Chapter 215 I Want to See Twilight The old man looked very fierce. It's not just reflected in the appearance and expression, but the temperament gives people a feeling of being like a sharp blade. Even though he was eating breakfast seriously, with only an egg, a small bowl of dried radish, a bowl of white porridge on the table in front of him, and a steamed bun in his hand, he looked quite easy-going, but still couldn't hide his sharp edge. When Levi came in, the old man looked up at him. Surprisingly, there was not much uncomfortable scrutiny in his eyes. He just gestured to Levi at the seat opposite him. "That's great, let's have breakfast together." After seeing the bishops send him here and then retreat respectfully, Levi began to guess the identity of the old man in front of him. But he did not show any fear. He just sat down opposite the old man, picked up the boiled egg, cracked the shell, and started peeling it. The old man just looked at him quietly, without any intention of hiding his gaze, until Levi peeled the eggshell and noticed his gaze. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and held the egg to indicate whether he wanted to eat it. Then the old man chuckled. "Your identity information was delivered to me last night." The old man said calmly, "Sun Wei, you grew up in Hongzhuan Street, Chongmin District. Your parents died young due to illness, but they left you a considerable fortune. When you were 12 years old, you took over the family's three houses, two storefronts, and a flower shop. You relied on these to live alone until you were years old."
"These are all things recorded in the Shadow Prime Minister's database. They are simple and straightforward, and you can see the end of your life at a glance. According to the Shadow Prime Minister's summary and evaluation of you, you are a mercenary, shrewd, and calculating person." Everything he said was compiled into the database by Chen Guangsheng, while the information was the result of the shadow prime minister's own analysis based on the compiled information. In fact, on the red brick street that Levi had never been to, there were indeed three houses, two storefronts and a flower shop under his name. After these data were entered into the Shadow Prime Minister, they became the highest basis. Even the original owners of these properties on that street did not know when the changes were completed. The fact that the old man in front of me can get this information is enough to explain something. After hearing this, Levi nodded with emotion. "Only by living alone can one know the warmth and coldness of human nature. It's not wrong to be a little shrewd and mercenary, right? But what does this have to do with my inability to enter paradise? Those bishops said that the final right of interpretation lies with you?" The old man just smiled and looked at him. “Paradise is a place where people’s dreams come true. People who love money will have countless wealth there, people who are lustful will have beautiful women there, and people who are power-hungry will have absolute power there. Similarly, people who miss the past can return to the past there, and people who hope for the future can see the future there. It is a place where the despicable can obtain despicableness and the good can embrace goodness.” "Whether good or bad, these are human desires. Paradise is a place to satisfy desires, but there is only one type of person that is not welcome in such a place." He had already said this much, so it was impossible for Levi not to understand what he meant. "A person without desires or requests?" "According to Twilight, he is a saint." The old man answered, staring at Levi's eyes without moving away, and continued to ask, "A small businessman who is judged by the Shadow Prime Minister as mercenary and shrewd, can he be a saint?" Levi was speechless. He knew that the household registration card that Chen Guangsheng had made for him would not stand up to scrutiny. After all, he had never lived in this city before. Even if the fabricated data was true and did not match reality, no one would suspect that there was something wrong with reality. But what he didn't expect was that the problem would be exposed so quickly. He had just started dealing with the Twilight Church, and the biggest doubt had already been exposed. But to be honest, Levi didn't think he had really reached the level of a saint who had no desires or demands. If he really was like that, why would he be so eager to complete the game and go home? Isn't it because you want to get out early, return to reality, get your bonus and compensation, and start living a life of idleness and waiting for death? Similarly, it's not that he is without lust, but Levi knows that he is in a game, and there must be technicians outside watching his progress in the game. Levi has hormonal impulses, but he is not a pervert who is willing to share his sexual behavior publicly. He also has greed, but when the money in the game is not difficult to obtain, and he realizes that everything here is fake, the money is just a string of numbers to him. If this string of numbers can help him upgrade, that's good, but if it can't help him upgrade, it's useless.
