Chapter 213 - 213 194 Redemption and Adding Money

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213: Chapter 194: Redemption and Adding Money 213: Chapter 194: Redemption and Adding Money Since ancient times, the sudden transformation of day into night during an eclipse has always been seen as a significant omen. Whether it brings joy or disaster, the ancients would always annotate it based on their past, present, and future experiences. And without a doubt, the partial eclipse in ancient city that occurred solely in 1998 was a harbinger of catastrophe. “666 despairing fallen, how long more…” In a sense, from the very beginning, the Special Service Team’s search for the “concealed ritual performer” was mistaken. He, despite being a healer and lurking in the hospital, was not a doctor! This was not a mistake made by the experts of the Special Service Team, it was due to their insufficient understanding of Chris and the Mother Goddess Cult. The requirement for the reenactment ceremony was to retrace Chris’s journey, taking a second pass at the prelude of her ascent to divinity. This is why everyone assumed he was working as a doctor in a hospital. While this is true, it’s not the whole truth… slight inaccuracies in intelligence can be greatly amplified in subsequent judgments. Now, the Special Service Team concluded that he, having his collection of “sacrifices” disrupted, could not possibly meet the requirements of the ritual. This was a grave mistake. He was collecting “sacrifices” within the hospital, but it didn’t mean that he had to collect these sacrifices exclusively from the hospital… “Considering the current situation in the ancient city, 666 despairing fallen… 666 who lose hope in seeking salvation (die), could soon be gathered!” The fallen were later identified from Chris’s doctor notes, but only followers of the Mother Goddess Cult could truly understand the term. The full meaning is “those poor souls who, in desperate straits, have gained hope for salvation but ultimately died in despair.” Firstly, they have to endure fatal despair, then, they need to conceive the possibility of salvation and rescue. But in the end, they still die amidst despair. This is a part of the Mother Goddess and it is derived from the concept that “all living creatures suffer, only through returning to the Mother Goddess can they find true salvation and peace”. The existence of these “once hopeful, yet beyond saving” individuals is the most desired sacrifice for the Mother Goddess Cult. To obtain the perfect sacrifice, Chris, under the pseudonym Liu Yiyi, seriously fulfilled her duties as a doctor, giving her patients hope, then watching them die in despair. Even with her abilities, it took her more than three years to meet the requirement… she collected the perfect sacrifice. “The world is cruel and merciless, human ability is limited, no matter how hard we fight, the final outcome does not change, despair comes sooner or later.” She practiced her belief whole-heartedly; the greater the hope imposed during the rescue, the heavier the despair when the hope is dashed, thereby, increasing the value of the sacrifice. Lu Ping’an was considered “an unusable sacrifice,” for he could not sink into despair. “Liu Yiyi” deemed him “broken” and decided to abandon him. “Are you okay? Don’t worry, we’re here, we will dig you out from under the rubble….” Long Qianlan, who had blended with the rescue team, meticulously saved the victims buried beneath the wreckage. But human capabilities have limits, and so does the rescue effort. In the end, while some individuals were rescued, others died waiting for salvation amidst despair. “489…” Silently finalizing a new tally, he went on to the next disaster site. With such a large-scale pollution outbreak in the ancient city, the largest in a century, there could never be enough rescue teams. But if anyone were to painstakingly count, they would find that the number of rescuers far exceeded the numbers officially registered. And among these extra teams, one face was repeatedly seen. “Don’t worry, we’re here…” ————- ———- Fang Wen arrived suddenly and left just as abruptly. After achieving a preliminary agreement to the deal, she left without hesitating. The terms of the deal were quite simple: she would use her own “child” as bait to lure the “hunter” into a trap. What Lu Ping’an had to do was use his connections in the Special Service Team to help set up the trap and kill the creature. It has to be said that, the members of the Mother Goddess Cult all played by the same tactics… “Since I don’t have much manpower here, let’s borrow the strength of the officials to hit a fellow cult member.” It’s simple and practical, but it also has uncontrollable elements and feedback that was difficult to obtain. These problems could be fixed by Lu Ping’an, who had the background of the Special Service Team. Therefore, Fang Wen, having had previous cooperation experience, naturally turned to Lu Ping’an as an “internal source”. “Alright, but since you have additional requirements, you must pay extra, I need a complete set of initiation ceremonies and materials for a Contractor.” A Contractor, is a promotion for a scholar, tool men are the most famous in the inner world, yet it’s the component Lu Ping’an needed the most… Also considering a certain fugitive, he doesn’t think it’s a useless upgrade. The conditions to become a Contractor are low because a tool man is simply lowly itself, Lu Ping’an had long met the requirements but the cost for the initiation is high, very high, and Ping’an was very poor. “…As a Contractor, it would be good for our cooperation, right? Not only do we have a chance for more trustworthy cooperation, but Contractors can’t break contracts…” At this time, he threw out this bargaining chip. To make and enforce a contract, if one were to break the contract, the backlash would be terrifying. Lu Ping’an used this “weak point” to persuade Fang Wen to “pay up”. Fang Wen thought about it and agreed. Looking at the departing “mechanical bird”, Lu Ping’an was lost in thought. Some things were becoming too obvious to ignore. “Big Cat, what exactly is the Mother Goddess Cult? What exactly is the Mother Goddess?” He had asked countless times, the Special Service Team doesn’t have an answer, and only “don’t ask anymore” to dissuade him. But as for Big Cat… “The Mother Goddess is not a thing… it’s too early for you to know this.” Big Cat gave the usual reply as always, but this time, Lu Ping’an was not willing to let it slide. “When I was 0-tier you said this, when I was 1-tier you still said this, now I’m 2-tier, it’s about time… If I still don’t know, then there’s no point. Do you think with our current desperate situation, without more information, we can pass?” Lu Ping’an asked candidly, even if there was a risk, he was willing to take that gamble. On Big Cat’s end, there was an extended silence. Eventually, it spoke. “Lu Ping’an, you know that all supernatural powers in this world are pollution, right?” “Of course, isn’t that obvious? The foreign pollution dragged everyone down, everything was tainted black.” “So, since everything is pollution, have you ever thought about where the pollution originated from? What kind of existence is at the root of it all? What kind of a great existence can indiscriminately pollute one world after another.”

Chapter 213 - 213 194 Redemption and Adding Money

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