Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 176 Interrogation (I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year)

On the way to the detention facility of the fake “priest”, Shang Jianyao said one thing:

“He is so hypocritical, he is already very excited, and he said he needs to think about it again.”

“He” refers to City Lord Xu Liyan, Yecao City.

Jiang Baiman glanced at Shang Jianyao:
“It’s normal. If you agree too quickly, it will look cheap.”

“Brothers are sincere.” Shang Jianyao objected.

Jiang Baiman followed his logic and said:
“You and him are brother does not mean that the company and him are brother.”

Jiang Baiman originally wanted to ridicule: “You have the ability to make the directors of the board of directors your brother, and rounding up is equivalent to the company and Xu Liyan doing the brother.” Considering Shang Jianyao’s ability to act, he promptly dispelled this idea.

While speaking, they came to the detention center and met Chief-In-Charge.

After showing the other party Xu Liyan’s warrant, the two were greeted into a small room.

The main body of the room is the console, and there are multiple screens above the console.

At this time, all the screens present a picture: a small room with only one bed and one chair.

In the bucket room, a sickly false “priest” is sitting on a chair, looking at the opposite wall, there seems to be a big screen there.

“He has a strong ‘hypnosis’ ability. It’s better not to have close contact with him. It’s safer to have electronic products.” Chief-In-Charge briefly explained the reason for the current design.

Of course Jiang Baiman is impossible to tell this Chief-In-Charge that Shang Jianyao is also awakened and can make friends with the fake “priest”. She ordered nodded and said:
“This is good.”

After she and Shang Jianyao sat down, following the operations of the Chief-In-Charge, the scenes on the screen were connected together to form a whole.

This gives the impression that there is only a piece of glass between the two parties.

Then, the door of the small room opened, and a silver-gray metal robot walked in and debugged the screen opposite the fake “priest”.

Obviously, people cannot “hypnotize” machines.

“The power of technology…” Jiang Baiman said with emotion.

It didn’t take long for the fake “priest” to see the situation in the surveillance room through the screen.

“It’s you.” The sick man leaned back in his chair and said quietly.

Jiang Baiman immediately said with a smile:
“You are quite calm.”

The fake “priest” raised his head slightly and said:

“Since the nickname is “Priest”, then I must have prepared for the Lord’s martyrdom long ago.”

His tone was plain, and it seemed that it was not him who was detained, but Jiang Baiman and the others.

Jiang Baiman knows that such people have a strong self-logic. If they follow their rhythm and fall into their logic, it will be difficult to break their hearts and ask for enough valuable details.

Of course, it’s not possible. They can still ask Odick, a member of the “Shang Jianyao Brother Association”, for help.

It’s just that it’s more troublesome, because dream guidance is obviously directional, and the scope is not too wide, and it needs to be tried again and again.

Jiang Baiman then glanced sideways and motioned to Shang Jianyao to ask first.

This is her strategy, letting Shang Jianyao, who played cards in an unreasonable manner, disrupt the opponent’s rhythm.

Shang Jianyao without the slightest hesitation opened the mouth and said:

“What is your ‘anti-intellectual’ sacrament?”

He has a serious expression and seems to be asking a crucial question.

The fake “priest” was stunned for a moment, feeling that the momentum he had built up fell into the empty space.

This is not something worth paying attention to, so the fake “priest” replied casually:

“Rice soup, lotus root noodles, stewed eggs, which are relatively easy to eat.”

“Do you all treat yourself as babies?” Shang Jianyao asked abruptly.

The fake “priest” was once again stunned, thinking for a while before saying:
“Human instincts are possessed from birth. Our goal is to leave the overwhelming majority with only instinct and experience.”

“This kind of sacrament is okay for babies to eat. Adults will not feel full and can only experience it occasionally.” Shang Jianyao ignored the fake “priest” response and said to himself, “Really, you guys. We should have more exchanges with the religious group that believes in the mission.”

The fake “priest” couldn’t keep up with this guy’s thinking at all, and chose to give up and shut his mouth.

“I think you religious organizations are too complacent. If you can communicate and learn from each other frequently, and absorb each other’s strengths, it will definitely attract believers more than now. At least I will consider it.” Shang Jianyao made a suggestion.

The fake “priest” bounced slightly on his forehead, resisting the urge to refute.

“Speaking of which, are the people you sect all stupid? For example, you, after so much effort, didn’t do anything, and you sent yourself here.” Shang Jianyao seemed to want Discuss the failure of anti-intellectual education with fake “priests”.

The fake “priest” breathes a little bit heavier, he said solemnly:
“It’s just not good luck this time, I met you and Odick together.”

“Luck?” Jiang Baiman seized the opportunity and said with a smile, “When you know that Lei Yunsong and the others are’pangu creatures’ and choose to use them as scapegoats, you should be able to think of it,’ “Pangu Biology” will definitely send someone to investigate, and it is still a relatively powerful one.

“Under such circumstances, shouldn’t you implement the plan as soon as possible?

