Chapter 372: Elf Cult
The day after the King of Heavens Tournament, the four of them set off to return to Zhejiang Province. In order to travel with his friends, Wang Qiyi did not choose to fly back on the elf, but took the train with everyone, from the capital to Hangzhou, passing through the Magic City, so Wen Xinyi and her three roommates also went with them. Wang Qiyi was always in a hurry every day, and this time he chose a slower means of transportation to give himself and the elves a chance to rest.
Yesterday, the news that Wang Qiyi won the King of Kings Tournament became a hot search headline on the Internet. There were various titles such as "Wang Qiyi, the youngest king in the Kingdom of Dragon", "Super new star becomes champion", "The free and easy king opens the era of super evolution", etc. The highlights of the King of Kings Tournament can be easily found on the certain audio platform.
Monsal, who had returned to the Bear Country and was recuperating in bed, was speechless after seeing the news. He now understood what kind of guy he had offended. If Wang Qiyi was to investigate seriously, he would probably be completely stripped of his status as a Pokémon trainer. Currently, the Bear Country and the Dragon Country were on good terms, and his country and family would definitely not help him bear the consequences of his behavior. He managed to escape this time. However, the loss was also very large. His legendary resource, the Ten Thousand Year Unmelted Ice, was taken away by Wang Qiyi, and all the equipment resources of other Pokémons were taken away. He could no longer explain to his family.
The Sixth Master of Meng Province also shared the same mentality as Monsal. He also saw the news that Wang Qiyi had won the championship. It can be said that Wang Qiyi has stood at the top of the young trainers. Whether it is his strength or his identity as the director of the Super Evolution Research Center, he is someone that the local tyrants cannot afford to offend. As a result, he dared not touch Jiang Zining again. He heard that the girl had been taken to Zhejiang University by Wang Qiyi. He could only withdraw the reward and only hoped that Wang Qiyi would not investigate him further, otherwise his influence in Meng Province would be unstoppable.
Imperial Capital Railway Station.
"Are all the people here?" Wen Xinyi took the tickets and counted the number of people. There were exactly seven people. Wang Qiyi wore a mask and a sun hat. He was a celebrity now, so he had better keep a low profile to avoid trouble. The group was about to enter the station. There were crowds of people outside the station. There were several missionaries handing out flyers to promote something.
Wang Qiyi was suddenly stopped by a middle-aged woman. A flyer was handed to him and the woman asked, "Young man, do you love elves?"
Wang Qiyi took the flyer and looked at it: "Elf Religion?" He remembered that this was a religion that worshipped the mythical elves. Since the elves came to this world, humans were initially full of hostility and fear towards the elves, so they called them monsters. After the two monster wars, humans began to merge and coexist with the elves, gradually forming the current social structure. With humans as the main body, the elves became symbiotic creatures of human civilization. There are many elf positions in factories, shops and even government agencies.
Although the law holds that elves have the same right to life as humans, strictly speaking, elves are still a subsidiary species of human civilization. Some elves are purely pets, some are production tools, or even slaves of human capitalists, all of which rely on the elves' simple thinking and low IQ.
Of course, there are also some highly intelligent mythical beasts among the elves, which led some humans to regard the mythical beasts as totems of their faith, and thus the Elven religion was born. The people of the Elven religion believe that the elves are the masters of this world, and humans should not enslave them, but should work for them. Human civilization will only destroy the earth's nature, and the advent of the elves will make the earth more beautiful and peaceful.
The ideology of this elven religion is somewhat similar to that of previous environmentalists, and it is not harmful to social development. Based on the principle of social diversity, the Alliance allowed their existence, so this religion quickly spread throughout the world and has many believers in various countries.
Wang Qiyi had heard of these things, but he had not had much contact with them. After all, he lived in the school dormitory when he was studying, and rarely came into contact with things like religion. After becoming a trainer, he either trained hard or devoted himself to scientific research, and he had less social consultation than Dandan. This was his first time to come into contact with the Pokémon Church, so he took the flyer and read it carefully.
