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"how come.
The artifact does need to be present when recruiting believers, but once you become a believer, you can still gain faith even if you kneel down towards an empty space."
That is, it is possible to forge a statue of a deity through Transfiguration.
Zhang Mu was so delighted that he couldn't help but hold Avril's face in his hands and leaned forward to kiss her.
"Hiss—huh—it's so cold!" The moment the skin touched, a layer of frost condensed on Zhang Mu's face.
The frost is colder than the natural frost of winter, and it seems to penetrate the body and strike the soul.
Avril controlled her magic power to shatter the thin ice: "When I reach Saint level, I will be able to control the power of my bloodline freely."
"It's okay, it won't freeze you to death." Zhang Mu was shivering, but he remained firm.
Later, the two chatted about the progress of the medical team and the site selection of the second batch of industrialized cities. Zhang Mu got up and left, summoned a portal outside the city to return to Blue Star and rush to Russia.
He wanted to replace the Russian statues with counterfeits and then place them in the other three countries, so that he could gather faith faster.
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A city in Russia.
In the meeting room prepared by the mayor, the president sat at the head of the long table, his right leg shaking comfortably, obviously in a good mood.
"Your Excellency the President." The secretary pushed the door open and walked in. "The delegation has been sent on the plane."
"Good!" The president's mouth, which had been suppressed for a long time, finally lifted up happily, "The annoying flies have been driven away, and we can focus on the present."
The aide picked up the remote control and pressed a button. The screen hanging on the wall lit up, broadcasting the live performance of the four contestants.
After watching for a while, the president showed a relaxed expression: "Fareed is indeed a leader in the Security Bureau. Even if he doesn't have a tank, he can still fight against the disaster with a sniper rifle."
An aide laughed and said, "I recommended him to the President because of his extraordinary ability."
Nodding in agreement, the President glanced at the other three.
There were three people, one man and two women, one of whom was the girl. Everyone in the room had a deep impression of her. After all, the girl had stayed in the Kremlin for a while.
And Farid had reported that the girl would have been eliminated, or even had a chance to participate. It was Tefan who made the two meet in secret, and later appeared to save her when she was almost killed by the claws of the disaster.
Based on this, the staff inferred that the girl had gained Tefan's friendship. Although Tefan could not represent No. 17, it was still a good thing.
The president stared at the area on the screen where the girl was and asked: "Do you think she can pass?"
The staff looked together.
The girl was driving at full speed. Concerned about the rules of the race, she did not dare to drive towards a crowded area, and drove along the road towards a sparsely populated area.
Perhaps because she was nervous, she stared at the road ahead, looking at the rearview mirror from time to time to check the distance between herself and the disaster. She never noticed the weapons placed on the roadside and even ignored a tank.
"If nothing unexpected happens..." The staff members were a little pessimistic. "She will fail when the car runs out of gas. If she's unlucky, she might even lose her life."
The president sighed, "Only four of the five passed. What a shame, but they did their best."
After that, he couldn't help but look forward to it: "After the competition, the 17th will come to greet the students. We can take the opportunity to ask about the stone sculptures..."
"Look!" Everyone's attention has shifted from the game to the stone sculpture, except for the secretary who was staring at the screen who suddenly shouted.
what happened?
Everyone subconsciously looked up.
The car driven by the girl seemed to be running out of gas and its speed gradually decreased.
Just like the aides said, if nothing unexpected happens, once the car stops, that will be the girl's failure.
However, there was no sign of "as expected" on anyone's face, and everyone stared with their mouths wide open.
Because it's not just the cars that slow down, but also the disasters.
Although the car's speed was decreasing again and again, the distance between the two vehicles did not decrease, but instead became farther and farther.
After a little thought, everyone guessed the reason.
There is indeed an upper limit to the amount of fuel a car can hold, but the Disaster's stamina is not unlimited either.
It was seriously injured by the examiner twice, and it was a miracle that it could chase the sedan for several days.
Everyone was shocked to see Disaster, who had exhausted all his strength and was forced to stop, his body swaying a few times and falling to the ground.
"She...she exhausted the disaster to death?"
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The president and his staff stayed in the conference room closely watching the situations of the contestants, and even their meals were served by their secretaries.
A week later, the results finally came out.
There were five contestants in total, and all of them successfully hunted down the scourge.
Except for the girl's unexpected way and the man who got away with it thanks to Zhang Mu's help, the other three people completed the competition in a normal way.
Farid is indeed an elite member of the Security Agency.
While waiting for the second stage to begin, he found a map of the woods where he got the wolf bones and spent most of his time every day studying the terrain.
