The little pastor is taking care of the weirdness of divinity

Chapter 47 Fengxi Town on the Stage

In the living room, Jacks and others were interrogating the mayor, the magician Toffler, who had woken up.

The old mayor was tied to a chair and the spell material package had been taken away. He looked surprisingly calm.

Jacks sat on the sofa, spread his legs, and said to the elderly mayor:

"Mr. Mayor, I have something to talk to you about."

"Go ahead."

"Scarecrow obeys your orders?"

"Not necessarily. They're only involved in keeping order in the town, such as hunting down unwilling victims, or attacking criminals."

"How many scarecrows are there in total?"

"Now there are only the 5 most powerful ones left. There were many scarecrows before, but we sacrificed them to other planes according to the requirements in the holy book."

"Other planes? Where did you sacrifice the scarecrow?"

"The outer plane [Shura Field] floating in the star realm, the outer plane of endless war, seems to be quite close to the [Nine Hells]."

"Damn, it sounds exactly like what Chabarron said: It's like someone is using the entire town in the dark to conduct an experiment or use it as a production base to harvest results regularly. The next question - where does your magical power come from?"

"A warlock contract from the Holy Book."

"Which alien being signed a sorcery contract with you?"

"I don't know and I don't care. I speculate that it may be [the God of Machines] - because there are some descriptions of the God of Machines in the Holy Book."

"However, the God of Machinery should prefer metal structures rather than straw golems. He is a righteous god who is recognized in the kingdom and can legally preach. You know that, right?"

"I know, I am also acting in accordance with the law."

“Where is the law?”

"The Book is the Law."

"Why do you, and the rest of the town, obey the orders in the book?"

When hearing this question, Toffler was silent for a while, and then gave the answer:
"Of course because if he or she doesn't follow the rules, he or she will be ostracized and punished by others."

What is this and what?Jax was almost furious.

An Luo on the side immediately pointed out the fallacy of Toffler's logic:
"Is this a circular argument? What the mayor is saying is that everyone obeys the laws in the book because they are worried that if they don't comply, others will exclude and punish them?"

Mayor Toffler nodded:

"Probably so."

Everyone was lost in thought. This was very close to the hypothesis An Luo proposed last night——

The extent to which a person is affected by abnormal rules depends on the extent to which he or she—

Surrender to external public opinion, agree with the fanatical atmosphere of the group, care about the attitudes and feelings of others, identify with the group of Fengxi Town, long for the recognition of others, fear group violence, be able to read the collective atmosphere ("not KY"), and abide by the universal rules , recognize social norms, respect traditions and customs, value order and stability over subjective moral judgments, and view ethical standards in the world based on popularity rather than rational inference..."

The more lawful one is and the stronger the collective identity is with Wind Breath Town, the easier it is for the abnormal rules to distort the moral and ethical foundation.As a result, both Mayor Toffler and Officer Follett were deeply corrupted by the anomalous effect.

There is no doubt that strangers are less easily influenced than true natives.On the other hand, An Luo, who although intelligent, is relatively more "obedient", "well-behaved" and "submissive", was the most affected among the five.

This is why there are no beggars in Windless Town.

Those who live in isolation will be ostracized and killed, while strangers can only remain silent.

"Boom boom boom!"

At this moment, the iron box with the iron book locked in the corner of the living room started shaking!

The Book of Activation in it is struggling against the cage that binds itself!
Warrior Jacks asked everyone to step back and carefully opened the box.

After escaping from the prison that imprisoned him, the iron book floated in the air and did not attack rashly.

It "opens itself" and shows the contents of the pages to everyone in the living room——

Black ink slowly emerged on the white paper, as if someone had written on it:
"Stranger, we can negotiate."
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In the northern part of the star dome, Yingyang land.

This countryside where the four winds gather together is the area where the [Wind Elemental Plane] manifests its energy. The never-ending wind blows across the rugged solid rocks.

A figure in black robes sat on the rock, with the sun rising behind him.

The roaring air waves were unable to lift his robes at all, and he faced the light, his face hidden in the shadows under his hood.

In front of him was a miniature toy stage, and next to it was a book with a black metal cover.

On the toy stage, lifelike puppets perform dramas one after another on the stage without anyone controlling them.

The curtain closed and opened again, the scenery changed, and new puppets appeared——

In the first act, the setting is a beautiful living room. Two large puppets and two small puppets sit one by one, staring at another broken old puppet tied to a chair.

In the second act, the setting changed into a small room, where a blond boy puppet faced a platinum book model and danced various ritual postures with simple joints.

In the third act, there are wide streets with puppets marching in groups, holding short sticks and kitchen knives.The crooked scarecrow puppet leads the way.

The man in black robe watched the puppet's performance without saying a word, and just opened the iron book on the side.

He picked up the quill pen, wrote on the iron book in front of him, and slowly wrote:

"Stranger, we can negotiate."

　Next update, tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock, kill the protagonist, the finale (fake)!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)