"The Savior is dead."
Earl Burney's expression remained calm, but the slight twitch at the corner of his eye revealed the turmoil within him. He was not as composed as he appeared.
Upon hearing this, Wu Ta, Chris, and the others first glanced at Shen Feng beside them.
They instantly understood that something had gone terribly wrong within the Western Council. It was very likely that they had already betrayed the Salvation Army's beliefs.
The Savior's existence was the last remaining hope of all human survivors in this world.
The reason so many people had managed to survive in this brutal environment like cockroaches was precisely because they firmly believed in the Savior's return.
Everyone knew that the Savior had crossed the interstellar gate and entered the World Beast's lair to fight those terrifying monsters to the death, and that one day, he would return.
Even the wandering bards descended from the Salvation Army had been able to endure for centuries and win the recognition of human survivors because they were supported by the Savior's prophecy.
And the premise of it all was that the Savior was still alive.
As long as the Savior lived, as long as there was still a day he might return, there was still hope for everything.
Yet Earl Burney had brought news supposedly from the Western Council, claiming that the Savior was dead. That was a denial of the Savior's existence, a denial of humanity's hope for civilization.
What was more, the Savior was standing right beside them!
Wu Ta raised her face and shouted angrily, "Nonsense! How could the Savior possibly die so easily? He is humanity's hero, the hope and faith of human civilization!"
Standing high above them, Earl Burney could not make out the people below clearly, though he did see