Chapter 3 Anna

The long winter is finally coming to an end, and the warm sunshine shines on the last white snow.

Lei Luo will never forget that night a month ago.

After receiving bloodletting treatment from the doctor, Lei Luo knew that the way his father, who was weak due to high fever, looked at him when he was dying, was his father's silent blessing to him.

From now on, I will disguise myself in this world full of bright faith and survive carefully. I will have no surname and cannot mention my life experience to anyone.

Opening the window, Lei Luo looked into the distance, with a trace of confusion in his eyes.

The book in Lei Luo's hands at this moment is one of the three relics left to him by his father. The title of the book is "The Mystery of Evolution". It was published by Antonio, the pioneer of the Gran Academy of Natural Sciences. Although it is not a book banned by the church, it is not banned for ordinary clergy. It can be considered a dangerous book.

Those scholars in the Academy of Natural Sciences always like to publish some strange and weird theories.

As everyone knows, a long time ago in the Principality of Utolan, a scholar published the "Heliocentric Theory", which believed that the Sun Stone was the center of the universe and that the Star Curtain World was a huge spherical body that revolved around the sun. There were also countless other things in the universe. Spherical celestial bodies that are not similar to the star curtain world revolve around the sun, which is classified as heresy by the Vatican.

In the religious court, the scholar refused to repent and insisted on his academic arguments, and was eventually tried and burned to death by the church.

If it were in the past, Lei Luo would never read such dangerous books.

but now……

"The Secret of Evolution":

All things are alive, interdependent and cyclical, natural selection and survival of the fittest. No living thing can survive independently of the rules of nature.

Microorganisms decompose minerals and turn minerals into soil.

Plants live on the soil and support higher-level insects, birds, beasts, magical beasts, and humans.

Human beings look down upon all living creatures, but are they really the creatures at the top of the food chain?

If there are higher creatures, they must be above humans in the food chain. They must have special attributes that distinguish humans from plants, birds, beasts, and monsters. They have a brain with soul, and the power of soul thinking in the brain!

The entire book "The Secret of Evolution" lists the evolutionary process of more than a hundred species of living things, and expresses the concepts of species evolution, survival of the fittest, natural selection, and survival of the fittest, which gave Lei Luo an unprecedented conceptual impact.

But the words that really made Lei Luo completely lose the power of prayer were just the hundred words above, hidden in the paragraphs of the whole book, inconspicuous.

Lei Luo has lost the power of prayer.

His faith was shaken, and Lei Luo could no longer feel the God of Light. In the eyes of believers, it was like the sky had lost the sun and fell into boundless darkness.

Unprecedented fear!

For seventeen years, is the God of Light that Lei Luo has believed in day and night, just a higher-level creature above humans in the food chain mentioned in the book, an existence that feeds on human souls and thoughts by raising humans in captivity?

Belief needs to be deep-rooted, and you must constantly believe in it to hypnotize yourself. Once doubt arises, the foundation will completely collapse.

"Beep, beep, reminder: The star core contains 397,449 biological species, mineral resources, and new element data. If you need to check the data, please enter the image data or get close to it and start the recognition."

This star core necklace is the secret of my father as the best hunter in the village.

On the surface, the necklace pendant looks like an ordinary agate stone with a few dark red lines, nothing special.

If you look carefully, you will find a small bump on the connected pendant. When Lei Luo presses the bump, the prompt just now appears.

Lei Luo couldn't understand what the star core necklace was.

According to his father, he got it from his grandfather, who in turn got it from his great-grandfather. It was probably an evil wizard's relic.

My father relied on this necklace to tell whether the beast had the heritage of a magical beast, but he never thought that he would eventually be attacked by a magical beast that was not recorded in the star core because he relied too much on this necklace of star cores.

Lei Luo must not let anyone know his identity as a descendant of the wizard, otherwise what awaits him will definitely be the church's burning rack!

Finally, it was a badge left to him by his father, like a blooming redbud flower, and Lei Luo finally knew its purpose.

This turned out to be a contribution badge from the Grantham Academy of Natural Sciences, used to commend those who have made outstanding contributions to the academy. Those holding the badge can directly enter the academy to study without undergoing assessment, and will be assigned appropriate mentors as former Feedback to outstanding contributors to the college.

Lei Luo vaguely remembered the expression on the town priest's face when he saw Lei Luo taking out the redbud badge.

He was so stunned that he even told Lei Luo to be selfless, and then told Lei Luo to stay away from those atheists.

"Brother Lei Luo."

A girl wearing an animal fur coat walked out of the snow.

The girl had some light freckles on her cheeks and a shy expression. She placed some black bread and bacon in front of Lei Luo and whispered: "Grandpa said that he would ask you to come to my house for dinner tonight."

Anna's grandfather is a good friend of his father and a famous hunter in the village.

It is said that his father once saved his life, but I don't know if it is true.

As for Anna, she and Lei Luo's childhood sweethearts grew up together, but because the church stipulated that missionaries and nuns were loyal servants of the God of Light and could not get married and have children, so in recent years, as the two reached the marriageable age, they gradually became more distant.

Anna secretly looked at Lei Luo. His eyes were always full of devout faith in the God of Light, making people feel extremely sincere, warm and safe.

It's a pity that he determined to become a missionary and serve the great God of Light all his life, so he could never be with him.

Every time she thinks about this, Anna always feels extremely disappointed, as if her most precious thing has been taken away by the God of Light.

Anna probably never thought that she would be jealous of the God of Light.

Lei Luo looked at the bread and bacon and said with shame: "Winter is going to end soon. I... I can live on my own. Your family is not rich, so don't always give me things."

Seeing the ashamed Lei Luo, although he was thin, he had a self-reliant heart. Anna liked it even more, but she couldn't help but feel even more disappointed. She whispered: "Grandpa asked me to send it here. Don't forget to come over for dinner tonight. "

After saying that, Anna trotted away.

Holding the bread and bacon, Lei Luo watched Anna's leaving figure. The two had grown up together, and it was no longer clear what kind of relationship they had.

He had also fantasized about spending a lifetime with her, but facing the belief in the God of Light, Lei Luo kept telling himself that Anna was just his sister, and that he would serve the great Creator of Light throughout his life and spread light to the world.

But now.

He is actually the descendant of an evil wizard!

Once discovered, not only himself, but also those closest to him will be branded as heretics and will be burned to death on the stake. My father spent his life in such trembling fear, not even eating or drinking. Thank the God of Light for protecting the people he loves most.

Do you want to be like your father and spend your life in fear and hesitation after being with Anna?

Once his identity was exposed and the church looked for clues, imagining Anna wailing on the stake, a trace of panic flashed across Lei Luo's face.

Don't let this happen!

Stay away from the town and avoid dragging down the people here!

But he had never left the town of Manahu, so where could he go?

Suddenly, Lei Luo thought of something, took out the redbud badge, and murmured: "Glenn Academy of Natural Sciences."