Chapter 301: For the Promised Land

"How can this be, impossible!"

Shaojun's expression was one of terror; he simply could not comprehend how an ignorant person who had not undergone the True Baptism and Gospel Enlightenment could mimic an aura identical to his own!

"No, could it be that you have also received the True Baptism!"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt this was the case; in his mind, True Reality was Absolute, and those who had not undergone the True Baptism could absolutely not possess such an aura.

But then, why was this?

Having received the True Baptism and Gospel Enlightenment, they should have been his companions; they should not have betrayed them.

"Tell me, who exactly are you, and how did you do it? Are you our companion? If you are a companion, why do you harbor such great hostility toward us?"

He became agitated in an instant and roared.

Li Heng smiled slightly.

"Do you want to know?"

Shaojun nodded hurriedly, revealing a look of longing.

"That is naturally because the True Gospel has already abandoned you; you are nothing but trash and have no qualifications to receive the gaze of the True Gospel," Li Heng said leisurely with a smile.

"No, you are still lying to me!"

"If we were not qualified to receive the gaze of the True Gospel, our flesh and blood would have already collapsed," Shaojun said calmly.

"Hmph, how Great is the True Gospel? Is it something you can imagine? What does it matter if you are allowed to linger on for a period of time?"

Li Heng wore a look that was not quite a smile.

This really stunned Shaojun.

It was indeed as Li Heng said; in their minds, the True Gospel was Great, supreme, Absolute, and unfathomable.

Since it was unfathomable.

Then all their thinking regarding the True Gospel could be called meaningless; who knew what the thoughts of the True Gospel were? What if what this person said was true?

That the True Gospel considered them trash.

And therefore sent this person to purge them?

In an instant.

Shaojun felt as if struck by a bolt of lightning, and everything before his eyes turned dark. For people like them, death was not terrifying; what was terrifying was having no value left and being abandoned by the Gospel they believed in.

He naturally knew.

If one followed normal logic, these words were nonsense and not worth believing, lest they affect one's state of mind.

But the aura Li Heng simulated was too shocking, occupying a massive weight in his judgment; he simply could not bypass it or explain it, so he vaguely leaned toward the idea that Li Heng was an emissary sent by the True Gospel to purge them.

Otherwise, there was no way to explain why Li Heng was their enemy yet possessed the same aura as them.

Could an aura even be faked? How could that be possible? How Great was the aura of True Reality? Could it be faked just like that? This thought was simply blaspheming the Gospel, blaspheming True Reality!

If you tell a normal person that 1+1=3, will they believe you?

It would be strange if they did; believing it would be equivalent to their worldview collapsing.

Shaojun's situation was exactly the same.

"Fine, then kill me."

"We have let the True Gospel down."

Shaojun smiled bitterly, resigned to his death.

He knew.

There was no point in thinking about this matter now.

Regardless of this person's identity, his current situation was that he was the meat on the chopping block and the other was the butcher; with no one to save him and death inevitable, it was better to truly believe that Li Heng was the emissary sent to liquidate them.

That way, he could at least die with clarity.

Seeing this, Li Heng's expression was subtle, and he could not help but sigh.

This brainwashing, this personality reconstruction, was worth him learning.

"Kill me. Since we are trash, we should not remain in this World and hinder the arrival of the Promised Land."

Shaojun directly urged Li Heng to act.

"Heh, what are you in such a rush for? The True Gospel has said that there will be no arrival of the Promised Land in this World, because you are unworthy, and this World is unworthy," Li Heng continued to provoke him.

He still wanted to see.

Whether these people chose to believe in this so-called True Gospel because of the arrival of the Promised Land, or if they only wanted to push for the arrival of the Promised Land because they believed in this so-called True Gospel.

The former was for profit, while the latter was fanaticism.

Shaojun's expression was suddenly one of astonishment.

"No, the True Gospel cannot do this! The Promised Land is the hope of this Heaven and Earth, the hope of all living beings! Great True Gospel, please do not deprive us of the qualification for the Promised Land."

In an instant, Shaojun burst into tears.

"Now I ask you, if the arrival of the Promised Land were to be an enemy of the True Gospel, what would you do?"

Li Heng was unfazed and said calmly.

Cultists were like this.

"I... I don't know."

Shaojun's expression was lost, tears streaming down his face.

"The Promised Land is the hope of Heaven and Earth, the cornerstone of the future; only when the Promised Land arrives can the World return to beauty. This is our heart's desire."

"But, the True Gospel is also Great, Absolute, and supreme."

"How could we possibly harbor such thoughts."

"Then what if you must do so?"

Li Heng continued to emphasize and reinforce.

From the moment he first came into contact with these people.

He knew that this group of people was twisted.

The purpose of this group in pushing for the arrival of the so-called Promised Land was not to destroy the World, but to make Heaven and Earth more beautiful, for the sake of an endless future.

But for the sake of the Promised Land, everything in Heaven and Earth, except for companions like them who had received the True Baptism, could be sacrificed.

