.
The alienated creature's level is not high, only Sequence 9, but its corrosive properties are off the charts, with an alienation index of 50, which means it can reach 50% corrosiveness in one day and be fully transformed in two days.
The consequences of this are more serious.
For this reason, this place is classified as a restricted area and entry is simply not allowed.
But this is obviously ineffective for retroactive awareness.
Jiang Changye directly launched the backtracking, and his whole body was like a wood and stone sculpture. Fortunately, there were no people in this area, and no one cared about it.
Because the incident happened before Jiang Changye's return, Jiang Changye was in the World of Disaster at that time, and it was impossible for him to return consciously. He couldn't see the beginning, so he could only interrupt his entry.
There was a gray mist in front of me, and countless undead souls were walking around in the gray mist.
More familiar images flashed across Jiang Changye's field of vision.
"Grey fog...the nurse with the deformed face...it is indeed Silent Hill." Jiang Changye murmured.
He continued to move forward, and in the center of the town was a church, filled with large amounts of gray fog.
Jiang Changye knew that that should be the key point and walked towards the church.
Arriving at the church, Jiang Changye saw a group of men in black praying. In the center was a cross with a small skeleton on it.
But other than that, Jiang Changye couldn't see anything.
Those believers in black didn't speak, they just prayed silently. There was no communication, and therefore no information.
This left Jiang Changye speechless.
He knew that this was a key node, but the key point was not only space, but also time.
When can you communicate and say something?
Just as he was thinking about it, Jiang Changye suddenly felt something was wrong.
This is...not good!
brush!
The next moment Jiang Changye's consciousness returned, Jiang Changye hurriedly went to the nearby Law House to conduct an erosion test.
Twenty-five percent erosion?
how so?
Didn't it say it would take two days?
I only went back two hours, how come the erosion rate is only 25%?!
The tenacity of consciousness is ineffective against law erosion. Jiang Changye can understand that the problem is that he is a conscious body!
Why is it also affected? Could it be that...
Dark night of the soul!
Hold!
Looking at the gray area, Jiang Changye understood something.
"It should be like this. There are actually two types of law erosion, and the erosion of gray fog is more serious. In addition, it may be because of the dark night characteristics of the soul. Not only can my consciousness be affected, but the impact is increased, but this has to be done in person.
Only then can it be confirmed...that the traceback can also be affected...how could this happen?"
Jiang Changye discovered for the first time that backtracking did not mean being a bystander in the true sense, but could still be affected by reality. This completely broke his old understanding of time backtracking.
At this moment, after taking a long breath to calm his thoughts, Jiang Changye turned around and left.
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afternoon.
After purification, Jiang Changye had sorted out his thoughts and went directly to the Cathedral of the Reversed Wheel.
The Cathedral of the Reversed Wheel is located in the northern suburbs of Maple Leaf City. It is a spire building with a majestic architectural pattern. There is a huge black and white hourglass mark on the central church building, and below there are countless parishioners worshiping and praying.
Entering the church, Jiang Changye showed his qualification certificate and said: "The new warrior of the reverse cycle, please request to join the church."
From Wei Lixiao's perspective, he extremely hates the church.
But Jiang Changye didn't dislike the church.
Not only because of the difference in education, but also because there are obvious differences between the church here and the church on earth.
The Sixteenth Sequence Church is a truly powerful church. It not only has rights, but also gives strength - the church itself has many additional benefits.
If you want to become a powerful serial warrior, it is unrealistic not to join the church.
A young priest had led him into the small building on the left side of the church.
After walking through the long and narrow corridor, he came to a room and the priest quickly registered him.
After completing the formalities, Jiang Changye officially became an ordinary believer of the Counter-Lun Church.
He said to the priest: "By the way, I earned some merit some time ago and want to make some contributions to the church."
Hearing this, Li Hui smiled and said: "The church thanks you for your piety. How much do you plan to donate?"
The Lord does not need money, so the recipient of the donation cannot say thank you to the Lord, but can only thank the church.
"How about ten thousand meritorious deeds?"
