The truth?

Sunlight streamed through the open wooden door, shining directly onto the God Statue seated on the cement floor.

Bathed in the sunlight, the Goddess depicted by the God Statue appeared even more solemn and sacred.

She silently watched everyone who entered through this door, and equally blocked everyone who tried to pass through the corridor and enter the room.

Xu Huai didn't speak, only watched Chen Fan, who had just entered the house, with a highly vigilant gaze.

In her opinion, this God Statue could be considered a test.

A test that could filter out almost everyone!

Under Xu Huai's gaze, Chen Fan walked forward without any psychological pressure, then lifted his foot and smoothly stepped over the God Statue placed at the entrance.

Perhaps due to the aftereffects of being "captured" just now, Chen Fan's steps were slightly unsteady, and the tip of his foot even lightly touched the back of the God Statue.

Xu Huai's mouth twitched, and the vigilance in her eyes dissipated by more than half – no God Chosen with a clear mind could perform such a rebellious act!

Let alone a God Chosen, even the most ordinary believer wouldn't act like this!

Unlike the suspicious Xu Huai, Chen Fan at this moment had subconsciously started looking around.

Out of the "professional habit" left over from his previous life, being in an unfamiliar environment, he subconsciously wanted to obtain some basic information from his surroundings.

The interior of the room was quite tidy, and the circulating air carried a faint fragrance – identical to the fragrance he had smelled just now, but more intense.

It was clear that Xu Huai was not a messy person, and the so-called casually discarded God Statue was naturally nonsense.

The sun was bright outside, but the room was slightly dim.

Chen Fan frowned, subconsciously clasped his hands together, and whispered, "Lord..."

His prayer was cut off in his throat before he could finish.

Unlike his own home, there were no familiar Incandescent Light Bulbs on the ceiling of Xu Huai's house.

On the white-painted ceiling, there was an abrupt dark gray indentation and a bit of exposed wire, the mark left by the Incandescent Light Bulb being forcibly removed!

"Don't look, there are no lights at home."

Xu Huai's voice came from behind him, "Do you know the reason?"

Without waiting for Chen Fan to speak, Xu Huai shook her head to herself.

"Never mind, this matter is probably still..."

Chen Fan turned around and looked at the fleeting look of loneliness on Xu Huai's face. He said with his usual expression:

"God... He is watching us, right?"

The room was dead silent.

The creaking sound of the wooden window being blown by the breeze echoed in the room.

Chen Fan watched Xu Huai, who was following behind him, with a calm expression.

At this moment, Xu Huai no longer had her previous cool and aloof demeanor.

She suddenly widened her eyes, her small red lips slightly parted, and her pretty face was filled with shock.

Under Chen Fan's gaze, she subconsciously took half a step back: "You... you..."

"How could you..."

Chen Fan took over the conversation and naturally took control of the discourse: "The God Statue is His eyes watching the world. That's why you put the God Statue at the door, to avoid His surveillance. Am I right?"

"But you might have misunderstood one thing."

"From what I've observed, those light bulbs don't have a surveillance function. They can only recognize specific voice commands."

As for how he found out...

If the light bulbs had a surveillance function, he would have probably been taken away by the Church early this morning – the commotion caused by that cross-universe teleportation last night was not small!

Chen Fan's words completely shocked Xu Huai.

She took a deep breath, and after struggling to calm the shock in her heart, she asked in a low voice:

"...You, how did you find out?"

Chen Fan spread his hands: "Is it difficult?"

"Doesn't it just require a brain?"

Xu Huai's expression froze, and her mood, which she had finally calmed down, wavered slightly again because of Chen Fan's words.

"I didn't expect that the first person to realize the problem would be a God Chosen..."

Saying this, Xu Huai laughed self-deprecatingly.

Chen Fan's heart stirred.

There was a lot of hidden information in Xu Huai's words!

Seeing that she didn't intend to give a corresponding explanation, Chen Fan could only temporarily suppress his confusion.

"Can you elaborate?" Xu Huai asked again, "How did you realize these problems?"

Chen Fan's expression immediately turned strange.

He couldn't possibly say that he was actually from another universe, which was why he could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with this world, could he?

"Ahem!"

He cleared his throat, trying hard to recall every little detail recorded in the original owner's notes: "This is a long story..."

More than ten minutes later.

Chen Fan, whose mouth was dry from talking, let out a long sigh of relief.

Damn it, he finally sorted it out.

If his memory hadn't been pretty good, he probably would have been exposed this time!

Xu Huai didn't offer any opinions, just nodded thoughtfully.

"So..."

Chen Fan composed himself and pressed Xu Huai: "Can you tell me the information you know?"

"What exactly is going on with this world?"

"What are these so-called gods? What's the deal with the Church and the God Chosen?"

Facing the series of questions Chen Fan asked, Xu Huai hesitated repeatedly before slowly shaking her head:

"Sorry, I can't."

The expression on Chen Fan's face instantly froze.

You've come this far, and you're telling me this?

Are you kidding me?!

An unnamed anger at being played with rose from Chen Fan's heart.

Perhaps sensing the anger in Chen Fan's heart, Xu Huai began to explain: "I've revealed the truth of this world to many people before."

"Unfortunately, no one believed what I said."

"It's understandable, actually."

Xu Huai smiled silently: "Sometimes the truth is too bizarre, so bizarre that no one will believe it."

Looking at the faint sorrow in Xu Huai's eyes, Chen Fan immediately fell silent, and the trace of anger in his heart slowly dissipated.

With his understanding of human nature and psychology, he could understand Xu Huai's words.

It is indeed difficult for humans to accept information that is too far beyond their own cognition.

Normally, the brain will uniformly categorize such information as false information.

But there are exceptions to everything.

Once a person completely believes this kind of information that is beyond cognition, it may lead to another consequence.

For example, the original owner of this body.

After realizing that the so-called gods were nothing but a monstrous lie, his faith and spirit completely collapsed.

The cruel truth is not something everyone is qualified to touch casually.

"After experiencing several failures, and even almost paying with my life for it, I deeply realized one thing."

Xu Huai said to herself: "Hearing is not believing, seeing is believing."

"People always believe what they see."

Saying that, Xu Huai shook her head with a bitter expression: "Although your understanding of gods far exceeds my expectations, but..."

"I still don't think the truth I know is something you can accept right now."

Chen Fan's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

After experiencing major changes such as transmigration in just a few dozen hours, Chen Fan didn't think there was anything in this world that could affect his unusually resilient worldview!

But...

Xu Huai clearly didn't think so.

Having experienced several failures, she had to be more careful and cautious.

After a moment of silence, Xu Huai stared into Chen Fan's eyes and said in a low voice: "Find some time to go to the Church and learn about the history of this city."

"The truth is often hidden in some inconspicuous corners."

"Although they have revised all the historical records, there are still some loopholes after all."

"Seeing a leopard through a tube, from these loopholes, you might be able to have a clearer understanding of the so-called gods."

PS: I wish all readers a happy Winter Solstice.