Chapter 1022 Cat

The tree elves should be regarded as the strangest group of Familia in the new empire - in fact, many times Sandora and I will forget that they are also a vassal race of the empire, and like races such as the New Eden Federation and the Civilized Community, they belong to The so-called "high-level Familia" who directly serve the Imperial High Command, directly execute the orders of the Imperial Royal Family and are qualified to be permanent envoys in the Shadow City, and what's more, they are rarer than any existing Familia - they are still The "ancient bloodline" that has survived from the old empire to the present day.

Is this fact dramatic?

Tree elves were the most unqualified vassals in the old empire, with a short history and mediocre strength. Although they are not timid, most tree elves are a bit romantic - in fact, they are a gentle species that loves life and philanthropy. Only in They had only fought large-scale battles when facing the abyss. Such a race was not even qualified to serve as cannon fodder on the front line in the old empire era, let alone gain any knowledge of the empire. If it hadn't been for the sudden disaster, Harlan would not have been able to do so. They had no choice but to hastily let the tree elves perform the last mission as a family. I am afraid that they would not be able to get into the eyes of the military dictators of the old empire. However, history has reached this day, and it seems that the tree elves who once had the least qualifications may or may not...become the seniors of all vassal races?

This is something I accidentally thought of while chatting with Sandora. In the past few days, tree elves have become a hot topic between her and me. We are both very interested in this race that has stumbled over. Shandora could recall the time of the old empire when she saw them, so she sighed, while I felt that there was such a strange thing like Green Calyx in this race that could make Lilina deflate, and I was very surprised.

Looking at it from Sandora's habitual perspective. Tree elves are not excellent "children". They are not very warlike and have no military characteristics. Even the disaster tens of thousands of years ago wiped out their civilization, and now the tree elves have no fighting ability at all. However, neither Sandora nor I deny that the tree elves should gain a place in the palace of the empire - they should gain this qualification based on their tens of thousands of years of hard work and perseverance. And Lilina has truly found the value of the gentle tree elves: diplomacy and official business.

The huge war machine of the Xiling Empire has really never had similar components. Even the new empire that appears in the image of salvation lacks the ability to communicate softly with ordinary races at the grassroots level. There are no qualified diplomats among the Xiling apostles. ——Their only negotiation tool is to give you a contract, and then tell you with a serious face that your only option is to sign. Although their intentions are good, the Space and Time Administration still receives countless complaint calls every day - so the ravens have to find an average of three scorpions per person every day to relieve their mental stress. Their pressure has gone down, but why don't I comfort those Scorpion sisters who are running like powder keg?

it's good now. The tree elves will recruit the entire family to the Space-Time Management Bureau, 2.4 billion civil servants who are friendly and like to travel very much - Lilina suggested that I call them liaison officers, then call them liaison officers, these gentle and people-friendly people From now on, the race will run in the macro-world network, and those tasks and orders that require personal presence will finally be completed by someone. Accordingly, perhaps we will liberate 2.4 billion imperial soldiers...

Well, I may have miscalculated in a crucial place. There shouldn't be that many. All the races in the macro world combined don't seem to need so many liaison officers, even if there are several offices in each world now.

Unknowingly, it had been more than a month, and the winter weather was getting colder and colder. The mercury lamp began to shed its hair - or she thought she might have to shed her hair. But in fact, every day she found her own feathers in the room, Lilina secretly put them there. I thought the competition between the two little girls was a good daily entertainment, so I didn’t remind Xiaodeng. Now the tree elves have nothing to worry about. The elves who are eager to have a stable new home have taken root on the new oasis star. The newborn star system is still very crude, with only three planets, and only one of them has Satellite, but compared to the old planet fortress whose system was aging and could only enjoy the forest in dreams, it was already a comfortable little paradise. Misaka Biological Society and several other strange societies volunteered to build many ecological domes for the tree elves. When the environment of the new oasis was unstable, these domes were the safest walls. The tree elves used themselves behind the tall barriers of the domes. They built their new home in a completely independent way: completely independent architectural style, construction technology, and urban planning. They all completed it themselves. Except for the necessary food and material supplies, we did not send a single soldier to help. Shandora said that this is a very important process: the new home you build is many times more meaningful than a God-given colonial ball, especially for a race that has been wandering for tens of thousands of years. Building a stable home by yourself is of great significance.

