Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

"No, you can't leave."

Black Mass said without giving in, "This is the order of the priest."

I will slow down the updates for the next two days. After a major plot is concluded, I need to adjust my thinking and prepare for the development of the subsequent main storyline.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 192 "Freedom"

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there will be divisions of power, even on the flagship of the Embers Consortium is no exception.

Black Mass is notorious, and believers who are identified by her as "unclean" will naturally not attend the seminars and study sessions she hosts and bore themselves.

The letters of complaint against Black Mass from within the believers have never stopped, but for some unknown reason, her position as a priest has never been shaken. As a result, rumors spread among the believers that Black Mass is a person valued by a senior official within the consortium, and her radical ideas are very popular in the current cosmic environment.

It is foreseeable that as long as she does not make a big mistake like the director of Qinghua next door, her future position will only rise steadily.

After serving as a priest for a full term, he will be transferred back to the headquarters of the consortium. After making achievements in two to three years, the next step is to become an inspector and own a ship of his own.

Therefore, the followers of Black Mass regard her as the next inspector - if they follow her now, they will all be core members in a few years, and maybe they can even become priests.

For the "unclean", Black Mass and her followers are undoubtedly a cancer on the path of faith.

Many people, tired of the endless power struggle, converted to the Church of the Embers and became professional believers who "generate electricity for love". However, when they got on board, they found that the power struggle had just changed its skin and appeared in front of them in a new form.

Black Mass and its followers will not do anything harmful to the "unclean" directly, but they will make them feel uncomfortable in various ways.

And today, Black Mass discovered that there were "unclean people" who appeared in the seminar she hosted. What's more interesting is that the theme of this seminar was targeting the "unclean people".

"Do you know why everyone hates you?"

Although he was a head shorter than Duan Mingyuan, this did not prevent Hei Misa from looking down at him.

It only took one question for Duan Mingyuan to understand why Black Mass had such mixed reviews. If a teacher in the school openly raised such a question in class, he would be subject to an internal investigation.

If placed in a workplace environment, it is a classic PUA starter move.

Your boss will most likely tell you that it is your problem that people don’t like you, so think about yourself more. Then they will show you a clear way as a person with experience: as long as you do xxx, you can change everyone’s opinion of you.

In essence, this just turns newcomers into cheap labor or punching bags.

"Technically, I've only been here for one day, and this is my first time meeting you all."

Duan Mingyuan said that he had not yet had the opportunity to force others to do things such as checking their abilities and memories, which would make others feel disgusted and horrified.

"This is the 'unclean', who doesn't even understand why they are hated."

Black Mass seemed to have expected Duan Mingyuan to say this. "The answer is that in a church that pursues purity, your existence itself is like a pollutant, and you are much more obvious than all the unclean people I have ever seen."

It was so obvious that anyone passing by would feel a sting in the face, which was why she noticed Duan Mingyuan as soon as she entered the meeting room.

"Don't blame all the problems on others. According to our long-term research, the Unclean Ones are inferior to others in terms of the average amount of scorching sun energy they provide or in promoting the development of the church. You are just naturally stupid people who only drag down others and become a burden to everyone."

Black Mass finally found an opportunity to express her opinion. It was difficult for her to find an unclean person in her home turf. This was probably because Duan Mingyuan was so "hateful" that even other unclean people didn't want to get close to him, resulting in no one telling him in advance not to walk into a seminar hosted by the Black Mass priest.

How pitiful.

Being stupid and being alienated by people of the same kind, such a life must be very, very hard.

She continued, "Although the Sun King is kind and willing to accept every believer equally, he also gives people like you an opportunity to take advantage of you. You can come here only after betraying your original civilization and beliefs, and your identity as an unclean is proof of your betrayal."

Black Mass's impassioned speech caused his followers to nod their heads one after another, but Duan Mingyuan felt no ripples in his heart, instead he felt a little pity.

It was obvious that there was a serious problem with the internal intelligence communication of the Church of Ashes, so much so that Black Mass, a priest, instilled the ideas of "betrayal" and "burden" into him, who was not a follower of the Sun King at all.