"I'm a Pokémon trainer, of course I love Pokémons." Wang Qiyi said as a matter of course while reading the flyer.
"No, trainers only use Pokémon as tools for their own fighting, and Pokémon battles are only shows provided for human enjoyment. This is shameful and sinful, just like slaves thrown into the ancient Roman Colosseum, letting them fight each other to please the nobles standing on the sidelines. Trainer is the most evil profession, young man, wake up soon..."
"Oh, we are in a hurry. Why are you listening to her nonsense?" Jia Wencheng pushed the middle-aged woman away and stuffed the flyer back to her. "Auntie, we are not interested in the Elf Religion. Please find someone else."
Wang Qiyi was still shocked by the other party's words when Jia Wencheng pulled him into the station. He pushed Wang Qiyi and said, "You are not really convinced by what she said, are you? The Elf Cult worships elves as gods, which is a very boring religion. It used to be relatively low-key, but why did it come out to preach recently?"
"I wasn't moved by her words, but I felt that she seemed really pious. Look at the way she looked at me just now. She knew that I was a Pokémon trainer, and that kind of contempt and hatred really came from the heart. Does this religion have so many fanatics now?"
"What's so strange about this? We are fine in Dragon Country. The main development areas of Elf Religion are in the Middle East and Africa. There are constant wars there and the people live in backwardness. If they can get the protection of a powerful elf, they will certainly worship it. The order of humans over there still depends on the maintenance of mythical beasts and elves, but the elf totems believed in in different regions are different. I don't know why Elf Religion has gradually merged in recent years. It seems that someone is connecting elf believers around the world and gradually developing the religion."
Wang Qiyi always had a sense of familiarity when looking at the Pokémon Cult. He remembered that when he played Pokémon games before, there was always a religious-like extremist organization as the villain of the game in each generation, such as Sakaki's Team Rocket, Shui Wutong's Water Fleet, Chi Yansong's Team Magma, Chi Ri's Team Galaxy, Vladali's Team Flare, Guzma's Team Skull, etc. As long as it involved elves, religion and fanatical beliefs, it was not far from violence.
The Pokemon Church in this real world won't do anything weird, will it? They worship mythical beasts, what kind of mythical beasts do they worship? You know, some Pokemon mythical beasts are not so easy to talk to, like when Water Sycamore and Red Flame Pine summoned Kyogre and Groudon, and it almost ended the world. I just read a flyer that said the ideal of the Pokemon Church is to let the Pokemon return to nature, humans should become vassals of the Pokemon, and civilization should return to its original state and coexist harmoniously with nature. Why does it sound so much like Team Plasma's ideal?
Maybe I was overthinking it. Now society was peaceful and civilization was developing rapidly. The existence of elves stimulated the economic vitality of mankind. Although there were still famines and wars in some areas, the world as a whole was peaceful and stable due to the existence of the International Elf Alliance.
Wang Qiyi didn't think about it anymore and had a good sleep on the train. When they arrived in Shanghai, Wen Xinyi and her roommates got off the train. Wang Qiyi said goodbye to her. Wen Xinyi would start her internship at Huiguang Technology Company in the next summer vacation. Her workplace was in the Shanghai branch. At the same time, she also worked part-time as Wang Qiyi's assistant, providing him with information on various high-level elf cultivation resources.
The train's final stop was in Hangzhou. When it arrived at the station in the afternoon, Wang Qiyi urged the other three to hurry up because he was in a hurry to watch Jiang Zining's special recruitment exam. Jia Wencheng, Li Yaoyao, and Li Xintian all wanted to see what was so special about this new junior sister.
The comprehensive arena of the Zhejiang University Battle Department will be the venue for the annual special recruitment exam for freshmen today. The venue is now crowded with trainers from all over the country who came to Zhejiang Province to take the special recruitment exam. There are nearly 200 people, and Jiang Zining is sitting among them. She is now trembling with nervousness and looking around for Wang Qiyi's figure.