"What did you say?" Li Hui was confused for a moment.
The main income of Sequence Church comes from three aspects.
The first is the sequential tax revenue, which is mainly from the trial world. Sixty-five percent of the tax revenue and 15% is given to the corresponding church.
The second is the property in the name of the church.
The third is the donations from believers.
However, unlike the pure faith on earth, in the order dimension, the relative prevalence of "miracles" does not enhance the majesty of "god", but instead reduces the "god"'s stature, leading to the existence of religious people and "the god in their minds"
Lots of tradability.
In particular, the Sequence Church has the function of granting power, making this kind of transaction more natural and common.
Donation is, in a sense, another "VIP" qualification.
Only by making enough contributions can you improve your status in the church and obtain various special services, such as various baptisms that can enhance your own attributes and perceptions.
This is a way for many wealthy people to simply use money to solve problems when they are unable to obtain special rewards in the trial world.
To put it bluntly, it means spending money to buy qualifications.
According to the donation levels of major churches, 10,000 meritorious deeds represent 10,000 donations, and 10,000 donations are considered VIPs at level 9 of the sequence, which is the highest level of treatment.
Of course, 10,000 donation does not require meritorious purchase. The church sometimes has some special tasks, and you can also get donation points by completing church tasks. This includes going to the church to pray for an hour every day, and you can get a little donation.
Jiang Changye said that since I have money but no time, it would be better to spend the money directly.
Li Hui didn't expect that Jiang Changye would get 10,000 meritorious service just after joining, and he was a little confused: "Are you kidding?"
Jiang Changye shook his head gently: "No kidding, I'll give it now."
"Wait a moment, I'll take care of it right now."
Li Hui's movements were very agile.
There are not many reverse-wheel warriors in the Pure Land, and it is even rarer to achieve 10,000 meritorious deeds right after joining the religion.
The formalities were quickly completed, and Jiang Changye directly transferred 10,000 meritorious contributions. At the same time, the newly obtained certificate of the Reversed Wheel Cultivator also had a black and white hourglass mark, which represented a basic hourglass, that is, 10,000 contributions.
Next to Jiang Changye's name on the certificate is the word "devout believer" in black font.
Sure enough, giving money is called piety!
After finishing this matter, Li Hui said: "By the way, sir, do you have any needs?"
Jiang Changye was directly promoted to sir.
Jiang Changye said: "I want to be baptized by the law."
When you spend money, you need to be treated.
Li Hui was not surprised and nodded: "This is no problem, but I want to remind you that Law Baptism only improves the speed of perception. How much effect it can have still depends on the individual. In addition, the Reversed Wheel Church can only improve the Law of Imbalance, each time it is used
Five thousand meritorious deeds, half an hour each time."
This is the difference from the Daqian system.
For the same five thousand meritorious deeds, the Law Crystal is bound to be successful, but the Law Baptism is not guaranteed to be successful.
However, exchanging a Law Crystal requires an Inferior Living Being Medal, but the church's baptism qualification is always valid and does not require repeated donations. In addition, the essence of church baptism is to increase the speed of perception, so there is no limit on the number of uses like the Law Crystal.
, for example, sequence 9 can only use cubic crystals.
As for law baptism, as long as you have money, you can do it at any time.
Jiang Changye nodded: "I have no problem. Oh, by the way, I still have some things on hand that I want to sell, but I need to keep the transaction confidential."
Li Hui smiled and said: "Of course."
Jiang Changye still had a lot of ointment left, and he originally planned to slowly use it in the trial world, so that he would die without proof.
But what happened to his sister forced him to find a way to quickly digest these gains and turn them into his own strength.
Fortunately, although the status of the Reversed Wheel Church is inferior to that of Eternity and Judgment, it is still a behemoth that cannot be shaken by a small divisional director.
Ten minutes later, Jiang Changye completed the transaction, keeping some of the ointment and selling the rest. After removing the donation, Jiang Changye still had thirty-two thousand meritorious deeds in his hand.
It's time to spend.
Jiang Changye said: "Let me baptize you four times first."