And more tree elves began to line up to sign up to join the Space-Time Management Bureau. After a complex review, they will obtain different levels of "civilian permissions" (this is a rule. No matter who the junior employees of the Management Bureau are, they only have civilian permissions. After all, they Many of the things we have to face are "lower worlds" that have not even flown out of the solar system. For those worlds, an ambassador from another world who can mobilize star-destroying weapons is too scary, and in most cases civilian authority is more than enough. Because I heard that in the logic of the Xiling Apostle, as long as the mothership is not used, it is considered civilian: their common people are counted from the imperial soldiers...), these newly appointed imperial envoys have temporarily determined three standard equipment: The envoy's scepter represents the authority of the empire and the status of the ambassador; several imperial guards (it seems that they do not need to be carried with them in most missions), responsible for security work and so-called "violent missions"; and finally a Bible of the Goddess of Life, which represents the special envoy At the same time, he is a believer in the goddess and possesses neutrality.

Hmm...a Bible of the Goddess of Life.

Just like this book I have in my hand now.

In the morning, Lu'e came to pester Lilina on time, and I got this little book from her. Also by the way. Now Lu'e has obtained permission to visit our home at any time, or in other words, we have recognized this tree elf girl's identity as Lilina's personal "assistant", so she can live at home as long as she wants. Therefore, Lilina's days of dire straits have already begun, and the little girl is acting up and wallowing over it. Pretend to cry and hang yourself. I tried drinking pesticides, going back to my parents' house, basically all the tricks, but it still couldn't change the decision that my sister and I made together. Onee-sama's starting point is that Lilina, a child with abnormal psychology, urgently needs a normal person like Lvcai to balance her. My starting point is... Lily is infinitely good, and Lilina's deflated look is quite funny.

Green Calyx was one of the first tree elves to apply to join the liaison officer team of the Space-Time Administration. When she heard that this team was established at Lilina's suggestion, she immediately took action. At least three-thirds of this soul One of the girls with Lilina's mark is a very powerful character. Under her influence, the three ravens registered by the person in charge of the Time and Space Administration almost went crazy - they were too busy.

Okay, let’s continue talking about this Bible – after removing the strange watermarks that occasionally appear on it, such as “Baidu Wenku” and xx Novel Network, the editing is actually pretty good. As expected of Lilina, who has a background in psychology. This Bible is very carefully written, and the code of conduct set for believers can unconsciously make a person take the initiative to regard faith as a part of the soul, and there are many persuasive and even inciting stories in it: Ding Dang did not do it well Lilina transformed all the stupid things into miracles and wrote them in the Bible. The only problem with this book is this. After watching it for a while, I suddenly felt that this was not promoting the belief in the Star Realm Gods...

"The goddess is a close friend of King Xiling, so believers should regard loyalty to the empire as their belief in the goddess."

"At the end of that world, there is the goddess, the Holy Father (I'm glad she didn't write Holy Father here), the goddess shepherds the soul. The Holy Father protects the peace of all believers, so all believers should believe in the goddess, and know that loyalty to the Holy Father is the only way to believe in the goddess. The right path. Holy Father, Emperor of the Empire..."

"The existence of the divine religion lies in the empire. Because the Holy Father is on good terms with the Goddess, all the people are also on good terms with the Goddess, and there are many believers. Therefore, the Goddess has teachings. Those who believe in God must be the people of the Holy Father, not the sons of the Holy Father. The people are barbarians from outside the country, have no faith and no virtue, and cannot join the religion."

