Chapter 292 Internal Conflict
A carefully woven group illusion, a perfect dream that makes people indulge in it.
After listening to Sepp's explanation, Pet fell silent.
The situation was much more difficult than he expected.
If the Church of Illusion's living conditions were just a little worse and life was a little miserable, then it should be much easier to negotiate.
But the problem is.
The life of these people in the "Great Illusion" is not miserable at all, and can even be described as extravagant and carnival.
Just imagine and you can realize the pleasure of controlling everything.
In a sense, it is not an exaggeration to say that these guys are dead in reality.
They are left mentally indulging in psychedelia and enjoying all the false pleasures.
Don't want to wake up.
I just want to have endless joy in the illusion.
"The great illusion must be maintained by the magic spells cast by everyone. The material of the magic spells is [Illusion Crumbs]. So - if the supply of [Illusion Crumbs] is cut off, will they have to accept reality?" Pei Te asked with a frown.
Sepp replied in a serious tone: "That's true, but..."
Peter had an ominous premonition: "But what?"
"But now I don't know where they have hidden the church's artifacts." Serp confessed.
Peter was shocked: "No, wait a minute?"
"Aren't you the Patriarch of the Church of Illusion?"
"The artifact is not yours to control?!"
Sepp's face was complicated: "In the past, artifacts were used by everyone in the church. Most of the [Illusion Debris] were used to build and maintain the great illusion of the Palace of Paradise. I will take some more and use them to sneak into the Kingdom of Reyak." Disguise yourself."
"But three months ago, after the [Illusion Debris] produced by the artifact began to decrease, we had a... conflict."
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two months ago.
In the illusion of the blissful palace.
Serpu, who rushed back all the way after a long journey, was in a very depressed mood.
Because he had just spent a lot of time in Ceylon City to inquire about the source of [Illusion Debris], but he had gained nothing.
The entrusted acquisition merchants all said that they had never seen such a thing.
[Illusion Debris] Reducing the impact on the Church of Illusion is fatal.
In the past, the phantom debris they could obtain had maintained a "break-even" state.
Deduct what must be consumed to maintain the big illusion and what Sepu needs to use to disguise.
Only a small portion of the remaining fragments of the illusion were left.
And these remaining phantom fragments cannot be accumulated at all.
Because they will soon be used by people in the church to create new enjoyment and new scenes in the palace of bliss!
What Sepp didn’t expect was.
Returning to the dilapidated church, he soon received even worse news.
"How about it, have you found the source of other phantom debris?"
"I was supposed to be able to get 19 pieces of crumbs this month, but now I only have 17 pieces left. Sepp, when will we be able to replenish the missing crumbs!"
"Have you found the problem with the artifact? When will it return to normal?"
As soon as Sepp's figure appeared in the great illusion, other believers in the church noticed him and immediately gathered around him, asking about the situation.
"I...sorry."
"I've almost asked all over the city of Ceylon, and no one knows what other sources the [Illusion Debris] has."
"I also found a scholar and asked him to help me identify it, but he said that he could not analyze the material of [Illusion Debris]."
Sepp really tried every means. The scholar's fee was not low, but Sepp had no money, so he took the risk and used an illusion to tamper with the other party's cognition, pretending to pay a sum of gold coins.
"The goddess of illusion still hasn't answered my prayer. She may be very weak."
"Everyone, we may need to be a little more restrained next time."
"I suggest that we save some unused scraps outside of maintaining the Great Illusion to deal with possible changes in the future."
"If everyone can save 10 crumbs every month, the saved portion will be enough for us to support the illusion for another half month."
Thupp didn't think much of it when he made the suggestion.
He was thinking entirely from the perspective of how to preserve the church and continue the belief in the Goddess of Illusion.
Although the output of [Illusion Debris] has begun to decrease, it is not so low at this time that even a large illusion cannot support it.
If everyone agrees to Thupp's proposal.
Let's all "tighten our belts" together and stop spending all the [Illusion Debris] on creating illusions and enjoyment. It should still be big enough to maintain the illusion for a long time.
But after Sepp finished speaking, the scene fell into silence.
Only the never-ending symphony orchestra was left in the Paradise Palace, still playing cheerful music.
The relaxed and lively music and the silent vision church believers formed a huge contrast.
Soon, a handsome young believer with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes stood up and objected:
“I don’t agree!”
"Didn't everyone agree upon it when the Paradise Palace was built?"
"Except for the necessary expenses for maintaining the Great Illusion, the rest will be shared equally among all of us!"
"Is this something you personally proposed, Sepp?"
Sepp nodded reluctantly.
This was indeed his original proposal, but at that time, Sepp also said the second half of the sentence.
The second half of the sentence is:
"The extra phantom fragments can be used to disguise ourselves and go to the Kingdom of Reyak to transport some necessities such as food and clothing."
However, the actual situation is that now only Sepp is left in the entire Illusion Church and is still working hard to bring back food.
Everyone else was indulging in the court of bliss all day long.
As the patriarch of the Church of Illusion, Serp tried to persuade the remaining believers, but no one listened.
He couldn't abandon these people and let them fend for themselves.
After all, they are also believers of the goddess of illusion.
Sepp had a premonition.
If these people also turn their backs on the Goddess of Illusion due to death or betrayal of faith, bad things are likely to happen next.
So Serp didn't abandon them.
Instead, he continued to transport food here from the Kingdom of Reyak without complaint.
While the other believers were reveling in the vision, Serpe boiled the ground flour into a batter and fed it to their mouths to prevent them from dying of excessive physical hunger in the vision.
The believers who objected quickly continued confidently:
"In the past, Sepp, you got a lot more [Phantom Shards] than us every month."
"If you want to reduce consumption, why don't you save the extra [Illusion Shards] you took?"
Sepp opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he was too uncomfortable to speak.
…
Still the same sentence, 0 o'clock, five o'clock, chop.
(End of this chapter)