Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

"In that case, I wish you good luck."

Fuling was not angry when her proposal was rejected, but rather excited.

So far, no one has ever been able to shake the Sun King's faith. Countless planets and countless people like Duan Mingyuan, their efforts have ultimately ended in failure.

But this time it's different.

The Embers Group was facing a Transcendent who was good at healing and support.

In fact, although Universal Company had discovered three Transcendents, they did not have in-depth contact with them in the end. Therefore, no one knew the true abilities of the Transcendents, nor the limits of their abilities. However, through Qinghua's defeat, it is not difficult to see that the Transcendents are much stronger than they estimated.

Although it was the First King who cut off the company's flagship on the surface, he was simply unable to do such a thing with his ability. It was obviously Duan Mingyuan who gave him a buff as an auxiliary.

This means that as long as Duan Mingyuan is willing, he can mass-produce flagship harvesters like the Shi Wang.

Fuling believed that if this matter was reported back to the consortium, Duan Mingyuan would definitely become the target of the four consortiums. The strategic significance of an assistant was much more important than combat talents. Every consortium needed an assistant like Duan Mingyuan to guard the rear and add a buff to the company's combat personnel.

But unfortunately, she always felt that Duan Mingyuan had no desires, especially no interest in wealth and power.

As for beauty...

As luck would have it, he met a fox demon whose beauty was ranked among the most beautiful in the universe and who was completely self-sufficient.

Very tricky.

However, she believed that everything in this world should be done step by step. Since Duan Mingyuan decided to tackle the problem, the purpose of her trip had been achieved.

As he was going to conduct research on the faith of the Sun King and the energy of the scorching sun, Duan Mingyuan said goodbye to the Third Prince and the colorful butterfly and returned home.

He also saw the urgency in the third prince's eyes.

Duan Mingyuan was eager to discuss the mystery of the nun's uniform in depth with Caidie, which made him feel that he was increasingly unable to keep up with the interests of young people.

"It's okay, Mr. Mingyuan."

Jiu Yue is always so considerate. "I asked Cai Die for a set of nun uniform and maid uniform. She will have the maid deliver them to our room in a while."

The versatile fox demons are able to fit into any role perfectly. In the field of role-playing, they are the absolute kings.

After learning about the Third Prince's hobbies, Jiu Yue also gave him some tutoring, and seeing Duan Mingyuan looking at her with astonished eyes, she hugged Duan Mingyuan's arm, pulled him into her arms, rubbed the fabric on her chest, and her voice became charming, and she called out "Master~" in a tone that made people feel numb to the bones.

Duan Mingyuan must emphasize that he still has many academic issues to study today.

And September is always too distracting.

"Don't use that tone anymore in the future."

He took a deep breath and said.

"why?"

"No reason."

Beauty is a disaster, and fox demons are the ruin of a country. Duan Mingyuan originally thought that this was an exaggeration in the classics, but now he has truly witnessed how powerful the fox demon is.

Only those with great perseverance can remain true to themselves despite the charm of the fox demon.

"I am now committed to solving the planet's crisis."

"Okay, Master~"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 187 Washing away the sins

As a doctor, Duan Mingyuan needs to remind all young people not to be obsessed with fox spirits. They will steal your soul, drag you into the abyss, and make your body worse day by day.

This is no joke.

"Mr. Mingyuan, I didn't expect you to like this."

September, who had changed into a nun's uniform, covered her mouth and chuckled. She deliberately imitated the tone of a nun and said, "Father, please wash away my sins!"

Between couples, appropriate role-playing can further enhance their feelings for each other.

Duan Mingyuan was lying on the bed with his hands folded in front of his chest, looking particularly... peaceful.

"I remember you said you were good at singing?"

"When I was in the mountains, the lark was my good friend. It taught me to sing."

Larks are recognized as one of the best singing groups among monsters. Jiu Yue held her face and recalled the beautiful memories of her childhood.

