While talking, the motorcade had already driven past those huge bonfires, and the bald man pouted and said, "Have you seen those dead ghosts with pointed pockets? I guess, some of them are blaspheming their beliefs before wearing them. The pointy hat."

Joyner had noticed it long ago, and wondered what that meant. After listening to the bald brother explain, he suddenly realized.

"Then what did they do? How could they blaspheme their faith?" Joyna blurted out without thinking, "What is the faith you speak of?"

"Hehe, low-level people like us begging for food outside can't get in touch with faith," a series of questions made the bald head grin, but he said mysteriously, "But, I happen to know that they exist. "

"Oh, let's hear it?" Joyna gave him a sideways glance, pretending not to care.

"Some people call this a miracle of pain. In the eyes of the big bosses of the hidden sand castle, in order to maintain order and not collapse, and to prevent people living here from getting lost, they need a specific spokesperson for their faith. Because only pain miracles that can convince the public , in order to give everyone the strength to endure the whipping."

"You said the hidden sand castle has unspoken rules?"

"Forget it, the truth is hidden in the gossip among the marketplaces. It seems far away, but it's not far away. But I think all of this may be their means of making money, and it's all lies! Everything, understand? "

Joyna felt that what she said was a bit nonsense, and frowned and said in doubt, "Since you can't get in touch with the big bosses at the top, how do you know they exist?"

"Oh, everyone knows it, but my gossip is more reliable! If I say that the gossip I know in this city ranks second, I'm afraid no one will dare to say that he is the first." Brother proudly said.

Joyna's expression was stagnant, it was too weird, this guy is obviously a bragging.

But she thought about it later, and it is estimated that these news are not groundless, but exaggerated by local residents.

So she asked, "Then tell me, what kind of gossip do you know?"

"For example, I heard an interesting thing recently, a guy in the city picked up the head of his dead wife and made it into a shrine. He fantasized about her still alive, talking to her all day long, He also secretly hid his head at home. Later, due to the exposure of others, this guy was finally convicted and sentenced to death. The crime was spreading disease and being disrespectful to the living.”

"Ah! Convicted because of this?" Joyner exclaimed.

"Yeah, is it worth the fuss?"

Joyner shook her head in confusion and said nothing.

The bald brother glanced at Joyna and said, "You can understand it like this, where there are people, there will be rules, and these rules are amazing. Illness, pain, injustice, etc. are all reasons for people to follow the rules, and some people hope to use this Atonement, some people kneel down as faith."

He licked his lips and said, "There are a lot of rules in Hidden Sand Castle. In my opinion, those are all beliefs. As long as someone makes a mistake, they will be convicted. The crime is big or small, but the quickest punishment It's the death penalty."

Seeing that Joyna was still looking thoughtful, the bald brother added, "In a word, they have the final say on what crime they committed. But don't ask me about the conviction, it's not up to me. ."

The truck continued to jolt, and Joyna was sitting there in silence, with her mood fluctuating.

The fact that Hidden Sand Castle has "faith" makes Joyna feel extremely surprised.

Because she knows that this is a way to explain all people's doubts before the science is not developed enough. It is linked to religious behavior, and the content is complicated and has many esoteric systems. Not only can it enlighten people's thinking, it is also one of the reasons why many people live in misery.

In the history she knows, belief is the subtle influence of thinking, which can inspire the most extreme and infinite power in people's hearts, whether it is evil or good. Religion is not the existence of doing all the bad things and seriously hindering the development of human beings.

The influence of belief in life can be said to be in every aspect and everywhere.

In certain eras, some priests or clergy led people to march into deserts and swamps, reclaimed wasteland, and built houses, so new villages were established, and the population began to flow. In some religions, labor creation is even more important than prayer or chanting.

But there are also some people who are not like this. They are doing things in the name of religious belief, but they are actually doing it out of their own interests. In order to make himself more authoritative and persuasive, he began to fabricate miracles himself: what to bring back to life, rejuvenation, soaring by day and so on.

But in Joyna's view, these practices are lewd, tantamount to accumulating money and killing people, basically how outrageous they are.

Religion and belief play a huge role in different eras, but they are far beyond the comprehension of mortal consciousness. The results of faith are sometimes good and sometimes bad, just like no matter what era there are good people, there are bad people.

So what is the belief in this age?

Hidden sand castles, like barbaric tribes abandoned in the age of civilization, belong to the stage of undeveloped people's wisdom. Joyna came here like an explorer who traveled through time and space. If she was assimilated by savagery, what kind of civilized educator would she be?

There is another factor that confuses Joyna even more, and that is - who brought the so-called "belief"?

According to the vague statement of the bald brother, the two largest gangs here, the Xuan Gang and the Ming Gang, seem to have an inexplicable relationship with the "Scarlet War Witch" behind the scenes.

Joyna glanced out the window again. The raging fire was spreading like a ghost that devoured the wasteland. More people were taken to the outskirts of Hidden Sand Castle without stopping for a moment.

She thought to herself, "Maybe this is the emptiness of desire that humans can't fill?"

It seems that the bald head only knows so much, so Joyner chooses not to ask further. But for some reason, she always felt that those who were bound did not look very painful.

In the chat with the bald head, Joyna clearly realized that ~lightnovelpub.net~ in this cruel apocalyptic world, if you don't have a certain status, the more you know, the faster you will die, unless there is an absolute Strength self-preservation.

Strength, Joyna must have, but she doesn't want to just use strength to protect herself.

A person who is lucky enough to live in the world has a greater desire to win!

"Hey, it's finally here!" The bald-headed brother said with a bit of excitement.

A few dozen minutes later, the convoy had already seen the tall city walls of the Hidden Sand Castle, as well as the distorted silhouette like a ghost.

Just like what Joyna had seen from a distance before, under the rough city walls built of rammed earth and stones, there were also rows of sharpened wooden horses supported by rows of logs, standing fiercely outward.

If anyone wants to pass here, they must stop outside the horse and be checked, otherwise the guards will definitely have enough time to warn the visitors with force.

"call--"

Joyna let out a breath, and the unbearable smell came up—the stench of burning corpses, and she couldn't hold it back.