In this age of globalization and highly advanced communications technology, any major event anywhere in human society could spread across the world in the blink of an eye.
The footage of the Heavenly Gate descending upon Jerusalem was uploaded online by certain believers almost immediately, spreading across the globe.
Billions of believers were stirred into a frenzy.
Countless ordinary believers eagerly shared the footage, while many more had already dropped their work or whatever they were doing, bought plane or ferry tickets, and prepared to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
In many countries, huge crowds of believers even gathered to pray for blessings.
In a world where religious forces held great power, the believers' fanatical behavior did not provoke resentment from ordinary people.
That day, the appearance of the Heavenly Gate drove countless ordinary people to join the church in a hurry, triggering an explosive surge in the number of new converts.
Aside from the Human Revolutionary Alliance headquarters, there were already very few people in the world who were not religious. With this latest public miracle, the Heavenly Gate had swept up the last of the unconverted.
Governments around the world all chose to remain silent and observe this sudden turn of events.
No one wanted to see the Foundation Church's influence grow further. Most countries were already deeply affected by religious forces. If they staged another public miracle, would that lead to even more theocratic states?
That was right. In the eyes of governments around the world, the Heavenly Gate was probably just a show put on by the Foundation Church. It was hardly the first time they had pulled a stunt like this, though never on such a grand scale.
So no one rashly came forward to challenge them. Neither offending the Foundation Church nor antagonizing religious