Witch, Fireball and the Evil God of Steam-Chapter 722 - 98: Divinity Factor_2

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Meanwhile, on the other side.

Ethan's investigation was also mired in difficulties.

After waking up, he once again followed Lindong to visit Professor Karl, who eagerly shared his insights after revisiting City of Truth.

Mrs. Vince was relieved, exclaiming, "Thank the heavens, you've finally arrived," before affectionately pulling Lindong into the living room for a chat. She was very interested in the life of "Dreamland".

But this definitely did not include politics, conspiracy theories, and beliefs.

Most of the time, she was quite satisfied with her husband; most of their married life counted as happy. But as a believer in the God of Truth, Karl could inevitably fall into a state of obsession at times.

Ever since Ethan's last visit, Karl had been obsessed.

And this time, the obsession was particularly long-lasting. First, he locked himself in the study for a whole day, and afterward, he would neurotically pull her into discussions about the conspiracies of the Democratic Assembly. But in fact, she had no interest in the "ideal state" envisioned by the God of Truth's followers.

Being dragged into a conversation about topics she was completely uninterested in for several hours was sheer torture for Mrs. Vince.

"Ethan, the perspective you proposed last time inspired me. I've tried to interpret the actions of the Democratic Assembly from the evil side."

Professor Karl was dressed casually as usual, in striped pajamas full of wrinkles, "I discovered that they showed great interest toward various path beliefs, even inviting the sages to promote the God of Truth's belief to their chosen apprentices, which unsurprisingly ended in failure."

Ethan somewhat understood Mrs. Vince's suffering.

Once Professor Karl opened his mouth, it was hard to stop him, like a horse running wild, even if you didn't respond; he could continue the conversation through self-questioning and self-answering.

Since arriving at the study, Professor Karl had been muttering to himself for almost an hour.

Ethan was a polite young man, and he didn't want to dampen Professor Karl's spirits, so when Karl paused, Ethan followed the topic's direction and asked, "So, do you think the Democratic Assembly actually hopes to utilize the power of the paths for their own use?"

"On this point, the sages proposed two possibilities."

This question was right up Professor Karl's alley, and he eagerly said, "First, the power of True God and Middle-Level God cannot cross the boundaries of 'Dreamland' to affect those in the City of Truth; second, the Imperial People and the residents there have inherently different constitutions, unable to naturally endure the blessings of path beliefs."

"Thus, based on the second theory, the Democratic Assembly proposed a hypothesis on whether they could, through some means, use Imperial People as a template, altering the residents there to have the same constitution through something called 'gene technology.'"

When mentioning "gene technology," Professor Karl frowned because there was no detailed commentary on this term in City of Truth, so he could only conclude it was a technology long held by the Democratic Assembly, "It seems somewhat similar to the human experimentation promoted by the Church Court. You know about the Choir's existence, right? Those children are selected from a young age and undergo 'Holy Word Art' modifications."

He sighed at this point, "A student of mine once intended to report on this matter. A month later, his body was found on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital."

"Please accept my condolences."

"He died while pursuing the truth, a worthy death."

Due to his student, Karl detested any behavior potentially related to human experimentation. And after viewing the Democratic Assembly as the evil side, it all made sense.

These were the means used by evil forces.

Just like the Church Court; in the eyes of the Pope, those children were merely resources for welcoming the Saint's arrival.

"The Democratic Assembly once requested the sages, hoping they could provide a perfect sample to advance their experiments."

This might become a historically significant technology.

"Did he agree?"

"He did. The sage promised to try to find a perfect sample for them." Professor Karl paused, "But there were no records of this matter afterward."

He had no way of knowing whether the sage found a perfect sample that met the Democratic Assembly's requirements.

"My goodness, when I reflect on this from the perspective you provided, I realize the Democratic Assembly is absolutely rotten! Of course, this is just one possibility; I have no substantial evidence to prove these assumptions."

Professor Karl thought they were destined not to find any evidence.

They had never personally been to the City of Truth; what they were engaging in was an interesting thought experiment. Unfortunately, he had left the Truth Society, otherwise, it would have been the perfect lecture content.

Viewing everything through a dialectical lens.

They respected the sages who wrote City of Truth, but it didn't mean all of the sages' views were correct.

That's also why Ethan appreciated the followers of the God of Truth and enjoyed communicating with them.

They had a fundamental difference compared to the believers of the Goddess of Life. They wouldn't get angry and defensive when you questioned the scriptures and certainly wouldn't label you as an Evil God follower and burn you to death.

They would calmly sit down and think critically about whether what you said made sense.

Of course, if you proposed arguments too contrary to reason, the followers of the God of Truth might label you as an "idiot," leading to some biting sarcasm.

In modern terms, most followers of the God of Truth have a disdain for foolishness, even Ave wasn't an exception. From Ethan's observation, the only difference was that Ave had good manners; after labeling certain people as "idiots," she wouldn't bother to scold them.

This was a good test.

If you suddenly found yourself demoted several grades and sent to the lowest positions while working with the new cabinet, or unexpectedly transferred from the Imperial Capital to a border city, it was likely that Ave had marked you.

During the first few months of the new cabinet's establishment, Ave had cleared out everyone who entered the cabinet through family connections. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

However, the reason Ethan came here might be too ahead of its time, even for the open-minded followers of the God of Truth.

Lately, he had been contemplating matters concerning the God of Truth.

A white orb of light.

This is how the followers of the God of Truth described Him, and the more Ethan thought about it, the stranger it seemed that among the True God and Middle-Level God ranks, there appeared a peculiar entity.

The Old Gods he knew were all unaware of where this white orb of light had emerged from, which indicated that the God of Truth was inherently illegitimate from the path belief perspective.

A new problem arose.

The "Path Leaders" Ethan knew were of such high rank that they wouldn't concern themselves with such trivial matters, and the God of Truth had never been the first entity they sought to resent or eliminate. If one had to describe it, His existence was like a luminous extra extinguished conveniently by the Old Gods during their world-destructive campaign.

Perhaps only the True Gods and Middle-Level Gods who had worked with the God of Truth knew His origins, but the bad news was that the last Middle-Level God, the Hunting Goddess Cynthia, decided to stay forever in the past centuries. She met McCarthy Delin for the last time, and thereafter, no records related to her were found.

Thus, Ethan could only seek other routes to probe the insights of seasoned followers of the God of Truth. If necessary, he would have to ask Lindong if he could open a big account to guide him.

After all, he had just started researching the construction of the "pollution zone," saying "newbie seeking guidance" shouldn't be too much.

"Professor Karl, I actually have another matter to consult with you."

"Go ahead."

"In the knowledge left by the God of Truth, is there a way to behold Him?"

Ethan explained, "I know similar rituals are passed down among the Life Divine Teachings and the Neseriel Sanctuary."

When a Neseriel Sanctuary knight receives the Holy Sword, he completes an audience with the Knight Lord.

"Behold?"

"You mentioned before, during your persecution by the Church Court, you briefly beheld the God of Truth."

"Theoretically possible, but..."

Karl looked Ethan up and down, "Are you willing to become a follower of the God of Truth?"