Chapter 040 God Does Not Always Love Gold, But People Do
Just as Shadow 002 was running around with the leader of the task force in [Follow Mode], constantly eavesdropping on information, Shadow 001, who had been lurking next to the leader of the Flame Society, Flomingo, suddenly contacted Alvin urgently and passed back a message.
Vice real-time picture.
Beneath the weird 360-degree perspective, Brother Floming, covered in blood, was lying in a cardboard box in the utility storage room in an extremely embarrassed state.
While covering the hideous wounds on his body, he kept praying in a low voice.
"Great Lord, please save me, save your devout and humble believers! I swear to serve you all my life! Including my soul!"
The only reason why a gangster like him can choose to ask for help from ghosts and gods who don't know whether they will appear is because Brother Floming has been forced into a desperate situation.
And the enemies that even Flomingo can't deal with are those mutant monsters.
The strange fog obviously did not only appear in Lane City. Although Santu City was a little later, there were also large-scale coma incidents.
Brother Floming was lucky, at least he didn't die in a coma.
When he woke up from his sudden coma, he found that the nearby red street, filled with bars, underground casinos and other gray and black industries, had completely turned into a sea of monsters.
Although there are not many people here during the day, the distortion ratio is much higher than other places, almost reaching 20%!
With such a terrifying ratio, the number of monsters on this street may be more than in the large commercial center area in Aiwen!
Under the attack of these monsters, Flomingo, who was "heavily surrounded", was in danger.
Even the two personal guards who had been trained for many years and were loyal and even took them with them when playing with women, both died at the hands of monsters.
It can be said that he really had no other choice, otherwise he would not have prayed to someone who did not know whether he was reliable or not.
However, Ivan obviously didn't want the guy he chose to die in vain.
Flomingo's hands are stained with blood and he has sinned so much that he must be killed sooner or later, but... not today.
Now this gang boss is still useful, so he must live.
For this reason, Ivan pondered for a moment and used the teleportation staff to throw No. 1 over.
As the splendid magic light array lit up on Shadow 001, which was invisible in mid-air, Flomingo was startled at first, and then looked at the light in the void with a look of ecstasy.
——Surviving a desperate situation, Ye actually responded to him!
Faced with a real miracle, he struggled to his feet without saying a word, then knelt down on the ground and recited loudly the prayers of sacrifice to Jesus that he had read from ancient documents in the past two days, but he did not know whether they were true or false.
Although these prayers are actually useless, they do give the scene of No. 1 walking out of the void a kind of religious sanctity and solemnity.
Skeleton Warrior No. 1 "looked" at the fragile human kneeling on the ground, ignored him, reached out and pulled down the closed iron door, and strode outside.
"Uh...Master God Envoy? Master?!"
Flomingo was ignored and a little confused.
But soon, he gritted his teeth and struggled to get up, covering his bleeding wound and followed No. 1's footsteps.
No matter what, let’s hold each other’s thighs first!
Hanging far behind No. 1, Flomingo quickly witnessed the terror of this tall skeletal warrior.
Any monster is as fragile as a chicken waiting to be slaughtered in front of it.
Even the kind of mantis monster that couldn't even be killed with a pistol and was covered in pitch black would still end up being killed in front of a skeleton.
Powerful and invincible!
Flomingo even suspected that even if he brought in a fully armed field battalion, he might not be able to fight this terrifying existence to death!
"This is just the lowest skeleton soldier in mythology... Are those legendary gods and demons so powerful?"
But what surprised the underworld boss was that after quickly clearing away the monsters in the building, the skeleton warrior suddenly stopped and turned around to walk towards the second floor of the bar.
"Could it be..."
Brother Floming obviously realized something, and his heart suddenly moved, and he hurriedly followed the skeleton warrior.
Severe blood loss caused his vision to go dark several times while climbing the stairs, and he almost fell. However, with the fierceness in his heart, he finally climbed to the second floor of the bar.