These sentences are rare in the entire Bible, but they are all at the end of each chapter. That is to say, the only conclusion that every believer gets after praying according to the prayer is: the empire and the goddess are one, and belief in the goddess should The actual action taken is to be loyal to the emperor. The emperor himself is not a god, but the emperor is responsible for accepting allegiance on behalf of the goddess. The goddess religion is an internal welfare of the citizens of the empire. Only the people of the empire can believe in the goddess - she completely turns belief in jingle and loyalty to the empire into A concept!

"I said... why does this Bible look weird?" I raised the small book in my hand and said to Bingtis next to me.

Bingtis is also reading a book. This powerful female gangster actually likes quite quiet hobbies in her spare time: reading, writing, making garlands, and opening people's heads. Well, the last one doesn't count. In short, she He was leaning on the deck chair on the balcony side by side with me, looking at his huge divine book, laughing and having fun while reading it.

"What are you looking at?" I didn't hear Bingtis's answer, only her silly smile, and I couldn't help but become curious.

"Divine Code," Bingtis raised the tome in his hand, ""Tusalona's Insights from All Worlds", Wannian Issue."

Damn it, can I ask what the Ten Thousand Years Journal means? ! Also, why would an entertainment magazine appear in something as serious as the "Sacred Code"? !

"Is this a Bible compiled by Lilina?" Bingtis took the small book in my hand, looked at it twice, and then threw it over indifferently, "She seems to be spreading the Goddess Cult as part of the private culture of the empire. , I already knew it.”

"As a star god, you don't have any ideas? According to this method of dissemination, the believers eventually cultivated will not even know the relationship between Ding Dong and the stars of the stars."

"So what? This method of preaching must have been approved by the higher-ups - these classics are registered in the God Realm. Our only purpose of recruiting believers is to make our work more convenient. The gods of the star field do not need believers to provide themselves with anything." In terms of faith power, the gods of the star domain cannot get anything from the mortal world. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the priests under the gods of the star domain will point their faith to the management god of the local world when preaching. Regarding the star domain god world, it can be mentioned But don’t mention it: It’s better not to mention it, and you can save the time to explain to low-level believers what star field is. Regarding Lilina and these bibles, I can only say that that girl is so good to you - she has long discovered that your empire is not at all It’s suitable for winning people’s hearts, so you use another thing to help you tie down the people.”

I was suddenly in a daze. I don’t know why Bingtis said this.

"A soldier who is fully armed and only knows how to execute and give orders, and a priest who has a smile and attracts people's hearts with favors and garlands. These two people are placed among the civilians who just want to live a peaceful life. Who is more relatable? ?”

"...I seem to understand."

"This is the problem. Your Imperial Army can indeed gather amazing power. You have recruited countless armies from many worlds. They fight for you as 'servant armies', but these have nothing to do with the common people. They have nothing to do with your Imperial Army. The only people who are grateful are those racial leaders, military leaders, and battle heroes. The lowest are veterans who have escaped death on the battlefield. Only they can understand the importance of the empire to their own destiny. But what about the most ordinary common people? Well, they have just escaped from the end of the world. When they are rescued, they may cheer for a few days, but when everything settles down, all they want is food, rice, oil and salt. Whoever can make them live comfortably is a good person. As for the war on the front line - it is too far away from them Far away. So as the leader of the empire, when facing the vassal race, you are actually facing two parts at the same time. One part is your miscellaneous militiamen. Their minds are politicians. Military strategists and great heroes. I like to deal with your soldiers. The other part is the ordinary people in the ordinary world. They have no contact with you, but every move you and your empire makes is involved in their daily lives. Their loyalty to you cannot be relied on. The army maintains it - you can't let them have the end of the world once a year on average and then lead the troops to save it, right? After all, the loyalty of ordinary people is maintained by food, clothing, housing and transportation. In this regard, the imperial soldiers are not good, and they have to rely on Lilina's Priests: A life priest can do many things. They can make crops grow better, prevent children from getting sick, cure colds, coughs and diarrhea, and even deliver babies with difficult labor: this is the source of the loyalty of the common people. And what Lilina did was to convince them that this grace not only came from the goddess, but also from the emperor."

