With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 40 The Wall of Sighs and the Sinners

Looking at the figures, one tall and one short, one black and one white, fading away under the setting sun, three big question marks appeared on Chen Fan's forehead.

I don’t know why, but I always feel that the black-robed priest named Isa is a bit stupid.

Is it an illusion?

Someone who can become a priest wouldn't be so stupid, right?
Chen Fan shook his head and threw away the confusion in his mind.

He took a deep breath and walked toward the low residential building.

As he made his way upstairs, he glanced quickly at the open window.

Under the dim incandescent lamp, a believer was kneeling and praying in front of the statue with a pious expression - at least in Chen Fan's view, he was pious.

After walking a few steps, Chen Fan arrived in front of his house.

The door was closed tightly, and a faint dim light shone through the crack in the door.

He subconsciously turned his head and glanced at the door of Xu Huai's house next door.

Just like at home, the door was closed, and there wasn't even a light.

He took a deep breath, and just as he raised his hand to knock on his door, the door opened.

Behind the door, his mother, with some red and swollen eyes, looked at him with a normal expression: "Xiao Fan, are you back?"

……

After returning home, Chen Fan followed his mother through the standard process of praying to the goddess again.

After spending a day in the main church, Chen Fan was extremely familiar with this process.

After the prayers it is time for dinner.

At the dinner table, his mother calmly chatted with him about family matters, and at the same time asked him something about the third oracle.

It looks like everything is business as usual.

Chen Fan didn't know his mother's mental state at this time, but...

Facing the church, concealing his identity twice in a row actually showed his mother's attitude!

Although he felt a little intolerable, reason told Chen Fan that maintaining this state would only be good for him!
Not only that, he should even use this subtle relationship to gain greater advantages!
He calmed down and looked as usual: "Mom, there is something I want to ask you."

The mother's movements on her hands paused slightly, and she turned her confused eyes to her child.

"It's about Varela City, outside the city..."

Before Chen Fan could finish speaking, his mother's expression changed drastically: "Wait!"

With a pale face, the mother turned her head and glanced at the goddess statue not far away. After finding that there was no movement in it, her demeanor recovered a little.

Her expression changed several times, and finally she seemed to have made a decision, got up and walked towards Chen Fan's room.

"Xiao Fan, this is not the place to talk."

"You come with me."

……

Mother reached out and closed the door of the room, completely blocking out the statue in the living room: "If I guessed correctly, you just wanted to ask about the situation outside Varela, right?"

Seeing Chen Fan nod, his mother sighed softly.

She hesitated for a moment: "I don't know what happened to you in the room in the past few days, but I still believe... you are still my child."

Chen Fan's heart trembled.

Okay, now there’s no need to doubt it.

What he said was right, his mother had indeed noticed something unusual about him!

She didn't give Chen Fan a chance to speak and continued on her own:

"Xiao Fan, this is a topic strictly prohibited by the church."

"Remember, never discuss this kind of thing in front of a statue of a god!"

There was a hint of panic in the mother's cloudy eyes: "There was someone in this building who was sent to the execution platform by the church because of this incident."

She calmed down and continued:

"As for outside Varela..."

"That's the area where criminals live."

Chen Fan was a little surprised: "Sinful people?"

"They are not protected by the goddess, and are isolated outside the city of Varela forever. They are tortured and corroded by the filthy air for life after life."

The mother sighed: "Of course, this is also a rumor I heard," "As for what the real situation is...I'm afraid no one knows."

"Can't you go out and take a look?"

"Get out?" Mother shook her head, "There is a wall of sighs blocking the way. No one can go out, and no one can come in."

"Wall of Sighs?"

"That was a miracle sent by the goddess in the first year of Varela's calendar. It surrounded the entire city of Varela and completely blocked the filthy air from the outside world."

"..."

……

"One, can a wall block nuclear radiation?"

After his mother left the room, Chen Fan asked Yi for confirmation with some confusion.

[It’s a bit difficult. 】

Yi quickly gave the answer.

[Unless this wall wraps up the entire city of Varela. 】

As he finished speaking, a blue holographic image automatically appeared in front of Chen Fan's eyes.

In the image, a huge city is slowly covered by a huge hemispherical dome.

From a distance, it looks like a small grave mound lying on the flat ground.

Looking at the simulated scene in front of him, Chen Fan's mouth twitched: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

He even witnessed a sun hanging in the sky during the day. Could it be that the sun was fake?
Do not make jokes!
"But then again."

"Is this nuclear radiation so difficult to deal with?"

Chen Fan, who had lived in a peaceful era in his previous life, only knew about nuclear weapons at the level of "hearing and hearing".

[Nuclear radiation is mainly divided into three types: alpha, beta, and gamma rays. 】

[Among them, alpha rays are helium nuclei, and their penetrating ability is very weak, so there is basically no need to consider them. 】

[Beta rays are electron streams with small penetrating power. The skin of the human body will be burned after being irradiated, which is consistent with the description of that disaster. 】

[As for gamma rays...]

[The penetrating power of that thing is quite strong. For low-level civilizations, it can only be blocked by using natural materials with the highest density possible. The usual choice is substances like lead. 】

"What about higher civilizations?"

Chen Fan asked curiously.

[With the help of space shields or dimensional shields, you can resist gamma radiation at the level of gamma ray bursts, not to mention some radiation caused by nuclear war. 】

[But this is not something you should consider right now. 】

"Okay." Chen Fan, who was invisibly shown off, shrugged indifferently, "You continue."

[In addition, there is a key message. 】

[This machine carefully analyzed the information in the database and discovered a phenomenon. 】

[For low-level civilizations, nuclear radiation is not the biggest hazard of large-scale nuclear war. 】

"Ok?"

Chen Fan was really shocked now: "What's the reason for this?"

[Normally, the nuclear weapons used in large-scale nuclear wars are hydrogen bombs. 】

[Compared with atomic bombs, the radiation impact caused by hydrogen bombs is not large. 】

[The subsequent effects will only last for a few years or even shorter. 】

Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully.

He finally understood the meaning of the words.

"You mean...this Wall of Sighs is just a gimmick?"

"It can't stop the nuclear radiation from the outside at all. Its purpose is just to prevent the believers in Varela from leaving the city?"

"It's like..."

Chen Fan frowned slightly, and an idea flashed in his mind: "It's like trapping believers in the city!"

[This is most likely the case. 】

(End of this chapter)