Chapter 27 Faith and the Miracle of the Holy Eucharist (seeking further reading)
More than an hour after the two had lunch, Ye Xing was dragged by her to a script store in a nearby university town to play two pairs of mystery books.
Thanks to Ye Xing's bold hypothesis and Zhou Shuqin's detailed analysis, through the cooperation of the two, the truth of the script story was quickly restored after eliminating those misleading wrong answers.
On the way back to the rental house, Zhou Shuqin seemed a little unsatisfied.
She has been complaining to Ye Xing that the script is a bit simple, the murderer's motive is too far-fetched, and the overall logic is not as good as the clothes hanger murder case in Conan.
Until the two of them went back to their houses, Zhou Shuqin behaved as usual.
This made Ye Xing couldn't help but wonder if he was overthinking things, and he was ready to reject her politely.
After getting rid of irrelevant distractions, Ye Xing returned to his computer desk and continued working on his graduation thesis PPT.
He plans to complete the first draft of the PPT and send it to his instructor for review before moving back home.
In the second semester of senior year, except for internships and job hunting, generally speaking, students have relatively free time.
When you focus on one thing, time always flies by inadvertently.
After Ye Xing sent the modified PPT to his instructor on WeChat, he got up and moved his body to relieve the stiffness everywhere.
Dusk is approaching outside the window, and the sky above the tall buildings is dyed vermilion.
Feeling inspired, he took out his phone and clicked on the video he had collected at noon. The page already displayed the familiar "Video missing" prompt.
Exit site B and open [Creation Simulator]. The total number of people who have loaded [Creation Simulator] has reached 2,481.
After waiting for two more days, his source number will be accumulated to 20 points and his perception will be increased to 12, and he can actively detect whether there are other creators around him.
In addition to investing his energy in cultivating the "worm nest" these two days, he also tried to create a group of intelligent ratmen.
With the blessing of the fertility trait, the 10 pairs of rat-men he personally created with a single trait have successfully formed a small tribe of 78 rat-men in total through self-reproduction.
Just when Ye Xing was checking the situation of the "Four Elements No. 1" world, a message suddenly popped up in the [Creation Simulator].
[The gray squirrels you created built their own underground caves and altars. 】
[In order to thank you for your blessing, after a grand hunting, the Gray Rat people spontaneously held the first sacrificial ceremony using the altar. 】
[They presented the most precious sacrifice in the tribe to you and Gaia. 】
[Crystal stones produced by the Dung Gold Spider Scorpion, fresh sea carp dragon flesh and blood, feathers of the Wind and Thunder Giant Eagle, and eggshells of the Mingtao Sea Eagle. 】
[This sacrifice generated 63 points of faith power. Do you want to absorb and spend 30 points of faith power to turn on the hidden faith attribute?]
It turns out that hidden attributes can also be turned on?
Ye Xing touched his chin and chose to turn it on.
The Creator before him should have also turned on this hidden attribute.
He wanted to see what special abilities the faith attribute could bring.
【Creator: Ye Xing】
[Faith: 1] (Faith attributes can be improved by consuming the power of faith. Improving the faith attributes can unlock miracles. When the Creator uses miracles, they will be activated by consuming the power of faith)
【Miracle: Holy Communion (10/33)】
(For every 10 points of faith power consumed, one Holy Communion can be cast.)
(Holy Communion: Receiving the Holy Communion can fill the body, make the heart peaceful, and guide blessings to come.)
Seeing this, Ye Xing raised his eyebrows. He closed the curtains and lay back on the bed. He chose to enter the "Four Elements No. 1" he created and planned to watch the Squirrel Man's sacrificial ceremony.
Ye Xing hid and shrunk his figure, and quietly appeared outside the altar where the rats were gathered.
“Praise the Father!”
“Our Heavenly Father gives us life as a blessing.”
"However, we are so young and weak, we must always be alert to attacks from monsters in the sky and sea."
"That will cause us to fall into a cold sleep." "So, my compatriots must pay attention."
"We are so childish and weak."
"If we lose our awe, no one will lament for us anymore."
Standing at the front of the Gray Rat tribe, the young and strong Gray Rat man who looked like the leader held up the wooden spear used for hunting and recited a prayer loudly.
The other rat men lying down behind it were learning to pray in a decent manner.
After hearing the prayers of the tribesmen, the gray rat leader nodded with satisfaction.
It strode up to the altar and took out the piece of fresh sea carp dragon flesh and blood. He took a bite first and swallowed it whole, including the blood and flesh.
Then it came to the tribesmen with the remaining sea carp dragon flesh and blood, used its sharp claws to tear off a small piece of flesh and put it into the tribesmen's open mouths.
After seeing this, Ye Xing nodded in surprise.
This squirrel leader is very smart. He is using the pretense of offering sacrifices to the gods to strengthen his dominance over the group by sharing food one after another.
This behavior is very similar to the lion documentaries Ye Xing watched on "Animal World" when he was a child.
Whenever a lioness catches prey, the adult male lion responsible for defending the group usually drives away the lioness and seizes the prey alone.
Until they are full, it is the turn of the lioness and cubs in the group.
We can't let you all take the limelight. Ye Xing smiled and glanced at the 10 points of charm on his panel.
The charm value is linked to the loyalty of all creatures in the world to oneself. If the leader of the gray rat people is allowed to continue like this for a long time.
I am afraid that when the gray rat people prosper and grow, the first thing these rat people will obey is the order of their clan leader, not the will of gods like Ye Xing.
Combining kindness with power and mercy with severity is the only way to govern these races.
10 points of the power of faith produced by these gray rat people were exhausted, and Ye Xing led a miracle called "Holy Communion" among the gray rat people who had eaten the blood and flesh of the sea carp dragon.
Bright red blood appeared in the dark brown eyes of these gray rat men, and their size became visibly larger.
The timid and cowardly look inherited from the mouse became firm and calm, with a bit of innocence.
Suddenly among the rat people, a gray rat man raised his right paw with a look of ecstasy, and shared his joy with the tribesmen incoherently and emotionally.
"Zhizhi——, my right claw was bitten off by a big eagle, and now it has grown back!"
When the leader of the gray rat people proposed to prepare sacrifices for the gods who created them, it lost its right claw in order to seize the feather of the storm eagle placed on the altar.
"YES! YES! The scar left by the big bird on my belly has been healed!"
Responding to it was another chinchilla who tried to steal the eggs from the Mingtao sea eagle's nest. It looked equally young and strong.
"Zhizhi! Mine too!"
The scene suddenly became chaotic. Every injured gray rat man stood up and showed off to the surrounding tribesmen the parts of his body that had been injured by those terrible monsters.
Ye Xing looked at these gray rat people who were standing up and suddenly smiled, he touched his chin and said to himself: "It's a bit interesting."
When he created the first 10 pairs of Skaven, he distinguished them for convenience.
Each ratman has its own characteristics. For example, the fur of the ratman leader is gray.
The one who said his right paw was bitten off by a giant thunder eagle had a tuft of yellow hair on his head; the one who said his abdomen was scratched by a Mingtao sea eagle had long teeth.
This group hasn't grown yet, but are they already planning to eliminate dissidents?
(End of chapter)