Doomsday courtyard begins to survive by planting pea shooters

Chapter 195 The Difference of Gods

In "Windmill World", the blood-red moon shines on the earth.

On the ground not far from the sawmill, two burnt black piles were the last traces of the people who once existed.

A woman stood silently next to the scorched black mark, with a solemn expression.

"Freya, what are you doing? Come back soon!"

The woman named Freya did not speak, but just glanced back.

Behind her, in a simple wooden shed, several women were huddled together, one of them holding a child of several years old.

"Freya, are you crazy!? Come back quickly! If you get exposed to too many blood moons, you will become like them..."

In the simple wooden shed, the enthusiastic elder sister continued to shout.

"Oh, I see..."

Freya walked slowly back to the simple wooden shed.

This wooden shed was built by this group of refugees using tools from the sawmill after arriving in the "Windmill World". In addition to providing shade, it is neither windproof nor warm.

As soon as Freya entered the wooden shed, she was grabbed by the enthusiastic elder sister, who looked her up and down, and then opened her eyelids.

"I'm fine... I should be fine." Freya was also a little unsure, "And that may not be the reason for the blood."

"Yeah, maybe it has something to do with the Holy Communion, but the problem is that you only have one life, and we can't gamble." The eldest sister breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Freya was not abnormal.

"You seem a little sad." Seeing that Freya was in a bad mood, the eldest sister pulled her over and hugged her.

Freya also lay in her arms, silently looking at the blood-red moonlight outside.

"A little bit..." Freya whispered, "Although I don't like them, they are all very nice to me and take good care of me."

"You don't like them, you hate them! Especially the one who looks like Teddy... Oh, forget it, everyone is dead."

The eldest sister sighed.

"Tell me, when will we die?" Freya stared blankly at the strange moonlight outside, feeling so depressed that she seemed to be autistic in the next second.

"People will die eventually. But as long as we can still live, there will always be some hope, right?" The eldest sister seemed to have a pretty good attitude.

"But I don't see any hope at all."

"There will always be, there will always be."

The eldest sister patted Freya's back gently and said words that she didn't believe either.

Depressed, depressed, with no hope.

This group of refugees from the "Gospel World" welcomed the next day's sun in such a gloomy atmosphere.

"Gu..."

Someone's stomach made a sound.

From yesterday afternoon to now, this group of refugees has not eaten for almost 20 hours.

Looking around, the entire "Windmill World" is desolate, with only trees, grass, and stones...

If you want to find something to eat, you probably have to eat grass, and there isn't enough grass.

Just as the refugees were moving around, looking for something to eat, the raven that rescued them yesterday circled in the sky and finally landed on the simple crane of the sawmill.

"Look, it's Lord Crow God!"

"Lord Crow God..."

"..."

When the refugees who were looking for food saw Xiao Jian's clone, they all knelt down no matter what they were doing...

Several of them even have the [Faith] attribute in their bodies!

Obviously they didn’t believe in themselves yesterday, so why did this group of people start to believe in them the next day?

Xiao Jian looked at them inexplicably... Originally he was just here to deliver food and ask some questions.

But now the new situation made him a little interested.

So, how did faith come about?

Although Xiao Jian is already familiar with the residents of Fortress Town, Zhang Jinyu is still the only one who believes in him so far.

So every time he threw the clone, he had to use the [Peeping Eye] monocle to see what was happening on Zhang Jinyu's side to prevent any embarrassment.

And yesterday, even though he saved so many humans, he even "gave" them a world where they could survive for free...

Even so, they don’t even believe in themselves! But now, after only one night, why did this group of refugees start to have faith? ?

Xiao Jian observed for a while and found that except for a few people who became light believers, there were no other changes.

Is this gone?

Xiao Jian suddenly felt an emptiness that it was over before it even started.

"Everyone, please get up. No need to kneel on the ground... I don't have such a hobby." The raven opened its mouth gently and spoke its order.

After hearing what Xiao Jian said, the people around him slowly came together and circled the simple crane station from a distance.

Among them, a relatively strong elder sister suddenly stood up, looked at the raven and saluted, and then said: "The great crow god...can you give us some food? Or tell us the price of getting food?"

"We must have food to survive in this desolate place..."

The plump and muscular eldest sister said bluntly.

Moreover, this eldest sister happened to be one of Xiao Jian's followers.

"Oh, I was originally here to solve this problem for you." As soon as Raven finished speaking, several bags of rice fell to the ground.

This rice was redeemed by Xiao Jian with a resource card before. Although it was already in the canteen within a few days of eating, there was still a lot of rice left.

"I remember there is a well near the center. You can draw water from there for cooking..."

Raven was mid-sentence and suddenly said: "Oh, by the way, I almost forgot... you need this to cook."

After saying that, the two large iron pots fell on the flat ground.

Xiao Jian has plenty of iron stored, so there is no problem in getting similar daily necessities or even rune weapons.

As the food and these two large iron pots landed, Xiao Jian found that there were a few more of his believers in the crowd.

Huh? Strange……

"What else do you need?" Raven asked.

"Weapons, we are short of weapons...the weapons you gave us before have turned into ordinary iron rods."

At this time, another man with a strong build and a long braid stepped forward and respectfully petitioned: "I don't know if those orcs will catch up. Without the weapons you gave us, we would be completely useless." Those orc rivals."

This man with long braids was also one of the first humans to believe in Xiao Jian.

The raven tilted his head and glanced at the braided man and the iron spear in his hand, and then the iron spears held by all the "salvagers" lit up with golden light.

This way, the weapons will last another full day.

"Thank you Lord Crow God!" The braided man immediately knelt down on one knee and cheered devoutly.

"Thank you Crow God for the gift!"