"I just heard a song in the auditorium. Can you sing it?"

"Those weird languages? Let me try..."

Jiu Yue tilted her head in confusion. Things did not develop in the way she had imagined, and the role-playing games mentioned on the Internet did not seem to be played that way.

The encyclopedia mentions many ways to play the game, but none of them involves Mr. Mingyuan, who plays the priest, lying peacefully on the bed while she moves a chair and sits beside him to sing.

This is not exciting at all.

But since it was Mr. Mingyuan's request, she still recalled the songs she had heard in the auditorium.

The lark once said that a master singer does not need to understand every language, nor does he need to understand the meaning of every word of lyrics. Only emotion is the link that connects every singer.

So, what emotions are contained in the choir's singing?

September thought for a moment.

This should start with "hope"...

Accompanied by September's gentle singing, Duan Mingyuan once again found himself among the stars.

But this time, he did not stay where he was, but walked straight towards the sun in the distance. The dazzling light was so close that it seemed that he could reach it if he just took a few more steps forward.

This is a story of "hope".

Duan Mingyuan raised his arm and stretched his hand towards the sun. An unprecedented wonderful feeling flowed through his body. He not only touched the sun, but also felt the scorching heat and extremely destructive energy it contained.

Then, he held the energy in his palm.

At once, countless thoughts flooded into his mind, confirming Duan Mingyuan's guess.

These energies contain messages left behind by a certain civilization.

"Bishop! Lord Bishop!"

Thousands of fragmented whispers finally gathered into a complete sentence, and Duan Mingyuan understood the meaning. Looking up, he seemed to be standing in the sky at this moment. Looking around, the outline of the entire city was in sight.

The architectural style is full of religious colors and colorful decorations.

What he held in his palm was a dazzling red gem, disc-shaped, and burning hot all over, as if he was holding a fireball. The shape of the gem was 90% similar to the pattern on the nun's uniform.

Duan Mingyuan loosened his hand, and the ruby ​​floated in the container on the dome of the tower.

The one who called him Archbishop was a floating eyeball robot, which issued a safety warning to him, "The amount of scorching sun energy you have consumed today has seriously exceeded the limit. Please go to the cooling cabin for treatment immediately."

Archbishop Zalman, the seventh Archbishop of the Church of Embers, holds supreme power on this planet.

Duan Mingyuan quickly learned the information about "himself".

Every archbishop is regarded as the messenger of the Sun King, whose mission is to lead the empire to a more glorious peak.

As the seventh archbishop, Zalman is facing an extremely difficult choice.

Due to some unknown influence, the energy of the scorching sun has become increasingly unstable.

Before the cause is found out, the mining and use of this energy should be completely stopped. This is his judgment as a clergyman, but as the archbishop of the Church of Ashes, he cannot announce this news.

This would bring unprecedented panic to the entire planet.

They have gone too far in the use of solar energy. It is no longer a weapon for war, but has been refined to every corner of the planet. If the entire planet is compared to a sophisticated instrument, then solar energy is the only supply for this machine.

Once the ban is issued, more than 90% of the facilities on the planet will be paralyzed, and cold and darkness will once again envelop them.

Under the guidance of the eyeball robot, Zalman came all the way to the cooling chamber. During this time, many clergymen of the church noticed his abnormality, but Zalman evaded the question.

He told no one this terrible secret.

The door of the cooling chamber slowly opened, and Zalman lay down in it. He put his right hand, which was burned by the energy of the scorching sun, into the instrument. He endured the biting cold and the burning pain that still remained on his skin. The pain made him more awake.

The worries of the clergy and the mission of the Archbishop have been tormenting him and have caused his spirit to begin to become alienated. If this continues, his spirit will collapse and he will not be able to keep this terrible secret.

Zalman looked at the closed hatch and made a decision.

He had to give up one of his identities.

