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At the very moment when Cumberland was burning, a powerful force descended and left, shaking the ground, and Wheatsheaf Church Square seemed to have experienced a short earthquake.

After Cumberland died, he left some light green powder at the spot. Angels will have residual spirits and traces after death. This is not divinity, but a small amount of conceptualized and abstract things left after their death. Under certain extreme circumstances, these conceptualized and abstract things will regroup and allow Him to return.

At this moment, Stuart Crow, who was walking behind him, was surprised and stunned. His originally kind and gentle face became surprisingly ugly. It was obvious that he had not expected such a thing to happen.

Normally, no one would dare to take action near St. Raymond's Cathedral, because any loud movement might be noticed by the goddess and attract her attention.

But he never expected that the other party would attract some unknown help at the gate of St. Raymond's Cathedral and succeed in self-immolation.

You have to know that Cumberland is one of the three archbishops of the Church of the Goddess of Life of the Orthodox Church. There is no problem in simply detaining and interrogating him, but if he dies, especially at the door of St. Redmond's Cathedral, it will inevitably be regarded as provoking a religious war.

Despite Cumberland's problems, at least he was doing these things in secret, which showed that he still had some concerns and that the problem wasn't with the Church of the Goddess of Life as a whole. However, this would actually make the situation more difficult to handle. If communication failed, one of the two parties might lose the entire diocese.

Zhou Ning also withdrew his gaze from Cumberland. Things had developed to this point and were no longer under his control. It would be best to leave the affairs of the Church of the Goddess of Life to the 'Church of Asceticism' and the 'Sun Watchers'.

At this time, Stuart Crow looked at Zhou Ning and said in a deep voice:

"Mr. Sternwell, the Ascetic Order may need your help. Prove for us that Cumberland died of self-immolation. And we have sufficient reasons against him."

"Sure." Zhou Ning agreed without any surprise, "I can be there anytime."

He nodded to Stuart Crowe, disappeared from the spot, and appeared in the old town of Docklands.

In order to conceal his identity, Zhou Ning has now transformed into a young man wearing a black robe, a black wide-brimmed hat, and a slightly classical air.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he created a clone. The main body teleported back to the Wheatsheil Church Square and sat on a bench. The clone went to the area where his own clone was ambushed to take a look, but did not intend to go deeper.

It was not yet 8 o'clock in the morning, and the area around the old city was filled with civilians wearing simple clothes of monotonous colors. The streets were also lined with various stalls and vendors shouting their wares one after another.

Zhou Ning glanced at the stalls on both sides, bought a cup of coffee at one of the breakfast stalls, and then his eyes stopped on the church nearby.

This is a church of the Earth Goddess Church, and it was also the first stop his clone went to before being attacked.

The church is mainly light yellow in color. There are several mottled stone pillars erected at the door of the church, engraved with the emblem of the Earth Goddess Cult. The two ring-shaped symbols connected together represent the meaning that the earth is circular.

Compared with the other two of the three royal families, the church of the Earth Goddess Church appears to be very simple and solemn. Zhou Ning sipped his coffee gently and did not choose to enter the church. There was no need to take the risk.

With his current spiritual intuition, he could already roughly sense the situation inside.

There is an underground area in the church, which is slightly suspicious, but not too suspicious. As a sect closely related to the earth, the Earth Goddess has authority over the earth and part of the undead realm, and advocates burial. Almost every church has an underground tomb.

After standing quietly for a moment, Zhou Ning headed to his second stop, a church belonging to the Church of the Goddess of Life. It wasn't far from here, about a 15-minute walk. Zhou Ning chose not to teleport, but walked directly there.

Since he was still short of two pieces of materials for making the NZT-52, Zhou Ning also stopped by the West family's herbal medicine shop on the way to take a look.

As expected, there was none. However, when he was leaving the house, he unexpectedly ran into Alan West, a chubby little man in a red aristocratic suit, with an elegant girl in his arms.