As for the desire to kill, there is no need to mention it. He kills people completely at will. Sometimes it is just for his own happiness and to satisfy his mood. Isn't this obviously also a desire? Why did Paradise judge him as having no desires and reject him? Perhaps it’s because all of his desires are actually driven by the mentality of playing games? After all, paradise is something in this world, and Levi is truly indifferent to this world. Playing games is itself the greatest way to satisfy his desires for happiness. But it was obvious that Levi couldn't say these directly as an explanation. It was okay for him to say them to Xin Guohong before. After all, the old man was about to die, and it didn't matter what he said. But now he was not so outspoken. "So, what exactly did you want to do by donating money to the church in order to enter paradise? Since you did something like this, there must be a purpose. Even if there is a purpose, it is not desire. I am very curious about this kind of thing." The old man looked at the silent Levi and continued to ask. Levi didn't answer immediately, he was weighing the options in his mind. What is the appropriate response at this time? If he just keeps on being stubborn and refuses to admit that he is a "saint", insisting that he just has desires and donated money to build the park to satisfy his desires, then this old man in front of him won't be able to do anything to him no matter how high his status is. At most, Li Wei gave up the identity of "Sun Wei" and died once in order to get rid of suspicion. His experience bar is locked now, death will not have any cost, and the connection with Chen Guangsheng is always there. After resurrection, the worst that can happen is that he can find him and create a new identity. There is no worry at all. But Levi still couldn't figure out the attitude of the Twilight Church. Previously, when he was studying English literature with Zhao Mingda in the academy, he learned about the uniqueness of the current Twilight Pope from the words of the former deputy director of the Institute of Science and Discipline. It seemed that he had no connection with the Twilight Church before. Before becoming Pope, he was not even a clergyman. He was simply parachuted into the position when the position of Pope was vacant in the church. Moreover, neither the church nor the central leadership had any objection to this matter. After this pope came to power, the church continued to reform itself under his leadership. This was not the kind of self-deceiving reform of the academy, but a real reform that started from the top and cut out the rotten flesh piece by piece. The bishop of the Sun Diocese, although what he did behind the scenes was very abstract, he was indeed good at acting in public. As a bishop, he was able to kneel down and apologize to the laborers, which was completely in line with the church's requirements for clergy. It was just that because the Sun was too far away from the center, the archdiocese could only send traveling priests to inspect the diocese. Through secret visits, they could understand the grassroots people's opinion of the church and then judge whether a bishop was qualified. In this regard, the Sun Bishop did a good job in public. After all, he would pretend to be innocent in order to cover up his evil deeds. In the past, the bishop of the diocese would directly collude with the local government without any pretense. Also in the college, Le Yue was also a high-ranking member of the church. She did not hide her contempt and disgust for those regular students and college faculty members at all. Not to mention the things she was implicated in later, she also took the initiative to help the group of special recruits escape from the college in the beginning. After arriving at the center, Levi had a more intuitive impression of the current reputation of the Twilight Church, and it was obvious that the church was not just talking about certain things, they were actually doing them. Such a simple diocese, its assistance to the poor, its ridicule and rejection of those in power, even its paradise project which has caused a huge sensation now, has other hidden stories. Levi felt that perhaps he could try to be honest for once. After the incident in Paradise, the church had some "misunderstanding" about him, and this "misunderstanding" was obviously in his favor. Anyway, the worst consequence was the same, and he could accept it. "I heard that the underlying logic of the park was created using twilight?" Levi asked without avoiding the old man's gaze. To this, the old man nodded. "Yes, it does make use of some of Twilight's content." Levi said bluntly. "I want to see with my own eyes whether Twilight really exists. I donated money to purchase the park for this reason."
"What's the reason?" Levi shook his head. "No reason, just pure curiosity and want to know." After he answered, the atmosphere became a little quiet for a while. The old man seemed to be thinking about something. He stared at Levi's face and did not look away. After a long while, he spoke again. "I believe you said there is no reason. If you really want to see Twilight for some reason, then Paradise will not reject you." Levi blinked. "So, can the church meet my small request? I can't enter Paradise, and I don't want you to return the one million I donated. Just let me see Twilight's real body." His words made the old man burst out laughing. The old man in the patched linen robe pointed at him as if he was looking at a panda with its hands on its hips asking for bamboo to eat. "Donate one million, and the only requirement is to meet Twilight? You're really bold." Levi didn't understand what was wrong with this. Wasn't Twilight in the Archdiocese? What kind of shameful thing was that? The old man also saw the confusion on Levi's face, and he spoke softly. "Twilight does have a physical body, but you can't see it whenever you want. Even I don't have the qualifications. If you want to see Twilight in person, you have to pay more than just money." Having said this, he suddenly paused for two seconds before continuing. "You didn't enter Paradise, no matter what the reason is, the Church should compensate you. If you are willing to accept it, I can give you a chance to see the Twilight entity. But whether you can grasp this opportunity and whether it is willing to see you depends on what you do." Levi didn't hesitate at all about this proposal and agreed to it directly. "Okay, I'm willing to give it a try." After hearing Levi's answer, the old man quickly called a bishop who was guarding outside the yard and asked him to bring Levi a brand new set of twilight priest robes and a star cross badge. "From now on, you are a walking pastor of the church, but you don't have the mission of preaching. You just need to stay with me for the next few days." Levi took the black robe and the star cross badge, and turned to look at the old man who had stood up from the bench. Only now did he realize that the old man was very tall, almost as tall as him. When the two of them stood facing each other, their eyes could be at eye level. "We've been chatting for so long, but I still don't know how I should call you from now on?" "My last name is Le, so you can just call me Lao Le." Just when Levi was defending his rights in the Twilight Archdiocese because he could not enter paradise. The Central Institute of Physics also completely disassembled and studied the silver card and communicator issued by the church. "It is basically certain that the structure of that paradise utilized the computing power and logic of the Shadow Prime Minister, and the behavior of guiding people's brain waves into deep consciousness also involved the Shadow Prime Minister." After getting this result, the cabinet minister who came here specially for this purpose couldn't help but frown. "How much authority does the Church have over the Shadow Chancellor?"
"Only His Majesty knows this, but judging from this paradise project, the church's authority is very high, even higher than that of all research institutes." After hearing this answer, the minister looked worried. He did not think about this issue carefully, but instead asked the key questions that the cabinet and the royal family really cared about. "So after this paradise guides people's consciousness, are there any disadvantages or other side effects?" A deputy director of the Institute of Physics shook his head. "We can't observe this for now. After all, this is just the first time someone has used it. If we want to make a judgment and come up with a basis, we need more cases." (End of this chapter)