The population growth in the simulator allowed Lu Yao’s perception ability to increase. He is thus able to pick up on details that were completely unnoticeable in the past, and most of the unusualness converges on Yu Yao alone.
Yu Yao never spoke to Lu Yao, which Zhou Qiang interpreted as introversion.
She always cooked in the middle of the night and would hum odd ditties in the kitchen.
Yu Yao always carried a fishy odour of blood, mostly faint, suggesting that she had deliberately cleaned her body. But the taste of blood in her mouth was the heaviest and the least likely to go away.
The taste of blood not only appeared on her body, but also in the kitchen sink, the bathroom, and even in the rubbish bags in the living room. These were all related to Yu Yao’s personal traces.
Zhou Qiang, on the contrary, did not find anything unusual.
Lu Yao felt that Yu Yao had an indescribably odd aura about her. But exactly what it was, he couldn’t say.
And delving into the investigation alone made him feel that there was danger.
So Lu Yao decided to let the professional come in.
There was no evidence or proof of a crime in this matter, so it wasn’t convenient to trouble the police uncle.
With a simple computer one-click summoning ritual, Isabelle once again knelt on the computer desk.
“Lord God, Isabelle comes following your will.”
Unlike the panicked nervousness of the last time, this time the teenage apostle was much more composed.
“There’s a suspicious character right now, she’s now gone out with a friend of mine to watch a film for about two and a half hours, so I’m looking for you to come over ……”
Lu Yao gave her the before and after.
“That’s how the situation is, find out where she’s from.”
“Yes, my lord.”
After saying that, Isabelle started to change her clothes as Lu Yao requested.
Lu Yao consciously walked outside the room and said through the door, “My perception has improved significantly recently, is the feedback from the population growth that fast?”
Isabelle’s voice came from inside, “My lord. To a god in a higher realm dimension, the population of a lower realm dimension is the god’s second body, and faith is an extension of the god’s power to the outside world.”
Lu Yao asked her, “Then what happens if the population is zero?”
“My lord, even if the God’s temple is completely destroyed, it would be difficult for the believers to go completely extinct, because once the faith starts spreading, it will spread all over the world, not only to humans, but also to some beings with intelligence.”
“Faith itself does not completely disappear, it just becomes very weak and is difficult to gather in large quantities again, just like seeds that float all over the place.”
“As long as the gods use the power of faith to allow the believers to rebuild their shrines, they can make a comeback.”
Lu Yao understood.
The Warrior had started from scratch.
This was the case with Liza.
“It is said that when it comes to the War of the Gods on top of the pantheon of gods, there will also be a portion of gods that will have their faith and all their believers completely wiped out in the War of the Gods.”
Isabel continued, “There is a portion of gods whose beliefs will be devastated in the divine war. This part of the gods that were completely expelled are the Old Gods.”
Lu Yao silently noted it down.
That was after the Temple of Gods, one had to get out of the identity of a trainee god.
Right now, he himself was still a protected new player.
Normally speaking, the safe zone was also still safe.
The closest case was the arrested Liza, who fell back to the safe zone after having her wonders destroyed and had to start over from the Barbarian Tribe.
Lu Yao could now understand Liza’s urgency.
Population growth brought incredible physiological enhancement, while the loss of a large number of people and beliefs instantly made the godly players fall from the top of the mountain back to the deep valley.
People were always the least able to endure loss.
Isabel changed into a grey jumper, put on her sunglasses and dressed as a normal girl.
The investigation began.
She clasped her hands with her fingers, bowed her head and closed her eyes, and recited a whispered prayer.
Lu Yao couldn’t understand it, but he could feel it. Something was emanating from Isabel’s body, interacting and reacting with the world around her, as if a stone was thrown into the calm water.
Gradually, there was a layer of white halo on Isabelle’s body. It wasn’t accurate to say it was a halo, it was more like a flowing layer of milky white mist.
This was precisely her ability, the Misty Prayer.
Unlike the simplified white light of the pixel world, in the real world, everything was clearly visible. Especially with Lu Yao’s heightened perception, he could see those subtle processes and changes even more clearly.
The white mist on Isabelle’s body merged into the walls and floor.
Gradually, wisps of black smoke appeared in the room. These black smoke were so tiny that if one didn’t look closely one would think it was a black line floating and swinging upwards.
The black threads twisted around each other and coalesced into a black mist that kept changing.
Isabelle said something to the black mist, but did not make a sound, so Lu Yao could only see the way her lips opened and closed.
Not long after, the black mass disappeared without a trace.
Isabel turned her face and explained to Lu Yao, “My lord, the dead here say that the woman is eating raw meat and drinking blood.”
“Every night, she cooks here while eating raw meat and sucking the blood stains on top of the meat.”
“The most eaten is raw fish.”
Lu Yao scratched his head.
Could it be that he was thinking too much?
He had heard that the customs of some places included eating raw meat, which was even a delicacy for the locals.
It was impossible to say that Yu Yao was from those places. Because she was afraid that Zhou Qiang and himself would find out what she looked like when she drank hair and blood, she secretly hid and ate raw meat.
“My lord, there is the scent of a demonic believer.”
Isabelle looked out the window at the street and her gaze sharpened.
Lu Yao followed her gaze.
On the street, Zhou Qiang and Yu Yao were walking back holding hands. The target of Isabel’s gaze was none other than Yu Yao of the two of them.
“Is the target executed?”
“Wait a moment …… Yu Yao is a Demon Believer?”
“Yes, my lord. As an Apostle, although I can’t recognise the true body of a god, I can see the Faith Spark, and she doesn’t have any props that can camouflage and cover it up, and the fire in her body is obvious.”
The point Lu Yao was most worried about still happened.
He immediately said, “Control her. Figure out her purpose and identity.”
“Yes.”
Isabelle gouged out her left eye and handed it to Lu Yao, then pushed the door downstairs.
Lu Yao unlocked the bedroom door and began to remotely spectate through the eye.
Street.
The two of them, Isabelle and Zhou Qiang, walked head-on, and Yu Yao’s face changed. Seemingly seeing Isabel’s identity, her lips tensed and her fingers that were holding onto Zhou Qiang subconsciously squeezed tight.
“It’s been a long time, let’s chat.”
Isabelle stopped by Yu Yao’s side.
Zhou Qiang eeped and looked towards Yu Yao, “You guys know each other?”
Yu Yao forced a smile on her face, “She’s a distant cousin of mine.”
“You go back first, I’ll chat with my cousin.”
Zhou Qiang nodded back and walked back.
“Follow me.”
Isabel led the way in front, and Yu Yao followed silently.
The two of them walked all the way into a corner of the adjacent parking alley. Even in the daytime, this place was empty, there were no surveillance cameras, and a dirty car turned into a natural cover.
Isabel walked over to the innermost scrap car, grabbed the rear door handle, and with a crunch, forced the door open.
“Sit.”
The two men sat back and forth in the car.
Silence.
“Can you give me three days?” Yu Yao pleaded, “Let me live for another three days, can you?”