This is like a class teacher giving an impassioned speech, using him as an example to point out that he has lowered the class average, and also going on to talk about the recent bad atmosphere in the school, but in the end it turns out that this person is not a student in their class at all, but a passerby who happened to come to attend the class.

Even Duan Mingyuan felt sorry and embarrassed for Black Mass, but he always saw the positive and optimistic side of everything.

On the bright side, Black Mass's remarks at least prove the level of freedom of speech within the Embers Corporation, where even discriminatory remarks in public are allowed.

"However," Black Mass changed the subject and said, "Even for stains like you that drag everyone down, we are willing to save you. After all, the essence of this seminar is to remove the unclean parts of your bodies."

After hearing this, Duan Mingyuan finally understood.

All the remarks made by Black Mass against the unclean people just now can be summed up as a discriminatory version of "Are you hated by others again? You should know that I am the only one who cares about your situation..."

Fortunately, this seminar finally moved away from personal opinions and entered the academic field.

Although Duan Mingyuan was very regretful to miss the seminar next door on "Cars powered by Fiery Sun Energy", at least this seminar was not completely fruitless.

"How to do it exactly?"

"I'm glad you asked."

Black Mass walked quickly to Duan Mingyuan's front, "Scorching Sun Energy is the most versatile energy source in this universe. It can do everything, even purification."

Compared with dry theoretical discussions, Black Mass finds practice much more interesting.

Especially purifying an unclean person in front of the participants, such a case will make her more famous in the consortium.

"This is a reward for you. Open your eyes and watch. You will see a power that only a priest can exercise."

Hearing this, Duan Mingyuan also perked up.

He felt the burning energy flowing towards him, and then the scene before him changed.

It was that familiar galaxy again, but this time there was an extra person behind him.

Black Mass's expression did not look relaxed, as if just maintaining the existence of this world had consumed all her physical strength.

"Isn't it magnificent? You are standing before the Sun King at this moment."

In the distance is the eternal sun.

She made Duan Mingyuan the happiest person on the ship. Many believers would never be able to witness this wonder in their entire lives.

Witnessing such a sight, even the filthy souls of the unclean would be purified.

But what she saw was a different picture.

There was no awe on the unclean man's face, nor was there any ecstasy over this hard-earned gift.

"I see."

He just stood there, suddenly realizing, "So you were just talking about the issue of energy conversion."

"What do you mean?"

"That's probably what it means."

In order to help Black Mass better understand academic issues, Duan Mingyuan, based on the principle of practice makes perfect, converted part of his life energy into sun energy in front of her gradually distracted eyes.

In Black Mass's sight, it was a completely different picture.

The Duan Mingyuan in her eyes changed. His body became more and more dazzling until it was impossible to look directly at it. He turned into another sun.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the meeting room was silent.

The believers rubbed their eyes in disbelief, thinking they must have seen it wrong.

Why……

Would a Black Mass priest suddenly kneel before an unclean person?

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 193: Think about what Darth Vader would do?

The famous cosmic philosopher Darth Vader once said that a truly strong person will not belittle others, but help them stand taller.

Duan Mingyuan practiced this himself.

But he never expected that he just demonstrated the mutual conversion between different energies to Black Mass and she fell to her knees in excitement. This made the atmosphere in the conference room really awkward. If he had a choice, he still wanted to see the other party looking arrogant.

After research, it was found that the "unclean ones" mentioned by Black Mass can be explained by academic knowledge, and the principle behind them is actually very simple - the unclean ones she mentioned refer to believers who possessed different energies before joining the Church of Embers. Therefore, before generating sun energy, they have to take one more step than pure believers, which is to convert their own energy into sun energy.

If you are not good at converting energy, you will waste a lot of energy in the process, resulting in half the result with twice the effort.

Duan Mingyuan also learned that the believers' fear of him did not come from his appearance or temperament, but from the opposition between two different energies. Their perception of the existence of energy was far beyond that of ordinary people, which made the life energy source that suddenly appeared on the ship appear particularly dazzling in their eyes.

At this point, the misunderstanding is resolved.

He had to once again express his deep appreciation for the importance of academic research.

Black Mass uses actual cases to prove that a lack of knowledge often leads to blind hatred, thus ignoring the essence of the problem. This is her amateurishness.

