Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Ning Ruyue refused.

The eyeball robot stopped talking, lowered its head, and slowly returned to Baptism.

Baptism no longer looked up and fell into complete silence.

The total number of days on the shelf: 16~

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 196: May Caterpillars Grow in Your Coffee

The good times for baptism did not last long.

When she finished her hearty breakfast, admiring the changes that Duan Mingyuan and his team had brought to the flagship, and returned to the inspector's office, new instructions from the headquarters were just sent over.

The command was brief and to the point.

The current archbishop is very interested in the newcomer, Lao Duan, and orders her to make sure to recruit this person into the church, and if necessary, knock him out and bring him back to the headquarters.

The consortium is in great need of such talents.

In the eyes of ordinary believers, this article "Approaching the 'Unclean' and Uncovering the Secrets Behind It" set off a carnival of party unity and opened the prelude to the rebellion of those who have been ridiculed and oppressed for a long time. However, after the top leaders of the Embers Consortium read the paper carefully, they were shocked beyond words.

The mutual conversion between different energies is the ultimate problem that has troubled the foundation for many years. However, after participating in the first seminar, Old Duan gave several targeted practical suggestions. The church’s top leaders tried the methods in the article and found that the efficiency of energy conversion was visibly improved.

As for ordinary believers who are not unclean, many of the suggestions mentioned in the article are also of great benefit to them, and can greatly increase the output of scorching sun energy. After mastering this method, it is possible to double the production capacity!

What does it mean to double the per capita production capacity?

After reading the article, the archbishop could no longer sit still.

The liaison officer who was conveying the message to Baptism at this moment had not seen the archbishop so excited for a long time. He was so excited that he slammed the tablet on the table, causing several cracks to appear on the screen. The thousands of languages ​​in the archbishop's heart turned into one word, echoing in the temple for a long time.

——Man!

The archbishop hopes that Lao Duan will appear in the Holy City immediately and be at work before lunch time.

Such a groundbreaking discovery was made after just participating in one seminar. God knows what kind of changes would have happened if Lao Duan had stayed in the church for a year.

The liaison officer's enthusiasm was dampened by the baptism.

"How to investigate?"

Jinli sat down at the table, her eyes became sharp, and the moment the tablet keyboard appeared, she entered combat mode - her aggression was now increased by six levels, making her one of the most aggressive creatures in the universe.

If this were a face-to-face conversation, she would simply lower her head and respond with silence.

However, the situation is different now. Jinli got the keyboard, so it's no wonder that she suddenly started to criticize others.

She felt that the archbishop and the liaison officer were talking like soup. The reason she came to this galaxy as an inspector was that Lao Duan was suspected of planning a terrorist attack and blowing up the flagship of the Coordination Department of Space Relations.

It's dangerous, okay?

"Of course it's a routine matter, to find out his identity and background. After all, this may involve diplomatic relations, so the formalities still need to be followed."

"What if he doesn't want to?"

"Then you should find a way to make him willing."

"What if he still doesn't want to do it after I think of a solution?"

"Then keep thinking of a solution!"

This exclamation mark seemed to explain the liaison officer's increasingly impatient heart. He had a prominent position in the consortium and was the archbishop's mouthpiece. When arranging work, he had the final say and was rarely questioned.

"What if he hits me?"

……

The liaison officer did not respond immediately, apparently stumped by Baptism's question.

Baptism did not give him any chance to breathe and continued questioning.

"What if my flagship also explodes? Will the consortium reimburse me?"

"to reimburse!"

"What if I die? If I die, can the consortium create another me?"

Then you go to hell!

Faced with a series of questions, the liaison officer was a little exasperated, but Jin Li got his position based on his own ability. Even if his words were irritating, as long as he didn't make any serious mistakes, he would not be able to take away his identity as an inspector.

How come he didn't realize that Baptism was so problematic when they were all in the headquarters before?

In his impression, Jinli was always the most silent one. No emotion could be seen on his face. He would never get angry or ecstatic. Even if he received an extremely dangerous order, he would only nod silently. Over time, other inspectors would take advantage of this and push the orders they were unwilling to accept to Jinli.

It's the same this time.

When the inspectors heard that the target this time was likely to involve the Transcendents, who had previously blown up a company flagship, they knew that they were either in poor health and needed recuperation, or that something urgent had happened on their home planet.

"This is the order of the Archbishop."

The liaison officer moved out the archbishop. In the church, the archbishop possesses supreme power. Every archbishop is regarded as the agent of the Sun King. The orders they issue are the will of the Sun King on earth.

Jinli's delicate eyebrows were twisted together.

Damn bureaucracy!

"I see."

"This matter is of great importance. You must give it your all."

Taking advantage of the archbishop's upper hand, the liaison officer began to speak in an official tone again.

"oh."

"Now that you know it, do it. May the Sun King bless you."

"May the Sun King bless you with caterpillars growing in your coffee."

"? 』

"The cat just jumped onto the keyboard."

Communications were cut off.

Baptist pushed the tablet aside and stood up. Even though she was not happy about it, the archbishop's order was absolute, representing the will of the Sun King.

Moreover, she had long realized that Duan Mingyuan's understanding of the energy of the scorching sun was different from that of ordinary people, and he even understood it much better than true believers.

A golden light flashed in Baptism's pupils, and the energy of the scorching sun surrounded her.

It seems that I can only go all out on the ground.

So before noon, Duan Mingyuan, who was walking on the ship, was stopped by someone.

