Hao Ren stared blankly at the scroll, which had already shattered into fragments, completely unaware of what had happened. "What does this mean...? Did I break it?"
"An unidentified mental signal resembling that of an intelligent life-form appeared inside the scroll, but it was torn apart in an instant." The Data Terminal immediately flew into the air and scanned Hao Ren from head to toe, as well as the fragments of the scroll. After going back and forth several times, it suddenly realized what had happened. "Oh, damn... I get it. It was an attack carrying divinity."
Hao Ren instantly felt the hairs on his body stand on end. "Divinity?!"
"I know this is a little hard to understand." The Data Terminal suddenly switched to mental communication. "But it seems this scroll carried divinity. It was extremely weak, possessing only a trace of divinity because it had once been connected to a true god, but that was still enough to inflict mental damage that ignored ordinary people's defenses."
Hao Ren looked up and found everyone around them staring blankly in their direction. The gazes of the pope and several bishops made him feel especially uncomfortable, so he hurriedly waved his hands. "Oh, it's nothing, nothing... Give me a moment to look into it."
As he spoke, he and the Data Terminal ran to an unoccupied corner. Then, holding the remaining fragments of the scroll, he muttered to the terminal in his mind. "This scroll came from a true god? Could it really be a sacred relic of the Creation Goddess?"
"That is the only possibility." The Data Terminal continued scanning the remnants inside the scroll, though its power had now completely dissipated, leaving it no different from an ordinary object. "It seems those heretics somehow obtained a genuine divine artifact.