Chapter 172 Scientists and the Church
Xie Shen just let his brother Geng Yizhi drag him along.
The two of them walked in tandem and soon arrived at an open space at the entrance of the village.
Can see:
There is a high platform built of stones in the open space.
There is a cross-shaped wooden frame erected on the high platform.
Geng Tianhua, the father of the original owner Geng Huan, was tied to the wooden frame at this moment.
His eyes were closed and he looked like he had been knocked unconscious.
besides.
From the firewood piled at Geng Tianhua's feet, it is not difficult to see that the villagers really planned to burn him alive.
…
On the open ground.
Seeing Xie Shen and Geng Yizhi rushing to the scene, the eldest sister Geng Tao hurriedly walked out of the crowd.
She looked at Xie Shen and said with a hint of surprise in her tone: "Brother, why are you here? Are all your injuries healed?"
"It's not completely healed yet, but it doesn't affect the movement at all." After Xie Shen responded, he immediately changed the subject and said, "What is the situation now? Why are the people in the village just standing there and not starting to light fires?"
"Because they are waiting for people from the church." Geng Tao explained: "I just heard it from the village chief."
"It is said that people who become scientists must first be judged by the church."
"Only after the soul has been purified can it be burned to death with fire."
Church judgment?
After hearing this, Xie Shen immediately understood what the problem was.
Obviously.
The people of this world have been fooled by the so-called church.
Not only do they pretend to be gods, but they also perform a so-called "soul purification" ritual before killing anyone.
Ordinary people are even strictly prohibited from learning scientific knowledge.
If there is any violation, they will end up with the same fate as the original owner Geng Huan's father - being tied to a wooden frame and burned alive.
Just as Xie Shen was sorting out various clues.
I heard Geng Tao say again: "The village has just sent people to the church."
"It will take no more than half a day at most before the church people can reach us."
"Dad will be dead by then."
"What do we do now?"
Only half a day left?
Hearing what Geng Tao said, Xie Shen couldn't help but feel a headache.
——As a monk in the transformation stage, the first thing he thought of was to use force to solve all problems.
But considering the body he currently occupies, his injuries have not yet healed.
If he really took action, although Xie Shen could barely defeat several villagers with the blessing of the spiritual consciousness of the monks in the transformation stage.
But he himself is bound to be wounded in battle.
Once the injury is added to the injury.
If someone from the church still possesses some extraordinary power, then Xie Shen's life may be in danger.
So it is obviously unwise to take action.
If you want to save the original owner's father, Geng Tianhua, you have to find another way.
"The goddess is here, the goddess is here!"
At the entrance of the village.
Xie Shen was thinking about how to deal with it when he suddenly heard a burst of noise coming from the crowd not far away.
The next second.
Following everyone's gaze, they saw a girl wearing a long skirt of mixed-color coarse cloth, slowly arriving in front of the high platform surrounded by countless villagers.
Perhaps it is because the church has deliberately screened it.
This girl has a beautiful face.
In addition, its body is slender and thin, so just at first glance, it can give people a sense of innocence and harmlessness.
This girl from the church, also known as the Goddess, seems to be really capable.
After she stepped onto the high platform, she went to the side of the original owner's father, Geng Tianhua, and sprinkled a full circle of black powder.
After doing all this, she muttered something in a low voice.
It's like chanting a mantra.
Through the spiritual consciousness in his body, Xie Shen can clearly observe:
The moment the goddess finished sprinkling the black powder and recited the incantation.
Father Geng Tianhua, who was tied up by Wu Hua Da Da and fell into a coma, suddenly started to tremble violently involuntarily.
Although Xie Shen didn't know exactly why all this happened.
But you don’t need to think about it to know that if you continue to let the goddess do what you want, the original owner’s father, Geng Tianhua, will surely die soon.
Thinking of this.
Xie Shen decisively released his spiritual consciousness and tried to communicate with Geng Tianhua, who was in a coma.
He sent a voice into the other person's sea of consciousness: "Hey, can you hear me?"
"Where is this?" After hearing Xie Shen's voice, Geng Tianhua subconsciously replied: "Where am I now?"
Xie Shen explained: "You were knocked unconscious."
"As for how I got fainted, I'm not sure yet."
"In short, I am communicating with you subconsciously."
"Subconscious?" Geng Tianhua didn't quite understand.
Xie Shen said again: "Don't worry about whether it is subconscious or not."
"Now you are being tied to a wooden frame."
"And it won't be long before you are burned alive."
"If you want to survive, you have to wake up from your coma as soon as possible."
"Otherwise, even if I rescue you, it will be difficult to rescue you from the village."
Hearing this, Geng Tianhua immediately recalled all the things that happened before he fell into coma.