In an office with one-way glass opposite the staircase, he saw the figure in black robes.
"Great Lord, your humble servants offer you endless respect!"
Brother Froming knelt down on the ground without saying a word and worshiped devoutly.
There was no way he could do it. Although he originally feared those ghosts and gods, he couldn't be said to be that scared.
This should be a common situation among most modern people. After all, the atheist education they received since childhood makes them more willing to believe that science is invincible and thermal weapons can destroy the world.
With a Gatling in hand, you can block the killing gods and suppress countless monsters and monsters.
Although the legendary ghosts and gods actually appeared in front of him, which broke Flomingo's original three views, this short and magical experience still felt unreal.
Not to mention the belief in ancient mythical and legendary figures, even the initial awe is difficult to maintain for a long time.
However, after personally experiencing this apparently mysterious disaster and feeling the pain all over his body, Flomingo finally came to a complete realization.
Your uncle will always be your uncle. These big guys in the world and on earth really can’t accept it!
And at this moment, he really wanted to believe in "Ye", the god of hell.
After all, he is a righteous god and has some friendship with his family.
Especially when this person who is the legendary symbol of disaster appears, the situation outside immediately becomes like this. Who would believe me if I say I haven’t contacted him!
In this case, why not quickly ask the other party to take shelter?!
Regarding his thoughts, Ivan, who remotely controlled Held, could easily guess, but this also happened to fit in with some of his thoughts.
"Judging from the current situation, the possibility of local extraordinary existence in this world is getting smaller and smaller. Although it still cannot be completely ruled out, but after a little trial, it should be no problem...
That mysterious man who talks incoherently is always a hidden danger, so why not try forming a force tied to religious beliefs, for example, the name The Spiritual Church would be a good idea."
Thinking of this, Ivan turned his attention to Brother Floming, who was still kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
He is capable, has a dark heart, and has original capital and connections. He will not feel distressed at all when he quits his job in the future. It is simply perfect!
It’s you, the first Archbishop of my Theosophical Church!
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It took a few incidents to resolve the crisis on Flomingo's side, and Alvin seemed to be completely free.
They stay in the limited space of the isolation room every day, either eating or sleeping, and then undergo daily routine examinations.
But secretly, he did a lot of work.
First of all, 002 has been squatting in the special team's residence in the city hall, silently eavesdropping on all kinds of intelligence.
The largest number of them is naturally the news about local changes in Rhine City.
As the invisible fog dissipated and people woke up, doctors, police and ambulance teams from other agencies were finally able to enter these occupied areas on a large scale to carry out treatment and large-scale isolation of people.
But before the rescuers could really get in, the already developed monsters rushed out crazily, causing a bloody storm, and the rescuers suffered heavy losses in an instant!
There is no way, the newly mutated monsters are certainly vulnerable to modern firearms, but now, except for a few unlucky ones who mutated in an uninhabited enclosed space, almost all of them have evolved several times.
The dark carapace covering their bodies gives them a certain degree of resistance to ordinary firearms, and their speed and agility are far beyond those of normal humans.
Especially in special environments with mixed crowds, the monsters are so at home that the police and special police who originally maintained order are unable to effectively resist.
Faced with this extremely unfavorable situation and the rapidly increasing number of casualties, the task force directly jointly signed a letter with the city government to the Presidential Palace, requesting military support.
The application was approved very quickly, and then the army came in and used heavy firepower to conduct a large-scale bombing, which finally completely eliminated these mutant monsters that were obviously becoming more powerful.
Although the crisis has been temporarily resolved, the trouble caused by this mutation disaster has just begun.
According to the top-secret documents issued by the Presidential Palace to the task force, the scope of the impact of this large-scale mutation far exceeded Ivan's initial expectations.
It not only appears in the United Inuit United States or the Nole Continent, but covers almost all countries and regions in the entire world!
The whole world has fallen into violent turmoil as a result.
