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The Deceiver looked at Ryan's back with a ferocious smile on his face.
The Primarch was deceived.
At least the Deceiver believed that the Primarch had been deceived, that this powerful warrior forged from warp and biotechnology would serve its purpose.
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When Ryan returned to the church, everyone was as afraid to speak as before.
Lion summoned everyone under the Emperor's statue and declared to them that he had received the revelation from his father. People on this planet had regained the right to speak, and everyone no longer had to remain silent from now on.
People couldn't believe what Lion said, because the Emperor had never set his sights on this planet, nor had he manifested himself.
Until a fanatic walked up to Ryan and loudly praised the Emperor and the Son of God.
Then many believers came to Ryan and praised the Emperor loudly together.
They talked for a long time, but no demon appeared to kill them.
So more people began to try to speak, and then they were pleasantly surprised to find that they really would not attract demons just by speaking.
Ryan then told the public about the governor of the planet.
"That's not a governor, not even a human being!"
"That's a supernatural creature called the Deceiver!"
"It deceived you and showed off its power to you. You dare not speak, cook, or reproduce. The reason is not that these things will offend it, but just because it wants to show off its power and enjoy the feeling of driving the mortal body. "
As Lane told the story, people were outraged.
Ryan even had an unexpected gain.
"Son of God! You are right, that guy is not actually the governor at all!"
The believer who was the first to respond to Ryan's words stood up and stepped on the barrel to tell the original body and everyone what happened a week ago.
"A man fell from the sky and killed our governor and everyone in his family with lightning."
"Then it stood on the ruins and told us in a voice that everyone on the planet could hear that it was the original governor of this planet. It had been the governor for a hundred years..."
"We actually believed it...why...why were we so stupid?"
As the fanatics tell what happened on the day the Deceiver came, more and more people recall that event.
Then they realize how stupid they are.
A man who fell from low-Earth orbit killed the Governor and then claimed that he was the Governor in a voice that could be heard by everyone on the planet at the same time... and then everyone believed it. How stupid is that?
People have a sense of awakening.
However, only Ryan knows that people are not stupid, nor are they stupid enough to suddenly wake up now.
Instead, a magnificent spiritual energy is covering the entire church and the large area surrounding it. People under the protection of spiritual energy are no longer affected by the power of material gods.
In addition, the role of spiritual energy goes beyond this. It not only protects people's will and spirit, but also acts as a blindfold against the material god called the Deceiver, making it think that nothing happened in the church and that ordinary people are still there. Living in its lies.
"We are going to destroy that bastard." Ryan spoke, attracting everyone's attention from the fanatic believers to himself. "I will personally train you until you become an army, enough to assist me in destroying that so-called god."
Upon hearing the call of the Son of God, everyone became serious and full of high fighting spirit.
However, there are only a few thousand people in the church, which is not enough.
But fortunately, Lion doesn't have to carry a statue of the Emperor around to get those still deceived people on the planet to wake up and join his team.
At this time, Ryan heard the familiar voice from before echoing in his ears.
The voice promised Ryan that he would use dreams to drive more civilians to come to the church and raise a large army for Ryan.
He also told Ryan that the fraudster was not something that the current Ryan could deal with, but he could challenge the Star God in the name of humanity for the sake of all humans on the planet.
No need to worry about failure as reinforcements are on the way.
Chapter 493 The battle against the gods
Under the protection of psychic energy, more and more people on the planet wake up and rush to the church.
The fraudster who had been staying in the Governor's Mansion didn't even know what was going on. It used its consciousness to look around the church and didn't see anything wrong.
Lane trained every young man who went to the church, teaching them how to use weapons.
It is not difficult to obtain weapons when the Deceiver is completely indifferent and waits for the planet to be included in the Tyron Gate.
Even the state religion forces on the planet gave Ryan a battleship, which was a battleship used for pilgrimage to Terra. It was equipped with a dimensional engine and a small number of weapons.
But there was only one battleship, and Ryan didn't take it to heart.
In this way, humanity trains and prepares for future wars under the protection of psychic powers and under the eyes of the Deceiver.
Even the church that was originally located in a small town was expanded, and the town near the church gradually changed from a small town to a city.
People on the planet call this city the "City of Words."
Because there is no need to observe the commandments near the city, even if you speak, you will not die.
