Chapter 854 Purifying the Priesthood
Pulse flight and jump are both powerful tools for escape, and are also necessary abilities for interstellar navigation.
But the problem is that there are too many of these two things.
And whether it is pulse flight or transition, it will leave "traces".
These traces are as unique as fingerprints. Even if they are different engines of the same model, the traces left by them are slightly different.
The Swan is maneuverable and fast, but it has no advantage in pulse flight and jump. Therefore, it cannot escape by simply relying on a pulse flight to widen the distance and then jump to escape.
This is also the reason why Villania attacked the high-speed destroyer with a sneak attack first. I don't need to run faster than the frigate, I just need to be faster than you.
The injured high-speed destroyer cannot run fast, and the frigates of the Beso Empire will definitely chase it, and the Swan can take the opportunity to escape.
It's a good idea, but only if you think about it.
I don’t know why I left the easy-to-catch high-speed destroyer but the Beso Empire’s frigate came to chase the Swan.
Maybe they were afraid of catching something and really starting a war, or maybe they were leaving the high-speed destroyer for reinforcements, but in short they were chasing them.
Fortunately, it was just a frigate, slower than a light cruiser. Otherwise, once it was entangled, there would be no chance to escape.
That guy chased the Swan out to four or five star systems, forcing Li Chengqi to stop the ship several times to fight to the death with the grandson. It was not until the Swan entered the range of the star cluster that the frigates of the Beso Kingdom showed no mercy. Reluctantly, he turned around and returned to the ship, and then pursued him across the border to enforce the law.
The Swan then circled around several nearby star systems, fully utilizing the star's huge gravity to 'wipe its butt', and finally returned to Blackhand Port.
Father Prolo was also very worried about Alyssa and the others. As soon as he heard that the Swan was approaching, he waited at the port early.
However, the port was not a place for talking. Everyone immediately took the car back home, and only when they got home did they tell Father Pro of everything that happened along the way.
The latter was frightened for a while after hearing this. Dad Pro just wanted to find out where Shanna came from and what was so special about the Star Child. Unexpectedly, Shanna almost disappeared.
After listening to the whole process, Li Chengqi finally understood what was going on.
Shanna originally wanted to use herself as a sacrifice to activate the purification device, but Li Chengqi reached in and clicked it, so Shanna was not sacrificed.
——This logic does not make sense...
Think about it from another perspective, since Zannah is needed as a sacrifice, first of all, it is because the purification device requires energy, but the energy source of the ancient elves is said to be able to output endless energy, does it really need to be sacrificed?
That ruin is still functioning well after more than 10,000 years, which itself shows that it has sufficient energy. No matter how special a living person is, the energy cannot be compared to the energy of a ruin.
Having said that, the so-called purification device may have some other tricks besides energy.
In addition, Li Chengqi reached in and clicked, so Shanna didn't have to be sacrificed.
why is that?
Is it no longer necessary because of divine intervention?
Thinking along this line of thinking, could the so-called purification device be something related to God?
It is easy to verify. Li Chengqi only needs to take a look at the faith value displayed on Viola's side to see if it has been consumed.
At this glance, it was found that the faith value had indeed dropped by about 50,000, indicating that part of the divine power was consumed as a replacement for Shanna.
But what puzzles Li Chengqi is that not only are the faith points consumed, but the upper limit of faith points has also dropped from 2.4 million to 2 million. What the hell is going on? Can you still burn the upper limit?
Never heard of it.
So Li Chengqi dug out the notes that Aidas had given him before. They were all common sense that God should know. He looked through them to see if there was any explanation.
According to the notes, there are only two situations in which divine power decreases.
One is that if the priesthood is lost, the divine power will decrease until the priesthood is retrieved. The other is that if the priesthood is increased, the divine power will also decrease.
The loss of priesthood is easy to understand. The priesthood is the power of God. If it is missing, the divine power will definitely decrease, but if there are more priesthood, shouldn’t it increase the divine power?
This is a specific situation that requires detailed analysis.
For example, if you originally had the priesthood of light, but you get the priesthood of conspiracy, murder, etc., your divine power will decrease instead of increasing.
The reason is that the new priesthood conflicts with your original priesthood, and both parties interfere with each other, making life difficult.
Of course, this is just an example. Some priests who do not seem to conflict with each other will also lead to a decrease in divine power, and there are no particularly easy-to-understand rules.
This is why many powerful gods have a bunch of subordinate gods behind them, and they can just give the priesthoods they don't need to the people below them.
Regardless of the reason for the decline in divine power, Li Chengqi needed to see whether his number of priests was too high or too low.
So he found a deserted place next to Viola and reached in, then right-clicked his hand.
Looking at it, sure enough, at the end of the priesthood column, there is an additional word 'Purification'.
With that said, everything makes sense.
The reason Zannah needed to be sacrificed was not because of lack of energy, but because of lack of control.
The so-called purification device of the ancient elves was built with a purification priest as its core. In their prosperous times, it was not difficult to find a priest. If there was no suitable one, they would drag a god down and kill him before taking it. They had done this before. .
But the priesthood will only obey the orders of God. If a mortal controls the priesthood forcibly, it will definitely be destroyed. And if no one controls it, the priesthood will not move on its own.
That's why the Star Child's mission is to become a sacrifice, because after controlling the priesthood to activate the power of purification, the Star Child will directly turn into a puff of smoke.
Li Chengqi reached out and clicked, which was equivalent to taking the control of the priesthood away from Shanna. And Li Chengqi was a god, and the priest without an owner would naturally obey his orders. It was for this reason that the purification priesthood ran away. Come to Li Chengqi.
And this purification priesthood is not in harmony with the original priesthood of the Demon King God. As a result, the upper limit of faith value has dropped by 400,000.
That's pretty much it.
The matter of the Star Son has been settled, but there is still one thing that has not been settled.
Shanna said that the last time it was her turn to hatch, a group of people rushed into the ruins and changed the system settings. As a result, Shanna failed to hatch smoothly. As a result, the Shattered Sky Star was swallowed by the darkness and turned into two halves.
Judging from various signs, this group of people is probably the Creation God Cult. The shuttles they left on the tarmac are all Manta Rays, which is ironclad proof.
What are they here for?
Many people say that the purpose of the Creation God Cult is to create a true god, and the purification priesthood is placed in the ruins. Why didn't they take it away?
Also, what on earth is that huge dark entity, and why does it seem to be cyclical?
There are currently no answers to these questions. Li Chengqi only feels that there are some connections that have no clues yet and cannot be proven...
(End of this chapter)