I was stunned for a moment by what Bingtis said, and then I was convinced.

"The child thought of this three years ago. The Xiling Apostles themselves have no civilian class from top to bottom. You can never rely on their guns to win the allegiance of the small citizens and farmers in the vassal world. These most inconspicuous ordinary people are very important, because all your servant armies are selected from them. Once these grassroots people lose interest in the empire, your servant army is destined to only have one generation available, so Lilina Using religion to ensure the dedication of the lowest level civilians to the empire - or even making up this kind of thing for this reason." At this point, Bingtis pointed to the Bible of the Goddess of Life next to him, "It's too outrageous to write. point."

After saying this, Bingtis stretched and turned towards the room: "I'll go back and catch up on my half-afternoon nap. Call me again when the world ends."

I smiled sarcastically, feeling bitter in my heart: How could this female gangster know so much?

Okay, by the way, I am also a little touched by Lilina.

"Boss, boss!" At this moment, Lilina's voice suddenly came from behind me. I thought to myself, what a coincidence, so I turned my head to give this girl a long-lost hug, but before I could turn my head, I was greeted by a hug. The black shadow stepped on his face and passed by, and then Lilina's voice came slowly, "Boss, get away quickly... Oh, I didn't avoid it."

I:"……"

"What on earth was that just now?"

It took me a full two seconds to react, and I touched my face hurriedly. Fortunately, there seemed to be no dirt left behind. What was that just now - a black shadow stepped on my face at a fast speed? I can't see clearly! You know, my eyes are super-strengthened 11-13 titanium alloy eyes that can see bullet trajectories, but I didn’t even see clearly what that black shadow was!

I just remember the fleeting touch of little paws and fur on my face, as if it was a small animal?

"Cat, a black cat, just appeared suddenly."

Lilina ran over with a splash, and I was horrified to find that this girl's head was full of weeds, and her hair was as messy as Anweina's nest. What happened to this girl? Could it be that Lv E finally gave up her gentle methods and tried to force Lilina on, but both Lily and Lily were defeated?

"I had a fight with that cat," Lilina leaned on the balcony railing and looked out, trying to find the black shadow just now, "Tsk, just a little bit, I almost caught it. !Xiaoxue, have you seen the cat?"

Lilina climbed out half of her body from the railing and shouted to the people below. I leaned over and took a look, and found my daughter who, like Lilina, was holding a chicken coop and covered in straw, holding a huge net bag in the yard. After walking in circles, he took the time to raise his head and answer Lilina: "No, it just passed in a flash. The prophecy screen was all flashing and flashing. It was so fast. It's not easy to catch it. Dad? Are you up there?"

"What are you making a fuss about?" I asked loudly.

Xiaoxue built a pergola and looked around while replying: "Catch the cat! A black cat suddenly came in just now. Lilina went to pounce on it, but a fight broke out. Now Sister Deng and I are splitting up to contain it."

Catch the cat? Is that black shadow that ran past just now really a cat? We thought Lilina was joking. I looked around in confusion, but I couldn't find any trace of the black shadow just now, and I suddenly felt frightened in my heart: a cat could fight with the Pope of the Religion of Life, and could scurry out from under my nose. In the past, a cat that even the Prophet’s Daughter couldn’t catch for a while!

Is this Nima still a cat?

At this moment, the mercury lamp suddenly flew down from upstairs and shouted: "Stupid, stupid, cat! The cat is under your feet!"

I was startled, looked down, and saw the so-called "cat", but...

It was a shadow imprinted on the ground. Yes, there is only a cat-shaped shadow... (To be continued)