Behind the braided man, all the "salvageers" knelt down...some kneeled on one knee, some kneeled on both knees, and some even made a grand gesture like "throwing themselves to the ground."

At this time, a large number of people had their faith in Xiao Jian.

However, the funny thing is that the one with the most exaggerated movements, the "salvager" who even knelt down and bowed to the ground, was not a believer of Xiao Jian from the beginning to the end.

Obviously, faith has an inherent logic and is not just driven by love, admiration or various emotions - in that case, the entire fortress town should become a fanatical believer in Xiao Jian.

Xiao Jian briefly recalled the people who believed in him, and suddenly found that they all more or less "confirmed their beliefs on their own initiative."

Among them, Zhang Jinyu is the most obvious.

At that time, Zhang Jinyu didn't know Xiao Jian well. To her, the person standing behind the little girl was an evil god... At that time, she should have been wary of Xiao Jian.

However, even so, when she wanted to take the initiative to believe in Xiao Jian, she still easily turned on the [Faith] attribute.

Obviously emotions, trust, etc. are not the main reasons.

"Why do you believe in me?" Raven suddenly flew in front of the muscular elder sister and asked directly.

"You... have brought us a new life, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts." The eldest sister thought for a moment before replying.

Obviously, that's not the real reason.

"But when I saved you, you didn't believe in me yet." Raven continued, "...Don't lie, I can see it."

"This..." The eldest sister was startled, and even her knees were shaking slightly, as if she was about to kneel down in the next second.

However, she quickly calmed down and said honestly: "...At that time, I didn't think you could really take us away, but last night I had figured it out. Only by believing in you can we continue to survive."

"Oh? Why do you say that?" Raven asked.

"...Don't you keep us in captivity just to harvest faith? Just like the god worshiped by the orc tribe?" The eldest sister said matter-of-factly.

"Oh, it's not actually about harvesting faith... There's no way to harvest something like faith." Raven explained, "If we have to talk about harvesting... only human life is worth harvesting by the evil god."

"..."

As soon as Xiao Jian said this, everyone was stunned.

Even the "salvagers" who were cheering long live just now raised the iron spears in their hands warily - even though the "blessings" on these iron spears were given to them by Xiao Jian just now.

Among the more than a hundred people who had just escaped from the tiger's mouth, several began to shout loudly: "I knew it! I knew none of these evil spirits were good... Look! Look now! He just treats us as Just raising pigs!”

Xiao Jian clearly saw that the person who was shouting at this time was the one who had used too much force when he knelt down just now - after all, the posture of prostrating himself to the ground was quite conspicuous, and Xiao Jian immediately remembered him.

"Of course, I am different from those spirits. I don't need your lives, nor your flesh and blood...I don't even need your faith."

The raven smiled crookedly and said, "So, what are you worth?"

At least for the current Xiao Jian, the value of this group of people lies in... living.

After all, "Windmill World" is a large fragment. It would be a pity to just leave it empty and watch it being swallowed up by the fog.

Although Xiao Jian has no way to destroy the world fragments and obtain the anchor stones like the monsters... But it is not impossible to add a world fragment to the small courtyard like this.

You can grow some food and vegetables here in the future... When Fortress Town has annexed more world fragments and the population has developed, Xiao Jian might have to transport food back.

In short, it always feels a pity to see a piece of land lying waste.

The group of refugees in front of us can not only guard the "Windmill World", but also engage in plantation...

"We, we can fight for you!" Suddenly, the strong man with long braids raised the spear that was emitting golden light in his hand and said.

"...Okay." Xiao Jian nodded casually.

In battle, he has clones, rhubarbs, and even countless pea snipers whose equipment focuses on receiving artillery components.

A strong 2-star servant is completely dispensable to Xiao Jian.

"I actually don't need your faith, nor do I need you to fight for me. You just need to live and take care of the world."

The raven flapped its wings gently on the simple crane and flew up, then disappeared completely in a flash.

Only a group of refugees were left looking at each other.

Isn't this Crow God too free-spirited?

…

After Xiao Jian switched back to the "Windmill World" perspective, he stood up, stretched, and then sat back down again.

On the table in front of him was a thick stack of documents.

These documents were all brought back from the temple.

Most of them are useless documents, reports, and even some gossip and love words.

Well, that’s right, it’s gossip and love words delivered through documents! !

Under the holy temple, there are still such ridiculous things.

In addition, what we have learned so far is that since the Dragon Skull Clan has both religious and imperial power...

Under such a bipolar structure, it is conceivable that either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind.

It would be strange if the various intricate interest relationships within it don't become a mess under the two extremes!

However, what makes Xiao Jian able to watch is actually not just these "interesting" gossips, but by observing the struggle between religious power and imperial power, it is easy to find some clues.

A behemoth that controls everything behind the scenes and continuously projects its influence into all fields such as military, government, and education is gradually unveiling its veil to Xiao Jian.

"So...it's a sacrifice."

After Xiao Jian summarized all the key nodes, he found that most of the clues pointed to this regularly held sacrificial event in which countless world fragments were sacrificed.

After the sacrifice, the Dragon Skull clan will have good weather for a whole year, ensuring a complete harvest of all food.

And those nobles of the Dragon Skull Clan may also gain abilities, strength and even lifespan during the sacrifice process!

Therefore, every sacrifice held is a major event for the Dragon Skull Clan. All the people of the Dragon Skull Clan, whether they are peons or nobles, are extremely eager to get what they want from the sacrifice.

It seemed generous, but in fact what was given to the dragon-skull nobles was just a little bit of residue spit out by the "shou Ke Lian".

As the god with the absolute advantage in this "deal", he obviously got more.

Judging from the records in the document, the latest sacrifice seems to be coming soon.

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