The Awakening of Ice City's People

The sudden outbreak of the An Ning brought many residents of Ice City to their senses.

The Huaxia people are well aware of the perfunctory attitude of other countries. At the time, some people even blamed Lin Zhen for offending the Divine Cult, causing many foreign high-ranking officials to stand idly by in the face of Huaxia's predicament. But now it seems that Lin Zhen was right to offend them; those bastards are truly inhuman.

An Ning is right. Who has allowed Ice City to hold on until now?

The government said Lin Zhen could make any request, but Lin Zhen Xuan Ze to build a city wall for Ice City, and he even spent 600 billion of his own money. Not only did he not gain any advantage, but he also suffered a great loss.

The tens of millions of people in this Ice City are only able to survive because of Lin Zhen's selfless actions; otherwise, the Ice City would have fallen to that wave of Water Monster.

Look at Lin Zhen's selflessness, and then look at the performance of the Divine Cult in this monster siege. Is Lin Zhen right, or is the Divine Cult right?

Some believers in the Divine Cult began to waver and struggle.

On the front lines of the fight against the Mutated Beast, the crowd remained silent.

A slightly hoarse girl's voice rang out. "Sister An Ning, I support what you say. Big Brother Lin has done so much for the people of his hometown, while the actions of the Divine Cult are disheartening. I've long been disgusted by them, and from today onwards, I will no longer believe in that son of a bitch, the Starry Sky True God!"

People looked over and saw a beautiful girl standing in the crowd, who fiercely tore off the Starry Sky God Sect's mark from his clothes and stomped on it.

An Ning glanced at the girl and smiled, "I know you. Your name is Zhao Xiaoman, right?"

"Yes, Sister An Ning, I'm so happy that you know me."

Zhao Xiaoman cheerfully ran to An Ning's side, casually taking An Ning arm, then pointed a slender finger at the group of people around them who looked conflicted. "What's wrong with you people? Still want to cling to that damned Divine Cult at a time like this? Have you all lost your minds? For that vague and unreal thing, you don't even know who saved your lives? If you think the Divine Cult is more important than your own lives, then hurry up and go die for your Divine Cult! Don't shamelessly stay inside Big Brother Lin Big Brother Lin's walls while cursing him. I'm ashamed for you! Bah!"

Some of the Divine Cult followers immediately turned red with embarrassment from the insults. Meng Dong from the Raging Wind Martial Hall was the first to tug at someone's shoulder, not even seeing what fell, and then, imitating Zhao Xiaoman, kicked the cult hard, yelling, "To hell with the Divine Cult! I'm done serving them!"

When someone takes the lead, things become much easier. Zhao Xiaoman and Meng Dong's actions resonated with many people, instantly creating a frenzy on the battlefield.

Feng Ni turned to the men from the Northwest Military Martial Hall: "Who among you still believes in the Starry Sky God Sect? Tear that thing down right now! We Northwest people have always relied on our own strength to fight. Can faith replace the swords and guns in your hands?!"

Many people in Northwest China simply tore off the Divine Cult symbols and stomped them into the mud.

Tang Wenbo turned to look at the martial artists from Modu: "Modu close to the sea, and we might even face Oceanic Monster in battle. Who still believes in that bullshit Divine Cult? Next time, I'll just throw them overboard to feed the sharks!"

The martial artists in Modu were equally decisive, and a cacophony of tearing sounds filled the air.

Subsequently, Zhao Liang and Shi Lei from Ice City followed suit, and Yang Jianying from Azure Sky even laughed and said, "Our Azure Sky Martial Hall has long since thrown the Starry Sky God Sect's stuff into the trash heap. We don't need that stuff."

In the end, even the Raging Wind warriors like Ma Yao and Wei Li, who were originally at odds with Lin Zhen, did the same.

The situation truly reached its Gao Feng when Lu Ming, the mayor of Ice City Base City, gave a speech on television.

"People of Ice City, compatriots from all over the country, our Ice City has gone through several days of dire straits. Faced with an unprecedented attack by Mutated Beast, we united as one and fought bravely, defending our city and our home with our blood and lives."

"But in this battle, we cannot forget Lin Zhen's contribution to our Ice City. Without his preventative measures, Ice City would no longer exist. To be honest, as the mayor, I am ashamed that I did not take Lin Zhen's proposal seriously at the time. I have also considered building city walls Riverside Waterway, but the cost was too high, and I never made up my mind."

"But what did Lin Zhen do for this? He even gave up the demands he could make to the country, and instead took out 600 billion yuan of his own money to build Riverside Waterway, helping us withstand this wave of beast tides."

At this point, Lu Ming became somewhat indignant. "And look at the Divine Cult we've believed in for thousands of years, what have they done for us? Not only did they refuse to send support, they even used their power to incite the War God of other countries not to come to our aid, almost completely destroying our Ice City!"

"Why would someone follow or defend such a sect?"

"As the mayor of Ice City, I now suggest that everyone remove the Divine Cult symbols from your clothes, take out the Divine Cult scriptures from your homes, and sweep these things into the trash heap. Our destiny is in our own hands, not in the hands of any god!"