"I remembered!" He suddenly said: "Just yesterday, I was doing scientific research and was accidentally discovered by the villagers."
"I thought they were all from the same village." "Even if my scientific research is really discovered, the people in the village won't do anything to me."
"But unexpectedly, they actually knocked me down with hemp arrows."
"Now you actually want to burn me to death with fire!"
Geng Tianhua said with a hint of sternness in his words.
"If I had known earlier, I would have killed them all in advance."
"I am really convinced by this group of fools who have been fooled by the church!"
"Okay, okay." Seeing his father Geng Tianhua kept chattering in the sea of consciousness, Xie Shen urged: "What's the use of talking nonsense? Your top priority now is to find a way to wake up as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult for anyone to save you. You.”
After hearing this, Geng Tianhua hurriedly said: "So how can I wake up from the coma?"
"Rely on your own willpower." Xie Shen explained: "It is difficult to explain things on a spiritual level in one sentence."
"Whether you can wake up depends entirely on whether your own will to survive is strong or not."
"This is just like when a person sleeps, whether he can get up early is the same thing."
“If you keep something on your mind, you’ll get up early naturally.”
"Can you understand me?"
"Maybe you can understand." Geng Tianhua responded with a vague understanding.
"Okay, I won't talk nonsense to you." Xie Shen finally said: "After all, you don't have much time left."
After saying this, he withdrew from Geng Tianhua's sea of consciousness, and took advantage of the situation to take his consciousness back into his body.
…
If it hasn't been long.
But when he saw Geng Tianhua, whose whole body was twitching constantly on the high platform, he suddenly opened his eyes as if by divine help.
This moment.
The villagers who were watching all had expressions of horror on their faces.
Even the goddess who was performing the ritual nearby was so frightened by this sudden change that she stumbled and fell to the ground.
"You, you, you!!"
The goddess looked at Geng Tianhua who had woken up, and then looked at the villagers below the high platform.
She asked the villagers: "Didn't you say that this man has been given anesthesia? Why did he suddenly wake up again?"
"I can't control this anymore."
"I'm leaving!"
The more the goddess spoke, the more urgent her tone became.
She stood up in a panic and ran away, trying to leave from the high platform.
This moment.
A translucent white light shield suddenly spread outward from Geng Tianhua's body.
The mask grew bigger and bigger like a balloon, and the hemp rope that tied Geng Tianhua was so stretched that it burst.
Geng Tianhua is out of trouble.
Seeing him break free from the hemp rope, the village chief became anxious.
At that moment, he hurriedly ordered the people around him: "Quick! Shoot the hemp arrows!"
After receiving the order, the villagers drew their bows and arrows and shot at Geng Tianhua.
However, at this moment, Geng Tianhua had released a white light mask to protect his body.
After those hemp arrows hit the light shield, they only caused the slightest crack on its surface, but they were never able to break through its defense.
——A stance shield similar to this white mask, Xie Shen had seen Li Xiu develop it.
Compared to bulky mechas.
This stance shield can be retracted and retracted freely and will hardly cause any drag on the user and will not affect his or her actions.
So in theory, stance shields are far superior to mechas.
However, due to the huge amount of energy consumed by the stance shield, neither energy supply nor battery life issues can be solved.
Therefore, it has never been applied in actual combat.
Unexpectedly, Xie Shen saw technology that had not been developed by the people on earth in this seemingly backward village.
How strange.
I don’t know how Geng Tianhua developed the stance shield.
Li Xiu would be so greedy to see him like this.
On the high platform.
After breaking free from the shackles of the hemp rope, Geng Tianhua decisively put his right hand into his mouth.
Under the gaze of countless people, he actually took out an iron pipe as thick as a toothpick and as long as half a finger from his mouth.
Geng Tianhua pointed the iron pipe at the goddess.
The next second.
A red light then erupted from the iron pipe.
The red light passed through the chest of the goddess who was running for her life.
After receiving this blow, the goddess fell to the ground and died suddenly on the spot after struggling only for a few times.
This.
The scene in front of him made Xie Shen, who was about to help, completely dumbfounded.
After all, it is a stance shield that can generate a white light mask.
There are also miniature laser guns that can kill people instantly.
Without the support of a huge industrial base, these are simply not high-tech equipment that people of this era can invent.
This is completely unreasonable
In fact, it’s not just Xie Shen.
The other villagers in the village, as well as the original owner's brother Geng Yizhi and sister Geng Tao.
It seemed that it was also the first time for them to see high-tech equipment that was far beyond this era.
So for a moment, everyone present was stunned on the spot.
Of course.
These villagers are not stupid either.
After being stunned for about a second or two, they all fled away like birds and beasts, as if they had discussed it in advance.
(End of chapter)