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Chapter 290 - 58 The Righteous and Red Seedling’s Light of Doomsday (Seeking Monthly Pass)_3

Chapter 290: Chapter 58 The Righteous and Red Seedling’s Light of Doomsday (Seeking Monthly Pass)_3

However, after understanding the situation, the Archbishop was surprised to discover that "the emergence of a Second Order Demon Chosen in the Wasteland without being killed by the Star Tower" was likely known only to Xu Shu.

This meant that the members of the Dawn Church had come for nothing.

Since they were already here, they took the opportunity to lead prayers below and console the souls of the dead along the way, which indeed improved the refugees’ goodwill towards the Dawn Church.

Several hours later, only the Archbishop and Xu Shu were left facing each other in the council chamber.

The former looked at the "sunny, straightforward, and naïve young man" before him, frowning, pondering how to speak to him without damaging his "tender heart."

Xu Shu, sly as ever, saw through his hesitation and took the initiative to break the silence, "Archbishop Yu Mingluan, I have been informed of the importance of this matter by President Melanie, rest assured I will certainly not spread the word."

"Do you recognize me?" Yu Mingluan was momentarily startled.

"Of course, I’ve enjoyed listening to your sermons since I was young and thought they were very good," Xu Shu sneakily ingratiated himself.

These words were half-true, half-false.

It was true that years ago, when Yu Mingluan had not yet become an Archbishop, he frequently went to schools to promote the teachings of the Dawn Church.

The false part was that everyone thought his sermons were terrible, always the same old "I come to bear witness, the Lord has truly redeemed me," "Did you know, all the scientists in the world once believed in our church," full of exaggeration and fabrication.

For young people like Xu Shu, believing in the sun was fine, but formally joining the church held no appeal.

After all, they weren’t distributing Promotion Drives, and once ordinary people officially joined the church, they had to do volunteer work and frequently make monetary contributions.

In fact, the Dawn Church was currently a mainstream sect supported by the Astronomy Association; after all, it was the doomsday era, and most people would believe a little, so there was really no need to actively proselytize.

The problem was that there was a small faction within the Dawn Church, those from the originally fallen faction of the Holy Hall, who demanded from their believers the "tithe." (Note 1)

So, Xu Shu had of course just listened and let it go; he only mentioned it now to ingratiate himself, to bridge the distance and facilitate asking for information.

Who knew that upon hearing this, Yu Mingluan would become completely invigorated.

He immediately took a liking to Xu Shu, grabbing him and began to pontificate.

One moment he was saying "I had already walked to the edge of falling into the Abyss, and it was the sun that saved me, and the Lord." And the next, "One must maintain a reverent heart, especially you young people, and especially in this era, with so many evil devils lurking around, only by believing in the sun can one be redeemed. And the Lord."

And so on.

Xu Shu had brought this on himself, so he could only nod along, albeit halfheartedly.

His perfunctory attitude did nothing to dampen the Archbishop’s passion; once faith was mentioned, his demeanor as a strong person vanished, and he was simply an utterly fanatical believer.

In response, Xu Shu couldn’t help but think of his former teammate Rudius, who seemed to also be from the "Holy Hall faction" of the Dawn Church; luckily, he hadn’t been preaching to everyone in the team, or he would have surely died in the wilderness.

After his ears had been tormented for a while, Xu Shu finally found an opportunity to steer the conversation:

"Archbishop, I am actually quite curious, why didn’t the Star Tower attack after the Second Order Demon Chosen appeared in the Wasteland?"

"Ah, that..." Yu Mingluan, who was in the midst of his long talk, suddenly stiffened in expression, hesitating a moment before replying, "I won’t lie to you, this was actually the first time for me too."

"First time? It hasn’t happened before?" Xu Shu’s expression froze.

If that was the case, it wasn’t a good sign; "change" might signal something positive during peaceful times, but when it occurred amidst this doomsday full of lurking evils, it often signified "bad things."

Yu Mingluan nodded, "Yes, these are actually classified secrets. With your level, you are far from qualified to understand. Hehe, but since you’ve encountered it twice already, and you have connections with President Melanie, I might as well tell you a bit."

"Uh-huh." Xu Shu shamelessly nodded, not disclosing that his relationship with Melanie went no further than her owing him over a hundred Contribution Points she couldn’t pay.

Yu Mingluan carefully chose his words, "The Demon Chosen Ones are actually a special aberration among the Abyss Path Transcendents, different from the Unclean who ascend through pollution, for the Chosen can only descend to the human world through the way of sacrifice. Although they are Transcendents, I think it’s more appropriate to say that they are incarnations of the will of the Demon Ancestor.

"It’s always been whispered that Demon Chosen can effectively evade the surveillance of Lie Zhenzi and enter the safety zones. This matter was supposed to be absolutely confidential, but since you’ve encountered it, there’s no point in hiding it from you."

Xu Shu immediately inquired, "How do they manage to get into the safety zones?"

Yu Mingluan said, "They can escape ’that’ rule. You understand, right?"