Chapter 707 Millions of sacrifices, turning back time
When the bishop saw the time and space creatures, he was so excited that he trembled all over.
When he thought that he was about to return to the past with his memories, save all mankind, and reach the pinnacle of his life, he wanted to pinch himself, for fear that he was dreaming.
Take a deep breath, calm down the excitement a little, and then the bishop asked a believer he just brought to sacrifice himself.
Sacrifice is also very simple. No matter where the believer is, he only needs to silently recite the voluntary sacrifice to go back in time and say the name of the initiator.
This believer is an ardent fan of the bishop. After receiving the bishop's order, he did not hesitate at all. He immediately silently recited the voluntary sacrifice to turn back time and recognized the bishop as the initiator.
Unlike the sacrifices Wang Tao had seen before, there was no bloody scene this time. The believer's body slowly became transparent and then disappeared, leaving nothing behind. , as if it had never happened before.
Wang Tao is very uncomfortable with human sacrifice. One is that it is bloody, and the other is that it goes against Wang Tao's three views and cannot be accepted by Wang Tao.
But it is different now. There is no bloodshed. This sacrifice is to turn back time and return to the past. Since everything has gone back to the past, it means that the person who volunteered to sacrifice did not die!
So after seeing the believer's body gradually disappearing, Wang Tao didn't feel much fluctuation in his heart, nor did he feel any guilt.
At this time, the time and space creatures took the initiative to sacrifice, and [Time Rewind] finally entered the activation stage. Both Wang Tao and the bishop saw some data, but these data made them both a little dumbfounded.
"What the hell? To activate time travel, two million people need to be sacrificed? And it has to be collected within three days? If it takes more than three days, the time and space creatures will leave! We will never be able to use [time travel] again. !”
Wang Tao had thought before that the current situation was different from the situation in the bishop’s memory, and more sacrifices might be needed, but Wang Tao did not expect that there would be so many! Is it okay to just double it?
Two million people are needed, and they must be willing to sacrifice themselves!
Where can we get so many people?
"The total number of my believers is only one million... Is it impossible for us to turn back time?" The bishop's face was a little confused, but soon, he seemed to have thought of something again, and quickly looked at Wang Tao, "No. , aren’t there a lot of people in your base? Can you let them participate?”
Wang Tao shook his head.
"Our base has a population of nearly one million, but it is impossible to prevent all of them from voluntarily making sacrifices. You should understand human nature very well. After all, we only have three days, and it is impossible for me to Do a good job of ideological work for them in these three days..."
Wang Tao Sighing, I finally got this opportunity, is it still not possible...
"How about you give it a try? What if it works? There is no other way anyway. If it doesn't work this time, we They will all die sooner or later... I will go back and let them all start making sacrifices!"
The bishop gritted his teeth and looked at Wang Tao.
"Okay."
Wang Tao nodded, and then sent the bishop back to the Twilight Church headquarters. He then returned to the temporary Changhe base and told Gu Yun and others that they were encountering difficulties now. to the situation.
"There are not enough people to sacrifice? Two million people are needed..."
Everyone was also stunned. Obviously they did not expect that there were so many people who needed to be sacrificed!
However, when Wang Tao left before, Gu Yun and others were not willing to let Wang Tao work in vain, so they had already begun to arrange manpower to see how many of them were willing to sacrifice.
After all, you can turn back time, and sacrifice does not mean death. And now that their living environment is so bad, their base is gone, so they can only take refuge here... In this case, someone should be willing to offer sacrifices.
At this time, the preliminary survey results of the City Hall have also come out. People who were sampled said they were willing to sacrifice themselves to save all mankind. But for this kind of thing, don’t look at what they say, but look at how they do it. Only those who are truly willing in their hearts can be sacrificed. There is no consistency between the mouth and the heart, and there is no way to be sacrificed even if there is even a hint of unwillingness.
So Wang Tao asked Gu Yun to find 100 people from the sample survey and conduct a simple sacrifice experiment.
The domain of time and space creatures can at least cover the entire earth, so no matter where in the world, sacrifice can be used at any time.
Soon, all 100 volunteers were selected.
They all had expressions of resignation on their faces. They took a deep breath and silently recited "Voluntary Sacrifice to Turn Back Time" in their hearts.
After a while, only 28 people's bodies gradually became transparent and disappeared, while the other 72 people were still fine.
