Arknights: Just Tell Me If the Mission's Done
Chapter 111

I, Luo Chen, am the True God's most loyal believer.

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"You've held two sacrificial rites this month, haven't you? They're using those rites as a pretext to swindle your money."

After hearing what she said, Luo Chen suddenly understood why they were confronting the villagers.

It turns out that these unidentified people wanted to persuade the heavily poisoned residents to face reality.

However, it's unlikely that people who believe in heretical cults would so easily come to their senses.

Then no one in the world would be deceived.

Sure enough, before the woman from Cautus's could finish speaking, a strong and forceful rebuke came from the villagers:

"Nonsense! We all participated in the ritual voluntarily."

"I offered ten pounds of grain to the True God, and he protected me from harassment by the Imperial Gendarmerie. If that counts as being deceived, I'd rather be deceived for the rest of my life."

"That's right, don't we believers know whether the protection of True God exists or not?"

"Who do you think you are, telling us how to do things?"

FrostNova rubbed her tired head.

She couldn't understand why the villagers here were willing to believe in such an illusory thing.

Over the past week, they visited more than twenty villages and settlements in the vicinity.

But without exception, no one was willing to believe their advice.

They all firmly believe in the existence of the so-called True God, and they are still willing to send money and food to the True God every week.

This was something FrostNova couldn't understand at all.

The sincere people were turned away and cursed, while the treacherous and wicked were loved by the villagers.

After staying there for a week, FrostNova and her companions had long since run out of food.

These days, they go hungry twice a day, and one of their meals consists of grass roots.

Today is the last attempt, if we can't persuade this first and last village.

They will leave this mountainous area and look for other suitable places to set up a logistics camp.

"You guys are here again."

A familiar voice reached her ears, and FrostNova turned her head.

They then realized that the person speaking was the same priest who had mocked them a week earlier.

Seeing the priestess she had met a week ago, FrostNova parted her red lips almost without hesitation:

"You liar? You're still in this village?"

Upon seeing the culprit who had incited the nearby villagers, FrostNova instantly displayed her disgust, loathing, contempt, and hatred on her face.

However, the priest didn't seem to care at all about FrostNova's dislike; instead, he arrogantly spoke up:

"There's no other way; the villagers love and respect me, and I have to infuse the female believers with the energy of the True God every night."

Upon hearing this, FrostNova's eyes turned cold, and an icicle instantly appeared in her hand.

Upon seeing FrostNova about to attack, the latter immediately darted into the crowd of villagers.

This put FrostNova in a dilemma: she couldn't decide whether to throw the spell away or not.

And the priest even mocked her with extreme arrogance:

"The great Ursus True God protects all good people; faith in the True God can ward off disasters and evil; the True God loves everyone."

The priest thoroughly enjoyed the other person's helplessness.

But Luo Chen, hiding in the shadows, discovered that his statement contained a fatal logical fallacy.

That is, a qualified cult must clearly distinguish between its enemies and its own people.

False statements, such as "the True God loves everyone," should not appear in a legitimate cult doctrine.

The correct statement should be that the True God loves everyone who believes in Him.

This not only clearly distinguishes between friend and foe, but also perfects the logic.

However, this is, after all, a cult in a mountain village, so we can't expect too much from their technical skills.

Chapter 154 I, Luo Chen, am the most loyal believer of the True God.

"Bullshit True God!"

The first to start cursing was the hot-tempered Big Bear.

He rolled up his sleeves, looking like he was about to go up and beat the other person up.

However, having learned his lesson in the past few days, he didn't actually go through with it.

"... Violence that's too cowardly to actually take action won't solve the problem. I just don't know if a fight will break out with the villagers?"

"As a cult, it must remain steadfast enough in eliminating dissent."

Luo Chen, who was watching the spectacle, thought to himself.

The priest also understood that even if the Big Bear wanted to attack, it couldn't hit him.

Ordinary villagers cannot eliminate these magical beings.

So this time, instead of having the villagers fight, he incited them to hurl insults at the Big Bear.

Anyway, those meddlesome, overly benevolent folks, they can't possibly kill these villagers, can they?

"Those who are loved by God, show your faith to God and strike back at the slander of others."