In a sense, this was Zhou Ning's first friend in the Apocalypse World. Compared to before, his temperament had become much more mature, and he had begun to get rid of his childishness.

Zhou Ning drank the rest of his coffee, reached out, and patted his shoulder. Alan West turned his head with a hint of confusion and looked at Zhou Ning: "What's the matter?"

"Sorry, I got the wrong person."

Zhou Ning smiled, withdrew his hand, snapped his fingers, and his wish came true.

Just now, he made a wish to give the little fat boy some luck, hoping that everything would be fine for his friend.

Then, a block away, he saw the Church of the Goddess of Life standing in the distance.

The church is mainly green and white. There is a statue of the goddess of life standing at the door. Zhou Ning walked over and looked up and down at the statue. All the information he had collected during this period flashed through his mind.

"A miracle occurred in Darkland and the surrounding cities... All the statues of the Goddess of Life opened their eyes at the same time."

"As expected, that's exactly what happened... The eyes of this statue of the Goddess of Life are open, and its divinity is even more profound than I imagined."

"As one of the three great families of the Orthodox Church of the Kingdom of Bryston, the Church of the Goddess of Life has more followers than I imagined."

But compared to the Church of the Earth Goddess, this church was actually less suspicious. Despite its rich divine aura, it didn't seem to have any underground areas. But considering Cumberland's situation, Zhou Ning decided to go back and explore it carefully.

Because the church's location is quite unique, it's almost across the river from the bell tower. And that bell tower belongs to the Darkland Fortress.

and many more……

Zhou Ning's gaze suddenly froze. He saw the statue of the Goddess of Life wink at him, its lips curling slightly. Not far away, a figure silently appeared. It was Archbishop Edward, barefoot and dressed in a white robe. Behind him stood another figure, wearing a wide-brimmed hat adorned with a feather and a black trench coat. It was Hawkeye! How could they be together?

This... Zhou Ning's pupils dilated, and he gave up this clone without hesitation, and his consciousness returned to the Witsel Church Square.

On the bench, he opened his eyes and without hesitation, quickly returned to Nathaniel.

After returning to his home, Zhou Ning sat on the sofa and let out a long sigh. At this moment, he could already feel that his clone had died in just a moment.

At this time, Jasmine had just come down from upstairs. She glanced at Zhou Ning and said in a soft voice:

"You seem to be infected with some strange aura, as if it is related to fate?"

"Maybe." Zhou Ning took a deep breath, shook his head, and roughly told her about what had happened in recent days, especially the encounter with Archbishop Edward just now.

After hearing Zhou Ning's words, Jasmine was stunned for two seconds, then thought for a moment and said hesitantly:

"The Goddess of Life's true name is indeed Mercedes. In the era when the gods were still active, she was a relatively powerful being. In addition to her own authority over life, she also possessed some authority over the realm of destiny. But I have never heard of any rumors of her fall."

"I suggest not getting too involved in this matter until things become clear. I always have a bad feeling about it."

Having said this, Jasmine hesitated slightly and added:

"If you need my help with anything, just tell me. You're the only person I know in this world. Now that I'm not far from becoming an angel again, I should be able to help you."

"Okay, please notify me anytime when the promotion ceremony is held." Zhou Ning relaxed his brows and nodded. To him, Jasmine was the most special friend.

After chatting with Zhou Ning for a few words, Jasmine's mood obviously improved. They happily finished their meal together and then went to the Starry Sky Base.

Her shop has been completed and is doing good business. Players are not averse to playing cards in the game. There is even a Yu-Gi-Oh section on the Apocalypse Forum that specializes in discussing deck building.

Players' unanimous evaluation of Jasmine is: a novice teaching NPC in Yu-Gi-Oh!, who looks very cute, but is bad at it and loves to play. You can get Viktor from her, and she will definitely agree to win 2 Viktors.

After seeing Jasmine off, Zhou Ning returned to his room, sat down on the sofa, and prepared to review today's gains.