These 72 people were a little confused at first, and then they became embarrassed after they came to their senses. Their failure to make the sacrifice obviously showed that they were not sincere.
In fact, if they need to be sacrificed to save others, they are rationally willing. But this "willingness" does not mean that they sincerely and voluntarily sacrifice, but that they are willing to take the overall situation into consideration, and they can wrong themselves for the sake of the overall situation.
After all, their lives were given by the Changhe Base. It was fair that they sacrificed for the Changhe Base, but they were somewhat unwilling in their hearts. After all, who would be willing to die if they could live? Whether it's true or false about turning back time, it's hard to say whether it can be successful...
As long as there is a trace of unwillingness in their hearts, then this sacrifice will not succeed. You have to agree completely.
And many people may be thinking that since so many people are needed, one more of me is not more, and one less of me is not more... The more they think this way, the more no one is willing.
In addition, some people may not be willing to sacrifice at all and are just showing up... That's why 72 people are unable to sacrifice.
“Close to 30%, too low...”
Seeing this result, Gu Yun and others shook their heads.
They also know that this is reasonable, but it is still disappointing.
“This is reality, there is nothing we can do about it.”
Wang Tao sighed.
If the time is longer, such as three months, or even three weeks, the survivors should be able to develop a sense of self-sacrifice, but now there are only three days, which is too short, hope Improving things won't work.
"Anyway, let's gather some people here first. I'll go to the Dusk Church headquarters to have a look and think of a way..."
Wang Tao thought for a while.
Now it is basically certain that turning back time is the only chance to save mankind. Regardless of whether you succeed in the end, you have to work hard and leave no regrets.
After everyone looked at each other, Gu Yun said:
"Okay! We will also try our best to do some ideological work for them! And we will take the lead in offering sacrifices, which should have some effect. Set an example!”
They all believe in Wang Tao unconditionally, and they are willing to take the initiative to sacrifice, so they can definitely take the lead. If they can play a leading role, it will be worthwhile.
"Okay, I'm sorry to trouble you."
Wang Tao patted Gu Yun's shoulder, and then flew towards the Dusk Church again.
When he came to the Church of Twilight, he received another bad news - the believers of the Church of Twilight were not 100% obedient to his words as the bishop had promised before. Only about 60% of people are willing to actively sacrifice themselves for the bishop. The remaining 40% said they would go through fire and water for the bishop, but in fact they had no way to sacrifice.
“What the hell!”
The bishop was annoyed and punched a hole in the wall.
He always thought that everything was under his control, but he didn't expect that the actual situation was so different!
It feels very uncomfortable now. There are 600,000 people in Dusk Church who have volunteered to sacrifice. The Changhe Base has not started yet, but it is estimated that there are only 200,000 to 300,000 people at most. In total, There are less than one million people, still far from two million people!
“I’ll think of another way to see if I can persuade them... Anyway, as long as I can persuade them, I will let them sacrifice as soon as possible. Although the hope of success is now very slim Yes, it only exists in theory, but I am not willing to accept it!”
The bishop’s eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes.
He worked hard for so long and finally saw hope, but now his hope has been extinguished. He is really unwilling to accept it.
"Alas... I'll go back to Changhe Base and have a look."
Wang Tao patted the bishop on the shoulder, and then flew back to Changhe Base.
When he returned to Changhe Base, Ding Yuqin suddenly told Wang Tao that Han Youlin had sent someone over and said he wanted to find Wang Tao. The mutant geese that Wang Tao had tamed before were sold to the Red Maple Base. This person came here on the mutant geese.
But it is very dangerous outside now. Even in the air, it is not necessarily safe. He is taking great risks by coming here. Wang Tao is a little curious about what happened to him.
But when it came to the New Red Maple Base, Wang Tao thought of their population of nearly one million... But in the end, Wang Tao shook his head. Even the bishop's followers couldn't offer sacrifices voluntarily, let alone other places.
If there are still many human beings surviving now, for example, tens of millions or so, then maybe we can gather two million people who are willing to sacrifice. But now there are less than three million survivors in the entire Qian Kingdom. It is obviously impossible to get two-thirds of the people to have the spirit of sacrifice. As for other countries, there should be survivors, but after all, there are language barriers and different cultures. It is more difficult to make them believe Wang Tao...
Just when Wang Tao was thinking wildly, the man from the New Red Maple Base was brought , and the first words he said when he saw Wang Tao made Wang Tao stand up immediately.
