Believe in the Holy Light! Annual Leave Starts at 4 Days

Walking to City Second Hospital, I saw an 18-story building painted white, its style at odds with the dark, steam-powered industrial aesthetic of the surrounding area.

In front of the medical building was a spacious garden with a fountain, and beyond that, a bustling entrance. It seemed to be doing good business.

I even saw a tall, burly brown Beastman, carefully queuing up with his head lowered, trying to keep his severed tusks from bumping into anyone.

Hmm... it's got a very 1950s American Civil Rights Movement vibe. A mere Beastman, having the money to see a human master's doctor?!

Sure enough, if you looked closely, you could spot half-elf hybrids with pointy ears and finer skin texture in the crowd. Unfortunately, their looks were unremarkable, not much different from ordinary people.

Ah, Congcong, four hundred years have really flown by! The descendants of the first generation of ancestral Little Elves have long since integrated into this planet, becoming the new 'Crystalline Wall Descendant Natives'.

"If you're not going in, please don't block the way, thank you!"

A slight pain in my leg, and a child's voice sounded behind me. I turned around, but didn't see anything at first. Looking down, I found a Catgirl in a white nurse's uniform, holding a small wooden box and glaring at me for blocking her path.

"Huh? You look so strange, so cute."

It was my first time encountering such a Catgirl, and I found it quite novel. It was like a large doll suddenly started talking. My cat-loving soul instantly ignited.

The Catgirl nurse rolled her eyes in annoyance: "If you can't compliment someone, don't, thank you! And please move aside!"

Yuan Zhu stepped aside, giving way to the strange Catgirl nurse: "Um, are you an adult? No, I mean, where's the Holy Light Department?"

The Catgirl stomped off, her steps quick, but her short legs meant she was still slow: "I'm an adult, okay! The Holy Light Department is on the third floor, to the left of the stairs, there are signs on the wall, look for yourself."

"Thanks." Not knowing what I'd done to offend her, Yuan Zhu suppressed his cat-loving soul, reluctantly watching the Catgirl leave.

The Little Elf suddenly popped out, regretting, "I really want to Rua her hard!"

Arriving smoothly on the third floor, Yuan Zhu observed that Run Ning's hospital wasn't much different from his old home on Earth, except that in addition to the main Chinese and Western medicine systems, there were extra departments like the Holy Light Department, Witch Doctor Department, Inner Fasting Department, Spirit Communication Department, and Alchemy Department, among other non-niche systems.

Because gods existed in this world, these departments all had real skills. They could treat spirit possessions, soul loss, pollution infections... and so on, from different angles.

If they encountered tricky, comprehensive, and difficult cases, multiple departments would work together, using acupuncture, scalpels, shamanistic rituals... a multi-dimensional, three-dimensional attack to eradicate the disease in the operating room.

Showing the nurse his medical card, Yuan Zhu was led by an ordinary-looking auntie into an examination room.

In the center of the room, there was a censer with incense sticks that had a calming effect. In addition, against the wall, there was a redwood shrine with a white jade Bodhisattva statue inside.

The attending doctor across the table was a blonde, blue-eyed white man in a white coat, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, holding a cup of fragrant tea.

???

What a mixed-up style, Yuan Zhu was stunned for a moment, forgetting what to say.

"Please sit down, I am your attending physician Lucius, a dispatched deacon from the east of the New Continent. Because I graduated from medical school, I hold a clinic in City Second Hospital, and also spread the faith for my God. May I ask, where do you feel unwell? This medical card of yours is issued in cooperation between our Holy Church and the Security Bureau, ordinary people cannot hold it." Lucius spoke in perfect local dialect, without a trace of an accent, very authentic.

"I..." Yuan Zhu opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"Don't worry, I've seen too many patients whose bodies have been polluted and have unspeakable secrets. And I not only graduated from the medical department, with professional medical literacy, but also studied in the Holy Church for many years, with rich Holy Light exorcism experience. Finally, professional ethics require me to keep the privacy of patients confidential, so don't worry about me leaking your situation."

Lucius looked kind and amiable, his smiling face seemed to radiate human brilliance, making people feel close to him unconsciously.

Didi! Mental intrusion detected, blocked.

As expected!

Already used to all this, Yuan Zhu's expression showed no abnormality, with a smile on his face, he responded politely: "For some reason, I got involved in an abnormal case. I accepted the Security Bureau's test before, and they all said I was very healthy. Finally, they gave me this medical card and asked me to receive Holy Light treatment, to treat any hidden dangers, and if there are no problems, consider it a precaution."

Lucius raised an eyebrow: "I understand. Then, should we go straight to treatment, or chat first, to sort out your mind? By the way, do you drink tea?" He pointed to his teacup, asking Yuan Zhu.

Yuan Zhu, who had never had a habit of drinking tea in his past or present life, asked curiously: "Is drinking tea also popular in your country?"

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do, I developed this hobby after coming to Run Ning, introduced by a monk friend. After getting used to it, the taste is very good." Lucius strongly recommended it.

Yuan Zhu waved his hand to refuse, and looked at the white jade Bodhisattva on the table: "Was this also given to you by that friend? Can the deacons of your Holy Church also believe in foreign gods of other religions?"

Lucius retorted in confusion: "Freedom of belief, why not? According to the regulations of the New Federation, one person can declare 11 legal beliefs a year. Although I am a Holy Church deacon who controls Holy Light, I can also believe in foreign gods outside of religion while living and working in Run Ning. For example, this Great Joy Bodhisattva."