The person who blocked her way was petite, and she looked up at him like a porcelain doll.

Duan Mingyuan did not underestimate the girl who blocked his way just because of her figure. He saw more through her golden pupils.

The dazzling solar energy, like that of the sun, was on a different level from all the believers encountered on the ship so far. Such vigorous energy lifted up the girl's body, allowing her body to float in the air, allowing her to appear anywhere she wanted without using her feet.

Moreover, the girl appeared suddenly.

Her body seemed to have turned into refracted light and appeared before his eyes in the blink of an eye.

"anything?"

After a long standoff, Duan Mingyuan took the initiative to ask.

The girl didn't say anything, just stared at him.

An eyeball robot floated over from behind her and said in a mechanical synthesized voice, "The Archbishop wants you to take up your post in the Holy City. What do you think?"

"I reject."

The moment he opened his mouth, Duan Mingyuan was already prepared for a debate or even a fight.

However, after receiving the answer, the imposing girl in front of him just nodded silently, then lowered her head and made way for him.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 197 Like a Bad Guy

Duan Mingyuan didn't know whether the girl in front of him could be considered a persistent person. After being rejected, the girl took the initiative to make way for him, but then followed him like a follower.

His plan for the morning was to go to the library in the flagship.

Just like a September will always appear in the kitchen at mealtime, you can always find Duan Mingyuan in the library.

He took a fancy to the collection of books on the consortium's flagship, most of which were not open to the public. Before leaving, he searched the database in the room and found a biography about the legendary life of Archbishop Zalman.

I, the Archbishop.

The seventh Archbishop Zalman is also the most mentioned Archbishop in the Church of Embers. During his tenure, the empire went from prosperity to destruction. He built an ark for the survivors on the planet and continued the flame of civilization. Because of this, some historians believe that Archbishop Zalman can be regarded as one of the creators of the Universal Company.

Unfortunately, Archbishop Zalman did not live to witness the rise of Universal Corporation. After witnessing the destruction of the planet, he became depressed and fell ill, and passed away not long after.

Just when Duan Mingyuan decided to observe the life of this legendary archbishop, the girl also entered the library, took out a music book called "Sacred Melody" from the bookshelf, sat opposite him, and began to read quietly.

A morning passed just like that.

Reading the words in the book, Duan Mingyuan felt as if he was really in that turbulent era, and also learned more about Archbishop Zalman.

The Archbishop is a controversial figure.

As early as his time, people had mixed opinions about him.

All the abuse came from the fact that he abolished the election and hereditary systems within the Church of the Ashes, and severely suppressed the nepotism within the church with an iron fist. As a result, he offended many high-ranking officials of the empire. There were 16 recorded assassination attempts on his life, three of which seriously injured Zalman. At one point, the church was ready to elect an acting archbishop after his death.

Judging from the perspective of later generations, many of Archbishop Zalman's propositions were groundbreaking, and laid a solid foundation for the Church of Ashes to develop into a belief that spread throughout the universe.

This was because Zalman had discovered corruption within the empire when he was young. Long-term prosperity would inevitably breed hidden dangers, so from the first day he took office as archbishop, he was committed to eliminating corruption. For this reason, he even broke with his own family. Those members of the family who tried to act recklessly in the name of the archbishop received the punishment they deserved.

But it was precisely because of this that Duan Mingyuan felt that fate was playing tricks on him.

Archbishop Zalman made 99% of the important decisions correctly in his life, but the only wrong decision was to directly blow up their planet.

Duan Mingyuan witnessed Zalman lying in the cooling cabin and removing the "troubles" from his brain through the energy of the scorching sun. At that time, Zalman seemed to believe that with the advancement of science and technology and people's continuous research on the energy of the scorching sun, the unstable factors in the energy would eventually be eliminated.

Unfortunately, three years after he made this decision, an unprecedented solar storm swept across his planet. Overnight, the planet's surface turned into charred charcoal, and the brilliant empire collapsed in flames.

More than 90% of the empire's residents were killed in the solar storm.

This was the first "cancerous change" recorded in the history of cosmic civilization, and the Embers Empire became the first planet to become "cocooned".

It was from that moment on that the spark of the imperial civilization has been dedicated to studying the causes of "cancer", but until today, a thousand years later, they have not found the answer.

"The current archbishop is a descendant of Zalman."

When Duan Mingyuan closed the book, the blonde girl kept the same pace as him. As if considering the quiet atmosphere of the library, she did not let the eye robot make any sound, but displayed the following text on the screen.

After confirming that Duan Mingyuan had seen it, the text on the eyeball robot's screen changed.

"The descendant of the legendary archbishop invites you to take up a post in the Holy City. What do you think?"

"No."

Another rejection.

Just like last time, the girl nodded, hid the eyeball robot, lowered her head and kept silent.

Duan Mingyuan stood up tentatively, and the girl stood up as well. When he sat down, the girl sat back in her chair.

Obviously, she still hasn't given up.

"What's your name?"

"Baptism."

The eyeball robot pops out of its head.

Duan Mingyuan finally understood that this eyeball robot was the girl's mouthpiece.

"Why aren't you talking? Is your throat sick?"

"No, and I don't want to."

Duan Mingyuan smelled the scent of the blade and immediately stopped, not wanting to touch on Jin Li's sad past. He changed the topic and asked, "Why are you following me?"

"Because I want to be friends with you."

"Why do you want to be friends with me?"