“Our commander is willing to help you donate the number of voluntary sacrifices, and the number is large.”
“Go to the New Red Maple Base.”
Without saying anything, Wang Tao flew directly to the New Red Maple Base and met Han Youlin.
Seeing Wang Tao, Han Youlin didn't talk nonsense and said hoarsely:
"I can briefly control the nearly one million people in our base. During this period of time, these people's minds are The consciousness is mine. I volunteered to sacrifice, which should mean that they also sacrificed voluntarily..."
Wang Tao was shocked when he heard this.
He didn’t expect that Han Youlin could control nearly a million people! And this kind of control does not force them to do anything, but directly turns them into themselves! Although Han Youlin said that this time is very short, to a certain extent, it is equivalent to Han Youlin being able to incarnate into a million! And in order to help Wang Tao, he was willing to make a huge gamble with the lives of nearly a million people!
"...Is it reliable?"
Looking at Han Youlin's stiff expression, Wang Tao's expression was complicated. He had a lot to say, but in the end he just asked him if he was reliable. This is indeed an opportunity, and Wang Tao is unwilling to give up.
“Don’t worry, it’s absolutely reliable.”
Han Youlin grinned.
At this time, there is still one day left before the three-day countdown ends. There are more and more destruction-level monsters outside. Even the zombies of the eighth-level lord have taken their younger brothers out of the mountain - Wang Tao flew to the Church of Dusk before I saw it with my own eyes when I was at the headquarters and New Red Maple Base, and they were three eighth-level lord zombies!
A large number of seventh-level destruction-level monsters appear, sea beasts come to land, and eighth-level lord zombies return with the zombie tide... The surviving humans really can't hold on!
Wang Tao has no choice now.
"Okay, then please give it a try!"
Wang Tao looked at Han Youlin with a serious face.
“Haha, good!”
Han Youlin laughed, and saw the vines inserted into his scalp glowing with a faint green light. The bodies of the survivors in the New Red Maple Base suddenly paused, as if they were stuck. A second later, they turned their heads at the same time and looked at where Wang Tao and Han Youlin were, with a somewhat stiff smile on their faces. Then they saw their bodies gradually becoming transparent and finally disappearing...
"This is a relief for me..."
An ugly expression appeared on Han Youlin's face. The smile then disappeared in front of Wang Tao.
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Twilight Church Headquarters.
"What's going on?"
The bishop who was frantically doing ideological work for the believers suddenly sensed that the number of people voluntarily offering sacrifices was soaring - because some believers recognized him as the initiator, he could sense the number of sacrifices in real time. The specific circumstances of the festival.
The number of these voluntary sacrifices was originally only more than 600,000 in their Twilight Church, but now it suddenly increased by nearly 900,000! Reached more than 1.5 million people!
"Could it be Changhe Base! It's impossible! I remember that there are less than one million people in Changhe Base. Did everyone sacrifice themselves voluntarily? Impossible!"
The bishop hurriedly said Shake his head.
...
On the other side, Wang Tao has returned to the temporary Changhe base.
Before he had time to look for Gu Yun, he suddenly felt that the number of people offering sacrifices had increased sharply!
“An extra 400,000 people!”
Wang Tao immediately came to the city hall, but Gu Yun and other senior officials of the city hall were not there, only Ding Yuqin and a few people were here.
"Where are Gu Yun and the others?"
Wang Tao asked. "They led the survivors of our base to take the initiative to sacrifice, including the committee members... It is precisely because of their example that our number has increased a lot. It was originally expected to be 300,000 people That’s good, now there are 100,000 more people, reaching 400,000!”
Han Rui and others’ expressions were very complicated. Although they offered sacrifices to turn back time, if not If you succeed, you are truly dead. But there are still so many people willing to believe Wang Tao, and they would be lying if they said they were not moved.
Even if they didn't want to see Wang Tao again, they would have offered sacrifices.
"Everyone is doing well!"
Wang Tao sighed.
But looking at the number of people offering sacrifices, he felt a little sick again.
The Dusk Church has contributed more than 600,000 people, the New Red Maple Base has sacrificed nearly 900,000 people, and now the Changhe Base has sacrificed more than 400,000 people. , so now there are 1.94 million people in total. Although this amount has far exceeded Wang Tao's expectations, it is not enough! There are still 60,000 people left!