“Who knows, you dragged it for a month and a half, and it didn’t start until we came. Do you have procrastination? Or do you have suicidal tendencies subconsciously?

“If there are none, then I can only regretfully think that your brain has been sacrificed to the end of the year.”

The fake “priest” took a deep breath and said dullly:

“In order to wait for the weather to get colder, a large number of wilderness wanderers gathered.”

“You can change to another plan. What are you doing so rigid? Your goal is to assassinate Xu Liyan, not to mess up Ye Cao City.” Jiang Baiman is like an instructor, sharply attacking students’ confidence.

Then, she changed her conversation and asked with a smile:

“Did someone instill in you the idea that you must do this?”

The fake “priest” slightly trembled, his eyes widened a little unconsciously.

Jiang Baiman did not give the fake “priest” a chance to find a reason, laughed, and said in a hurry:

“Do you still not know that when you dealt with Odick, Xu Liyan was attacked and almost killed him?”

“What?” The expression of the fake “priest” has changed a lot.

Jiang Baiman smiled, telling the story of the real “priest”‘s attack and what he wanted to achieve, and finally asked:

“If it weren’t for a coincidence, the nobles of the entire Yecao City would have slammed into the sky, and then the regular army of the’First City’ would use the excuse to calm the riots and force them into station.

“Is this not crazier, more imaginative, and closer to success than your plan?”

The fake “priest” lowered his head slightly with a gloomy face, did not respond, and did not know what he was thinking.

“Compared with him, I think you are like a fake “priest”.” After a series of preparations, Jiang Baiman finally said this sentence.

The eyes of the fake “priest” suddenly froze, and the body trembled more and more severely.

Jiang Baiman continued:
“The person’s nickname may be ‘dumb’ or something else.

“Do you remember that someone once said to you from now on that you are a ‘priest’?
“Uh, almost similar words.”

The pupils of the fake “priest” enlarged, and a layer of cold sweat drenched on his forehead.

A few seconds later, he let out a low roar like a wild beast, raised his hands and covered his face.

Then, he stood up with an expression of horror.

“Yes, yes, yes!” He said three words “Yes” in succession, and his voice became louder and louder.

Huh… Jiang Baiman sighed silently:

“Now you know who you are?”

The false “priest” whose false pride was completely shattered can no longer organize a psychological line of defense, and sit down like a force:

“Guo Zheng, my name is Guo Zheng.

“I am an ‘anti-intellectual’ believer. I was chosen to bathe in the grace of God and become awakened.”

Jiang Baiman interrupted Guo Zheng immediately:

“You awakened by the end of the year?”

This is the most noteworthy issue.

Guo Zheng gasped:

“Yes, we were selected and entered a dark cave. According to the instructions, we each found a place to lie down and sleep.

“It shouldn’t be long after I fell asleep that I saw ‘Hall of Stars’.”

Jiang Baiman asked:

“How many people were selected and how many people awakened?”

“There are a lot of people selected, I didn’t count them, there are hundreds of them.” Guo Zheng recalled, “Four or five were finally awakened…”

While speaking, he frowned, as if suffering from some kind of pain.

“What repercussions are there for people who have not awakened?” Jiang Baiman asked thoughtfully.

Guo Zheng thought about it:
“Some went crazy, some died on the spot, and some did nothing. This is the majority.”

Jiang Baiman glanced sideways at Shang Jianyao, smiled and asked:

“How can you be sure that those who seem to be okay or crazy are not awakening?”

Guo Zheng expresses obvious fear:

“At that time, a sect Elder hosted.

“He can look through everyone’s memories on a large scale.”

Sure enough, the strengths of “anti-intellectualism” are in the field of memory and hypnosis… Jiang Baiman and Shang Jianyao looked at each other, and both were a little excited.

This is the excitement of slowly figuring out one thing.

“Elder? How are the levels within your sect divided?” Jiang Baiman continued to ask.

Guo Zheng took a breath and exhaled slowly:

“The leader of sect is the Pope, but I have never seen it before. It is said that he has gone to the New World, where he serves the Lord and is responsible for guiding the chosen ones behind.

“Under the Pope is the ‘Eight Conference’, there are a total of eight Elders, which govern different areas.

“Under Elder is bishop, responsible for various specific affairs, and under bishop is the priest, the executor of the plan and the disseminator of doctrine.”

Jiang Baiman slightly nodded:
“Which layer does the’priest’ belong to?”

“I am bishop, he…I don’t know.” Guo Zheng recalled with a bit of pain.

Jiang Baiman took the opportunity to ask:
“Do you still remember who ‘hypnotized’ you? Do you remember what he looked like?”

Guo Zheng frowned again:
“He, he, he is male, no, he is female, no, he is handsome, no, he shaved his head…”

“No, no…” Guo Zheng’s lips moved, and he screamed in madness and fear, “He tampered with my memory!”

PS: I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year, and there is still in the evening.

(End of this chapter)