Meng Yi's heart jolted; he knew the great name of the Adjudicator.
All Fortress Cities have an Adjudication Department, whose duty is to clear out potential Believers of Evil Gods, mutated creatures, and Divine Grace Users who disrupt Order within the city.
As for Adjudicators, they are the true decision-makers of the Adjudication Department, and there are six in Jing'an City.
The one before him should be one of them.
The hunched Adjudicator was panting heavily, completely ignoring Cen Qiyun's words.
Cen Qiyun didn't mind; she extended her right arm, and Meng Yi noticed that her right hand was a mechanical construct, already covered in rust.
Cen Qiyun's tone was somewhat desolate: "Before, the Divine Being abandoned me, and my Divine Grace was also taken back; you all should know about this."
"After all, it's rare for a Divine Grace User to be abandoned by the Divine Being."
"Now... Adjudicator, please observe."
On Cen Qiyun's mechanical right hand, Blood Magic began to surge like flowing water.
Her voice became high-pitched: "I have regained Divine Grace!"
The Blood Magic gradually solidified, and her right hand began to turn fair and delicate, then she suddenly clenched her fist.
The Adjudicator's eyes suddenly glowed, scanning her right hand back and forth like a searchlight.
A moment later, the other party withdrew his gaze, and a hoarse voice rang out: "Then explain why everyone else fainted just now?"
Cen Qiyun curved into an exaggerated smile, answering in a strange, almost moaning tone:
"We entered the Divine Kingdom! And saw Salvation!"
This sentence seemed to release some kind of signal to the hundreds of people around, and they all spoke in unison:
"We have seen Salvation!"
Their voices converged, layer upon layer.
Only Meng Yi didn't keep up with the rhythm; he was still pondering the mechanical right hand from earlier.
His dazed expression attracted the gaze of everyone from the Adjudication Department.
The man wearing sunglasses next to the Adjudicator curiously asked: "This gentleman, what were you thinking just now?"
Cen Qiyun also turned to stare at Meng Yi, her gaze full of inquiry.
As for Suo Mingcheng, his back was already slightly hunched, poised to strike.
Meng Yi slightly raised his right hand, Blood Magic surging, and he made his voice sound as bewildered as possible:
"I seem to have also gained Divine Grace."
Cen Qiyun's gaze suddenly became strange; she didn't recall anyone like her stepping onto the high platform in the Divine Kingdom.
Meng Yi naturally noticed this, but there was nothing he could do now; he couldn't possibly say he wasn't a Believer, or that he was a Divine Being.
As for other explanations... wasn't the Divine Being above him himself? Did he have any great power to give him confidence?
Damn it... he hated charlatans the most in this life!
Suddenly shouting like that, which normal person could keep up with that rhythm?
And in the eyes of others, the Divine Grace of these two was indeed identical.
Did the ritual really succeed?
The surrounding Believers also looked at Meng Yi with strange eyes.
They could understand Divine Grace being given to Cen Qiyun, but to Meng Yi, it was truly unexpected.
Meng Yi felt those gazes and cursed inwardly, 'Does the Divine Being need to tell you what he does?'
He met Cen Qiyun's gaze with a puzzled look, continuing to speak: "I'm not sure either, I just saw you use that... and I felt like I could do it too."
He turned to look at everyone, "Do you all want to try too?"
Upon hearing him, hundreds of Believers began to make various attempts.
Of course, there would ultimately be no results.
Cen Qiyun nodded to herself; indeed, how could mortals know why the Divine Being bestows grace?
It wasn't necessarily by stepping onto the high platform that one would receive grace.
One must not speculate about the Divine Being!
She asked, "Your name?" Her tone was very calm.
"Meng Yi."
She nodded, no longer paying attention to Meng Yi, and turned to face the Adjudicator.
"As you can see, the ritual was a great success; these three hundred and twenty-four normal humans have regained the Divine Being's blessing!"
Cen Qiyun held her right hand up before her eyes, her five fingers constantly flexing and extending.
Ever since losing her Divine Grace, her mechanical right hand had been useless, but now, through Blood Magic, she had the illusion of being whole again.
The man with sunglasses did not let Meng Yi off the hook; he ignored Cen Qiyun's words and continued to ask:
"This... Mr. Meng Yi, can you explain why you woke up alone earlier?"
Standing beside the Adjudicator, he felt very confident.
According to the footage transmitted by the drone earlier, the ritual succeeded then failed.
When everyone fell unconscious, this young man named Meng Yi stood up alone, then stumbled and fell.
Cen Qiyun's grand claim that they entered the Divine Kingdom would not be considered for now.
There was a big problem with this young man.
Meng Yi was somewhat silent, should he continue to push the blame onto the Divine Being? Force an explanation?
No!
Based on the original body's memories, a failed sacrifice ritual had several consequences.
Either everyone died, or everyone mutated; even if someone was corrupted by an Evil God, the others would die in a strangely inexplicable way.
There would absolutely not be a situation where one person was abnormal while everyone else was normal.
At this moment, these hundreds of people and he should be in the same boat; if one person had a problem, everyone had a problem!
Then there was no need to force an explanation.
Meng Yi raised his head, maintaining his bewildered expression, "I... don't know, I don't remember waking up."
As expected, Cen Qiyun became somewhat exasperated at this:
"Li Hao, what do you mean? Are you doubting the ritual failed? This concerns hundreds of people; think carefully before you speak!"
Li Hao pushed up the sunglasses on his nose and spoke calmly: "I'm just confirming."
He pressed Meng Yi: "You really don't remember?"
Meng Yi just shook his head.
Suo Mingcheng sneered and interjected: "In such matters, it's better to kill the wrong person than to let one slip away!"
Meng Yi's heart sank; he feared this situation the most.
But he didn't need to worry about the outcome; the hunched Adjudicator spoke up to reprimand:
"In this era, every normal human is incredibly precious; put away your murderous intent!"
If Meng Yi had a problem, it meant these hundreds of people all had problems, and the Adjudicator needed to make a cautious judgment.
This string of words was clearly a strain on his body; as soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't stop gasping for breath.
The Adjudicator, still hunched, looked up at Cen Qiyun:
"You used the Arbitration Committee's desire and tolerance for normal humans to hold a sacrifice ritual in a Fortress City; you will face punishment later."
Cen Qiyun spoke with dissatisfaction:
"But if I were to hold the ritual in the wilderness, these hundreds of people might not survive. By doing this, I have preserved hundreds of seeds for humanity."
The Adjudicator waved his hand with difficulty:
"The law isn't made by me, and besides, when you held the ritual here, did you not consider the consequences of failure?"
He sighed: "Even if the ritual succeeded, we still lost a monitoring Executive Officer."
Cen Qiyun's face was grim; she thought that as long as the ritual succeeded, she wouldn't face punishment. As for failure... wouldn't she have died long ago if it failed?
But now, it seemed punishment was unavoidable.
"What punishment will I face?"
Suo Mingcheng chuckled and interjected: "That depends on the Executive Officer, but judging by your Divine Grace, there shouldn't be any scars left."
Cen Qiyun lowered her head in silence, fearing that those madmen would torment her mind.
The Adjudicator finally managed to steady his breathing; he looked at Meng Yi.
"You're Meng Yi, right? We need to make a final judgment."
Before Meng Yi could react, the Adjudicator's eyes glowed once more.