Qin Siyang knew little about the World Salvation Church.
The last time he had heard of the World Salvation Church, he had been watching a group of blond, blue-eyed people dressed in mourning clothes wail over his supposed death.
It seemed to rank among the five most powerful churches in the Safe Zone.
A top-five church did not sound all that impressive.
Churches were already weaker than other organizations and had a relatively niche following, so even the top five still had limited influence.
And the World Salvation Church probably ranked fourth or fifth.
Still, the World Salvation Church had something that set it apart.
It was the only one of the top five churches that could operate openly.
If members of the other four churches were discovered, they would end up in either a Police Bureau prison or an Administration Bureau prison. Those who held high positions in their churches might even be executed outright.
In other words, the United Government regarded them all as cults.
Nor was this a decision made by the United Government alone.
The military, the Merchants' Association, and the universities all opposed the other four major churches.
The reason was simple.
Most churches had deeply flawed doctrines to begin with.
Take the World-Destroying Church, considered the strongest of all the churches.
The name alone-world-destroying-made it clear that this was no respectable church.
And that was indeed the case.
The World-Destroying Church's core belief was that all of Earth had reached its end.
The gods, displeased with humanity's sins, had sent down divine punishment to bring about the world's destruction.
Humans should not resist the gods' punishment.
Instead, they should accept it gladly and welcome the end of the world.
The World-Destroying Church wanted humanity to destroy the Safe Zone itself and become food for