??? What are you talking about? Where is she big? Where is she joyful? Yuan Zhu turned his head and looked at the dignified and solemn white jade Guanyin, only the tentacles exposed under the hem of her clothes seemed a little different from the orthodox Guanyin. But you're telling me that this is the 'Great Joy Bodhisattva'? "Is your friend okay?"

Lucius shook his head: "Alas, I haven't been in contact for two years. He was reported and wanted for seducing believers and personally interpreting the Dharma, so he was reported in the last anti-Buddhist movement and fled to the south. There were letters a few years ago, and then they stopped. Let's not talk about him, you can choose to come to the Holy Light Department to check for hidden dangers, which shows that you recognize the Holy Church and Holy Light in your heart. So, are you interested in learning more about the Holy Church and listing it on your list of legal beliefs?"

Yuan Zhu recalled that Du Ling Star had formed a pattern of coexistence of multiple gods in modern times due to the proliferation of various gods.

Because the history of transcendent power is only more than 400 years, it is difficult for 'monotheism' to have room for survival, and it has not yet developed to the point where it is the only dominant force in the region.

Once a divine civilization closes itself off in a certain region, engaging in isolationism and trying to monopolize everything, it will be subjected to a righteous gang beating by other gods, both good and evil. Therefore, it's common knowledge that ordinary people simultaneously worship multiple gods, and even religions don't stop them.

In the Run Ning and Tai Xi area, citizens are allowed to declare up to 11 legal faiths. In reality, it doesn't matter how many gods the common people believe in. This declaration is mainly aimed at employed staff, those who have jobs.

Because 'declaring legal faith' is directly related to an employee's 'annual leave,' and it's paid leave.

Different gods will hold festivals corresponding to their functions. Once someone takes a fancy to the theme of a certain festival, or the time period of the festival, they can look up the information of the god in reverse, and then include it in their legal faith for the year, completing the declaration.

Then, when 'XX Festival' comes next year, they can not only enjoy the corresponding holiday, but also receive extra blessings from the god when participating in the 'festival carnival.' Finally, this is still paid leave, arranged by the gods! The best, right?

For example, a bachelor god with the code name [God IIII] will hold a frenzied shopping festival every year on November 11th. People who want to participate in it can include [God IIII] in their 'annual faith list,' and they can enjoy a legal holiday on this day next year to revel in the shopping festival and enjoy a divine buff of 'rationality -90%, discount ×9.8.'

The citizens of Run Ning all have the right to select 3-11 legal gods according to their different needs to form their annual faith list. Faith is not only related to the distribution of annual leave, but also has additional divine blessing buffs.

For example, people who are preparing for pregnancy will choose the god who is in charge of pregnancy and health, but newborns will be abandoned after birth.

Farmers, on the other hand, have a long-term love for the god who protects seeds, or the whip god who increases the work efficiency of Beastmen. Once they believe in this, it's for life, and they will never regret it.

Parents like to choose suffering festivals such as 'increase IQ, guarantee passing grades, Zhang Xianzhong' for their children, which often lasts throughout their student days.

After that, graduates will choose: Single-Escape God, Contraception God, Rotten Peach Blossom God, Beer God... to carry out retaliatory faith, until their 'chicken' is no longer majestic; then they will return to the embrace of Fishing God, Six-Flavor Emperor God, Anti-Hair Loss God...

Lucius: "Believing in the Holy Church, according to Run Ning's 'Holiday Law,' the New Year holiday is guaranteed for 3 days, and there is also the Light Festival in July. The legal annual leave alone starts at 4 days. In addition, as long as you believe in the Holy Church, you get a free Holy Light physical examination once a year. If you insist on Holy Church faith for more than 3 years, you can participate in an internal secret preaching meeting once a month, with an extra 10% discount on consumption. If you persist in your faith for 9 years and become a true believer, you get a free physical examination once a month, with some Holy Water as a gift, and an annual family Holy Light physical examination gift package. If you persist for more than 20 years, you or your descendants can directly participate in the Holy Light Trial to come into contact with and master the power of Holy Light."

A series of VIP annual packages, continuous annual packages, and corporate loyalty user feelings emerged in Yuan Zhu's mind. The gods and beliefs in this world are too flexible, just like the membership services launched by major websites on the Internet.

If you believe in a certain god, you can not only participate in the corresponding festival, but also have festival benefits and divine blessings. These blessing effects usually only exist for a very short time.

But if you become a loyal believer user, persist for many years, and continuously accumulate faith points, then the god's blessing buff will gradually solidify and transform into a long-term passive effect.

As long as you don't switch to other gods, your account points will not be cleared.

If it were on Earth, Yuan Zhu felt that his QQ account could at least bring a transcendent buff and solidify into a passive state similar to a 'term,' which would always accompany him. (The wealth spent on playing games for so many years has really transformed into another form, accompanying me.) A major benefit of believing in the Holy Church is that ordinary believers for more than 9 years can condense the weakest 'Holy Light protection buff' on their bodies without paying too much, so that other Evil Gods will give priority to taking others as targets if they have a choice.

This alone attracts many potential believers. In addition, if you persist in Holy Church faith for 20 years, you will have the opportunity to come into contact with the Holy Light. Then, giving a newborn baby a 'Holy Church faith' and letting him be influenced by it from childhood, he will have the opportunity to join the Holy Church and come into contact with and master the Holy Light after he turns 20.

Yuan Zhu sighed, why didn't he have such luck? The faith of their brothers has been changed every few years, all for the sake of taking advantage and getting benefits. No one told me that persisting in believing in the Holy Church would give you a transcendent system to learn for free.

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