Social order in various countries was temporarily suspended, financial markets were in chaos, cross-border transactions were in chaos, and there were countless losses of people and property.
The most important thing is that the weird mutation event can no longer be suppressed and is completely exposed to the public around the world!
Public opinion was suddenly in an uproar.
Countless people took to the streets to demonstrate and demand that the government disclose the "hidden" truth.
Some people also believe that this is a disaster caused by the leakage of biological and chemical weapons developed by certain countries. They constantly call on the people to unite as one and fight to the end against certain evil countries!
In a word, chaos.
Three words, super confusing!
And in such a chaotic situation, the newly born Spiritual Church has undoubtedly ushered in a good opportunity for development.
Although Ivan did not really give Flomingo, the new head of the church, any extraordinary power to avoid attracting the attention of some high-level officials, he did give him an "artifact".
This artifact was personally operated by the necromancer Held, assisted by 001 with a high-temperature flame spray gun, and made of a mixture of alien gold coins and other unknown metal coins. It looks like a ring engraved with mysterious runes.
The main function of this artifact is... decoration.
That's right, the so-called artifact named "Ring of the Abyss" does not contain even a trace of mysterious effect.
But when Flomingo wears this thing, No. 001 will try his best to match his "spell".
In this way, a new Archbishop of the Spiritual Church can perform some bluffing tactics such as "shooting objects from the sky", "cold aura", "curse of weakness", "killing people out of thin air".
That's enough.
Due to historical and cultural reasons, the United Inuit is a country with a relatively strong religious atmosphere. There are various legal and illegal small sects everywhere, and there are many secret cults.
Therefore, such a level of means is enough to deter others in the early stage.
Moreover, Flomingo's own abilities are obviously more important to the founding of the church than "artifacts" that cannot be used in conventional ways.
The former gang boss drew on a lot of experience in the development of cults, and then used his own channels of power, starting with the belief in local gods in the Psychic Church, and adding a little bit of beauty and curiosity methods and mysterious power, and successfully persuaded
Two relatively well-known wealthy people in this city joined the association.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when the upper echelons were overwhelmed by the disaster and had no time to take care of it, with the support of the connections behind the two rich men, the Scholomance Church was finally officially established and soon attracted a group of low-level believers.
Most of these believers are gangsters who hang out at the bottom of the Red Street. They are first-class streetwalkers and their population composition is very mixed.
There are some broken settlements due to historical reasons, and there are also foreign stowaways, etc.
These people live on the edge of hunger and poverty almost every day, like ants struggling to survive in the shadow of no one in this prosperous country.
Ignorance is almost the inherent label of these people, but it is precisely because of this that religious beliefs are often the easiest to take root in the hearts of these people and become the soil for the growth of the church.
It is estimated that in the future, the Spiritual Church will regard these people as important sources of ordinary believers.
In addition to the believers brought in through these two methods, the current main members of the Scheduling Church are all from the Flame Society.
At the same time that the Scheduling Church was established, the Flame Society was immediately announced to be permanently disbanded by Flomingo. Subsequently, all the main members of the gang were baptized on the spot and became followers of Jesus.
Not only did he bring out people, Brother Floming brought almost all his old friends into the church. Even the Flame Red Lips Bar, which was originally one of the important bases of the Flame Society, was transformed into a church because of the "divine presence".
The church.
Those hot dancers in the bar didn't waste their time, they directly changed jobs and became church nuns on the spot.
As a result, the number of official members of the Schingling Church, a new sect that was born less than a week ago, instantly exceeded 700. It is definitely considered a medium-sized church in Santu City!
Even the Spiritual Church has formal religious procedures certified by the government.
After all, it is not a shameful thing to believe in the True God of Hell and Abyss.
It is nothing more than a new branch of the mainstream belief in the gods of heaven and earth in the Nole continent.
It absolutely has nothing to do with the fifty gold bars that the person in charge of the Religious Management Department of Santu City put into the secret safe recently!