Are you doubting the church?

Under the wide black hood, Isa's eyes shifted, focusing on the tall figure in the red robe.

Intricate, dense purple-gold arcane patterns were engraved on the wide, ornate red robe.

That was the Church's Archbishop.

In a sense, the Archbishop was the person with the highest status within the Church – in Isa's memory, the Pope resided in the North Main Church year-round, and usually, only the Archbishop could enter and exit that mysterious church.

Even setting aside the crimson robe that symbolized identity and status, the Archbishop was the most conspicuous presence in the Church.

His height, far exceeding that of ordinary people, symbolized that he had received the Goddess's greatest blessing.

Looking across the entire Church, this was a unique blessing.

Isa looked up at the crimson figure, her eyes shimmering with admiration and reverence.

Under Isa's gaze, amidst a mechanical hum, the Archbishop walked with incredibly steady steps towards the assembled clergy.

"Everyone."

"The Goddess has delivered a Divine Decree."

A stiff electronic synthesized voice came from beneath the crimson robe, echoing in the empty side hall: "In three days, the Lord will act to adjust the laws of the sun and moon's movement."

"The Varrela Calendar will also usher in a new chapter."

"By the Pope's decree, the Church will hold the Divine Descent Ceremony in the Land of Divine Descent to welcome the Lord's arrival."

Under Isa's gaze, the Archbishop slowly spread his arms, the stiff electronic synthesized voice becoming increasingly high-pitched: "All Deacons and Priests, starting today, announce the Divine Descent Ceremony to all believers in the city..."

"Land of Divine Descent?!"

"Goddess descending?!"

Looking at Gao Yuan in front of him, Chen Fan felt half his body go numb: "You're not messing with me, are you?"

Gao Yuan didn't speak, just turned his head and gestured towards the Main Church not far behind him.

Chen Fan followed Gao Yuan's gaze.

He saw Deacons and Priests in white and black robes streaming out of the metal arched gate of the East Main Church.

After a brief stop, these clergy members scattered in all directions.

"The preparations for the Divine Descent Ceremony have begun."

"The Deacons and Priests need to inform all believers in the city of this news within three days."

At this moment, Chen Fan's hopeful thinking was completely shattered.

Good news.

He had roughly figured out the truth that the God Chosen Ceremony and the Church were trying to hide. According to the original plan, he needed to find Xu Huai, get more information, and find a way to escape before the God Chosen Ceremony if possible.

Bad news.

No need to wait for the God Chosen Ceremony.

The Goddess was about to personally "descend" to find him!

Thinking that the other party was likely an alien from another planet, Chen Fan's mind automatically conjured up a large number of terrifying movie scenes related to third kind encounters.

Tentacles, slime, mysterious human experiments...

One was right, the detail-filling ability of intelligent creatures' brains was too strong.

Just thinking about it, Chen Fan felt his sanity dropping rapidly.

Calm down.

One's voice sounded in Chen Fan's mind: This unit thinks this is a good opportunity.

How can you catch a tiger cub without entering the tiger's den? At least you can use this opportunity to figure out the Goddess's true identity.

Chen Fan's eye twitched uncontrollably.

It was easy for him to say!

Chen Fan took a deep breath, calmed his inner anxiety, and quickly adjusted his original plan.

He had to speed up!

He couldn't just foolishly wait for the so-called Goddess to descend, could he?

What if that Goddess took a fancy to him and wanted to take him to the God Kingdom to enjoy blessings in advance?

"Let's not talk about the Divine Descent Ceremony for now."

Chen Fan glanced left and right.

After noticing several Priests in black robes walking towards them, he grabbed Gao Yuan beside him and quickened his pace, walking away from the Main Church: "I wanted to ask you something when we were in the Library."

"What?"

"The entire Church Library only has historical records from after the Old Calendar Year 1800. Not only that, the historical records in the Library only record information related to Varrela City." Chen Fan's expression was serious, "What about the history before? Besides Varrela City, are there no other regions in this world?"

"Don't you think it's a bit strange?"

"Strange?"

Gao Yuan looked at Chen Fan in surprise. "What's strange about it? The Archbishop said long ago that the disaster in Varrela Year One destroyed all the ancient texts."

Chen Fan sighed helplessly.

The fragrance in the library was truly harmful.

How could Gao Yuan not notice such an obvious logical flaw!

"If the texts were destroyed, what about the people?"

"It's not like everyone who knew was killed by the disaster in Varrela Year One, right?"

"Why didn't they leave any written descriptions of the time before Varrela Year One?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan immediately fell silent.

He frowned, beginning to ponder this question he had never considered before.

For some reason, Gao Yuan always felt there was a thick fog in his mind.

This fog blocked his thought process and brought him deeper confusion.

"I... I don't know."

After thinking for a long time, Gao Yuan raised his hand and scratched his scalp vigorously, frowning as he asked directly, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Chen Fan hesitated for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "Don't you feel that the Church is deliberately hiding something?"

Gao Yuan swallowed, looking at Chen Fan with a gaze that was both unfamiliar and slightly fearful:

"Chen Fan, you..."

"Are you doubting the Church?"

Doubting the Church?

No, no, he doubted more than just the Church!

Considering Gao Yuan's ability to accept things, and for his own safety, Chen Fan did not voice his true thoughts.

He nodded, following Gao Yuan's line of thought, and said, "Yes, don't you think there's something wrong with the way the Church is doing this?"

At this moment, Gao Yuan was flustered.

If the question about doubting the Church had come from an ordinary believer, Gao Yuan would have immediately considered that believer a heretic and notified the Church to burn the heretic, who had been violated by an Evil Spirit, alive!

But Chen Fan was no ordinary believer.

He was a God Chosen!

A God Chosen with a high status in the Church!!

What was this called?

Why is His Majesty rebelling?

"I, I don't know."

Gao Yuan subconsciously took half a step back, shaking his head repeatedly with a lost look in his eyes:

"Don't say any more, I don't want to know either."

Seeing Gao Yuan's attitude, as if facing a formidable enemy, Chen Fan helplessly raised his hand and rubbed his nose. "Alright, I have one last question."

"Ask away."

Gao Yuan took several deep breaths, his face returning to calmness, but from his eyes, it was clear that his mood was still very complex.

"Outside Varrela City..."

"What's the situation like now?"

Gao Yuan's face, which had just returned to calmness, suddenly changed drastically.

"Shh!"

"Are you crazy!!"

"You dare to ask about this?!"

He quickly looked around, and after making sure no one was nearby, Gao Yuan took a few more steps back, increasing the distance between himself and Chen Fan.

"Chen Fan, I'll pretend I didn't hear these words. You absolutely must not tell anyone else!"

"Otherwise..."

Gao Yuan seemed to think of something, and his face turned even uglier. "Remember, don't say these things again!"