And there is only the last half day left. In this half day, can another 60,000 people be added? It feels impossible! At least the Changhe base is out of the question. If there were still people, they would have sacrificed together with Gu Yun long ago and would not have waited until now. Not to mention the New Red Maple Base, they have no one left, so the only hope is the Dusk Church! Let’s see how good the bishop’s brainwashing abilities are.
"I have to go to the Twilight Church!"
Wang Tao said to Ding Yuqin and others.
“Wait!” The women suddenly called to Wang Tao, “Let us take a last look at you!”
They came to Wang Tao and stretched out their hands, their eyes a little reluctant. .
Although they have various reasons for being together with Wang Tao, they all have true feelings. If time really goes back, will they still have a chance to meet again? If they could meet, would they still have a chance to become partners? They don't know.
Seeing the women's reluctance to leave, Wang Tao bent down and hugged them tightly.
"I hope we can meet again after we turn back time... No, we will definitely meet again!"
As long as I can keep my memory and go back to the past, I will definitely find them. .
"Okay, we'll wait for you..."
The bodies of the women became illusory in Wang Tao's arms, and finally disappeared in front of Wang Tao's eyes. Wang Tao suddenly felt empty.
Bang——
Although they disappeared, the equipment Wang Tao gave them remained.
"Haha, let's see you in the next life! If there is a next life!"
Wei Zhenguo and others also came over, laughed and punched Wang Tao on the arm, and then also in front of Wang Tao Become transparent and eventually disappear.
Bang——
The equipment on them also fell down.
Wang Tao put away the equipment and said softly:
“I hope we can meet again...”
Whoosh——
Wang Tao is like the same A meteor flew out of the messy Changhe Base. Changhe Base suddenly lost so many people, especially many leaders. It was now in chaos, but Wang Tao had no time to care about it.
He flew to the Dusk Church as quickly as possible and met the bishop.
"How is it possible! How did you do it!"
The bishop was so excited when he saw Wang Tao.
There was a sudden increase of nearly 900,000 people, bringing the number of sacrifices to 1.5 million. This was enough to shock the bishop. As a result, an additional 400,000 people were added later, making the number of sacrifices directly More than 1.9 million people have arrived! We only have the last 60,000 people left to succeed!
The bishop, who was already in despair, now had hope again.
"Now is not the time to explain. We don't have much time. Whether we can get the last 60,000 people together depends on you!"
Wang Tao said with a serious face.
"I, let me try!" The bishop suddenly became a little nervous at this time. "By the way, you should try it too. What if you are good at eloquence and can persuade them?"
"Okay."
Wang Tao doesn't think he can convince these believers, but there are only a few hours left before the end of the sacrifice. If he doesn't do something, even with his strong psychological quality, he will be Anxious.
The bishop called the remaining believers over. Looking at the huge crowd of people, he was doing psychological work at the top of his lungs. Many people responded to him, but only a few succeeded in making sacrifices. After all, the conditions for this sacrifice are too harsh, and there cannot be a trace of reluctance in the mind. As long as one thinks more and hesitates, the sacrifice will not be successful.
Wang Tao looked at the slowly increasing number of sacrifices and sighed silently in his heart. Judging from the bishop's speed, it doesn't seem to be possible. But Wang Tao has not completely lost hope. What if a miracle happens?
"My lord?"
Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded in Wang Tao's ears.
Wang Tao turned around and found that it was Zhao Yaru. It was the leader of Zizhu Base who was rescued by Wang Tao before. Later, they all came here with the bishop. Wang Tao also saw her when he first came to Twilight Church.
"You are here too."
Wang Tao nodded.
"Sir, this bishop has been deceiving us about voluntary sacrifice, saying that he wants to turn back time and save all mankind. What should we do, or let us follow you... ”
Zhao Yaru looked at Wang Tao with some anxiety.
"It's not a lie-" Wang Tao's tone suddenly paused, and then he looked at Zhao Yaru with a somewhat incomprehensible expression. "It is true that time can go back. I can also save all mankind, but it requires a certain number of people." Voluntary sacrifice. If you have this opportunity, will you sacrifice for me?"
"Ah? Yes! Not only am I willing, we are all willing! Our lives are given by you. If we can help you, especially if it can save mankind, we will never refuse!"
Zhao Yaru was stunned. down, and then nod immediately.
Although Wang Tao's words were almost the same as what the bishop said to them, he did not believe in the bishop, he only believed in Wang Tao.
“How many of you are there in total?”
Wang Tao asked immediately.