Some people in the city began to build statues of the Emperor, wear Emperor's nameplates, and then spread these things to all corners of the planet.
Ryan hated this waste of materials to build statues of gods, but he was surprised to find that where there were statues of his father, people could live and speak, unaffected by the lies of fraudsters.
And this also made Ryan question the truth of the empire.
Zabriel said that the Empire's truth was a lie, and that he did not believe in the Empire's truth. This was Ryan's only dissatisfaction with him.
Imperial truth denies the existence of gods and respects materialism.
But in the case of the objective existence of faith and gods, it is a question whether the imperial truth that still denies their existence is materialism or idealism.
The days passed by.
Perhaps due to the emperor's protection, Ryan discovered that people trained very quickly. Those civilians who were farmers the day before yesterday were like enlightened and became like veterans after a few days of training.
But those weapons that looked very damaged could still be used normally.
The flow of time seems to have been accelerated.
All this makes Ryan even more suspicious of the Empire's truth.
Zabriel's words that the truth of the Empire is a lie have been lingering in Ryan's ears.
Ryan couldn't figure out whether the Emperor was a god or a human being, and he couldn't explain what he saw and heard with the truth of the Empire. In the end, he chose not to think about it and focus on solving the matter in front of him.
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The day when the military training is completed and ready to go.
Ryan came to the church in the City of Words alone. He walked slowly in front of the emperor's statue, knelt on one knee, took off his helmet, leaned on the long sword, and lowered his head.
"Father."
The Primarch called softly.
The emperor's statue slowly opened its eyes, and the loving expression disappeared from the stone face, replaced by coldness.
The Emperor looked down at his heir.
"Did it really appear? I just came here to give it a try under the pastor's persuasion!"
Ryan roared in his mind.
He only came to pray in front of the Emperor's statue because of the persuasion of the priests. Those priests and people in the army hoped that the Son of God would pray in front of the Emperor's statue, and then come out and announce to everyone: "The God-Emperor told me that we will win!"
"Speech." The mouth of the emperor's statue did not move, but it could make sounds.
"Father." Ryan lowered his head respectfully and asked softly: "Is what the fraudster said about the Tyrone Star Region true?"
What Ryan wanted to know most was about Tyrone. His descendants were still helping people deal with the beasts on Caris. If it was really a false utopia created by the three gods, then Zabriel and the others would be in danger.
In addition, if the Tyrone Sector really uses artificial intelligence, or even Iron Man, then this is absolutely intolerable.
Among the many secrets of the First Legion are Iron Man and artificial intelligence. Ryan knows how terrifying those extinct relics called "Inferior Descendants of Iron Man" are. If they are really Iron Man, it will be a disaster for the entire human race. A deadly threat.
"Half true, half false," the Emperor replied.
Ryan raised his head and wanted to ask carefully, but thinking of the Emperor's habit of not finishing his words, he lowered his head again.
The moment he looked up, Ryan saw the expression on the statue changing constantly, which showed that his father's will was not unified.
Ryan didn't want to ask at all now.
He judged for himself in his mind.
Deceiver... Judging from this name, that bastard doesn't look like someone who can tell the truth. In a sector led by a star god, how can gods like them care about the life and death of humans?
As for those powerful and advanced technologies... I guess they dug up STC from somewhere.
After answering himself, Lion asked the Emperor his second question: "Are you a god now?"
"No."
First came a cold answer.
Then the face of the Emperor's statue changed many times, and a violent rebuke reached Ryan's ears.
"Why do you think I am a god?"
"I want you to wake up and spread the Imperial truth, but here you are on this planet asking me if I am a god?"
"Has your brain been damaged in thousands of years of slumber? Why did you ask me this stupid question!"
The violent accusations were followed by calm and kind words.
"Don't ask me if I am a god. Just do what you have to do. We all have our responsibilities."
After hearing these answers, Ryan nodded silently. He felt that he should do his own thing.
Compared to Guilliman, Llane didn't complain as much.
Now that Imperial Truth has been consigned to the dustbin, the vast majority of humanity and even the Space Marines believe that the Emperor is a god...
The empire became corrupt, ignorant, cruel...
But so what?
You still have to live.
The truth of the empire is gone and the empire has fallen. There is nothing we can do about it. After all, it is the empire of mankind, and mankind must continue to exist.