“No! Your Grace!”
Seeing Carter being subdued, Lady Lina immediately screamed, “Spare them! They’re innocent!”
“Are you joking? Or do you want the secret here to be leaked out?”
Redwin turned his head, suddenly revealing a mysterious smile on his face: “Are they your acquaintances? Friends? I’ve decided, why don’t you execute them yourself? In front of the congregation, as proof of your devotion!”
Lady Lina immediately trembled all over.
Even if she were ignorant, she knew that once she committed such acts, she would truly fall into an abyss from which there was no return.
“Please, spare Carter!”
Large tears slid down her cheeks: “I’ll sell the apartment tomorrow and give all the money to you!”
“Lina, don’t listen to him!”
Although Carter’s face was painfully twisted, he still shouted out: “I’d rather die than see you threatened again!”
“Hey hey!”
Wu Ming watched this scene resembling a tragic soap opera, quite speechless: “Have you forgotten about me?”
“Kid, do you think you can run away now?”
Indeed, the main villain Redwin cooperated perfectly, letting out a screech-like laugh.
After all, Wu Ming currently looked like just a half-grown teenager, seemingly no threat at all.
Bang!
But immediately, Wu Ming darted forward like a cheetah, delivering a powerful punch to his face as well.
“Villains should exit early!”
Redwin’s massive body immediately flew up, his head crashing heavily against the wall, shaking the entire basement and knocking him unconscious.
It seemed that even if he woke up, he would definitely suffer from a severe concussion.
“Steven, you…”
Carter got up from the ground, his face full of surprise.
“Oh, forgot to mention, I’m an 18th-level hand-to-hand combat expert!”
Wu Ming flashed a harmless smile and kicked the unconscious Redwin like a dead dog: “What should we do with this guy?”
“Why not just call the police?”
Carter eagerly accepted Wu Ming’s original suggestion: “With this guy’s crimes and all the witnesses and evidence outside, he’s definitely going to die in prison!”
Lady Lina, however, looked dazed.
She never imagined that Redwin, who had loomed over her like a mountain and seemed like a great demon, could fall so easily.
Lina instinctively looked at Redwin.
Only now did she believe he was just an ordinary man who bled when injured.
Some things, although they seem difficult, might turn out not to be as imagined once one dares to try.
But upon hearing Carter’s suggestion, she shuddered: “No!”
“Why not? Did you ever assist him in committing crimes?”
Carter looked at Lina painfully: “Or haven’t you seen through this scoundrel’s true nature yet?”
Upon hearing this, Lina immediately covered her face and cried, leaving Carter helpless.
“Actually… I don’t recommend that either!”
Wu Ming now voiced his opinion: “Think about the people upstairs. How many innocent and ignorant citizens were lured in? Once exposed, how many reputations would be ruined, and how many families destroyed?”
“Of course, that’s none of our business, but once this resentment accumulates, they might not dare to confront the police, but they certainly would dare to target us. Are you ready to bear that?”
“…”
Carter immediately fell silent. He was just an ordinary college student, not someone with powerful connections. Once he realized the consequences, his passion quickly cooled down.
“So just let him go?”
Yet, Carter absolutely couldn’t accept letting Redwin off the hook.
“Of course not… You can’t handle the consequences, but I have some friends who can help ‘dispose’ of him!”
Wu Ming pointed at Redwin on the ground: “Once the leader is eliminated, the organization here should disband. Of course, there will definitely be people who have already been successfully brainwashed. When this place revives again, those who truly need to leave will have already gone, and the remaining ones will be incorrigible. Then we can send them all to their graves for good!”
Speaking calmly about such ruthless eradication, Wu Ming’s words immediately caused a deep chill in both Carter and Lady Lina’s hearts.
“Now, Carter, you take Lady Lina back home! Make sure no one sees you!”
Wu Ming smiled mysteriously, “Leave the rest to me!”
“Alright… I’ll leave it to you!”
Carter looked deeply at Wu Ming, already convinced in his mind that Steven was someone from a certain particularly influential social organization.
He supported the unsteady Lady Lina and left. The basement was left only with Wu Ming and the unconscious Redwin.
“Even trash has its own value!”
Looking at Redwin and the numerous cult members above, Wu Ming’s lips curled into a sanguine smile…
…
After resolving a minor issue, everything returned to calm.
However, Redwin’s disappearance still caused some ripples.