"There are less than 70,000 people in total."
Zhao Yaru quickly answered.
Hearing this number, Wang Tao suddenly felt that his heartbeat was a little fast, but he still asked calmly:
"Why are there so many people? I remember that your Zizhu base was not like this Many people..."
"After we arrived at the Dusk Church headquarters, we found that some believers were the first generation of bishops. The holy medicine was cheated, but luckily they didn't die. They came here just to survive, and they didn't believe in the bishop, so I told you about the story of how you helped us and discovered that the holy medicine was poisonous. After all, you are the orthodoxy of the Twilight Church, and the bishop is just. I am a liar, so they followed me, not believing in the bishop, but believing in you!”
When Zhao Yaru said this, he suddenly felt a little proud.
This matter will definitely not be as simple as she said, but she has said before that she will help Wang Tao, the real leader of the Twilight Church, develop followers. Now that it can grow to 70,000 or 80,000 people, especially under the Bishop's nose, she thinks it shouldn't be too bad.
“Awesome!”
Wang Tao really didn’t expect that Zhao Yaru could really develop followers for him!
Although Wang Tao has thought about it before, he is pretending to be a priest of the Twilight Church. As long as a certain number of people believe in him, he will be orthodox. But he didn't expect that he would actually get to this point! So Wang Tao quickly said:
"Then try to see if you can voluntarily sacrifice for me. Don't worry, this is really turning back time. You still have the next life!"
"Okay!"
Zhao Yaru immediately After going to notify those people, about half an hour later, Wang Tao sensed that the number of sacrifices, more than 1.9 million, was suddenly rising rapidly!
"Sir, I have informed you! They have all started voluntary sacrifices, and I am going to start too!"
Zhao Yaru looked at Wang Tao with a somewhat fanatical expression, and then gradually became transparent .
"Okay! See you in the next life!"
At this moment, Wang Tao's mind moved.
The number of sacrifices for a population of two million...enough!
“F*ck!”
The bishop in the distance yelled, he was a little confused.
Why did the number of people suddenly increase by 60,000?
Is this enough people? !
Especially when the bishop felt that only his 600,000 believers recognized him as the initiator of [Return of Time], while the remaining more than one million people recognized him as the initiator of [Return of Time]. It's Wang Tao!
While the bishop was excited, he was also a little lost.
But soon, the bishop grinned again.
"It's okay, he is stronger than me, and he should be able to bring a better future to mankind... Anyway, time travel is about to start, and I can be reborn. Even if I have no memory, I will not lose..."
While thinking this, the bishop's body began to become transparent.
He himself took the initiative to sacrifice, and the person he admitted to be the initiator of [Time Rewind] was Wang Tao. Now that Wang Tao has succeeded, time will soon turn back. He wants to feel what it feels like to make a voluntary sacrifice.
Wang Tao naturally sensed the situation of the bishop, but he had no time to sigh, he had to quickly find the time and space creatures!
Whoosh——
After spending some time, Wang Tao came to the time and space creature again. He felt that he could activate [Time Rewind] at any time!
But at this time, you can’t start it directly when you are excited, because Wang Tao has to sacrifice his own strength to get a chance to retain his memory!
If the strength is not enough, then there is no way to retain the memory. But if you are strong enough, you can retain memories and even some other things.
Wang Tao didn’t know whether he was strong or not, so he chose to sacrifice all his strength with some trepidation.
The moment the sacrifice was confirmed, Wang Tao felt that his strength was rapidly decreasing, and he soon disappeared and became an ordinary person. Then his size also began to shrink, becoming his original height of 1.8 meters.
But it wasn't over yet. Wang Tao found that the equipment, potions, materials, and other props in his space backpack were all disappearing one by one!
"Is this considered my own strength? It seems reasonable..."
Finally, when Wang Tao's ability to "see the health bar, kill monsters and drop treasures" was also sacrificed , the sacrifice finally ended.
At this time, Wang Tao found that a large number of options appeared in front of him, including the option of retaining memory! And not only can he choose to retain memories, he can also choose other things! This immediately made Wang Tao's eyes widen.
After making a difficult choice, Wang Tao took a deep breath and then silently confirmed in his heart.
Brush——
At this moment, the whole world seemed to have been pressed on the pause button, and everything stopped. Immediately afterwards, it was like pressing the reverse button again, and everything in the world was going backwards quickly.
Step back in time.
(End of this chapter)