His intact left hand stretched out to his temple. He gritted his teeth and made a pinching motion. Then a ray of energy emitting a faint golden glow was drawn out from his temple.

Zalman loosened his hands, allowing the extracted sun energy to return to the world.

He could only choose to believe.

They believed that the empire's technological development would be able to find the root cause of the troubles in the future, and that the Sun King would bless their empire to continue to prosper.

Perhaps in the future someone will find the parts he discarded, and by then, it will be determined whether this decision was correct or not.

……

"Father, are you awake?"

In the endless darkness, September's call brought Duan Mingyuan back to reality.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a little fox that looked like a nun clinging to him. It turned out that the little fox was really sinful. It kept saying that it wanted a priest to help it wash away its sins, but in the end it ended up washing itself onto the priest's bed.

She had her hands around the priest's waist and spoke in a very teasing tone.

This little fox smells delicious.

Every second since he opened his eyes was a test for the priest, which made Duan Mingyuan feel that the choice he faced at the moment was no easier than that of Archbishop Zalman.

"You just fell asleep again. So that song has a hypnotic effect?"

Jiu Yue was very good at using her cute face to pretend to be innocent and ignorant. "Father, what did you see just now?"

"It's more complicated to explain."

Duan Mingyuan thought for a moment and concluded, "To put it simply, it was probably just a decision made, and then a planet was blown up."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 188 Invitation

"September, you did a great job, you did a great job!"

Duan Mingyuan was in a good mood and held Jiuyue in his arms. The little fox was stunned at first, and then buried his head in Duan Mingyuan's arms.

Mr. Mingyuan first said that he blew up a planet, and then suddenly became excited again.

From this, we can see that Mr. Ming Yuan should be planning to develop in the direction of Darth Vader.

But what does it matter?

Even if Mr. Ming Yuan really became an ambitious person like Darth Vader and wanted to blow up other people's planets, she would help prepare the explosives.

Duan Mingyuan had no way of knowing what Jiu Yue was thinking, but he was very excited now because just now, he had made an outstanding breakthrough in the academic field, which also answered his doubts from the beginning - the reason why he could see what the Sun King's believers could not see was only because he found a way to interpret the energy of the scorching sun.

Chanting in praise of the Sun King would generate a small amount of solar energy, which would form a bridge that would allow him to look back into history and see what had happened to the believers and the Church of the Ashes.

Perhaps the Sun King really exists, but he is definitely not the beacon that illuminates their way forward as the Embers Consortium believes.

There is now enough evidence to show that the planet of the ancestors of the Embers Consortium was blown up by the energy of the scorching sun.

This will shake their faith to its core.

They believed that the energy of the scorching sun was the antidote to the planet's "cancer" and mistook the source of the disaster as the savior.

September has made great contributions to this academic research.

She was indeed good at singing, and her singing was more accurate than those believers in the court who had just completed their job transfer.

Jiu Yue also enjoyed the feeling of snuggling in Duan Mingyuan's arms and listening to him tell stories. This story was far away from them. It was about an empire that was once prosperous but was ultimately destroyed in their own hands.

She also gradually understood that it was not Mr. Ming Yuan who blew up the planet, but an archbishop named Zalman. Judging from the name of the Church of Embers, it is not difficult to conclude that they are the predecessor of the Embers Group, the survivors of that planet, and the founders of the company.

However, for a little fox that just walked out of the mountains, the empire described by Duan Mingyuan was really hard for her to imagine.

It was hard for her to imagine that other civilizations had developed technology to the point where they could leave their planets and explore the vast universe thousands of years ago. She had never left the Blue Planet since she was a child, and the farthest place she had been to was Chaozhong - it only took less than five hours to take a train and then a plane back to the mountains.

For the exploration teams of the Church of Ashes, it is common to travel through the universe for several months.

This aroused Jiu Yue's great interest. "Mr. Ming Yuan, is interstellar travel fun?"