So after the girl left, he did not choose to flee, but fought with the disaster in the woods. He kept using his familiarity with the terrain and the greatly reduced flexibility of the disaster to distance the two sides, and then shot to increase the injury of the disaster.
This continued for nearly half a month, and finally it was worn out to death.
Another man and a woman successfully passed the assessment according to the route envisioned by the president.
Just like the man who passed the level first, after getting the wolf bones and discovering that the disaster was chasing them, they immediately ran away, and then saw the tanks and various weapons prepared by the soldiers in front of them.
The two were lucky and both successfully jumped into the tank. It happened that they had learned to drive a tank and were familiar with the internal environment. They were freed from the suffering disaster with one shot.
The president looked at the screen as four people were picked up by soldiers and put on the helicopter one by one, and his tense nerves finally relaxed.
The same thing happened to the staff, all of them were smiling happily. They followed the president as he stood up and walked out of the house and went to the restaurant to enjoy what was arguably the most reassuring lunch in nearly a year.
The next morning.
After a good night's sleep, everyone got up early and gathered in the conference room. They had breakfast while waiting for the five contestants to arrive.
Not long after everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, a helicopter carrying five people roared and landed in the open space outside the house.
The propeller slowly stopped and the five people jumped out of the cabin one by one.
As soon as they stood firm, they saw the smiling president and his staff not far away.
Except for the girl and Farid, it was the first time for the other three to have close contact with the president, as they had previously only seen it through the TV screen.
"Mr. President." Seeing that several people were in a daze, Farid stepped out to greet them and reminded them to do the same.
They were not stupid. They came to their senses and immediately stepped forward: "Hello, Mr. President."
It was not a conventional greeting, but the president did not care: "Heroes of Russia, you have lived up to the expectations of the people."
After completing the reception according to the procedure, the president led the five people into the conference room and asked them whether they had any special reactions after passing the assessment.
Five people shook their heads at the same time.
To be honest, if they were not sitting in front of the president at this moment, they would even doubt whether they were really participating in an extraordinary recruitment selection competition.
Although the five people were somewhat different from the extraordinary freshmen from China and Ying countries after passing the test - there was a lot of noise from China, with a beam of light shot up into the sky after completing the test, while there were owls all over the sky from Ying country.
But he was not disappointed. He greeted the four people except Farid with peace of mind, and looked forward to the arrival of No. 17.
He didn't have to wait too long. About an hour had passed, and when the president was almost at a loss for words, the burly man pushed open the door and walked in.
"Sir." The president, who was always paying attention to the door, noticed the person coming and stood up immediately.
The sturdy man nodded and glanced at the five people sitting in a row: "Are you the five?
Hmm... your talent is limited, but since you are qualified, I have no objection."
The five people who were already nervous after hearing halfway through suddenly breathed a sigh of relief - they thought they were going to lose the places they had gotten.
"You five, if you have anything to tell your relatives, go do it now. When you are done, gather here and wait for bus No. 17 to pick you up."
"Yes!"
I don’t understand why it is emphasized so much. Will they not allow us to come back in the future?
Although they had some doubts in their hearts, the five people did not dare to ask too much. They followed the order and boarded the helicopter arranged by the president to rush home.
After finishing this, the sturdy man looked at the president and said, "You probably have something to ask me."
"Yes, sir."
"Before they come back, just ask."
It would take at least a day for the five people to return, but the president didn't think there was enough time. He asked quickly, "We found a statue on a nearby snowy mountain.
It can…”
"I know the specific situation very well, just tell me the problem directly."
"Okay." The president was not surprised, or the strong man didn't know what was surprising, "Amei's Mr. Gao asked Neo to tell us that we cannot block the area where the statue is located, and we must do our best to publicize its existence.
Should we do that?"
"If you don't mind other countries relying on the statue to grow their power, then you don't have to do it."
The president's eyes lit up: "It won't bring disaster?"
"Whether it will bring disaster or not depends on you."
Seeing that the president hadn't gotten to the point after asking for a long time, an aide couldn't help but stand up and said, "Examiner, we have a team of soldiers who have been given power.
According to the soldiers' recollections, they knelt down devoutly to worship the statue...After this happened, they tried to kneel down again, but received no response.
We guess that it might be because of the insincere attitude. I would like to ask you, is this true? "
"almost."
really!
The staff became excited and quickly asked, "What does it mean to be pious?"
The strong man smiled and said, "Don't you even know whether you are pious or not?"
"Well, the soldiers themselves said they thought they were extremely pious, but the result was ..."
"Don't worry about that. He will teach you."