"Click."
The sound of the door opening echoed through the quiet living room.
Chen Fan walked out of the room with a grin on his face.
After all that hardship, he finally had an official position.
Whenever he thought of the permissions unlocked on the Intelligent Terminal, Chen Fan felt the corners of his mouth rising uncontrollably.
It was impossible to suppress—harder to suppress than an AK.
"...Chen Fan?"
In the dim living room, Xu Huai watched the radiant Chen Fan, his expression growing increasingly strange. "You... what did you do in my room?"
Chen Fan waved cheerfully. "Nothing. I just thought of something happy."
As he spoke, he looked around the living room.
The somewhat cramped room was empty now.
"Where are Gao Yuan and Isa?" Chen Fan asked in surprise. "Where did they go?"
"Isa already went to the church. Gao Yuan said the God Chosen Ceremony had been moved up, so he needed to make preparations early too."
Xu Huai looked at Chen Fan even more strangely. "How exactly did you manage it?"
"You talked a priest and a God Chosen into helping you resist the church. Does that sound reasonable to you?"
Chen Fan shrugged. "Let's put those trivial details aside for now. I have something more important to ask you."
"You mean... the truth about this world?"
Xu Huai's expression darkened slightly. "You should have some guesses by now, right?"
Chen Fan nodded and quickly listed what he had discovered:
"The divine envoys are robots."
"The Goddess is not a true deity, but an extraterrestrial visitor who possesses more advanced technology."
"Present-day Varrela City is merely a human pen built by the other side to raise humans."
"Before Varrela City existed, humanity once had a prosperous golden age."
"I'm right, aren't I?"
The dim living