This unit recommends that you go find out what is happening.
You currently need to gather as much information about the outside world as possible. It will benefit both your future life and our cooperation.
Even without Yi's reminder, Chen Fan understood that. It was just that...
Who knew what consequences rash action might bring?!
This was not a game. Reality had no save files or reloads!
Based on a comprehensive assessment of currently available information, this unit believes that the God Chosen identity can effectively reduce the risk factor of this action.
After hesitating for a moment, Chen Fan gritted his teeth and made his decision!
He would do it!
Looking at his mother standing alertly beside the door, Chen Fan felt a slight stir in his heart:
First, he needed to come up with an excuse convincing enough to "fool" his mother!
A few minutes later, having prepared his words, Chen Fan resolutely reached for the wooden door handle.
"Xiao Fan!"
Noticing Chen Fan's movement, his mother suddenly snapped out of her daze.
She grabbed his arm and stared into his eyes in panic. "What are you trying to do?!"
"I am God Chosen."
Seeing his mother trying to stop him, Chen Fan spoke calmly. "God loves all people. The church has said that the God Chosen must lead by example and spread God's radiance among the people."
After saying that, Chen Fan calmly met his mother's gaze.
He was not making this up!
The previous owner's notebook stated that this was what he had learned in his first church lesson after becoming God Chosen.
It could be considered the supreme code of conduct for the God Chosen.
Under Chen Fan's candid gaze, his mother hesitated for a moment before slowly releasing her wrinkled hands.
She said nothing, merely looking at her child with a complicated expression.
Chen Fan could not understand that look, but he knew that his mother would no longer stand in his way.
Listening to the increasingly noisy commotion outside, he took a deep breath and turned the wooden door handle.
Outside, the sun shone brightly.
The gentle sunlight fell upon the concrete corridor, bringing a hint of stifling heat.
This was the first time Chen Fan had stepped outside since arriving in this world.
He instinctively turned to look beyond the corridor—a spread of low concrete houses lay scattered across the land, the sky was blue, and at the edge of his vision stood an incomparably dazzling glow, surrounded by four spired buildings that gleamed with the same faint light.
What was that?
A trace of confusion rose in Chen Fan's mind, but this was clearly not the time to investigate it.
Suppressing his doubts, he turned his attention to the corridor before him.
Quite a few people had gathered in the corridor to watch the excitement.
Perhaps it was human nature. No matter the world, there would always be people eager to watch a spectacle.
Chen Fan's gaze swept across the crowd before finally settling on a wide-open wooden door not far away.
There was a hole in the door, and it leaned crookedly against its frame.
With just one glance, Chen Fan reconstructed the scene in his mind: a group of uninvited guests had barged into this residential building, then brutally kicked open the flimsy wooden door.
Angry shouts, weeping, and murmurs intertwined and echoed through the corridor.
Perhaps the spectacle was too engrossing, because no one noticed Chen Fan at that moment.
Just as he was about to squeeze through the crowd toward the "scene of the incident," an open door next door caught his attention.
More precisely, it was what lay beyond the door—a statue of a god.
Unlike the lofty god statue in Chen Fan's home, this one had been casually placed on the cement floor.
The statue sat upon the cement floor, facing the open doorway. Its exquisite eyes reflected a faint glimmer beneath the sunlight.
Chen Fan frowned instinctively.
Though he did not understand the doctrines or beliefs of this mysterious religion, based on the information he had gathered over the past two days... casually placing a god statue on the ground was definitely not normal!
Something stirred in his heart. If he remembered correctly, the previous owner had mentioned this neighbor in his notebook.
Xu Huai. The previous owner had called her Sister Huai.
According to the notebook the previous owner left behind, after he became God Chosen, Xu Huai's attitude toward him had taken a negative turn!
Chen Fan silently noted this clue, then headed toward the "scene of the incident."
"This is Sister Shen's home, right?"
"That's right. Who else could it be but her?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... What did Sister Shen do this time? How did she end up provoking those people?"
"You don't know?! I heard Sister Shen owes a lot of money!"
"Huh?"
Noisy conversations reached his ears.
Chen Fan curled his lip and paid the gossip no mind.
Based on his work experience from his previous life, this kind of rumor was usually not very reliable.
The corridor was not wide to begin with. In fact, it was somewhat cramped.
Chen Fan struggled to make his way through the crowd.
Perhaps his movements were a little too forceful. The neighbors watching the excitement immediately shot him annoyed looks, including the middle-aged woman who had been gossiping. "Hey, you..."
The next second, her voice cut off abruptly.
Under Chen Fan's gaze, the fat on both sides of the middle-aged woman's face trembled violently. "Y-you... Why are you here?"
"Who is it? Who came?"
Beside her, a woman who had not turned around yet asked distractedly, "Your useless deadbeat husband?"
Hearing that, embarrassment immediately appeared on the middle-aged woman's face. She turned and slapped the other woman hard. "What filthy nonsense are you spouting?!"
"It's the God Chosen!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves.
The middle-aged woman's low cry instantly unsettled the surrounding crowd.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Fan felt countless gazes converge upon him.
Excitement, exhilaration, but above all, heartfelt reverence.
Chen Fan was very familiar with that look—his mother wore the same expression whenever she worshipped the god statue.
At that moment, Chen Fan understood even more deeply just how high the God Chosen's status was in this world.
Even as his heart trembled, he slowly stepped forward.
The next second, as he moved, the surrounding crowd began to retreat, voluntarily clearing an open space for him.
At the same time, Yi remarked in real time inside his mind: I have to admit, this is the most warped technological civilization this unit has ever seen.
Chen Fan's eyes flickered. Without saying a word, he asked inwardly, You've seen many technological civilizations?
...So far, two.
Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly.
He finally understood. This Intelligent Terminal was completely unreliable!!!
But this unit's database contains a vast number of social models from civilizations!
Yi added: This unit just searched the social models recorded in the database. Guess what?
...You, you guess?
Chen Fan's thoughts were becoming disjointed.
Not a single technological civilization has a social structure like this. At least, none exists in this unit's database!
Kid, you're going places!
An inexplicable excitement colored Yi's voice. Listen to me. Let's record more sample data while we can. Setting aside everything else, this civilization's social structure alone could get us at least a dozen papers published in the Sociology Branch of the Academy of Sciences under the Human Federation!
Hearing that, Chen Fan felt his temples throbbing.
So higher civilizations played the paper-publishing game too?!
Wait, that did not seem to be the point right now!!
Realizing that the Intelligent Terminal had led him astray, Chen Fan quickly pulled his thoughts back and focused on the people in front of him.
"...Lord God Chosen, this is only a small matter. There is no need for you to involve yourself personally."
The middle-aged woman who had been gossiping wore a fawning smile as she explained softly to Chen Fan, "They are merely here to collect a debt."
Chen Fan raised an eyebrow.
Merely?
What kind of debt collection caused such a commotion?
He maintained his calm expression as best he could and silently continued forward.
Seeing that Chen Fan did not stop, anxiety immediately appeared on the middle-aged woman's face. "Lord God Chosen, those people... are not easy to deal with!"
"Please do not put yourself in danger!"
"If anything happens to you, then we..."
Before she could finish, someone beside her yanked her harshly. "What nonsense are you talking about?!"
"The God Chosen are protected by the gods. How could anything possibly happen to him!"
Listening to the discussions around him, Chen Fan's heart sank.
In these neighbors' eyes, those uninvited guests were not afraid of his status as God Chosen?
And if something happened to a God Chosen, it seemed it would also be a disaster for them, the bystanders?
The latter could be understood as fear of the church's or the gods' wrath.
But... what about the former?
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