Lu Ming's orders are not only visible to the people of Ice City, but to people all over the country, and even to the whole world.

These words stirred up a huge wave in Ice City. People took to the streets, demolished Church, and burned everything related to the Divine Cult. Occasionally, a few stubborn Divine Cult were even beaten to death by the angry mob.

Subsequently, the Northwest Base City, Capital City Base City, and Magic City Base City of Huaxia took the lead in responding to the call of Ice City and began a vigorous campaign to withdraw from the religion.

Then, large-scale anti -Divine Cult demonstrations also began in the two Base City of Nanfang and Tianfu. After all, Huaxia is a whole, and if the Divine Cult can do this to Ice City, it can do the same to other cities in the future.

The people are not fools. As the saying goes, "The eyes of the Anno Domini Era are discerning." Faith in Divine Cult is a spiritual sustenance in these last days, but this spiritual sustenance is now collapsing.

People have more faith in strength, a realization that has become increasingly clear in this era of widespread martial arts practice.

The Huaxia people are simple and kind, but also wise. They can be as docile as sheep, or as roaring as lions.

Previously, Huaxia had the largest number of believers in the world. Of the world's one billion Divine Cult believers, 350 million were in Huaxia.

After Lin Zhen and the Divine Cult went to the opposite side, the number of believers declined all the way. Before the Ice City incident, the Divine Cult in Huaxia had decreased by a full 100 million!

After the Ice City incident broke out, it triggered a nationwide wave of withdrawal from the Divine Cult. Church in various places were destroyed, and the number of believers decreased all the way. In just two days, the number of believers in Huaxia plummeted to 80 million!

Moreover, this number is still declining, and as for the Ice City area, it is basically impossible to find any true believers in the Divine Cult.

The Mutated Beast outside, like a tidal wave, put immense pressure on people's survival. Lin Zhen's incident was the trigger, but the inaction and even sabotage of the Divine Cult were the main reasons, leading to unprecedented unity among the Huaxia people.

"A single spark can start a prairie fire."

An Ning stood on the city wall and spoke softly.

At this moment, she missed Lin Zhen terribly and wondered how Lin Zhen was doing.

"My love, our home is still here. You must come back safely."

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The events that erupted in Huaxia caught the Church somewhat off guard.

"Snap!"

Yan Huang smashed the white jade wine cup onto the marble floor, shattering it into pieces.

"Damn Lin Zhen! We were already at our wits' end in the Ancient God City, and he still managed to pull this trick on me. He's like a persistent ghost!"

Yan Huang was absolutely furious. It was true that he had arrested Lin Zhen's parents, but the Huaxia government lodged a strong protest against the matter and demanded that the Church guarantee the safety of Lin Zhen Lin Zhen's parents and broadcast their situation live.

If this demand is not met, it means the Church is at odds with Huaxia.

Furthermore, the Martial Artist Association also demanded that the Church guarantee the safety of Lin Zhen's parents, claiming that the Church's actions violated the rules and that they could not guarantee that future events would not develop in a direction unfavorable to the Church.

Faced with pressure from Huaxia and the Martial Artist Association, Yan Huang, despite having captured Lin Zhen's parents, dared not do anything to them easily and had to feed and care for them well, since they were in the wrong.

Therefore, Yan Huang had to release a video of Lin Zhen's parents every day to quell public anger.

However, this wave of withdrawals from the church was something he had not anticipated.

Originally, the matter between Lin Liye and his wife had gradually calmed down thanks to his efforts in mediating. As long as Lin Zhen was captured, everything would be fine. However, unexpectedly, Mutated Beast attacked the city of Ice City.

However, the two city walls that Lin Zhen built at great expense proved to be of great use, saving Ice City from falling and causing Lin Zhen's popularity in Huaxia to soar to unprecedented heights.

Public opinion across Huaxia is now overwhelmingly in favor of Lin Zhen. This young man has once again become National Hero, and his influence is almost comparable to that of Yan Qi Ye from Huaxia hundreds of years ago.

Some incredibly stupid world leaders made decisions that nearly made Yan Huang's blood vessels burst – they actually tampered with aid to Huaxia. How could they possibly tamper with something like that?

Even if you did it, at least do it cleanly. If things don't go well, the Divine Cult will have to take the blame.

But Yan Huang had no way back. He had to stick to this matter no matter what. He firmly believed that as long as Lin Zhen was killed, there would still be room for maneuver. Slowly, the reputation of the Divine Cult would be restored.

"How's the progress in the Ancient God City? It's been almost two months! Is there still no news about Lin Zhen? There's less than a month left until the day I announce my Grand Wedding, but it's still nowhere in sight. My planned bride has betrayed the Divine Cult. Am I supposed to marry thin air?!" Yan Huang roared angrily.

"Your Majesty, we have news. The Adams team has reported that they have located Lin Zhen and are approaching him."

"Tell them to hurry up, or all the followers of my Divine Cult will run away!"

Yan Huang stood at the window gazing at the night sky, clutching the Starry Sky Crown in his hand. He knew he had to win the battle against Lin Zhen and Su Mingyue; if he lost, the Divine Cult would be doomed.