Led by the priest, the villagers were filled with the sounds of birdsong and the fragrance of flowers.

"* Ursus profanity*"

"* Ursus profanity* You guys are blind! Can't you tell who's good and who's bad?"

The Yeti Squad wasn't to be outdone, pointing at the deceitful cult priest and cursing him.

Meanwhile, Luo Chen, who was watching the show from the shadows, kept yawning during the verbal battle between the two sides.

"The villagers don't dare to go up, and the busybodies don't dare to kill. Are they just going to spend the whole night cursing like this?"

"This is so uncivilized."

"People should be sincere and friendly to each other, how can you do this?"

As a kind-hearted police officer.

What Luo Chen couldn't stand the most was other people arguing.

Why can't we sit down and talk things over?

Luo Chen took off the jacket he was wearing, which had the Reunion Movement logo printed on it.

Wearing only a shirt, he emerged from the bushes with his hands raised.

"Everyone, please don't fight. Let's talk things out."

"Who are you?"

Who is this guy?

Luo Chen's sudden entrance drew the attention of the Yeti and the villagers.

They carefully examined Luo Chen's appearance; black hair and black eyes, he looked like an ordinary Feline person.

I don't know this guy at all.

The cult priest and FrostNova spoke at the same time:

"Who are you?"

What are you going to do?

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Luo Chen also adopted the tone of the Lungmen Chief.

He stood tall and proud, hands behind his back, speaking with the seriousness of a headmaster:

"Why can't we just talk things out? Insulting and verbally abusing others constitutes the crime of provoking trouble."

"According to Ursus law, anyone who commits the crime of creating disturbances shall be sentenced to imprisonment, detention, or public surveillance for up to five years."

"Anyone who incites others to cause trouble and seriously disrupts social order shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than five years but not more than ten years. In serious cases, they may even be exiled to the snowy plains."

"Your current actions are seriously disrupting the normal production and lives of the people, don't you understand that?"

The priest frowned, as if he had seen some strange creature.

"Law? What are you talking about?"

FrostNova also tilted her head, not understanding why a fool had suddenly appeared.

However, since Luo Chen has already intervened, he might as well go all the way.

If they don't understand the law, then let's sit down and reason with them.

Luo Chen first stared at FrostNova:

"I think that since you don't understand the greatness and love of the Ursus True God, you should remain humble and cautious, listen to the deeds of the True God, and understand how the Ursus True God loves each and every one of us."

"Instead of starting by questioning, you should believe first, and then question."

"This is not only a sign of respect for the Ursus True God, but also a demonstration of humility and prudence as a human being."

After criticizing FrostNova, Luo Chen looked at the villagers and priests:

"And all of you who also believe in the Ursus True God, you are all believers of the True God."

"The True God loves everyone, therefore everyone is the True God's people."

Do you believe that a benevolent True God would like to see brothers killing each other?

After criticizing both sides, Luo Chen began to offer new suggestions:

"Let me talk to these confused people who don't believe in the True God first. Once I understand their specific confusion, we can sit down and discuss this matter together."

"Everyone, please go home first, so as not to disrupt your work or daily life."

Luo Chen's words left the villagers stunned; they suddenly realized that it made sense.

Some of them had even turned around and wanted to leave.

But seeing that the priest didn't move, they stopped and looked at him.

The priest was also stumped by Luo Chen's words and couldn't find a problem to solve.

He always felt that the person in front of him was talking nonsense, but he couldn't find any problems with what he said.

Based on the logic presented by the other party, I should indeed lead the villagers back to do what we were supposed to do.

But why should I listen to him?

Who does he think he is?

The priest snorted coldly:

"What nonsense are you spouting? You want my True God Church priests to shake hands and make peace with a bunch of cultists, and go their separate ways? Are you out of your mind?"

The Big Bear couldn't stand the priest's arrogant labeling of the Yeti and started cursing at him.

"You cult fraudster, you're begging us to make peace with you? I won't agree!"

"* Ursus profanity*"

"* Ursus profanity*"

And so, the argument, which had just calmed down for a moment, started again.

Luo Chen immediately stepped between the two sides, raising his hand to silence them:

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