Then... Shaojun stopped thinking.

Stupefied, he no longer spoke.

They believed in the so-called True Gospel and accepted it as Absolute and supreme; they had never even thought that such a possibility could exist.

Once forced by someone to consider this possibility.

Under the conflict of logic, he directly crashed due to contradiction.

Li Heng was thoughtful.

This situation was somewhat strange.

If this group placed the True Gospel in the first position, then for the sake of the True Gospel, they would certainly abandon the so-called Promised Land. If they placed the Promised Land in the first position, then there would definitely be the possibility of cutting down the True Gospel to let the Promised Land arrive.

But looking at it now, this did not seem to be the case.

The two seemed more like they were on an equal footing.

Yet Li Heng always felt that it was not that simple.

Because this Shaojun had truly crashed, his divine soul silenced by the question he asked, stuck at a point without moving; one could say he was dead, yet not completely dead.

But this phenomenon was clearly unreasonable.

Because humans are not robots, not computers; even if they encounter a problem where logic conflicts, they would not crash, but would simply skip over and ignore the problem.

Even if this problem truly could not be skipped.

It was still unlikely to crash.

So why exactly was this?

Li Heng pondered in his heart, unable to find the solution.

However, he also knew that he could not waste time on these thoughts. The facts behind this matter might have significance, but the significance was not great; he still had to seize the time to do his proper work.

Perhaps he would know in the future.

Immediately.

He looked up, looked at the crashed Shaojun, and smiled slightly.

"I lied to you."

As soon as the words fell, a flash of agility appeared in the eyes of Shaojun, who had already crashed and should have been completely plunged into Eternal Silence, as if he had been stimulated by Li Heng's words.

But it was fine, he, Li, was a very kind person.

Kind-hearted, he could not bear to see others being stimulated.

Therefore.

Sun True Fire rose up, wrapping around Shaojun's entire body.

Shaojun was only in the Dharma Aspect Realm; his strength could not withstand the burning of the Sun True Fire at all, and in the remaining time, he was reduced to ashes, leaving behind black liquid that kept squirming.

Soon.

The black liquid also turned into nothingness under the burning of the Sun True Fire.

Source Power + 50,000.

Li Heng's Source Power at this moment reached as much as 850,000.

That dim space referred to as the Promised Land.

Many Divine Senses entrenched within it became panicked.

"What to do, the Mind Fire of the six of them has been extinguished, which shows that they have also encountered an accident in Reality."

"This is definitely a trap; they should already be dead."

"Damn it, why would those rotten humans in the outside world, those ants who have never experienced the True Baptism, suddenly attack us, and even painstakingly set a trap!"

The Divine Senses discussed with extreme intensity.

"Regardless, I propose that everyone should hide for the recent period of time; if you are in a major power, you must also leave in advance to avoid being suppressed by your respective major powers."

"Don't forget the fate of that person who was suspected to be our companion, that Daoist Child of the Dao Sect; he was suppressed just because of suspicion."

"That's right, I also feel we should be more cautious."

"I even feel that, just as mentioned before, this space is no longer safe; we must abandon this space and open up a new gathering place, otherwise there will be a great disaster."

These Divine Senses spoke out one by one.

Although the six people who had the accident were the strongest in terms of cultivation, just as they said, they were all companions and fellow Daoists, with no distinction of high or low, no difference in status.

So they did not have the depression of being leaderless; what they had was the anger and sorrow of companions and fellow Daoists being killed, as well as the feeling of being like birds startled by the mere twang of a bow, terrified that enemies would kill their way to the door at any moment.

"But this space was opened up by the six people who had the accident, and there was an Array master among them. Now that he has had an accident and is very likely dead, none of us have the ability to open up such a space."

A Divine Sense spoke up, clarifying their current situation.

Immediately, the other Divine Senses fell silent.

This was a problem.

Although there was no high or low status among them, the fact that their abilities had gaps was an objective reality that they could not avoid.

If they abandoned this space, they would be unable to open up a similar place; at most, they could open up a low-level version of this space, and the confidentiality would be greatly reduced.

Was it really necessary for them to risk that tiny bit of danger.

To abandon such a perfect place for gathering and exchanging information?

"I think we can talk about this problem later. This space is still very secret at the moment; even if a powerhouse really notices the existence of this space, it is estimated that it will take some time to find it."

"The most urgent thing now is to avoid the danger in Reality; all companions from major powers must leave immediately, no matter what excuse is used, act now, do not delay!"

This group of Divine Sense were all geniuses who had broken through to the Dharma Aspect realm over the past hundred years, so they could distinguish between primary contradictions and secondary contradictions, and would not get stuck on this issue.

In fact, this point caused everyone's sense of crisis to explode, making them feel they had to act immediately and could not delay a single minute or second.

However.

The little bit of time they delayed decided everything.

A Void Channel emerged.

A "Shaojun" covered in "scars" jumped out.