This brief journey through the galaxy lasted for ten minutes. When the two returned to reality from the stars, the meeting room was filled with a solemn atmosphere.

The arrival of an unexpected guest caused the believers to step aside.

A large black cloak covered her body, and her face was covered with an expressionless golden mask. One could only tell from her long dark golden hair that she seemed to be a woman.

Black Mass, who was crawling on the ground, woke up as if from a dream, and loosened his hands that were tightly holding Duan Mingyuan's calves as if he had been electrocuted.

She originally thought that Duan Mingyuan, who was able to receive guidance from the priest's power, was a lucky man. However, when the sun appeared in front of her, Black Misa felt that she was the happiest person in the world. She had never been so close to the eternal sun. At this distance, it was as if the Sun King had condescended to appear before her.

For a believer, there is no greater happiness in the world than this.

The blush on Black Mass's cheeks had not yet faded. She noticed the woman behind her, but she did not intend to change her kneeling posture.

"Inspector, why are you here?"

The woman in black robe didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly at her.

She had just sensed the strong energy fluctuations of the scorching sun on the flagship and rushed over immediately.

As soon as I walked into the meeting room, I saw the scene of Black Mass kneeling on the ground.

Black Mass is a devout believer, but she is also arrogant. She even maintains a dignified attitude towards the inspector. Perhaps this is because she knows that she will reach this position sooner or later.

It was hard for her to imagine what Black Mass saw when he exercised his authority as a priest that made her kneel down in public.

"Don't blame her too much. After all, she is just an amateur priest."

Duan Mingyuan tried to smooth things over, but in his opinion, it was indeed unprofessional for a priest to know nothing about the transformation of energies and to make erroneous discriminatory claims based on this.

As for the kneeling ceremony, he could only accept it reluctantly.

The third prince just said that he has the temperament of a priest. So judging from the generational relationship, the priest is the father of God, and the priest is the follower of God who has been appointed to an official position. There is indeed a generation gap between them.

However, since he has received the ordination, he, as a priest, should also show some expression.

"I can publish an academic paper on the academic issue of energy conversion."

The tricks involved cannot be explained in a few words.

After leaving these words, Duan Mingyuan, who had gained some understanding, left the conference room and went straight back to his room.

For the followers of the Sun King, this was undoubtedly a historic day.

After nightfall, an article titled "Approaching the 'Unclean' and Revealing the Secrets Behind It" quickly spread among believers.

The title alone is visually striking enough.

"Unclean" has always been a controversial name among believers. This name may directly lead to one-sixth of the believers becoming red-tempered. However, although the open and covert struggles between "pure blood" and "unclean" have never stopped, no one has ever included this blatant derogatory name in the title of a seminar.

Even the Black Mass, which coined the derogatory term "unclean", would not do this.

When all the believers felt that a huge rhythm storm was about to come, they were ready to take sides and spray each other. However, when they clicked on it, they found that this research paper was very different from what they had imagined. It stood from another perspective, explaining the differences between the "unclean" and ordinary believers from a scientific perspective.

The author of the paper believes that all differences have their principles, but people are often limited by their cognitive level and are unable to see the essence through the phenomenon for a while.

Furthermore, the author never advocates hateful and discriminatory speech, which would greatly hinder the exploration of the essence of the problem.

In the eyes of opponents of the Black Mass, this is almost a criticism of the Black Mass in its face.

This is exactly the voice that has been missing within the church. In the eyes of many people, faith and scientific exploration are not in conflict, but Black Mass and her followers always bring out the theories of extreme religious fanatics from hundreds of years ago.

Faced with such well-reasoned rebuttal, Black Mass and her followers must have been furious, right?

Generally speaking, those who are infuriated by seminar papers are the "unclean ones", but they have no way to refute the various phenomena raised by Black Mass.

With this in mind, the believers couldn't wait to find out what Black Mass was like when he saw this paper.

Less than half an hour later, another piece of breaking news shocked the believers - Black Mass himself reposted the paper on his social media account, positively agreed with the views in the paper, and even briefly apologized for his past discriminatory remarks.

!! ?

The above is the first reaction of all believers.