After investigation, the police discovered that Pastor Redwin was merely a fabricated identity, secretly being a notorious wanted criminal. This caused the city to remain tense for several days. After failing to capture him, they finally announced that he had fled elsewhere.
The small church was consequently completely abandoned. All the followers stopped going there, and rumors of hauntings emerged, causing property prices to plummet.
Upon hearing this news, Carter felt completely relieved, while Lady Lina’s expression was quite strange, and she seemed distracted for several days.
Wu Ming was well aware that this matter was far from over.
“Lady Lina, shall we talk?”
Finally, after a dinner, Wu Ming formally made this request, since Lady Lina’s condition had been getting worse.
“Okay… okay.”
Lady Lina’s face looked haggard, with dark circles under her eyes, clearly indicating she hadn’t slept well for many days.
Looking at Wu Ming in this state, for some reason, she felt a bit of confidence and agreed.
Wu Ming prepared two cups of hot cocoa and handed one to Lady Lina: “Would you mind telling me what problem you’re facing?”
“I feel… so scared! So empty!”
Whether it was the hot cocoa or Wu Ming’s words that worked, Lina held the ceramic cup, her voice low and gentle: “Since that incident, I always feel like something is missing every day, something that can’t be filled. I often dream… dream…”
“A spiritual void that cannot be filled?”
Wu Ming shrugged his mouth: “Under normal circumstances, I’d suggest you see a psychologist, but now, I have another suggestion. Want to try it?”
A sharp glint flashed in his eyes. If his enemies saw this, they would immediately know something unpleasant was about to happen.
“What suggestion?”
Lina trusted Steven quite a bit. Although he was mysterious, he wasn’t a bad person.
“That is, to seek a new god, to replace the faith in the god of suffering!”
Wu Ming winked, speaking with a solemn expression.
“A new god?”
Lina looked puzzled on her face: “I’m sorry, Mr. Steven, are you also a follower of some religion? Why have I never seen you praying or performing rituals?”
“My Lord is the true god! He leads people towards goodness, yet requires no worldly offerings, only your devotion!”
Wu Ming put on a face of a religious charlatan, pulling out a religious emblem from his chest: “Would you like to hear about the doctrines of this ‘God of Redemption’?”
“A holy emblem?”
Lina took the badge, finding indeed a religious pattern she had never seen before. The badge was in the shape of a palace, looking quite exquisite, not like a fake.
Her expression involuntarily became solemn, and she put down the porcelain cup to show respect.
“Not bad for a former believer… at least still has some reverence…”
Wu Ming looked at this, secretly nodded with satisfaction and was quite pleased.
“My Lord, the God of Redemption, was born from the chaos of the void, possessing the power of redemption. The souls of believers who follow Him will ascend to His divine kingdom upon death, gaining eternal redemption!”
Wu Ming pulled out his hastily made doctrines, spouting nonsense about them.
The more Lina listened, the more serious her expression became.
“Mr. Steven, are you saying… this God of Redemption only requires faith?”
“Exactly! God loves all mankind! I was moved by this noble doctrine and thus became a follower of my Lord!”
Wu Ming wore a face of devoutness.
Of course, to fool someone into joining a religion with just a few sentences is basically impossible.
After hearing Wu Ming’s doctrine, Lady Lina finally said, “Then Mr. Steven, I would like to learn more about the doctrines and ideas of this God of Redemption. I wonder if you would be willing to guide me?”
“Of course, it’s my honor!”
Wu Ming smiled and handed the holy emblem to Lina: “Take it. It has received my Lord’s blessing; you’ll have a good dream tonight!”
With his current abilities, creating a small pendant that could soothe souls and calm the mind was just a simple task. However, Wu Ming didn’t even do that. He merely used an ordinary object combined with verbal suggestions to help Lina regain her confidence.
“I wonder how this day will be recorded in the church’s later scriptures? The beginning of a legend?”
Back in his room, Wu Ming’s lips curved into a smile.
This so-called church and the God of Redemption were naturally fabrications of his own making. Using Lina as a test subject for proselytizing was naturally part of his plan to establish a real church!
By using the church to collect faith, or spiritual energy, he could supply the development of the main god space.
After all, compared to many fraudulent cults that make empty promises, his Redemption Church was absolutely benevolent. It only required faith and no donations. It looked like the religion of a good god from any angle.
Moreover, with himself and the main god space backing it up, miracles wouldn’t be lacking. The church was sure to flourish.
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